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AN ORDINANCE

IL
To levy, collect and enforce payment of an
annual town license tax in the town
of Donaldsonville upon all persons
associations of persons and corpora
tions pursuing any trade profession
vocation, calling or business, except
those who are expressly exempt from
such tax by the state constitution
Section BE it ordained by the town
council of the town of DonaldsonyilIe. That
there is hereby levied an annual town IL
eense tax for said town for the year 1909
and each subsequent year upon each per-
son, association of persons and corpora
ton pursuing any trade, profession, yoca-
ton, calling or business In said town of
Donaldsonville, except those who are ex-
pressiy exempt from such tax by the State
constitution.
Section BE it further ordained. That
on the second day of January. 1909, and
each subsequent year, the town tax col
leetor shall begin to collect and shall col
ieet as fast as possible from each of the
persons, association of persons and corpora
tons pursuing In the year 1909 and each
subsequent year, within said town, any
aesS, a town license tax as hereinafter
graduated. All town licenses shall be due
and eoliectibie on or before the tenth of
January. 1909. and each subsequent wear
and all unpaid licenses shall become delin-
quent on that date. and all persons ETC.
who commence business after that date
shall become delinquent unless the town
license is paid within ten days.
MANUFACTURERS.
Paragraph 1.-That for carrying on each
business of manufacturing not expressly
exempted by the constitution, the license
shall be based on gross annual receipts
of such business. as follows:
First eiass-When said receipts are
500. GOO or more, the license shall be $35.
Second class--When said receipts are
1000 or more and less than $50, boo, the
license shall be $50
Third elass-Hhen said receipts are
$4,000 Or more and less than $4,000 The
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HORSE and sTEAMPOWER DKRRICKs
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ROPE SPLICING A SPECIALLY
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Proceedings of Town Council.
POSTPONED REGULAR MEETING.
DonaldsonHille. La. Sent.

Donaldsonville La, Sept. g. 1903.
The council met at s O'Clock p. M, in the
mayors Office at the powerhouse, with Mayor
Chas. Maurin in the chair and the following
aldermen present: Jas. Won Lotten, first ward ;
D. Israel, Jr., and B. j. Vega, second ward
j. E. Blum and w. D. Park. third ward. Abb
sent-Wm. Dill.
The reading of the minutes of the last preced-
ing meeting was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr.. Israel seconded IL Mr..
Blum, the following license ordinance for 1909
was unanimously adopted:
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RUDwEISER.

The most popular beer in the world. There is
less profit to the dealer who sells it, because it
costs most at the brewery, yet its sales exceed
those of all other bottled beers, which proves
that its superiority is recognized everywhere.
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Brief communications upon subjects of public
interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not responsible for the views of
correspondents.
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Reading notices, first insertion. Is cents per
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The council adjourned.
B. HENDERSON. Secretary II
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AerOpIane
the
Coming
Airship
b 4. LAWRENCE ROTcH,
Esss Hia otssrysssy. 80
fftszi 4ats cist = Ass kaglaa4.

Ton constructed By hsr Renad and Krebs Of the army
returned 70 h starting point 6e lines Of This balloon driven
- nneoposer electric motor attained speed Of IA miles per
The light gone motors which have been developed the automo-
bic have been ihe chief factor the progress navigation
and foreign military balloons the types Of the -fated Pe
ahd Hpna gigantic arsp Germany the latter having double
ena n 100 horsepower and capable of carrying dozen men, pro-
pei through calm air at speed Of about 30 miles hour
Thee balloons, therefore independent Of wind blowing with
slightly le Velocity which may be taken the normal prevailing
v thousand feet above the surface Of the earth The bulky gasbag with
speed sufficiently powerful could the requisite
ghncs Therefore may be affirmed that drigbe balloons viii al
wa b influenced by strong winds and cannot Of reg
Jar communication finding their most important application
erng ard possibly in offensive warfare.
Authorities agree that the practical flying machine will be Of the
"eageg iau air. type that il viii not be supported by gabag The
speed which b. impaired aeoane account Of its rigid
e0con and small head resistance will enable to make hdway against
All tie strongest winds but tho high speed necessary maintain such
maeine te sf e greatly increase he difficulties q launching and
landing with te attendant danger aconauts and landsnen
While Ae balloon essentially French invention Che first
fa motor aerpanc The gliding experiments Of Lintha
Germany opened The way e experiments the United States by
Cbanue Langley Wright brothers the latter having doubt
machine three years ago. The French epermcnters
Faan and Ddagang have only this year flown much shorter dis
tance
Of hese results cannot be denied that human fight is
only possible bat practically realized although many may be
required perfect the art II does not appear probable however, that
ngne machines any kind compete with vessels railway
trains ii transporting heavy materials that such machines besides
their e IN sport and warfare viii be limited carrying passengers
She mails IN an "air line" regardless Of
snountains, lakes, rivers, o. political zo.sA
frontiers 80 80
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vas out Of the water he began to
thrash about Dexter prepared to give
the fish the finishing stroke, and failed
70 notice that the creatures tail was
under his seat. The fish suddenly
struck the seat a tremendous blow
with its tail, and the seat and its oc-
cupant went sailing through the air
and dropped into the water.
II was the most awful whack ever
gol, said Dexter, and / didn't know
a thing until hit the cold water. That
revived me, and saw the dory with
one gunwale under water and the fish
half out trying to squifla back into the
sea. diyed under the dory and. com
Ing up On the other side, brought it
back upon an even keel. The fish was
now in my dOry and / was In the wa
ter. He seemed 10 know be had the
upper hand, and every time / made a
move 70 get in that awful tail would
wave and ! would drop back again.
Honestly. ! don't know how final
" got back into the dory, but the next
thing ! knew was lying In the bot
tom Of the boat on top Of that Jump
Ing, thrashing fish, and In all kinds Of
danger Of getting crushed under 1t or
getting killed by a blow from It's tail.
Every time tried to climb up the fish
would knock me down again. The
boat was nearly full Of water and the
FISH was good and strong
I think he would have done for me
II hadn't happened by good luck t.
bit him welt on the head. That
Quieted him until could get upon my
feet and finish him It was lucky
thing for me that the water was
smooth, Or the fish would have gone
out Of the boat and taken me With
him"
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LED To LOST BABE
BY MOTHER LOVE
CHILD FcgAD SLEEPING SUI.
BOUNDED ~ PACK o. HUN
esY COYOTES
ENTIRE CAMP AIDS N HUNT
AEsflt Girl L1aea Ira sn6 &araers
Into &1lrtafn Fastassass--sfys
tsr-ls Pomer Taxes M9r-
a. - Lite Ore.

lhsfUol ol,1lis Ngo-At u1s cf ths
zAssg czEDz. 50 uss zorhEsst d.
t1ls place MrA ]. P9sers e sn1sgyas
80 q rosE and Eitk hsr Is her f1n--
gazrOid dzughrer. grs4t ret with AT
rAe men "A e. n1zaAgs ago one "
t1s her1srs. after IL bad 1rocsssss
sc-as distance fr1z tie camp. diseor-
sre1 that rhs Powers gisi vaz .omgH-
Ing him
With \ bard dzg bsssss hzn Il sis
a9i ~z1t the ehll1 slsag. 50 he turned
hss 1AcE toward camp and gave her
aas-r1ctl0-z 10 pr0css9 h9ms
Meanwhile the baag rad been
missed Ar the camp. ard Mrs Powers
~as n1k urszsE whan informed that
saa had been seen accompanying
ksr1sf 70 his days work lt being 4
custom d the mea to take the Httle
fsFo-ite along Wifh then while they
followed The sheep.
At night. vixen the hsrder returned
and Was questioned regarding the
0z5g. consterrati0a vas caused in
camp by his announcement that hs
had sent her home early ID ths morn
ing Immediately every available mzn
was seut OFT 70 search the nearby
cogntrY. When hours passed without
he discovery o. trace Of the child
courierg were sent 70 other camps.
gnd when morning danned half
dozen parties we're waiting "a take 40
the search.
Before afternoon a search 0f the
sountTy for ten miles In every direc-
ton had been made without results.
Late that night the search vas aban-
ionsd, and the searchers returned TO
camp 70 tell the distracted mother that
Der baby was probably dead. drowned
IN he creek Or deYoured b. wolves.
drs. Powers collapsed at these It'd /
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NO LEGS, ONE ARM, BUT 4 HERO.
Youth Rsseues Playmate from Drown
ing in Pond.

MorTistown, n. J.-Morristown has
a candidate for a Carnegie medal In
Joe GilIigan. 1S years old. who lost
both legs and one arm IN a trolley ac-
cident in Brooklyn several years ago.
He heard his playmates, Alexander
Patterson and Eustace Monohan. cry.
ing out for aid the other day when
they were drowning In a gravel pit
pond. and rescued one Of them.
Despite his physical handicap. Gill
gan leaped into the water and swan to
the drowning lads. He directed the
efforts Of another boy to save Patter-
son, who could not swim, and he him
self saved Monohan. who was suffer
ing with cramps
Pushing his charge ahead Of him
With the stump Of his right arm, and
swimming with his left, Gllligan got
Monohan 10 the shore in safety.
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They Found Her Surrounded by a
Pack Of Hungry Coyotes.

ings, but later became strangely calm
and sat like one in a trance until morn
ing dawned
Then calling the others to her. she
instructed them to follow, and set on
at hard walk for the mountains, six
miles distant Never deYiating from
bee line and seemingly Indifferent
to the couDt'g and those following he-.
the woman pursued her course up the
foothills and to the edge OF a sage fiat.
where she broke into a run. Ten min
utes later she fell exhausted beside
the sleeping missing one On her ap-
proach a ick Of hungry coyotes that
were seated around the child. but too
cowardly to attack her. fed.
Strangely enough. the little girl
had not suffered greatly during her
4s hours in the open and told a lucid
story Of her wanderings. When
turned back by the herder she had
followed a road which she supposed
led to the camp. but which finally took
her to an abandoned sawmill In the
foothills.
En- route she encountered the creek
and took on her shoes and stockings
to wade It. On the other side her
infant fingers we're unable to accom-.
plish the task Of replacing the stock
ings. and she left them and her shoes
beside the stream, afterward wander
Ing miles IN her bare feet
That evening, says the little girl
she went into the hills. where coyotes
began to follow her. There were III.
tie ones and two big ones, she said
The big ones probably were wolves
and why they did not attack the little
creature the men Of the camp were
unable to explain, as wolves are far
more courageous than coyotes. and
have been known to attack them m
the same region
At night the lost baby laid down
under a cottonwood tree, and went
10 sleep Il wasn't afraid, she said
In her story. "tause | heard mamma
calling all night long and knew she
would find me soon
AT daylight she awakened and again
heard her mother calling, and, salts
fed, sank again to sleep AT that hour
her mother, In camp six miles away
had Just begun her journey to her lost
loved ones side, and some psychic
power had carried to the baby the as.
surance that mamma would soon be
present to care for her.
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TALES OF ITS PERiLs HY a
WOMAN WHO KNOWS.
DiHegltiss sad Dangers o. the Asesn'
Must BE Carefully Weighed b
tire Ore Who Wsuia Climb
ire Heights.

have sometimes been criticised for
dwelling 0Tefmueh On the traFical side
q Alpine climbing. and perhaps with
aons reason Fet If anything I have
written deteFs a Would-be mountain
eer from testing his skin and strength
against the difficulties Of a lofty peak.
then 7 care not. for surely be Is not
Of the stua from which the true
climber is made
Every disaster on the mountains. II
properly understood. should teach a
lesson, and II In a few cases a catas
irophe vas unavoidable, its very rarity
should convince Us that the sport may
bs a comparatively safe one IL We viii
only make It 80.
An example-alasl It Is but one
amongst many--of a catastrophe due
TO yenturing on q mountain too soon
after a heavy fall Of snow occurred
on the Wetterhorn in 1902, when q
Scotch gentleman and bis guide. Rnu-
bel, lost their lives.
The party on the Wetterhorn, IN ad.
dition to Mr. Brown and Knubel. H.
cinded another amateur, Mr. Garden.
and young guide, Imboden By name.
They reached the summit at length.
but on the descent they began to real
ize that the sleeper portions OF the
snowslopes we're becoming unsafe.
The snow In the couloirs grew worse
and worse, and they were anxious to
get TO safer ground a. quickly a.
possible, fearing that at any moment
an avalanche might start beneath
their feet, or rush down on them from
above and overwhelm them.
And presently It came!
knubel vas the FIRST to perceive II.
and be had barely time to shout to his
companions before II was upon them!
They we're instantly swept on their
feet and dashed down the couIoir.
For over twelve hundred feet the
four helpless men we're hurled down
the precipitous gulley. and then. while
they we're stiIl on the surface Of the
snow, It came 10 rest Mr.. Garden
and Imboden alone lived to tell Che
tale.
The narrative from which / con.
dense the following account was writ
ten for the Alpine Journal BY the sur.
yiyor, Mr.. Stuart de Ia Rue, a young
man OF seventeen. The object OF the
excursion was to explore an untried
route up the Gina dl Rossi, a fine
giacier.clad peak near the head Of
the Forno Glacier. in the Maloja dis.
trict. Mr. Way. bis son Of thirteen.
and Mr. de Ia Rue. without guides.
had spent the previous night at the
Forno hut. They started at $3.50 a. m,
and took with them two short ropes
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Gives life to Avoid Wreck.

Paris, flL-Lawrence Friend. a
brakeman, was mangled beneath the
wheels Of a train the other day after
he had saved scores Of lives by pre-
venting the train from crashing head.
on into row Of freight cars Friend
turned the switch just in time TO
swing the passenger onto a side track.
but not quickly enough to get out OF
the way Of the engine. The engineer.
the sole witness OF the brakemans 5 sac.
riflce, told Of IT, I'm pretty sure
something Is going to happen to-day. %
Friend told the men In the yard when
he went to work that morning. Z feel
it in my bones Something is going to
happen sure"
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A DIVER ON SAND

down, It was proved that the bed Of
peat dn depth s It. to s #. 8 in.) was
almost imperyious to water. However
when within foot OF the lowest layer
great volume OF water burst up from
the gravel bed below. an influx from
the adjacent river. In the course OF
minute the whole pit vas filed with
water up to the original level. This
condition Of affairs led to the decision
to employ a diver in the work OF re.
moving the peat. and assisting ln the
necessary underpinning Of the walls
down to the gravel bed.
The divers operations are not only
peculiar. but extremely arduous. The
pits that are sunk are absolutely dark.
owing to the water being thick with
peaty matter. Artificial light Is not
possible, hence the work Is done by
feeling Upon the removal Of the
peat the bottom is covered with bags
filled with concrete, carefully ana
tightly trodden in all round. These are
then cut open and another layer Of bags
placed on the top. These again are
ripped up, and SO on for four courses
in all The ehinks and crannies be-
tween the bags are In al cases filed
By hand with cement concrete, low.
erred to the diver in buckets.
The resultant mass becomes prac
tically solid rock. and seals down
the food Of water from the gravel, en-
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mGED our or BOLT
81 MONSTER sHH00RRDDFISH
sAlLcR HAs DESPERATE FIGHT
Wits FIhNY CREATURE
KILLED LUCKY BLOW

Bl-A1-1czT DsIts-. q member
g s1s crew 90 ths 6sAaz soo1sr
Eva a1d Nildrs1 Ald a sps1ns
EEer11s1 engaged IN 3 bzfrls f0T lie
la l2-foot d0ry. and DsEtsr vas the
TiezeF sl-hogEh he sEord6sa gave a
g2e5 aeca1t o ltzs.i
T1s Eva and Mlldre5 fsH Ia ~ith
-As ag fellow a few days ag0. and
BE- waE neatly harp0oaed from the puI-
pL Dexter lhsl iaaped into 8 doTy
ard followed the 6sh until Il lay quiet
Epoz TIE surface Thea BE rowed
- Alongside and. p1ttiHg he hooks IN
70 tas 1sA swung ., into the dory. The
sEora1sh occupied nearly The entire
3o-t9U @ The d0Ty. snd as soon as he
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Instead of one long one. After hey
had climbed ioe about tHo hours ana 4
half the rocks became very steep ana
difficult They did not return. how.
ever. having determined 10 Try %
reach the summit pr Way was lead.
Ing. bis son vas second. and Mr. De Ia
Rue last Their progress vas barred
a this point By a hard BIT Of rock
and in order to get HD this mau7ais
pas before the other two advanced
lr Way required . longer allowance
Of rope. He proposed, therefore. that
Mr. De IA Rue should nnr0pe the boy.
Join the two ends Of the rope. and lst
MF Way advance to 3 secure position
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Girl In trance wlth Jaws e.,

Hazleton, Pain a trance since
the other night when she retired IN
good health. Miss Ella McGee. aged 2s
OF this city. may die Of starvation IN.
less she is aroused Her Jaws are
firmly set and no food can be forced
down her throat The case Is attract.
ing great attention among local physl.
clans.
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OF the famous cathedral at Wfnches-
ter. England. a deep sea diver being
the chief actor in the process. It has
been sscertained that almost the
whole cathedral stands on a bed Of
peat. which IS. In some parts. eight
feet I'm thickness. Owing 10 the com
preston Of this substance. settlements
Of the most serious character are tax.
ing place, and II the venerable fame
is 70 be preserved It viii be necessary
to excayate the peat and provide in
It's place a solid subfoundatlon. The
south transept. for example, is over
four feet out Of the perpendicular. and
ominous cracks are apparent To
quote Mr.. Fox. the cathedral Is
doomed unless It is underpinned and
that without delay"
In the case Of the presbytery CA. D.
1909 II had been found that subsl.
dence had taken place amounting to
nearly 2 IT, IN. a trial pit sunk
IN the vicinity revealed the existence
OF deep bed Of peat below clay
soil. resting upon stratum Of gravel
and fints oYerlylng chalk. By means
Of an excavation five feet In width
adjacent to the south wall, the bot.
tom Of the masonry foundation was
reached and It was discovered that
the wall had been built on d layer OF
beechwood logs. whole trees having
been placed side by side horizontally.
The level Of the underslde Of these
tlmbors coinelded with that Of the
water In the subsoIi
Carrying the ezcavstio4 further
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This was done, and the two ends
Joined with a reef knot. The rope was
now paid out. Mr. de Ia Rue holding
the end tn Mr. Way was about forty
feet above the two others. He called
70 those below that the rock was loose
and rotten. The boy was standing
unroped. As he realized the awful dis.
aster about to occur, be cried. "Oh
ny God" These were the poor
child's last words. and an instant later
be was swept away.
A moment after the fall OF stones
Mr. Way fell from his ledge above
Mr. de Ia Rue succeeded in holding
the rope. and trusted that, after ali
he might have managed to save his
companion, but what was his horror
when the cloud OF dust cleared on 10
find that he had only a loose END ~
his hand.
The knot had given way.
Hurrying down as rapidly as the
dlflcult ground allowed. be discovered
the lIfeless body OF the boy about i've
hundred to eight hundred feet below
Mr.. Way could not be found. though
the young man followed the course OF
the avalanche for some distance, but
the body was recovered that night
MRS AUBREY LIE BLOND.
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abling the excavation to be pumped
dry. Concreting is then continued un.
I'll a considerable height is reached
and upon this blocks Of concrete or
brick In cement are carried IN and
tightly pinned to the underslde Of the
old masonry constituting the original
foundations Of the cathedral. Mr.. Fox
and the diver are the only people who
have made acquaintance with the work
below water and great credit Is ad.
mittedly due to the latter for the abll.
lsy with which he eomhatz the aroon.
tlonal dlaloulues.
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REMARKABLE TASK or A DEEP,
SEA WORKER.
Foundation Of the Famous Winchester
Cathedral Being Reinforced by
Unique Method to Save
the Edifiee.

A wonderful engineering operation
is being carried out at the present
time In the effort to save the walls