Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
The Lower Coast Gazette
PUBLISHED WEEKLY By
THE LOWER COAST GAZETTE w.
F. {. MEYERS. Pres: s, B. MEYERS secy'
lo,N1E.A.IA.FAcnE, LOUISIANA.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY Z, 1909.
SalutatOry.

SATURDAY, JANUARl e, Aooo
SalutatOry.
THE LOWER COAST GAZETTE
with this issue filings its banner
to the breeze and undertakes TO
do what its name implies, that IS
to give a record of current events
and transactions on the Lower
Coast" and of such events ana
transactions as may affect the
Lower Coast" The Lower
Coast" is that part Of the delta
of the Mississippi river lying be.
low the city of New Orleans and
is so designated in contradlstlnc-
ton to the upper coast that
part CT the delta lying above
New Orleans. The Lower
Coast" country represents over
zoo miles Of coast line, the east
and west banks of the Mississlp-
pl river reaching from New Or-
leans to the sea, 110miles distant.
While the lands lielow and their
surface generally is below the
food heights of the river, there
is a charm in their immensely as
they spread far away to the east
and to the west. The great SUI
gar factories, the fields of grow
ing sugar cane, the great rice
plantations, the beautiful orange
orchards, the hundreds Of splen-
did truck gardens, the oyster
boats and fshermenan great oy-
ster canning factories, the pilot
station and the lookouts and the
great jctty work at South Pass
and at Southwest Pass, all COM
bine to make up a country that
may lack the picturesque beauty
of a country Of hills and valleys,
but is a country that contains
more of the elements of natural
wealth than any equal area OF
land on the planet.
Holland is rich in her alluvia:
lands, so rich, as Col. George +
Waring says in his farmers
vacation" that some of the
Dutch farmers have their cook
ing utensils made of silver, anc
yet the lakes, rivers and canals
of Holland are frozen over for
considerable part Of the year
We live in the Holland of thu
western world, but live in tempe
rate ATTITUDES, where the lant
never freezes three inches deep
where roses bloom practically al
the year around, where we hav'
more units Of sunshine Of hea
and of moisture than are had else
where without the tropics; wher'
nature, in fact, has done so mucl
for us that we are tempted t
trust to nature for a subsistence
and perhaps to forget that W
can only get the good things 0
this earth by earnest and persis
tent struggles.
This Lower Coast is tn
garden. spot Of Louisiana. 1t
vast stretches of fertile land ca
support a population equal t
that of all Louisiana. This is or
" now coming to be appreciate
and there is growing up here
great truck gardening interes
that is now selling its head lei
tuce'' up to Chicago, st. Paul an
even the distant Winnipeg. Mi
lions of our oysters are bein
sent far up into the West an
even on to the Pacific coast, an
as far as Seattle. Our splendi
oranges are going up into tn
West daily by car loads and on
truck gardens are even no
kgreen with the present and con
ing crops of lettuce, cabbage!
7garlic and onions.
3 This is the country that we
explored by LaSalle in 1852. h
went as far down as the mout
Of the river, having come dow
n the Mississippi by the way
the great lakes and the Illino
river. Thirty years later Biel
vile founded the city Of Ne
Orleans and ITO years latt
Etienne de Bore made the car