The weekly Iberian., 1920-02-28

St Martinville.--Thc police jury OF
et. Martin parish met here last week
and passed resolutions pelitiunina
tho State Highway Department for
state aid and supervisors aud Tor
federal aid in the construction Of Tho
l,afnyettr New Iberia highway nlong
Tho Southern Pacific railroad main
line from Burke station connecting
with the Lafayette gravel road near
Dillaud Refinery.
Alexandria j T.. oliver. who for
rsveraI years was manager of a locnl
print,ng establishment. and who re-
Gently returned from overseas. where
he spent "A year In tho service OF inc
Y, NJ. &. A.. has bocn chosen as bust
ness manager of the Louisiana Coz
lcge In PinoviIe. and will look after
the financial affairs of the institution,
This position has just been created.
Alexandria.-W w. D. Coleman. traf.
hc manager of tho Alexandria Cham
ber of Commerce. left for New Or.
leans to attend the hearing before the
Interstate Commerce Commiesion on
conditions growing out OF that case.
He will also attend conference OF
the Natchez rate case and shipping
representative Louisiana shippers at
the Beard Of Trade rooms,
Natchitoches Miss Edith Grazing
or. Y. w. G. A. worker, who served
In France. gave n lecture Mt the Bap-
| tist Church I'm the interest of the as
aociation She told of the activities
| of the Y w G. A. during the war and
the possibilities for further usefulness
among young women of America, eB
pccially those who are earning their
own way.
Natchitoches.- Black Lake Oil
! Company has made a location In soc
! tiOn t5. township 10. range 6. this
! parish. and it's derrick will be complet-
ed in about ten days. All materials
| are on the ground and drilling will
begin at once. All citizens ms well ag
oil prospectors are much Interested
and the progress Of his well will be
| closely watched.
DonaldBouyillo. - Every available
acre of rice land I'm this section has
been rented and is now being plow-
cd preparatory to being planted in
rice Bayou Lafourcho will have the
largest acreage of rice planted in it's
history, and the prospects are that
the rico crop in the parish viii be
the largest ever harvested
Opelousas. many delays the
monument Of the veterans of the
'Confederacy and the world war have
arrived and tho two shafts are be.
ing placed in position on the Court
Square The local camp of Confed'
crate veterans will prepare pro-
gram for the unveiling of their mon
ument.
Monroe.--Wiring. metering and
piping SO many new houses built too
lato to be placed on the 1919 tax
rolls has put the town of West Mon
roe to such an expense. II is ciaiH'
I'd, that it has been found necessary
To Increase the rates for electric cur
rent
Opelonsas Bonds of Road District
No. & of the Fifth Ward to the amount
of $50. 900 and tho issue of $500 by
the Third Ward District of the Third
Ward we're purchased by the three
banks of Opelousas. Planters Bank
and Trust Company, st. Landry Bank
and Trust Co. and the Opelousas Ma
tional.
Opelousas.--Tbe police jury at Its
session recently authorized an appro.
priation of $500 for defraying the ex-
penses of two boys from St Landry
parish on the trip promoted by Su.
perintendent of Education Harris to
the farms and experiment stations of
the states of the Middle West.
Alexandria-~The establishment of
Hustmyre Brothers was entered by a
thief who stole goods worth $3.50
Entrance was effected from the rear
The articles stolen consisted of -four
cigarettes and tobacco. The thief
made his exit through the front door
which was left open.
Donaldsonville.--Th case of Jos
eph Gonzales vs. II. A. Morgan and
r. S. Vickers. contesting the nomi.
nation of the latter to the office oi
representative from this parish
which was decided in favor of the de
PENDANTS, has been appealed to the
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Monroe.--E. Jack Selig has purchas
ed from the city OF Monroe a plot OF
ground fronting two hundred and fif
ty feet ON Louisville avenue by sew
enty-six feet deep. for $3.50. The new
city fire station will be erected
nearby.
Hammond.-Returning from a week
end fox hunt In the Dan Bankston
thicket, near Chesbrough, G. II. An
derson. master of the hounds. and Ir
win Kent. bugler OF the Hammond
. Fox Club. report three days splendid