St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-10-07

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waters and cold storage buildings
the world, the most complete wate
WORKS system in the world, the lar,
\ est library circulation and the lar,
est percentage of bank reserves
the United States.
chicago was destroyed by fire j
october, 1871, there being 21O
acres OF land burned over. 180
buildings destroyed and 10000
people rendered homeless. The los
! was $2e0, 100000. In 1900 th
: POI ulat1on of the whole State of Illi
no]s was but 2458 To-day the dai
~ capacity of Chicago's five waite
tunnel systems is 660,OOO.OOO gal
ions; sne has sixty-eight hospitals
eighty-eight benevolent ASSOCIATIONS
- educational institutions, beside,
the numerous handsome puhlif
senoois, thirty seven libraries and
reading rooms, fifty-two theatres
amusement halls, and moving mic.
turr shows at every turn, 1O4 parks
ana driveways and thirteen NAV
srounds, ana a population of nearly
o'ooV,oOO. 1t would take the whole
paper to tell half that is interestinp
about Chicago. ' 3
Inc problems of good municina,
government are pretty much the same
mere as in all other large cities The
Sunday law is not observed Won
can walk into saloons tho same os
any o.her day, except that you must
open the dor. A prosecution of the
ponce Tor allowing gambling and pro-
.ecting resorts of the underworld
IS now being Conducted by the Civil
Service Commission. Minor offici-
ais have been convicted and an at
Tempt will be made to reach officials
higher up.
The public school question is also
a dlIflcuit one, as the buildings are
oFer-croWded. President Taft's
statement that the baby crop will
exceed the corn crop may we'll be be-
neved, Judging by the number that
are seen in the strets of Chicago
This is especially noticeable in the
1lstr1cts occupied by the foreign ele-
nent, and Chicago lis fast filling nm
With italians, Swedes, Norwegians
md Russians. In fact, the list Of
marriages published in the daily ma
'ers is largely made up of foreign
James. and the signs on the busi-
less houses might almost persuade |
me that he had jumped from Amer
ca to Europe. Ii
The national game of base hau I,
Ieates an enthusiasm here that ex-
eeds ANYTHING / have seen in the :,
oueh. : thousands of people attend
nc games and the fans" work
asmseiyes up to pitch of insan-
y IN which they imagine that the
arIh was made for the home team. II
Ine wealthy people and the inde- q
endent middle class live in the SUI
Urban towns of Chicago and 20 to
aelr business on the numerous lines |
electric cars and elevated rail- 4
oads. These towns are laid out s
ith beautiful paved streets and j.
reen- lawns, with concrete si.,~ b
81 lkssiined with shade trees, fees {
S SO ntlmerousi In every dfrectioH
rom behind thera.
The Weather people live in Evans
IN, in North Chicago. The writer
nok an an automobiletrip through
his part of Chicago Saturday
lmong the prettiest residences here
) that of James Patten, the man OF
fheat fame, who has probably been
cussed'' as much as any other man &
or the high cost of living.
Chicago is not far from Elgin, one
f the greatest milk stations IN the
c,lntry. The farmer Is making the
anne complaint that have heard
Lmcng the milk men in st. Tammany
parish before l left-that they are
lot getting enough for their milk,
Perhaps the following from the Rec
may be interesting to the
lairymen there:
DESPITE the fact that there was
shortage of forage all summer mix
Is being quoted at from Z tot IL
cents per hundred pounds cheaper
for the coming winter than during |
the corresponding period OF last
year. .,,
The Bordens Cnodensed Milk
Company of Elgin has been signing
uD six months contracts with the
dairymen in t he Elgin section IN
which the average price per hundred
pounds for the next six months Will
be $1.79 1-6, as against an average
of S1.S6 2-3 for the corresponding
period of last year.
Heavy rains during the last few
weeks have improved the pasturage
to such an extent that farmers every
where declare that the fall forage
will be the best In years, hence the
reduction in the price of milk.
AS to the reduction in the price
amounts to about one-seventh OF
1 cent per quart it is not anticipat-
ed that it will have much effect up
on the price of milk in Chicago.
The Bordens Company delivers
| milk in sanitary bottles, pints cents
and quarts cents.
The newspapers claim that the ad-
| yertising business for September has
heen the best in many years. They
show their faith in the value OF ad-
yertising by advertising themselves
both in the other papers and on the
sign boards and the walls OF build
Iiugs. 1t is an evidence of how the
IChicogan turns every available thing
into money to note the sides OF bust
ness buildings, wherever they nap
lpen to be exposed, painted full o
advertisements: Record-HeTaio
only / cent. Just think Of it," Wan
ad in theTribune will bring you
j. Job" etc. These signs meet you q
every turn, and when the walls pro
iect above the other buildings.
There is one thing Chicago cal
take Lessons of New Orleans in. Tn
: names of the strets are not marke
, and the stranger must find ou
= where he is the best way he can.
e u. H. MASON.