Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-03-30
Good Roads
Force Attention,

Old system condemned and improved
roads seem to be in general demand
throughout the state.
Extract in last Saturdays Picayune on
/ = Of the parishes.
| Nothing is said to indicate that it.is La
/ fourche but matter can well be applied
| to this parish.
The following extract culled from
last Saturdays Picayune goes to
show the intereet still being man.
ifested in good roads throughout
the parish. There is nothing to in
dicate from what parish the letter
is mailed. but 1t contains much
that might apply to this parish.
Rich parish, long term of office,
big money spent, bad system OF
maintaining public roads and no inn
proved roads. The letter or rather
extract follows and speaks for it.
self
THE following is an extract from
communication recently received
by Governor Sanders from the Sec
retary of the Police Jury of one OF
the wealthiest parishes in the state :
In reply to your favor of the 4th
inst, in closing government blank
report, l beg to say that have this
day filled out same and forwarded
it to Mr.. Page, of the Public Roads
Department. I did so, however,
with much reluctance, for l could
not truthfully report a single foot Of
improved road building in this rich
and highly favored parish Of ours.
What a reflection upon its peo-
pie
II have been secretary and treas
urer of this parish for fourteen
years, and in my capacity as such
have issued and taken up during
that time over $4,000 worth of
parish road warrants, and yet, in
the face Of such a large expenditure,
our people cannot boast of as much
as quarter of mile of improved
roads.
I am much interested in your
good roads movement, and trust
that the day is not far off for same
to assume concrete shape through
out the state, and thereby put an
end to our present foolish and ex-
pensive method OF pilling up dirt
in the middle Of the roads to be
washed back into the drains after
each recurring rain"
Sale at Blocks store from
Saturday April End and Ending
April 10Th. You are expected
to call.
We read with delight the re-
ceptions rendered the passsn.
gers on board the Steamer Cleve-
land while at Honolulu and at
Yokohama, Japan; through JAP
anese papers sent US from the
latter place by our townsman,
Mr.. Eugene G Robichaux,
Governor Sanders has issued a
letter inviting people through.
out the State to attend NEE
ting at the Grunewald Hotel in
New Orleans at which the ques-
ton of financing the Panama
Exposition for New Orleans will
be fully discussed and an active
campaign to secure the same in
|augurated.
Twenty three indictments for
Sunday Law violations were brought
in by the grand jury in the Parish
of Iberville. The noise the Iberville
Sentinel has been continually MAX
ing about the violation, forced the
Grand Inquisitors to sit up and
take notice and the violations were
ACTUALLY detected and reported.
Carload of Buggies. Medium
priced Buggies and Surries, now
greatly reduced at Blocks.
A Woman's Civic League was
organized by the ladies of Amlte
City at that progressive town
last week.
1t appeared as if every body
who owned an automobile in the
parish as we'll as in the neigh
boring parishes were autoing
through town last Friday; there
being a larger mum Der in here
that day than any day in a long
time.
| The Young heirs Z living in
Vermillion and Acadia parishes
will bring suit against the fede
raj government for the recovery
of a large tract of land in the
District of Colum bia, said to be
worth fifteen million dollars.
The report states that this tract
forms a portion of the one where
the Agricultural Building now
stands. It seems to have been
decided to the government On
condition that a portion should
be decided back to Young, but
this was never done, now the
heirs are going to lay claim tc
tho nnt,ra tract