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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-30

exactly into equal months of 28, so
or 81 days each, nor into equal
weeks of seven days each. And first
In regard to, the weeks, we know
that there are 81 weeks and one day
over in common years, 81 weeks and
two days over in leap years. The
consequences is that as the seven
days of the week repeat themselves
in unbroken order, the days of the
months are continually In successive
years falling on other days of the
weeks. This 10 universally looked
upon as an unbearable inconveni-
ence.
There are two ways of remedying
matters. The first is to take day
or two from the year according as
il has 365 or 366 days, and then
combine these omitted year days
into a 53rd week when they amount
to seven. This method is not
favored, The second way is to make
this one day or these two days of
no week, that is, to wedge them in
between the Saturday of one week
and the Sunday of the next, or be-
tween Sunday and Monday. This
is, I may say. universally applaud
ed. But there is no agreement as
to whether this one day in a COM
mon year is to be the last day of
the year or the first, or is it to be
in the middle, nor whether the sec
ond or leap year day is to be next
to it or six months away from it.,
nor whether this one or these two
days are to belong to any one or
two months.
As the seven days of the week
have always followed each other in
unbroken order since the days of
Adam, the question of interrupting
them and wedging one or two days
between them every year is not to
be lightly answered without long
and serious elaboration. The very
reason alleged for doing so, Of max
ing a given day of the month al
ways fall on the same day of the
week, is itself very questionable.
There is a pleasing variety in our
present system, in having Christmas,
for instance, fall on another day of
the week from last year. While
we may not like it to fall on a GER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-30

In the reckoning Of time We have
Two natural units, = small and =
hrge one, the day and the year. A.
We have considered the first at some
length in our last communication
In the heavens in March, on March
s, we now propose to discuss the
larger natural unit of time, the year.
The year is nearly s6sA days
long. We take care Of the fraction
BY giving 36s days to each of three
years in succession and 500 to every
fourth, that is to every year whose
number 10 exactly Invisible by four.
If we were to do this all the time,
that is, make every fourth year
without exception a leap year, we
would have the Julian calendar that
julius Caesar inaugurated 1900 years
ago and is in use today only in Rus
STA and its dependencies, unless it
has been abandoned very lately.
This calendar is now known to be
erroneous.
= Drops Days.
The Gregorian calendar, which is
now followed practically all over the
world, corrects the errors of the
Julian by dropping three days in
four centuries, that is, by keeping
the same rule of four and making
years ending in 90 leap years only
when they are divisible by 400. Our
modern refinement of measurement
has detected slight error even in
4he Gregorian calendar, which would
be so we'll corrected by reducing the
years divisible by 1000 to common
fears, that the remaining error
yould not amount to a day in
100000 years, This Is the only true
ror in the Gregorian calendar and
ecause It will not be noticeable un-
the year 1000, calendar reform
s as rule never advert to it, but
&tcupy themselves exclusively with
NE months and weeks.
4 Divided Into Weeks.
. The problem of dividing the year
INTO an equal number of months and
weeks is not an easy one, because
NE number of days in the week, the
Month and the year are incom-
fiensurable, that Is, the 365 or 36o
Gays of the year cannot be divided
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-30

distant. Jules Goux, the Frenchman
who won in the 1918 race, will sail
for America In few days and has
entered the Peugeot car that the
late Georges Boillot drove in the
last French Grand Prix. Also four
other foreign drivers, one former
Indianapolis winner, have stated IN
Paris that they would enter and
come to America for the $4,000
race. :.
That the racing fans are interested
is shown by the advance seat sale
for the race. The sale is far be-
yond what was expected by the
speedway management, according
to T. E. Myers, secretary and gen
eral manager, when the race was
planned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-30
Indianapolis Is to
Revive 500-Mile Race
for Decoration Day

Indianapolis. Ind, March o.
When the Indianapolis speedway an
nounced that it would revive the
500 mile events, which had given it
international fame, May 81, some of
the wiseacres said it was too soon
after the war. 1t was predicted that
the public would not have an interest
in the event. To date eight Of the
star drivers OF this country have
filed entries and the race is 60 days
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-30

two years. During wartime, when the
Mitchell factory ran on trucks, they worked
out these new standards, part by part.
They added strength everywhere ST per
cent to rear axles, so per cent to the frame,
IS per cent to the crank shafts, rs per cent
to the gears, rs per cent to brake efficiency.
But, above all, they fixed new standards of
fine workmanship and exacting tests. They
spent $250,000 on new machinery and equip
ment for that purpose And they trained
1875 inspectors to analyze steels, to watch
every detail and to conduct all tests.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-30
Begun Two Years Ago

Two years ago the Mitchell factory de-
cided on these new standards. They brought
in many specialists to help Some were ex-
perts in steel, some in steel treatments, some
in fine Workmanship, some in tests. One
was famous designer of bodies.
All these men have worked together for
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-30

IOo1 = Doft, Dut UP
} to Cadillac sPecih-
cations. Every Bolt
and Nut is tested on 4
thread gauge to make
sure that each fits the
other properly, and
will not work loose,
even after years of
severe usage. The di-
mensionsof thethreads
re held to limits ar
fss az tie 6sess hair.
No Cadillac part istoo
small or seemingly in
significant to receive
minute scca,ra1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-02
THAT SUBTLE FIEND,, TOBACCO :

Is tobacco a curse? Is it IN even.
more insidious enemy Of the human
race than the demon rann? Is ats /
extirpaticn essential to. happiness
and progress? Can the world ever
be made safe fcr virtue while It
.hclfs SC many mill:cns undar It's
barcful sway? These sra some OF
the questions which are being wins
pered softly in the gentle precincts.
Of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, and these are the CUES
tons. doubtless, which have g.yep
birth to the Anti-Cigarette League
of the World, which has just bobby
challenged the tobacco tierd from It's
cradle in Chicago and announces
drive for 100000 members.
The Anti-Cigarette League starts
mainly under feminine sponsorship
and in a city which is not generally
associated with purity movements.
There is no excuse for tobacco.
How did the weird get on SO well
without it for so many ages?
Tie liquor evil was confined, after
I'll, to :. limited number Ct persons.
The tobacco habit includes all c!as-
ses and all Kinds of people.
The liquor habit may be cured. To-
bac.o's tentac!es car never be IN
locscd. 1t is clear that the devit
plarted It in this country so that ne
might have a new agent to spring on
The world just as it saw chance TO
build up = new paradise.
But now at last we are to be eman-
cipated. In ten years frcm now, II
The plans of the Anti-Cigarette
League do not miscarry, tobacco
will be as dead as alcohol. What new
hunt will then engage the moraists
we do not know. But We may be
7u:t they will net rest till al! OF US
are IS good and stupid as they.
No smokes, TIC drinks. no war, no
anything but solemn virtue. Not
even the faintast trail Of the SERPENT
any where. The earth viii be the
duplicate of q sanctimonious heaven
from which men vii! pray to be de-
l:vcrad, which they will gladly en-
change for first class ticket to Z
hct vaudeville show il Hadcs.-
baltimore Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-02
committee CT the New York State

committee CT the New York state
Federation of Labor, ~
The recommendations urge Amer
lean organized labor to cease wage
ard hour controversies in order to
increase production and restore nor
nal conditins. They express, the
hope that no new strikes will be. or
dered except to relieve workers from
,ntolerable oppression"
"Your committee is convinced,
SAYS the report, ''that this condition
is wrong and cannot be permitted TO
continue unless we-and by we
YOUR committee means not labor
alone, but the people Of the whole
United States-wish to invite dis
astcr unparalleled in history, Inc
DeonIe must be given breathing
spall. There must be suspension
of struggling for class and party
advantage. All Americans must
bend their backs to the oars and pull
steadily against the storm-tossea
waters until our boat again rides
safely on the placid sea of prosper
ity:."
"On every hand there are strikes
md threats of strikes. Nest OF these
disturbances have been provoked by
radical agitators who have not the
interests of the toilers at heart, but
VIC seek to promote industrial war
fare for the purpose of destroying
ou~ present economic system ana
substituting industrial ownership
~ the proletariat.
cor trade unions to permit them
selves to be brought under the !nf!u-
cree of lawless agitators at TINS
time of national stress is treason
rot only to the principles of trade
iGn;onism, but to the United States
o. America. 1t would not be too Sc
:,r.e punishment to revoke the
American Federation Of Labor char
ters of such unions and put them
outside the pale of decent organized
lohcr.
"Your committee is Ct the opinion
IL. President Wilson'S reasoning IS
5.sei on sound economic principles
ard that organized !aboI owes q
:!,tv TO the President to give him
Whole hearted assistance in his CT
f,.ts to reduce the cost of living ana
;,laca the Nation on strong husl-
7css basis. We owe the President OF
he United States the same legal
support tllat we gave him during the
var. even though we may suffer
from a temporary disadvantage
which after all, may be more ap-
o:Ysnt than real"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-02

depend en- sugar almost IS much as
on bread.
The production Of the staple has
been made a matter of special inves-
tigation by the National Bank of
Commerce of New York. its conc!u-
sions are that there is no shortage
Of sugar imminent in the United
States and that the outlook for the
growing crop promises over 100000
tons mere than the average OF the
pre-war production.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-02
SENSIBLE CONCLUSION

Suspension OF all strikes through
out the United States and the decla-
ration Of labor truce on the basis
Of the status quo fer six months or
more. to enable President Wilson to
bring about a reduction in the cost Of
Twin" is recommended IN report Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-02
Prewar Production

Bank Says Crop Pt3egnsfis Promise; to Exceed
Prewar Production
Sugar consumption and sugar
production are matters of wide
spread concern to al householders.
Few commodities are in such gene
r&l use as is sugar, and when it IS
high or difficult to obtain the pinch
is felt in every family, but partlcu-
larly in those of modest means who
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-02
EVERY BLEMISH REMOVED
IN 4 FEW DAYS
=, a New Method. and Thin, Pale Peo-
pie Increase Weight Quickly
By Simply Using Few D
Grain Argo-Phosphate
Tablets. They Act

even III many StuUuoih N"''o N''
lave baffled physicians and beauty
SPECIALISTS for years. You have neT"r
i yaur life hearc cf anything like J:
Grey make ri ddy complications, PIN
lies, rruptions rcd spots, b!acEheafS
v..nish quickly, Your complexion c@r
hc Gear and yea IAN have beaus-
cui rounded figure. Your face, hands.
arms and shoulders can be made
beautiful beyond your fondest dreams
il few days by this wonderful new
discovery which phosphatizes ii
system. It's effect many claim Is
marvellous, this treatment IS aoso-
!uteIy harmless to the most delicate
person and pleasant to use.
Special No;icc-Ladies wishing j.;
:rcrease bust development should s.
cure one or two ounces of Rosetonr
from their druggist and apply on
o. twice dai V This most effectivs
,tmedy AMI perfectly harmless w,:cc
used in connection with argo-p:Js-
nhate. 1t will round out your fora
ana increase your weight Ike mag:
unless you desire to increase YOU
weight do not use argo-phosphata.
Dispensed by Robert Gibson an
The rexall Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-02
NO SUGAR SHORTAGE

q: - Il, ,ts,t 1890.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Governor to Name Committee on Farm
Tracts for Soldiers.

Governor to Name Committee on Farm
Tracts for Soldiers.
Five citizens of Louisiana will
be named by Governor Pleasant
sometime during this week to
redresent the state in its negoti-
atoms with the federal govern
ment for the selection of tracts
of land available for providing
farm homes for soldiers, sailors
and marines.
AT a meeting Of the New Or
leans Association of Commerce,
Monday, which Governor Pleas
ant attended, it was decided that
the New Orleans Association of
Commerce, the Lake Charles
Chamber of Commerce and other
commercial organizations of the
state submit a list of names to
the governor. from which he will
choose the five men who will
represent Louisiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Something Merchants Should Think
Over

Ex-Governor Francis of Mis-
souri, once said the following of
newspapers. Each year thelocal
paper gives from $500 to 81, 00C
in free lines to the community in
which it is located. No other
agency can or will do this. The
editor in proportion to his means,
does more for his town than any
other ten men, and in all fairness
he ought to be supported, not be-
cause you like him or'admire his
writings, but because the local
paper is the best investment a
community can make. 1t may
not be brilliantly edited or crowd
ed with thought, but financially
it is more benefit to the communi-
ty than the preacher or teacher.
Understand me, | do not mean
mentally, and yet on moral ques-
tions you will find most of the
papers on the right side. Today
the editor of the local papers do
the most for the least money of
any people on earth. F"
The foregoing comment of Ex-
Governor Francis is in no wise
extravagant, and is a timely re-
Duke to those merchants who as
sumo the patronizing air of "giv-
ing" the editor to help him along.
The placing of an ad. in a news
paper is purely business invest
ment, and is so recognized by
thousands of men who make
money by advertising tn ell
wares. The merchant W h o
places an advertisement in his
local paper usually profits ten or
twenty times as much by it as
does the newspaper man. The
advertisement helps him to reach
customers that scores of clerks
and runners could not bring in
side of his doors.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Bill Provides for 500, 600, 900 to Pr
vent Unemployment.

Washington, Jan. 81. -Appro-
priation of 500, 600, 600 for ex-
penditure on public works to
prevent unemployment was pro-
posed in a bill introduced today
by Senator Kenyon of Iowa, in
charge of the Senate investiga.
ton of labor conditions. 1t
would create an agency known
as the United States Emergency
Public Works Board to supervise
expenditure of the fund.
Besides the 500, 600, 600 emer-
gency fund, Senator Kenyon
proposed to authorize advances
by the War Finance Corporation
to the extent of the $500, 600, OOC
upon approval of the federal
board, for public works certified
to be necessary by the Secretary
of labor to prevent unemploy-
ment.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Proclamation by the Covernor.

The American Committee for
Relief in the Near East is asking
for $50, 000,00 to provide food,
shelter and medical attention, in
the rehabilitation of the races in
Western Asia who were victims
of the ruthless Turks during the
period of the war. Among the
sufferers are Armenians, Jews,
Syrians, Greeks and Persians.
President Wilson has issued a
strong proclamation on the SUBJ
ject calling for help, and the
movement is warmly endorsed
by such eminent men as Cardi-
nal Gibbons, Robert Lansing and
Herbert Hoover.
This humanitarian cause is a
most worthy one. and the Christi
an charity of rich America should
manifest itself generously by
pouring out the millions needed
for the alienation of those un-
fortunate victims of a cruel war
not caused by any action or con-
duct of theirs.
l, therefore call upon the peo-
pie of Louisiana to contribute lib
orally, particularly during the
special campaign which will be
held from February 3rd to 10th,
1919.
In testimony whereof hereun-
to set the seal Of the State of
Louisiana to be affixed this nine
teenth (19) day Of January, 1919.
RUFFIN G. PLEASANT.
By the Governor :,
JOHN MARSHALL,
Secty. to the Gov.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
r. w. Wagner Has Former Grant Par
ish Citizens as Neighbors.
Floyd. La, Jan. 81, 1919.

Floyd. La, Jan. 81, 1919.
Editor CoJar Chronicle:
Please mail the Chronicle to
me at the above address, as /
am now living here. Have just
arrived and have not yet got
thoroughly settled, but will say
that / am we'll pleased so far.
/ have just met Mr.. Flanagan
from Colfax. lie is now located
here, and / am glad to say he
will be one of my nearest neigh
bors.
have met quite a few of fine
people, and am truly thankful to
them for the many kindnesses
shown me since my arrival. /
have with me, iIr. j. H. Jordan,
Mr.. ]. w. FARRELL, Mr.. T. C.
Casey and Mr.. VIM. McCollum,
all of Pollock, La. All seem to
be well pleased, and will put
forth their best efforts in farm
ing. / have looked at quite a bit
of the farm lands of this parish,
and my opinion is that as a whole
it is the best in the State, being
entirely above overflow and a
deep brown chocolate soil, and
lots of it for sale.
Now Mr.. Goouwyn, / did not
write this for publication, but
if you wish to use any part of it
as a news item you have my
permission. With best wishes
to all.
Respectfully,
r. W. WAGNER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
High Wages May Continue.

~-S-- W ~o~S ~'@~y OOssssAssA~s
Chicago, Jan. 21.-A continued
labor shortage which will result
in high wages for at least four
years was forecast today at q
conference between seventy-five
men representing the various
railroads centering in Chicago
and government and state en-
ployment officials.
Federal Manager w. G. Bierd
of the Chicago and Alton railway,
and Robert Ford of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railway,
suggested that the railroads
might find it necessary to ask
the government for permission
to import 125, 600 unskilled labor
ers from Mexico and Porto Rico
to supply the demand this sum-
mer. Railroad officials estimated
that there would be a shortage
of two million working men need
ed for railroads.
There practically is no labor
immigration and the young men
returning from army service will
not take this class of work" said
Mr.. Ford.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Employment Service Aids 10, 900 Sol
diers in Securing Jobs.

Employment Service Aids 1000 Sol
diers in Securing Jobs.
About 10000 discharged SOL
diers have to date been given
jobs through the United States
Employment Service, states H. j.
Boisseau, assistant federal direc-
tor in Louisiana.
Combined reports from 81 out
of 65 soldier bureaus show that
8,O52 discharged soldiers have
been so placed" continued Mr..
Boisseau. 1.-The others are I'M
able to give exact figures, but
they will easily raise the total to
10. 600, and may putt far beyond
that figure.
Every bureau reports that
every soldier who wants a job
can get it. They are not being
used to replace men already at
work. They represent definite
expansion in the industry of the
state.
Eighty per cent of the above
soldiers have gone back to their
pre-war jobs. About 1000 SOL
diers, it is estimated. have placed
themselves by their own efforts,
without recourse to the Employ
ment Service.
I'm its work of finding jobs
for soldiers, the Employment
Service is receiving the able and
efficient cooperation of the Red
Cross. Rotary clubs and COM
mercial organizations of the state
and the federal board Of ,voca-
tional training"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Couldn't Raise
Arm To His Head
Hasn't Had A Sign Of Rheumatic
Trouble Since He Took TanIac--
Has Gained Thrty-0ne
Pounds

Il have actually gained thirty
one pounds on three bottles of
Tanlac and / now feel like a new
man in every way" said ]. T.
Hawkins. residing at 1856 Johnson
Place, Memphis, Tenn. some time
ago.
Il was just racked with pain
from rheumatism for whole
year until l couldn't hit a lick of
work and was just up and down,
mostly down, all the time. My
joints would swell and cramp so
/ couldn't raise my arm to my
head couldn't comb my hair
and when / stopped over to tie
my shoes, the pain would almost
make me cry out loud. / got in
such a shape that ! couldn't eat
anything without suffering after
ward and nothing / tried in the
way of medicine helped me any
at all.
Il only weighed one hundred
and eight pounds when l started
taking Tanlac and now / weigh
one hundred and thirtynine. My
joints don't hurt anymore and /
can bend over and use my arms
at work with as much ease as /
ever could. lean eat anything
! want and as much as l wish and
feel like a new person all the
time.
Tanlac is sold in Colfax by Dix
lie Pharmacy and by one regular
established agency in every
town.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

The program which the Senior
girls of the Verda high school
were to render on Friday. Jan.
"a, has been called off on account
of the "flu."
Miss Ethel Purvis, principal of
Oak Grove school. is back home
again, owing to her school being
closed until the influenza ceases
to rage.
Mr.. Jesse Lee King has been
discharged from Camp Mead,
Maryland. and is now at home,
where he intends to remain for a
while.
Mr.. Fred Bowen returned to
Los Angeles Cal, last Sunday,
after having spent several days
at home. This was his first va
cation since leaving Verda over
four years ago.
Miss Lena Woods, who has
been away for some time, is at
home on a vacation.
SENIOR GIRLS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

General complaint is heard
about children using roller skates
on the pavements of the town.
This is a nuisance that should
not be permitted. as it is not
only dangerous to pedestrians,
but serves to wear out and break
the concrete unnecessarily. A
word of caution and advice from
parents might prevent this
thoughtlessness, but if it does
not serve the purpose, then the
town authorities should take
hold of the situation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

A matter for the attention of
the town authorities is the use
of the sidewalks as thorough
fares for automobiles and wag-
ons. 1t is not disputed that
the streets are in bad condition
(but not any worse than to be
expected after such down pours
of rain as we have had), but that
does not justify the drivers
of automobiles and wagons in
encroaching upon and running
walks meant for pedestrians
only.