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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-09

intention to take claims and stay
away from the capital city for seven
months.
Miss Margaret Macdonald made a
pleasure and business trip combined.
to Regain on Monday. Miss Macdon-
aid had expected to finish a term Of
school there this spring. but on ac.
count of a slight illness had to get
someone else to finish the term.
The spring term Of the public
schools is now well started, and teach.
ers and pupils and entered heartily
into the work after their vacation.
The basketball season is now closed
and all efforts centered on completing
tho years work. No programs, o
anything out of the daily routine, will
occur until Decoration day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thysell arrived
in Bismarck Monday evening from a
long tedious journey. They came
AAohu "NoAiA6lOA, -. w "uCAC luSs
spend their winters, and on account
Of the condition Of the roads their
trip has taken several weeks. Mr.,
and Mrs. Thysell are both well known
here, they both having lived hero
about four years ago, prior to their
marriage. Mrs. Thysell, nee Arm'
strong, is a sister of Captain George
Armstrong, who used to be connected
with the adjutant generals Office
some four or five years ago. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thysell were guests at the Nc
Kenzie while here and departed for
Dickinson Tuesday afternoon, where
they will make theft home. Mr..
Thysell is employed by the govern
ment and is doing work in connection
with the experiment station at Dick
inson. p
Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Hewitt were
guests at the Mckenzie hotel for a
couple of days, waiting for the trains
to move west SO they could leave
for their home at Billings. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hewitt came from the east and
were very glad that train No. Z took
them to their destination yesterday:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Railroad Work Progressing.

With good weather and large
force on hand, Contractor Howell has
been able to complete the grading
of the roadbed of the st. Elmo, Belle
Helene and Louisiana Eastern Rail
road, the finishing touches having
been put on during the past few
days. Everything is now ready for
the laying of the steel, and this work
will be taken up at once and carried
through with a rush. Several car
laid, and the ST. Elmo, Belle Helene
lat E. P, Brady,s tie camps on the Y.
and NJ V, and orders have been
placed for the timbers needed for
bridging and such work.
Contractor Howell estimates that
within five or six weeks. barring un-
foreseen delays, the rails should be
laid, and the St Elmo, Belle Helene
and Louisiana Eastern "a going con-
cern.''
It might be remarked in passing
that the greater part of the work on
the railroad has been done by st.
Elmo lot-oWners and residents.
Elmo Bulletin.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
To Grow Lespedeza Extensively.

G. D. Gondran, an extensive plant,
er of Ascension parish, who, as an.
nounced some weeks ago in these
columns, is to grow rice this year
as well as cane, is also to raise les
pedeza rather extensively the com
ing summer. Mr.. Gondran grew a
few acres of this Japan clover on
one Of his fields the past season, and
the returns from the hay paid him
SO well he says he is sorry to have
put down as much seed cane as was
done, for it is his belief, since his
lands were proven SO suitable to
1espedeza, that with him it will be
found more remunerative crop than
sugar cane Though having long
made cane the principal money crop,
Mr. Gondran believes the time is on
the way when many planters will
turn to farming and raising of diver
sified crops. It is his opinion the
farmer in the sugar district will ere
long be much more frequently en-
countered than is now the case
Modern Sugar Planter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Record Crop for Cuban Factory.

. y4
Writing to a friend in Denaldson-
vile under date of March /. Fred.
Werner, Jr., the capable young chief
.sugar-maker of the big Teresa Cen
lral factory at Ceiba Hueca, Cuba.
says: The weather is unusually
warm for this season of the year.
Raln is very much needed, but ludg-
ing from the looks of things above
there is nothing Forthcoming in this
line. We have had no rain since we
started to grind, on Dec. II, We
finished the month of February with
total of AZ ,170 bags of sugar manu-
factured, at an average yield Of 9.s5.
The yield is increasing each week,
last week being 1916. If the wealth
er permits, we expect to turn out
more than 100000 bags this season,
which will set a new record for
Central Teresa. We have cane
enough for 125, 900 bags, but to fig
ure on that amount the weather must
be exceptionally good. Labor is plen-
tlful and as yet we have not lost any
time on that account. We are grind
ing an average Of 100 tons of cane
per day, and il the house were Of a
larger capacity we could easily ham
die more cane without en- nploying adj
ditional help {. have shinned 81
400 btl IS have
bags on hand. =
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Lower iberville Gets the Spirit.

:
A despatch from .Whiteeastle to the
New Orleans Picayune says:
'WithSseven cars of gravel on the
ground and more coming, the Old
Hickory Planting and Manufacturing
Company, Of lower Iberville, will be
the first to begin graveling their
front road. about three miles long.
Every plantation between Whitecas,
tie and Old Hickory will follow suit.
There will then be a total of about
six miles of gravel road from White
castle to the Ascension line. Ascen-
sion will gravel its roads adjoining
Ibervil1e parish and extend them to
the St. James line, making a com
pIete gravel road between Whitecas-
tie and DonaldsonVille a distance Of
over sixteen miles
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Baton Rouge Wants Commission
Government.

We have excellent reason for be
lleV1ng that even Mayor Roux is nov
convinced the commission form O
government lends itself better to eff
flcient, useful, and fesultful munici
pal government than does the out
| Worn councilmanic system under
which Baton Rouge abors.
For some months various citizens
have been discussing and planning 8
special election at which the people
OF Baton Rouge might decide fol
themselves the form of government
under which their Municipal affairs
should be administered.
The time is propitiaus now.
There are no othe; elections in
sight
Free from all personalities, from
all matters Of candidacy, the people
could take up and answer on its ab.
=straot q erits the queas5 Is Shall we,
or shall we not, adept the simple,
tried and tested, modern method
which the most progressive towns and
cities of the country have already
adopted and are now using with sue
cess?
To vote for the change would be
no reflection on any individual in the
present government.
It would be merely a simple matter
of selecting better tools with which
the public servants might perform
their tasks. The farmer may get a
better grade of hoe, a more modern
ploW, for his day-hands. The citi-
zens of a town may certainly adopt
a system tending more toward eff
cheney and results by which their
elected public servants are to be di-'
rected and with which they are to
work.
This statement of the case presup-
poses the fact that the elected public
understand their relation to
the public.
The time has come when the citi-
zens of Baton Rouge who want re
suits in town betterment had best
go to work to have the commission
government election ordered. The
way is simple, and the law points it
Rouge New Advocate.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Search for Missing Middle.

@
The navy department, at the re.
quest of Congressman Garland Dupre
has ordered a search made for Irene
E. Marie Levet, 19-year- son o1
Felician LeVet, a prominent citizen Of
st. Amelia, st. James parish, La,
who has been missing for several
weeks from the United States train.
ingship Reina Mercedes, stationed at
Annapolis, Md. The young mans dis
appearance was surrounded by mys-
terry. He was serving as a yeoman
On the trainingship, and had been ap-
pointed by Representative Dupre to
the Naval Academy. His entrance
examination would have been held in
April.
a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Why He Knew II. .

P K. Emmons, Mineral, La, says:
II have sold and used Royline Oil
four years and consider it the best
antiseptic ever used. A trial al
ways convinees. That's why he
knows it. 1t will pay You to try it.
You will then use nothing else.
That's the way they all do. 10e.,
2a5e.. soc. Money back plan.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

5TsDMUND MAURlN, ATTORNEY AT Law,
4 III NoraRY PUBLIC AND JUSTICE OF PEACE.
l)ffce, sos Opelousas street. opposite the
Tnoaaldsonville High School, The office of
iustice of the peace will in no way inter
Iere with my practice in district courts or
instiee courts other than the one over
which preside. Telephone 80.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
ocuLiSTs

IN. T. J. DIMITRY, OcuL1sr. Of
fee on Sundays at Hotel Dom
saason. Il a. N. to p. m. New
esIsans eIsa Office, 714-7tS Audubon Building,
4 10 S .. N.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
AND BUSINESS
nay GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC.

- KLINE, corner Crescent Place and
]. Holmas street, dealer in dry goods,
INNS boots and shoes, groceries, pro-
ossasr.s sa;o.s corn, oats and bran. Phone 152
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
PHYSICIANS

4. SIMS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
nfice in Houmas street, between
issrv;lle street and Crescent Place. Tele-
nbone So
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

lRJ. d. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
ice and residence: Lessard street,
!. .st,.een Nichols avenue and Iberville
street. s Telephone Sd.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

srs4LEB C. WEBER, ATTORNEY AT Law
| AND Notary PUBLIC. Office III Rail
,oad avenue, opposite the Donaldsonville
llidh ig School Telephone 1892.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

.,R. r.. H. HANSON, PHYSICIAN Of
Ace: Lessard street, between Nichols
.san,,e 8 and Opelousas streets. Phone 240.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

~ i. VEGA, ATTORNEY AT Law AND
l. NOTARY PUBLIC Office, 313 Nichols
sven,les. Telephone 81.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Castro Gets the Glad Hand IN Cuba.

The reception accorded Gen. Ci-
priano Castro, ex-president of Vene-
zue1a, On the occasion of his arrival
at Havana was in marked contrast to
the cold-shou1der given him at New
York, where a determined but un-
succ essful effort was made by the
immigration authorities to keep him
from putting foot on the land of the
more or less free. At Havana the
doughty Venezuelan was eheered and
followed to his hotel by crowd Of
500 people.
The Chief is the best advertising
medium in this section. Circulation.
1900.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Want a Park Like Ours.

In Donaldsonville, the Woman's
Civic League, headed by Mrs. H. C.
Whiteman, Plaquemine girl before
marriage, have by their efforts se-
cured a public park containing a
bright sparkling Water-fountain, with
park benches scattered about, and
through artistic lanscaning pretty
and resfful square is the result.
The writer passed through Donald
sonVllle Last Sunday and as we OBJ
served this square transformed from
a barren spot to one Of beauty and
cleanliness, our thoughts reverted
back home to our own progressive
Civic League, and as the visions Of
the ardent workers We have appear
ed before us, we asked ourselves the
question: Why is P1aquemine not ia
possession OF such a place OF rest
and beauty? The gentle sex possess
the power of influence, and If our
Civic League will only use "a little
persuasive power with the council and
take up with Congressman Morgan
the advisability Of his using his in
fluenee in Washington, we will soon
have a government park near the Pla-
quemine lock. Plaql1emine Cham
pion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

ATTORNEYS AND NoTARIEs
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
Mrs. Wickliffe,s Boom Grows.

4 : 4 ID
A despatch from Washington to the
New Orleans Pieayune, under date
of March Il, says
Twenty congressional delegations
have now lined up for Mrs. Lydia
Cooke Wiekliffe for appointment as
chief of the chiidren.s bureau in the
Department Of Labor. Many govern
ors of southern states also have in
dorsed Mrs Wickliffe. 1t is the gem
#eral opinion at the capital she will
be appointed. Washington society is
watching her candidacy with Interest
because Of the notable socia1-polftfcal
eYent-the Dolly Madison breakfast
which Mrs. Wickliffe originated and
brought to success last spring. z
Vote for good roads and commits
sion government.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22
SPECIALISTS

sTlR. i. w. MARTIN, EYE, EAR, NOSE
III AND THROAT SPECIALIST. Eyeglasses
fitted. Office hours: a. m. to p. M, 2
Ito5 b. m. Office. No. 121 Railroad ave-
nue., DonaIdsonville, La. Telephone, 308.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

Our printing has pleased hundreds.
It will please you.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-22

Heavy rains during the early part
Of this week proved to be good argu-
ment for public road improvement,
and also for the 3-milI tax to be
voted on the 25th inst. When the
roads are impossible, on account of
heavy rains, men who need them
have an object lesson that is more
impressive than tons of literature
and oral argument Tribune.
n,re y,r;n+;rer t,o-. r,1c.lo,x...x1 1,.4. j -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21

be said In addition to this a move
L4ent has been starte to build a pike
road between Chattanooga and Knox
Vile on almost an al: line These
roads, raoiating from cente-s of pop
ulation, are sxpecte( to revolutionize
conditions of travel In the mountain
Gus countries of East Tennessee. The
time is not far dis.a in the opinion
Of men who have given the subject
study. when Knoxville. Chattanooga
and Louisville. and possibly Memphis
will be connected by highways over
which touring cars m ~ be run with
speed and safety. tn, mort interest
ing sections of the southern states may
then be e.-joyed by thousands OF peo-
pie Who have never had that oppor-
through thu rich farming sections of
Middle Tennessee, the aliuvial plains
Of West Tennessee AID tho mountain
Gus sections of East Tennessee would
be delight indeed. The late Sena-
tor Robert l.. Taylor eulogized the
mountains of East Tennessee so elo-
quently and from so many platforms
that people have a desire to leave
the steam roads and travel over them
where theiT beauty can be better en-
joyed Senator Taylor at tim IS seemed
to exaggerate the grandeur c the East
Tennessee mountains and to paint pic
lures with his eloquent iirs that did
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21

Ter. Go anon the mountain peopie
and you will find homes that shelter
two or three genera,ionc. Almost
every mountain home has it very old
man o. woman. Their ages range all
the way from so to 95 Yeas They
have lived among the mountains all
of their lives. and are healthy and
active. The diseases of childhood are
practically unknown on these noun
tain tops. Pulm onary troubles are I'M
known. From tie top of Signal noun
tain the spectator beholds n almost
every direction mountain peaks that
vary in altitude from 1000 to 5000 feet
above ser level One hundred miles
southeast on a clear day. the peaks
of the Great Smokes are seen Some
of enese peaks rise to an altitude Of
more than 5000 feet. Their sides are
covered wit virgin forest building
stone is abundant. and in so-~1e places
marble is found The sol ~ fertile on
the sides of these mountains. and even
on the SUBMITS of most of them crops
may be grown in abundance. People
live among them all of the year and
rarely suffe- from cold. and never from
heat. The character % the mountain
sections of East Tennessee are not
well understood from the fact that
access to them has been difficult, if
not Impossible. Road uilding. like
the Signal mountain Improvement just
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21

described, opens the mountain sections
10 enterprise and industry. While the
prime purpose of this enterprise is 10
give the people of the south I'm states
a delightful place of recreation and
pleasure. it also OPEN a wide scope
rich terrf,orJ TO dev. lcp'nent--ter-
ritory in which there is an abundance
o. timber. building stone and coal de-
posits. Signal mountain. or at least a
spu- OF the CLmberlands. extends
through Bledsoe and Cumberland
counties in Tennessee. and the pro-
posed ext nsion of tie highway and
trolle. road in she direction Of Louis
vile. Ky. will give The people of those
counties transportatio facilities and
roads that they do not now enjoy.
Nashville to Bristol
The building of the state highway
from Nashville to Bristol is assured.
Extension of the sigma, mountain road
north from Signal Point. along the
crest of the ridge. VIII connect Chat
tanooga with the sat highway The
roads through the Cumberland noun
tains between Chattanooga and Nash
vile are rough, ane at times impass-
able for automobiles. The extension
of the Signal mountain road to inter
sect with the state hig away would OBJ
viate this rough trip between the two
cities. Going east the same thing may
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21

hundred feet below the public high
way This line is being rushed to
completion. and will be in operation,
II possible. by the last of May The
reader, however. can have but an I'M
satisfactory idea of he immense
amount OF work necessary to build q
trolley road over this mountain side
From the cit, of Chattanooga to the
base of the mountain the work was
comparatively easy. but 1t !: hercu-
lean task to carry II up the mountain.
A large amount of capital > required
to finance such an undere~ king ana
skilled engineers are fndispensapie-
Rut the task is almost accomplisnel 4.
and II is an accomplishment that
would stand muster with the cele-
brs ted road building in ROCKY
mountains The completion of the
twin enterprises gives the people OF
the whole south an opportunity to see
and enjoy one of nat res most stu
pendous works in the Cumberland
mountains.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21
Hamilton County Roads.

Hamilton county has about $50 miles
of good roads. This estimate does not
include about 10 miles of government
road. constructed und.r the direction
OF the war department The Signal
mountain road is :. part OF the system.
The county built the road from the
city o. Chattanooga to the base of Sig
nal mountain. 1t was necessary to
tunnel Stringer's sidge, an interven-
ing line of nils. to secure q road of
easy grade. This ridge. like almost
every other ridge In the vicinity of
Chattanooga, has historic Importance.
The first shot opening the dreadful
carnage of the Civil war in tn, Chat
tanoogs valley was -ired from this
ridge by the batteries of Gen. John T.
Wilder. The TUNES penetrates String
er's ridge near the site OF Fort Wilder
Mr.. James and associates built the
road froL- the base to the summit OF
the mountain, thus connecting Signal
mountain With Chattanooga by a road
that has nc rival in beauty and con-
struction in the southern states.
Good roads penetrate into the coun-
try in every direction from Chatta-
nooga- A 60-foot boulevard has been
built from the city soutA to the Geor-
gia state line. where connection is
made with 10 miles of government
road l.. Chattanooga ChicKamauga
National Park and Fort O-lethorpe. A
| good road. of easy grade for touring
| cars, has been constructed to the top
| of lookout mountain. This road is
| also one OF the finest n America from
the scenic standpoint.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21
Wealth of Mountain Scenery.

The wealth of the Tennessee noun
tains. and especially those with
in reach of Chatta. toogA. is just begin
ming to be appreciated. These noun
tains .1pply the first REQUESTS to prof
table business, md that is health. No
section of the United States Is health
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21
Good Road Building i'm CuInberlands

Signal Mountain Joined City by Boulevard Trolley
Line at Large Outlay of Capitalization Visitors
Will Be Taken Over the Road in Automobiles
and Shown Some of the Finest Mountain
Scenery in the World.
SPLENDID SCENIC PANORAMA ON THE
TENNESSEE RIVER AT CHATTANOOGA
Thousands Of Stone Blasted Mountain
and Hurled a Thousand Feet Below Satisfac-
tory Roadbed-one the Samples Of Good :
. Building the Southern States and One
That Will Stand Good Comparison With
Any in the Country-Road s 20
Extended to Louisville, KY. if
Present Plans Are Carried
Out In Full
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21
The Reunion Opportunity.

The people of more than a dozen
states have an opportunity 10 see the
mountains around Chattanooga and
throughout a part of East Tennessee
on the occasion of the Confederate re-
union in May at a comparatively low
cost. In ali of the territory east Of
the Rio G-ande ans south of the Poto-
mac the railroad faro = but one cent
a mile. During the past week the
railrc embraced in the Southwest
erla Passenger associa ion, west of the
Mississippi river. reduced thei rates
to the ene-cent- Emile basis. thus CIV
ing the people of Texas. Arkansas.
Louisiana and Oklahoma tho same
low rate that had already been an
nounced east of the Mississippi These
low rates are attractive. Ac1 Chatta-
nooga expects a large crowd to take
advantage ca the opportunity they af-
ford for the people of other states to
enjoy the mountain scenery OF East
Tennessee and re tit the historic
points about the city-points that have
been made historic by the best blood
Of Americans
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-21
Signal Mountain Trolley.

The same capitalists who built the
Signal mountain macadam road are
building a modern trolley line to Sig
nal Point over much the same route.
The trolley line. however, IS for the
greater part of the distance a few