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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-23
NOTICE.

Notice is here given that application will
be made to the next General Assembly
Of North Carolina for an act to incor-
porate the Raleigh and Eastern North
Carolina Railroad Company.
12-24-1mo.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-23
BOOKS CLOSED.

On account of inventory February Ist, and to en-
able to close up the years work. our books will be
closed from January 25th to February Ist. prompt
settlement of past due accounts will greatly oblge
A. B StrOnaCh CO.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-23
Winter Waists, Silk and Wool
Skirts.

The Winter Waists of all kinds have
been price pruned, and you'll find the
choicest kind of picking among them.
SOC. Flannelette Waists in fine color
assortment, nearly all sizes e. e. 49c
$125 Wool Waists, blue, red, green
black and old rose =. e. e. e. e.. Csc
$500 All Wool Waists, with VIII.
stitched tucks and twin plcats i'll red,
blue and rose :. =. =. e. -. Il 80
SITS Grey Kcrsey Walking Skirts
for PA-OC
81 90 Black Twill Cloth Walking
Skirts =. =. $500
$500 Oxford Grey Short Length
Skirts E. e.. =. $3.75
$500 Black Cloth Dress Skirts. "a. 80
$3.50 Black Cheviot Dress Skirts $3.50
$500 Black Basket Cloth Skirts $500
sig 90 Black Silk Taffeta Skirts. $500
$500 Black Silk Taffeta Skirts $11.GO
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-23

Tam O'Shanters in velvet. ooze calf and
tan leather. Boys cloth and leather skull
caps, corduroi. silk and velour caps. In
fants' silk wool and muslin caps. Choice
of any and all at one-third less than
the regular marked price.
Bird Wings, Quilts and Breasts, Pom
pons and Fancy Feathers, Aigrettes and
Snake Quilts now sell for half price.
A word to the wise is sufficient
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
FARMERS, INSTITUTE SPECIALIST

The Secretary of Agriculture has
created a new position in the office
of experiment stations in order to
bring the United States Department
of Agriculture into closer touch with
the great farmers institute movement
throughout the country. Last year
about 300 Institutes were held in
forty-four states, and were attended
by over 100000 persons. The insti-
tutes have thus become powerful
agency for the practical education OF
farmers, and the movement has reach
ed a point where it is felt that ma
tional office cooperating with the state
managers of Institutes may be of great
benefit. Much of the work of the
Institutes is done with the aid of the
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations, and it was therefore deemed
appropriate that the department
should extend aid to the Institutes
through the office of experiment sta
lions, which represent the secretary
in his relations to the colleges and
stations and which has already done
much to promote the general interests
of agricultural education in this coun-
try The new officer, who is to be
called a farmers institute specialist,
will be under the general supervision
of the director of the Office of expert
ment stations, and have his headquar-
tiers at the department at Washing
ton.
AS the result of civil service eX-
animation to fill this position, Prof.
John Hamilton, now secretary of ag'
riculture in the state of Pennsylvania,
has received the appointment and will
soon enter on his new duties.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

under the direction of the agricultural
college and school of sciences. Prof.
Elliott will be in charge of them. The
plan is to hold an institute in each
county each year. This will make
thirty-six Institutes in ALL For the
past ten years the college has been
conducting these Institutes at its own
expense.
The counties are to be arranged into
districts of ten, each district in charge
of one man, who will visit each coun-
ty and explain what there is to be
done and will arrange the dates
Where there is an agricultural society
he will use it to organize an institute.
and where there is none he will use
his best endeavors to form one. The
purnose of these local associations is
to have numerous meetings during the
year and to educate the farmers. 1t
is very probable that the Institutes
in the northwestern section will take
place the latter part of May and the
first part of June. This section, as
stated elsewhere, is in charge of H. L.
Blanchard.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
PUYALLUP STATION CLOSED.

For the next two years the branch
experiment station at Puyallup will
be closed and the land worked under
lease by H. Benthien, the well-known
gardener of that locality This action
on the part of the agricultural college
authorities was made necessary by the
governors veto of the $4,000 appropri-
alton made by the legislature for the
Puyallup station. From the funds OF
the agricultural college an appropria-
ton has been made sufficient to re-
tain the services of an assistant SUI
perintendent of the station, w. H.
Lawrence, until September, and he
will continue some scientific inves-
LEGATIONS which will be concluded
about that time, and which will prove
of great benefit to the whole state.
The cultivation of the small fruits and
the care of the station will be looked
after by Mr. Benthien, as they have
been under the direction of Prof. d.
A. Brodie, and the livestock belonging
to the station will be sold.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
SETTLERS FLOcKING HERE.

Western Washington this year will
receive a large percentage of the in
fiux of new people. The stream of
emigrants has set in in dead earnest.
Every train lands a number at every
station favorably situated in an agri-
cultural section, and they lose no time
looking up farm or fruit lands. In
the western part of the state this in
fiux is noticeable in the inquiry at the
real estate offices for good farms. A
great many good ones have been dis
posed of by local dealers lately and at
good prices, too.
The stock raising business seems
to be in line for a boom, especially in
the western half of the state, where
there is much logged off land that
is being picked up by newcomers. The
fact of the opening of the markets
of the Orient to American products
evidently has an effective influence.
The men coming to our section to go
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

as a reservation for them by the Medi-
cine Lodge treaty of 1867 1t was then
stipulated that lands should never be
taken from the Indians without tho
consent of two-thirds of the male ad
ults of the tribes. This treaty was
violated by the act of congress open
ing the reservation for settlement and
attorneys for the Indians attacked the
acts legality. The decision of the SUI
preme court is that congress is
charged with the duty of controlling
tribal Indians and their property; that
the judgment of the guardian is SUI
perior to the will of the ward and that
congress may do with tribal Indians
and tribal property whatever it deems
to be for the best interests of the In
dams.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
CARE OF THE INDIANS.

The United States supreme court
has decided that congress has a right
to give Indian lands to white men re-
CARELESS of treaties made with the In
dams. The Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache lands, 100000 acres in Okla
home, were opened for settlement
without the assent of the Indians. 1t
was provided that each head of an In
dian family should have first choice
on 100 acres, to share common pas
ture of 100000 acres and that the
tribes should be paid 100000 in
money as necessities should require.
The Indians set up the claim that the
lands had been permanently set aside
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
BLANCHARD AT THE HEAD.

H. L. Blanchard has been appointed
by President Bryan, of the state agri-
cultural college, to attend to the or
ganizing of the northwestern coun-
ties for holding farmers Institutes this
year. The counties embraced in Mr..
Blanchard's district are San Juan, ISL
and, Snohomish, Skagit, King, Clallam,
Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason. In this
district the subjects to be handled
will be agriculture, livestock, poultry,
general farming and dairying.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

Gov Mcbride has appointed the fol-
lowing named gentlemen as members
of the State Fair Commission, all to
serve for four years ]. e. Shannon,
to succeed himself; DR.. G. J. Hill, to
succeed DR.. Gum; e. j. Wyman, to
succeed e. F. Benson. The holdover
members are A. J. Splawn and A. B..
Weed. Messrs Gum and Benson were
not candidates for reappointment.
A valuable addition to the stock in
terests of this county is the herd OF
Red Polled Durhams brought to Yak
ina by J. t. Hedges, late OF lndianap-
Oils Ind, consisting of six heifers and
a bull. They were raised by j. H.
Miller, of Peru, Ind, and will undoubt-
eddy carry off the blue ribbon at the
fair this fall.-Yakima Democrat.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

into agriculture or stockraising are
aware of the shortage in live stock,
even to supply the home demand, and
they want to be on hand with their
cattle and sheep when provisions be-
gin moving across the Pacific in i'm
mense quantities.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
FOR FARMERS INSTITUTES.

The authorities of the state agri-
cultural college are getting ready for
the holding of farmers Institutes, as
authorized by the last legislature, for
which there was an appropriation OF
$4,000 made, with the understanding
that not more than $4,000 be spent in
any one year. These will be held
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

w. R. Paslay, of Paslay Bros, Pa
teros, Wash, writes that the peach
twig borers are very destructive in
the Columbia river section this spring.
In this issue of The Ranch is pub
lished a valuable article by Prof. G.
B. Piper, which Mr. Paslay will find
suits his section.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

In it's issue of April 4th, the Times,
of Corvallis, Ore, had the following
item: '"It is interesting to know that
much. if not all, the lettuce on sale
in the Corvallis markets for the past
few weeks, is grown in Seattle, town
several hundred miles nearer the north
pole than is Corvallis. 1t is not with
out reason that the state of Washing
ton, once far in the rear of Oregon
in wealth and population, is now
abreast of her. The lettuce PROPOSE
ton is trifing incident that tells the
story of how it all happened"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

The farm machinery which has been
wing out in the weather cannot be
expected to work as easily the coming
season as though it had been properly
protected, to say nothing of the gen
eral deterioration and loss in value
which has resulted.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
Classified Wants

Advertisements under this heading 1c a
word each insertion. cash must accompany
order.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

The paper is sent to each subscriber until an or
der to discontinue is received from the subscr ber
we must be notified in writing, by letter or postal
ard when a subscriber wishes his paper stopped.
returning the paper will not answer, as we cannot
md it on our list from the name alone on the pa
nor We must have both name and address, and
al arrearages or dues must be paid as required by
law. -, -
your paper by address label containing your name
Failing to receive the paper regularly you should
notify the Seattle office at once, when mistak es,
If any, will be corrected.
Address all communications to THE RANCH,
Metropolitan BLDG Seattle Washington.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

FOR SALE-Ten Scotch Collie pups. f..
r. Hinman. 1923 Yesler Way. Seattle.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

POSITION WANTED-As creamery oper-
atOr or buttermaker. Will send particulars
to parties inquiring. Address Otto Staub,
Helena, Mont, Gen. Delivery.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28
Children's Day at Alden.

One of the most beautiful cele-
brations that Alden has ever
known was held on Sunday, May
18th, in honor of Children's Day.
The weather seemed "made to
ORDER" SO perfectly did the SUM-
light and breezes temper each
other, with no hint of the clouds
that threatened in the afternoon.
The little church, in its holiday
attire, could hardly accommodate
the crowd which gathered from
all sides. The children, one and
all, down to the very youngest,
Master Houston Hobbs, acquitted
themselves in a manner to reflect
credit on those earnest laborers'
who had assisted them.
Mr.. j. F. Wise conducted an
interesting reading service, and
the closing duet, "Tell MasterI'll
be There" which was so sweetly
and touchingly rendered by Nita
Whited and Hassie Wise, struck
responsive chord in the hearts
of all present.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28
Sherif's Sale.

Belcher & Creswell vs.. Willie johnson.
No. tits. In the First District Court,
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo.
by virtue of writ OF fieri facias
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, have seized and will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, within the legal hours of
sale, on Saturday, May 80, 1903, the
following described property, to-wit:
Seven bales cotton on storage in ware
house of w. F. Taylor Company, Lin
tied, Shreveport, La, and the seed out
of said cotton, on the T. G.. Barrett
plantation, in Bossier parish, La.
The above described property seized as
the property of defendant, Willie john
son.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to the
benefit of appraisement.
A. R. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, May IA, 1908.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28
Homestead Entry No. 1866.
Department of the Interior, !
Land Office at Natchitoches.

Land Office at Natchitoches,
April 20, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk Of the
District Court at Benton, La, on June
20, 1903, viz: Homestead Entry No.
7255-Harey L. Giles, of Emma, La
for the southwest quarter of northeast
quarter, southeast quarter OF northwest
quarter and northwest quarter of south
east quarter and northeast quarter OF
southwest quarter of section 81, township
" North, range ii West, Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: C. C.
Cozby and Henry Harrison, of Emma,
La; Dave Rawls and A. J. Logan, OF
Ansel, La.
]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
May I, 1903. june 10
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Notice to LeVee Contractors,
Office Board of Commissioners,

Office Board of Commissioners,
Bossier Levee District, !
Bossier City, La, March I, 1903. J
Sealed proposals will be received at the
- Office of the Board of Commissioners
of the Bossier Levee District, in Bossier
City, La, up to P. M, THURSDAY,
JUNE 4th, 1903, for the construction of
the following levee work in the Parish
of Bossier, viz:
ROUGH AND READY.-Newlev ee. Ap-
proximate contents $4,000 cubic yards.
Deposit required, 1925. Bond required,
$4,000.
SCoPENI. levee. Approximate
contents $4,000 cubic yards. Deposit
required, $4,000.
Cash or certified check to the
amount of the deposit required must
accompany each bid.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
Other information as to location,
character OF work, terms of payment,
and blank forms for proposals may be
obtained at the Office of the President
OF the Board at Shreveport, and at the
Office Of the Board Of State Engineers,
at New Orleans, La.
W. B. MCCORMICK, President.
T. N. BRADEN, JR., Sec'y, Curtis, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28

WE are members of the Shreveport
w Board of Trade and have access
to all the latest cotton news.
Our facilities for storing, insuring and
selling cotton are equal to those of any
house in the city.
We will make liberal cash advances on
consignments of cotton.
We sell every description of Real
Estate, and always have on hand an
attractive list to offer.
We rent houses and farms, collect
rents, make prompt remittances, look
over assessments and pay taxes for nom
residents.
We want patronage and expect to merit
same by strict attention to business.
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Homestead Entry No. $685..
Department of the Interior,

department OF the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitoches,
April q, 1903. J
Notice is hereby given that the follow
~ ing named settler has fled notice
OF his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Clerk District Court
at Benton, La, on June 13, 1903, viz:
Homestead Entry 8562-Samuel Bryant,
of Mot, La.,-for the northwest quarter
OF section 8, township % North, range
II West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: S. P.
Johnston, of Emma, La; e. E. Cason
and NJ. w. Cason, of Ansel, La, w.
Allen, OF Mot, La.
]. ERNESTBREDA Register.
April 80, 1903. june II
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28
Homestead Entry No. 6946.
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
Department of the Interior,
Anril Is. 1909.

DSPnA VAAOAe Vi u1lC 1ltCI
April Is, 1903. J
Notice is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice OF
his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Clerk of the District
Court at Benton, La, on June 6, 1903,
viz: Homestead Entry No.. 6945-Frank
Woodland, for the heirs of Harriet Smith,
deceased the west half of southeast
quarter and east half of southwest quar-
ter of section Is, township q North,
range II West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation OF said land, viz: Albert
Carter, Joseph Rivers, General G. Carter
and Scott Carter, all of Ivan, La.
j. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
April q, 1908. june4
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28

A concert will be given at Plain
Dealing on Friday night, 10Th
instant, for the benefit of the
Presbyterian Church. Nothing
Will be left undone to make it a
splendid success.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28

When your home printer cannot do
the work. we recommend the G. G.
WILLIAMS PRINTING co. Ltd,
Printers, Binders and Blank Book
Manufacturers. Shreveport Ia. :.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-28
Homestead Entry No. TILT.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,


April Is, 1903. J
Notice is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk OF District
Court at Benton, La, on June 6, 1908,
viz: Homestead Entry No. 1717-Jesse
Dickson, of Rocky Monitor the north
west quarter of northeast quarter OF
section 8, township II North, range ii
West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: Henry
Tyler and Henry Rushing, of Emma,
La, Alfred Harris and Nose Harris, OF
Rocky Mount, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
April %, 1903. june
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Personal.

Mrs. o. NJ. Griffin, of Shreve-
port, is visiting Mrs. ]. F. Ed
wards.
Mrs. G. w. Smith and children,
of Haughton, are the guests OF
Mrs. Kate Wyche.
Miss Belle Johnston is visiting
Ger brother, Mr.. J. E. Johnston,
Jr., at Belcher.
Mrs. G. L. jackson, of Bowling
Green, KY, is the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Reimunde.
Miss Rebecca Beasley, of
Shreveport, is the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Sue T. Abney.
Mrs. Kate McMeans and chill
dren, of Bastrop, are visiting her
father, Rev. J. M. Brown.
Miss Minnie Montgomery spent
last week in Plain Dealing as the
guest of Miss Allie Montgomery.
Mrs. J. A. Sewall, Jr., and her
two children, of Shreveport, are
the guests of Mr.. A. R. Thomp-
son.
Rev. J. M. Brown and Mr.. l..
G. Smith left Tuesday to attend
the Methodist District Conference
at Many.
Mrs. Scales, of Alden, came
down Sunday to attend the Chill
dren's Day entertainment at the
Methodist Church.
Miss Emmett Tidweil left yester-
day for Ruston, to attend the
closing exercises Of the Louisiana
Industrial Institute.
Misses Jessie and Toinette
Wyche attended the concert and
picnic in Plain Dealing Wednes-
day and Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Thos. Hickman, who has
been visiting her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. J. M. Hickson, returned
Monday to her home near Bluffs.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Neal, of
Warrenton, Ca, returned home
yesterday from a visit of several
days to Mrs. Meals father, DR.. H.
Neeson.
Mr.. G. B. Garrett, of Red Land,
celebrated his 63rd birthday on
last Sunday. He was a gallant
soldier in the 10Th Louisiana Reg
iment, and is a good citizen and
estimable gentleman.
Mr.. w. p. Oneal, a Bossier boy,
OF the firm of Cage, Drew G Co.,
of New Orleans, has been elected
Secretary of the Company, with
an increase of his salary. His
many friends in the old home are
glad to hear Of his success in the
Crescent City.
Miss Annie W. Johnston return
ed home on Saturday, the 18th
instant, from Natchitoches, where
she has been attending the State
Normal Institute, and left on the
following Friday for a visit OF
several weeks to her sister, Mrs.
A. D. Calhoun, of Cross Keys.
Mrs. Edna and Miss Tabitha
Holmes, of Mack's Bayou, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs,
Martha L. Raspberry and Miss Sue
G. Steele. Mrs. Raspberry return
ed nome with Miss Holmes Mon
day and will be her guest several
days this week.
Capt. W. c. Bronaugh, of Clin-
ton, Mo-, who attended the Con-
federate Reunion in New Orleans
last week, is visiting war time
friends in Bossier, and spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Benton as
the guest of Mrs. Abney. He
left Tuesday on a visit to Captain
W. J. Hughes, at Rocky Mount.
Among those who attended the
Confederate Reunion in New Or
leans last week from this parish
We're: Captain and Mrs. w. j.
Hughes, Miss E. Lee McClintock,
Miss Carter, Mrs. w. T. Colquitt
and dQs,ohtors Morx, opd Forn;o
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STRAYED,

Iron my farm, near Midway, Bossier
i parish, on April 20, one Bay Mare,
with bell on, branded with three capital
HIS on left hip, dim star in face, and has
a long tale. Also, Cream Colored
Horse Pony, name reached, bell ON and
branded on left hip with two figure rs.
Any person returning above described
horses to me will be literally rewarded.
ALEX MCCOY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-11

namely the governing classes and the men OF
light and leading who in letters, science ana the
arts have upheld their hands. Indeed one Oh
the pleasantest sides of this book is that Whlch
is due to the authors feeling for personaIlty
aptly introduced, an anecdote well placed. his
survey of the Queens coronation and Of King
Edwards necessarily involves reference TO
scores of men and women notable in Engllsh
life, and he finds many opportunities for pas
sages full of human interest The book mas
numerous footnotes and none of them are dull.
On the contrary in some cases the footnotes
are almost more piquant than the text. VIII
ness the long one at page ID, calculating the
fact very little known, that two years aver
Napoleon arrived at St. Helena, Bonaparte'
his infant nephew. was within measurable DIS
lance Of becoming heir presumptive to the Brit
ish CROWN