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.li b 44i5ýbdanu; tfinc1 r H . R. I, IPR I'I _ I',,h',-h,.r & 1'1111, o i ., a .Io 'rnrl ,f the I'arl.) , ilit Larour'le. l I ,l, 'be ,IC 'U e ,'fn l Thibud,eJr. I I d S .. I 1 ,1 . L, Ir . h , ,' - rhih,) la \l',, i, *.. : * 11 rhC I It\ 1.." hl v .Fuilly , !rPnrPd to do job work l!i if every des:ri!)tion. " Corr.l 1111 " . ... ,, rlll/)3eet. of a n r .41 lyi o f . tl'tr'' " "" '' r ' Ie* i +'l ti :1 :1. (1 .. . 1 ." j w rit 1"4 ' llr l , 1 e. 1 1 ll h ' l 'II I ,, 11t11'. IIr ! w ,llnl l\ ' s tIl;l 1 fI l t l 't wt" k Iii GTtting Dcspcrate. of Thiee situation in Caddo par- i f .l Juidge Blanchard to re--al quire the presence of andtllI spteecll~te froln Mesrl'. Chllarles 1 P. Fltenner, Ch'larles F. Back and W. S. PIarkerst. in sup port of his cause. What ne cessity was there for the im portation of such talent into the hote Iparish of the dis tinguished Caddoan, if he be as claimed, the favorite son of s Ca1do: Verily, as a favorite son, he a seems to require considerable outsilde influence to uphold 11 him in his home parish. The presence of these dis tinguished New Orleanians in a Shrev'eport and their master ly addresses may help Judge Blanchard's cause materially in Calddo, butt, for all that, we cannout Ih-lp thinking that his managers have seriously blun dered in this matter, for the incident will be interpreted elsewhere as a confession of t w,;akness of the Judge in his t own parish, and may react him elsewhere as a boome' rang. Mass Meeting Fndorses the Pursuant to a call a mass meeting was held in the City Hall last Saturday for the purpose of protesting against and condemining the iiflam matory resolutions adopted by the mass meeting at Nal(o-1 leao ville, on the preceeding Sunday, denouncinti the ac tion anid good faith of the ILafouurc'hc and the Atc'hatala ya Levee Boardls in damming Bayou Lafourche. Mayor W. C. Uagan called the meetilng to order and asked that a chairmain be al)poi nted; where ul)on lion. ''liThomnas A. Ba. deauix was chosen chairman by acclamation. Mr. Badeaux 1 took the chair and briefly ex plailned the pulrpose of the meeting, anid suggested that a secretary 1)e chosten. Mr. L. 11. Lancaster was duly. electedl Secretary and the! meetinig )ro(eeded to busli ness. adlopting the followiLng resolutions: Whereas,. the experience of the past has demonstrated that the levee system on the Bayou Lafourche is insuf ficient and powerless to ee cure and protect the greater portion of the Lafourche val ley from disastrous overflows of almost yearly occurrence,. inflicting great loss aniid en tailing much' delrivation and suffering upon a great num ber of peonple in the plarishes of Lafourche and Terrebonnlue; Whereas, the improved con dlition If the levees of the Mississippi i ver, which have becen muater'ially enlarged and heighlteted, has materially riaiseltl the iuish water level in the L.afour'iih, t,) such ani ex tent a, toi :nake ue:'rly |;th entire levee systet of the Bayuc' iafourche too low and weak to keep within their conlines tie waters of the bayou lduring the highest stage of thie river, as wa:s fully dci'utstrated (uriig r-,cent high-water years, 1,) tably in 1l97 and 1903, hvlit tle levet" 'S h d1 tto he ra;i.i-el is tn arly :il n!' t11. etll tir," line of to prevent lt'e watr. ft't!I t1 'Ulllillg over, aud giL'rl %',l .v, ii . - t te V'i. -l tt' a tii;i , t ! i " I\etriea:-. 1the' ,.r;eii A a l I , i uii ' r:ti.-it er of tc llte y ' til-\,t lat,' vI l h"'I ig1 e al (l: - -i taielr the vrdalley tie pint a llof 't i - of 11.TV hLv es t li r 1L the I..l; tmle"h , :1' t te t lltlr- tl by mteri'lly expendi of. withie t1t"( ltorY r jei't t%1 over111 !, IL; igI desluroe I. n fi ,loaniedl with '( cotn-sidhiable hl-os of lpropterty II to ri'i rian ow\\ et.rs, Withoutt )I giving u.- better security as afailn t overflows, but, on the Apc, contrary, pushiing higher and I es higher up the valley the point al of d:tager of revas3 es, there- L btiy materially expending the ti itltor as ubjectr up, t overflow, a tandlin teaslg the tosv dal- p aglo, anI suiferit, of the pooargi Whereas, thebayo recent high water tage llf 1903 has effec, ti tively demonstrated that the 1' point of danger has been ex tended as far up, at least, as '1 Labadieville, i the Parish ofly Ameptio,th a foreak, notwith-as t standing two large crevasses below antatiockprt, dison. harging Tte an immense volumie of waterh l the bayou rose higher and f higher all along the line, till f Labadieville was seriously B menaced with a break, as was c also a point at or near the t plantation of lion. F. A. Tote v in Assumption parish; which f two threatened points were only saved, most probably, by t the unexpected large crevasse t on VWiaverly plantation, just e a few miles below. I i Whereas, the continued iml- I f provement of the levees of t the Miksissippi River, by both t t the State and Federal govern- e ments, and the consequent raising of the high-water level in the L:tfourtch, will neces B sitate, unless the bayou is dammed and lock.d, the con. tf1TMh ithg hnd eiilargi - of our levee "sJ ta atet ll along I tile line, at an enormous ex pendituire of time and monlley, without, ill the laeanllwhile, tgiving Immunity trolu cre vasses, and the consequiemit lost-cs and damages and suf fering oc,.asiouied thereby. Whereas, the legi4lature of this State has recognized that "owing to conditions peculiar Lto Bayou Lafourche, levees along said Bayou could afford security against destructive g floods by waters from the Mississippi only if built up to I a size at present not suscepti ble of even approximate de termination, and certainly Sbeyond the means available Sfor building levees;" and e "that the present levees along said lBayou are insecure. and thie lives and properly of tilhe inhabitants alonig said lBayou i are endamngerrd; and inot only this but tihe mainitainiiing (f even tile present insecure and I unreliable levees along said SBayou is a drain on the leveet I funds of the State such as ecannot be permitted to con Stinue, if due regard is to be - paid to maintaining in efi. Scient condition the line of - levees along the Mississippi;" -and recognizing these salient . facts, the legislatutre did by 1- act No. 9 of 1900, authorize l the closing of the Bayou La 1- fourche at Donaldsonville by Smeans of Locks, as soon as ; the Federal authorities shall I- have giveln their consent to e the doing of the work as ' auth'orizedl by the legi,-latture 1 ini sail act. y Whereas. iy a't of thle -ifth n Comigr.ss the Uuiated States K- gov't li .llNe t li I t')s.,!it to e acro-,s the ti;Ly.; Lai',urilce. l s tautho:ized bi said t; Nto. e the -'tii le,.,>-:.-:t'i , 'lid, by t act No. st ,t 1.'2. aut ,oize, g temuporary c1a:li ;it the leent i- o ,l lU:tmu h;fur.-hie. ' ae itni it tiIe I i' i isit'el,'lint 01 I4,,,:k-. as is provihded for in art No. 9 le of the General AssemblF y of pa tihe State of Louisiana for the m v ,ir 1'I0. and the act of the to I'if, it: ih;lll C ne)1I; - of the e, I'nlit,.le Stt1,t : provided, that tli t;.l:t (1l1 :1all tnot bc placed of ,cr e1,ii 1),, hire January lst al S\1 1..h,,etas, tihe Atchafalaya ht li a. i lf aiurche Levee ti l:arid-, piursualt to the ait- s thlrity 'ested'( in themni by to oill t o arts of the State la l-~riýl: at ure awl the act of w Colt~"s, are now, after some ir unllat l;iab del (ay occasioned Ii by an iiijunctionl sued out a ag;ai:st themm by citizens ofI Ascension and Assumption, t engaged in placing said dam. d and in dredging the bayou F Lafourche and cutting a canal t1 thirty five feet wide from 14 Lake Boeuf, in Lafourche parish, to the Bayou Ta• fourche, to provide the chan- a nel and supply the sweet 14 waIter as is reuuired by sec- P tion 3 of said act No. 84 of 1 190 2; Be it, therefore, Resolved P That we fully approve as wise I and patriotic the action of the legislature and of the a Federal government in autho. 0 rizing the Levee Boards to e lock and dam the Bayou La- v fourche, in the manner and s I form in the preamble fully set forth, as the best and cheapest means of protecting the people of the Lafourche i1 valley, and their property, s I from destructive floods. e Resolved, that we fully ap- F prove as valid and concur in a the reasons given and advanc- f ed l)y the legislature, in the a preamble of act No. 9 of 1900, y for authorizing the closing of a the Bayou lafourche by locks, c the necessity of which is re cognized by the Engineers 2 I both of the State and Federal I 1 governments. I SResolved, that we fully ap prove and highly commend Sthe Levee Boards for using _ Scrhflr orty vested ii-Them 1 by the State legislature and Congress relating to the clos- 1 ing of the Bayou Lafourche, and view with satisfaction I the fact that they are pushing 1 with despatch the work of i placing the dam at the head of said Bayou, and taking the necessary steps to secure the 1 channel and depth of sweet 1 r water in the Bayou required I by section 3 of act 84 of 1902. iWe hereby declare our entirei Bconfidence in the integrity I and patriotism of the mem bers of the levee Boards, and in their competency to -carry out to successful com e pletion the important work B entrusted to them, and pledge 1 them our earnest support. SResolved, that we have full I confidence in the integrity, ability and competency of the i State and lUniited States En gineers whio have decided up Son the closing of the Bayou SLafourche as the best and, under the prevailing condi tions, the only practical means of protecting the valley there of from the ravages and ruin of oft recurring destructive . floods, and declare our impli f cit faith in the feasibility of the plaus for locking and t damming the Bayou, design ed, prepared and approved by e them, and according to which - the locks are to be construct y ed. s Resolved, that while we i deeply sympathize with our a brethren of the upper valley in any temporary inconven ience which the work now un der comnstrut-tion may have 0o chi-joileli them, we respecttul ly h, i.o remind them that )* clih tet.porar-y inconven s iece, destiied soon to vanish. . ia as nutlhing cmlparcd with t lite mnt. l ww'rry aml a:nxirty \ Vw,,ict t peudple o: Liafoumr.he I ol a great pOi-tiOn of 1 t,'s (,f the in;'oiitrollahle ? I iO'r'e thrcateIn them .5 with Xrii ii am (ic selat iou.an less than not inlg when corn pared with tle frequent enor- 3 mous losses, (uamages and u:i told suffering which the ii, evitable crevasses entail uponi their less fortunate brethren of Lafourchl and Terrebo nnie; and we, therefore, deprecate and profoundly rcgret the - hasty and inconsiderate 'ce tion of some citi:i o,.: , sister parish of A a1:n0:11io, taken in mass-meeting held last Sunday iii N\apoleonville, when they adopted a seri:+s of inflammatory ,resolutions de noun;ing the Levee Boards and State Engineers, calling for their ennoval, opposing. the work authorized to bel done both by the State and' Federal kovernments, and threateni to stop said work, legally or erwise. Resoyl kthlt we regard e f b ' -adoptpl by said mass-meeting at Napo leonville. as published in the press, as uanwise, unjust, un. patriotic, and mlmost ili-advised and uncalled fer; tl+.t it is particularly unfair and un. just to denounce the Levee Boards for failure to comply with section 3 of Act No. 84 of 1902, when they are engag ed in doing the necessary work to carry out the provi sions of the said section, and when the time for compliance -"from the time of placing - said dam," says the law, that is, from the completion of said dam-has not yet expir ed, the dam being still in the process of construction; that ordinary justice and a sense for fairplay require that an ample opportunity be first given the Levee Boards to do and complete the work laid t , out for them to do by the (1 State legislature and Con T s gress before aspersing and de- b, 1 nouncing them in unmeas ured terms as is done in the b. - aforesaid resolutions: 1 Resolhed, that it is our - firm conicition that if the n Bayou I ta 1ife i-1dammed I and locke I as contemplated : ;- by the p posed plans and provided r by the State and i Federal g ernments, a work upon whi the Levee Boards r f are at p nt engaged, as , I aforesaid, e people of the o e Lafourche alley will not on- I e ly be give thereby perfect t immunity from destructive I floods, an the present area . of land un er cultivation be: e rendered uch more produc-i 7 tive and tly increased in -value but large area of wild and idle l d will be brought Sunder the ow and made to ' yield abun nt crops, result Sing in unch additional Cwealth an prosperity and happiness the people of the 1 valley. That it is also our firm con Cviction wh the said work is completed, and the Lake Boeuf mad,to pour its waters, Saccumulate4 in a great nmea -sure, thronh various water ways, from he vast basin ex , tending frot Donaldsonville down to thq Lake, into the' " Bayou Lafourche to supply it I e with swoeL ter si contem - plated by sectton 8 of act 84 f of 190o, the drainage of the I aforesaid vast basin will be greatly improved, a result much to bedesired; while this . 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