The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-20
Coyinston.-Several hundred pieces

nayjsh are advertised for sale at TAI
sale Saturday. September 8. The sale
Is for delinquent taxes for 1920, and
comprises realty Of many kinds ana
the businesses Of going concerns me
list is one of the largest ever adver'
tised.
Shreveport.-The Shreveport Real.
tors Association will concentrate Tor
the next several weeks on the PROB
lem OF furnishing adequate housing
facilities for $50 new families coming
here in the fall following the com
pletion OF the three million dollar glass
| factory now in course of construction
near the fair grounds, 1t was an
nOunced by Secretary S. B. Simon.
Monroe. Scouts OF the Ouachita
| Game Protective Association Of Mon
roe report that game is much more
plentiful this year than usual. Young
squirrels are numerous, indicating
| there will be many to be found when
the season opens, and in addition there
| are large numbers Of young turkeys.
Quail are more plentiful than in many
! years.
| Baton Rouge-That Louisiana is 70
| have a modern bureau to handle the
| oil and gas developments was as
sured when Governor Parker held
conference with M. l.. Alexander,
chief of the conservation department,
and appointed Ben X. Stroud CHEZ
engineer Of the bureau. Offlces Will
be opened at once in Shreveport
where the oil and gas activities OF
| the state center.
Arcadia.-An enthusiastic mass
meeting of the citizens of the Arcadia
school district was held recently at
the high school building. Facts were
presented by the speakers showing
need at his time for a new high school
| building to eliminate overcrowded con-
ditions. The meeting went on record
as favoring a 5-mill tax to provide for
a 100000 bond issue, the tax to run
| for a period of twenty years.
Mamou.-The official Evangeline
| Parish Fair Association was organ
lied at Vile Platte when fifty dele
gates from the various school districts
Of the parish met. Mamou was S.
lected as the domcile of the associa-
ton, where its first annual exhibition
will be held in October. The follow
ing officers were elected: Karl Treen,
Basile. president; A. V. Launey, Ma
mou. first vice president; A. H. Reed.
Mamou. secretary: Adrast Lander
neau, Mamou. treasurer.
New Orleans.-With an area of 212
square miles, the North Louisiana gas
fields In Ouachita, Morehouse and
Union Parishes hold total of 4,75O,-
| goo, 900 cubic feet Of natural gas. &C
cording to a survey made by two Pc
troleum engineers Of the United States
Bureau of Mines and made public by
the Louisiana Conservation Commits
sion. The report was prepared at the
request Of Governor Parker, for the
purpose OF compiling information and
outlining methods for development.
Rayville-Tommie Cook Post No
72 of the American Legion at Ray
vile is going down to Bogalusa for
the convention on October 2, 3 and 4,
with an expressed determination to
storm the American Legion Of Louisi-
ana and carry away the capital prize
OF the convention for 1922. The post
| I1lo aff ~
their strongest doughboys headed by
George B. Franklin, post commander.
shington.-Striking increases in
manufacturing in Louisiana are shown
by the report of the Census Bureau,
just made public. In 1919, the veal
covered by the census report, the
value added by manufacture in Lou.
isiana plants was nearly 154 per cent
greater than in 1914, the year previ-
Gus to the census. The statement OF
the materials used in these enterprises
shows even a greater increase. In
1919, the value of materials used in
Louisiana manufacturing enterprises
was $42S, 900, an increase OF 172
per cent over 1919.
Crowley.-Quarters in the Elks
building have been leased for the
armory Of the company State National
Guard. The rooms are commodious
and centrally located They have
been rented for three years. Uniforms
and other equipment for the soldiers
are on the way and the command will
be busy drilling soon.
Ponchatoula-At well-attended
meeting OF the farmers in this locality
, recently it was decided to finish the
box factory which was started here
several months ago.
: New Orleans.-The Republican
party, which is entering into local pol
, itics for the first time in years, is
, going to court to attempt to force the
Board of Election Supervisors to give
) it equal representation at the polls in
: the approaching elections In this city
1t was announced here.