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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
EDITOR BROWNE
OF The Rockford Morning Star.

About seven years ago | ceased
drinking coffee to give your Postum u
trial.
Il had suffered acutely from various
forms OF indigestion and my stomach
had become so disordered MS to repcl
almost every sort of substantial food.
My general health was bad. At close
intervals would suffer severe attacks
which confined me In bed for a week
or more. Soon after changing from
coffee to Postum the indigestion
abated. and in a short time ceased
entirely. have continued the daily
use of your excellent Food Drink and
assure you most cordially hat l am
indebted to you for the relief 1t has
brought me.
Wishing you a continued success. l
am Yours very truly.
J. Stanley Browne.
Managing Editor."
OF course. when n mans health
shows he can stand coffee without
trouble. let him drink It. but most
highly organized brain workers sim.
ply cannot.
The drugs natural to tho coffee ber-
~ affect the stomach and other organs
and thence to the complex nervous
system. throwing II out of balance and
producing disorders In various parts
OF tho body. Keep up this daily pois-
oning and serious disease generally
supervenes. So when man or woman
finds that coffee Is a smooth but dead
iy enemy and health is OF any value
at all, there Is but one road--quit.
II Is easy to md out II coffee be the
cause OF b troubles. for II left on 10
days and Postum be used In It's place
and the sick and diseased conditions
begin TO disappear. the proof is TN
ensserabie.
Postum Il nc. good II made by short
boiling II must be boiled full 10 min
ates after boiling begins. when the
crisp favor and the food elements are
brought out II the grains and the bev.
rage Is ready TO fulnll Its mission OF
palatable comfort and renewing the
cells and nerve centers broken down
by coffee.
There's a Reason"
Get the little book, The Road to
~Weiivflle." in pkgs.
Ever y~sd fbe shove lets~rv A new
enc appears from stme 20 time. They
ere true. ASa fall Of humas
aDt<rest
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Plenty Of Time to Fatten In.

Cheerful Old Idiot say, you'll ex.
cuse me, but d'you know that you are
the thinnest policeman I've ever seen
Robert-Yes, I'm a new hand, and
haven't got to know the cooks yet
London Opinion.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
A Way to Keep Love |,

Mrs. Honeybird-But, Dickey, dear,
the fiat is so tiny. Why, the windows
are so small a mouse couldn't crawl
through.
Mr.. Honeybird-That is all the bet
ter, dear. When poverty m in
love can't fly through the window.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

He raised tho shining knife: his
lace was dark. Tho woman before
him shrank back a step. The knife
tell. plunged into the flesh. again. and
once again.
Then the woman spoke thickly:
"Three's plenty: they're such big
shops Judge.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Substitute for Incubator.

Last spring an Illinois woman used
an old steel range as a substitute for
an incubator. and by keeping up an
occasional light fire day and night,
Matched out a thrifty and healthy
brood of chickens.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

To render your neighbor a service
"lilingly shows the generosity of
your character; to preserve silence
over 1t, the grandeur of your soul
Puysieux.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

A mar who thinks his work 10
worth dollars a minute will spend an
hour looking for a dime he dronnad
In a room.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
ssvsrs Critics.

Alice-I like Tom immensely. and
he's very much the gentleman, but
he does like to talk about himself.
Grace-Yes, dear, your knight hath
4 thousand T0.-Puck.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

or faults a seeker he would be.
or recompense he found a dearth,
Save In the truthful claim hat he
Had picked the easiest job on earth.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

Inc chap who gets a free ride in a
patrol wagon isn't carried away with
enthusiasm. N
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

nrs, "insiow Soothing Syrup for Cbi,drs,
80 ns sottens the gums, reduces inaamma
'pa'h'e cures wind collie, 25c a bottle
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Fortunate.

Mrs. Woggs-She Is enormously
wealthy.
Mrs. Boggs-Ycs. She was an only
wife. you knowi
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Domestic Amenities.

Father think the baby looks like
you.
Mother-Yes. it shuts it's eyes to an
awful lot.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

It's easy for a pretty young widow
to make a man think he wants 70
marry her.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
All Oxer-

The Tiger-What's the matter with
the giraffe? He doesn't look well.
h Lion-No. he says he feels sick
all over.
The Tiger-Has q sore throat ann
pose.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

Constipation causes and aggravates man,
serious diseases 1t is thoroughly cured h,
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor
lite family laxative. ~
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

A man likes to repeat the smart
things his children say, because ne
imagines It Is hereditary.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

sdl Al druggists sell the famous Herb rsu
edy' Garfield Tea. 1t corrects const;n,t rem
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
The Dirty Cellar

A dirty cellar is a money loser-doe.
tors bills, spoiled fruit aud vegetables.
tainted milk and butter. etc.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

In the Spring cleanse the system an,
purify the blood by the use of Garfield Tea
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

TIM, tsEL1 ONE OUININE."
ina. J. BROMO Jnoh o..
~ Ssna,nre 2f I; W. ROVE. Used the Wo rot
over 70 Cure a Cold in one bay. 25c. 'e "ofia
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

Garfield Tea corrects consultation
cieanses the system and purifes the blood
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

Each penny saved means n less
rang of foreboding.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

the man. "ooia'hs
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

"nEN BEERS BECOME NECESSARY
AND your shoes pinch, Allen, s Foot Ea So tho Al
sspue powder to be shaken into the shoes, is justtb
snihs TO use Try 1t for Breaking in New shoes
S 0, eseryw here, 2oc. Sample FREE. Address A. s.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18

A woman's club sometimes remind,
a man OF a hammer.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
Restored to Health by Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable c

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A woman who is sick and suffering, and won't at least
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Richmond, Mo. When my second daughter was eighteen
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and was pronounced to be in q dangerous condition. My father
and brought me SIX BOTTLES. 1 soon began to improve, and be-
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WOOdsOn Branstetter, Richmond, Mo-.
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If the slightest trouble appears which CN A~Ty IN
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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-18
important to Mothers

carefully every bottle of
CASIORlA, a safe and sur remedy for
infants and children, and see that il
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-08

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-07-08
The Colfax Delegation to Ruston.

Two special cars left Colfax for
Ruston ut 4:30 a. m. on July 4th
Eighty-three persons from COlfaX
made up the two coaches, anu the
crowd wis augmented by additions
at Aloha, Verda. Atlanta and VIM
field until the Grant parish delegn-
ton numbered about $50 persons.
they arrived at Ruston at 10 u. M,
and were on hand to hear the most
of the speaking for the day, an ac-
count of which will be found else
where in our columns. The return
"trip landed them in Colfux mt 1890
o. n. The Culfax Concert Band WAS
represented by eighteen members,
and attracted good deal of atten-
ton to the coaches, which were
decorated with streanuers fifty feet
long. hearing the words "On to Rus
ton-CoIfax Special"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-07-08
PROTECT
The Health of Yourself and
Family

POpe's Herb is prepared to provide
a dependable household remedy, has.
ed upon the principle of purity oi
blood insuring freedom from disease.
Il IL medicine for maiadies such as
rheumatism. liver complaints. con-
stipatiOn, fever and ague. female dis
orders. indigestion. luin bsgo, kidney
derangements.c atarrh. sick and per-
vOus headaches. loss of appetite and
all ailments arising from Inactivity
Of the liver ard kidneys.
1t fs a purely herbs. harks and
roots compound. 1t is put up in
chocolate coated tablets pleasing
and easy to take Tor can be dissolv-
ed In water).
Mrs. J. c. Meade, of HyattsviHe,
Nd. says:
For years l have suffered with
sbackache, headaches. neuralgia and
nervousness and extreme IA tigue. /
tried many remedies without relief.
Four months ago grateful friend
induced me to write to Pope Medi-
cine Co.. Washington. ID. e.. for a
box OF Pope's Herb Com pound Tab
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-07-08

~ and present said written consent
OF donation of the right-Oi-way by
said property owners along said
route.
On motion Of Mr.. Purvis. seconded
by Mr.. Nugent. the following resolu-
ton or ordinance was passed unani-
mously, to-wit:
BE it ordained by the police jury
of the parish of Grant, Louisiana, In
regular session convened, That the
precinct heretofore established In
ward six, Grant parish. Louisiana,
at Aloha. in said ward. be and the
same il hereby abolished, and
BE it further ordained, That there
be and is hereby created and estab-
lished at SummerfieId. in said ward
and parish. a regular voting pre-
ciDct. to be known as the Summer
field precinct. same being the old
Summerfield voting precinct In the
said ward.
1t was ordered that MIR. K. G. Gates
he paid the sum Of one hundred and
ninety-nine and S7-100 dollars. being
the balance due him by the parish on
the ward two road contract for the
year 1910.
There being no further business De-
fore the body and the hour for ad-
iournment having arrived. and to-
morrow being a legal holiday. the
police jury adjourned to meet Wed
nesday morning. July 5. 1911. to con-
time the present session of the body.
j. W. DUNCAN,
j. b. ROBERTS, President.
Clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-07-08
MIR. MicheI's Platform.

Hon. John T. Michel, candidate fol
governor. has made public his plat
inrm and We give it below in outliue
He urges the Keeping of appropria-
tiuns within the revenues; the abol
ishment Of useless offices; consolida-
ton OF Offices undconlmissions where
possible; reorganization where nee.
essnry and frequent accounting t.
the government.
He favors reform of he system oi
assessment and taxation aud the
Segregation of State and local taxa.
ton.
He urges adoption of the income
tax. He does not believe it will af.
fect the marketable value of Louisi.
ana bonds. He recommends liberal
provision for education and the es.
tablishment OF agricultural schools.
He is against the evil OF dual office.
holding.
He denounces ballot box stufiine
aud demands honest elections.
He opposes interference 10y the ex'
ecntive with the Legislature and
pledges himself never to try to force
the passage or defeat of legislation.
He fuvors conservation, hut de-
mands reform Of the game and fish
commission, the wiping out of the
board's game wardens and the rele-
gution of the duties of wardens to
the constables.
He desires the lobby driven from
Baton Rouge.
He declares for local option on the
liquor question and strict regulation
where the saloon is licensed.
He recommends corrupt practices
act and a resolution by the State
Central Committee requiring candi-
dates to publish campaign contribu-
tions and disbursements.
He wants better care of the insane
and generous provision for Confeder-
veterans and fair laws for capital
and labor.
He makes plea for land reclama-
tian and efforts to bring hither de-
sirable immigration.
He urges proper provision for the
two State hospitals, further Topping
of Of the executive patronage and
the printing Of election tickets by the
parishes in order to still further re-
dnce the printing burden Of the State.
He favors Federal control of the
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no loss would result. as the insurance

no loss would result, as the insurance
was ample to cover all damages.
Temporary quarters have been open
ed in the court house. where the bank
will serve its pntrons as usual.
DR.. Soileau has established his den
tai Office in the parIor of the LeSage
hotel, where he will be found ready
for business.
The Cumberland telephone ex-
change has also been established in
the down sttirs ste r, room of the
LeSage hotel. Manager A. b. Hood.
Of Alexandria, appeared on the scene
with force of men about three
hours after the fire, and have about
gotten everything in working order
again.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-07-08
John C. Wicklife Dead.

John Crepps Wickliffe, of New Or,
leans, died at Louisville, KY, ON the
morning of July 4th, from paresis
Mr.. Wickliffe landed in Colfax some
twenty odd years ago: and for few
months assisted the present editor
of the Colfax Chronicle in conducting
the paper. He Was at one time dis.
trict attorney of this district. and
afterward removed to New Orleans
where he has since resided.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-07-08

would show the box Of Bucklen's Arni-
ca Ss(ye that E. 8. Lopez, carpenter of
Martha, N. Y. always carries. II have
never had cut. wound. bruise or sore
it wouldn't soon heal" he writes. Great
est healer Of burns, boiis, scslds. chap
ped hands and lips, fever-sores, skim
eruptions, eczema, corns and piles. Csc
at all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-07-08

toHaAs Id. July D. iSil.
The police jury met this day pursu
ant, to adjournment, all members
present except MIR. John Clinton and
Mr.. j. A. Bradford.
On motion of Mr.. BuIlftt, seconded
by MIR. Nugent, Willie Ennis and Rol,
wilkins were placed on the paupe,
list, J. H. McNeely agent.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, seconded
by Mr.. Nugent, Mr.. Duncan. presI
dent, WIS authorized to renew the
insurance carried on the court house
and to insure the same for fifteen
Thousand dollars for period OF i've
years.
On motion Of Mr.. Purvis. seconded
by MIR. Builitt, 1t was ordered that
warrants Nos. 1909 and 1910 being
lost or misplaced and the payee,
having never collected same. the saiu
warrants being for $3.50 each. be re-
issued to James BlOunt. j. +. fetch
er agent, and Kissiah Ammons, j. F.
Fletcher agent.
On motion OF Mr.. Nugent, second
ed by MIR. Buliitt. it was resolved
that Mr.. j. w. Duncan. president oil
the police jury, be and he IL hereby
authorized to contract with tn,
president OF the police jury Ui Match
itoches parish, Louisiana, as to tn,
Colfax ferry, giving the parish OF
Nafchitochesc control thereof aud thu
right to sell both sides of the ferr,
1.-THE Grant parish side and the Match
itoches parish side) at public auction.
according to law, provided tina,
Grant parish receive Une-half of the
lease price per annum and pay one
half of the costs of advertisement
aud sale. The said sale to be for 4
period of five years, and to respon.
si6le bidder, who shall give bont
payable to the presidents OF the pc
lice jury Of both parishes In the SUM-
of five hundred dollars. pay able joint
~ to both. aud said bond to be re-
newed annually, and bidder to give
solvent surety to he approved by
the presidents Of both police juriee
each year The sale Of said ferry to
be made as provided by law at pub
lie auction, after due advertisement.
at the court house at Natchitoches.
Louisiana. not later than Oct /, 1911.
On motion of MIR. Bnllitt, second
ed by, MIR. Purvis, it was resolved
that Denize Lazy one, pauper, be pai,.
for this and the last quarter, JOE
Ferrier, agent.
On motion of MIR. Nugent, second
ed by Mr.. Jones, it was resolved a.
follows:
That there he aud is hereby ap-
the sum Of one thousand
dollars, or as much as IL necessary
out Of the general fund to complete |
the graveling Of the public road from |
Colfax to Bayou Darro, payable |
January I, 1912. two citizens OF Col |
lax having guaranteed In writing
the payment of any interest which |
may accrue as to the use OF said sum |
In said work
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, seconded |
by Mr.. Bullitt, the regular order was
with and the jury went
into committee work.
On resuming the regular order,
on the recommendation Of the claims
the claims of Drs. Packer
and Word, for holding inquests, |
were disallowed, as the Coroner'sl
for holding same was not
shown.
The committee on claims handed
n the following report, which on
iue motion was ordered filed, and
was adopted, to-wit:
Continued next week.
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The alarm of fire was raised early
in the morning of July 9Th, about
$50 O'Clock. and our citizens turned
out in force to find the Band Hall
in flames, and the Bank of Colfux 81
hot and scorching that in few
minutes it also caught fire. The hall
was occupied by the Colfax Concert
Band, which practiced in it the night
before, and nearly all of the twenty
odd members left their instruments
in the hall, and they were burned.
The band is perhaps the greatest
outright loser by the fire. having be-
tween $110O and $1,000 worth OF
instruments destroyed, on which
there was no insurance. The two
story frame building in which the
hall was located was owned by MIR.
j.. H.. McNeely. 1t was valued ut
81, 500, onwhich he has $500 in
sarance. The lower part was divid-
ed into three rooms, one being used
by Mr.. McNeely MS a miscellaneous
storeroom, and the other two rooms
by Mr.. Joel M. Durham Ms his law
office. MIR. Durham had about $500
worth of books and fixtures in bis
Office, which were II total loss, and
on which he had $1,000 insurance.
The fire seems to have originated
near the partition in the back office
room, or in tue storeroom, and was
in full blaze when first discovered,
and quickly enveioped the entire
two stories OF the frame structure.
The two-story brick. building of
the Bank of Colfax stood only 20
feet away, and having six openings
on the side next to the fire, and the
wind blowing the flames that way,
those who had taken refuge in the
bank to fight the fire from behind it's
brick walls were soon driven out nv
the beat and fire catching the inside
castings. The upstairs of the bank
building was occupied in the rear by
the Cumberland telephone exchange,
and in front by DR.. b. A. Soilenu
with his dental office. The quick
work of many willing hands succeed
ed in getting out most of the furni-
ture and fixtures in the telephone
office and in DR.. Soileau's office. and
also some of the furniture and Ak
lures of the bank. before the building
was abandoned to the flames.
The banking house, furniture and
fixtures were valued at $4,000, but
as the walls of the building remain
standing, the vault is very little in
jured, and some of the furniture and
fixtures were saved, the loss is prob
ably $4,000, covered by insurance.
On the other side of the bank was
the office of Drs. Goode & Gray,
which was not injured at all, al
though adjoining the hank within
distance of five feet. 1t was protect
ed by the wall of the bank, which on
that side had only one opening up
stairs, and by the heroic efforts of
several parties keeping the roof wet
was saved. The contents of the two
rooms were dumped into the street
in short order, however, and the doc
tors belongings were considerably
unused up, hut beyond the shaking
they got did not suffer any very
great damage when returned to the
building.
As soon as it became evident that
the bank building was lost Cashier
Earl Roberts had a few hundred
notices printed and distributed, in
forming the public that there would
he no interruption of the banks
business on account Of the fire, that