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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-05
Uncle Sans Fighting Tools.

When a corps of marines or a
party of sailors is ordered ashore
for land duty. such as the seizure
and temporary occupation of a
port, or the garrisoning of a le-
cation, high-power automatic
machine guns constitute one of
the chief items of equipment sup
piled the forces. The recent de-
velopment of these instruments
of destruction has been so little
less than marvellous that today
a single machine, in theory at
least, spits death faster and more
certainly than the rifles of an en-
tire company could in the past.
An illustrated article in the Sep
TENDER Popular Mechanics Mag
azine describes the heavier ma
chinery of war with which our
soldiers, sailors, and marines do
their days work. 1t says:
For both of the types of ma
chine guns used by the army and
navy the ammunition used is the
same as that taken by the new
rife, this representing another
careful provision for the stand
ardization of fighting equipment.
Between 800 and 600 shots a min
utes can be fired, each with an
initial velocity of $500 feet a
second, and a maximum range of
about 1000 yards, with one mod
ell of these guns. In this. the
ammunition is fed by means of
canvas belts, in which a large
number of shells are held. Just
as rapidly as one of these is emp
tied another is run through after
it. The pressure resulting from
the expansion of gases following
an explosion in the firing cham
Der effects the automatic feature
of the instrument.
A Gin. rifle which closely re-
semble the field pieces of the
same size used by the artillery,
is taken ashore by the landing
parties from battleships. 1t fires
a 13-lb. projectile at a muzzle We
locity of 1,650 feet second. 1t
is effective up to about 5000 yd.
and uses either a steel shell,
which is exploded by impact, or
shrapnel. which bursts either by
impact or time-fuse ignition. 1t
is fitted with a heavy shield
which protects its operator from
the fire of the enemy.
Greatly outnumbering all other
sizes of guns in the service, the
Bin. field gun has become the
mainstay of the artillery. Be-
cause of the fact that the modern
gun of this type has been devel-
oped to a high degree of effec-
tiveness, the so-called heavy ar
tillery is rapidly disappearing.
All the artillery guns are made
for rapid firing, the others in
use besides the Gin. piece being
the light howitzers of the noun
tain type and At and Gin. no.
witzers, the latter two Of which
constitute the heavy artillery"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-05

Little Mary's aunt was visiting her
at her home In the country. One day
Mary said: Come. auntie. and see my
little banties. They are Just cutting
their tails."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-05
Make Use Of Mirror.

A large mirror placed on the log car
ridge of the sawmill enables the saw
yer to make survey of both ends of
the log. with the view of economy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-05
C. C. CHAPMAN.
A Lame Back Kidney Trouble Causes

1t.
And it will give you even worse if
not checked. Mrs. H. T. Straynge,
Gainesville, Ca, was fairly down on
her back with kidney trouble and in
famed bladder. She shys: l took Fo-
ley Kidney Pills and now my back is
stronger than in years. and both kid
ney and bladder troubles are entirely
gone. j. w. Duncan Co. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-05
Has No Bank Account.

The world owes every man a lIy,I .
bit II doesn't send out checks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-05
ANNOUNCEMENT
We are authorized to announce
JUDGE E. G. HUNTER

JUDGE =. U. HUNTER
as candidate for additional Judge of
the 18th Judicial District, composed of
Rapides and Grant parishes, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary
to be held on August "a, 1914.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-05
Official Proceedings of the Mayor and
Boa-d of Alder men.
Colfax, La, Sept. l, 1914.

Colfax, La, Sept. /, 1914.
The mayor and board of alder
men of the town of Colfax met
this day in regular session. Pres
emit. @. Long, mayor, and AL
dermen w. C. Carnahan, ]. T.
McMurry, R. M. C. Duncan and
A. M. Goodwin. Absent-H. B.
Faraldo.
The minutes of the last meet
ing were read and approved.
On motion of j. T. McMurry,
seconded by w. C. Carnahan. the
following claims were allowed:
j. w. Duncan Co., nails........ 40
Josh Boyd, ditching. ........... 80
A. w. Lewis, cutting weeds. II 80
L. C. Dodson, blacksmithing 500. 4 90
S. w. Johnston. burning dogs. 90
Colfax Chronicle, publishing ~ "a 90
Smith and Bob Mcdowell, hauling
Smith & Lester, hauling garbage Is 90
Phil buckingham, sharpng saw. rs
The marshal reported collec-
tons as follows:
Licenses IL w
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12
THE VENIN STORY6
VELVET ORCHIDS.

Adele pinned another bunch Of
grea. velvet orchids to the dropping
SriHl. twisted Il length Of gaudy and
expensive ribbon through them. put
the hat on her head and turned slow
~ around 50 tina, the customer, a
large. n1iddlc-aged and very fiorid
might see the effect. Her
siowness came as much from ianguor
as from desire TO allow plenty Of time
for judging. The day, though late in
October, had been very warm, the
crowds enormous. II was the rush of
opening week, and Adele vas very
tired. From under dropping eyelids
n obviously looked at the woman on
whom she vas waiting. Orerdressed,
nut not handsome. her fat red hands
n wrists blazcd With expensive
stones. Adele came from a home
whose entire furniture could have
been purchased with the least expen-
sive OF those stones. Adcic's mother,
~unendins effort 30 make so cents do
the work Of Z hundred and fifty, took,
from necessity, not desire, nearly all
Of Adcles small pay. The velvet or
chids were s1e a bunch, and three
bunches trimmed Il hat sparsely. On
a farther table were cotton imita-
tons at 50 cents a bunch. Adele had
been trying with bitter economy for
three weeks TO get two punches Of the
cheap flowers. Her present hat was
VI years old. She fancjed that Jim
h" worked in the auditing depart-.
ment Of the same store-had been
ashamed Of il the last time that he
TOOK her to the theater. Saturday,
evening he would take hcr again. and
they were TO 81, in 4 box with four of
his friends. She simply couldn't wear
it with on. that faded quill.
"ics-I like IT,, said the customer
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

L s..L4
Paris, Jan. 12.-With the announce
ed intention of raising the banner of
social reform throughout the United
States" Miss Vida Sutton. formerly
Of New York and San Francisco and
now in Paris, will sail very soon for
America.
Miss Sutton has spent the past year
investigating conditions under which
women live in European countries,
and s going to tell American audi
cnces those conditions, as we'll as So
cial conditions the world over. nced
radical Improvement.
wv have lived long enough to con-
clude the convention of monogamy
doesn't work" she says. Mono
gamy is ideal and ideals are never
a%ttainable. We are inevitably DRIFT
ing to an era Of polygamy, and when
we are wiser we shall recognize that
men and women arc naturally polyga-
nous n admit polygamy as a con-
vention. In that way We can abolish
the social evil
Miss Sutton, who Is a pretty girl
of twenty-five, is convinced the cause
Of the. secial-evn in Europe is pov.
erty. but in the United States the
evil is attributable to luxury and
high living. ="
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

iansuidly. cyeins critically the mauve
velvet brim that dropped about
.Adelc's white oval face. "Only T..
Another bunch, don't you think
Three arc rather skinny. Yes, put on
four. And have it trimmed by even
ing. No, you needn't send it. 7 wish
to wear it this evening. So Ill stop
for it at 5:45. The store is open until
6, isn't it? And, any way, I'll want
to try the hat OH. I wish" discomfort
cdly, that the mauve were a triNe
lighter"
1T is the lightcst VIC have. madam
Adele said mechanically for at least
the twentieth time in the last two
hours. She scrubbed the items-hat
S2i fthat velvet was imported panne),
fourths, at - a yard: Il jeweled pin
-. Adele pressed the pencil SO hard
that the point broke. All that for
one homely. middlcagcd woman.
whose looks couldn't be made charm
ing by all the flowers and velvet in
the world. And she, young and ach-
ing for pretty things, had sixty cents
to keep Jim from being ashamed OF
her. cit isn't fair" she nluttered as
she took the hat and the adornments
into h trimming room. Then she
came bdcR 10 hllOtncT oil the CrOWU OF
customers. IL seemed that every wo-
mar in town had money for n new
h~at-except the girl who sold them.
And handling all the fresh new stuff
made her OWL seem older and dingier
than it a at wasn't fair" she re-
peated in a respectful whisper.
Say, grille remarked 81 large
Hashy blonde, pick me out something
nifty aud cheap
"IInw much?' asked Adele absentl"
Cheap might mean so many different
amounts.
"Oh, real cheap" earnestly. "No,
over $50, but nifty. How's that French
felt with the tuft Of cgrets?"
Adele handed it from the showcase
Her lips curled ~mutinously. Twenty
dollars-cheap! Not in all Adele's life
had she spent twenty whole dollars
for hpadgcar. The nutinous curl OF
her lips changed to "A perceptiblr
CULVER. She wouldn't care if it weren't
for Jim. Last time at the theater a
girl had swept down the aisle and he
had nudged Adele to look at her hat,
a gorgeous affair of royal blue plumes
that hung to her blue velvet covered
shoulders. Adele. mjserably conscious
of the brown dinginess resting in her
lap, had managed to smile adlniringlA
bad managed to join naturally in
Jim's enthusiasm. Eut she had not
heard n word of the first act. And
on the way horne. when he told her OF
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

lected somewhere in or near the down
town district.
Third. that a new site be chosen en-.
tire!y away from the business district,
and at some considerable distance
west.
II the mater of accessibility, nov
and in the future, is 20 he III any de-
gree a controlling factor, the choice
must. Nc believe, he limited to one 81
the first two Eamcd plans. The re-
rnovai q the school many blocks
north, south or wcs,, might bring il, n,
Of population. fundamentally consid-
cred, but il would remoye il farther
from the center Of accessibility, which
is the practical thing 10 be consid-
cred.
Failing such A conruIsion as we can
neithc. foresec nor prepare for, the
present business district Of Grand
Forks Will remain lis business district,
expanding - may be necessary. and
occupying such parts or the present
business streets and adjacent ones as
arc required. The court house, city
hall. postoficc building, large hotels.
and the several large business build
in2s are. as tho one 10 be constructed
Immediately viii hn permanent struc-
lures. and the chi"f business Of tne
city Mil continuc TO be transacted il.
and around and among them.
The form and location Of The resi-
dence district depends. among other
things. or she location Of tho business
district. The walking distance down
will be an important factor in the To-
cation of tho great majority OF new
homes. when the distance III one d.
rcction becomes too great the pros
pcc,ive builder viii look in another
direction. And, because there is room
for vast growth in the three dircc-
tong. north, south ard west, there
is no prospect thai the general form
Of them will be changed greatly for
suInc generations. 1t is n mistake to
suppose that there Is no opportunity
Ipf Sfo" vi litIlH. S''fIJi tlpuSfili
people could hc accommodated in the
Riverside Park disiric, alone without
rroHdine. This is true Of the Quite.
iicr of blocks in tho partly settled dis
trict around the nu'irc city.
II tho city retains substantially its
present form. the territory within Il
fcw blocks from tho present school
will be moro easily accessible to more
people than any other. If the school
should he located in what AT present
NAV be termed tho north district, the
south district OF tho west district, it
would he necessary, because of tho
direction Of tho streets, for n very
largo part of the population Of the
other two districts 10 pass either
through or directly past the down
town distric, 10 reach it. This is true
today, and there is no prospect Of it
being changed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12
PURE GOODS.

Eilihy not have a pure gods law,
zoe let it 80 at thai
heoYie have pure food LAYS, and pure
pg laws, and pure paint luwa, and
me seed laws. and Il 10, Of o.hcr
"..Tc" laws, cach w.ih !t$ separate
t il cf plans and specifications, !ts
Nit.s and regulations, and so foith,
-. still the vast bulk ri The. things
E Nbuy are unprotected 10y any ieg.z-
I. Ton. Is ii necessary to cnnct a new
IS for every article
cThe grocer may No, sell IS coffee
articl. which il hail chicory.. Eu,
re- ncighbor III the dry goods store
oss The street. ma with impuntty.
no far as the Ia" is concerned, yeli
kauu5iece of goods containing cotton
y Ter 81 silk label. Tho hardware
S n will be arrested IL he sells as
tecnt Il ini%turc OF gasoline and dirt.
I il i1c has no regard for his rep
him and h.s clstot;cr trusts him,
bO. can -cii u cast iron hammc. stamp
''stccl.'' n the law has nothing
, v AJS dpONl IL. nv tTflrgISI COM
I. Il crime il he puts water in his
"--enocs. but the shoe dealer, if ne
shes To cheat, can sell u pair of
sivioes with The sol"s stuffed fun uf
resips aud pasteboard, and tho custom
n who buys them for leather cannu,
"%w,osccutc him.
terft strikes is that there i. too much
e GENERALIZATION in thcsc purity laws.
Esesrr laws on other subjects are com
Ere.icatcd enough in all conscience, hut
al no other subject do wc attempt
Pri1 p~arliculhi'izc in this manner. We
|gtrtNc Il law against murder, but no.
a idy ever thought Of starting ont aud
Prohibiting. ono by one, tho various
3 ,cthods i (which murder may be
4. ,mmittctl. We have defined murder
/ substance az tho wilfull and de-
bcratc killing Of - human being, and
- have mad that cover all tho
which may be employed.
II ought to be possible To prohibit
saLlultcration, and misbranding and
~ aud in general in the sulc OF goods
9 II terms so simple yet 80 con,prehen-
icEve that the law would apply equal
y to all c!asses of goods. II is true
hat it would be necessary to have
II equations made and standards fixed.
prhat would have TO bc dome 10y - com
missioner Or Il commission. That is
/ he way ii is done under our special
til avg now. Each special Inv that
.heyc have on the subject is "a general
nv so far ~ that class Of subjects
1875 concerned, and it is necessary to
OIL some functiorary the same
tt".luthority exactly with reference to
that particular class OF commodities
p hat it. would he necessary to confer
) ,on Il commission entrusted with tho
framing of regulations for the Gu
of "a general Law. The
ntroublc with the present system is
that our books arc becoming burden
III pplyins to a particular subject, and
nil, tho nature of things it is not pos
'isiblc for all tho subjects to be emu
ulncratcd by name. We may pass n
dozen special purity laws III every leg
.sislatiyc session, and a generation
we will learn OF II numbcr of
pimportant articles that have been
overlooked.
Make a pure goods law and be done
with II.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12
salts # YOUR BACK HURTS ,
SAYS DRUGS EXCITE TIE KIDNEYS

drink too much: also net from anv
~alahacist about four ounces Oh lad:
e i ~ sske g. tablespoonful IN sgtass
ing for. a few daysSand your kidnsys;
WI. ACT hne. This famous ssitS ~;
Made from the acid Of franS ma
lemon juice. Combined With iifhia. nd,
z. peen used for gensrad0nss Sfol
e eI.a stimulate clogged kdnsys:,
- I. = neutralsxe the acids in urtns'
TINS ending bisddsrs
2 sa!fs q inexpenStve4 & sinots ln,,
rs: makes q deliEhtfui eReryeocent
u Water drink Witch seyeryons.
mould sstake now md sths keSn:
ths.r clean. AMI acdxe. TfSy
.nas, a!so.kysp upstho Watek dfinktpf &
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with q
lot OF drugs that excite the k~idneystand
irritate the entire urinary tract. Keen
your kidneys clean like you keep your
bowels. clean, by flushing them With d
mild. harmless salts which removes
the body's urinous waste ana stimu-
lates them to their normal activity.
The function Of the Kidneys IS Is
fltsr the blood. In o4 hours they
strain from It 500 grains of. acid and;
waste, so we can readily ~understand,
the vital Nimportarce Of ksepirE the
Drink lots 3 ,Matsr-you sesntt
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Who's Frances John l.. Sulli-
vaa--tlle hope" Of gay Farce
and 500 will sail this way to
lamp IL Yankee hopery? Who
early made his ring debut--at
thirteen years Of age and pegsed
away necessarily. till now he's
quite the rage? Who's quito as
much the works whene'cr he
speeds the avenues, as president
and premier and other royal
hoos" Who pulls no stuff like
dis" and dat" but sticks to
Wcbste,''s style, and after 6 p.
IN. appears in swallow-tail and
tile? Whose stock has jumped
since twice with case he }loored
the Bombardicr? Grrcrch ac-
cent barred by poets Suild.) Just
plain Georges Carpenter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12
SCHOOL LOCATION.

During the past few weeks there
has been considerable discussion Oh
the matter of a location for the high
school. Three suggestions have been
made:
First, that the present location be
retained.
Second. that a c location be Sc
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12
Laugh With U.

Open the window, waiter; I am
roasting" a customer exclaimed who
had just dined at a Paris restaurant.
Shut it up, waiter, I'm frozen"
protested a man who had just sat
down.
The waiter hesitated. The proprie.
tor settled the dispute at once.
Obey the customer who has not
get dined," he said.
Ma" began Ruggcr, Jr.. trying
for the sixth time to say something.
Tommy she replied, sternly.
didn't J tell you not to interrupt
Mrs. Cackle and me? Wait until we
have fnishcd;'
But, ma, l want to say this to.
day.
Some time ago a colored man APP
peared for work at "a building opera
ton and a taken up. The first
duty assigned him was carrying planks
from n corner to another. The
planks weighed u whole lot more
than a heavy conscience, and as the
colored mar wearilr trudged along
Look YEAH. boss" he remarked
finally. going over to the foreman,
did ] tell yo' what nah name was
when I started in to wo'k?"
"Why. yes" answered the foreman.
wonderinglN. You said it wa
Thompson" -
Oats jes' what 1 did, boss. OATS
jcs' what / did," was the smiling re-
joinder Of the coIored party. "But !
was afraid dat yo' done gone made a
mistake an fink it was Samson"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Many u man is dissatisfied with his
lot because it is located too near that
OF his ncighbor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Even Hucr;a admits his recent cleo.
ton didn't amount to much, hut he
still has the job. which is more i'm.
portant.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

In an account Of q social gather
ing a reporter described one Of the
women guests. who was Of exceptional
stature. as possessing q form .that
Juno might envy" The next morn
ing, however. he read In the paper
that the lady possessed . form THAT
Jumbo might enYv!"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

The average mans brains are use
full to another mag who knows just
how to use them.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Anybody who respects hoars age
will not laugh at a patent medicine
almanac joke.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Aftcr you have accomplished Q re
ally good thing get busy again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

That's a smart thing I've DONE
said the doctor to his assistant.
Whats that, doctor?"
II have put my signature in tht
column cause of death in this death
certificate
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Theodore Lane, who resided at the
home of his parents, had a toothache
the other morning. 1T was a bad tooth
ache, too, and Theodore let the neigh
borhood know all about it. But when
his father got home that evening tthis
is according to his father) the boy
was calm and seemed at peace.
Has your tooth stopped aching.
Teddy" asked Theodore, Sr.
II don't know" .aswered the
~youngster.
Don't know? Why. what do you
mean"'
It's out"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

1t must be doing some of the con
gressmen a lot Of good to witness the
humility with which President Wilson
is accepting ,ordcrsafrom DIR. Graycon.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

One kind Of a. nuisance is always
telling you that you ought to take
something for that before it is too
late"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

It's awfully hard for a girl with a
pretty ankle to keep her shoe laces
tied.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

A school teacher was reading q
story to a class of Very small folks
and paused at the words LAY
brother" to explain their. meaning.
Does any one know what lay broth.
err means?" she asked.
For a mo-.lent q row of perplexed
little faces looked up at her. Then
one face frightened suddenly and q
small voice piped. ,'yes, ma'am-it's
a rooster!"-YoQth's Companion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

The right invariably triumphant
least that is the feeling a man always
has when he happens to beat the 9TH
or fellow to It.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

4 womAn's fact 10 her history
floqgh few an Tead between the
Times. sS.s
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

a well known theatrical manager
was watching his stage manager drill
some 'supers' who We're to represent
an army.
Not a bit like it," he exclaimed.
Why don't you try to look like real
soldiers 2"
They are real. soldiers!" he whis-
pered.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

knowledge isn't slways power, bul
II knows when to press the button.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Probably the reason the Berlin po-
lice confiscated those pictures of Eve
was the fear that they would be used
as a basis for next summers styles.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12
= .
POINTED

Some mel arc nothing more than
animated threats.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

II o don't nave to pay to get in,
you may have to pay to get out.
Those who pay as they go usually
find the going good.