The patriot., 1920-09-03

ley and Ward assisted with the re-
freshments AS Tallulah is quite a
railway center, the rest room will fill
a Iong-felt want in giving transients
a comfortable place to wait as we'll as
giving the people of the parish the
same convenience when they are in
town.
st. Martinville.-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 in 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. All the rice planted
In the bottoms is considered a total
loss, which will reduce the yield in
some sections to at least % per cent.
Rice buyers are in evidence waiting
for the opening of the market
st. MartinvflIe - The delegation
from Vermilion, Lafayette, St. Ian
dry and st. Martin parishes which at
tended the engineers hearing on the
Atchafalaya Teche and Vermilion Com
pany in New Orleans. urging the Fed
eral government furnish money to
clean out Bayou CourtabIeau so that
it could be connected with the Atcha-
falaya river, Bayou Teche and Ver-
million river, thereby putting the towns
of Vermilion and Teche section in di-
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 and reports
made by ]. 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 the town of Opelousas. situated
on the old Jack Thompson place, now
owned by Mrs j. 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 ter
acres of ground. The company intends
to erect large planning and staye mill
Work of dismantling the old bricl
plant has begun and work on the new
mills will start at once The plant vii
cost in the neighborhood of s200,00(
and will employ force of 200 men.
Monroe.-While chorus of protest;
went up when the government an
nounced the population of Monroe :
fe wmonths ago, the population o
Ouachita parish announced at 30,31S
seemed to meet with approval. A re
count of the poulation of the cit!
planned for next month by the JUNO
board of the Chamber of Commere,
may cause the government to revisl
the figures for the city and the parish
however.
Ruston. .-Ruston and Lincoln parisl
| have obtained the services of an exper
: peach grower and orchardist in tn
) person Of P. w. Alley of Mississippi
/ Mr.. Alley is peach grower @
i eighteen years experience and is qua
| ified to give his aid in the develop
: ment of culture of the product in thi
parish.
4 Monroe Organization of the Lot
t isiana Flood Control Association, wit
3 Judge John Dale of Vidalia as pres
E dent, Tom Flood Of Jonesville as SCI
r retary, and j. B. Fain of Jonesville a
e treasurer, was perfected in Jonesvill'
b La.
MandevilIe.-The new passenge
e boat Sister has made her first tri
/ across the lake from West End. Man
J, persons here met the vessel on he
o arrival. The boat brought its capa
a ity of passengers.
h Plain Dealing John Johnson,
prominent farmer of Bossier paris
aged 70 years, who resided at Rock
e Mount, near here, was struck on II
e head by a limb falling from a TIRE
$ while at work near his home.
i New Iberia Oswald McNeese !
New Orleans was elected commando
Of the Louisiana Department. Amer
IS can Legion. by the convention here.
B Mande7ille.-A meeting will be he
j at the Progressive Union Hall here
v discuss further plans for the harb'
on Bayou Castaing.
Ir...o.,5 Tho frorna work of II