Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-11-25


dustriaI development in the vicinity
of Bogalusa and also at other con-
tiguous points on the railroad.
Mr.. Ayres is extremely optimistic
over the outlook and says that Be-
galusa is little short of the mlracu-
lous in its progressive spirit. He
SAYS that the organization of the
new Chamber of Commerce, will ac-
celerate the business operations OF
Bogalusa as does that Of new and
powerful dynamo added to a power
plant in a great factory. Mr.. Ayres
has applied for membership in the
Chamber Of Commerce and wants
this most efficient organization to
Join hands in the work of industrial
and agricultural development in
which he is now engaged.
One of the most satisfactory evil
dences Of development, both in the
towns and country, has been that ex-
hibited in the increase in the freight
and especially passenger traffic along
the line. The Industrial Department
has done considerable advertising,
with the result that now and then
newcomer has dropped in from other
parts of the country. The presence
Of business men and land buyers
from other parts has worked to ad
vance the price of farm lands and
town property. Local farmers have
therefore been spurred to buy tracts
of land adjoining their original hold
ings and with this increased acre
age naturally followed increased ac-
tivities in farming. Added to that,
too, came two or three good crop
years and unusually good prices for
farm products. The farmer raised
more stuff and the business man
purchased and marketed more stuff.
This enhanced freight shipment and,
naturally, people in prosperous
condition trayeled more.
Some other evidences also of
progress upon the part of the rail
road and the territory which it
serves, are evinced in the spirit of
community settlements at the towns
Of Bush, Isabel, Warnerton, Stein
and Varnado, Louisiana, and Column
hia and other places in Mississippi.
These settlements, at some of the
points at least, are in the main made
up of farmers from other parts of
the country and they have brought
with them good ideas as to farming,
school and good roads. The devel
opment has been such at Vaudeville,
Covington and Warnerton that in
creased facilities for shipping and
passenger service have been added in
the way of new and attractive depots.
President Goodyear has believed
that before We may interest capital
to come into the territory along the
n. o. Il. N. railroad we must first, by
legitimate and effective advertising,
get the business opportunities of our
towns and lands before the man who
is looking for new fields of enter
prise. Following this view, Mr..
Ayres, with the advice and consent
of Mr.. W. E. Farris, vice-president
and general manager of the road, has
worked out a rather unique method
of advertising, which is meeting
every expectation.
Of course, some plan had to be
worked out to obtain the merits and
opportunities offered in each town
and surrounding country and this of
right should be and has been OBJ
tanned from the residents themselves
in their respective towns AMI COM
munities. In a word, the plan has
been to print and hang in the various
depots along the line, and in other
places where people congregate, large
circulars with the following attrac-
tive headlines:
"The New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad, through its
Industrial Department, desires
to lend an advisor and cooper
alive hand to all concerned in
the matter of the promotion of
churches, schools, good roads,
commercial clubs, farmers in
stitutes, cooperative shipping
and marketing associations,