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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-01-08

official duties forcing Us to- do the
principal part Of the clerical work at
night. Anything you may be able
to do to relieve the conyeste,i condi-
ton of affairs would be appreciate ed.
The transfer running in connection
with the terda school has proven =,
success, aud some twelve cor fifteen
children are being put in that school
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-01-08

daily, whereas they would not he in
any school.
Assuring .yon ~ an official l,piy
and the people OF the parish of the
many courtesirs and favois extended
10 me Az superintendent of education
during the year just passed into his
tory. aud assuring you the high es-
TEEN in which hold each one Of you
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-01-08

as Dyal officials to guard. ,.,pisk. aud
dirrf the educational interest III the
grea : parrish of Grant, aud wishing
tOr y2t. and the rstirr population uf
The nr.sii pleasant. prosperous
aud ,rippy New Year. j AN.
X ssspectlully yours,
J. \. WARNER,
superintendent Of Education.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26
By William Atherton Du Puy

gained considerable speed he swung onto
the engine and started back over the
train. This was the undoing Of the
amateur, for in passing over the tender,
the conductor stepped on him. Psycol-
ogically, from the standpoint of the
ment for such a thing to happen. The
conductor was in nasty mood because
of the trouble the tramps had given
him. But finally he was congratulate.
ing himself upon having gotten rid Of
them. Finding the amateur threw him
into white rage.
Took Desperate Chance.
"Get to blankety blank out Of here,'
he ordered hentedly.
"I am on my way" responded the
tramp scrambling down onto the blind
baggage
But having gone thus far there WAS
no further retreat except by leaping
from the train and by this time it was
running full speed. The conductor still
admonished in language more pietur-
esque than complimentary. The boy pro-
tested that the train was going too fast
for ahghting and that under the law he
was stopped. But the conductor g tenn
per was ahame. He would show the
tramp whether he would get of or not.
He was SIX feet above on the tender.
This was piled high with huge chunks
of coal, The conductor began heaving
these in his frenzy upon the tramp.
There was no way of getting back at
jumping from the train or being beaten
to death with coal. He chose the for
mer alternative. He knew something
about getting off fast moving car. He
got low down on tho step, placed HIM
self so he would land feet first, face
front, almost as fiat as board lying
or the ground. and turned loose His
crumpled up. his body catapulted itself
in slide down the right Of way that
removed much epidermis from the pro-
iecting portions. But landing right
broke his fall and no serious damage
was done. The experience was a bit
rough but he caught freight three
hours later little the worse for wear.
Ride in the Empties.
But the life is not all this strenuous.
The old heads refuse to.ride outside and
do not leave a town until they can COM
fortably stow away in box car. It
is often easy to get inside an empty.
Even loaded cars though sealed, are not
entirely inaccessible. To break seal
is a penitentiary offense but hard to
prove, There is the big sliding door
at the side and the little door at the
end and near the top of the car. A
seal may be found broken or even
door open for precaution cannot always
keep long train hobo tight. A brok-
en- seal may be mended by confederate
who remains on the outside so as to ap-
pear in tact. Whenever there is a ha-
ven of refuge of this sort in train
the news of it goes abroad and soon
there is a merry party assembled. Con-
VITALITY is the order of the day, stories
are told, and the dope on the bulls Of a
hundred towns exchanged. For days tho
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

party may 90 on unbroken. The stores
of the car may BIO drawn upon for food.
If there is nothing that can be eaten
the trip may still be continued for a
and the matter Of the "eats" is not i'm
portant.
When "Bowed up
Then, too, there is sport to be had
when the tramps are "bowed up" or
camped between rides. In Colorado
Springs there is creamery that gives
away buttermilk. In San Antonio there
is brewery that keeps on tap n keg
Of its product for tho visitor, no mat
graft upon the municipality that is open
to all hoboes and which has been worked
by every tramp familiar with the south
ern route across the continent. 1t is
this way. Policemen hre paid 80 for
each arrest and conviction, but draw no
salaries. When n party of dozen
tramps gets bowed up under the cotton
head among them goes to the bull and
tips 1T off. He agrees to deliver twelve
vags. lie gets his hoboes together I'M
der the cottonwoods, they being in the
conspiracy, and the camp is raided. They
are all taken into police court and plead
guilty to vagrancy. and are given twelve
hours to get out of town. The bull gets
his 1874. He totes fair. Each tramp
gets 81, the man who arranged the trade
gets SO, and the bull is so to the good.
Everybody is happy. The 'boes get TO-
bacco. some rattlesnake medicine, and
possibly a taste of some favorite dish
that has hung to the edge Of the mind
for month or two, and are On their
way.
The amateur gets close TO real things.
He gets 'an insight into life from the
standpoint of the under dog. He learns
to meet emergencies. He has life In
surance against being a cad. He be-
comes the brother Of all mankind. The
weak ones among him drift into habit
ual tramping but these would not have
been worth while anyway. A great many
OF them are killed and buried by the
tracks, the folks back home never know
ing what befell them. He starts fires
and does other damage that costs the
railroad companies $25000.000 a year.
But he pays for this with his Gfe Al
together it is something Of big, vital
thing that these tramps perform. Their
school is graduating feal mon every
year. In that delicate. ethical question
as to their being menace to civiliza-
ton and the dregs of it, there might be
another side. At any rate there are
100000 of them matriculating these
early summer days.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

from his nrch enemy. the brakeman. and
sure of ride TO the next ston. The
rods are the last resort of the man who
IL anxious to get over the road and can
mo no place to ride. He Hswings un-
der after the train is in motion
California fruit train was east
bound and passing through Arizona. A
dozen boy tramps were making q snee;al
effort to ride the train for il was on n
schedule equal TO that of passenger.
All the cars were iced and sealed and
there was no chance Of getting inside.
,, ne onIS SHOW Tot ride was on the
bumpers between the cars, on tor and
easily accessible to the brakeman, or
underneath on the rods Most of tha
ooys rode underneath. When the train
stopped the brakeman chased tho Young
sters from their hiding places and tried
TO keep them from getting on as it
pulled out. The result was an all day
battle and hard riding underneath
Slept on the Rods.
One of the lads had never gone under
before. III was great sport, but hard
work. The train was due at Albuouer
one at clock but was two hours late
The raw lad underneath got desperately
tired. The dust and CRIME was some
train hammering over the Joints of the
rails at a rate Of fifty miles an hour
made fearful din. All was darkness.
The ground but a foot beneath sped by
ike a tast running stream, The realiza-
tion that mere fall from train NOV
lng so rapidly meant death was made
more vivid by mental picture of the
result of all The cars behind passing over
ones body. Yet so heavily did the IA
ugue OF it weigh, upon the amateur
hobo that he went to sleep on his in
secure resting -place. He never knew
how long he slept. When he awoke it
was to that frenzy of fear that over.
powers one when coming out of slum.
Der IN strange surroundings and not be-
ing able TO realize where he is He
gripped the rods in frenzy of fright
In which his memory CROPPED in the
chaos of the din about him TO find some
thing familiar that would make him
understand. Finally memory came back
TO the normal and he realized where he
was. Likewise he appreciated the dan
ger he had been in while sleeping on
the rods beneath the train and a greater
fright came to him than he had felt be-
fore. Being game, however, and the
danger past. his spirits were in no wise
dampened and he rode on to other ex~
periences,
A cross continent express stopped at
8 o'clock In the evening at town in
Colorado. This town seemed to have
accumulated a superabundance of
tramps and all were anxious to get out
for the Hbulls'' were unfriendly and
the rockpile Threatened When the pas
senger steamed out and gathered speed
the tramps swarmed from behind other
cars in the yard, from back of the wa
ter tank, from along the right Of way.
Most Of them aimed for the blind bag
gage, a platform in front Of the baggage
car which is lust behind the engine on
these trains, Some few who missed this
boldly chose car step which bristled
no brakeman, swung aboard and scram-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

bled up tho little ladder which leads to
the top of the car. This act in the par
decking her.. -
The top of passenger train offers
no bed Of roses as q resting place; The
slope is uncomfortably great and the
top is broken by one portion that is a
foot or two higher than the other. There
is not room to lie down without the
danger of rolling Off So precarious is
the footing that the brakeman comes
up TO run the tramps off no oftener than
is necessary. When he appears there
is serambling down ladders, often a
hurried passage through n car and up
again at the other end. The train must
be stopped and time lost in putting the
trespassers off. On the night in ques.
ton the hoboes were so numerous that
the crew could not ignore them and
waged a battle throughout the night
In ridding the train of them.
Meantime the amateur tramp hadi
done an unconventional thing in trampl
land-a thing so simple that it was sue
cessful. He crawled from the blind bug
gage upon the tender among the coal
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26
Harry Green
By
Harry G.. Green

relapse in TO belief in witchcraft and a
misuse of drugs and herbs, as much a
relic OF the dark ages as witchcraft. Take
away ignorance from the minds of the
people and the doctors-that is, the most
OF them-would starve to death. Any
really honest physician will tell you that
he would throw away the bigger part OF
his pharmacopia II he dared and rely on
sunshine. fresh air and cheerful sur
roundings. But he would lose his pa
tients II he tried it. When we are sick
we are like the old negro who wanted
med cine wild bite To it, and the more
II bites and burns and nauseates the bet
ter do we consider the treatment"
''Say Pop" said the smart cashier,
angling for a rise out OF the old man.
Il haven't been feeling very we'll lately;
what microbe do you suppose has got hold
of mc?"
"Hookworm, probably, judging from
your work"
Even the pretty stenographer Joined in
the laugh.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

fWhy, these typhoid fever things we
drink in water. Papa has been reading
about it in the encyclopaedia an it Is
turrible, It's Il wonder we aren't all
dead. "
The Junior Partner had once re-
marked that she was n most capable ste
nographer, because she could spell and
punctuate correctly, and was too mat
ter ffact to ever write anything not
dictated to her.
''I suppose that the developments of
the germ theory do mark wonderful
advance in medical scienee,' went on
the Old Bookkeeper, talking to no one
In particular, "but after ell it seems
to leave us very near the starting point.
You see it is this way: All diseases
are caused by germs which we can It see,
hear, smell or taste. but inhale by mil
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

"In the midst of life we are in
DEATH" quoted the Old Bookkeepcr, as
he leaned back from the paper he had
been reading since his return from
luncheon.
''Reading the obituary column,
Pop7' broke in the Smart Cashier.
"Sure sign of approaching old age.
''No, these are only the near dead,
and they don u even know it. We never
really realize what a slender hold we
have on life until we read the opinions
Of the germ experts IN the newspapers. :"
"Fiercei' said the Pretty Ste
nograpber, appreciatively, as she pol
ished an imaginary ink spot of rosy
finger nail with her eraser.
HWhat;s fierce7" asked the Cashier,
always watching for chance TO tease
her
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

the quacks OF today have to face. And
let me tell you that the country is full
OK qnackis i ana inc @ Iheu',G%aI sch9ois moo are
year. Their trouble Is In the 'd!agnosin.'
Once they can really find out the ai!ment
OF a patient. they can generally be
trusted TO be cautious enough not to do
any real harm and to look wise enough,
and after Il second or third visit TO look
cheerful enough to inspire hopo and cour-
age in the patient who Immediately pro-
ceeds 20 get well in spite of doctors and
drugs"
But il one of your FAMILY gets sick,
what DO you do?" asked the Pretty Ste
nosrapher very much disquIeted by the
iconoclastic talk of the Bookkeeper.
'iCall in the doctor, of course replied
the Old Bookkeepcr. smiling. 'It is one
OF the peculiarltles of human nature that
sickness or pain sweep away all the learn
ing. the wisdom. the cold. hard sense that
we think we have accumulated through
ages OF education and development We
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

and went to sleep. His hiding place
was SO easily found that no tramp of
experience would have chosen it and no
trainman would look for n tramp there.
When the fireman came back to take
water he saw tho lad, but the fireman IS
business is to shovel coal and not to
fight tramps. So he merely stepped over
the prostrate form with ''good for
you, kid. Lilo low," and the amateur
rode safe through the night. just AS
day broke the train stopped for water
end the brakeman and conductor made
their last fight in an attempt to get rid
Of their un5Toftable passengers Tho
conductor went forward to prevent the
dislodged tramps from going up the
right Of way and swinging on as tho
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26
PLEASANT WAYS FOE SUMMER
DAVIS

Grand Trunk-Lehigh Valley. double
track route, Chicago to New York via
Niagara Falls, Grand Trunk-Central
Vermont, Boston f Maine route. From
Chicago to Boston and the Grand Trunk
Railway System to Montreal, Quebec
and Portland, Double track from Chi
cago TO Montreal.
For particulars of special low round
trip Summer fares, descriptive litera-
ture, etc, apply to w. s. Cookson
A. G. p, A., 135 Adams ST., Chicago, III.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

Chamberlain 3 Cough Remedy is sold
on a guarantee that if you are not
satisfied after using two-thirds of
bottle according to directions, your
money will bo refunded. 1t is up to
YOU TO try, Sold by all druggists.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26
The Conservation Of Natures Re-

sources
Applies as well to our physical state
as to material things. O. J. Budlong,
Washington, r. l., realized his condi-
ton, and took warning before 1t was
too late. He says: "I suffered &C.
verely from kidney trouble. the disease
being hereditary in our family. I have
taken four bottles of Foley's Kidney
Remedy. and now consider myself thor
oughly cured. This should be warn
ing to all not to neglect taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy until it is too late. "
Schramm-Jo Johnson Co.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-04-01
Use for Old Fruit Cans.

Old tin cans may be used for trans
planting tender plants in the spring.
Melt off the ends and side seams; then
they will have to be held together by
tying a string around them. Fill the
cans with soil, plant the seed of mel
ons, cucum bers. etc., in them and set
the cans in the hotbed or warm place
in the house. Allow them to grow,
thus protected, till it is warm enough
for the plants to thrive in the open
ground, then set them where they are
wanted to grow, cut the string and
lift the can out, leaving all the soil.
liz that way the roots are not disturb
ed, and the plants grow as if they had
been planted where they were to grow.
One should be careful not to remove
the plants directly from warm hotbed
without allowing them to be hardened
to the outside air by leaving the sash
or cover off on warm days for some
time before the plants are taken out.
Michigan Farmer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-04-01

publicans, the Bourbon Democrats,
and the Jacobin Socialists, yet it does
not attempt to secure unity OF action
among it's members. 1t is a maker Of
public sentiment. When public senti-
ment is ripe it will be comparatively
easy for a supplementary organization
to take up the work of securing united
action to obtain the reforms demand
ed by the public.
In the next issue, I will, among
other matters, refer to the Oranges
attitude towards public officials and
the coming campaign.
ERNEST M. SMITH,.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-04-01
The Grange in Politics.

and schools are nothing than pawns
in their game. They know that it is
only the ignorant that can be made tC
believe that the interests of the trusts
are the interests of the people.
Yet in a certain sense the grange has
nothing to do with ''politics. " When
"politics'' means the scramble fol
office the Grange takes no part. Ii
has no more sympathy with the asso-
ciated "outs" than with the consoli-
dated Gins AS an organization II
does not enter any party convention.
1t can endorse no party. 1t neither
dominates nor endorses candidates.
1t does not allow discussion on the
relative merits of parties in it's meet
ings.
The reason for this is plain. The
Grange enlightens the farmer on is
sues and measures. 1t creates and
molds public sentiment. 1t unities on
principles but there must always be
difference of opinion on methods OF
procedure. Thus we are all agreed
that the interests of the rapacious
and lawless exploiters of Wall
Street are not the interests of the peo-
pie. The first heartily approve the
course of the Cannon -Aldrich forces.
The Changers as heartily and unani-
mously disapprove. The one upholds
our present tariff and tax laws. The
other denounces them and demands
reform. The one finds the present
system just right. The other demands
change and progress in the interests
of the common people. The one is
organized to reach out a raEaciOus
hand for further control of the govern
ment and the resources of the nation
demand central bank, ship subsidy,
and opposes the policy OF conserva-
ton of natural resources. The other
is organized to resist all these de
mands and is making counter pr oposi-
tions equally radical.
Now, while the Changers are united
on measures, they are unfortunately
divided on methods of procedure. One
says: There is large and growing
element in the Republican party
which can serve our purposes. Let us
all get in together and help the Pro
gressives to capture the machinery of
the dominant party The Progress
sive Democrat says:-All such at
tempts are useless and have always
failed because the trusts are entrench-
ed in the Republican party. The peo-
pie have long controlled tie Democrat
ic party. and it is the logical channel
for our efforts.'' The Socialist OBJ
Jects: "Bourbonism in Democracy is
as great load for real progress as
reactioDaryism in the Republican
party. The whole system must be
changed. 1t must be done through a
party in nowise allied to the capitals
tic system. And SO on down the line.
| hope that [ have made it plain
that while the grange is hostile to the
course of the stand patters among Re-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-04-01

"You must not get into politics.
1t Is the rock upon which all farmers
organizations split" 1t is my pur-
pose in this issue, to discuss this OBJ
lection.
A few generations ago politics
meant very little in national way. 1t
mattered very little to the averge man
what was being done at Washington.
But we are living under a new
economic system today. The do
main of politics has been extended be-
cause society las become SO ineXt1ic-
ably complex. Individual activity has
practically ceased 1t is the age OF
co operation and corporation. lie
who makes up his mind to "go 1t
alone' has but short road to go.
Politics meet us everywhere from the
cradle to the grave; for politics is
simply the science of social and &C.
onomic relationship of man with man
of one citizen with all other citizens.
If a fan mers society taboos politics
then it must not discuss markets, or
roads, or taxes, or schools, or trans
portation rates or mail service, Oh
banks, or practical cooperation, for
all of these questions mean politics.
1t cannot even discuss apple pack
ing because some fellow Will lead up
to discussion of the Lafean bill now
before Congress, and 1t will all end in
a horrible political wrangle. Sc then
they therefore will be confined to
such questions as forage crops, silos,
clover crops, and the balanced ratio.
etc.
AS matter of fact this objection to
any political discussion in the Grange
comes from those who are hopelessiy
behind the times. We cannot be sue
cessful farmers unless we understand
the conditions under which we live
and work, and are prepared to meet
them. Can we as farmers afford to
stay out of politics? Are the railroads
and Standard Oil and the whiskey ring
keeping out of politics? Can we alone
afford to pay no attention to these
questions? Can we afford to let few
corporation hirelings make our laws,
fix our taxes, determine our freight
rates, and pass a tariff law under
which agricultural machinery, made
in the United States, after it has been
sent to Europe, shipped back again.
paying the duty, can be bought cheap
er than direct from the factory?
Nor can the nation afford to have the
the farmer neglect the study of farm
questions. The farm vote comprises
about thirty per cent of the total
nation. If that thirty per cent norm
ally the most independent of all. be
left the prey OF selfish politicians
through ignorance and prejudice, it is
surely an inestimable loss to the coun-
try.
The real source of the objection to
farmers societies taking an interest III
public affairs comes from corrupt spec
ial interests; from meE to whom roads
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-04-01
FINE FARM FOR SALE

40 ACRES in Snohomish county not far
from the Sound. 80 acres river bottom
land; room house with bath and all
modern improvements worth $1,000; fur
niture worth $500; new sanitary barn
with running water. worth 5000; Is milk
COWS and other stock including team,
many farm Implements Price $4,000;
$4,000 cash, balance at per cent. Other
equally attractive farms in my list.
PAUL N. BORSETH. KENT, WASH.
RED Box 1l9. Phone Red 100.
Write today for list. Call any day but Sunday