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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
MISSOURI EDITORS WILL MEET.
McDbers 81 the Press Annexation 20
Gather at Worlds Fair.

The Missouri Press Association Will meet
at the Missouri building at the Worlds
Fair on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day Of this week. The meetings will be-
gin at $50 o'clock q. i.
The Missouri Commission will give a re-
ception and ball to the Missouri Press As
socie ton Thursday evening.
President ". d. Thomas IL arranging
an interesting programme and says THIS
meeting should be one Of the largest in the
tt-.cr. 81 the e~soriattcn.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
The Mummiaed Giant.

The giant. 8 feet and . inches high. who
was on exhibition at the Worlds Fair, IL
now to be seen at the Museum OF Anat-
omy, IL South Broadway.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
Pawnees Comirs to the Fair.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Lawton. Ok. Aug. N.-Comins Son. tho
pawnee Indian interpreter at Anadarko,
with twenty members of the Pawnee tribe.
hiss departed for the Worlds Fair. The
ndian will remain there until the close
of the Exposition. In the party 10 Roaming
Chief, one of the best-known Indians IN
the United States.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

Fruit is better when we have it fresh
than when it has been picked some
time and has become stale. And
then the good rich cream we have
fro mour Jersey COWS! When I pour
the thick yellow cream over my ripe
strawberries, am reminded of the sto
ry of the city boy who, when he was
furnished fresh cream on the farm,
asked where they got it. Being told
that they got it from their wilk he
wanted to know where they got the
milk, and being informed that they
kept COW, he pondered a while and
then blurted out: 81 wish our milk
man had cow"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

spectors, under the supervision of the
state horticultural commissioner, are
supposed to keep out injurious insect
pests and fungous diseases. But they
do not do it and, what is more, they
cannot do it. They may retard the
spread of some of these pests but to
keep them out and to keep them from
spreading is ga work oboon their
might" These men are doing the
best they can but such pests as the
cooling moth, the San Jose scale and
the woody aphis are marching on and
are now practically in every section OF
our state. These worthy men may
condemn imported fruit trees, burn
some and fumigate and dip others and
dump whole carloads of fruit into the
sea but the injurious pests will go on
like the frogs and lice in Egypt. The
best thing these men can do is to be-
come thoroughly acquainted with the
habits Of these various pests and how
to successfully fight them and spend
good share of their time in instructing
the inexperienced fruit growers in the
direction of curtailing the ravages OF
this army that already is encamped in
our orchards. This may not be the
most encouraging view of this pest
business but any man who knows
enough to go in when it rains, knows
that it is the correct view. have
more to offer along this line at some
future time.
On the 10th of May, my wife and |
ranch near Zillah. We expect to spend
our summer here amidst the beau
ties of nature. Many of the items
that will appear in this department
will be based on experience here in the
orchard. 1t is hoped, therefore, that
what appears will not show the alb
sence of acquaintance with the sub
iects treated. A great deal OF fun in
former years was made over the city
man editing an agricultural depart
ment in a city paper. Josh Billings
tried to initiate some of his work when
he said that pumpkins should be allow
ed to hang on the tree till thoroughly
ripe and much more in the same vein.
Some of that kind of work is done
vet and a man is employed to write on
agriculture or horticulture because he
has a flow of words at his command
and is willing to furnish copy for so
much per yard. But the wide awake
farm paper of the present day has
learned not to buy its copy by the yard
but aims to get men who know what
they are talking about.
The city is a great place and there is
much to interest any observing man,
but | could not afford always to walk
on brick pavements and cement side
walks. Give me a taste, now and
then. of mother earth. Strawberries
are just coming into use on our ranch
and we raise them in great abundance
for home use. Some one once SAID
that doubtless God could make bet
ter fruit than the strawberry but 1T was
safe to say that it had never been done.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

very best or we could not make ex-
penses.
see it reported in the papers that
certain persons are recommending the
growth of English walnuts in eastern
Washington. Well, my advice is,
Don't" 1 have English walnut trees
on my fruit ranch in the Yakima Val
ley. One winter they killed back to
the ground but grew up again. They
have never borne crop of walnuts.
A frost that will not kill peaches or
apricots will kill them dead. The
trees are ten years old and we have
never had a walnut on them. This
year we will most likely have some
walnuts About the 9Th of May the
tips of the young shoots were nipped
with frost, but the young walnuts es-
capped. But as money maker it will
never do to wait ten years and then
not get a crop once in five years.
Those sections of our state where
strawberries can be raised early ought
to prosper in this business. Along
the Columbia and Snake river and
near the mouth of the Yakima and
Wenatchee rivers are many spots
where this delicious fruit can be grown
very early. In such localities for
tune awaits the man who goes into this
business. Puget Sound raises very
fine strawberries but they come in late.
think I never ate better strawberries
than we had last summer in June.
They were raised near Seattle and sold
cheap. But the warm valleys can
produce berries a month earlier than
the Sound country and for that reason
they sell high and there ought to be
money made at the business.
The cotton boil weevil is terrible
pest in Texas. 1t is claimed that the
damage amounts to $20,000,000 annual
ly. 1t is spreading into the adjacent
states and the whole cotton business
is threatened by the devastations of
this pest. 1t seems to have come from
Mexico and when it first made its ap-
pearance attracted but little attention.
The government experts who are now
studying the insect and seeking to find
means of curtailing it's ravages, claim
that there was a time when it could
have been utterly destroyed by destroy
ing the cotton crop with the Weevil
Now that is out of the question. 1t is
thought that it will not be long until
these government experts will have it
under control This illustrates the
value of the work of our experiment
stations. The men in control of the
stations give their lives to the study
of such subjects and many of their
discoveries are of untold value to the
people of this nation. The Texas cat
tie fever is an illustration of this. Cat
tie in large numbers were dying with
this disease and it was spreading tol
other states. 1t was worse in the 9th
er states than it was in it's original
home in Texas. The conditions were
alarming. The government experts
took up the investigation of the cause
and cure of this malady. This work
forms one of the most interesting chap
tiers in the history of the experiment
stations. Progress was slow for a
time and many disappointments wereI
encountered, but gradually the light
began to break in and these investi-
cations were crowned with success.
1t was found that the spread of this
malady was owing to the presence of
a tick and where these ticks were deS-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

from peaches in that some varieties
will thin themselves but this is not
true of peaches. Very few peaches
ever fall off if they are not hurt by
frosts. Some apples thin down to one
in a place and sometimes more. We
find that our Winesaps, Black Twigs,
Arkansas Blacks, Macintosh, Vande-
vres, Gravensteins, Maiden's Blush
and some others are the ones that
self thin, while the Ben Davis, Mis-
souri, Pippin, Jonathan, Stark, Snow,
Rome Beauty and some others are
varieties that do not thin themselves.
How to thin is an important question.
In the case of peaches we have to
lay down a rule to have the ones left
so far apart on the limb. From four
to six inches apart is the rule we go
by in thinning peaches. This rule
means that on the same limb the
peaches must be that far apart. But
it may happen that peaches on differ
ent limbs will be nearer than that.
This is the rule if the peach tree is
uniformly full but if the tree has most
of the fruit on one side or in the top
then this rule must be modified. Where
a tree is not uniformly full then the
peaches on the full part must be left
closer together. Peaches may be left
near enough to touch each other when
but few are on the tree. There will
be strength enough to develop them
to a good size in such cases. This
variation in thinning will apply to
apples well as peaches and for the
same reason.
When we come to thinning apples
we must go by different rules. In
most cases the thinning will be very
we'll done if one apple is left in each
place. Apples set in clusters, that Is,
out of the same bloom bud will come
cluster containing from one up to
seven or eight If the tree is uniform
ly full then thin to one in place, but
if that is not the case then two may
be left from each cluster. In few
cases this rule will not apply. The
Missouri Pippin, for instance, fire.
quently sets so thick that we must
take all the apples off in some cases
and leave one apple every four or
five inches. Some one must be with
the thinners to show them how to
vary with these different conditions.
Unless some care is used the operator
will pull off the whole bunch often
times. They must be taught to take
the bunch of apples in the left hand
while with the right hand the apples
to be removed should be turned back
ward when they will readily snap off.
If they are pulled straight towards you
often the whole bunch will come off.
This question of thinning fruit is
a settled one with fruit growers on
the Pacific coast. Further east the
growers are discussing the question
of thinning their fruit. We have passed
that stage sometime since in our work.
We must thin or fail. 1t costs us
quite little sum to do this thinning
but we dare not think for a moment
of emitting it. The fact that we thin
our fruit has not little to do in the
reputation our fruit has in the eastern
markets. Our thorough culture, our
thinning and our sorting out the best
and packing in neat packages, are the
factors that make the Pacific coast
fruit famous. Apples and peaches that
must go across the continent and not
infrequently to Europe must be the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

Lemonade is much improved by the
addition of one orange to every two
lemons used
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-02
Vellire.

List Of Grand Jurors for the June Term,
1904, of the District Court for Bos
sier Parrish, La.
DE it remembered, that on this, the
ID oath day of May, A. D. 1904, we,
the undersigned jury commissioners,
whose names appear hereunto affixed,
met at the Clerks Office, in the town of
Benton, La, and proceeded to select
from the general venire box (Which was
previously prepared by us) in accordance
with the provisions of Act 1876 of the
General Assembly of Louisiana, ap-
proved July 10, 1893, twenty persons,
possessing all the qualifications under
said act, taken from different portions
of the parish, to serve as Grand Jurors
for the term of six months from the date
of empaneling at the June, 1904, term Of
District Court, beginning on the fourth
Monday, the 9th day of June, 1904, and
until succeeding Grand Jury shall
have been selected. Also, on the same
day and date mentioned and at the same
place, we proceeded to draw from the
general venire box the names of thirty
persons, of lawful age and residence, to
serve as Petit Jurors during the second
week of the aforesaid court, said Jurors
to be summoned to appear on Tuesday,
the 9th day of July, 1904, said date being
the second day of the second week Of
said term.
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tanning 80 acres. Taxes, 1900-1-2-3, $5.1S
VIM. Enders-Lots ii and IL, block u.
and lot 5 of block IS, Plain Dealing,
Taxes, 1903, &c.
Joseph Bames-Se14 of se14, sec 10
town 10, range II, 40 acres, more or less.
Taxes, 1903, 9Oc.
NJ. B. Goldsmith -SwL, sec 10, town
%, range IA, 100 acres, more or less.
Taxes, 1899, f9OO-1-2-3, s12.22.
F. B: Haynes Sch of se14, sec IS.
town 20, range Is, 40 acres. Taxes.
t9OO-1-2-3, $2.73.
S. B. Johnson Blocks IL and 90 and
lots 8, 4 and 5, block AZ, Benton. Taxes.
1923, $3.50:
w. A. Kellar-Se4 of sw14, sec 81.
town %, range Is, 40 acres. Taxes, 1899,
1900-1-2-3, 1886.
Estate of B. H. Keyser-25 acres in
seA of swL, sec 80, town 20, range IL.
Taxes, 1900 l-2, sal.
seL of se14, sec 81, town q, range Ii.
Estate of w. B. Ogilvie-Five-sixths
interest in lot ), block 6, Benton. Taxes.
19O0-1-2-3, $2.28.
MIS-. y. Il. OOlc-Ou acres IN sec II
town 20, range IL. Taxes, 1908, Sc.
Elithe Poffet-1 acre near Benton
(from Joanna Allen). Taxes, 1903, 16c.
Mrs. S. j. Robertshaw-Lot 2, block
%, Benton. Taxes, 1903, $1.6O.
Mary A. Roby of swh4, sec q,
and sea of SEA sec Is, town %, range
ii, 80 acres. Taxes 1923, $3.50.
L.O. Romogosa-Lot II and residence.
Bossier City. Taxes, 1903, SLIGO.
Mrs. Dora Rushing-Lot 5, block ..
Benton. Taxes, 1923, S1.i9.
j. NJ. Sellington-Lot and 6 feet Of
east side of lot Z, block %, and lot II Of
block %, Benton. Taxes, 1900-t-2-3,
1880.
Stephens & Hunter-Nek of nw11.
sec Sc, town 18, range IL, and Ell of Ell.
sec "a, town 10, range II, 200 acres.
Taxes, 1923, $3.50.
F. G. Thatcher $40 acres Of land in
sec "a, town II, range II. Taxes, 1904
and 1903, S11.2O.
| G. A. White-Lots /, 2 and 8, Block
| 40, Plain Dealing, La. Taxes, 1903, Sc.
Mrs. E. j. Witt-Haf interest in Sc
u OF SEA of section II, township 20.
range 13, 20 acres. Taxes, 1893, 1899,
190O-1-2-3, $2.29.
| On said day of sale l will sell such
portion of each of said specific property
as each debtor shall point out, and in
case the debtor shall not point out SUM-
Gent property, will at once and without
further delay sell the least quantity Of
said specific property of any debtor
which any bidder will buy for the amount
OF taxes, interests and costs due by
said debtor. The sale will be without
appraisement, for cash or legal tender
money OF the United States, and tho
property sold shall be redeemable at any
time for the space Of one year, by paying
the price given, with twenty per cent.
and cost added.
Al THOMPSON,
State Tax Collector, Bossier Parish, La.
Benton, La, May 3, 1904.
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Plain Dealing Dots.

A heavy rain fell here Sunday evening with con-
siderable hail mixed
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Boggs left Sunday evening
on the Cotton Belt for the Worlds Fair, to be gone
a week.
The peach crop in this locality is fine, and much
of the ucious fruit is coming into town. Mr.. n. w.
Sentel is arranging to ship quite lot of early fruit
We were shown turnip this morning raised by
Mr.. G. W. Demoss that weighed pounds and 81
ounces. This shows what can be done in the truck
business if we given it proper attention.
DR.. R. H. Blackman is at Schumpert's Santa
rum, where he has been for several days under
treatment His left arm was broken in the fall he
got-which was reported some time since.
Miss Oma billiard, who finished her course at
Beaumont College, KY, came in last Friday, ac-
companied by her little sister, Mamie, and will re-
main the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Montgomery
for some time.
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Notice to Mortgage Creditors
OF Booster Parish Property.

IN conformity with Section 81, Act IS,
L OF 1883, notice is hereby given to all
parties holding mortgages upon real
estate in Bossier Parish, on which taxes
Tor the year 1903 have not been paid.
! will begin the sale of same at the Court
House door on Saturday, June ii, 1901,
and that number Of pieces OF property
50 delinquent are now being ADVERTISED
IN this newspaper in conformity with
the law preparatory to such sale. Tho
attention OF the mortgage creditors y
especially called to these advertisements
OF tax sales, and they are warned to take
such steps prior to the sale as may b.
necessary to protect their rights.
A. r. THOMPSON,
State Tax Collector, Bossier Parish, L..
Benton, La, May 5, 1904.
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Death of Mr.. j. C.. Belcher.

Died at Belcher, (Caddo parish) on Saturday,
the 18th day of May, Mr.. J. c. Belcher; about 81
years of age.
Mr.. Belcher's death was result of Bright's dis
ease, complicated by dropsy. He had been an in
valid for about two years and confined to his bed
for two months past.
He was born in Abbeville district, S. c., in 1912,
and moved to Bossier parish in 1876, where he
made his home up to about two years ago. He was
twice married Miss Lizzie Gladney and to Mrs.
Mamie Caldwell Meares. AS a result of the first
union there are two living chdren-Miss Gertrude
Belcher and Mrs. Emmett Wyche.
Mr.. Belcher service in the Civil war, volun-
teering when 10 year old boy, and for four years
fought valiantly for his country, his home, his
friends and principles dear to the Southland. He
served under the famous cavalry.commander, Gen.
j. E. B. Steuart, in Virginia.
At the time of his death he member of the
Presbyterian church.
His wife, two daughters one sister, Mrs. Sale A.
White, and other relatives survive him.
His remains were laid to rest Sunday in the old
Rocky Mount cemetery, and host of sorrowing
friends present to witness the last sad rites.
The funeral service was conducted by Rev. w. A.
Zeipler.
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Notice, Executive Committeeman.

The Democratic Executive Committee of Bossier
parish is hereby ordered to meet at the Court House,
in Benton, on Tuesday, June 7th, for purpose of
elecng providing for the election of delegates to
the convention to convene at Baton Rouge on June
Goth, which convention will in turn elect delegates
to the National convention.
By order of A. Curtis, Chairman Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee this May %, 1904.
R. B. HILL, Secretary.
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Call For School Meeting.

The patrons of Benton High School are urgently
requested to meet at the Court House Tuesday,
June 7th, at o'clock pm to consider the selection
of faculty for the ensuing term; to elect new
board of trustees, and to pass upon other matters
touching the interest of the school, It is highly
important that every one interested in the welfare
of the school be present. B. A. KELLY,
President Board of Trustees.
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SHREVEPORT CYCLE AND SPORTING
GOODS COMPANY

Headquarters for Guns, Bicycles and
all kinds of Sporting Goods-from Fish
Hooks to Automobiles. Finest Repair
Department in the South.-WM LOWE,
Proprietor. 206 Texas ST., Shreveport.
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when your home printer cannot -
the work. we recommend the G. g.
WILLIAMS PRINTING CO. LID
Printers, Binders and Blank eoekz
Manufacturers. Shreveport, u.
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Notice.

NOtlCes
EOR the purpose of making correc-
! tlons, where necessary, viii be at
the Court House from the 10th to the
SOth of June, where the assessments for
1904 will be displayed.
H.H. MONTGOMERY, Assessor.
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SHERIFFS SALE-Boggs Drug Co., Limited, Dr. S. l..
is hereby given that by virtue of writ Of er
facas, issued by F. Garrett Justice Of the Peace, Ward
Parish of Bossier in favor of Boggs Drug Co., Limited
and against Dr. L. Stephenson, and directed have
seized and will proceed to sell public auction to the last
and hgher bdded the Office of the Justice of the Peace
in the town of Plain Dealing La Saturday. June 1904
at 10 o'clock am the following described property to-w
dental engine hot air SPRINGS, number Of chucks, TASKS
burrs, trays, etc.
Seized the property of Dr. S. L. Stephenson under said
writ of fei facias. j. H. WHEELER Deputy Sheriff.
STRAY SALEEstrayed before me, T. M Love, Justice OF
Peace Ward 8, Bosser parish by c. g. Gorman Dark
Mare Pony, about years DID, 10 II hands high has
white spot in forehead branded with diamond of left Shout
der Appraised at s15 The requested for
property and pay charges, otherwise said
will be sold at Loris La Saturday June H. 1904 at 1C
o'clock T. NJ. LOVE Justice of Peace.
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Done and sighed officially this, the
oath day of May, A. D. 1904, all men,
bers being present.
r. S. DOLES,
H. L. BOGGS,
H. p. MOORE,
LOVE McDADE,
]. A. BUMGARDNER,
Jury Commissioners.
B. A. KELLY,
Clerk and ex-ofhcio Jury Com.
Attest:
L. G. SMITH.
r. B. HILL.
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Old Newspapers for sale at thu
ONCE. Csc per 100; 20 for Sc.
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It pays to buy Reeds antitrust characterization
Mercantile Company, agent.
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List Of Petit Jurors Drdaon to Serue at
the June Term, 1904, Of Bossier Dis
trict Court.
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On account of the Worlds Fair, at st.
Louis, Mo-, the Cotton Belt route will
sell round trip tickets to st. Louis and
return at the following rates, which will
apply from Benton only:
Dates Of sale, April 18th to November
18th inclusive; return limit, December
18th; rate, $26.
Dates of sale, April 25th to November
10th inclusive; return limit, sixty days
from date OF sale, but not later than
December 18th; rate, s2f.70.
Dates of sale, April 9th to November
30th; return limit, ten days from date of
sale, but not later than December 9Th;
rate, $i8.25.
Biennial convention Young Peoples
Christian Union Of the United Pres
byterian Church, st. Joseph, Mo. June
goth to July Sd.
For the above occasion the Cotton
Belt route will sell round trip tickets to
St. Joseph and return at rate of one fare
plus 81 for the round trip. Dates of sale,
June 18th to 30th inclusive; return limit,
not earlier than June 3Oth or later than
July 5th for leaving st. Joseph.
Cotton Belt Excursion.
On June 9Th the Cotton Belt route will
sell coach excursion tickets to ST. Louis
and return. The rate from Benton will
be $11.4O for adults and S9.15 for chill
dren. Tickets will be honored for leav-
ing st. Louis on or before June 18th.
Holders of these excursion tickets cannot
occopy parlor or sleeping cars.
O. R. DENTON, Agent.
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Cotton Belt Excursion.
Bridge Collections for May.

East end-Geo. Winham 1852 IS
West end-F. r. Galloway - 818 80
Night-Smith. .....-............. 2S4 80
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