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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26

CONDITION OF ROADWAY BEFORE USING
DRAG.
tFrom Southern Good Roads Magazine.l
drag That lies in making it too
heavy 1t should be SO light that one
man can easily lift it. Besides. u light
drag responds more readily to various
methods Of hitching and to the shift
ing of the position and weight Of the
operator. both Of which are essential
considerations.
A dry red cedar log Is the best ma
terial for the drag. Red elm and wal
nut when thoroughly dried are excel
lent, and box elder soft maple and even
willow are preferred to oak, hickory or
ash.
The log should be seven OF eight
feet long and from ten to twelve
inches in diameter and carefully split
down the middle The heaviest and
best slab should be selected for the
front. The two slabs should be held
thirty inches apart by the stakes A
strip of iron about three and half
feet long. three or four inches wide
and one fourth inch thick may he used
for the blade. This should be attach
ed to the front slab. A platform OF
inch boards. held together by three
cleats, should be placed on the stakes
between the slabs An ordinary trace
chain is strong enough to draw the
implement. provided the clevis is not
fastened through link.
The successful operation of drag
involves two principles which. when
thoroughly understood and Intelligent
ly applied make road working with
this implement simple The first con
Germs the length and position of the
hitch. while the second deals with the
position of the driver Oh the drag. For
ordinary purposes the snatch link or
clevis should be fastened far enough
| toward the blade end of the chain to
| force the unloaded drag to follow the
| team ut an angle of forty five degrees.
| This will cause the earth to move
along the face of the drag smoothly
and will give comparatively light draft
| to the team. provided the driver rides
in the line of draft.
Usually two horses are enough to
pull drag over an ordinary eartll
road. The team should be driven with
one horse on either side of the right
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
ROAD BUILDING AS AN ART.
Establishment Of Chairs on Subject In
Colleges Urged by an Expert.

Establishment Of Chairs on Subject In
Colleges Urged by an Expert.
Samuel Hill. Il son-in-law Of james
J. Hill, the northwest railway mag
nate and the president of the Ameri-
can Road Builders association. takes
practical view Of the roadmaking
art He asserts 1t needs trained men
and advocates the establishment Of
road building chairs in all the i'm
portant colleges of the United States
and especially at West Point
He has succeeded In impressing this
view upon some of the institutions Of
learning of the state of Washington.
of which he Is resident. and 200
young men in that state are studying
the road building course this year.
Mr. Hill declares that in five years
In consequence of the Interest taken
by the local colleges in this matter and
the progressive attitude of the iegisla-
ture. which devotes one-third Of the
revenues of the state to road building.
Washington will have the best system
Of roads in the United States.
Whether Washington, one of the
youngest states of the Union, will be
able in that time to outstrip all her
sister states in providing a modern
highway system may be open to ques.
tion. but there is sound sense in the
recommendation that system Of edu'
cation in practical road building shall
be established as prerequisite to the
construction of general system OF
permanent highways in the United
States
Much of the money heretofore devOt
ed to- the construction Of roadways
that are lanes in dry weather and q
succession of quagmires in wet ha:
previously been wasted; partly through
the ignorance of the roadmakers as t.
what constituted good road.
The first step toward putting an enc
| to this waste and entering upon sci
| entific methods will be the trainin,
of lot of students in the art OF max
! Ing roads.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
Chinese Laws,
NUMBER 21.

In lemon colored silk Chinese dip
lomat talked about Chinese laws.
''SOMe Of our laws, you know, are
very stimulating" he said. "For ex-
ample, Chi owed money to a money
lender. Chi would not pay, and the
money lender hanged himself on Chis
doorpOst. Chi was condemned to death.
You see, he was really responsible for
the money lenders death.
"a son able to support his parents
is imprisoned for life if he won't do
so. A son unable to support them is
imprisoned for three years, as We hold
and quite rightly-that there must
be something wrong with a young man
who can't support his parents.
"Our police are excellent, thanks to
the stimulus Of our law. When Il
crime is committed a sleuth is put
upon the case and given, say, thirty
days to land the criminal. II the
sleuth fails he himself pays the pen
atty Of the crime, less two degrees.
That, too, is a just and stimulating
law. for if the police can neither pre-
vent nor punish crime then they
should he themselves punished for
their rank incapacity."-New York
| ppOSS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
A Railroad Man's Dream.

Railroad men are strong on dreamS
One morning an engineer came down
to the train masters office and declared
that he would not 60 out on his run
that morning and asked for Il layon
His superior asked him what the trou-
BILE was. and when he said that he
had had q dream In the night that
troubled him he was laughed at and
an effort was made to induce him to
take his run out. But he refused antl
was urged to tell his dream.
II dreamed last night that my broth.
er was killed in head-on collision
near Topeka" he said. land later
dreamed that old Cos blew up" Az
Cos was his engine. he resisted the
laughter of his friends and would not
take her out. and another man was
sent for to take the job.
That afternoon the boiler Of COS ex.
ploded on the road, killing the sub
stitute engineer and the fireman A
week later the engineers brother wa.
killed in "A collision. as he had dream
ed.---Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
A Good Roads Movement.


We've had good roads movement down
to Pohick. on the crick.
We raised some ready cash fur what we
couldn't get on tick.
An, bein' a partic'lar Job. We thought It
would be wise
TO get some men OF probity to come an
supervise.
An as a further guarantee 'gainst chances
of neglect
We took another set of men an told 'em
to inspect.
An these arrangements didn't seem jes'
what they ought to be
TIL we'd secured some talent competent
to oversee.
There arose misunderstanding bout emol-
uments and rank,
But the payroll checks KEEP comm very
regular to the bank.
Somehow the highways didn't seem TO
lose their ruts an Jumps.
An every time we went to town we had
to bump the bumps.
We found 1t hard to comprehend what
such delay could mean
In work so we'll inspected. supervised an
overseen.
The only manual labor on this job that
seemed so slow
Was done with great reluctance by .
small boy with a hoe.
The situation naturally shocked our civtt
pride
we called some meetin's. an the propel
people testified.
We got the overseers to tell exactly wha,
they knew
An heard from the inspectors an the su
pervisors too.
| Then we drew up resolutions an delfv
cred an address
| To yindicate our efforts to uplift an t
progress.
| We have solved the difficulty. an ou
hearts are full of joy
| Al seein discipline maintained. We fire'
that no count boy.
Washington Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26

tricts in the United States, especially
Florida. and in some sections Of Eu-
rome such a material is used with
great success In these sections are
miles and miles of road that would be
almost impossible by reason OF the
deep sand were it not for leaves.
Serviceable for this purpose are the
leaves Of the long leaf pine. These
leaves, which are much like straw In
appearance, should be raked over the
sandy roadbed once year. say about
October.
The result is highway that gives
one the impression of carpet. as nei-
ther the horses feet nor the wheels Of
the vehicles make any noise
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
The Skin Of Ny Teeth.

In the book of Job appears the sen
tence, II am escaped with the skin Of
my teeth" which is modernized by
the skin Of my teeth" and gives the
idea OF narrow escape, one SO close
as to he just by the thickness Of the
skin on the teeth. which IL SO thin
that no microscopic has yet been able
to find ii. ''ro east In the teeth
means to throw defiant reproacbcs or
insults -spitefully. as one would cast \
STONE at the exposed teeth Of Il snarl
ing dog Tooth and naiP' denotes the
manner Of un action full Of frelzied
fury. typited by biting and scratching.
as when two bclligerent cats make the
fur fly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26

Never hesitate about giving Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy to children. 1t
contains no opium or other narcotics and
can be given with implicit confidence.
AS quick cure for coughs and colds to
which children are susceptible, it is un-
surpassed. Sold by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
The Best Proof.

Little Ted. seven years old. was sent
to the bathroom for good scrub" be-
fore dinner. but returned so quickly
that his mother declared he couldn't
possibly have washed himself. He re-
piled. Truly did. mother and ii you
don't believe it you can just go 10 the
bathroom and look at the towel" "-De-
IinpatOr
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
Physicians In Japan.

Medical students in japan must have
had eleven or twelve years Of prelimi-
nary training in the lower schools. No
one may practice medicine Who has
been convicted of a crime. All physi-
clans for the first ten years during
which they follow their calling must
keep full written records of all their
cases. and they must not issue boast
full advertisements or claim the exclu-
sive right to any healing invention
with secret formula.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
Court Trains.

At the coronation Of Queen Adelaide
that lady's train tore itself away from
the bodice. taking part Of the latter
with 1t. When Elizabeth of Austria
entered Paris to marry Charles IN
her train was seventy feet long and
greatly admired by the people. Eliza
beth of valois wore train six yards
long, which was carried after her b!
gentlemen as she danced Mary. queen
of Scots, is said to have worn Il twelve
yard train at balls. also carried by y
gentleman.-Pall Mall Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
A Heavvweioht.

"And then" she said in telling Of
the romantic episode. ''she sprang to
his arms"
''She didT
"Of course. Do you doubt 1T"
''Oh. no." he replied. but after see
ing her l can't help thinking that II
must have Jared him quite Bit
Chicago Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26

Dr.. e. G. Allen, 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, 1910-05-26

Good Highways Aid Education.
Good roads aid education, and the
diffusion of knowledge is followed by
Increased demand for improved high
ways. Good roads and good schools
20 hand In hand.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
oday.

II you made mistakes yesterday. for
get them. No strength was ever built
upon continued regret. Today Is the
result of yesterday. but 1t is more im-
portant to remember that tomorrow Is
the result Of today.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
Superstitious Remedies.

For whOoping cough a cooked dor
mouse is good. In the eighteenth cen
fury this remedy was employed i'll
Scotland. Here is another medicament
for the same complaint: "Watercress
Is a very good thing. sir, with little
bit of that brown sugar what you uses
to put OH to bacon and some honey
mixed with it. And I'll tell you what's
a good thing for Group but riesty
bacon fat fried down and afore it re-
solves add some pepper and vinegar.
1t opens the pipes Of the lungs, dye
see." And if you are adventurous
you may try this for ''phlegm ON to the
chest" Catch dear little dotty
frog" and tie bit Of string to one Of
its back legs. Then you keep on let
ting it 60 down your throat and pull
ing 1t up again." The narrator of this
added to I. w. Thompson, who set;
down these stories: ''lt's the truth
young fellow. and it cleared III"
phlcgm out Of his throat bootiful. bat
we wouldn't do such thing rs that.
London Chronicle.
Victories that are easy are cheap
Thoco onlr oro worth having which
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
SPLIT LOG DRAG
VALUABLE DEVICE
Makes impossible Roads
Smooth and ServiceabIe.
Can Be MADE At Low COST.

Invention Of D. Ward King, . Good
Road Advocate Of Missouri, Is Very
Simple Contrivance That Any Farm.
er Can Have For the Price Of Few
Pieces Of Iron and Some Nails.
The split log drag is one of the de-
vices Which refuse to be secuted out
of existence in the making of good
earth roads. 1t was devised num-
Der of years ago by D. Ward King Of
Maitland. Mo. Mr.. King is native Of
Ohio.
He says that one grave mistake is
commonly made in constructing the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
Cutting.

NuttoH9.
Miss Perhaps you won't
believe it. but strange man tried to
kiss me once. Miss Cutting-Really.
Well. he'd have been a strange man if
he'd tried to kiss you twice.-Illustrat-
ed Bits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
Road Builder Valuable Citizen.

No community can have Il more val
uable citizen than he who understands
the theory of road building and who
is at the same time practical ROAD
builder and an enthusiast on the sub
iect.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
ROADWAYs OF LEAVES.

Give One the Impression Of Carpet, ~
They Are NoiseIess.
Leaves without doubt would be
considered by many very poor ma
terial for making roadways in most
parts of the world, hut III certain dis
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26
o. ROM BACH
Practical
Matchmaker and Jeweler
PLAIN DEALING

Begs to inform the residents of Plain
Dealing and surrounding towns and dis
tricts that he has opened business as
above, and hopes by fair dealing and
careful attention to business to gain a
share of public patronage.
Located in. the Montgomery building,
the studio, Plain Dealing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26

Victories that are easy are cheap
Those only are worth having which
come as the result of hard 6ghting.-
Beecher.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-26

H@You can have the Banner without
paying the price Of subscription. Just
secure us three new paid-in- advance
subscribers and we will be pleased to
mail it to you gratis for . year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-16
YSLETA TELEGRAPH
LINES EXTENDED
Workmen Go to Engle Dam;
Ysleta Folk Attend the
MAYORS Funeral.

Ysleta, Tex, Aug. 1S.-Foremar
Crawford is here with his workmen
stretching wires for the Western
Union Telegraph company from Pecos
to FL Paso. The construction train is
sidetracked here.
good rain fell last night
Miss Helm is in from the Helm
ranch. the guest of the young women
Of the mesa colony
Mrs. John Helm Is the guest of Mrs.
B. A. Oden.
number Of people from here went
to Ell Paso TO attend the funeral Of the
late mayor. W. F. Robinson.
H A. Burgess and son, Charles, have
returned from FL Paso.
Several workmen left here Monday
for Engle, where they are engaged for
construction work on the dam.
Capt and Mrs. r. e Seay, of FL
PaSo, are at Valley Inn for the remain
der Of the summer.
NJ Schultz is steadily improving from
his recent Illness
Mrs. Geo. Buchanan and little daugh-
ter, Elzina, have returned from Cloud
croft
Mrs. s. &. McCurdy. Miss Ruth Nc
Curdy, R. E. Hines and Whitney New
ton. jr., formed a congenial luncheon
party Monday at Valley Inn. They were
motoring from Ell Paso to Judge CIark's
ranch at San Elizario
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-16

". is here on a visit to her son. ]. H.
Hamilton
o. L. Niccolls left for San Diego
Cal. to be present at the funeral Of
his father
MI and Mrs I. D. Love. Mr. ana
Mrs Dick Love, George Love and Ar
THUR HUMPHREYS came from SIR,
Blanca to attend the funeral of A. v.
Oden.
Dr. and Mrs. H LndIey. of Hollis.
Okla, are visiting their daughter. Mrs.
j. H. Hamilton
Harry Straw and family will move
IN a few days to Houston.
Mrs Roscoe Ellison has gone tn
Whitewater, N NJ, to join her bus-
band
W. B. Colbert, Of Austin. is visiting
his sister, Mrs W. A Mirnms.
Rev j. j. Maurer left for visit TO
San : tonic and KerrviIle.
Cards have been received announcing
the marriage of Miss Sammie White
TO Adolph V Mccarthy. Miss White
was one Of the teachers in the public
school during the past term
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-16

been made and the practical unanlm1ty
of the petition signers. shows the de-
sire of the land owners to hurry the
completion of the project
The new steel cells for the county jail
have arrived and are being placed in
position. The new Jail has just been
completed at an approximate cost OF
SIC. 1000, and will be ready for use as
soon as the cells have been Installed
The cells cost $4,000. S. Joseph of 81.
Louis, who represents the firm from
which the cells were purchased. is here
placing them
The county commissioners let the in
surance on the county buildings for the
ensuing year. In all $4,000 was con-
tracted for, $4,000 for fire protection.
and $4,000 for tornado The insurance
was placed among representatives of
four different companies in this city.
The commissioners also appointed the
100 judges who will have authority in
the coming election for delegates to the
statehood convention, in Quay county
precincts approximately, one-third Of
these are Republican, and the rest Demo
Gratis.
Wednesday night the Tucumcari
teachers at the normal will give re-
ception to the teachers from out OF
town in the auditorium of the high
school building This will be the last
evening of entertainment. as the final
examina tions begin Friday and take uD
the rest of the week. Saturday viii
mark the close of the institute, and
those VINO nave Deen IN attendance Will
have a short rest before taking their
schools next month. This year has been
the most successful in the history Of
the normal.
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Gordon have
gone 20 Toronto. Canada, where he will
attend the convention of railway mas
ter mechanics, after which they VIII
travel through the north Mr. Gordon
is master mechanic at the local shops
NJ NJ Greenbaum has been assisting
the tax collectors this week at the court
house.
J. H. Handbook, formerly of Tucum-
carl, is now employed at Earl, Colo
T. J. Erskine is here from Amarillo
spending a few days with his family.
NJ A Stien. formerly of this city, is
now employed by the Endee townsite
company, as expert accountant.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-16
PORTALES VALLEY WATER
CARNIVAL TO OPEN SOON.
Visitors VIII be Entertained for Three
Days by SPoutf1g Wells and in
Many Other Novel Waxs

Portales. n. NJ. Aug 16-The Por-
tales Valley carnival. to be held Aug.
49, 10 and 90, bids fair to be a great
success. The people Of the valley are
taking interest in pushing the move
ment forward. Thousa nds Of folder
postaIs have been sent to distant
friends inviting them to attend the
great water show which will be thu
chief attraction of the carnival, large
crowds are expected from distant
points. special railroad rates having
been secured and free transportation
among the farms promised by the
people of Portales.
There will be entertainment for all.
and 50 varied will be its features that
none can fail to enjoy it THE day
entertainment will consist chiefly Of
viewing the wells flowing immense
streams of sparkling water automo-
billing among the nearby farms. ball
Of roping contests and bronco busting,
while at night there will be addresses
by the leading men of the territory.
The carnival marks the opening OF
the irrigation project which has been
in way Of construction for several
months past The great central power
plant which IS TO furnish power for
pumping purposes throughout the val
ley is near completion. Two $50 horse
power gas-producer engines which are
to make the power for pumping, are
ready to start the machinery. The
greater portion Of the several wells,
numbering 20 in all. are In pumping
condition and have been tested by ex-
perts and have been found to surpass
all expectations.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-16
ABANDONED 1T
For the Old Fashioned Coffee was Kill
ing.

Il always drank coffee with the rest
of the family. for it seemed as if there
was nothing for breakfast lif we did not
have it on the table.
II had been troubled for some time
with my heart. which did not feel right
This trouble grew worse steadily.
Some time it would beat fast and
at other times very slowly, so that l
would hardly be able to do work for
an hour or two after brea kfast, and If
1 walked up hill it gave me a severe
pain.
Il had no idea of what the trouble
was until a friend suggested that per-
haps il might be caused by coffee
drinking. l tried leaving off the coffee
and began drinking Postum The change
came quickly. 1 am now glad 10 say
that I am entirely well of the heart
trouble and attribute the cure 10 leaving
off coffee and the use of Postum.
"A number of my friends have aban-
doned coffee and have taken up with
Postum, which they are using steadily.
There are some people that make Pos
tIm very weak and tasteless but If it
is boiled long enough, according TO
directions, il is a very delicious bev-
erage. We have never used any of the
old fashioned coffee since Postum was
first started in our house"
Read the little book. The Road TO
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter. new
appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-16
LINCOLN COUNTY TEACHERS
OPEN THEIR INSTITUTE
CarriEozo Furniture Store Changes
Hands; Baseball Game ScheduIe ed;
Visitors in Town.

Carrizozo. n. NJ. Aug. 1.-THE teach
ers institute has opened here and is be-
ing conducted by professor John Milne
Of Albuquerque The following teachers
are in attendance: Misses Edith Wells,
Pearl Taylor, Jane Brockway, Eliza
beth A. Quinn, Margaret GALLAGHER. Es-
telle Imam. Doppie Cooper. Helen
Jones, Irene Peters. Bethel Phillips,
Nora Massie, Edna Ford, Donnie Franks.
Mrs T. NJ. Dumas, Mrs s. F. Moss, I. D.
Kennedy. Samuel Kelsey. W. E. Blanch-
ard. Miss Emma c. Peters and Miss
Claude Imam.
George Spence has sold his furniture
store to Kelly & Sons, who will run il
in connection with their furniture bust
ness.
Five brick layers have arrived here
from Clovis 10 work on the new court
house.
Mr.. and Mrs Ira o. Wetmore are here
from Monterey.
Miss Frances Y Collier and Miss
Mayo Boykin have returned from Ala
mogordo.
Kilgore Collier of Tucurh cari visited
his mother here.
There will be a baseball game here
next Sunday at West End park, Fats VS..
Leans
John A Haley has returned from Mil
waukee where he has been on a two
weeks visit
Miss Elizabeth Carson and Miss Lila
Wilbanks who have been visiting Mrs
T. W. Quincy. have returned to FL PaSo