Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-02-04

of Natchitoches is planning to erect a
| handsome three-story brick building
on the site of it's present lodge.
Oberlin-Gravel is being laid on
Main street from the st. Louis and
Iron Mountain depot to the court
house.
Natchitoches. - The first lyceum
number for the winter term was a
very enjoyable musical recital given
by the Harold Proctor Company.
Lockport-The Bank of Denham
Springs submitted it's quarterly state
mentto the bank examiner this week,
showing total resources Of $233,652.
Lockport-The Lyon Lumber Com
pany is the largest single taxpayer Of
the parish, and this week paid to the
tax collector a total of $61,33S.16.
Monroe.-Stockhold of the Ouach-
tia National Bank of Monroe, in an
nual meeting, have authorized an in
crease in the bark's capital stock
from $500, 900 to $6OO,OOO
es.-Photographers Yam.
cey and Rayner of Alexandria are at
the normal making pictures of the fac.
ulty and students for the Normal an.
nual, "Potpourri."
Natchitoches. Professor George
Williamson Of the department of biolo.
gy addressed the student body recent
ly on the Importance and worth Of our
forest trees.
Lockport-The police jury sold the
public ferries of the parish at low
prices. The Port Vincent ferry brought
IS; the Colyell Bay and Rome ferries
only SO each.
Lockport.-The tax collector began
work this week on the largest roll
Livingston has ever had. The total
valuation is $S,6S4,932, which is about
81, 100000 above last year.
Eunice-A fire was checked in the
building on Second street owned by
Mentor and Anastas Guillory and &C.
cupied by the Red Rose Restaurant
and Mrs. Verret's grocery store.
St. Francisville.-The parish super
intendent of schools, P. c. Garris,
who was elected last fall for one
year, has been reelected by the
school board for a term of four years.
Basile.-Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Mccain
are at Touro Infirmary with their little
son Rudolph, who has developed a
mild case of tetanus as a result Of q
toy pistol wound Christmas Day.
Hammond.-Many are going from
this place to Amite, the parish seat
to register as Hammond is to have q
municipal primary in the near future
and the law requires that voters must
register 30 days before a primary.
Natchitoches. - Unusually warm
weather prevails here and fruit tree
buds are beginning to swell, endanger-
ing the crop. Although the weather
has been favorable to breaking land
hardly furr0w mas Do0n pf0WoQ.
Farmers seem demoralized and still
undecided as to what to do.
Lockport.-The Association of Com
merce meeting, held here, was attend
ed by Superintendent Glover Of the
Southern Pacific railroad, who came
to confer with the commercial body
to some changes in the time
card between Lockport and Raceland
Junction.
Natchitoches.-M Dorothy Gregg,
of Lincoln parish has been elected fac
ulty representative Of the present
graduating class and Miss Marguerite
Steckler, of iberia parish. class repre-
sentative, These are the honor stu.
dents of the class and are always chos-
en- fromthose students showing the
highest class averages.
Columbia.-The crime wave EVIL
IDENTIFY has not reached Caldwell par
ish, for at a session of the grand jury
last week there were but three true
bills found, and none of them were
for serious violations Of the law.
Plaauemine.-Andrew H. Gay. pres
ident of the A. H. Gay Planting Com
pany, has been selected by the State
Board of Affairs and w. B. Middleton.
cashier of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company of Plaquemine. and
Charles w. Row of Rosedale, sugar
planter and merchant, have been Sc
lected by the police jury of 1berville
parish as board of equalization un-
der Act 231 of 1920.
Plaequemine.-The police jury, at
it's last meeting, withdrew the appro-
priation of $50 per month to Parish
cgent H. Lesseps. and SIS per month
Is Mrs. L. G. Kirk, home demonstra-
ton agent. The two agents receive
the majority of their salary from the
State and Federal government, and it
Is not known what view the State will
take of the police jury's action in the
matter.
Lockport-The police jury appoint
ed Joseph H. Price of Lockport, editor
of the Lafourche Leader, and Monroe