The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-08-04

amounted Miss Dorothy Richardson
Shreveport, La, daughter OF u. "
Richardson, as Louisiana princess 10
the cotton palace exposition 10 10
given at Waco, Texas, October 70
Baton Rouge.-It is planned by lhe
Chamber of Commerce to distribute NJ
erature to the agricultural, lnduS'r'a.
and educational elements a SUN VI
between $4,000 and s2O,OOO IS 10 De
expended for this purpose.
Houma-plans are on foot TO es.
tab]ish a semi.weekly newspaper ana
modern Job printing plant in Houma,
Terrebonne parish. The promoter Oh
the enterprise is John II, DAVID anu
he is assisted by his three brothers.
pioneer-Seven more cattle dipping
watts were destroyed with dynamite by
unidentified persons in West tarroll
narish in one week and great lndlg'
nation has been aroused among cltl'
Gems who appreciate the value OF cat
tie dipping to eradicate the lever l'ch'
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 to formulate plans
to bring large numbers of motorists
and other tourists into Arkansas and
Louisiana from the North and West.
New Standardization at the
passage of the Sheppard-Towner bill
for 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 wNsd
state representatives at Washington in
support of the Blk.
M0nroe.-The Lincoln parish police
jury will sell it's 100000 worth Of
road improvement bonds on August
20, it is announced by the jury. Qua
chita bonds for S1,OOO,OOO will be sold
on September IA. The building Of the
Dixie Overland Highway from Monroe
to Ruston, a distance Of thirty miles
or more Of the highway from West
Monroe to the Lincoln parish line al
a sost Of approximately $4,000, fol
which state aid is expected.
Lafayette. the second time Ii
two weeks, the dipping vat on thu
farm of Ludovic Billeaud, two mile!
southwest of Lafayette, has beer
blown up by dynamite, and no clut
to the perpetrators in either case hal
been found. After it had been dyna
mited, Mr.. Billeaud asked the polic'
jury for materials to repair it and hat
Just finished the job. This Is tn
} seventh vat and the eighth case o
dynamiting in this parish in the pas
six months, and W. A. Montgomery
president, who recently raised the re
ward of 500 to $3.50 for evidenc
leading to the conviction of the dyna
t miters, is redoubling efforts to appfe
A bend them.
A Lafayette new drainage sys
!. tenn is about completed, sewer cor
n nections are in similar state an
tlA new city WELL No. 6, with &
pacity ample for a city Of $4,000 ii
Il habitants and furnishing water Of al
It proved purity, is now being connecte
J. with pumps. The next big task
e which the trustees will apply then
6 selves will be the improvement Of tn
It city water and tight plant, quartz
o of a million dollar undertaking. Pra
It tically half million dollars alread
8 is Involved in the street car and waite
!. improvements, and all the improv
e ments are being completed in les
0 than year after the bond issue wa
voted last October.
Il Vidala.-On account of the cOnti
d ued rainfall the construction engineer
l. and their large force of workmen ha,
a been unable to complete the lowe
r. Tensas end of the gravel road know
le as the Louisiana division of the Ozal
" Trail. The celebration planned to
+. held on Lake st. John on Tuesdt
was postponed until some future dat
probably about the middle of Angus
u Lake Charles.--Actual drilling +
Il, oil has started on the Amarillo Pet
I. leum Company's operation at Il
Woodring Farm, southeast of the cit
st Waterproof Due to the steady raj
N fall over various portions of Tens
ID ana Concordia Parishes the cott'
re crop is in bad condition. The b.
50 weevil are present in large number
re The cool days and nights during
I'd rainy season such as this section h
to experienced lately allow the pest
get in its deadly work.
mt Amite.--A revival meeting at t
d. Methodist Church was held here ID
or week. 1t was conducted by the RI
is Elmer Gum of Rayne. He Is Sta
chaplain for the American Legion.