The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-06-24

will be undertaken between Homer
and Haynesville and Eldorado and
Monroe, according 20 oil scouts.
New Orleans.-New Orleans will say
goodbye to her hello girls when i'm.
| provements and changes announced
here by officials of the Cumberland
| Telephone and Telegraph Company
costing more than $12,00O,000. have
| been perfected.
Shreveport-In accordance with a
ruling by the state supreme court rel
ative to injunction and abatement leg
| islation passed by the State Legisla-
| ture in 1918, the Shreveport anti-vice
committee is being Incorporated to
conform to the provisions Of the
courts ruling. Officers have been
elected as follows: Dr. George S.
Sexton, chairman; L. c. Buckley, sec
rotary; Joe J. Lyons, treasurer.
New Orleans.-Interest in the cam
paign to eliminate grade crossing acct
dents shows no signs of waning. }.
w. Cousins, superintendent Of the II
linois Central railroad and chairman
of the committee of the American
Railway Association in charge of the
work in this city, declared that al
ready the slogan "Cross Crossings
Cautiously Is becoming byword
among motorists.
Lake Charles.-Victory was cele-
brated because of the deep water ST.
10000 bond election being carried by
a vote of 2 to l after hot fight in
which the Union Sulphur Company
opposed the tax After thousands OF
persons had waited for the announce
ment of the returns an impromptu
parade was formed with bands, horns
and bells and the throngs paraded the
streets, singing and shouting until
late hour.
Lake Providence.-One of the finest
examples of child friendships is that
Of 12-year-old Isabelle Buel, and Edith
Purdy of Lake Providence. When lit
tie Miss Buel won the Dundy prize Of
$40 at the close Of the school session
as a reward for the highest average in
the last year of grammar school In the
public schools of the town, she asked
that it be divided between herself and
her playmate, Edith Purdy, whose av-
erage was just thirteen-nineteenth
below hers.
Lake Charles.-Voters of Calcasieu
parish voted in favor Of issuing $780,
900 worth of bonds to provide for the
enlargement of the inland canal be-
tween the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers,
giving southwest Louisiana an open
water route to the gulf. 1t is propos-
ed to make the canal 80 feet deep and
125 feet wide. T he vote was approx
mately to 1 in favor Of the project.
Monroe.-Several thousand people
from Ouachita, Morehouse, East and
West Carroll and Richland and Mad
ison parishes were guests OF Madison
parish at Tallulah in a jubilee and
thanksgiving observance for the es-
cape Of northeastern Louisiana from
the ravages of the flood waters OF the
Mississippi river. A big, old-fashioned
barbecue was served
Monroe-The executive COMMITTEES
Of the Richland Parish Fair Associa-
ton has decided to hold fair in o.
tober and will at once start plans.
The police jury has granted an appro-
priation of $500 to be used by the as
ISOLATION. Directrs of the Tri-Parish
Fair Association and the Louisiana
Delta Fair Association have decided
to hold this years fair at Tallulah
on October IL, IL and Is. The parishes
Of Madison, East aCrroll and Tensas
will participate in the fair
Amite.-The Amite Summer Normal
school is in session with an enrolment
Of ninety-four student-teachers under
the direction of Prof w. ]. Dunn of
Hammond and a corps Of assistants
consisting of A. J. Parks, Covington;
J. 1. Covington, Franklington; H. P.
Mccullough, Slaughter; F. c. Rat
life, Bogalusa; H. ]. Smith. Amite;
Misses Alva Spencer, May Hemby,
Hammond, and Laura Develroy.
Monroe-The contract for construc-
tion of the Monroe-Jonesboro high
way, a twelve mile stretch Of road be-
tween West Monroe and Jonesboro,
has been awarded. The bid was g.
94625. The building Of the highway
will begin at once.
Baton Rouge.-The House of Repre-
sentatives, yeas rs, nays Is, passed
the bill by R. J. Weinmann of the
Fourteenth Ward to appropriate $685.
900 to defray the expense of the Amer
lean Legion convention at New Or
leans.
Baton Rouge-Louisiana health au- |
thorities will receive $4,000 from the
federal government for child welfare |
and maternity work next year. Miss /
Agnes Morris, who as president of the
Louisiana League of Women Voters |
has made a long fight for acceptance
Of this appropriation by the state, made
the announcement
New Orleans.-The cornerstone of
the Y. w. C. A. building to be erected
in Grivier street between Baronne and
Dryades streets was laid with simple
but impressive ceremonies