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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-08-22
C. B. PERRIN
T. w. PERRIN
District Attorney
PERRIN &, PERRIN
Attorneys
JENA. LOUISIANA
C. w. FLOWERS
Notary
June 18th, 1912.

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-08-22
PERRIN ANSWERS


Years in Advance Aswn
Would Help Him Get % Congress
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

smallest profit is derived. Obviously
the government must face the neces-
sity of providing in some way for the
quick and easy transportation OF per-
ishable freight, such as shipments,
from the country districts to the city
markets, of butter, eggs, vegetables,
and the like"
Who will do the'work abandoned by
this company on $4,000 miles of rail
road, many are asking, and the Wells
Fargo company is spoken of as
probable successor. II the other COM
panies do not care to assume this
doubtful risk, remarks The Sun, eth
err the government would have to take
this over or the community would be
the loser Or, suggest others, on
the routes affected the railroads might
do the abandoned work themselves.
Then, if all the other companies fol-
low the United States, the railroads
of the country could easily go into the
express business Subject to the
necessary vehicles for house-to-house
collection and delivery, they have all
the necessary machinry,' The Wall
Street Journal notes, and it continues:
"The parcel post can not pretend
to handle a large amount of express
business. The railroads handle it
now, as transporting agents for the
express companies. If the latter are
unjustly driven out of business the
railroads, for their own sake, will con-
tinue to handle such friends: and
there is nothing economically wrong
in the elimination of useful but not
essential middleman."
But it is the parcel post that is
| driving the express companies out OF
| business, if they are being driven out,
and it is the parcel post that must
take it's place, most observers think.
Some, indeed, believe that the postal
service can not, in the very nature OF
things, be extended so as to be sat
isfactory substitute for the express
companies. This is the point of view
of the Merchants Association of New
York, which has petitioned the presi-
dent and the postmaster general not
to permit industry to be deprived Of
the services of the private carriers
through the further and unwise ex-
tension of the parcel post service.
Each service, say these business men
has its own distinctive field. Mr.
William A. Marble, president Of this
association, calls attention, in a New
York Herald article, to the defects O.
the parcel post:
ut does not provide pickup ser
vice.
ut does not adequately provide fol
safety.
"It does not provide adequate in
demnity for loss
"It does not provide any indemn't,
for damage.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

ut excludes a wide range of COM
modities from quick transportation
ut prevents valuable packages from
being securely closed"
But to this and. other objections en-
phasizing the post office departments
lack of proper equipment, the Phila-
delphia Records answer it: Let con-
gress provide the equipment. The
New York World thinks that before
Mr.. Burleson ventures upon any more
innovations he should devote himself
to perfecting the operation of the
present parcel post" But "the men
charged with operating the system
are working out improvements" con-
tends the New York Press. 1t notes
that in one large city-Philadelph
the postmaster has taken an import
ant step in popularizing the service,
by establishing 200 stations for the
receipt of parcel post packages. And
The Press thinks 1t likely that in the
not distant future parcel post wagons
will call for packages, just as express
company wagons do at present; that a
free insurance arrangement will be in
troduced, and that receipts will be
given for every package"
Yet these extensions are in them
selves by no means universally popu-
Tor Tho prn+oc+c of roi1rood offinio1 c
who call it unfair to be made to carry
a huge amount of additional matter
without extra compensation have been
quoted in our columns. Senator Bris-
tow recently asserted on the floor OF
the senate that the parcel post sys-
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03
END OF THE U. S. EXPRESS COM
PANY.

FAN /.
The belief that there is room in this
country for both the express cOmpan-
les and the parcel post, which was
strengthened by the energetic mea-
sures lately taken by the companies
to meet the new competition, is given
somewhat of shock by the news of
the United States Express company's
coming dissolution. The announce
ment marks an epoch in our history,
according to The Wall Street Journal
because it will be the first instance
of big concern liquidating its af-
fairs because of governmental action
Will the other companies follow this
example, editors ask The San Fran
cisco Chronicle replies that small ex-
pressmen are going out of business
in all parts of the country. The Wig
orous activity of the three other big
companies might be interpreted as a
negative answer, though there is
something ominous in the New York
Suns statement that in the first five
months of the present fiscal year "the
operating income of the four big COM
panies-United States, Adams, Ameri-
can, and Well-Fargo-wa nearly 3d.
100000 lower than in the previous
year" The United States company,
however, was the hardest hit. Its
earnings for the period mentioned
were s1S5,965 less than in the preced-
ing year; it had paid no dividends
since 1912; it's stock, which had sold
as high as 145 in 1910 fell as low as
40 in 1913, and the express business
done in the year ending June, 1913,
resulted in deficit of 100000. Says
the New York Sun:
For the company to continue doing
business under these circumstances
would be in effect to distribute to the
general public the assets and the mon
ely it has saved by successful business
in the past. The wise and the fair
thing for a company SO situated to do
is to stop business at once and distri-
butte it's assets among it's own stock
holders, whose property these right
| fully are.
Taking up the question whether the
other companies will do likewise,
The Sun remarks:
''It can not be expected thatith ex-
press companies will continue in bus
| mess merely for the sake of doing
| that part of the business from which
in the ordinary course of events, the
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

tenn is being worked out in the inter-
est of the big mail order houses and
that it is being used in the west to
transport ore in fifty-pound packages,
mattresses, and baby carriages. Sena-
tor Lodge has declared his belief that
the postoffice department is robbing
the railroads and robbing the rural
routes in an effort to establish
freight system.
In it's Washington correspondence
the Boston Transcript prints a brief
history of parcel post progress in
year and one month
Jan. 1, 1913-Parcel post law goes
into effect.
"July 1.-The insurance rate on
parcel post packages is cut in half by
the postmaster general.
July Especial parcel post stamp
is abolished.
July &c. o. D. feature is put into
effect, thus making possible a farm
to-city mail order business.
aug. 15-The weight limit is in
creased from eleven to tw6nty pounds
in the first two zones, and rates in
these zones are lowered from one-half
to three cents per pound.
"Jan. / 1914-The weight limit is
increased from twenty to fifty pounds
in the first two zones and from eleven
| to twenty pounds in all of the re-
naming zones. At the same time
rates are reduced between one and
three cents per pound in all zones up
to tn seventh, and,
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

Cleanup day should mean today
that each owner should see that not
only to his own premises but extend
the work to the alleys and the streets.
A little extra effort on the part of all
will make Twin Falls wonderfully
clean little city and source of pride
to every resident. 1t does not seem
just exactly right that the resident
property owners should have to clean
up vacant lots and thus benefit the
speculator, but that is just what con-
stitutes good citizenship, is taking UP
fair share of the community burden
with will. 1t is this spirit that has
actuated the people of this city in the
past nine years and it is the spirit
that builds cities worth while.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

The Mexican situation presents sc
many angles that the true status OF
affairs cannot be learned from press
reports. Villas attack on Torreon is
still matter Of guess work as far as
results with both Federals and Con-
stitutionalists claiming victory.
Hherta still maintains stout defence
and seems able to make the bankers
disgorge millions to keep his totter-
ing administration together. From
any angle the United States can find
little encouragement. If Villa is de-
feated the Huerta regime will become
so unbearably domineering that this
government will be unable to treat
with it. On the other hand Villas
victory means nothing more or less
than two years more Of fighting eth
cr with Federals or with smaller
groups of Mexican bushwhackers But
for war-ridden Mexico there seems no
real solution until it's belligerent po-
pulation is thoroughly sick of war and
its awful toll in lives and wealth.
From comparatively wealthy and
thrifty nation under Diaz, the South
ern neighbor of Uncle Sam has in a
brief space become a pauper. The
cause of the war attributed to selfish
aims of American and foreign invest
ors cuts little difference in the ruin
which their selfishness has brought
about and which will take Mexico q
years to recover the damage done II
three short years. The capitalists viii
then go in and make a fabulous pro
fit, while the poor Of Mexico will pa,
by years of toll for the privilege o
| fighting battles for the other fellow
! There seems to be little Of real benefi
to the common pople in the aims an
| purposes of the revolt against Dia
and the continued uprisings famed o.
by clever military and political lead
ers.
Want ads pull. Did you ever tr
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

The railroad news in this Issue Of
the Times is not cheering to say the
least Twin Falls can certainly SYM
pathize with Idaho Falls in the blow
which will fall II the news published
in this paper can be considered au-
thentic Railroads for Idaho for 1915
will probably be paper ones, easily
builded and as easily destroyed.
There cannot be any hope for this sec
ton for an outlet south in time for the
Panama exposition next year. 1t will
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

take at least a year for the Western
Pacific to build into this section
should it start at once. The Short Line
southwark in much shorter time, but
its policy of doing nothing unless
forced to by competition leaves little
hope for anything which looks like a
railroad. There is no reason why
they should build when the territory
with a longer haul is held in their
grasp at present.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

Want ads pull. Did you ever try
the Times?
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

The store where
you can supply
your every need.
|. D. Store prices
are lower.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03

Continued on Page 81
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

The following petition was presented
to the Police Jury:
To the Honorable Police Jury Of Bossier Parish.
We, the undersigned land owners and
citizens of Bossier Parish, petition your
honorable body to allow us public road
to lead from J. R. Arnold's, on the Mil
ler's Bluff road, north to intersect with
the road leading to the Wyche and
Stinson place and to Lakenort.
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29
Stray Sale.

FSTRAYED before J. H. Belcher,
IL Justice of the Peace, Ward Two,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, by J. b.
Burt, and will be sold at Benton. La,
within the legal hours Of sale, on Satur-
day, November %, 1914, red and white
BULL, about 8 years old, marked split
and underbit in left ear and crop in right
ear; no brands. Can be seen in Mr..
Burt's pasture.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, etc.,
or the same will be sold according to law.
ia. EDWARDS, Constable.
October 20, 1914. nov %
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

Thirteen persons were drowned
at San Antonio, Texas, as result
of a five-inch rainfall which caus-
ed several creeks 10 the southern
section of that city to overflow,
San Antonio River reaching its
highest stage in thirty years.
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29
Notices!
To Whom 1t May Concern:

This is to certify that we, the under
signed citizens of Red Land and COM
munity, denounce the reports circulated
against Mr.. F. M. johnson and family
to the effect that threaded water y was
offered boarders in their home. This
being a grave injustice to them, our
school and community, after due inyes-
tigation, We, the undersigned citizens,
are more than confident of their inno-
cence.
Since we believe such reports have
been wrongfully alleged by an uncon-
cerned party, or parties, we denounce
such party, or parties, as bearers OF
false statements and urgently request
that such parties put quietus on said
report as it is very, very grievous to Mr..
Johnson and family, and this community
as well. They having been born and
reared here we consider them among the
the first good people of Red Land and
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

HeE During the State Fair, to be held
in Shreveport November 4th to 18th, in
elusive, the round-trip railroad fare
from this place will be only 60 cents.
Rates proportionately low will be in
effect from other points.
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29
To Trcspassers.

THE timber on all land belonging 10
j me in Bossier Parish is not for sale.
No one has my authority to sell same,
and all persons are hereby warned
against buying timber on my lands.
s-tf w. II. ScANLAND.
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

On motion, and second, the foregoing
petition was granted as follows:
That said road begin at John Arnold's
and lead north to the foot of the hills,
down the bottom three fourths of mile
then north to the club house, and from
the club house to Lakeport; that we are
willing to grant said road with the un-
derstanding that the persons who OWL
the land will deed to the parish, withou,
cost, strip of land so feet in width fol
said road for its entire length, and clea1
rightofway 40 feet wide the length oi
said road, and that all timbers for two
bridges on said road will be furnished
without cost, except the decking or floor
ing, and that two fills on said road be-
tween the bayous will be filled without
cost. Said road to be opened to traffic
without cost to the parish.
The following petition was presented
and its request granted, as follows:
That there be allowed $3.50 towards
building the said bridge out of the ap-
portionment for Ward Four for the year
1915, which apportionment will be made
at the July meeting.
The petition is as follows, to-wit:
To the Honorable Police Jury of Bossier Parish
State of Louisiana.
We, citizens of Bossier Parish, petit
tion your honorable body for bridge at
Crows Ferry, on Bodcau. There is a
like petition being circulated in Web
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29
with the said Village of Bossier City,
which claim is as follows, to-wit:

with the said Village of Bossier City,
which claim is as follows, to-Wit:
Bossier City, La, Oct. 8, 1914.
Mr.. J. C. Logan,
President Police Jury,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
| Dear Sir: At its last regular meet
ing, held Tuesday night, October 9th,
| the following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, the grading incident to the
building of the parish good road through
this village has unnecessarily and seri-
| ously disturbed the natural and pre-
viously arranged drainage of this village,
especially having unnecessarily closed
up the drainage across it at it's intersec-
ton with Wyche and Adair Avenus,
and at Rush and Ogilvie Streets, there
fore,
| Be it resolved, That it is the sense of
this council and our citizenship assem-
| bled, that we enter our most vigorous
and earnest protest, and hereby most
sincerely petition the Police Jury OF
this parish for relief in the premises.
Be it further resolved, That said Po-
lice Jury be and is hereby peitioned and
memorialized to pass at its next regular
session resolutions of instruction to the
contractor, or contractors, for the build
ing of said "good road" accordingly.
Be it further resolved, That said Po-
lice Jury be and is hereby invited to ap-
point committee to meet US and confer
with US thereafter especially as to our
general needs, and general relief requir-
ed in the premises.
It is most sincerely hoped that the
Police Jury will take Immediate and de-
fully convinced that the Police Jury does
not wish US to suffer unnecessarily, even
if these acts of contractors were legal,
| inasmuch as our little village is by far
the largest contributor to the "good
roads" fund for the adjacent mileage
enjoyed in the district, and we sincerely
hope and expect that we will learn OF
favorable and decisive action immedi-
ately. Yours very truly,
| M. B. WOODWARD, Mayor.
U. w. HUTCHINGs, Clerk.
On motion and second, duly carried,
Mr.. G.. W. Holmes was allowed S29.1o
in full settlement for damages to his
crop on the place of A. c. Gray, known
as the Tom Vance place, on account of
rightofway of highway, Bossier City,
Benton, and the Treasurer was request
ed to make check in his favor for said
amount against the bonded fund of Road
District No. l.
The following account, presented by
the Treasurer, having been duly exam
ined, was accepted as settlement in full
to date: THE Treasurer's report ap-
pears elsewhere on this page.-Editor.
The following report of the Sheriff
and ex-officio Tax Collector was receiv-
ed, filed and duly checked, and found
to be correct:
To the Honorable President and Members of the
| Police Jury Of Bossier Parish:
Gentlemen: beg leave to submit my
report on collections from all sources for
the quarter ending September 80, 1914:
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29
ROAD DISTRICT No. 1.

July 14-To balance hand -....
Aug. by amount of interest balance for July.
Sept. BY amount of interest on balance for August
Aug. 26-Warrant No. 1874 (Bond No. /, s1OOO and in
terest on si75, 900 for six months -. -.
Sept. 4Warrant No. t52 Estate Highway Department
Oct 12-To balance on hand --..... .... -. :. -
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

Whereupon the Police Jury adjourned
sine die. &C. LOGAN, President.
r. B. HILL, Clerk.
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

Benton, La, Oct. Is, 1914.
To the Honorable Members of the Police Jury
of Bossier Parish.
AS wolves are getting very numerous
in our parish and have destroyed live
stock in the value of several hundred
dollars in the Dixie and Benton neigh
borhood, we, your petitioners, most res
pectfully ask that your honorable body
offer an additional reward of S. to the
old reward of $3.50 for each scalp from
wolves that may be killed in the parish
al ho fs.ro
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted as presented and made
a part of the original Jail contract, to-
wit:
Whereas, on September i, 1914, a
written contract was entered into be-
tween The Southern Structural Steel
Company and Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
| whereby said company was to furnish
material for, and erect Jail for said
parish in accordance with plans No.
1898 and specifications therefor, and
Whereas, the Louisiana State Board
of Health requires that three slight
changes be made in said specifications,
as follows, to-wit:
First, That instead of the screens for
outside openings of said Jail being of
No. IA mesh, they should be of No. Is
mesh,
Second, That instead of the brick
| forming curbing of we'll being laid in
cement mortar from point twelve inches
below grade level to top, they should be
laid in cement mortar from point eight
feet below grade level to top,
Third, That instead of one foot of tile
being laid for each gallon of sewage
SAAAuCAo pSA ooyS WV 1SCo VI oAoii plpC
should be specified; now,
Therefore, in consideration of the
foregoing changes in said specifications
being required by said Louisiana State
Board of Health, it is hereby agreed by
and between said The Southern Struc-
tural Steel Company and said Bossier
Parish that said changes in said specifi-
cations be and are hereby made, and that
the original contract price of Ten Thou
sand, Nine Hundred Dollars (S1O,900)
for building said Jail be not altered by
reason of said changes in said specihca-
tions.
Signed in triplicate by the duly au-
| thorized representatives of the aforesaid
principals as if on the 30th day of Sep
tember, 1914.
THE SOUTHERN STRUCTURAL
STEEL COMPANY,
ByJ. A. YoUNGBLooD,
| Attest: First Vlcepresldent.
J. E. GATES.
BossIER PARISH, LOUISIANA,
By J. G. LOGAN,
| Attest: President Police Jury.
r. B. HILL.
T. B. WHITFIELD.
/ a fo1lou,;r-~ ook;t;o,, ,x,oo
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29
r. T. STlNSON, Parish Treasurer
ACCOUNT
BOSSIER PARISH.

July 6Warant No 30 e Burt n II
Warrants Nos 80 to II5 inclusive ~ 1856
Dr. j. = wise, order Juoge Sanoin
Ut. q. rlon oroer 1uoge oaho - Is
"a l. n. heoon ouer 5quge Sahahh 5 GO
q, Waro lWo eectlon, hea July q 70 90
interest on current Nanona Ban liz
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on current National BANK
oo|Wness scrip, NO. a's-J. D oVereasn 90
The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29

mously adopted.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That jury of six freehold
ers OF Bossier Parish, Louisiana, be ap-
pointed by this honorable body to assess
and levy all the damages occasioned by
the construction of the model road known
as the Bossier City-Ninock Highway,
passing through the property of the
Minors of Mrs. r. L. Dowell, and the
L., r. &; N. Company for the purpose of
appropriating the property for the use of
said highway and to fix the price of the
damages and property in view of expro-
priating same; and that said freeholders
will take the usual oath, repair to said
property and make written report in
detail to the Police Jury at its next reg
ular meeting, to be held the second
Tuesday in January, 1915, according to
the law governing such cases, when the
President of the Police Jury appointed
the following residents of the Parish of
Bossier, all freeholders, to review said
property, assess such damage or value
to the same in accordance with the above
resolution, to-wit: w. Fl. Hodgeg, jr.,
w. G. Raines, A. w. Prince, r. E. Nc
Dade, H. N. Cornell and w. E. Connell.
The following claim Of the Village of
Bossier City was presented to the Police
Jury and the Clerk Of the Police Jury
was instructed to mail the original claim
to the State Highway Department with
a request that they take the matter up