The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-27

extra officer, his duties in the posi-
ton being to check the water meters
and assist the regular police force.
Hammond.-The police jury has
called parish-wide election for the
purpose of voting upon one-mill tax,
Saturday, September 10. The fund to
be derived from this tar, II It Is ear
ried, will be used to build new bridges
over the Tangipahoa river and to pay
for the improvements for the state
horticultural experiment station.
notwithstanding to a COM
munication received by Chief Of Police
D. D. Bazer from the Automo bile
Theft Association headquarters. the
Shreveport police department II cred.
tied with having captured a greater
number of auto thieves and recovered
more stolen cars than any other police
organization in the United States dur
| ing the last year.
! Thibodaux.-B W. Bickert was in
ThibodauX trying to obtain = site on
the main street Of the town for the
establishment of another moving pic
ture theater. He represents q syndi'
| cate and is out to line up ffty-ons
places where his promoters plan to
| establish houses. Before coming 10
| Thibodaux arrangements were made
to take over the Community Theater
in Donaldsonville.
Alexandria-W. L. Duncan, an old
citizen OF this parish, has pair OF
buck deer horns with thirty-nine
points, which were taken from deer
killed by Hiram Mccain and George
L. Wilson on Wilson's Bayou near
Bunkie while deer hunting in 1880.
The horns were obtained recently By
Mr.. Duncan from the Wilson and Nc
Cam families and they are in per
feet state of preservation.
Basile-The new faculty of Evan
geline College, as announced by DR..
f. W. 10y, president, is as follows:
Karl Treen of Basile, dean and in
structor in SCIENCE Miss Ada e.
Findley Of Iowa, La, English; Miss
Rita Walker of Welsh, home eco
Monies and history; Mrs. F. w. 10y.
Basile, special mathematics teacher;
Mrs Karl Treen, Basile, music; Miss
Hazel NJ Kabecker, Wichita, Kan,
preparatory department. The second
session of this college will open
September 10.
Monroe.-The board of directors for
the ensuing year has been named by
the Arkansas-Louisiana Tourists Way
Association, which has concluded its
annual convention In Monroe, and
plans have been completed by the as
ISOLATION to get the Lakes and Gulf
Coast Association to choose the
Tourists Way between Little Rock
and Alexandria as its rohte to Lake
Charles, Galveston, Brownsville and
other parts of the Gulf coast.
Hammond.-A committee represent
ing bankers, merchants and farmers
of the parish of Calcasieu, visited this
section for two days. They were tho
guests, Of the Hammond Chamber OF
Commerce and were here investi-
eating dairying trucking and general
farming methods They expressed
themselves as very much impressed
with the system and methods in use
by the farmers of Tangipahoa and
spoke highly of the evident prosperity
and the bright future in store for this
section.
Covington.-The charter Of the Gov.
ington Paint Company is being pub
lished. The officers are ]. c. Cappell.
president; M. P. blanche, vice prest
dent; William Flicker, general mana
ger and secretary; and b. G. Barrin.
ger, treasurer. The new company pro-
poses to manufacture dyes, inks and
paints. Pine products Of local origin
will be used in the manufacture Of
the paints, and local clays will be
used as a vehicle in the other prod
ucts.
Natchitoches-The fourth annual
short course for the Junior and senior
boys and girls and men and women
closed August Is. The course was
under the supervision of the Exten-
sion Department, Louisiana State Uni
versity, and the State Normal College
cooperating.
Monroe.-The West Carroll parish
police jury has offered a reward Of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of
any and all persons guilty of dyna-
hitting or otherwise destroying dip
ping watts in that parish.
Baton Rouge.-The body Of Carl
Moses, travelling man and resident
Of Baton Rouge, was found under the
bridge of the Louisiana Railway and
Navigation Company at Bayou Man
chac. A coroner's inquest was held
and reported that death came as re-
suit of accidental drowning.
Baton Rouge.-Governor Parker has
issued a proclamation declaring Sat
urday, September II, as Constitutional
Day The purpose is to observe the
anniversary of the writing Of the Ma
tional Constitution.
Plaquemine-Mrs. L. G.. Kirk.
home demonstration agent, and o. c.
Roemer, farm demonstration agent,
with fourtanp Uirlc aud tuontv-t broo