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oLUME XXXI-NO. 17. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1921 TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN AD
MILLION TAX
BIl DUE BY THE
PARISH IN 1920
hirds Collected Up
To Middle of
Week
NQUENT LIST
WILL BE LARGE
ge of Cash Causes
j Many to Groan Over
Load
to last Wednesday the St. Lan
office had collected approxi
20 0,000 of the half-million
due by the taxpayers of St.
parish for the year 1920. Col
s were going on briskly, the
being crowded with people and
test as one secured his receipt and
ed another took his place in
waiting line.
1 about three weeks now remain
ich to settle with the collector
penalties are attached, and It
wpractically certain that the im
work will not be completed in
.brief time . So many property
.re short of cash that they
Sfind it difficult or altogeth
posuible to pay their 1920 taxes
the delinquent list, to be pub
some time later on, is expect
t be unusually large.
have ben getting higher
year since the adoption of the
tutional amendment creating
mtate board of affairs, and people
lproaining under the weigh. While
.llluge has been somewhat re
from the old-time Standard, the
splent has been doubled, trebled
S ve quadrupled, aid thus the to
a.,ast to the propirty owner ,has
upwards by leaps and bounds.
F property owners are kicking
the hundred per cent assess
I but there is a strong kick
at the greater sum of taxes they
erced to pay, and that can be ex
in no other way except that
lowering of the millage has not
suit with the iicreased val
pslaiced on all kinds of prop
for taxing purposes. The board
Sstats afaftirs, wielding the '"big
. at Baton Rouge, immune from
a~eks by the property owners be
it is appointed by the governor,
in' the foreground and tells the
assessors what to do, and
*fttflials, all of whom are di
elected by the people, simply
tq obey the dictates of the board
"Me state capital.
at true of St. Landry is equal
Be of every parish in Louisiana.
have been increasing every
Gand today, according to those
heve to toot the bills each year,
to the property owner is be
absolutely burdensome. Mun
property has to bear a tremen
burden of taxes, for it pays not
the state and parish prorata but
the special taxes and dihe city
besides. We understand that
home owners in this city are
a total annual tax bill large
to pay fair rent for a home
twenve months. " This, they icor
claim, is penalizing the home
and discouraging all prospnc
home owners from pursuing their
of buying or building a home
eir own and thus getting rid of
Iugbear of paying monthly rent,
-~ter all the annual bugbear of
huge taxes is Imore discon
than the small rent- they
have to meet in monthly doses.
taxpayers of St. Landry are
state, parish, road, drainage,
tioads, school, Confederate vet
and other special taxes today.
are paying a greater millage
others, according to the locality
* special millage authorized. In
:ecorporated municipatities the
is greater, and the cause for
and lamentations is just that
larger. Predictions are made
this matter of decreasing the tax
ll be the greatest problem bc
the constitutional convention
is soon to convene in Baton
ITTEE WILL SELECT..
7 SITE FOR- SCHOOL HOUSE
rintendent Prescott publishes a
today, stating that the building
*Ittee of the new school building
lousas wil meet on the 23d in
to take up the propostiton of the
school's location. It is to be
in either the western or
western part of the city, and
rty owners having lots of suffi
area are arked to submit prop
s to the committee for sale of
hbldings.
C. Vaughn, editor of the Kinder
e, was an Opelousas visitor
Week and spent several hours in
ftrion office. Mr. Vaughn was
to the legislature last year
Allen parish and is one ~,f the
weDaper men in the tlw-L .:iing
FORMER OPELOUSEAN IS
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Friends and relatives of George T.
Edwards will be plesae dto learn
that he stood a very creditable exam
ination before the stat-3 supreme
court on his application to practice
law before the courts of Louisiana.
Mr. Edwards is now residing in Winns
boro, Jackson parish, and will follow
the profession there. He was tin
nected with the law offices of L is
& Lewis in this city for a number
of years, and studied law under the
late Thomas H. Lewis. It is stated
thta Mr. Edwards was long pr letient
in the law and could have been ad
mitted to practice several'years ago,
had he made application. Unquestion
ably he has a bright and promising
career open before him in the courts
of Louisiana.
MYSTERY BOBS UP
IN RECOVERY OF
A LOST BRACEET
Unknown Woman Returns
Valuable Trinket to Mrs.
George C. Jordan
ASKS REWAD OF 250
DOLLARS OF OWNER
Money Not Paid and Iden
tity of Persbn Has Not
Been Made Known
Tally one mIore for Opelousas as a
producer of mysteries! The famous
diamond-set bracelet of Mrs. G(H dge
C. Joidan, lost one night about two
weeks ago, has been recovered and
returned to its owner!
JMrs. Jordan lost her valuable brace
let while returning home with-he'r
husband from the moving ptoture
show. Its loss was not discovered un
til after they reached home. An im
mediate search was madd for the
trinket but it was not discovered, and
-the following morning Mr. Jordan in
serted an advertisement offering a
'liberal" reward for its recovery and
return. The information was flashed
on the screen at the picture 'isw
and the entire occurrence given wide
publicity, but the lost- article'did not
show up and not a word was heard
of it until the first of the week. Some
one found it-that fact was patent
from the first and became more so
when the first of this week Mr. Jor
dan received a mysterious letter.
signed with the initials "X. K. X." and
evidently mailed on a passenger train
operating between New Orleans ;and
Baton Rouge, for the envelope bear
jpg the missive bore .thq "New. pr
leans and Baton Rouge Railroad Post
office" mark.
The letter stated the writer nad
found a bracelet "set with nineteen
diamonds," and notified Mr. Jordan.
that if this was his bracelet to "de
posit ($250.00) two hundred and fif
ty dollars with Mr. Charles Thib6
deaux, and instruct him to pay, the
said sum to the bearer of the btace
let." Mr. Jordan was asked to "an
swer in the Star-Progress."
The "answer" was inserted in 'the
newspaper, appearing last Wednesday
morning, notifying "X. K. X." that the
sum demanded was in the hands of
the sheriff and would be paid for the
return of the bracelet. The mystery
person evidently expected the reply,
for on Wednesday night an "old lady"
appeared at the home of Mr. Thibo
deaux, on East Grolee street, about 8
o'clock, handed in the hbw-elet and
was informed by Mr. Thibedeaux that
the check for the two hundred and
fifty dollars was at his office in the
court house, and she was notiqf. to
call on him Thursday and get i. XJp
to a late hour Thursday, however, she
had not shown up and the mon .,was;
not paid over when this story' was
written.
It is understood that the hracelet
was found at a very early hour the
morning following its loss, and that
it was picked up on the sidewalk
near the postoffice, on Court and lan
dry streets. Why the finder should
have kept the article in her posses
sion two weeks is a mystery the cu
rious public has not been made wise
to. It is conjectured that the person
who delivered the bracelet is not the
one who found it, but acted as a go
between in the transaction. The
identity of "X. K. X." may never be
come publicly known as both Mr. Jor
dan and Sheriff Thibodeaux are ret
icent on that point, not caring to di
vulge the secret which is.known only
to themselves and the mysterious wo
man who carried the trinket to the
sheriff's house Wednesday night. Mrs.
Jordan, however, is happy in the re
covery of her piece of jewelry, as it is
a family heirloom and is considered
worth a large sum of money besides.
George K. Perrault, who is taking a
course in law at the state univercity
Baton Rouge, came over Saturday to
spend a few days with home folks.
He was stricken with a case of il as
les and did not return Monda. '
CARNIVAL DANCE
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
LARGE CROWD FROM OPELOUSAE
AND OTHER POINTS FILLS
HALL TO ITS CAPACITY
The annual Mardi Gras dance giv
en by the ladies of the Episcopa:
chunke of Opelousas, last Tuesday
afternoon and night, was a great sue
cess both socially and financially
The Barrilleaux aditolium was taxec
to its capacity with, the crowd of peo
pie who attended. Many from dis
tant towns, such as Rayne, Crowley
Lafayette and Washington, as well
as other places, were on hand for the
last festivities before the lenten sea
son was ushered in with Ash Wednes
day. Oge's band furnished music for
the dance, and when the midnight
hour sounded ,the death knell for the
season of festivities the dance "ame
to an end.
In the afternoon the young folks
held the boards and enjoyed dancing
t,. :,eir hearts' content. Prizes
awarded to the children were as fol
lows: First, to Misses Norma and
Bonnie Fontenot, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Fontenot. They rep.
rsentel "A Pair of Butterflies."
Second price to Master Arthur
Stander of New York. He represent
ed a "Young Duke."
At the grown folks' dance the prize
winners were Mr. and Mrs. John De
blieux, Jr., who were dressed in
oriental costumes. Second prize went
to Misses Rosa ¶Hebrard and Corinne
Lacombe. Mr. - R. O. Marsn,
of Port Barre, dressed as a Scottish
highlander, with full regalia of kil
ties, etc., was very striking and his
make-up drew many favorable com
ments. So many and so various were
the different Costumes and so striking
were their appearance that the mat
ter of judging and deciding on the
winners was a difficult task indeed.
The good ladies of the Episcopal
church are to be cozfgratulated on the
wonderful success of the annual en
tertainment, which surpassed all
their previous efforts along that line.
They will have to strive very hard
to surpass next year the standard
set this year.
SUES PARISH FOR
LARGE SUM MONEY
COL. C. W. KROTZ INSTITUTES
PROCEED)NGS, CLAIMING
$47,000 DAMAGES
Col. C. W. Krotz, mayor of Krotz
Springs and president of the' Krotz
Springs Hotel company, this week in
stituted suit against the parish.of St.
Landry, claiming damages in the sum
of $47,000. The colonel; who is class
ed as being thoroughly informed as
to law and law procedure, drew up
his own petition to the court, and it
is generally understood that 'he will
claim h, r'-hts as a litigant to prose
cute' his own case against the parish
when the matter comes up for trial in
the sixteenth district court.
The case arises from the refusal
of the police jury' to create a "navi
gation district" in the Krotz Springs
territory. Mr. Krotz claims that the
law makes it mandat6ry for the po
lice jury to create such a district
when petitioned by a certain num
her of property -owners. He says that
the company he represent&\is dam
aged in the amount ..--'--. '-'-use of
the jury's refusal to create the dis
trict requested. Mr. Garland, the par
Ish legal advidler, in a written opinion
states that there is no basis for the
suit and that the jury is correct In
its refusal to create the distric. On
these divergent and conflicting views
the suit will go to trial at some fu
ture time.
PARISH GRAND JURY
TO MEET IN MARCH
GRAND INQUISITORS WILL BE
CALLED IN SESSION, BUT NO
CRIMINAL TERM THEN
The grand jury drawn the last term
of criminal court and which holds
over for six months from the date will
be called in special sessidn some
time in March by Judge Pavy, acting
on the request of District Attorney
R. Lee Garland.
The inquisitors will look into cri
minal cases brought to their atten
tion but there will be no jury term of
court then for trying indicted parties
the term having been deferrrd until
some later date, perhaps not before
early summet. There are a number
of parties in jail who are unable to
furnish bond and their cases will be
called before the jury for. investiga
tion, and If no true bills are returned
they can be released.
Louis Brooks and Henry Fontenot
of Croliey were here Tuesday night
for the carnival dance given by the
ladies of the Episcopal church.
. CEINTENNIAL,
Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
Monday, February 14, 1921, at 2:30 P. M.,
/ High School Auditorium.
Proclamation
- Whereas, the Town of Opelousas was incorporat
ed by Act of the Louisiana Legislature on. February
14, 1821, so that the fir'st -Charter of this municipal
ity will be One Hundred Years old on next Monday,
February 14th; and whereas, this important histori
cal fact has been taken cognizance of at a meeting
of the Board of Aldermen of this city at which it was
unanimously voted that it be calledf to the attention
of the citizens thereof and that a public demonstra
tion in honor of the occasion be held and that the
Mayor be authorized: to give notice of the same.
Therefore, I, Edward L. Loeb, Mayor of the City
of Opelousas, La., do hereby issue this, my procla
mation caling upon all patriotic citizens of the City
of Opelousas and vicinity to assemble at the High
School Auditorium in Opelousas, La., on 'Monday,
February 14th, 1921, at 2:30 p. in., for the purpose of
taking part in the Centennial Celebration of the in
corporation of the Town of Opelousas; and I hereby
request that all citizens suspend their usual occupa
tions between the hours of 2 p. m. and 4 p. m., so that
this occasion may be participated in by all.
In witness wheteof, I have hereunto affixed my
signature, officially, at Opelousas, La., on this, the
8th day of February, A. D., 1921, and caused the
official seal of the City to be hereunto appended.
EDWARD L. LOEB,
Mayor of Opelousas, La.
Attest:--J. J. PERRQDIN,
City Clerk.
HUNTING SEASON
PRACTICALLY .OVER
QUAIL SHOOTING MUST STOP ON
15TH-CLOSED ON OTHER.
GAME TWO WEEKS AGO
The open season on game in Louis
iana is practically ended for the win
ter of 1920-1921, and hunters will now
have to lay-aside their guns until next
fall and winter. Game Warden Henry
Landry issued a notice to this effect
and published it ii a Eunice paper
last Saturday.
Trhe open season on ducks, all mi
gratory -birds and deer closed about
the 1st instant, and that on quail will
end on the 15th. Strict laws have
been enacted to protect all game in
this state and the penalties for the
violation thereof are heavy.
Woodcock are, protected at alt times
and the killing of these birds is ab
solutely prohibited, We understaiid,
however, that quite a number of this
rare bird have been slaughtered con
trary to the provisions of the law,
but as evidnece is difficult to secure
convictions would be alomst impos
sible. Hunting without first securing
the necessary license is. another evil
haid to suppress, and it is probable
tha tnot a few hunted off and on the
past season without securing the li
cense.
Methodist Choir Meets
The Methodist choir met at the res
idence of Mrs. E. G. Burleigh last Fril
day at 7:30 p. m. Singing was prac
ticed and refreshments were served.
Those present were:
Mrs. Drake, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bal
lard, Rev. and Mrs. Riggs, Mrs. Chas.
Dupre, Mrs. W. F. Nolan,- Mrs. H. A.
Philips, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Skiles,
Misses Irene Shute, Della Roberts, B.
Crawford, Fldrence Philips. Mr. R. D.
Lamson, Miss Pearl Evans, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Holland, Mr. Harvey Phil
lips, Mr. and Mrs. Ballard of Thibo
daux; Mr. Leonard Riggs and Miss
Lilly. Bell Bodemuller.
AFTER LONG SHUtDOWN,
PORT BARRE MILL RUNS
The big sawmill at Port Barre,
which closed down quite awhile beak,
resumed active operations last Mon
day. Owing to the small demand for
lumber and the large supply on hand.
It was found necessary to stop opera
tions in order for ,busiens conditions
to become adjusted. Starting up
again means a revival of business in
the Cqurtableau village, for a large
number of men are employed, both at
the mill plant proper and in the woods.
The big mill located at Hazelwood,
nn the Gulf Coast Lines several miles
east of Port Barre, is still shut down
and nothing has been given out as to.
when it will resume work.
Thomas P. Bowden of the Git
Coast 14ned: with headquarters at De
Quincy, spent Sunday here with home
tolks.
'WHITE MAN LOSES HIS LIFE
IN COUPLING LOGGING CARS
An employe of the Port Barre saw
mill named Everett was killed Friday
of last week while coupling cars on
the logging railroad of the mill com
pany, out in the woods. Prdjeoting
logs struck him in the head and liter
ally mashed his brains out. The mor
tally wounded man lived a short
while and died when he was being
taken from the train at Port Barre. He
was about forty . years of age and
leaves a family.
COLLECTOR TO AID
LOCAL TAXPAYERS
A. L. STAGG' WILL BE HERE 'WO
DIFFERENT TIMES ON INCOME
TAX MATTER
Mr. A. L. Stagg, deputy internal ie
venue collector, announces that he
will be in Opelousas from February
21 to 23, inclusive, ,for the purpose of
aiding' income taxpayers in making
out and filing their blank returns
with the government. He'will again
visit Opelousas for the same purpose
on March 9 to 15, bothl dates inclu
sive. Parties who have difficulty
in making out their returns Will find
it to their interest to meet Mr. Stagg
at his ofice in the federal building
arid he will gladly aid them in this im
p;rtant work. The income tax blanks
are intricate and difficult to under
sltand, bu tlong experience in filling in
these blanks makes Mr. Stagg thor
oughly competent to handle all the de
tails thereof and thus aid the taxpay
er in circumventing any difficulties
which he may have in filing a proper
ly filled sheet.
Catholic Church Notes
Slast Wednesday was Ash Wednes
day. There was blessing of ashes at
the Catholic church before the 7
o'clock mass. Ashes were distributed
by Father Colliard - and Father Sim
ery.
Ash Wednesday ushers in the ,holy
season of lent, the time of mnortifica
tion and penance for Catohllcs in prep
aration for Easter. Toere will be
lenten sermons alternately in both
French and English every Wednesday
night.
LOCAL FISHERMEN ARE
GETTING ACTIVE AGAIN
Several parties of Opelousas have
visited near-by fishing resorts recent
ly, and in practically every case they
have been successful. Those who
went to Darbonne, Geromo and
'"hene Vert" report having caugnt
good strings of perch, trout and saca
lat.. With the coming of spring and
the prevailing warm ~weather the
number of fishing -parties will in
Srease and as the streams and lakes
are full of the games, big catches will
he the rule.
WILL CELEBRATE
100TH ANNIVERSARY
INCORPORATION OF OPELOUSAS
DATES BACK JUST ONE
... , CENTURY
All district, parish and city offi
cials, including all ex-mayors of Ope
iousas ,and the resident ministers of
all denominations and representatives
of the newspapers are requested to oc
cupy places on the platform.
The first charter of the town of
Opelousas was adopted by the legis
lature of Louisiana on February 14,
1821, and it will therefore be one hun
dred years old on next Monday.
At a meeting of the mayor and
board of aldermen, held last Tuesday,
it was unanimously voted that a pub
llc demonstration in honor of the
event should be held on next Monday
the 14th instant, at the high school
auditorium, at 2:30 p. m., and the
mayor was authorized to issue a pro
clamation calling upon all °patriotic
citizens of Opelousas and vicinity to
assemble for the purpose of taking
part in the centennial anniversary.
The mayor has issued his proclama
tion and he requests all citizens to
suspend business from 2 until 4
o'clock on that day so that all may
participate in this celebration. We
publish same in this issue.
We heartily approve of this action
on the part of the mayor and board of
al.drmen, and we trust that our peo
ple will turn out in great number to
do honor to this important historical
event. While Opelousas is much old
er than a hundred years, its official
incorporation as a town occurred just
'hat long ago, and we believe it is
meet that its citizens take formal no
tice of that fact.
We understand that a short but In
teresting program has been prepared
for the occasion and aside from the
fact that it will take but a little time
to participate in the Celebration, we
feel sure that all who atend will en
joy i. We` urge all good citizens to
take part.
JAIL BIRD WANTS
TO KNOW STATUS
PRISONER IN THE ST. LANDRY
LOCK-UP WRITES GOVERNOR
RELATIVE TO MATTER
Some time ago Marshal of the City
Court Plais Horn arrested a negro in
this city on the charge of forgery. It
it stated that the negro forged the
name of Dr. John A. Haas to a check
and failure to "get by" with the deed
was the cause of his downfall and ar
rest.
Investigation by the officer disclos-.
ed that the negro was a much want
ed individual. 'He was an escaped
convict, having gotton out of the pen
itentiary in December, 1917, since
which time he has committed various
crimes,. being under indictment in
Avoyelles parish for murder;
There are still eight years, two
months and four days of hard labor
due the state penitentiary, and he
writes to the state executive to find
out if he should finish serving out'
his term or stand trial on the sev
eral charges pending against him for
>ther Crimes. Apparently he expects
to escape punishment for the new of
enses by being returned to the pen
to complete serving his unexpired
term.
STwo negro women from Kinder were
here Thursday to secure legal aid to
defend a sister of theirs on the charge
oi blackmail in the Allen parish court.
The woman under this charge is now
na Jail in Oberlin. She is charged
with mailing a blackhand letter to a
sawmill proprietor, demanding money
under penalty of having his propetrty
destroyed and'his cfew killed.
The convict in jail here whose real
name is Rideau and not Harris, admits
having written the letter and giving
t to the negro womafi in the Oberlin
all to mail. His criminal record ap
pears to be a long one.
M'ARY SYRUP MILL TO1
-MOVE TO LAFAYETTE
INDUSTRY LOCATED AT WASH
INGTON MAY BE ESTABLISHED
IN NEAR-BY PARISH
An item of local news in one of the
Lafayette papers states that Mr.
James T. Mary of Washington, this
parish, is contemplating moving his
long established syrup mill from itt
present location In Washington to
some point in Lafayete, where the
supply of cane is larger. Mr. Mary.
according to the newspaper story,
was in Lafayette parish last week in
vestigating the situation and stated
that he might decide to change the
location of his plant. It requires
many thousand tons of cane each sea.
son and the farmers in Lafayette will
furnish him this cane if he moves
there.
TO START DRILL
ON OIL WELL AT
VERY EARLY DATE
Extra Casing Bought And
Received And Unload
ing Here
ALL PREPARATIONS
MADE FOR THE WORK
Experienced Helpers to Aid
At Derrick to Be Got
ten in Texas
Except for the securing of refdwais
on a few leases, the Opelousas Oil Co.
is ready to resume drUling and it is
expected that active work will be be
gun Monday. The casing for the well
is on the track and will be unloaded
at once.
A meeting of the directors will be
held today and formal action taken to
start drilling.
A letter received by Mr. J. A. Per
kins from a friend of his in El Dorado,
Arkansas, gives something of an idea
of what might be expected should oil
be struck here. Speaking of a mutual
friend, this gentleman writes Mr. Per
kins as follows:
"Mr. Murphy's deposits have gone
from $500,000 to over $2,000,000 in 15
days. So much for an oil develop
ment. It would be great if you could
get some wells near Opelousas."
A man who has recently been in El
Dorado reports that it is practically
Impossible for anyone to get a bed to
sleep in. In fact, he stated that peo
ple there were paying the city rent foe
the city sidewalks, in order that they
might sleep on them.
If oil is found near Opeolusas it will
make the city over night and it will
not be a question of selling merchan
dise or a question of prices' but just
simply a question of whether or not
the stuff is here to sell. Hotels,
boarding houses and restaurants turn
into small gold mines where there is
a, rush of this kind.
Nothing untforseen occurring, active
work of drilling at the well on the
Creswell farm, southeast of Opelou
sas, will be resumed some day naeet
week. A supply of casing, bought
elsewhere some days ago, has been
received and unloaded in local freight
yards. Work of installing a commis
sary and eating house on the grounds
is already under way ,this to supply
'the needs of the workmen and bosses
employed on the drilling rig.
All details practically have been
cleared up and the rwork of sinking
the pipe to pay sand 'will be prosecut
ed vigorously from the very start. Eji
perienced men in oil drilling will be
secured from some of the Texas oil
fields, a ,representative of the Joeal
company having already gone there to
employ the lass of labor needed at
the well here. Prospects -fo ra "pay"
strike are said to be good and those ac
tively in charge are enthusiastic over
future results. The immens3 .amount
of acreage under lease will be extreme
ly valuable if eiten a sl'git trace of
grease is found in the initial well
sunk.
Reports of the uncovering of a 4
potential oil field on the south side of
Spanish lake, just this side of New
Iberia , and located in almost Cthe
same soil formation as the well near
Opelousas, increases the hopes of the
local phople irterested in the well
drilling here. An item of news fur
nished the Clarion by a gentleman
who has considerable knowlege o7 the
territory surrounding Spanish lake
reads as follows:
New oil territory is being exploited
around Spanish lake, and we learn
that- the outlook is promising near
Cade station, on the main line of the
Southern Pacific railway.
One mile and a half from "Lady of
the Lake" plantation, on the lake
front, the company owning the big
farm has signed a drilling contrsct,
the well to commence in thirty days.
They have made eight locations but
have only contracted for one well.
The geologists of the big oil compan
ies speak speak highly of that section.
The lands are all leased for several
miles around at five dollars per acre,
but a few sub-leases can yet be ob
tained.
The well on the south of Enanist~
lake is down a little over two thosu
and feet and has passed through two
small oil stratas and the well is still
drilling.
The Gulf Standard and Humble
companies are getting busy there and
around lake Simonet. Captian Lucas,
the veteran discoverer of the once
famous "Spindle Top," is to drill on
Jefferson island for other partlet. He
is to dril ain the salt dome, it is~ stat
ed.
As predicted by Dr. R. A. Mayer,
native Opelousean, now residing at
A·bbeville, it seems likely that a good
deal of actual drilling will commence
in the near future in South Louis.
lana, which for many years he has
predicted would prove the 4late
oil field in 'the state and erps
in the Worli~d.