The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-07-25
Weather and Crop Notes.

&Ag 104i0Nlpg paragraphs are uof-
rowed from this weeks Ascension
letter to the Louisiana Planter:
ssThere has been decided improve
zaeus IN weather con litions during
the past week, aud although rains have
fallen on several occasions, the pre-
lcipitations have not been nearly so
frequent or copious as was the case
during the preceding fortnight. a
popularity of the downpours was
their local character, some sections of
the parish having been given the
go by altogether, while Others were
drenched daily aud almost washed
away. AS a whole, however, crops in
all localities managed to get enough
moisture for their present needs and
are in prime condition, this being par
ticularly true of corn and cane.
'tRice harvesting will soon be the
order of the day, the task Of cutting
and threshing the cereal having al
ready been inaugurated on a number
| of places hereabonf. The crop is in
fine shape and q heavy yield IS autie-
ipated.
'tReports of the crop conditions in
the first and second wards of the par
ish, comprising the area on the west
| banks Of the Mississippi river and
Bayou Lafourche above Donaldson
Vile, continue to be of the mostfayor
able character, and unless something
unforeseen Iranspires to prevent, this
section VII make a better production
record than it = previously done for
d number of years. A two-inch rain
fall was recorded at Eg. Hall on
Sunday, and the precipi5asloAs came
Just IN the nick of time to do the
greatest possible good. The crops
were not suffering for moisture, but
we're in need Of it nevertheless, and are
humping themselves underits benign
and inspiring influence.
s'John j Cannon, president OF the
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company, Of
New Orleans, was a welcome guest at
Evan Hall from Saturday night TO
| Sunday afternoon, and the trip proved
| one of unusual excitement and interest
| to him. Mr.. Cannon has resided in
| New Orleans since coming to Louisi-
ana from Texas some years ago, and
it happened that no convenient OPP
portunity had been afforded him TO
visit sugar plantation until Hon,
Henry Mccall, president of the Nc
Call Bros. Planning & Mfg. Com
pany, invited him to come up to As
cension by the Mississippi Valley
route and spend night and day on
that company magnificent Evan
! Hall place. AS fate would have it, the
train that bore him on his initial ex-
cursion to the Louisiana Interior was
partially wrecked by defective
switch at Colomb Park, eight miles
below Burnside, and he did not reach
Donaldsonville until O'Clock, the
steamer Virgie having been sent to the
scene of the wreck to convey local
passengers to Burnside and the parish
seat. Fortunately Mr.. Cannon was
| in the sleeper, which kept its place on
the rails, and he sustained no injury.
| Next afternoon Messrs. Cannon and
| Mccall / ad to do some hustling to
catch the Texas and Pacific train in d
rainstora at Mccall station, and in
his haste to Chamber on the moving
coach the dignifed bank president
dropped both his hat aud satehel, but
they were tossed aboard the train after
him and he returned home safe and
sound, none the worse for his sensa-
tional experiences. Notwithstanding
the mishaps, Mr.. Cannon enjoyed the
outing very much, and was greatly
edited by all that he heard aad saw in
the course OF his brief soiourn within
the precincts Of beautiful and hospi-
table Evan Hall. A considerable Tart
OF Sunday forenoon was spent in driv-
! ing over the extensive plantation, or
as much Of it as could be covered in
/ th at time, and the visitor was much i'm
pressed by the rich promise of boun-
tiful harvest presented by the broad
fields Of waving cane and corn into
which Evan Halls upwards of three
thousand acres are mostly divided.