The Bienville Democrat., 1922-05-18

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Nonroe-The town Of West Mon
roe will hold an election June - Wheh
a MAYOR and five aldermen Will De
elected
Natcbjtoches.-The members OF the
Parish School Board have dohateu
their voucher checks, totaling $40, TO
the flood relief fund.
Baton Rouge.-Passage Of a volun'
tary bank guaranty law providing
method for reorganizing state banks
that have failed or whose capital has
been impaired. fixing of the statute
Of debtors and creditors OF insolVent
banks, broadening Of the examining
powers Of the banking department, re-
strictiOns on loans to stockholders or
banks and the purchase of their own
stocks by banks are among the recon-
mendations of L. S. Thomas, state
bank EXAMINER, in his biennial repost
to the Legislature.
Monroe-John NJ. Breard, president
of the parish police jury, announces
that the jury will secure bids for the
construction of the Monroe, JonesbSro
road and the Columbia extensio'b a
distance of II miles, on June 10. Thls
highway will be built without state
aid and will cost approximately S6O,oOO.
The highway will be the first hard
surfaced road ever built in the south
western part of Ouachita parish and
will open up fertile farming coun'
try.
Ruston.-The police jury of Cald'
well parish has declared it necessary
to suspend traffic over the new Colum'
bia.Monroe model road on account OF
the food waters encroaching upon the
new roadbed. 1t is the opinion OF the
police jury that if traffic is allowed
to continue on this new road while
in an overfowed condition, it will des.
trov those sections Of the road cov'
cred by water, and thus necessitate
the entire reconstruction and regraVel
ing of those sections Of that road
Monroe-Relatives and others who
have been searching since May to1
William Jackson, Monroe musician and
painter, express the opinion that ne
may have lost his life in the swollen
waters Of Ouachita river. Jackson left
home on May 3. with 500 in his pock
ct, telling his wife he intended getting
Job at the Missouri Pacific railway
shops. All efforts of the police de
partment to locate him in Monroe as
we'll as elsewhere have been unaVail
ing
Monroe.-The executive committee
for the Ouachita parish club rally tt
| be held at Monroe on May 20 has beer
appointed.
Marion. The Union Parish Singing
Association convention, held in a grove
between Marion and Farmerville, hai
been brought to a close. 4bout l5ot
people attended. J. c. Rocket, presi
dent, presided. The next session viii
be held at Camp Creek Church.
Monroe. - Northeastern Louisiana
outside of the flooded areas OF Cata
houla and Concordia will have tht
best huntingseason in years this win
ter. According to officials fthe Qua
chita Game and Fish Protective
League of Monroe, Ouachita, Caldwell
Franklin, Richland and other nearb!
parishes will be a sportman's para
disc, it Is stated, because so man.
deer and other animals as we'll al
turkey and some bear have been driver
in this direction by the Catahoula ant
Concordia food.
Shreveport.-The Louisiana Oil Re
fining Corporations Fee No. 5 we'll il
15-19.11, Bellevue district, blew in
monster gasser at $40 feet. Its cape
city is estimated at no less than Is
100000 cubic feet.
Monroe.-Members Of the Tensa
-. Basin Levee Board, state that ther
will be a renewal Of the fight begu
sometime ago before the Mississippi
river commission for more equabl
: division Of the funds available in tn
l Third mississippi river district ft
}. flood control.
!. Ruston.-While the rise in the W
t ters of the Ouachita river has droppe
J. considerably during the past few da!
the people do not entertain mut
hope of escaping a general overfoN
and they are continuing to drive the
i. live stock to higher grond.
1 Cedar Grove.-According to repor
I the factory Of the Louisiana Mot
Car Company will probably resun
e operations soon. The physical pro
( critics of the company were recent
q purchased by the Commercial Natio
al Bank here for 100000.
Shreveport.-One Of the oeremoni
: In connection with observance Of N
q tional Hospital Day in Shrevepo
o May u was the laying Of the corne
stone Of the new nurses home Of Il
Shreveport State Charity Hospital.
!. New Orleans.-More than $50 Lou
\ lana hardware and implement deale
q will convene Monday, May %, for Il
g three.day annual convention Of Il
J. Louisiana Retail Hardware and I'm
e lement Association. The conventi,
q