The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-04-08

It will be a comfort to those living
| behind the levees of the Pontchar.
train Levee District to know that
President Leake has appointed W. E
| Morgan of Convent, as general in.
spector for the district. Mr.. Morgan
will patrol every mile of the levee
from Baton Rouge down, and safe,
guard all places needing attention
during the period of high water. Il
there are any cattle roaming at large
they will be parked and hogs foune
roofing the levee will be killed.
Our usually dull and sluggish
neighborhood was enlivened this
week. The rapidly rising rive,
brings out of the woods every day
some misinformed, alarmed citizen
| inquiring whether the levee fronting
DR.. Miles residence will give them
a crevasse this year. They are
further worried at this time on ac-
count of the new levee at Marchand
Again the speeders killed cow
Their Studebaker turned over three
times and threw the occupants in the
mud. They got back on their feet
'unhurt and unWept."
And best of all, we had real
''cops' with US, sent out by the Lou
isiana Highway Commission to chase
speeders and arrest them and to col
lect licenses from the delinquent au-
to owners.
And to further give us a thrill, two
airplanes flew over our heads. Thus
was the monotony of routine life
made more pleasant.
Less than two years will intervene
between now and the next primary
election to select state and parish Of
ticials. In this parish lightning rods
are being erected for the "meat of
ficers,' sheriff, assessor, clerk of
court and coroner. Provision is be-
ing made already as to who will fill
vacancies occurring by resignation
or death on the police jury or school
board. Being a "has been" in the
game, l shall watch developments
with keen interest. If the electorate
of this parish are going to decide to
choose public officials solely by
nepotism, We will make the discovery
of their plan soon. No! | do not
believe it can be done as long as the
primary election system prevails, by
any set of political plotters in ad-
vance. Following the example of the
public spirit displayed by Governor
Parker who recently gave two
cents to start a fund to build a
bridge across the river at Baton
Rouge. The governors liberal con-
tribution was made at a banquet af-
ter coca-cola, grapico and orange
squeeze began to flow. Not so with
me, seated at my desk under the
dome of Houmas store, in the third
wear of the strict enforcement of the
Volstead act, perfectly sober, with
malice aforethought, I propose to
borrow from Master Porcher Miles
bran new penny with an eagle on it;
I will then give it to form the
nucleus of d fund to move the par
ish seat from the city of Donaldson
vile to the village Twill be) of Con
zales. The drive is on, avoid the
rush.
A commercial traveller out of
Ky, selling vinegar, who
is well known to me, related a con-
he overheard between two
men in the lobby of hotel in
Clarksville, Tenn. One said to the
other: "Were you ever at Burnside,
La.?" the answer was mo" "Well
[ have been there and rode in a mule
car from the railroad depot to the
public road, a distance Of $50 feet.
1t is said to be the shortest railroad
line with the longest president in
the United States.'