St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-11-11
Each Merchant Listed Will
Pay Railroad Fare and
Two Days Admission.
FARM E. STOCK SHOW
IMPORTANT EVENT
Will Be a Demonstration of
Great Importance to the
Farmers of State.

E. G. Davis, president of the Gov
ington Bank & Trust Company, Loui.
| NJ. Bourgeois, cashier of the st. Tam
many Bank & Trust Company, and
d. II. Mason, editor of The St. Tam
| many Farmer, made the rounds o1
Covington, Thursday, and secured
from C0vington merchants funds suf
ficient to send eighteen or twenty
farmers to the Farm and Stock Show
in New Orleans, from November II
to 10, 1916. This show is being
gotten up on a grand scale and
should be of great benefit to the
State. The. exhibits of stock and
farm products will be revelation o1
what is being done in this line in
Louisiana and elsewhere, and St
Tammany parish can i'll afford to
lose the opportunity of learning the
lesson that will lbe taught there
Our own fair has just ended, and II
is acknowledged that it has been a
beneficial influence in the progress OF
the parish and stimulus to increas-
ed effort for the years that are to
follow, but the opportunity OF learn
ing things of importance to the
farmer was trivial compared to the
opportunities of learning that will be
presented at the New Orleans show.
It will be revelation to those farm
ers who have not had the Opp0rtuni-
ty for extensive travel, and more may
be learned there in a few days than
by months of study and reading, be-
cause it will give the results of years
Of experimentation and put these re-
suits in a shape to be easily compre-
hended. 1t will ibe q visual demon
stration OF what may tbe accomplish
ed by any farmer or stock raiser who
follows the footprints mde by the
successful men Of the country. Its
lesson will be practical and c0nvinc-
ing and te tfihnancial gains tempta-
ton not to be resisted.
The Press Club of New Orleans
and enterprising citizens of that
place have shouldered heavy expens-
es to make this show one of the most
wonderful that has ever been pre-
sented to the people of this section
of the South and to induce people
to attend it. There should be CO.
operation from every part of the
State and the show should bring
good results to every parish.
Following is q list of the merchants
who have contributed, each paying
the railroad fare and admission to
the show for two days Of one farmer:
The Parkview Livery Company,
Hebert Grocery, Schpnberg's Pharm-
acy, P. E. Smith Jewelry Store, L.. IN.
Bourgeois Furniture Store, Frank
Patecek Clothing and Tailoring Es-
tablishment, J. c. Burns & Company,
F. C. FitzSimons Grocery Company,
Jones & Pickett General Merchan-
disc Store, Schoen & Molloy Livery
and Undertaking Company, J. L..
Watkins City Drug Store, Jas. Con-
naughton Grocery Store, Smith Hard
ware Company, COvington Bank &
Trust Company, st. Tammany Bank
& Trust Company, The st. Tammany
Farmer, H. J. Ostendorf Gents Fur
nishings,- P. J. Lacroix Dry Goods,
A. J. Planche Grocery.
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It was moved by ]. NJ. Smith and
seconded by E. ]. Domergue, that
bids be sent to the police jury for ten
dipping watts to be constructed iii the
different wards, the roofing to be
used is to be a two-ply ordinary
paper roofing. Contractors to get
from the police juror Of each ward
the size of pens and location.
Carried.
1t was moved by Mr.. H. ]. Schnei-
der, seconded by Mr.. w. H. Davis,
that,
Whereas, Miss Laura R. Hosmer
does own a strip of land thirty leet
wide by five hundred feet more or
less in depth at the western terminus
Of 25th avenue in the town of Gov
ington, La. which strip of land is
just outside the corporate limits Of
said town; and, whereas. the said
Miss Laura r. Hosmer has, by mo-
tarial act executed before Karl ].
Kohnke, Notary Public, of date the
8th day Of November, .1916, donated
to the parish Of St. Tammany, State
eral public, said strip of land:
BE it resolved, That we do accept
with thanks, on behalf Of the parish
of st. Tammany, State of Louisiana.
the said donation of said strip Of
land by said MisSLanra Hosmer.
And the president. Of this police
jury, James IB. Howe, is hereby au-
thorized to accept said strip of land
on behalf of said parish of St. Fam
many, State OF Louisiana, and to sign,
and execute all necessary papers in
order to make said acceptance legal,