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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-21
OFFICIAL.
PETITION.

To the Honorable President and Members of the
Police Jury OF the Parish of st. T7mm2ny
State of Louisiana.
We, the undersigned residents, rot
ers, and taxpayers, do hereby petition
your Honorable Body, composed of, and
being and constituting one-fifth Of the
property taxpayers of School District
No. l, respectfully ask your Honorable
Body, acting within and under the au-
thority conferred upon You by the Con-
stitution and laws of this State, do or
der that special election be held, in
the manner required by law, for the
purpose of determining whether or not
special tax, for the purpose Of giving
schools, and for the purpose of erect
ing and constructing and maintaining
public school houses. Second, that the
rate of said special tax so to be levied
annually upon all taxable property
within said district, shall be five mills
on the dollar for period OF ten years,
beginning with year 1906. The bounda-
ries of said School District are de-
scribej as follows:
Commence at the 8. ". corner OF
township 5, 8. r. II east; thence north
on range line three miles to northwest
corner of Section 10, thence east one
hall mile; thence north one-half mile;
thence east 0ne-quarter mile; thence
north one-han mile; thence east one
quarter mile to northwest corner Of
Section IL; thence north one-half mile;
thence east one-Qnarter mile; thence
nor%h o,,o half milo. %houro moth 40
degrees east six chains to southwest
corner OF Section AZ; thence along west
boundary Of Section - eighty six
chains and twenty links to township
line between townships and 5, r. IL
east; thence along west boundary OF
Section A, in Township 4, south Of r.
IL east to Bogue Chitto; thence down
the meanders of Bogue Chitto to the
mouth Of Bevins Greek; thence down
the meanders of Bevins Creek to where
the section line between sections a and
46 cross creek; thence Oh said section
line 10 chains and SO links to southeast
corner of section A.; thence east "a
chains Il links to northwest corner Of
Section 13; thence on section line be-
tween sections IA, 10, %, "a, 26, Is, 50,
So four miles to south boundary OF
Township 5, S. r. II east, which Is also
the ward line or south boundary Of the
Fifth Ward; thence five miles to place
of commencement, IN accordance with
survey and map made by J. n. Yates,
Parish Surveyor, May -, 1906, and
hereto annexcdSand made part hereof,
said district to be known as School Dis
trict No. l, and said election to be
held at the Ben Williams school house.
Respectfully submitted.
S E Fauntleroy, II 7 Fauntleroy, ] y
jenkins, Frank Sharp, T A Sharp, q H
Galloway, w II Kauntleroy, G s Faunt-
leroy, w r Williams, ] Il Sharp, Emile
Sharp, Carl Sharp, Mrs B G. Williams,
p p Galloway, = e Felts, Hamp King,
10 w Thompson, 81 H Brown, Loren
Talley, Joseph Sheck, J A Fauntleroy.
Fixon williams, Tyner Jenkins, Lean
der jenkins, H 8 Seal, D c Fauntleroy,
Samuel Williams, Charley Dutsch, @
E Cooper, 8 C Williams, r. E VIII
liams, II L Revier, George Oalmann.
I have examined the foregoing petit
ton aud hereby approve the boundaries
therein set forth.
J. 8. JONES.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-21
u. A. O. D

Boaue Falaya Grove, No. 81
Meets on the first and third Saturdays
In the mouth, ct 1880 p. M, in. the
Masonic building. Covington, La.
w. W. ULMEB, Noble Arch.
r. B. HEMPEL Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-21
Total =
DISBURSEMENTS
Balance on hand $5,4l7 IS
July /, 1900.
A. FREDERICK, treasurer.

Complaints having been made against
the Superintendent, on motion Ut MT.
Hansbrough, seconded by Mr.. Craw-
ford, 1t was resolved that each member
Of this Board be instructed to lnyesti-
gate these complaints against the SUI
perintendent rs they relate to their
!. wards and the parish at large, and to
report the results OF their investiga-
lions BY July 20, 10 writing. to the
President Of this Board, together with
their recommendations as to whether
or not Il 10 advisable to call meeting
OF the Board. =
The Superintendent's report for the
quarter 10 10 follows:
The following ID The apportionment
of.tho school Fund TOR tho quarter at
1906 cents per capita educable chill
dren, with amounts placed to credit o.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-21

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Ferry Company, held at the office Of said
Company in Covington, Louisiana, on the 27tf1
day of June, 1906, present, Clay Riggs, Joseph
Brig and Lewis L. Morgan. constituting said
! Board of Directors, the following resolutions
were proposed and unanimously adopted, to-
wit:
Whereas it has recently come to the knowl-
edge of the st. Tamn1any and New Orleans
Railways and Ferry Company that the school
fund of the Third Ward of the Parish of St.
Tammany, Louisiana, is insufficient to maintain
the various public schools throughout the said
Third Ward for nine consecutive months, and
defray the divers other expenses incidental
thereto; therefore be 1t
Resolved by the st. Tammany and New Or
leans Railways and Ferry Company, That If the
proposition of levying 4 special tax of five
mills on the dollar. per annun1, for period of
said Third Ward, in aid of the st. Tammany and
ried. then and in that event the said company
stipulates, contracts and agrees to donate to
and in favor of the school fund Of said Third
Ward of the Parish of st. Tammany twenty per
cent of said tax.
Be it further resolved, That said twenty per
cent be turned over to Adolph Frederick,
Treasurer of the Parish of st Tammany as said
tax is collected.
Be it further resolved, That said twenty per
cent be devoted solely and exclusively to the
use and benefit of the public schools of said
Third Ward of the Parish of st. Tammanny.
CLAY RIGGS. President
JOSEPH BRIG, Secretary.
A true copy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-21

Company, under date of June q. 1905, be and
the same are hereto annexed.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, ETC., That this
Ordinance. annexed petition of the taxpayers.
and the resolutions Of the Board of Directors of
the St. Tammany and New Orleans Railways and
many FARMER, the official organ of the Parish,
for full thirty clear days previous to the date Of
holding said election. and that this Ordinance
take effect from and after its passage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-21

To the Honorable President and Members of the
Police Jury of the Parish OF st. Tammany,
State of Louisiana:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
MAY INVESTIGATE
WESTERN UNION

Chicago, Nov. 2O.-The Commercial
Telergaphers' Union of America in
tends to demand of the United States
government that the Western Union
Telegraph Company be investigated.
President s. J. Small, Of the union,
made this announcement and added
that he was going to Washington in
person to press these demands.
Small declare that the salaries paid
by the Western Union to it's oper-
ators are below living wages and that
an investigation into the general con-
duct" Of the business Of the Western
Union would disclose startling facts.
One Of the most serious charges
which will be made is that the West
ern Union is SO heavily watered that
it cannot pay dividends upon legiti-
mate bonds and that in the purchase
Of many Of the independent companies
which make up the system it paid
enormous amounts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
ALASKA GOLD OUTPUT
STEADILY INCREASING

Washington, Nov. 2O.-The strong
probability is thai the Alaska output
for 1906 will exceed all the earlier es
tinates by considerable margin. Re.
cent Information received here leads
to the belief that the total production
for the year will be upwards of $i9,-
900, 600, and that it may be as high as
$50, O00, 900.
The estimated output last year was
$14, 45OO00,, which was about IS, 900,
900 larger than the highest previous
record. The latest advices from Fair
banks are that this years output is not
less than SO, OOO,OO
A letter from Mr.. Garfield, the dep
uty collector Of customs at Nome,
gives actual shipments officially mani
tested from that district during the
present year, up to October %, as ST.
255, $50.
These figures indicate that Nome
has exceeded all previous records by
at least 81, 600, 900. Adding these fig.
ures to those for Fairbanks and count-
ing the product of the Southeastern
Alaska quartz mines as So, 900, 600, not
to mention the products Of the placer
districts outside of the Nome and Fair
banks districts, the output for all
Alaska this year is above $19, $50, 600,
and the grand total for the territory
will, it would seem, almost certainly
reach $50, 900, 900
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
AMBASSADOR AOkI TO
VISIT WESTERN COAST

Washington, Nov. 20.-Viscount
Aoki, the Japanese ambassador, will
make a trip to the Pacific coast In a
few months to study the condition OF
the japanese in the far Western states,
with especial view to learning the ex-
act causes Of the friction between Cal
ifornians and his fellow countrymen.
All of the important cities on the
Pacific coast will be visited by Wis
count Aoki, who is especially anxious
to acquaint himself with the reamrk-
able development of Washington, Ore
gon and California.
He will also probat ~ make q num-
Der of stops in the cities Of the Rocky
mountains and in the Mississippi val
ley. Although the ambassador has
CROSSED the American continent sever
al times he never has had an opportun-
ity to stop in the various commercial
centers and study the industries which
flourish throughout the Far West and
the Middle West.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
PUYALLUPS MUST PAY TAXES
Supreme Court Says Land in Severalty
Is Subject to Levy.

Is Subject to Levy.
Washington, Nov. 22.-Whether
local state authorities can tax the and
of an Indian held in severaltv, in the
absence of explicit legislation giving
such authority, was considered in an
opinion handed down this week in the
case of James Gowdy against the asses
sor of Pierce county, Washington.
Gowdy is Puysllup Indian and holds
lands granted to him in severalty, with
a provision in his patent from the gov
eminent which exempted the property
from "sale, levy or forfeiture" while
Washington should remain a territory
and afterwards unless the state legis-
lature should provide otherwise.
After the admission of the state a
law authorizing in general terms the
alienation" of Indian-held lands was
passed, but the Indian objected that
the anti-levy feature of his patent
had not been removed by the enact
ment, and the Gowdy suit was insti-
tuted. The state courts held against
him, and their finding is Endorsed by
the supreme court. The opinion was
delivered by Justice Brewer, who said
that the fact that Gowdy had become
citizen of the United States, az he
had done by accepting land in several
ty, had made him amenable to the tax
laws. He also said that the act of the
state legislature covers tax levies as
well as tax sales.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
MRS. MAUD CREffIELD
dies IN COUNTY JAIL

Seattle, Nov. 17.-Mrs. Maud Cref-
field died shortly after II o'clock last
night in her cell in the county Jail.
She is the third of the principals in
the Holy Roller tragedy to meet sud-
den death. But short time before
her death she had played a game of
cards with the women who are con-
fined in that ward in the Jail. Meth
er Sheriff Smith nor any of his depu-
ties had received any imitation that
the woman was ill and their first
knowledge that she was stricken, or
that anything was wrong in that part
of the Jail, was when women prisoners
in the main dormitory Of the women's
department called for help
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Cref1eld
and Esther Mitchell appeared to be In
their usual spirits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
M'INNES TO TAKE UP
IMPORTANT MATTERS

Dawson, Nov. 2O.-Gov. McInnes
has left for Ottawa, where he will take
up the important work respecting the
opening up of many square miles of
placer ground now closed within the
concessions; the proposed wireless tel
ergaph system from Quesnelle to White
Horse, to displace the present unreli-
able wire service over the same route /;
better winter mail service, adjustment
of salaries and other reforms.
Gov. McInnes expects to stop at Sc
attic on bis return in connection with
the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition.
DR.. Alfred Thompson, member of
parliament, will leave the first of De-
Gem Der for Ottawa. Both these influ-
entail Klondikers will try to interest
the Dominion government in the expo
sition project.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
PRoTEcToRATE m c,,,
Members q Liberal Party Win p....
Prssidsnt and Con.r... oo

Now York, Nov. 22-pron,
mennberS Of the Liberal party i IL
according to Capt. Cassidy Cool oaoa
yer OF this city, who says he is ne alaH-
here for certain Liberal interest," uosel
q plan for the establishments ~ nave
manent protectorate in Cuho per'
American government. Thew ~: sas
says supported by the foreign int. ns
ests OF that country and purposs 's :,
petition the president and conr,. %
early In January to pass bin mas'
Caba plotectorate. Another hd ;n
to be presented in the Cuban con u,.l Il
for the same purpose. Capt. CooIs ' :
clared In an interview that bills - ~. ae'
end have already been draw .u's
forwarded to Cuba for the appro,. Sa !,
those interested. o'1 o.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
PROUTY TAKES issue
With RAILROAD men

Chicago, Nov. 20.-Commissioner
PrCuty of the interstate commerce
commisson while in the city yesterday
en- route to Milwaukee, where an in
vestiagtion of the elevator situation
will be made, took issue with James
j. Hill, of the Great Northern, and
other railroad officials who recently
declared that the governments rate
legislation policy tends to brighten IN
vestors away from railroad securities
and thereby to disable the roads 1rom
making adequate provisions for nano'
ling the country's traffic. In an Id
terview Mr.. Prouty said:
II came on the commission IN loS''
when business was just beginning 70
revive. Almost every year since tas''
business has grown better and tralnO
heavier. The roads have said 1ron
year to year: This thing cant COL.
tinue. If we buy enough equlpmens'
for this years business, then we VOL '
need it next year. And this Is Wv
reason traffic has increased so nun
faster than the facilities for hanolDs
it. I believe that the tendency :.
rates ought to be downward as trauO
grows denser. The railroads WILL gai,
more by the cutting off Of rebates snu
passes than they will lose by reou'
tons" ~.
Regarding the recent report 'ua a
President Roosevelt would recom"',n =
in his annual message Legislation -
galizing the various railroad traln0 .
sociations, Mr.. Prouty said: n.
II have no Information tna' w.
will make euch recommenues
tion, but positively I am in 1aVoi "
such legislation"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
= Purchasing Prices.

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and arc subject to change without no.
tice:
Grain-Oats, $24@25 per ton; bar.
ley. $2O@2l; wheat, chicken feed,
$22@24; bran, SIS; shorts, $1s;
corn, SGT.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $3.50
10; Puget Sound, $11.6O; alfalfa,
$I1@u.5O.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 45@47c.
Poultry-Live hens, 14@15c per Id;
old ROSTERS, 10c; ducks, old, 1876;
spring chickens, lac; turkeys, live,
ITO.
Wool-Eastern Washington. 100
1Sc per Id; Western Washington, IS
@2Oc; dirty or timber stained, 10000
Live stock-Sheep, wethers, &c per
ID; ewes, 6@5Nc; hogs, eh@7c;
steers, *; COWS, s1fc; calves, SOTO
lambs, $S@5 per head.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24

wheat-Club, csc; bluestem, ESQ;
red, 64c.
Oats-$2e@27; rolled oats, $a7@2s.
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc-Wheat hay, SIC
@15; timothy, $2O@21; mixed, $3.50
II; alfalfa, $12. 50@l4.
Feed-Corn, $27; Wheat, $2S. SOC
25; barley, whole grain, $22. 0O@23;
rolled, $22. 50@24; shorts, $l7.50@
18. 90; bran, $15. 6O@16.5O.
Poultry-Turkeys. dressed, 25c;
chickens, dressed, 19c; ducks, dressed,
15c; geese, dressed, 16c; Live-Hens,
1SH@14c; spring chickens, 1c;ducks,
lie; geese, 10.
Observation-Disclosures creamery, 500
Sic; Eastern creamery, $780,.
Eggs-Washington ranch, Acc; Or.
egon, Soc; Eastern, 58c.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
RESIGNS DlREcToRsHIPs
Thomas F. Ryan Gives Up Places on
Many Boards.

New York, Nov. 20.-Thomas +.
RYAN. muti-miionaire and one OF the
great financial powers Of the financial
world, created decided sensation yes
terday when in formal statement he
announced that he had severed his
official connection with many railroad
and industrial corporations.
He gave as q reason, inasmuch - he
is closely associated with financial and
fduciary institutions owning hundreds
of millions of assets and deposits be-
longing to thousands Of people, he
considered it necessary to sever his
connection with the various corpora
tions with which these institutions are
likely to have business dealings.
Mr.. Ryan's statement reads a. fol
lows:
II have resigned from the director.
ates of large nubmer Of railroad and
other corporations. My accommodating
interests and responsibilities render it
impossible for me to attend so many
different meetings and to properly dis
charge my obligations to the stock
holders concerned.
II have also reached the conclusion
that can best serve the financial and
fiduciary institutions with which
am associated by severing my official
connection with the railroad and in
dustrial corporations with which they
necessarily have constant business re-
lations. hope and believe that the
which have made will
prove to the advantage of the interests
for which my friends hold me respon-
sible and of the gentlemen with whom
I have so long been associated in the
various corporations from whose boards
I have resigned.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
ROCKEFELLER indicted
By OHIO GRAND JORI

Findlay, O.. Nov. 1.-THE es;ust
jury has found indictments as a.her
John D. Rockefeller and three qua ~
persons in connection with the o'a .sd
ard Oil inquiry, which was reogeD N
upon the recopvening Of that ooo'
Tuesday. ~. in
Bench warrants issued on tne #
dictments were placed in the nan to
Sheriff Grover, who took tnoD'
Cleveland. ,ts
Il is Understood the indicsm Ing
charge the defendants with !, nro,
continued to contract for the gu aftar
auctions and to fix prices on anu Val.
July Z. 1906, in violation Of .n sh the
entine antitrust act, under W1l0 oil
recent prosecution Of the Stanoa.J,
Company in this county was co sd b.
cd and ID which fine was mpos
the probate court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
ROOT SAYS ROOSEVELT
WILL NOT RUN AGAIN

Kansas City, Nov. 20.-Secretary OF
State Elihu Root, during an interview,
was asked:
will Roosevelt accept . nomina-
ton If rendered him by the Republi-
cans?n
No, !" replied Mr.. Root, che will
not. His intention on that score has
been definitely and absolutely given
out. He will not accept it again"
Your name is mentioned for the
deal was suggested.
II am not candidate. and will not
be-" the secretary replied.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
.SnONTS in CONTROL
GIVEN FULL AUTHORITY MCANlL
Zone.
President Roosevelt Makes Chair
man of lsthmian Commission
Director Of All Departments.
Order Signed While President
Was on Isthmus.

Washington. Nov. 2O.-An order,
signed on the isthmus OF Panama by
President Roosevelt, making radical
changes in the organisation Of affairs
In the government of the canal zone,
has been made public at the Office of
the commission. The effect Of the
order is to place the canal work and
the government of the zone under the
direction Of Chairman Shonts, aided
by chiefs of bureaus, who will report
directly to the commission, thus elimi-
mating the Office of governor.
The order gives to Chairman Shonts
supreme direction over all depart
ments. It reorganizes the entire work.
ings of the commission in accordance
with the presidents views Of controll-
ing the situation under his plan to
press the excavation as rapidly as pos.
sible.,
The executive committee of three
mbers, each the head of depart
ment, has been abolished, and in its
stead seven departments are created,
and the chief of each will report and
receive instructions from the chair
man OF the commission. These depart
ments will be under the direction of
John F. Stevens, chief engineer;
Richard Rogers, general counsel;
William G. Gorgas, chief sanitarian;
d. W. Ross, chief quartermaster;
D. W. Ross, chief purchasing officer;
E. 8. Benson, general auditor; J.
Williams, discussing officer, and
Jackson Smith, manager Of labor and
quarters.
The president will take up the ques-
ton of the appointment Of new COM
mission upon his return to Washing
ton. It was believed that in addition
to Mr.. Shonts, Messrs. Stevens, Rog-
ers and Gorgas will be members. At
present the acting commissioners are
Messrs. Shonts. Stevens, Rear Ad-
miral Endicott, B. n. Harrod and
Brigadier General Haines. It is said
that Endicott, Harrod and Haines
are slated to retire. Chief Engineer
Stevens will be second in authority
and will act in Chairman Shonts' ab-
sence. The general counsel will ex-
ercise authority heretofore vested in
the governor of the zone.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
RAILROADS PLANNING
TO CUT Down EXPENSES

Chicago, Nov. 22.--The railroads of
the entire country have decided to in
augurate an area of most rigid econo-
my, according to the Record Herald.
The plans which have been decided
on will result in decrease in expend-
itures during the next twelve months
of between $50, O0O, 900 and $l20, 900, :
900, as compared with the sums spent
during the year just closing.
The railroad presidents declare they
have been forced into the adoption Of
this policy in self defense. The, sub
ject of expenditures has been the topic
of discussion at ga herings of execu-
tive officials in Chicago and in the
East for the last three months. The
subject was again discussed here yes
terday at a meeting of the officials
when every railroad represented gave
information Regarding the expendi-
lures planned for the ,oming year.
In the aggregate it was found that
among the roads having headquarters
in Chicago the decrease in expendi
lures would be fully $50, 600, 900. The
expenditures referred to are what are
known among railroad arrangements
as extra" and are for extension of
lines, building of spurs, side tracks.
new engine houses and the bette-ment
Of roadbed and track.
The reasons assigned by the railroad
men for this move in economy are in
creased demands of labor, which will
cost the railroads between $50, 600, 900
and 500, 600, 900 in excess of the
wages paid last year; increased cost of
supplies and materials, scarcity Of Ia
Dor, making it almost impossible to
secure men for extension of old lines
and thee onstrcution of new; inability
to get supplies promptly; the general
tendency of freight rates, which, it is
claimed, is downward, while the price
of everything else is increasing; un-
certainty Regarding the effect of the
ruling of the interstate commerce COM
mission; increasing dicmulty in secur-
ing money to invest in railroad VEN
lures with which to carry on improve
ments and continued public agitation,
which il alleged to be hostile to cor
poratiOns and to railroads especially.