St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-05

Intends Establishing a
Health Resort near
COvingt0n.
There is . scheme on foot in the
city at present which, when realized
and put into operation. will, with
proper advertising, boom the State
OF Louisiana and the City OF New
Orleans all over this country, and
il properly carried out will cause
st. Tammsny parish to become re-
nowned throughout the length and
breadth of the republic on account Of
the opportunities it will afford the
sickly people to regain another lease
Of life by q visit to its heaith-giving
resorts. Locally the great ozone
belt is we'll known, but on the out
side OF the State the wonderful
properties of vicinity are practically
unknown. Col. Strickle has toured
the country and endeavored to find
. locality where sickness cannot ex-
| ist. and statistics, coupled with his
experience, have taught him that
there is no such place in the United
States outside OF Louisiana. The
place selected is in the ozone belt
that exists in the parish OF st. Tam
many. This belt gete its name from
that fact that the percentage OF
ozone in that locality is greater than
in any other portion Of the United
States save one. This alone stamps
the place as the proper national
home for sick people. and in addi-
ton to the bountiful springs that
are to be found, makes the place .
desirable one to be used and doomed
as the most healthful resort in the
country. With the idea of estab-
fishing on q magnificent scale his
plan for . resort of this class, Col,
Strickle recently secured possession
Of q tract of land amounting to
IL 900, acres, The land is located
near Covington, and there the Col
onel intends to establish the instltu-
ton. The possibilities Of the
scheme are enormous, and almost
every particular that could be con-
ceived ut the outset of such an un-
dertaking has been considered by
the enterprising gentleman. The
plans for the buildings to be erected
on the premises have been started
upon, and, although not nearly
completed, show the vastness Of the
scheme.
In part, the idea of Col. Strickle
is to erect . large hotel building at
the most prominent point on the
land that he has secured. This will
be the principle edi6ce, and will be
carefully planned by the architects
having the same under control, with
a view to the best sanitary con-
ditions. Then it is proposed to
erect bathing houses in conjunction
with sanitarium for the care OF the
sick. An immense dairy, well stock
ed with the finest cattle, and run In
the most sanitary manner, will be
instituted, and the receipts Of .
model dairy will 90 q long way to-
ward making the venture secure. In
and ground the little settlement
cottages will be erected by the com.
pany which Col. Strickle represents,
and with the people of this State,
who realize the benefits of that par
ticular part Of the ozone belt, they
promise to find immediate favor.
This has been promised Col. Sickle,
Tor he has many assurances from
prominent people Of this city to
that effect Col. Sickle has not
gone into the matter blindly, for he
has the opinion of many Of the best
citizens Of the State in regard to his
scheme. aud every person with .
knowledge OF the locality, when ap-
preached with the details of the
scheme, has given it his support.
Mayor Walter e. Flower is one Of
the most sanguine supporters Of
Col. Strickle, and has promised his
influence in the entire matter and
will be one of the original members
Ut the company.