The Concordia sentinel., 1920-01-31

Baton Rouge The preIiminaries
for the debates have been held at the
university and the men selected TO
represent L. s. u in all intercollegiate
debating are as follows: w. H.
| Polmer, Schriever; ]. B. Nachman,
! Alexandria; ]. S. Jordan, Pickering:
| r. NJ. Bauer, Patterson; John S. Pat
ton. Lisbon, and c. Lindsey, Oakdale.
Debates will probably be arranged
with the University of Arkansas and
the University Of Florids.
New Orleans.-Sunday afternoon be
| tween l and 2 o'clock bicycle riden
! from all parts OF the city gathered at
Lee Circle for the bicycle run given
under the auspices of eight local
dealers. Fred st. Onge, professional
cyclist and vaudeville performer, hac
charge of the run ana on the way oui
| to the destination at Audubon Park
performed many vaudeville stunts OIL
his bicycle for the entertainment o.
his riders.
Patterson.-Representatives of the
Pershing highway from Winnipeg
Canada, OF New Orleans, met with
the business men of this community
and formed an organization to have
the highway routed through here
Patterson's membership quota is 36
Officers were elected as follows:
E. F. Martin, president; l.. K. vii
liams and Oscar Zenor, vice presi
dents; ]. B. Senareus, secretary; J. e
Lassus, treasurer.
Shreveport-William Bucholz, pres
ident, and w. J. Kennedy, trustee
representing the Kansas City Syndi
cate, a group of Kansas City inves
tors, recently announced the acquisi
tion of tract of 4,6O0 acres in Web
ster parish which they propose to
develop for oil and gas, beginning i'm
mediatelyf with a location on the
Walter lease in section S-17-9.
Shreveport.-A 50O-barrel oil pro
ducer is reported by the Claiborne
Louisiana Oil Company, their Nc
Clung No. 6 coming in from the shal
low sand around 1900 feet. The well
is in the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 1921
and marks an extension Of proven ter
ritory q quarter Of mile to the north
east.
Natchitoches.-Miss Ella Brand
| graduate nurse from New Orleans, has
assumed the duties of public health
nurse for Natchitoches parish. The
work 10 being carried on by the Red
Cross as outlined by the peace pro
gram and will continue three months
and longer IL needed.
A Alexandria.-pa Parrish School Supsrin.
| tendent Avery announces all of the
public schools Of the parish are now
in operation and are progressing sat
isfactorily with the exception ol
three which hvae been unable to open
so far by reason of the fact the school
authorities have been unable to gel
teachers for them.
! New Iberia.-A midday luncheon
and "get-together" meeting, which
nearly one hundred of the leading
citizens of the city attended, was the
latest innovation inaugurated by the
| Chamber of Commerce in its fight
to put New Iberia once more on the
commercial and industrial map In
southern Louisiana.
Columbia.-A grand jury session OF
the Thirtieth District Court was con
vened and after two days session
that body reported the finding of five
true bills and adjourned. Among the
| true bills found was one against S. s.
Gregory, charged with the killing OF
Aaron Manley.
| Donaldsonville.-Th vote In Ascen
sion parish, complete except for five
small precincts, gives Parker 796
Stubbs $50, Bouanchaud SIS, Gilbert
667. For state auditor, Capdeveills
739, Mecom 319. For state treasurer
Estorge 1858, Morgan 77S.
New Orleans.-The Louisiana His
torical Society has accepted an invita-
tion from the Doullut & Williams
Shipbuilding Company 20 participate
in the launching Of the New Orleans
Alexandria.-The Liberty Pool Hall
owned by Steve Manteris, together
with its furniture and fixtures, was
damaged by fire to the amount OF
$2,500. 1t is believed that the build
ing was fired to cover up robbery.
reveport-Blowing in around
81, ,00O, 900 cubic feet of gas mixed with
flow of 1000 barrels of oil the Four.
somebody No. well has been added
to the list Of North Louisiana pro-
ducers.
New OrleansAA boatride on the
steamer Sidney" on February Is was
voted as the Mardi Gras party of the
Charles A. Kaufman Company EN-
ployes' Benevolent Association at
their annual meeting.
Roseland.-John M. Parker win ad.
dress the voters in Amite, La, at
Campbells opera house. He win speak
IN Independence, which closes the
campaign In the parishes.
New Orleans.-The leading auto.