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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
ORDINA nee NO. 25l2

By P. A. Dean
An ordinance res ending Ordinance No
25O3, except in. so far as it applies to
street fairs. nd fixing license to be
granted certah, shows.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Alderm en- of the Town Of Cal
fax, La, in regular session convened.
Section One
That Ordinances No. 25O3. prohib;tino
minstrel shows. street fairs and ali
vaudevilles and such like performances.
be rescinded, except in SO far as II an.
plies to street fairs, and that the NAV
or be authorized to issue license to all
minstrel shows. vaudeville troupes and
shows as per the following schedule:
Vaudevilles. IS per day; Shows of anv
character, except street fairs. s1o.OO
per day.
Be it further ordained etc..
Section Two
That all ordinances in conflict here
with be,and the same are repealed.
This ordinance was read and adopted
by sections and then read and adopted
as a whole.
Yeos-Carnahan, Goodwin. Williams,
FaraIdo and Dean.
Adopted Jan. z. 1919.
Approved Jan. 2. 1919.
:. j. @. LONG,
"A. M GOODWIN. Mayor.
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
ORDINANCE NO. 25lo.
BY w. C. Carnahan-


An ordinance to regulate the speed
of trains running through the corporate
limits of the Town Of Colfax, Grant
parish, Louisiana, and to provide PEN
atty for violation hereof.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Town of
Colfax, La, in regular session conven-
ed.
Section l.
That on and after the PRONUNCIATION
of this ordinance it shall be unlayful
for any railroad which may now or
hereafter operate its trains and run the
same through the corporate limits Of
the town Of Colfax to exceed q speed of
ten (l0) miles per hour within the said
limits of said town, this section to ap-
ply to any and all trains operated with
in the limits of said town whether by
railroad companies or otherwise.
Be it further ordained etc:
Section 3
That any person, firm or corporation
or railroad company guilty of a viola
ton of the first section of this ordin-
ance shall be deemed guilty of negli-
gence and the commission of q crime
and on conviction for the same in the
Mayors Court shall be fined in sum
of not less than S. and not more than
500 and all ordinances contrary hereto
are repealed in 50 far as they conflict
herewith.
The above ordinance was read by
sections and adopted by sections and
read as whole and adopted as a whole
at Colfax, La, Tuesday, Jan. 7th 1919
and was approved by the mayor.
Yeas = Carnahan, Dean, Farsldo,
Goodwin and Williams.
Adopted Jan. z, 1919.
Approved Jan. z, 1919.
A. NJ. GOODWIN, Mayor.
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
By r. L. Sloan
AGENT FOR GRANT PARISH

|
Origin of the Demonstration Agent.
Farm demonstration work had
it's origin in Texas with the adj
vent of the boil weevil in territory
where farmers had depended up
on cotton to exchange for corn
and other necessities, for so long
that they had forgotten how to
grow any other crop than cotton
profitably. DR.. Sc aman A.
Knapp conceived the idea of
sending farmers into this terri
tory who could successfully grow
corn, that they might show
the farmers affected by the boil
weevil the practical methods of
soil preparation and cultivation
necessary to profitable corn Gull
rure. Because these men were
demonstrating by field practice
in different communities success
full corn production they soon be-
came known as demonstration
agents. These demonstration
agents preached the growing of
food and feed crops, especially
corn wherever they went.
While the County Agents still
believe in and encourage DIVERSE
fled farming, their work has
'bfoadened until now a relatively
small part of their time is spent
with corn demonstrations, while
entirely new lines of work have
devolved upon them. Enrolling
and supervising Boys Club Work
has become a part of County
Agent Work as has also the lay
ing off of terraces. In the event
of an outbreak of Charlton, black
leg, or hog cholera, it is the duty
of the agent to help check the
disease by vaccination. The
pruning and spraying of fruit
trees comes within the province
of the County Agent. Last but
by no means least the County
Agent is called upon to help or
ganize his farmers for co-opera-
tive buying and selling. They
are slowly learning that. even in
a sparsely settled parish, buyifg
and selling together can be d C.
complished proftably.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

Million Dollars Refused for Cemetery.
Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. H.
The Merriman Baptist church, of
Bangor, Texas, which has already
acquired an income of $500, 600 a
year through an oil well sunk on
its church yard, has refused one
million dollars for the right to
develop wells in the graveyard
which adjoins the church. The
graveyard is now surrounded by
oil wells and numerous compa-
MES have made the congregation,
which has only twenty-nine men,
bers, fabulous offers for the
burying ground.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Bull to Have Hesdquafters At Grune-
wald Hotel.

New Orleans, Jan. pr
leanians will see something en-
tirely new when the Southern
Cattlemen's Association meets
here February lila. The stunt
has been pulled off in other cities
but never in New Orleans. A
2OO0-pouud Holstein bull, owned
by the Great Southern Lumber
Company. Bogalusa, will be ex-
hibited for one day in the lobby
of the Grunewald Hotel. head
quarters for the big convention.
Theodore Grunewald has given
permission for the big fellow to
be exhibited in the beautiful lob
by. Of course, the bull may OBJ
ject to climbing the flight of
steps from the ground to the
lobby, but the local committee
says that task will be easy.
The bull is a beautiful animal,
a real, live, active one. He is of
gentle disposition and there will
be no danger of him breaking
loose. A well-padded and highly
decorated pen will be built in the
lobby for him. The bull will be
brought here in a parlor car.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

full, and the cost of the property
is the basis of the computation.
If the property suffering depreci-
alton was bought or acquired
prior to March 1, 1913, the mar
ket value as of that date is used,
instead of the cost, in figuring
depreciation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
ORDINANCE NO. 25l1.


BY A. NJ. Goodwin
An ordinance to prohibit and penalize
. the running of automobiles or motor
cycles with open cutouts or detached
muff1ers, and to prohibit and penalize
the unnecessary and boisterous blow
ing of automobile or motorcycle horns
in the Town of Colfax, La.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Town of Col
fax, La, in regular session convened:
Section One
That on and after the PRONUNCIATION
Of this ordinance it shall be INSIDE
meanor forany person to run an auto
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

Beware of wolves In Sleeps cloth.
ing. Those who have get-rich-quick Sc
curities such as stocks and bonds that
pay unheard Of dividends are ''ieec-
ing" many. Investigate such schemes
before giving up your cash.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

Gaynor, wife of the former mayor of
New York, acting as hostess.
After an extended honeymoon the
young couple are now at their home,
in Parkside avenue, Brooklyn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
ORDINANCE NO. 25os.

An ordinance fixing budget of ex-
penses for the town of Colfax, La,
for the year 1919 and levying a tax
of ten (l0) mills on all property SUBJ
ject to taxation in the town of Col
fax, La.
Section l.
Be it ordained by the mayor and
board of aldermen of the town of Col
fax. La, in regular session convened
That the following is hereby declared
to be the budget of expenses for the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25
Sharpen Your Pencil and Figure Your
Income for Uncle Sam.

P1OOO VI HWY NoiiiiS A|AO, esAASe
every married man, who, with
his wife, earned $4,000 or more,
owes the government an income
tax, and all are advised by j. Y.
Fauntleroy, internal revenue COL
lector, to sharpen their pencils
and get busy on the figures.
Every person, says Mr..
Fauntleroy in a bulletin of ex-
PLANTATION just issued, must as
certain accurately his gross in
come from all sources. There's
his salary or wages. including
overtime pay and any bonus re-
ceived as additional compensa-
ton. A married person having
children under IS years of age
who are working, should include
the earnings of such children.
Mr.. Fauntleroy says:
Everybody wants to know
what income is exempt from tax.
Very few plums that fall to the
average man may be legally dis
regarded in figuring up his 1918
income. Gifts and requests can
be eliminated; also proceeds of
life insurance received by the
beneficiary of an insured person.
A person who cashed in an en-
dowment policy need report as
income only that portion which
exceeds the total of the premi-
ums he paid in all years on that
policy. Annuities are not taxa
BILE, unless the person received
in the year payments which rep
resent, when added to all prior
payments on the annuity, an
amount greater than the original
cost Of the -aanuitysD Dividends.
on unexpired life insurance poll
cies are not taxable income; but
dividends on paid-up policies
must be considered income. Ali
mony is not income to the recipi-
emit, nor is it an allowable deduc-
ton on thel part of the person
who pays.
From the total of all items
of income, there are certain de-
auctions allowable by law. All
interest paid on personal indebt-
edness and all taxes paid during
the year are deductible, except
federal income and excess profit
taxes, inheritance taxes and as
sessments for local improve
ments, such as sidewalks, sew
ers, etc. Losses incurred in bust
ness or trade are allowable, also
losses arises from fires, storms,
shipwrecks or other casualty, or
from theft, in cases where such
losses are not compensated for
by insurance or otherwise. Loss
es incurred outside of a PERSONS
regular business are allowable to
the extent of gains reported from
similar transactions within the
year. Debts due to the taxpayer
actually ascertained to be worth
less in the year are deductible.
Depreciation of property used
in a profession, in business, or in
farming is another item that
may be claimed as a deduction.
The storekeeper may claim de-
probation on his fixtures, and on
his delivery horses and wagons,
but not on his stock held for sale.
The professional man can claim
similar deduction on his instru-
ments, and in the case of a ply
stefan who maintains a team or
auto for making his calls on pa
tents, reasonable depreciation
may be claimed. The farmer
may claim depreciation on his
farm buildings, aside from his
personal residence, also on his
farm machinery, his work horses
and farm work wagons. The
Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-01-25

Be it further ordained, etc., That a
tax of ten Q0) mills be and the same
is hereby levied on all the taxable prop
erty in the town of Colfax, La, for the
year 1919, to meet expenses as budget
ed in section of this ordinance.
Section g.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That all
ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are
repealed.
Yeas Carnahan, Dean, Goodwin,
Faraldo and Williams.
Adopted Jan. z. 1919.
Approved Jan. z, 1919.
J. @. LONG.
A. M. GOODWIN, Mayor.
Secretary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
LAWS PRINTED IN GERMAN
How the State of Indiana Catered TO
the Teuton Element in the Fifties
and Sixties.

Time was when the Indiana general
assembly directed that its laws be
prntce in German as well as in Eng
lish-but never more, observes the IN
dlanapolis News.
In 1852 the legislature enacted a
statute that its laws passed at that
session should be printed in German
and one copy distributed to each of
the clerks Of the judicial circuits BY
joint resolutions of the senate and
house the session laws of the special
session of 1858, the regular session Of
1859, the regular session of 1861, the
special session of 1861, and the regu-
lar session of 1867 were printed in
the German language. The revised
statutes of 1853 were ordered printed
in German.
Mrs. Edward Franklin White of the
law editorial department of the Bobbs-
Merrill company, believes the print
ing Of the acts in German was no part
of the propaganda for ''kultur," which
has been so exposed of late, but she
rather believes that Indiana was max
ing a special bid for settlement by
Germans along with other foreigners
who were westward bent. She says
all sorts of inducements were held
out in the fifties and sixties to attract
colonization in Indiana and cites, as
another of the inducements, the lax
constitutional provisions Constitution
of 1852 for obtaining citizenship, or
at leasr the right to vote.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
PARIS AND LONDON
NEICHbORS BY PLANE
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
London, Dec. H. (By mail ~
Thanks to aviation the world grows
smaller every day.
Time was when Londoners regard
ed Paris as a town a long way off,
and those who went there consid-
cred themselves well-travelled.
These We're the days when straight
us the crow flies" was a mere figure
Of speech; but now the journey to
Paris is being made that way every
day. Parisians are becoming to Lon
doners just next-door neighbors, and
Mr.. Smith of 1919 will say to him
self, 81 think I'll just drop in on AL
phonse in Paris for lunch" 1t won't
take him any longer to see Alphonse
than it would to drop in and see his
wife in their little suburban home.
A similar idea occurred to Fred Fl
Lawton, of the American Y. M. c.
A. While London was rejoicing
over the singing of the armistioe
the American conceived the idea of
showing the Yanks and compatriots
in Paris just what form these rejaic-
ings tok So movie of the London
crowds was taken With this Law
ton left England at 1890 p. M, and
arrived in Paris in time for lunch
con. The fight was made in a. big
Handley-Page airplane, and from
start to finish took only SO minutes.
That night the Partisan armistic-
ers were able to see on the scren
the antics of their friends in London
with whom they were united in a
common rejoicing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
FRENCH KING FIRST IN FIELD
Writings of Thomas Paine Show That
Henry w once Contemplated
League of Nations.

While President Wilson, Lloyd
George and other statesmen are talk
Ing of league of nations the follow
ing, taken from Thomas Paine's "The
Rights. of Man" is historical:
1T was attributed to Henry " Of
France, man of an enlarged and be-
nevolent heart, that he purposed about
1910 plan of abollshing war in Eu-
rope The plan consisted in construct
ing an European congress, or, as
French authors style it, a pacific re-
public; by appointing delegates from
the several nations, who were to act
as a court of arbitration in any dis
putes that might arise between ma
ton and nation.
Had the plan been adopted at the
time 1t was proposed the taxes Of Eng
lana and France, as two of the parties,
would have been at least ten millions
sterling annually to each nation less
than they were at the commencement
Of the French Revolution"
Here is also part of letter ad
Dire sse1 to Lafayette from Paine, Feb
ruary o, 1872:
# you make a campaign the ensu
Ing spring, which is most probable
there will be no occasion for, | will
come and join you. Should the cam
paign commence, l hope it will ter
inmate in the extinction of German
dcspotism and establishing the free
dom of all Germany. When France
shall be surrounded with revolutions
she will be in peace and safety and
her taxes, as well as those of Ger.
many, will consequently become less"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
Civilization Fatal to Eskimo.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic ex-
plorer, to whom the Charles P. DAILY
medal was presented by the American
Geographical society for his "valua-
BILE contributions to science" pleaded
that no efforts be made to civiize the
Eskimo tribes Of the far North. All
such previous efforts, he stated, had
resulted disastrously for the natives.
One tribe of 5000 discovered in 1925
by an English explorer, he said, was
now reduced to only 40 persons
through adoption of a civilized mode
of living, which was unsuitable for the
frigid cline.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
MANY BRITISH WOMEN
WILL KEEP WAR JOB
By United Press.

London, Dec. A. (By mail
Wanted: Work for 100000 women.
The number of women who will
be thrown out of work by the end
ing Cf the war is not so great as is
imagined. About one and half
million extra women have been en-
ployed in the United Kingdom since
July, 1914, but the number of killed
and disabled men amounts to about
one million. Therefore there re-
main 100000 women workers who
will be displaced.
Their displacement will come
gradually and they will not be
thrcvn O. th lbor market at once,
for one-tiis of the increase in
women's labor consists of dilutees.
Until the men come back they will
remain at their jobs
In the meantime many new
spheres have sprung up for women
they will continue making tools
and machinery, they will be en-
ployed in subsidiary ship-building in
dustries, they will do their share in
the chemical trades; and also, there
are two quite new branches of work
open to women of the United King
dom-the manufacture of pianos and
toys, both of which industries are
being wrested from the hands of the
Hun
The outlook for women is cheer
full.
LET EXPRESS WANT ADS SELL |
THAT ARTICLE FOR YOU.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
Remarkable Magician Rird.

A remarkable bird found in Mexico
is the bee-martln, which has n trick
of ruflling up the feathers on top of its
head into the exact semblance of
beautiful flower; when bee comes
along to sip honey from the supposed
flower it is snapped up by the bird.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10

Oliver F. Wilson, state manager
of an insurance concern, was here
from Oklahoma City yesterday after
noon, comforting with his local ag-
ent, 7. B. Losey and transacting
other business for the company he
represents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
Lark Not an Early Riser.

Investigation has ruined the larks
reputation for early rising That much,
celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as
ii does not rise till long after chat.
tinches, linnets and a number OF hedge.
row birds have been up and about.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10

heavy selling esued number of broken lines
which featured at special prices
who we'll good style should not
overlook these January values.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10

We have 500 pairs of odds and ends
which we are sacrificing in this sale
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
Use for Prejudice.

Prejudice must serve some useful
purpose since we all have it, Demos.
themes valued distrust When the ar.
gument of antecedent probability is
shelved for all time there will be no
partisans, no nations-only uncared
for cemeteries.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
Gray Back in States.

Gray Back IN States.
Mrs. A. S. Gray received a tele-
gram this morning that her son,
Russell has landed at Newport News
with other America nsoldiers on the
transport Powhattan. He has served
in France with the 127th field ar
tillery.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10

LET EXPRESS WANT ADS SELL
THAT ARTICLE FOR YOU.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
Observation-Disclosures
Short Stories
of the To,On
Observation-Disclosures
Young Enterkine Coming Home

Young Enterkine Coming Home
A letter from j. e. Enterkine, for
merly a druggist in this city, but
now living in Birmingham, Ala,
states that his son, John, with the
S2Sth aero squadron in France, ex-
poets to be sent home this month
John lost several of his pals but
came out of the struggle all right.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-10
TWO-HEADED SNAKE FOUND.

SPOKANE, Wash, May l0.--A
snake of unknown species having two
distinct heads, - un display IN the
window of the Clark Drug store at
Genesee, Idaho, and has attracted
much attention.
The reptile is % inches long and
crawls either way with equal agility.
One head is slightly smaller than the
other, but each end OF the snake is
alike. At the largest part of the
snakes body II is about | Ia inches
in diameter. 1t was captured in the
r Rimrock section, south of Genesce.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-10

Get Travellers accident and health
policy and protect YOUR income. nil--
cote 4 Smith. Agents. 9-tt
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-10
AIR SERVICE TO EXTEND.

WASHINGTON, May 10,--Air mail
service between Cleveland and Chi
cago will be established May 10 with
trips daily except Sunday,
The postoffice department said the
service would extend to New York as
soon as sufficient machines We're OBJ
tanned.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-10
HERE FROM MALIN.

Oliver Martin, road supervisor of
the Malin district il in the city
looking after business interests.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-10
AUSTRIAN NAVY TO
BE WIPED OuT.

PARIS, May 1o--Thc naval terms
o! the peace trcatY for Austria VIII
entirely wipe out the austrian >avy.
All the ships are 70 be surrendered.