The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-08-29
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Chief is not responsible for the
views expressed by correspondents.

The Chief is not responsible for tn
views expressed by correspondents.
Seventh Ward Volunteers VS.. New
River Drainage.
Edenborn, La, Aug 20, 1914.
Editor Chief:
Away out in the jungles of" Ascen
sion parish is yillage-Gonzales Oh
Edenborn - the "petit;oned' domlcIlt
of political party known as the
"Volunteers," affiliated with the
"Boss Rule and having the follow
ing officers: Joe Dillpickles,s Eddie
Shopper and Lucien Smears. This po
litical party have petition" PLANK
in their platform and are chronic
kickers. They, no doubt, will "pet1
ton the waters OF the Atlantic to
stand still, and petition the great
armies of Europe to surrender
Somebody's private funds are back.
ing these numerous petitions, and
somebody is going to squeal equal to
the cannons in Europe.
They have s'petitioned" Mr.. Eden
born to change the name of his depot
to that of Gonzales. They have
"petitioned' the illiterate voters of
the New River Drainage District to
defer the drainage proposition in
definitely, misrepresenting the true
facts to the uninformed, claiming that
the people will be forced to pay one
years taxes in advance, Wn1ch IS
| absurd.
These petitions are false and err
.roneous, and are not worth the pa
per they are written on. The drain
| age proposition was placed before the
people for due consideration, passed,
and became law. The engineers
are here and have been at work for
some time. So why not complete
the job so necessary to our welfare?
1t is the fact beyond doubt that
| the New River country is in a de-
plorable condition. Drainage, and
nothing but good drainage, will ever
redeem the numerous deserted fields
and flooded roads and make them
serviceable. The entire country
looks as one forsaken in crevasse
| times. With higher lands above us,
| this place serves as a reservoir for
| bayou has no banks, and is cOngest-
ed with logs, trees and decayed yege-
tation, rendering it impossible to car
ry off the vast amount of surplus wa
ter flowing into it from the surround
ing country, which backs up into
large bitches and destroys the crops
On low lands. The stencil from this
stagnant water and decayed Vegeta-
tion is obnoxious in the extreme-a
breeding nest for the stegomyia with
fevers of typhoid and malaria.
The United States mail is block
AIDED, the routes deranged At this
writing the water will run into ones
buggy. 1t is a true fact that one
Of these drainage "kickers'' sought
national aid through United States
senator at Washington for the drain
age of the New River country, but
the idea was abandoned for the rea-
son that the bayou is not naviga-
BILE stream.
AT this time these "Volunteers'
have petitioned that they ard not
ready to meet the drainage tax
They will never be ready to meet
any tax, Or have anything but mort
gage creditors unless these absurd
petitions are dropped and personal at
tention paid to their individual busi-
ness affairs.
The business farmer is better pre-
pared to meet his drainage tax now
than ever before The European war
is sending prices soaring on all
kinds of produce, beef and pork.
With the reclamation of these fer
tile lands and personal attention paid
to farming, stock and poultry raising,
this section would be one of the rich
est in the south, and its people
healthy. The writer is proud to pay
taxes on over three hundred acres of
land Zone hundred acres to be re
claimed through this drainage). We
have lived through all these strenu-
GUS years Of light finances, paid
taxes and prevented starvation, and
as stated before, We are better pre-
pared now than ever to meet the
drainage tax, owing to the advance
in prices On all produce.
Those who oppose drainage in this
country have not the welfare of the
community at heart, but are an idle
set Of non -progressives. 1t is to be
hoped the New River citizens will
and these erroneous petitions view
the matter in it's true light and
exert their own reasoning capacity
in determining their future pros
perity. We know the essentials of
Our country better than anyone can
tell us, and there is no law to force
one to pay taxes in advance All
proffered industries have been reject
ed, alas, and anon We have nothing
but a great" petition and candi-
date for commit the-man
Send in your tax bills, Mr.. Sheriff.
Sleep on, Volunteers. The drain
age bill has passed, will be enforced,
and you will pay the tax Hence,
ich-ka-bibble the petitions.
SEVENTH WARD TAXPAYER.
Mother Follows Son to Grave.
The remains of Richard n Rond |