The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-19

with little or no sales for clean.
Iota.-Road grading and blowing OF
lands for the years crop have been
progressing rapidly during the past
few days of dry weather.
Jacksonville Jackson Gravel Com
pany has completed the trestle that
was damaged by the recent floods and
is again shipping gravel
Natchitoches.-The Parish Board OK
Equalization has organized, with V. u.
Hyams as chairman, Arnold Sompay-
rae vice chairman, and Robert J. Phil
lips secretary.
Jacksonville Mccormick interests
have renewed number Of leases on
their $4,000 acres of supposed oil land
around here and will begin drilling
within so days for oil.
Natchitaches.-The Inn Hotel was
badly damaged by fire which origi-
mated in the attic. The water also did
much damage, especially to the second
floor The building is owned by DR..
j. s. Stephens.
apoleonville.-With the favorable
weather of the past two weeks plant
ers have been busly engaged with
cane planting, and many of them are
| through Seed cane is pronounced
generally good and sound.
sveport-According to a mes
sage received by Mayor Ford satur-
day, Mrs. Frances o. Allen has ar
ranged for four concerts to be given
at the Coliseum during March and
April
atchitoches-While number OF
students have been slightly indispossd
from having been vaccinated, small
pox seems to have died out with one
case which developed at the Normal
after the holidays.
Eunice.-The smokehouse of G. Ber'
trand, in West Eunice, burned and b0
pounds of savory sausage went up In
smoke. Cured hams, fresh pork hams,
spareribs, homemade lard, and other
delicious porcupine products all were
sacrificed to the flames.
Shibodeaux-Thes special perform
ance given for the benefit of the starv
ing European children yielded SILL
No regular admission fee was charged
but receptacle was provided, where
In the public deposited such sums as
they felt inclined to give.
Natchitoches. notable transac
ton in the clerks office was the con
collation. of a 100000 mortgage The
mortgage was held by the Colonia
Trust Company against the Arkansas
Gas Company on property in Natchl
toches parish and other places
Observation-Disclosures Agriculture
Club No. %, with the help OF the par
ish agent, Mrs Kirk, and H. Lesseps
held a meeting for the purpose OF out
, lining their work for the coming year
: Marie Louise and Harold Miller were
, elected as an executive committee.
Plaouemine.-Mayor FRO TEN Al
bert Calais has had force OF labor
ers busy the past week cleaning gut
ters and putting the town in first
class shape. The streets are beinl
graded with more gravel, and cemen
culverts are being installed unde
some Of the principal streets.
8 Pioneer.-The first quarterly con
ference of the Oak Grove Circuit
the Monroe District, Louisiana Con
4 ference of the Methodist Episcopa
c Church. South, was held in the new
u brick church edifice just completed
s Oak Grove, with Rev. W. l.. Dodson
e the new presiding elder, in the cnali
Estherwood the mercur
J. down to 3S, and frost on the groune
b early vegetables and buds that wer
y beginning to show signs OF CROWN
I were injured somewhat. There Is eV
e dence that the farmers OF this OILS
r trict are curtailing staple crops thl
season.
9 Natchitoches.-All the photograph
y work for the Normal annual 70
4 nourri" has been completed and Tn
s. art and literary end of the work
J. uall under way. "Poutpourri prom
n ;sas to he the best ever issued by tn
Normal and is the first issue lor |"
ar three years, due to war times
e Natchitoches.- McNaspy
tho Southwestern Industrial 1nstitut
f addressed the student body on IN
S shirt of fairness in athletics. He pal
n a very high compliment to the NO
e ma, student body for the courtesle
S extended to his team while visiting ID
l. Normal
Ration Rouge -Arrangements al
l. heing made by the local Centr'
IS Trades Council to take care OF del
a cafes to the convention of the Louis
L. ana state Federation of Labor, whlc
S is to meet here April a. Due to II
II FACT that the Constitution Conventlc
e will be in session at that time, elIor
c are being made to reserve rooms II
If the delegates to the labor conventlo
n Samuel Gompers is expected 10