St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-22
COMMENTS AND NOTES
BY M A T R o N I T A.

New Orleans is filled with strangers, fugitives.
mostly from the biteing winds and mer ,d cold
through, but greater number are simply stopping
over their way to Mexico, Florida California and
the Gulf Coast. Covington gets very few of these
the winter months. Why? Simply because they do
not know anything about Covington and its possibility
Of being just the place for which they are looking.
also to be prepared to give them the comfort to which
they accustomed and the amusements and pleas
ure that will induce them to return.
Yes, there is plenty of balmy weather. plenty of
sunshine pretty scenery, good Streets but not ten
mis- court not golf link, scarcely boat to hire, and
pitifully little to lend itself to the amusement of
sojourner in town. Dilapidated houses, unkempt
gardens and useyards, unsightly conditions of all
Sorts prevail in abundance and detract most seriously
from the good appearance Of the place. Cows roam
the Streets and most city-bred people are afraid Of
cows, especially when they stand in the middle of the
sidewalk and dispute possession.
Now all these drawbacks can and should be removed
and Covngton put in such an inviting condition that
would not hesitate to sound its praises to the out
side world and throw open it's gates to the comfort
and pleasure seekers, knowing well we could give all
that they could reasonably demand.
The current number of the Delineator gives most
interesting account written by woman) of Fred
Kohier, Chief of Police, Cleveland Ohio, and of his
method Of encouraging honesty, suppressing crime
and curtaing the expenses Of the department by
giving to his officers discretion in making arrests in
that city Under the old regime, every offender who
was arrested was held tor trial, and many OF these
cases were dismissed Mr.. Koher realized that this
was useless trouble and expense, and often produc
tive of most trying results. 1t did not take long for
this man, accustomed he was to dealing with men,
and their responsibilities oftener than their irrespon
sibilties, to establish regime, common-sense
regime; and now, in comparatively slight ofenses.
the arresting officer is empowered with the right of
judging his the spot, and of giving him the
necessary warning and reprimand, instead of taking
him into court next day and letting the judge give it.
Statistics show that the plan has worked marvelousy
well, and that Cleveland shows way down in the Pc
lice records of the day. The pth OF the whole story,
however is that this reform has been brought about
by the influence, although indirectly of women and
that it all demonstrates that epgram Of the greatest
of German poets, s'The eternal feminine leads on
When the writer Of the Policeman and the Home
asked Chief Kohler what had finally caused him to
give his force the order to cut down arrests it
almost startling to hear this hardheaded officer. used
to the misery into which his work continuously threw
him, say in almost worried tone, 20, those women,
those women with their pets and their babies in their
arms They used to sit around the steps all day.
When we used to be jam-fu of cases the court
would run all day, and those women had no money to
buy lunch. | would go out and get good, warm,
hearty lunch and come back, and there they'd be.
hungry ones. And perhaps their man would be dis
charged after all. They got SO they haunted and
made up my mind I'd get rid of them, and | did,
The fire department has done good work, is doing
good work, and is trying hard to put itself in
dition to do better work.
All three companies deserve hip, hip, hurrah for