The St. Mary banner., 1920-09-11

Tallulah. The Red Cross rest room
was opened formally to the public Sun
day with a reception, during which a
large number Of people inspected the
room, registered and partook Of the
refreshments The receiving commit
tee was composed of the women who
have been instrumental in getting the
room installed, under the leadership OF
the local Red Cross secretary, Miss
Ruth Lane Assisting Miss Lane were
Mrs. J. r. Lenton and Miss Whitaker,
local home demonstration Misses Mob
ley and Ward assisted with the re-
freshments. AS Tallulah is quite
railway center, the rest room will fill
a long-felt want in giving transients
a comfortable place to wait, as we'll as
giving the people of the parish the
same convenience when they are In
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 total
loss, which will reduce the yield in
some sections to at least 25 per cent.
Rice buyers are in evidence waiting
for the opening of the market
st. Martinville. - The delegation
from Vermilion, Lafayette. ST. Lam
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 Courta bleau 80 that
it could be connected with the Atcha.
falaya river, Bayou Teche and Yer
million river, thereby putting the towns
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-
Xin1
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 we'll 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 $500, 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
fe wmonths ago, the population of
Ouachita parish announced at 30.31S,
seemed to meet with approval A re-
count of the poulatiOn of the city
planned for next month by the junior
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 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.
Monroe.-Organizat Of the Lou
isiana Flood Control Association with
Judge John Dale of Vidaia as presi-
retary, and J. B. Fain of Jonesville as
treasurer, was perfected in Jonesville,
La