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correspond with the actual loss by
weight which results from storing
or from drying. There is no real
difficulty in this fact; tits a simple
matter of arithmetic.
Suppose certain sample OF grain
weighs 100 ounces, and the mois-
ture in it is 20 per cent or 20 ounc-
es. Now, suppose the grain is
dried until it weighs only 9Oounc-
es. That means that 10 onces OF
moisture have evaporated, leaving
10 ounces of moisture still in the
90 ounces of grain. The grain has
lost 10 per cent of weight, but the
percentage of moisture has beer
reduced only 8.9 per cent, because
| 10 ounces is Ill per cent of "
ounces. 1t therefore seems as II
the shrinkage in weight has has
been greater than the reduction IL
the percentage of moisture.
| Asimple calculation is explained
in Circular No. 80 of the bureau
Of plant industry, United State.
departments or agriculture, entitled
Moisture Content aud Shrinkagt
in Grain"
The circular also gives elaborate
tables by which the figures ma,
be learned mt a glance, without The
necessity of calculating.
/ The department is also Mt worl
dev Using portable electrical ap
paratns by means of which it J,
expected that moisture IL grail
may he determined IN the car il
| 2 or 3 minutes. Farm and Ranch
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Notary Public. Grant Parish. Louisiana.
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Shrinkage of Grain in Drying.

An excessive amount of moisture
in graiu is the principal cause for
it's deterioration during storage.
The amount of moisture is, there
fore, one of the chief points con-
sidered iu grading corn. especially
for export. In the effort to find
an accurate and practical method
of truly determining the amount
of moisture in grain, the United
States department of agriculture
two or three years ago devised an
apparatus, by means of which the
moisture can be accurately shown
in from 20 to % minutes. In us
ing this apparatus, the amount of
moisture is expressed i'll percent
ages of the original weight of the
grain. For instance, one sample
of corn may have only IL per cent
of moisture, while another may
have IS per cent. Naturally, the
drier grain is worth more than the
other, other things being equal.
But since this apparatus has
been put into use disputes be-
tween grain merchants on one side
and elevator men and operators of
grain driers OH the other have be-
come more pronounced. The
trouble is that the percentage of
moisture shown by test before
storage, or before drying, does not
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21
Over Two Thousand Physicians.

Over 1000 physicians are regis
tered in Louisiana. New Orleans
alone has TOT to it's credit. There
are fifty-nine parishes in the State;
with two thousand physicians reg
istered this would be an average of
SO to each parish. Since New Or
leans has 707 this leaves the re-
manning SO parishes with an aver
age of % each. If these physici-
ans, assisted 10y the unregistered
and retired physicians, together
with the medical students, aud
dentists, as well AS trained nurses
aud druggists, will get out and
talk sanitation, and its effect, they
can make this State the bealthiesl
In the Uuion. Why should they
moi start the campaign for santa.
tiau with vigur? Interest the
teachers, newspapers and attorneys
Commercial Journal.
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STATE or LOUISIANA. /
PAR1vu or GRANT.

/ hereby certify that the within and foregoing
Is a true and rorrect copy OF the original act OF
Amendment VI the Charter Of the st. Maurics
Lumber Company. limited. as died and recorded
under Register Number 2s7s in Mortgage Book
tx" at page 80 ct seq. the ID day Of August
A. u. 1909.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and
official seal Of oiiles on thi sheys dss Of August
A y. 1870.
c. d. LkCROIx.
Dy Clerk aud by. Ex-0fhcio Recorder Of GRAM
Parish. Louisiana
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VOL. XXXIII
Our New Problem.

In yesterdays edition of The
States we printed a communication
making certain suggestions con-
corning the new problem with
which Louisiana is confronted as
result of her unprecedented corn
crop. The subject is worthy of
the most serious consideration. for
il would he calamity if this prom
ising new industry should receive
a "black eye" as a result of our in
experience i'll preparing the corn
for market.
Announcement has been made
to the effect that everything is in
readiness for the shipment of the
new crop, and that is true, per-
haps, in SO far as grain cars, freight
rates, markets, etc, are concerned,
but the matter of preparing the
coru for shipment i'll such manner
as to reduce the damage to a mini
mum and to deliver it to the buy
ers in the hest condition are mat
tiers with which our corn-growers
are entirely unfamiliar. Ii few
cargoes of Louisiana corn should
reach the buyers in bad condition
as result of improper preparation
and handling, the result would be
to enable competitors to substitute
their corn for ours, and to close
the market agains! Louisiana corn.
This is a matter of tremendous
importance to the whole State at
the present moment. when the
prospects are bright for placing
Louisiana prominently among the
grain-producing States of the
Union. In view of the possibili-
ties in this situation We believe
that Governor Sanders could do
nothing that would more greatly
benefit the State than to cause the
Agricultural Department to inves-
tigate most thoroughly into the
manner Of preparing aud shipping
corn for market in those States
where great quantities of corn are
shipped aud to secure all possible
information bearing upon every
phase of the question of protecting
the grain from heating, holding,
the attacks of weevils and the steps
to be taken to insure the delivery
of the Louisiana corn crop to the
ultimate consumer in the soundest
and most attractive condition.
This information should be OBJ
tanned as speedily as possible, fol
shipments will begin shortly. and
it is important that the producer
should have the benefit of the best
information obtainable in order tC
enable him to avoid mistakes and
losses. The corn problem is new
one with us, and it is important
that we get headed in the right di.
rection from the start. Of course
coincidentally with the gathering
of information concerning the
preparation of corn for shipmen
should be gathered also full infor
nation concerning the profitable
turning of corn into butter ant
cheese, into packing house pro
ducts, into horses and mules, ant
into grits, meal aud homiDy; for
after all, this is, by all odds, tn
most profitable disposition to maxi
of our surplus corn crop.-N. Q
Daily States.
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Notice.
no whom it NAV concern:

To whom ii may concern:
AS road contractor for ward three.
Grant parish, | have snl,-contracted
III Mr. j. A. Chandler all that por-
ton of said ward lying north of Zig
creek. He will work the roads in
that section and also collect the We
ton of the sai,i ward.
RICHARD NEWTON.
al4-3t Contractor.
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AMENDED CHARTER
-. of the
st. Maurice Lumber Co, Ltd.
STATE OF LOUISIANA

!.
PABlsH OF GRANT.
Before me, ]. b. Roberts Notary Public duly
commissioned. sworn aud qualified In and for
the Parish of Grant. State Of Louisiana. person
ally came and appeared Walton Mccain. resident
Of the Parish of wiDn State Of Louisiana. and
General Manager of st. Maurice Lumber Co.. Ltd.
a corporation formerly domiciled at st. Maurice.
VIM Parish. said State. and also personally
came and appeared DIR. A. J. horat. lately elected
Secretary Treasurer OF the said corporation,
who. in my presence and In the presence Of the
Undersigned witnesses declared.
That at a meeting OF the stockholders OF said
corporation called and held at st. Maurice. La
on this day. August I'd. 1908. the following
amendments to the charter Of the said corpora
ton were duly passed and signed By the stock
holders then present. Hy. H. Mccain being rep
resented by written proxy attached hereto
which amendments are as follows. to-wit:
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AFFIDAVIT OF CIRCULATION
CoLFAx, LOUISIANA, August l6, 1909.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF GRANT.


PARISH GRANT
This certify actual bona 6e circulation of the
Coax Chronicle from July 1905 to October l. 1905 was
1885, average of 046 newspapers being printed and mailed
for each week of the Ii weeks in the quarter
From October 1908 to January 1909 the total number
of newspapers printed and mailed 14O4 of
1O8 newspapers week of the ID weeks the quarter
From January 1862 April 1909 the total number of
newspapers printed and mailed 1872 of 11O4
week of the ID weeks in the quarter
From April 1909 July 1909 the total number of news
papers printed and mailed IT, being of 14
for each week of the IL weeks in the quarter
These four quarterly statements show that the total crcula
ton Cofax Chronicle year. from July 1905
July 1909 526 newspapers weekly OF l125s
being printed for each of the entire so weeks
the year.
H. G.. GOODWIN,
Manager Chronicle Printing Co.. Limited.
Sworn to and subscribed this 10Th day of August
1909 EARL ROBERTS,
(SEAL) Notary Public.
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1t does not take very much cham
payne tn make a man think that he
is the only star ON the flag.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21

All the fun OF staying out ate at
night is lost when there is nobody
at home tn carry on about it.
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When it comes to looking on the
bright side of things, one-sided views
are generally satisfactory.
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OFFICE OF ST. MAURICE LBR. CO.. LTD,


st. Maurice. La. Aug 2. 1909
At general meeting of the stockholders called
for the purpose of amending the charter of the
company for this day. held at the domicie OF
the company at st. Maurice. La. there was pres
emit J. NJ. Estes. A. J. Morat. John L. Calhoun,
Walton Mccain. and Hy. H. Mccain. being all
but one OF the stockholders Of the company. J. N.
Estes in the chair and Walton Mccain. secretary.
On motion OF Jno. l.. Calhoun. seconded by
J. NJ Estes. the following resolution amending
the charter was unanimously adopted. to-wit:
Be 1t resolved that Article OF the charter OF
st. Maurice Lumber Co.. Ltd. be and is hereby
amended as to read as follows:
ARTICLE L.
The name OF this corporation shall be St. Maui
rice Lumber Company. Limited. and under itx
corporate name 1t shall have aud enjoy sueces-
sion for q period Of ninety-nine years. unless
sooner dissolved. Its domicile ia hereby fixed at
Bines. Grant Parish, State Of Louisiana
Be 1t further resolved. That Article Nv OF the
said charter be aud the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE Nv.
The officers OF this corporation shall be . Pres-
ident. Vice President. Secretary Treasurer.
and General Manager. who shall hold their
Offices for year after election and until their
successors elected and qualified. These on
GERS shall be elected at stockholders meeting to
I've held annually ON the first Monday In august
Of each year
All legal process shall be served on the Prest-
dent. in his absence. the Vice President. In the
absence OF both on the Secretary Treasurer. and
Of all three on the General Manager.
The affairs OF the company shall be managed
by and the powers of the company are hereby
vested In Board of Directors to be composed
Of Ave stockholders to be elected annually at the
STOCKHOLDERS meeting held to elect Officers. and
who shall continue In ONCE for one year and
til their Successors elected
The Arst meeting to elect officers and Board
of Directors shall be held on the first Monday of
agast 1909. At said meetings stockbolder
may vote either In person or by written proxy.
each stakeholder shall have many votes as
| there are shares Of stock issued to him on the
books of the company.
]. M. ESTES,
WALTON MCCAIN.
HY. H. MCCAIN.
Witnesses: by w. Mccain.
l.. T. ETHRIDGE. JOHN L. CALHOUN.
| @. b. TRACY. Al. MORAT.
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The said appearsrs declared that they appear
before me In order to make the said amendments
In authentic form. and they declare the said
meeting of the stockholders was held at the once
of the company mt st. Maurice, Louisiana. and
that all but one stakeholder of the company wa
present or represented. and that nve-sixths o
the stock of the company was held by the stock
holders present represented and all OF II voted
for the amendments. there being six thousand
dollars only of the capital stock issued.
Thus done. read and sigued at my Notarss
Once In the Town OF Colfax. Parish Of Grant
state Of Louisiana. on this the I'd day Of August
A. ID. 1903.
t.enerai Manager st. Maurice Lbr. Co.. Ltd.
A. J. MORAT.
Secretary Treasurer ST. Maurice Lbr. Co.. Ltd.
witnesses:
A. B. PERKINS.
JOEL NJ. DURHAM. -
Notary Public. Grant Parish. Louisiana.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
WINGED Burglars.

Buchner in his Psychic Life of
Animals speaks of thievish bees
which. In order to save themselves the
trouble of working. attack well
stocked hives In masses. kill the SEN
tinels and the inhabitants. rob the
hives and carry of the provisions
After repeated enterprises of this de-
scription they acquire a taste for rob
berry and violence. They recruit whole
companies. which get more and more
numerous. and finally they form reg
ular colonies of brigand bees. But 1t
is still more curious fact that these
brigand bees can be produced arti-
ficially by giving working bees mix
ture of honey and brandy to drink.
The bees soon acquire taste for this
beverage. which has the same dlsas-
trous effect upon them as upon men.
They become i'll disposed and irritable
and lose all desire for work. and final
ly. when they begin to feel hungry.
they attack and plunder the well sup
piled hives.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
BEARDED LADIES.
A Partisan Snowman Says They Are
Quite Numerous.

Quite Numerous.
An Englishwoman who confesses to
a mild mania for attending the street
fairs common in and around Paris
says that she is always impressed by
the extraordinary number of bearded
ladies' among the attractions.
II was inclined to think that they
were fakes" she says in the London
Gentlewoman, but when l discovered
that they We're quite genuine my sur
prise at this wonderful supply Of
phenomena grew stronger. And when
a few days ago l saw at the fair in
the Avenue d'Orleans a lady exhibited
with a long flowing beard l could no
longer withhold my curiosity.
81 applied for information to gen.
tleman well known in the Snowman
world and who acts as a kind of agent
to the people owning shows, supply
ing them with the necessary goods.
human and otherwise. This gentle
man appeared surprised at my ques-
ton.
"'Bearded ladies.' he exclaimed. 4
can find as many as l like. You have
no idea how many women, If they
liked, could rival men as regards
whiskers and mustaches. But they
are not anxious to enter into that
kind of competition
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Different STYLES.
How Meredith and Browning Might
Describe the Same Incident.

How Meredith and Browning Might
Describe the Same Incident.
If Browning and George Meredith
were describing the same act they
might both be obscure, but their OBJ
scurities would be entirely different.
Suppose. for instance, they were de-
scribing even so prosaic and material
an act as a man being knocked down.
stairs by another man to whom he
lad given the lie. Meredith's descrip-
ton would refer to something which
an ordinary observer would not see or
at least could not describe. 1t might
brain of the assaulter or a stupefac-
ton and stunned serenity in that of
the object of the assault.
He might write: "Wainwood's men
vary in veracity' brought the baronet's
arm up. He felt the doors of his brain
burst and Wainwood a swift rushing
of himself through air accompanied
with a clarity as of the annihilated."
Meredith. in other words. would
speak queerly because he was describ-
ing queer mental experiences. But
Browning might simply be describing
the material incident of the man being
knocked downstairs, and his descrip-
ton would run:
What then? You lie" and doormat be-
low stairs
Takes bump from back
This is not subtlety. but merely a
kind of insane swiftness.-G Gilbert X.
Chesterton.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
One Reason.

There may be two reasons for a
thing, both equally true, and it may
be the height of folly to attribute the
effect to both. \ gentleman to whom
art was strange thing asked friend
to whom the ways of its votaries were
more familiar:
why does Conneray stand of and
half shut his eyes when he looks at
the pictures he is painting? l was in
his studio the other day. and he made
me do ii too
That's simply explained" replied
the other. "Did you ever try TO look
at them near to. with your eyes wide
open? Well don't. You can't stand
lt.'-Youth's Companion.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Didn't Wait For II.

A couple of Scotch ministers were
taking dinner together one summer day
In little manse in the highlands. II
was the sabbath day. the weather was
beautiful. and the bubbling streams
were full of trout and the woods full
OF summer birds. One turned to the
other and said:
Mon. don't We often feel tempted on
these beautiful Sundays to so out fish
ingg"
ma. ma" said the other. Il never
feel tempted. juist gang"
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Application for Grazing Permits.

NOTICE is hereby given that all applications
for permits to Craze cattle, horse sheep with
in fHE BArrLEMENr NATIONAL FOREST
during the season of 1909, must he hled in my
office at Collbran. Colorado. before
MARCH 1. 1aa. Full information in regard To
the grazing fees to he charepd and blank form
tn be used in making applications will bc fur
nished upon request
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

Born to S. H. Porter and wife on
Sunday January Gath, 1909 ten pound
boy. Everyone concerned getting
along nicely.
John Reed is building new road out
from the Tom Wood ranch, the road
coming out on Wood Avenue making it
a much easier grade.
Mrs Horace Worley went down to
the ranch on Cottonwood to help nurse
her mother Mrs. Worley who is very
sick at this writing.
T. L. Maloy of Krystal passed
through town with bunch of horses
which he recently purchased and was
taking to Krystal.
We received telegram from Mr..
Collins last Wednesday stating that
the remains of Cabell Collins and his
Telluride, would be shipped to Craw-
ford Saturday for burial Later on
another telegram announcing that they
had decided not to ship the bodies, and
that they would be buried at Tellu
ride.
North Fork Times.
May Sherman is quite SICK this week
with very severe attack of appendi-
citis.
]. A. Burdick and wife moved up
from Grand Junction last week and
will reside with their son Fred east of
town for the present
X. C. Collins went to Telluride Tues
day to look after the family of his
nephew, Cable Collins. wio was killed
in the snowslide the first of the week.
Roy Stanford shipded his household
goods to Delta by rail Thursday. The
condition of the roads would have made
It almost impossible to move them by
wagon.
A Mr.. Atkins of Colorado Springs is
here this week looking over the coun-
try. Dickson & Winters haye him in
charge and may show him something
he likes before he leaves.
Mrs Chas. Wilson and two children
of Las Vegas. Nevada, are expected
in on this afternoons train for a visit
with friends and relatives. MIR. Wilson
it will be remembered. owned the brick
barn at one time.
The Thompson boys sold their ranch
on Hanson mesa last week to W. F.
Keller, of Denver. Mr.. Keller is
special agent of the North British In
surance Co. Luther will return to
Wisconsin to live and Ira is undecided
as to what he will do.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Frederlcks were shocked yesterday
morning to learn that the latter had
died in childbirth about Z 80 o'clock.
She first became ill Tuesday about noon
and Wednesday about noon her condi-
ton became s1ch-tha it was necessary
to summon medical aid. Doctors
Myers and Houtz worked over her all
Wednesday night and did everything
known to the medical profession to
relieve her suffering but it was in vain.
Mrs. Fredericks' father has been
telegraphed for and is expected tn ar
rive tonight.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

Lost-Black overcoat with velvet
collar, between Hammond's barn and
Seventh street crossing Lodge, Tues
day. Coat had pair of home-knit nit
tens in pocket. Leave at Independent
office. Mack Patterson
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Notice for Publication.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
o. ; LASp urflcK AT MuSrRosr Coto
January sth. 1919 }
NOTICE Is hereby given that
SoLoN CORN,
of Delta, Colorado who, on MAY 2sth, 1905. made
p d. s. No ~ lite. QitiGl. for Lots = I. q.
section y, Lots =, 4. Section is Township Is :.
Range " W. 9th Principal Meridian. has hled
notice ~ intention to make Final Presumption
Proof to establish claim to the land above do
scrilrd. before Milton Il W-lch. U $ Land
commi-=ioner. at Delta. Colorado. on February
Goth 1909.
Claimant names witnesses:
Samuel G Emery. John DE Peterson, james
H. W. Spcckclmier. Ira Z. Hall, all of Delta
Colombo.
BRYSON y. BLAIR
Register.
First pub Jan. Is 1893; Las, pub. Feb. ~, 1909
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Winfon Coal.

The new Winton mine is now opened
up in good shape and prepared to supply
coal to all customers on short notice.
The quality is first class Delta county
coal and will give you satisfaction. Call
at the mine or on Cook Bros, Delta
Price at mine 81. 80 per ton.
If j.. J. WlNToN.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
hia WAY Out Of Il.

.1Ie don't give nuthin' to the church
now?"
mo. Somebody told him the Bible
says salvation Is free an he says fur
be It from him to dispute the Scrip
turesw-Atlanta Constitution.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Plenty of Him.

"What sort of man Is Jinksy"
"The impression you get of links de
pends ON the circumstances under
which you meet him. If you're there
to collect money you won't like him.
But IL you're there 10 pay money he
seems lovely character"
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
Lost.

Amethyst brooch. nine sets, one
large set in center and the rest around
outside. Lost between Hillman building
and depot Return to this office and
receive reward
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
FairuieW Coal.

Best Coal,
Sells faster,
Burns better.
Than any coal in Delta.
Order your coal of E. G. Rusler,
Phone 66S Black, North Delta.
If.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

The Albany Hotel is making very
low special rate to all Colorado and
Wyoming State people. Minimum rate
of sl.00 per day. When in Denver stop
at the Albany.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

The Albany Hotel. Denver, very
popular rates, European plan-sl.O 90
and 81. so per day. With bath 81 90 ana
81 so. The Hotel where you get the
best for the least money.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

Twelve bars laIniry soap for Csc at
the SPOT CASH
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
STATE OF COLORADO.
COUNTY or DEiTA. 80

In the Matter II the Applica-
tion Of the Gunnison Tunnel
Investment Company, a cor
porntion, to Register the Title
To Land. TO be hereinafter do
rcrihed, .
THE GrNNISON TUNNEL
INVESTMENT COMPANY. a
Plaintiff.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

rD CURE CATARRH . COLD IN HEAD
Use "LONDON BALM" money back { not
satisfied, all druggists or OF London halm Go.
TOE-GUM cures corns. all drugRists, l6c.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

If you have the cash with you cal
at the Spot Cash Store whens.in tht
city.
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05
VERSUS

W. II. WHITEHEAD and
GEORGE STEPHAN. md all
other persons or parties un-
known. claiming any right,
tit'e, estate. lien or interest in
the real estate do~oribcd In the
application herein,
The Delta independent., 1909-02-05

When in Denver, stop at the Albany
Rates Sl.00 per day and upward.