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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Representative Heintz Offers Chance
For Free Scholarship, Tulane College

important possession to any student,
as it exempts him from the payment
of the annual tuition fee OF 800,
and gives him the opportunity Of TAX
ling q four year course in the Aca-
demic Department at one of the larg-
est and best known universities In
the South.
MayI ask you to publish this letter
thAt may bring this matter to the
attention Of my constituents In the
parish with the object of appointing
some ambitions young man?
Thanking you. I am,
Very, truly yours,
FRED J. HEINTZ.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Mrs. Jacob Seller Seriously Burned.

Mrs. Jacob Seller, at 1000 O'Clock
Friday morning. 10 lying at her home
in a very critical condition, resulting
from burns received on the explosion
Of a can OF coal oil, when she was
lighting the fire at s o'clock In the
morning. The explosion was heard
by several quite distance away
The children we're ct the hotel with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

Only the SCARED boilers remain
where the mill once stood to mark
the place where employment was giv-
en- to sixty hands. It was pitiful to
see them coming to work with their
dinner pails in hand, an hour or two
afterwards. They stood about and
viewed the ashes and ruins of what
was left Of their former employment,
and mournfully summed up the poor
prospects Of hnding other work.
There was no Insurance..
Mr.. Bradley has the sympathy OF
al in his financial loss. BY his on
ergy and perseverance, he had built
mp large business. Even now or
ders that would have been promptly
filed are coming through the mails.
Mr.. Bradley says he ID on the track Of
men who were seen sneaking on Ut
the time the Are was discovered.
He seems confident that It was . caeo
LOT diari0m.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Covington, La, July 81, 1915.

Covington, La, July 21, 1915.
The police jury met in regular ses-
SION on above late. Presens: VIM.
. Bruhl, Louis Peters, Herman Schultz,
Geo. F. Bierhorst, E. F. Talley. 4. D.
Cru wford, J. 3. Howe aoI F. 1.
Iptsch. Absent: !ro. A. Tnid and
5 A. Schneide..
The following lids were ooened:
will furnish and construct Dip
plg vat according to plans and spej-
fications gotten up by Mr.. Huddle-
&. n fer the sl1n ~ $175, to be con-
strueted in the I. nth Wari. A'sc
tn. lne in the T.tth Ward fOf the
san price.
{ W. DyTsCH
DO hereby LloDose to bu.- Dip
pins, vat with ! DIP pen, shells a'''
cattle pen as ter PLANS AMI spe ,h"a
tons. To Re butt in th9 TeEfh
Ward of this ps ,sn. for the sur. of
te4:. furnisni ag asl material ana la
So" necessary - complete SAME as
pc. plans ami specifications.
Hoping tha: this may meet with
your approval, beg to remain.
Very truly yours.
OTIS ]. RENE.
propose to furnish all material
and build dipping vat according to
plans and specifications for the price
! and sum of $21S.
'Iefa PERCY s. BARELL1.
Moved by j. B. Howe, seconded
BY VIM. Bruhl. that Mr. C. w. Dutsch
be given the contract to build dip
ping vat in the Tenth Ward, and also
one in the Fifth Ward, near Sum. at
8 the price of $175 Carried.
The following petition was read:
TO the Honorable President and
Members of the Police Jury In and
I'd for the Parish Of st. Tammany,
S. State of Louisiana:
~ The petition Of Frank Roach, q
resident OF the town Of Slidell, La,
and Of the 9Th ward. with respect
represents:
l. He desires to obtain permit
from your honorable body to con-
duct the business Of saloon keeper
and retail liquor dealer within the
limits Of the 9Th ward Of the parish
Of st. Tammany. Louisiana. and more
fully described and located - fol
lows. to-wit: One-half mile west Of
Bayou Vincent In southeast quarter
@ section 3 township south range
II east. ninth ward, st. Eammany
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Edward Thibodeaux the Candy
Boy" Dies at His Home, Near Abita

Eddie Thibodaux. known as the
Candy Boy" died at his home, near
Abita Springs, at 9:45 Sunday morn
ing, from heat prostration. He was
known, to all travellers between here
and New Orleans. He sold candy on
train arrivals, and walked from Abita
to Covington, where he sold candy on
the streets, carrying 1t in covered
basket. He was q cheerful little fell
low and was diligent in his candy
selling. He lived with his father
and mother and was sometimes as
sisted by his little sister IN selling
candy at Abita Springs. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Covington. La, July 1e, 1915.

Covington. La, July 16, 1915.
The newly elected council met on
the above date all the members hav-
ing qualified: Present: Mayor p.
J. Lacroix, Aldermen NJ. P. Planche.
D. I. Addison, ]. E. Nilsson, d. J..
Sanders, A. r. Smith, Emile Fred
erick.
Absent: None.
It was moved by D. l. Addison,
seconded by D.. J. Sanders, that the
minutes Of the previous meeting be
dispensed with. Carried.
The council then proceeded to elect
the officers to serve for the ensuing
term.
]. E. Nilsson, seconded by D. ]:
Sanders, nominated L. A. Perreand
for the office of secretary. There be-
ing no other nominations and q vote
being taken. L. A. Perreand was de-
clared duly elected secretary for the
ensuing term.
D. J. Sanders, seconded by D. l.
Addison. nominated Y. z. Young for
the ohice Of treasurer. There being
NO bther nominations and . vote be-
ing taken v. z. Young was declared
duly elected treasurer Tor the ensu-
ing term.
NJ. p. Planche seconded by D. l.
Addison, nominated ]. n. Simmons
for the ONCE Of city attorney. There
being NO other nominations and q
vote being taken J. n. Simmons waa
declared duly elected for the ensuing
term.
A. r. Smith, seconded by ]. e. Nil
son, nominated p. ]. Dulion for the
office Of street commissioner and
sanitary inspector. There being nc
other nominations p. J. Dulion waa
declared duly elected as street com
missioner and sanitary inspector FOL
the ensuing term.
n. p. Planche, seconded by D. II
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24


Youngsters playing with = loaded
cun was the cause Of much sorrow
in the home of Mr.. A. ]. Laborde,
this week, while news was anxtous.y
waited as to the condition of youn6
EDWARD Laborde, who was lying IA
the PRESBYTERIAN Hospital, In New
Orleans. suffering from a wound IN
the hip. 1t was reported oa the
streets that fever had set IN and tsat
young Laborde had died, but TINS
rumor was denied, Tuesday, BY Mr.
Laborde, who said that although the
child had suffered great deal, phy-
sicians said he was getting along as
we'll as could be expected.
The accident occurred last Satur-
day. Pierre Laborde. James Clam
and Edward Laborde were sitting on
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Sheriff Brewster Saws Unlawful Paces Poison Will Be Hunted Down and Punished
Residents in Vicinity Of Military Road Complain That
Even Dogs Tied Up In the Yard and Not Allowed
to Run at Large Have Been Poisoned.

meeting last Wednesday and assured
Sheriff Brewster that funds for the
prosecution Of this search would bf.
provided. Sheriff Brewster is fully
in sympathy with the outraged citi-
1ens in their condemnation Of this
unlawful scattering of poison about
endangering the lives of children as
we'll as cattle, and he will do every
thing in his power to discover the
guilty parties.
Among those who have had dogs
poisoned, within q mile or SO of each
other, are, Messrs. Spencer Hartwig.
VIM. C. Grant, Mouledous. and Mrs.
Cefalu. Mr.. Mouledous brought his
dog from New Orleans Friday night
and it was dead from poison next
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Covington, La, July q, 1915.

COVlngtOn, La, July Il, 1910.
Editor St. Tammany Farmer:
Sometime ago you suggested that
the candidates for the Democratic
nomination for St. Tammany parish
to the Constitutional Convention sub
nit platform on which their can
didacy is based. It has been my OBJ
servation that platforms have been
more abused than used; that decla-
ration of principles by parties and In
dividuals. have been made for the
purpose of entering on and not stand
Il ing on The best way to judge the
qualifications of man or q party. Ii
not by any prediction promises OF
pledges, which unfortunately are too
readily made and too easily broken;
but to sjudge q mans future actions
and course by his actions In the past
II you know who q man is, what he
! il, what he has stood for in the past
you can surely tell what he will stand
for in the future.
| The coming proposed Constitutions
al Convention will be perhaps the
most important Convention this State
has ever had or will have In years to
come. Matters Of vital importance
are coming up that viii AFFECT you
and your children and will be the
law under which your children will
be governed for perhaps . generation
to come. This Convention should
be composed Of earnest. serious men
men who have no hope Of reward ol
favor or fear Of punishmeht. Theg
should go to that Convention inbued
with the sole idea Of serving theil
State and her people, and the salts
faction Of having done their duty
we'll will be An ample reward.
Among the more serious question:
that will come up before the Con
vention and tor which propose t.
stand. arc: 80
j.. 10 eliminate the Public schoo
system from politics and put It q
nearly @ possible snder civil service
!. The judicial system Of thi
0Aate should - revised. Liti4attoo
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
PROCEEDINGS OF POLICE JURY
Roach Is Onnosed in His Petition for Barroom Privileges
By Counter Petition OF Sldell Citizens BIDS he
ceived for Building Vats Sherif's Report


parish, La.
2. He desires to run and operate
a colored saloon.
3. He is citizen of the State
of Louisiana.
4. That he is not in anywfse dis
qualified under the laws of the State
from operating and running such a
business.
5. That he herewith submits the
signatures OF majority of the prop
erty holders within three hundred
feet of the proposed location Of said
colOred saloon, with their cOnestn
to his establishing said saloon and
to his running and operating same.
/ s. That there is no school or
church within 800 feet of said pro-
posed site to establish a saloon.
Wherefore the annexed affidavit
made by him, and that Of two citi-
zens, and the consent of the property
holders being considered, he submits
this his petition and asks your hon
orable body to grant him such a per-
NIT to establish a c0lored saloon at
said location and to permit him to
run and operate the same.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK ROACH.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, l
Parish Of st. Tammany.
Frank Roach. being duly sworn ac-
cording to law, deposes and says:
That he has read the above and fore
going petition, and that all OF the
allegations therein contained are
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Harvey E. Ellis Outlines Platform Of
Needed Provisions Of Constitution

should be cheapened and above all
the long. vexing and injurious de-
Lays which occur primarily in the
Appellate Courts and which amount
at times practically to a denial OF
justice. should be done away with.
3. The new Constitution should
make laws that will insure uniform
and equal assessments, which should
result in q lower rate of State, parish
and town taxes. This can be accom-
plished by compelling every property
owner to make sworn statement OF
his property and it's valuation, other
wise subject him to heavy penalties,
and then give full publicity to the
assessment 50 made, in order that
the assessment can be compared by
the people in the different localities
In which the property Is situated.
1. / believe the Constitution
should be short and on broad lines
so as to do away with the necessity
of having the Legislature constantly
submit Constitutional Amendments
to the people for ratification, the pub
lication Of which has already cost the
Of this State Thousands oi
dollars. The Constitution Of the
United States has only been amended
three times In one hundred and forty
years: It has never been found nee.
|essary to amend the Ten Command
|ments given by God to that old Patri.
arch Moses on Mount Sinai and or
which the law Of man has stood FOL
ages, except when Christ came t
earth and gave us . new command
ment: THAT 70 love one another. :
s. I believe that We have tot
many laws that are unnecessary ant
|Are passed without proper and ma
| ture consideration. This evil couIl
1 be obviated without any additions
)expense to the taxpayers Of the Stat,
BY having two sessions Of tho Legis
llature Of thirty days each, every tw'
years, instead Of one session Of sixt.
days every two yeafs. and allowinI
proposed laws TO be introduced at th
frst seostoa to =. paased O the see
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
covinston La, July 20, 1915.

Covington La, July 20, 1919.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
Under the terms Of Section OF
Act No. .43 of 1884, each representa-
tive of the State Legislature is en-
titled to appoint q free scholar IN
the Academic Department OF Tulane
University. The requirements neces-
aary are as follows: That the stu
dent shall be bona fide resident OF
st. Tammany parish, and that ne
shall possess qualifications enough to
pass the required examinations to en-
ter the course provided by the said
University. This scholarship is an
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
Gun Accidentally Exploded
Severely Wounds Ed. Laborde

the ground, the gun being in the
hands of James Clam, II years OF
age. The gun was pointing d;:ec.4y
toward Edward, and young Clam
said to him, What would you do If
this gun should go of" "I'd 10 this
way" Edward replied. falling back
and throwing his legs up in tho air.
He had no more than said the words
when the gun went of. The charge
Of No. 8 shot struck him in the hip
and passed out near the rectum, max
ing q flesh wound. While the pny-
s,cians believe he will recover, they
say he will always have = stih hip.
Mrs. A. J. Laborde, Miss Memle
Laborde and Mrs. Clam are IN New
Orleans in watchful care OF the young
sufferer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

Monday evening, a week ago. he
was stricken with heat prostration
and fingered through the week.
Coroner Heintz says the testimony
at the inquest shows that the mother
had asked the father to send for
doctor. but that he had replied that
he needed the money to pay for his
land. Finally, however, at 600 A..
M. Sunday, the father phoned to
CovingtOn for Doctor Warren. When
DR.. Warren arrived the boy had been
dead hree-quarters Of an hour. Cor
oner Heintz says death was due to
congestion (nonspecinc1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

The putting of poison in private
Yards and on cattle ranges is 'becom-
ing a dangerous nuisance that Is
awakening general and indignant
protest. Many valuable dogs have
haen poisoned in this way and fam
ilies are worried in fear that children
NAV also be poisoned. The law
AGAINST this crime provides a fine OF
500 or Imprisonment in jail for 80
days.
Sheriff Brewster ha shad special
officers on the track Of offenders. Hf
has been obliged to pay the enxpense
~ this investigation out Of his own
pocket, as there Is no provision IN
law to meet it; but the police jury
took action in the matter at their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

morning.
Sheriff Brewster has issued the fol
lowing notice: 81
l hereby give notice that the prac'
tice of throwing poisoned meat Of
other poison matter into yards Of
other places is prohibited by law, thu
penalty being fine Of 800 or thirty
days imprisonment. The practice
has grown to such an extent as t.
alarm citizens in the privacy of thei1
homes. l shall use the best efforts
Of my office to discover and arrest
any party or parties so violating the
law, and to bring them to the bal
of justice.
July %, 1915.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

some little guests. When they hearc
the explosion they thought It was
some automobile tire that had blown
out, but afterwards were attracted
by seeing people running towrad the
house. Mr.. Seller, who is postmast-
er, was at the postonice, but hurried
home on learning Of the accident.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

! thought I00 ponce. jury WOut0 De
helping in the right direction If it
aided in the matter. He admired
Miss Williams for her persistency and
determination to succeed; that she
was an excellent assistant and a
home girl, prepared to carry on the
work successfully. He thought the
parish could we'll afford to pay half
her salary; that women, while not
voters, we're entitled to. every con-
sideration for their influence in up
building and progress. That the
work of Miss Williams in teaching
the art Of housekeeping, building
up the home nest.'' was Of great
value to the parish. and he thought
the police jury might try it one year.
He felt sure they would then make
it permanent. At all events, If it
came at all 1t must come from the
police jury, as there were no other
means.
Miss Keeler, the State demonstrat-
|or, who came here from Baton Rouge
to attend the demonstration Of the
clubs, also spoke highly of the work
of Miss Williams Miss Keeler was
instructing q class in the concoction
|of mayonaise sauce, or some other
delicious concoction, and was ex-
planning when and how to add the
sweet oil to prevent disintegration.
when q representative Of the Farmer
was introduced to her. She is much
interested in her work and enthust-
astic over the results that are being
obtained throughout the State.
Mrs. ]. C. Burns, president Of the
School League, and her assistants,
were hard at work seeing that the
dinner was properly prepared and
served.
Just before dinner, while all were
seated at the table, Mr.. John Haller
took q snap shot of the diners and
table, with q kodak.
After the dinner the demonstration
work was proceeded with and visitors
were given an idea of the usefulness
of the work Of the clubs.
Following is list of the club men,
bers and the members Of the School
League who assisted ct the demon
|stration:
Miss Martha Williams, canning
iclub demonstrat0r Of st. Tammany
parish; Florence Golfer, Garden Dis
trict school; Carrie Fauntleroy, Mary
Fauntleroy. Areather Taylor. Larcy
Taylor, Cora Williams, Ben Wilt
ANS school; Thelma Goodbee, Alpha
Stanga, Clyde Stanga, Prescton
|Stanga, Edwards school; Hester
and Carmen Koepp, Koepp school,:
Roena Kahl, Oak Grove school; Ella
Moran, Icy Moran. Lena Moran, Cen
trail school.
The League members in charge
were, Mrs. E. E. Lyon, Mrs. v. 4.
Young, Mrs. E. Il. DeCorra1, Mrs.
lH. T. G. Weaver, Mrs. J. C. Burns,
Mrs. Preston Burns, Mrs. L. Levin
son, Misses Jessie and Lfbbie Cox, =.
IGunzel.
The dinner guests were, Louis
Peters, VIM. Bruhl, Herman Schultz.
Geo. Bierhorst, e. E. Talley, A.. d
Crawford, j. b. Howe, F. L. Dutsch,
E. D. Kentzel, Of the Police Jury;
Judge J. B. Lancaster, Coroner L. G
Heintz, DR.. ]. F. Polk, w. H. Kahl,
Henry Keller, Keo. K0epp, Jr., Supt.
E. E. Lyon, John Haller, D. III.
Mason.
/ Mr.. L. NJ. Bourgeois kindly fur
nished the dishes. without charge, as
he has done on many other occasions
Of this character. #
1.-THE police jury, when 1t returned
to uncompleted session, after the
dinner, passed resolution providing
for paying half Of Miss Williams
salary
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24
State, my parish and my people.
Faithfully yours,
HARVEY =. ELLIS.
RnsToRED 10 GOOD HEALTH.

II was nick for four years With
stomach trouble" writes Mr.. otto
Cans, Zanesville, Ohio. II lost
weight and felt 90 weak that almost
gave % hope Of being cured. ~
friend told mo shout Chamberlainio
Thblek4 and since using tvo bottles
lot them have been . voll voman. =
| lObtainAblo eyeFywkeco. Adv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

CONTINUED from page 81.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-07-24

The following report WoD read:
Statement Of T. n. Brewster. tax
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-19

law amended in such a way sto eli
inmate the protected monopoly idea,
and with commissioners in harmony
with the spirit of the law and with
capacity and integrity to administer
it properly, the commission may prove
beneficial to the public and Justify its
existence.
The tax commission will perform
the service for which it was intended
and save the public more than it costs
just as soon as its members and sub
ordinateS learn the limitations of their
authority. abandon their autocratic
ways and put aside their sectional and
personal prejudices.
The law creating these commits
sions was demanded by public senti-
ment, and it has not been given a fair
trial. Let us amend it where it needs
amending and give it fair trial before
declaring it failure.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-19
EXCESSIVE REFORM.
Twin Ealls T;meSI

IA VIII FdllS nncS,J
1t is not often thar The Times is
found advocating any cessation in the
progress toward all reform. and in
protesting against some Of the meas
urcs aimed at billiard and pool halls,
this paper still is the true exponent
OF any just reform The past four
years have seen many and marked
improvements along the lines of decen-
cy in the conduct OF all pool and bill
lard halls i'll this state. State laws
already in force have put the ban on
places where young boys can congre-
gate to the detriment of their moars.
Cities also have been given the right
to regulate all such places within their
boundaries until it would seem that
regulations is merely a question of en-
torcement of existing laws. Certain
establishments frequently odawodaw
establishments frequented by young
men who have no homes have taken
the place of expensive clubs as a place
OF innocent amusement. The rules
governing such places are made by
the cities and villages with regard to
hours. A drastic nuisance law already
on the statute books allows the clos
ing of those which are obnoxious to
the public. The state or county or
city does not need any more laws,
which can only serve as vehicles to
carry the bigotry of the most radical
reform element in the Legislature.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-19
Construction Work.

During December unusually cold
weather prevailed which put a stop
to all construction work, except the
excavation of drains in the Pioneer
irrigation district and Fargo Basin
and the finishing of such construction
on small miscellaneous structures as
had already been started
On the drains in the Pioneer irriga-
ton district and Fargo Basin con-
siderable difficulty was experienced
on account of frozen material that
necessitated blasting. The frozen ma
terial impeded the progress and in
creased the cost of the drains to a
slight extent but on the whole good
progress was made. The Dixie sys-
tenn and the outlet to the Mason
Creek system to the Boise River were
practically completed during the
month and the Fargo drain was ex-
tended over mile.
The excavation for the Thompson
pipe line was completed, and the cast
iron pipes were placed, but no con-
crete was laid, due to the unusually
cold weather.
The crawling of the slopes of the
main canal was completed during the
month and the camp at Three-mile
Creek discontinued.
A small amount of work was also
performed on the concrete lining OF
the main canal to make it water-tight
The work consisted principally OF
treating the joints with asphaltic prep
arations, which will permit of ex-
pansion and at the same time prevent
loss.
Arrowrock Reservoir as per cent
completely: A long cold snap dur
ing December continued over a period
of more than two weeks, interfering
with the work somewhat, but not
seriously.
A plentiful supply of efficient labor
was available during the entire month
The following work was done on
the features listed: