The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-07-24


900 acres, according to the local rep
resentative Of the Southern Rice
Growers Association. Of the 1860
acres $4,000 is in Blue Rose, 1000 In
Japan and the remainder in early pro-
life Louisiana Pearl and Edith. 1t is
estimated that rs per cent Of the acre
age is watered by deep wells and that
the entire crop is in fair shape both
as to stand and growth. There are
no last years stocks of rice in the
hands of farmers in this district.
Baton ROuge.-A carnival company
of ten concessions is being added to
the amusementS Of Comite Park. The
park is being improved and the pros
poets of first class amusement park
are in sight. The stockholders are
scheduled to have a meeting soon TO
raise the capitalization of the COM
pany from $4,000 o $4,000. A horse.
shoe driveway will soon be completed
around the park and plans for further
lighting of the river is being consid.
cred.
Alexandria-The Irish potato grow.
ers of Rapides parish met at the city
hall and effected a permanent organi-
cation to be known as the Rapides
Parish Potato Growers Association
by the election OF the following Off
GERS: w. S. Warner of Lamourie,
chairman; w. H. Humble of Alex
andria, secretary. An address was de-
liVered by S. L. Tiebout, horticultural
ist of the Louisiana State Univer-
sity.
EstherwOOd.-A new Mermentau
river ferry seven miles west Of this
place has been assured and action
will be taken soon by the Acadia par
ish police jury to cooperate with the
Jefferson Davis parish board in pro-
yiding it. This will mean safe trans
port for the many automobiles and
other vehicles travelling between the
two parishes, the present ferry hay
ing been condemned as unsafe.
Natchitoches. Three candidates
have announced for the judgeship in
this district, composed of the par.
tshes Of Natitoches and Red River.
They are M. l.. Dismukes, ]. w. Jones
and Judge w. T. Cunningham, the
present incumbent. Three candidates
for district attorney have also an
nounced, J. o. Gunter of Natchitoches
and Steve NJ eagle and SIR. Thomas
Of Coushatta.
Jennings.-The committee investi-
gated the ferry at Beaumont, Tex,
and the general scheme of that ferry
will be followed out in the Mermen-
tau ferry. 1t is intended to build this
new ferry large enough to hold about
eight automobiles with a free toll dur
ing the busy hours of the day, and
about the same toll as now existing
between the hours of six at night and
six in the morning.
Springville. - The police jury Of
Livingston parish metirecently and Or
ganized by electing the following Of
fcers: H. B. Berthelot, president; L.
F. Harris, secretary; ]. o. Sullivan,
parish treasurer; H. E. Ramsey( own
er Of the Livingston Times, parish
printer; Bank of Denham Springs, fis-
cal agent for the parish.
Jennings.-The large barn on the
Wilkins ompany plantation, two miles
west of Jennings, was destroyed by
fire recently. The origin of the fire Is
unknown. The building contained
about $4,000 worth of machinery, in
Guiding several tractors and farm i'm
plements, all of which were totally de-
strOyed.
Pointe a la Hacne.-J. C. De Armas,
civil engineer, begins work surveying
the route of the roads in District Two
and Three, extending along the west
bank from the Orleans parish line to
the Fort Jackson reservation, a dis
lance Of seventy miles from New Or.
leans.
Estherwood.-The Lake Arthur camp
meeting in Jefferson Davis parish, IL
miles south of Jennings and 1S miles
south of Estherwood, opened recently
and closes after a days meeting. Rev.
H. C. Maitland, evangelist, will be as
sisted by pastors from surrounding
communities and Professor C. c. Con-
ley, song leader,
Alexandria. - The Rapides parish
police jury met in monthly session
ad received bids for the construction
of what is known as the Lyle-Rhodes
Highway, but none of the bids have
as yet been accepted and parish en-
gineer has not been selected
Baton Rouge. - The Weinmann
bill providing for the creation of
state boxing commission to regulate
boxing will be reported fayorably by
the Senate city affairs committee. The
committee recently SO decided.
Estherwood.-Th section was Wis
tied recently by a heavy rain which
greatly benefited the rice crop. Ralph
Cowan of Midland has $50 acres com
ing in head Of early Prolific rice that
was planted in March