Good Old Days

8 years ago

Feb. 17, 1888

Under the new military law passed by our past legislature, $300 is appropriated annually to each of 13 companies in the territory. The young men of Colfax should lose no time if they desire to form a military company, in organizing, that their company may be one of 13 and entitled to a sum of $300. We hope a movement will be started at once, either in reviving the old military organization or forming a new one. With a well organized company, Colfax would stand one chance in 13 of obtaining occasionally the grand encampment. The move should be encouraged.

In Endicott...