The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-11-27
This Great State.


was built in 1916.
Total number of acres subject to
levee tax in Rapides, 81, 1921.
Armistead's Oil Mill, opposite
COushatta, will be ready for work
by Dec. 1.
The cotton crop of Pointe COupee
will average about 250 pounds of
lint to the acre.
Negotiations are pending for cleo
trio lights and water-wOrkS in the
city OF Alexandria.
1t is estimated that the Farmers
Union of Louisiana has a member
ship of about 10000.
The Louisiana Refinery, of New
Orleans, nelts 1850, 900 pounds of
sugar every "a hours.
Lincoln parish produced this year
Brazilian yam sweet potato which
weighed nine pounds.
The rice crop of Calcasieu parish
will bring S1,0OO,OOO this year. Its
timber trade is also large.
Up to November 5 the shipment
of cotton from Ruston was 5,O32
bales against 4.755 last year.
The Natchitoches cotton seed oil
mill is in full blast, aud handles from
Is to 20 tons of seed every day.
Calcasieu parish has IS public
schools and school funds amounting
to $4,000 for the current year.
Five acres of land IN Ascension
parish yielded this year 600 barrels
of corn. 1t was highly fertilized.
The cotton crop of Rapides is
unusually large, many plunters re-
porting a bale and quarter per
acre.
Work on the new railroad bridges
over the Red lat Alexandria, and
Ouachita rivers will begin immedi-
ately.
The dewberries in Bougere swamp,
COncordia parish, are now ripe, the
spring crop having been cut off by
overflow.
The Levee Board of the 9th Louis
lana District recently sold 144, 900
acres of land in COncordia parish to
Boston capitalists.
From 100 acres of land on the
Forest plantation in Concordia par
ish, Mr.. Friedler expects to gather
200 bales of cotton.
A large number of small farmers
in Vermillion parish have set up
little horse mills and evaporators to
grind their own cane.
In the Sabine river swamp, re.
Gently, Jos. Williams killed black
bear which weighed 518 pounds and
was Z feet 2 inches long.
Recently, party of hunters in
Catahouls parish killed bear which
weighed 2S5 pounds net. Bruin
was discovered eating a shoat.
An excursion of Kansas and Mis-
souri, editors will be made to New
Orleans and the Southwestern par.
ishes during the coming holidays.
The cane crop of Lincoln parish
was very good this season. Tue
farmers there now raise their owl
syrup and supply all local demands
The youngest tax payer in I.iv.
ingstOn parish is a little girl seven
years old, who pays taxes on a herd
of cattle given her by her grand.
mother.
An oyster canning factory has
been established at Houma which
ships 5000 oysters daily. Next
summer the plant will be enlarged
and give employment to about 81
men.
The building belonging to Mrs
Ben Landman and situated on Mar.
; ket street, near the ", s. and P
passenger depot, 10 Shreveport, was
burned last Monday night at about
8 o'clock. Insurance, $4,000.
Shreveport Times, goth: The
total amount of taxable property
represented by the vote cast Tues.
day in favor Of the city ordinance
authorizing the issue of bonds tC
pay judgments, were 90, 20O,I77.
The largest molasses tank in the
State, and probably in the world
stands in Mr.. A. FL. Gays st. Louis
sugar house in Iberville parish. 1t
is % feet in diameter and 25 feet
high, and will hold 1900 barrels
Mr.. Gay controls places whose pro
duction this year will aggregate
over 100000 pounds of sugar.
Alexandria Times: Three negro
men and their wives in Carroll parish
recently picked in one day 1861
pounds of cOttOn-within a fraction
of 327 pounds each. This is fas
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