Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-03-13

| AAABAWoyB inc NtoMu8 Chamber Of
Commerce and the Dermott. Ark.
Board Of Trade will at once proceed
with plans to organize the Louisiana,
Arkansas Highway Association to Dro.
mote a model highway from Little
Rock to Alexandria following the Mis-.
souri, Pacific Railway and a branch
highway from Dermott through Lake
Village, Lake Providence and other
towns to connect with the Dixie
Highway leading to Monroe.
Jennings Caldwell Brothers Of
New Orleans having been declared the
lowest bidder with S214,50O for the
high school and $41, 500 for the elemen
tary school, it was voted by the com
mittee t award them the contract. az
ter some notifications in the plans
had been mutually worked out and
agreed upon by the committee, the
architects and the contractors.
Lafayette. = Because OF the demand
for residences and factory sites In
Lafayette, P. ]. VOORHEES, has purchas.
ed the Northumberland Addition near
the railroad, comprising forty lots
which subdivided into locations foH
homes and business enterprises. Mr.
VOORHEES, viii have the property ready
soon. He has a number of applicants
for residences.
Alexandria. - The city of Alexan.
dria is making arrangements for the
construction of large reservoir for
the city water supply, large enough to
contain three million gallons of water.
AS soon as the site can be decided
lpon work will be commenced. The
contract has also been let for the drill.
ing of an artesian well to increase the
water supply.
Monroe.-Possibly the largest real
estate deal made in Ouachita parish
since the present activity in realty de.
veloped several months ago took place
when 1882 acres of land known as the
Hard Times Plantation, was sold by
A. H. Kelley to the Home Realty and
Development Company here for $780,
22O.
Lafayette. - Lafayette is going af.
ter water route to New Orleans by
way of Municipal canal and the Atch-
afalaya- Teche-Vermillion connection.
The first step will be an application to
the United States engineers for the
elimination of spillways, thereby max.
ing the waterway navigable.
Baton Rouge. = Superintendent r.
H. Harris and practically all the Of
ficiales of the department of education
have gone to Cleveland to attend the
National Education Association meet
ing. The party from Baton Rouge In.
cluded Messrs. Harris, Conniff, Ives,
Trudeau, Foote, Lombard and Favrot.
st. Martinville. - The Standard Oil
Company of Louisiana has bought a
site here on the sawmill track and will
Immediately erect warehouse ana
storage tanks for the local trade and
to supply the rice farmers in this ter
ritory. Lawrence ]. Brown has been
appointed local agent
pelousas.-Arthur Darby Of Port
Arthur, Tex, and Miss Cora Collins of
this city were married recently at the
Catholic church, Father Colliard Of
floating. Mr.. and Mrs. Darby will
make their home in Texas.
Lafayette.-Ashby Woodson, mem
Der of the faculty of the Industrial In
stitute, has acquired the controlling in
terest in Denbo and Nicholson Co.
Lids hardware and implement bust
ness from st. Louis capitalists.
Brelin.-Judge Jerry Cline convened
the regular jury term of court here
and only one jury case came up for
trial, young white man from Oak
dale named Gerald, charged with lar
ceny, being tried, and acquitted.
Monroe-William Wunch, a nuuve
of Germany. but resident of Monroe
for fifty years, died here at the age of
n years. He had been connected with
one business firm here for forty-fve
years.
Marksvllle. Kiblinger home and
sanitarium has changed hands twice in
30 days. Drs. 2. and A. Kiblinger sold
their home and sanitarium to Mrs. U.
f. Neck about the middle of January,
1920. Recently DIR. George A. Mayer
bought the home and sanitarium from
Mrs. Neck.
Baton ROuge.-At the hearing Of
two requisition cases before Governor
Pleasant, the requistion was granted
In the case of l. M. Hirshfield, who is
charged with being a fugitive from
justice and embezzling in Massachu-
sets.
Lafayette. = The local lodge Of
Pythians have leased quarters down
town. The place will be furnished at
tractively. The house.warming will be
celebrated by the initiation of a large
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