The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-11


a saving of $4,000 annually. He said
his merger plan would carry with 1t a
central purchasing authority, and by
centralizing the purchase OF material
and supplies an enormous SUE OF
money would be saved.
Mr. Weber directed attention to the
fact that the convention had adopted
a plan for state highway construction
and maintenance through one central
authority. II building and maintain
ing roads under one central authority
is wise policy. he said, it is equally
as good for the levee system.
Mr.. Snyder Of Madison toOok issue
with Mr.. Weber. He contended that
the merger plan would demoralize the
entire levee system OF the state,
/ which has been built up at great cost
| to the people. The levee system, he
said, covers over LOO miles, and he
considered 1t too big job for one CEN
trail board to undertake to handle it.
The federal government, he said,
has divided it's levee WORK into dis
tricts, with engineers at New Orleans,
Vicksburg, Memphis and other points,
and did not attempt to operate with
one set Of engineers.
i Mr.. Morrison of Pointe Coupee said
he had seen enough Of federal control
to cause him not to wish to see any
more of it. He favored local control
and believes better results could be
obtained in the future as in the past.
He was willing to accept federal aid,
but he was not ready to surrender TO
federal control.
Mr.. Howell OF Lafourche supported
the Weber amendment. One central
board, he said, would bring economy
and efficiency and more safety.
Mr.. Boron Of Tberville said he OBJ
jected to any change in the system
. of levee board management.
Former Governor Sanders opposed
the merger plan. Replying to Mr..
Weber, he said he had never before
{ heard any one charge the levee boards
with being politicalized, and he did
not believe it was true. While he
was governor, he said, he appointed
, men on levee boards who were poll
tically opposed to him and other gov
, ernors had done the same.
r The Webster amendment was
) tabled without division. The ordinance
was then engrossed and passed to
third reading, after the insertion OF
an amendment from the coordination
, committee authorizing the Orleans
Levee Board to construct a seawal
along Lake Pontchartrain.
{ The committee on pension brought
; in a resolution directing the Legisla'
{ ture to make an appropriation to
; provide a pension for G. H. Godfrey
. of Caddo parish, who was injured
} while in the military service of the
: state. Mr.. Godfrey's left arm was
' blown off by the discharge Of a can
|. non, which was fired as military sa
E lutte at Shreveport some years ago
ZE. F. Broussard, another member OF
+ the National Guard, is now drawing
/ pension for a similar accident. The
s pension committee expressed the opin
: ion that Godfrey is entitled to the
!. same consideration as Broussard. The
q committee found that Godfrey is the
i sole support of widowed mother
The committee resolution follows:
J. BE it resolved that the Legislature
a is directed to make an appropriation
a to provide pension for G. H. Godfrey
and that said pension allowance
k should be same, month for month
8 since his injury, that has been paid
I and is paid to E. F Broussard, les
l. whatever has been paid to said God
,. frey"
It A.. J. Elfeneder, SilSs y. Ponder, S
J. e. Tobin, L. D. Chauff and E. Q
n Payne, members Of the agriculture
e committee, Friday filed minority re
r. port opposing the ordinance creatini
n a state board Of agriculture. The mi
It nority report follows:
II 1--WE, the undersigned members o
l. the committee on agriculture and i'm
migration, beg leave to file this minor
v ity report for the reason that we ar
70 not in favor Of creating a useless
a board.