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The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

E. A. Sawyer returned the
early part of the week from
Denver where he attended an
enthusiastic meet of the sheep
men of the west. Mr.. Sawyer
stopped off a couple of days in
Albuquerque on his return trip.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Better peruse carefully the
new advertisement of the Nava-
10 County Bank which appears
in this issue. The institution
is in very healthy condition.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

The railroad company has
had large gang of Iaborers at
work this week raising the
track in front of the depot,
which improves the condition
of the same considerably.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

P. F. Plus was arrested Tues
day on complaint of Live Stock
Inspector Creswell for alleged
butchering of cattle without
first having them inspected.
The trial will be heard tonight
before Justice Finn.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Bob Williams, the popular
superintendent of the rock
quarry at Sunshine, after spend
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Representative Powers, of
Maine, has introduced a bill in
the house providing for rate
legislation in Arizona and New
Mexico According to the
measure it will be unlawful tor
any railroad in these territories
to charge more than three cents
per mile for passenger service.
About $50 pounds of free bag
gage is to be allowed. The
minimum passenger rate is fixed
ten cents for short distances.
The Santa Fe has placed an
order with the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company for 4,500 tons of
75-pound steel rails for Febru-
ary, March and April delivery.
The rails are to be used on the
coast lines. The Santa Fe has
for some time been replacing its
61-pound rails with the heavier
rails.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

F. w. Nelson, the enterpris-
ing banker of Navajo and Apa-
che Counties, left for st. Johns
Tuesday.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Clarence j. Spellmire, mana
ger of the Babbitt Brothers
Mercantile Company. returned
to the CITY Wednesday after a
three weeks sojourn in Southern
California.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

A bill for the taxation of all
the railroad property IN Arizona
and New Mexico. according to
the same plan under which
other property in the territory
is taxed, has been introduced in
the house by Representative
Hamilton, of Michigan, chair
man of the house committee on
territories. The bill provides
that the railways shall be sub
ieCted to the changed system of
taxation after January l, 1907.
At present the Santa Fe Rail
way pays an annual rate fat
rate Of $40 a mile in Arizona.
This is estimated to be equiva-
lent to what the regular terri
torial tax would be on a valua-
tion of 5000 a mile. In New
Mexico the Santa te pays on
valuation of about 81, 900 a mile.
In both territories the Southern
Pacific pays on a valuation of
about $1,000 a mile. These
same lines are said by members
Of the committee on territories
to be paying taxes in California
and Texas on valuations twice
as great as those used as a basis
for estimating their taxes in the
two territories.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Frank WattrOn, the efficient
clerk in the Navajo County
Bank, was called to Los Ange-
les Sunday morning on account
of the illness of his mother. He
returned Thursday night, his
mother having recovered.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

F. H. Smith, cousin of Chief
Dispatcher Smith, has taken a
trick dispatching here He ar
rived from MCComb, Miss.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

The February number of Out
west, the popular magazine of
the Pacific coast and which is
published in Los Angeles. is
called the Arizona number, over
half of it being devoted to an
extensive write. up of our terri
tory. 1t is profuselv illustra ted
and ends up with on able article
condemning joint statehood.
This number will do Arizona an
incalcula BILE amount of good,
and our citizens will undOubted-
ly reciprocate by patronizing
that magazine literally in the
future.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Henry Seeger arrived here
last night on No. 3 and will
make his home here. He was
accompanied by his wife.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

So-called wandering pains" may
come from its early stages, or the
presence of danger may be made mani
fest by profuse monthly periods, accom-
panied by unusual pain, from the
abdomen through the groin and thighs.
II you have mysterious pains, if there
are indications of Inflammation or dis
placement, secure bottle of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound right
away and begin its use.
Mrs. Pinkham. of Lynn, Mass, will
give you her advice if you will write
her about yourself. She is the daugh.
ter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and
for twenty five years has been advising
sick women free of charge.
Desr Mrs. Pinkham:-
take the liberty to congratulate yosl on
the success have had with your wonderful
medicine. Eighteen months ago nv periods
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submitted to q thorough examination By a
physician and was told that had q tumor
and would have to undergo an operation.
Soon after read one of your advertise
ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound trial After
taking five bottles as directed the tumor is
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physician and he says have no signs Of q
tumor now. It has also brought my periods
around once more, and / am entirely
well: Fannie D. Fox, Chestnut Street
Bradford. Pa.
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BABY COVERED WITH SORES.
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh IN
less Hands Were Tied-"WouId
Have Died But for Cuticura."

MY little son. when about year
and half old, began to have sores
come out on his face. / had a physi-
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come on
his arms, then on other parts Of his
body, and then one came on his chest.
worse than the others. Then I called
another physician. Still he grew
worse. At the end Of about year
and half of suffering he grew so bad
had to tie his hands in cloths at
night to keep him from scratching the
sores and tearing the flesh. He got to
be mere skeleton, and was hardly
able to walk. My aunt advised me to
try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I
sent to the drug store and got cake
of the Soap and a box of the Oint-
ment, and at the end of about two
months the sores were all well. He
has never had any. sores of any kind
since. He is now strong and healthy,
and can sincerely say that only for
your most wonderful remedies my
precious child would have died from
those terrible sores. Mrs. Egbert
Sheldon. r. F. D. No. 1, Woodville,
Conn.,, April %, 1906"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
Habits of the Pest.
LAND FOR SMALL GRAIN.
Thorough Preparation and Judicious
Fertilizing Essential to Con.
tnued Good Results.

On Virginia soil, which had an abun-
dance of plant food, our grandfathers
made fine wheat crops with little prep
aration and no commercial fertilizer.
About 1850 they began to learn, as
the soil was growing thinner, that pea
vines and cottonseed increased the
yield of wheat. Now that we have very
little fresh land. the small grain crop
will be very light unless there is thor
ough preparation and judicious ferti-
LIKING.
For small grain the sub-soil should
be well broken and a fine seed bed
prepared by narrowing. At least two
or three inches of the clay should be
broken and mixed with the top soil.
That preparation prevents winter kill
ing and carries the water down when
excessive rains fall. 1t brings the pot
ash and phosphoric acid locked up in
the clay In contact with the sun, air
and frost. and BY degrees renders It
available.
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He MADE THE OPPORTUNITY
How Educator Succeeded In Desire
to Address Students.

A distinguished educator of Boston,
who once visited a western college
during examination week, was, for
some reason or other, not asked to
address the students, as he had ex-
pected he would be. In chapel he
was merely requested to lead in pray
or, which he did In this wise:
BE pleased, Father in Heaven, to
guide the steps of the president of
this college. Thou knowest that he
was a clasmate of Thy servant, a
graduate of the class of "a, taking
high honors. Thine eye hath looked
with favor upon the happy choice that
resulted in his appointment, with the
consent of the trustees. as the head
Of this institution. Thou knowest
that the students of this college ought
to look upon him as friend as well
as their president. Thou knowest
that thy servant is well pleased with
the high standards Of scholarship
here prevailing and with the right
eousness and loyalty of the stu
dents"
Finally, to the intense delight OF
the students. the visitor concluded his
prayer as follows:
And l thank Thee for this oppor'
tunity to address the students of this
college"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

I'm relative rank among the states
in population, agriculture and manu-
features, North Carolina made a great.
er gain in the census decade of 1890
1900 than any other old state in the
Union, and greater than any state or
territory, new or old, excepting only
the newly-settled areas of Montana
and Oklahoma, while Virginia and
South Carolina were also included In
the seventeen other states making .
net gals in rank.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
charity hy Machinery.

Poor Man-W'u'd We be SO kind.
sir, as to stop a moment! 1t was you,
sir, that saved my wife's life last
year by givin' me a dollar fer some
medicine. Please, sir, she's sick
ag'in, an the same way.
Mr.. Highmind-I have recently
been convinced of the folly of indis-
criminate giving, and ! now distrib-
ute by donations through the Bust
ness Mems Charity trust, organized
for the purpose of investigating each
case. / left a dollar with the secre-
tary not five minutes ago. Go and
tell him your story.
Mr.. Highmind Gan hour later)-Ah!
Did you go to the secretary. as d.
rected?
II did, sir. an he gave me . hve-
cent piece wild a hole in It."
"Eh Is that all?"
"Yes, sir. / told him about your
dollar, but he said the other 95 cents
was kept for salaries an expenses"
IN. Y. Weekly.
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after dark, and are not attracted by q
light. Lights have been placed in the
middle of a boil weevil field and not
a single weevil would ever come to
them. They do their feeding and de-
posting of eggs in the daytime.
When the squares begin to form on
the cotton the female weevil begins to
deposit eggs. An average of one egg
is placed in square. A puncture is
made in the square, the egg inserted,
and afterward sealed up by the female
with small amount of secretion.
The eggs of the weevils are white
and approximately one-thirteenth of
an inch in length by one-fifth of an
inch in diameter. During the month
of June, about four days is required
for the egg to hatch, and during July
and August, two and a half or three
days, the time depending upon the
temperature.
Intense Farming as Offset.
In the meantime the Louisiana crop
pest commission has solved the sue
cessful growing of a cotton crop in
the boil weevil section. If the rem
edy for the weevil has not been found
when the weevil reaches Mississippi
and Alabama, the planters will at
least have the benefit of the long Sc
ries of experiment made by the crop
pest commission of Louisiana and by
the United States government, which
have shown how to grow cotton with
the weevil to contend with.
The advent Of the pest is not now
looked upon as plague. 1t has been
robbed of its terrors by what is known
as the cultural method" The cul-
tural method simply means the selec.
ton of an early-ripening cotton to be-
gin with; the use of the right kind
of fertilizer, thorough preparation of
the soil and intensive cultivation C.
the soil, which will hasten the ma
turity Of the crop.
That, in spite of the weevil, cotton
can be raised by this method, has
been advocated by the commission In
western Louisiana the past two years,
where the weevils are the thickest.
There, where farmers have adopted
the cultural method. in spite of the
insect were raised last year crops Of
cotton above the average ever made
before the weevil came.
This intense cultivation must be
followed up by the destruction of tie
cotton stalks in the early fall. The
weevil goes into its Information with
the first cold weather, and If it retires
for the winter well fed 1t stands a
much better chance of surviving until
the following spring.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13
THE CREAM SEPARATOR.
II Pays to Use It, az It Is the Key to
Progress In Southern
Dairying.

The separator is the key to progress
Of dairying, and dairying is the thing
that the south should develop. With
climate that can not be excelled, an
abundance of good grasses, pure
water and the biggest and best mar.
kets in the world. must soon become
a potent influence in the dairying
markets of the world. She needs the
cream separator, and needs it badly.
If the cost of separator seems
high for farm implement, please
consider for moment that it is an
all-the-year-round machine, Sundays
included, and not like nearly all the
agricultural machines, intended for
use only a few days in the year. For
example, il your binder is worth SIPS
for ten days work in the year, the in.
terest on its cost is rs cents per day OF
work. II the separator costs SIPS for
365 days of the year, this interest on
its cost is two cents per day of work.
less than three per cent. of the cost
of the binder. Rememb Der in counting
the cost that the separator must have
constitution like a man who never
gets sick, for it will not do to have a
machine stop for single day.
Another important step in favor OF
the separator is the churnability. With
the old system much of the butter is
always lost in the buttermllk, and oc.
casionally the cream will not churn
at all. There is weblike fiber OF
viscous matter derived from numer
Gus conditions which gradually devel
ops In all milk when 1t comes from
the COW, increasing as the milk ages
This helps materially to retard cream
ing by the settling process, and
causes great part of the trouble in
the failure Of the butter to gather in
the churn.
In the case of the separator, the
milk is separated very soon after com.
ing from the cow, before the fiber has
had time to develop, and what little
there may be of it is thrown out of
the cream and left within the sepa.
rator bowl. The consequence is, the
separator cream readily churns into
butter. The saving in time required
is fully one-half, while the grain and
texture of the butter will easily av.
erage from 10 to 20 per cent. better
quality.
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ERRORS ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
To the Editor.

TO the Editor:
/ noticed somewhere recently-I
would not cay positively that it was in
our columns-an article on the White
House which contained several mis-
statements.
In the first place 1t was stated the
White House was first occupied in
1909 and that its first occupant was
President Madison. The fact is, it's
1rst occupant was President Adams,
Who took UP his residence there in
1900.
The original mansion was begun in
1892. In 1914 it was burned by the
British and rebuilt in 1918.
Another of the errors in the article
referred to was the statement that
ready-prepared paint is used on the
White House to make 1t beautifully
white.
I noticed this especially because
have used considerable paint myself
and wondered that canned paint
should be used on such an important
building when all painters know that
pure white lead and linseed oil make
the best paint.
1t so happened also that I knew
white lead and linseed oil-not ready.
mixed paint-were used on the White
House, because had just read book
let published by firm of ready-mixed
paint manufacturers who also manu-
facture pure white lead. In that book
the manufacturers admitted that for
the White House nothing but "the
best and purest of paint could be
used" and said that their pure white
lead had been selected.
Above all people, those who attempt
to write on historical subjects should
give us facts, even If it is only date
or statement about wood, or brick,
or paint, or other building material.
Yours for truth,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-13

F. l.. vandegrift has q new story.
It is illustrative of the marvellous re-
cundity of the English sparrow.
Il was pending Sunday with the
Dumont Smiths, at Kinsley," said
Van, in recounting his experience.
I'VE had been up late the night be-
fore and was a trifle drowsy. l sat
out on the front porch listening to the
church bells and gazing OF into the
illimitable space that lies between
a shortgrass town and the horizon
beyond.
Presently 1 dropped my hat into
a bed of virginia creeper and dozed
off to sleep. could not have slept
more than an hour. for the children
were passing the house ON the way
from Sunday school when ! awoke.
rubbed my eyes and glanced over
at my hat. In it sat an English spar
row brooding setting of eggs. While
slept the sparows had built nest
in my hat, the mother bird had laid
a full complement Of eggs and had be-
gun the work of Matching them
Kansas City Journal.
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1t is said by chemists that the first
foot of Piedmont red clay contains
enough plant food, with the exception
OF ammonia, for more than one hun.
dred crops. Between Naples and Rome
fine wheat fields may be seen, and
they had fine wheat on the same land
$500 years ago. Our land is inexhaust.
ible If we win only take care of it.
In the Carolinas there are thousands
OF acres of land that have nothing ex-
cept weeds and grass growing. Let
all Of 1t be thoroughly broken and
narrowed in August, so as to be ready
for the small grain in September and
October.-Charles Petty. Spartanbure
County, South Carolina.
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FARMER AND PLANTER
THINKS HE HAS THE REMEDY.
A South carolinan Has a Cure for
the "Cotton Evil"

For many years cotton farmers
have been producing money-making
cotton crops, but in placing the cotton
upon the market all others in the cot
ton business have become rich, while
the southern cotton producers, as a
rule, have remained poor.
There is but one cause for this, and
here it is: Most any common clod-
hopper can produce a good crop of
cotton, but 1t takes a different kind
of work to place this cotton on the
market so as to retain the profits in
the hands of the producers, where it
justly belongs.
Most any common cotton farmer
can, single-handed. independently and
alone produce profitable crop of cot
ton, but it takes the combined efforts
of many thousand cotton producers to
keep the old crowd of cotton specula-
tors from reaping all the profits.
These spectators have applied a
code of business rules and methods
or system in handling your cotton
crops that producers have failed to
do for themselves, These men have
supplied the cotton warehouses and
the business organizations for the pur-
pose of distributing your cotton among
manufacturers, and have, as might be
expected, reaped their profits in
money while the producers of cotton
have stood aloof from concert of &C.
ton and took their profits out in grum-
bling and cursing the spectators.
The Remedy.
There is but one remedy for this
evil, and that is the cotton producers
must supply the facilities for han
ding their own crops, until the cot.
ton is placed into the hands of con.
sumers at a reasonable profit to the
producers-or the cotton farmer will
remain in his present hazardous posi-
ton.
Cotton farmers, you might organize
and put your cotton in bulk, and then
place your best men in charge of your
business or the Spectator will con-
tinue to do this thing for you! You
cotton growers must build your own
warehouses to protect your business,
or the same old crowd will continue
to do this for you, and continue to
levy tariff on this job to suit their
idea about this work and not to suit
your idea!
Some farmers claim that they ap-
prove of the warehouse plans, but they
can't raise the money for the stock.
Well, now. deny this. In many cases
this is not true. We know good and
well that If some would try they could
get up this stock just as well as they
get up other. things that are not so
important.
Finally, we wish to say to all We
calamity howlers and fault-finders
that you can not build warehouses
with your tongues; it takes the cash!
And another thing, too, that II you
will not try to help yourselves when
the way is open for you to do it, do
for the sake of common good of the
country, and respect for yourselves,
stop abusing others for not helping
you. when you will not try to help
yourselves. Put up the stuff or hush
up and go way back and sit down
and behave yourselves like good mod
ern slaves should dol. c. Stribling,
Anderson County, S. c.
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How to Eut ON GLOVES.

Open and turn back the gloves to
the thumb and powder lightly. Put
the fingers in their places. not the
thumb, and carefully work them on
with the first finger and thumb Of
the other hand until they are quite
down; never press between the I'm
gers. Pass the thumb into it's place
with care and work on as the fingers.
Turn back the glove and slide it over
the hand and wrist never pinching
the kid, and work the glove into
proper place by means of the light
est pressure, always allowing the kid
to slide between the fingers. In fin
ishing care should be taken In fas-
tening the first button.
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GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine so Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes 1t hard
to keep awake and do things in day
time. To take tones and stimu.
lants' under such circumstances is
like setting the house on fire to see
II you can put 1t out.
The right kind Of food promotes re-
freshing sleep at night. and a wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way OF
eating, to Grape-Nuts, and says:
For about three years / had been
a great sufferer from indigestion.
After trying several kinds of medi-
cine, the doctor would ask me to drop
of potatoes, then meat, and so on,
but in few days that craving, gnaw'
ing feeling would start up, and J
would vomit everything I ate and
drank.
when I started on Grape-Nuts
vomiting stopped, and the bloatine
feeling which was so distressing dis
appeared entirely.
my mother was very much both
cred with diarrhea before commenc
ing the Grape-Nuts. because her stom
ach was so weak she could not digest
her food. Since using Grape-Nuts she
is well. and says she don't think she
could live without it.
ut is great brain restorer and
nerve builder. for can sleep as sound
and undisturbed after a supper Of
Grape-Nuts as in the old days when
I could not realize what they meant
by a bad stomach" There is nc
medicine so beneficial to nerves and
brain as good nights sleep. such as
you can enjoy after eating Grape
Nuts"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich.
there's reason.
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School. SPREADING h chlna.

A few years ago the foreign mis-
sionary schools were practically the
only institutions in Foochow offering
facilities for the acquisition of west
ern learning. There are now at least
30 native schools fashioned after the
foreign model. Foochow is city OF
6O0,0 900 Inhabitants, and these schools
embrace about 1000 students. Post
ers placarded all over the city adver-
tise the opening of various modern
schools, which are springing up in
every nook and corner of the place.
Scarcely a week passes without the
announcement Of the opening OF q
new school.