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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
A Visit 70 Nj. H. B. B: fiuden !
Farm Reveals Fine Feedstulfs
Mr.. Pruden Is Filling l2O-Ton SiIo WITH Rs-
ella; Will Enter Stock Raising Business
On Extensive Basis, Next Year.

ands OF small grains Of seed similar
TO Haner corn. Mr.. Prudeu had 4
sample Of this sent to him two yeasa
ago from Honduras and he vas told
nhat II It would grow nthds country
ne would sove the feed question hero
Mr. Pruden planted some Of the seod
last year and made such . success
OF It that he wrote to the govern
ment about 1t. the government In =.
turn asked him II he would sand
them 3 sample Of It. Mr.. Prudem
sent them shout ten pounds 8 8
sample. The government then Wrots
to Mr.. Pruden and asked him v,hsf
It was. Mr.. Pruden not knowinI
the name Of 1t was at Z losg q "a
now to answer this question. but M
wrote out the following sentenoe M
selected from 1t the first letters Of
each word, ~ follows: Raised ~
In La.," and It ID still
going BY that name. Mr.. Prudan.
says that this IL the finest stock food
tnat ne has ever used. This year
he has about 80 acres. and he ~.
while We were there, flliug 4 1aO-
ton sil0 with It. Besides this racila.
Mr. Pruden has quite . suantity Qi
oats that he has already harvested.
he has also bailed over 1900 bales of
nay thds year. When asked what ha
was going to do with this feed he
said that he was going to fatten
steers for the market. Mr.. Pruden
10 very progressive farmer and he
ges right out with has. farm hands
ana oversees the work himself. NJ.
Pruden has just recently purchased
the John The0bald place" about
nve miles from Coytngton, and he
also intends to cultivate dt.
After . very interesting view Of
the farm and the work that was xo-
ing on Mr.. Pruden took the perty
to Ills house where they met his
wife and charming daughter. Who
served delicious refreshments.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
Was Presented With a Gold
Handle Umbrella as a
Token of Esteem

On Monday night a banquest wal
Igiven at Hebert's Restaurant in hon
or of G. Sidney Frederick, will viii
shortly take his departure for Wash
lington to resume his duties as pri
yate secretary to Congressman L. L
Morgan and continue the study o1
law at Georgetown University.
Those composing the party We're:
Jas. Mutually, q. J. Frederick, A. r
Smith, w. H. Kentzel, N. p. Planche
Thos. Hebert, Albert Perbos, Robt
III. Dutsch, H. G. 'Hebert. G. G. Korn.
feldt, E. D. Kentzel, Joe FREDERICK
II. ]. Ostendorf, r. L. Aubert, F. +
Planche, VIM. Boyle, W. N. Poole,
B. Fontan, Eugene Strain.
Music was furnished by Prof. A,
Guyops orchestra, and several violin
solos were rendered by Mr.. G. G.
- : { s-s--.-
Mr.. Mutually in an appropriate
speech presented, in behalf of the
hosts Of the occasion, a gold handle
umbrella to Mr.. Frederick, who re-
sponded with a few well chosen
remarks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
Louisiana Day" Featured BY Presence Of
State Candidates; Hon T. J. Heintz To
Be Master Of Ceremonies. Etc.
Iction Of the main building ,of the State.

Construction Of the main building
Of the st. Tammany Parish 1Air A..
sociation is now well under way.
The. fence around the grounds haA
been completed, and the well which
will furnish water tor the entire
grounds has been sunk and u now
In use.s e''9'' es-i. %s'.ass.' 90 '7'a's.
Secretary and General NauaSef
b. J. Sanders informs M that DR.:
Oscar Dowling. Of the Louisiana
State Board of Health. has written
tor space to make health exhibits.
and he has written DR.. Dowlin9 -
euring him al the space necessary
for exhibits.
In making this health exhibit DR..
Dowling says that there are only
few Of the parish fairs In the State
chosen every year, and his selection
of the st. Tammany Parish Fair only
eoes to show the importance With
which It IL looked upon by ohacials
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
Mr.. C.s. Frederick rendered Banquet
On Eve Of Departure For Washington

tember, 1909. His prediction cam,
ltrue, although there were many per
sons in the city who we're skeptica,
concerning this prediction until tht
wind ever reached the Louisiana
coast.
Statue Blown Out OF Place.
The statue Of st. Theresa, stand.
ing in an alcove in front of st. The
resa's Catholic Church, corner of Col
iseum and Era40 streets was blown
out of place and when last seen was
about to tumble to the ground.
The lives of two score persons
were endangered when the First
Presbyterian Church, ON South street
facing Lafayette Square, collapsed at
5:02 p. m. While the storm was
at its height, the high tower OF the
church toppled over, crushing in two
three STORY rooming houses on. the
st. Charles street side The church
and the rooming houses were wreck
ed.
The occupants Of the two houses
were at dinner when the crash came,
otherwise, it is believed, there would
have been serious hss Qf Afs. Tho
second and third doors @ the house
Immediately adjoining the church
were badly wrecked. not single
room escaping the falling bricks.
The debris even covered some of the
rooms on the bottom floor. Every
room in the top floor of the house
on the corner of South and st.
Charles was badly damaged and
bricks went through to most of the
rooms on the second floor. There
was some damage on the lower floor
OF this building.
The damage to the church was
roughly estimated at $4,000 and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
FARMERS ASSOCIATION To
HOLD SEVERAL MEETINGS
Strawberry Expert From State Department Will Address
Meetings at Vaudeville, Madisonville and Abita
Springs, Next Tuesday. All Invited.

follows: Tuesday, October 5th, at
Madisonville. at 10 o'clock a. m, at
the hall. Abita Springs, at 1880 p.
M, at the pavilion, and at Mande-
vile at 400 p. M, at town hall.
Strawberry experts furnished by
the State Agricultural Department
will address these meetings, and we
cannot urge too much the import
ance of every one who is interested
in the progress of this section at
tending these meetings.
On Thursday, October 7th, at 10
o'clock. the entire membership of the
st. Tammany Farmers Association
will hold meeting at the court
house in Coyington at which ar
rangements for the delivery OF fer
tilizer and plants will be made.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
The st. Tammany Farmers Asso

The st. Tammany Farmers Asso-
ciatien held . very enthusiastic
meeting at the courthouse on Tues
day last. There was q general dis
cussion AZ to the benefits to be de-
rived from the growing Of straw
berries. both as individuals and as
Z community.
There were several new members
added to the rolls. and several ap-
plications received.
After a general discussion Of the
opportunities offered those who will
plant berries, 1t was decided that
this association hold meetings at
Madisonville, Vaudeville and Abila
Springs, and firm strawberry clubs
in each Of these communities.
These meetings win be held as
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
Madisonville School League Ends
Campaign For Special School Tar
Madisonville, Sept. Is, s1915

Madisonville. Sept. 2s, 1915.
With the big rally and dance
given at the U. F. 3. A. Hall, in
Madisonyilie, on September 25th, the
Public School improvement League
completed its campaign for a special
i've mill tax in the first ward.
Mr.. George Dutsch presented the
speakers of the evening, who were
Mr.. Delos Johnson, Of Washington
parish; Prof. Brown. of Baton Rouge
and Judge JOS. B. Lancaster, of St.
Tammany parish. The speeches,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02

/, We take the following from thu
Times Picayune:
New Orleans passed through the
worst storm In its history Wednesday
and suffered little more than nomi-
nal damage. The city was near the
center of the tropical hurricane
which reached sustained velocity
Of So miles IN hour for ten minutes,
and 120 miles for . period Of 20
seconds.
The center Of the Storm passed
New Orleans about twenty miles to
the westward 1t $50 p. m.
New Orleans was cut OF from tele-
graph and telephone communities
ton during the afternoon and even
ing, but wireless messages detail
/ ing the true situation was sent out
by the Associated Press and the
weather bureau early in the evening.
The borameter drpoped to 28.11
l 12-1OO lower than ever before was
recorded in New Orleans. It was
lower, by 13-100 Of an inch, than
tho lowest barometric pressure re-
corded at Houston, Texas, during
the hurricane which wrought, such
great damage aiony the Texns coast
in August Of this year. It was
37-10O Of en- inch lower than the
lowest barometer reading recorded
during the great storm Of 1900,
WIN more than 5000 lives were lost
in GalveatQn. Tex.
The sustained wind velocity Of 86
miles IN hour exceeded all previous
New Orleans records by exactly 20
miles. The highest previous wind
velocity was recorded on September
90, 1909, when 4 maximum Of 66
miles was registered ct the Weather
Bureau.
The damage In New Orleans was
not ~ heavy ~ might be expected,
but there weresseveral fatalities and
. large number Of persons injured.
The smallnees Of the casualty list
comes as . surprise to many after
the alarming rumors that gained cur
rency through the city.
Numerous public buildings suffer
ed and hundreds Of homes were dam
aged severely. many being blown
down. Scarcely house in Jew Or
leans escaped without = scratch.
Several big churches seem to have
been singled out ~ particular vic
Tins Of the storm's fury. Depart
ment stores, hotels, and other build
[ngs In the business district suffer-
Cd. Street trafac was almost par
alyzed during much Of the day, and
was rendered perilous by flying
ElasS and debrds of Ill sorts.
OF conditions below the city and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
Storm Rages for Several Hours; Streets Fill
ed with Trees. Telephone and Electric
Wires; Several Houses Wrecked
COMMUNICATION WITH OUTSIDE WORLD IS CUT OFF
Telephone and Telegraph Wires Down for Two Days; No
News From New Orleans Reaches Here Until
Mr.. Walter Jahncke Arrives on Tug Boat

On Wednesday this section o
Louisiana was visited by hurri
sane from the sea which has prob
ably resulted in untold damage TO-
New Orleans and the coast country
A. this paper goes to press, Coving
ton Is entirely cut OF from an com
munication BY wire or rail will
other parts.
Rumors Of the widest character
naturally creep in, which suggest
deplorable conditions on the out.
side. We hope, and believe, that
these are 10 usual Of the Same highly
colored type as first unauthentic re.
ports generally are. Whatever the
condition Of our people, who have
, Just passed through the storm, in
J the other section Of the country may
be. we hope that they have Jared no
worse than did this snug little town
Of Covington.
While there was considerable
noise making for several hours
among himsy tin roofs. and consid-
era!ble litter Of tree tops, and old
fences the following morning, no IA
tally or serious damage occurred.
The providenttal position that
CovfnGton has held In the past, ~
against. epidemic when 1t ragged else
where up, to our very doors. we have
seen maintained when we were
threatened . place in the darkest
center Of terrific storm, and ind
her Appearing at the next sunrise
wholly &4Jekthed. '"'-
The greatest loss suffered in Gov
ington was the twisting and other
wise demolishing the Masonic haA.
st. Peters Parochial School WAS
lifted from the blocks aud is con-
sider1bly twisted. The blacksmith
shop Of Theobald Brothers was blown
down. The house Of J. C.. NcCor-
mack, in New Covington, was de-
molished. The railing on top Of the
pavilion in the park was blown OF
and damaged . bit otherwise.
Bogue Falaya river was at Z high
er stage than has been seen here In
many years. Thursday. It came
within about three feet Of covering
the railroad bridge.
= Reports from Slidell. Vaudeville
and Abita Springs are that these
places suffered considerably:
The first news to arrive from New
Orleans was hate Thursday evening
when Mr.. Walter Jahncke arrived
ct his home one mile south Of Gov
ington. bringing with him = copy
Of the Times-Picayune Of that morn
ing. Mr. Jahncke came over on one
Of his tug boats Immediately after
the lake had calmned enough to pef-
NIT hi INTO 30 out from West End.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02

stirring and personal in their aonaal
for greater educational advantage
IN this ward. were vigorously ap-
piauded. and the League feels that
many stauncn supporters have been
added to the cause OF education.
Tne special tax, with its visions
OF nine months term, and Z high
school department, makes its appeal
to all classes Of taxpayers-to the
purely mercenary-in the hope OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
COVINGTON SUFFERS
SOMEPROPERTYLOSS
NODEATHS RECORDED

to the southwest, little is known
It was hoped Wednesday night tina
the storm warnings sent broadcas
Tuesday had achieved their object
and that all residents of the lowe
coast country, including the section
around the mouth Of the Mississippi
and the Barataria and TerrebOnnt
districts, had escaped. A relic
boat is scheduled to leave this morn
ing for Grand Isle and vicinity.
Much alarm was expressed for the
safety Of the section to the south od
Houma. North of New Orleans it Is
known here must have been much
damage although It is hoped 1t was
Of q minor character. To the east,
along the Mississippi coast, similar
conditions obtain.
All passenger trans scheduled to
leave the city after noon were an
nulled and no train reached New Or
leans from any direction after 1870
p. m. An incoming Southern Pacific
train from Texas points was maroon
ed throughout the day on q railroad
transfer boat which was driven sew
!eral miles UP the Mississippi river
when q crossing from Avondale was
attempted at 8 q. m.
Numerous residences throughout
the city were unroofed, trees uproot-
ed and wires strewn along the streets
Brick chimneys were blown down In
the business and residential districts
More than score of persons were
injured by falling glass. Plate glass
display windows were blown out.
Brick wells collapsed In several bust
ness houses.
While the storm was at its height
the tide rose so high in Lake Pom
chartrain that he water vert over
the new sea wall and flooded large
area in the vicinity Of West End,
Spanish Fort and Milenburg. It was
to communicate with
many Of the most exposed places
near Spanish Fort and Milenburg at
ter 2 O'Clock in the afternoon, and
age there has been heavy.
The intensity Of the storm, while
It did considerable damage in New
Orleans and vicinity, proved the wor-
thiness Of DR.. l. NJ. Cline. the district
OF the. United Stateal
Wether Bureau. Never before. per-
haps, in the history OF the Weather
Burau, have such general warnings |
been disseminated as were sent out |
BY the local bureau in reference tt
The disturbance that passed New Or
leans Wednesday evening. At Il
o'clock Wednesday morning DR.. |
Cline said that the worst was yet to
come. He hen predicted that the
maximum intensity Of the storm |
would be reached here between
md 6 o'clock" As a matter of ac-
:ual record, the maximum was re-
corded at $3.50, when a wind veloci-
y Of Sc miles an hour for ten minu-
es was recorded, and when, for
,eriod of about twenty seconds,
'elocity Of 120 miles vas reached
There may have been much lif
oss along the coast, but such q ca
astrophe cannot be charged to the
Bureau, for the warnings
II the approach Of the hurricane
we're sent broadcast before the high
winds ever reached the Louisiana
oast.
Tuesday afternoon DR.. Cline ex-
PRESSED the belief that the storm
would be more intense than that
which wrought such damage at New
orleans and along the coast in Sep
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the Covington post office:
Miss Annie Mary Buchanan, Mrs.
Almer Cardor, Clementine Debezie,
Miss May .Dobley Miss Janner Hutch
inson, Mrs. A. F. Helwick, Nancy
Harris, Miss Emile Koch, Lula Prid-
gett, Mrs. George Revier, Fletcher
Wonzo, Jake Wrinkler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02
Restricted District Of Covington
A Stencil In the Nostils Of Sell
Respecting People Of Community
PLANT STRAWBERRIES.

Fertilizer and plants furnish
ed by the st. Tammany FARM
ers' Association.
A postal card inquiry will
bring particulars, or call on j.
H. Warner, Secretary, Coving-
ton, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-10-02

Continued on page s.)
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-08-07
REMARKABLE FIGHT ENDS
 WITH ISSUANCE OF PATENT
Seward Gateway, June 30

Steward Gateway, June 3U)
 Final receipt has been issued by the United States land office at Juneau to Otto Bergstrom for 320 acres of land near Mile 3 on the line of the Alaska Northern railway.
 Bcrgstom first settled on the land in the month of April, 1904, and after eleven years
 of residence and cultivation secures final certificate.
 This is believed to be the first final cer- tifcate issued since the government made
 its own surveys of the various homestead tracts in and about Seward and in the Mat anuska valley.
 Since 1910 Senator Ray has represented Bergstrom in 1913 the Commercial Club and Rev Mir Pedersen, shortly after Berg strcm nearly lost his life by an attack made upon him by Conservation" brown bear, sent photographs and made special appeal to Secretary Lane on behalf of Mir. Berg strom but nothing could be done until the office work connected with the government survey of 1910 could be completed. The late General Distin as surveyor general of the
 territory, took an active part in an effort to hurry along the delayed surveys and the approved surveys were being forwarded
 to him on the illfated State of California. This wreck necessitated the duplication of the work, and resulted in further delay. Receiver Boyle and Register Walker of the land office MT. Ray states, have done all ill their power to facilitate matters in their office relative to Mir Bergstrom's applica-
 ton and entry.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-08-07
AL HALL COMING HERE
 IN ROLE OF GASOLINE KID"

The Whitehorse Star of July contains the following news item. Both the gentle men named are well known in Idltarod, Mir Hall having left here last summer after long residence here:
 The kreuz Zeitung in its weekly review constructed at this place has just been com pleted by its owner, Dan GilIis, and is now in the river on the water front It is fifty feet in length and has 3660 Leow-Victor en- zine that is capable of developing sixty horse power With all its machinery and equipment installed, the boat draws but five inches of water. It will carry from eight to ten tons of freight In addition to the motor MT. Gillis has completed a shovel nose scow which is sixty feet long and which will carry twenty tons of freight on very light draft Al Hall has entered into part nership with GiIlis and they will leave in day or two for the lower river Fairbanks or Iditarod, for the purpose of freighting in the shallow side streams, of which there are many in that country. That they will reap rich harvest, commensurate with their en- terprise and with the capacity of their craft, is the wish of all their friends"
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-08-07
FOR DECENT TREATMENT
 OF RAILROAD WORKNiEN

The Seattle Union Record of July 3 has the following mention of matters in rela- ton to employment on the Alaska govern ment railroad, which are rapidly assuming the aspect of a scandal:
 At the close of the session of the Central Labor Council last Wednesday evening J. A. Taylor of the MachinIsts' union electrified the delegates with the announcement read from the Associated Press dispatches of last Monday that the Alaska railroad commis- sion intended to violate the federal eight hour law by sub contracting the work to men who would have to work ten or more hours per day to make decent wages. Com missioner Edes stated that there was day light practically the entire twenty-four hours of the day, and the men could easily work ten or twelve hours, and in the same breath stated there were 1000 idle men waiting for additional equipment
 ''Mr. Taylor pointed out the danger of al lowing any evasion of the law, and called upon the Central Labor Council, as the near est representative body of labor to the scene, to take action, urging that if thou sand men were idle awaiting equipment, and there was so much daylight, the commls- sion could work two or even three eight hour shifts and put the men to work rather than keeping men idle while others worked in excess of eight hours per day.
 "The matter was referred to the Legislative committee, with instructions to ascertain the law in the case and report at the next meeting, taking such steps as were deemed necessary in the meantime"
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-08-07
CITIZENS OF RUBY DISTRICT
 IN ARMS ON ROAD QUESTION

A mass meeting was held at Ruby on the evening of July 13 to consider the very slight recognition accorded Ruby district in the allotment of road money and to take such action regarding the matter as might be deemed advisable The Record Citizen says that the meeting organized with J. J. Filbin as chairman and I. J. DeVane as secretary, and several hot speeches were made, in all of which the "unjust discriui- nation against the district" was condemned and the fayoritism for Fairbanks WAS pointed out" The Ruby newspapers ac- count of the meeting continues;
 '1he reduction in the allotment from the paltry sum of $4,OOO, promised to Ruby dis ,rict by the head of the road commission, to the $2, 300 authorized for expenditure by the foreman of the work, caused deep re- sentiment
 "The reduction of wages in the district was also criticized. It was remarked that the principal effect the commissions work would have would result from the precedent for lowered wage scale
 After the question of taking action had been discussed it was resolved to wire pro- test to the chairman, to be followed by petition by mail"
 A telegram was sent to Colonel Richard son. chairman of the Alaska road commis- sion, stating, among other things We view with alarm the decided favoritism for Fairbanks and the utter ignoring of our equally wealthy and deserving community. We feel that you will see the justice of our protest and give us adequate relief on re- ,ceipt of this telegram. Our district posi- lively produces more wealth per tonnage of imports than Fairbanks or any other In terior point. And we have only six miles of road to reach creeks that are thirty to fifty miles away"
 A similar meeting was also held at Long City on the night of the l6th, and teIe- gram of protest was sent to the road com mission, alleging that $l20 per ton was be- ing paid for freight from Ruby to Long
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-08-07
Buyino Alaska Property

A Juneau dispatch of June 27 says that it is understood that suit has been started in Seattle to clear the title of the Hallum brothers mining interests there, and that the Hallum brothers have sold the property and have already received sl00000 in cash as part payment M. A. Barney, represent
 ing a New York syndicate, has been in Ju- neau more than two weeks, and he is sup posed to have engineered the deal, It IS understood that the Ebner interests which were bonded to the United States Smelling Company. will be taken over by the syndl- cate represented by MT. Barney. This syn dicate will open up group of mines and it is expected to rank in the near future with the biggest companies operating in the Juneau district
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-08-07
kennecott Bo Copper Producer

The kennecott Copper Company will pro duce in June considerably more than 6,O0O,- 900 pounds of copper, says the Wall Street Journal As the output in July and August may be even larger, it will make the pro duction for the first quarter of the com panys existence close to 20,000,O00 pounds, or at the rate of sO,000,000 pounds year. The earnings for the quarter may run closer to s2,5OO,O 900 than s2,O0O,O00. The com pany has sold its production three months ahead, and an initial dividend is question of the very near future. The company IS planning to issue quarterly reports of the earnings and production.