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Evening star., 1914-11-15

clared. Shortly afterward he resumed
his service in the orient, and in 1889
became commander-in-chief of the
held for eight years. The rank and
title of field marshal came to him In
1895. In the meantime, in 1892. he
had been raised to the peerage as
Baron Roberts of Kandahar and
Waterford
Evening star., 1914-11-15
Carranzistas Deny Truce.

NEW YORK, November 14.-Informa-
tion directly contradictory of reports
today from Ell Paso and Washington
which stated that progress was being
made in efforts to arrange truce be-
tween the CarranZa and Villa forces in
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Girls blOuses, 20.
Mufhern, -.
Children's leEgina, ~ pairs.
WOmen's clOthing-24 skirts, 8 jack.
cts, 72 wrappers.
Children's shoes. $50 pairs.
Blankets, 50 pairs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
Big Suit On.

The time of the District Court
this week has been consumed in
the trial of the case of the Lee
Lumber Compan. Ltd, vs.. Union
Naval Stores Co., Inc. The suit
involves over 100000, and will
take at least two weeks to finish
it. The contention of the plain
tiff is that the defendant improp-
erly turpentined and cared for
timber on the tract of land leased
to them for that purpose, causing
a loss of many millions of feet Of
timber: Hon. John H. Overton
of the firm of Blackman, Over
ton & Dawkins, is representing
the Lee Lumber Company, and
defendants are being represented
by Hon. w. S. Parkerson of New
Orleans, and Hon. H. H. White
of the firm of White & Thornton
& Holloman of this city. Alex
andria Town Talk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
Federal Aid for Roads.

Washington, Jan. 20. "A sup
Elemental report on the bill tt
appropriate $25, 900, 600 a yeal
for federal aid to road construc.
ton in the various States has
been fled in the house by Rep.
resentative Shackelford, chair.
man of the house roaGs commit.
tee. A special rule making this
bill an amendment to the post
Office appropriation bill now be-
fore the house probably will be
acted upon by the rules commit
tee.
The bill proposes to divide the
appropriation among States in
proportion to the rural delivery
routes and post roads in each
State. Tables setting forth the
mileage of these roads in each
State were included in the report
filed. Another table gave the
amount of federal aid which
States might receive under the
provisions of the bill. Amounts
for the southern States were fix
ed as follows:
Alabama, $578. $50; Florida,
$183, $50; Georgia, $771, 25O;
Kentucky, 1888, $50; Louisiana,
1902. 500; Mississippi, $473, $50;
North Carolina, $500, 900; South
Carolina, $415, 600; Tennessee,
$706, $50; Texas, 81, 126, $50. Vir-
ginia, $591, $50; Arkansas, $685.
$50; Kansas, $773, $50; Missouri,
81, 0l8, $50; New Mexico, $780,
600. Oklahoma, $572, 500.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
Grand Worthy Matron Visits colfax.

Mrs. S. j. Hymes, of Alexandria,
Grand Worthy Matron in Louisiana fol
the order of the Eastern Star, visited
Olive Chapter of Colfax last Tuesday.
That night she supervised the work Of
the lodge, giving some valuable instruc-
ton, and afterward gave pleasing ac-
count of her attendance on the Grand
National Convention. Mr.. ]. w. Dun
can responded on behalf of the lodge
in complimentary and agreeable terms,
after which the ladies served an ele-
giant lunch.
The chapter also held its regular
meeting on Thursday night, at which
time Miss Kate Deal was initiated in the
order, and the ladies again served d
dainty lunch. We are glad to note the
increased attendance and interest taken
in the meetings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
Suppressed whisperings About Oil

An air of mystery is observed of late
by all of the employees engaged in Dor.
ing for oil for the Iatt Oil Co. From
all We can gather they are down to q
depth of about $500 feet, and fer sew.
eral days past have only been able to
drill foot or two daily into some very
hard rock. A couple of days ago they
lost" drill, and up to the hour we
went to press had not been able to fish
it out. All sorts of rumors are afoat
about oil, gas, etc., but we have not
been able to learn anything definite.
Capt. Teal passed the Chronicle office
in canter yesterday friday after
noon, and we hailed him to inquire
about progress at the oil well. He
halted his horse long enough to say:
indications are still encouraging, and
We are going straight ahead.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
Parcel Post Will Handle Larger Pack
ages.


A ruling of the Postmaster.
General, recently approved by
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. increases the weight
limits of parcel post packages, in
the first and second zones, from
20 to SO lbs.; admitsbooks to the
parcel post, and reduces rates in
the other zones materially. The
maximum weight for parcels in
all zones beyond the second was
increased IL to 20 ID. From the
already published rates the re-
auctions are as follows: In the
third and fourth zones, l cent
less on the first pound and 3 cents
less on each additional pound; in
the fifth and sixth zones, / cent
less on each pound sent. Parcels
containing books weighing s or.
or less will be carried anywhere
for / cent for each 2 o., and on
those weighing more than 8 o.,
the parcel post rate for the zone
shall apply.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24

Department of State Engineers,
COMFORTS and agrees perfectly
with the National system, and
this agreement puts us in line
for the national appropriations
that are certain to be made at
no distant day. The national or
ganization embraces among its
membership the governors of
nearly every State in the Union,
and is power for good.
We hope to see the newspapers
of Louisiana give a larger por-
ton of their time to the advocacy
of good roads than they have
heretofore. The National Hig :
way Association proposes that
the National Government appro-
pirate aid for the building and
maintaining OF good roads, the
appropriations to be on the basis
of dollar for dollar on each sec
ton of road that any community
taxes itself to build, the propo-
sition also being that the Stat
shall put up an equal proportion.
In this way the various commu-
mites will have the encouraging
possibility and probably of real
izing double the amount of help
from the State and Nation that
they will devote to helping them
selves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
The President Back at Work.


| President Wilson has returned
to Washington greatly refreshed
by his vacation at Pass Christian
and ready for the hard winter.
work that lies ahead Of him. Il
he is as successful in his proposeG
trust legislation as he has beer
in bringing Congress to his views
on the tariff and the currency,
we shall have another Gemonstra.
ton of what a master fIl nan,
who knows his own mind and
works patiently for the welfare
of the people, can do.
1t must be comforting to the
President to reflect that the great
business interests of the country
are beginning to realize that the
position he has assumed toward
commerce and industry is not
one of antagonism. He has been
right and honest in the attitude
that a revision of the tariff was
necessary to unshackle business,
and a complete change in the
currency system to release the
money of the country from Wall
Street control and properly dis
tribute it.
Both of these measures have
been passed with a minimum of
friction in Congress, and now
the President looks forward to
complete the work of reform by
a wise solution of the trust prob
lem. In his policies he has not
offended any considerable section
either of territory or population,
and if he is guided by the same
wise counsels in the solution of
the trust problem the country
will hail him as one of the great
constructive statesmen of the
age. He has already won the
confidence of the American peo-
pie because he has been fighting
their battles and in the work yet
to be done they. stand ready to
hold up his hands. Daily States. |
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
How Good Roads Prevent Dis, sse.

ho" UOoQ ROddS Prevent DISt use.
That good roads prevent disease
is a novel proposition. and it will
strike many people as fanciful-
until they have thought it over.
Yet we have not seen an argu-
ment more convincing than that
which the Kansas State Board of
Health advances to prove that
there is a direct association be-
tween good roads and good health.
Weeds and other rank vegeta-
BILE growths are prolific breeders
of flies, mosquitoes and other
disease-carrying insects. Sound
bodybuilding causes the removal
of weeds and similar trash. In
dergrowths by theroadside invite
the deposit of garbage and offal.
Good roads do away with these
disease-breeding agencies.
Good roads also prevent disease
by providing good drainage.
Many farms have no drainage ex-
cept by bitches along the side of
the road. Open bitches, clear of
brush and debris, of hard surface
and proper fall, afford farmers
an opportunity to rid themselves
of stagnant pools.
Oiling of roads destroys insect
larvae. Dry, hard roads enable
thousands of pedestrians, especi-
ally the thousands of school chill
dren who. in country localities,
walk quite a distance to and from
school, to keep their shoes and
stockings dry, thus preventing
colds and their frequent conse-.
quences, pneumonia and tubercu-
losis. = Buffalo Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
Walters Ready to Face Accusers.

W. c. Walters. alleged kidnap-
er of Robert Dunbar, is ready to
face trial in Louisiana, and will
not take an appeal from the de-
cision by the Mississippi Supreme
Court, turning him over to the
Louisiana authorities.
Attorney H. C. Rawls, repre-
senting Walters, said that should
an appeal be taken to the United
States Supreme Court it would
result in a delay of one or two
years, and that by that time,
should the court decide adversely
to Walters, Bruce Anderson, be-
ing so young, would probably
have forgotten the witnesses for
Walters. 1t is claimed by Wal
tiers that the boy now in custody
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Dunbar at
Opelousas, and whom they claim
as their son, is Bruce Anderson,
a lad turned over to him by a
woman in North Carolina.
Attorney Rawls wrote to the
district attorney at Opelousas
when the next term of
court convenes, and stating the
defense only wants time to get
It's witnesses together. Mr.. Raw
IS stated that witnesses would
come from Mississippi, Louisiana. !
Georgia and North Carolina,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
A Thousand Barrels of Corn Roasted

- AA1Ss@ceAso ASoAASAo Vi NOAn AOdSteO.
About p. m. on Wednesday. Jan,
81, Mr.. J. H. McNeely received tele.
phone message from Mr.. w. A. Cat.
lin, overseer on one of his places abou,
three miles south of Colfax, that his
corn crib was on FIRE, ard that it looked
like the residence, commissary, stable
and wagon shed near by would also be
burned in spite of all that could be
done. A hasty telephone call brought
Mr.. Geo. Jordan around in short order.
and the editor, together with Assistant
Cashier j. C. Mcknight, climbed into
Mr.. McNeely's auto and were speeded
to the fire in few minutes. The crib
contained 800 or 1000 barrels of corn.
The entire building was consumed,
turning and roasting the corn badly
before the fire could be put out, but it
was fortunately extinguished without
damage to any other building. About
one-half of the corn will probably be
good to feed the mules and stock, but
fully half of the thousand bushels was
burned up.
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Will Look Irto Bill Relating to the
Rights of Settlers.
~%NHHA~~H>>><

Attorney ]. B. Roberts, of Col
fax, left for Washington, D. c.,
on JAM 20, going by way of Alex
andria and Monroe. He had
business to occupy him about two
days in the last two places, and
then left for Washington by the
@. & C. route. He will remain
about ten days in order to attend
to some land business for the
Methodist Annual Conference in
:elation to the Bynum property,
and also for Messrs. J. H. Nc
Nicely and C. w. LaCroix. who
are interested in some old land
grants.
While in Washington Mr.. Rob-
erts may also take a hand in the
interest of bona fide purchasers
of lands patented to the New Or
leans Pacific Railway Co., if the
proposed legislation should attack
the vested rights of these people.
The courts have decided that the
bona tde purchaserof these lands
is protected, and his title is con-
firmed by the Act of Congress of
March 2, 1896. This point was
decided in the case of the Iatt
Lumber Co., Limited, VS.. A. w.
Faircloth. Whether this partic-
ular phase of the subject is to
come up for legislation or not,
the discussion of the question
and the final action of Congress
in the matter will be awaited with
great interest in this part of the
country.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
Novel Method of Closing ssWild'' Gas
Well.


A gas well in Louisiana that
had run wild for six years and
had been wasting from 10, O0O.-
600 to $1,000, 600 Gu. #. of gas a
day during that period was sue
cessfully closed recently by a
llethod that is probably unique
in the history of the gas indus
try. A relief well was first bor-
cd close to the old well, and to
the same depth. Water and mud
were forced down the relief well
under heavy air pressure until
the gas Stratum was choked and
the flow of gas shut off. The
old well, which had made a crater
225 feet in diameter and so feet
deep. was then permanently clos
ed with concrete. Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
His Middle Name.

He isn't handsome far from that,
|. AS manly beauty goes;
He doesn't sport the latest hat
Or up-to-datest clothes.
And yet he is more popular
Than all the blooming roost;
And everybody likes him, for
His middle name is Boost.
He doesn't wear the latest styles
Or know the latest fad;
But he just smiles and smiles and
SMILES
When things are going bad.
He talks a lot, when rainclouds pour.
OF crops they have produced;
He sees their silver lining, for
His middle name is Boost.
He mikes no million bucks year,
And yet he has enough;
His charity is giving cheer
When things are looking tough.
OF friends he owns plenty, more
Than money has induced;
Yep. everybody likes him, for
His middle name is Boost.
Get out yourself and boost bit
And jolly folks along,
For knocking never makes hit
When things are breaking wrong.
If you should hear kicker roar,
just bump him off the roost,
And show the folks you're plugging,
for
Your middle name is BOOST.
Douglas Malloch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
How Igorrotes Cultivate Mountain
Sides.

A mountain side terraced from
top to bottom and having the ap-
pearance of an enormous amphi-
theater is one of the curious
things to be seen back in the
mountains of Luzon, in the Phil
pine Islands. A typical example
of this novel method of convert
ing steep mountain sides into rice
fields is Illustrated in the Febru-
airy number of Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. This section of
the island is inhabited by Bontoc
lgorrotes, a tribe of savages who
have resisted all attempts at city,
ilization, but who, owing to me-
cessity and in spite Of primitive
tools and methods, have become
skilled agriculturists. Having
practically no farm lands availa-
BILE but steep mountain sides,
the Igorrotes have made these
suitable for rice culture by elabo-
rate systems of terracing. The
terraces are connected by irl-iga-
ton bitches taking water from
points high up in the mountains,
and in this way a regular water
supply is assured, without. which,
rice farming is impossible, SINCE
the grain requires the literal
flooding of the land while the
young plants are growing.
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w. w. White to Edit Winfield Com.
rade

rade.
A special from WINFIELD under date
of Jan. %, says:
The Comrade, the only newspaper
published in WINFIELD, has for the
third time within year changed hands
again. Messrs. Joel T. Payne, editor
of the Dodson Times, w. w. White,
editor of the Pollock Progress News,
and Ashley M. Barnes, an experienced
printer, are the new owners, they hav-
ing purchased the interest of Mr.. H.
Clay Riser, who retires from the BUSH
ness for the present on account of the
condition of his health. Messrs. White
and Barnes will have active manage
ment Of the paper, while Mr.. Payne
will continue to edit the Dodson Times.
Mr.. White who has had considerable
newspaper experience, will be editor,
while MIR. Barnes will manage the BUSH
ness end of the Comrade.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24

The subdivision of ten thousand
acres of sugar lands into small
farms is under way in Plaque
mine. The IberviIle Land Com
pany is the name of a newly
formed organization which will
put the parceled tracts on the
market.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24

The first Strawberries of the season
were shipped from Independence, La,
in Tangipahoa parish, to New Orleans,
on Jan. 10. The mild winter has been
very favorable to the crop of straw
berries, which is reported to be the
best for several years.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24

Atlanta has been taken off the Colfax
work aid attached to the Campti charge.
Hereafter Rev. A. H. Parker will
preach at the Methodist church in
Montgomery on the first and third Sum
days in each month, and at Colfax on
the second and fourth Sundays.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-01-24
What the States are Doing in the
Building of Good ROADS.


either State aid funds for roaC
Improvement or highway com.
missions, and many have both.
The leading State in road expen-
diture is New York, which paid
out $50, Ill, 116 in 1912. Since
the highway program began in
1898 New York has raised over
$40, 100000, Just now the State
is utilizing a 500, 10000 bond
issue, of which $50, 900, 600 al
ready has been spent. New
York has total mileage of 3d.
OC0, of which nearly $4,000 are
improved. Pennsylvania spent
in a year Sc, 1854, 718, of which 81, :
100000 was State aid.
Financing road construction by
bond issues has become general
throughout the United States.
Road bond issues for 1918 were
nearly $40, 100000, or twice as
much as in any previous year,
and indications are that a new
mark will be set in 1914.
Louisiana, while little late
getting into the procession, has
made fine progress, and at this
time is fully ARREST with any of
the Southern States in road con-
struction. Our splendid progress
is mainly due to the efforts of
Gov. Sanders, with whom road
building was a hobby, and his
crochet and pet idea on the SUBJ
Ject has been of great and last
ing good to the commonwealth.
Here in Grant parish we are
probably leading all of the par
ishes in the State with seventy
five miles of model roads already
completed under supervision of
the State Board of Engineers,
and the building and addition to |
our system is already under con-
sideration with the fine prospect
that our people will approve the
levy of another five mills tax for
five years. Thus far we have
expended 500. 600 of money rails
ed by taxing ourselves with $780,
600 or 100000 additional from
the State, and our people join al
most solidly in approving the
outlay as money we'll spent.
In the system of national high
ways, endorsed, approved and
adopted by the National High
ways Association, Louisiana is
booked for considerable part of
the National system, as follows;
About $50 miles of what is desig-
mated as the Main Southern Ma {
tional Highway, which runs
through the southern limits of
the State, including in its course |
the parishes of St. Tammany, I
Tangipahoa, Livingston, East I
Baton Rouge, and the parishes |
thence southeasterly to Orleans,
thence westward, by way of Thi-
bodeaux, Franklin, New Iberia,
Crowley, Jennings and Lake :
Charles. !
The second line proposed is to :
be approximately $50 miles, and is r
designated as the Canada-Gulf :
Trunk National Highway. 1t
leads from New Orleans to Baton :
Rouge, thence to Alexandria. : :
Colfax, Coushatta and Shreve- 6
port, and leaving this State, goes ;.
by way of Texarkana, Fort Smith. :.
Joplin, Kansas City, Omaha. >
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth :,
to the Canadian border. =
The third line in which Louisi- =
ina is to share. a stretch of near :, :,
y 200 miles, is designated as :,
he Transatlantic Trunk Nation :
i Highway. 1t begins at the y
coast of North Carolina, and run
ling westward by way of Raleigh. .
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The next term of district court will
convene in February.
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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-02-19
HAVE 0RGAN|LED
 C0MMERC|ALASS'N N.
Dollars Is Raised In Very Few Minutes.

The Valdez Commercial Association met last night at the City Hall and perfected the organization of the as sociation, adopted constitution and bylaws for the governing of the as sociation and elected seven trustees, who are to act as board of governors | for six months.
 The following business men of Val deg were elected on the board: Sen ator B. F. Willard, Charles Kraemer, c. E. Bunnell, J. c. Martin, William Ethical, Edwin Eckern and William Wilson.
 The organization already consists of fifty of the business and profession al men of Valdez and more are ex- pected to join. Thirty-four members paid to the secretary last night the $25.O0 required for membership and other subscribers who were not pres ent will pay today. The charter list will be kept open for a week. The forum of the association, as adopted by the members, is as fol- l lows:
 "The forum of this Association shall be, by it's members and officers, kept and maintained, free from political, social and religious arguments and discussions, and shall be occupied on ly by member or officer in honest en- deavor to advance the general welfare and business prosperity of the town of Valdez and vicinity
 i Any member of this Association who shall violate the spirit and in tent of Article IX of these bylaws, or who shall, while in possession of the floor of this Association, by vir- tue of his membership, use any abu- sive or ungentlemanly language ad- dressed to any member of this Asso- citation, or who shall fail and neg lect to observe proper decorum at any meeting or meetings of this Associa- tion, shall be suspended or expelled from this Association, by a two-third vote of the members present"
 Without political bias the organiz- ation hopes to do considerable for the general welfare of the community and will work for the best interests of the town of Valdez The trustees contemplate the election of secre- tary, who will be paid salary and who will spend considerable time the next few months preparing data to submit to the special board which will examine routes in Alaska for the gov ernment system of railroads. 1 The board of trustees met after the adjournment of the meeting and elect ed Senator Willard as president of the Association, but left the matter of a secretary open for future consider ation. / l One of the features of the meeting was an extemperaneous speech made by c. E. Bunnell, which was heartily applauded.
 Attorney E. E. Ritchie presided at the deliberations of the meeting and many members were desirous that he serve on the board of trustees, but he refused.