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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14

There are about sixty words in Eng
lish that have no rhyme. AS given in
The Rhymers' Lexicon" by Andrew
Lang, they are as follows: Aitch, alb,
amongst, avenge, bilge, bourn, breadth,
brusque, bulb, Golf, conch, culm, cusp,
depth, doth, eighth, fifth, film. forge,
forth, fugue, gulf, hemp. lounge,
mauve, month, morgue, mourned,
mouth. ninth. oblige, Of, peart, pint,
porch, pork, poulp, prestige, puss, re-
cumb, sauce, scarce, scarf, sixth, spoilt
swoln, sylph, tenth, torsk, twelfth, un-
plagued, volt, warmth, wasp, wharves,
width, with, wolf, wolves. A critic
adds that it is not clear why AIr. Lang
places mouth" In this list. 1t seems
to rhyme with South
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14

Postel's Elegant is the highest priced
flour on the market and more OF it is
used by high class trade than all other
fiours combined - -Wiener-Loeb Grocery
Company, Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14
Doctor, Could Not He,o Her.

Raymond Conner, of Shelton, Wash, and the
doctors could not help me. ! tried Foley's Kid
ney Cure, and the very first dose gave me relief
and am now cured. cannot say too much for
Foley's Kidney Cure" 1t makes the diseased
kidneys sound 50 they viii eliminate the poisons
from the blood. Unless they do this, good health
is impossible. Mercantile Company.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14
Good Roads In Maryland.

The Maryland counties applying for
state aid for good roads and the
amounts allotted under the new law
are as follows, says the Auto Advo-
cate and Country Roads:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14
Laid 70 Lack Of Good Roads.

The lack Of good roads to remote
regions is held to be one of the chief
causes of the decline Of British agri-
culture.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14
Attorney at Law.

Will practice in the courts of Louisia-
ma and Arkansas, and in the Federal
courts. Office atcourt house, Benton, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14
Beginning November 18th

E. Phelps, Shoes.
Hutchinson Bros, Jewellers.
w. J. Rea, Stoves and House Fur
nishings.
Dreyfuss Dry Goods Co.
DR.. V. l. Miller, Philadelphia Dental
Rooms.
Regent Shoe Store.
Nelson & Ratclif, Mems Furnish
ings.
Jordan G Booth, Clothiers.
Andrews-Spencer Co., Dry Goods.
Wiener-Loeb Grocery Co.
Broghan-Doll Furniture Co.
Smith -Enders Furniture Co.
: F. E. Mistrot, Ladies' Ready to =
Wear Clothing and Shoes.
Benson's, Clothiers, Furnishers and
Hatters.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14
TOANNES SMITH,
Attorney at Law.

Office at the court house, Benton, Bos-
sier parish, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14


Tekulski & Friedman, Jewelry and
Watches.
Baird Co., Limited, Dry Goods.
Thompson, Mosby & Co., Clothing
and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Baxter-Doyle Co., Merchant Tailors.
M. Levy's Sons, Mems and Boys
Clothing, Hats and Shoes.
H. A. Winter Co., Dry Goods, Cloth
ing and Furnishings.
Hearne Dry Goods Co.
Adams & Son, Timers.
j. D. Lee, Grocer.
Saenger Bros, Druggists.
Vordenbaumen Eastman Co., Ltd,
Hardware.
Justin Gras, Grocer.
E. & A. Gras, Grocers.
Fred Hettler, Grocer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14
COME TO SHREVEPORT FOR YOUR WINTER SUPPLIES

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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-12-14

Caddo Furniture Company.
A. j. Newman, Monuments and Iron
Fencing.
Goldstein, Donald 6 Watts, Grocers.
Hugo Hoyer, Grocer.
Hart & Parker, Jewellers.
Blees Carriage Co.
Penick & Ford, Insurance.
The Shreveport Times.
Glover & Co., Tailors.
c. Boetz, Grocer.
August Kuhn, Grocer.
Excelsior Steam Laundry.
Carter-Allen Jewelry Co.
Ben Holman, Dry Goods.
Buckelew & Friend Co., Hardware.
Louisiana Bank and Trust Company.
VIM. Hamilton & Co., Real Estate
Agents.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04

edy given to get rid Of nut-o
a friend some years since T Tb:Ss to
about the only effective rem nnjcn Is
knows of where there is a ora 5otS he
of it. This friend replied to ~ u lea
~vertisement to get rid Of nntn. al,
and received the advice: "PsoP7
and move to where there is NJ up
grass" However, in a small areo I iaF
that described by "a Subscriber y IKE x
can be controlled without mor;;n1 1t
If it is very thick, put a pen aron rsi
it and put one or two shots in IN ~
They will root it up and destrnr IT.,
great deal of it. It may reonira ia q
penning of shoats on the place + W.
or three years to get entirely rid NJ
it. A goose or two in the pen with
the shoats will help in GETTING r;J
of it. Another plan is to die down
and take up the nuts as fast as .
spring of the grass can be seen IA
come up. Some dig out the soil far
a depth of Is inches and haul Al
filling the hole with woods mould Or
soil from some other place. To get
rid of nut-grass is a hard PROPOSE
ton. I. B. PARKER.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04

er profit than cotton. Not that the
Southern farmer should not grow
cotton, but the making of hay by the
Clark method could be a most profta-
BILE part of the rotation IN a cotton
farm, and made to largely increase
the cotton crop.
W. F. MASSEY,
North Carolina Experiment Station.
Raleigh.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04

The hen that proves herself to De
an exceptionally good layer ana
mother should be kept as long a.
possible. The active life OF q hen ID
about two years, but with the proPeL
care she can be kent much longer III
breeding purposes.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04

Before turning the poultry yaI III
over to the women the men shOI Ta
provide all the convenience IN lns
way of coops, houses, box ne2sS'
roosts, etc. If this is done the W. W.
men will feel more like dividing ''
spring and winter profits.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
How to Reclaim Worn Out Land.

Messrs. Editors: We have turned
out lands" or that kind which should
be. We would like to know what to
do with such land.
Please answer in your valuable pa
ger Mr.. W. G. Smiths inquiry of
June goth.
I am a very young farmer, but
would like to be above the average.
Truly,
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
To Get Rid of Nut-Grass.

Messrs. Editors: I have a small
patch of nut grass about twenty-five
yards square, and I would like to
know some remedy to get rid of it:
| noticed an article in your paper
telling how to work cotton. IF there
is any better way than to plow it.
with a Stonewall pillow and keep geese
on it to eat grass, I would like to
know it?
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
A SUBSCRIBER.

The writer of the above evidently
has overlooked the fact that letters
to editors that do not contain the
name of the correspondent usua11v
find the way to the waste basket
Nut-grass is a hard pronosit;on
and requires persistent work to erod-
icate. The writer rememhers q raM
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
FARMING FOR GRASS.

selling hay from the farm is the sure
road to ruin for the soil. 1t is true
that the feeding of all the hay and a
good deal of the grain on the farm
is commonly the best plan, provided
some profit can be made from the
feeding. But if a man feeds a lot
of cattle all winter and gets only
the market value of the feed used he
had far better sell the hav and buy
fertilizers to take the place of the
manure.
But says one: "The left
by the cattle will make a good profit
on the feeding" With onlv the man
ure left to pay for a winters labori-
Gus work m feeding cattle, on which
much additional labor must be used
to get it on the field, the farmer
will find that he gets very little for
his time and labor. / firmly believe
that the feeding of livestock and the
growing of the best forage to feed
to them is the very foundation stone
of good farming as a rule. But L
would not farm or feed merely for
the fun of the thing. though l do not
know an occupation | like better, but
/ would farm for the profit that can
be made, and if I found that. / was
SO situated that / could make more
money growing and selling hay, /
would not hesitate to sell hay any
more than to sell any other crops
that may be grown on the farm.
Hay Beats Cotton.
And there are many places, par
ticularly in the South, where the
growing of hay as a money crop
could be made more profitable than
the growing of cotton. A large
Southern farmer tells in one of the
farm papers of his experience in
growing cotton and alfalfa. He sold,
;f 7 remember Alright, about $4,000
Worth of cotton at a cost of produc-
non and harvesting of over $4,000,
and on another field of really thinner
soil he grew and sold over $4,000
worth of alfalfa hay at a cost of
about $1,000. He came to the ~conclu-
sion naturally that hay-making paid
better in Louisiana than cotton
growing.
But it is not in the South alone
that profit has been found in hay as
a money crop. No cropping expert
ments ever made in this country have
attracted more attention than the
grass-growing experiments of Mr..
George M. Clark. of Higganum,
Conn. Mr.. Clark thinks a great
deal of the thorough preparation Of
the soil for the grass crop.
He, therefore. lays great stress on
the many times he goes over the land
before sowing the seed, so as to make
the seed-bed as fine as possible.
There is no doubt that this thorough
preparation of the soil is a very i'm
portant matter. particularly on a
heavy clay loan. which is naturally
the best for grass.
Mr.. CIark's Experience.
We have read a great deal of what
Mr.. Clark has written in regard to
his wonderful crops of GRASS, and we
have come to the conclusion that,
while his method of preparing the
soil is all right and contributes to
his success, there is much more due
to the Iieberal way in which he fer
tilizes the land and top-dresses the
grass with commercial fertilizers.
Without this liberal fertilization I
hardly think that he could have pro-
Il
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
FARMER.
Davie Co., N. @.

The above letter shows that the
desires to advance in agricultural
knowledge. A worthy ambition, and
one to be commended and encour-
aged. 1t is by following along such
lines that we hope to e. our young
farmers grow up into better farmers
than their fathers are.
By carefully reading Mr.. W. G.
Smiths letter you will see he has
answered his own question. He
says: "Now these .turned-out lands
will all grow grass, and enough of it
to raise and fatten thousands of cat
tie. which I believe with a strain of
some improved blood would be worth
in many communities throughout the
country more than the profits in the
cotton and tobacco" MI. Smiths
answer to his own question is:
"Grass and cattle" A pretty good
answer, in my opinion. | have never
travelled over the country that Mr..
Smith describes, so know nothing of
it from personal observation, but /
know Mr.. Smith, and believe him to
be practical, so accept his solution
to the problem.
/ believe Davie County to be a
very much finer grass country than
the section described by Mr.. Smith,
and the land much easier reclaimed.
1t is a hard matter for one to give
correct advise from a distance, espe-
cially about a section he has never
seen. But of-hand I should say
start the improvement with cow peas
and put the land in clover and other
grasses as rapidly as possible. The
pillow, the harrow, and leguminous
crops will work wonders on most of
our clay lands. In the early fall SOW
crimson clover, and follow in spring
with cow. peas. Follow this practice
two or three years, and you can then
likely grow red clover. It may be
necessary to inoculate the soil with
the proper bacteria to grow these
crops. If so, the inoculating mate
rial can be procured by application
to the Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, D. c., or from those
who advertise in The Progressive
Farmer. T. B. PARKER.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04

At least until grass makes a sP Az
to grow it is usually best to ieeo 80
poultry regularly three times e'0l'
day.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
Success With Hay

to make three crops upon a quarter
acre section of my grass field, a Sec
ton that has been intensely cult
waited for years before seeding. For
the first crop | put on at the rate Of
$50 pounds per acre of the spring
dressing made from one-third bone,
one-third muriate of potash and one
third nitrate of soda; for the second
crop, $50 pounds; third crop, %
pounds of the same spring dressing,
making in all at the rate of 1,150
pounds of the above compound per
acre. ..... The total weight of
the three crops from this quarter
acre section this year (19O3) was g.
4O1 pounds, Or at the rate of 1854
pounds per acre, and a total growth
of wei nine feet. This quarter-acre
section, at $16 per ton, produced hay
at the rate of $136 net profit per
acre. The general average of my
field for eighteen years has given a
net profit of over $50 pera ere; hence
| say we can, if we will, make money
in grass culture. The cost of the
fertilizer APPLIED on this q~uarter-acre
section was less than So per ton. go.
The first of May this spring (19O4) 7
found double the growth that there
was on the general field where l had
put on the fertilizer in my usual
way; for that reason, thus far, I have
put no fertilizer upon that quarter
acre section this year."
How the Land Was Fertilized.
Mr.. Clark further says that on this
land the first of June the grass was
two feet tall and thick, and could be
drawn up straight to the height of
thiryt-three inches. AS l have said,
the intense cultivation of the soil
doubtless helped greatly, but this spe-
clal quarter-acre that was fertilized
as heavily as a truck farmer would
fertilize for a cabbage crop, showed
the effect of the heavy feeding over
the land where liberal fertilizing has
been done for years. but less heavily
than on this piece. But further, it
shows that there is a large residual
result this season from last years
heavy fertilization. In the 1,15O
pounds of fertilizer per acre applied,
he would have 393 1-3 pounds of
bone, 393 1-3 pounds of muriate of
potash and 383 1-3 pounds of nitrate
of soda. If the bone was raw bone
meal he would have about 4 per cent
of that in the form of nitrogen and
with the nitrate of soda over seventy
six pounds of actual nitrogen The
prosphoric acid in the raw bone being
more slowly available than in acid
phosphate would account for some
of the residual effect, while the pot
ash applied gave him nearly 200
pounds per acre of actual potash,
while average analysis of timothy
hay would show that the 1854
pounds of hay would remove from
the soil owe 230 pounds of potash.
Hence, we see that while the appli-
cation of potash was far heavier than
usual. there would actually be a draft
on the potash content of the soil
above what was applied, and the
residual effect must have been large
ly due to the accumulated potash of
former fertilization, since we know
hat the soil will hold on to the min
eral matters till called for bv plants.
The South's Greater Advantages.
But what I wish particularly to en-
hasize in this quotation from Mr..
Clark's work, is hat in the longer
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
Franklin Co., n. @.

From the letter of Mr.. Wester
judge he has done about all he could
for his alfalfa, unless he had sowed
broadcast from 100 to $50 pounds
nitrate of soda per acre Immediately
after cutting it the last time. NJ
trate of soda is a wonderful revNa-
fer, and can be used to advantage
in cases like Mr.. Wester describes. l
should advise him to use the mower
freely, and the probabilities are he
will succeed.
With me alfalfa that was seeded
this spring has not done as we'll as
usual. [ cannot understand why II
is so unless it is on account OF the
excessive wet weather in the spring
But as [ have said before the crop IS
too valuable to give up on account
of one or two failures. Let us re-
member the old maxim: "lt at mrs.
we do not succeed try, tr~ AGAIN,
T. B. PARKER.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-04
Alfalfa Treatment.

.Messrs. Editors: For five years |
have sowed alfalfa and have now
a fine stand
A year ago [ used horse-stable
manure broadcasted heavy and sowed
to peas, after cutting peas | again
MANFRED as at first, and sowed alfal-
ia in October.
The cold, bad weather caused me
to lose a stand, and | manured same
way again this spring, and sowed in
oculated seed in first days in April.
It looked very pretty until this
month. It turned yellow, and I cut
close with mower in last few days,
since which time it is branching and
has again turned green. [ hope now
to succeed. If crab grass does not
Overpower it.
I used 1000 pounds lime last fall
per acre.
Please advise what would be your
method of procedure.
Truly,
A. B. WESTER.
Fropk1ip % N n
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-17

AS a result OF tho crusade started
by the school board to keep minors
out of saloons, the police department
has decided 10 take sweeping meas
ures to put stop to the evil at once.
Marshal Carney made the following
statement of his inte tons to the East
Oregonian today:
"Henceforth no minor will be per-
mitted to enter a saloon or a house
of i'll repute under any circumstances
whatever. This applies to newsboys,
messengers and paper carriers as well
as to others. 1 am determined to put
a stop to the practice and whenever
a minor is found inside one of the
above named places he and the pro-
prietor of the house also will be placed
under arrest"
The marshal proposes to make the
proprietors themselves keep the boys
out of their places and to this end will
arrest them also whenever violation
of the law is found. The penalty for
saloonkeeper allowing a minor with
in his place is so severe that 1t is be-
lieved they will not lay themselves
liable.
According to Recorder Fitzgerald,
the penalty for allowing a minor to
be within a saloon Oh = house of ILL
fame is fine of from $25 to 800, inn
prisonment from 9. to 20 days and the
forfeiture of the license. This last
part of the penalty must be imposed
under the ordinance regardless OF
what fine is named, and this fact viii
in all probability have the effect OF
making saloonkeepers very cautious
in the matter.
The penalty for a minor who mis-
represents his name or that of anoth
er minor to gain entrance to a salool
is a fine of from $40 to $3.50 or i'm
prisonment.
The marshal states that he will frs
endeavor to stop minors from enter
ing saloons by the enforcement of tn
city ordinances, but should this no
avail arrests will be made under tn
state law governing the same subjec
Under the latter the penalty is heav
: ier though it merely prohibits minor
from remaining or lettering around
e saloon while the city ordinance fol
bids them being inside such places.
Since the school board took tn
matter up a few weeks ago Specii
n Officer John HALEY, Jr., and Marsha
r Carney have been making the rount
Il to see to what extent the law is b'
It ing violated, and as a result of the
k investigation the marshal has decide
o to use the limit of his authority to p'
n a stop to the practice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-17
A BOUQUET FOR THE E. o.
McNIanus, OF the Pilot Rock Record,
States a Few Plain Facts.

While the Pilot Rock Record has
read with more or less interest the
controversy anent the circulation be-
tween the East Oregonian and Pendle-
ton Tribune, ii did not hope to become
a party to a contention involving the
relative merits of the newspapers in
question, but jumbled paragraph In
a recent issue of the Tribune makes
free with the name of the Record, be-
traying feelings of hatred, malice and
envy. Thus we have reluctantly be-
come entangled in the circulation con-
tention now being vigorously waged
and in which We have no particular
concern. All we have to say on this
subject, touching the circulation OF
the two Pendleton papers, is this:
The editor of this paper is personally
acquainted with Mr.. Lockley of the
East Oregonian and his word would
be taken by us in preference to Dodds
oath Mr.. Lockley is thorough gen.
tleman, and we have never yet known
of a statement made by him being
questioned. If what he says concern
ing the circulation of the East Ore
gonian is not true as compared with
that of the Tribune's, we have but
feelings of the deepest regret for the
intelligence of the reading public of
this county.
The East Oregonian is a newspaper
in every sense of the word-ably
edited in all it's departments and is
without question the best local news
paper in Eastern Oregon and is q
credit to the county in which it is pub
lished. Men of intelligence and higf
character and newspaper experience
direct it's publication and its every de
partment is evidence of competen
men in its employ. The contrar!
of all this is patent in the genera
makeup of the Tribune. Now as t.
the Pilot Rock Record: It's circula
tion is based on bona fide subscribers
and no man makes request in vain TO
the discontinuance of his Record Th
contrary is true of the Tribune. Aft
davits in support of this statemen
can be procured from well known far
mers in this section. The Recor
circulates no papers free, except t
advertisers and exchanges. 1t canno
afford to do otherwise. 1t has pal
its 1904 taxes and the Tribune ha
not. Advertisers in the Record ar
pear to be well satisfied with the re
suits they get. We do not use tn
big club in getting business.-Pil'
Rock Record.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-17
Pendleton Musicians to Organize.

Tuesday evening is the time chosen
to call together the singers of our
city to organize a permanent musical
society, and all are requested to meet
at the Presbyterian church at o'clock
sharp Tuesday evening in order to
adopt a constitution and make other
arrangements preliminary to getting
the movement under way. Suitable
chorus music is provided for this first
meeting and every effort will be made
to interest all who attend. Remem-
ber, this announcement is for all the
singers of the city, both ladies and
gentlemen, as We believe that this
movement will be of public interest
and for the public good.
G. N. MOSHER,
w. A. CRANK,
c. A. HILL.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-17
PURCHASED sLUsHER wETHERs.
John Town, of Cut Bank, Mont,
Bought $500 for Spring Delivery.

John Town, of Cut Bank, Mont,
purchased $500 head of wethers from
William Slusher, Saturday afternoon,
the shipment to be delivered after
shearing. This shipment will be add
ed to the one from Pomeroy, to be
made by Mr. Town, at the same time,
and the combined shipments consist
ing of about 5000 head of wethers,
will be sent to the rangse at Cut Bank,
in eastern Montana.
The prices paid by Mr.. Town are
not made public, but were entirely
satisfactory to both purchaser and
sheep grower. Mr.. Town had despair
ed of finding any wethers for sale at
satisfactory prices and was ready to
leave town when he decided TO spend
another day with James Hackett in
this county with the result that the
ISlusher sheep were purchased.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-17
pendIetonIans in Pilot Rock.

Anton Nolte, the Pendleton saloon
man, was renewing old acquaintances
in Pilot Rock Tuesday Mr.. Nolte was
formerly business man in this place
and has been absent for nearly three
years.
John F. Nowlin, at present engaged
in the real estate business with w. p.
Rihorn, was in Pilot Rock Tuesday, in
connection with deal in farm lands.
Mr.. Nowlin for several years was
county superintendent of schools and
was one of the most popular officials
in the county.
AL Vogal, the horse buyer made a
flying trip to Pilot Rock from Pendle-
ton, where he is at present located,
Wednesday.-Pilot Rock Record.