The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-05-31

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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
H. sCHAFF, SR,,
hereby announces his candidacy for
reelection to the office Of chief OF
police of the city of DonaldsonVille,
subject to the action of the commits
sion council. $3.50.
.. ERNEST DALFERES
hereby announces his candidacy for
the office of chief of police Of the
city of Donaldsonville, subject to the
action Of the commission council.
SATURDAY, MAY 81, 1918.
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a question of the hour: Is Bobbie
Dunbar?
Let's show DonaldsonvilIe' visit
ors a sure-enough clean town when
she takes a new start in life June
IA and Is.
Baton Rouge has voted 439 to 80
to adopt the commission form OF
municipal government. So the good
work moves along.
A contemporary says a negress Nv
ing near Rayne gave birth to trip
licates, all daughters. . She ought
to name them Kate, Duplicate and
Triplicate.
Mayor Maurin has given the town
a clean administration. It's up to
us, fellow Donaldsonvillians, to help
d4im turn over a clean town to his
successor.
Greensburg was undoubtedly the
lonesomest place in Louisiana press
convention week. Cause why, the
Echo says the editor and the devil
were both out of town.
Plucky little Montenegro charitably
concluded to forego the privilege Of
whipping all the rest Of Europe rath-
er than abandon Scutari, and the vic
sorious Montenegro army has there
fore withdrawn from the captured
city.
The esteemed Plaquemine Cham
pion admonfshes us to remember
Plaquemine did not have to wait for
a conflagration to build a. new hotel"
All, but just think what d great thing
it would be fer the town to have
few big fires and first-elass
funerals. .4
The Quaker City may be a sleepy
town in some respects, but in base
ball playing she is the livest burg on
the map just now. The Philadelphia
clubs are holding d decided lead In
both the National and American Lea.
CUES. The New Orleans Pelicans
have a strangIe-hold on the tail end
of the Southern League. score, while
Mobile leads the procession.
Hon. Will A. Steidley, editor of the
Kinder Gazette, has been nominated
Tor postmaster Of his town, and tn
selection does credit to- President
Wilson and all others concerned.
Mr.. Ste1d1ey stands high among the
-newspaper men and citizens Of Lou
1siana, and en1inently merits the
preferment he has received at the
hands Of the new administration.
The Donaldsonvi1le Chief proposes
a big joint celebration over the in
augrration of the commission form
of government, the opening of the
Elks' Home, the installation Of
modern light and water system and
the completion of new race track
and amusement park. With all these
so1Sa =IbAiioo 14GppSIliIlss OHtp, LON
certainly has a iollifica-
zion coming to her.-ShreVeport Jour
mai.
Anent This Chiefs remark that
Pl-quemine is maKiag a desperate eff
fort to get into BoRaldsonyi1!e's
class by demohshing the old Central
House with view Of replacing Ii
With a hotel of modern design and
construction, the Plaquemine Cham
c1on says We ought to be ashamed
q compare DonaIdsonville with
It is pretty tough on
oonaldsonviile, ueishbor, but we can
sfford to be magnaainous.
June Il and Is will be big days
or Donaldsonville. A new dispersal |
fon in municipal government will be |
the new light and wa |
er plant with it's improved equip |
nent will be ready for service, the |
andsome new Elks' Home will throw |
pen its doors and the first baseball
anne and races viii take place in
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