The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-09-03
LOUISI A MA
HAPPENINGS
Ner0s of the Pelican State Arrong-
ed in Condensed Form

auctiOneer, sold Watermelons Tor as
much as four dollars. All produce
brought a fancy price.
Thibodaux.-T rice planters in
this section are busy harvesting their
crops, although the rains have held
them back somewhat. The yield is
good and cars are moving daily.
Monroe.-Several thousand people
attended big barbecue and good
roads celebration held at Clayton to
celebrate the completion of a fine
highway from Clayton to Vidalia
Crowley.-The Knights Of Column
bus of Crowley will have an obsery-
Ance of Columbus Day, October II. A
committee will be appointed for the
celebration.
Baton Rouge. - The Jefferson High
way Farm Loan Association met here
and passed on loans approximating
$4,000 More applications have been
made for loans lately than could be
cared for.
Gueydan. Members of the Ameri-
can Rice Growers Association here
have elected the following officers:
Fl. L. Gueydan, chairman; Leo P. Bon
min. secretary; Caesar Broussard, H.
G. Hardee, H. l.. Gueydan, j. w.
White. and Bert Stansel, trustees;
Caesar Broussard and H. l.. Gueydan,
representatives to the central board
from the Gueydan section.
Slidell-M Mcdaniel, recently cele-
brated the fifteenth anniversary of
her entry into business. In 1905, Mrs.
Mcdaniel began business in Slidell in
a small one-room building selling fruit
Later added shoes and notion to the
stock carried. BY hard work and
business efficiency, Mrs. McDaniels
store is today one of the leading de-
partment stores in this section of
Louisiana.
Covington.-On complaint that cat
tie, hogs and horses are being killed
and injured by the reckless driving Of
autoists, the parish police jury has
authorized the placing of bumper"
at each end of a lane through which
a gravel road runs, and to mark said
bumper by a culvert sign 200 feet
fiom the bumper, in large letters,
easily distinguishable. The bumpers
are logs partly buried on the roadbed.
Monroe.-Officers OF the Arkansas
Louisiana Tourists Way Association
with headquarters at Monroe have
been notified of the completion Of the
last remaining link of gravel road
from one end of East Carroll parish
to the other in the building Of the
highway between Williamson and
Gossypia. There is now an excellent
highway of thirty-five miles in East
Carroll connecting with the Arkansas
highway on the north and the Madi-
1t connects with the Dixie overland
highway to Monroe.
De Ridder-One Of the latest indus
tries in this section is watermelon
syrup. The unprecedented crop pro
duced this year caused slump in the
mellon market and many melons were
to rot in the field. This condition
led l.. H. Ruehlman Of Rosepine, to
experiment on making syrup from the
melons The results have been most
gratifying. He now is marketing his
product here at the rate of thirty-five
cents a quart, or SIPS a gallon. Mr..
Ruehlman claims his melon syrup is
superior to ribbon cane syrup, and
that it can be produced at good
profit. He is finding a ready market
for all he can make.
Hammond.-The people Of Ham
mend will have an opportunity soon
of voting up public improvements.
The municipal improvement commit
tee Of the Chamber of Commerce has
completed it's work of estimating the
needs of the city and the estimated
cost OF such Improvements.
Hammond.-The principal OF city
schools has announced that the high
and graded schools of Hammond will
open for the 1922 session Monday,
September IL. The date set is one
week later than formerly.
Hammond.4The Florida Parishes
Fair Association has let the contract
for the erection of several new build
ings, among them being the admins
tration building, grand stand and race
track and the agricultural exhibit
building
Pioneer.-A number of club boys
aud girls of West Carroll parish at
tended the club short course in baton
Rouge grocery company, bank
and the school board gave scholar
ships. Ora Burke of Forest High
School won high honors.
Slidell. The paint plant of the
Birmingham Graphite Company at
Slidell has been completed and is ope-
rating at about half its capacity.
Monroe.-Police juries in several
Northeastern Louisiana parishes are
working on plans for uniform ordi-
nance designed to prevent speeding in
automobiles outside of the towns in
the rural districts. Heavy fines for