St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-05-12
CANNING CLUBS
RALLY WILL BE
HELD in COW
lNGT0N
A Three Day Demonstration
Of How to Put up Food
Now Being Raised.
EXPERT STATE AGENTS
TO GIVE INSTRUCTION
Club Members to be Housed
and Cared for by Com
mittee in Charge.

Miss Martha Williams, the parish
agent, will have a canning club rally
at the school house in Covington,
May 21, % and 23 1t is a very
important matter at the present time
that provision be made for conserv-
ing the very large crop of vegetables
that will be grown this season. and
that will otherwise go to waste. 1t
will be demonstrated at this rally
how this may be done.
Among the speakers and demon
strators that will be in attendance
arj Miss Alice S. Hickman, State
Agent; Miss Lois Chapin, fanglpa
hoa Agent; the State poultry club
agent and our parish agent, Miss
Martha Williams. They viii be as
sisted by others who are interested
in seeing that the foods of the par
sh shall be conserved.
The members of the clubs will he
housed and cared for by the COM
mittee in charge. The meetings Will
be held in the domestic science room
OF the public school. The rally will
last from 8 O'Clock a. N. Of the first
day until IL m of the closing day.
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was received and referred to the FL
nance Committee.
The Cemetery Committee report
ed that they had extended the limits
OF the cemetery fifty feet on the
north end, had the fence put around
same and had some repairs in view,
not yet completed.
The Committee 'on Ordinances Of
fered the following ordinances for
adoption:
ORDINANCE NO. so.
An ordinance providing for the in
spection of premises by the Chief
of Fire Department, or Police Of
ficer, to safeguard the public and
property against fire.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Town Council of town of Iovington,
La, in legal session convened, That
1t shall be the duty of the Chief OF
the Fire Department or Police Of
f:cer of the town of Coyington, to
inspect, as ften as nece 1sary. but
not less than twice year, in out
laying districts, and four times year
In the closely built portions of the
town, all buildings, premises and
public thoroughfares, except the in
teriors of private dwellings,, for the
purpose of ascertain sng and causing
to be corrected any conditions liable
to cause fire.
Section 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc, That whenever any officer
or the Chief of the Fire Department
shall find many building or upon
any premises or other place, COM
bust:ble or explosive matter, or dan
gerous accumulation of rubbish or
unnecessary accumulation of waste
paper, boxes, shavings, or any other
highly inflama BILE materials especial
ly liable to fire, and which Is SO situ-
ated as to endanger property, or
shall find obstructions 20 or on fire
escapes, stairs. passa geways, doors
or windows, liable to interfere with
the operations Of the fire depart
ment, or egress of occupants, in case
Of fire. he shall order the same to
be removed or remid:ed, and such or
der shall forthwith be complied with
by the owner or occupant OF such
premises or buildings, subject to ap-
peal within twenty-four hours to the
Mayor, who shall within ten days
review such order and file his de-
cision thereon, unless the order is
revoked or modified, it shall remain
in full force and be obeyed by such
owner or occupant.
Any owner or occupant failing to
comply with such order within ten
days after such appeal shall have
been determined. or if no appeal 1s
taken, then ten days after the service
of the said order. shall be liable to
a nenalty as hereinafter stated.
Section g. Be it further ordatn-
ed. etc., That service Of any such
order shall be made on the occupant
of the premises to whom it is d.
rected by either true copy OF same
to such occupant personally or 10y
delivering the same to and leaving
it with any person in charge OF the
premises. or in case no such person
is found upon the prem ses, by afflx-
ing true copy thereof in a consplc-
uous place on the door to the en-
trance of said premises, Whenever
it may be necessary to serve such
order upon the owner of premises.
such order may be served either by
delivering to and leaving with the
said person a true copy of the said
order, or, if such owner is absent
f-or, the jurisdiction Of the officer
making the order, by mailing such
CODY to the owners last known post |
Office address.
Section 4. Be it further ordain-
ed. etc, That any person, firm or