The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-26

GOOD WORDS For THE CHIEF.

GOOD WORDS Fun THE CHIEF
How Some Of Our Louisiana contem
poraries Wished Us "Happy
| Birthday"
| The announcement of the comple
tion of The Chiefs fortieth yea1
| has elected from a number of our es
teemed contemporaries of the Louis
lana press kind words of congratuIa
tion and goodwill and some agree.
able "reminiscences, which we take
the privilege of reproducing, in the
hope that our readers may share to
a small degree at least, the gratifi-
cation these gracious expressions
have afforded the editors and pub
fishers of this paper, past and
present
Hail to The Chief.' from the New
Orleans Item:
Having turned forty years of sue
cessful business, The Donaldsonville
Chief has just started on it's forty
first year amid Congratulations in
which The Item most heartily joins.
The Chief was launched in 1871 as a
Republican newspaper, at time
when the road for Republicanism in
Louisiana had just begun to be
stony. The fact that The Chief is
with us today is proof of it's sticking
power. It has survived and thrived
solely on it's merits During all these
forty years it has not missed an is
sue. May it's shadow never grow
less!"
St. Helena Echo: "The Donald
sonville Chief has passed the fortieth
milestone of a highly honorable and
successful career. The Echo extends
hearty congratulations
Shreveport Journals ''The esteem
ed Dona1dsonville Chief, one of the
best weekly newspaDsrs in the state
of Louisiana, has just celebrated its
fortieth anniversary.N If Brother
Bentley could just be shaken loose
from his affiliations With the wicked
and depraved Republican party, what
a power his paper would be for good
in Louisiana"
st.James Interim in 10th French and
English: al Ans. Nos bons SOU
hats au confrere duChief, qui est
entire, lundi dernier, dams sa quar-
ante ct unieme anne d'existence
CONNIE I'm des meHhurs journaux
de campagnes, ct .des plus en-
vogue" al Yeas.-This is to
the health and prdaperity Of our
"a DonaIdso5inIviiIe
Chic, who celebraIad lately the 10th
anniversary of its useful and wide
awake career
Baton Rouge New Advocate: on
islana newspaper folk generally will
take kindly interest in the recently
announced 10th anniversary of The
Dohaldsonvllle Chief, for MANY wears
presided over by the genial score
tary OF the Louisiana Press Associa.
ton, L. E. Bentley.
Few persons whose memories do
not reach back intothe SOS and early
,9os, would ever believe that Bro
bentley was bossing a newspaper
any 40 years ago-but he is willing
TO take oath to the fact.
Ehe continued success OF The
Chlef is a striking testimonial to
the newspaper judgment and charac-
Ter OF its presiding genius. A Repub-
llcan who held to his principles
despite pressure Of a sort that. m1st
at times have been tremendous, his
newspaper was yet always a news
paper for Ascension parish before
1t was anything else. 1t has always
said what it deemed the right thing
to say, fearlessly, but good naturedly
and justly. Hence, while Republicans
Cadm1tted are few and far between
in Ascension these days, The Chief
is still the chief Ascension news
paper.
If young G.. Donnaud Bentley and
James Won Lotten maintain the
standard and character set by L. E.
Bentley, they will adhere to the best
principles and ideals of Ascension
newspaperdom. Thus far they would
seem to have done their best to
do so.'
''The Donaldsonville Chief and a
Bit of Retrospect from the Jeffer-
son Democrat:
.'The Democrat extends Fluctuations
to the Donaldsonvi1le Chief on the
completion of it's fortieth year Of
an honorable and useful journalistic
existence. The Chief, which for
thirty-nine years was owned and man
aged by Mr.. Linden E. Bentley, has
passed into the hands of his
son, G.. Donnaud Bentley, and
James Won Lotten, two accomplished
gentlemen, who have grown up in
Louisiana journalism
'sMy, how the years do come and
pass, and leave us plodding along the
pathway, all unmindful of the wear
and tear. With the present owners
of the esteemed Chief ye editor
does not enjoy a personal acquaint-
ance, but the Old Chief-we believe
he still claims to be young-We
have met on various occasions and
have felt the better for the shake
of his hand and the CLINT of his eye
Eyes, yes, the years do fly. II
,oo,,. J,,,4 ,roctard9y since we as