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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

Here's plank No / for a platform upon
which all the people of Louisiana and the
other southern states can stand in full
and hearty accord Resolved, that New
Orleans is the best site for the Panama
Exposition of 1915 and we pledge her our
unqualified and vigorous support.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02
CHAS. H. DUGAS, Chairman.
+. S. GIANELLONI, Secretary.

"A solemn and impressive sight was
presented in the Catholic church last SIM
day morning at the o'clock mass, when
the members of Ascension Council No,
1857, knights of Columbus, numbering
about 70, together with some $50 other
citizens, mostly men, gathered in the
sacred edifice for the purpose of perform
ing their Easter duties by PARTICIPATING in
molly communion. The knights met at
their hall in Mississippi street and
marched in body to the church Dur-
ing the celebration of mass a choir com
posed OF students of St. Joseph's Com
merclal Institute, under the direction of
Brother Macarius. rendered impressive
music. Rev. Father Massardier the ceIa-
orant, delivered an eloquent and toucbins
sermon upon the occasion of the dav
which was listened to with absorbing in
crest by all present At the conclusion
II mass the Knights repaired to their
lall, where light breakfast was served
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

6 TttE=4 IN GIN anu req
.sentatne as circumstances and condi-
tons viii permit. The need for daily
paper in Dnaldsonville is a subject OF
frequent comment, and it rests with the
people Of he town to say whether the
need shall b supplied.
The combining of the plants of The
Chief and Tines has given the establish
ment enlargd and improved facilities for
turning out i'll kinds Of job work, from a
bread ticketto full-sheet poster, and it
is the purpoe of the MANAGEMENT to so
employ thee facilities that no pretext of
quality, execution or cost will justify any
one in slighing local enterprise by going
away from pme for Job printing.
The old Chef under new auspices will
be gratefulfor continuance of the ia
vors bestowed upon it in the past, and
the proprietor whose name has been at
the masthed for nearly tWo-score years
joins his yGng successors in bespeaking
for them gill greater measure of good
will, confdace and support than that of
which he his been The appreciative re-
cipient.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

After being in dry dock for several weeks
undergoing repairs and renovation. the
steamer Wade, owned by Messrs, A. 8
kusk and Louis Boston, was launched
last Saturday. All of the material re-
quired in rebuilding the vessel was man
ufaetured in this city. and the work of
docking the boat, making the repairs and
returning the vessel to the water was
done by local artisans. The Wade is =
cabin boat, 100 feet long by 20 feet beam
and is equipped with steam power. She
was built especially for heavy towing and
will be used by MessrS. Rusk and Boston
for this purpose. These gentlem4n have
also built large barge for use in trans
porting logs from the northern part of the
state to Esneault and Boston's sawrniH in
this parish. The barge is equipped with
a steam derrick. which viii lift the logs
out of the water and stow them for ship
nent
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02
Local Men interested in New Insurance

: @o1lpdnys
The New Orleans Casualty Company
with an Authorized capital stock of $780,
900, flzd Is ciss 81 Incorporation Il sssS
Orleans, thiB week. The stock is to be
divided intb 10000 shares of the par
value Of $40 each. The company is only
IN process bf formation, but when organ
lied expects to write accident. bond,
boIler, automobile accident and other
kinds OF insurance where insurance claims
are paid peEsons who are hurt by accident.
The oficefs are: R. N. Sims president.
R. McCulloH, vice president, and W W
WesterneidS secretary-treasurer Messrs
SIMS and McCulloh are residents of this
city. Mr.. Mesterfeld is lawyer of New
Orleans
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

Not content with refusing TO introduce
Go mmandeF Peary to an Atlanta audience
Gov. Brown of Georgia permitted himself
10 be quoted in the newspapers as de-
nouncing the Arctic explorer as a fakir.
This objectionable exhibition of ill-man-
nerS, so inconsistent with every senti-
nlent of common courtesy and our boosted
southern hospitality. indicates that it is
not alone because of his insignificant
physical proportions that the Georgia
chief executive merits his sobriquet of
Little Joe Brown"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02
a..,ie9tf shall 4

1ne pa. ar,nlicatiOn d said Sehoq g g
no1lee u appils- ra.sry Of TT e Sta ID Leagu6
pfe on g. before Dessmber 80. 1910 schools
~ ~ : ooatest shall send to the parish
~ ~ q detailed statement OF
a .-a.ed conditions, following the outline
as given above. AZ
.orisb suDerintendent and principal, and
forwarded. together with one first filed. to
~ chairman Of committee on awards.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02
q Bin of Rights.

One sf ssnable rights Of every =,
4 Aasrlcsp ei.;9 . make as big a fool fool
sIasa b care so ts 0a so2 5ssa si5
s sPss o othefs.-NeW Orleans
% mai themselves?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

Hubert Treble Chapter, u D. c. under whose auspices
M annual state convention of Daughters of the Confederacv
will be held in Donaldsonve in May will share in the net
OF the festival Thus two worthy causes will be benz
eeo 0y the entertainment and up everybody to loosen
up and help the good work along.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

Winter, the model baker, has the
largest and finest stock of cakes and
candies to be found in Donaldsonyille.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

Every resident of Ascension should be
ready this month to answer the questions
Of the census enumeratorS cheerfully and
correctly. We are all interested in hav-
ing an accurate enumeration of the par
ish'S population and this can only be as
sured by the cooperation of the people
themselves.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02
School Improvement Contest.

The Louisiana School improvement
League offers one hundred and twenty
i've dollars in prizes of twenty-five dollars
each to be contested for by the rura
schools OF the state. These prizes are tc
be awarded for the best results in school
Improvement
1he rules Of the contest are as follows
ANY school in community of fa.ss,
Ghan one thousand inhabitants is
Each school desiIng = enter
Test shall - sSh g,
emf mn
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

rule rule Y ae bs doctor, What is The -.
r ea MI quickly reply, : Kee rtors out 81
,iaa !, T., Then ask him oa the bowels
1 DIN, what do you thin athotler ques.
rms fer constipation ," 'hk of Aver
--a' y the c. Aver Co., Low,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

A minstrel entertainment, to be con-
GUIDED with dance, will be given at the
Oak Grove schoolhouse at Hope Villa on
friday night of next week. April s, at
$50 O'Clock, for the benefit of the library
and athletic funds of the school. An at
tractIYe program is in course of prepare
tlon' and if the size of the audience is in
any way commensurate with the merit of
the performance the success of the affair
may be taken for granted. The posters
advertising the entertainment state the
following facts: Troupe of 80 funmakers
0ne laugh per second or your money back
Iel your friends about it. Also yo,,r
Admission: Adults. IS cents.
Is cents. All others free. 9--t''
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02
John B. Rivarde Dead.

Died-on Wednesday, March 80, 1910
at $40 O'Clock p M, John B. Rivarde
aged ST years and months, beloved
husband of Adele Bernard, a native ot
this city.
The relatives, friends and acouaint-
ances OF the Rivarde and Bernard tam
lies, also his son-in-law, D. P. Breaux
are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral, which viii take place this Thurs
day, March 81, 1910. at 4:3O O'Clock D. m
from the late residence of the deceased
No. 9O6 Montegut street, near Burgundy
., lnterment in ST. Louis Cemetery No. ?
Claiborne avenue.
:, DonaidsonVille papers please cow
New Orleans Picayune, March 81,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02
THE OLD CHIEF UNDER NEW

AUSPICES.
With the current issue The Chief be
gins a new epoch in its career, marked
, by the change in ownership of which
formal pubic notice was given severa
weeks ago. Henceforth the paper will bt
published Under the joint ownership anC
control of G. D. Bentley, hitherto manag'
ing editor of The Chief, and James VoT
Lotten. publisher and proprietor of The
Times but the old Chief will maintain its
identity uninpared, and there will be nc
abatement on the part of the new man.
agement of the efforts put forth by their
predecessors to justify the claim of the
publicatioE'to the title of "A Wide-awake
Home Newspaper, On the contrary, with
better facilities and superior mechanical
equipment,I.t is hoped to show more right
to the tit than ever before with the
confident Expectation that this improve
ment will be attended by correspond
ing increaselin the patronage of the read
ing and advertising public.
From and after the present week the
publication flee of The Chief will be in
The Time; building, in Railroad avenue
opposite t postofice, this change of
base being lily the second the paper has
made DUR IL, its existence of almost
thirty-nineY years. For seventeen years.
from 1871 tt 1888, the office was in one
of the Stokkmeyer buildings in Crescent
Place, Wild was destroyed by fire some
years aftell the printing plant was re-
moved TO THE Langbecker building, ad-
joining the Nichols Hotel in Mississippi
street. The latter location has been The
Chiefs abiding place for the past twenty
two years, and it is not without some re-
greet that eose connected with the paper
are called upon to make even such a
slight servaV &c of residence relations from
friends andFneighbors as is involved in
removal 'jus i around the corner.
1t is not deemed necessary to make any
further sta ment concerning the future
policy of T Chief than the assurance
that it wi trive to be independent, i'm
partial, fec. SIS and conscientious in all
things, pep cal and otherwise; that it
will not becE e organ or special pleader of
any party, action, cabal or individual,
but WilkTrg& all with equal fairness and
candT: thattits first aim will be to supply
this commuh ity with an up-to-date news
paper, contd lining "all the news that's fit
10 print" a i particularly all the local or
lonle ney hat its highest ambition will
10 ad and promote the welfare of
the town of Donaldsonville
Ascension, which is identical
parable from the Well-being
d nation.
ton of the weekly Times
pended, but it is intended,
encouragement and assur-
rial support. to resume the
she Daily Times. Steps will
lin the next week or two to |
be of the community with
this enterprise. and if the
sasiness men and citizens
AeF1saSssth ox-cco:~y@@s l:Ln -eI
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

wing, another number will be drawn,
Der IS announced which is held by
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

admission ticket to the grounds, at
nbered coupon, and at 10 o'clock
take place and the holder Of the
eundsA will be presented with S2.5
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
ACCIDENT INTERVIEWS,
SAVING DROWNING MEN
Swimmer About to Drag Rescuer
Under When He Hits Rock
and Hold Is Loosened.
Especial to the Herald Republican,

Especial TO the Herald Republican,
ogden. July 24.-Two men narrowly
escaped drowning in Weber canyon to-
day. when George Whitcomb plunged
into the stream to rescue Willard
Hardness. who was seized with cramps
while In swimming.
With the desperate strength Of a
drowning man Hardness Ciasped Whit
comb about the neck, pulling him un-
der. Both were carried away by the
current and would have been drowned
had not Hardness struck against q
rock. rendering him unconscious.
Whitcomb then managed to squirm
loose from the others grasp and. al
though almost exhausted. heroiCally
clunE to his companions inert form.
drawing him TO shore within several
rods Of "A maelstrom in which both
would undoubtedly have lost their
lives. Whitcomb worked over the body
Of his companion a half-hour before
reviving HIM.
Both Whitcomb and Hardness live
at Uinta. near the mouth Of the can
yon- Yesterday they went MP the
stream fishing. spending the night in
the canyon. At noon today both went
in swimming. when the sudden attack
OF cramps mace Hardness helpless
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
FEAR Sewer BONDS
MAY NOT Be LEGAL
Committee VIII Investigate Amount
of Proves Bonded Indebtedness
Before Securities Are Issued.
Especial to The neutrality-suspicious.,

Especial to The Republican,
Provo. July 24.-The committee ap-
pointed Friday evening reported last
evening 20 a meeting Of persons who
protested against the sewer in district
No. II. Attorney j. W. y. WhitcCOttOn.
who had been retained by the commit
tee, expressed doubt Of the legality Of
the assessment until the notices Of such
tax have been presented TO the taXpay-
ers. This has not yet been done in all
cases. although the first installment OF
The tax Is due July p.
The committee will meet with the
city council Monday evening and try
to get an extension of time Of pay
mcnt- It will also look up the ques-
tion Of the city's bonded indebtedness
FOR the purpose Of determining whether
the city is within its bonded debt limit
II IL is not there is question OF the
legality OF issuing sewer bonds FOR the
unpaid sewer tax, which IL is proposed
to do.
The committee will hold an adjourned
meeting and report wednesday evening
10 was the sense of the meeting last
evening that the committee be retained
until after the meeting OF the next Leg
lslature TO assist in securing an appro-
priation to pay for the state mental
hospital connecting with the sewer. and
TO see that this appropriation is divid-
ed among the several taxpayers and not
converted into the general fund Of the
city.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
Kaysville Notes

Especial to The Herald Republican.)
Kaysville. July 24-The board of
county comm issioners has Just fixed
the tax levy FOR county and county
school purposes. The levy is 81 mills
for county and "A mills for county
school purposes.
County Road Commissioner Bennett
is grading the county road just south
Of the Weber county line. where there
Is 50 much sand. He is topping same
with clay and gravel. the gravel pre-
dominating. There is about mile or
road i'm all that is being improved and
IL is costing about 500 a day.
The w q. W. camp OF kaysYille is
now the owner or the silver cup. which
was won in 1906. and which the camp
has had to defend every year since. At
the WOodman outing at Lagoon recent
ly team from this lodge did the final
stunt that made them the permanent
Owners.o the cup. It was "a team
from camp SO Of salt Lake that they
contested against. The local lincun
was George McFersOn. Fred Marston.
James Ware. Joseph Flint. Thomas
Jones and John Graham.
Ira Swanger and George w Swan.
two young men who are seriously i1l at
the Kaysville hospital. were reported
to be better this morning.
John Holland and Thomas Green. two
Of Kaysville's oldest citizens. are very
sick at their homes.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
EPHRAIM TO Celebrate
Pioneer Day 20 he Observed with Due
EcInt Under Auspices OF
Wards of stake.

Especial to the Herald Republican,
Ephraim, July 24.-Ephraim viii
celebrate Pioneer day tomorrow with
an excellent program. including a
dance and other amusements. The
committee that arranged the exercises
was composed OF Edgar Reid. N. H.
Sperry. Ernest Works. Ella May Cox.
Blanche Metcalf. Jennie Carlson.
Minerva Nicholson. Paul J. Nelson
Jacob Fiksted and David Rush.
The program, which VIII be under
the auspices Of the ecclesiastical
wards. beginning at 1880 a m. is as
follows:
Song. 20 We Mountains High Tab
ernacle choir: prayer. song. Come.
Come 1e Saints" choir. a story by
Susa Young Gates. given by Blanche
Metcalf. address. brigham Young. the
Prophet Leader" Frank Alder. recita-
ton. Dewey Farnsworth: address, "The
Catherine" Andrew Peterson: song.
Glenn Jenson; paper, The Women OF
Mormondom." Mrs. II. NJ. Warner: duet.
Minerva Nicholson. a toast. "Our Pho
neer Patriots Bishop y. r. Peterson.
music, Manti Theatre orchestra.
The committee desires that every
one attending shall hear and enjoy the
program as prepared and has persuaded
the mana cement OF the theatre to run
the moving pictures while the Taber-
nacle program is being rendered for
the benefit OF the children. a dance
for the children viii be given by the
opera house management at 2 o'clock.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
OGDEN'S PARKHURST
WILL MOVE AWAY
Rev. N. S. Elderkin, Noted Re-
former, Accepts Call From
Kansas City.
tspeeIal b - HeraId -RenubllcanO

N"N"-AAA ~ 4 nc 6tIAAl- EluLcAn.l
ogden. July 2f-The Rev. Noble
Strong EldcrlSin. who FOR the past five
years has been the pastor OF the Fi-st
Congregational churcif OF Ogden. and
Who has been in tho public eye upon
many occasions in bitter fights against
The city administration. preached his
farewell sermon here tonight He goes
O. Kansas city 90 become pastor OF one
OF The leading Congress- tfonal churches.
The Rev. Eldcrkin has been Identified
with many municipal reform move
meuts and upon many occasions de-
nouuccd the mayor and city council
because Of policies in regard to city
affairs I'm which ne held pronounced
views az variance with the city faith
ers. lie called all OF his sermons pull
pit editorials" lie took a wide iati-
tudc In his addresses.
Upon the occasion OF his last pull
Dit editorial" tonight he reviewed his
mission Ga the local field during the
past five years lie pointed with
pride" TO the stand ne had taken on
reform movements and said I'm closing
That hc sincerely regretted leaving the
city and were he 60 remain he would
Pc found on tho firing line fighting
harder than ever against vice. graft
and municipal mismana cement.
Every seat I'm the church was occu-
uied and many persons were standing
as the Rev. Mr.. Elderisin delivered his
valcdiCtory.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
NEWS OF UTAH AND
ADJOINING STATES
AGED MAN FATALLY
shot BY ROWDIES
Wife and Daughter Find
MoSiah Gunderson Lying
Wounded on Sidewalk.
tspeciaI 70 Nc Herald-RepublIeanl

Especial to The Herald Republican,
Payson. July 24-Mosiah Gunderson.
aged 81. who has been blacksmith in
this city for number OF years, was
shot and probably fatally wounded by
a crowd Of rOwdies at I o'clock this
morning.
The bullet entered Gunderson's left
lung, and 1t is feared that IL will prove
fatal.
Saturday night about u o'clock Mr..
Gunderson was awakened by some men
who were causing a disturbance in the
street In front Of his home. He went
10 the door and found that the men
were shooting at random and yelling
like Indians. Going back into mis- house
he got his rNvolver and followed the
men for a block.
When they saw that they were be-
ing followed they turned and fired
about thirty shots in his direction.
one shot penetrated his left lung.
The shooting was heard by Gunder-
sons wife and daughter. who rushed
down the street and found him lying
unconscious on the sidewalk. He was
taken home and the sherifrs office
was notified. The identity Of the men
who fired the shots has not been
learned, but IL is thought they we're
some Santaquin boys who were in town
and drinking heavily Saturday night.
Sheriff Judd and Deputy Sheriff
Hales Of Provo reached here today and
began an Investigation.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
BLAME INDIANS FOR
ROBBERY EPIDEMIC
Police Believe Redmen Committed
Series Of Holdups This
Morning.
Especial to the HeraId-Repubiioan)

Especial to the Herald Republican,
ogden. July 2f.-Two full-blooded
Cherokee Indians are thought TO have
committed four highway robberies
early this morning in the center Of
the business district -Four men re-
ported having been held up and in
every case descriptions tally.
VIII Clarke. "a colorcd man. who was
relieved OK a diamond pin and gold
watch on lower Twenty fourth street
az 2-3o o'clock this morning. claims Co
have seen the robbers about town early
yesterday evening. lie is positive the
men are Indians.
The sudden epidemic Of crime began
soon after midnight. when T.. =. Jones.
an Insurance man. was seized from be-
hind as BE- was about 20 mount his
wheel At the corner OF Twenty sixth
street and Washington avenue. q gun
was showed I'm his face and I'm hrok-
on. cultural English n swarthy-lOok-
ms man demanded his vaiuablcs. 4
uaf l1rkcd In the shadows a short dis
tdncc away. Jones delivered SO TO
his assailante.
shortly aftcrward Clarke reported
having been robbed and the police had
No g0Oncr begun an Investigation than
two others who refused 20 give their
names. reported similar experiences
Jones and Clarke we're the only vic
Tins from whom valuablcs were taken
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
MASS MEETING TO
DISCUSS NEW ROAD
Lehi Commercial Club Elects
Officers and is Entirely
Out of Debt.
Especial to the Heraid-Republican)

Especial to the Herald Republican,
Lehi. July 2f.-At a meeting Of the
Lehi Commercial club held in the club
rooms last night. the first matter Of
business was the annual election Of a
board Of governors. as follows: DIT.
r. C. Holbrook, =. g Fricl. DIT. W. r.
Hasler. Kari Hopkins, w. S. Evans. W.
A. Knight and o. a. Slade. The new
governors will meet next Thursday
night and elect a president. vice presi-
dent secretary and treasurer. and the
chairmen Of various committees.
The club passed resolutions favor
ing the candidacy of o. 4. Slade for
game commissioner to succeed Brig
ham Madsen.
The financial report OF the club was
read by Treasurer Fricl. which showed
the club to be entirely out Of debt for
the first time IN its history. 1t was
also decided to hold an annual outing
some time in August. either at sara
toga Springs or at Wandamere.
A J. Evans spoke Of the proposed
Bamberger interurban route 10 Pay
son. explaining that the people or Utah
county would be given first chance to
subscribe stock. After many speeches.
all favOring the new road. 70 was de-
cided TO call a mass meeting in the
Tabernacle Tuesday night. when de-
tails Of the proposed road viii be eX-
planned and the cooperation OF the
people asked for. both by endorsement
and liberal subscription Of stock.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
WRECK VICTIMS BURIED.
Southern Pacific Dcfrnys Funeral Ex-
pcuSes OF AuStrfans.

Especial TO The Herald Rcpublican.)
ogden, July 24.-Funeral services for
Wilford !. Brostrorn. who was crushed
20 death on the Lucin cutoff last Tues
day when a work train heavily loaded
with rock was derailed. were held at
the family residence. ga Seventh street.
at o'clock this afternoon. Services
were also held at the Eighth ward
meeting house and later at the grave in
the city cemetery
The body OF William Thorne. killed
at the same time, was Inferred I'm the
city cemetery yesterday after vain eff
forts to locate Thorne's relatives. The
bodies Of Mark0lOvich and Nick Gron-
dovtch. two Austrians who were caught
IN an overturned box car and drowned.
were taken charge Of by their country
men and buried yesterday at the ex-
pense OF the southern Pacific company.
Neltner mad relatives in this country.