The weekly Iberian., 1922-03-25


herty has announced series OF lee
lures at st. Francis Chuch every Wed
nesday and Sunday during Lent. 4
| missionary from Tennessee VIII
preach during Holy Week
| Oberlin.-Deputy Sheriffs Ed Davis
| on and Hardy Gill found complete
| still in the barn Of prosperous farm
er living in the western part OF thu
parish, according to their report.
Monroe.-Lake Charles Chamber OF
| Commerce will join with the Monroe
! chamber in securing referendum
vote among commercial organizations
of the state on the proposition to Sc
| cure tax exemption for new industries
| Crowley-The registration books
| 70 rthe parish Of Acadia have closed
1t is announced by Parish Registrar
Chappuis. Municipal primaries vii
! be April IL in Crowley and other
| towns in this section Of Louisiana.
Columbia. This section Of the
country was visited by a heavy rain
| fall recently. The smaller streams
, are flooded and the Ouachita river ID
rising rapidly.
| ing rapidly.
Shreveport.-The annual conven-
! tion of the Christian Endeavor Assoc
| iation of the Shreveport District was
held here recently. Speakers included
Judge w. G. Barnette, Rev. Claude L.
| tie and State Vice-president Gerald
Harris
Monroe. United Oil and Nat
ural Gas Products Corporation an
nounces that Harris No 2 gas we'll in
section II near Perryville, which was
at first reported to have capacity OF
100000 cubic feet, has been meas
ured by the Department Of COnserva-
ton and shows a capacity OF 2429O, 900
cubic feet actual capacity.
Crowley.-More than $50 Shriners
and their wives dined here recently
at the eMthodist Social Hall. The
| mobiles and their guests came from
Lafayette and other surrounding
towns This is the first of series
of socials to be given in this part Of
LOUISIANA by this branch of the Ma.
sonic fraternity.
SlidelL-U. G. Neuhauser has re.
| signed as president Of the Slidell
Farm Products Company, Inc, and S.
F. Simmons has been named in his
place. Pat Mcdaniel was elected
vice-president to succeed Simmons
C. A. Everitt remains secretary man.
ager.
Crowley J. T. Dalbey
inspecte dthe local militia company
This was the first federal ''oncs
over" given the command since it
was formed six months ago. The
armory was attractively arranged.
Clinton-At meeting of the East
Feliciana parish police jury, five dip
ping vat inspectors were appointed.
J. NJ Broadway, H. n. Villains, J. w.
Kemp, D. C. Johnson and Jack Ham
D. NJ Ellis is the state inspector and
J. C. Ellis federal inspector. 1t was
April /. Bills to the amount of $4,000
were approved A balance of $1,S00
was reported in the treasury.
Monroe-"Thrift" was the subject
of an address before the Lions Club
of Monroe at luncheon Wednesday
by Joe s. Washburn, Monroe banker
w. B. Gladney and DR.. George Wright
also spoke on similar subject. May.
or E. V. Graves, community recreat.
oinal leader, delivered an address on
his work and James c. Fluke of Hon.
duras spoke
Monroe.-Frank Byerley has been
! engaged as tick inspector for East
Carroll parish at a salary of 800 per
month and has been authorized by the
police jury to build a number of dip
ping watts in the Bayou Macon section
| and to proceed vigorously with dip.
ping.
| Crowley.-The Trade Extension Blu.
reau of the Chamber of Commerce
has decided to have a bargain day
each week, and Tuesday has been Sc
lected as the day on which the trade
extenders will put on special attrac-
tions to increase business. A style
show will be given in this city 1T an
early date.
Shreveport.-It is estimated that
$4,000 will be spent on dirt roads
| and S638,625 on hard-surfaced roads
in Caddo parish during 1922, accord
ing to Parish Engineer J. T. Bullen.
Crowley.-The first derrick to be
erected in the local field since the
| present oil development program
started, has been put up on the Lowell
tract by the Acadia Petroleum Com
pany, the stockholder of which are OF
other cities than Crowley.
Crowley.-The membership Of the
| Christian church has doubled as re-
suit of the revival meeting which has
been closed by DR.. Raud Shaw. Rev.
Mr.. Burirs, of Mckinney, Texas, is
here looking over the field, with .
view Of residing in this city.
| Vile Platte.-The directors of the
+, Planters Bank and Trust Company