The St. Mary banner., 1922-03-04

Grand COteau.-Ihe SemEaunuai AK
hibition was held at st. Charles Col.
lege recently.
Monroe-Work has begun on tho
Thermatomic Carbon COmpany's plant
which will be built at Sterlingtou. sey-
enteen miles north Of Monroe.
Ponchatoula- resignation of H.
G. Hungate as city attorney was read
and accepted, A. Sidney Burns being
elected to fill that vacancy.
Monroe-The membership Of the
Tensas Basin Levee Board has been
named as delegates to the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress in Was l.
ington March 2 and 3.
Monroe-Members of the Monroe
Womans Department Club will confer
with Oliver Hinsdell of New Orleans
relative to the establishment OF q
| Little Theater" in this city.
Mengel-Captain J. w. Swimn
| and E. l.. Haynes, manager and assist
ant manager of the Mengel Lumber
| Company at Mengel, Richland par
| ish, have been transferred to the COM
| pany's main plant at Memphis.
Monroe.-Ten Cattle dipping vats,
which were dyamited by farmers
year or moe ago in the Western half
of Ouachita parish as protest against
| dipping, are being rebuilt and all VIII!
be completed within thirty days.
Ponchatoula.-The town council re-
Gently discussed plans for the install
lation of a water and sewage sys
tenn All engineering contract was
read, offering to make all plans, esti-
mates and to supervise construction
for a stipulated percentage of the
total cost.
Ponchatoula-The residence OF JOS
eph Perrin was burned last week en-
failing loss of $500. 1t was partly
| insured. The high wind which was
blowing at the time carried flying
embers to the adjoining residences,
but the local fire department and Cit
izens prevented it from spreading.
Shreveport-A recent test showed
salt water at 2670 feet in the Ram
sey / OF Crawford and Sebastian in
29-21-1 Union parish. According to
information reaching local oil circles
the we'll, which, If successful, meant
Monroe-Rev. Frank Tripp, John
S. Ramona, religious director, and s.
C. Blackman, Monroe messengers TO
the Baptist Organized Bible Class Con
ference at Mobile, Ala, have returned
to Monroe Louisiana had more than
fifty representatives at the confer
ence, according to Rev. Tripp.
Monroe-H. J. Fernandez, Monroe
traffic bureau manager, in report to
the Chamber Of Commerce said that
numerous conferences and communi-
cations with United States engineers
and officials of the War Department
had shown that if the Mississippi.
Warrior river transportation servic.
is extended to Monroe that federal
appropriation for 100000 could be
obtained for the construction Of Qua
chita river waterway terminals at
Monroe to take care of freight.
jennings La, Feb. 12-Judge Por'
ter of the Fifteenth Judicial District
has empanneled the grand jury here
for six months term. Blass Spillsr
was named foreman.
Baton Rouge.-Real estate in Bat
on Ruoge has shown renewed activi-
ty Sales to the amount OF $65,00O
have been closed within the last few
days.
reveport-Following a meeting
here by the Louisiana State Highway
Commission and w. H. Rhodes of the
Federal Bureau of Roads, contract
was awarded to Lawrence, Nixon and
Phillips, Jackson. Miss, to build
nine and one-half miles Of paved
highway on the Mansfield and Ar
kansas state line highways in this
parish at cost of approximately
$1S5,000, representing aid from the
federal government.
Monroe-H. r. Speed, city com
missioner Of Monroe, has been ap
pointed receiver for the Ellis-Golson
Merchantile Co, Inc, Of Mer Rouge
which has been granted a decree OF
bankruptcy in the United States Dis
trict Court.