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D. H. MASON, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1916. VOL. XLII No. 51
WILSON CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE BY GOOD MAJORITY
Merchants Send Progressive Farmc rs to the Stock Show
PROCEEDINGS
POLICE JURY
NOVEMBER
SEVENTH
New Action Taken Relative
to the Establishment of
a Drainage District.
AMENDMENT TO THE
BUDGET ORDINANCE
Talisheek Files Strong Peti
tion for Establishment
of Dipping Vat.
Covington, La., Nov. 8, 1916.
The police jury (met in regular see
Ssion on the above date with the fol
, lowing members present: E. J. Do
mergue, J. M. Smith, S. i.. Cowart,
Fletcher Crawford, W. H. Davis, H.
.. Schneider, 'Raobt. Abney, J. B.
lHowse.
pIt Iwas moved by J. M. Smith and
seconded by S. R. Cowart that all
deputy sheriffs and constables shall
be paid $3.00 each for 'bringing pris
oners to the parish jail .from, points
In the parish, his expenses shall be
paid for himself and prisoner, it be
ing understood that he shall bring all
prisoners on the train, except in ung
eit cases when he shall have the au
thority to 'bring them as he sees tit.
Carried.
*It ,was moved by E. J. Domergue
and seconded by.H. J. Schneider tuat
the president appoint a committee
of three to draw u:p a resolution in
Smemory of Louis Peters, our deceas
ed member.
T.. he president appointed Jos. 'M.
Smith, E. J. Doemergue and H. J.
Schneider to draw up the resolution,
it to be spread on the minutea of the
next meeting of the police jury and
that a copy of same rbe sent to his
family.
The following bid of E. Esqui
nance was read:
Mandeville, La., Oct. 25, 1916.
Td the St. Tammany Parish Police
Jury:
I agree to shell and grade :between
Bayou Castaing bridge ada Big
Branch, according to specifications,
between Mandeville and Lacombe:
Bayou Castaing bridge, 40 cents per
cubic yard; Big Branch Ibridge, 90
cents per cubic yard.
Yours respectfflly,
E. ESQU'INANCE.
•it was moved by J. M. Smith and
seconded by H. J. Schneider, that
the bid of E. Esquinance be accept
ed-the contract not to exceed $400.
Carried.
SIt was moved by tH. Z. Schneider
and sconded by Jos. Smith, that the
police jury apply for aid from the
State Highway Department on road
from Covington to Hammond.
Carried.
The following petition iwas read:
Talisheek, La., Oct. 25, 1916.
To the iHonorable President and
iM'embers of the 'Police Jury of the
Parish of St. Tammany, 'La.:
We, the undersigned citizens and
,tax payers, respectfully ask for a
Sdipping vat to be constructed at Tali
sheek, La., on land to 'be donated
by Thomas & Parker for that pur
pose.
Signed by G. H. Wood and thirty
others.
The !petition for a dipping vat at
Talisheek was read and it was moved
and seconded that a dipping vat be
built as asked for.
It was moved by E. J. 'Domertue
and seconded by Jos. Smith, that the
meeting adjourn nntil 1:30 o'clock.
Carried.
Afternoon Session.
I' t was moved by E. J. Domergue
Sand seconded thy J. M. Smith, that
the following act in regard to eradi
cation of the tidk be adopted:
. Carried.
'Whereas, the eradication of the
Texas fever tick is a question of Na
t.onal importance, and one of vital
interest to the cattle 'interests of the
Parish of St. Tammany;
And, whereas, under Act 18 of
1916, the moving of cattle from any
Qtarantined area outside of, or with
in the State of Louisiana, into any
tick free section, or where tick eradi
cation is being systematically con
ducted is prohibited, and therefore,
will work a hardship on cattle buy
ers and sellers in St. Tammany par
a h, and have the effect of decreas
.in' the value of our cattle;
'And, whereas, the Federal Govern
*ment is anxious to aid the parish
-ard State to eradicate the Texas fev-1
.r tick, and they, the Federal and
State authorities, are now prepared 1
to_ render aid and assistance to the 1
Sarlsh of St. Tammany in its work
of eradicating the Texas fever tick;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
'Police Jury in legal session convened,
That a committee of three ,be named <
by the president of the Police Jury 1
to act in conjunction with the Fed- i
eral Inspector, for * the object and
--ipose of taking advantage of Seq-j
Uon 2 of Act 127 of 1916, in order I
.t.at the said law may be enforced i
later than 'May 1, 1917, for the i
and purpose of makIlng St.
Ii.n t staIceref a .o 4
MERCHANTS OF
COVINGTON TO
SEND FARMERS
TO BIG SHOW
Each Merchant Listed Will
Pay Railroad Fare and
Two Days Admission.
FARM & STOCK SHOW
IMPORTANT EVENT
Will Be a Demonstration of
Great Importance to the
Farmers of State.
E. G. Davis, president of the Cov
in'gton Bank & Trust Company, Louis
M. !Bourgeois, cashier of the St. Tam
many SBank & Trust Company, and
D. tH. Mason, editor of The St. Tam
many Farmer, made the rounds of
Covington, Thursday, and secured
from Covington merchants funds suf
ficient to send eighteen or twenty
farmers to the Farm and Stock Show
in New Orleans,. from November 11
to 19, 1916. This show is being
gotten uP on a grand scale and
should be of great ,benefit to the
State. The'- exhibits of stock and
farm p'roducts will be a reelation of
what is being done in this line In
Louisiana and elsewhere, and St.
Tammany parish can ill afford to
lose the opportunity of learning the
lesson that will Ibe taught there.
Our own fair has just ended, and it
is acknowledged that it has been a
-beneficial ,influence in the progress of
the parish and a stimulus to increas
ed effort for the years that are to
follow, but the opportunity of learn
ing things of importance to the
farmer was trivial compared to the
opportunities of learning that Iwill be
presented at the New Orleans show.
It will be a revelation to those farm
ers who have not had the opportuni
ty for extensive travel, and more may
b.e learned there in a few days than
by months 6f study and reading, be
cause it will give the results of years
of experimentation and put these re
sults in a shape to be easily compre
hended. It will rbe a visual demon
stration off what may Ibe accomplish
ed by any farmer or stock raiser who
,folloiws the tfoot-prints mde by the
successful men of the country. Its
lesson will be practical and convinc
ing and te Sflhnancial gains a tempta
tion not to be resisted.
The Press Club of New Orleans
and enterprising citizens of that
place have shouldered heavy expens
es to make this show one of the most
'wonderful that has ever been pre
sented to the people of this section
of the' South and to induce people
to attend it. There should be co--1
operation from every part of the
iState and the show should (bring
good results to every parish.
lFollowing is a list of the merchants
who have contributed, each paying
the railroad fare and" admission to
the show for two days of one farmer:
The Parkview Livery Company,
Hebert Grocery, Schpnberg's Pharm
acy, P. E. Smith Jewelry Store, iL. aM.
Bourgeois Furniture Store, Frank
Patecek Clothing- and Tailoring Es- I
tablishment, J. C. Burns & Comnpany,
F. C. Fitziimons Grocery Company,
Jones & Pickett General Merchan
dise Store, Schoen & Molloy Livery
and Undertaking Company, J. L.
Watkins City Drug Store, Jas. Con
naughton Grocery Store, Smith Hard
wake Company, Covington Bank &
Trust Company, St. Tammany (ank
& Trust Company, The St. Tammany
-armser, H. J. Oetendorf Gents' Fur
nishinge, P. J. Lacroix Dry Goods,
A. J. Planche Grocery.
It was moved by J. M. Smith and
seconded by E. J. Domergue, that
Ibids be sent to the police jury for ten'
dipping vats to be constructed il the
different wards, the roofing to be
used is to be a two-ply ordinary
paper roofing. Contractors to get
from the police juror of each ward
the size of pens and location.
Carried.
It was moved by Mr. H. J. Schnei
der, seconded by Mr. W. H. Davis,
that,
Whereas, Miss Laura R. Hosmer
does own a strip of land thirty feet
wide by five hundred feet more or
less in depth at the western terminus
of 25th avenue in the town of Cov
ington, La., which strip of land is
just outside the corporate limits of
said town; and, whereas, the said
Miss Laura R. Hoamer has, by no
tarial act execute# ,before Karl J.
Kohnke, Notary Phblic, of date the
8th day of Novemb'er, .1x16, donated
to the parish of St. Tammany,- State
of Louisiana, for the useotf the gen
eral public, said strip of land:
(Be it resolved, That we do accept
with thanks, on behalf of the parish
of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana.
the said donation of said strip of
land by said Mis gLaa Hosmer.
And the prest d .otq,'f'hi police
jury, James B. Howze, is hereby au
thorized to accept said strip of land
on behalf of said parish of St. ram
many, State of Louisiama, and to siga
and arsecate all _tee sag pb i*1
order to ma*e-sam acceptance legal,
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ROADS BOND
ISSUE HAS NO
'OPPOSITION -
(By M. B. Tresvant.)
Special to The Farmer:
Sherveport, La., Nov. 5--Declar
ing for a bond issue for a statewide
and connecting system of good roads,
and electing J. Wallece Alexander
president, the Louisiana Good Roads
Assoolation adjourned a record
greaking convention at Shreveport
Saturday, Nov. 4. Governor Pleas
ant's statement (with regard to the
good roads bond issue. ras' greet.ed
iwith cheers. Representative Alex
ander, the new president, is also a
member of the recently appointed
State Highway Commission authoriz
ed at the last session of the legisla
ture and .which is to report in full
upon the question at the forthcom
ing session. Governor IPleasant's
other appointments are Delos John
son, of Amite, J. C. Barry, of Lafay
ette, and E. E. Lafaya, of New Or
leans. A fitth memrber is yet to ,be
appointed and .probalb'y rwill come
from northeast Louisiana.
P. M. Milner, the retiring presi
dent, made an address replete with
valuable information and statistics.
Said he in part: "Congress has ap
propriated 475,000,000 for federal
aid in the constructioin \not main
tenance) of good roads. Louisiana's
apportionment is $67,050 for the
Arst year, $135,900 for the second
year, $203,850 for the third year,
S271,800 for the fourth year and_
.339,750 for the fifth year, or a total
of 41,0119,250. The' state must put
up an equal amount and a wise pro
vision enables the state to pay its
half in materials and labor- instead
Of cash, if it so desires. This en
ables the state to obtain the fi1ll use
of its local resources."
The newly elected officers of the
Louisiana Good Roads Association
are: . J. Wallace Alexander, of Alex
andria, president, with the follow
ing as vice-presidents: J. M. Ford,
of Shreveport; Martin Behrman, of
NeWr Orleans; C. A. Courtney, Lake
Charles; Porteus C. Burke, New
Iberia; WaIter Lemann, 'Donaldson
yvIlle; Wm. Polk, Alez..ndria; T. C.
Barrett, Shreveport; P. M. Milner,
New Orleans. L. M. 'Po le, New Or
leans, was elected treasurer and L.
E. French, Alexandria, secretary.
. .' . .
ST. BENEDICT
,CATHOLIC
CHURCH
The dedication, of the Catholic
church, "St. Benedict," of Liberty
Settlement in the Garden District,
will take place Sunday, Novemlber 12,
1916. Services will be conducted by
Rev. Abbot Paul and the resident
pestor, Father Maurus.
This church has Just 'been com
pleted through the efforts of Catho
lies in the vicinity and bring a
place of worship within a conveni
eat distance of a numrber of Catho
lics. The church iat.uated on Un
ion, between Military and i-taord:
roads. Services will be at 9:00
o'clock a. m.
valid and binding.
ORDINANOE.
The following ordinance amending
the ordinance fixing the tax budget
for the year 1916, passed at the
meeting held on Octdber 4, 1916,
was adopted:'
,Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the parish of St. Tammany, that
the appropriation of three (3) mills
for general purposes on all taxable
property throughout the parish be
and the same is hefeby reiuced to
two ('2) mills.
Be it Jfurther ordainred, That the
two (2) mills hertofore appropriat
t*I#.as md oesi te and the same
i 'y lg9@9 a talb to tfree (3) alls
- al taraNoe p ypery trhozihout
: RED. CROSS TREATS ALL ALIKE
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The wounds of a captured German being dressed by a British Red Cross
man during the British offensive in the west.
GENERALLY CONCEDED THAT
WILSON IS NEXT PRESIDENT
Returns Are Slow and Some Recounts Have Switched the
Results. Amendments Seem to Have All Been Car
ried Except No.. 5, Allowing Women ofi Boards.
Wilson's election was received with
enthusiasm by the people of St. Tam
many parish, especially as the first
reports of morning papers chronicl
ed the election of Hughes. The ex
tra edition of the Times-tPicayune
corrected the morning report and
reached Covington on the same train
as the first edition. The States
brought news of Wilson's election,
in the evening, and conifirmed the re
iports that were received from pri
.vate sources over the wire and
phone. 'A few Wilson men made
:bets that Hughes would ibe elected.
Uncertainty Ended.
New York, Nov. 9.-The returns
of today cleared up in the measur'e
the uncertainties regarding Connec
ticut, West Virginia and North Da
kota. The results in those states
Justified the awarding of the seven
.men from Connecticut and the eight
from West Virginia to Mr. Hughes,
Ibringing his apparant total up to
,247.
While the returns from all these
states probably will be disputed by
one side or the other, it is not prob
able that any contests -will affect the
general result.
The last figures from Minnesota
showed that with eighty-five pre
cincts to be heard from, Mr. Hughes
has a majority of 73. The vote of
the militiamen from that state sta
tioned on the Mexican border is to .be
counted on next Tuesday. The com
,missioners sent to record it have re
,ported that "apparently not more
than 700 have voted for President
Wilson out of a total of 2136."
The Democratic -managers still in
ist that the final returns from Min
nesota will show a majority for the
President.
the parish.
'Be it further ordained, etc., That
the municipalities of Mandeville and
Oovington be and the same are-here
by declared to be exempt under their
respective chartern from the payment
d(Cmti sa-a PFage f.)
T'hey are paying their bets with a
glad and thankful heart.
Abita Springs cast 26 votes for
the Socialists, and there were 1
Republican votes cast in Covington,
it is reported.
All of the Constitutional Amend
mcents, except No. 5, allowing wo
men on School Boards, etc., carried
by good majorities in St. Tammany
parish. No. 5 was the only amend
ment defeated in the State.
Conlgressional election in the Third
,District is claimed by both candi
dates. Congressman Whit Martin
claims it by 86 majority; Sheriff
Wade Martin claims it by 81'.
In New Hampshire, 'where the re
.nurns seesawed for two days between
,President Wilson and Mr. Hughes,
the latest available Ogures, with
twenty-five towns still to hear from,
show a majority for Mr. Hughes of
1131. The Dyqmocratic state commit
tee, however, claims the state by 125.
Complexion of Congress.
Congress at late reports received
showed 216 Democrats, 211 Republi
cans, 2 Progressives and 1 Independ
ent and 1 Socialist in the (House with
Tour .districts unreported. In the
Senate the reports showed ffty-two
Democrats, forty-three Repulblicans
and" one doubtful (New Mexico).
This represents a Democratic House
majority of one over all Others and a
Democratic Senate majority of nine
with one missing.
In an official statement the Demo
cratic national committee claimed
272 votes for President Wilson and
a popular plurality of from 200,000
to 300,000.
"To say there will be a contest,"
declared the statement, "in an insult
to the intelligence of the American
people."
It probably witll be another day .be
fore the full results are known from
any of the four states left in the
doubtful column, and certaimly not
until there has been an offleial count
in New IHaapshire and paesilAy in
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A NEW DEPOT
ONE)F THINGS
.NEEDED BY
COVINGTON
Old Structure No Longer
Meets Demands of Traffic;
Lacks Conveniences.
THE ASSOCIATION OF
COMMERCE P L A N S
New Orleans Great North
ern Will Be Asked to
Meet Requirements.
At a recent meeting of the Asso
ciation of 'Commerce it was decided
that. Covington was badly in need of
a depot that would be an ornament
to the town as !well .as be able to
properly take care of its business.
The (present depot is an eye-sore,
which teat was never so well dem
onstrated as rwhen it was recently
attempted to get a photograph of it
for the Covington Booster Book. It
was finally decided that it would be
better not to put the picture in the
book, so a scene of disembarkation
was taken as the peog~le filed out and
walked down the street at a distance
from the depot. It was then and
there decided that some effort must
be made to have a new depot- built.
To this end a committee will be ap
pointed to confer with the 'N. O. G.
N. and to take whatever steps may
'be necessary to accomplish the
object.
Aside from the appearance of the
structure, the public is shut off from
the ordinary conveniences that every
depot sohuld bal~e, and in rainy
weather (passengers, sick or well,
must alight in the rain.
CATTLE TICK IS
BEING DRIVEN
FROM STATE
Estimated That Louisiana
Will Be Tick Free by 1919
and Some States 1 Year.
Washington, ID. C., Nov 9.--Be
cause of the spirit of co-operation
among the people of the South in the
work of eradicating the tick which
transmit* Texasiever to cattle, this
destructive and expensive pest should
be eliminated from the territory of
the United States within the next
Ove years, according to the Field In
spection Division of the Bureau - of
Animal Industry of the U. e. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Enthuisasm
in the .ight against the pest is run
ning particularly high in several of
the eleven tick-infested Southern
States and these ooipmonwealths will
free their territory within the neat
year or so, the division predicts. In
eight of the States, it is believed,
the work will be completed within
four years.
An outline of conditions in the
tick infested territory, recently pre
pared, shows that Virginia, only four
counties in which are now under
quarantine, can be -made tick free
by one year's active work, and, that
because of the interest now being
shown there, the quarantine is like
ly to lbe removed from the last bit
of previosusly tick-infested territory
in the State early in 1918. South
Carolina, which is pushing the eradi
cation work steadily forward, shouid
achieve freedom from treks the same
year. By the end of 1917, it is cal
culated, there should be but 15
counties in Alalbama remaining in
quarantine, and these, at the rate
the State has been working, should
be cleaned up the following year.
For Mississappi probably the most
accurate prediction can be made.
The legislature of that State recent
ly enacted a law~requiring that all
counties now in the quarantined area
shall eradicate the tick during 1917.
The people showed their interest in
this step immediately, and nearly all
the infested counties already have
appropriated funds for the building
of dipping vats in preparation for the
State-wide eradication campaign.
State-wide tick eradication legisla
tion also has been enacted in Lou
isiana. As a result, this State can
expect to be free of fever ticks by
the end of 1919.
Oklahoma, it is believed, will clear
its territory el fever ticks within the
next three years. In Arkansas, dip
ping vats are in course of construc
tion in practically every county of
the State and soon .ill be in general
use. It is believed that tick eradl
cation will be completed In this State
by the end at .0l2. The same year,
it is pre ed, .Will see North Care
lna ,cle. fed tis.
Geosti, eisorld and Texas have
_tb t** ~ t lathe
'ABITA SPRINGS
WILL HAVE AN
ICE PLANT IN A
SHORT TIME
The Abita Springs Light aid
Power Co. Will Issue $10,
000 in Stock for Plant.
BUSINESS INCREASE
OUTGROWS CAPACITY
Engines of Greater Power
Will Be Installed to Run
Both Departments.
The AbitL Springs Light & Power
Company, established in July, 191,
has been steadily growing in busine s
until the original plant is unable to,
care for the business that wants to
come in. While this company en
tered into the business with outside
predictions that the ield, was too
limited to pay, it has made nioney.
instead o4f ailing to grasp the op.
pontunity for electric :lighting the
people have found that it is a con
,venience they can not do without,
and it has become necessary to put
in more machinery in order to sup
ply the demand.
The officers and stockholders of
the company got together and decid
ed to Issue $10,000.00 in new stock.
This stock will Tbe offered for pale,
and with the showing that the con
pany has made there should be little
trouble in quickly disposing of it.
The plan is, not .aly to put in extra
power for the amunusaotire of elc
tricity, but to pat in an eqgupment
for the manufacture of ice, to be sold
in Abita and towns that have no
plants of their own.
IAbita Springs under electrie lights.
at night presents quits a different
.appearance from Abita Springs in
darkness, and the gppreelation of the
pulbrli for this change must neces
sarily twin friendly sympathy and a
operation in the efforts of the com
pany to extend its business.
work of tick eradication, and prob
abily will require most of the Ave
year period to bring about the re
moval of quarantine from their ter
ritory. Tease .has more counties
quarantined because of the presence
of the fever tick than any other
State, and has almost as many square
.miles in the quarantined area as all
the other States coabined. It Is
probable, therefore, that the work of
eradication there will 'take more
bime and that unless there is unfore
seen activity, Texas will be the last
of the States to claim a white area
on the maIp. The finishing of the
work of eradication in the other
States, however, will release Federal
agents engaged in the iwork and will
make V*ossible the concentration of
effort on Texas toward -the end of
the five-year period. It is belleved,
therefore, that by the close of the
year 1921 this concerted work, if
properly supported by local co-opera
tion. will result in tick eradiotiten
from Texas and the dreeing, there
fore, of eall United States territory
from the pest.
'As a result of extermination of the
cattle tick from approximately 285,
000 square miles in the ten years
which the U. S. Department of Agri
culture and the States have beena
aatively engaged in the wor.k, the
cattle industry, acording to the
Bureau of Animal Industry, in the
Soath has improved from 50 to 100
per cent. Native beet cattle, freed
from attacks of the ticke, have pat
on more flesh; native dairy cows are
giving more milk; and, because dan
ger of disease largely has been elimt
nated, cattle of better breeds havre
been brought in to improve the ns
tive stock. The South has made
greater progress l developing the
cattle industry in the last 5 years in
the preceeding 50 years, and there
has been more progress in the in
dustry in the South in that period
than in any other section.
The States and counties, rallwayr
and other corporatiolns, and busl
ness men of the Soath have been ac
tive in' emphassisng the great im
portance of tick eradication end in
spreading interest and information
among farmers and eattlemen. As
a result of the operation of all these
forces, the work of tick eradication
practically has been half completed.
On July, 1, 1916, there had been
freed from ticks 284,521 square
miles of the original quarantined
area of 728,543 square miles. It is
estimated that by next December
60,000 additional square miles 'ill
be freed, bringing the total tick-ree
territory to 344,531 square mles.
This will leave aetotal area under
quarantine of 384,023 square miles.
Francis FltSfImI ns has received
his 1917 Maxwell Demonstrator. He
will be pleased to demonstrate at" ::
n~y time. Just phone 131, Coving
ton, Ls. this classy, sturdy cmar na
sells for i 95 _ o!. b. .fetry IR
cians beIouglht&y en aeg