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the cost per acre to John Smith will
vary greatly from that Of the cost to
friend Bill Jones or Jack Robinson
This will continue until such time as
human beings become exactly similar
in stature, in weight. in temperament
and in sensitory attributes.
While these were by no means the
largest onions grown from seed, they
were what would be called irsts by
sorters The largest onions were sent
TO Long Islands county and outside
fairs at which the experimental sta
tons have made exhibits. and many
OF our largest Giants have been beg
ged by visitors who wished them for
souvenirs.
II is needless to explain that this
superb Gibraltar onion will not be
sold at any of the prices doled out by
the controllers of food supply, because
such superb examples of vegetable
growth are eagerly sought for and
very high prices paid by noted epicu-
rean establishments. private and pub
lie, in great cities.
Onions from these seeds grew so to
the measured bushel; selected onions.
% to the measured bushel; unsorted
onions weighed 50 pounds to bushel;
selected onions weighed 55 pounds to
bushel. height or thickness. average
4 inches: --LATEST. 49, inches; most
glObuar. IA inches; circumference, 'av-
erage Is % inches: greatest 1917
inches; least. 15a inches; weight. av-
erage 2 pounds; heaviest, "a pounds
highest. TX pounds
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Onion Queen of Northwest.

Miss Alice Turner of Dayton, Wash.
is being dubbed the onion queen of the
Pacific northwest. Last season she
planted and harvested ten acres of on
ions and cleared above all her ex-
penses $3.50, The crop was an I'M
mense one, being raised on new land
and watered with artesian well water.
Miss Turner came into possession Of a
small farm by the death of her father
year ago. She was at loss to know
what to do with the old home and her
mother. when she decided to become
an onion grower all by herself She
engaged men to plow and plant her
acreage to onion seed and throughout
the summer superintended the weed
ing and watering of the crop. In spite
of many scoffings from neighbors, who
declared onions would be worthless
last fall, she persevered and now is
envied by ALL The total crop was pur-
chased by a New York commission
man for distribution to merchants in
the east. Miss Turner realized 7S
cents sack for the onions. which
yielded nearly 1000 sacks an acre.
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The Shop on the Farm.

The farm workshop should be de-
tached from other outhouses. 1t should
contain forge. chimney, Il stove
and a solid workbench. with good
steel wise heavy enough to hold firmly
two inch shaft.
One of the most important tools Is
the wise. a good heavy steel wise costs
from S. to IS. and it is worth every
cent Of what it costs. If you get a
good one you can never break it or
wear it out. but if you get Il cheap one
it is an agsravation from the very frs,
time you use it. The same may be said
of other tools Whatever you get. Gc!
good. If you can only afford half
dozen bits, get twist drills. because
they will bore either wood or iron. and
they are accurate as to size. Get other
tools as you can, but get them good
every time, then use them carefully.
Remember that buzzsaw is not in
tended to cut iron. A good Jennings
bit will bore clean hole until you run
it against nail. but it will never bore
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-02-10
THE MODEL. III HOME.
How Work Can Be liehtened For Wo-
men In the Country.

How Work Can Be Liehtened For Wo-
men In the Country.
It has been said that the home of the
farmers would be made more attrac-
tive and the burden of the farmers
wives lightened if the farmers had
more money The complaint is made
that the land yields him and his but
scanty living and that his labor is
long and hard and his rewards are
few. This is only partly true. Much
of the drudgery on the farm, both for
the farmers wife and for himself, is
due not so much to a lack of money as
to a lack of thought.
Many of the conveniences of the city
homes now regarded as necessities
could be put into country houses at
slight cost Womel of the farms have
gone along for generations enduring
hardships and bearing the real bur-
dens of country life without complaint.
They have done their part nobly. They
have cooked and washed and ironed,
have done their housework, borne their
children and reared them in the fear
of God; have made the clothes for the
growing family and for themselves and
attended to the thousand duties of the
household, day after day and year aft
er year, with little opportunity for re-
taxation or rest And in all this they
have been patient. bearing their hard
ships. putting up with Inconvenience,
because they love their homes and
their families. The most divinely pa
tent creature on earth is the farmers
wife.
For years improvement has been go
ing on in machinery and appliances
that have lessened the farmers labor
and Increased his productive capacity.
These things have been mostly for the
fields. But of recent years inventors
have turned their attention to the
things for the homes, and with them
the burdens of the farmers wife are
being lightened.
1t is not becoming in the farmer to
cut his grass with mower instead OF
scythe and let his wife pump water
when a windmill or gasoline engine
would do it for her. There is no rea-
son why any farmer who can afford a
manure spreader should not have rum
ming water, hot and cold. in his house.
Acetylene gas or electricity would be
cheaper in the long run than kerosene
oil and do away with the trouble OF
lamps. A washing machine costs only
as much as any ordinary spike tooth
harrow, and so on along the line.
The rural free delivery of mail. the
extending telephone lines and trolley
lines that are spreading over the land
are all doing their part for the in,-
provement of the farm home and the
lettering of the condition of the farm.
er's wife. And the time will soon he
here when drudgery will be at Il mini
mum in the country, and the home Of
the farmer will be as comfortable as
any in the land.
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4 arm ana
Garden
ONIONS FOR SOUVENIRS.
Some Huge Specimens That Weighed
Two Pounds Each.

Some Huge Specimens That Weighed
Two Pounds Each.
The onions shown in the illustration
are the Bermuda or Giant Gibraltar
species, They were grown on Long
Island. New York. and weigh two
pounds each. Twenty-eight of them
make a bushel. They were raised
from Gibraltar seed and matured in
the open. The onions are so large
that one of them fills quart basket
and more. and they ran 1898 bushels
to the acre.
The cost of raising an acre of onions
is something which is not an easy
thing to get at and varies with every
onion raiser on every acre every year
and will continue to do so as long as
nature sees fit TO absolutely decline to
run on any set schedule a.iich shall
not vary one iota from year to year.
and nature has so declined since the
creation of the world. Further. even
the same year upon contiguous acres
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Weeds In Feeds.

In recent bulletin of the Connecti-
cut state experiment station is empha-
sized the danger of the Introduction of
weeds by the use of feeds made up in
part or in whole of grain screenings
and similar materials. which, as a rule,
contain great amount Of weed seed.
These screenings vary good deal in
quality. Thus an analysis recently
made Of wheat screenings showed
about 30 per cent of fax and shrunken
cereal. 10 per cent of foxtails. per
cent OF bindweeds and pigweeds. Is
per cent OF weed seeds of other species
Ind p per cent Of dust. broken seed
ind sand.
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A SUBSTANTIAL FARM WORKSHOP.


decently afterward. If you must work
old stuff with nails in it use twist
drills.
A shop should have a loft, not neces-
sarily flOored over, but there should be
stringers across to support strips Of
wood, lengths of gas pipe. bars of iron.
etc. 1t is handler not to have it floor
ed. because these things can be reach
ed by standing Oh box. They are in
plain open sight and not liable to be
lost or covered up.
Have hooks and brackets on one side
of the shop to hold whiffietrees. bro
ken parts Of machinery and anything
else that you are liable to want to lay
your hands on at short notice
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Stray Sale.

ESTRAYED before w. j. Dawson
~ Justice Of the Peace, Ward 2, Bos-
sier Parish, La, by J. M. Montgomery
and will be sold at his pasture, near
Benton, La, within the legal hours OF
sale, on Saturday, Feb. r., 1910, one
white back steer, with brown head, neck
and sides; about 3 years old; marked
crop and 3 splits in right ear and crop
and 2 splits in left ear. Appraised at $40.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, etc.,
or the same will be sold according to law,
w. w. CARTER, Constable.
January 6, 1910. feb 10
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Entry No. 1854.

Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
January 4, 1907
NOTICE is hereby given that Bob
~ Walker of Sligo, La, who, on De-
cember 3, 1902, made Homestead Entry
No. 1854 (05O4) for the southeast quar-
ter Of southwest quarter of section IA,
township II north, range II west, Lou
isiana Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make final five year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before B. A. Kelly, Clerk of
District Court, at Benton, La, on the
18th day of February, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: S. Nc
Clinton, 8: Jones, 8. johnson and A.
Jeter, all Of Sligo, La.
]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
January Is, 1910. feb17
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Final Account.

Succession Of Sam Smith, deceased. In
District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
NOTICE is hereby given that Jesse Byrd,
administrator of the succession of Sam
smith, deceased, has this day filed in my office
ms nnal account in said succession, and If oppo-
sltlon De not made thereto within the time pre-
scriDed by law, the same will be homologated and
made the judgment of the Court.
Given under my official signature and seal of
once, at Benton, La, on this, the 10th day of
February, 1910. B.A. KELLY.
o-S Clerk District Court.
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Bible Brilliants.

What confidence is this wherein thou
trusteth?-Isaiah xxxvi, 4.
And now am their song, yea, am
their byword.-Job XXX, 9.
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the
people be ensnared.-Job xxxiv, 80.
For in that day every man shall cast
away dis idols of silver, and his idols OF
gold, which your own hands have made
unto you for a sin,-Isaiah xxi, 7,
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FOR SALE

MY Forest Home place, located near
n Collinsburg, and containing 1850
acres, together with all buildings and
improvements thereon. Address
Mrs. SUE T. ABNEY, Benton, La.
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Notice..

A LII parties are hereby warned not to
"A hunt, peddle or in any wise tres
pass on the plantations of the UNDER
signed, located in Ward 1, Bossier Par
lsh, La. Mrs. A. CURTIS.
A. CURTIS.
nov Lem JOHN T. HALL.
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Homestead Entry No. 194.,.

Department of the Interior,
U. s. Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
January Is, 1910
NOTICE is hereby given that Green
~ w. Denmon of Plain Dealing, Lar
who, on February 9, 1903, made Home
stead Entry No. 9949 (051S) for frae-s
tional section 80, township % north,
range II west, and lot Of section p
township % north, range II west, Loa-s
isiana Meridian, has filed notice OF ms
tention to make final five year proof, ~
establish claim to the land above de-.
scribed, before B. A. Kelly, Clerk q
District Court, at Benton, La, on the
Sd day OF March, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses; y. Y;
Cason, G. E. Rodgers, j. B. Lynn ana
A. D. Lynn, all of Plain Dealing, Ia.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
January 20, 1910. feb "a
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Homestead Entry No. O7sN.

Department of the Interi0r,j
u. S, Land Office at Natchtoches, La,
January 10, 1910.
NOTICE is hereby given that Etser
~ Willis, widow Of Will Willis Of
1902, made Homestead Entry No. g7s6
(0495) for the southwest quarter Of
southeast quarter OF section 26, township
~ north, range II west, Louisiana Me-
ridian, has filed notice of intention to-
make final five year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before
B. A. Kelly, Clerk of Court, at Benton,
La, on the 21st day of February, 1910. 4
Claimant names as witnesses: George
Neal, Henry Rushing, Armistead Harris
and Bossier Bankhead, all of Cotton
Valley, La.
j. ERNEST BREDA, Register. 8
January Is, 1910. feb II
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Succession Sale.
Rocky Mount. La.

Successio;t Of J. E. Adger, deceased.
In District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
10y virtue of an order of sale to me
ID directed from the Honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish of
Bossier, l will on Saturday, March 8,
1910, at the front door of the Court
House, in the town of Benton, La,
within the legal hours for sales, proceed
to sell at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, the following described
property, to-wit:
The northwest quarter OF southwest
quarter of section - and southeast quar-
ter of northwest quarter Of section 2,
township 20, range Is, and south half of
northwest quarter and north half of
north half of southwest quarter of Sec
ton Is, township 81, range 10, contain
ing in all 200 acres.
Also, half interest in the south half
OF north half Of southwest quarter and
south half of southwest quarter of Sec
ton 25, township 81, range 10, the half
quarter and that part of northeast quar-
ter lying west Of the Shreveport and
Camden road, containing in all 175
acres, in section ii, township 20, range
Is, the half interest being 871s acres.
Also, a third interest in the east half
of southwest quarter and west half Of
southeast quarter of section 8, township
20, range 10, the third interest being
53ls acres; and east half of southeast
quarter of section Is, east half of south
west quarter, west half of northeast
quarter and northwest quarter OF section
IA, east half of southeast quarter of sec
toin 10, southwest quarter of section II
and all of the west half of southeast
quarter of section II lying west of the
Shreveport and Camden road, all in
township 20, range Is, containing in all
655 acres, the third interest being 21811s
acres.
Terms of Sale-Cash, if the appraise-
ment or two thirds thereof be bid, else
on credit Of twelve months, according
to law. J. F. EDWARDS,
IS Sheriff and ex-officiO Auctioneer.
Homestead Entry No. 1895.
Department Of the Interior,
U. s. Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
February 5, 1910. }
NOTICE is hereby given that Richard
IN Campbell of Bohnger, La, who, on
March s, 1905, made Homestead Entry
No. 1885 (0S7l) for the east half of the
southwest quarter of section %, township
% north, range Is west, Louisiana Me-
ridian, 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 District
Court, at Benton, La, on the 18th day
of March, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: G..
Means, E. Robinson, S. Harris and B.
WINFIELD, all of Bolinger, La.
j. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
February 10, 1910. mar17
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Bids Wanted.

Dds are hereby invited for the pur-
- chase of the old Court House, To-
Gated at Bellevue. The same will be
opened by the Police Jury at its April
meeting, and that body reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
j, w. ELSTON,
President Police Jury Of Bossier Parish.
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Homestead Entry No. 1881.

hOnleSIeaN Entry NO. 1881.
Department OF the Interior,
U. s. Land Office at Natchitoohes, La,
January 4, 1910.
NOTICE is hereby given that Jack
~ Ward of Bolinger, La, who, on
January 2, 1904, made Homestead Entry
No. 1881 (O608) for the northwest
quarter of northeast quarter of section
IS, township q north, range 10 west,
Louisiana Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final five year proof,
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before B. A. Kelly, Clerk Of
District Court, at Benton, La, on the
18th day Of February, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: H.C.
Wyche of Plain Dealing, La, and w.
johnson, P. Haskin and j. Carter of
Bolinger, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
January Is, 1910. feb17
Homestead Entry No. 11,2:s1.
Department of the Interior.
U. 5. Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
January 10, 1910.
NOTICE is hereby given that Sidney
~ Harris OF Bolinger, La, who, on
April "a, 1908, made Homestead Entry
No. f1,231 (01, O97) for the southwest
quarter of southwest quarter of section
q, township % north, range 10 west,
Louisiana Meridian, has filed notice OF
intention to make final Communication
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before B. A. Kelly,
Clerk OF Court, at Benton, La, on the
21st day of February, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: Dick
Campbell, Clifford Means, Johnny Garter
and Zebedee Washington, all of Bolin-
ger, La.
]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
January 10, 1910. feb II
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nov 1-6 m
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-14
NINETEEN SURVIVORS
OF WRECKED STEAMER
FARALLON AT SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Feb. 13.-Bringing nine
teen survivors of the Inflated steamer
Farallon, which was wrecked near
Iliarnna bay, Alaska, January 5, the
steamer Victoria arrived in port from
Valdez, Alaska, today.
All the survivors brought down by
the Victoria We're members of the
Farallon's crew, the passengers having
decided to wait at Valdez and take the
next westbound steamer for their orig
inal destination.
Many show the i'll effects of their
months camp on the snowbound coast.
Several of them are still suffering
severely from frost bites.
Capt. ]. c. Hunter, commander of the
Farallon, says that the wrecked
steamer is solid mass of ice. The
constant dashing of the waves over the
hulk has completely encased the
steamer with frozen spray so that now
nothing shows above the ice but the
steamers funnel.
Capt. Hunter believes the boats crew
that left the camp January is safe.
The two seamen, Nelson and Peterson,
had fished along the coast of Kodiak
island, and are thoroughly familiar
with that part of the Alaskan coast.
Possibly the men will be found at
Kodiak. he thinks, and If they have
not reached there already they may
have taken refuge at some Indian vii
lage.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-14
INOCULATES RATS TO
FIND CANCER CURE
DOCTOR HOPES TO COMBAT
MALIGNANT GR0WTHS
Wishes to Test Virus on Human Be-
inqs and Urges New York Leg
islature to Supply Necessary
Funds for Patients

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. ia STRONG
hope of curing cancer, or az leaes
greatly ameliorating the su1terlhg oi
cancer patients by means of 1noculd-
ton, is held out in the report OF f1dl-
vey G. Gaylord, director OF the can
Ger laboratory of the state department
Of health, at Buffalo.
perimentation in the last year in the
inoculation of various animals, NANNY
rats, with the cancer virus.
"It appears" says the report, ina T.
where the resistance of the animal Is
not sufficiently awakened by one IN
oculation of the tumor, this resistance
can be heightened by repeated doses,
and, in a considerable proportion OF
cases. immunity can be raised TO
noint that will bring about a cure.
ut is needless to point out that this
process of repeated vaccination, which
has cured in the proportion of twenty
five to forty days in rats, might well
he applied to those cases of late cam
Ger in human beings in which surgery
has nothing to offer, and the OUTLOOK Is
hopeless.
''As we strongly urged the legisla-
ture in previous reports, the time has
come when we should begin experimen-
tation with human beings. TO do so,
II is necessary that a number of pa
tients should be maintained for this
purpose. Funds sufficient to enable us
10 maintain ten patients is the least
amount that can be of value If this
work is to be undertaken"
Other Investigations conducted by the
laboratory have had to do with the
prevalence OF many forms of cancer
in fish and the possibility of infection
by human beings. 1t has been found
that cancer of the thyroid is of fire.
ouent occurrence in fish of the trout
family.
''It is a remarkable coincidence says
the report, "that the area of the Unit
ed states which includes the great con-
centration of human cancer cases is
almost identical with the area through
which the various members of the trout
family are distributed"
Statistics are given to show that can
Ger continues to increase. The report
says that in the United States it has
increased from nine for each 10000
population in 1850. to forty-three in
1900, an average of about sixty-five in
1901 and an average of more than sew
enty in 1906.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-14
CHILE RUSHES TO
SAVE SURVIVORS
SENDS CRUISER TO DOOMED
STEAMER LIMA
ss, INCLUDING CAPTAIN AND 5
OFFICERS, IN PERIL
Hope Remains If Help Reaches the
Wrecked Ship at Straits of Ma
gelIan Speedily Those on
Board May Be Saved
tAssociated Press1

Associated Press
VALPARAISO, Chile, Feb. 13.-Im-
mediately on receipt of news that the
Pacific Navigation eompany's steamer
Lima had been wrecked on a reef in
the Huambline passage, Straits of Ma
gellan, and that eighty-eight persons
had been left aboard, the Chilean gov
ernment dispatched the protected
cruiser Ministro Zenteno to the rescue.
Following quickly in the wake of the
cruiser are five steamers which the
navigation company ordered to pro-
ceed at top speed to Magellan. The
fate of those aboard the Lima will not
be known until the Ministro Zenteno,
which carries wireless arrives there.
No further word was received today
from Anoud, where the Hatumet put
in with her 205 survivors.
According to late dispatches last
night there is some hope the remain
der of the passengers and crew on the
Lima may be able to hold out if aid
reaches them quickly.
The Hatumet after taking off 205
persons was compelled to proceed on
account of the danger of being swept
on the rocks by the storm.
The eighty-eight persons left on the
wrecked Lima include the captain,
five officers and two first class passen-
gers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-14
RESCUE BODY FROM
OCEAN, THEN LOSE 1T
Storm Sweeps Corpse of Suicide from
Launch After Sailors Had Passed
Night With 1t on Board
Open Boat

SEATTLE, Feb. 13y-After passing
the night with a corpse in an open
launch at the mercy of fearful storm
that whipped the water of Puget
sound into a frenzy A. II. Craig and
A. +. Winch OF Bremerton ran their
craft ashore at Richmond beach this
morning. The body of Hagbert Isaac
son, sailor, which they picked up off
Port Blakeley, was carried away by
the storm.
Early in the afternoon Craig and
Winch were sent from Bremerton to
recover the body, which had been
noating near Port Blakeley. When
they found the corpse they placed it
in q rude coffin that had been lashed
to the launch.
A storm came up and they were
driven from their course. During the
night the lashings gave way and the
body was again swept into the water.
Craig and Winch battled with the
storm all night. Late this morning,
completely exhausted, they succeeded
in beaching the launch at Richmond
Beach.
1t is believed Isaacson committed
suicide. He has been missing since
he was discharged from the marine
hospital at Port Townsend recently.