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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
PLAN OF CONCRETE
SHEEP DIPPING TANK
Details Of Simple and Cheap Four Men Can
Easily Dip at Least One
Animals In Day.

For good many years we have an
nually dipped sheep. sometimes only
the farm flock and sometimes the
western feeders. Recently we have
ordered the westerns dipped in Chi
cago. writes ]. e. Wing. in Breeders
Gazette. That. saves time and trouble
at home and is no doubt slightly
cheaper, but the lambs do not ship
very well when loaded right from the
dripping vat In the cars. They are
too weak. after their long journey. to
stand the dipping well. Therefore this
year we had the lambs come to us
undipped. 1t was very notable that
they were much stronger when unload
ed from the cars, and they began at
once to feed and gain.
No appearance of scab was visible
but some of the lambs were slightly
infested with ticks. and scab might
have been contracted through contact
with infected pens or cars. SO we de-
cided to dip them as soon as thew
were rested 1t is interesting to find
ticks on western range lambs and
shows that the ranges are getting
cleared OF scab. else there would be
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A Colorado farmer relates in Co.
burns Swine in America the following
reference to the use of Hibbard
squashes in that state: "A neigh
Dor claims he can finish the fattening
OF hogs on Hibbard squashes in one
half the time he can with corn. while
with pumpkins he can only make
them hold their own. He says he can
finish hog in fair condition In six
weeks on about one ton of sQuashes.
making 200 to 250-pound hog. He
cuts the squashes and feeds them raw.
and says the hogs clean up everythins.
shell and all" The squash apparently
has fat.ening value greater than that
of the pumpkin. and squashes are
worthy of more attention In swine
husbandry than has been generally
given them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
Miif,s0sl Family

Munson is supposed to mean the son
of Edmund. Mum" is an abbreviation
of Edmund: the use Of "son" is usual,
as in Richardson and Thomson. The
Munsons as they were called In Eng
land. lived In East Lincolnshire for
generations before they came to this
country. That part of England was
originally settled BY the Danes. SO it
Is probable that the Monsons were
originally of Danish extraction. In
1878, In the age of Richard II. and
Chaucer. there is trace of one John
Monson. The family was knighted in
1911. and In 172S it was raised to the
peerage when one Of its members was
made Baron Monsoon of Burton. Coun-
ty Lincoln. The family is still repre-
scented in England. although not by
many members. In the United States
1t now extends over the whole coun-
try.
At about the time the family was
knighted there was born in Lincoln
shire Thomas Monsoon, or Munson.
About 1880 he came to this country,
and became the founder of the Amer
lean Munsons. 1t Is thought that he
came over with some of the early
Puritan clergymen; perhaps with
Francis Higginson, who came in 1929.
or else with John Cotton, who intro
duced the practice Of keeping the Sab
bath from shutdown Saturday until
shutdown Sunday. and who came to
this country in 1888 with his friend
Thomas Hooker. At any rate, ne came
with the great body Of non-conform-
lists who arrived. in New England be-
fore 1910. to the number Of about
1 900.
He IL first mentioned here in the an
malls Of the war with the Pequot In
dams. He was resident Of the Hart |
ford colony, which was called ON 10 |
furnish ~ soldiers for the war. On !,
May 1, 1887. the General Corte att |
HARTFORD" ordered that there shall |
be an Offensive war; agt the Peqaoitt
md that there shall be 30 men levied
put Of the plantations. HARTFORD,
q Windsor"
Munson was one of the Hartford sol
4
l:ers. and on May 10th started out with
he Connecticut army-composed Of
70 colonists and 70 friendly Mohegan
indians. under their chief Uncas. The
title band Of men took their way
Town the Connecticut river for fve
lays. When they had gone about so
niles they met the Pequot Indians
md gave battle. Only two Of the col
nists and their Indian friends, were
Tiled. whereas It was rumored that
bout 700 Of the hostile Indians fell.
This battle was of = good deal of
Importance to Munson and some of
is brother soldiers. They had no
Iced, on their journey. very inviting
pot situated in . snug harbor open
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directed that q trial be made OF said
Ensign Munson. II he be found 1T to
instruct hopeful youth for the col
lege." Harvard. He was apparently
found IT." for he was made rector
Of the Hopkins grammer school. sam
uel had nine sons, and seven Of them
married, 80 that Thomas, the original
ancestor In this country, although he
himself had only one son. had grand
children named Munson to the num-
Der of 81.
Heitman's list of officers in the rev
olutionary war gives Aeneas. surgeons
mate: Levi. second lieutenant, who
served under Ethan Allan, was made
prisoner at Montreal. sent to England.
and finally exchanged; Capt. The
ophilus. and Capt. William Munson.
Some Of the names used often bv
Munsons are: Martha. Eliasaph, d.
adama. Joanna. Hannah, Stephen.
Samuel. Waitstill and Stephen. Sew.
eral Of the unusual ones mentioned
appear in many Of the earlier genera
tons:
The arms are bIazoned: Or. two
chevrons. gules.
Crest: A lion rampant. or. sustained
BY pillar argent.
Motto: Prest pour mon pays.
Supporters Dexter. lion. or, gorged
with collar and lined, azure. the eel
lar charged with three crescents OF
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
A Concrete Dipping Tank.

no ticks, since the frequent clippings
given for scab eradicate ticks.
Our old dipping vat was of wood. It
had cage that was lowered into the
vat by windlass, and the lambs were
then drawn out and drained. II was
very hard to use and by no means
easy on the lambs. This year we con-
structed one of concrete and 1t suits
US almost perfectly. The tank Is
small one. feet long on the bot
tom. IA feet on top. feet deep, Is
inches wide at top and inches at
bottom. Therein is our one mistake:
1t Is too narrow at bottom. Widen it
to IL inches at bottom, leaving the
top Is inches and 1t will be perfect.
AS 1t is. now and then a very wide
lamb finds 1t too narrow when the din
Is used out so that 1t is low In the
tank.
Such tank is not costly. Ours took
about 3h barrels of cement and two
days time to build, counting the work
OF excavation and form construction.
1t will last practically forever.
Unfortunately we did not at the
time build a concrete draining pen.
but used the old wooden one which is
feet wide and IL feet long. This I,
altogether insufficient for rapid din
ping. We will for next year construct
draining pen about IL feet square.
divided by fence into two parts. The |
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19

Ing on Long Island sound. and they
determined to build . home there. So
the next year. 1888. some of them
started out under the leadership of
one Of the Hartford colonists, ana
again went down the Connecticut river
TO found their new home. They laid
out the town Of Quinnipiac. which Il
now New Haven.
In 1885. Thomas Munson died. He
had married one Joanna. and they had
three children; two of whom were
daughters. and the third . son. named
Samuel. Samuel became . selectnan.
9 townsman. ensign. drummer and In
1873. schoolmaster. in 1854. It was
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19

Among the Asiatic breeds of fowls
the Langshans have won perhaps the
best reputation as winter layers. A
Black Langshan cock is here pictured
Some strains OF Brahmas are fully
their equal. From the farmers stand
point the Langshans are preferable
to the other Asiatics because of their
ability to forage better and their less
pronounced desire to sit The chicks
are fairly quick maturing and make ex-
cellent table fowls at i've to SIX
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31~, !. A.ala41

1t has been pointed out that the theory
put forward by de Vries of Amsterdam,
according to which new species of plants
come into existence not by long process
OF natural selection, as Darwin supposed,
but through sudden mutations, the cause
OF which remains unknown, applies equally
well to new species of animals.
The giant dinosaurs, for instance, whose
remains, as found in our western dad
lands,' excite so much amazement, appear
by archaeological evidence to have sprung
suddenly into being and as suddenly to
have disappeared.
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1lR)@rSs@m

one Of great influence, for the Judge
had power Of life and death at
his Anger's end.
All the Morrisons in this country
are probably descended from this an
Gent Scotch family. although all of
them cannot trace their descent But
there Is one branch which has its
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19

Asa veterinary surgeon l heartily agree
that for the sake of the horses the public
watering troughs should not be abolished.
However, the fact must not be over
looked that the Veterinary association was
perfectly right in asserting that the public
water trough is source of infection and
that great many horses contract that
most dreaded and fatal disease, CHAMBERS,
by drinking from them.
However, this danger of infection could
be reduced to a minimum if the city an.
thorities would compel the owners of the
troughs to keep the water flowing in them
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
Free
Speech
How Far
Can 1t
Safely Go
BY JAMES F. MUIRHEAD

HE natural instinct believer liberty mnt
cry with Fchte: Iet the truth be spoken though the
be thereby shattered into thousand fragments" or
at the very least that the presumption
absolute free speech just everything expressly
E4 to the federal authorities the belongs
8A34ka to the sphere of the
f3X4 moments reflection however, shows that this attitude
not always practicable in world of mperfectbn There
are some things should all admit said
Puoc That unruy evil the tongue allowed
ed freedom of action than any other
Inc pure ideal must yield the floor practical statesman
1t seems obvious that standard either of
10 suppress The AngSaxon general principles las noted
y Lord Morley apply here with peculiar apnes here
anywhere we are justified in bringing philosophical
OF practical politics
Regard must be had every all the
OF the political social atmosphere moments the nature of the
audience as to intellect dcne motives
VI ne speaker the worth of the immediate good
SION as compared with the ultimate loss through publicity the
dreaded doctne the probable the apprehen6
EVIL and the greater less difficulty anticipated in checking when
started.
1t distinctly unsafe allow government make any general
oennlon OF mcendary Speech the inevitable tendency
as dangerous what power For large
community great diversity of opinion departments is necessary for
growth compulsory authority is fatal.
There nothing cast the an state of so
e except meme preudes make speech must be
literally construed in the interests of higher development
for other than rdcule the authorities
should take not place themselves the position Of the London
Times which severely Mr. revealing his particular
geological conclusions the general
with inssndissy flames Of Of the the Non. Nuile.l
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19

l was passenger on Chicago South
Side elevated train the other evening and
was standing in the aisle holding a strap
when young woman approached aid in
the crowd tore my face with her hat pin as
she passed. I was very fortunate that my
eye was not seriously injured.
Had she been little taller OF had /
been shorter such an injury would have
resulted. The pin projected fully two or
three inches over the side of her hat.
1t seems almost incredible that in a
civilized community women will wear such
dangerous weapons in their hats.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
Sizes Of Euus.

Under normal conditions the egg.
producing organs become enlarged
with age. An old hen may lay q larger
egg when she becomes year or two
old. especially if she Is a heavy layer
as a pullet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
Hat Pins
are
Really
MenaCin6
y ALTON {. cAsso

they must te why sharp projecting ends uo
tected by kind of shield?
Would 1t not be good thing for the city fathers take notice of
this pestiferous and dangerous life limb?
The writer is not actuaed by any desire frivolous but as vic
tim OF the hat pin he would be glad to person from
like injury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
Origin of
Species
by
Mutation
By HAROLD PICKETT

All the other animal types also characterized
when they first made their appearance
The theory OF the OF species by mutation when applied either
to the plant the animal kingdom away demand made
by the natural selection theory for Unfortunately long periods of time
during which existing brought gradually their present con-
dition.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
CATCHING M

other pen is full they will be pretty
dry. With this simple cheap plant
four men can readily dip 1000 lambs
in day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
Prevent Eggs CRACKING.

To prevent eggs cracking when :
number are placed in boiling water. let
warm water from the faucet run over
them before placing them In The
dish.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19
Infection
in Public
Water
Trou9hs

all By doing away with the trough deprive many
working horse his only chance get water for whole day.
proportion of away home and yery
few carry pals
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months. For best results In laying
they should be Matched not later than
April With proper rearing and feed.
ing pullets win lay all the following
winter.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
What Do All These Men
Amount to, Anyway !?

in the east he dispelled the idea that
there was anything mysterious about
this trip The thing with which he was
most impressed was the weather they
were showing in the cities he visited.
He had an overcoat with him all the
time and was vigorously tickied be-
cause he did not have to wear it. he
sunshine and the mild atmosphere of
the western towns appealed to his sense
of weather, although he sympathized
with the people of the various localities
who were sending up VOciferous
clamor for rain for their crops.
"Prince Royal Michael de Lusigman,
prince of Cypre of Jersusalem and OF
Armenia, count of Marchie, etc, etc,
desires to be married to a person very
rich. FIfty-seven years of age with
out fortune. Answer st. Petersburg,
Russia. After receipt of details will
mail photograph"
The foregoing letter was received not
long ago by City Clerk Scully of New
York 1t throws n little light upon the
character of the count. American gen
tleman who have been considering the
count as a prospective husband for
their sisters or daughters will not be
as warm for him as formerly, since he
has so completely disclosed the mer-
cenary SlQe OF MS nature.
After adopting "Baby" Davis for
months In his comedy, 1.-THE Bachelor S
Baby" Francis Wilson Is to adopt the
infantile actor legally. "Baby' Davis
is a little girl on the stage and a little
boy off the stage. Mr.. Wilson Is a
bachelor on the stage and a married
man off the stage. The "Baby's" name
Is Master Stephen Atwell Davis. He is
now years old and has been with Mr..
Wilson for two years He and the
bachelor have become very chummy
during their stage association. Mr..
Wilson has undertaken the education
of the little fellow, setting him tasks
each night to be done and learned for
the morrow
WI Chang, first attache of the
Chinese legation at Washington, has
been appointed by the Chinese minis
ter, Chang Yin Tang, to go to New
York and sprinkle little drops Of cool
water on the scrappy Chinese of that
city. The Tong trouble there has be-
come so bloody that Chang Wu Fang
feels sure that 1t is up to him to throw
monkey wrench I'm the cylinder. 1t
is the first time in the history of tong
fights that such a step has been taken.
Lu Ping Tien, secretary of the lega-
ton at Washington, thinks that Wu
Fang will have to display an extern
sive assortment of tact, skill and cour-
age, If he succeeds In stopping the
melee.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
BOOZE COMEDIAN MUST
JOIN COLONY OF RUBES
Simple Life Is Courts Sentence
for F. C. Shoemaker

Judge Willis yesterday imposed a
sentence of the Simple life" on +. c..
Shoemaker, charged with violating his
parole by becoming intoxicated. He
ordered Shoemaker to go and live In
the country, away from the city, and
he must not return without permit
from the court for the next five years.
He must also leave liquor alone and
have regular employment.
Shoemaker first pleaded guilty to
passing a fictitious check several
months ago, while under the influence
of liquor. He was injected with a
special cure by permission OF the court
and had relapse. He was treated
again last week and with the "cure"
and the country life away from sa-
looms a complete cure is anticipated by
Shoemaker.
The man, with his wife and child,
left in the afternoon for ranch near
Covina, where he will work in the
open.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
TENANT HAPPY; LANDLORD
FAILS TO RECOVER RENT
Owner Sues, but Woman Elected
from House Wins Case

Judge Hutton yesterday dismissed
the appeal of George II. Peck from a
decision of the justice court, awarding
Grace Gilbert judgment against him in
his suit for SIS rent.
Rev. Percival A. Hickman, a San
Pedro priest, was a witness in the
proceedings yesterday. He said that
after the San Pedro Minister'S asso-
citation had indorsed Peck in his cam
paign for city trustee 1t was charged
against them that they had indorsed
a man who rented his houses for i'm
moral purposes.
IT told Peck the association was en-
barrassed," Rev. Hickman testified,
"by indorsing the proprietor of a dis
orderly house and he put out the ten
ant a few days before the election. I
am informed that after he was elected
he rented the plac for disorderly pur-
poses again"
The defendant, Grace Gilbert, was
the woman elected by Peck, and she
fought and won the case on the ground
he knew what he rented the place for
in the first instance. She recently Sc
cured a judgment against Peck before
a jury in Judge BOrdwells court on
furniture she alleged Peck had re-
tained.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
IF COOKS BEEN THERE
THE PRESS WILL KNOW

PORTLAND, April 25.-An expedition
promoted Jointly by a newspaper of
this city and another of New York left
Portland today to scale Monut McKin-
ley, Alaska.
The party will embark for Alaska on
the revenue cutter Tahoma from Sc
attic wednesday. The expedition is for
the purpose of determining whether
the mountain has been scaled, as is
claimed by DR.. F. A. Cook and the
Lloyd party. 1t will consist of four
men, c. E. Rusk of Chelan, Wash, one
of the most experienced mountaineers
in the west; A. L. Cool, Chelan; Jo-
seph Bailey, Deming, Wash, and Frank
J. Rojee of Portland.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
THIEVES WITH TOUCHING
WAYS DO BIG BUSINESS

William Stanley 235 South Hill
street, reported to central police head
quarters yesterday that his room was
entered some time late Sunday night
and So in cash and jewelry valued at
$40 stolen.
Mrs. ]. w. Buddacke Of the Hotel
Maryland, 456 South Grand avenue, re-
ported the theft of $50 in cash and
several articles of jewelry.
DIR. Emma M. Carson reported that
a sneak thief entered her offices at
456 South Broadway Saturday after
noon and while her back was turned
stole a handbag containing a bank
book and So in cash.
Mrs. L. A. Elder. 1853 East Adams
street. reported the theft of a gold
bracelet, a brooch, five rings and a
watch, valued at SIS. from her home
Saturday afternoon while attending the
matinee.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
WELL, WELL, IT'S SPRING
AGAIN, SAYS WEATHERMAh

The heat wave which broke all April
records Saturday and sent nearly 10O,-
900 persons to the beach, subsided into
ideal spring weather yesterday, the
maximum temperature being n. a
fresh sea breeze made people wonder
why they had chased beach cars the
day before and the most persistent
pessimists were heard to remark that
II was a fine day. 1--WE are simply
back to Los Angeles weather." said
Weatherman Wollaber. I'VE are
bound to have a little unusual wealth
er once in a while, but Los Angeles
spring weather is hard to beat"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
BREAKS RIBS WHILE HE
FIGHTS FIRE IN H0ME

While engaged in assisting firemen
to cxtinguish a blaze which for time
threatened to destroy his recently
completed bungalow at 216 West Fifty
ninth street yesterday noon, Edward
Hack fell from the porch and suffered
two fractured ribs. He was taken to
a nearby drug store where the frac-
lures were reduced.
A wood stove set too close to the wall
is given as the cause of the fire. The
damage to the house is $500 and to the
contents SIS, fully covered by insur-
gnpp
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
WHAT'S IN A NAME? WALTER
VICE is CALLED BAD B0Yl
Lad Accused of Stabbing Play
mate During Quarrel

A complaint was filed in Justice Hop
kins' court at Belvedere yesterday,
after consultation with the district at
torney's office in Los Angeles, charg-
ing Walter Vice, 16-year-old school
boy, with an assault with a deadly
weapon several days ago in the Belve-
dere school yard on Harry Havy, lad
Of his same age. The boys had dis
pute over the outcome of the Johnson
Jeffries fight, and after blows had been
exchanged the Vice boy is said to have
drawn a pocket knife and in the
presence of his schoolmates stabbed
young Havy in the hip.
Havy's injuries are not serious.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
GRAND JURORS SEEK TO
KNOW RUSSIAN READERS
Bomb in Pittsburg "Wound All
Round" with Newspapers

Anton Tcherback, editor Of the Pacific
Ocean, a newspaper printed in the Russian
language, was the subject Of an investigation
by the grand Jury yesterday at the instance
of Deputy District Attorney Paul Mccormick
who is assisting the Pittsburg police to learn
the names of the eastern subscribers to the
publication.
The Pittsburg police, in giving chase to
criminals who killed two bank officials near
Pittsburg, found a copy of the Russian news
paper wrapped around bomb left by the
fugitives. They believe If they can get the
names of the subscribers they may learn the
identity of the assassns.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
MURDERED WOMAN LAID
TO REST IN R0SEDALE

Funeral services of Mrs. Hattie
Wirth, who was trampled to death by
her husband, Ernest Wirth, last Fri
day, were held yesterday at Pierce
Brothers chapel. The services, which
were private, were attended only by a
few relatives and friends. Burial was
at the Rosedale cemetery.
Owing to the lack of proper facili-
ties in the city Jail with which to re-
strain Wirth from attempting suicide,
an effort Is being made to have his
preliminary hearing, which was set for
Thursday by Police Judge Williams,
advanced on the calendar to tomorrow
afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-26
ORDERS PARK BUILDING

The board of supervisors yesterday
accepted plans for the county building
at Agricultural park as prepared by
Hudson and Munsell, architects, and
ordered bids for it's construction ad-
vertised. A lighting district for
Downey was also ordered after a can
vass of the recent election at the place
shoming a majority in favor of the i'm
provement.