The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-01-24
New Iberia Gets
"Pershing Way

The Pershing Way move fOstered b.
the Chamber of Commerce went Owe
the top on Tuesday and as a result the
city OF New iberia will henceforth bs
on the Pershing Way map, whioi
route begins at Winnepeg. Canada
and ends at New Orleans.
Herbert McDougal, secretary man
ager of the Pershing Way. recently
addressed the members of the Cham.
ber of Commerce in behalf of the great
highway and explained just what il
would mean to the citizens Of the city
to have it routed on the Pershing Way
{. w. Outhwaite signed up a sub
scription as a starter. A P. Winters,
DIR. j. w K Shaw. DR.. j. A. Goodwin
following suit. There were thirteen
| of the public spirited citizens who
signed up that night but as it required
at least 30 signatures to assure the
city being placed on the map a
committee composed of John r.
Taylor. chairman of the Highway
committee of the local chamber, HI
ram w. Carver, Fred Patout and
Frank Noel, manager of the Cham Der
of Commerce canvassed a good por-
tion OF the city in about two hours
and at the termination Of the roundup
total Of Sc memberships TO the Perish
ing Way had been secured
According to Mr.. Noel the Pershing
Way will mean much advertising to
New Iberia which it would not other
wise secure, and advertising com.
munity pays in big, round figures.
One has but to look at the example
set by California to know that.
Further, tourists will be routed
from Northern points via New Iberia,
which means more business and much
advertising by word of mouth as the
visitors can, without any explanation
tell about the mild winters afforded
our section of the country These
same visitors spend an average Of one
dollar and twenty five cents per hour
while in city and Mr.. Noel insists
that New Iberia should rightfully get
it's share The maps showing New
Iberia on the Pershing Way will be
issued in a short time to chambers of
com merce. clubs. hotels. etc ell over
the United States and queries to the
local chamber of the attractive fea.
lures of New Iberia will be coming in
on every mail early in the fall. This
all means publicity, advertising, more
business and ultimately more facto-
ries, plants, mills and stores Of virtu-
ally every character. The garages,
restaurants. hotels. tailors. drug stores
and many business houses all will do
more business and it will mean much
ID oney to the community in the ag-
gregate. The Old Spanish Trail will
cross the Pefshing Way at LaFaye cite,
which will give us tourists on both
routes, coming and going. The RI
oneer signers toy the Pershing Way
include c w Outhwaite, DIR j w K
Shaw, Ed L Estorge, r A Jacob, John
r Taylor, II w Carver, Freely Ar
mentor Edwin s Broussard, b K
White, Bertrand Lumber Company,
Leblanc and Broussard, Fritz Diet
lein, Tom DeBlanc, DR. e s Fulton,
Smith Insurance Agency, by Miss K
de V Craig,S G Laughlin. Abe Hirsch.
Teche Motor Company. w K Frantz.
A Gonsoulin, M S Brouseard. Walter
Burke. Alfred Lewald Jules Ian
dry, DR. A Goodwin, w H Carver,
w ID Reynold, j 8 Power. w. G..
Weeks, J. P Suberbielle, Homer
Daigre, Frank Dauterive, L J Bar
row, r G Robertson, F F Courts, L.
Bonnette, Vic Courto1s. Alfred Rem
oudet, N Rergerie, J E Kyle, v J
Erath. A D Winters, Nathan Davis, D
r Burke. Murray and Labit, Albert
Estorge. A Buquor, Ventress ]
Smith. julius Scharff. New Iberia
Hardware Company. d A Theriot.
Hotel Frederic, Louis Indest, Jr..
Jules Dreyfus and Emile Gajan.