The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-04

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freshments. AS Tallulah is quite
railway center the rest room will I'll
a long.felt want in giving transientl
a comfortable place to wait, as we'll a.
giving the people of the parish the
same convenience when they are il
town.
st. Martinville.-Rice cutting in st
Martin parish has been hampered by
excessive rains during the past week
In the upper part of the parish wealth
er conditions are fair with rice cutting
normal. The farmers in this section
are demOralized for want Of fair wealth
er to start threshing. Several hundred
acres have been cut and stacked, wait
ing for better weather conditions. So
far not a sack of rice has been sold
in this territory All the rice planted
in the bottoms is considered a total
loss, which will reduce the yield in
some sections to at least rs per cent.
Rice buyers are in evidence waiting
for the opening Of the market.
st. Martinville. 49, The delegation
from Vermtlion, Lafayette, st. Ian.
dry and st. Martin parishes which at
tended the engineers hearing on the
Atchafalaya Teche and Vermilion Com.
pany in New Orleans, urging the Fed
eral government furnish money to
clean out Bayou Courtableau so that
1t could be connected with the Atcha-
fa.aya river, Bayou Teche and Yer.
million river, thereby putting the towns
OF Vermilion and Teche section in d..
rect connection with New Orleans
through the Burthe Canal and PLAQUE
mine Locks.
Opelousas.-The American Petro.
leum and Drilling Company has be.
come interested in this section through
the efforts of local business men. Pre-
Vious geological surveys and reports
made by ]. H. Stahl, who has done ex-
tensiVe geological work throughout the
Texas oil fields, were substantiated by
their own investigation, to the end that
they began immediate operations on a
deep test well about three miles south
east OF the town of Opelousas, situated
on the old Jack Thompson place, now
owned by Mrs. J. H. Cresswell The
drilling rig was shipped from Wichita
Falls to OpelOusas
Bunkie.-The Holly Ridge Lumber
Company Of Louisville, KY, operating
sWamills in st. Landry and Meeker.
La, has purchased from w. D. Haas
the site formerly occupied by the
Bunkie Brick Works, consisting of ten
acres of ground. The company intends
to erect large planning and stave mill
Work OF dismantling the old brick
plant has begun and work on the new
mills will start at once. The plant will
cost in the neighborhood of 5000, 900
and will employ force of 200 men.
Monroe.-While a chorus of protests
went up when the government an.
nounced the population of Monroe a
re Wmonths ago, the population of
ouachita parish announced at 3O,318.
seemed to meet with approval. A re.
count OF the poulation of the CITY
planned for next month by the Junior
board of the Chamber of Commerce
may cause the government to revise
the figures for the city and the parish
however.
Ruston.-Ruston and Lincoln parish
have obtained the services of an expert
peach grower and orchardist in the
person of P W. Alley of Mississippi
Mr.. Alley is a peach grower of
eighteen years experience and is Quail
flied to give his aid in the develop
ment Of culture Of the product in this
parish.
Observation-Disclosures Of the Lou
Isiana Flood Control Association, with
Judge John Dale of Vidalia as presi-
dent, Tom Flood of JonesvilIe as Sec
rotary, and ]. B. Fain of Jonesyille as
treasurer, was perfected in JonesvilIe
La
Mandeville.-The new passenger
boat Sister has made her first trip
across the lake from West End. Many
persons here met the vessel on her
arrival The boat brought its capac-
ty OF passengers.
Plain Dealing Johnson, a
prominent farmer of Bossier parish.
aged 70 years, who resided at Rocky
Mount near here, was struck on the
lead by a limb falling from a tree
Yhiie at work near his home.
New lberia.-Oswald McNeese of
New Orleans was elected commander
II the Louisiana Department, Ameri-
ian Legion, by the convention here
Mandeville.-A meeting will be held
~ the progressive Union Hall here to /
ilscuss further plans for the harbor
IN Bayou Castaing.
Hammond.-The frame work of the
Mays Product Company's large can