The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-13
|LOUISIAN MA
HAPPENINGS
Nss0s of the Pelican State Arrong-
ed in CONDEMNED Form

imately 81 miles of graveled roads in
the Seventh Ward of the Parish of
Tangipahoa. About 20 contractors
filed bids
Observation-Disclosures General l.. A.
Toombs Of Baton Rouge was at Camp
get the site in readiness for the en-
campment of the State National Guard
which opens August Is.
PlaQuemine-Thed drill OF the well
being put down for OIL near Marin
gouin is down seven hundred feet, and
the driller put in 500 feet Of 1O-inch
casing. Reports from the we'll say
that the formations encountered are
favorable for flow of oil before they
reach a depth Of 1900 feet The well
being drilled at Bayou LaRompe has
reached what is called the second
strata.
New Orleans.-Following up their
surprise attack, prohibition agents re-
Gently swooped down on restaurants,
cafes and soft drink establishments,
confiscated large quantity Of liquor
out of all but one Of them. and, in one
instance, used sponge to sop up and
preserve evidence which bartender
is alleged to have attempted to de-
stroy.
Covington-T. H. McAfee, late prin-
cipal of the Slidell High School, has
been reinstated by the School Board
on the recommendation Of school pa
irons and citizens of Slidell. Prof.
McAfee was dismissed at late board
meeting on the charges Of incompe-
tency, lack of respect for the student
body, failure to keep records and non
cooperation with the teachers. This |
action leaves c. T. Orr, recently ap-
pointed, unprovided for.
New Orleans.-An endeavor to grow |
at the leper colony at Carville, La,
the chaulmoogra tree, from which is
obtained an oil said to possess cur
etive qualities for leprosy, will be
made by the federal government. This
announcement was made by Major
Denny, In charge Of the Carville col
ony, who declared seeds of the tree
have been obtained from Hawaii, and
will be planted at Carville.
Point a la Hache.-The state high
way department has let contract for
the resurfacing and filling in with
sand binder the shell road extending
from Belle Chasse Sugar House to
the Jefferson parish line connecting
with the newly completed she'll road
running into Gretna. The work to be
completed by September Is. The
parish is having all district roads
placed in the best of condition for
motor vehicles in Road District No. 2.
t Monroe.-Representative T. T. Webb
and Mayor Arnold Bernstein, both of
Monroe, have received letters from
Governor Parker in which he prom
ises to give relief as soon as possible
in the situation growing out of the
large number Of insane patients that
have accumulated in Ouachita Parish
during the last few weeks. Governor
Parker said he thought 1t might be
POSSIBLE to admit the Outchita pa
Tents at the Jackson Hospital within
j few weeks.
New Iberia.-The Women's Council
of the Chamber Of Commerce last
week made their annual flower awards.
This year the geranium was the
,
the women of New Iberia was great
and 1t was hard for the judges to ,
award the prizes. The first prize went [
to Mrs. Homer Dupuy, for geraniums
in the garden, she having three hun
dred plants. The first cut flower prize
was awarded to Mrs. Jack Blanc, who
exhibited q bowl Of ten varieties. =,
MISUNDERSTANDING that radical
steps are necessary to fight the spread I
Of tuberculosis In Northwestern Lou 9
lsiana and especially in Ouachita
parish. the Ouachita Parish Tuber-
culosis Association at meeting at the a
city hall began q campaign whereby 7
It II hoped OF make Ouachita tuber- b
:ulosis free within q few years. '
?
Natchitoches.-Miss Lucille Pear
ION, who resigned as registrator of
he State Normal College last April, o
will resume her work here Septem- Il
YER !.
Pointe q Ia Hache-The rice harvest
'sgins this week In Grand Prairie on 4,
sveral large rice farms. The stand a
! most promising. Harvest hands are G.
cling paid $1.25 this year against $3.50 "
lst year, with board included, and are T