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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Save the Dry Leaves.

What do you do with the dead
leaves that fall on your premises
at this season of the year? Dc
you burn them? If you do you
are guilty of a wasteful practice,
no matter if you live on a farm
or on a city lot. The farmer
cannot hope to gather as many
dry leaves as he could find use
for in his fields, garden and or
chard, nor will the city dweller's
share of those which fall in town
be sufficient for his needs.
One reason why those who
plant things find it necessary to
buy so much commercial fertili-
ger is that they pay so little at
tention to the leaves. These, as
they come floating down from
the trees at this season of the
year, contain the chemicals
which growing things will need
in the spring. Field crops will
need them. Vegetable beds will
need them. Fruit trees and
vines will need them, and so will
the rose beds. The shedding of
their leaves by decidous trees is
natures own unexcelled way of
returning to the soil many of the
elements taken from it during
the spring and element
that will be needed when another
spring comes, and the warm sun
shine begins to call vegetation
from its hibernaton.
Don't burn the leaves. Have
them gathered into piles, put
earth upon them and let them
through the winter.
When the season of planting
comes, they will be worth as
much to your garden, field or or
chard double the equivalent of
their weight in any commercial
fertilizer you can buy.
The only trouble about leaves
IS fertilizer is that they are SO
easy to burn, and nobody cares
o take the trouble to gather
hem. They are the most valu-
ible things we have that don't
lost anything at all. Albany
Ga. } Herald. i
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31

More Territory Freed from Cattle Tick,
Washington, D. c.; Jan. 28.-
The territory in the South freec
from cattle ticks and released
from quarantine has been in.
creased by 17,1O6 square miles
by an order issued by the Acting
Secretary of Agriculture, effec.
tive Feb. 16, 1914, releasing ad.
ditional portions of Virginia.
North Carolina, Tennessee, Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, Okla
homa and Texas: This section
has been taken as a result of
further progress made in the ex-
termination of the ticks which
spread splenetic or Texas fever
OF cattle. The total area releas-
ed since the beginning of the
work in 1905 now aggregates
2l5.9O square miles and amounts
TO about 300 of the territory in
fected at the time the work was
undertaken.
Tennessee is the first of the
States extensively infested by
the ticks to be entirely freed of
this pest and released from qua
rantine. In 1906 about one-half
of this State was under ouaran-
tine. The order just issued re-
leases a portion of Marion county.
which was the last remaining
part of the State to be cleaned
up and released. The success of
the work in Tennessee has been
achieved through hearty COOP
by State. county officers
ana cattle owners with the Fed
sral authorities. Several other
states have also made rapid pro-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
The Euerta Government a pefuulter.

Mexico has defaulted on the
interest of its national debt, anc
the Huerta government is re-
ported to have announced its in
ability to pay the interest due.
This practically means the fall
of the bloody despot. If he does
not pay his soldiers he cannot
possibly expect to hold them in
line, and without the support of
troops, his usurpation must end.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Huge Locomotives for the Iron Mount.
ain Railroad.

st. Louis, January %. The
Missouri Pacifc-Iron Mountain
has placed an order with the
Baldwin Locomotive Works OF
Philadelphia for twenty-five huge
locomotives. They will be of the
Mikado type and will be used in
freight service. In every detail
these engines will represent the
latest effort in locomotive con-
struction. The light weight of
the engine and tender will be
81, 900 pounds. and when in
working condition and ready for
service the total weight will run
close to 100000 pounds. The
weight on the drivers will be
209, 600 pounds and the locomo-
tives will have a tractive force
of so, 160 pounds. The specifca-
tons call for cylinders q inches
by 80 inches, and the boilerpres-
sure requirement is ITO pounds
to the square inch. The total
length of the engines will be 70
feet a = inches, and they meas
ure Is feet 5 y inches from the
rail to the top of the smoke stack.
They will be equipped with the
Schmidt superheaters, a recent
invention of increasing the pow
er of steam, and will also have
electric headlights and electric
cab lights. The railroad expects
to receive the first of the engites
by the 18th of February.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
Oil Is Discovered at Colfax
Broken Drill of Iatt Oil Co. Shows Oil Seeping Through
''Cap Rock" at Depth of 266S Feet---Stock
Withdrawn from Sale
Well Will Be Brought Ia'| on Monday

nitely announced that the Iatt Oil Co.
has at las. "struck oil'' in the wei
thew are boring at point little less
than 81 miles in an air line northeas,
of Colfax. This fact was first made
known last Tuesday by the withdrawal
of the sale of any further shares OF
stock. The Gil is reported to be devel-
oped at depth of 1868 feet at which
point the drill encountered what they
believe to be leap rock" and the y
have been encountering good deal Of
difficulty with their drilling apparatus,
and had to suspend operations a few
days to get another drill. In the mean
while rumors have run rife, and al.
sorts of conflicting reports are current.
The Alexandria Town Talk of Jan.
20 has the following version of the
situation, viz:
DR.. 7. A. Mitchell Of this city last
night received a telephone message
from Mr.. J. j. O'Quinn of Colfax to
the effect that oil had been struck in
the well being bored by the Iatt Oil
Company at Iatt Lake, seven miles
from Colfax. This will be good news
to several Alexandria stockholders of
the Iatt Oil Company, among whom
are DR.. Mitchell, Hugh Cory, ST.,
Geo. A. Wise, Louis David and C. A.
Harrison, who formerly resided here,
but now is in Michigan.
1t is stated that the oil is high gray
ity, and that while the quantity that the
well will produce is not yet known, it
is thought that it will be good one.
Capt. c. H. Teal is the president of the
Company.
DR.. Mitchell said this morning that
the well is now over 240O feet deep,
and that the cap rock had been struck,
when it was found that the fish tall
drill which they had been using was un-
suitable for the rock drilling. They
sent away and got new rock bit. and
began to lower the pipe in the hole.
After three hundred feet of pipe had
been hung, the hook on the travelling
block which supported it gave away, |
The pipe fell to the bottom and cracked
he rock through When the bit was
brought up oil was found upon it where |
he oil had seeped through, and it was
iecided to bail the well. The bit was
'roken by the fall and has been sent to
douston, Texas, to be repaired. 1t is
that the bit will be returned
" next Monday. at which time the
veil will be brought in.''
DR.. Mitchell and the others in this
ity are very jubilant over the prospect
nd state that there is not a share of
took for sale.
AT noon yesterday the Chronicle tele-
honed Capt. Teal and read the above
rticle to him, and asked for a state
lent from him. Capt. Teal informed
8 that they had not yet" struck oil,
ut that the stockholders had every
ope OF their operations eventually
rowing success.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
FRIDAY FORENOON. 1000

FRIDAY FORENOON, 1000
L. Opening
z Roll Cai-Response: Quotation frcm favorte poet
g. Some remarks by the Parish Superintendent
A. "A Brief Course the Teaching Mr.
Brief Course in the Teaching Codson
Country Life(and the School, Invited Guest
q Country Life and the Country School, DeMoss
8. Noon Recess
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 1870
l. Model lesson in fifth grade Mise ;rd.,ov
Model lesson grade spelling Mrs i Z, Jer..,
g. Model lesson third writing 49,. Miss r..
A. Drawing lesson in the grades M;ss pa,t
o. community studes In the fourth Miss Lucille
g. Conference of Teachers doing Schools
Conference of Teachers doing Village
Rouge. -
FRIrAY NIGHT,
An address by Mr. j. w Education
An address by Mr. c. A. Ives State Institute Conductor
SATURDAY MORNING. 900
l.
2 Model lesson in grade reading -. Mic; F.4,h..
Model lesson in second grade Mic p..a.
~ eo" ~ nise siaoe numbers. Miss Fletcher
Mooe lesson IN hrst grade language Fletcher
J. Conference of Teachers doing High School
Presided by Mr. Johnson
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 1;so
l. Some suggestions in Home Econom Mss rh
Value of home canning -. 49,. =. NJ 49,
The Rural Schools duty the McCarv
Business - - -fAA
Adjournment
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31

The February term of the Grant par
ish district court will be an ordinary or
civil term, at which few misdemeanor
cases may be tried, but no felonies will
be tried until the April term of court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31

All teachers urged
to be secured before they arrive Csx Berv
days will be attending the meeting 49, s 80 wv
Except those that you be prepd 70 nv
your part on the
arity in rendering the program - ess
j. N. WARNER. Superintendent
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-31
A. w. Stewart in Financial Difficulties
and Big Law Suit.

The st. Tammany Farmer, of Jan.
3, gives the following account of the
financial troubles of A. w. Stewart,
now in litigation, viz:
The financial difficulties of A. w.
Stewart, the logging contractor, have
fallen heavily upon the shoulders of
the employees who have been supply
ing the st. Tammany Lumber Com
pany mill at Ramsay. 1t is said that
there are in the neighborhood of 200
men who have not been paid off.
About so of these men have sought
relief in the court of Justice Pechon.
who says he will issue writs of attach
ment against the logs and lumber of
the Ramsay mill. The first five cases
coming into this court were bonded by
the Ramsay company through their at
torney. Thomas M. Burns, and an in
junction was taken out against further
procedure against the lumber. Justice
Pichon states that the District Court
has no jurisdiction over his court in the
matter of instituting suits within the
amount limited by statute, and that
subsequently eight other suits were
filed and attachments issued. and that
ne has in all about eighty cases of the
same nature which will be entered on
the docket. 1t is probable that man.
damus proceedings will be entered by
the company.
The st. Tammany Lumber Compa-
ny, it is claimed by their attorney. is
in no way to blame for the non-pav-
ment of the workmen of Mr.. Stewart.
who was under contract to supply the
company with logs. That these men
were employees of Mr.. Stewart, who
had failed to pay off. On the other
hand it is claimed that under the law
the men have lien on the logs to Sc
cure payment, and it seems to be
question of law whether they have not
also lien on the lumber sawn from
these logs. Mr.. A. d. Schwartz. at
torney for the workmen, claims that
this is true.
1t is not thought that the mill will
suffer more than temporary inconven-
fence 1t is probable that the men will
get their money and that things will
be running smoothly again in a short
while. 1t is also reported that the
has cancelled its contract with
Mr.. Stewart, and that he will sue for
S72, 900 for violation of contract.
A subsequent issue of the st. Tam
many Farmer, of Jan. "a, indicates
that proceedings in the matter are un-
Ter way, but they seem to have been
instituted in some particu-
ars. 1t says: I
The following among the Supreme ,
Court decisions this week, leave Miller
Bear, attorneys, temporarily at least,
'ictors in the recent injunction pro- {
eedings in the District Court here:
St Tammany Lumber Manufactur- |
ne Company VS.. The Creditors of A. y
v. Stewart Syllabus: The various
ourts of appeal have power to issue /
vrits in aid of their appellate jurisdic- U
ion, and where writ is asked in a =
ase appealable to court of appeal,
he application should be made to that a
Durt, and not to the Supreme Court.
application denied. {
Procedure has been taken to make a
lie appeal to the Court of Appeals, in =
with the ruling of the Su- :
RENE Court. is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
STANFORD PREP SCHOOL.

The first annual indoor athletic meet
of the stamford Preparatory School,
stamford, Conn. was held In the state
Armory Oh Saturday evening. February
Is. Fast running and close running
marked the contest throughout Many
prominent schoo.hoy athletes Of New
York and Connecticut took part Poly
Prep Of Brooklyn won the handsome
silver cup offered TO the team winning
the most points. The total number Of
points secured by the fast Poly team
was 20 Erasmus Hall OF brooklyn tied
with Mount Vernon irgh for second
place New Haven High shared equal
honors with stamford Prep for third
place
The real contest Of the evening was
between Edgren of stamford Prep and
du Trcmhlay Of Poly Prep in IN" pole
vault II was declared n tie AZ ten feet.
but IN tho vaulton for the medal du
Tremhlay cleared the bar AT ten feet
three inches.
In the invitation run Melvin Sheppard
heat \ e Kelly. both of ~" irish
American a G. in the half mile, time,
minute - 30 seconds Tn. whole
meet was well arranged and only one
protest was entered which was aftorward
Withdrawn. John Brsdanus. the Physical
Director Of Stamford Prep, deserves n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
HORACE MANN SCHOOL.

The proposed basketball game botwee
Horace Mann School and DE Witt clln-
ton High School for the city champion
ship has been called of, as the De witt
Clinton team had dshanded before the
original schedule OF the Horace Mann
team could Ne completed.
The new scheme of placing seniors In
charge of study halls, instead OF the
regular teachers, has proved success.
The following seniors regularly are in
charge: David Van Alstyne. Helen
Birkett. Dick Donncll. Wilbur Driver
Freda Phelps and Wtlkie Bushby.
MIR, Wyman has succeeded Mr.. Caldwell
AS the faculty member of the Record
board.
Freda Kenyon has been appointed
promptcr Of the senior play.
The Dramatic Society has in rehearsal
the farce LEND Me Five Shillngs." which
Is 10 I've presented at the earliest oppor-
tunity. The cast includes David Van
Alstync katherine wales. Harriet Van
Dus"n, Philemon Wadsworth. Walton
Eutt"rfi"ld Harold Jerry and Joseph
Gavit
The officers Of the Elementary Math
club have been elected. The lucky
students are Eugene MacFarlsnd Ger
trude Michel. Edith Ruyse and Dorothy
BraUs
Horace Mann secured a ii. for second
place IN the swimming meet held AT
Princeton ON February IS Horac. Mann
was We'll represented by Herbert. Flowers
and stern.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES
Latest News of the Life
Within Academic Walls

the agreement between Harvard and
Tech: '
i need not take up much Of your time
IN explaining what the agreement In. Its
main points are I hope, easily singled
out. II In an agreement between indepen.
dents and does not involve In any sense
an absorption OF enc institution by
another. No change whatever In made in
the constitution OF either corporation, and
no chanse In the powers OF either, and no
limitation OF those powers except what
10 necessarily involved In the idea OF co.
operation. Each party retains absolutely
inc control OF It's own funds and each Is
Tree TO make any regulations that IL
hkcs VITA reference to the degrees that IL
VIII give and the courses Of instruction
leading to those degrees
"Ths essence Of the agreement, IL that
In the future Harvard's work In engl-
heerin8 Will be carried on In the build nss
OF Technology. under the executive con-
troll OF the president OF Technology, and
troll or the president OF Technology, and
what OF course 10 OF the first Importance
that the laying out Of courses and the
giving OF instruction will be entrusted to
the faculty Of Technology. not to a sec.
ton OF that faculty. but to the faculty as
. whole. there being no difference In this
matter between those members OF the
faculty In whose appointment Harvard
has had share and the other members
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

II Is an ancient Jesuit custom which
this school has retained OF producing "A
clean play AT regular intervals for the
pleasure and progress Of the boys. for the
wise old masters found In me elements
OF the drama powerful ana AT m" same
tim. an attraCtiN. means Of developing
certain desirable qualities of tn. mind and
body. Taking part in the play disclpines
the memory enriches the vocabulary
with Choic" diction. imparts to the car
rage and bearing "a self-pois. and FIRE. dom
and grace OF movement. graces vocal eN-
preston with elegance and precision.
while throughout III. preparation or re-
hearsal study Is dcspoiled OF its drudgcry
and the students vie with each other to
share in the task
Seldom has this world city OF marVels
witnessed a more varied assemblage at
an evenings entertainment. Among the
500 present. representatives of nearly all
the nations from here to Japan, Father
Stadelman had forty OF his blind proteges
who. as II We're. saw IN" iridescent
changes OF the play with their ears. while
800 Of Father McCarthy's congregation OF
deaf mutes by the same token heard the
music and the dialogue with their eyes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
VERMONT ACADEMY.

STATIONS RIVER, VI. March TREAT
preparations are being made for the play
Lend Me Five Shillings." to be given
under the auspices OF the senior class on
March 81. w. Scott Perry OF Boston.
magician and entertainer, has been
booked as q special feature for that eve
ming.
George Herman. who gave very en-
tertaining recital last year at the
academy, read Joseph Jefferson's version
OF RIP Van Wrinkle" In Fuller Hall last
evening.
Or. Lawson attended the meetings OF
tho Religious Educational convention ut
Yale, held the latter part Of this week.
DR.. William X. Brooks. professor OF
astronomy at Hobart College. Geneva, n.
Y. gave recently Il most fascinating IL
Illustrated lecture. DR.. Brooks Is the dis
coyerer of twenty-sevcn comets.
The academy will be represented at
the Boston Alumni Association dinner;
10 be held at Hotel Westminster March
is. by Or. Lawson. A. W. Brayley ana
W III Drown OF the academy ONCE. Ar
rangements are being made for the New
York Association dinner on April by
A. Il. Gilbert 's5, president OF the New
York association.
Coach Tucker IL conducting baseball
practice daily In the gymnasium and has
riyen out the statement that he will be
able to put two strong teams In the held
when outdoor practice IL commenced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
MANLIUs SCHOOL, MANLIUS. N. Y

Upon the arrival al the Manl.us School
OF the new fencing equipment from the
Springfield Arsenal bayonet and sabre
drills will go forward now In all their
ramiiications. Picked squads OF feucsrs
will be chosen from the different organiza-
lions AZ an early date and matches will
he held for company prestige, baNonet
versus bayonct and bayonet versus sabre.
The basketball team is taking rapid
strides in Improvement. bn saturday af-
ternoon the Red and Black quintet took
the Lit,l" Falls aggregation into camp
by the one sided score Of SO. capt.
Bretz and Symonds showed up excelleutlv
for Msnlius both in fast floor work and
In shooting.
on Sunday Bishop olmsted visited the
school to confirm number OF the cadets.
His sermon was forceful and to the point.
The picked company tx showing steady
Improvement every day TN all depart
ments. all this without thought to the
big blizzard which cut Manlius or from
the rest of the world for considerable
stretch OF hours
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
GILMAN COUNTRY SCHOOL.

The Gilman Country School OF Balti-
more Nd. viii give It's annual play this
year on March -. The drama is entitled
TN" Ladies Rattle Several ~ last
years cast will appear before the foot
lights and also several actors will make
their debut The glee club will perform
between the acts. II will take place at
Lehmanns Hall and a dance will be given
af,crward
II has been decided to din de the school
into two athletic clubs to be known as
the Blues and the Grays. These two clubs
Will IN turn be divided into three parts,
the first, second and third squads
The contests between the Blues and the
Grays will embrace all the athletic sports
that are played at the school. and the
winning Of each contest will count point.
There will be three games between the
two clubs In each Of these sports the
first. second and third squads being the
competitors, A banner will be the prize
for the contests.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
Pictures by Howard Pyle.

In the Easter number Of The sun
~. there will he a feature which should
appeal to every srhoOlboy and school
girl. TO their parents and To the mas
ters and heRdmast~rs rs well. Printed
by The suns beautiful intagiio proc
George Washington and his time.
esq, there will he eight pictures ~
These are full page reproductions OF
Illustrations by the late and much la
mentcd Howard Pyle, which appear In
the "History of the American People,"
President wilson's standard work on
American history,
Every school In the country should
have y set 81 these full page pictures.
which will appear only In the Easter
number Of The sunday sun. on March
~. These eight pictures. Illustrating
revolutionary war times. with WASH
ington rs tho central figure In most Of
the scenes. are the last word In the
artistic side ~ the sunday newspaper.
Now that the headmnstcrs Of pri-
'ate schools and the principals Of pub
lie schools realize the Importance Of
adjoining the walls Of class rooms and
corridors With pictures Illustrating
scenes from history this set of How
ara Pyle pictures which will appear In
The sunday sun on March ~ viii al
= very percePtible need. II n hut
P"inting out the obvious to say that
every school should possess NJ least
one CODY OF the Easter number 81 The
sunday Ssa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

ton Of the Kappa Gamma Psi frater-
nifty. Heretofore Phi Mu Alpha--Sinfonia.
founded some years ago by ossian T. NILS,
bursar. and given It's name by Director
George w Chadw iCk. has been the only
fraternsl organization 80 which Young
men connected with the school were elgi-
BILE This society has become national
organization, with branches in nearly all
Conservatives and university music de-
partments The promoters OF the new fra
tern!ty say that they expect not only TO
establish themselves at the New England
Conservatory but eventually 10 extend
their association 20 other centres
4 glee club has been formed among the
men students at the New England Con-
serva'ory OF MusE, Boston. The new or
ganlzation. which IL the outcome OF in
formal part singing at the monthly Ueet-
ings OF the conservatory mems club. re-
hearses Wednesday evenings in Recital
Hail The singers are coached Ivy Charles
Bennett OF tho faculty.