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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
Deprived Of Sustenance by Snow
storms, Many Perish.
- " s,;'< Es.s
mrs. Ella Flags Young, superlntend-
ent OF Chicago Public Schools, Urges
Children to Scatter crumbs-
Others Indorse Plan.

Chicago.-Take one slice of bread
crumble it between the thumb and
fingers, scrape small patch clear OF
snow on the window ledge, on the
back porch or in the back yard, scat
ter the crumbs and then retire to q
safe distance and watch the eager
half-starved birds flock in.
This is the entire equipment and
manual of rules for the very latest
idea In winter sports. launched in Chi.
cago. and from a hurried investigation
1t promises soon to have greater vogue
than either golf or bicycling dido In
their palmiest days. Moreover, 1t is
likely to return to favor every time
Chicago has an old-fashioned winter.
That birds. pecking hopefully, but
without result, in the huge snow drifts
that cover their supply Of food, are
dying Of starvation BY the score every
day in our city streets is the situation
that has been brought home to Chica-
goans. Many people have joined the
game and Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, su-
perintendent of public schools, prom
ises that plans to teach the rules to
the school children Of Chicago will
have her hearty sympathy.
She characterized the idea as beau
tiful and said that 1t would be called
to the attention of the school teachers
OF Chicago at the earliest opportunity.
Mrs. Young was busily engaged in
going over the school budget and had
left orders not to be disturbed. but she
laid aside her work long enough to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
Making Checkers.

It seems inconceivabie that the two
men can be kept steadily employed
the year round making checkers. Yet
that Is what is done in a mill at
Bethel. The average output of check
lsrs from this mill is 500 barrels. 1t
has been as high as 1000 and down to
500. but 800 is the average. This does
not sound very large. but when the
figures are worked out it is found to
20 'c.t Ii every barrel shipcccas
there are 10000 checkers of the or
binary size. while in 800 barrels there
are 2S,S00,000. or 100000 sets of "a
checkers each. This is to say. with
the output of this Maine min 2,40O, 900
persons could be playing checkers at
the same time.-Kennebec Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26

and the Du Pont Powder Company
also gave prizes. and local firm con.
tributed the programs. Ten cents .
card was charged and the balance re-
ceived over the expenses was turned
over to the school board to further
rife practice in the schools.
The liyeliest interest was manifested
by the boys. Although 1t was dark
and cold. more than 800 youngsters
turned out to participate In the
matches. Some 40 or so officers were
on hand.
The shooting was all at 200 yards,
with regulation military rifle and am,
munition. some Of it being offhand and
some prone
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
General eaden-Powell to Train Nurses
for Use In Time Of War-All Wear
Smart Uniform.

London. - General Baden-Powell
whose boy scouts" now muster nc
fewer than 100000 throughout Great
Britain. has founded a girls branch OF
the corps. which he thinks win devel.
op into a useful training body for
the existing Voluntary Aid organiza-
ton formed to provide nurses in case
of war.
The general has issued q girls
guide, laying down the course of train
ing for the feminine scouts. Their
duties will include tracking Ito ind
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
London Physician Claims Cure for Nor.
phlne Habit Of Over Ten
Years Duration.

London. A London physician
vouches for . cure of the morphine
habit OF ten years duration by the
infusion of dried leaves Of . plant
named combretum sundaicum, which
Is grown on the Malay Peninsula He
claims that wineglass full Of this
taken every half hour daily for four
weeks cured his patient. The patient
was q man Of 30 who had reached
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
Wins Triumph ODer Drugs

stage where he injected As grains Of
cocaine and from "a to 80 grains Of
morphine into his system daily.
He began the new treatment In No,
vember. but broke down after few
days and secretly obtained q supply
Of morphine which he used while t..
king the half-hour infusions. But ON
December 8 the patient made up his
mind to overcome the habit. His
cravings for the drug returned at in.
tervais. but always with lessened
force until week ago when the ad-
ministration Of the new medicine was
stopped and the cure was announced
to be complete. The patient now
sleeps eight hours each night. Twelve
cases like this one have been success
fully treated during the last two
years. according to the physician.
The herb was discovered accident-
ally. Some Chinese coolies who were
working in the forests of the Malay.
Peninsula ran short of tea. In ita
place they used combretum sundai-
cum. After two weeks use It was
discovered that the herb destroyed the
Taste Of opium among certain of the
party who were addicted to its use.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
An Editors Troubles

Il suppose 1t is difficult to please all
your readers?"
1T is" admitted the editor of the
Plunkville Palladium. az lust received
= delegation Of ladies' who requested
me not to print any more starvation
statistics on the society page"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26

VYYASHINGTON. = Rear Admiral
w Aaron Ward. U. 8. NJ. who has
~ just been raised to flag rank.
has been appointed by the sec
rotary of the navy to be one of his
aids. As supervisor of the harbor OF
New York he perfected its system
of naval defenses. Another man
who has helped to make the metropo-
lis secure is Gen. Arthur Murray,
u. s. A., who solved the problem of
protecting the city from land at
tacks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26
The Wrono PARTY.

INTERPRETATIONS on your mar.
riage, old man.
Will-Congratulate my wife, old
boy; she got the best of men.-Har
ward Lampoon.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26

An egotist Is merely a man who Is
unable to disguise the interest he feels
In himself.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-26

nave ueuOuuCeQ-
Both houses of congress have the
privilege of printing pretty much
anything that they choose as a public
document, 20 that it can be franked
through the mails. One of the re-
suits of this privilege is that both
Democrat and Republican campaign
documents are sent out at the peo-
pies expense. In connection with the
tariff matter 1t may be said that Sena-
tor Thomas Carter of Montana. a
regular" Republican. has succeeded
in having printed President Taft,s
Winona speech. and this pronounce.
ment of the president will go to many
of the voters of the land as a public
document. In his Winona speech Mr..
Taft said that the tariff bill passed by
congress at its August session was the
best tariff bill the Republican party
ever enacted into law.
1t must not be supposed that the
are having everything
their own way in the matter of reach
ing the country with campaign mate.
rial printed at public expense. The
Democrats have the same privilege
that the Republicans have. and It is
very seldom that anyone enters objec.
ton to the printing of document, for
in the senate II is case of turn about
IS fair play. and If one senator should
object another senator also would OBJ.
Iect when the chance came to get
sven-
GEORGE CLINTON.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-20

amendment to our constitution, it
would forever stop the tratficking in
legislation. There would he no object
the legislature. for the people would
enact it themselves. if their represen
tatives refused to perform their duty
Nor would 1t be worth while to log.
roll an unjust or vicious law through
the legislature. for the people could
repudiate it and set it aside.
PrudentIy Silent.
On these vital questions Gov. Eber-
hart is prudently silent. His political
friends would surely resent it if he
should indicate the least disposition
to favor such thorough-going reforms.
But he doesn't hesitate to express his
misgivfngs about our primary law.
But I venture to predict that any leg.
islature elected in this state, particu.
larly when the people are as much
awake on political questions as they
are in this campaign, will not take any
chances by modifying our primary
law to any great extent. Our pri.
mary law has been disastrous to the
political bosses and ward heelers.
Their occupation is almost gone, but
the people, on the whole, are pretty
we'll satisfied with it and are not
half SO worried about the expense it
entails as is the governor.
I would not feel that I had done
this occasion justice without discuss.
ing the most important question agi-
tating the public mind more fully. l
refer to the question of county op-
ton. County option does not mean
county prohibition, nor does 1t of it.
self make any county wet or dry. 1t
simply means that the legislature
shall pass law authorizing the PEG.
pie of the county to determine by
vote for themselves whether saloons
shall be allowed in the county or not.
For the life of me ! cannot see any.
thing startling in this proposition.
The startling thing to my mind Is
that 1t Is not the law today. AS a
people we profess to believe in local
self-government. Is it not part of SELF
government to have the power to reg.
ulate the saloon question? The liquor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-20

isfactory to the grain growers, but
the method of their appointment is
un-American. Eight months before
the vacancies were to occur Gov. Eber
hart listened to his advisors at Du
luth and Minneapolis, and forestalling
any actions by the farmers and ship
pers, he announced the appointment
of Bryant and Chambers.
1t was star.chamber method that
was employed and entirely un-Ameri
can. The governor. the servant of the
whole people. was working for class
and that class one that is abundantly
able to care for itself without assist
ance from the governor on that day
that he decided to name Bryant and
Chambers.
Not only are the shippers Of Mime
sofa affected by the personnel Of these
boards. but North Dakota farmers are
equally interested that fair board be
named.
The Equity Farm News. published
at Minot On. d.. but largely circu
lated in Minnesota. in It's June issue
says of the governors action in nam
ing Bryant and Chambers. and makes
strong case against the appointing
power:
ION an average Of $4,000 TO 10000
cases are appealed from the Inspec
ton Department each year. From q
to 30 per cent Of the inspection deci
sions have been raised The Board
is above all the representative of the
country shipper Governor Johnson
considered it such and appointed rep
resentation from the country as near
ly as he could. 8. P. Thorson, of Min
neapolis Board Is farmer Of sixteen
years experience. T. B. McManus. oil
the Duluth Board. Is. also a farmer
Their terms expire on August l. II
would have been natural for the gov
ernor to have asked country shippers
to recommend persons for appoint
ment to those places. and to wait q
reasonable time for such recommends
lions to be made. Did the governor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-20
Where Jim Gray Stands.

When the nominee of the Demo
cratic party declined to accept the
nomination, the state central commit
tee felt in duty bound to select can
didate who held the same views on
the great question at issue and who
stood for the same policies generally
as the nominee. They selected James
Gray, morally and intellectually the
peer of any man in the state. A
graduate of our state university, with
the experience of having successfully
administered the greatest city in the
state, he is spIendidIy equipped for
the discharge of the duty of the high
office for which he has been named.
Above all, he has the courage of his
convictions and owes allegiance to no
power on earth, except his own sense
of justice and the obligation of pat.
riotic man to his country, and Its
laws. We know where he stands, and
right here, is to my mind, the most
marked difference between the two
candidates. It's the difference be-
tween the progressive and the stand.
patter. The progressive states his
convictions on public questions freely,
for he has nothing to conceal. The
standpatter hesitates for fear that the
people might not agree with him.
One trusts the good Judgment of tho
people, the other trusts the judgment
Of those who would circumvent the
people.
The same difference between the
two men is further evidenced by their
respective attitudes on other ques-
tions. Mr.. Gray believes in the right
of the people to initiate and pass
necessary laws by popular vote, if
their representatives refuse to give
heed to their right and reasonable de-
mands. He believes in their right to
challenge law passed by the legis.
lature which is deemed unjust, and
to require that it be submitted to a
popular vote before it shall become
effective. These rights the people
have already obtained in Oregon, in
Maine and in many other of the pro.
gressive states. If the people of this
state were given these rights by an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-20

do this? No. Early in January. with
out giving notice. the governor ap
pointed A. G. Chambers, of Minneapolis
to the Minneapolis Board. and Charles
Bryant. OF Duluth. to the Duluth Board
BY whom were these men recommend
ed? By the Grain Trusts. Mr.. Bry
ant has been in the inspection Depart
ment for years. He is said to be one
OF those who is anxious to combine the
Inspection Department with the Board
of Appeals. There are but three firms
doing the greater part of the export
business at Duluth. All commission
companies are dominated by them. 1t
was they who recommended the ap
pointment of Mr.. Bryant Mr.. Cham.
bers is said to be defunct member of
the Minneapolis Chamber of Com.
merce. and was recommended for ap.
pointment by some of the old line
elevator companies. We need not ask
whom these men are going TO serve,
for according to Holy Writ. The ass
knows his masters crib Whereat he
can eat
Seven or eight of the old line ele.
vator companies at Minneapolis have,
for years. been trying to have a sys-
tenn of dockage placed on oats and
barley. Thus far they have been On
successful Mr.. Chambers was evi.
IDENTIFY pledged to such a procedure.
These companies want to buy oats
and barley according to dockage sys.
tenn at Minneapolis and Duluth and
ship the same to Milwaukee and Chi.
cage where there is no dockage. Such
a system as that is but little less than
highway robbery. Yet that Is evident.
ly the purpose of these concerns in
their endeavors to control the Board
Of Appeals. Efforts should be made
to have the governor cancel those ap.
pointments They were made behind
closed doors seven months before the
Offices would be vacated. We cannot
see on what principle of law or mo.
rality such appointments can be main.
tanned"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-20
Hard Punches for the Foe
From John Lind's Speech

they wonsed-buncoed-by their
political servants they hold
little and big, both responsible
inflicted
it hurts helps particular
The Dingey bill written Mr. DngIey
in the dark those schedules
of the textile Of England
the house cordially received the
representatives of the trusts
When the Republican in Chicago
Republicans that
should pledge the OF tariff
pledge PLATFORM understood
tariff would be reformed strength Of
elected
The in the price Of products not the result Of
tariffs but of worldwide economic changes.
state has been school for standpatters long
remember
There has been eoes the senate for yarsthe equivalent
lInos-wth whom 1t Is not to
credit to been identified known by he
attacked the Of the Democratic
committee since he has invited charmen
the Republican
senator served with the under the
is common political knowledge that Sem Smith secured Gov
nomination lieutenant and that last
insisted against the protest OF other nominees the
where James stands county option; Gov.
nmation his
cndentay the chairman Of his committee
Gray right of to initiate
Eberhart is prudentIy SILENT
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-20

The grain growers Of the state are
up in arms over appointments by Gov.
Eberhart to the board of grain ap-
peals. This is the board that is sup
posed to stand between the interest
of the grain growers and shippers and
the avarice of grain buyers. It is, as
it's name indicates, a board of men
who serve in judicial capacity when
exception is taken to the grades given
any shipment of wheat by the inspec.
tors of the grain and warehouse com.
mission. The farmers were respons-
ible for the creation of these boards
there is one at Minneapolis and an
other at Duluth-and Gov. Johnson's
policy was to name to these two
boards men truly representative of the
growers and who attempted to place
the state grain inspection on scien.
tific basis. The board named by Gov.
Johnson was the first and only board
to make any recommendations to the
grain and warehouse commission for
improvements in the inspection of
grain. Among the recommendations
was one for the establishment of a
laboratory in connection with the in
spection department, where milling
and baking tests could be made. thus
educating the inspectors as to the
milling value of the grain and enabling
them to draw the line properly be
tween the respective grades. They
also recommended very important i'm
provements in the methods Of inspect
ing grain out of store into cargoes
which seemed to have been carried
on in very unsatisfactory manner
in that number of streams had been
run into the boat while the inspectors
were considering the grade. The
boards recommendation was that
average samples be taken and that the
same be graded and locked before
being loaded on the boats This was
simply the method used on in
coming grain. They also safe
guarded grain for export; to prevent
mixing and tampering with while IL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-20
Eberhart Permits Elevator Interests to Dictate
Appointments to State Board of Grain Appeals

transit. All were in the interest of
the grower and shipper. Samples OF
a machine invented by the Duluth
board for determining the test weight
on grain have been ordered by the
Grain Standardization bureaus at Chi
cago and Washington. This machine
eliminates all possibility for manipu
lating either for or against the grain
The actual weight is determined with
out a doubt.
AS has been said, and which fact
has never been disputed, Gov. John
sons appointees, six in number, were
appointed solely because of their IA
miliarity with the grain business eith
er as growers or small buyers. Two
have gone out of Office by reason OF
expiration of the terms for which
they were appointed. 1t is because
their successors are representative OF
other interests that the growers and
shippers are so inflamed against the
appointing power. For example, at
Duluth, c. j. Bryant was named to
succeed T. B. McManus, Of Crookston
Bryant was assistant deputy state in
spector at Duluth for the five years
Immediately preceding his appoint
ment and as such officer passed upon
and reinspected at least ninety pei
cent of all the grain before it was
appealed during that time. In other
words. Gov. Johnson's board Of ap
peals raised to higher grade at least
25 per cent of all the grain inspected
by Mr.. Bryant.
When 1t is charged without contra
diction that the Duluth grain inter
ests dictated Bryan's appointment the
reason for that action Is obvious.
A. G. Chambers. a former member
of the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
MERGE, was appointed to succeed S. p
Thorson. Of Winthrop. on the Mime
apolis board. His sympathies are with
whom? The farmer who succeeds
In getting a crop of wheat In a dry
year can answer this question.
Not only are the appointees unsat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-08-25
Taft,s Queer Position.

The president asserts that under his.
guidance, and with his assent, his
party has fulfilled Loyalty its cam
paign pledges" He refers, of course,
to the tariff. But in the same breath
that he asserts the loyal fulfllment Of
tariff pledges he proceeds to plead
that tariff experts will submit to the
president within two years recon-
mendations for revision Of certain
schedules of the tariff law" These
recommendations will be based 0n
information now being gathered
by the experts as to the difference off
costs at home and abroad. The tariff
pledge of the Republican party was
that the principle should be applied to!
the whole tariff. If it was Loyalty ful-
filled, why are experts being employed
and for the first time-to find out
what that difference is and what
changes the principle requires? We
really do not recall in recent political
history an exhibition Of such amazing
disqualification, such innocent COM.
fession of utter ~befuddlement as to al
great party issue by a man in such
high post. We regret to use language
of this sort as to Mr.. Taft, and wei
do it with all due respect for his sin
certify and good faith. But the facts.
are SO plain that they need but to be-.
stated to show what an extraordinary
blank there is in his mind on this.
question.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-08-25
American League.
PACKERS FIGHT COMBINE
IoWANS FILE COMPLAINT OF
DISCRIMINATION.
Corporation Charged With Buying
Available Supply of Beef to Det-
riment of independents.

Washington, D. CT. M. Sinclair
G. Company, limited, beef pack
ers of Cedar Rapids, Ia, in a com
plant filed with the Interstate Com
merce commission, charge 29 central
western railroads with discriminating
against it in the matter of rates and
regulations in favor of the so-called
beef trust Of Chicago.
1t is set forth in the petition that
the Sinclair company is being direct
ly forced out of business and that un.
less relief is forced shortly it will be
ruined.
The complaint charges the defend
ants have created conditions under
which the Chicago packers are en-
abled to purchase pork and other meat
in Iowa and ship to their packing
houses in such quantities and at such
rates that the Sinclair company can
no longer obtain an adequate supply
for its own business within the state,
but is driven elsew here to make pur-
chases, thereby greatly adding to the
original cost of these products. 1t is
further charged that the company Is
forced to pay increased freight rates
and charges which, it is claimed, op-
crate las a serious burden and disad-
vantage, and is intended to favor it's
competitors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-08-25
MITCHELL FAVORS
ILLINOIS MINERS
FORMER OFFICIAL COMES OUT
FLATLY AND CLASHES WITH
PRESIDENT LEWIS.
Mine HEAD MAKES REPLY
President Accuses Critics of MeddIing
in Union Affairs-War of Words
Throws indianapolis @Conven-
ton in Uproar.

Indianapolis, Ind.-With the Illinois
coal strike dispute as the under
lying cause, John Mitchell, for
mer head of the miners union, and
President Thomas L.. Lewis, clashed
at the miners convention. Mr.. Mitch
ell came out fatty in favor of the Hi
nois miners in their fight for the de-
mands of the Peoria convention, and
President Lewis in a hot reply held
up to severe criticism the acts of the
former head of the miners in the an
thracite coal strike in 1902.
In announcing his views to the con-
vention Mr.. Mitchell took occasion to
deny a rumor circulated among the
delegates that he came to Indianapo-
lis to influence the miners and advise
them to accept a compromise agree
ment with the Illinois Coal Operators
association. He declared President
Lewis and the members Of the inter-
national executive board had laid
themselves open to severe criticism
for modifying the Illinois wage scale
without the consent and concurrence
Of the Illinois miners and the district
officials.