The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
HON. NJ. r. SMITH TELLS
MORE ABoT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. ~

OF ht least TO,OOO persons and IL
growing quite rapidly. Two great
works, now being accomplished
will make New Orleans the secont
city Of the new world within this
century. What are they?
First, the reclamation of the wei
lands in the valley of the lowe,
Mississippi and its tributaries.
Second, the opening Of the Pana
ma Canal.
To know what is being done to re.
Hclaim the alluvial lands OF this
greatest section Of all this round
world OF ours. you must 90 and see.
Hydraulic engineers are as thick as
bees in "A clover patch in New Or
leans, and the cities along the
Father Of Waters at the meeting
/ points with such streams as the Al.
kansas and Red Rivers, and the
large bayOus common in that lower
| delta and coast country. Millions
/ Of acres will be reclaimed within the
next - years by private capital anC
by Government aid, which Is sure
to come within the very near future.
Money Is flowing in for the purchase
Of the rich lands OF the South with
such Il rush that 1t Is making the
country "sit up and take notice, -"
and 1t is just begun, in my opinion.
The Southwest will take second
place in the program for many years
to come in the land selling business.
II has long held the center Of the
stage, but its big day has passed.
Right here want to say and will !
say, for the public good, buy land OF /
any kind IN preference to stocks OF
any kind. The rotten stock jobbing
schemes that have infested this .
state and other States for the last
ten years, AS far as my knowledge
goes, are enough to make people .
rise up in arms, ready to shoot the
next stock salesman who shows up,
and they could do so with small
for there would be
little danger even of being arrested.
The opening of the Canal will put
all South America at the front door
NJ New Orleans, pouring into the
its riches IN the great
est proportions, fruits of all kinds,
spices Of all kinds, sugar, coffee,
aud IA world Of other staples. Then
comes the Pacific with its splendid
commerce, at which New Orleans
will have III" first chance. All that
is needed in this city Is capital and
the men To handle it. Men first,
men of large vision and big brains,
to reach out for the worlds com
lu"rCc. They will be here, some Of /.
hem are here now, and they are
coming here every day in the week
New Orleans has many attractive
Ilaces. The old st. Louis Hotel is
he great show place. 1t was built
II 1854, Is four stories high, aud
vas, ut one time, the finest hosiery
II the South. 1t catered more ex-
ensively to the antchellum, high
lass southern society than any ho-
el In the country, not excluding the
I'D Hoffman House in New York
lily. Here the ladies' dressed in
he latest French styles and the
men, too, showed off all the fantas-
lie tricks of silks and diamonds, and
he negro Wallets played their parts
% perfection.
1t was in the st. Louis Hotel that
Henry Clay was entertained in 1874
At banquet given to hiIn when he
was at the zenith Of his career, and
which cost the handsome sum Of
10000. COuova frescoed the dome
u this hotel, and other distinguished
painters WED with each other for
lame and money in its decorations
Here was the stock exchange of the
- '''l' Wv MAJ MI ~AlbN
out in all its gruesome features,
where Lincoln, when on IA fiat boat
ing trip saw the horrors of the bust
ness, said; "If ever get chance
! will hit that institution hard. He
had The chance aud he hit the bust
ness, but did it in charity t. the
glory of his memory,
The st. Louis Hotel was one" the
State House of Louisiana, but it is
now dismautled and abandoned and
Is but Il wreck of it's former glory.
The ravagcs Of time present 1t to
the spectator as sOmbre picture
and as desolate home for spoOks
and hobgobblins.
There are splendid Catholic cathe-
irals erected To the worship of the
One God, and there are many attrac-
i've features about them, but can
not describe them here.
The city is very attractive and the
evergreen adorns II everywhere.
The rose lives and blossoms through
every month of the year without
protection, and the palm adorns all
HE more pretentious yards and
lawns.
To the traveller who wants to know