The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-07-11

sioner of Public Health and Safety
Ideally located at the junction OF
the Father Of Rivers with the La.
fourche, DonaldsonVille at once com.
bines within itself all the advantages
of city and country alike. Readily
accessible to all points, surrounded
by the most fertile Soil in the coun.
try, can any place afford better op.
portunities for development?
Alive at all times to every move.
nent for progress and advancement
enjoying commission form of gov.
eminent, its people stand eve1
ready to aid in the building up OF
any industry which capital may see
fst 10 embark in. Here the proyer.
bial southern hospitality finds its
best expression in the sincere, cor
dial welcome which awaits every
stranger. Indeed, there can be no
strangers, SO quickly is the Welcom-
ing hand extended, SO rapidly is the
spirit Of good-felloWship disseminated
Wherever one turns evidences are
found that this is no idle boast To
welcome the stranger and to care for
his wants, for a city of its size
some five thousand people-Donald-
sonviile offers everything that could
be desired. A modern hotel equip
ped with all the conveniences, an
attractive Elks' Home, excellent
schools, public and private, churches
for all denominations, an abundance
of the best drinking water in the
world, ample shipping facilities
these enumerate but few OF the
conveniences which are to be found
in this progressive city.
But in possibilities. Donaldsonville
is rich indeed. The awakening spirit
manifested here and the surrounding
country is fast making these pos
slbil ties actual lies.
With this point as centre, we
here find radfating in every direction
facilities which can scarcely be du-
plicated anywhere. On the opposite
side Of the river in the New River
section We find an agricultural high
school, one of the first in the state,
whose pupils have repeatedly won
honors in every contest entered in
to; and farms owned by sturdy white
men. who, following the splendid ex-
ample set by the agricultural high
school, have made wonderful strides
forward with their fine cotton and
corn producing lands.
-Four dipping vats have started the
parish on to early eradication of the
tick and the quick development Of
this section for cattle. Wonderful
clover fields surround Donaldsonville
on every side, pointing out the possi-
bilities in cattle and swine. Within
walking distance of the city are to be
found hog farms where the best type
of the Duroc-Jersey are being devel-
oped. That truck of every imagin-
able description will grow here was
demonstrated when on a small portion
Of a city lot there was brought forth
recently in contest thirty-fiVe diff
ferent varieties of green vegetables
The production assured, the mar
keting has been taken care of by the
organization of a truck growers as
sociation through whose agency the
farmer is enabled to secure the top
prices at the various markets. Con-
nected by ferry with the Mississippi
Valley Railroad and Frisco system,
and on the main line of the Texas &
Pacific and Missouri Pacific Rail
roads, with the great river at it's
door to regulate freight rates, the
farmer and manufact1r alike find
here shipping facilities to every Sec
tioa of the country, with the ever
present assurance that the rates
charged will be always low.
Gravel roads leading into the coun-
try in every direction, with an in
tetrurban electric line now in course
of projection down Bayou La
fourche, the most thickly populated
section of the state, there is
the making here of a great city.
possessed of many convent
ences which larger cities have yet to
secure, DonaldsonVi1Ie presents a
most attractive invitation to any one
seeking a place where life is well
worth the living, and the living is
well worth the while.