The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-24
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our citlZens, and it is deseryedlv 90
1t is an important encstiop-op,
t'st should be seriously and dispas
sionately weighed by the voter be
lore he casts his ballot for the 70
moVat OF the present parish seat OF
bossler. We are out of debt. pa
rochlally speaking, and the prospects
OF our people are generally cncour
aging, and before VIC take plunae
INTO the sea OF Indebtedness and Fl.
nanclal embarrassment-apt to re-
suit from the expense of a removal
Vi the parish scat-we should take
4 careful reckoning of the breakers
ahead, and seriously ponder whithe,
we are drifting? Will we do it,
This is the question. Shall our tax
payers vote first and count the cost
afterwards, when taxation is q bur.
den grlevous to be borne, and the de-
cree is nnalterable2 Or, shall we let
well enough alone" for a few years
more, until material developments
increased population and general
prosperity and freedom from debt
Which few more good crops NAV
Drlng-shall be secured to us
We ask not, as an interested
party" located at Bellevue, but as a
loyal citizen of the whole parish
with kind friends and supporters in
every nook and corner of beloved
Old Bossier-and having her general
good at heart, thatour people weigh
we'll the consequences before it is
too late. We fail to see any urgent
necessity for the immediate removal
OF the Court house and Jail from
bellevue. 1t is the opinion of MANY
that with but little cost, our Court
house can be made to last many
} ears to come-years, we fear, after
many of us now worrying ourselves
about "crossing a bridge" not in
SIGHT, in our opinion, shall have been
gathered to our fathers-where lii
giants are at rest ard parish seats
cease FROM troubling.
1t is not asked by any one, that
we Know OF, that any considerable
sum of money be spent on the old
Court house, much less that a new
one be built on the present site when
the Old building falls down. We
would be as quick to oppose this as
any man in the parish, for we think
1t would be unwise and impolitic to
do 50.
In conclusion, citizens of Bossicr
parish! you will he called upon to
settle this "yexed question: on
Thursday, July ODD. "Loek well to
your ballots p Now is the time
''the accepted time"-to think twice.
yea thrice, before you cast your
votes. It will be too late to think
when the Tax Collector calls around
'fOr that little amount due" Don't
Isfset that yow, the tax payers, will
have to foot all the bills in the long
run, interest and all! Think of this
hing, and thinking, oct. Get ready
or the question, and vote as all good
citizens should vote, feaelessly and
without prejudice, and for the
greatest good of the greatest mum.
Der" and so far as We are individual,
y concerned, as a good Democrat,
We can ask no more. The majority
should rule. Let it rule wisely and
veil, that good may rebound to all.
Since the above was written, Mr..
". \. Crawford, Of Minden, has ex-
lmined our Court House. He pre-
LOUNGES tho walls substantial and
'afc, and that all needful repairs
AN be made for 500, and the struc-
ure then be safe and durable. He
will warrant it for that sum. Mr..
Crawford is reliable mechanic, and
S we'll esteemed in Minden, and en-
lorsed by her best citizens. s4OO