The Bienville Democrat., 1922-02-23

Grand Coteau.-7as semi.annual q
hibition was held at st. Charles Cor
lege recently.
Monroe.-Work has begun on the
Thermatomic Carbon Companys plan''
which will be built at sterlington, sew
enteen miles north Of Monroe.
ponchatoula. a.-The resignation OF Il.
G. Hungate as city attorney was reao
and accented. A. Sidney Burns being
elected to fill that vacancy.
Monroe,-The membership OF the
Tensas Basin Levee Board has Deen
named as delegates to the Natlonai
Rivers and Harbors Congress In was L
ington March 2 and g.
Monroe.-Members OF the Monroe
Woman's Department Club will CONFER
with oliver Hinsdell Of New Orleans
relative to the establishment OF a
Little Theater" in this city.
Mengel-Captain J. ". Swimm
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 vate,
which were dyamited by farmers a
year or moe ago in the Western half
of Ouachita parish as a 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. An engineering contract was
read, offering to make all plans, esti.
mates and to supervise construction
for stipulated percentage Of: the
total cost.
Ponchatoula. residence Of JOS
eph Perrin was burned last week en-.
failing a loss Of $500. It 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 267O 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, il successful, meant
Monros. Rev. Frank Tripp, John
S. Ramona, religious director, and s.
G. 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. Trip.
Monroe. .-H. ]. Fernandez, Monroe
traffic bureau manager, in report to
the Chamber Of Commerce said thai
numerous conferences and commune
cations with United States engineers
and officials Of the War Department
had shown that II the Mississippi-
Warrior river transportation service
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 Spiller
was named foreman.
| Baton Rouge. Real estate In Bat
| on Ruoge has shown renewed activi
ty. Sales to the amount Of $4,000
have been closed within the last few
days.
Shreveport Following 9 meeting
here by the Louisiana State Highway
Commission and W. H. Rhodes Of the
Federal Bureau Of Roads, q contract
was awarded to Lawrence, Nixon and
Phillips, jackson, Miss, to build
nine and one.half miles Q. paved
highway on the Mansfield and Ar
kansas state line highways in thii
parish at q cost Of approximately
$1S5,oO0, representing aid from the
federal government.
Monroe. n. R. Speed, city com
missioner Of Monroe, has been ap
pointed receiver for the Ellis-Golsor
/ Merchsntile Co., Incy Of Mer Rouge
which has been granted q decree d
bankruptcy in the United States Dis
trict Court.
Monroe.-The Chamber Of Com
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