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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-02
A WARM MONTH !!
MARGINS Temperature Average
Was 40 Degrees. or At
Above the Normal.
EXCESS SINCE DEC. lis 564 8
Precipitation Last Month Was Exactly
Normal With a Fair Share
Of Sunny Days. sssanf

March added to the remarkable rec
ord OF the four preceding months by
showing an average of 40. degrees.
or AZ above the average for the last
SO years, as figuress submitted /; by
weather Observer Sherier show. No
vember, December, January and Feb
ruary were all above the average. the
~ excuses being. nothing
startling Uut the aggregate being APP
palling to look at by the man who
figures that it will all have to be made
up for some time.
The daily average in November was
1.3 above normal, that in December
4.S above, that in January 81 above
and in February 2 above. The aver
age excess for the three winter
months was 4.6 degrees and the ac-
cumulated excess for the three winter
months and March is 564.3.
The highest temperature recorded
last month was II on the 18th and
the lowest was 10 on the 9th. The
greatest daily range was 80 on the
25th and the least was A on the st. =
The total PRECIPITATION. Last month
was 2.24 inches With but a trace OF
snow. The total amount is exactly
normal. The deficiency since Jan.
has been is There were II clear
days. 6 parity cloudy aud JI4lAloudy.y
Cold Did No Damage.
Last nights cold wave did not fix
a record for April, though the mini
mum was "a degrees, or butSsz aboys
the mark. Equally unusual is the
facts.hat it was but degrees above
the minimum for March. Indications
are that there will be gradually ris
ing temperature tonight and tomor
row. There is no indication of an!
damage to vegetation. On the othel
hand development will be retarded sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-02
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day. the seventh day of April, A. d.
1908, in the city of Rock Island .Illi-
nois, an election will be held for the
following officers to-wit:
City Omcers.
One alderman in the First ward for
two years.
One alderman in the Second ward
for two years.
!. One alderman in the Third ward
> One alderman IN the Fourth ward
for two years
One alderman in the Fifth ward FOL
two years.
One alderman in the Sixth ward
for two years. st..se va. I
One alderman in the Seventh ward
for two years.
Town Officers.
One assessor for one year.
One collector for one year.
One supervisor for two years.
Three assistant supervisors for two
years.
One constable to fill vacancy.
Questions of Public Policy.
Shall this city become anti-saloon
territory?
Proposition as to the annexation to
the city of Rock Island, Ill.,, of por-
ton of South Rock Island.
Which election will be open at Z
o'clock In the morning and continue
open until 5 o'clock in the afternoon
of that day.
Places of registration and voting
will be as follows: =
| First ward, first precinct-No. 413
Fourth avenue.
First ward, second precinct-No. 600
Seventh avenue.
Second ward, first precinct-No. 1014
Third avenue. ssS.-.ia
Second ward, second precinct -
Barn, No. 919 Sixth avenue.
Third ward, first precinct-County
! iail,a Third avenue and Fourteenth
| street. "a
Third ward, second precinct. 1922
Seventh avenue.
Third ward, third precinct, Ullemey
er's drug store, corner Eleventh ave
nue. and Fifteenth street.
Fourth ward, first precinct-Frick's
livery, No. 1914 Third avenue.
Fourth ward, second precinct = M
Levy's carriage house, Nineteenth
street, between Sixth and Seventh av
enues-s Rag, a. Il
house ION Twent lstreet.
Fifth ward! second precinct =
Schm5it's grocery Ne. s23 Twentieth
street, !
Sixth ward, first precinct - Hos,
house on Twenty-sixth street.
| Sixth ward, second precinct-A.
4 Reiss. barn, No -z09- -Twsaty,sexsntl
street.
I Seventh ward, first precinct - Nc
2110 Fifth Avenue. :.
SSgentHswifd. second precigst-Pi
tedoA's effpS eter shop No. 10 Fol
t&flftfRstfeetG e.~N N \
Seventh ward, third precinct-A
bert Olson's barn, Forty-fourth stree
between Seventh and Eighth avenue.
( IMEias NMM R9gGRgNJ
( City and Town Clerk.
Rock Island, ILL.,, March z, 1908.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-02
Do Not Crowd the Season.

The first warm days Of spring bring
with them a desire to get out and
enjoy the sunshine. Children that
have been housed up all winter are
brought out and you wonder where
they all came from. The heavy winter
clothing is thrown aside and many
shed their flannels. Then cold wave
comes and people say that grip is cpl
demic. Colds at this season are even
more dangerous than inSmid-winter, as
there is much more danger OF pnen-
monia. Take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. however. and ryou win have
nothing to fear. It always cure. and
we have never known. cold to re-
suit in pneumonia when it is used. Il
is pleasant and safe to take Childran
like 1t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-02
Rheumatism Cured in "a Hours.

I. j. BlackmOre OF Halter Il Black
more, Pittsburg. Pa, says: "A short
time since l procured bottle Of DR..
Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. It
got me out of the house in "a hours.
took to my bed with rheumatism
nine months ago and DIR. Detchon's
Relief for Rheumatism is the only
medicine that did me any good. !
had five of the best physicians in the
city, but I received very little relief
from them. know DR.. Detchon's Re-
lief for Rheumatism to be what 1t is
represented and take pleasure In rec
|6airhehding it to other poor suifererss'
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second
avenue. Rock Island; Gust Schlegel
& Son, 20 West Second street. Daven.
port. ~ N i
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-02

that the really dangerous freezes that
may be expected later in the month
will not be, so likely to do harm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-02

Shall this City of Rock Island. Illinois.
become anti-saloon territory?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03

Mrs. w. E. Ivey of Linwood returned
home last Friday from Shreveport, where
she had been under treatment in the
Shreveport Sanatarium the past month.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Ivey is
still very ill with typhoid fever Her
friend, Miss Dora Williams, very eff
cient nurse, returned with her.
Messrs. S. w. Vance, G. w. Arnold
and w. L. Boney Of VAUDEVILLE, G. f.
Rogers of Mot, J. B. Keoun and w. A.
Johnson Of Carterville. N. L. Mckinney,
CIV. Oglesby and L. NJ. BuIks of Rocky
Mount, and r. E. Pilkinton and L. r.
Bumgardner Of Linton, primary election
commissioners, clerks and deputies,
were in Benton yesterday on official
business.
Robert Wilmer Smith, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Beatey Smith of Alden Bridge, died
Sunday night, aged about five years.
The funeral services were conducted by
the Rev. J. M. Brown at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, and the interment
took place Monday afternoon in the
Cottage Grove Cemetery. The bereaved
family have the sincere sympathy of
their many friends.
The primary election held Tuesday in
wards two, four and five resulted in the
election of the following named members
of the School Board for their respective
wards: ]. H. Belcher, A. J. Demoss and
w. A. Bounds. Nominations having
already been declared by the Democratic
Executive Committee of the parish for
wards one, three and six, elections were
not held in the last named wards.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Bible BrilIiantS.

BLDG brH1ldnIS.
He would put strength in me. job
xiii, 6.
Therefore do my thoughts cause me
to answer, and for this make haste
Job xx,2.
Whence then cometh wisdom? and
where is the place of understandings
Job xviii, 20.
My root was spread out by the waters,
and the dew lay all night upon my
branch.-Job xxx, 20.
For what Is the hope of the hypocrite,
though he hath gained, when God taketh
away his soul?--Job xvii, 8.
Lord, make me to know mine end, and
the measure of my days, what it is; that
may know how frail | am.-Psalm
xxx, 1.
was eyes to the blind, and feet was !
to the lame. | was father to the poor ::
and the cause which | knew not search
ed out.-Job xxx, 10 1e.
And they shall cast their silver in the
streets, and their gold shall be removed :
their silver and their gold shall not be
/. be able. to deliver them in the day OF the
wrath Of the Lord. Ezekiel vii, 10.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Murders Dury the Civil War
Washington City Sentinel.

Washington City Sentinel
Mrs. Surratt would proberly not have
been hung, had the military commits
sion that tried her allowed, as testimony
for the defense, the diary found on
Booths body, to be admitted as evidence.
1t proved her innocence completely.
If the testimony of General Lee, Col
onel Guild and others had been admitted,
as urgently asked for by the defense,
and the subpGnas sent out had not been
withdrawn by the military commission,
Captain Wirz would not have been
hung.
Had the Republican leaders command
ing the Northern army not made medi-
cine contraband of war and refused to
sell it to tee Confederates for gold to be
given to the Northern prisoners, or had
they taken back their own prisoners
without an equivalent, the 1900 North
ern prisoners would never have died.
Had the Southern prisoners, held in
the North, been treated with more hu-
manity and more according to civilized
warfare, $4,000 of them would not have
died in Northern prisons.
WHY MEN ADVERTISE. a recent
number, Newspaperdom gives this inter-
esting statement from the manager of a
great department store:
eve have', he says, "six different
makes of one toilet article; and they
are so near alike in quality that even
experts can't tell the difference between
them. Yet we sell as much of one as
we do of all the others togather. And
why? 1t is because the manufacturer is
everlastingly advertising it. The other
| five sell in proportion to the.amount OF
advertising given to them.' The neces-
sity for persistent advertising was never
more apparent than it is to-day.
Superintendent Jos. E. Johnston has
requested us to state that he has beer
empowered to appoint some teacher OF
high school graduate who expects tt
teach to free scholarship in the Teach
ers' Coolidge of the Tulane University
The scholarship exempts the SUDDEN
from the payment of the tuitioEsfee o
$50. The College will open with the be
ginning Of the next University session
October LIST. Make application to Prot
Johnston.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03

The Shreveport people and newspapers
are working zealously to make the State
Fair this fall a great success. 1t is hoped
that it may be, and the people all over
the State should do what is in their
power to make it so. Bossier will do its
full part in making the State Fair sue
cess, but the whole-souled, big hearted,
progressive citizens of Shreveport should
have the cordial cooperation of the
whole State. 1t is not merely Shreve-
port affair, but State affair. The Fair
can be made of great value to the State.
There were exhibits last year that we're
valuable advertisements of Louisiana's
resources, products and capabilities.
Farmers and stockmen should be already
preparing for the Fair. The best prod
ucts of field and garden should be saved
and prepared for exhibit. The Louisiana
State Fair can be made the equal of any
in the entire country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Subscriptions Paid.

We acknowledge receipt and return
thanks for the following subscriptions
paid us during the past month:
A. Curtis, to April /, 1909, 81.
r. L. Cook, to Nov. 8, 1908, ST.
L. G. Smith, to Dec. 5, 1908, 81.
T. w. Ward, to May 4, 1909, 81.
w. L. Adger, to July 2, 1909, 81.
FL. Burks, to Aug. q, 1909, 81.
H. c. Spruill, to July 4, 1909, 81.
C. NJ. Matlock, to July /, 1909, 81.
w. B. Jones, to Aug. Is, 1909, 81.
W. A. Fortson, to Aug. 2, 1908, 81.
L. E. McDade, to June q, 1909, 81.
A. F. Dodson, to Aug. 20, 1909, 50.
Almer Wyche, to June ii, 1908, Soc.
T. M. Goodwin, to Aug. 1, 1908, 81.
DR.. S. E. Prince, to Oct. 5, 1909, 81.
J. D. Gleason, to April 5, 1909, SOC.
J. F. Edwards, to Aug. ii, 1909, 50.
J. C. Bolinger, to Aug. q, 1909, 81.
j. I. Dalrymple, to Jan. 1, 1909, 4Oc.
Rev.W. F. Rogers, to May23, 1909, ST
DR.. H. E. Atkins, to Oct. IL, 1908, ST
G. w. Dalrymple, to July 1, 1909, 81
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
bYn Elsewhere in this issue of tn,

bBH Elsewhere in this issue of the
Banner appears record of subscrip-
tons paid us during the past month. If
your name should be in this list, look
for it. If it is not there, write us, stating
the amount paid, and we will be pleased
10 make corrections on our books, when
found necessary. Please be prompt to
write. The best time to correct an error
is when it is first discovered.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03

SHACKLED TO THE TRUsTS.-The Re-
publican party is bound hand and foot
to the trusts and monopolies and cannot
release itself if it would. It's lust of pow
er at any price has induced it to sell it
self, body and soul, to the men and cor
porations who have been willing to pay
it the price demanded for their licence to
plumber the masses.-Rodnoke World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
CORRESPONDENCE
Plain Dealing.

S. N. Kerley of Shreveport was Wis
itor in our town last Monday.
Mrs. Pinson of Texarkana is visiting
her nephew, DR.. w. F. Bell, in this place
Benton Boggs left few days ago for
Pine Bluff, Ark, at which place he has
accepted position.
Misses Deborah and lone Young of
Monroe are visiting relatives and friends
in this place: There is probability of
Miss Deborah spending the winter in
Plain Dealing.
j. R. Honeycutt of the new oil COM
pany is canvassing the country secure
ing leases. He has leases on upward of
5000 acres, and will have great many
more before the week is passed.
a.. Mr.. Leon Sanders, Secretary Of the
Bossier Parish Fair, has quantity of
the late catalogues for distribution. He
will take pleasure in mailing one to any
person who will write, asking for same.
The residence of DR.. f. L. Arnold was
destroyed by fire last Saturday night.
The Doctor had some insurance on fur
niture, though nothing like sufficient
amount to cover the loss. On Monday
following the fire, he was fortunate
enoughto find his diamonds in the ashes
The concert given at the High School
building Thursday night was indeed a
success. Miss Richardson's music was
excellent, while the selections from John
Trotwood Moore, Thomas Nelson Page
and Eugene Field, recited by Miss
Griffith, will be long remembered by al
who love sentiment and the higher
thoughts that move the soul. wP.A
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1908.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Homestead Entry No. 1886.

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
July is, 1908. }
NOTICE is hereby given that James
~ A. Campbell, Of Plain Dealing, La,
who, on July 81, 1904, made Homestead
Entry No. 49, 56 (serial No. 0-44) for
the north half of northwest quarter and
southwest quarter of northwest quarter
of section 33 and northeast quarter of
northeast quarter Of section 80, township
% north, range 13 west, Louisiana Meri-
dian, has filed notice of intention to
make final Communication proof, to estab-
fish claim to the land above described,
before B. A. Kelly, Clerk Of Court, at
Benton, La, on the 10th day of Septem-
Der 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: j. A.
Ford, A. Smith, X. Jefferson and D.
Williams, all of Plain Dealing, La.
j. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
July 30, 1905. septs
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Tho Spring or the FaIl--Which?

The spring or the fall, which do you
like best? The fresh leaves, the budding
flowers, the morning dew, the song of
the birds; or the russell fields and the
scarlet flowers and the yellow corn and
the full grain house? The young and
ardent lover, or the matured and stead
fast friend? You can weigh the attrac-
tions and the values, and then take your
choice. Spring is the going out, and
fall is the coming home again. Spring
is the promise, and fall is the fruition.
Spring is youth and purpose and hope,
and fall is the gathered store of expert
ence and trial. We like them both so
we'll we know not which to chose.
confidence, as if there had never been a
spring before, to come to its autumn and
be laid under the SHOWS Of the winter.
And the fall looks with some regret on
the confidence Of the spring, and soberly
reflects on glories that are past. So
youth anticipates no failures, and takes
the world into its sling, while age looks
back with some regret upon the mistakes
and failures of the years, and wishes it
could make the trial of youth once more.
1t is SOLDERING thought that we have
but one spring and one summer in any
year, and one summer in any human life.
We cannot go back and begin again.
In the home, the happiest circle is
where spring and fall are both found.
The young are more safe and sure in
their endeavor and hope, where are the
elders who have made trial of the world,
and have wise counsels to give. 1t is a
combination, natural and strong, where
youth, confident, bold and inexperienced,
dwells with maturity and the wisdom
gathered through many years. And the
resultant power is greater where each is
considerate of the other, and youth
seeks counsel of the old, and ages gives
trust and encouragement to the young.
No doubt it is best as it is. We cannot
be young but once. We would not rob
the young of a single Joy or beauty OF
their spring time. We would only pray
and counsel, that as they go through
their summer they may come to the
SOLDERING fall with some fruits gathered,
not in barns and banks, but in character
and in heart. And the old, in their time
of falling leaves, may be richly comfort
ed with the promise that they are CON-
ing to spring in a world of life and OF
light, where there is no fall and no win
ter forever. All the seasons of life are
best used if from the beginning we keeI
the promise of the unfading spring.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Blacksmithin6

desire 70 notify my friends and the general
public that have opened a shop in Benton and
am prepared to do blacksmithing, wood work and
general repairing of any nature. My specially is
overhauling gin s:ands--or the entire plant-and
repairing wind mills. ~
A. w. GLEASON.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
DR.. E. G. Allen, of Shreveport.

DR.. E. g. Alien, OF shreveport,
Announces that he has opened an office
in the Cooper Building. DR.. Allen is a
graduate of both schools and carries a
full line of homeopathic remedies.
Special attention given chronic diseases.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03

Have you been keeping the weeds
down around your premises? You
should, you know.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Bridge Collections.

The Bossier-Shreveport bridge collec-
tons for the month of August were as
follows:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
Police jury PROCEEDINGS.

The Police Jury of Bossier Parish met
in special session this day monday,
August 24th) pursuant to call, with the
following members present at roll call,
to-wit:
J. c. Logan, ward two.
F. r. Garrett, ward three.
G. T. Mays, ward four.
A. Hoffpauir, ward five.
J.W. Elston, ward six.
The following petition was received,
filed and ordered spread on the minutes,
to-Wit:
To His Excellency, J. Y. Sanders, Governor of
the State of Louisiana, and the honorable
President and Members Of the Police Jury of
Bosser Parish, State OF Louisiana:
We, the undersigned property owners
of Bossier Parish, do most respectfully
petition your honorable body to avail
itself of Act No. Il OF the General As
sembly, approved June q, 1900, and Act
No. ia of the General Assembly, APP
proved July II, 1900, and Article PSI of
the Constitution of 1898, and the laws
passed in pursuance thereof, and organ
lie Drainage District in that portion
of the parish bordering on Red Chute,
commencing at the upper end of the said
parish, and the entire length of said
bayou (Red Chute in the said parish,
bounded as follows:
All lands subject to overflow, from Old
River, opposite Benton, La, to the
north, to Loggie Bayou to the south,
between Red River to the westward and
the highlands above overflow to the east
ward, all in accordance with survey and
property map, to be made -, and
lines to be drawn so as to determine all
the lands whose waters naturally flow
into said chute, and drained by the same.
Your petitioners request that your
honorable body name three of the five
members to be appointed commissioners
of this said district, and the other two to
be submitted to his Excellency, the
Governor of the State of Louisiana, for
appointment, and that the said COM
missioners, as appointed, be empowered
to order and direct the necessary survey
to determine the most economical way to
drain the said lands, to make approx
mate estimate Of cost thereof, to compile
an assessment roll of the drainage dis
trict, being guided therein by the pres
ent assessment roll of that property, to
estimate the rate of taxation for period
of forty years, or less, if necessary, to
defray the cost of the work, and to re-
port to the Police Jury at their earliest
convenience, and ask that an election be
/ held to determine whether the drainage
will be accomplished, and your petition
ers further request that the name of the
drainage district be styled, The Red
Chute District, and that its domicile be
in the Parish Of Bossier, and in the event
of a negative vote by the property
owners, we, the undersigned petitioners,
do hereby bind ourselves to prorate the
expenses of the survey and other pre-
liminary work incurred by the commits
sioners in proportion to the respective
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-03
IINDERBUY
~ and UNDERSELL
Is NV Motto.

I 1t Matters not whether Billy
Bryan or Billy Taft is our next
President, or what political party
dominates our country, or whether
grain, cotton or other crops are
short, or whether our new school
house is painted red, yellow or
green; but one fact remains I'M
disputed-it does matter where you
trade and what you pay for your
goods.
4 True patriotism is not ali in rail-
lying around the Star Spangled
Banner OF our country and singing
"Hail Columbia" The spirit of
true patriotism is shown by the in
dividual who patronizes home in
dustry first, last and all the time.
7 To convince you that | am in a
position to save you cash money on
your purchases, | quote you a few
items from recent purchases:
36-inch French Mohairs, all shades, ,O.
per yard OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. wv
36-inch French Casmeres all shades, 90
per yaFQ Observation-Disclosures. ~
27-inch Linen Damask Suiting, all )Oo
shades, per yard ................. -OS
36-nch white Linen *
per ydTu. -...-...............
S6-inch Diagonal Cloth, all shades, X.
pei ydIu.
36-inch fancy Saline with border) *.
per yaTQ. ..-...-.-.--.-.-...---
Pinch all linen bleached Damask, ~.
per ydip.'
Beautiful line Of Ladies' and Misses Walk
ing Skirts in Panama and Cas- con no
mereS, S.69 to Observation-Disclosures. 1880
Ready made sheets, 72x9O inches, SOo
ounces of Tulcum Powder, worth 1Ic
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