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The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
THAT LETTER &c" HAS
'EM ALL GUESSING NOW

! Did you lind letter c. on !
:. your door? =
:. The majority of the people 4
:. did, and the mystery is still =
:. unsolved Women have been !
:. telephoning eXcitedly to their <
:. neighbors and to the Tribune =
:. to know what 1t all meant. One =
!. man was seen on Eighth ave- =
:. nue. last evening diligently =
:. searching his front door casing =
!. by the light of match. He =
:. failed to find the letter and was =
). quite injured because they had i
!. been sighted. One lady accus- =
!. ed the Tribune of marking the =
!. houses for the sake of a story. =
:. The Tribune is eager for stor-
!. les and crazy for scoops but :.
!. none of the force is quite in i
!: dustrious enough to mark all =
!. the houses of Greeley for either. :.
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The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
IY'S BOYS AND GIRLS
f'eS d chance to win hero medal

Irecaino,l ol Greeley may win real hero medals. The
vi a notice from the State Board of Child
>ss soci. "hch offers to make any child member
)here i " "here some deed of heroism is shown
J is no counted as act OF herosm
mai piulhane society," which Ia the State Board or
hder oh.ecton, will give to any boy girl. II
|uous co "mo snail perform any act succession OF
creanr self-sacrifice effort for the sake or
the t"' whether human belonging to the
(mstancon n Nross OF Honor, with certificate setting
} = 80. .haer which 1t was awarded"
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The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
MOUNTAIN VIEW PROPERTY
Jc FINDING A READY SALE

S. Hall has purchased three e los
IN Mountain View addition on RI,
teenth avenue between FourteehIn u
and Fifteenth streets from wayne d,
patterson. The consideration "as
sa25 a lot. There are prospects .,
several fine residences being erecteu
~, Mountain View this fall.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
E GIRL
IN EATON MAN

H-known young
OF Eaton, and
eBeque, Colo. ,
eeley Saturday
j. Hunter. The
prmed at the
quiet, only the
being present.
charming young
stern slope, and
wealthy cattle
70 the west three
Inc He was a
m S regulars be-
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
RANGE OF LIVE STOCK PRICES
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on the mar
ket yesterday:

Beef steers, grain fed, good
to choice. e........... .6.00-7.25
Beef steers, grain fed, fair
to medium. ........ 5.0O-6. 90
Beef steers, grass, good to
choice 4.25-5. 90
Beef steers, grass, fair to
medium .3.75-4.25
Cows and heifers, grain fed,
good to choice. 4. 50-5. 90
Cows and heifers, grain fed,
fair to medium. .3.75-4.5O
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
,.,nner N Land Drawing

j. G. Crawford was one of the
lucky winners in the Oregon Valley
Land company drawing at Lake
View, Ore. Mr. Crawford drew forty
acres of fine fruit land and town
lot,
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
Melon Is HenyyMcight

Fort Lupton, Sept ia water-
melon raised on dry land and weigh
ing fifty-seven pounds is on eNhibi-
ton in a window of the Jackson
Mercantile store. The mammoth
melon was raised by William Lillard,
who lives on the west side of town.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
h Market

e OF potatoes
rnia and for
yeral seasons,
early in the
must be ship
its home sup
few years Cal
into a potato
ome small sec
L almost II not
he Greeley dis
moon the trav-
the Union Pa
produce men
ments to Cali
pated. Drouth
a late season
Dit agent to be
nla S shortage.
reports a short
yard, the pota-
Kansas. Neb-
lahona having
ID by the con-
|ust.
haller yield of
ey district this
bile there is a
potatoes of the
ller than usual
scabby. While
men state that
better for the
pothsome prod
)ty OF spuds is
marketing pur-
now hanging
fed. but should
r states show
reported. there
bt the price will
season is we'll
F and shipping
Though the pro-
ping some con-
farmers. The
htoes being re-
green for ship
lte and will be
kt.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
NlERS
YIGS IN AIrTnS

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Republican, K !.
Friday. Mr.. :.
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farmers in ).
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blll' says he :.
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The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-30
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16
STATEMENT

Or the condition of the Plain Dealing Bank, ram
Dealing, La, at close of business, sept |, isVes
RESOURCES
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16
Meeting of Louisiana Division, U. c. ".

The annual convention of the Louisiana
Division of Confederate Veterans was held
in Alexandria last Thursday and Friday.
Twenty three camps were represented. A
resolution was passed commencing Major
General T. w. Castleman for the zeal and
fidelity with which he had discharged his
trust as Commander, and the course pur-
sued by him sin the administration of the
affairs and interests of the division during
his entire tenure of office was heartily
commended and endorsed. 1t was resolved
i" that from and after this date no camp
shall have less than two votes, no matter
how small its membership. That such
camps as shall be represented at the regu-
lar assembled conventions of this division
shall constitute a legal quorum for the
transaction of all business; provided, at
least five camps shall be. represented. :"
The camp unanimously elected Thomas J..
Shaffer of st. Mary Parish as it's command
ing Major General for theb ensuing term.
A better selection could not have been
made. A gallant soldier and an estimable
gentleman, he ranks high in the estimation
of all who know him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

and deeply delighted in the pleasure of his
mental creation. He usually will appear
on close examination to both live and be
moved by the deeper conviction that
"There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave,
There are souls that are pure and true;
Then give the world the best you have
And the best will come back to you.''
Fields for truth are won, souls OF heroes
are stirred, voices of heaven are heard,
the brave of yore are here to fight in nobler
form. So one poet Of open optimism sings,
and the poet of pessimism is professionally
different: that is the sum of his pessimism.
Faith in man, divine and strong, is not
only the radiant prism through which the
song of triumph has looked, but it is the
mercy which sustains every Diogenes,
every Ibsen, every Nietzsche. Pessimism
must be an affectation, else the dealer in
such wares would not smirkingly offer
them to buying dilettantes. INCREASINGLY
nature and life pull toward the normal.
"Onward, ever onward, flows the stream of
universal good.'' Intelligence may bewail
in dreary sentences. 1t does not believe
itself: if it did, the labor of composition
would nervelessly cease at the thought.
Evil there is, but good is pervading. Car
nal instincts and rebellious desires there
are, but there is the "gold Of purified
thought and the frankincense Of conse-
Grated lives'' Revelations Of the Deity
appear in man, and the wonders wrought
by truth are so thick upon the earth that
we do not count the millionth part. We
feel and act upon them. The pessimist, the
cynic and the scoffer, their stomachs full
their eyes pleased, their blood warmed
move in faith while they chatter for amuse'
ment's sake of darkest brooding disap.
pointments 1t is somewhat queer anc
illogical, all this pouring of Islander upor
mankind, and is explained only by the
charm of contrariness, challenge and dis
sent to certain natures. Part of the glory
of mankind is that there is room for thu
different. The pessimist is different, chal
longing. He is nothing more.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16
THE STATE PRESS.

New Orleans Item: Bossier Parish has
good roads because it has been building
model highways for ten years. What we
now yearn for is good roads 50 that we can
get to Bossier and see theirs.
Mansfield Enterprise: The use Of dyna-
mite for killing fish has been practiced to
an alarming extent in this parish during
the past season. In fact, practically all
the fish in many of the smaller streams
and lakes have been destroyed. The game
law has been worse than farce, so far as
this section of the State is concerned.
Shreveport Caucasian Assuming that
witness, especially one Of some standing,
at least the equal of the culprit at the bar,
should resent the imputation or the direct
discredit and the bullragging" and
bulldozing'' efforts Of the attorney to
make him liar, should arise from his seat
and calmly and deliberately walk up to the
pleader and knock him out in one round,
would the witness be held for contempt of
court?
Shreveport Caucasian: The town is not
going to shoel, as was predicted when pro-
hibition became effective on January LIST.
The conditions Of the banks, as given pub
4 lcity in public print, indicates degree of
stability which is encouring. The money
in the savings departments of the banks
reflects the sense of the accumulations OF
the careful and provident. The statement
of the banks tell the story in favor of pro-
hibition in tones which should be encourage
ing to every good citizen who favors law
and order and progressive development.
New OreansPicayune: In every South
ern State there are congressional districts,
counties and communities where the ne
groes are in large majority, and if they
could vote they could elect representatives
in Congress and local officials. In the
States of South Carolina and Mississippi
the negro population largely preponderates
over the white, and if the negroes should
vote they could elect all the State officers.
In the face of this state of things the cutlery
seems to be general that every negro
through the operation Of compulsory laws
shall be taught to read, and whenever
majority shall be able to read that majority
will vote. Only the older persons now
living remember or seem to care for the
horrors of negro domination. The
movement for universal negro education
and negro suffrage and consequent negro
j, domination is being engineered and fur
thered by white men who realize the enor-
! m Gus political influence they might exert
, if they could secure leadership and control
of it. That the negroes Of the next genera
ton who will never have been under pcliti-
cal or other crontol are going to be vastly
more aggressive than were the freed slaves
who did the dominating under white leaders
in the days of Reconstruction can be ac-
copied with very little questioning.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

until the arrival of Price, but during the
night the enemy, about 5000 strong, slip
pied through the Confederate lines at an
unguarded point, and joined Rosencrans
at Corinth, leaving an immense amount of
army stores at Iuka. Armstrong lost only
few men in his attack on Iuka on the 18th.
Among the number killed was J. L. Boon
of the Bossier Cavalry. Price marched
into Iuka on the 14th and held it until after
the battle of September 10Th, when he
moved west and joined Van Dorm in the
battles of Corinth and Hatchie Bridge on
October Sd, 4th and 9TH, in which engage
ments Armstrong bore conspicuous part
When Van Dorm captured Holly Springs
on December 20, 1862, and destroyed all
of Grants army stores, amounting to over
million dollars in value, which caused
the Federal Army to fall back from Oxford
to Memphis and adopt the Mississippi
River line OF advance on Vicksburg-
thereby saving Vicksburg to the Southern
Confederacy six months longer-Arm-
strong's Brigade took part in that highly
successful expedition. ...-
Our space is too limited for us to follow
further the brilliant career of this intrepid
cavalry leader. His ever active soldierly
life and many deeds Of daring and skill
would fill volume. No newspaper sketch
can do him justice.
From Mississippi Armstrong; Brigade
went to Middle Tennessee and took position
on the left of Bragg's Army in front OF
the right wing of the Federal Army al
Franklin, and from that time until the
close of the war, he participated in the many
battles and engagements fought by the
Army of Tennessee in Tennessee, Georgia
and Alabama.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16
Gems of Thought.

Carlyle: Silence is the eternal duty of
man.
Milton: Solitude is sometimes best So
ciety.
Chinese: A great talker never wants
for enemies.
Danish: Where the will is ready the
feet are light.
Polish: Everyone has his hands turned
toward himself.
Houston Chronicle: To help others is
the finest self-help.
Torrey: A great aim is in itself a great
part Of true riches.
Houston Chronicle: The chief end of
friendship is altruism.
Clarke: Strong drink is not only the
DEVILS way into man, but mans way to
the devil.
Liddon: Nothing is lost by life of
sacrifice; everything is lost by a failure to
obey Gods call.
Socrates: Nothing can harm pious
man either in life or after death. God
never abandons him.
Lord Herbert: He who cannot forgive
others breaks the bridge over which he
must pass himself, for we all need to be
forgiven.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

Referring to the merciless invasion by
greedy newspaper reporters of the private
home of Mr.. E. H. Hartman during his
last illness, the Houston Chronicle says:
"Nine-tenths of the camping about his
home, the hunting for tidings from his
sick room, the questioning and the watch
ing has been inexcussable and indecent,
as it was an unjustifiable intrusion upon
the sanctity Of the home of dying man.
Whatever he may have been out in the
busy world, he was loved in the palatial
home where death found him, and there
are tears and heartaches there, and there
was touching pathos in his pleading to be
let alone and be left to die in peace
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Houston Chronicle: The stream of hui
man progress, the uplift Of. humanity, the
ever increasing betterment of human con-
ditions can be traced back to the cross and
the rock hewn tomb, and the whole fabric
of social order and Christian civilization
rests upon Him who was the chief corner
stone-and millions will stand firm and fixed
in the simple faith, the comforting, con-
soling faith, the uplifting, seeing faith,
when they will be doubling and changing
and hunting for new grounds of hope who
stand on the shifting sands Of unbelief.
Washington Star: The young men Of
this country are being made to realize as
never before that responsibility in business
life is one of the most valuable assets that
a worker in the field of human effort can
have. AS never before the standard of
personal trrustworthiness is being main
tanned. Employers are insisting upon
good habits on the part of all whom they
engage. No man is entrusted with difficult
or dangerous duties unless it is assured
that he is temperate, for the Incorporate
man may fail at the supreme moment-fail
in judgment or physical capacity.
Nashville Christian Advocate: The
exact balance between humility and self
respect, between Difference and self-asser-
ton, is not always easy to strike. Fortu-
nately, all men are not constituted alike.
The world needs a certain proportion of
hard drivers, of leaders who break through
difficulties, brook no opposition, recognize
no impossibilities. 1t will bear patiently
with much of seeming egotism in man OF
this type who really brings things to pass.
Yet self effacement and consideration OF
others are truly Christian virtues, and even
the man who has to drive great cause
into the teeth of opposition will do better
if he makes his fight rather in the strength
of his cause than by force of his own per-
sonality.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

IDLENEss is AN ATRoPHY.-The pros
perity of people is proportionate to the
number of hands and minds usefully en-
ployed. To the community, sedition is a
fever, corruption is gangrene and idle
ness is an atrophy. Whatever body or
society wastes more than it acquires must
gradually decay; and every being that
continues to be fed and ceases to labor
takes away something from the public
stock. doctor johnson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

Gov. Sanders has issued an address to
cotton growers urging that general slow
marketing of the crop will secure better
prices.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16
DR.. E. G. Allen, of Shreveport,

DR.. E. G. Allen, of Shreveport,
Announces that he has opened an once
in the Cooper Building. DR.. Allen Is :
graduate of both schools and carries
full line OF homeopathic remedies'
Special attention given chronic diseases
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

Houston Chronicle: The people elect
bad lawmakers and blame the lawyers,
which is like employing a quack doctor
and cursing the druggist.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

/ |, c. 0. Gayle, President, and |, r. T. Stnson,
Cashier Of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true, to the
best of my knowledge and belief
| CO. GAYLE, President.
! r. T. STINsoN, Cashier.
/ Subscribed and sworn to before me this. the
9th day of September, 1909. B.A. KELLY.
! Clerk District Court.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

The Banner covers Bossier Parish like
q blanket covers bed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16
STATEMENT

OF the condition of the Bank of Benton, Benton
La, at the close of business September ], 1909:
RESOURCES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
MILITARY ESCORT TO GRAVE.
Full Honors Paid to Lieut.. Col. Johr
T. French, Jr., u. S. A.

Full military honors attended the
obsequies, today. of Lieut. Col. John r.
French, jr., L. S. A., retired, who died
in this city last Tuesday.
Funeral services were held at the fam
lily home. 2339 18th street, at > O'Clock
this afternoon, and were attended bysa
large number of friends. including many
officers of the army. At the conclusion
Of the religious services the casket was
placed on an artillery caisson and escort
ed to the Arlington National Cemetery,
where the interment was made.
The escort consisted of troop of cav
airy and company of field artillery
from Fort Myer, headed by the 10th Cav
airy Band. The usual ceremonies took
place at the grave including the firing
of musketry and the sounding of taps.
The honorary pallbearers were Col. j.
W. Pullman and Maj. D. S. Stanley of
the duartermaster's department. Capt. W.
F.. F. French. retired: Benjamin Mackall,
Douglas alackall and Goodwin Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Following a week of comparatively light
demand for several of the usually active
issues listed on the Washington Stock
Exchange. the market closed for the
week at the exchange session today with
practically no change in the situation.
During the whole five days Of trading
there was only one sale of Washington
Gas, and an even 100 shares of Washing
ton Railway and Electric common totaled
the transactions in that issue. Washing
ton Railway preferred maintained a
steady level at 81. or a point and half
below the record of the previous week.
Lanston was the one exception to the
general rule. and on a publish" market
the shares were absorbed by hundreds.
Altogether nearly 6OOO shares changed
hands at prices averaging 161s to II.
!.anston was the feature of the trading
TO-DAY, 600 shares being sold at 15s4 $50
at 1875 and All at IL
The demand for Mergenthaler continued.
out little of the stock was In sight One
sale or five shares was made today at 213.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
INTENDED TO TAKE HIS LIFE.
Henry Leckner Detained at Station
House Until Relatives Arrive.

Henry Leckner. giving his address as
126 10th street northwest was sent to the
ninth precinct police station this after
noon by Policeman Archambault to be
cared for until members of his family
could take care OF him. Leckner was
found near Benning bridge by the police
man. 1t is stated that he entered a
boat near the bridge and started out from
the shore. the policeman thought for the
purpose of jumping overheard.
Leckner's conduct attracted the atten-
ton of persons about Miller's boathouse
and they summoned the policeman. The
latter soon took him from the boat and
questioned him. The elderly man is said
10 have told the policeman that 1t was
his intention to have ended his life. He
was detained at the police station until
his relatives could take charge of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
Funeral Of Miss O'Neill.

Services over the remains of Miss
Mary Henning O'Neill will be held al
her late residence Dos 9th street south
east, at 2 o'clock next Monday after
noon The interment will be at Airing
ton. Members of the Lineal Society Of
the Spanish War will attend the funeral
of their late companion. Miss O'Neill
died yesterday morning. She was the
daughter of the late Capt. John o.
ONeill and the sister of the late Capt.
Bucky O'Neill of the Rough Riders and
John O'Neill and Eugene ONeill. law
yers, formerly of this city, but now
practicing in the west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
LONDON MARKETS.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON. August 13.-There was little
change in the high-ciass investment Sec
tion of the stock market this afternoon
Home rails had d narrow market, with
prices seesawing within small limits.
In the department for foreign securities
Japanese government bonds were the
only feature that escaped heaviness
Kafffrs continued without any DISPOSE
tion TO rally. owing to the steady inflow
OF proit-taking sales. Copper Shares
were rirmer at the official close in re-
Spouse to advices from New York On
the curb the Union Pacific issues de-
Seloped boom. the preferred advancing
above closing official quotation Cover
ing OF shorts effected a light rally in
Grand Trunks. Continental bourses were
quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
Building Permits Issued.

The following permits were issued to-
day.
To G. w. Ray, for one two-story brick
dwelling at 953 18th street northwest
architect and builder, G. w. Ray; esti-
mated cost. $1,000.
To d. A. Wetzel. for one two-story
frame dwelling at 1911 47th place: archi-
tect w. Goodrich; builder. w. E. Peck
ford; estimated cost, $1,000.
To Joseph Mathy, to repair store at
1918 Pennsylvania avenue northwest;
architect A. H. Beers: builder. Joseph
Mathy; estimated cost, 81 600.
To Margaret r. Sheekels, TO re pair the
alter at 81 9th street northwest: architect.
c. E. Webb: builder, d. e. Nichols; ses-
timated cost 81, 500.
To w. N. Craggart, to repair dwelling
at 624 T, street southwest; architect, G..
Ingehart; builder. w. E. Darner and son
estimated cost. $1,512
To Dr. D. w. Prentiss, to repair dwell
ling at 1913 NJ street northwest: archi-
tect, Spieden & Spieden; builder. John Nc
Greger; estimated cost, $4,JOO.