The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24

Rouge, pays Tn young Iauy graduate"
from last years session of the Ham
mond High School a compliment IN
report issued from his office In which
he states that six Of the graduates,
yoh took the public school examine
ton for first grade teachers license,
received the highest average marx
among the list of high school grad
yates.
Monroe-Because of the recent re-
sumption of active opposition to the
enforcement of the cattle dipping law
in Wards Seven and Eight Of Ouachita
parish, DR. j. H. Yoder, federal agent
In charge Of the work, declared that
he was authorized by the president OF
the police jury to announce that body
will pay reward of $1,000 for the ar
rest and conviction Of the parties dy-
namiting dipping watts.
Leesville. School children at
Stables are dramatizing Mrs. Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch" supplying
spoken words for the descriptive parts
and working out the roles hey expect
to take. They will costume the per-
formers and dress the stage. They ex-
pect to produce the play in the COM
munity theater at Stables as a demon
stration of what can be done by chill
dren.
Lake Charles. = The heirs of Rob-
ert H. Mason, Mrs. Ida Jackson and
George M Mason Of Chesaning, Mich,
have sold the Mason Villa property to
Samuel Levy for 100000. The proper.
ty sold includes all of the Mason VII
la property to Samuel Levy for $50.
600. The property sold includes all OF
the Mason Villa block with the excep-
ton of two residences.
Independence. - The first carload
of straw berries shipped out Of Tan
gipahoa Parish for the present season
was loaded at Independence under the
supervision OF the Agricultural Sup
ply Company. The car was bought BY
Jerry Paxton, a strawberry buyer and
broker for the sum OF $4,000, and con
signed by him to Pittsburg.
Monroe. Cold, windy weather
here did not interfere seriously with
the Easter parade and religious cere
monies. Special services were held al
the Methodist Church. attended In
-. nj In
lions for the Ruston orphanage were
taken at the Monroe and West Monroe
Methodist churches.
Tallulah. - The unprecedented fai
of COZ inches Of rain In period o.
twenty-fouT hours ended with fal
in temperature which has remained
unbroken. The heavy fall OF water
followed by sun and wind, has put thu
roads in better shape than they have
been in for several months.
Hammond. Thomas l.. MIDLAND
who purchased the Loranger commun
ity model farm last fall for dairyinl
purposes, is making good. His herd o
forty Holsteins Ia producing ITO gal
Ions of milk daily, two Of them Civ
| ing as high as ten gallons each.
Marksville. The mercantile bust
ness Of the late l.. ]. Coco of this place
passed from the Coco estate to Jot
frion and Barham recently. The dea
involved PROPERTY valued approximate
ly at 100000, and was cash transac
| ton.
Monroe. = Frank L. Rain, Of Fail
bury, Neb., grand exalted ruler, B. T
| O. E., his wife, private secretary ant
| the latters wife, arrived in Monroe
and will be guests at an elaborate ban
| quet given by Monroe Elks.
Donaldsonville. - Ground has beel
/ broken for the erection of the ney
theater and store building on Missis
sippi street, TO be completed within
ninety days
Baton Rouge. The state superb
tendent of education, T. H. Harrisf
left recently for Merryville to ded
cate the high school building recent
ly completed.
Monroe.-A light frost was visibl
in exposed places, but not sufficien
to damage vegetation. excepting gal
dens and truck farms there is very Iii
tie vegetation to be hurt as heav
rains at frequent intervals during tn
past sixty days have greatly retarde
form operations.
Thibodaux The Thibodeaux par
pavilion was thrown open to the pull
lie for jitney dancing throughout th
summer Despite the cold wave,
large crowd assembled at the pavilio
for the dancing.
Hammond. - While the cool unse
tied weather is keeping the strawbe
ries back, the local market is we'll SUI
piled with the fruit which retails I
rs cents per pint.
Lake Charles. - There are at Ii
present time ten cmpanies operatin
in the Vinton-Ged field with dali
net production Of approximately 4.0l
barrels Of oil.
Monroe For the second time
thirty days the Tidwell-Larche Me
camille Store In West Monroe ws
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