The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-13

taxes are available.
Baton Route-Governor Parker ha
| appointed Miss Dorothy Richardson
! Shreveport, La, daughter OF ID.
| Richardson, as Louisiana princess Il
the cotton palace exposition to b.
given at Waco. Texas, October 25.
| Baton Rouge.-It Is planned by tht
Chamber of Commerce to distribute lit
erature to the agricultural, industrial
and educational elements. A sum OF
between $4,000 and $40, is to be
expended for this purpose.
Houma.-Plans are on foot to es
tablish a semi-weekly newspaper and
modern job printing plant in Houma
Terrebonne parish. The promoter OF
the enterprise Is John H. David and
he is assisted by his three brothers
Pioneer.-Seven more cattle dipping
vats were destroyed with dynamite by
unidentified persons in West Carroll
ration has been aroused among citi.
zens who appreciate the value Of cat
tie dipping to eradicate the fever tick.
Monroe.-Representatives of Ash.
ley, Drew, Lincoln, Jefferson and Pu.
laski counties in Arkansas and OF
Morehouse, Ouachita, Caldwell, La
Sale. Grant and Rapides parishes Of
Louisiana, are expected to take steps
at meeting of the Arkansas and Lou
isiana Tourists Way Association at
Monroe on August 5 to formulate plans
to bring large numbers of motorists
and other tourists into Arkansas and
Louisiana from the North and West.
New Orleans.-Gratificati at the
passage Of the Sheppard -Towner bill
Tor the protection of maternity and
infancy. and censure Of Senator Ed
win A. Broussard of Louisiana, one of
seven senators who voted against it
was expressed recently by leaders
in the League Of Women Voters and
the New Orleans Federation of Clubs,
both OF which organizations wired
state representative at Washington in
support of the bill.
Monroe.-The Lincoln parish police
jury will sell it's 100000 worth of
road improvement bonds on August
~, 1t is announced by the jury. Qua
chita bonds for $1,0OO0O0 will be sold
on September IA. The building of the
Dixie Overland Highway from Monroe
TO Ruston, distance of thirty miles
or more of the highway from West
Monroe to the Lincoln parish line at
cost of approximately $150,O0O, for
which state aid is expected.
Lafayette.-For the second time In
two weeks, the dipping vat on the
arm OF Ludovic Billeaud, two miles
southwest Of Lafayette, has been
blown up by dynamite, and no clue
% the perpetrators in either case has
been found. After 1t had been dyna-
nited, Mr.. Billeaud asked the police
ury for materials to repair it and had
lust finished the job. This is the
seventh vat and the eighth case of
iynamiting in this parish in the past
Tx months, and w. A. Montgomery,
president, who recently raised the re-
ward OF $100 to $3.50 for evidence
eading to the conviction of the dyna-
niters, is redoubling efforts to appre-
lend them.
Lafayette.-The new drainage sys.
EN- is about completed, sewer con-
lections are in a similar state and |
he new city well, No. 6, with a ca.
'acity ample for a city of $4,000 in
labitants and furnishing water of ap-
'roved purity, is now being connected
With pumps. The next big task to
which the trustees will apply them
elves will be the improvement of the
ity water and light plant. a quarter
i million dollar undertaking. Prac-
ically half a million dollars already
involved in the street car and water
improvements, and all the improve.
nents are being completed in less
han a year after the bond issue was
oted last October.
Vidalia.-On account Of the contin.
ed rainfall the construction engineers
nd their large force Of workmen have
cen unable to complete the lower
'ensas end Of the gravel road known
8 the Louisiana division of the Ozark
rail. The celebration planned to be
eld on Lake st. John on Tuesday
as postponed until some future date,
about the middle of August.
Lake Charles-Actual drilling for
i has started on the Amarillo Petro.
um Company's operation at the