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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-11-26

Gubernstorial Candidates Groomins.
4 Baton Rouge. La. Nov. q.
Gubernatorial politics doomed up
Istrongly during the last three
weeks of the extraordinary SEES
sion of the legislature. according
to w. D. Robinson, staff repre-
sentative. in Sundays Times
1 Picayune.
j With the present State Admin
|istration nearing the middle Of
the term, the eyes of many of
the politicians turned toward
the rising sun. =
| A dozen names were in the
mentioned class as possible
candidates for governor when
the legislature closed its sitting.
Among them were Lieut.. Gov.
Hewitt Bouanchaud. Of New,
Roads, Walter. ]. Burke, of New
Iberia, j. G. Palmer, Of Shreve-
port. Senator H. B. Warren. Of
Ruston, former Gov. j. Y. Sam
ders, of Hammond, Congress-
man Riley J. Wilson Of the Fifth
district, John H. Overton. of AL
|exandria. Henry 1. Fuqua, Of
Baton Rouge, and Phanor Brea-
|zeale of Natchitoches.
While he has made no an
|nouncement, it is generally con-
coded that Lieut.. Gov. Bouan-
chaud will be a candidate for.
governor at the proper time.
Friends Of Walter Burke are
urging him to get into the race
and are promising him strong
support. particularly from the
south and central Louisiana.
]. G. Palmer. of Shreveport.
lis being groomed as a candidate
on an anti tandard Oil platform.
Mr.. Palmer was chief counsel
for Huey P. Long in the recent
libel trial here.
Senator H. b. Warren has a
good record to his credit in the
legislature and in the constitu-|
tional convention. and his friends
hope to reward him with q high
er office.
Congressman Riley j. Wilson.
according to information receiv-|
ed here from responsible sources
at Washington has an ambition
to be governor Of Louisiana. His
friends are laying their lines ia
the hope Of getting him into the
race.
The support for John H. Over
ton is coming mainly from the
central and southwestern Sec
lions Of the State.
The "Old Guard, among the
Sanders men are anxious for
I" to come back. Two confer
ences took place here before the
legislature closed with view 81
getting the Sanders forces to-
gether behind q gubernatorial
boom for him.
Henry L. Fuquais being back j
ed by some of his friends as Al
business candidate for governor.
His successful management Of
the State penitenitary is poinsed
to as an evidence of his business
and ability.
Phanor Breazeale's friend
hope to see q situation devslap1
whereby the Natchitoches mani
will find it to his advantage te1
get into the gubernatorial arena.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-11-26

American Legion Reports Its Work.
The average ex-service man
wants to know just what the
American Legion is doing in his
own community. He knows that
the National Department and the
State Departments are laboring
INCREASINGLY for the welfare of
ex-service man. But the man in
Grant parish does not know what
his organization has done.
In the beginning of this report
the committee wishes TO state
that all publicity accorded the
organization has been paid for
out of the post treasury. Also
that all the work it has done has
been done without the help of
any outside Organization. The
Red Cross devoted its time and
money for the past year Or more
to community nursing. and the
ex-service mans department was
permitted to be dropped. With
this local condition it has been
next to impossible for the post
to function as bureau of claims
or q relief temporarily to the de-
pendents of those men who have
been complied to accept hospital
treatment without suitable pro-
visions being made for their
families. We congratulate the
Red Cross committe which has
at its last meeting pledged its
support to the Ex-Service Mems
Welfare. and Civilian Relief.
this being the primary purpose
Of the organization at its incep-
ton.
There have been approximate
" forty claims for compensation
handled through the American
Legion Post at Colfax. Not one
Of these claims has been disal-
lowed, meaning that the post
bears a one hundred per cent re-
cord in that respect. Hospital
applications have been made for
over twenty men. and in each
case treatment was furnished
without charge to the men. while
In two cases the application for
compensation accompanying the
application for disqualification
were acted upon favorably. one
mans check being for 81, 400. 90 |
and the other $3.50. 90. Local
treatment for ex-service men has
been provided in two instances.
the cost Of same being paid from |
the post treasury. Clothing was
purchased for one man in order
to enable him to make the trip to |
= northern hospital for treat
ment. Incidental money for one
hospital patient was provided at
thera Of ten dollars per month. |
In the summary Of activities
above noted we have not men,
toned the work of the Clean UpI
Squad. This was an activity
sponsored BY the National Del
partment, in which the State De- |
pratment and local posts Coop
Grated. At the court house at |
Colfax September 10th. this
squad handled one hundred orl
more claims. Diminishing overl
twenty as without foundation. |
and making recommendations for |
the remainder. What the result
Of that days work will be is un-
known at present. The local
post furnished two typist for thel
occasion. In this connection thei
post wishes to express its APP
probation of the service render
ed by the parish officials and the |
parish school board, the former |
ia furnishing two typeWriters
and the free use of the entire
buildinG the later for the loan of
typeWriters.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
By RING w. LARDNER

that I had picked out for myself a specially when the other contest ants was women or gents over 45 yrs. old.
 How to Spot 'Em
 Going downtown in the A. NJ. you can spot a gal that is going to dis mount at the next station because a few minutes before she gets there she speeds up on her chewing gum so as she will be sure and get all the good out of it before she has to give it up. and she also starts look ing under the seat and different places for the or trinkets she had in her lap when she set down.
 A man that is about to get off generally always gets out a cigaret and match so they won't be no time wasted and he also ruhs his shoes vs. his pants leg to erase the marks where people has been stand ing on him.
 And a good many men folds up their newspaper and puts it in their pocket because If they left it behind them they's no telling who would read it.
 In the middle of the day as the women folks approach the station, you can see their lips move like they was rehearsing their opening speech to whoever they have kept waiting all this time.
 Going uptown at night, you can tell a gal that is getting close to her home station by the way her face brightens up and just the opposite with man, as he begins to assume the sour look which he has made up his mind to wear around the house evenings.
 Sometimes however. a person gets on car or a train that ain't going to stop nowheres for a long vile and then it's often necessary to resort to strategy. Like for inst. I have of ten. made ladies and gentlemen give me their seat by standing right up close to them, stepping on their dogs l from time to time, or lurching over on them or even kicking them In | the shins in a friendly way. And | just the other night seen a man l win his seat by even more extreme measures which took place on a Long Island R. R. train but per | son couldn't hardly employ his meth- l ods without getting himeslf good | load before starting home. This gent stood up beside a seat
 where they was a man and his wife | setting and the wife was on the
 aisle and the gent kept swaying and , 1-~o"l5irg a~ainst her and finely fel
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
A Reckless Correspondent

The Associated Press has correspondent at Sacramento. Calf, whom it had better get rid of admonish to be more careful if it wants to keep itself and its membership libel suits other journalistic pitfalls. He may be truthful and accu- rate to what he Knows of his knowledge" but he does not to throw sufficient safeguards about what he has only heard from others
 Describing wind-storm which ragged at Sacra- mento and in that vicinity last Wednesday,, he im- periled the A. P. and it's membership when he de- scribed the disturbance to be "a high wind, said by many to be a tornado" Undoubtedly there was a high wind at Sacramento. is attested by s5o.OOo loss. but to stigmatize it tornado only on the statements. we suppose in exciting circumstances. in which speak recxlessly. is risky business.
 No doubt tfe correspondent thought he was amply protecting the A. P when he qualified the scandal he repeating, by the phrase. said by many" But that is defense at all The Re- publican well knows To repeat a lbeous state ment is dangerous to originate it. It makes nc difference how the repetition brises with such saving phrases 1t is alleged" 'it is said" Eve told" etc The person injured at aggreved by a defamatory statement does have to trace it its origin. He need back-track only as far as he pleases-to some responsible newspaper, from which judgment is recoverable.
 very indefiniteness of many" makes the case of the correspondent less defensible Suppose Thigh wind thus Hbeled should set out in search of it's defamer, where could it go? If the corre- spondent had explicitly s9tted "a high wind. said by John Smith to a tornado" etc. finger might have been put directly upon Mr. Smith, who could have been called upon to subsantiae his per- haps unguarded careless statement mad to offer suitable correction.
 The correspondent should have known that the subject delicate There are many kinds of aerial disturbers. from the merry little breezes which merely annoy whiskers, to winds of lesser or greater violence the cyclone tornado which waste the land and upheave the deep. It is not easy for any except trained meteorologist to tell where of these dsturbers leaves off and the next violent begin The laity is wholly at sea when it attempts to describe them The correspond ent himself ought to have known as much about the identification of tomatoes the many behind whose skirts he vainly tried hide The very care i which he thought he was exercising the responsi- biIty which he foolshy sought in his ignorance of | the libel laws to evade, confession or adnis- sion that he knew about tornadoes than many i about him. A correspondent ought always to lnSyv more.
 But the point which we wish to make, the moral which wish to draw from this incident for the edfcation of reporters is this If you want Go con- to the public that William Algernon Jones is a horse-thief boldly. unequivocaIIy and without reference to any informant. It will not cost any more in court and you'll enjoy full credit courage.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
LARDNER WEEKLY LETTER
 Rv
Easy to SoIUe City Problems

Well it is getting pretty near time for election day in N. Y. city and a good many other places and they's beginning to be less talk about gin and divorce and more talk about pol iticS and I suppose probably my de- voices will be interested in knowing that have withdrew from the mayor election in N. '. city as 1 found out that they have liquid soap and paper towels in the city hall here and besides that the mayor has to bow and smile at all the traffic police mems he passes and they's couple of them who I couldn't act friendly towards them and keep my self re- spect after some of the remarks they have made to me though perhaps in spirit of fun.
 So I will leave the other boys to fight it out amongst themselfs as to who will be our next mayor but l can't help from being interested in the election and the issues of the campaign, and though the result won't have no effect on me personly. stil I feel like I owe it to my ad- mires to come out in the open and tell my idears in regards to the dif- ferent problems that faces the next mayor and how I would deal with same was I willing to give up. pri- vate life at this time and use paper towels for the next 4 yrs.
 As generally always happens in a big city like N. '. city, one of the main issues is the traction issue and the chief squawk seems to be from people that claims they can't never get seats on the subway and ele- vated trains and etc. specially dur ing the 24 rush hours.
 Well friends, my answer to this squawS is that if person rides more than one station without get ting a seat why it is their own fault and they are a sucker, as they could get seat if they would use their brains and go at it the right way.
 All that is needed is a little cour- age and a knowledge of human na- ture, like for inst I have a scheme that has worked pretty good for me the last couple yrs namely, when l get into a crowded train the first thing I do is study the faces of the boys and gals that is setting down and by noticing their expression and how they act I can generally always tell which ones is going to get off at the next stop.
 Then I just stand right in front of them and when they get up I flop in their place and I may say that I have seldom been beet to 9 sea'
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
Be ct the Polls Today

We enly ask that the voters of Phoenix turn out at the school elections today-enough of them-pref- srahiy all of them-and then, are sure that what ever is done will have been done right
 The majority is nearly always right that things may be safely left to it. When important questions decided by minority they are apt to be settled
 We do not that minorities wrong be- cause they minorities but because at elections people who have selfish motives always turn out, while those who not have such motives are often apathetic and stay at hofne
 No one should be apathetc in the matter Of the schools. They the biggest and most useful in stitutions have They mean more for the future of Phoenix than anything else in Phoenix
 We believe you all proud of our schools; that won are satisfied with policies under which they have been built up. and the men who have admin istered these policies
 Then you will be at the polls today
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
The Terrors of Put and Take

The Terrors of Put and Take GA campaign against the Put and Take craze has been taken up by reformers. who denounce IL as vicious influence.-News ltem) Our nations gone to lowly degrada-
 ton:
 waves of crime. The reason for this state of ruina- Is that we'll risk our soul to win
 dime. The older folks all decency are los
 The younger ones have done
 moral flop; The reasons that since people gave
 up booking.
 A greater evils come-The Toddle
 Top! old Grandpa now mas sunk beyond
 redemption,
 And baby's downfall makes the
 heartstrings ache; Nobody in the family boasts eN-
 emption,
 Our home is in the throes of PUT
 and TAKE. The neighbors all have passed be- yond salvatio'.
 The whole community is steeped in sin. A gentleman can't keep his reputa- ton, When ev'rybody's tempting him to spin The situations really most alarm ing,
 The rank and file are riding to a fall; The people need a very prompt dis arming. Of tops that bear the tempting words TAKE ALL" ! The ianitor's a most degraded feller. He never pays attention to the heat; He wastes his time a sitting In the cellar
 Just calling for the Take AlI' to repeat
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29

Kangaroos are said to be able to jump to a height of II feet.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
STATEMENT sY pR DAMERoN


 Believing that the patrons of the public schools are entitled to know my position relative to school matters should I be reelected trustee at the election held today (Saturday) at the Administration building. 33I North First avenue, I wish to say that as I have done in the past, so I will in the future strive to give to this city the most efficient public school system possible and at the lowest cost con- sistent with efficiency. I win use my influence and vote for the retention of MT. John D. Loper as superinten- dent. will support the Opportunity school that has meant so much to the housewives of Phoenix. My whole aim is to continue the general policy as now conducted and improve there on as seems practical and for the best interests of your children.
 This board has heard criticism from some for buying supplies outside of Phoenix. To such I make this state ment: We have at all times bought as cheaply as possible. preferably from Phoenix merchants. For the year ending June 30, 1921, we expend- ed for teachers salaries S2S3.lS4O1 which amount represents 75 Der cent of all our expenditures. The amount of S26,045.67 was paid for janitors. 'ecretary and lke expenses, which is : per cent of the total expenses: a total of S2 per cent for salaries. The sum of 15.699.44 was spent for SUD- 1lies; of this amount S2.7OO was apent out of Phoenix; and of this. S2,4O0 was for supplies on competitive bids and was given to the lowest bid der. For library, fuel, water, light. power, repairs, upkeep of grounds. phone. insurance. equipment. etc. s5O.- 1 900 was expended, s per cent of which i was spent other than in Phoenix. l The Phoenix public schools are and shall be operated with one object in ] view. namely, the making of good cit i iZens for this state.
 L. n. DAMERON.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29

Henry Stewart, 74-year-old walker of Los Angeles. has made II trans- continental trips afoot.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29

right in her lap. Both her and her husband got up and went in the next car. The load had whole double seat to himself, and when he finely got to bed that night he only had to shut one eye as the other had been tended to.
 More Serious Problems
 So much for the traction prob lem. Another big question in N. Y. city is the schools, as 1t seems they ain't enough room in them to take care of all the kids at once and F of them has to go in the morning and the other F in the afternoon l would leave that as it is only would fix it so as the male pupils would all go in the morning and then a person could get decent size caddies in the afternoon. The way it is now if you get caddy at all he is bigger than you are and you don't dast | bawl them out when you miss a ap- proach shot.
 Another thing that is going to be big thing in N. '. in the next 4 yrs. is the proposition to build a bridge acrost the Hudson river to New Jersey and E the people is for l it but the other E haven't no itch | to see the west and they don't feel | like the city should ought to spend | the money such a bridge would cost. I would compromise this question by starting bridge on the New Jer- | sey side of the river and building it F acrost and after that it would be women and children first and | every man for himself.
 That is how I feel on some of the big questions that will confront our next mayor and whoever it is. he is welcome to my idears and I am sorry I can't see my way clear to run sthis time but in another yrs. I may change my mind or what is left of it
 RING W. LARDNER. Great Neck, Oct. 2S.
 | Copyright, 1921, by The Bell Snydi- l cate. IucO
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
TsA o-asident and the Nearo Problem

The southern senators who crticisng Presi dent Harding's Birmingham speech in which he took up the negro problem thin skinned than they ought have been expected to be. What Sena- tor Harrison had to about it. of course, does not count. The Mississippi senator long com mitted to opposition to any course the president might pursue; to any stand he might take in any conceivable matter. We could not though have supposed that Senators Hefin. McKellar and Wat son would have found cause for complaint in the address of the president.
 These gentlemen though evidently regard the rohlem as belonging especially to the South, that any discussion of it any alluson to it from without that region is regarded inter-
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
THE ONCE OVER
By H. I. PHILLIPS

The servant girl-it's really some
 thing shocking Has lost her reputation and gone wrong; She totes a Toddle Top inside her
 stocking,
 And plays at Put and Take the whole day long, The letter man is always late arriv-
 ing.
 It's time they showed him pair of skids. For prompt deliveries he isn't striv-
 ing
 He's playing Put and Take with all,
 the kids. And policemenl Why, I cannot un-
 derstand iti
 You tell 'em of a crime, they sin-
 ply grin: You shout .PoIicei" when waylaid
 by bandit,
 The cop says. Cant stop nowr
 my turn to spin!" The other day I called for a physi-
 clan
 To bring me pills Chis name was
 Dr. Blake). He spun. while I looked on in dazed
 submission,
 4 top to sec how many I should
 take, TAKE ALL" it said when 1t had
 ceased it's spinning, swallowed every pill, then passed
 away. Twas just as wei. for now I'm saved
 from spinning, I've gone where Toddle Tops are
 not in play. Gen. Henry Knox was 20 years old when George Washington put him in command of the artillery. Hong Kong now buys American moving pictures instead of those made in Europe. Henry Stewart. 74-year-old walker of Los Angeles. has made II trans continental trips afoot. Kangaroos are said to be able to jump to a height of II feet.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 2s. 1921

American citizens must Mader- stand thdt they cannot adUocate or ocquiesce in an euI course Of action and then escape responsibility for the results. Theodore Roosevelt.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29
HE WAS DOING HIS BEST.

Mother was teaching 5-year- old Bobby geography. She had come tc the sahara desert Now. say it. Sahara" she prompted him.
 "Hara." replied Bobby.
 NO, not Hara-Sahara. don't you see," said mother patiently. Now say it."
 Again Bobby replied, Tiara"
 That kept up for some time. unti finally Bobby. worn out. exclaimed indignantly: Well. mother. didn't say Hara 2'-Youth's Companion.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29

Hong Kong now buys American moving pictures instead of those made in Europe.
Arizona republican., 1921-10-29

Women's Patriotic Society of Ja- pan is probably the largest organiza- tion of its kind in the world.
The New York herald., 1921-03-14
JAPAN'S IMPERIALISM
CALLED TMPEDIMENT
Corean Conditions Discussed
BY Mining Engineer.

TOXIC. Feb. THAT the imperialism
or Japan will prove as much an impede
ment 10 the satisfactory solution of her
Corean question as the Imperialism ~
Great Britain will be to the settlement
OF the Irish. Indian and Egyptian ques-
tions and that of the United States TO
the solution OF the Mexican problem
was the statement of Baron Keikichi
Ishimoto a mining expert. in an address
before the Oriental and Occidental Re-
ligion Society.
The chief subject of discussion az the
meeting was the problem presented TO
Japan By Corea. and Baron Ishimoto' $
proposed solution of that problem is the
granting Of larger amount Of economic
freedom to the Coreans. 1T Is regret
table that the pending questions be-
tween the Japanese and Corean peoples
should remain unsolved because OF the
imperialistic policy OF Japan he said ,
"a policy which combines militarisn1
and capitalism.
However free and peaceful nation
may appear on the surface no real lin
erty can be enjoyed so long as the eco
nomic system Of the country Is under
control of another nation. The emanci-
patton OF Corea cannot be achieved un-
I'll the economic yoke which restricts
the free activities OF the Coreans is cast
away