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/ fed He will also serve the city as
! extra officer, his duties in the posi-
! ton being TO check the water meters
and assist the regular police force.
/ Hammond The police jury has
called a parish wide election for the
purpose of voting upon one-mill tax.
| Saturday, September 10. The fund to
be derived from this ta2. II II Is ear
risd, will be used TO build new bridges
over the Tangipahoa river and to pay
for the improvements for the state
horticultural experiment station.
eveport-According TO COM
munication received by Chief OF Police
d. D. Bazer from the Automobile
Theft Association headquarters. the
Shreveport police department 70 cred
tied with having captured greater
number Of auto thieves and recovered
more stolen cars than any other police
organization in the United States dur
ing the last year.
Thibodaux-B. w. Bickert was in
Thibodaux trying to obtain site on
the main street of the town for the
establishment OF another moving pic
ture theater He represents syndi-
cate and is out to line up fifty-one
places where his promoters plan to
establish houses. Before coming to
Thibodaux arrangements were made
to take over the Community Theater
in Donaldsonville.
Alexandria-W l.. Duncan, an old
citizen Of this parish. has pair OF
buck deer horns with thirty-nine
points. which were taken from deer
killed by Hiram Mccain and George
L. Wilson on Wilson's Bayou near
Bunkie while deer hunting in 1880.
The horns were obtained recently by
Mr.. Duncan from the Wilson and Nc
Cam families and they are in per-
feet state Of preservation.
Basile-The new faculty Of Evan.
geline College, as announced by DR..
F. w. 10y, president, is as follows:
Karl Treen of Basile, dean and in
structor in science; Miss Ada E.
Findley Of Iowa, La, English; Miss
Rita Walker of Welsh. home eco
nomics and history; Mrs. f. W. 10y,
Basile, special mathematics teacher;
Mrs Karl Treen, Basile. music; Miss
Hazel NJ Kabecker, Wichita, Kan,
preparatory department. The second
session of this college will open
September 10.
Monroe.-The board of directors for
the ensuing year has been named by
the misunderstanding Tourists Way
Association, which has concluded its
annual convention in Monroe, and
plans have been completed by the as
sociation to get the Lakes and Gulf
Coast Association to choose the |
Tourists Way between Little Rock
and Alexandria as its route to Lake
Charles, Galveston, Brownsville and
other parts OF the Gulf coast.
Hammond-A committee represent
ing bankers. merchants and farmers
of the parish of Calcasieu, visited this
section for two days. They were the
guests of the Hammond Chamber OF
Commerce and were here inyeSti
eating dairying, trucking and general
farming methods. They expressed
themselves as very much impressed
with the system and methods in use
by the farmers Of Tangipahoa and !
spoke highly Of the evident prosperity |
and the bright future in store for this
section.
Covington.-The charter OF the Cow
ington Paint Company Is being pub |
lished. The officers are J. c. Cappell. |
president: NJ. p PIanche, vice presi-
dent; William Flicker, general mana
ger and secretary; and E. G. Barrin.
ger, treasurer. The new company pro-
poses to manufacture dyes. inks and |
paints. Pine products OF local origin
will be used in the manufacture Of |
the paints. and local clays will be
used as a vehicle in the other prod
ucts.
Natchitoches.-The fourth annual |
short course for the Junior and senior
boys and girls and men and women |
closed August 16. The course was
under the supervision of the Exten-
sion Department, Louisiana State Uni
versity, and the State Normal College /
cooperating.
Monroe.-The West Carroll parish /
police jury has offered a reward OF
$500 for the arrest and conviction of /