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The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-18

THERE IS A sAN-TOX REMEDY for every ordinary hOuaeROlS all ment. There is room for soH- Toz Remedies. tD yOuR nNdtesns chest. Get 6 sap-TOa Blus. Book at Keller BroB., ThH San-To1 Drug Store.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-18

One pupil was asked, What do We have in Physiology" The other pupil answer, "We finish Breath Ing"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-18

We are glad when Aprils here, Bringing with her all good cheer, Then the flowers all come out Then the boys begin to shout, This makes all of us so glad For the winter was quite sad.
 Della COllison, Sixth Grade
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-18
April Poem

April is the month of showers, I; will bring the bright May flowers Pussy willows will soon be gone, And We shall hear the robins song The summertime is very near, Which is the best time of the year
 Ruth Acnison, Sixth Grade,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-18

sAN-Tox COUGH DROPS. Admin istered on sugar. Acts almost h1 staRtly. Tho prescription of an eminent physician. Keller Bros The san-ToS Drug store.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-18
HAIR NATURALLY ABUNDANT.
When IL h Free Of DandruR, It GEOwn LuxurlaatIy.


 Fair preparations and dandrun cures, as Q rule, are sticky or irritating affairs that do no earthly good. Hair, when not diseased grows naturally, luxurlantly. Dandrufc Is the cause of nine-tenths of Ill hair trouble, and dandruf Is caused by a germ. The only way to cure dand- ruff Is to kill the germ; and, so far, the only hair preparation that will positively destroy the germ fig Newbro's Herpicide- absolutely harmless, free from grease, sediment, dye matter or dangerous drugs. It allays itching instantly; makes hair glossy and soft as silk. Destroy the cause, you remove the effect" Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for Vample to The Herplclde O.. Detroit. Mich.
 One Dollar bottle, guarantsed. Al all Drug storsA |
 Advertisement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

full records kept during the fall each season showed that this work had increased the production more than one-fourth of bale per acre over the crop on a check area nearby where such work was not done. Cir cumstances surrounding the experi- ment show that the advantage was probably considerably greater than indicated by the estimated increased yield, which is very conservative.
 No Definite Rule.
 No definite rule can be laid down as to the proper time for destroying weevils in this way. In general, the proper time is whenever the weevils have reached such numbers as to in fest practically all of the squares that are being set. This may occur much earlier in some seasons than in oth- CTS. Fall destruction as late as No vember will accomplish much, but several times the number of weevils can be destroyed if the work is done early in October. The rule should be to destroy infested plants at the ear Hest possible date in the fall. It is much better to sacrifice small quantity than to defer the operation. The loss will more than be made good by an increase in the next crop.
 In regions where the loss of organ ic matter from the burning of stalks is important, it is advisable, the spe- coalist says, to cut the stalks by means of the machine usually em- ployed for that purpose and bury , them as deeply as soon as possible. This will caue the destruction of many of the immature stages of the weevil in the squares and bolls. Other fall measures against the weevils in clude blowing under infested squares, grazing the cotton fields with cattle, sheep. or goats, and preventing the growth of volunteer cotton or sprouts from the old stumps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
ID KILL WGtV|l,
 HURRY PICKING.
 DESTROY PLANTS
Federal Department Agri culture Issues Warning to
 Cotton Planters.

Push cotton picking to early com pletion and then destroy tna cotton plants before the boil weev;ls i,iier nate"
 If every cotton grower whose fieils are infested with weevils would car ry out that suggestion of an entcmol ogist in the United States department of agriculture, the 1918 American cot ton crop would get substantial boost this fall, for destruction of weevils now is considered the all-lrportanr measure in boil weevil control.
 Hand in hand with early fall 6e- struction of weevils goes the rrac- tice of planting cover crops after ,he stalks have been removed. Such crops not only improve the soil but furnish feed of kind southern farniers now need. Thus the proper step to take in controlling the boil weevil in in crease the production of fo>age and assist greatly in the production of meat. In a recent pub'' ''.ation of the department of agriculture, farmers bulletin S4S, "The Boil Weevil lProhiem," the departmenI says so cllpAdIlSdiy.
 At the Mercy of Planter.
 "Weevils are at the mercy of the planter in the fall as they are at no other time,' declares Dr. W. D. Hun ter, the writer of this bulletin. "If the farmer desires to kill these in- sects then he can do so. If it is not practicable to burn the stalks, they can still be uprooted, thereby destroy ing the green-food supply of the weev- ills and preventing the further in- crease of the insects. The cotton then can be picked as the supply of labor permits Fall destruction of weevils insures crop for the fol- lowing season."
 f This measure of control, it is point ed out by the entomologist, can not be applied alike to all infested re- sions. It is of the greatest import ance to localities of the extreme South, where the boil weevil problem is most serious. Farther north the colder winters make this step less important. As the practicability of fall destruction depends upon the sup ply of labor available and upon the size of the plantings. it is meas ure particularly applicable to the southern and southeastern parts of the cotton belt where the cotton fields are small and labor is suffi- ciently plentiful to perform the work in ample time.
 Determination of boil weevis in the fall has not been adopted as wide ly as it should be, the department en- tomOlogist reports. but individual in. stances everywhere show it's value. In one of many experiments perform ed by the bureau of entomology-this l one in Calhoun county TeXas--the stalks growing on 40 acres of land were destroyed early in October. Care
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
LOCAL

A Hoosier kitchen cabinet would save you many weary steps, and many long, hot hours in the kitchen this summer. Reap & Crawford Furn. Go. tf
 Awnings and upholstering. Call B. T. Toussaint, phone 1850 or leave orders at Knox Walker Furniture Company. tt
 An automatic refrigerator would he economical and joy forever. There is none better. Sold by Reap & Crawford Furn. Go. exclusively. If
 You can buy the a!l-record Bruns- wick photograph "n the deferred payment plan from Rap & Crawford Furn. Co. If
 The Brunswick phonograph plays any record without a cent of extra cost. Let us demonstrate one in your home. Reap & Crav ford Furniture Co.,. If
 Ladies and children's oxfords at less than half what others ask, at Leavitt's Cut Price store, on the way to the postoffice
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
NOTABLES BORN THIS DAY.

Homer D. Williams, president of the Carnegie Steel company, born at Johnston. Pa., 54 years ago today.
 Manuel Quezon, former Philippine delegate in congress and now presi- dent of the Philippine senate. born in the Province. of Tayabas, P. l., 39 years ago today.
 Duke Frederick H. of Anhalt, one of the German emperor's allies in the war, born in Anhalt, 61 years ago to- day.
 Orville Wright, aaroplane inventor and member of the naval advisory board, born at Dayton, O.. 46 years ago today.
 Walter Clark, chief justice of the North Carolina supreme court, born in Halifax county, N. C.. Fl years ago to- day.
 Elsie Ferguson. one of the popular actresses of the American stage, born in New York city, 34 years ago to- day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

Americans like happy turn of phrase. That's why we indulge in so many slang terms that the more staid Britishers have difficulty in under standing. The American likes novelty even as to language; the Britishcr is more inclined to revere the language as something too sacred to be tamper- ed with. And though the Britishers have a galaxy of semi-slang terms that almost everybody uses, they pass down from generation to generation, while the Americans slang is like the fashions-last years thew words" are discarded for the vintage of this year
 It was amusing this year to note how the word "bone dry" swept the country. Nothing so expressive has been invented in street talk for a long time. Formerly "bone dry" was expressed in something like "prohi- bition that prohibits" or "the pre- vention of liquor shipments into dry territory" or other unwieldy phrases of a like nature couched in English of the most unblemishel character.
 Along comes somebody with the apt description "bone dry" and immedi- ataly every newspaper dispatch hav- ing to do with tight prohibition legis- lation used the word; it was dawdled from the platform by dry speakers and met with in the home and barber shops.
 A finer nor more expressive slang term was never flung into the open maws of a talkative nation. The Amer ican nation is quick to appreciate such a term. College professors may hesi- tate about using it, and prefer some phrase using up ten or fifteen words; but most of us like the short cut, eN- pressive term-it gets us to our destl- nation in the quickest time and with the most impressive effect.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
WRITE TO THE SOLDIERS.

We at home won't forget the boys who have gone and will go to the front.
 But it is not merely our duty to re- member what they are doing; it is up to us at home to remember them in a practical way.
 There is one way in which every in- dividual at ;home can do his or her bit. #
 It can be done with pen and ink and naper: or with lead pencil if you have not ink: or with type writer, if you have one.
 Write to the boys at the front.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

Civil war veterans are still among us who will bear witness to the hearty welcome always accorded to letters from home; and to the weary longing experiences by those boys who, some how, hadn't any folks at home to write.
 If you haven't a soldier member of the family in Europe, why not adopt one, and write him regularly, just as you would your own boy?
 For he is yours. He's fighting for you, to shatter the worlds last autoc- racy, to protect the liberty your own forefathers won.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
WAR AND TUBERCULOSIS.

In the war against the Hohenzollern autocracy, we must not forget the war against tuberculosis.
 The enemy in the field may ulti- mately kill his thousands of young Americans; but tuberculosis year af- ter year has killed it's tens of thou sands of all ages and sexes.
 Whatever we do to halt the ravages of tuberculosis will help make up in a material degree for the losses the war may bring. The fight against tuberculosis is a patriotic duty; and the advent of war should not be made the excuse for the slightest slacken- ing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
ABSENTEES TO ANSWER CHARGE
 OF DISSIPATION

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Renewed in structions. that drafted men who fail to report for service will be classed and punished as deserters. were sent to United States district attorneys and agents of the department of jus tice tonight by Attorney General Gregory,
 The provost marshal general has ruled that persons who fail to re- port for examination will be accepted automatically into the new army.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
NEW YORK MEN WIN.

Boston, Aug 1S.-trederick B. Al eXander and Harold Throckmorton. of New York. today won the final match of the National Patriotic Doubles Lawn Tennis tournament. which this year took the place of the national doubles championship. Taey defeat ed Irving B. Wright and Fl c. John son of this city, in straight sets, 11-9, 6-4. 6-4.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
FRANCO.AMERICAN TOILET
 ARTICLES. /

l beg to announce I am now carry ing complete line Of Franco-Ameri- can toilet articles, and will give this line the attention it deserves.
 You are invited to call and inspect this line for it is the same price and the same standard the United States over. Mrs. Nell Trotter, 14O5 Main street, phone 2053.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

Engineer Jerry Scott, 54, and Fire man w. A. Hammock, 30, were killed and four persons injured when a Katy limited passenger and a freight train telescoped near Wautuga, Tex.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.

One Hundred Years Ago Today. of the fifth anni- ! versary of the battle between the Constitution and the Guer- riere, one of the most brilliant American naval victories of the war of 1912.
 Seveniy-fve Years Ago Today. 1S42-Blockade of Venezuela by Sir Charles Adams, to enforce Brit ish claims announced.
 Fifty Years Ago Today. B. Campbell, sixteenth governor of Tennessee, died at Lebanon, Tenn. Born near Nashville, Feb. 6, 1897.
 Twenty-Five Years Ago Today. Rioting Tennessee miners de- feated and routed by militia un- der General Carnes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
TAKE THIS FOR CHILLS, FEVE&'
 MALARIA.

For a malarial condition with chlk 5 levers and sweats, take Foleys HE :ss of Malaria" Chill Tonic. It co!nDlns the virtues of quinine, without its '9' us pleasant taste, with the strong, pun. lying and tonic properties of iron; ,.I gives appetite, strength ana VIZ energy. Try it. For sale by msnn' Pharmacy.-Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

Likewise, the season of the year where ball-bearing suspenders are dis carded in favor of belts is rapidly ap- preaching.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

The submarines are doing so little that London doesn't think it's worth while reporting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

To the rest of the world it's the Rus sian bear. To Germany it's the Rus sian bore.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
One Year Ago Today in the War.

One Year Ago IOday m tnt war. August 10. 1916-Two British light cruiser sunk by German submarines in north Sea; Russians broke Aus tro- German lines northeast of kovel and in Carpathians; British forces in great Somme battle completed capture of nearly all German front lines for total width of II miles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

A secret wireless station mas O',, \, discovered on the coast Of Chuou' ;" the Argentice navy department
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

ported to have been discovered in southern Peru.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

About $50 a month is the salary paid the greatest of Japanese act resses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19
WORTH REMEMBERING.

Every hour of lost time is q chance of future misfortune.
 Napoleon l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-19

is guaranteed for one bottle to benefit any case of. Pella- gra, Rheumatism, NcrOf,,1o Cxy,,h;1;o
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10

ehers
George Our oea
almost their entire time In % verv
spent
have since added fifteen
specifically defining human right
the Consututon VI
United dedicated their lives ana n
indifference TO he pun
have Deco"o
time kiss the pipe
study the
the minds OF the
countrymen But tns
predominang this commercial what can @ S
been
duty under both 1t had ne ions snd
placed fifteen patches upon anu
filled libraries with exponding it. but has stood the test III
unpoundd commences III
them and them alone with anG ana @
number of queenssng ap
conditions
Washington Jeneson
citizen
urenders ms lgnt
the patriots who followed
independence ana n
OF
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10

Free Advertising.

All kinds of people, organiza-
tions, isms. so forth and so on,
seem to think that all an editor
has to do is to FILL up" his paper
and that they are helping him
out by furnishing a lot of dope"
writeups and advocates of their
various interests; whereas, the
discerning editor knows what is
what what ought to be paid for
and what not, and therefore
fights shy of all the free adver-
tising. If those furnishing all
this slush would save the print
ing, the postage and work II
takes to get it to the waste bas.
ket, there would be enough te
get some legitimate paid adver'
tising to the people through the
press = and leave a handsome
profit besides. = Natchitoche:
Times.
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10
AN ORDINANCE
Creating Road District No. 9. Gran

Creating Road District No. 9, Grant
parish, La, and defining the terri
tory embraced in the same.
Section L
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Grant parish, La, in lawful session
convened, That in accordance with law
and Article 292 of the Constitution OF
1918 Rad district within said parish
be and is hereby created which shall be
known as Road District No. 8.
Section q
Be it further ordained, etc., That
said Road District No. 9 shall comprise
all the territory embraced In wards
three, four and five, and all that por.
ton of ward two lying east of line
beginning on the northern boundary line
of said ward two at northeast corner OF
section six, township north, range
west. thence south to the southeast
corner of said section 6. and running
thence east to the northeast corner o1
section 8, thence south tethe northwest
corner of section Il, thence east to the
northeast corner of section 81, therc'
south to the southeast corner of section
! 81. thence east to the northwest cornel
of section 26, thence to southwest cor
ner of section 20, thence east to south
east corner of section 26, thence soutl
to northwest corner of section IL, town
| ship north, range 2 west, thence eas
to northwest corner of section 8, town
ship north, range west, thence soutl
to Rapides parish line. l..
Unanimously adopted Nov. II, 1916.
w. A. BROWNLEE.
President Police Jury.
| MISS H. E. CAMERON,
/ Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10
Secretary.

Old Police Jurors Face serious Oharge.
Fraakhnton, La, FeD. 2. The
grand jury adjourned and nieo
its final report, and found seven
true bills, in addition to the
twenty-tnrsesb bills reported last
week. The sensation OF n e
grand jury's sindings was the IN
dictment for embezzlement OF
six members of the old Washing
ton police jury serving from 1912
to 1916. The charges are based
on alleged careless handling OF
the road funds in payment to
Boyd and Bradshaw, who were
under contract for building and
maintaining the public roads dur
ing the four years of their terms
of office. A strong letter was
addressed to the district judge
insisting on an adult of the books
of the police jury at once.
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10

a whole so as to consume the
otherwise waste products of the
farm and make the Improbable
and untillable lands productive.
6. When the living has been
amply provided for grow cotton
for the main money crop.
z. Plan to sell or exchange the
surplus products of the garden,
the orchard, the poultry, the
livestock, the eggs and the feed
crops, to cover the necessary
running expenses of the farm
and save the cotton as the rea
cash crop.
One of the serious problems OF
this nation today is the produc
ton of food. At this time M
man in the south can afford to bt
tempted to reduce tne prOuuctlol
of food and feed crops. Rathe
should they be increased. 1t il
the only safe plan.
| We need more of the thre'
Fs-FOOD, FEED and FERTlL
ITY. Let US feed the people
| feed the livestock and feed tn
soil. When we have done thes
three things then raise sue
acreage in money crops as W
have the labor to extend.
i For further information appl
to Parish Demonstration Agent.
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
By r. H. Benton, Jr.
AGENT FOR GRANT PARISH
Safe Farming.


whenever the greed for a
money crop unbalances the wis
dom of husbandry, the money
crop is curse. When it stimu-
lates the general economy OF the
farm, it is the profit of farming. "
The above statement by the
late Henry w. Grady should be
the text for all the farmers of
Grant parish to live under during
the year 1917. This is a critical
period with the farmers of the
south, when we are facing the
problem of keeping up the good
work of diversifcation, or of the
return to the one-crop system.
The items that should consti-
tute your program for safe farm
ing are as follows:
| l. A home garden for every
family on the farm. From one
tenth to one-fourth acre, well 10.
Gated, we'll titled and tended as
carefully as any other crop or
| the farm, planted in rotation tC
time the vegetable crops so as t6
have a continuous supply for the
family table as many days in tht
year as possible. To this shoult
be added one-fourth of an acre
of potatoes, either Irish or sweet
or both, to be used as food TO
the family. An acre of sorghum
or sugar cane should be produce'
to supply the family with syrup
2. Produce enough corn d
each farm to last the family an
the livestock with certainty TO
one year, with a little excess TO
, safety.
3. Produce sufficient oats an
8 other small grain to supplement
, the corn as food for one yea
. with certainty, rememberin
that these small grains conserv
the soil in winter and provid
: grazing for livestock.
"a. Produce the hay and forae
. ctops necessary to supply tn
livestock on the farm for or
yEar, with little excess Il
safety, not forgetting the i
gvmes which add fertility to tt
q soil and produce the best hay.
! 5. Produce the necessal
t meat, eggs and milk for the fam
i !, ly. The livestock on the far
Ishould be gradually increased
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10

A petition was presented by
members of the Civic League,
asking that an ordinance be
adopted setting aside one day in
each month as cleanup day."
and also that stock be prohibited
from running at large in COlfax.
No action was taken on the Pc
tition, for the reason that all
necessary sanitary and cleanup
ordinances are now in force; and
for the further reason that the
= board does not agree with the
CivisLeague as to the necessity
for town stock law.
On motion, J. B.Roberts was
elected town attorney at salary
of $50 a year.
On motion, the mayor was in
structed to consult the town at
torney as to the right of the town
to control the Colfax ferry, and
to investigate the legality OF the
sale of said ferry recently made
by the Natchitoches police jury,
with instructions to act in accord
ance with the advice of the town
attorney.
The owners of the ColfaX Light
& Power Co. having expressed a
willingness to sell their light
plant to the town, the mayor was
instructed to ask the owners OF
the plant to submit a definite
proposition in writing to the
board Of aldermen, naming the
price wanted for the plant ane
terms on which they will sell.
On motion the treasurer wa:
authorized to draw a warrant IL
favor of Bank of Colfax in set
: tlement of note for $3.50.
On motion the board adjourned
until Monday night, Feb. II.
j. @. LONG,
A. M. GOODWIN, Mayor.
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10
Something Good.

Those who hate nasty medicine should
try Chamberlain Tablets for consti-
patton. They are pleasant to take and
their effect is so agreeable and SO nat
urai that you will not realize that 1t
has been produced Dy medicine. OBJ
talnabie everywhere. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Peter RadfOrd
ON THE AMERIcANIsM OF WASHINGTON

In these days when men earnestly inquire VIVA. .u
aceris is the Declaration of Independence and tne
Constitution of the United States AFFORD consen. co,
touchstone for the citizenship These documents
the citizens the rights endowed upon them oy tnel 80
and among these rights mentioned hfe' liberty on"
the nursu,t Of happiness 1t is Godmade and not man
made liberty that our government proposes to give W
citizens Our denies man the right 70
liberty or grant special freedom. We can only oen'
and equally distribute them Thomas JEFFERSON IN WIZ.
ing the Declaration Independence was SO connus
the unity and patriotism of the people tnat ne
The Colfax chronicle., 1917-02-10
Official Proceedings of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen.

Colfax, La, Feb. 6, 1917.
The mayor and board of alder
men of the town of Colfax, La.
met this day in regular session.
Present.. @. Long, mayor, and
Aldermen Carnahan, Dean, Fa-
RADIO, Goodwin and Williams.
The minutes of Jan. 2 were
read and adopted.
On motion of w. c. Carnahan
seconded by H. B. Faraldo, the