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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
ACorner in Ancestors
Curtis Family

By FRANCIS cowLEs

There were great many families
OF Curtis, Curtiss. Corteis, Curteis and
Curtyce in England: but although the
American families of Curtis and Cur
tiss came from England. there is not
much known about the history of
shem before they reached this country
Many settlers of the name reached
here before 100. One Thomas came
to Connecticut in 1859. and his de-
scendants still live In that state.
Richard arrived in Scituate, Mass,
with his brothers John and Thomas,
In 1640. The descendants of these
three men live in Scituate. Hanover
and Boston, Mass. Another Curtis,
George. reached Boston that same
year. Three years later Debate came
to Braintree. Then there was a
Henry. who came to Windsor, Conn,
IN 1645, the descendants of whose
three sons, Rowland. Samuel and Ma
thaniel. lived in Northampton, Mass,
and Coventry, Conn. Zacheus came
to Salem In 1858; and in 1911 Francis
Curtis reached Plymouth. with his
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

individual flowers lasting only short
time. The withered blossoms have
an odor not unlike boiled tea, and
the fresh flowers have a delicate and
pleasing perfume. There are some
fine specimens of the Franklin tree
in Germantown and few in the old
gardens of mansions that are now in
cluded in Paramount park.
The late Thomas Meehan, we'll
known botanist, is responsible for
those now in existence. The orig
inal tree that grew in Bartram's gar
den is no longer living, but it's de-
scendants which grow to height of
twenty or thirty feet with their beau
tiful white flowers, are not unlike the
camellia. Indeed, the tree is of the
same family as the camellia and is
well worthy admiration.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
RARE KIND OF TREE
Philadelphia Has Handsome Bot
anicaI Specimen with History.
Only Few Of Gordonla or Franklin in
Existence, First Found in Georgia
Closely Related to Japanese
Species.

PHILADELPHIA rare and hand
some tree with curious history Is
the Gordonia or Franklin tree, which.
owing to the Bartrams, can now be
seen in a few Philadelphia gardens.
The tree was first discovered by
John Bartram, who, with his son Will
liam, was on one of his extensive
botanizing expeditions in the southern
part of the country, on the Altomaha
river In Georgia, near Fort Barring
ton. Some years afterward, about
1870 of 1871, William Bartram found
the tree again in the same locality.
He brought plant and some seeds
home and planted them In his faith
er's garden, where, fortunately, they
took root and grew.
The tree was of the Gordonia fami.
ly they perceived, but of an unknown
variety, and differing from the Cor
donia in numerous respects. The
flowers were so beautiful, the tree so
handsome, that they felt they must
honor 1t with an appropriate name, 80
they called it Franklin Altamah, as
Franklin was an intimate friend of
both father and son.
The curious part of the history of
the tree is that it has never been
found since, not even in its original
locality, though botanists without
number have made diligent search
where there was the slightest proba-
bility of finding it.
The tree lie exceedingly difficult to
propagate. as 1t does not perfect its
seeds, and all the specimens that are
known to be in existence are the de-
scendants of that first tree that grew
In Bartram's garden. 1t is, Incidental
ly the last member of an expiring
family.
Audubon mentions the tree and has
a picture Of it with bird near by.
Strange to say, 1t is closely related
to species that is numerous in ia
pan. and those who believe that in
prehistoric ages there was land con-
nection between eastern Asia and our
American continent think the Frank
lin tree is conclusive evidence of the
fact that the Pacific ocean is a recent
formation and that the Gordonia is a
survivor of the age when plant travel
over the land was not interrupted
by the Intervention of a great body
Of water.
The tree blossoms very freely in
late August and early September. the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Hdises Family

The Haines family and the Haynes
family are descended from the same
original stock. They are an old Saxon
family. and we're probably established
In England more than a century be-
fore the Norman conquest For when
William the Norman landed there
hey were strong tribe.
1t is probable that they were fol-
lowers of the Saxon leaders, Hengist
and Horsa, who came to England at
the invitation of the ancient Britons
to help fight on the invading Picts
and Scots. The Saxons, as you will
remember, put down the invaders. but
then instead Of quietly withdrawing
to their old home. they decided to set
lie down in England themselves.
When the Normans later invaded
England they found a strong clan in
Devonshire known as the Clan Haines.
There was Hayne river. a Hayne
tower. and Hayne castle. William
took one-half their possessions for his
own and entered the other half in his
Domesday book as the property of the
Clan Harnesses.
The family. In spite Of this damper.
grew in size and power. and spread
throughout England. Some of the fam
lily spelled the name with an 'i' and
some with ~" but however they
spelled 1t. they are Of the same orig
inal stock.
Gen. John Haynes. who captured
the island of Jersey under Cromwell,
was a member of the family; and
there were several other prominent
Englishmen of the name who traced
their ancestry back to the sturdy Sax
ons.
In 1913. about twelve hundred years
after the coming to England of the
Saxons. Samuel Haines was born
there. When he was Is years old he
was apprenticed to Mr.. John Cogs-
vol, cloth manufacturer of West
bury. Wiltshire. But q year before
the boys ten years apprenticeship
was served out. Mr.. Cogswell decided
to come to America to live. So In
1855 hc set out from England In the
little ship Angel Gabriel. and Samuel
Haines came with him.
Samuel Haines lived q year in Bos-
ton with Mr. Cogswell to complete
his apprenticeship: and then he set
out In the world for himself. In 1888
he returned to England; and as he
came back in short time to America
with a bride-Ellenor Neate-it is
supposed that he was engaged to her
before he first came over
Samuel and his wife settled down
at Northam. and lived there for ten
years.
Samuel the first had a son of his
own name. and another named Mat
Lhias. Samuel the second lived
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
WHERE GREAT FRAUDS HAVE BEEN REVEALED

The eyes of the nation have turned
OF late to the custom house In New
York, for it is there that the great
frauds perpetrated on the government
by the American Sugar Refining Com
pany have come to light. Both Pres
ident Taft in his message to congress
and Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh in his annual report used Wig
orous language concerning these g.
gantic custom swindles, and the inves-
tigation into the corruption of en-
ployes by the sugar trust Is being car
ried on unrelentingly by William
Loeb, collector of the port of New
York. Many of the employees already
have been discharged and 1t is be-
lieved that many more are yet to fail.
Secretary MacVeagh asserts that In
quiry has revealed that the democrat
ization which has been uncovered In
the customs service at New York can
be traced largely to two cause.-the
influence of local politics and politi-
clans. and the evasion of legal drties
by Americans returning from abroad.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

Samuel-is still extant. and It shows
the care with which he provided for
his wife. a. well as for the fact that
he must have been a man of q good
deal OF property.
Richard Haines Of Anyhoe on HILL,
Northampton. England. from the old
Saxon family, became . member Of
the Society of Friends, and in 1882
started for New Jersey on the ship.
Amity. His youngest son. Joseph.
was born on the long journey across
the Atlantic. and Richard himself
died. But his family carried out his
plans. and settled in New Jersey.
The arms Of the Haines and Haynes
family are blazoned: Or, on a Jesse
gules three bezants. in chief q grey
hound, courant. sable, collared Of the
second. The crest is an eagle dis
played azure semee Of estoiles argent
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Woman in New Business.

Miss Ida Bromide, an English girl.
10 making money by conducting tour
lists about the country in her motor
car. She went to London from her
province and learned all about the
mechanism of motors and how to run
them. After she had accomplished
this she hired car and drove it
through the most crowded districts Of
the city. The police of London de-
clared that she was the most expert
motorist that ever took a car through
Cheapside. Her reputation spread to
the continent, and Queen Margherita
OF Italy offered her the post of royal
chaffeuse, but Miss Bromide refused
because 1t would take her from her
hunts In winter, an exercise she is
passionately fond of and in which she
10 also an expert. She arranges for
weekend parties and charges each
guest $50. This includes board and
lodging on the trip. She is the first
woman to engage In this business and
has been so successful that she is IN
able to grant all applications.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Fruit Trees in 0zarks Supplied
with System of Warnings.
When the Cold Begins to TIngIe Bells
Will Do Likewise, Then Smudges
viii Be Automatically
Lighted.

Springfield, Mo.-In the evolution
Ut the fruit growing industry in the
Ozarks the apple trees may wear
bells. This condition is to be brought
about in many orchards with the
coming Of the next season of balmy
breezes and blossoms.
The scheme of protecting the buds
OF the orchards of the south Missouri
country by the use of the smudge.
with which the ancients were familiar,
has grown in popularity in recent
years, and in its development there
has been devised a system of alarms
to be sounded automatically when the
temperature in the orchard falls be-
low the danger point, thus enabling
the fruit grower to light his lamps
and fires and protect the trees with
smoke while providing sufficient heat
to raise the temperature from 10 to Is
degrees.
An order recently has been placed
for 10000 oil lamps, or stoves, which
are to be added to the equipment of
the Hazeltine orchards. embracing
1000 acres and containing 10000
trees. The Hazeltine orchard repre-
sehts the growth of an industry
founded by Ira Hazeltine, a pioneer
who settled In the Ozark country rs
years ago. and who became impressed
early in life with the possibilities of
this region as a fruit growing coun-
try.
Last spring. when the trees Of the
big orchards were loaded with bios
SONS and injury and loss by cold and
frost was threatened. Mr.. Hazeltine
tried for the first time in his locality
the experiment Of burning oil in a
sheet iron device. Hundreds of these
oil lamps were used and with such
effect that the harvest demonstrated
IN a measure the utility of the expert.
nent. The Hazeltines and others in
.erested In the fruit industry of
Greene and adjoining counties expect
o give the smudge more perfect
est next spring.
While the owners of the big or
,hards in this section are seeking to
levelop on a scientific basis the
heories recognized by the pioneers,
hundreds Of the hill settlers are reap
ng benefits from the smudge used in
! crude way, where fuel is plentiful
md where the small farmers family
'rovides the stumps and brush and
visps of hay to make the dense
moke required and the heat that
aves the bloom. The old-time fa.mer
I the hills. however. never heard of
thermostat. or alarm thermometer, !
lat is coming into use and will en-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

In Greenland, Mass. and at the break
ing out Of King Williams war built a
garrison there. These two brothers
lived to q good age, but they died
within u few weeks Of each other, and
there Is record that the event was
very much taken notice of and consid-
cred q remarkable Providence, for
they were noted men and carried ON
their work and business together In
partnership"
The will Of William, one Of Sam
uel's children-grandson to the nrst
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
IDENTIFIED BY THUMB MARKS
Cheyenne Bank with Many Foreign
Depositors Has Found This
Method Effective.

Martin s. Steel of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
says the old Chinese system of identi-
fication by thumb marks has been
adapted to modern banking, and the
method is now in practical use in the
First National bank of Cheyenne as a
mean5 of identifying the signatures OF
the many foreigners who carry depos-
its in that institution.
in fact, the thumb mark has be-
come as necessary on checks drawn
by this class of the bank depositors
as is the written signature of the
drawer of the check" said Mr..
Steele. The system has been in use
time the bank has not had the least
trouble with its foreign depositors, but
instead has found that the arrange
ment works to perfection.
There are probably more national
tiles represented in and around Chey-
enne than in almost any other city of
the country. The great mining camps
Of the state have drawn every ma
tionality of Europe to themselves,
while the Union Pacific and Burling-
ton railroads have brought hundreds
of railroad laborers from Asiatic
countries. Corean ditchers. jap
anese section men, Chinese work.
men. Mexicans, Indians, Lthuanians.
Czechs, Poles, Hungarians, Bohe.
mians, Welshmen, Irishmen, Greeks.
TfalfaUs and about ovorv othor M
tionality can be found around Chey.
enne In the course of days search
Many Of these persons deposit their
savings in Cheyenne banks, and very
few Of them. comparatively speaking,
can write their own names. especially
tn letters which can be read by an
ordinary American business man."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
The Jury system.

The jury. as it is found TO-DAY Is a
relic OF the ancient popular Justice
In the city-states of antiquity the en-.
tire male population passed upon the
guilt or innocence of the offending
party. The Oldest Greek poet has left
us a picture of what the primitive
jury was The court is sitting: the
question Of Guilty" or mot GUILTY"
10 put, and the old men of the com.
munity In turn give their opinion. the
rank and file of the people standing
ABOUT spplauding the opinion that
strikes them most, the applause deter.
mining the decision. Gradually the
Jury became narrowed down in mum.
hers until it finally appears as we
see It to-day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
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wife Hannah. He left. six children
John. Benjamin. Francis. Elizabeth,
elisha and Ebenezer.
In 1882 the founder of one of the
American branches of the family
reached Boston in the ship Lyon. His
name was William, and he came from
Nazing. Essex county England. to
Join his brother-in-law. John Eliot, the
Apostle to the Indians" He had q
good many children-William. Mary.
Thomas. Elizabeth. John, Philip.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Kaiser Sees Future soldier,

Germany's minister of the interior
mas addressed to the heads Of the
various governments within the EN-.
pire a circular recalling the infosma.
ton that the kaiser from his private
purse makes grant amounting to
about Sl5 on the birth of an eighth
son In any family, of the same father
and mother. The kaiser also promises
10 stand as godfather to the lucky
eighth son.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Farmers Buy Many Auto..

Detroit. Mich. C. Coe. a Moose
Jaw (Saskatchewan) farmer, dropped
into Detroit the other day and by the
time he had finished his errand he
had purchased 80 automobiles for his
farmer friends of the far northwest.
He told his neighbors he was going
to buy an automobile and they gave
him their orders, accompanied BY
bank drafts. The deals were mostly
cash and aggregated nearly 100000
Coe paid $4,000 for his own machine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Saves Her kittens First.

Franklin. Pa.-During an early
morning fire in the residence of DR..
]. C. J. PEBBLES. the doctor sought
to console his daughter. Genevieye.
aged II, over the loss of her two kit
tens.
They're not burned. daddy; here
they are" she said, as she drew them
from the folds of her nightdress.
AS soon as the fire was discovered
she had rushed through the smoke
and rescued her pets.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
W00DPEcKERs TO MAKE WOOD
to Transform Ordinary Timber.
Into Valuable Variety.

Bangor. Me.-After having spent
more than sixty years and more than
$4,000 in hunting bears and studying
the ways of wild creatures. Greenleaf
Davis of Mount Katahdin has begun
to raise tame woodpeckers with the
purpose of using them to convert or
binary rock naples into the rare and
costly wood known as bird's-eye
maple. Mr.. Davis is more than 80.
It has been Mr.. Davis belief that
no creature should be kept in captiv-
tty more than q month. He has two
crows, one more than 80 years old.
which have stayed by him and never
sought the society of their kind. Two
robins lived with him for three years.
His great success. however, has been
won with woodpeckers. of which he
now has nearly 100. Most of them are
the red-headed sap suckers. which
pick round holes in the bark.
He passed weeks In his grove
watching the result of the wounds
which the birds inflicted in bark. Az
the scars healed he noticed that there
was bright red spot left on the
wood directly below the wound. 1t
occurred to him that as the markings
of bird's-eye maple were due to red
spots in the wood, and as nobody had
ever been able to account for them,
it was possible that this variety might
owe its origin to the work of wood
peckers.
from elm bark boiled down to thick
batter he can smear the trunks OF
thrifty naples with such food as the
woodpeckers require. and while they
are getting meal from the bark their
bills are boring new holes in the trees
and Transforming ordinary maple,
worth no more than So thousand
feet, into bird's-eye maple that sells
anywhere from $50 to $50 a thousand
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Hardships in Frozen North
food was doled out a handful day
just sufficient to keep energy alive.

food was doled out a handful day
just sufficient to keep energy alive.
Toward the last of the terrible jour.
>ney they were compelled to take Oh
their mocassins and "mucklocks" and
eat them Each day they were able
to walk less than the preceding day,
and when they stumbled into an In
dian camp they had almost given up.
At the camp the friendly Indians
supplied them with rations and they
started out again. They reached Fort
MACPHERSON in safety.
Johnson remained there. After the
rivers were frozen solid the bishop,
with two Indians. started out again
for Dawson and came through with.
out further difficulty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Church Property in United s.....

The total value of church property
tn the United States reported in 1906
for all denominations. was 81 257 575
SGT. of which $sS5,942.57S was report.
cd for Protestant bodies, 1922 .ess. 1877
for the Roman Catholic church ana
Sfs.ss4'5o2 for all the remaining
-lodies.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Woman Grow. rwo.pound Lemo.

Woman Grows Two-Pound Lemon.
Evansville, Ind. - Mrs. William
Thum, residing at 703 Sixth avenue,
has grown lemon three times as
large of the ordinary lemon and
weighing two pounds.
She planted her tree four years age
and has taken good care Of 1t. Mrs
Thum will use the homegrown lemon
to make a large pie and will invite
her friends to share 1t with her.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Powerful LIahthouse Iamn.

The lighthouse at Heliogland has a
light OF 2o,oOo.0Oo-candle power. AT
Nuremberg a lamp ten times as DOW.
erful has been made.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-25
COURT WILL FLOAT.
Alaska to Have Justice Admins.
tered Aboard Revenue Cutter.

Under an arrangement completed yes
tertay by Gov. Walter E. Clark, of
Alaska, with the Treasury Department.
the Federal court in Alaska is TO be set
afioat next summer.
It will cruise along 2,0o0 miles Of the
Alaska shore. live on a revenue cutter,
stopping to administer justice where the
occasion demands, trying and sentencing
prisoners as needs be. and slowing them
in the hold until the end Of the cruise.
The journey viii extend from Seward
westward to Unalaska, and thence up the
shore 70 Bering Sea TO the mouth of the
Yukon
The coast line is dotted with salmon
canneries, inhabited only In summer and
acts Of lawlessness are frequent. BY
Gov. Clarks plan the law will be taken
to them, and offenders viii go with the
law back to civilization and jail.
Judge E. E. Cushman, one of the four
Federal judges in Alaska, brother Of the
late Representative Francis ". Cushman,
probably viii be selected for the duty.
He viii carry with him on the cutter
deputy marshal, a deputy United States
attorney, and grand and a petty jury
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-25
SMART OLD AGE.

Where the sad and wny sage who represented dotng age
of long ago? We him pictured the books old
chairs ngenook and wayng and fro His frownng brow
with age scared he always fourfoo beard his dome
of thought bald he looked though he'd on
this old planet had birth bent tired and harness. CALLED The
old of this present day clipper colt May and timber
he doesn't let his whiske grow until they're dragging
the he nobby hat; he shows the world joyous
'front.' he tries Druid stuntt would work. in truth
he does beside the fire. and fill the air meanings dire
for his departed youth The old of this modern day may
spawned be- and bald gray but when his friends round
he bravey lifts his dauntess head like any ree thoroughbred
and and paws the ground And when it's time to say good
by he doesn't take six months die bore his weeping friends
he MY friends I've played my hand with all the skill my
command and here the ends This fine old man we must
admire who passes up the glowing fire. the nglenoo and chair
whose heart young and pance to the grave
with both feet in the air. WALT Mason.
by e Adnal