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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-02-06
cmFAx. GRANT PARISH LA SATURDAY. FEBRUARY s, 1915

to farmers in COM
nunities where conditions are
such that it is impossible for a
to succeed. and a
which has failed serves
20 discourage dairying in that
and near : by communities for
many years after the failure oc-
ours. This warning in regard to
the creamery promoter also ap
oIies to the promoter of canning
factories.
HOW TO PROCEED.
There are some places in the
south where creameries should
De built, because they would FUR
nish a steady cash income to the
farmers who supply the milk OF
cream; but people without -ex-
perience should not rush into tn
creamery business until they
have become thoroughly inform
ed on the requirements for the
successful operation of a cream
cry.
AS previously stated, the cream
from about 600 cows is necessary
to keep a creamery running eco
nomically; therefore, in a cream
ery agitation the first thing to be
done is to make a thorough can
yass of the territory from which
lit is practicable to obtain cream
| in order to ascertain the number
of cows actually present Owe
and above those required for thu
! production of milk for home use
| rnis information will furnish tin
basis for definite plans. Ate
lascertaining the number OF COW
which could furnish cream to tn
proposed creamery, upon request
:, this information should be sen
% your State agricultural coiieg
Or to the Dairy Division, Burea
if Animal Industry. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, l
IC., either of which will suppl
: instructions and plans for the OF
: ganization. building and equiI
] ping OF a creamery suited to col
( ditions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-02-06
Destructive Storm at Pollock.

ing, Jan. 81, at about $500 clock,
which did considerable damage
in the vicinity of Pollock and in
the corporate limits of that town.
Besides the damage one person
was injured, Mrs. Park Andrews.
While the extent of her injuries
was not learned it is stated that
she was unable to walk Monday.
During the short duration OF
the storm about twenty struct-
ures were damaged, and the fol-
lowing is a partial list of the
damage done.
DR.. F. o. Maxwell's residence
and barn two miles west of Pol
lock. were completely destroyed.
The following damage was done
within the corporate limits OF
Pollock:
M. w. HAYES, residence badly
damaged and gallery blown off.
Arthur Gwinn. house partly
destroyed.
The residence of Dink Dean,
occupied by Mr.. Ramage, COM
pletly destroyed with furniture.
Residence of B. T. HUMPHREYS.
house slightly damaged and all
outhouses blown away.
High school building blown off
foundation and partially wrecked.
lSchool suspended indefinitely.
Residence of G.. w. Christian,
occupied by S. D. Clark, com
pletely wrecked.
/ Mrs. Leeds residence, occu
pied by Mrs. Wainwright. com
pletely wrecked.
Mr.. A. w. Stewards residence
was damaged, roof blown off
fues blown down and all out
houses blown away.
Residence of Park Andrews
, owned by Iron Mountain Lumbe
ICo., blown from its pillars, an
Mrs. Andrews injured
Iron Mountain Lumber Com
pany's planning mill, about fiftee
hundred dollars damage. Roc
blown off, stack blown down, an
building almost complete wreck
II Iron Mountain car shops con
n pletely blown away.
IS Residence of Mrs. Mathew
:, kitchen blown away.
i Clifford Goree's new residens
/ blown from foundation and dan
Re aged.
e. Henry Bowman's residen'
completely wrecked.
u R. w. Adams, home part
ar wrecked and all outhouses d
ee stroyed.
no Buffers garage. owned by t
!; Iron Mountain Lumber Co., 9
rs cupied by DR.. F. 0. Maxwe
pc completely destroyed, wrecki1
IN five machines, and damaging t.
motorcycles.
%. Willett's Pharmacy badly da
I aged. Front blown in and GOO
We damaged.
lys Union Mercantile CompaI
ing badly damaged.
Pre- Wiley Walker. barns and o
.cb houses total loss: also some ST.
,rs' lost.
the Cumberland Telephone CO
and pany was completely put out
OF business and considerable ds
nsn age done to wires and poles. .
risk wire to Alexandria, howe'
lter was got in working order shol
$ in and the other damage is be
repaired as rapidly as possible
This is only a partial estin
of the damage done. There
try a great deal of other damage
o ~, yet reported, including bro
in windows and other things 9
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-02-06
Official Proceedings of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen.
Co,fax. In. Feb. 2. 1915.


The mayor and board of aldermen of
the town of Colfax, L., met this day
in regular session. J resent. Q.
Long, mayor, and Aldern en- W. c. Car
nahan,. J. t. McMurry, +. B. Faraldo,
r. M. C. Duncan and A. M. Goodwin.
= The minutes of December ! were
read and approved.
On motion Of R. M. c. Duncan, Sec
onded by w. C. Carnahan, the follow
ing claims were allowed:
j. w. Duncan Co.. 6 SIX 90 "a
$3.50, axle grease l0c......-... Il 10
Colfax Light & Power Co., is
street lights. shades. poles,
wiring, etc..--.......---......... 49, OF 70
Colfax Light & Power Co., SER
vice street lights for JAM. 10
A. B. Perkinz, turn key fee ard
board for Jno. Gibbons. ! %
j. A. Prothro, 1920 lbs hay 49,. 90
/ S. w. Johnston, work on alley. %
J. A. Neyland, repairing town
hall shutters l.. 2 80
Colfax Chronicle, printing. 5o
C. H. Mccain, filing answer to
suit Calhoun VS.. Town 10 10
lD. M. Mcknight, 8 days extra
| marShal....--.......-....... "
Mrs. w. C. Williams presented q bill
for 81. so for digging ditch. On mo-
ton the claim of MIS-. Williams was
laid over without action.
The marshal reported collections as
follows:
Taxes .................-....--..- 90
Fines ...,..........-.--.-..--.-p -----.--- "
Total ......................--.... fSz q
The marshal exhibited pass book
showing the amount deposi ed to credit
of the town and the settlement was
: approved.
On motion the treasurer was author
lied to draw a warrant for $4O1. " il
favor of the Bank of Colfax, to cove
principal and interest on note due Jan
ID, 1915.
e The proposition of the Colfax Ligh
and Power Co. to furnish the material
shades. poles. labor. ETC.. for fifteen q
watt street lights for $62. rs. and
charge fat rate of $1,000 per mont
J, for the fifteen lights, was accepted.
RI On motion the mayor was authorize
4 and instructed to make demand o
the Cumberland Telephone and TEX
graph Company for $3.50 per mont
/ for each month since the telephone
n the town hall was removed, in ACCORD
# ance with the terms of the franchis
Il granted said Cumberland Telephor
and Telegraph Co. by the town of Go
: fax; and in the event said telephor
i company fails or refuses to pay sa
money, the MAYOR is instructed to h
s, and prosecute suit for recovery of Il
amount due the town of Colfax, in a
40 cordance with the terms of said ira
chise.
u There being no further business t
body adjourned
&c J. q. LONG,
A. M. GOODWIN, Mayor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-02-06

Southern Farmers Should Build
Creameries.

a SpecIdl iSpoic VI
Department of Agriculture Is
sued Dec. %, 1914, prepared by
the Dairy Division of the Bureau
OF Animal Industry, remarks
that this is a good time 10
change from the one-crop system
to diversified agriculture" 1t
especially emphasizes the .estaD-
llshment of creameries by south
ern farmers as a fine field for
profit. The following valuable
suggestions are given:
CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO Sue
CESS.
The main requirement Tor the
success of the creamery is a SUI
fcient supply of milk or cream
an insufficient supply means fali-
IRE of the creamery and a loss to
ali conc sraed. Experience has
ur5ved that about 600 southern
cows are necessary to furnish
cream enough to operate a cream
cry economically. The number
of available cows in community
il generally overestimated. II
-bof. ro;,l, 10 TO he handled it is
not advisable to include in this
estimate herds at greater DIS
tance than 5 miles from the
creamery. If cream is handled,
herds 10 miles from the creamery
can be included. A creamery
must make at least an average 81
1900 ponds of butter a week IN
order to keep the expenses rea-
sohably low. The smaller the
output the greater the cost per
!. round of manufactured butter
for some of the expenses will re-
main about the same whether
the daily output is 100 or 2Ot
q pounds.
CAUSES OF FAILURE.
There are many closed cream
cries in the United States. Some
of these were built where the
Z people we're not well informed
on conditions necessary for tn
operation of a creamery. II
most cases there were not cow
enough to supply milk; in other
!. failure was due to inexperienc
in making and marketing cream
ery products. Some OF thes
cfeameries were organized D
s promoters whose whole interes
was to sell the machinery an
equipment at a high commission
BEWARE OF THE PROMOTER.
Southern farmers should hay
acknowledge of the methods pra
ticed by the creamery promote
who is invariably a ready talk'
and in the most glowing colo
shows the advantageso a cream
ery. They may circulate liter
ture in which large divlden'
from other creameries are show
and tell the farmer in fluent Ia
goage what great returns can
derived from similar estaplls
ments in their community.
stances have been known
which the promoter has Undue
farmers to sign what they !
lieved was merely a stateme
favoring the erection of crea
ery in the community if it COZ
be organized and successfully
Grated, but afterwards the Tar
era discovered that they /
y signed carefully worded prom
\ sorry notes. The paper they ST
| cd. when unfolded, revealed
;ronclad contract for stock in
company. Promoted creamei
are seldom well organized; U
ally the buildings are chea
constructed, improperly ea'
ped. and cost from so to 100
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
LAUDS WISCONSIN TAX PLAN
Says Income Levy Enforcement Never
Has Been EquaIed.

Madison, Wis, April 28.-"No tax
commission has been more active or
has accomplished more than the Wis
consin commission; in fact, the Wis
consin law and the work of that COM
mission have been guides in the refor-
nation of tax systems in other states.'
This statement is taken from an ar
ticle just published in the annals OF
the American academy, written by
Judge Samuel T. Howe, chairman of
the tax commission of Kansas and a
former judge of that state. 1t deals
with the Central Control of the Valu-
alton of Taxable Subjects
wisconsin has pioneered the way
in many reforms, but the most dis
tinctive perhaps is the replacement
of large part of the personal proper
ty taxation by an income tax. This
law is the first of it's kind in the Cen
trail Western states and is enforced by
the commission in a manner never
equaled before in the United States in
the enforcement of income tax laws
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
Game Law Changes.

Considerable game and fish legisla-
tion was enacted by the late leigsla-
ture. and numerous Important
changes in the laws were made.
Practically all the new laws are for
the better, and true sportsmen will
approve Of them. Hereafter all
hunters more than p years old are
required to pay license fee of ST..
unless hunter is on his own lands,
lands OF his immediate family or
lands leased by either. Each license
permits three shipments of fifteen
birds EACH. This law will result in
greatly increased revenues, and it is
thought that the game and fish de-
partment will now be practically
self-sustaining. While some may OBJ
ject to paying a license fee, the
measure is fair one, as it places
the burden of paying for game and
fish protection upon those benefited
by such protection.
The Bag Limit Law is next III in
terest. The old law allowed fifteen
field birds and fifteen water fowl a
day and provided that no person
should have more than forty ' e
birds or more than fifty ducks in
possession at one time. The days
bag of all wild fowl excepting ducks
is cut to ten day and but thirty
are allowed in possession at time.
Fifteen ducks day are permitted,
and the bag limit is now forty-five.
Under another new law only fifteen
pike and fifteen bass can be taken in
one day and no person is allowed
more than twenty-five bass in his
possession at one time. No limit is
set on the number of pike one may
have at one time. The use of arti-
fetal lights in spearing pickerel, red
horse. suckers, carp and bullhheads
is permitted in streams during the
months of April and October, if the
spearing is done more than 500 feet
away from lake. Fishing within
100 feet of tishway, dam or state
fish hatchery is prohibited.
Shooting wild fowl from motor
boats is now prohibited, and the
building of blinds in open water out
side the natural growth of weeds
and vegetation is not permitted.
This also applies to the building of
blinds about boat with the purpose
of stealing down upon ducks in mid
lake. -.
Hereafter no one can retain. game
birds later than December 81, and
big game meat later than January
81. Under the old laws game could
be held all winter, providing ST. was
paid for retaining tag. The re-
tanning tags will be issued as before,
but the time is shortened
Licenses must now be procured by
clammers and certain sections of de-
pleted beds are to be closed for a
period to allow recuperation. The
act is to be uniform in Minnesota.
Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
WORDS FROM HOME.
Statements That Nav Be 1nyestieat

Statements That May Be investigated,
Testimony Of Princeton Citizen.
When Princeton citizen comes to
the front, telling his friends and
neighbors of his experience, you can
rely on his sincerity. The state
ments of people residing in far away
places do not command your conf
dence. Home endorsement is the
kind that backs Doan's Kidney Pills.
Such testimony is convincing. In
vestiga tion proves it true. Below is
a statement of a Princeton resident.
No stronger proof of merit can be
had.
W. r. Bigelow, Princeton, says:
II had a had case of rheumatic pain
and kidney trouble. It hurt me to
bend and when I got down or in a
chair, could hardly get up. The
trouble kept me from work and sew
eral times when I caught cold, the
attacks were worse. s. was told to
try Doan's Kidney Pills and I did.
/ soon got relief and little later, I
was cured. 2
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney. remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Bige1ow had. Foster NJ ilburn
Co., Props, Buffalo. n. Z. Adyer-
tisement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
MAKES APPEAL TO TURKEY

United States Asks Protection for
Armenian Christians.
Washington, April 28.-An appeal
for the relief of the Armenian Chris.
tians in Turkey, following reported
massacres and threatened further out.
RACES, was made to the Turkish gov
eminent by the United States.
Acting upon the request of the Rus
sian government, submitted through
Ambassador Bakhmeteff, Secretary
Bryan cabled Ambassador Morgenthau
at Constantinople to make representa-.
lions to the Turkish authorities ask.
ing that steps be taken for the protec-
ton of imperiled Armenians and pre-.
vent the recurrence of religious out
breaks. :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
RESULTS on The DIAMOND
American Association,

American Association.
st. Paul 4, Minneapolis 1.
Cleveland 9, Indianapolis 5.
Louisville 10, Columbus 9.
National League.
st. Louis 3, Pittsburg 0.
Chicago 6, Cincinnati 0.
Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 2. g.
Boston IL, New York 5.
American League.
Detroit 8, st. Louis 2.
Washington 2, Philadelphia /.
Chicago 7, Cleveland 4.
New York 2, Boston 0.
Federal League.
Kansas City Z, Chicago 6.
st. Louis 5, Pittsburg 2.
Buffalo Il, Newark 8.
Baltimore 7, Brooklyn 6.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
TWENTY-SEVEN DIE IN FLOOD
Further Loss of Life and Property Is
Not Expected.

Austin, Tex, April 2S.-Flood con.
ditions in Texas were encouraging
rains having ceased in practically all
the watersheds. Streams still were
out of banks, however, and rising in
southern sections, but further loss OF
life and property is not expected.
The death list was increased to
twenty-seven by the recovery of the
bodies of Ebert Ezell, nine years old
one Unidentified woman and three
negroes near Austin. The MISSING
are variously estimated at from fifteen
to twenty.
The property damage throughout
the state, it is estimated, will run into
the millions, the figures being placed
at $1,500,000 in Austin alone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, April -Wheat-May,
$1.61%; July, $1.35as; Sept, $1.25as.
Conway, 76c; July, 7SAc; Sept,
79hc. Oats May. SAC; July, $3.50;
Sept, 47%c. Pork-May, $17.521a;
July, s1S.o71a; Sept, $1S.521s. But
ter-Creameries, CSC. Eggs-17@
19Ac. Poultry-Springs, 1Sc; fowls,
.14% @15c.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
SUESTHE PULLMAN COMPANY
State of Minnesota Seeks to Collect
Tax of $4,000.

- = s -
ST. Paul, April %. An important
suit was filed in the Ramsey county
court by Attorney General L. A
Smith against the Pullman company
to collect $4,000 gross earnings tax
es under the 1913 tax law.
The company has disputed the claim
and rendered the state only $2,7O7.
Under the old law sleeping car com
panies paid a 8 per cent tax on in
trastate business exclusively. The
1913 law increased this to 5 per cent
and was to include all business done
in Minnesota by the company.
d The company claims that this act
brings the law in conflict with inter
state traffic laws.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, April 27.-Cattle-
Receipts, $500; steers, $4.75@7:S5;
COWS and heifers, $4.5O@7.0O; calves,
s3.75@7.75; stockers and feeders,
$4.50@7.25. Hogs-Receipts $500;
range, s7.OO@7.2O. Sheep-Receipts,
400; lambs, $5.0O@9.S5; wethers,
$6.50@7.75; ewes, $65O@7.5O.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
St. Paul.zHay.

st. Paul, April 27.-Hay- Choice
timothy, $17.50; No. l timothy, $1,000
@16.75; No. 1 clover mixed, $4,000
1875; No. mixed, different grasses,
$3.50; No. mixed, timothy and wild,
$14.O0@14.75; choice upland $3.50;
No. 1 upland, s15.0O@15.75; No. mid
land, $11.00@11.75; No. alfalfa,
s15.0O@15.75.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, April 27.-Wheat-
May, $1.571s; July, $1.51R; Sept,
$1.21%. Cash close on track: No. 1
hard, $1:63%; No. Northern, $1.59H
@1.69B; No. Northern, S1.55M@
1.60; No. 8 wheat, s1.49H@1.5SH;
No. 8 yellow corn, Tx @72Ac; No.
3 white oats, 51A OSLO; flax, $1.91@
@1.93h.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
St. Paul Grain,

St. Paul, April -Wheat-No. 1
Northern, s1.59H@1.631k; No. 2
Northern, s1.55B @1.6OA; No. 2 Mon
tana hard, s1.61s @1.631s; corn, 71A
@72Ac; oats, 51A Oslo; barley, 500
76c; rye, $1.14@1.15; flax, $191k@
1881. 1917. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
GERMANS LAYING IN
FOOD FOR FOUR YEARS.

!. London, April 28.-A tele-
+ gram to the Evening News
: from Copenhagen quotes the
: German counselor Of state,
: Herr Gottschalk, as saying
+ that systematic efforts are
: being inaugurated in Germany
for the purchase of sufficient
; foodstuffs for a four years sup
: ply.
: This is being done, it is said,
. on instructions to German
: chambers of commerce from
. DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg,
. the imperial chancellor, on the
: ground that Germany must be
. prepared for at least this
. length. ."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, April 27.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. hard, S1.66A; No.
1 Northern, $1.65A; No. Northern,
$1.5SA @1.61A. Flax-On track and
to arrive, S1.95A .~.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
BOTH MEN RECEIVE WOUNDS
Two Escaped Reformatory Prisoners
Are Captured.

Staples, Mimi, April 2S.-Fred A.
Middleton and James Evans, who es-
capped Friday from the St. Cloud re-
formatory, were captured here, but
not until both had been shot by Off
GERS in sensational gun fight. Mid
dleton was shot through the abdo.
men and will probably die. Evans
was shot through the foot
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, April -Cattle-Steers,
$6.10@S.65; COWS and heifers, $4,000
$40; calves, S6.50@90O. Hogs
Light, $7.25@7.60; mixed, $7.15@7.6O;
heavy, S6.S5@7.45; rough, $3.50
7.O5; pigs, $5.25@6.75. Sheep-Native,
s7.50@S.60.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
German General Killed.

Berlin, April 28.--Among- the casu.
alties reported is Major General Won
.Seydewitz, commander of a reserve
infantry regiment, who was killed
Sunday, General Won Seydewitz had
the iron cross of both the first and
second class. #*.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
ONE KILLED ANOTHER HURT
Auto PIunges Over Bank Near Alma
~--z' =. Wis

Winona, Mimi, April 28.-Christian
Ulrich, thirty-eight> years old, was
killed, Fred Kappus was injured and
Albert Guelgzow escaped unhurt in
an automobile accident two miles
north of Alma, Wis. The three were
residents of Mondovi.
Ulrich was engaged in the telephone
business.
The driver of the car turned out to
avoid a rig. The machine plunged
down ten-foot embankment and
overturned.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-29
H0FF MA N
Oils arness for
-.- ss~-
$1..00 a Set
GOOD COMPANY.

As friends and companions, as
teachers and CONSIDERS, as recreators
and amusers, books are always with
us and always ready to respond to
our wants. We can take them
with us in our wanderings or gather
them round us at our fresides. In
the lonely wilderness and the.
crowded city their spirit will be
with us, giving a meaning to the
seemingly confused movements Of
humanity and peopling the desert
with their own bright creations.
John Alfred Langford.