St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-03-07
Gates was happy and bespoke appre-
cation of the hospital ty beng ex-

Gates was happy and bespoke appre-
Iciat-on of the hospital ty beng ex-
tended by Kew Orleans.
In his address President Rogers
gave an account Of the year progress
Of the association, showing that
much success mad been attained. MI.
Wolfe advocated the application OF
thrift as appl ed to conservation OF
money, time and energy.
Owing to the inclement weather.
the boat excursion over the harbor
that had been arranged by the enter
ia nment committee for the after
tEoon, was postponed until THURSDAY
1afternoon. The members were re-
i1uested to take the boat leaving the
wharf at 3 O'Clock.
The entertainment feature OF
Thursday, aside from the boat ride
over the harbor during the afternoon,
will be the annual banquet in the
convention hall of the Grunewald
Hotel N the evening. Announce
ment IS made that the dinner will
beg promptly at $50 O'Clock. E1-
Governor Sanders will be toastmas-
ter, and number Of speakers Will
30 On the program.
| The program of the business ses-
S on Thursday morning includes a
number of addresses and papers on
subjects of particular interest to the
members of the trade. 1t will begin
at o'clock
At the meeting OF the National
Paving Brick Manufacturers Assc "a
ton, Wednesday afternoon, G com
lmittee was apo .nted to rev Sc the
rules Of specification now governing
the laying of standard pavements of
5r ok. The annual election of Of
fcers of the association is held for
the fall meeting Of the association
each year, and, therefore, is not in
cluded in the bus ness for this con-
vention. Other matters coming be-
fore the meeting were of an executive
character.
Not included in the program, but
one Of the important features OF the
convention, was the annual meeting
If the Ancient Order of Cha1deans at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel Wednesday
|evening. About one hundred candi-
dates for membership were int ated
ILC lue OIucl, VII I'll I0SLlICLS Us
membership to men interested in the
manufacture and handl ng of brick
and Cay products. The officers con-
1ucting the initiation were: w. D
Gates of Oh cago. supreme venerable
Nebo; VIM. schalke. supreme learned
70: F. ". Lucke, supreme exalted
oh losopher: Iverson c. Wells, SUI
preme keeper of tablets; L. D. Bin
yon, supreme keeper Of scheckels, and
w. J. Gilbert. supreme chef of
guards. In addition there were num-
erous members wearing the sable
stcles of the council OF high 'ests.
Mr.. Salmen is pres dent Of the
Salmen Brick end Lumber Company.
the largest brick-mak ng plant in the
South, ana one of the largest plants
ton he is president of number of
other big enterprises and Is direct
Or n a number of large corporal ons. !
Twenty-nine years ago. with mule
as his ap.tal. Mr.. Salmen settled at
Slidell. about twenty-seyen miles
from New Orleans, across Lake Pont-
chartrasn n. In modest way, and at
ter old-fash oned methods, he began |
making brick from the clay at Sill
dell, which at that time was hardiy |
to be termed village. BY degrees
the business he thus began has ex- |
handed until today he operates the
second largest Ha gh continuous kiln |
in the world, N addition conducting |
z lumber business even more extern |
q We than hts brick business, and OPP
crates twenty-five niles Of railroad I
ines He has various other inter-
ests that have developed the thriving
] tile city Of Slidell. The Ha'gb kin
WIS comnleted at the companv's plant |
during the nast year. In add ton to
T there ere at present being use! I
some OF the up-draft X lns, which, be- |
fore the erection Of this new kiln
were used exclusively IN the manu-
eacture OF brick
Mr.. Sa'men g president of the
Bank Of S1idell. the Slidell Drug Com
pany, the 81 dell Stores Company,
and director n dozen or more
including the Forests
Products Company, a $1,000 900 cor
porat On; the New Orleans National
Bank, and the Gulf Coast Transpor-
tatfon Company.
An excursion viii be made follow
ing the adjournment of the conven- I,
ton Friday, when the visitors will I,
inspect the plant of the 81 dell Brick
and Lumber Company. The kilns of
The company are arranged with load
ing tracks on either de, for rail
81 'pments and the other for ship
nents of small crates. These small
81 pments are hauled by mule power
TO derrick, where they are loaded
On to barges, which are brought up
he Manageable bayou VIII ch connects L
he plant with the lake, through K
which there is connect on tn the k
Gulf of Mexico.
At the convention in Oh cago last ]
Tear it was due to Mr.. Salmen's ac-
i've work that the convention came {
0 New Orleans A beautiful tribute j
vas paia Mr. Salmen by a fellow "a
member of the association, who plac-
d his name nom nation before the t
Wednesday, and the vote a
or his elect on was unanimous, the d
eiegates standing to express their '
l.