St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-09-13

Covington high school. From Dor
ings made in the yard we are con-
WINGED that the water under the west
end of the school building does not
come from the large ditch or sewer
We have ccme to this conclusion by
noticing that near the ditch we found
no water in the holes we had dug,
but the nearer the building we got
the more water we found Leaks
were located in the water pipes un-
der the building and these have been
taken care of and we are now wait
ing to determine whether this could
haze oeen the source of the water
found under the building. We real
ize that different people may have
different opinions, but what We
should have done, we know of 10
way of doing, except 20 De guided by
the OPINION of those engaged in
architectural and building work,
and shall, therefore, seek the advice
of the best talent we can procure.
Reports will be made to you regu-
larly of such steps as we may take.
Repairs on the Folsom school roof
are well under way and l trust will
be completed by the time school
opens. 1t appears that young des-
peradoes broke out something like
fifty ligat of glass at the school
house during the summer, and l have
ordered the glass to replace the loss.
do not hesitate to express my
opinion as being that such outlaws
should be brought to justice, and
any patrons who know the guilty
parties anG do not report them to
the authorities are clearly as guilty.
We nave signed contracts for the
following school wagon routes and
bonds have been given by the con-
tractors: Robt. H. Dutsch, for the
Military Road; ]. w. Blackwell, for
the Folsom school; VIM. Koepp, for
the Pontchatoula road; J. P. Fuhr-
mann, fer the Turnpike road. The
contracts with Mr.. Eugene Talley,
for the Sun school, Mr.. Eugene Es-
quinance, for the LeWisburg trans
fer, and the one on the Lee Road,
with M. T. E. Bruning, have not yet
been written. Thtse gentlemen have
been notified that we shall not con-
slider ourselves under contract with
them until the contract has been
signed and bond furnished.
A request has been made for foot
walks TO be built across the Tche-
functa river so that about ten or
twelve pupils may get to the Savan-
nah Branch school without wading
in water when the stream is high.
| have asked these patrons to ap-
pear before you today and state their
troubles. l am strongly of the opin-
be called upon to build roads in or
der to enable the school children to
get to schools. However. there are
a few cases where at present the
children cannot get to school during
wet weather without wading and just
what shall be done in these cases
will have to be determined upon by
this board.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have offered an increased salary over
that paid by us last year or the year
UOiOIS, SIill AAu oCIOO1 "
open with six or eight teachers less
than We require. 1t was only this
week that l offered the principalship
of the Sun consolidated school to a
man At a salary Of $120 and he re-
piled that he could not accept the
pace because he expected $3.50. l
am doing my very bets to secure
the learners necessary and shall con-
| tinue to do so, but it appears to be
very evident that some of our schools
will not be opened next Monday be-
cause If the scarcity of teachers.
You have all learned the result OF
the special school tax election held
! last Tuesday when the taxpayers oil
the parish voted down the PROPOSE
ton Of reducing the special main
tenance tax to not more than two