The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-23

| and thSi fact has encouraged greater
home building efforts as citizens and
ii is impossible to rent homes or
apartments. The city has not kept
pace in this regard with its steady
growth and 1t presents the most Sc
rious handicap the city must over
come in its development Building
] operations are going ahead at an I'M
usual clip, both mercantile and resi-
Dental. but homes and business foca-
tons are exceedingly difficult to find
now.
Monroe.-With a Trade Day" to
be inaugurated the third week in Oc-
tober and a communit yfair of two
days a week later, West Monroe, the
municipality opposite Monroe, is
launching into the most important
campaign of civic enterprise ever un-
dertaken by west side citizens. The
| two movements have the backing of
the Commercial League of West Mon
roe. The officers of the Ouachita
Parish Fair Association at a meeting
recently decided to back the commun-
1t yfair asthere will be no parish fair
this year
Observation-Disclosures farmers as
ISOLATION has been formed with Thorn
as Gessener at its head. Mr. Gessen-
er in the past has been connected
with the largest of the associations.
The new association will be the New
Strawberry Growers Association OF
Hammond. The association will have
as its object the cooperative selling
and marketing Of strawberries, and
this. will give Hammond three large
and flourishing associations devoted
to the strawberry industry.
Franklin.@-Thls community was
awakened by a loud explosion which
turned out to be that of dinky boiler
at the plant of the Albert Hanson
Lumber Company. Garden City, La,
three miles from this town. The
boiler was used to supply steam for
the fire pumps at that place. The
night Waterman lost both Of his arms
in the accident, but will recover Very
little other damage was done by the
explosion.
Monroe.-The Arkansas & Louisi.
ana Missouri Railroad Company began
operating between Monroe and Hut
tig recently and it is expected that the
company will be enabled to operate
between this city and Crossett, Ark,
by January 4. The railroad between
Monroe and Bastrop has been practi-
cally rebuilt and trains are operating
between the two points. Reconstruc-
ton wor kis now going forward on the
Bastrop-C rossett end of the lire.
Lake Charles.-United States Dis
trict Court for the Western District
of Louisiana has convened in Lake
Charles. Jury Commissioners A. M.
Mayo, Dick Wakefield and c. C.
O'Malley met and drew petit jurors
for the October term of court. During
the October term arguments will be
heard in the $19,000,000 assessment
suit OF the Union Sulphur Company
VS.. the parish Of Calcasieu and the
state OF Louisiana.
Lafayette. - More than 200 farm
ers from throughout the parish parti-
cipated in the organization of the La
fayette Parish Farmers Association
and voted unanimously for a co-operar
tive marketing system to become ef-
fective at once. e. C. st. Julien OF
Broussard, president of the Lafayette
Cane Growers Association, wAs elect
ed president.
Lafayette.-The Bank OF Maurice
was formally opened recently, the
event being the occasion for some
thin of a celebration by the farmers
and business men of that portion of
the parish. The bank is backed by
the business men and farmers almost
exclusively in that territory. and
nearly every stakeholder was on hand
for the event.
Lafayette.-Plans for the organiza-
ton of a parish-wide commercial and
agricultural body to take the place OF
the defunct Chamber OF Commerce
now include a mass meeting of all
the business men and planters and
live stock men Of the parish at the
courthouse. es.~
Forest Hill.-H. o. Ponder, former
postmaster here. has sold his resi-
dence to Leonard Johnson, to Clear
Water for $4,000 and will remove to
G1enmora. The new postmaster, Rev.
F. w. 'Bertschinger, has purchased a
cottage here and leased his rarm, re-
moving his family to this place.
Natchitoches. - The Natchltoches
Chamber of Commerce has taken up
High School. The va
the matter of new building TOR the
rious committees, site, bond, nnanee,
publicity, ETC., have been appointed
and will push the matter.
Natitoches.-Miss Mary Rely, home
agent for Natchitoches
for the past two years, has resigned
her position and accepted the post OF
history instructor in the high scnool.
Lake Charles II HaskafI IN