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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
PATHFINDER PASSES THROUGH.
DonaIdsonvIIe Visited by Autoist
Blazing Trail from Coast to
Coast - Plans for Reception
Knocked Awry by Delayed Ar
rival of Pilot Car.
rival of Pilot Car.

! Having been delayed by muddy
roads in st. John and st. James par
ishes, Pathfinder E. L. Ferguson,
who is locating an automobile route
from coast to coast failed to reach
here Monday afternoon as scheduled,
stopping for the night at the Her
mitage Hotel in ST. Elmo, across the
river from this city, where the party
arrived shortly after o'clock. Stan
ley G. Arthur, of the New Orleans
Item staff, who is accompanying the
pathfinder from Mobile, Ala, to
/ Beaumont, Texas, came on to DON
jacksonville Monday night, Mr.. Fer
guson, with his wife and interesting
little children, Dorothy and Rem1ck,
arriving here early next morning.
President Henry C. Braud, of the
company which operates the DON
Observation-Disclosures steam ferryboat
Ruth, had given instructions that
steam be kept up on the boat so as
TO convey the long distance tourists
across the river at any time they ar
rived, but owing to telephone con-
nections with points in the lower
river parishes having been interrupt
ed by a severe rain storm in the at
ternoon, it was impossible to COM
municate with the trail-blazers to
advise them of this fact, hence they
stopped at St. Elmo instead of pro-
ceeding to this city.
Upon their arrival here Tuesday
morning, the visitors were met by
Mayor Walter Lemann, President
Charles Maurin and Secretary r. S.
Vickers of the Chamber of Commerce,
K A. Aucoin, and committee of
autoists and citizens, and were ia
the race-course, Elks' Home and
other places of interest. After
stay of a couple of hours, the party
left to continue their journey west
ward, being escorted as far as the
Assumption line by Messrs. Lemann,
Maurin, Vickers and Aucoin, as Well
as party Of young men in two au-
tomobiles who had been despatched
by the Assumption committee to meet
the pathfinder here. A number of
machines were in waiting at the AS
sumption line to escort the tourists
to Napoleonville, and thence to the
Lafourche line
An interesting program had been
| arranged for the entertainment of
the Ferguson party during their stay
acre, including a band concert in
City Park and a smoker at the Elks'
Home, and much disappointment was
occasioned by the failure of the path
finders to arrive in time for the ex-
ercises to be carried out.
The route Mr.. Ferguson is es.
tablishing on this tour is to be a
new highway from the Atlantic to
/ the Pacific through the southern
states, and the trip is being fl
nanced by the New Orleans Item
and other progressive southern news
papers. It is the purpose to locate
a road from one coast to the other
that can be Travelled all the year
round. The summers of the south
are not nearly so warm as those of
the north, the winters not so cold,
and the roads never impossible.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
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Balance sneeial fund

The chief of police reported hay.
ing made seventeen arrests during the
month of August for violations OF
city ordinances.
The mayors report showed that
of the seventeen charges preferred
for violations Of ordinances, three
cases were found not guilty, and
fourteen guilty as charged. Fines az.
gregating sos were imposed, of
which $3.50 was paid in cash, and
the balance served in equivalent
time
There being no further business,
the council adjourned,
A. ]. MELANCON,
Clerk.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
FAIR Ass0C|lT ION.

III Jett''A-sN~' =
ter-Parochial Fair TO be Held in
DonaIdsonviIIe Oct. 10, II and II,
with Five Parishes Participating.
A meeting will be held at
the courthouse at Z O'Clock next
Monday evening for the purpose of
perfecting the organization of the
South Louisiana Fair Association.
Addresses will be delivered by Louis
N. Brueggerhoff, secretary of the
Louisiana State Fair Association;
Glen Fleming, secretary of the
Southern States Panama Exposition
Fair; D. c. Welty, agricultural COM
missioner for Louisiana of the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, and other
speakers. All citizens of Ascension,
Assumption, st. James, Ibervil1e and
Lafourche parishes are invited to be
present to take part in the organi-
cation of ethe fair association, which
means much for the future develop
ment and prosperity of this section.
The first inter-p arochial fair un-
der the auspices of the organization
will be held at A-muz-u Park, in this
city, Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
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1t is a Good THING

always to keep little wI1iskey in
the house in cases of emergency.
suy the best while you are at il
it does not cost you any more.
Anything you want in wines and
liquors will be found here and at
prices which average one-third less
than elsewhere.
w elConne Saloon
GEO. LANDRY. Proprietor
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
SCORE DAY" SEPT. 8.
Business Men 20 TuEst themselves
loose Next Monday in interest
~ chamber of Commerce Fund
Subscriptions to Date.

Monday. Sept. 8, Is the day set
far Donaldsonville to score success
Every business man in the city -
axnected to turn himself loose on
thar dav and assist the Chamber or
Commerce committee in closing the
subscription list for memberships AL
the new commercial organization.
There will be several booster
lunches" at work, composed princl-
nallv of the younger business men OF
the community, and an effort Will pc
made to call on every individual,
firm or corporation doing business
here and to secure from each sup
scription graded according to MS or
their standing in the local CONNER
ciaI world.
One reason for the adoption OF TINS
quick and effective method OF BRING
ing the fund to the stipulated amount
Is that the Chamber of Commerce Is
counted on to lend it's support to the
inter-parochial fair to be held in
this city Oct. 10, II and II.
Thus far the subscriptions range
in the following manner by classes:
SidSS ~ p iSS pSt dHitN'
Achilie /. Picard
Myer Lemann
r. 3. Lemann
e. p. Brady
Adolf phe Meter
Jasmin Tobias u--
Montero G. Brande
Hotel Donaldson
Charles Maurin
Eafourche Mereantile Co.
DonaIdsonvflie Ice Co.
Glass 3, $50 per annum--
A. j. Schroeder
+. n. Allen ss..E
Edmond Richard
Jos. T. Cafiero
Emile Hargooa
Class c, $50 per annum- !
Frank Ayraud
Whiteman Bros.
Won Lottsn 6 Bentley
K. A. Aucoin
Emile LeBoeuf
S. Preiean
l.. A. Landry
c. H. Landry, Sr.
E. c. Hanson
c. Winter
D. Israel, Jr.
Rev. J. NJ. T. Massardier made
manifest his hearty approval in the
movement to boost the city and par
ish by giving the committee a s25
check, with the remark, eff Donald
sonville is to get on the map with
both feet, let's put our best foot
forward"
Pledges of financial assistance
have been made by numerous non
resident business interests among
them being the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company, Louisiana State Rice
Milling Company, and A. Wilbert's
Sons Lumber Company
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

A South Dakota man ran his auto
mobile two miles on a bottle Of pat
ent medicine. Must have been a
bottle of Mother HinIoW's toothing
syrup for infants. Monroe NeWs-Star.
More likely to have been buffers
oil OF joy, which Is great stuff for
Joy rides.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

After an extended visit to Mrs. j.
n. Colomb and family, Mrs. Joseph
Maurin and her children, Garnet and
Nolan Maurin, have returned to
their home in New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
A Bright Bean, OF News-starllsht.

The esteemed Donaldsonville Chief
has passed its forty-second birthday.
The Chief has lived an exemplary
HE for all these years, In spite OF
It's politics, and promises and de-
serves to keep on living and expand
Ing its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Thank you. dear Monroe friend,
you do US very proud. It Is fair to
notes however, that clean and indie
pendent politics conduce to right and
wholesome living. and may it not
well be that The Chiefs exemplari-
ness is rather because OF, than in
spite Of. its politics.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
Catholic Fair.

The annual fair for the benefit OF
the Catholic church will take place
at Ascension Hall Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, Sept. 10, IA and Is, and
the event is being awaited with
pleasurable anticipation by the local
public, who are always most gener-
GUS in their patronage of enterprises
for the aid of religious and benevo-
lent causes. It is stated that the
festival will be digger and better
than ever,' and the amusements and
attractions will comprise many novel
and interesting features that cannot
fail to be prolific of much enjoyment
to young and old alike. The restau-
rant will as usual be a distinctive fea-
ture of the entertainment, and the
cooking will be of the style for which
this section is widely famed.
The fair will be under the manage
ment of Louis A. Landry, who has
shown his ability in this capacity on
the occasion of similar successful
events in the past. Mr.. Landry has
superintendent the Catholic church
fairs for some years, and his man
agement of them has always been
fraught with unqualified success.
Come and patronize this enjoyable
entertainment. You will be helping
a worthy cause, and at the same
time will be treating yourself to a
pleasant diversion
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

st. Joseph's Commercial Institute,
conducted by the Brothers of the
Sacred Heart, and ST, Vincent's IN
stitute, under the direction of the
Sisters of Charity, opened last Mon
day with a good attendance OF pupils.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06
Special Fund.
7049.92

July 31-Balanee !. S 7o49.s2
Receipts during month:
Special taxes 1912 s.. 5 1850
Special taxes 1912. interest LOO
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

Get ready for the Catholic fair and
for a good time.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

During the terrific wind and rain
storm that swept over this section
Friday afternoon of last week, Adonis
Cassard. residing in BruIy Capite,
suffered the loss Of two horses, which
We're killed by lightning while graz
ing in a pasture. The big sign of the
Donaldsonyille Chamber of Commerce,
which was suspended across Rail-
road avenue in front of the Masonic
Temple, was blown down and demol-
ished.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

Alex. Bloomenstie1. president of
the Lafourche Mercantile Company.
accompanied by his wife and chill
dren, Misses Pauline and Lily Bloom
enstEel, and with Leonce Trepagnier
as chauffeur, left here Wednesday
14orning in Mr. Bloomenstiel's Cad
lilac touring car for trip to Houma,
Morgan City. Crowley, Lake Charles
and other points in southwest Lou.
lslana. The party will return to-
morrow evening.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

Harry Weber. who left here in the
spring to accept the position of man.
ager Of the Americas (Ga) baseball
team in the Empire State League,
but who was taken i'll shortly after
the opening of the season, subse-
quently proceeding to New Orleans
for treatment, returned Thursday
from a stay of several weeks at Hot
Springs, Ark, his condition being
greatly improved. Mr. Weber's host
of friends are happy to have him
among them again, and wish him bet
ter luck next season.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

An item in the New Orleans Plea
yune of Sunday reads as follows:
Attracted to New Orleans by
numerous commercial opportunities
here, Arnaud Bloch, a prominent mer-
chant of Donaldsonville, last week
bought the old home of I. B. Kenny
son, at No. 1000 Pension street, for
about 5000. It is a two-story struc-
ture, built only a few years ago during
the boom that made an exclusive Sec
ton out Of Pension street,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-06

0Verdraft general fund, due
Bank OF Dona1dsonyilIe. S 837.18I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-28

gain the treasure We're made years ago.
before the enterprise of news gathering
and publication had been well developed
and when il was possible to fit out a gold
hunting expedition without attracting at
tention and to slip away for the south
seas in the guise OF simple traders. Who
knows but that one of these vessels later
brought back the gold from Cocos Island?
1t would have been the part of discretion
to keep the fact of finding it a secret. for
embarrassing legal complications might
have ensued had 1t become known that
the treasure was recovered Or there is
chance that the treasure hunters, finding
the gold, were lost at sea, or that they
We're wrecked and blown upon another
south sea island. there reinterring the
treasure Or they may have fought
among themselves as in the good old STIR
ring tales OF treasure seeking, and lost
the treasure or divided it. with each holder
afraid to whisper of the identity of his
part Of the loot. Indeed. once let the i'm
agnation start on the subject of the Cocos
Island gold and there is no end to the
possible conceptions Cocos Island may
not have yielded it's treasure. but it has
in any case given rise to most romantic
series of yarns of adventure, replacing
those spun around the hiding and search
for the various caches of Capt Kidd.
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The New York Taxicab Reform.

After three years of investigation and
uaneuvering. eliminating recently in
charges Of grating against members
of the board Of aldermen of New York
that body yesterday finally adopted by
vote of 65 to l an ordinance in con-
formity with recommendations made by
a commission named by Mayor Gaynor
materially reducing the charges for
taxicab service in that city and other
wise regulating the taXicab business.
The charge for one or two passengers
for the first mile was cut to 30 cents,
with supplementary charge of 10
cents for eact succeeding quarter mile
For THREE or more passengers the
charge is cut to 40 cents with an ad-
ditional charge of 10 cents for each
succeeding sixth of mile. Other re-
formatory rules were adopted. includ-
ing the abolition Of private stands
which have been source of excessive
cost to the public and profit to the
holders of these privileges. IL the
mayor approves this ordinance, and il
is confidently expected that he will do
so. the taxicab rates in New York will
have been cut approximately In halt
and the service will be materially i'm
proved. This is great gain for the
public convenience But ii is neverthe-
less true that probably this result,
would not have been accomplished haG
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The Drastic" Alien Land Law.

Gov. Johnson's letter to labor union
official of San Jose, Cal. declaring that
the recently enacted alien laNd law
was one of the most drastic ever in
troduced in the California legislature
would better have been kept in the con-
fidential file at this juncture. while the
diplomatic exchanges between Japan
and the United States are in progress.
The governor is in a rather awkward
situation. to be sure, and may be for
given some Impotence when the case
has tried to please the interests that
demand the exclusion of the Japanese
from landholding rights in California
and finds that he has not fully salts
fed them and referendum is being
now asked. not TO negative but to
strengthen the recently accomplished
legislation. Thus those who are op-
and they are numerous in California
and those who want TO go to the limit
Of Japanese exclusion are now strangely
allied to submit the proposition to a
popular vote. Gov. Johnson feels that
he has been unappreciated by the non
legislation public for his moderation
and by the ltra-legislation interests
for mis- conservatism. In these circum-
stances he writes vigorously and il
may be indiscreetly in praise Of the
virtues Of the new law against which
Japan is now preparing formal pro-
test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-28
The Height Of Car Steps.

In fixing the height of street car steps
the public service commission. which
has tentatively decided upon fourteen
inches as a limit, should remember
that the step is to be measured. as far
as public convenience is concerned,
not from the rail. but from the asphalt
Immediately under the edge of the
step. This is an important difference
On all streets there Is a fall in grade
from the car track to the gutter and
on many streets this fall is sharpest
Immediately adjoining the rails. to in
sure drainage away from the current
slot Thus a step fourteen inches
from rail to tread may be sixteen
inches or even more from pave to
tread. 1t would be safer to fix the
minimum height at twelve inches for
the lowest step rather than fourteen
to make sure of giving a practicable
rise from pave to tread on all cars on
all streets. Inasmuch as the rule has
not been definitely adopted this con-
sideration is urged upon the attention
of the commission. which seems de-
sirous of giving the public a safer and
more comfortable means Of access to
the street cars
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The Treasure Island Secret Unsolved

Another expedition has returned from
cocos Island after a fruitless expenditure
~ time and money in an effort to find the
traditional cache of gold buried there BY
officials of the Peruvian church about a
century ago. This Is the most famous of
The treasure islands" and has Iured
dozens of expeditions and scores OF indi-
vldual seekers after buried wealth. In
this latest case there were the usual dying
sailor and the usual chart and all the
other elements of the treasure seeking
affair of fact and fiction. Probably a
large part Of the wealth supposed to have
been hidden on Cocos Island has already
been expended in an effort to find it and
many lives have been sacrificed. There
seems to be little question about the au-
thenticty of the story that gold was
actually buried on Coeos Island at the
time mentioned in the tradition. But
considering the thoroughness with which
the island has been searched II is quite
likely that the treasure has already been
found and secretly removed. 1t Is to be
remembered that many attempts to re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-28
Politics and Staying Power.

There is good authority for the state
ment that you cannot keep working
man down. Industry. capacity and stay
ing power will tell. They may be baked.
and at times appear to he crushed to
earth, but they rise again. and go on.
And this is true in politics as in trade.
Men who keep on keeping on manage
after awhile in some fashion to get some
where.
Take NJ. Bryan After the reverse of
1895 some of the men who had supported
him advised a change of front if he was
thinking of the future. He was thinking
of the future. but he refused to change
front After his second reverse the same
advice was given him, and again he re-
jected it. After the third reverse many
old Bryanites threw up their hands or
asked Whats the use?' But Mr.. Bryan
saw the use, stood to his guns. converted
Mr. Wilson. a Clevelandite. and now is
Secretary of State.
Take Josephus Daniels. He supported
Mr. Bryan in the latter's first campaign,
and never at any time wavered. In 1909
and in 1908 he was still a Bryanite. un-
afraid and enthusiastic. He never once
suggested a backdown, or change OF
front Today he has his reward. He
sits at the cabinet table with Mr.. Bryan.
advising a President elected by his friend.
And now take the case of Thomas Tag
CART. He is working politician, If one
exists He is on the job early and late.
He does not always succeed. But. how
ever signal the defeat. he is never dis
couraged His machine has been con-
demned for the scrap heap several times.
but somehow never found its way there.
After the November result was declared,
Mr.. Taggart's extinction was predicted.
Bossism. it was said, stood condemned,
and he was advised to take himself out of
the way and avoid mangling But he
declined. He refused to read the sign
that way. kept on keeping on, and last
week nominated one of his friends for
mayor of Indianapolis, and has a good
chance to elect him. His machine is in
excellent order. and the scrap heap is
far far away.
Davy Crockett's advice was, BE sure
you are right; then go ahead" Politi-
clans cannot afford much time for medi-
tation. They must often decide quickly.
So they make a slight change in the
Crockett admonition. Believe in your
self and your cause: then go ahead Mr..
Taggart has believed in himself. and SO
has held his friends in line Bossism has
received black eye in New Jersey. is
fighting for it's life in New York, but in
Indiana it seems to be up and doing.
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A Specialized Tariff Debate.

We are promised specialized debate
in the Senate on the tariff. Members VIII
discuss those items of the Underwood
bill with which they are most familiar
This arrangement should prove of bene-
fl both to the Senate and 10 the coun-
try IL should supply great deal of val
liable information, in better form prob
ably than hearings before the finance
committee would have supplied SEN
ators are better speakers than manu-
facturers. or planters. or shepherds. OF
their agents. Mr.. Lodge. Mr.. Root Mr.
La Toilette. Mr. Smoot. Mr.. Oliver. Mr..
Thornton. Mr. Ransdell and others should
he able 10 shed much light on subjects
they have qualified themselves to handle.
In times past the tariff in Congress has
attracted many men whose knowledge
of the subject was scant. In the debat es
they used the patter of the stump. They
marshaled catch phrases. and poured
them out in profusion The rich were
getting richer, and the poor poorer Rob
her barons were hogging everything.
GIVE the poor man a chance. And so on.
Such deliverances were principally as
sertion and came from men without
PRACTICAL knowledge of business of any
kind. They were particularly unfamiliar
with big business. and could not have
found their way around unassisted in a
manufacturing plant
BY pitching the coming debate on a
higher plane both republicans and dem
ocrats will serve their parties and their
policies. Not catch phrases but good
reasons are what is wanted. Tariff re-
vision has been ordered, and is at hand.
and what is proposed should be exam
med in detail and thoroughly. Both at
tackers and defenders should be we'll
equipped for their work.
The Senate will make changes in the
Underwood bill, and probably its authors
acted with that knowledge. They must
have made some provision for give and
take in conference. To forecast those
changes is impossible Some rates will be
increased, some lowered. and some ar
tcles taken from and some added to the
free list. And the Senate also will have
an eye on conference.
The time required for this work is of
far less consequence than that the work
be well done. This is an on year. No
senator or representative will be called
upon until next year to address his con-
sttuents in behalf of reelection. Now
is the time for making a record for use
next year. and it should be fully i'm
proved Washington may be little
warm in summer, but its heat, even ii
fierce this year. will be as nothing by
comparison with what next years heat
will be for politicians who may bluAder
in the present tariff contest.