The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17

contest. to which all atudents OF the
Ouachita parish schools will be eiig'-
BILE. will be held here in April. il was
announced recently. Th" literary con
test will include teata in reading,
spelling. writisE. calCuIatios. composl-
ton and defamation The athletic
contest includes potato race. sack
race. broad jump. high jump. Fl ty-yard
dash hundred yard dash and basket
ball
Lafayette ~ Al an evidence Of his
interest in tho Industrial Institute.
from which lo graduated. Lorne ID.
Nickorson. profinent business man
of Lafayette. has notified pr Steph-
ens that he will give . cash prize OF
SIS to be awarded to the student who
shows the best college spirit during
| the session. The donation Is an an
nual one.
| Independenco The strawberry
season. which was set back several
weeks because of the recent freeze,
will begin about the FIRST of April.
Tho plants are again white with bios
SONS and indications point to one OF
| the finest yields in years a box
shortgae is threatened and crates are
being imported from every available
center TO fill the demand.
pointe n Ia Hacho Planters re
port most favorably conditions for
field work They have planted n
large acreage in corn as well as cane.
The frat and second years stand or
Htuhblo Is worry promising Tho cano
crop will be heavily fortified this year
after having been cultivated without
any last season. Cotton seed meal
will be used
Monroe. ~ Another industrial plant
to cost 100000 viii he established In
| Monroe soon. according TO the Home
Realty and Development Company,
which announces that the Motor
Wheel Corporation of Lanaing Mich +.
is preparing to estahieh a branch
here A site has been procured IN tho
city's factory addition on the NJ s8ou-
ri Pacific railroad.
Ponchatoua. - Tho Frank y. VIII
liams Lumber Company has fitted up
Offices IN tho Edwards building and
n large force Of men are nj work
clearing up on tho FIVE hundred acres
acquired by the company on the south
side of the town for the erection Of
their sawmlls and houses for om-
ployes.
Independence. - March Is was Gel.
ebratcd throughout tho parish by the
italian citizens as St Jos"pha Day.
Tho affairs in the several Catholic
churches were loaded with offerings
of food and drink for tho patron saint
Of their sunny land across the seas.
An Impressive parade by the Society
of ST Joseph was held
Opelousas. - Worltmen have been
engaged at the Catholic church here
building scaffolds for finishing tho in
terror of the edihce, and It is ex-
pected the work will be pushed to
early completion. The plans include
the installation of heating apparat-
us. plastering the walls and building
steel ceilings
Pointe a In Hache-A movement to
establish branch here of one of tho
! largest banks in New Orleans 10 be
} ing supported. this town being without
any bank. A branch to handle the
growing business along the lower
coast would prove big advantage
to planters an medrchants generally.
Monroe. Monroe's aviation colo
NY, which was established last fall,
came to an end recently and the last
plane of the squadron left in charge of
Pilot Henry +. Fawcett on its flight ia
headquarters at Welsh. Ind. Some OF
the airplanes In use here were sent
to Havana. but several days ago.
, Monroe Street car service. which
, has been suspended since the destruc
. ton of the city officials Mechanics
, are now putting another engine In
condition and 1t will be run soon.
: Monroe. After three years. ser
I vice as rabbi of the Jewish Temple
here. DR.. David Fischman has tender
n ed his resignation to take ecect June
2 /. when he will go to Now Orleans
where he will be executive director oil
the Jewish Educational and Charita
!, BILE Federation.
!. Tallulah. - r. f. McGehee. who has
4 been connected with the Delta Labor
4 atory in its work with the boil weevi
for several years, left recently to be
gin farming operations on a planta
/. ton near Rayville.
% Lafayette. - Augusta Manner. Louis
;, Delgisle. of Carencro, and Paul Pier
ret, OF the eighth ward. are going {,
visit Europe for several months. The,
will leave in April.
a Lafayette. Lafayette will be rep
a resented by a large delegation Mt thu
r meeting of the Louisiana Commrcia
Secretaries Association which meets
in Alexandria.
a Talluah. La. Four trucks hav,
=, been received for use on the roads n