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The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY

DUBLIC NOTICE IS neFeDy
Il by the police jury of the pa
Ascension, state of Louisian
it is the intention of the polio
of the parish of Ascension, LOUIS
to fund into bonds amounting to s
sum Of S17,500 the fve-eightns " Z,
one mill avails of the ten-mill parish
tax, at special meeting of the ponce
jury to be held February z, III {, a.
II o'clock a. M, under the proTls lolls ;
of the following resolution adopted g:
at the regular meeting of the poill1Ig ~
jury of the parish Of ASCENSION heiu
January 1o, 1917: 4ha
Whereas, there appears from sne
budget of the police jury OF tae pa pa.
ish of Ascension for the fiscal yea
1916-1917, adopted at the meeting y
the police jury on September = -, :,
1915, and subsequent amenaIhsns, = :
made to said budget, that there y q =
surplus avaiIs of the ten-mlil Apalish
tax levied at said meeting of sepeei:ni1r u
ber Id. 1916, which surplus. Wiii
amount to a sum in excess Of iive-
eichths of one mill Of the total 50 ~
sessment of the parish for ths
1916; therefore
Be it resolved by the police
the parish of Ascension, L
that due public notice be g1v9
the president Of the police jury
it is the intention OF the police
Of the parish of Ascension to fun
said five-eighths of one mil q
\ Sten-mill parish tax provided b
ticle 232 of the constitution
state of Louisiana, into bonds
sum Of seventeen thousand tlYa
dred dollars (s17, 500, under a
virtue of the provisions OF parag
d of article 281 Of the constitution Q
Louisiana, for the purpose OF con
strl1cting public highways in the par
ish Of Ascension.
Be it further resolved, that IN sal' 4,
notice of intention to fund said avail
If the ten-nill tax due notice shall b.
given that on Wednesday, Februar.
Z 1917. at II o'clock a. M, the pol1c'
iury of the parish of Ascension VII
meet in special session for the pur
pose of issuing bonds to the extent {, Q
s17,500, and OF funding said aVall
Of fve-eighths of one mill OF the ten
mill parish tax for said purpose.
LEON NEWMAN,
President Of the Police Jury.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Jasnin Tobias, with
characteristic generosity and thought
fulness, have donated seven window
shades to be placed in ward 46 of the
New Orleans Charity Hospital, as an
evidence of their appreciation of a
kindness recently rendered them by
that institution. They are in receipt
of letter from uDr. S. w. Stafford,
superintendent of the hospital, ac-
knowledging the gift and cordially
thanking them for their manifesto
ton of gratitude and good will.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
Reduced Rates to New Orleans
Return Via Valley Route.

The Burnside and Donaldsonville
Packet Company announces that 1T
will hereafter sell special weekend
tickets to New Orleans and return kia
the steamer Virgie and Missis oi
Valley route, at the rate of So. 'r
the round trip from Donaldsol
These tickets will be sold on thVSoat
Saturday afternoon and Sunday
morning, and are good for return up
to and including the train leaving
New Orleans at 2:55 o'clock Monday
afternoon.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

From far-off Cuba P. Alex. A. Poche
sends the Chief New Year greetings
and good wishes, in the shape of an
attractive card printed in the Span
ish language and embellished with a
photograph of the immense new Cen
trail Agramonte sugar factory at
Florida, province of Camaguey, which
was erected under the supervision of
Mr.. Poche. We assure friend Alex.
that his Fluctuations are cordially re-
ciprocated.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
BOND ISSUE FOR LOCKS.
Appropriation aG $15o,o00 Voted by
Lafourcf1e Leyee Board.

The old board Of commissioners o
the Lafourche Basin Levee Distric
held their final quarterly meeting
Thursday at the Office of the organiza
ton in this city, with the following
members present: Robert C. Martin
Jr., Assumption; F. B. Lemann, AS
cension; Clerville Himel, St. James
George Lorio, St. Charles; Charles
Viering, jefferson; R. Perez, Plaque
mines.
". D. Beraud and Eugene Dumez
recently appointed to membership OF
the board by Gov. Pleasant as the
representatives Of Lafourche and 81
John parishes, respectively, presented
their credentials and took their seats;
succeeding J. F. Wigginton, of Bowie,
former president of the board, ana "A
Champaigne, of Edgard. Messrs
Wigginton and Champagne We're
present at the meeting, as We're aiso
Chief State Engineer F. NJ. Kerr, AS
sistant Engineer John kloref,, ana a
number of representatives OF the sew
eral firms which submitted bids for
the purchase of the $250,0O0 BOND IS
sue advertised for sale by the board.
President Wigginton having retired
as member of the board by reason
of the qualification Of his successor,
Mr.. Himel was elected temporary
chairman.
Mavor Walter Lemann of Donald
sonville appeared before the board to
urge the voting of an appropriation
toward the construction of locks in
Ravou Lafourche at Donaldsonville.
He pointed out that the board is on
record as having agreed to do its
share toward financing this project,
and stated that the taxpayers of the
district would expect the body to full
fill it's obligation. After a general
discussion of the matter the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, that for the purpose of
supplying funds for the construction
of a lock at the head of Bayou La
fourche, in conjunction with the At
chafalaya Basin Levee District, this
board do issue $150,000 of serial
bonds, and to that end th at ADVERTISE
ments be at once inserted iWsuch pa
pers as the finance committee of the
board may determine for bids for the
purchase from the board of $15O,O0O
of serial five pep cent gold bonds in
denominations of $1,000 and $500,
each, to mature serally in five to ten
years from date, bearing interest
from date; said bonds to be issued in
accordance with the provisions Of
Act 9 of 1900, as amended by Act IA
of 1916.
''Resolved further, that the finance
committee of the board be and the
same is hereby authorized to fix the
terms and conditions upon which bids
will be received and the bonds is
sued"
Proposals for the purchase of the
$25O,O00 bond issue previously ad-
vertised for sale by the board were
opened, as follows:
John E. Sutherlin and Powell,
Garard & Co., Kansas City, Mo-, par
and accrued interest to date of de-
livery of bonds, with premium of
$4,000 and payment for printing of
bonds.
RudAlph, Kleybolte & Co., Gin
Ainnat Ohio, $245,ooo and accrued
pteres@
First Trust and SAVING Bank,
hago, ILL.,, par III accru aRasatk;
premium an & aaz
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

A bill to prohibit the sale of in
toxicating liquors in the District of
Columbia passed the national senate
by vote of SIS to SO, and the friends
of the measure are confident it will
be approved by the lower house of
congress.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Stewards baby
daughter was christened at the Cath
olic church last Saturday, being CIV
en- the name of Gladys Margaret. The
sponsors were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Gisclard.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
Farm Loan Association at Gonzales.

At a meeting held at Gonzales Jan.
3. a farm loan association of seven
teen members was organized with the
following officers: E. Z. Reynolds,
president; Wade Singletary, vice pres
ident; K. E. Causey, secretary. Di-
rectors were named as follows: Hen
nv Martin, chairman; r. A. Gonzales,
L. P. st. Amant, J. R. Singletary, B.
e. Causey. Appraisers: r. A. Con
zales, u. S. Martin, E. B. Causey.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

Col. Henry G. Hester, the veteran
secretary of the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange, was reelected to that Of
fec Tor his forty-seventh yearly term
Hast month.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

Eat your Sunday dinner at the
Catholic fair. John Schaff has
charge of the culinary department of
the festival, which means that delicl-
Gus meals will be served. Turtle
soup and chicken sauce piquante will
be features of the tempting menu.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
TREsPASS NOTICE.

Donaldsonville, La, Jan. 13, 1s17.
NYoTICE is hereby given that no hunting
NV or trespassing of any kind is allowed
on the properties of the Lemann 70
Ltd. Anyone found violating this reguia-
tjon will be prosecuted to the fullest extent
of the law. LEMANN CO., LTD.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

Heno Mo1lere, of Plaquemine, for
merly of Port Barrow, paid Donald
sonville hurried visit Thursday fore
noon. Mr.. Mollere found time dur
ing his brief stag here to drop in
at the Chief Office and square up his
subscription account.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
WANTED.

VoUNG MARRIED MAN as bookkeeper
and stenographer. Must be familiar
with modern accounting methods. state
salary expected and experience. Give ref
erences as to character and ability Ad-
dress S. l.. p, care this paper.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

the police jurors of the first, eonX
third and fourth wards are herd$y glv
en- full power and authority to carrs5
out the provisions of this ordinanceA
and to provide the distances at whicN
the trees are to be set out, and Il
kind to be planted, and to do even
thing needful to carry out the plf-
poses of this ordinance.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
this ordinance shall go into effect at
once.
The ordinance was seconded by &
Tobias, and on roll-call adopted by a
vote OF s yeas and no nays.
A petition was received from resi-
dents of Darrow, complaining of the
ferry service between Donaldson
vile and Darrow, and callingAp the
jury's attention as an instan8 that
on one Of the school days the pupils
of Darrow were kept on the Donald
sonville side until after o'clSek to
enable the ferry to replace the Virgie
on one Of it's Burnside trips. They
petitioned for relief from the jury.
On motion, duly seconded and car
ried, the secretary Of the jury was
directed to communicate with the
Burnside -Donaldsonville Packet Co.,
calling attention to this complaint,
and directing the company to strict
ly comply with it's franchise.
Mr.. Armitage offered the following
resolution:
Whereas, there appears from the
budget of the police jury of the par
ish of Ascension for the fiscal yasr
1916-1917, adopted at the meeting of
the police jury on September ID,
1916, and subsequent amendments
made to said budget, that there is
surplus avails of the ten-mill parish
tax levied at said meeting of septem-
ber ID, 1916, which surplus will
amount to sum in excess of five
eighths of one mill of the total as
sessment of the parish for the wear
1916; therefore
Be it resolved by the police jury of
the parish of Ascension, Louisiana,
that due public notice be given by
the president Of the police jury that
it is the intention of the police jury
of the parish of Ascension to fund the
said five-eighths of one mill Of the
ten-mill parish tax provided by ar
tic1e 232 of the constitution Of the
state of Louisiana, into bonds of the
sum of seventeen thousand five hun
dred dollars ($17,500) under and bv
virtue of the provisions Of paragraph
4 of article Psi Of the constitution of
Louisiana, for the purpose of CON
structing public highways in the par
ish of Ascension.
Be it further resolved, that in said
notice of intention to fund said ayails
of the ten-mill tax due notice shall he
given that on Wednesday, February
7, 1917, at II o'clock a. M, the police
jury of the parish of Ascension will
meet in special session for the pur-
pose of issuing bonds to the extent Of
s17.500, and of funding said avaiIs
of fve-eighths of enc mill of the ten
mill parish tax for said purpose.
The resolution was seconded bv
Mr.. Tobias, and on rolI-caIl adopted
by vote of S yeas and no nays.
The jury adjourned.
G. C. WEBER, Clerk.
Further proceedings of the police
jury will be published in next weeks
issue.-Editor.)
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
We understand that the Donaldson

We understand that the Donaldson
vile Ice Company, whose Mississippi
street factory was destroyed by fire
recently, contemplates putting up a
brick building on the site of the burn
ed plant for use by President 5.
Goette as an office. It is likely that
facilities will also be provided in the
structure for the storage of ice IN
sufficient quantity to supply the
neighborhood retail trade.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

+ 89B8 n SGohnclI, knights OF CoIuW.
attended the special meeting of
eshe organization held in the Catholic
parochial hall Monday night for the
purpose Of receiving visit from
Frank J. Sherlock, special represent
ative of the supreme board of di-
rectors of the order, who is aAditing
and examining the books and Check
ing up the accounts of the various
councils in this section, as required
by the laws of the fraternity. Dur
ing the course of the meeting Mr..
Sherlock delivered an interesting a.
dress.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
Death of Buffalo Bill.

Col William Frederick Cody, bet
ter known all over the world as
Buffalo Bill" died last Wednesday
noon at the home of one of his daugh-
tiers in Denver, Colorado. He was
D native of Iowa, aged II years; serv-
ed as a Union scout throughout the
civil war, having previously been
wagon master, hunter, trapper, pony
express rider and stage coach driver;
rendered conspicuous and valiant ser
vice as a scout during the Indian cam
paign of 1868-72, and headed a Wild
West show bearing his name from
1893 until his last illness incapacltat-
ed him for further activities. HIS So
briauet of Buffalo Bill grew out OF
the fact that he killed more buffaloes
than any other known man, having
slaughtered 4280 of these beasts IN
fulfllment of contract. to furnish
buffalo meat for feeding laborers en-
gagged in the building of the Kansas
Pacific railway in 1867-68.
Col. Cody's funeral is to take place
Sunday and his remains will~be tenn
porarily deposited in Denver re-
ceiving vault, to be transferred IN the
spring, probably on Decoration Day,
to q tomb hewn in the rock at dhe
summit of Lookout Mountain near
Denver, where monument to the
memory of this typical American, the
idol of the youth a&t he country, will
be erected. M
Cornerview Church 8@ws Sold.
S$ A large concourse of people gath
red last Sunday at the Sacred Heart
2f Jesus Church, Cornerv 6 for the
D ea annual sale of the 4 the
churchaa> Hon. Joseph GoH
ciated AA Aauctioneer in his usq
pable manner, and the red is
amounted to $143O. After the saSe
luncheon was given by Father Gononn,
who delivered an eloquent talk. Ad-
4 dresses were made by L. A. Duplessls,
ma. A. King, Edw. F. Babin, Joseph
~ Gonzales and Judge ]. 2. Bourgeois.
The following were prese1@ Jos.
Gonzales, A. A. King y Deco
isa teaoj kIina hna faD'n |. MlFsl e. ULCER Tlvsr
..Bouroue ggnt Savoie, Francois
81 sanoux 5abin, L. B. Duplessis,
Id, Judge J. P. Bour-
# II @ l|B, dry. L. A. Duplessis,
HS NJ ndSmsRcide Triche, Jr. |
n a$I ~ III is His Throat.
s @ mental pervert
\ gcaped from the
/ j insane at Mat
emily gained his
&8 s8 iatalken
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13
LOST.

A BUNCH OF KEYS on a key-ring. II
q found, please return to office OF TINS
paper and receive suitable reward, pe-
sides sincere gratitude of loser
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

Vile is now hard-surfaced, and the re-
mainder of the west bank east OF Don
aldsonville has been provided with
funds for it's hard-surfacing; and
whereas, the said highway can be
beautifed by the planting of trees
which will at the same time, furnish
scource of revenue to maintain these
roads;
Be it ordained by the police jury
of the parish of Ascension, that all
property owners are called upon to
set out in front of their properties
pecan and citrus trees, said trees to
be furnished by the property owners
and to be planted at their expense
but under the direction of the po@e
Juror from the ward.
Be it further ordained, etc, that
the trees when so set out shall become
the property of the parish of Ascen-
sion and shall be cared for and pro
tected from. depreciation by the par1 N
authorities.
Be it further ordained, ETC., thl&
each year at date to be deslgnate%
by the police jury the fruit from thY
said trees shall be sold to the highesA
$bidder or bidders, and the paced
#derived therefrom shall be &ld&
equally between the property
|Aaccording to the number
put by the property oY
srish, the amount red
Ito be used in
hieg thu puSlio
furthk orda1
not move than g. 81
9fsonment not exceeezll
p, or both at the diseretid
urt.
Be it further ordained, etc
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

police jury for term until the settle
ment Of the present litigation affect
ing the eligibility Of Joseph Gonzales
and E. D. Dixop. The nomination
was seconAsd nA Mr.. Tobias, and
there being Eurther nominations
the nominations were ordered closed
and on roll-call Mr.. Newman was
elected president by a vote of s yeas
and no nays; absent-Gonzales and
Dixon, by reason of being enjoined
by order of court.
President Newman on assuming the
chair thanked the members for the
honor.
Mr.. eArmitage moved that J. C.
Klos be elected permanently secre.
tary- Of the police jury fol
term of two years from the expir:a-
tion of the present incumbent's term
The motion was seconded by Mr.Nar,
gassans, and there being no further
nominations Mr.. Klos was elected sec.
retary of the police jury and parish
treasurer by vote of 8 yeas and nc
nays; absent by reason of being en-
joined by order of court-Gonzales
Dixon.
President Newman appointed the
following finance committee:
Jurors Landry and Armitage. with
the president ex-officio.
Mr.. Cambre nominated DR.. Geo. B
LeSueur for parish health officer. The
nomination was seconded by Mr.. NaS
gassans.
Mr.. Tebias noleinated Dr. P. T
Thibodaux for the same position, and
the nomination was seconded by Mr.
Landry.
Roll-call resulted as follows: For
DR.. LeSueur-Reuss Armitage, Mar
gassans, Cambre; total, A. For DR.
Thibodaux-Falcon, Tobias, Landry
Newman; total, 4.
The result being a tie vote no cleo
tion was had, and the election was
deferred to latter meeting.
Mr.. Nargassans offered the follow
ing resolutions:
Be it resolved, that the secretary
be directed to~eommunicate with DR..
Oscar Dowling, requesting him to
send an expert to this parish for the
purpose of examining the suspicious
cases of smallpox now prevalent in
certain portions of the parish; and
Be it further resolved, that the doc
tor be advised that all expenses in
Cured in making the Investigations
are to be paid by the police jury.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Tobias, and on roll-call adopted
by vote of s yeas and no nays.
On motion of Mr.. Nargassans, duly
seconded and adopted, the secretary
was directed to write to the district
attorney requesting him to furnish
the jury with his opinion regarding
the closing of natural streams by pri-
vate parties or corporations, and to
take such steps as he may deem best
to procure the opening of the same.
On motion of Mr.. Cambre, duly
seconded and carried, the secretary
was directed to communicate with
the district attorney and obtain his
opinion on the collection of vehicle
and per capita taxes and the special
tax in Road District No. 2.
The question of electing the addi-
tional member Of the board of su-
pervisors of Road District No. 2, as
provided by law, now being taken I'D,
Mr.. Arnitage nominated DR.. J. T.
Bringier for said additional member
of said board. The nomination was
seconded by Mr.. Nargassans. Mr..
Canbre nominated J. N. Delaune for
the same position, which nomination
was seconded by Mr.. Landry. Roll
call resulted as follows: For DR..
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

DonaldsonviIle, La, Jan. 10, 1917.
The police jury of the parish of
Ascension met this day in regular
session, and was called to order at
1890 o'clock p. M Present-Geo.
b. Reuss, first ward; Jos. ]. Falcon,
second ward; Jasmin Tobias, third
ward; c. H. Landry, fourth ward; l..
W. Armitage, fifth ward; Leon New
man, sixth ward; J. G. Nargassans,
seventh ward; Ben. L. Cambre, eighth
ward. Absent by reason of being en-
joined by order of court-Joseph
Gonzales, seventh ward; E. D. Dixon,
eighth ward.
Acting under the agreement of
September IA, 1916, as amended by
the minutes of November 8, 1916, Mr.,
Landry, acting as president of the
jury, called the meeting to order.
The minutes of November 8, 1915,
and December S, 1916, were read, ap-
proved and signed.
Mr.. Reuss now assumed the chair
as president of the jury under the
aforesaid agra@4 ent.
Upon assuming the chair Mr.. Reuss
stated that he was instrumental IN
having the eight members of the jury
enter into the agreement of Septem-
Der IA, as amended by the minutes Of
November 8, by which the jury is
operating under a gentlemen's agree
ment, and that in his opinion this
agreement would not in any manner
be violated if the jury elected one of
their number to act as president OF
the jury, and proceed with the organ
ization of the jury in that manner.
To that end he suggested that the
following resolution be adopted:
Whereas, because the existing
litigation affecting tHg eligibility
Messrs. Joseph Gonzales and E. -
Dixon to serve as members of this po-
lice jury; and
Whereas, on September IA, 1916,
an agreement was entered into by
the members of the jury present,
which agreement was subsequently
amended at the meeting of the jury
of Nov. 8, 1916, providing that
Jurors Geo. B. Reuss and c. H. Lam
dry act alternately as president of
the jury until the said litigation is
settled; and
Whereas, in the present status the
police jury is now without duly
elected president, and it is necessary
that one be elected; therefore
Be it resolved, that said agree
ment of September Ia, 1916, as
amended by the minutes of Novem-
Der 8, 1916, be now further amended
and that member of this police jury
be now elected president of the po-
lice jury for term beginning from
this date and to serve as such until
the present litigation affecting the
eligibility of Messrs. Gonzales and
Dixon has been settled.
In accordancawith Mr.. Reuss' sug-
gestion, Mr.. as moved that the
which motion W seconded by Mr..
Cambre, and on Al-call adopted by
a vote Of s yeas and no nays; alb
sent by reason of being enjoined by
sprder of court-GonzaIess Dixon: .s..
4 - nss..te 9. thesrad e :
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

))$dlps and qMrKs, cIotNS |
'lightful "Cajun" patois
him famous, never fail u
the audiences that are f
enough to hear him. &
Altogether it was a big dner
honor of big man, and if TIE sed
of thought sown there have fallY
upon fallow soil crop of big thin
may be produced therefrom in II
not distant future.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-01-13

Captain Joseph T. Joas
Of Gulfport, Miss, died al
x, Dec. 6, aged IA years
president of the Gulf and Ship
railroad and the Gulf TraetIolce
pany, and principal oWnerof REe
hotels, development and towing
panies and the First National BAn y
Gulfport. He was born n adv
phia and served in the Union a rfds d
during the civil war. AWidoW and
daughter survive him, inherlhng an
estate estimated to be worth sev erai /
million dollars.