The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01

: gram to the Louisiana delegation
TO make strenuous efforts to avert
+ congressional calamity. Messrs.
4 Sonlat, Loisel and ]. T. Guyton
: prepared the message for the as
$ sociation.
: Upon Mr.. Lemann's motion 3. P.
GueymaFd Was elected chief booster
l and general utility man ..at any
salary which the Texas e Pacific
would see fit to pay him. The
/ ASSOCIATION also subscribed to all
The farm journals whose editors
made the recent trip through Lou
isiana.
! Mr.. Guyton's motion TO appoint
: delegates to act with the sugar
planters in seeking reduced assess
! lneht before the State Board Of
Equallzat1on prevailed, and those
sent We're: Walter Lemann, Ascen-
sion; C. T. schexnaydre, st. James;
j. L. Guyron, Iberville, aud A. E.
Wlnkler, Assumption. They were
: instructed to go into Tuesday nights
caucus at Baton Rouge in order to
agree upon a uniform course.
Citrus Industry Urged.
/ Z. ID. Otis of Lake Charles. a
noted fruit grower, was a guest
speaker. He agreed with Presi-
dent Godchaux as to the important
| prerequisite of self-confidence. and
said the section must have some
thing beside sugar to show invited
farmers when they come down here
to see. The northern farmers Were
afraid of sugar cane. He advised
planting citrus groves, for the finest
oranges in the world can be grown
all over Louisiana. The fruit COM
| mission men who met in New Or
leans several years ago admitted
as much. He was not a planter, only
a s'one-horse fellow but he had
forty orange trees at Lake Charles.
These yielded him a crop of $3.50
each So that he sold $500 of
Satsumas off Of tWo-fifths OF an
acre. 1t was hard to find better
crop
Asked about grape fruit Mr.. Otis
said it depended upon the lowest
temperature Some he had raised
had stood Is degrees at Lake
Charles. 1t depended also upon
the condition of each tree.
Mr.. Murrell was witness for
IberFil1e, where; he had raised fine
grape fruit from seedlings planted
eight years ago, which had been
loaded down with delicious fruit
for four gEyIng
extend his orchard considerabI
S.. G. TetWiler, WeIl-knoWn farm
editor. who has made special study
Of the citrus industry, added some
interesting climatic facts and Stats
tics, and affirmed that the Donald
sonWille district was as safe as
Florida and California for the pro-
duction of oranges and kindred
fruit.
At the dinner at the Hotel Donald
son, which followed the meeting, the
really good and true story of Victor
Loisel's dairy developed in order to
detract from his argument that a
selling agent would be superior to
direct disposal by the planter him
self LoIseI, on the other hand, in
sists that the story, which he did
not deny, only strengthens his plea.
Loiseps Dairy Deal.
Mr.. LoiseI was a planter in st.
James before he became United
oLdLCS uuuGT anu lG
was still planter when Taft went
under. Lofsel was wise planter
and foresaW the day OF diversified
tion, for there might come a time
when he could not live on cane alone.
So he embarked in cattle as side
line, and decided that to succeed he
must have silos. He built two,
though he knew that some of his
neighbors suspected his sanity, for
the silos were the first in that
stretch of land. But he narrowly es-
capped confinement when he cut up
his corn crop to put into his silos,
still more so because the cutting and
silling were done during rainy
spell.
Meantime George A. VilIere, the
New Orleans milk expert, had been
arguing with him to go into dairy
ng. He did not take kindly to the
advice, even when given the name
# a Mississippi mi1kman who might
make trade. 1t was some time
ater before Mr.. Loisel gave even
srudging consent to parIey. The
tranger was A. w Halbert of Stark
lille, and he came to the city to talk
t over. Mr.. LoiseI laid off day
o lead Mr.. HaIbert to st. James.
Then Mr.. HaIbert asked when he
ould move in.
Move in Where?'' asked Mr.. LoiseI
n astonishment.
Why, on your plantation
But / haven't even fixed a price
r named a condition, with great
Lstonishmen
Make any terms you like. This
S the place for me-
m not ready; 7 don't even know
want to sell; I'll let you hear
rom me-
sWhen?s'
In three or four days. %
Leased by Wire.
Ha1bert hied home, and Loisel
postponed the selling idea indefinite
Y. On the fifth day Loisel re-
'eiVed a telegram. 1t was from Hal
bert. He had failed to hear from
Loisel, and reminded the latter of
lis promise.
Loisel became the cruel landlord.
he wrote terms which he thought
would settle Halbert, and even then
le added that the terms were tenta-
i've. Ioisel posted the letter and
iropped the matter again.
About as soon as a reply could be
rushed, Halbert was in LoiseIs Of
ice
I'm coming to sign up, he said.