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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-27
KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quality and
Quantity in the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Take Mati-Order
House Goods on Faith-keep
the Money Of the commu-
nifty at Home.

When the consumer buys merchan'
disc he Is interested in three things
quality, quantity and price. When ne
goes into the store of his local mer-
chant he sees the goods that he Is to
pay for displayed before him; he can
determine whether the quality Is first-
class. and whether the quantity Is all
that is claimed. These two points
settled, he should have fair idea as
to whether the price asked Is fair
one or not.
But how Is 1t when he attempts to
buy of the big mail order houses OF the
cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are oherine
Is what the catalogue says. and the
catalogue Is prepared with the one Cd
ject in view of selling the goods.
When the consumer buys OF his
local merchant and finds the goods ne
has purchased were not as represent
Cd he can promptly take them bach
and receive his money. When he buys
of the mail order house In the large
cities he has practically no recourse
but to take what he gets and lool
pleasant at the results.
1t is cheap goods and short weigh
that is making mail order hous
profits. They can buy but little.
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1906 the Democrats placed no candi-
date in the field against him.
In the years he has served In con-
gress he has developed into one OF
the strong men of the house. He
voted for the employers liability bill.
voted for the absolute control OF the
corporations by congress. and first
and foremost has at all times advo-
Gated the amendment of the coEstitu-
ton of the United States to provide
for the election of United States SEN
ators by the people.
Besides being lawyer and politi-
clan, the new senator Is a good busi-
ness man and a money-maker. He il
interested in enterprises in his home
city and elsewhere and is vice presi.
dent of the Peoples Savings bank Of
Grand Rapids. He also owns the
Grand Rapids Herald, the paper
which he peddled when boy. On
the intellectual side it may be men
toned that Dartmouth college gave
him the degree of master of arts in
June, 1901
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-27
THE SWEET POTATO BED.
How TO Make II and to Tend to H
Successfully.

The most convenient size for
sweet potato hotbed is one that VIII
hold three barrels of potato seed. Take
for the back a board 16 feet long ana
1 foot wide, and for the front board
the same length and inches wide.
the end boards &c inches long. to come
even with the front and back boards,
nailed to a solid stake at each corner,
also a stake in the middle OF eacn
16-foot board. Then take spade ana
dig the dirt out so as to make the bed
20 inches deep from top OF frame
boards; the same all over the BED.
Then Ill in with fre4h stable manure
and tramp 1t down to ten Inches IN
thickness. The manure should have
considerable bedding in 1t and stay
heaped up at least "a hours before 1t
is packed in the pit. when 1t should
be shaken well and thoroughly mixed,
as some of the manure will heat soon
er than other parts and will cause an
uneven temperature and consequent
uneven sprouting.
After the manure has been placed
and well tramped 80 that 1t slopes to
the south put in four inches OF loose
earth evenly all over the bed. Let
this stay until the dirt becomes warm,
then place the potatoes on so as not
to touch each other and then cover
inches deep with fine loose earth. II
you find in a few days that your bed
| cho anf
run it to the bottom OF the bed ant
leave several holes through the centel
and the heat will soon escape. then III
the holes again. AS for sprinkling o.
or wetting them. 1t Is not required
nor should they be rained on unit
plants are well up. but the top may b
removed to give the plants air an
light when the temperature is not s.
cold as to injure the plants.
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FIFTY YEARS ON A ROCK.

Irish laborers who had swamped a
boat while pursuing frightened flock
of sheep which had taken to the wa
ter.
Two weeks later she rescued man
from the masthead of sunken boat
near Goat island, Newport harbor.
On March 20, 1869, she rescued two
soldiers and a boy from an upturned
boat in biting cold. All were helpless
when she reached them. For this res
cue congress awarded her a gold
medal and she received the thanks OF
the state of Rhode Island.
This act made her name famous
and she was snowered with attentions
from societies and individuals in all
parts of the country.
These are but the chief of her res
| cues.
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THE LETTUCE DROP.
No Certain Economical Way Of Eradi-
eating It.

The disease known as the drop"
has for several years been serious
menace to lettuce growing In many
portions of the United States. It Is
caused by fungus visible to the eye.
II this fungus once gains entrance to
the lettuce bed, no certain, or at least
no economical treatment is known to
get rid of it.
1t is therefore extremely important
that all growers who are DOW free
of this disease take every precaution
to keep free of it; also any growers
who have a portion of their beds free
should use every precaution TO keep
that portion from becoming infected.
These precautions consist in pre-
venting any diseased plants or frag-
ments of diseased plants or any of the
mycelium of sclerotia from obtaining
access to unaffected fields or beds.
| AS soon as any plant shows an indica.
| ton of these diseases the plant should
be pulled up, buried with lime, or de-
stroyed by fire. The spot from which
tie plant was pulled should be thor
oughiy drenched with Bordeaux Mix
ture. II these precautions are fo:
lowed, by those people who are not al
all or only slightly affected with this
disease, 1t will probably be possible
to hold the disease in check.
r. L. STEVENS,
Division of Plant Diseases. North Car
DINA Experiment Station, Raleigh
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w. A. SMITH WILL BE NEW SENA-
TOR FROM MICHIGAN
Interesting Story q His Rise from
Newsboy to Position Of Wealth
and Prominence-His Rec
ord In Congress.

Lansing. Mich.-In succession to
Russell A. Alger, a native son Of the |
Wolverine state IL to represent Mich
igan in the United States senate.
After one of the most exciting polita.
cal campaigns ever fought in the two
peninsula commonwealth, William Al
den Smith Of Grand Rapids, congress-
man, editor, banker, railway man,
merchant, millionaire and man OF al
fairs.
Mr.. Smith is 4S years old and M
tive Of Dowagiac, Mich. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and went
with his family to Grand Rapids when
he was IL years old.
In Grand Rapids he began his ca
reer of self.rclance by selling pop
co. and newspapers and running er-
lrands, for the family was poor. He
turned all his earnings over to his
parents for the family support.
The stepping stone Of his political
career was his appointment as .
page in the house Of representatives
of the state.
Finding that another boy had Sc
cured a position as messenger boys
for which he had applied to his home
representative, he trudged the 20
miles from Grand Rapids to Ionia to
solicit in person from Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sessions q position as messen'
ger to the senate. His ambitions In
this direction were dashed, for he was
told that there were no vacancies, but
he was undaunted. He made his way
to Lansing on the opening day OF the
session. and his persistence brought
him the appointment al page from
Speaker John T. Rich.
His first winter In the legislature
as q page gave him wide acquaint
ance with men in the state. i
strengthened a determination he ha<
formed to become a lawyer. and h'
took up the reading of law in the OF
nee OF Burch & Montgomery, and a
the age CT "a was admitted to the bar
He som became associated with Free
w Stevens, and later the firm be
camo Smiley, Smith & Stevens.
He became general counsel for tn
Chicago & West Michigan and for tn
Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western raj
roads, and under Gov. Luce was az
pointed state game warden for hi
work in the campaign.
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miss Lewis and Her island.

house ON Lime rock, Newport harbor.
of which she is In charge as keeper.
AS girl and woman Ida Lewis has
lived a remarkable life. Her bravery
and skill In handling a boat are well
known, and her fame is secure as the
greatest woman life saver In the
world. for she has the credit OF hav-
ing saved no less than Is lives, most
of her rescues having been enected IN
the face of extreme danger and IN
winter.
Ida Lewis IL known personally 70
half the residents Of Newport. and by
sight practically to all. In her cat
boat she comes daily to Newport ior
her household supplies. accompanied
by a big dog, and the weather must
be severe indeed to keep her away.
As keeper Of the Lime island hgnt
house. to which post she was appoint
ed. in recognition Of her bravery and
record as a llfe-saver, on the death o.
her father. Miss Lewis has shown ner
.elf as careful and eficient as mar
could be. She is one OF the Few wo
men in such a position.
She cared for the light severa
years before appointed keeper. wnel
her father, because Of sickness. wa
unable to perform his duties. AT I'M
same time she helped keep house ant
rowed her younger sisters to Newpor
daily to school.
She was appointed keeper OF IN
lisht in 1879 at a salary OF $1eo
wear. and has performed her duue
without q break ever since.
Although she will be IS years OF
IN February, Miss Lewis IL . youngel
looking woman, and is a. active
abe was Is years ago. -,
Ida Lewis first rescue was In iso'
when. . girl of is. she saved lou
voune men from an overturned bos
in Newport harbor on windy nign
In February. 1866. she saved tnre
drunken soldiers from the icy water
of Newport ha-bor. into which the
h.d fallen from . skin.
In January. 1867. sha rescued tire
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-27
FARMER AND PLANTER
BUYING TENANTS.
A Suggestion Made by Doctor IN
North Carolina.

81 am buying me some tenants"
said a farmer the other day. It's
this way" he continued, you can
scarcely get tenant on any terms.
know some who want to move, but
they can't get away because they
haven't paid up last years accounts.
Now, am paying these bills In order
to get them" There is nothing par
ticularly new about this idea except
It emphasizes the scarcity OF farm
help. 1t is by reason of this scarcity
that we hear so much talk OF securing
immigration for the south. Mr.. L. X.
Bruner, secretary of lne state board
of agriculture, says that DR.. Charles
|D. McIver proposed good plan for
getting good immigrants. 1t Is that
land owners who have lands for sale
and who want a colony of industrious
people to settle about them SO as to
create a community interest, and to
promote the sale of adjoining lands,
should unreservedly donate, say ten
acres upon something like the follow
ing conditions: That the party accept
ing them would, on his part, agree to
build a home and improve the prop
erty by proper cultivation; and thai
he would live upon it for a term Of
five years, with the understanding
that at any time during the five years
the adjoining lands. 10, 20 or 30 acres
may lie purchased at so much per acre
The price of the additional lands be
ing fixed at the time the donation i
accepted, becomes really part of tn
contract and would preclude any ad
vance in the price during the five-yea
period. Should the tenant leave tn
holding before the time, the improve
ment, would become the property Q
the donor.-Monroe IN. CO Journal.
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Grow Turkeys In the South.

We have the land, the climate and
the advantage of early Matching and
long season. In the New England
states, where turkeys were formerly
raised on large scale. it has almost
become a lost art" owing to the
ravages of disease known as black
head" a sort of liver trouble. which
carried on brood after brood, until
now the east and northwest have prac'
tically abandoned turkey culture, as
the very ground seems impregnated
with the disease. Up till ten years
ago the east furnished half the tur
keys consumed in this country. the
west and north the other half, while
the south furnished none. not raising
enough to supply home demand.
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CHASED FOR FOUR YEARS.
Or. Flower, EmbezzIer of $1,000, 900,
Captured.

Philadelphia.-Dr Richard c. Flow.
Ell, a fugitive from justice since 1903,
has been arrested here. Detectives
regard Flower as the most colossal
mine swindler of the age, and declare
that his entertainments will amount
to 100000. Flower has been chased
for four years. and he was found In
an office building here promoting an
other swindle.
In 1903 Flower was arrested and re-
leased on bail, the bond having been
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TO GET ALCER'S TOGA'

Mr.. Smith built q logging railroad
from Rapid City to Kalkaska and
Stratford a distance of "A miles. ten
years ago, to tap tract OF lumber on
the Upper Manistee river. which had
been left uncut because of it, dis
lance from the railroads. Later no
built q line from Lowell to Hastings.
For this work he received 100000 In
stocA which was considered worth
less. lie held It until the Pere Man
quette had use for the branch, then
sold 1t at par.
Mr.. Smith was first elected to con-
gress in 1894. He was reelected In
1896, and with increased majorities
each two years since. until In 1904
his majority was nearly $4,000. In
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delay Is that they do not carry the
goods In stock, and must purchase
them after your order is received. In
Chicago, for example, no mail order
house will sell 70 any person living
within the city limits, and the reason
for this is that these concerns pur.
chase large amount of the merchan-
disc they are selling from the retail
stores of the CITY, the proprietors OF
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
are not to sell to the people of the
city.
Here is the wall of q mail order vic.
tim taken from the columns Of the
Crookston, Mimi, Journal. which ex-
plains this point:
"Sir: I want to register my kick
right here ON catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. l am
| frank to acknowledge that have been
duped to perfection. The only differ
ence between me and the other vic
Tins being that am little deeper
in and that l am willing to acknowl
edge the corn.
ITO begin with, last fall with her
who is now my wife, decided to pur-
chase some stun to furnish our new
home. Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a-catalogue house
two weeks prior to our marriage.
which we thought would be plenty OF
time to get the goods around But
by the Internal planets let me tell you
right here that all the correspondence
diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
succeeded In landing only q kitchen
table and later a mirror from Pitts
burg.
"Our honeymoon has been Z very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
old gas plate, eating on dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
} ing few necessary utensils Of friends
J and neighbors. No more catalogue
} goods for us. We hope to get enough
, more goods by April to celebrate
{ all fools day in fitting manner
"A VICTIM"
+! Mr.. Consumer. 1t is to your sdvsn
Z tage In many ways to buy hores
!. goods at honest prices of your lSSLes
{ local merchant. See what you ar
d buying. Get what you are paying sof
J Keep the money OF the community Il
, which you live at home. and build u,
your town instead Of te lTing 1t dow,
; for the benefit Of the "a! ords
8. houses Of the big cities
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almost the exceptional order that n
Il conducted ON the theory that It u
possible to take an inferior Job ana
foist It ON q credulous people ny
means of q reduced price and the
honest reputation established BY the
neritorious original which it shame
lassly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success SOLO
ly by reason of the fact that mall or.
der houses put more skill. energy ana
money into advertising than DO the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles on the face OF the eartn.
"The mail order business Is the
quack doctor Of commerce. 1t prom
ises much and guarantees nothing.
The directions are always on the IN
side, and you have to buy non-re.
turnable package before you can nnd
out what they are"
A. G. Enderton. Of Walter. Okla.
writing to the Shawnee. Okla. Union
Signal. says:
"s - The mail order houses
are the worst offenders Of the pure
food law that We have to deal with
They are the people who use short
weight tin cans and every year the
American public Is cheated out Of
thousands of dollars by this alone.
I see where some mail
order houses offer paint at about what
good oil is worth. Now. does anyone
think that mail order house can buy
good paint stun cheaper than anyone
else?
'Now suppose you ind out wha'
crude petroleum. like what is pumped
out of oil wells cost. Very cheap. Il
It not? That Is the oil that Is uset
and what about the paint stun! How
|, about Spanish whitening, with jus
, enough white lead to stick 1t together
10 ."
The question Of prompt delivery !
| another question which mail orde
, house patrons should consider. 1t
{ filed promptly. The reason for TIL
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any. cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality. standard merchan-
disc is manufactured on a very mar
row margin of profit. but the mail
order house can win and pay big divi-
dends on enormous capital II they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan-
disc at the prices they ask. Your
local merchant could do the same
thing, but you would not buy the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an item clipped from the
Parma. Mich, News which shows the
aefarious system of the mail order
concerns. and how they victimize their
patrons:
"A farmer purchased two sacks OF
binding Irvine of large Chicago cata-
togue house, and upon its arrival this
| morning a ball was unrolled and meas
ured with a ball OF Plymouth twine
so]d by local dealers, when 1t was
found that the Chicago article was just
3O6 feet short of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in a sack, 1t VIII
be seen that the farmer lost $40 feet,
Or over a mile of Irvine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then. too
the mail order house product was Of
an inferior quality. being full OF knots
and one farmer standing near during
the measuring process remarked thai
II would never work on a binder. Nov
We wish to ask you, does it pay Il
trade at home? If there Is anyone
who Is skeptical of this story, jus
cali and we will show you." Parma
Mich, News.
: Bankrupt stock, merchandise ths
reliable jobbers would not handle be
cause of its poor quality, the refus
; Of the factories made over into chea
merchandise. These are the thing
, the patrons of the mail order house
are buying. Here is an extract fror
an article that appeared In the Siou
Falls, s. d. Leader:
The mail order house selling veh
lies ty the catalogue route. is MOI
than a pirate, 1t is turkey-buzzar'
It takes the freaks and failures thu
have died for want Of real merit. an
tries to stile legitimate business
selling the embalmed remains at
duced price.
) THE whole nefarlous mail order BY
: rem, in so far as 1t I*lafes to vehicle
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! System has achieved wonders In
business life, and all opinions to the
contrary, system can be introduced
on the farm, and In proportion will
achieve relatively as valuable results
as it has brought to our great cap
tains Of industry.
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The Procession.

"Our cooks-we always have three.
you know"
Three cooks?"
"Oh, yes! The one that's going.
The one that's coming and the one
that's hero. PUCK.
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Idlers-Our family physician told IA
Their that must have exercise and air.
Chum-What did your father do;
buy you riding horse?
Idlers-Not much! He got me job
as mail carrier.-Detroit Free Press.
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signed by the 74-year-old widow Of
Richard A. Storrs. which she had to
nav. In addition the widow had load
ed up with 100000 worth Of stock
that had no market value.
The amount Flower is said to have
received from credulous people Is al
most beyond belief. Through the
Spentazuma Mining company he got
$3.50 900, through the Arizona & East
ern company, $550.000; through the
Blue Ridge mine. $450.000; through
the Pan-American Mining company.
$3.50 900, and smaller amounts IN
many companiaA
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Not hasty in Judgment.

Poulterer-Was that good chicken
sold you last Saturday?
Customer don't know. We
couldn't bite far enough into 1t to
catch the flavor.-Judge.
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The progressive and successful farm
er of to-day is the man who has .
practical education to know what MS
farm needs and how and when to ap
NV such needs.
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Ida Lewis Well Known az Lighthouse
Keeper In Newport Harbor.

Newport, R. with the coming
new year Ida Lewis. known as the
Grace Darling of America, celebrated
her fftieth year in the little light
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Mrs. Kawler-How do you like your
new girl?
Mrs. Homer-She's jewel. But she
isn't new girl. We've had her nearly
week.-Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-05

rate on flour whereas the former rate was S6 cents. This change was made necessary by the ruling as published in The Republican some time ago. of the commission in the favor of the Kansas millers. that the differential between the wheat rate and the pro- ducts of wheat should in no case be more than z cents.
 The effect of the decision is loss to the railroads as practically no Kan sas hard wheat will now be shipped to the valley as the millers can not afford to mill it for seven cents. Probably more Kansas flour will be shipped in. somewhat lessening the. sales of the local mills. and cutting out one source of profit or hard wheat flour. How ever the mills will confine their busi- ness 10 milling local, California and oregon wheat. The new rate is much better than might have happened, had the commission seen fit to reduce the flour rate to within seven cents of the former wheat rate, which would have crippled the valley milling interests and lowered the price of local wheat.