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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05

The result was that late in.the
day Mr.. Edenborn directed the an
nouncement Of q restoration. effect
i've December /, of the ten per cent
reduction in salaries and wages
which was made several months
ago. The increase applies to all
officials, Office men, transportation
men, mechanical and roadway en-
ployes. The news was received by
those at headquarters with especi-
al satisfaction from the fact that
no request had been made for the
advance and none was immediately
expected.
The reduction was made in the
midst of the financial panic which
brought almost complete prostra-
ton Of the lumber industry. The
L. r. & N. ruus through a cpun-
try that is thickly studded with
sawmills. and the surtailmeht Of
output OF closing Of plants materi-
ally affected its business. Now
not only are the mills all working
again, but there are evidences in
L. r. 4 N. territory Of gradual
working toward better conditions
il other lines OF industry.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05

and other farm products for which
It is proposed to establish mar
ket in this community.
A great opportunity is now
offered the farmers and business
men of Grant parish in the propo-
sition to establish q packing house
in the city of Shreveport, and a
syrup aud peanut oil mill in the
town of Colfax.
The proper encouragement OF
these great industries will open
the markets of the world to the
raisers of hogs and cattle. and the
growers of sugar cane and pea
nuts.
This will save us from the toll
weevil curse, aud will enable rs 70
diversity farming on larger and
more profitable scale than We
have ever hoped for in our extremr
ity.
A meeting of all interested will
be held at the court house in Col
fax. La, at 100 p. m. on Saturday
December 9Th. 1908. All friends
TO the betterment Of our country
are most cordially and earnestly
invited to be present. particularly
the farmers.
Let all of our farmers attend,
as we'll as the business and pro
feesional men of our towns.
j. w. DUNCAN,
Pres. Colfax Beard 81 Trade.
J. @. LONG, -
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05

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in'ai ,.,,srs t,,st Shs next rr,s,Iar
teacher. examtnattop w1l be held
December 3. and g. 1908. Those
wishing TO take the exst1nination ftyf
state Teachers' Certificates will lie
given the opuortunity nj this time
t. do SO. Il. H. HARRIs.
State Superintendent .
In ooeolence 20 the anoSe 1ss.e.: !
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-05

Chamberlain's Liuiment is one OF the
m0st remarkable pFsparations yet pro
duOpd for the relief Ut rbeumstic laAine.
and for lame back sprains and br nissb.
The quick relief from psin which 1t e.
fords ia case OF rheumatism ie eio0e
worth mHny times the cost Prito 26c.
large size 500. For sale by Valley drue
store.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
TIE CUBAN ExPE RrMENr

In preparing for the evacuation of
Cuba by the second American army of
occupation some time in the first
month of next year, 1t has been neces-
sary to have a balancing OF the books
and the work has revealed a peculiar
condition in the fiscal affairs Of the
island. When the American army was
recalled to Cuba a couple of years ago
much prominence was given to the re-
port that the Cuban treasury had a
surplus OF some millions OF dollars.
Now comes the report that there is a
deficit Of 5000, 900 in the years hscal
receipts, and the discontinued demo-
Gratis in the United States and in Cuba
are charging the administration at
Washington with the responsibility for
this financial loss.
Like most democratic claims, this
charge will not bear test by records,
The surplus which apparently existed
had a war claim charge against il.
This has been paid and when the real
facts are brought to light it appears
that the Cuban treasury is richer by
about $4,000, 900 than it was when the
troops were sen back to the island tC
restore order after the collapse of the
Palma government.
The real cause for grumbling is the
expense that has been saddled upon the
American government by the second DC
cupation o. Cuba. IL is estimated tina.
the cost of transporting troops t.
| Cuba. their pay while there and the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
Personal NOTES.

A Chicago concern that had sold a million
and a quarter in stock. upon going into the
hands Of a receiver, was found to have on
hand so in real money. Probably this was
due to an awkward oversight on the part of
the management.
John w. OFT, of Lawrenceburg. Ind. be-
coming excited I'm a game of seven up by
catching his partners Jack, struck the table
so hard that he broke the middle finger
of his right hand from which injury blood
poisoning has resulted, and his life is in
danger.
The will of John w. Farwell, pioneer
merchant and philsnthropist of Chicago,
disposes of an estate Of s~1,775,OO equally
among his five children. The Moody Bible
institute, in which Mr.. Farwell took a
deep interest, receiving an annuity of 1900
for ten years.
A guest Of the Taft family who observed
things, noted that William Howard likes
hot roles for breakfast-"the Eind that rises
three inches in the pan, Drowned top and
bottom, that can be pulled apart like sheets
Of snow white felt, Plenty of butter or
ham gravy" Yum, yum! .
Daniel Guggenheim. head of the family
of mining capitalists, has sold for SIZE. 600
HIS uWelllllE lOustt NO. l. West ElllS -LOuINll
street. New York City. to F. w. White,
president of the Mutual Chemical Works.
Guggenheim's home was separated by one
house from that of John ID. Rockefeller.
DR.. II. w. Wiley. chief of the Bureau Of
Chemistry, Agricultural department, has re-
ceived notices OF his election as honorary
member of the Physico-Chemical academy
OF Italy 70. his services to science and hui
mainly. He has also been awarded the
medal OF the first class by the same aca-
DENY.
The suggestion comes from the suggestive
state of oregon that msnkin huddled in
cities would save coolies Of money by APP
pointing say two lawyers for each 10000 IN
habitants, to whom all litigation would be
submitted, and who would be paid out Of
the public treasury. All other lawyers and
near-lawyers would have to work. The
suggestion is too appalling for comment,
and must have sprung from a brain devoid
OF respect for 'the science of jurlspru-
dence."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
Those Standard Letters.
Brooklyn Eagle Ond. dem.l.

bIOoklNH EbBle una uem.J.
The Standard Oil letters are frank to
bluntness, not TO say candor They wanted
bills beaten. suits discontinued enemies de-
MED denomination. friends favored. They
hired men to do this, It was done, and they
paid the men money, The defense of For
aker is that he was, IL, and yet continues
to be a lawyer, while he incidentally was a
governor, and still incidentally is a SEN
ator. Lawyers and lsymen may divide on
that defense, but laymen are effective at
the polls, and lawyers in only some courts.
The declaration of the company and the de-
Tense of Foraker are the same as to facts
and amounts, but the Standard is not run
ming for office. The amounts contributed
and acknowledged seem large to laymen,
but that is not material to the principle
involved, II any principle at all is involved.
The Standard does not lack money. Mr..
Foraker did not fail to get some of It. Mr..
Monnett says ne refused 100000 of IL. Pres
ident Roosevelt admits that he was urged
by Congressman Sibley Of Pennsylvania to
let up on the Standard, but refused to do
so, This Sibley denies-just after Hearst
shakes out a letter from Sibley confessing
his approach to Roosevelt! We really fear
that Mr.. Roosevelt took an impish pleasure
in smashing S~ibley-with Sibley.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
THE PEERLESS PHNHANDLER.
Oklahoma Haskell and His Tainted
Dough BAG.
Indianapolis News.

AHhiAh@pSiAS NoNos
Mr.. Haskell, treasurer OF the democratic
national committee. seems to think that
the question OF his connection with the
Standard Oil company is simply one Of
veraeity between himself and Mr.. Hearst.
Unfortunately for him. that is not the
case. The charge was made, not by
Hearst, but by Frank S. Monnett, in an
affidavit read by Mr.. Hearst. The issue,
then, is one between Haskell and Monnett.
Monnett has done all he could TO exculpate
his friend. but his affidavit stands. The
charge, therefore. is the charge of Monnett
rather than that OF Hearst. 1t has been
explained by both men that there was an
other Haskell and that he was the guilty
man. But the other man denies that he
ever had any relations with the Standard
and his denial is entitled to at least as
much credit as is that OF Treasurer Has
kell. Further than this, there has been
no denial by the latter gentleman. as far
as We nave seen, of he charge that he in
terfered with the efforts OF the attorney
general OF Oklahoma to put a subsidiary
company OF the standard out OF business
in Oklahoma. We say. therefore, that
though the case Is not as conclusive as
that against Forskerrfor Foraker admits,
while Haskell denies-it Is, nevertheless.
formidable. Haskell has been spoken o: as
one who belonged TO the ''Old Brice crowd
in Ohio, and everyone knows what that
crowd was. "A far asfwe can see. the only
man who can clear Haskell Is Mr.. Mon
nett, and even his evidence would be that
OF a political fUlend and associate. We
doubt whether IN the heat Of a campaign
Mr.. Haskell's innocence could be so COM
pletely established as 20 disarm the sus
pIcions Of the people,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
AMERICANS INUNDATED.
Painful Revelations of the
Foraker Letters.
Wall street JournaI.

wall Street Journal.
The Archbold-F Foraker correspondence
which has just been made public is from
every point of view a painful disclosure
and humiliating to all Americans. Although
Foraker has been one of the leaders OF the
reactionary forces in the United states
senate and has steadily opposed the pro-
gress of great reforms, yet he has inspired
respect by reason of his courage, his ability
and his eloquence. He Is one OF the most
brilliant men in American politics. II Is a
shock, therefore. to have the proof laid
plainly before us that Mr.. Foraker has been
so far forgetful of his dignity of his high Of
flee as to receive retainers from the Stand
ard Oil Co, and to act as its representative
in relation to matters of legislation pend
ing before the Ohio Legislature. Even put
ting the most favorable construction upon
this incident. 1t leaves a faint upon Senator
Foraker's reputation that cannot be wiped
out. That 1t ends his political career there
can be no doubt.
But eqally painful Is the revelation OF
methods which have been employed by
the Standard Oil Co. for the defeat OF
legislation to which 1t was opposed. There
could be no criticism OF this company II
it had used its own staff Of attorneys to
represent 1t before the Legislature Of Ohio.
But to employ a United States senator for
this purpose, and this United States sena-
tor one Of the two leaders of the dominant
party in the government of Ohio, is quite
another thing.
The day has passed when such methods
as these can be employed by any corpor-
alton, either for the securing of law or the
securing of immunity from law.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28

MIR. Tsft's clear Cut Views on Court
I~nIunctions.
Chicago News Und.)

Chicago News dnd).
With nothing to excuse ans nothing to
conceal, according to HE g. = ,iew OF his
record on matters affecting trade unions,
Mr.. Taft asks the support Of trade union
voters. He asks their support also on the
record Of the republican party and on the
record OF Mr. Bryan and his party. That was
the substance OF Mr.. Taft's speech to rail-
road employees in Chicago last evening.
MIR. Taft has done the wise and coura-
geous thing in laying bare his labor record,
as he regards II, Let Mr.. Bryan, MI.
Gompers and others who represent the
opposition in these respects show where
Mr.. Taft has failed to be candid, II he has
failed. In so doing they should concede
that MIR. Taft while on the federal bench
developed certain important points which
are OF no little benefit to trade unionists.
They should also concede that Mr.. Tafts
decision in the Addystope case made clear,
as that candidate says, that the injunction
is useful in keeping lawless capitalists
within the law.
As to court action in secondary contempt
cases. Mr.. Taft is outspoken enough to sat
isfy both his friends and his enemies. He
says.
The provision in the democratic platform
that a trial by jury shall be allowed in all
cases in which a charge Of contempt is
made for violation Of the orders of the
court outside OF the presence OF the judge
would greatly weaken the power of the
court. To introduce a jury trial between a
final order and it's enforcement and between
the routine orders bringing witnesses and
jurors into court would so hamper the ad-
ministration of justice as TO make the
courts a laughing stock.
1t may be popular to suggest such a
change. 1t may attract the support and APP
provsl Of those who do not understand its
real effect, but so long as ! have power
of expression. and without regard to how
It may affect me politically, I shall lift
my voice in protest against such a de-
structive step i'm our judicial procedure.
Let Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Gompers get
such satisfaction as they can out of these
blunt words.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
Rryan's
Minneapolis Journal, (rep.)

Minneapolis Journal, (rep)
Resumably Mr.. Bryan did 1t unwlttingly.
but he did it just the same, when he gave
the president such a fine opening to enter
the campaign.
| 1t must have occurred to him, as 1t did
TO the rest of the country. that the preSi-
dents letter to some far-off Obscurity in
Montana, recommending Mr.. Taft for pres
ident. was a nice enough letter, but that 1t
did not fall on the land like a torch on a
dry prairie. The reason was that the Oc-
CASTOR seemed manufactured Now Mr..
Bryan has given the president an occasion
that is not manufactured, and, with his
usual political acumen, the president step
ped right up and turned a~round-but is
not likely to go right out again. On the
contrary, he will stay to be a thorn in Mr..
Bryan's side.
Mr.. Bryan has made a tactical mistake
in calling Mr.. Roosevelt into the campaign,
because Mr.. Brysn's chsnce of election de-
ponds entirely upon his ability to detach
a number OF Roosevelt republicans in the
west from the standard OF Mr.. Taft, on
the theory that Mr.. Bryan more nearly
represents Mr.. Roosevelt's policies than
the presidents own party candidate. IN
doubtedly there were, in the early stages
VI NV NdNipdABis AihodSoiiho VI ohNii ltpdb-
licans. 1t was their existence and attitude
that caused the republican campaign to
move upon leaden heels. The same cause
made the democratic campaign move for
ward with a swing and pace that gave re-
publicans the shivers. About all Mr.. Bryan
had to do was to soothe the president, tele-
pathically, and the trick might have been
turned. ....
But Mr., Bryan either did not sense the
situation. or else, sensing II, could not
control his yearnings to get into a personal
combat with the president. A generous
hearted man, Mr.. Bryan flew to the de-
Tense OF the ignoble Governor Haskell,
whom he had been deceived into recon-
mending for treasurer. 1t was TO the credit
of Mr.. Bryan's heart that he felt he should
defend Governor Haskell. 1t was not to the
credit of his head that he did not see
further into Governor Haskell from the
first. The man is a specious DEM
agogue OF the type hat any man
with a handful OF wits would have
spotted at the second encounter. But,
having appointed him, Mr.. Bryan defended
him; and, in defending him, has made the
unparalleled blunuder Of opening the door
for President Roosevelt's entrance into
the campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
EDIsoN,s GLOWING rRorHEsr.
Wizard Gives Another Dash Of Color
to the Rainbow of Hone.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
Thomas A. Edison's forecast Of the flu
ture of aerial navigation lacks nothing in
according to Mr.. Edison, we will be able
to get into tho p. m. flyer I'm New York
and arrive in Paris for a late lunch the
next afternoon. Also a forty-hour trip to
the north pole will be welcome alienation
of the heated term.
As the speed which Mr.. Edison is reported
to predict for airships is double that of the
most savage hurricane It is expected that
the aviation of the future VIII outfly the
winds. Also, as this Is to be achieved not
by aeroplanes of the Wright brothers type.
nor by dirigible balloons, such as Zeppelin
guides, but by the automatic action of
principles yet to be discovered, it is evident
that the progress of invention must antici-
pate the swiftness OF the things to be in
vented.
All of which will be interesting and de-
lightful when MIR. Edison's sanguine proph-
ecies are realized. Nevertheless, it occurs
to the disinterested observer that Mr.. Ed
son cannot permit evolutionary changes to
fully eventuate before he completes one
long-advertised change. The 200-mile-sn
hour flyer should not draw off his attention
from the introduction 10 the public Of that
much -promised storage battery which is to
place the smokeless and deodorized auto
mobile within the means Of quits ordinary
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
NOBODY BUT FATHER.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nobody knows the money II takes
To keep the home together;
Nobody knows of the. debt il makes
Nobody knows-but father.
Nobody's told thai the boys need shoes
And the girls hats with o. feather;
Nobody else old clothes must choose
Nobody-but father.
Nobody hears thai the coal and wood
And flour's out together;
Nobody else must make them good
Nobody-only father.
Nobody's hand in the pocket goes
SO often, wondering whether
There's any end to the wants Of those
Dependent-only father.
Nobody thinks where the money will com,
To pay the bills that gather;
Nobody feels so blue and glum-
Nobody-only father.
Nobody tries so hard TO lay
Up something for bad weather,
And runs behind, do what he may
Nobody-only father.
Nobody comes from the worlds crua
storm
To meet dear ones who gather
Around with loving welcome warm
Nobody does-but father.
Nobody knows OF the home life pure,
Watched over by a mother.
Where rest and bliss are all secure.
Nobody an-bu father.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28

expense OF bringing them back to the
United States will amount to about
5 1000, 600. It wal generally under
stood. IL not expressly stipulated, that
this expense should be borne by the
Cuban government. but conditions on
the island now evidently make such
payment impossible and Uncle Sam will
be called upon to charge the amount
to profit and loss. This government
has expended something like S75O,O0O
for permanent barracks and fortiica-
lions in Cuba and the new government
will be required to return that amount,
but there is no ultimate probability
that the balance OF the cost Of Cuban
Intervention will be reimbursed to the
United States. An attempt to require
it would simply cripple the financial
resources OF the island and perhaps
hasten the next insurrectlon, which the
avoid.
The amount is not small, 1t is true,
but its payment by the United States
will be classed as a bargain II it, re-
suits in the establishment of a stable
government in Cuba and the release Of
this country from the unwilling, but
unavoidable, obligation it incurred
when It undertook TO stand as sponsor
OF civilization and good order in Cuba
at the close of the Spanish-American
war
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28

MAKE our VISITORS FEEL At HOME.
The annual Ak-Sar-Ben carnival
season is upon us and all loyal citizens
OF Omaha should do their full share
toward making 1t an unprecedented
success.
With the railroads granting excur-
sion rates, the number of out-of-town
visitors this year ought to be greater
than in previous years, particularly in
view of the fact that crop conditions
are unusually good, fully warranting
those who live on the farm, or in the
country town or village, in taking a
few days off for this purpose.
What has made n hit for Ak-Sar-
Ben from its beginning has been the
cordial welcome given to out-of-town
guests by the people of Omaha. All
we have to do to maintain this recip-
rocal good feeling is to live up to our
reputation for hospitality.
The thing to do is to make the
stranger within our gates feel at home,
so that when he leaves he will be re-
luctant to go and will want to come
back at the first opportunity.
The factor of good fellowship is es-
sential to the success of the Ak-Sar-
Ben demonstration. Omaha must be
a good fellow individually and collec-
lively for all its visitors during the
coming week.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
MExIcANs OFF THE MAI.


Some idea of the size OF old Mexico
and the isolation of the country may
be gained from a report of the repub-
lies Geographical commission showing
that there are 1879 villages in the
country which have never yet appeared
on the maps and which have not
recognized the government by the pay
ment Of taxes or the receipt OF re-
wards.
There Is wide field for speculation
as to what these Mexicans have missed
as a result Of their isolation. Civiliza-
ton has marched by without disturb
ing them. and, while they have lost
much in the way of enlightenment and
pleasures that come with education
and the closer intercourse among
~neighbors, they have also missed much
that has not helped the world any.
They never heard of the Harry Thaw
case. They do not know whether Lii
liam Russell has been married once or
at all, and have not kept track of Nat
Goodwin's divorce suits. They do not
know how near Mr.. Bryan came to
having Mexican money established as
the currency of the United States and
they never heard of Harry Lehr and
the Newport monkey dinners. DR..
Parkhurst, Anthony Comstock and
Chancellor Day are unknown names to
them, and they would o know a
Merry Widow hat from a 1907 auto
mobile. All their laws are of the I'M
written variety, and they have no po-
lice commissions nor Lexow commit
tees. They would not know a para
mount issue If they met 1t on the road,
and they know little and care less
about the outside world with it's wars,
worries and other forms of politics.
This peculiar condition is not sur
prising to those at all familiar with
Mexico. Several of the states of the
republic nave only o single line of
railway connecting the capital with
the outside world and some of them
have none at all. Lower California, as
large as the state of Nebraska, has no
railway and the states Of Sonora, Sin
aloa snd the territory of Topic, with
an aggregate area Of $4,000 square
miles, have but 400 miles of railroads
and those are along the coast. Along
the northern border of Mexico is a
strip OF land 900 miles wide and 500
miles long that is entirely without
railway facilities.
The isolated people are for the most
part descendants OF the aboriginal
races and in many cases retain their
tribal relations and government. They
supply themselves with food and cloth
ing as best they may. Those ambitious
enough to build homes do so from the
timber at hand. while the more shift
less dwell in the open in fair weather
and in dry caves when the rainy season
is on. Ignorant Of most matters that
concern the rest of the world and in
different on the others, il is something
of a question whether they are to be
pitied or envied.