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said. when the major had gone out aftcr
the dinner was over, and she stood by
the window looking out at the wind
swept avenue.
Don't I?' said Ralph, smiling down
at her, I've put in about fourteen
years up here. and only the major to
give me a cousinly greeting now and
then. I'm mighty glad to find another
one, even If she is a nineteenth one. The
major tells me he's going to take house
for you and himself"
why" Pam caught her breath
quickly. 'T didn't know that"
so 1 will see a great deal OF you. I
hope"
He stopped and looked into her eyes.
Someway they wavered under his gaze.
The majors voice hailed them.
God bless my heart and soul, boy,
can't you see shes under the mistletoe.
/ hung II there on purpose"
Ralph stopped. and pressed a kiss on
the warm, half-averted pink cheek, while
the major drank their health.
And to our next Christmas together,
the little Pam, and you. my boy, and
this old chap who'll never be lonely
again"
TO next Christmas" pledged Ralph.
viii you kiss me then. Pam?'
But PANS eyes only shone with happi-
ness, and very demurely she answered
the toast:
TO next Christmas-
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rake-off, so he grabbed his lid, shook
day-day to the Street, and dipped for
the woods"
Let's have 62 bars rest on this
Uncle Peter solo," Hep put in. 81
realize that he's the man who invented
money and then sat down hard on his
invention, but why tease ourselves by
walking around tn Mint when the
gates are all Ilocked?"
Hep, you give me pain in the
waist" l got back; "ever since you
fell in love with Jessie Gray you've
done nothing but stand around and
throw the hammer at Uncle Peter. The
fact that Jessie's Uncle William Gray
and Peter Grant Nare ancient enemies
doesn't give you the right to jab the
harpoon into my favorite Uncle. What
are you trying to do, cook up one of
those Kentucky feuds just to make
good with Jessie?"
Nix on the feud thing Hep
laughed uneasily, but you must re-
member, John, that Uncle William
Gray was the author of a few fancy
financial stunts in Wall Street before
he crawled away into the high grass
to cool off. Peter Grant wasn't the
only cuckoo on the curb in those
days!'
"Why, Uncle Peter put it all over
Bill Gray every time they bumped" l
went back. Every time they clinched
Uncle Peter used to push Bill Gray
under the safe and hit him with the
combination. Old Bill Gray is only an
imitation fnancier. Whenever he lost
two dollars he made the Office boy jab
the hypodermic needle into his shoul-
der in order to put strength enough
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and twice as complacent when the young
lady inquired If Mr.. Millington was in.
why. Gladys. what do you mean he
exclaimed.
Il understand that Mr.. MiIlington is a
civil engineer and / have some business
with him.
But Gladys"
rs he in or out?" she demanded.
"why-why, he's in, of course"
Are you the gentleman
Yves"
Then, Mr.. Millington, have a few
questions to ask you in the way Of busi-
ness You have just returned from a
fishing trip and haven't got rested up
yet. Suppose 1 come in tomorrow at
this hour. when you may possibly feel
brighter"
"Gladys, I can't understand" he be-
gan.
Tomorrow, then!'
Fifteen minutes later a friend of the
engineers entered the Office to find the
young man wiping the beads of sweat
from his forehead. and his collar going
limp.
Better consult a doctor at once" was
advised after a long and surprised look
At the same hour next day Miss Gladys
returned. Mr.. MilIington seemed to have
caught up with his sleep. He arose to
shake hands. but the girl helped herself
to a chair and said:
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By GEORGE; ". HOBART

ITS bullyon," whispered Uncle
Peter, anxious to prove the soups in
nocence.
"Booyon," corrected Aunt Martha in
a stage whisper to Uncle Peter.
Here" "/said the Doctor, examining
his spoonful critically, here are traces
of hydrophosphates and about ten per
cent philharmonic acid
Il never eat SOUP" gurgled Uncle
Greg, because it's waste of good
space"
The Doctor said nothing more, hpt
quietly surrounded his soup.
When the fish was served the Doc
tor danced over his plate with his fork
and said, "Hydrostatic acid with here
and there symptoms of manganese
germs and a few sulphide microbes =
Uncle Gregory pushed his plate, back
with a sign that was pitiful to hear.
Peaches was now so nervous that
her hands were doing shaker duet,
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''You will plat those lots, sir"

They were plated. Then it was:
There will be cement to buy for the
sidewalks, Buy it. l am going TO build
the first two houses myself, to make the
other lots go of. See the builders and
get bids. Shave every bid 10 per cent.
There will be wells and cellars to see to.
There will be painting and fencing
There must be hustling"
GLADYS, II you only would
But she wouldn't The civil engineer
was turned into a messenger boy, an
agent. and an overseer as we'll He re-
belled, but he did the work. And he
hustled. He not only surprised himself.
but half the state as well. 1t was only
when that grading had been finished
houses built-lOts sold. and a clear profit
OF $4,000 shown on the transaction, that
Miss Gladys asked:
will, do you think your hustle will
last "
I'm sure I've woke I'D for good"
Then drop your profession and be my
partner in a real estate office right here
There's money to be made-lots Of
money"
"And about that other partnership
he timidly asked.
IF you keep up the hustle you'll prob
ably overtake me-" she laughed.
As the office sign gives his name only
it is probable that he did.
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and there was a bright pink spot on
each cheek.
= The others at the table, with the ex-
ception of nervous old Uncle Gregory,
paid not the slightest attention to Doc
tor Busyface.
Even Uncle Peter threw away his
germ fear after the clam episode, and
took a long chance with everything
from soup to nuts.
Next we had some turkey with
mashed potatoes, green peas, and as
paragus tips.
When Uncle Gregory saw all this
his face broke out in a smile, and we
could see his appetite roll up its
sleeves.
IN this" the Doctor began again,
holding up turkey wing on his fork,
in this we have, cold storage turkey
which has been treated with ovalic
acid and chloride of potassium to keep
it in shivering state"
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Copyright. l9l3.)
They said of Will Millington:
..AInSt ha,-n haen horn lazNr

tCOryTlght, IslS.l
They said of Will MillingtOn:
Must have been born lazy
Hasn't got the pluck of a rabbit"
will never amount to shucks."
Been through college, but don't know
beans"
Ought to have a dynamite explosion
to rouse him up"
And they said Of Gladys Nestle:
Funny how she ever came to take
him."
But she will never marry him
She's a great hustler for a girl"
Some chap is bound to come along
and take her away from him."
She's got more hustle in enc shoe than
be has in his whole body"
They had been talking that way for
about a year. The persons meant by
they comprised a good proportion of
the little town of Manchester. Both the
young man and the girl had been born
there, and were known to everybody.
The couple were talked about the first
time they went skating together. There
was more talk when they went fishing
together. Will went away to college to
take the course in civil engineering, and
the girl went to a commercial school,
and there was nothing else alked about
for q week.
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~ AYl did you ever get reckless
- and give Christmas dinner to
an assorted collection of petri-
fed relations?
Take it from me, lodging benzine
buggies on the boulevard is sleepy
work in comparison
Friend wife concluded it was up to
US to squeeze few Uncles and Aunts
into our 4 by 9 dining-room and throw
turkey wings at them, so coaxed my
nervous system to behave and told
Peaches to cut loose.
She sat down and invited Uncle
Peter Grant and Aunt Martha, Uncle
Gregory Smith and Aunt Bessie. Then
she went in, took another look at the
dining-room and stopped.
1 invited Bud Hawley, his wife,
Sybil, and Hep Hardy and explained
TO them that we would all have to sit
edge-on at the table and get our meat
cut in the kitchen so as to avoid hit
ting each other on the funny bone, and
it was so ordered.
Hep arrived early. He always does.
He generally breezes in with the in
formation that four pages of Tango
music was waiting for him in some
hoof palace and he has to hurry away,
but on this occasion he had concluded
to see the fight to the finish.
While we sat waiting for the bell
TO ring ! had to tell him all about the
rest of the cast. Uncle Peter" l ex-
planned, used to be a money-coaXer
in Wall street in the palmy days be-
fore the fatheads turned it into a pea
nut farm. He was one of those old
ginks with mucilage on the mitts-you
couldn't drag the money away from
him without tearing it Finally he got
so rich that he used to trip and fall
over the days winnings when he tried
10 lock up shop in the evening. He
then decided to build fort around his
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
Copyright, lsI3.l

~ AY! did you ever get reckless
and give Christmas dinner to
an assor+ad -otIact;o,, IF oetri-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Take Plenty of Time to Eat.

There is a saying that rapid eating
is slow suicide" If you have formed
the habit of eating too rapidly you are
most likely suffering from Indigestion
or constipation, which will result event
ually in serious illness corrected. Di-
gestion begins in the mouth. Food
should be thoroughly masticated and
insalivated. Then when you have a
fullness of the stomach or feel dull and
stupid after eating, take one of Cham
berlain's Tablets. Many severe cases
of stomach trouble and constipation
have been cured by the use of these
tablets. They are easy to take and
most agreeable in effect. Sold by all
dealers Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Rhinehart's Victim a Desperate.


The man Reeves, who was shot and
killed by Mr.. l. j. Rhinehart in Grant
parish some two weeks ago, was one OF
the most lawless "bad men" in the
State, if current reports are true.
Deputy Sheriff Bob Young, of Cata-
houla parish, was in Jena last week
and stated that he knew the man well,
having been employed for some time
on the government works at Harrison
burg. Mr.. Young looks upon Reeves
as desperate character, and his opin-
ion is concurred in by everyone in that
community. Reeevs had many Difficult
ties with his fellow-workers, and on
one occasion attempted to murder a
foreman on the works. Mr.. Young
was detailed to arrest Reeves for this
offense and while in pursuit of the man
was waylaid, and only by chance, es-
capped assassination. Attorney S. R..
Holstein, also of Harrisonburg, fully
corroborated Mr.. Young's testimony as
to the murderous inclination of Reeves
These are only few of the lawless
stunts pulled off by the desperate while
in this section, and it would seem that
Mr. Rhinehart has done the State and
people service by Kidding the country
of his presence. jena Times, June 81.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Proclamation of Election.
STATE OF LOUISIANA !
PARISH OF GRANT.
Colfax, La, May q, 1913.

Colfax, La, May 81, 1918.
By virtue of the authority vested in
us by law and in pursuance to the pro-
clamation of his excellency Luther E.
Hall, Governor of the State of Louisi-
ana, we do hereby order an election of
the qualified voters to be held in Ward
Two in the parish of Grant, State of
Louisiana, at the usual places for hold
ing said elestions in said ward and said
parish of Grant, on Tuesday, July A.
d. 1918, said date being the Tuesday
following the first Monday in said
month
The election so ordered to be held is
for the purpose of electing the follow
ing officer, to-wit: First Justice of
the Peace of Ward Two, Grant parish,
La, to Succeed Rufus A. Walker, JUS
tice of the Peace, resigned
Said election to be held in accordance
with the general election laws of the
State of Louisiana, and due returns
thereof, made as the law directs.
The following commissioners and
clerks are hereby appointed, directed
and empowered to hold said election
according to law, viz:
Pollock precinct, Ward Two-W. P.
Guynes, z. A. O'Quinn, T. M. l.aCroix,
commissioners; H. H. Harvey and F.
Hamilton, clerks.
Simms precinct, Ward Two George
Andre, H. c. o. Miller, S. w. LaCroix,
commissioners; C. l.. Morgan and C.
A. Andre, clerks.
Bruce Precinct, Ward Two-W. M.
Walker, w. d. L. Chandler and w. J.
Murrell, commissioners; &C. E. Sandi-
fer and j. NJ Roach. clerks.
Bagdad precinct, Ward Two-A. H.
WEIGH, j. w. Richards and M. C. Buck
ner, commissioners; L. E. Hadnot and
John NJ Anthony, clerks.
JOEL M. DURHAM,
JAS. J. O'QUINN,
w. p. DEEM,
Supervisors of Elections of Grant Par
ish, Louisiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28

The constant itching, burning, red
ness, rash and disagreeable effects of
eczema, letter, salt rheum, itch, piles,
and irritating skin eruptions can be
readily cured and the skin made clear
and smooth with DIR. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. Mr.. j. c. Eveland, of Bath
ILL.,, says: 81 had eczema twenty-five
years and had tried everything. All
failed. When / found DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment | found cure. ;"
This ointment is the fosmula of ply
stefan and has been in use for years
not an experiment. That is why we
can guarantee it. All druggists, or by
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Sheriff Sale.

Sheriff Sale.
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant, State Of Louisiana.
No. 294l.
Charles H. Teal VS.. H. B. Faraldo.
BY virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the honorable 18th
Judicial District Court. parish of Grant,
State of Louisiana, and to me directed
in the above numbered and entitled
suit, | have seized and will offer for
sale at public auction, in front of the
principal front door of the court house
in the town of Colfax, La, between
the legal hours prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1918,
the following described property, seiz-
ed as the property of defendant. to-wit:
Lot No. l of old Acmeville addition
to the town of Colfax, Louisiana, as
per map of same on file in the Clerk S
Office, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon.
Terms of sale-Cash, subject to ap-
praisement
Colfax, La. Nav %. 1919.
A. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera, and Diar.
rhOea Remedy.

Every family without exception should
keep this preparation at hand during
the hot weather of the summer months.
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is worth many times its
cost when needed and is almost certain
to be needed before the summer is over.
1t has no superior for the purposes for
which it is intended. Buy it now. For
sale by all dealers ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Southerners Warned to Stop Wholesale
Expectation of Cattle.

A warning to the southern States,
especially Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia and Florida, against
the wholesale expectation of their cat
tie is contained in special statement
issued from Washington, d. c., June
ID, by the bureau of animal industry of
the Department of Agriculture.
In the past IL months, says the state
ment, buyers from the middle west
have taken from that district thousands
of animals, many of which go to the
slaughter house, when they should be
retained for breeding purposes.
. "Some people of the SOUTH" says
the bureau, ''seem glad that these cat
tie are being shipped out, as the num-
Der of scrub cattle is being reduced
and the south will get better as the re-
suit. They do not consider that if the
shortage of cattle is such as to cause
buyers to come from the far west to
buy these scrub cattle for breeding
purposes the chances of southern farm
ers reflling their pastures with good
cattle are indeed small, but where are
these good breeding cattle to come
from at reasonable price?"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28

! Colfax was represented at the Har-
gis barbecue and basket dinner by a
turnout of eleven automobile loads of
our citizens. Mrs. VIM. LaCroix, with
Mr. Geo. C. Jordan as chauffeur, lead
the procession, while Mr.. JAG Bloch
came in as a close second. The others
were j. H. McNeely, w. A. Brownlee,
j. w. Duncan, Earl Roberts, Jas. j.
O'Quinn, Dr. E. H. Blackwood, DIR. E.
b. Gray, C. E. Soncrant and M. l..
Coins. They found the way little
rough in couple of places, but all
felt amply repaid for the trip. Three
or four miles of the model road to
Montgomery is not yet completed, and
they had to travel by the old road that
distance, and the big 100-foot washout
of the abutment to the bridge across
Nantachie bayou was another bad place.
All of these defects will be remedied in
a few days, as the contractor is now at
work on them, and the entire road is
being rushed to completion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Ordinance Requiring Lights on Auto.
mobiles, Etc.

BY MIR. Swaff0rd-
No. 1915. AN ORDINANCE
To provide for lights on automobiles,
motorcycles and bicycles. and to reg
ulote the use of same in the incorpo-
rate limits of the town of Colfax,
La, and providing penalties for vio-
lation of said ordinance.
Section BE it ordained, by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
town of Colfax, La, in regular session
convened, That, from and after thirty
days publication of this ordinance, it
shall be unlawful for any owner, or
operative of any automobile, motorcy-
Gle, or bicycle, to run, or cause to be
run, any such machines on any of the
streets, within the incorporate limits
of the town of Colfax. La, after dark
without first providing, and attaching
to front of such automobile, motorcy-
Gle or bicycle, light or lights of suffi-
cient strength and reflection to be readi-
ly seen by any one approaching said
machine from the front, and also all
automobiles shall provide red signal
light on rear end of same sufficiently
bright to warn any one approaching
from the rear.
Section BE it further ordained,
That any one violating this ordinance,
or any part thereof, shall on conviction
by the mayor, be fined in a sum not
less than ten dollars, nor more than
twenty FIVE dollars, at the discretion
of the Mayor, and in default of pay
ment of fine, to be imprisoned in the
town lookup for a period of not less
than ten days nor more than twenty
FIVE days, subject to work on the
streets.
Section BE it further ordained.
That all laws, or parts of laws in con-
fiict with this ordinance, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Adopted by sections and as whole.
]. Q. LONG,
G. H. MCKNIGHT, Mayor.
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28
Ulcers and Skin Troubles.

If you are suffering with any old,
running or fever sores, ulcers, boils,
eczema or other skin troubles, get a
box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve and you
will get relief promptly. Mrs.. Bruce
Jones, of Birmingham, Alabama, suf-
fered from an ugly ulcer for months
and Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured her
in two weeks. Will help you. Only
25c. Recommended by Dixie Pharma-
cy.-Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-06-28

See our SC and 10c lace counters
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can Co., Ltd.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-29
University Class
Organized Here

Eugene, Ore, Sept. 25.-Medford
Ashland and Jacksonville are among
the first towns this year to take
advantage of the courses offered by
the University of Oregon extension
department. In each a class in soci-
ology is being organized.
At Medford the class is being
formed by the Medford Ministerial
Association, seven members of which
have enrolled. At Ashland George
A. Briscoe, superintendent of schools,
is organizer, and at jacksonville
Rev. P. l.. Bandy. The Ashland and
Jacksonville classes hope to be COM
prised largely of business and pro-
fessional men.
Professor F. G. Youn,, head of the
department of sociology and econom-
les, will in person get the classes
under way in all three towns Friday
and Saturday of this week. From
time to time Professor Young or
some other faculty member will visit
the classes. Some of the instruction
will be conducted by correspondence.
During the winter these Medford,
Ashland and Jacksonville classes
hope to arrange short lecture courses
extending not less than one week
each. Among the faculty members
giving these lectures will be DR.. Cliff
ton F. Hodge, whose years work
will be devoted largely to the munich
pal problems of the Oregon towns.
DR.. Hodge, who has been secured by
the university for only one year. is
an authority in civic biology and
sanitation.
The university has added for ex-
tension work this year and is pre-
pared to reach large number of
classes like those in southern Ore
gon. Several will be conducted in
Portland. The courses are practical
ly five.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-29
Was Local BuckarOo.

Central Point Herald: While it is
somewhat late to make correction
in the report of the Medford papers
regarding the Jackson county fair
held in that city recently, it is no
more than fair that all our readers
should know that the "bucking bull,
Nero" was ridden by a Jackson
county man instead of a rider from
eastern Oregon as the Sun and Tri-
bune stated. George Croft, who is
employed on the Miss Hanley ranch
about midway between this city and
Jacksonville, is the man who rode
the animal and received the prize
money instead of stranger from the
north.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-29
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.

In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Jackson County.
In the matter of the Last Will and
Testament of Melford w. Smith,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has filed his final account
in the above entitled matter and that
in pursuance of an order of the
County Judge, made therein, the
hearing upon said matter has been
set for October 27, 1913, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, at the Coun-
ty Court room in Jacksonville, Ore
gon, when and where all parties in
terested in said matter may appear
and show cause, il any, why said
account should not be allowed, said
administrator with the will annexed
discharged. his bondsmen exonerated
and distribution made therein as
prayed. JOHN NJ. BEAVER,
Administrator with the Will Annexed.
34-5t-Mon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-29

was positively nothing that could be
mentioned without injustice to the
rest, unless 1t be an exhibit of arti-
chokes, which are notable only be-
cause of their comparative rarity.
The work of judging was complet-
ed Saturday, but it will be impossible
to secure copies of the awards in
time for insertion in this issue of the
Tidings. 1t will undoubtedly appear
Thursday.
The ladies request the Tidings' to
express their appreciation of the
work of E. N. Butler, the confection-
er, and of the boys of the eighth
grade of the city schools, who spent
half day in decorating the rooms.
The fair was such a decided sue
cess that there is little doubt that it
will become an annual institution. 1t
should be, as it is great inducement
to the children to do their best and
is interesting to all the parents and
others.
The display of amateur photo
graphic work by the school was good,
some fine work being entered and
tastily displayed by Mrs. E. A. Hun
ter and Mrs. Olive Schilling, who had
charge. But little had been said be-
fore the event to arouse the interest
of the pupils, but from the talk of
those who wished that they had ex-
hibited some of their work it is sure
to be much larger next year.
Three departments which netted
the ladies considerable cash as we'll
as adding to the enjoyment of those
present were the fish pond, presided
over by Mrs. Boslough and Miss Rose
Taverner; the cooked food and ice
cream department, over which Mrs.
F. G. McWilliams and Mrs Holt had
supervision, and the candy booth,
presided over by Mesdames C. w.
Chattin and George N. Kramer and
Miss Vivian Greer. All of these de-
partments were very successful.