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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-03-04
State Board of Health Rules for
Schools.

Baton Rouge, La, Feb. ~, 1911.
Dear Superintendent am
sending you under separate cover
several copies of the Sanitary regl-
lations of the Louisiana State
Board of Health concerning Hy-
giene and Sanitation of Schools.
l wish to call your attention to the
following facts:
|. The parish school board aud
the parish superintendent are re-
sponsible for the enforcement OF
the sanitary regulations.
2. All plans for school build
ings, whether the building be
large or small, must be approved
by the parish health officer, the
parish superintendent aud the
State superintendent.
3. The floors of all school
buildings are required to be treat
ed with some floor dressing, and
the dressings of companies should
be used which have been placed
upon an approved list by the State
Board of Health.
A. Every teacher applying for
a position in the public schools
must present health certificate
to the parish superintendent GER
tifying that he has no commni-
cable disease.
5. All children in the public
schools are required to he vacclna-
ted.
6. Children having communl-
cable diseases are required to be
excluded from the schools.
Z. Schools not having sewer
age system are required to he sup
piled with the Stiles sanitary
closet plans aud specifications can
be obtained from the State Board
Health.
1t should be the purpose of the
school officials to enforce as rigid
ly as possible all of the school
sanitary regulations.
l wish also to call your attention
to another matter: Attorney
General Onion rules that persons
voting for special school tax or
having to vote for proposition to
fund taxes into bonds shall en-
dorse their names OH the back Of
the tickets. The voters name and
the value of his property will APP
pear on the face of the ticket in
the blanks arranged for this pur-
pose, hut the voters name should
also be endorsed on the back of the
ticket. Yours sincerely,
I. H. HARRIS,
State Superintendent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-03-04
Notice to Mortgage Creditors.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF GRAM
Sheriff and Tax Collectors Office.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF GRASR |
Sheriff and Tax Collectors Office.
Colfax, La. March /. 1911 !
In conformity with section G3. Act IS, Of 1855,
notice is hereby given to all parties holding mort
cages on real estate in Grant parish, on which
taxes for the year 1910 have not been paid. will
begin the sale OF same at the court house door In
Colfax, La on Saturday. the Sth day of April,
A. ID. 1911. and that a number of pieces Of prop
erty delinquent arr now being advertised In
this paper, THE C0LFAX CHRONICLE. In
conformity with the law preparatory to such
sale, The attention of the mortgage creditors
Is especially called to these advertisements of
tax sales. and they are warned TO take such steps
prior to the sale as may be necessary to protect
their rights.
A. B. PERKINS.
Sheriff and Ex-0fcio Tax Collector, Parish OF
y Grant. State of Louisiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-03-04
State Tax Sales
of
Immovable Property
The State of Louisiana VS.. Delin-
quent Tax Debtors, Parish
of Grant, Louisiana
TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE

Cofax. La. March I. 1911.
By virtue OF the authority In me vested by the
Constitution and Laws OF the State OF louisiana
will sell at the principal front door OF the court
house In which the civil district court OF Grant
parish is held. within the legal hours for Judicial
: sHles. helrinninR at LII n'cl,,ck a M on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

of the hours work vii be made to and tabuated by the district superintendents, who, in turn, will report to their di- vision managers.
 The visitation card las been prepared so as to be very simple, and self ex- planatory There is place for the name of the head of the family, and place to check the denouinational preference and n. table in which are to be chaclksd the number Of members in the family by department ages. and whether members of the church CT Sunday school. The visitor fills out the name of the pastor preferred, and signs his own name to the card.
 The two visitors will be provided with a map of their section, showing the mum Dor of houses on each block. together with complete instructions
 The Adult Bible class movement which has frightened its grip on Bir- mingi,am during the past few years is preparing for it's first uniform, con7 oerted effort toward carrying out the motto Birmingham for Christi, The taking of the religious census and the whole burden for the Protestants of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
PERILS OF GIRLS
 IN SOUTH AFRICA

Capetown, September 6-(speeal)- Nn- other instance of the awful perils bese% ting white girls in South Africa was forth coming al Durban assi2es. where sentence of r years Imprisonment and 9 lashes has been passed on native who was found guilty of a criminal assault on young English girl who had only recently arrived from England Her name was kept secret at the trial. She was left ter ribly injured in a field one ear being half bitten off It is probable that another outcry will ensue demanding the death sentence.
 presentation of a gold watch ana chain has been made by the marriea women of Brixton, Johannesburs, to Mrs Humley, the wife of miner, who was at tackled by native while she was in bed, her husband being absent on night shift at the mine. Mrs. Lumley seized re- volver and fired twice at her assailant, killing him on the spot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
SWISS EXECUTIVE
 IN SHIRT SLEEVES

Geneva, September 16.-(Special.)-M Marc Ruchet, president of the Swiss re- in his tastes that he is often found in the Hotel Berne, or in some more modest cabaret, where he sits in his shirt sleeves, talking to visitors from the country CT engaging in 'jass.' an Innocent card game, the loser usually paying for the others coffee. Ruchet is the son of n schoolmaster, and like most Swiss presi- dents. is a lawyer His salary for .he year of offiica life is only $3coO.
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previous rehearsal, while Ensley Meth . odist church was the scene of one or the most enthusiastic meetings that has ever been held and the talk n4ue the chorus by Division Manager J. A Thomas w;.s conceded to be gem nrec with enthusiasm. The eastern ulVlslon still leads in numbers and equal bal ances of voices.
 Activity is increasing in all quarters Manager Thomas of the western dlVl- sion says that he will make Manager Nall of the eastern division hard to catch before he finishes his work pre- paratory to relinquishing the chorus TO
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Under the direction of J. D. Oliver for the Episcopalians, w. H. Stockham for the other Protestants, and w. M. Fex for the Catholics, with an assistant in each church. the actual visitors will be pro- cured and apportioned to the various dis tricts
 All of this work must be done before the day of the census. On the morning Of October the visitors will report to district headquarters where they will .hen be under the direction of the district su- perintendent and receive instructions. and be sent out, two of different denomina- tons to each section. Thus the census will be taken, and the reports at the end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

every member of whom that must attend hree practices. will leave the entire audi torium for the rest of the audience. Tue members of the chorus will all be matIisli- lates in the school themselves, as shes, are all active Sunday school workers.
 The stand for the speakers will be ar ranged and placed as to be in the very middle Of the chorus, so that they can all hear perfectly. The seats of the audi torium will be so arranged that il Will accomrnotl 400. V
 The matriculation fec for the entire
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Eyeell Chorus Active

splendid work is being dor1 in all divisions of the lixcell chorus of 10Oo voices that is being directed by Prof. Ste,snen Allsop, preparatory to the ar rival Of Prof F. O. Excel. who has | Nyorid wide. reputation in rell gious song service work.
 Inc past week has worked ma rvels in the line of rehearsing and the al tendance is improving al each meeting. Last Tuesday night at the First Mcth- odist churcl, the central division had an that was double that of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

The invitation which is to be given to every white person In Birmingham on October s:
 Dear Friend-You are cor dally invited to attend and be- come identified with the church of your choice. A hearty well come awaits you.
 PROTESTANT. CATHOLIC AND JEWISH CHURCHES OF BIR- MINGHAM.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

class work. Under the direction of Chairman D. w. sims, and the Sunday School association, a business like or eanization is being perfected for the home visitation. Briefly'it iA this;
 Division of Work
 Each of the six divisions in to which the city is divided is presided over by a member of the board of managers who has an assistant manager who has charge of the details. These divisions have been separated Into districts, and each district has a district superindei,- dent. whose duty Is to walk the lines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
PLANS FOR GREAT RELIGIOUS CENSUS

home visitation on October 8 rests upon the Adult Bible classes of thus city, who are to furnish 5000 visitors, and are to perform the stupendous task cf visiting every home in Greater Bir-
 mingham in the brief time of one hour along with the Catholic and Jewish vs- iiors who will all join together in the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

~-~~~~~~~c-~~~~~~~~~- as they already have or must at once purchase a copy of the Coronation Hymns and the matriculation fee will be but 50 cents
 The school will open at 3:50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October B. and at the same hour every other day except Sunday, when it will not open until D. n. It will close at 9 o'clock each night. But on Saturday, the 7th. there will be no session of the school. However, rhere will be session for children early Sat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

of his district, ito prepare map of the district, and sub- divide it into sections, each section to consist of 20 homes, to establish headquarters and to turn in maps of sections and number of visi- tors needed to his division manager. All this was to have been completed yester- day.
 The Bible Training School
 All plans have been completed for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

Professor Excell At the same time w. T. Nall of the eastern division is from Missouri and he will certsinly have to be shown Then Jeff Bailey of the central division proposes to make his division just exactly the size of the eastern and western combined. In fact. there is going to be rivalry dis played from now on that has never been shown before in the work and the result will be larger numbers at all rehearsals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

eight days of the school will be only $l. and each matriculate will receive a copy of Professor Excells Coronation Hymns. But the members of the chorus will be matriculated on a different basis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

ner meetings that night from automobiles The work for children only will be from Wednesday to Saturday beginning at 2:45 and lasting one hour, but on Satur- day it will begin a o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

Furious because his wife had taken steps to obtain a divorce a Neapolitan named Jerace poisoned her and his two children and mother-in-law by putting poison in their coffee The two children died, and the two women were very i'll for a time.
 Jerace was arrested and confessed his crime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
P|US' WIT IS
 AS KEEN AS EVER

Rome. September l6.-(Special.)-His hol- mess the Pope has so far recovered his health that he is able to resume at least some of the routine of his office, granting audiences to a number of high ecclesiast- ics visiting Rome and attending to such business as demands his personal atten- tion.
 good story illustrating the holy fathers wit and humor has just reached the public. He was receiving Bishop Schneider of Paderborn. Noticing that the bishop was i'll at ease he observed: Mon signor. you and I ought to be the best of friends, for are we not closely connected as brothers?" When the bishop failed 10 catch his meaning he bent forward, with .twinkling eyes and said: Do We not both belong to the same family of tailors- the Schneiders and the Sartor?' Again a deputation of monks of some order had obtained an interview with him. Now, according 10 the etiquette of the vatican only cardinals are allowed to sit in the Pope's presence, and an invitation rom him to do. so is deemed equivalent to Ihe promise of a cardinalate. Pope Plus x , q plain man. utterly indifferent to the etiquette of the papal court. He therefore begged the monks to take seats. They hardly knew. whether they could venture 'o ha ~a. and while they stood hesitatins he said to them: You do not, I sup bose, Spect me to draw your chairs for ward for your
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classes of the city brought their forces together to the accomplishment of any single purpose. Never before have the Bible classes of any city attempted, un- assisted, the taking of great religious census.
 But the spirit of the Bible classes of Birmingham Is business" Many prom inent business men of the city are ac- tive members of these classes, and their success has been greatly due to the application of business principles to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

~-~-~-~~~-~~~-~---~->-~- International Bible Training school from october 3 to 10 inclusive. The Orpheum was secured this week as the place of meeting. to the great qualification of all concerned. The unusually large stage of the Orpheum makes it possible for 800 of the Excell chorus to be seated then by double decking a part of it and the chorus will be restricted to that number
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

and if necessary condemned by the vati- can tribunal. misunderstanding with the Italian government, however, caused the late Pope to abandon the practice. at the same time refusing to hand ever tho criminals to the state police; so that dur ing his pontifcate several notorious frauds went altogether unpunished. Ehis immunity from punishment was a great incentive to crime. so, naturally It was av- tempted on the present pontih, but with disastrous results. Three thieves were taken red handed, with, complete sets Of burglars tools in their possession. in the vatican gardens. His holiness, getting to hear of the occurrence, at once gave in structions for the amazed burglars-who had expected nothing more serious -han sound rating-to be handed over to the officers to be dealt with according to the laws of the state.
 From Palermo comes an account of an extraordinary case of what almost amounted to premature burial. The ofi- cials at the local cemetery were informed that nun named Serafina Loverde, %, had died at the Giudino convent, and un- dertakers were at once sent to make the funeral arrangements. A doctor left for the convent at the same time to verify the death and prepare the usual formal certii- cate. Great was the surprise of the nuns. however when the doctor, after having a close examination. ordered the corpse" to be removed immediately from the chap- ellie ardente. saying that the aged !ady was merely in a comatose condition. prob ably as the result of a sataleptic seizure. All the prepara tions for the funeral, ot course. were at once cancelled, and with suitable medical treatment the nun was soon restored to her normal condition Ths event, caused an immense sensation in the district.
 Furious because his wife had taken steps to obtain a divorce a Neapolitan named
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

Another incident which illustrates the -Pope's practical turn of mind occurred not many weeks ago.
 During the last half century. it has been customary for all wrongdoers within the boundaries of the vatican to be judged
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-28
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To George Turin and Andy Piana,
your heirs and assigns:

To George Turin and Andy Piana,
your heirs and assigns:
You, George Turin, are hereby mo-
tilted that the undersigned has eX-
pended in labor and improvements
on the Marietta lode mining claim,
situated in Typo mining district, Nye
county, Nevada, the sum of $500
for the years 1907, 1908, 1909 and
1910, of which you are a one-third
owner. | have also expended the
sum of 5000 on the Maryland lode
mining claim, situated in Typo min
ing district, Nye county, Nevada,
for the years 1907 and 1908, Of
which you are a one-half owner
10 you, Andy Piana, | have eX-
pended the sum of 5000 in labor
| and improvements on the Marietta
lodge mining claim, situated in Typo
mining district, Nye county, Nevada,
for the years 1909 and 1910, of
which YOU are a one-third owner, I'M
der the provisions of Section 1924
of the Revised Statutes of the Unit
ed States of America, concerning an
nual labor on mining claims. The
| location certificates of the above
claims are duly recorded in the
county recorders office of Nye coun-
ty, state of Nevada. Said expendi-
ture was the amount necessary tC
hold said mining claims during the
aforesaid years. And if within 81
days from the date of the first pub
LEGATION of this notice you fail OF
refuse to contribute your portion o.
such expenditure as co-oWners
which amounts to 5000, and 500
respectively to each of you, George
Turin on the Marietta $139.33 1-3
Maryland, 800; Andy Piani
on the Marietta, $66,66 2-3. togethe
with the cost of this advertisement
your interest in said claims will be
2 come the property of the subscriber
; your co-owner, who has made tn
p expenditure and improvements a
above mentioned.
Dated at Tonopah, Nevada, thi
r Goth day of February, 1911.
e M. ANTONIAZIA.
!. First pub. Feb. 20, 1911.
S Last pub. May %, 1911.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-28
BELMONT DECLARES a
% CENT DIVIDEND

A dividend of % cents per share
was declared Yesterday by the board
of directors of the 'Tonopah Belmont
Development company, at a meet
ing held in Philadelphia, payable
April /. The company is capitalized
at 100000 shares of par value
of 81, and there are 100000
shares outstanding, which will mean
to the stockholders the payment OF
1875. 600. This is an increase of IL
cents per share over the DIVIDEND
paid January 2 and brings the tota
dividends of this company up tt
$1,343, 900. The company has
cash treasury reserve of consider
ably over $1,OO0,000.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-28
IMPORTANT DECISION
RENDERED BY JUDGE AvERILL
IN WEST END CASE

weight if the brake had been set
in proper ratchet at the proper
slot and there held by the spring
catch always provided for the pur-
pose. 1t was the absence of the
ratchet that led to Jones accident,
or the absence of the engineer, and
the two absences should never have
been permitted to coincide. Over
these absences the plaintiff had no
control whatever, while the COM
pany could have prevented either or
both, and certainly that of the en-
| gineer.
Stripped down to ultimates, sew
eral defenses are interposed by the
company defendant, as hereinafter
discussed.
The first and most serious OF
these to be contentious of the plain
tiff, in my opinion, is the alleged
admission by Jones of his own care
lessness. That he said something t.
: this effect is undisputed even b!
himself; he simply says that hi
has no recollection of it or an!
2 distinct recollection of anything els'
? during certain period just afte
!. his fall That his remark wa
t within the period of shock is ad
: mitted, this period having had
n duration of about twenty-four hours
: take the same view of it as on
d of the physicians that it mean
y nothing. 1t was the irrational tai
g of man in semi-conscious cor
e dition, in agony, and depending fo
e help upon those about him. Thf
T. it meant nothing is demonstrate
e. by it's very untruth; there was n
1t carelessness on his part except pc
n haps his choice of ways of reachin
II the lash rope, and it may have bee
rs this that was uppermost in min
y seriously impaired temporarily
ID shock and pain.
And this is one of the defens
es improper choice of ways
Id means-that he should have chose
I'd 1.-THE safer method, that is as co
v tended by the company, by climbil
ch down the ladder to get the la
ct rope. | give this suggestion UT
a consideration for the reason thai
Id think the way was designated
d. the company when the un1ergrou
as superintendent told the engineer
go to his engine and let Jones doH
&c, But even if it had not been, t
re evidence does not indicate that
re- ladder was the safer way, A m
gil on a vertical ladder in shaft |
MS but one arm free, while on a bucl
Up he can easily use both without dt
an ger by keeping the rope betwe
nd them and close to his body I
OF un;yine Of lash rope may well
as uuire both hands. If the air |
sht was in Ganger of being struck
ain the bucket, for which reason it y
or tied close to the wall with the !;
or rope, a man on a ladder was in j
mt; as much danger of being struck, {
es- there was nothing certain about
his bucket remaining in its place e.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-28
JUDGMENT TO AMOUNT OF $111G
AND COSTS is ALLOWED
THE PLAINTIFF.

Judgment to the amount Of $1166,
together with costs of the suit, We're
allowed the plaintiff in the case of
George Jones VS.. the West End Con-
solidated Mining company Saturday
after long drawn out trial that
has covered several days.
Following the decision in this
case court was adjourned yesterday
out of respect for those victims of
the Belmont disaster who were
buried this afternoon.
Opinion.
In the District Court of the Fifth
Judicial District of the State of
Nevada in and for the County
of Nye.
George Jones, Plaintiff, VS.. West
End Consolidated Mining Com
pany, a Corporation, Defendant.
| find from the evidence that the
proximate cause of the injury to the
plaintiff was the use of a defective
hosting engine by the defendant
The evidence shows that this hoist
was of small capacity and used orig
inally for hosting stored ore from
the dump to the bins of the com
pany. 1t was no doubt well adapted
to this work. And was who'll.
sufficient for the work of handlin,
the bucket used in sinking from tn
four hundred level so long as tn
engineer was at his post, and at
tending strictly to his duties there
That it was not altogether sufficien
seems to be admitted, because a
arc or ratchet had been ordered 70
it's brake about the time it wa
put down in the mine; the deliver
and use of the ratchet were delaye
by mistake in its construction.
The engineer was given two line
of duty, attending the engine an
caging cars from the four hundre
level the latter requiring his lea7
ing his post at the engine, whic
was on platform eight or ten fe,
above the level and reached by
ladder. In my opinion he shou
have had no other work than atten
ing his engine until the ratchet WI
in place and in actual use.
| do not find from the evidenC
manner of witnesses, etc, that the
is any settled rule or custom I
quiring miners to watch the ems
neer, either to see that he is in
place or performing his duties pro
erly. On the contrary, when mi
comes up on cage or bucket a
it is left where he stepped off
it, | believe he has right to {
sumo that, having boorne his weig
coming up, it will bear it aga
while he is placing articles in it
upon it, flashing timber to it,
getting on it himself for descel
and in this. case there is no qu
ton that it would have borne
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of law, to be drawn by the attor-
ney for the plaintiff, are to be con-
sistent with the views expressed in
this opinion.
Dated Feb. %, 1911.
MARK AVERILL,
District Judge