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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-07

rock roads if they just thought so. l
have in mind two towns here in Mis-
souri,, lying about six miles apart.
What is land worth? Well, land be-
tween these two towns has sold re-
Gently for 800 per acre. Probably not
an acre can be bought for less than
$50. Therefore the land value is there
AS for rock, if we start from one town
to 90 to the other we find rock within
100 steps of the highway before we
travel mile At two and Il half miles
rock is less than half a mile distant.
at three and half miles only three
fourths of a mile away, at four and
q quarter miles from town but a quar-
ter Of mile to rock, while at five and
a half miles it is only half a mile from
the road to the quarry that is kept
open constantly. Here is rock, quanti-
ties of it. Here is land worth more,
much more, than $50. Why don't these
people have a stone road? Is your an
swer ready? My answer has been Civ.
en-. The answer is found il the conyic.
| tion of the people that rock roads are
| beyond their reach. The people have
been educated to this belief by reading
| the walls that arise from our brethren
! in the reckless region of our neighbor
| ing states. And all that is needed t(
| inaugurate an era of stone road con
| struction right here in Missouri is tn9
removal of this mistaken conviction.
'In conclusion, pin my faith in the
future betterment Of our highways t.
these foundation truths:
''First-Six or seven feet of stone !:
sufficient for the average rural traffic.
Secondary community where
rock is available is behind the times j
it does not each year build a mile O
more of stone road.
! 'Third.-Rock within two and hal
miles is available where land is wortl
$50.
"Fourth.--W'here stone roads are ali
solutely out of the question and where
IL they can be built, they are not ye
an accomplished Improvement, drag
ged road is the best substitute.
81 hope to see the people settle dow
to steady Improvements certain stat
ed amount each year, not necessaril
a great deal. but something. Peopl
get scared when they begin to figur
on large number of miles of expeI
sive road to be finished in a year Q
two Let promoters be content to max
a beginning and add little each year.
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Safest Place In Trims.

II have one rule for my family when
they travel" said the conductor of the
suburban train. land that is for them
never to ride in the rear coach or the
first one and. preferably, not in the
coach next to the last or first. The rea-
son for it is so obvious that | should
think the foremost and last cars of 4
train would have scant patronage from
anybody who reads of railroad acci-
dents If there is a sInashup, those are
the coaches that suffer 1t seems
strange that some kind of buffer is
not put behind the locomotive tender
and at the rear of the train. How
many lives would be saved by device
of the kind one has only to study the
statistics of railroad accidents to fig
ure out for himself. New York Press.
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the descent of such radiant young
goddess as this he had no doubt but
what Mr. Asquith lived in state of
perpetual expectancy.
Helene went quickly upstairs. At the
second fight there was no landing.
The top step ended abruptly at door,
and the ceiling sloped in an angle to
meet the top of the door. She lifted
the old fashioned latch and looked in,
her heart beating faster. The studio
was empty.
For an instant she hesitated. She
had never been in his studio. 1t SEEM
ed like an Intrusion into some intimate,
personal part Of his life in which she.
with all his love for her, had no share.
But because of that very privacy she
wanted to intrude. She wanted to see
how he lived. here in his own little den
where he did his work, the work that
was to win him fame and fortune be-
fore the world. the den where he
dreamed his dreams of the future in
which she had SO great a share.
She pushed the door farther open,
lifted her soft light skirt Of silk higher
from the dusty stair and went into the
studio, closing the door after her.
1t was half ceiled attic, the nearest
approach to a Partisan atelier that AS
quith could find in New York. There
was skylight in the high peaked roof
and wide, heavy cross beams visible te
the naked eye marked the caves line.
There was no burlap on the walls. nc
Turkish rugs on the floor, no Dutcl
shelves nor stems, not even taboret
or samovar 1t was simply a work
shop. A huge black walnut easel stoot
crosswise, facing the north light. Be
fore it stood rush bottomed chair an,
low table Uttered with brushes, pain
tubes and half mixed colors A dingy
well daubed blouse lay over the bacl
of the chair and a pipe half smoked
rested on the easel ledge. Helene saw
it all at one glance and laughed joyous
ly, TREMENDOUSLY. She had never felt her
self so near to him as now. What /;
boy he was, after all, and how funn.
he must look in that old blouse. Sh'
sat down in the rush bottomed chat
and leaned her head back against th
sleeve of the blouse.
The walls were hare except for hal
finished charcoal and pen aud ink stud
| les. with here and there a water color
| The black and white studies wer
strange to her, but the landscapes al
bore the same struggling signature
Hugh Asquith.
| That was all. Not a single Venus, no
cast of anything in sight. Asquit
was strictly a landscape artist and di
not paint the figure. Vaguely she lla
been pleased that he did not. OF cours
| IL one were devoted to art and mus
paint the figure, then one must hav
models. and models must necessaril
be beautiful, and
Right there Helene's logic ended, bu
it was sufficient She was glad tha
| Asauith was a landscape artist and di
not require any model save old Mothe
Nature.
She drew off her long mousquetair
gloves with sigh Of content. On th
| third finger of her left hand sparkle
a diamond. It had been there over
sssiis,t'. now. With sudden impulse q
IL. e'oyes slipped to the floor she pres
~. lie ring against her lips. It stoo
for so much-more than mere engng
ment. They had known each other
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j. D. LEE X Shreveport, La.


map showing road ten miles in
length leading from Muskogee to In
dian university, Hyde Park, Fort Glib
son and to the National cemetery be-
yond that place.
1t Is shown that this road could be
built for 100000, including wagon
bridge across the Arkansas river. It
would be graded drained and macad-
amized and set its entire length with
maple or elm trees Mt that price. It is
shown that the amount Of money that
is now being given away by Carnegie
would build 5000 miles of such road
each year aud that the benefit to the
public would be much greater than in
cases where the money goes to public
libraries. This is especially true in
the new state. where 1t will be impos-
sible to construct roads of any conse-
quence for several years.
Maps showing this road We're to be
forwarded to Mr.. Carnegie and the
matter laid before him for his consid-
GRAFTON. The scheme is an entirely
original one, and its reception by the
great benefactor Is problematical
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worthy of Emulation.

1t is reported that A. j. Moore OF
Johnson Greek. Niagara county, \. Y.
has offered to give $100 over and above
his taxes and 10000 yards of crushed
stone from his farm toward the build
ing Of an improved road from the city
OF Lockport to the vicinity of his farm,
about nine miles distant. This is a
striking example of the appreciation
of the value of q good road from the
farmers standpoint and is one that
could be emulated with great profit by
farmers generally throughout the coun-
try.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-07

you'll find I'm hard to discourage"
said the persistent suitor melodramatic-
ally. ''Some day I'll make you admit
you love me, and then-and not till
then-I will die happy"
"I'll say 1t now" replied the heart
less girl. II don't mind telling lie for
a good nd'-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-07
Saved Her Sons Life,

The happest mother in the little town OF Ava.
Mo-, is Mrs. S. Rupee. She writes: Zone year
ago my son was down with such serious lung
trouble that our physician was unable to help
him; when, by our druggists advice, began
giving him DR.. Kings New Discovery, and soon
noticed Improvement kept this treatment up
for few weeks when he was perfectly well. He
has worked steadily since at carpenter work.
DR.. Kings New Discovery saved his life.n The
best cough and cold cure. Gguaranteed BY all
druggists. 30 cents and 81, Trial bottle free
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-07
More Than Foolish.

He-Do you think it would be foolish
Of me to marry a woman who was my
intellectual inferior! She-I don't know
that 1t would be foolish, but it would
be difficult thing for you to do.
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ROADS, BUT NOT LIBRARIES.
Indian TerritOry's Proposition
Carnexie to Build Highways.

A movement has been started at
Muskogee, l. T., to interest Andrew
Carnegie In the proposition OF giving
funds for the construction of Carnegie
public roads in the new. state instead
of to public libraries. writes Musko-
gee correspondent Of the Kansas City
Star. a Muskogee newspaper has pub
lislled this proposition. together with
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-07
A Suggestion For Counties.

1t has been suggested that the coun-
tax law devote the receipts received
from such source to the construction
Of a national highway.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-07

For ache or pain
For sprain or bruise,
RoYALINE On
Is the thing to use.
Try it and you will use nothing else.
That's the way they all do: 25 and a)c.
For sale by DR.. r. II. Gulledge, Benton.
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ROBERT r. EMERY
Fire Insurance and
Real Estate

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
ORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
~ Office, ground floor First National
Bank Building, Market Street entrance.
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Attorney at Law.

| Successor to DR.. c.. H. Irion. Office
at the Benton Pharmacy, Benton, La,
where he can be found day and night.
Calls promptly answered.
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High Art and
Hairpins
By lZOLA FORESTER

Copyright, 1906, by Ruby Douglas
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
FALL Fee For CONS.

The growth of grass has been so good
this season that COWS have kept up
their nomal flow of milk much longer
than usual, and for this reason there
is more apt to be a sharp falling off,
when we pass from grass to dry feed.
The time to head this off is right now,
while the COWS are in fine condition.
That Is. commence now and gradually
work no TO dry feeding. Many think
that this is merely throwing away feed.
as h COWS are getting now all the
food they really need, in the pastures.
But a few days feeding will show that
cows relish some change. and a little
extra dry feed during the coming
month will be helpful in changing from
grass to fodder If one has silage or
some other green crop to feed along
until. say October /. a very light RAJ
ton of meal or bran Will be all tina Is
needed. The point is right here. The
COWS which freshened in the spring
have been giving full flow OF milk ali
summer, and the natural tendency will
be to fall off about September !. Dairy.
men have learned to meet this condi.
ton with sorne grain feeding, and be.
ginning IL while the COWS are on grass.
OF course If you are one of those dairy,
men who winter your ows in the corr
stalks, or wen on fodder. this early
grain feeding will not pay. But when
COWS are expected to do fun work up
to January, they will need good fall
care.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
Merchants Visit Milwaukee.

Come to the city of beautiful parks.
clean streets. fine buildings. huge fac
tories. nm, nse jobbiDg houses and hos
pitahle people. Spend your time during
the Annual Fall Buying Season where.
you can bring your families and combine
business with pleasure.
Ih. recent laws in Wisconsin, Iowa.
Illinois. Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri,
ana n~clsiboring states, by which pas
scnSer fares are reduced TO two cents a
mile. are of great advantage to mer-
chants in this territory who wish to
come to Milwaukee. After August Is,
l9U', merchants may buy II regular tick
az 10 Milwaukee ut n rate of two cents
n mile uhe lowest rate now given for
any occasicn) md will not be required
To secure certificates or be restricted 10
certain dates. This offers decided nd.
vantages to Milwaukee patrons. While
in Milwaukee call for information at IN.
milwaukee, Association of Jobbers and
Manufacturers. 1910 University Bldg.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
SAVE MORE CALVES.

If one will visit the veal markets
of amy of our large cities he will not
wonder that milch COWS are scarce.
For one reason or another most dairy
men do not like To raise calves. and
Will" they know that from uhe ranks
of the calves must come the COW To
keep up herds. yet calves are sold or
slaughtered and when COWS are wanted
n must skirmiSh over the country
n pick them up one by one. An
old dairyman. who knows how difF-
cult il is to buy good CONS. says this
killing of the heifer calves is sure to
seriously cripple the dairy industry In
this country. When dairymen have to
depcnd upon general farmers for their
supply of COWS there is sure to be
more or less of a mixture of beef and
milk lines. and that means less profit
able mich COWS. No dairyman can af-
ford to pay from $40 to 500 a head
for mich COWS, yet hat is the price
which many Illinois dairymen are COM
PEELED to pay this year. 1t Is signif-
cant that this price is being paid by
daiIymen who have vealed al their
calves for the last ten years. 1t is IL
costly lesson, yet these same men have
sold every calf this season, and now
have men out hunting fresh COWS.
Save every heifer calf, and give it a
chance to grow into a profitable dairy
COW. If YOU can raise "A S15 COW in
three years there is big money in the
calf.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
PROVES SUCCESSFUL.
High Pressure Flushing Plan Tried
Successfully in New York.
From The New York

Commissioner Bensel. of the street
cleaning department.. held an eNnibi-
ton on the plaza recently with Dep
uty Bill Edwards as chief marshal.
1t was The first trial of the proposed
method of cleaning the streets by wa
tel.
About 9 O'Clock some forty white
wings solemnly took up a position on the
plaza. Shortly afterward Deputy Com
missioner Edwards footed up in AN au-
tcmobile and got things in readiness.
Guests of the Hotel Savoy and the
Nov Netherlands and members of the
Metropolitan club gathered on the ball
comics TO see what was coming off.
Deputy Edwards led the way to a
dark corner of the park, where a
queer looking machine was drawn up.
1t was Il cast iron water wagon. but
ct first sight it looks like one of the
great lakes whalebacks. The wagon
is the invention of Harry S. Dewey,
president of the Atlantic Street Flush
ing company.
According to Mr.. Edwards the
wagon exhibited weighed $500 pounds
and had Il water capacity of $50 gall
Ions. In the front is an air ank which
has a pressure of twenty-five pounds
and the abr pressure forces the wa
ter out at the rear in two strong
streams which spread fan like for u
distance of ten feet on each side. Mr..
~ W. oss'N - titiN Nv o6oi - W.
away with the necessity for hand labor
in cleaning the streets.
After the wagon and its workings
had been fully explained to the news
paper men Deputy Commissioner Ed
wards took an extra hitch on his
trousers and led the way out into the
plaza. Commissioner Bensel had not
yet arrived so it was determined to
hold "a rehearsal.
First several horse sweepers were
sent on a trot over the asphalted
plaza in an imposing array. Then the
water wagon got busy.
With a loud swish the water poured
from one of the fiushers in the rear
and it was feared that Deputy Ed
wards had been swept away, but both
he and the Sherman statue were in
tact. After the wagon had gone up
and down the plaza ii was shown that
it had cleane away the surface dirt
neatly and piled it up on each side
of the plaza. Then the white wings
gathered it up.
Commissioner Bensel arrived after
the wagons first trial.
We are merely making an expert
ment," he said. The whole idea is to
find some method of cleaning the
streets more thoroughly and with the
use OF mechanical apparatus rather
than by hand. If this flushing wagon
proves n success the city could save
many other things. After the traffic
of the day was finished, fifty or sixty
of these wagons could be sent out
and clean the streets more thoroughly
and in less time than is lone at pres
emf
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
WHEAT MIXED WITH BARLEY,

The inspection of wheat fields this
year shows that many farmers are not
particular about their seed grain. The
prevalence of oats and other grains in
wheat is becoming alarming. and Wig
orous measures must now he adopted
to correct the evil. The worst mixtures
that | have come across are the fields
mixed with barley. For some years ii
has been the practice of Wisconsin
farmers to follow barley with oats. This
has resulted i'm many fields becoming
badly mixed. rendering the crop unfit
for seed purposes. This carelessness
has been passed along now to the seed
Ing of wheat. until many grain dealers
dock from : to . cents u bushel, where
barley runs say 5 per cent. There is
only way to avoid such trouble, that is
by sowing pure seed on clean land.
Sometimes volunteer plants spring up,
but usually there is not enough of this
10 in.jure the purity of any grain. The
trouble nearly altogether comes from
sowing mixed seed. The thing to do is
to set the tanning mill going. and
If that will not make clean seed out of
your OWN grain, then buy fresh seed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
likely. If CORPORATION Head.

NJ President. the senator from Mary.
land ,Alr. Rayner) referred TO me in very
complimentary terms. with the expression
q. The hope that might he the presidents
bioSrai,A"r. said Senator Lodge. II was
reminded irresistibly of n story told me
my former colleague, Senator noar.
who had in reduced a bin in which he was
deeply Interested and which had been re-
ieriri TO Mr ENarts. the author, | think,
OF the maxim that Any question would
setde itself If left alone long enough Mr..
l.Ndrts took no acton ON the bill. One
DAY MI iioaf niet him in the lobby and
said; BY ;he way. Mr.. ENarts. l wish
wh'n you report that hill You would notify
my executors !tNarts said: They would
he gentlemen whom | shall be delighted to
meet nave not any question that the
senator from Maryland and his associates
ON that side would he delighted to meet
ihr presidents b~lographcr."
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
HOW WEED SEEDS ARE CARRIED

This has been a season just suited
to the growth of most kinds of weeds,
and they have made the best of it,.
Many new weeds are seen this wear in
pastures n stubble fields, and we are
apt to Wonder where they all come
from. Weed seeds are very hardy: they
are long lived. and once they are de-
posted in the ground. We are never
sure we are rid of them until they
have sproutea and we have cut down
the plants. Right here is Il thing we'll
worth remembering: Instead of try
ing to plow under and smother weed
seeds, better get them to sprout and
then &c for them. For this reason all
weedy stubble fields should be plowed
after the weeds have started to grow.
but before they form seeds. In this
way you are sure to get rid of those
"A neighbor remarked to me the other
day, How do all these weeds get
here" That has puzzled a good many.
Some of the lighter seeds are carried
by the wind. When stock is fed weedy
grain or hay there is a chance for
weed seeds to pass unbroken into the
manure. and later out to the fields.
HaulinS hay or grain bundles. contain
ing matured weed seeds over other
fields is liable to scatter weed seeds
threshing machines are apt to do
q whole lot of mischief.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
COUNTESS HENCkEL'S NECK.
LACE.
The Three Strings of Pearls That
Form Invaluable Black Pearls.

H0SN
From the Westminster Gazette.
The late duchess of S~ermOneta's pearl
necklace, of which one has read 80
much lately, is doubtless very beauti-
full and valuable. but II can scarcely be
considered the most costly necklaces,
in the world" =
This dictinction more probably be-
longs to the famous pearl necklace OF
the Countess Hcnckel. "A lady well
known i'm London and Paris society, the
value of which is said to be ESQ. 900.
1t is really composed of three neck
iaces. each of historic interest. One
was the property of the ex-Queen' OF
Naples. sister of the late Austrian en-
press: the second, once the property of
Il Spanish grandee. is known to fame
as the necklace of the Virgin of Oto-
cha" while the third was once owned
by the Empress Eugene.
MOI long ago Il necklace composed Of
Az pearls IN eight rows. the property
of the late Duchess of M%ontrosc. was
sold for Gil .S20.
The Empress Frederick OF Germany
is said To have possessed n necklace OF
~thir:y-two pearls worth at least I4O.-
O00. while Lady llchester's necklace OF
black pearls is valued at about G25, 900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-19
RED GLOVER BEST IN ROTATION

Many when starting in with red
clover get the impression that land kept
In clover will grow better year after
year. This is an error. Land will not
stand continuous Glove any better than
it will continuous growing of any other
crop. The best results are obtained
with clover hen it is brought regularly
into a rotation With other crops. If this
We're practiced systematically we
would have much less complaint about
''clover sickness" The growing of
clover year after year invites disease.
and must exhaust certain elements
taken up in the growth of the plants.
1t is said that and attacked with clover
sickness Will not afterwards grow clo-
Yer with success. That is an error.
Put the soil in condition again to in
wife clover growth. and there will be no
trouble. In connection with this ques-
tioa, a correspondent says that there
were spots in his field this year which
are nearly cleaned nut. He says the
clover started all right and was making
d fine growth. but it began 10 wilt or
dry up. He asks whether this is clo-
Yer sickness. | am inclined to him it
is something much worse than that.
1t probably is dodder. This is something
clover growers know Very little about
yet. but it is strangiing thousands OF
acres of clover n alfalfa every year.