Vernon Parish Democrat., 1920-09-09

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was opened formally to tha public s
day with reception. daring which
large number Of people inarauted
room, registered and Darfook 81 H
refreshments The receiving commft
tee was composed Of the women Nhc
have been instrumental in getting ihe
room installed, under the leadership o1
the local Red Cross secretary, Misel
Ruth Lane. Assisting Miss Lane we're
Mrs. ]. r. Lenton and Miss Whitaker.
local home demonstrator. Misses Mob
ley and Ward assisted with the r
.freshments. As Tallulah is quite
railway center. the rest room win fli
q long-felt want in giving transients
comfortable place to wait, as well as
giving the people Of the parish the
same convenience when they are Ga
town.
St. MartinvilIe.-Rice cutting in ST.
Martin parish has been hampered BY
excessive rains during the past week.
In the upper part Of the parish wealth
er conditions are fair with rice cutting
normal. The farmers ia this section,
are demoralized for want OF fair wealth
er to start threshing. Several hundred
acres have been cut and stacked, wait
ing for better weather conditions. So
far not sack Of rice has been sold
in this territory. AL the rice planted
IN the bottoms is Considered a total
loss, which will r e The yigld in
some sections to al 5 cent
Rice buyers are in cs 1ling
for the opening Of t.e
st. MartinwIIe as ION
from Vermilion, IL stte. ST Ian
dry and St. Martin III shes which AZ
tended the engine srs' hearing on the
Atchafalaya Teche and Vermilion Com
pany in New Orleans, urging the Fed
eral government furnish money to
clean out Bayou Courtableau so that
it could be connected with the Atcha-
falaya river, Bayou iTeche and Yer
million river, thereby putting the towns
Of VermiIion and Teche section in ali
rect connection with New Orleans
through the Burthe Canal and Plaque
mine Locks.
opelousas.-The American Petro-
leum and Drilling Company has be-
come interested in this section through
the efforts Of local business men. Pre-
vious geological surveys ana reports
made by J. H. Stahl, who has done ex-
tensive geological work throughout the
Texas oil fields, were substantiated BY
their own investigation, to the end that
| they began immediate Operations on a.
deep test well about three miles south
east Of theetown Of Opelousas, situated
on the old Jack Thompson place. now
owned by Mrs. ]. H. CresswelL The
drilling rig was shipped from Wichita
Falls to Opelousas.
Bunkie The Holly Ridge Lumber
Company of Louisville, KY, operating
swamills in St. Landry and Meeker.
La, has purchased from w. D. Haas.
the site formerly occupied BY the
Bunkie Brick Works, consisting OF ten
acres of ground. The company intends
to erect a large planning and stave mill.
Work of dismantling the old brick
plant has begun and work on the new
mills will start at once. The plant will
cost in the neighborhood Of 5000. 900
and win employ force Of 200 men.
While chorus Of protests
went up when the government an
nounced the population OF Monroe a
fe wmonths ago, the population OF
0uachita parish announced at 3O.318.
seemed to meet with approval. "A re-
count OF the poulation Of the city
planned for next month by the junior
board of the Chamber OF Commerce
may cause the government to revise
the figures for the city and the parish,
however.
Ruston.- Ruston and Lincoln parish
have obtained the services OF an expert
peach grower and orchardist ia the
person Of P. w. Alley Of Mississippi.
Mr.. Alley is a peach grower OF
| eighteen years experience and is quail
flied to give his aid in the develop
ment Of culture Of the product in this
parish.
Monroe.-O Organization Of the Lou
lslana Flood Control Association, with
Judge John Dale Of Vidalia as presi-
dent Tom Flood of JonesviTe as Sec
retary, and J. B. Fain of JonesviIle as
treasurer, was perfected in JonesviIe,
La.
Mandeville.-The new passenger
boat Sister has made her first trip
across the lake from West End. Many
persons here met the vessel on her
arrival. The boat brought its capac-
J ity ofspassengers.
Plain Dealing. Johnson,
prominent farmer of Bossier parish,
aged 70 years, who resided at Rocky
Mount, near here, was struck on the
head by limb falling from a tree
while at work near his home.