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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
PIucky Girl Goes to College
On 5 Cen

The Youths Companion tells the
story of a girl who lived in Missis-
sippi and who asked her brother to
give her the money to go to col
lege. He told her he could not af-
ford it, and, tossing her nickel,
added, unless you can go on that. +"
The plucky little girl took the five
cent piece and bought some calico,
from which she made a bonnet that
she sold for twenty-five cents.
With this money she bought more
calico and made more bonnets. AT,
ter she had made several dollars II
this way she determined to raise
potatoes. She did all the work in
tho field except the ploWing. The
venture was a success, and she had
enough money to start at school
She did not stop work, however, ane
it is not surprising that a girl Of SC
| much determination was able to Dor
row enough money to supplement
what she made.
She was graduated with homo
from the State College Of Women
attended medical school, still bear
ing all her expenses, got degree
and is now successful practicInl
physician in a large town in tn
south; and ii. all began with
nickeli
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
Georna MI. Roote,

We have the pleasure of acknowl-
edging the receipt of {. holiday card
with wishes for "a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year from our old
friend George NJ. Boote, now admin
istrator of the Cape Cruz Company,
Ensenada de Mora, Cuba. Years ago
Mr.. Boote was quite successful
cane-grower on the great Evan Hall
plantation in Ascension parish. An
inquiry was made in Louisiana for a
competent Louisiana man to go out
to Cuba and to experiment there with
Louisiana methods. Mr.. Boote, oW-
ing to his recognized ability, his un-
firing industry and persisting good
nature, was considered to be equal to
this emergency call, and the result
stands before us in his now wishing
US all the good things for the COM
ing year, and he the administrator OF
the Cape Cruz Company. We, in
turn, wish Mr. Boote every success,
and he deserves it, and we wish him
a Happy New Year and many OF
them.-LCuisiana Planter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
SUGAR PLANTERS GOING AHEAD
Proceeding with Plans for 1919 Crop
Very Much as Usual, Says z. J.
Gay-Acreaae to be Reduced and
Only Best Lands Cultivated.

|
f'Sugar planters of my section are
/! busy going ahead with their crop,
planting and getung their ground in
condition., said Hon. Edward ]. Gay,
member of the Louisiana house OF
representatives from Iberyllle parish
and head OF the Louisiana Sugar
Planters Association, VINO was In
New Orleans Monday on business.
With the exception that the acre
age Will De slightly reduced, sugar
planting Will be continued in Loulsi-
ana for 1914 about as usual" added
MIR. Gay. i do not believe the Lou
lslana industry can survive absolute
tree trade IN sugar, but that will lot
| come until 1916, and until that time
the planters Will continue in an eff
fort to gradually adjust themselves
to conditions. Low black lands will
not be planted in cane TO any extent
this year. The idea Will be to only
plant those lands which will bring the
greatest returns, for with the Lasif1
reduction every Iick must count. It
takes as mueh labor and capital to
cultivate an acre tnat produces poor
~ as it does to cultivate an acre that
produces I1Ye times .as much, hence
the elimination OF such sugar lands
enat Only produce a partial yield.
And with this, OF course, there Is
some ulVersltlcaLlon. But as q gem
eral proposition there is a better feal.
ing among the sugar planters new
n sc
vested and gotten out of the way
and they are bending to the 1914
task with greater zeal and spirit
than was shown a few months ago,
when every one felt SO blue over the
Wilson tariff reduction.
Mr.. Gay has been prominent In
state affairs tor eight or ten years
and has been a leading member of
the house during chat time
But it is my full intention to
retire from politics. he announced.
My private interests have become
SO exaeting that I cannot afford to
devote the time to politics that it
requires. like me game. but I've
concluded it must be business. .
This was Mr.. Gays reply when
he was asked about the next state
campaign.
Despite the fact that President
Wilson has proven the greatest foe
the Louisiana sugar planters have
ever encountered, Mr.. Gay believes
he has won the confidence of the
country generally.
4 have been. around good deal
in the past few months" the Iher-
vile renaasentativ Jgou. e. .assss
won confidence and strength over
the country.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
THE LOCKS MUST
BE BUILT
EXTRACTS FROM ACT NO. 9 PASSED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA IN
1900, AND ACT NO, 81 PASSED IN 1902:
(Sec. l of Act No. 81

(Sec. l of Act No. 81
Whereas, the necessity of closing Bayou La
fourche by locks is recognized by the engineers
both of the state and Of the national government,
and has had the sanction and appreciation of
congress, which has made appropriations for sur
veys looking to that end.
Be it enacted by the general assembly of the
state Of Louisiana, that the boards of commission
ers of the Atchafalaya Basin and Lafourche Basin
LeVee Districts are hereby authorized to place
locks at the head Of Bayou Lafourche; and for
said purpose authorized to appropriate lands
enter into contracts, and exercise all other DOW
ers proper. useful, Or expedent, for carrying out
the purposes of this act.
(Secs and of Act No. 84)
Be it enacted by the general assembly of the
state Of Louisiana, that the boards of commission
ers of the Atchafaaya Basin Levee District and
the Lafourche Levee District are hereby au-
thorized to place temporary dam at the head
of Bayou Lafourche, pending the construction of
locks, is provided for in Act No. 9 of the gen
eral assembly of the state of Louisiana for the
year 1900 and act Of the fifty-seventh congress
Of the United States; provided, that the dam
shall not be placed or begun before January l.
1903.
Be it further enacted, ETC., that before the be-
ginning of the construction Of said DAM said
levee boards shall enter into an agreement with
good and sufficient security for the removal of
said temporary dam at Or before the expiration of
the period set by said act of congress.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
|. s. J. NOTES AND NEWS.
Weekly Letter from School Of Jour
nalism at State University--Em-
bryonic Reporters Write Interest
jngIy of Student Activities.

The fifth annual farmers demon
stration conference opened Monday
morning with a large attendance.
The course extends from Jan. 10 to
Jan. 80, and during this period some
OF the most eminent men in the
United States along agricultural lines
will address the farmer students A
In conn4tion with the conferdee,
meetings the Cora Growers $50
citation anW teachers of agricusure
We're held on Tuesday and Wednes-
days, resasstively The '1Es i dto tou ilznRa
! 'll1 naaq sessggw Monday, January q Ii
on the same date a eoW-testing club
will be organized in connection 18th
the meetin of the Louisiana JIG y
Breeders Association.
The Baton Rouge mid-Winter
closed last Saturday at 10 pm. From
the statements of some of the most
prominent visitors to this fair, il
proved a success in every way. Enor'
Emous crowds visited the exhibits
daily In addition to q fine live stool
show, practically every commodity
raised in Louisiana was shown The
Experiment. Station had a complete
exhibit, as did the mechanical and
agricultural departments Of the State
University. The display along scien
tific lines made by the State Board
of Health proved attractive. The ex
hibits from this body gave a thorough
illustrated discussion of hygiene and
eugenics.
The University:s debating squad
was selected last week. The tina
: choice is as follows: Affirmative
A. B. .Whitlow and Fisher Middleton
principals; J. M. Barnett, alternate
NegatlVe-Ts J. Magee and A. S. H
Trappey, principals; r. II. Lee, alter
nate. The question for debate this
year is Resolved, that the president
of the United States should be elect
ed for a term of six years and be
Ineligible for reelection
Louisiana State University is nov
champion Of the Pentagonal Debating
League, composed of the state
universities Of Tennessee, Missis
3 sippi, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana
The affirmative team this year meets
the University of Texas at Batol
, 1tUuSt LII eApiiA, Willy AAS hSEehLif'
side will go to Knoxville, Tenn.
Prof. E. w. Kerr of the depart
ment of engineering left Wednesda.
E for Porto Rico to visit the Guanic'
and Fortuna plants. two of the larg
est sugar factories in the world
Prof. Kerr visits these mills at th
e request of the managers and owners
!. to solve some problems for them il
the question of sugar evaporation.
a The Tiger basketball team downe
/. the Louisiana College five at tn
fair last Saturday by a score of 27-2t
The game was hard and fast, wit
considerable rough play on bot
sides. The biggest crowd that eve
i witnessed contest in basketball
L in Baton Rouge was present. The 7
gers faced the Mississippi College ag
). gregation on the local court Wednes
90 day and Thursday of this week.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
Priest Appointed immigration Agent.

4
For the first time In the history OF
railroads in the south a Catholic
priest becomes attached in an official
capacity with a Louisiana line. the
priest is Rev. Father 3. F. Guey-
mard, who was some years ago as
sistant rector of st. John the Baptist
church, in New Orleans, and later
priest in charge of several churches
throughout the state.
Father Gueymard was appointed I'M
migration agent of the Texas and Pa
cific for Louisiana by e. F. kearney,
| first vice president Of the line, and
will devote his time to peopling some
Of the sections along the Texas and
Pacific with the right sort of in1Tni-
grants. Father Gueymard two years
|ago received the permission OF his
superiors to enter the service of one
of the lines in the northwest as i'm
migration agent, and his efforts we're
devoted to settling a rich section Of
/ the country with desirable Catholic
immigrants. His services were oi
Igreat value to the railroad, and he
returns to Louisiana to repeat his
triumph for the Texas and Pacific
His headquarters will be In New Or
leans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
ocks Endorsed.

The Chamber of Commerce, at its
meeting held Wednesday night OF
last week, wisely endorsed the ex-
ceIlent work being done by the Don
a1dsonvilIe Chamber Of Commerce to-
ward insuring the early building and
completion of the locks at the head
Of Bayou Lafourche, once more con-
Meeting the bayou with the Mississippi
river. Resolutions were duly adopt
ed and copies sent to all parties in
interest.
People see and realize that the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
Locks in Bayou Lafourche.

Eighteen citizens of Napoleonville,
.DonaldsonVille and TEibodaux came
out in handsome gasoline boats last
Thursday and were met on Flat
Lake by nineteen citizens of Morgan
City in steamer. There was cheer
aboard the steamer, and the passen-
gers on the gasoline boats were ta-
Ken aboard and brought into the city.
They came in the interest of locks
across the head of Bayou Lafourche.
The reason for their contention is
that the inland waterway to New
Orleans will be at least so miles
shorter through the Lafourche, and
will on the whole be better The cur
rent from the Mississippi presses in
against the Plaquemine locks, eating
under them and around their abut-
ments, thus entailing considerable
constant expense. Locks at the head
of the Lafourche will not be subject
to any such trouble. Moreover, the
opening Of the Lafourche will let
fresh water into the oyster beds on
the Gulf, and greatly improve the
product.
After the arrival OF the steamer
in Morgan City, the citizens and thell
visitors assembled in Elks' Hall, and
passed resolutions commencing tht
plan of constructing locks in Bayou
Lafourche in place Of. the dam which
was authorized by. the war depart.
ment in 1902. It was understood al
the time that this dam was to be re
placed by locks. The resolution calls
on Senators Ransden and Thornton
and Representative Broussard tc
take such steps as are becoming tc
have the original plan carried out
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
Valley Parishes lndorse Movement.

Resolutions adopted by police
jury OF. Assumption parish:
Whereas, it is a self-eyldent fact
that locks at the source of Bayou
Lafourche at Donaldsonyille are an
absolute necessity both from COM
mercial and sanitary point of view,
and also as offering connecting
link to the intercoastal canal; and
s'Whereas, efforts are now being
made by Representative Lewis L.
Morgan of the sixth congressional dis
trict of Louisiana and the Chamber
of Commerce of DonaIdsonville, toe
| ward the securing OF these JOCKS
through congressional appropriation
a proper appreciation of these efforts
and a laudable desire to associate
ourselves in the project SO pregnant
| In interest to the whole of the La
fourche valley, prompts these words
of encouragement:
BE it resolved, that the police
jury of Assumption places itself OF
lfeco.d as favoring the early build
ing of locks in Bayou Lafourche a
Dona1dsonvilIe that offers Of as
sistance and expressions OF interes
Iibe extended to Hon Lewis L. Nor
gan and the. Chamber Of Commere'
of DonaIdsonville, toward the @secur
ling OF locks in Bayou Lafourche q
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
INCH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL.


Five Per Cent in Class Work
and Department For Month
Ending Jan. 16.
Following is a list of students Of
Y the Donaldsonville High School who
have earned exemptions from month
/ II tests In the subjects named, for
tie month ending Jan 16, by secur-
Ing an average Of at least IS per
cent In class work and department
during the preceding four-Week Pc
fIod:
Eleventh Grade.
Geometry-Noelie Boudreaux, Rob-
sert Harp, Hilda Wutke, Abraham
aEzeHal
Ms.s Boudreaux.
History-Noelie Boudreaux, Rober
Harp, Maude Loumiet.
Stenograp Wutke, Noel1e
Boudreaux, Maude Loumiet, Maude
Truxillo, Florence Michel, Hester
0ubre.
French-Noelie Boudreaux, Abra
ham Kaufman.
Tenth Grade.
Geometry-Alna Schmalzrid, Hor
tense Schmalzrid, Norma Gisclard
Irene Lawless, Beulah Leblanc.
kkeeping-Hortense SchmalZrle
Alma Schmalzrid, Hilda Klos, Rutl
Gauthreaux.
Ninth Grade.
Algebra-Lionel Greenwood, Lydi
Gaudin
Observation-Disclosures Buquoi, E.
freda Wintz, Georgette Richard, Bel
nice Leblanc, Alethea Betz, Leone
Guigou, Alice Young, Leonard Folse.
Eighth Grade.
Arithmetic-Eunice Chandler, Rut
Chapman, Letitia Thibodaux, Coma
Rabin, Hazel Werner.
Botany-Letitia Thibodaux, Rutl
Chapman, Hazel Werner, Lucille Ian
dry. Eunice Chandler, Olive Stuart
Commercial Geography-Ruth ChaI
man. Conan Babin Eunice Chandler
Letitia Thibodaux, Hazel Werner, LII
Gle Landry, Olive Stuart.
Spelling Hazel Werner, Eunic
Chandler, Ruth Chapman, Letiti
Thibodaux, Olive Stuart, Lucille La1
dry, Doris Hanson. Conan Bapl1
Eta MolIere
Seventh Grade.
Geogra phy-Linden Templet. Jan
Judice, Joscpha Judice, Irma Wernel
George Schmalzrid, Cline Sims, WI
h ired Binnings.
Arithmetic-Geo Schmalzrid, Jan
ludice. Josepha Judice, Cline Sim'
Wilfred Binnings, Roland Rodeillat.
Agriculture-Linden Templet.
Hstory-Linden Templet, Geore
Sehmalzrid Cline Sims, Jane Judic'
Wilfred Binnings.
8 Spelling-Linden Ten1plet, Joseph
audices Jane Judice, Cline Sims, Get
a Sehmalzrid, Irma Werner.
Grammar School.
The only pupil III the entire gran
mar school to secure an exemptio
# is Charles Keller, Of the fourt
- grade. who obtained the necessaT
~ averages in arithmetic and spellini
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24

The state pardon board has refused
to recommend the pardon OF DR.. E. G.
McKoWen Of Jackson, East Feliciana
parish, who was given a life term
for the murder OF e. K. Judson, an
inmate of the Louisiana State Hospt-
tai for the Insane Judge Brunot Of
Baton Rouge, before whom the trial
| was conducted, is said to have ia
vored the application, hut Attorney
General Pleasant and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Barret both opposed 1t.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24

Chas. H. Moyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners,
claims to have been beaten and or
dered out OF Calumet, Mich, where
he had been directing strike of
miners.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
Getting on and Off the Matat

5
In the JsA5ary American Magazine
abe Martini" the celebrated In
diana funnyman, writes piece about
New Years resolutions. Following is
han extract:
Sometimes when a feller who kin
drink or leave it alone gifts t. lookin'
back DER tn year jest closin' an
sums up all tn things he's done or
| undone, all tn energy an money he's
wasted an all tn things he's missed
or elected in that regretted time,
tn past looms up like a piece O.
tar soap. Then he quietly resolves t.
| bid good-by t. tn social cup On New
Years Day, little dreamin' O. tn
colossal struggle jest around tn cor
ner..
9TH fellow who has long been
used t. fortifyin' himself with a slim
ulant on ever occasion has tough
sleddin' fer while after he swears
off. Theirs tn ordeal o. buyin' a
new hat or attendin' Il banquet. Th'
fellow who kin drink or leave it alone
allus smells like a Deer Creek dis.
tillery after he buys a new hat. an
he'll often train fer weeks when
theirs a banquet ahead. Sometimes
he'll set clean thro' {. banquet, or at
least till tn last syllable Of an ad.
dress ON 'Th' Weddin' O. tn Oceans
has died away in tn cigarette smoke
But how feller's whole style o
pitchin' changes when he once gifts
thoroughly established on tn water
wagon an begins t. talk natural fel
| tn first time since tn first baby
come! How his patient wife misses
his CLOWN account O. tn days earn
ms when he used t. stall thro' tn
eVenin' meal! How his associates
miss his decided views on ever ques
ton that comes up! How tn one
I legged neWsboy on tn corner misses
his lavish generosity! How he kicks
on tn grocery bill! How his waist
coat pockets bulge with segars, eacI
one representa- a 15-cent drink tha
he's muffed while in tn Rands o
friends, an how his little children
miss tn peppermint drops that used
fall from his overcoat as he flung i
carelessly across tn pianner.
''Lafe Bud says that gittin' on an
off tn water wagon is tn only exer
else some fellers ever git"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24

Midsummer weather for ten days
brought out such numbers of grass
hoppers in Hamilton county, central
Texas, that the State Department Of
Agriculture was appealed to for as
sistance in preventing the insects
from rayaging crops.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24

Makers Of monographs are aiming
TO use wood instead Of metal in all
parts Of the instrument where this is
possible in order to increase the
melioWness of the tone
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24

Every good citizen should subscribe
to his home paper. The Chief viii
be delivered to you weekly for only
50 year.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
A favorable report was made

A favorable report was made by
the senate fisheries committee on
Senator Thornton's bill appropriating
$50 900 to establish a government fish
hatchery in Louisiana. Location Of
the institution is left to the Bureau
of Fisheries of the Department of
Commerce. The favorable report Of
the committee practically assures the
appropriation being made at this ses-
sion,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24

/ closing of the bayou was a detri
ment instead of an advantage. True
| numerous lands were reclaimed an(
tie labor OF the tlller OF the soil is
| apparent today, where heretofore
1t was unthought OF and never ex
! pected, but the benefits obtained
| will not be done away with by sub.
stltuJlng the dam with locks.
With the locks established it is
reasonable to suppose Bayou La.
hourche will be link in the inter
coastal canal from the Mississippi
| to- the Rio Grande, and this in it.
SELF is worth much Shorter con-
nection will be had with the Missis-
sIppl river and all points thereon;
the necessity of using shallow toll
cannals will be obvlated. and the
commercial value Of bayou Lafourche
Will DE restored to what it was pre-
Vlous to the damming OF the stream; !;
che stagnation OF its waters prevent
ed, and all other purposes to which
it was put when it was tributary,
unobstructed, OF the great Father OF
Waters, returned to us.
With the construction of locks the
necessity for levees viii not again be
Imperative; the stream with it's
banks. as it is today, can be per-
mltteu to remain, and wherever there
are leyees they can be removed with
greater assurances OF their useless
ness.
The dam at the head of the bayou
gave considerable worry and trouble
last season, during the high water,
and quite an amount of money was
spent trying to prevent a break;
therefore with the locks instead OF
dam, protection will be four
times greater than under present CON
ditions and all advantages Of a nayi-
gable stream will be duly restored
US,
The Chamber of Commerce in en-
dorsIngz the movement for the ear
~ construction and completion of
the locks but volced the mind of
ene majority of the people along the
stream, and this action is received by
the people IN general with the prop
er spIrlt. We have always con-
tendea the locks Should be built,
and since our first breath have Join
ed IN any movement tending to
agitate the question to a point where
efforts would be forced, apda,. the
our mind on this matter, as well
our public and open endorsements
years ago. Anything that tends to
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24

The Chiefs telephone number Is
"a. Call us up whenever you have
any item Of news,