The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-04-05
Journal agriculture
CoLFAx. GRANT PARISH LA, SATURDAY APRIL s. 1918

lawful for any person, firm or
corporation to obtain or procure
for another person. or to assist
in obtaining or procuring for an
other person, within the parish
of Grant, any person for the pur-
pose of prostitution, designation
or other immoral act.
Section 2. Be it further or
dained, etc., That any person
violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall upon conviction
be fined not more than one hun
dred dollars, or imprisoned not
more than thirty days. or both.
at the discretion OF the court.
Section 8. Be it further or
dained, ETC.. That-any and all or
dinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Mr.. D. H. Wallace, Treas. of
the Grant Parish Fair Associa-
ton appeared before the Police
Jury asking for an appropriation
for said Fair for 1913.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, Sec
onded by Mr.. Jones, AN appro-
priation of $500, for Premiums
for the Grant Parish Fair for
1913. was made.
A petition asking for the APP
pointment of Miss Bulah Jordan
to a Beneficiary Scholarship in
the State Normal School. and
numerously signed was present
ed by Mr.. Sam Jordan, and after
discussion was laid over to next
Injecting.
DR.. Donaldson appeared before
the Police Jury and, put ina claim
of $25 for two days services and
trip, ! to Little River and ] TO
Aloha in handling the meningitis
situation. On motion same was
allowed and ordered paid.
On motion the president was
authorized to adyertize for bids
for next winters supply of wood
for the court house and Jail.
The president was also request
ed to purchase two dozen chairs
for the court house and to have
the name of Court House"
painted on the back Of each chair.
A petition asking that the road
leading from the Dry Prong and
Sand Spur road northeast to the
Pollock and Fish Creek road.
being a mail route. be made a
public road, was read and on
same was granted and the fol-
lowing six free holders were APP
pointed: ]. G. Foster, j. w.
Barron, ]. w. Sorrells, M. E.
Mercer, ]. |. Smith, j. B. Cal
houn.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis the
name of Celia Dubois was striker
from the pauper rolls, to date
from Jan. l, 1913, since she is
dead and was also a state pen
sioner.
Mr.. ]. w. Duncan came before
the police jury and represented
t.Young Ivey, one of the par
ish paupers, had lost his wife
and being a cripple and having
some small children, is in desti-
tute circumstances, and asked
that the burial expenses of his
| wife be paid. On motion of Mr..
Dewitt, second of Mr.. Purvis,
the sum of $25 was appropriated
to pay for same.
| The quarterly report of Farm
Demonstration Agent, R. L Sloan
was read as follows:
| Enrolled for increased food
production in the corn club are
I66 boys and / girl: in the pig
club are 50 boys and girls; in the
wheat club l boy; while IA boys
and 1 girl want to follow improv'
ed methods in cotton production
through the club. Arrangements
have been made to furnish each
club member with peck of gooC
seed corn free and in addition
peck of velvet beans to plant ir
. his corn. An effort is now be-
ling made to get enough pig clut
members to ship a car load o.
fat hogs to market next winter.
Approximately fifty acres were
sown to wheat in the parish las
fall and the results being watch
ed to determine if wheat culture
may be added to the agriculture
program of Grant Parish.
i About sixty thousand feet O
terraces have been run for far
. mers since the first of January
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