The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-11-06

iected al bids for the construction VI
roads in Road District No. 70. old
for the erection Of two steel bridges
across Cane river in Ward 10 was also
rejected and the board of Supervisors
of the district was authorized to exc
cute the work of the construction
with with their own forces and equip
ment and under their own superVl-
sion according to the plans and specl-
ticatiOns. The construction or these
bridges has been long delayed as the
bids submitted before were also re-
jected.
Tallulah.-At a meeting of the Fifth
Louisiana Levee Board Commission
ers the entire board was appointed
committee to meet the United States
engineer in charge of the Third DIS
trfct at Kemp Bend Levee in Tensas
parish for arriving at some under
standing in regard to the future pro
lection Of the levee at this point. The
geological conditions at this point
and a high Ievee make the work at
this point one of the most important
ofthe ever recurring problems which
have to be met by the Board or Com
missioners in this part of the state.
Ruston.-Lincoln parish will be rep
resented at the Louisiana State Fair.
according to report made by ii. H.
Parish, Lincoln parish farm demon
strator and Mrs. J. b. Staples, home
demonstration. The exhibits will In
clude poultry, pigs, canned products,
sewing, dairy club and garden club
exhibits. A portion of these exhibits
will be on display in the lobby of the
Ruston Chamber of Commerce, during
the week and will be judged here be-
fore shipping to Shreveport.
Bastrop-One of the most import
ant Industrial developments ever
known at BastrOp 81 now under way
as result of which 1t is expected the
Morehouse parish metropolis will
soon rank with the leading cities of
North Louisiana. Several important
industrial plants begun year or
more ago are now nearing compile
ton ard two or three additional con
Germs will begin work in the near fu-
ture.
DeRidder-The parish fair opened
IN DeRidder with a splendid exhibit OF
farm products, cattle, hogs and poul-
try. Booths were arranged by David
Mcfarland president Of the Farmers
Association, and the many exhibits OF
caSe, sorghum, forage crops, silage,
corn and other field crops attracted
much attention and brought to the
realization of the visitors the great
possibilities of this country for farm
ing.
DeRidder.-The Radcliffe Chautau-
qua, which Will be presented in De-
Ridder, October %, 80 and November
l. will be for the benefit of the high
school, The entertainments this year
consisting of concerts, readings and
lectures Of the highest grade. The
meetings will be held under big tent
on the courthouse grounds, the COM
mittee in charge will have a ticket
selling campaign soon to sell tickets
for the season.
Alexandria.-The traffic department
of the Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce has received proposition
from Captain J. B. Demere of st.
Louis relative to the establishment OF
a steamboat line in Red river between
Alexandria and ew Orleans, and inter
mediate points. Captain Demere Of
fers to furnish side wheel steam
boat with a capacity Of 1000 tons OF
feight for this trade.
Tallulah. George r. Goergens,
chief cinematographer Of the United
States Department of Agriculture, has
been in Tallulah the past week max
ing a motion picture film for the Del
ia Laboratory. The object of making
the film was to present the work of
f1ghtingthe boil weevil by busting
with calcium arsenic in an interesting
form for public instruction.
Monroe.-Captain w. P. Renwick,
commander of Henry M. Allen Post
1872, United Confederate Veterans, re,
Gently celebrated his eightieth birth.
day. Captain Renwick despite his
years is in good health and vigorous
and would easily pass for man OF
sixty-fve. Large numbers of his
friends called on him in honor of his