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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
u. S. Experiments May Lower eoSe
of Building Levees.

If an experiment in leVee rein.
forcement with the use OF guhites
a mixture of about equal quantities
of sand and cement, with water
added at the moment of application,
which is being made by Major z. U.
Sheriff., United States army engineer
in charge Of the Fourth MISSISSIPPI
River Leyee District, proves a sue
cess. the work of holding the ieVees
against the floods will have been re-
volutionized and Major Sheriff. VIII
have reduced the cost OF leVee re-
enforcement 20 to Is cents per GU
bic yard, says the New orleans
States. The experiment is pelns
conducted at Fairfield plantatloh'
about six miles above new orleans
on the jefferson parish side, Wnere
fifty men are engaged IN applying
'gunite' to a section OF leVee tllat
is being built in depression 9oo
feet long, half of which Will be re-
inforced with the new substance ana
the other half constructed by the
old methods.
When the Ieyee sections are COM
pleted water will be turned into the
depression and allowed to rise to a
mark higher than the highest flood
stage known. After it has STOOD
against the levee for several months
a comparison will be made OF It's
effect upon the section treated with
s.gunite' and that built in the Old
fashioned way. The federal govern.
ment is financing the experiment
and is watching the test with deep
interest.
The method of applying the
'gunite'' is unique, being done with
what may be called a cement gun,
an odd sort of a machine resembling
somewhat good-sjzed sheet-lron
stove Dry sand and cement IN about
equal parts are poured into the hop
per of the gun, which, by means OF
compressed air, discharges the mix
ture with lightning rapldity through
a long rubber tube into the spaces
between pilings driven twenty feet
into the ground and projecting about
four inches above the base OF the
levee, over which chicken-Wire has
been strung.
Water reaches the cement and sand
through another nozzle at the mo-
ment of application. The gun pours
the mixture over the. surface until a
solid base has been formed for the
leVee. Gravel is then poured on the
sides and again the gun is brought
into play, until the gravel has a COW
ering of several inches OF the cement
mixture. AS the work of the gun
proceeds strips about four feet wide
are made and panels inserted, until
the levee is practically a solid ce-
ment structure,
Invented about six years ago, the
cement gun has been used on river
work only in Hawaii, where the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
used it for lining irrigation canals.
1t has also been used on the Pana-
ma Canal, the New York Central
terminal station, the Woolworth build,
ing and the Croton aqueduct in New
York, in the construction of large
reservoirs in San Francisco and Nash,
vile, viaducts in Spain, and in other
works.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

~ Y VIRTUE OF and in obedience
to an order Of sale, to effect {
partition, issued by the above named
court in the above entitled and mum
bered cause, and to me directed.
Will offer for sale at public auction
to the last and highest bidder, &C
cordlng to law, at the principal front
door of the courthouse of the parish
OF Ascension, in the town of Donald
sonville, on
SATURDAY, JUNE ,27, 1914,
at II O'Clock a. m., the following de,
scrlbed property, to-Wit:
A certain tract of land situated in
the parish of Ascension, on the left
bank of the Mississippi river, about
four miles above the town of OAR
row, nine arpents front on said riY-
er by the depth thereto belonging,
between lines conyerging to point
IN the rear, containing about forty
five arpents, more or less; bounded
above by lands of Henry Heyman,
and below by those Of R. W. Wilmot;
together With all the buildings and
thereon and thereunto
belonging, and all the rights. ways
and serVitudes thereto appertaining;;
being a part of a larger tract of
and acquired by John D. Cantey of
by act before Felix Rey-
laud. notary public, on the 21st day
II February, 1865, duly recorded in
he archives OF this parish in Book
# Conveyances No. Is, page 128 ct
eq.
Terms and condItions-Cas in
United States currency.
E. c.. HANSON,
Sheriff, Parish of Ascension.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
NOTICE TO MORTGAGE
CREDITORS,

Donaldsonville, La, May is, 1914.
conformity with Section So of Act
to all parties holding mortgages upon
real estate located in the parish of AS
csnslon on which taxes for the year
nineteen thirteen have not been paid,
tnat will begin the sale of the same
at the courthouse door on SATURDAY
JUNE 20, 1914, at II o'clock a. m.
and that number of pieces of property
SO deilnquent are now being advertised
law. preparatory to such sale. The At.
teRtion OF mortgage creditors is especial
~ called to these advertisements Of tax
sIaes, and they are warned to take such
essafy to protect their rights.
shon.&s e. C. HANSON,
sheriff and ex-officio Tax Collector
Parish of Ascension. eoii0e'oA'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
Death Of Senator Bradley.

Hon, William o. Bradley, United
States senator from Kentucky, died
at Washington the evening of May
% after lingering illness, aggravat-
ed by a fall from which he sustain
ed severe injuries. Although a life
long Republican in one of the strong
est Democratic states of the Union,
Mr.. Bradley was elected governor in
1895, and was chosen United States
senator in 1908 by a legislature with
small Democratic majority. He was
once the choice of the Kentucky del
egation to a Republican national con-
yent.on for president, and several
times was proposed for vice presi-
dent, receiving loo votes for that
nomination IN one national con
Vention. He was an orator of I'M
usual ability and man OF ire
proachable character
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

,a,r DonaldsonVille, La, May q, 1914.
~ Office is hereby given to the PROPERTY g own
" ers OF the parish of Ascension that the LIST
ing Of the property OF said parish has been com ON
On by the assessor in accordance with law ana
the SAID lists will be exposed in the office OF the
assessor for inspection and correction for the I,
term O. @ twenty days beginning on the 25th day
june. inclusive. A. 4. Killing, Assessor =
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RggB-MY-TlS

Will cure your RheurrlaI.,,s,
Neuralgia, Headaches, : glaln asd
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, lals 81
Burns, Old Sores, Stings q lnss -.
Etc. Antiseptie AnodyHe, ussa a..
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No. 6 6 s

lhIs 10 prescription prepared especially
1oT MALARIA or cHIlLs g. FEuER
FIVE or six doses will break any case. and
u taken then as q tonic the Fever will not
sesurn. + acts on the liver better than
Gasonaea snd does not grippe og sicken. Csc
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

The federal governments cotton re-
port for May rs gives the average
condition of the crop at 743 of nor
NAL, the lowest average reported on
this date for a number of years. The
staple has advanced considerably in
price as result of the govern
ments' estimate.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

A referendum vote of the $4,000
railway engineers and firemen on
ninety eight roads west of Chicago
is to be taken to determine whether
a strike shall be resorted to because
of a refusal Of the demands of the
trainmen for increased wages and new
working conditions. The commit
tee of general managers represent
ing the railways in the controversy
claim that the concessions asked by
the engineers and firemen would
augment train operating expenses ap-
proximately fifty per cent, and that
the roads are in no condition to
stand such an increase
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
SURVEYOR.

ID J. LeGardeur, Jr., Surveyor, Ma
He po1eonyilIe, La, Practices in all
the parishes of this section. Tele-
phone No. 81, Napoleonville ex-
change.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

The revenue Of the Columbus
(Ga.) Board of Trade one year ago
was $4,000, and this year it is s1O,-
600. A campaign is now being con-
Quoted to increase it to $4,000 an
nually. Plans are under way for a
suitable building for permanent ex-
hibits of Columbus-maGe articles and
agricultural products.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

CALER G. WEBER, ATTORNEY AT Law
~ AND NOTARY PUBLIC Office in Rail
road avenue. opposite the Donaldsonville
High School. Telephone 1922.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

Be fair to your city and yourself
Your money was made here-spend il
here. Outside stores contribute moth
ing to the upbuilding of this com
munity. The merchants here do. Re-
member this and buy in Donaldson
vile.
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NON RESIDENTS


First Police Jury Ward-AtchafaIaya
Basin Levee District.
REYNOLDS, ". B.. vac lot 4.
SO II, Port Barrow. Assess
second Police Jury Ward-AtchafaIaya
Basin Levee District.
Gomez, Mrs Nichols, 1 and
S0-1o0 acres, impd, b
alb and bel by Falcon. AS
sessment $3.50. Taxes. ..s3.ss
Fourth Police Jury Ward-Lafourche
Basin Levee District.
Barton, Mrs. Cora NJ, / and
2b-l00 acres, impd, b III
T. alb by Rateau, bel by Ves-
slef, Assessment $1,000. Taxes, s25. Sc
Seventh Police Jury Ward-pontcnar-
train Levee District.
Webb, Mrs. Matte. 80 acres,
lmpd, e IL of 10 of n e
IL, sec22-10-3. Assessment
s220.. Taxes. 40
Eighth Police Jury Ward-Pontchar-
train Levee District.
LeftWich, Mrs. D. c.. 81 and
s Seclo sa acres, impd, fra Ct,
acres, impd lot Il. sec l.
SO. As'ment $40. Taxes. s27. 81
And on said day of sale I will sell
such portions of said property as each
"a Tax aeotor shall point out, and in case
me ia.t tax debtor will not point out suffi-
out further delay sell the least auanfitv
of said property of any tax debtor
which any bidder will buy for the
amount Of taxes, interest and costs due
oy SAID debtor, the sale to be without
appraisement, for cash, in legal tender
money of the United States, and the
property sold shall be redeemable at
any time for the space of one year. By
paylng the price given. including costs
and twenty per cent thereon
e. c. HANSON, Sheriff.
SfeTiff.s Office, Ascension Parish. La.
May Is, 1914 ~, - !,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

- J. VEGA, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND
DE Notary PUBLIC. Office, 313 Nichols
avenues. Telephone 81.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

GNR. J. ID. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
~ flee and residence: Lessard street
between Nichols avenue and lberville
street. Telephone Sd.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

AR. L. HI. HANSON, PHYSICIAN Of
~ fee: Railroad avenue, between Clal-
borne and Opelousas streets. Phone 24G.
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PROBES SIGNAL
PHYSICIANS

II X. SIMS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ie Office in Houmas street, between
tberville street and Crescent Place. Iele-
phone 80.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
Texas & Pacific Rally
Time Table

PASSENGER TRAINS GOING EAST.
No. 5a-Cannon 5G A. M.
No 54-New Orleans mail-------------2.osP P. n
NJ INSTRUMENTATION ----8.25 A. NJ
No s0-"Early Bird ----a55 P. M.
PASSENGER TRAINS GOING WEST
No. 51-Texas fast mali 9.5z p M
NJ 5o-Tayas ernress 305 P. NJ.
~ Observation-Disclosures -7.49 P. NJ.
No so-'fEarlv Rird,' 1O.I0 A. NJ.
LARoURCaE BRANCH.
No. 63-Leaves for Thibodaux- 90 P. NJ.
No. 64-Arrves from Thibodaux- s.l5 A. M
No. 65-Leaves for Thibodaux- 10 A. NJ.
No. 8e-A-rives from Thibodaux- P. M.
NAPoLEoNv1LLE BRANCH.
No. e3-Leayes for Napoleonville-- Bop. M
No. s4-Arrives from Napoieonville-- 70 A. M.
No 95-Lea yes for NapoleonviLle- -----10.35 A. M
No. 08-Arrlves from decentralization NJ
Local freight trains each way daily,
Sunday excepted.
l. B. MATTINGLY. Local Agent.
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SHERiFF'S SALE.

For results, advertise in The Chief.
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SPECIALISTS

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~ AND THROAT SPECIALIST. Eyeglasses
fitted. Office hours: a. m. to l p. M, 2
to S p. m. Office, No. 121 Railroad ave-
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Attractive stationery is the only
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ATTORNEYS AND NoTARIEs
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
State of Louisiana-Parish of Ascen
sion-Twenty-S Seventh Judicial
District Court.
L. W. Armitage
VS.. No. 220O

R. A. Cantey ct ais.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

The police jury OF the parish OF AS
cension met this day at the courthouse.
i'm, regular session, and was called &c
order at II o'clock M. Present: Adolphe
Meter, president, third ward; K y
Spain. first ward; JIM. Curse, Jr., sec
ond ward; c. Fl. Landry, fourth ward;
L. W. ArInitage, firth ward; Leon New
man, sixth ward; c. N. Gautreau, sey-
entn ward; q. j. Causey, eighth ward
the minutes of the last regular meet
ing, dated March 20, 1914, and the spe-
cial meeting OF April II. 1914, We're read
approved and signed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20

ADOLPHE METER,
c. H. LANDRY, SR.,
LEON NEWMAN,
Finance Committee.
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10
CLEANER CITY
UP TO WOMEN
Those Of Better Glass Worst
! Offenders.
DON'T BLAME UH1IOY MAN.

Virtue and cissnIinsss Can't Dc Lee.
isistsd Int Psepls-Ws'ss Mad on
the Subject Of Making Laws and
Quite indifferent 10 Gnsseeine Them.
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10

zens; we are chronic breakers OF the
law. We adore the order that we ind
In European cities and wonder why
we cant have Il here. That order IL
imposed from authority above: here II
must come from within n II comes ut
oil. IL we don't like thnt kind Of self
government we may so and live else.
where. but while we are here we must
abide by our self made rules II we
would have order and good health.
Enforcement Of the rules Of sanitation
lies With the woman ut the head Of the
house.
The womnn's Municipal league IL
making propaganda for cleaner city
by disseminating information about
the rules aud regulations which we
would follow II we tried 90 he law
abiding citizens. II Il divided Into sec.
tions, each Of which II cnptnincd and
organized like separate county 10 a
state aud through which the work Il
being done. one of the most recent
activities " the league was the meas.
uring of ash cans. which revealed q
very distressing state OF afYairs-to
wit. that the greater number were
diversified and only imposed upon the
cliy's asb can bumper harder task
than his should be-.
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10
SPREADING GOSPEL OF
CLEANLINESS.

=, Vns scope o' cleanup gay W
New Yorh eny 70 os'no ~'dsnso.
= SPECIAL ny9en'e program 'or
sehoo'boy athletes prom'nsnt IN
cleaning up the town has been
arrsn9sa az 'ono~s'
Go TO bed at y o'clock s''er
norou9n WASH ana q eo,o
splash over ehet ana "unh'
seruo TEEN ana gums wen.
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10
Children In German City Show
Deep interest
OHIO MAYOR IMPRESSED.
Most Of cty's Refuse carted Away
While Town 10 Asleep-speeisIly
Trained Men Look After Asphalt.
Regular Force Of Nearly a Thousand
Cleaners.

With almost every city and town In
the United States preparing for Its
spring cleaning. attention has beon at.
tracted to the methods OF cleaning
house adopted by the important cities
OF Europe.
In no European town perhaps nre
the methods more interesting than In
the thriving German city 81 Hamburg.
where carefully trained children help
to keep the city beautiful Writing
from that place. United States Consul
Robert T. skinner says that the mayor
OF one OF the large cities of Ohio who
visited Hamburg was much impressed
with the important part performed by
the children IN keeping the city clean
lie departed from the city. Mr.. Skin
ncr says. convinced that the cleaning
Of streets and sidewalks I'm Germany
II n much lighter task than In cities
Of the same size In the United States
because Of the orderly habits OF the
people themselves.
suction street sweeping devices"
continues Mr.. skinner. are practical.
~ unknown In Germany. Hamburg
itself owns horse drawn swccpers only.
although for about nine mouths two
electric motor swccpers have been In
use. These. however. do not yet be-
long 10 the city and are being employ.
ell cSperimcntnlly. They have not CIV
On satisfaction and have been under
repair more than three months. These
motor driven swcepers fail to work
well Ia this city because the pave
ments. NJ rule. are not very smooth.
nnd the mechanism OF the swecpcrs N
dernnged by the shaking u receives
Recently the front wheels OF these
swccpers nave been provided Wild rup
Der tlrcs' ana they pave worked more
satisfactorily
Cleans 1870 Streets.
"The Hamburg street cleaning de-
pnrtmcnt cleans and when necessary
sprinkles nil city streets. makes re-.
pairs. maintains relief stations. re-
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10
Oy MRS. 9. n. HCWITT,


sy MRS. q. \. HEWITT.
4rssident OF womsn's Municipal league
New York city.
The women who don't meet their
own little responsibilities are often
the very ones who nrc ON the lookout
for bigger ones.
It's bore 10 see that our own ash
cans are OF the right size. and It's 80
much more Interesting TO hustle nbout
and make the public conscious OF It's
responsibility nhout something.
We women ~ the better class are
the worst Offenders, because we know
what We ought 10 do. ana we don't do
IT, Somehow We feel outside Uf III,
law. The poor IRE male to feel It's re-
strictlons much more sharply.
Cleanliness r. M Instinct with WON
en- that has survived IN spite Of the
fact that We nrp M fundamentally lazy
and many are untldy II has survived.
] think. because n makes for health.
! don't blame the men for being un.
tidy. because II isn't their fault. We
haven't brought them NJ properly. nni
nature didn't make them so 10 begin
with, We haven't been stern enough
with them. For one thing. we don't
make them ashamed 10 look us In the
eye when they come into the house Just
after throwing cigar away In the
street before entering, We don't OBJ
Ject TO their lazy ways so long as they
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10

Evsrybody's DOM II.
Everybody clean up; don't let the rubbish
lie.
Everybody clean up and chase the typhoid
fly.
Clean your yard with all your might.
Everybody clean up, and clean up right
Bangi Slant Bingi
II you want to clean up leave no rubbish
there.
Everybody does II and every one should
Everybody stir about and clean up any
how.
Everybody elsan Up nowi f,t
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10
The Good Citizens DecalOgue

Frsemember thy garbage TO keep covered lest thy
garbage become stencil the nos Of the people and breed
flies.
Second-Thou shalt the weeds in thy vacant lot lest be-
hiding place for old tin which catch water and breed
mosquitoes; papers and divers sort Of trash.
ThdThou shalt bear witness against thy neighbours rub
bish heap, likewise his dirty back yard.
FourhThou shalt clean out the habtaton Of thy horses and
Thy frequently lest the stable fly aouheth and spread .fan
tile paralysis and the househy breed by the touand and millions
thee and thy beast and produce much sickness thy
family
Fh-Thou shalt prevent the breeding Of the fly in the spring
time that thy children unto the third and fourth generation need
him later
SxhRemember thy back yard and alley to keep them Clean
Six days shalt thou labor to keep thy premises clean and
the task not accomplished thou coud do than continue
the seventh.
shalt cOve all the air and sunshine thou canst
obtain.
EghthLook not upon the milk when comeh from the
clean dairy for the doctor will hold thee ge thy infant
sickeneth therefrom and die.
Nnth-Remember thy cleaning up day and keep wholly.
Tenth thou dos harken unto these sayings to do them
thou shalt live long in the land.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-30
Organizing in the Country

I'VE must organize in the country"
Following out this dictum of Ambass-
ador Walter H. Page, the conference
for education in the south, which will
meet at Louisville, Ky, April 10,
will make a systematic attempt to Or
ganiZe the social, economic and educa-
tional forces in the rural districts of
the United States.
Those in charge of the Louisville
meeting believe that the way to organ
iZe is to organize, instead of merely
talking about it, the way various
groups of farmers, business men, coun-
try women, preachers, doctors editors
and school workers, just as if they
were organizing permanently. They
will adopt constitution and bylaws,
and go through the regular order Of
business of cooperative associations
so that those present will be able to
start similar organizations in their
home communities.
The leaders will bring blank forms
used in their work to show all import
ant details of managing cooperative
enterprises. Experienced workers
will conduct clubs for boys and girls.
There will be demonstrations of the
country home, showing the farm house
it's equipment, it's activities and it's
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-30

industries, and school and church
demonstrations to show what cO-opera-
tive efforts can do in these fields to-
ward producing an efficiently organ
rural community To mark the COM
plete harmony between the work Of
the chool and the work of the COM
munity the Southern Educational AS
sociation, with membership COM
posed of representative teachers and
school officials, will hold joint meet
ing with the conference.
THE Conference for Education in
the South is unique among education
al meetings. declares DR.. P. P. Clax-
ton, United States Commissioner of Ed
cation. Its discussions are not con-
fined to educational theory, school or
ganization, and schoolroom practice
but include rather the broader prob
lens of education in their relation to
industrial and commercial life. Every
question on the program is considered
with reference to its application to
life and conditions in the Southern
States. This gives the Conference
a peculiar value, not only for those in
terested in the general problems OF
education and life in the South, but
also for those with similar interes,
elsewhere.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-30

Herbert c. Smyth, one of the most
able attorneys in New York, has been
notified of his appointment as special
prosecutor for the government in it's
move against the American Tobacco
company's dismembered parts. The
tobacco company has been notified that
unless the Metropolitan Tobacco COM
pany against which the prosecution is
specifically aimed, comes to the front
and cented with a plan Of dissolution
by Monday next. prosecution under the
Sherman law will commence. The
Metropolitan Tobacco company is the
largest tobacco jobbing house in the
world. The independents charge that
since the dissolution of the trust the
Metropolitan alone has been able to
get from the four newly created COM
panies that succeeded the 'dissolu-
ton" OF the trust, jobbng prices on
tobacco. 1t is charged that the Metro
politan has been given practically a
monopoly on the sale of tobacco.