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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
THE STATE PRESS.

New Orleans Item: We antag-
onize no man because he is a "pol-
itician,'' but we antagonize some
because of the quality of their
politics.
New Orleans States: In 1909
Louisiana turned out for her
farmers the unusual production of
80, 0O0, 900 bushels of corn and, ac-
cordingto government statistics,
more than 10000, 900 bushels of it
was sold, principally in Texas, the
rest being used for home con-
sumption. This year there is an
increased acreage of the cereal.
Gueydan News: For shame
that old Louisiana has degenerated
to such an extent that nothing
escapes without being dragged
down in the mire of rotten politics.
Even our public schools have been
made the tools of the politicians;
under the new law the parish
boards elected by the people can
recommend but not elect the Par
ish superintendent, their ap-
pointment must be ratified by the
State Board.
Says the Mansfield Enterprise:
The Board Of Equalization has
increased the assessment Of pine
lands in this parish as follows {:
Class A 43 per cent. Glass B 81
per cent. Glass c go per cent and
cypress lands 233 per cent. This
is the most transparent piece of
humbuggery we ever knew, for
these men in Baton Rouge to pre-
sumo to define to a fraction, the
, worth Of lands they never saw,
but then, they had to have a little
more "fodder for the mules"
Louisiana Democrat: 1t is con-
, ceded that it costs more to admin
lister justice in Louisiana than any
other Southern State, not because
the type Of article furnished here
is Of superior grade, but only for
, the reason that we have more
f judges and pay them higher sala-
, ries. We know this statement is
r not susceptible of refutation, be-
; cause we had occasion several
!, years ago, when the question Of
! increasing judicial salaries was
, being agitated, to make a CON-
parison between the cost of the
. Judiciary system in Louisiana and
, several other Southern States
notably Mississippi, Alabama and
: Tennessee, which showed conclu.
sively that the administration Of
! justice in this State was much
more expensive than in any of the
: three mentioned.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
:: Shreveport

THE metropolis Of North Louisiana, is the fastest
growing city in the State, and is destined within
the next few years to be Of the great cities Of the
South. It is city where fortunes have been made
city where fortunes being made to-day and where
they will continue to be made by the enhancement of
is the city where enterprise and opportunity meet and
every one who will buy cannot do otherwise than
make money in the unusual proposition we offer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08

The SALOON BURDEN OF Dali
LAs.-"The tax collected from sa-
looms is only S25, 0Oper year; and
it costs 100000 per year to police
our city, and the saloons get at
least three -fourths of their atten-
tiou," said DR.. j. G. Poe, a ply
stefan of Dallas Texas, to rep
resentative of a Nashville paper a
few days ago. 1--WE have over
200 saloons in Dallas, said the
Doctor, land they have kept our
newS27 600 Jail taxed to its utmost.
Asa fine businessproposition some
of the tax payers are beginning to
see that the saloon is not paying
proposition"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
LATEST NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

The population of Philadelphia,
Pa, is 1 ,549,O08.
The population of Greater New
York is s, 766,883.
Over $4,000, 600 a year is spent
by Americans for fly-screen
Railroad reports show increases
in both the earnings and expenses.
J.J. Haley of Lumberton, Miss.
took too much laudanum and died.
Louis and kittie Perle, actors,
were drowned near Worcester,
Mass.
Three drownings and a suicide
were recorded at Tampa, Florida,
Sunday.
A mob Of 1900 persons mobbed
the sanitary Office in Barletta,
Italy, Saturday.
Three persons were fatally in
jured in violent storm at Galena,
Kansas, Sunday.
A. A. Watson killed his wife
and shot his mother in law at
Hattiesburg, Miss.
W. w. Wenner of Lovettsville,
Loudon County, Va, is dead at
the age Of 100 years.
M. Bielovucie flew in a biplane
from Paris to Bordeaux, 1896
miles, making four stops.
One person was killed and four
injured in an automobile accident
at Savannah, Ca, Sunday.
"A Cecil County, Md, farmer
was robbed last Thursday of $500
by a mounted highwayman.
Twenty-six were injured, nine
seriously, in an interurban wreck
near Norwalk, Ohio, Sunday.
More than 43O vacancies are
indicated at the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, Md, next year.
There were four suicides and
three attempts made to commit
suicide in Philadelphia Sunday.
A man named Kirk, registering
from Mississippi, died at Mobile
Sunday, after protracted dissipa-
ton.
Leon Morane broke the world s
record for altitude at Dauville,
France, reaching height of 8,471
feet.
Mrs. Fred Fuhs, a bride of three
months, drowned herself by jump
ing into the Delaware River al
Philadelphia.
Alexander Rodensky, charged
with beating his wife to death,
hanged himself in his cell at Long
Island City, N. Y.
Four men were drowned when
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08

In a recent talk delivered in
New Orleans on saloon keepers
and their defiance of the Sunday
closing law in that city, the Rev.
J. E. Hollingsworth said in part:
"The saloon keepers are maxi
ing grevious mistake in boldly
violating the Sunday closing law.
Their disrespect for the Sabbath
and disregard of law arraysagainst
them both God and man, and the
result will be disastrous to the
business. In the pursuit of a
lawful business, selling whisky,
man should obey the law; failing
to do that he not only loses the
sympathy of law abiding people,
but incurs their dlspleasure. In
the present case the course of the
saloon in opening on the Sabbath
will not only add to the prohibit
aion forces, but bring about pro-
hibition sooner. They are fixing
to Kill the goose that lays the
golden egg.
''The persistence of the saloon
in defying the law and the SEEM
ing inability of the city to enforce
it, may force combination of all
good citizens to defeat, if need be,
the Panama Exposition plan, be-
cause a city which fails or refuses
to enforce the law is not suita-
BILE place to have such an EXPOSE
ton as it will not be a safe place
to invite people, as protection
cannot be guaranteed. The sa-
looms would likely be the greatest
beneficiaries if New Orleans Sc
cured the exposition, hence the
unwisdom of the present attitude
toward the law. 1t is a short
sighted policy which will lead to
ruin. A city administration which
will not enforce one law, cannot
be relied upon to- enforce any law,
and when the New Orleans officials
acknowledge that they cannot en-
force the Gay Shatttuck law, a
change of administration will be
Imperative"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08

n Sl0duOF TdulIllcU duu SdttN q
fishing smack, while en- route to
New York from Baltimore.
"Where-am-I-at" Thomas E.
Watson tainted when howled down
by an Atlanta audience before
which he attacked Hoke Smith.
Last year 1903, 1913 persons left
the United States for Northwest
ern Canada. Nearly all of them
were farmers and their families.
The commercial cotton crop for
the year ending August 31st of
this year, was O,609,6 1858 bales, or
1915, 789 bales under the crop of
the previous year.
A policeman, his wife and six
children were murdered at Pei
laro, Italy. They are believed to
be victims of the Black Hand So
ciety of New York.
Plans for the Panama Canal
Notifications have been complet-
ed, calling for an expenditure of
S14, 1O4, 203, the work requiring
three and a half years.
An army of 100000 persons
was assinged in St. Petersburg,
Russia, to kill rats as a precau-
tionary measure against the i'm
portation of the bubonic plague
Sealed up by masons in the
brick wall of church thirty years
4 ago, the body Of a cat was un-
earthed in Washington, D. c., as
we'll preserved as if it had beer
embalmed.
Judge William M. Hart, who
presided at the trial of the Coopers
for the murder of former United
States Senator Carmack, dice
suddenly Sunday night at his
home near Nashville, Tenn.
Stabbed in sixty places, thu
body of Antonio Gonzella wa'
found beneath a bridge that spans
the Ohio River at Wheeling, w
Va, last Friday. Black Hant
agents are suspected of the muir
der.
Russian surgeons, the fish
which have been the source o
millions in revenue to the Russian
Empire on account of the eggs, o
roe, which provide the world
market with caviar, are migrating
to the Gulf of Mexico. Hundred
of them are reported to be alonl
the Gulf Coast.
The stock of gold held by tn
principal banks of Europe. by tn
New York clearing house institu
tons, and by the United State
Treasury, has increased ST, 720,
: 132,405 in ten years, the gram
total to-day being So, 915, 472, 59e
, against So, 195, 1850, 1913 in 1900
Our own treasury leads both in tn
amount held and the increase dur
ing the decade.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
The Christian and M;ss;onorx,

The Christian and Missionary
Alliance tells how Americans
spend their money to-day: For
liquors, 81, 243, 600, 900; for tobac-
co, S750,0O0,OOO; for jewelry and
plate, 500, 100000; for church
work at home. $780, 900, 900; for
confectionery, S178, 600, 900; for
millinery, $4,000, 900; for chew
ing gum, S11 900; for foreign mis-
sions, S19,O0O,000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
A FLATTsRING ENDORSEMENT.

1t gives pleasure to the Banner
to announce that Congressman J.
r. Watkins has been nominated to
succeed himself. He has proved
to be the right man in the right
place. The Fourth Congressional
District could not have furnished
a man more suitable for the posi-
ton by talent, devotion to his
party and country, knowledge of
it's laws and fidelity to the people.
He has made a faithful, efficient
Congressman, and he has been
justly rewarded by the people,
who have never found him want
ing. He is in the fullest sense a
man Of and for the people, and
the large majority he received in
the district Tuesday is perfect
endorsement of service rendered.
Mr.. Watkins carried every par
ish in the district. The unoffciBl
majorities for Watkins are as fol-
lows: Bossier 14O, Caddo 400,
Bienville 200, Webster 800, VIM
200, Natchitoches 800, Red River
$50, DeSoto 300, Sabine 200.
Total 2215.
Congressman Watkins sent the
following telegram to the Banner
this morning:
MINDEN, La, Sept. 8, 1910.
Editor Banner: | sincerely
thank my friends for their supper
and shall do everything possible
to faithfully represent the inter
ests of all the people.
Respectable,
J. T. WATKINS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08

"Can be depended upon' is an ex-
preston we all like to hear, and when it
is used in connection with Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy it
means that it never fails to cure diar-
rhea, dysentery or bowel complaints.
It is pleasant to take and equally val
liable for children and adults. Sold by
all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08

Not minute should be lost when
achild shows symptoms of Group.
Chamberlain Cough Remedy
given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy
cough appears, will prevent the
attack. Sold by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
Consider If You Will

That during the past several months the oil companies
have spent several million dollars in developments in
the Oil field (and the Caddo field is to-day the greatest
oil field in the word), that the Kansas City Southern
Railroad has appropriated $5OOOOO for Improvement
Of their terminals and that other improvements which
will cost several million dollars more are now under
construction,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08

Are knocking at the doors of Shreveport almost
weekly and, where the proposition is worthy one,
received with open arms and every encouragement
and assistance given.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
And You Will See

That her future is exceptionally bright. In forming
your opinion Of the city also take into consideration
the feverish haste with which the railroads have built
into it and you will see that her future is assured
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
Queensborough Addition

For the price and upon the unusual terms sell is
of the best properties in the city Of Shreveport
to-day. QUEENsBoRoUGH is on the line that runs
to the State Fair Grounds and is high, level and the
prettiest property around the city.
Queensborough lots worth from $50 to
$500, and the terms IS down and S. per month
all lots up to $780, and $40 down and $40 per month
lots that cost than $780, and therefore are
genuine bargains.
Queensbor0ugh is growing faster than any
other section. There are several houses under
construction and many will be built soon
The title to this property is perfect and we have
abstract down to date.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08
Beyond a Doubt

It is the place in this great State for those who believe
that real estate the basis of all wealth to make
investment where they are assured Of sure and
quick profit.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-09-08

Congressman J. E. Ransdell and
A. p. Pujol were re-nominated
Tuesday in the Fifth and Seventh
Congressional Districts.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29

for which actual returns are available.
the sugar revenues, $4S,21O,695, consti.
tuted about per cent. on the ordinary
receipts of the empire, 2.4l7. sos 900
rubles ($l, 245,171, 12O), and about "a
per cent of the customs revenues.
The minister of finance has for sew
eral years been endeavoring to find
some means of preventing the boosting
of sugar prices by spectators, and to
control these manipulators he elaborat-
ed and submitted to the Duma a pro
posal which, according to the following
translation from Ryetch, has been pass
ed by that body and is reasonably GER
tain to pass the council of the empire,
and thus become law in the near fu-
ture. The project as amended and
adopted by the Duma may be summa.
rized as follows:
Should the price of sugar at st. Pc.
tersburg, Moscow, Odessa, Kieff, Wap-
saw, and Kharkoff exceed by 20 kopeks
(lO.3 cents), or more, the normal fixed
by the council of ministers, that coun-
ell will be authorized to discontinue
temporarily the refund of excise duties
when sugar is sent abroad, and to lower
the customs duties to such an extent
that imported sugar, after allowing for
customs duty and transportation
charges (reckoned by the finance min
istry at 80 kopeks (l5.5 cents) per
poOd), may be sold in the home markets
at price no greater than the normal
established. These measures can be put
into effect one week after notice pub
lished in the Official Messenger, and the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29
COLONEL MILES is
PLEASED WITH SITUATION

Colonel Miles, the high Salvation
Army officer who is at present visiting
the Islands, passed through Honolulu
yesterday en- route to Kauai. The col.
onel expressed himself as greatly pleas
ed with the condition of the Army work
at the different corps already visited,
and is looking forward with consider
able interest to the series of meetings
he is to conduct in this city, commenc-
ing Saturday, August 6.
The colonel is an optimist. The fact
is "writ large" ON his physiognomy-
his ruddy face, his ready smile and the
twinkle in his eye, all witnessing to a
merry heart. Moreover, he is a saliva
zionist to the backbone, and from the
thirty years of his Salvation Army ex-
perience has CLEANED fund of incident
and illustration which add point and
poignancy to his addresses. He will
speak twice in the churches of this
city on Sunday, August Z, and will
hold two other services in the Army hall
on King street and Nuuanu avenue,
which will be open to the public, be-
sides several sessions of councils for
officers and soldiers only.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29
SUGAR IN HINDU MARKET.

The production of white plantation
sugar, destined for direct consumption,
has made enormous progress in Java
during the past few years. 1t was only
in 1908 that Java commenced to export
to British India some thousands of tons
of this sugar; but the quantity produced
in 1905 was 10000 tons; and in 1909 it
reached 25O,OOO whilst now many fac.
tories are adapting their plant for the
future manufacture of the white prod.
uct.
Java white sugar has already turned
out all the German product on the In
dian markets, and to great extent all
the Austrian sugar. Nevertheless, the
production of yellow sugars has in no
way suffered by the export of white,
but has even increased. In 1900 Java
produced 100000 tons of refining sugar,
in 1905 this increased to 100000, to
amount to a million tons in the past
year. Whilst almost all the factories
have augmented their production new
ones have also been constructed, with
the result that the production of the
island has tripled during the past TWEEN
ty years. In 1890 the white sugar pro-
duced was only one-half per cent of the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29
THE STOCK MARKET.

A quarter of q point drop in Oahu
Sugar constituted the only unusual fea.
ture Of dull market yesterday. One
hundred shares at thirty.two and a
quarter changed hands Friday after.
noon to be followed on yesterdays ses.
sion by numerous sales at thirty.two
fat.
Honolulu Brewery became suddenly
confident and jumped n half.point, sell.
ing at 1880, and closing at the same
figure in bidding. Eva was selling at
thirty.four and three-eighths
The week has been suffering from a
mild form of stagnation and has con.
tanned little of interest. Eva has ex.
perienced a small rise, going as far as
1850 but afterwards selling at an
eighth less making total increase of
quarter on the opening figure.
The sales yesterday were as follows:
Oahu Sugar-30 a. 1925, 20 o. 1925,
Is a 80, 10 "a 80, % a 80, 6 a 80,
so a 80. 6 "a 80.
Waialua-1O a 129.
Ewa-2O a 1895, 5 a 34.375; s a
34375.
Hilo Ry., com.-5O "a 10, 40 a 10.
Olaa-i05 "a CPS.
Hon. b. & M.-5O a 1880.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29
PORTO R1cAN IRRIGATION.

government report upon irrigation
of sugar cane in Porto Rico, quoted in
Willett & Gray's Weekly, shows how
similar the conditions are in that island
to those in Hawaii. In both there is
abundance of water on the windward,
and a lack of it on the leeward side of
the islands. In both, ditch systems
have utilized all of the leeward water
and expensive pumping plants are irri-
eating the rich dry lands at an annual
cost of from $500 to $50. 90 per acre.
Hawaii has built and is building water
systems costing millions of dollars, to
bring the water from the windward side
where it is not needed, to the leeward
lands where it means life on what is
now a desert. Porto Rico is about to
do the same, as evidenced by the gov
eminent report, September, 1909, which
is as follows:
The island of Porto Rico, though not
over 100 miles from east to west and
about 40 miles from north to south,
shows n considerable variation in the
distribution of rainfall. A range of
mountains, with an average elevation
of perhaps 1000 feet and occasional
peaks rising to 5000 feet and $500 feet,
extends across the island south of the
center, dividing it into a northern and
southern division, with marked CON
trasts in rainfall conditions. On the
north side of the divide the rainfall is
abundant throughout the year. On the
south side the rainfall is comparatively
light and varies greatly from month to
month, with frequent droughts of long
duration. The lowlands along the south
shore are largely devoted to the cult.
walton of sugar cane. While streams
are numerous, they are small and, dur.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29
RAW SUGAR

Czamikow Ronda Company Of New
York write az follows on raw sugar.
For August no business was rcpor ed,
and present indications are that when
re6ners enter the market for shipment
during that month they will be obliged
TO pay prices higher than those now
ruling, for, unlike previous years when
large quantities OF Javas were avail.
able for this market during the summer
months, very few eargoes are so far
known to be coming this way this sea.
son, and therefore Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines are the only sources Of
supply. The remainder Of the stocks
in Cuba is principally held by strong
planters and shippers An evidence OF
this is the fact that only limited local
transactions have taken place, and these
on the basis of Sc. c. f., 90 degrees; sell.
ers are now asking 3l.16c 1.sc for
August The receipts for the week at
Atlantic ports were only 30,S29 tons,
and smelters continue at $4,000 tons;
thus stocks are reduced 2l,17l tons.
1t is interesting to note that of the to.
tai stocks at the four principal ports
1882 tons belong to importers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29
TEN MILLION GALLONS
OVER SUPPLY WANTED

President Single of the Henry
Waterhouse Trust Company yesterday
received a letter from Kukuihaele, Ha-
wall, containing the information that
the lower Hamakua ditch was now re-
ceiving 100000 gallons of water daily
from the Waipio valley intakes, ten
millions in excess of the amount con-
tracted for by the Pacific Sugar Mill,
Paauhau plantation and Honokaa plan
tatiOn, The water is gradually becom-
ing greater in volume daily, the sluicing
out of the tunnels having had the effect
of giving a greater fall for the supply.
1t is the intention of the Hawaii Irri-
cation company to dam up the gulches
where the intakes are located 80 that
all available water can be utilized, even
flood waters, thus insuring every drop
going into the intakes during the dry
season.
The officers of the company feel as
sured that the lower ditch project is all
that it was figured to be and is a sue
cessful venture from all engineering
standpoints
The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-29
SURVIVORS OF
OLD SAILING FLEET
Two Vessels May Be Retained
to Garry Specific
CaTgoeS.

When the bark R. p. Rithet departed
for the Coast last week there was some
question as to whether her owners and
agents would carry out the policy of
putting the vessel out of commission,
along with the other sailing vessels of
the old Planters Line, and depend in
future to ship all freight by steam YES
sci. 1t is stated, however, that this
policy will not be carried out, and that
at least two sailing vessels may be de-
pended upon to continue in the San
Francisco Honolulu trade.
If this policy is actually adhered to
it will be because certain classes of
freight can hardly stand the steamer
rate from San Francisco to Honolulu
direct, being considerable advance
over the sailing vessel charges.
There are many classes of freight
which give local profit after passing
through wholesale, middle man and re.
tail hands if they arrive per sailing
vessel. The advanced rate on steamers
would not only cut down the profits, but
almost wipe them out. While some cor.
porations may be considered soulless,
local as well as Coast shipping concerns
regard the business of their clients,
whether consignors or consignees, as of
value and TO be catered to. Such classes
of freight which the shipping concerns
understand can not be shipped by
steamer with any degree of profit to
manufacturers and sellers will, there
fore, in all probability, be shipped as
usual by the slow sailing ship.
At present the r. p. Rithet and the
Annie johnson are the survivors of the
once gallant fleet of sailing vessels
which formerly crowded the harbor.