The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-11-21
SUGAR soUlBs.
Progress of the Grinding Campaign in AS
cension and Elsewhere Items of In
faresI from, Eleld and FACTORY


feresI from Field and Factory.
The all day rain on Friday of last
week was followed by sudden drop
ia temperature and the mercury de-
seended to or near the freezing point
both Saturday and Sunday nights,
thin ice and heavy white frosts being
generally obser red the following morn
ings. The cane was quite severely
sfscotched by the unexpected freeze,
with the result that all of the factories
hereaway suspended operations in d
hurry so as to afford the field forces
an opportunity to windroW portions
of crop. Ofcourse, the cane stored
away in this manner, as well as that
left standing, is comparatively safe
from further damage unless there
should be soaking rain followed by
warm spell, in which event the FROST
bitten stalks will sour and a heavy
loss will be sustained. However,
such excellent progress has been made
in the work of harvesting the crop
owing to the almost nprecedentedly
favorable weather which has prevailed
since the opening of the campaign,
that it is hoped the remainder Of the
cane can be gathered and crushed be
fore such catastrophe eventn ates.
Dave Dill and Thee. Michel, re-
spectively chief and assistant sugar
boiler of the Miles Company's New
Hope factory in upper Ascension,
spent a couple of days here during the
week with their families, operations
having been suspended at New Hope
while the field forces were windrowing
cane.
AdoIph Falcon and his brother,
who for some years past have been
cultivating a tenants tract on the
Lemann Company Palo Alto planta-
ton, will leave Ascension about the
first of January to locate on the JET
ferson Planting Comany's WilIswood
place in St. Charles parish.
G. N. Gautreau, of Gonzales, who
is in charge of the double effects in
the big Belle Alliance factory of E. s.
J. Kock, passed through Donaldson
vile during the week en- route to and
from his home, where he enjoyed a
brief visit to his family Belle AL
lance closed down Tuesday afternoon
to give the field forces a chance to
windrow some of the cane nipped by
last week s freeze, resuming operations
Thursday morning. Chief Sugar cook
Fred. Werner, Sr., Assistant Boilers
Joe Werner, Fred, Jr., and Eugene
Werner, and Cane weigher Bob Mureh
were also visitors to Donaldsonville
during the week s idle eeriod.
Florian ] ). Michel, one of the effici-
ent a. sistant sugar boilers at the Evan
Hall factory, took advantage OF the
temporary suspension of operations
at that mill to4spend few days with
relatives here.
Chester Israel, head sugar maker
at the Gold Nine factory in ST.. John
parish, who was in town for a couple
Of days this week, reported that the
breaking of return plate Wednesday
night put the house temporarily out Of
business and necessitated a brief stop
for repairs. Every thing was running
along smoothly up to the time of the
accident, and unless further delays
should be encountered Gold Mine viii |
wind up an unusually successful cam
paign about the 18th of next month. /
MIR. Israel expects to leave for Mexico I
early in January to accept position
as chief sugar boiler OF one of the
largest factories in the cane district
Of that country.