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D. H. MASON, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1917. VOL XLIII No. 10
COVINTON ASKS RAILROAD MMISION FOR DEPOT
Attend Meeting of Association of Commerce Monday
TOWN COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEET
AMENDSFIRE
ORDINANCE
Ordinance As Just Passed
Found Unsuited To
Conditions.
TOO STRICT AS TO
MAKING OF REPAIRS
Public Opinion Favored
Less Stringency in ,
This Respect.
Covington, La., Jan. 23, 1917.
At a special meeting of the town
council on the above date the fol
lowing members were present: P.
J. Lacroix, Mayor; Aldermen 'mile
Frederick, J. E. Nilson, H. A. Mackle
A. R. Smith, ID. 1. Addison, WM. P.
Planche. Absent: None.
All members having been duly
notified.
The object of the meeting'(ls to
consider an amendment to the Fire
District Ordinance.
. The following ordinance was offer
ed by H. A. Maokie, seconded by
ID. I. Addison:
ORDINANOE NO. 56.
An ordinance amendinr and re-en
acting Number 53, adopted De
cember 5, 1916, aind entitled "An
ordinance fixing the fire limiR of
the town of Covington, La., and
regulating the construction and
erection of buildings within said
limits."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
town council of the town of Cov
ington, La., in special session con
vened, That Section 3 of Qgdinance
No. 53, adopted December 5, 19'16,
and entitled "An ordinance fixing
the ire limits of the town of Cov
ington, La., and regulating the con
struction and erection of buildings
'within said limits," be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:
"'ection 3. Be it further ordain
ed, etc., That it shall be unlawful,
and it is hereby prohibited, for any
person, dirm or corporation to make
repairs on any existing frame build
ing, or existing building not con
structed in accordance with Section 2
if this ordinance, within said ire
limits, when such repairs will ex
ceed $'25.00 in Amount, without first
having obtained a permit from the
" town council; provided that the town
council, shall, in all cases, have au
thority, in their discretion, to per
mit repairs to be made on sudh
buildings, upon. application; provid
ed further, however, that no permit
shall be granted for repairs to be
made to the roof of any such baluild
ing, when the costs of such repairs
will exceed '$50.00, unless the same
be made with non-combustible ma
terial."
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
etc., That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., That this amendment take et
fect immediately from its passage.
Adopted January 23, 1917.
UA vote being taken it was unani
mously adopted by the following
vote:
Yeas: Emile Frederick, M. P.
Planche, J. E. Nilson, D. I. Addison,
A. R. Smith, H. A. Mackie:
iNays: None.
There being no further bulnes
the council adjourned.
P. J. LACROIX,
Maybr.
L. A. PNRRI)AND,
Secretary.
THREE CASES BEFORE
MAYOR'S COURT
THURSDAY.
Trhe saloon of Planeche & Perbos
Swas robbed Tuesday night of ten dol
lars in cash. taken from the drawer.
- Entrance was made through a tran
som that would not permit of a large
msn going through.
The same night a man was dis
covered behind the bar of Begond &
Fontan, by Mr. Case Segond. He
got away, but Mr. Begond could
hardly recognize him. Marshal Loyd
e. associated the man with the one who
Sha;d committed the robbery at the
Planche & Perbos ealq~n, but when
this man was arrested no money was
f ound on his person and there was
no way of proving theft. Marshal
' Loyd arrested Wllber 'Wliama , of
IWashington parish, and P. D. .eta.e
SWorth, on charge of drank end dis
orderly, and L. M. Brown, who
claimed to be an ex-army man.
hW'en Brown was brought before the
- Mayor, Thursday morning, he stated
that he was willing to leave tbwn
a-nd would get out in ter minuates ifi
'4.ven the time. The 'Mayor accom
Sdated him and he hit the road 1m
.q i Sately. The other two were l uad
d and aotrs.
PETITION FILED
WITH RAILROAD
COM'N ASKING
FOR DEPOT
This Action Follows Fail
ure of Association of
Commerce Plan
OFFERED TO DONATE
LAND FOR NEW DEPOT
A Modern Brick Structure
Was Asked to Be
Erected.
Wednesday, J1anuary 24, Attorney
Fred J. Heintr, acting fo the Asso
oiatioin of Commerce, tilr the fol
lowing petition with the Railroad
Commission. The general impres
sion had been created that the Rail
'road Company would be willing to
build a brick depot, suitable to Cov-*
fngton, if the land was donated, but
later communications seem to leave
Httle hope that the company will de
more than repair the old depot.
This is not satisfactory to Coving
ton, and the Railroad Commission
has been appealed to Jin the hope
that it may see the justice of the de
mands of Covington in this import
ant ipatter:
Petition to Railroad Commission.
To the HIonorable Members of the
Railroad Commission for the State
of Louisiana:
rrhe petition of the undersigned
citizens of Lovington, and patrons of
the New Orleans Great Northern
Railroad Company, with respect rep
resents:
1. That the New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad Company has sit
uated at the town of Covington, La.,
one of its principal towns on the
route of the said railroad company,
an old, antiquated structure that has
served the people of said town as a
depot for years immemorial.
2. That said depot has, and pos
sesses absolutely no conveniences at
all. That there are no toilets con
nected with same, and in case of
necessity patrons of said railroad
company. have to travel to some ad
joining 'building.
3. That ne waite patrons of saiu
road, both male and female, when
sending messages or receiving tele
grams, freight and express, have to
do so in the colored waiting room of
said depot.
That this is a great inconvenience
to ladies, and it has frequently oc
curred, that they (ladies) have re:
quested male friends to send tele
grams in preference to entering a
room crowded with negroes.
4. That the said depot is ill
lighted and insanitary.
5.- That the said depot is too
small. It has connected with it a
freight depot, and frequently during
the rainy season, when freight and
express is loaded on trucks and
placed under the shed, that is sup
posed to be used for passengers, the
passengers have to take refuge un
der sheds of saloons, livery stables
and restaurants, located around the
said depot.
6. That there is no adequate
protection for the traveling public.
The patrons have to regularly, on a
rainy day, get off the train in an
unsheltered spot.
7. That the said depot is entire
ly too small for the use of the travel
ing patrons of the said road.
Your petitioners annex herewith
the petition signed by some 432
of the citizens and patrons of said
road, a resolution passed by the
town council of the town of Coving
ton, a resolution passed by the Cov
ington Association of Commerce of
the town of Covington, La., a reso
lution passed by the Women's Pro
gressive Union of the town of Cov
ington, a resolution passed by the
Covington Fire Association, a resolz,
tion passed by the Covington School
Imprvement League, a resolution
adopted by the Chamber of Com
merce, asking that this matter be
placed before your honorable body.
Wherefore: petitioners request
that this matter be set "down for
hearing before your body, in crier
that they may present the above
facts, and other facts necessary, in
the premises to prove their conten
tion that a new depot is necessary
to the town of Covington, andl after
considering same, that you 'enter an
r.rder compelling the New Orleans
Great Northern 'RaMroad Company
toereget a modern depot in the town
of Covington, .nlisiana.
POLKOE JURY JTOTIOCE.
Notice is hereby given that all
bills against the .parish must be
Plaeed on lile with the Clerk of the
Police Jury for approval by the com
mittee by the i day oe iach
month, else they ' b-cearried over
to the next m nt " .ore payment
may be made.
F. J. MEWSIDALE1,
a ket Pdese Jury.
HOW AN OCEAN DERELICT LOOKS
iii
All landsmen have heard of, but few have ever seen, that grave menace of oceans navigation, the derelict., This
photograph, taken on Christmas day from" the United States eoastguard cutter Seneca, shows the wreck of the Brazil
ian ship Nepthls. The Nepthis got l*to trouble soon after leaving port. She was towed 5,000 miles, but finally aban
doned in a storm when about 150 miles east of New York. The Seneca was then ordered out to bring the wrecked ship
into port, and after a two-day search found her and got a fine aboard.
OIL WELL GOING
DOWN .INTO
LAST BIG
ROCK
Wefl Now Reaching Depth
of Oil Found In
Other Fields.
LOG SHOWS SAME AS
THAT OF BIG WELLS
Work Going On Smoothly
And- All Anxious To
Get Thro Rock.
A representative of The Farmer
found Secretary Martin of the Merid
ian Oil Company poring over some
charts showing the logs of oil wells
that have made millions for their
stockholders, charts that are issued
by the United !States from the dd
partment of the Geological Survey.
He smiled as he looked up. "I was
just thinking," he said, "what little
difference there is between these
logs and the log of our well at Sul
phur Springs, and wondering it there
would be as little difference in the
amount of oil, should we strike it."
Fine:.but when are you going to
strike itt
"O, I don't say we are going to
strike it. I only say we have just
as good indications that we shall as
the indications on those charts. Got
the symptoms of the disease. But if
the symptoms prove true. -don't
know how bad a case. of the disease
we may have.
"You see, there have been quite a
number of-wells brought in that are
on about the same parallel as this.
There is little difference in the logs,
the depth runs something over 3000
feet. Sour Lake is about 150 miles
west of us. Then there's Goose
Creek and Edgerly. This last his
well is 3100 feet deep. We have al
ways felt -sure we could not get oil
at less than 3000 feet. We are now
3012 feet. We brought up shale
and nyrite and fossils. We have
struck gumbo from three to ten feet
deen between rocks, and we have
found a little crude oil. These are
pretty good indications, although
they do not prove that oil will be
found in paying quantities. The
only way to prove that is by getting
the oil.
"We teel encouraged, however.
and 'believe that we are now in the
,lest rock. We are 42 feet into it
We struck the irst rock at 2674
feet, making 338 feet of rock and
gumbo we have gone through.
"Most of the wells in the coastal
feld have found some salt water. It
is peculiar that notwithstanding ogir
nearness to the Gulf we had not the
least salt water."
The steady drill of the well can
be heard all the time and everything
seems to be working steadily. If
anvbody hears a blow out in the di
rection of Sulphur Springd. It may be
a,,-mn ed that the well has turned
out to have-the disease in accordante
with the symptoms. ,
.otice If hereby given that I will
be In Pearl River. at H. J. Willis'
storem on Monday. January 29, 1917,
for the purpose of regstering voters.
Ieek 1-cou.Ew
ASSOCIATION OF
COMMERCE T)
DISCUSS SEG
REGATION
Matter Will Be Taken Up
At Meeting To Be
Held Monday.
PHYSICIANS TO BE
'PRESENT AT MEETING
Bad Weather Last Monday
Night raused Laying.
Over of Matter.
More than usual interqst is being
taken in the movement to protect
the town from the dangers of tu
berculosis, and also to put into effect
sanitary laws that will give a feel
ing of safety to citizens and visitors.
Segregation of consumptives in li
censed bqarding houses seems at-this
time to be an approved nmethOd.
There will also be a re-organisation
of the Board of Health, With a view
to a strict epforcement of the laws
enacted for the protection of the
town.
Members of the medical profession
of St. Tammany parish and some
from New Orleans are expected to
be present to assist in a proper un
derstanding of the situation and the
provisions that should be made to
correct- the - feeling of unafety that
seems to exist in some quarters, es
pecially New Orleans. All people in
terested in the matter are invited to
attend the meeting next -Monday,
January 29, at the rooms of the Aq
sociation of Commerce.
This meeting was adjourned from
last week on account of the very bad
weather.
AUNT CAROLINE KICKS
AT BEING IMPOSED
UPON.
There is not much in the laundry
business but hard work, and when
this work is done by two tired arms
instead of the machinery of the up
to-date system, you may expect a
few cuss words thrown in with the
-bluing. And that isn't all. *When
you pay the old colored woman who
brings the washing home, you must
remember that she not-only vhaftes
you for the bluing but for the cuss
words, too; and she's entitled to it.
for there is more irkt to the colored
woman who does your washing than
being responsible for the pieces she
puts in your neighbor's bundle, or
the odd sock that wasn't put in, or
the red that ran from slbmebody's
gown into your husband's white pa
jamas. These are trifles. If you
don't believe it, ask Caroline Hamp
ton.
Caroline Hampton does the laun
dry and other work for Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. A. Fahra~ula. Shedon't mind
work as she has often been known
to sing a tune of *eitentmeht while
she scrubbed at some of the seenery
painted in a moment .of absthration
by Bid on his pantaloons instead of
on the curtain of the Parevttw
Theatre. -Bit-thsr -is--4ki toher
enduuagce. 1*e dW bI linae at
rocking the cradle iad washing at
the same tine, espedally when it
is not, her en msiSebMd bi that
LOST CHILD OF
NEW RESIDENTS
SETS ALL IN- A
COMMOTION
Catharine Baker, One of 11.
Year Old Twins, Goes
to Sleep in Bed.
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
IN PARKVIEW THEATRE
Causes Searching Party To
Scour the Town in a
Vain Search.
A pathetic soene was turned into
merriment,' when little Catharine
Baker was found cuddled up on the
bed, after an excited'searching party
had tramped the neighborhocil in
search of her.
Attorney F. J. Heintz stopped the
performance at the Parkview Theatre
f'unday night to announce the piti
ful story of the loss of little Catha
rine, who is about 11 years of age
and one of twins in the Baker fami
ly, just moved to Covington. Mr.
and Mrs. Baker were distracted with
fear. They had just arrive'd on the
train that day and had taken pos
session of their new home in Coving
ton, out towards the College. All
were together, but suddenly it was
discovered that Catharine was miss
ing. Mr. and Mrs. ,Baker are mutes
and could only make themselves un
derstood by signs and writing. They
had looked for their little girl but
could not find her, so they asked for
help.
Mr. Heintz, Marshal Schultz, .ight
Marshal Loyd and Mr. Walter Molloy
joined the searching party, but no
trace of the missing child could be
found. Finally search of the house
was made, and the little one was
found, as stated, asleep on the bed.
The happy parents shed tears of joy
at the discovery.
not care &) cave her clothers basket
used for a cradle, anyhow. And
here's where the row began.
Willie Taylor is a grandchild of
Aunt Caroline's, and Willie seems
tonder of having children than of
taking care. of them.. Caroline
Hampton has already raised one up
to three years of age, without
grumbling, bet she' wants to stop at
that. VWille, on the other hand,
seemed to think"that grandma mnight
a well keep it up while she had her
hand in. So when Caroline Hamp
ton took the lid off the laundry bask
et, last Thursday, preparatory to
delivering her washing, she saw a
black spot on the white contents
that looked as if the washing would
all have to be done over again. But
this black spot moved and made a
noise that was so familiar to Aunt
Caroline that she knew immediately
it would take -more than soap and
water to remove it. In fact, as her
surprise wore off she realized that
Willie had left her to rock another
headle with one hand while she
washed with the other, and she
swore that this `time there was noth
ing doing. She informed the au
thoritles of Willi~'s doings and a
-eastablO hemaded4' Willie at M.adi
w egw)le, wIr-.was making her
get-way to New Orlesas.
It anow "come to mother, dal
fag," <iateed of "sling that foot
SLIDELL VISITED
BY U. S. BOAT;
MACHINE GUN
EXHIBITED
Lt. Commander Neville and
Crew of 40 On Board
the Nabuna.
MEDAL OF ESTEE1M
a AWARDED HOUGTON
Postmaster Gardere Says
Receipts of Office Big
Increase Over 1915
(By Staff Correspondent)
The Sixth Division of the Louisi
ana Naval Militia, Slidell, 'La., Lieut.
IL. V. Cooley, commanding officer;
Lieut. F. Byron Richardson, second
in command; Lieut. J. F. Polk, Sur
geon, with the following members:
Aebli Jacques, W. L." Baker, Luke
Brom, B. T. Carroll, IW. E. Canu
lette, John Cruthirds, F. A. Dear,
J. -H. Dunham, B. P. Decker, Chas.
~ogg, Harold Gish, Robert Gauley,
Isham ,Hadee, Asa Hulsey, Pirt
Howze, J. D. Jones, R. E. King,
Thye, Koepp, Thos. Leonard, John
Leonhard, Dewitt Lawler, Eripst
Luther, Geo. McCoy, B. J. McGin
ty, Ed. Moore, F. 6. Nehls, Peter
Oreliga, Sam Parker, John Parker,
H. Peterson, F. F. Philbert, J. '.
Prestage, W. M. Quave, Chas. Rich
ardon; Frank Richardson, Jr., E. D.
Singleton, L. V. Scarborough, r. E.
Smith, Chas. Swinson, Gus Polberg
er, Robt. Taylor, Henry Taylor,. H.
K. Thompson, Mike Trassoc, Tom
Whichard, Jr., J. A. Whichard.
. The Government has assigned two
cutters to this division, and later a
power boat will be given to the com
mand. The armament and equip
ment is identical with the regular
naval requirement. Instructions are
given in all branches of the naval
service.
Under the Act of Congress of 1916
all men and officers of the Slidell
Division will receive 25 per cent of
regular navy pay, during the term
of enlistment, providing they quali
fy in drills and attendance. The
commandin'g officers have to pass a
rigid examination in all branches of
the service, such as" ship and gun
drills, gunnery, dilek and boat book,
landing force, small arms, practical
navigation and blue jacket manual.
Lieut. Commander Merrill, of New
Orleans, will inspect and muster into
service the Sixth Division at Slidell,
Saturdlay night (to-night), in the
armory of the company. All the
men and .officers have received guns
and side arms and uniforms, which
are the same as worn by regular
naval force.
Nabuna at Slldell.
Lieut. Commander Neville and a
crew of forty on board the S. S. Na
buna, 'put in at Slidell on Sunday
last and were visited by'our local
naval reserves. In addition to the
members of the iLa. Reserves there
were five men from U. S. torpedo
boat iSmith. While no actual firing
was done the workings of the rapid
,firing machine gun carried by the
Nabuna was explained in detail and
was instructive to our boy. There
will be 'a muster of the local coe
pany tonight when Lieut. Command
er Neville will be inspector ahd mus
tering officer. We expect onurboys
to make a good showing and hope
to hrave every member present fully
equipped.
News and Personals.
Our old friend, -I. C. Cornibe,
long in the livery business opposite
the depot, will remove his stable a
little further east, .on property own
ed by him, where he will combine
fishing, hunting, .baseball, farminig,
and other out-door sports, with his
otherwise congenial .business, hav
ing reaped the reward of an indus
trious and frugal life.
S. 1R. Redden has sold hi sprop
erty on Frenfeaur' street to. C. L.
Morgan, and will build at the cor
ner of Michigan avenue and 10th
street. -
O. L. 'Moran has acquired the Cor
nibe property opposite the depot, we
understand, and will build a large,
fine building.
Houghton Presented Gold Medal.
,Ben Houghton, Sr., 77 years old,
fifty years a Mason, was presented
with a gold medal of esteem and
commemorative of the event. Mr.
Houghton is an old and honored
citizen of Slidell, and we wish him
many more happy years.
We are advised by Postmaster
Gardere that the postal receipts here
are showing a very substantial ad
vance over 1915. The record is:
1915, $5,795.17; 1916, $7377.53.
lDecemlber was the banner month
with receipts of 44,9113.12.
There is considerable talk about a
dne new hotel being built inl the ii
-nitty of. the depot. , thirty or
forty thousand dollar structure to be
backed by local people t4 eater to
4rt .* aU trade.
W. & g f~t'4eM to ,. a
{ All
FEDERAL FARM
LOAN ASSOCIA
TION DRAWS
BIG CROWD
Court Room Crowded Into
Hall By People Anxious
To Be Inforin id.
COMMIS'N'R. WILSON
EXPLAINS BANK PLAN
J. H. Warner Presides and
Is Elected President
of Board.
The meeting held at the court
house Saturday, January 20, for the
purpose of organizing a Federalr
Loan Associatpn for St. 'Tammany
parish, filled the court room and
overflowed into the hall. Every
body was anxious to learn the work-,
ings of the new rural credit system,
the Farm Loan Bank, one of which
has been established in New Or
leans. Everybody seemed to want
to borrow money, and some seeined
to think that all that'Was neeessary
was to announce that they needed it
and were ready to Co to farming, t`
even if they had no security to ffer
for the loan. One man asked Com
missioner Wilson what a man colaM
do who had nothing to give as se
curity and still wanted to borrow
money. Mr. Wilson said, "He wir .
have to go way back and sit down."
The meeting was called to 4rE. "
by J. H. Warner, who presided. K'
V. Richard was made secretary.
Mr. Warner Introduced Comp.
sioner of Agriculture and Imaugrgra
tion Harry D. Wilson, who spoko
quite at length, going over the .tv
(Continued on page 6. )
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PARKVIEW THEATRE.
Thi program for this Saturday -
night will be a re-)Ienfntatiotn of
"The Eternal City," fetauring Pan
line Frederick. This feature was
presented last night- to a capacity
house and is claimned as one of the:
best performances in a long time.
The doors will be" opea at 4 p. m.
Admission 10 and 20 cents.
The program for this Sunday will.
be Olga Petrova in "The Btlack But
terfly," a five part Metro production,
and two single reel comedies id44
tional. Open at 3 p. m. every San
daf Admission on this ady 10 and
15 cents.
The program for next Monday and
Tuesday - will be a five reel Pat*-.,
mount feature starring Sessue Ha
yakawa in "The Soul of Kara San."
Admission both days 5 and 10 cents.
Program for next Wednesday and
Thursday will be a five part feature
entitled "The Years of the Locustl"
Admission both days 5 and 18 cents.
On next Friday night will tie pre
sented Little Mary Sunshine, a sive
part Pathe feature.
jury to Mr. J. R. Danham, wheh ee- -
curred at White Bluff, o Saturday,
January 20th, being hurt while in
specting lumber for Salmen Brick &
Lumber Company. Lowever, We l
are pleased to hear from Dr. l
ton the injury is not very serious
and that Mr. Dunhamn will be uIt. i.
a week or ttn days.
The bbaket bflpaMe between'
galus and Slidel last atarda4 , i
hotly contested resulted in a tim
sco., of 15 to l5.# Sebastianr
Dafour of Sli the p .
gainers for a, sad w
eare kut w
tLC~gb~won,
Iw'"LPma