The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-13
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Editors of Leading Agricultural Pa
pers to Make Trip Through LOU
Standardization to Enter
tain Visitors.
Plans for the tour of the editors
of the leading agricultural papers OF
the middle west, north and east,
through louisiana during the latter
part of June, have developed in
very satisfactory manner Ali of the
main preparations incident to the
trip have been arranged and only
few minor details need attention.
The broad plan is TO visit all sec
tons of Louisiana, so it can be seen
that every minute of the trip will
be productive of both pleasure and
profit to the visitors. An outline
of parts of the trip through the
state will probably be Of interest.
The party will spend an entire
day at Morgan City, an inland sea-
port, where the oyster fishery and
canning industries will be inspected.
A trip to Avoca Island through Ba-
you Boeuf will be made by steam
boat. where one of the first and best
examples of reclamation work In
Louisiana will be the object of in
spection. Avoca Island is the home
of Capt. E. A. Pharr, one of the
states leading citizens, who is al
ways in the foremost rank in any
movement tending to benefit his
country.
At Franklin the program Will In
clude trip to Weeks Island and
ride by electric launch up the beau
tiful and historical Bayou Teche. A
stop will be made at the Oldest and
best preserved ante-bellum mansion
in the country, and luncheon will
be served under the spreading oaks
which have been made famous in
song and story by the traditions en-
twined about the beautiful character
of Evangeline.
At Crowley the visitors will be
given their first Introduction to the
great rice. country Of Louisiana. The
trip through this section will be
made by automobiles and such other
means of conveyance as the occasion
may demand. Late in the afternoon
of the same day a committee from
Jennings will meet the party on the
scenic Mermentau liver and escort
them to the city Of Jennings, where
nothing will be left undone to make
the trip pleasant and profitable to
the visitors.
The varied interests about Lake
Charles will next be shown the tour
lists. They will be given a glimpse
of the farming country adjacent, as
well as a beach-boat trip which will
exploit the beauties and advantages OF
the section. Passing on to DeRld-
der, the excursionists will see the
$4,000 acres recently taken over by
northern farmers and now in course
of development.
Arriving in north Louisiana the
party will spend an entire day at
Mansfield, on the edge of the re-
markable new Oil territory of Louisi-
ana. The. city lies some eight miles
west of the proven field, but the Wis
where they will witness the hum Of
industry from seventy-five oil wells
now drilling and producing.
A program has been arranged at
Shreveport which will show to adj
vantage the varied interests of the
second city in size in Louisiana, and
one far removed from any competitor
anywhere near it's population. Here
the party will see gas, oil, cotton,
corn and manufacturing establish
ments blended into one progressive
industrial activity.
A day will be spent at Monroe,
where there will be an exposition of
the wonderful agricultural advan-
tages of the famous Ouachita valley.
Monroe will present to the visitors
city that is emphatically munich
pally owned. All public utilities, in
Guiding the splendid street car sys-
tenn, are owned and operated by the
corporation. Only few months ago
a California town boosted that it
had the only municipality owned
street car system in the United
States. Such a boast Is without
warrant, as Monroe, La, is the pio-
neer in this regard.
While not definitely settled, it is
probable that after other towns and
cities have been visited, the finale
will be an old-fashioned southern bar
becue at Bayou Goula, at the magni-
ficent plantation OF Ross Murrell.
The party will spend a day or
more in Donaldsonville, and while the
date of their visit has not been def