The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-09
Banner d einocraf As ! tax-pay'


Banner Deinocrai:-As \ taxpayer
Of the parish of East Carroll, | shouldS
ike TO know. as matter of informa-s
ton, how far the jurisdiction OF thes
Police Jury extends2 Does il Extend
into Mississippi, on the east of MS. ands
into Arkansas. Texas and Florida? III
II does not, then by what authority
does the Hon. Parish Legislators ex-s
pend the public funds, in rxrcrin's Mt
ing upon thing which was impossi-:
BILE to accomplish without a cost OF;
not least than five hundaed do!lars?l
And should their object have beenj
gained, it would have no doub; re-;
suited in great destruction to The land,
low ners of Buuch's Bend. nilude tol
,ihe recent action of the Police Jury,
the member from the 4ih;
ward to burn out the drift woodl
lodged Oh the Mississippi side Of ihrI
lower end of Bunch's Bend lake and;
the cutting Of timber on the Missis-l
'sippi side. IF this far-reaching and
wonderful piece of strategy had been'
il would have created al
suction, which would have,
.resuI,ed in increasing the current OF
the lake three times its usual flow,
thereby undoing what nature has
.been doing for several years past. IL
lis well known fact that the lake has
sbeen filling rapidly for the past two
1years. and is now not more than half
sof lis former size; the upper end being
salmosi completely filed. while at the
Hover end more than thousand acres
Sof land has been added this year.
Now, suppose this land had been
swashrd away. after successfully burn
sing the drift? Would moi the owner
5have clear case uf damages against
sthe parisl, for he value Of the land
Elbow would the sixiecn miles Of levce
on the margin of the lake
sbe affected with trem' ndons current
crushing against il? You know, aud
Severy semsble man knows, that II
ss'won.d give us great trouble 10 keep u
Sin tact, if il could be done Al all, be.
asiars, the expenditure of vast lot OF
an,oney, aud should it break, consider
;E.for moment the Immense des'rucs
Zion Of property and life that .fooIisi
s,hing sometimes accomplishes. Wa
E,his scheme devised by the member
Strom the 4th ward selfish one or .fOl
ggfhe public good? In either case. pro
Eiesi against the payment, as the Police
BURY has no right 10 use the parisi
lsnoney for such purpose, outside o
S,he State. TAXPAYER.
s. The foregoing communication woul'
sssnot have been printed at all. accor'
sing 20 the rules that have always guild
sed US, were it not that it refers to pub
slic officials, the Police Jurors, who's
Factions, of course, they themselves
amust expect TO be discussed and crit
s.cized by the public.
q As we know nothing about the fact
Preferred to by our correspondent. W
Eshall not undertake to discuss them il
Sany way whatever; but in order tina
Epublic sentiment may be set Alright j
2this matter, we publish below the par
sof the proceedings of the Police Jur
iFof Nov. 8, referring to this matter:
b ..rhe communications of Mr.. ia:
hBeard, levee inspector, Col. t. l. Va
;Fossen and others were read, and i
saccordance with the request mad
Etherein. upon motion 1T MIR. Barwicf
Ethe President was authorized To hav
constructions of drift and timb Der in o.
4river chute removed"
n Had our correspondent read CAREFUL
Ethese proceedings, he would ha.
Nnoticed that the action of the Polio
yJury was taken upon a petition of Nj
fJas. Beard, Col. T. l.. Van Fossen an
Eotheys. How many were these othe,
Ecan easily be asccrtained from til
s.clerk Of the Police July. who has lik'
Ely kept that communication on file.