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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
Horses for Sale.

| am offering for sale one horse colt
z years old, one mare colt two years
old, and two mares 7and q years old.
The youngest colt is saddle broken
The three year old colt and two grown
mares will work anywhere, and are
saddle broken. One of the grown mares
is an extra good saddler. All of this
stock is well bred, gentle and sound.
Reason for selling, am using automobile
in my work
Z. b. GRAY. M. d.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
A Good Investment.

w. d. Magli, well known merchant
of Whitemound, Wis. bought stock
of Chamberlain's medicine so as to be
able to supply them to his customers.
After receiving them he was himself
taken sick and says that one small bot
tie of Chamberlain cello, cholera and
dlarrhoea remedy was worth more to
him than the cost of his entire stock Of
these medicines. For sale by all deal
ers. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
Ordinance Regulating Speed of Auto
mobiles, Etc.

By Mr.. Swafford-
No. 1914. AN ORDINANCE
To regulate the speed of automobiles,
motorcycles, and bicycles, and the
running of same within the incorpo-
rate limits of the town of Colfax, La.
and providing penalties therefor.
Section LII Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, of the
town of Colfax, in regular session con-
vened, 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 machine on any of the streets
within the incorporate limits of the
town of Colfax at speed greater than
twelve (12) miles an hour.
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
That all owners or operatives of auto
mobiles, motorcycles, or bicycles, shall
keep to the right side of the street in
passing an approaching automobile,
motorcycle, or bicycle, or other vehicle;
and in passing vehicles going in the
same direction, they shall turn to the
left and pass vehicle, leaving vehicle
passed. to the right.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
That any one violating this ordinance,
or any part thereof, shall on conviction
by the mayor, be fined in sum not
less than ten dollars, nor more than
twenty FIVE dollars, at the discretion OF
the Mayor, and in default of the pay.
ment of the fine, to be imprisoned III
the town lookup, for period of not
less than ten days, nor more than TWEEN
ty FIVE days, subject to work on the
streets.
Section A.. Be it further ordained
that all laws. or parts of laws in con
flict with this ordinance, be, and the
same is hereby repealed.
Read and adopted by sections and a:
a whole. J. q. LONG,
G. H. MCKNIGHT. Mayor
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
Notice to Teachers.

Notice is hereby given that the next
regular examination for white teachers
will be held in the high school building
at Colfax, Grant parish, La, on Au-
gust 4, 5 and 6, 1918, and for colored
teachers August z, 8 and 3, 1913.
All parties desiring to take this ex-
animation will please be on hand
promptly at 900 a. m. SO as to begin
when the examination opens.
j. N. WARNER,
Superintendent of Schools.
Pollock, La, July 5, 1918.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12

Mr.. B. B. Dean, who has been with
the Colfax Mercantile Co. for several
years past, is now associated in bust
ness with Mr. w. T. Under, and will
be found at the old stand of the Pure
Food Grocery Co., where he will be
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
NUMBER 81
Stop PainsAHeaIs Wounds.

Royaline Oil is STRONGER THAN
THE OTHER ANTISEPTICS. That
gives it GREATER POWER TO EASE
PAIN, inside or outs ide, man or beast
Also makes it go further and give
LARGER VALUE FOR THE MONEY.
That's why it wins everywhere, over
everything, when people try it. 1t is
praised loudest by those who have used
it longest. It's different. You'll like
it better. Try it now. 10c., 25c., SOC.
Money back plan
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
Save Half Your Money.

By using ORC for chills and fever,
Bilious fever, malaria, colds and grip
DE. A 25c bottle contains exactly as
many doses as the usual so cent bottle
which is twice as large Does quicker
and better work. 1t acts on liver and
bowels. Cleans out the system, stops
chills and fever, builds up strength.
No pills or calomel needed with it..
Contains no poisons. Is cents. Money
back plan.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
Buster Brown Hair Cuts.

The undersigned have established a
first-class barber shop and pool room
near Big Pine, and invite a share of
the public patronage.
Cnildren's hair cuts a speciality. For
Buster Brown hair cuts call phone %,
who will call at your home and do the
work.
jy5-lm JOB & COCKFIELD.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
No. 666

This 10 prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or cHIllS 4 FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case. and
If taken then 40 q tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not esipe or sicken. 2Sc
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
Mother Goose Rhymes Enjoyed.

The members of the "As You Like
1t Club" went back to their childhood
days Thursday afternoon, July 3, when
Mrs. Howard McNeeIy entertained
them at mother Goose" party.
Pictures representing the different
Mother Goose rhymes were pinned on
the walls and the guests invited in to
guess them. The next contest created
a great deal of amusement. Each per
son was given paper goose with the
first line of familiar rhyme, the one
finishing the rhyme first was given the
goose. A ''Fleral Love Story" contest
was INDUCED in at the close of the at
ternoon, the answers to the questions
being names of flowers. Mrs. Hunter
McNeely was the fortunate winner of
the club prize, beautiful cut glass
deposit. Mrs. O'Quinn was presented
with the guest prize, a very pretty
picture. Mrs. John Mcknight, answer
ing the greatest number of questions
in the love story, received a picture.
Mrs. Sullivan captured the BOBBY prize.
Delicious refreshments consisting of
peach ice cream and cake was served
by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. j. j..
O'Quinn.
Mrs. Earl Roberts will be the next
hostess, July =, 1913.
The following were present: Mes
danes Bourg, Blackwood, w. T. Duncan
Lurry. VIM. LaCroix, ID. Nj. Mcknight,
r. E. Mcknight, J. C. Mcknight, T.
H. McNeeIy, Earl Roberts, Sullivan,
Tooraen, Woodall, O'Quinn and Taylor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12

We are sorry to chronicle the dealt
of the little two months old girl baby
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dunn, which
died on last Sunday. The remains
were carried to Montgomery ON Mon
day for interment.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12
sheriff's Settlement for State Taxes,

Sheriff A. B. Perkins has sent in his
settlement to the State Auditor for
State taxes collected for the year 1912.
The total tax rolls for the year showed
the State tax to be $2l, FOG. IL. Of
this amount Sheriff Perkins has collect
ed more than SO per cent Only about
eight-tenths of one per cent remains
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-07-12

E. B. GRAY, M. D.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20

as housekeepers!" She made her exit
with high scorn for the susceptible
sex of which she was an humble men,
Der.
1T certainly seems odd" reflected
Rev. MI. Davis, casting a quizzical
glance at the small god of love. 81
had not suspected Mrs. Wade Of a
secret attachment-for me-but you
represent a subtle hint Of some kind"
He smiled.
He called up Mrs. Wade. No; she
had not sent it. Her voice. over the
phone, sounded more or less indig-
nant at the idea.
Rev. Mr.. Davis prepared for his
Easter service and dismissed the
thought of the mysterious gift.
The door leading to the chancel
faced the choir. AS the minister en-
tered. HIS eyes lifted a moment and
: met those of a girl who occupied the
sopranos usual place in the choir.
anu for d moment he had aTf-ehea-
sions. Was II possible that the Easter
music, after all the careful prepare
ton, was to be sung by the substitute
"a stranger? Where was MrA Wads?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
10 LAY HEAVY RAILS
MILWAUKEE, RAILROAD Is TO
PUSH WORK WEST OF
MITCHELL.
HAPPENINGS OVER THESTATE
What Is Going or Here and There
That is OF Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

MISUNDERSTANDING with the 1st of
April, the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railway company will start four
big crews Of men at work on the line
between Mitchell and Chamberlain in
:esurfacing the track and the laying
Of 65-pound steel rails. When the work
Vas discontinued last fall the roadbed
had been completed to a point past
Plankinton, and it is the intention to
inish the heavier steel rails and the
ballast out to Plankinton. The push
.ng of this Improvement fits in with
The statement coming from the Black
Hills country to the effect that the Mil
waukee has a line surveyed from Rap
d City north to connect with the
coast line of the system. and that the
Black Hills division will be used to
handle a part of the coast traffic from
The east.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
CARING for a Reciuse.

Langford.-That it is worth $50 a
week TO care for the average recluse
turing his last illness is the decision
Of Probate Judge Coomes in a ase
arising in Day county. Geo. Flesh
mann, a farmer and a hermit, vas
found in his squalid home in a serious
condition from what appeared to be
blood poisoning and gangrene. 1t was
found necessary to amputate part of
one of his feet and he was advised to
go TO a hospital, but refused, request
ing that r. r. Williams, a neighboring
farmer, be detailed to care for him.
Williams and his wife gave the old
man all possible care during the re-
naming five weeks of his life: Flesh
mann's only heir, a wealthy sister re-
siding in Germany, contested the
claim of Williams. After a hearing
Judge Coombs. allowed Williams a to-
tai of $500, or $50 per week for his
services, and those familiar with the
case, concede that he was not over
paid.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20

Mitchell.-At the city election to be
held Tuesday, April IS, the saloon IL
n question will be the important
issue. Forty men on the temperance
side have circulated a petition calling
for a vote on the question and are
taking the initiative in this respect
for the first time in a number of years.
Heretofore the drys have left this
part of the election to the vets. A
campaign committee has been select
ed by the Civic federation, and R. N.
Halsaple, superintendent of the State
Anti-Saloon league, will be at the
head of the movement, assisted by an
executive committee. The campaign
will be kept up until election day. A
year ago there was little or no oppo-
sition made to license. The vote on
previous years has always been close,
with a majority ranging from 125 to
IT'S in favor of license. Four years
ago the city went dry by about the
same vote that it usually goes wet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
Woman Dies of Burns.

Garretson.-Mrs. Emiel DeBerjse is
dead from the effects of burns. She
poured some kerosene on the fire.
There was an explosion and she was
covered with burning oil. Her hus-
band, who was in the next room,
knocked the window out of the room
in which he was with their only child,
Z years old, and dropped the child out
of the window. He then carried the
wife out, burning his hands and face
in SO doing, He took her to the home
of a neighbor and a physician and
nurse were called, but she never raj
lied. She was burned from her feet
to her head. The house and contents
were burned. The man saved only the
clothes he had on, not even saving his
coat. He is a renter, coming here last
spring.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
Celebrate 4Oth Anniversary.

Characteristic home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tiete Pool, highly respected pio-
neer residents, was the scene of an
unusual gathering for the purpose of
celebrating the 40th anniversary of
their marriage. The occasion vas al
so a family reunion, at which IL per-
sons were present, these coming from
Inwood, Ia, and other points and be-
ing the ten children. Twenty-four
grandchildren and one greatgrand-
child were in the muster. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pool were married at Orange
City, Ia, and three years later come to
what now is South Dakota, their resi-.
dence extending over a period of 81
years. The first 20 years was spent
in Charles Mix county, but II years
ago they took up their residence in
this vicinity.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
Younu Men Receive Pardon.

Mitchell.--Abe Koolish, Milo Aspln-
wall and Verne Woodman, the three
Mitchell young men of prominent fam
lilies who were sentenced to the state
renitentiary by Judge Smith last fall
and who began their sentences Of six
months each on December Z, 1912,
have returned to this. city after having
been paroled by Governor Byrne. The
boys were implicated in the robbery
of the Becker clothing store in this
city last November, at which time
they got away with goods valued at
over 81, 900, it is said. Mr.. Becker re-
covered most of his property and re-
fused to push the punishment of the
thieves 1t is stated that the parole is
good behavior and pending the grant
Ing of a pardon which friends of the
boys expect. The six months term
would have been up on June Z.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
HYDE Case Closed.

Sioux Falls.-So far as the federal
courts and the United States govern
ment are concerned the last chapter
of the case of Charles l.. Hyde, the
millionaire real estate man OF Pierre,
whose prison term for violating the
postal laws was RENTED by President
Taft during the closing hours of his
administration, was written when Mr.,
Hyde paid to the clerk of the federal
court in Sioux Falls his fine of $1,000,
together with the costs, amounting in
all to $6,255.8 This is the heaviest
fine and costs ever paid by an individ-
ual in the history of the federal court
for South Dakota. Hyde originally
was sentenced to a term of fifteen
months in the federal pe~nitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kan, in addition to the
fine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
Healthy Old Age Is What
DR.. Hartman Advocates

take q cold water towel bath every
morning, winter and summer. It is
these things that have kept me well
and strong. You could be just as well
and strong as I am il you would do an
l do.
You may ask, do I never get sick,
have l never had occasion to take
medicine at all? Yes. I have got sick.
Sometimes / feel a little touch of eli
matte trouble. like cold, malaria.
slight catarrhal symptoms, but my
only medicine is Peruna. I always
keep a bottle of Peruna in the house.
/ keep a bottle OF Peruna on my desk
in my office. Once In a while / take
some. I do not take 1t habitually.
Take 1t only when / feel a little out OF
sorts. One swallow will perhaps be
all that will be necessary, but it In
always handy by.
1t is a sorry sight to see the young
men Of today begin to peter out phys
ically when they ought to be In the
glory Of their manhood and the height
of their vigor. Eat plain food. Live
frugally. Give up all weakening
habits. Live as God intended you to
live. Take Peruna when you do not
feel as well as usual.
II you want me to I will send you
a book which will tell you a great
many more things about yourself and
about matters that may be OF great
value to you, Enclose q two-cent
stamp for postage and the book will
be sent In a plain wrapper and you
will not be troubled with any follow
I'D letters or advertisements
Peruna is for sale at all drug stores.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
No More Cattlemen.

Ardmore.-F. l.. Kelsoe, superin-
tendent of the United States dry farm
ing station neal this place, has re-
turned from an extended tour over
that portion of western South Dako'a
which formerly was included in the
great cattle range region. He takes
occasion to dispute the correctness Of
reports recently circulated that the
region is being reclaimed and reoc-
cupied by the cattlemen. He states
that the region continues to be occu-
pied by homesteaders, who will stick,
as they are commencing to learn to
farm to advantage. Many of them
are stocking their farms with good
herds of dairy cattle and beef stock
and are in other ways diversifying, so
they no longer are compelled to de-
pend solely upon the production OF
small grain crops.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
pIscouraaina a Vocalist.

Why a certain parrot never learned
to talk, Current Opinion tells in these
words:
Kerrigan went on a trip to South
America, and while there bought q
pretty Spanish parrot as a present
for his friend O'Brien. He shipped
the bird to O'Brien at once, and when
he got back home he said:
"Dinny, did We get the fine parrot I
stint We from Rio Janeiro?"
Il did that, Kerrigan, and / want to
tell We that | never put me teeth into
a tougher bird in me life!"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20


men OF today have just such symp-
toms as you describe. What does it
mean?
Look at me. / am e~ighty-two years
old. Sound as a nut. Tough as hick-
ory. Do not know what 1t is to be
tired. While / cannot do as much
physical work as / used TO when a
young man, | can do a great deal.
Probably twice as much as the aver
age young man Of today.
What has kept me so strong and
well? / will tell you. / do not use
tobacco. ] do not use alcoholic stim-
ulants. ! do not use tea or coffee
habitually. / go to bed early. i get
up early. / am always doing some
thing; something that occupies my
body and mind. / love to work. /
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
No Trace of Rooney's Relatives

Deadwood.-No trace of the rela-
tives of Thomas Rooney, n of the old
time ~prospectors here, whose dead
body was found in his cabin near Ca
ma, has been obtained yet. Rooney
had been dead for fully two weeks
when found by a neighbor. An inves.
tigation by the coroner indicated that
death was due to natural causes,
Rooney went out but little and was OF
a retiring disposition, so nothing was
suspected until a neighbor went to
the cabin on business. He was forced
to cut his way through deep o to
reach it and found the old man dead
in bed. Rooney was believed to have
a daughter IN Omaha and some rela,
tives in Iowa, but they cannot be
found.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
They Got Left.

John and Betty, aged five and four
years, had started on a railway jour
ney with their parents on Monday, but
reached the station just in time to
hear the engineer ring his bell and see
the train pull out of the station, leav-
ing the family behind.
Next Sunday John II Betty were
started out on the way to Sunday
school. When they were half way
there the bell rang, and presently they
came regretfully back.
1--WE got left" they announced.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20
IN A SHADOW.
lnveterate Tea Drinker Feared Par
aiysis.

Steady use of either tea or coffee
often produces alarming symptoms as
the poison (caffeine) contained in
these beverages acts with more po-
tency in some persons than in Others
81 was never a coffee drinker."
writes an Ill. woman, "but a tea drink
er. / was very nervous, had frequent
spells OF sick headache and heart
trouble, and was subject at times to
severe attacks of bilious collie.
"No end of sleepless ~nights-would
have spells at night when my right
side would get numb and tingle like
a thousand needles were pricking my
flesh. At times / could hardly put my
tongue out of my mouth and my right
eye and ear were affected.
"The doctors told me / was liable to
become paralyzed at any time. so I
wal in constant dread. ! took no end
Of medicine-all to no good.
"The doctors told me to quit using
tea, but l thought / could not live
without it-that it was my only stay.
/ had been a tea drinker for twenty
five years; was under the Doctors
care for fifteen.
About six months ago. I finally
quit tea and commenced to drink
Postum.
II have never had one spell Of sick
headache since and only one light
attack of bilious collie. Have quit hav.
ing those numb spells at night, sleep
well and my heart is getting stronger
all the time" Name given upon RI.
quest.
Postum O comes in concentrated.
powder form. called Instant Postum.
II is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful in a cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste. and enough cream to
bring tto-coier 70 golden brown.
Instant Postum Is .caagenients.
there's no waste; and the fiavor 10 al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers every
where.
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocsr's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. Battle Creek
Mich.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-20

0N and threw himself into a big
chair by the window for q few
moments of quiet before beginning his
strenuous day. He heaved :. sigh as
he glanced at the empty chair on the
opposite ~side-empty save for the
mind picture the young ministe- was
wont to draw on occasions when the
world would seem well lost for the
possession of n particular woman
But that woman had not, as yet, ap-
peared upon the ecclesiastical heart
stone Of Rev. Mr.. Davis.
There were many fair p~arishioners
who would gladly have been that
fortunate maid; their inclinations,
however, were restricted tc the gifts
which constantly found their way to
the rectory. The wide couch in the
rector's study was a heterogeneous
collection Of sofa pillows; the walls
were lined with biblical subjects, evil
IDENTIFY considered the only art ap-
propriate for ministerial eyes. Rev
Mr.. Davis had been the recipient of
eighteen pairs of slippers and three
house coats.
In his turn, he sought diligently
among his flock for the girl who
might do; she apparently summed her.
self in another fold, for she certainly
did not thrive in his pasture.
The choir. which weekly occupied
four seats facing the pulpit, gave
forth to the little church such quar-
tet music as it felt equal to. 1t was
comprised entirely of village talent.
Jimmie Langhorn, the tenor, consid-
cred the world and all it's machina-
tons a Joke; if the soprano felt a
jolt in her side when sustaining a
high G it was nothing more ror less
than Jimmie's elbow prodding her
along. The contralto was a small
maiden to whom the tenor made love
during the darkness of the sermon;
the bass singer was also the choir
master.
The soprano, a young matron, and
Jimmie Langhorn were fast friends,
and many q plot against ministerial
bachelordom was Matched between
them. 1t seemed to them a shame
that so ~good-looking a minister should
remain a bachelor.
So it happened that Is Rev. Mr..
Davis bemoaned the singleness of his
W state and others bemoaned Il for
him, the god Of love entered his study.
His buxom housekeeper was the liter
al bearer, and she offered it to him as
a package, labeled and wrapped in
much tissue paper. Upon being I'M
swathed the Easter gift proved to be
q small marble statue of Cupid.
And which of your lambs is it this
timer" she asked with motherly in
~terest, and noticing surprise on the
rector's face.
The minister read the card: From
the soprano, Easter greetings"
And her a married woman!"
shifted Mrs. Mallory. IT'S a wonder
some Of them don't offer themselves