The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-24

Ark; Hugh Cory, Of Alexandria; ).
C. Tomlin, of Glenmora, and w. L.
Lurry, of COlfax. The company which
is capitalized at 100000, has pur-
chased the hardwood mill of Carey
and Davidson together with their TIM
Der holdings. The domicile OF the
company is in LaSalle parish.
Houma.-A continuation Of the |
same interest and cooperation in and
between the various communities be-
tween Bunkie and New Orleans that
has been shown during the past ten |
days will assure the routing OF the
Pershing Way via the Evangeline
Trail and the Lafayette-Houma-New
Orleans highway without interruption,
according to General Manager Herb
ert F. McDougall in a statement in
HOuma.
Leesvile.-WOrk on the Leesville,
Slagle & Eastern railroad is almost
finished, and a locomotive for the
new lumber road is in the local yards.
The road connects with the Kansas
City Southern at Leesville and may
eventually be connected at the east
ern end with other chartered roads
and become a link Of an east and
west road.
Lake Charles.-The bid of the HI
hernia Bank and Trust Company of
New Orleans at par and accrued in
terest for the $4,000 parish-wide bond
issue to completeh the Vinton-Orange
link of the "All Southern Highway"
has been accepted by the policy jury.
New Iberia-New Iberia will be on
the Pershing Way as we'll as on the
Old Spanish trail This became an
assured fact when H. F. McDougal,
representing the highway, which will
extend from Winnipeg to New Or
leans, addressed the members OF the
Chamber of Commerce on the project
and received assurances of support.
Shreveport.-Th Homer field has
yielded a giant gusher for the Stand
ard Oil Company Of Louisiana, Its
Cakes No. 5 roaring in from the deep
sand at 2,O97 feet at the rate Of
$4,000 barrels day.
New Orleans.-Alleged adulteration
with to 10 per cent of water caused
the seizure by the United States Dis
trict Court Tuesday Of 2SO cases Of
BLUE Dot" brand tomatoes, said to
have been recently shipped here from
Maryland.
Lake Charles.-The contract has
been awarded locally for the con-
struction of a sawmill at Glenmora
sixty-fve miles north Of here, for
the Louisiana Saw Mill Company, at
an approximate cost Of 100000.
Lake Charles.-The Lake Arthur
Drainage Company will complete the
reclamation of approximately $4,000
acres of land in the Thornwell drain
: age district in Jefferson Davis parish
at an early date.
Natchitoches.-With Paul M. Potts
Sr., of Natchitoches, as parish chair
2 man, Natchitoches parish has beer
q organized for the big membership
o campaign of the American Cotton AS
n ISOLATION.
Convent.-The parish Democratic
executive committee Of the parish o
l. st. James met at the courthouse an
selected commissioners and clerks o
election for the Democratic primar,
}. election.
o Franklin.-At the quarterly meet
y ing of the school board of st. Mar
parish held recently, Superintendent
. of Schools Charles Colt offered hi
|, resignation to take effect on Febrt
airy next.
Alexandria.-The city council ha
8 awarded a contract for the resurfa'
. ing of Second street from Lee to d.
y Soto with vertical fibre brick to H.
. Clark for the price of $3.50 per squar
:, yard.
Lake Charles.-Ground will b
broken within few days for the col
y struction of the four-story brick al
mex st. Patrick's Sanitariun
~ which will cost approximately $15(
= 900.
Thibodaux.-The Strangers Hot
!. of Thibodaux has again change
~ hands, being purchased by Bloome
80 stiel & Boston of Donaldsonvill
. owners of the Grand theater here.
Sc Lafayette. - The First Nation
d. bank and hte Bank of Lafayette al
Trust Company have purchased Il
. issue Of $425,OOO worth of municip
~ bonds at par and accrued interest.
st Jeanerette. Jeanerette whol
ng sale grocery store was broken opt
and large amount Of groceri
stolen. Four negroes are hel
a. charged with the robbery.
RS Clinton. Ethel school distri
as in East Feliciana parish, voted So
ng 600 bond issue to build two schC
houses, one at Ethel and one at NJ
Road
Ike Abbeville.-The bids for the bon
TO- of the Gueydan road district ha