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Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-12

ture for light largely fails to secure the best returns. The wares are not lighted to the best effect. and if the misdirected light is unpleasant to the passerby he will not stop to observe.
 The same conditions prevail to some extent in the case of the powerful arc, flame and high-pressure gas lights used for Illuminating the streets: for it is felt that the illumination from these could be controlled and di- rected so as to g ;ure a better dis tribution of lighting. and al the same time be more agreeable to the eye.
 Heretofore, Illuminating engineers have worked almost exclusively in the interest of the lighting companies. but the consumer win soon find it to his advantage to consult this compara- lively new profession.
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the wires will not talk" When asked
 why. they solemnly reply that the little people" will permit no such un- canny things to come so near their ancient homes. Nor can they be per suaded to the contrary. The Indians live in great awe of the prehistoric dwellings of the Mancos valley. which are by far the finest and best pre- served of any in the American South west. They will not believe that it was Pueblo Indians. or any Indians. in fact. who. so long ago that the old est traditions describe them as they
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DA1RY NoTEs e=7Z95$zS

To have your cows milk long. milk them clean
 Uneven salting and working make streaky butter.
 Good cows are the first essential of profitable dairying.
 It pays to please and satisfy COW A happy COW is a profitable COW.
 Use the curry comb and brush or the dairy COW every day. It pays
 To feed economically. cows should be fed as individuals. not as herd Cream that is being ripened shouic he strained several times before 1t !s ready for churning.
 There is more money ID feeding steer than in feeding poor dairy COW, and much less work
 Protect the cream and milk from be ing contaminated by stable air oy keeping the cans covered
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eco;ne Type Depends on Use.

The two-cycle engine is generally considered an engine for high speed and is not used so extensively for gen. eral farm work as the four-cycle type. They are more likely to give trouble in operation than the four-stroke en- zine.
 For the operation of farm ma chinery the four-stroke cycle is gen eraIly considered most satisfactory. The high speed of the two-cycle type naturally causes it to wear out more rapidly, and. of course. they require earlier attention to bearings and other parts. A. Ocock. Agricultural Engineer. Illinois.
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TO LOCATE TROUBLE
NEED ee NO DIFFICULTY WITH
 EiGHT-cyLiNDER ENGINE.
Separate Muffiers Will Make the Work Easy Even to Those Who Are
 Not Experienced.

Some have said they did not want an eight-cylinder engine because it was so hard to locate the trouble.
 After a person gets familiar with an eight-cylinder he should have no more difficulty in locating trouble than in any other
 One way is to have a separate muf- fer cut out for each engine. Cut out one side. If you do not locate the set of cylinders it is in. cut out the other side, closing the first.
 In this way you can locate the set. To locate the cylinder. take 8 screw driver or something with an all-wood handle, no riyets or metal of any kind through the center. lay the metal part across from top Sf plug to cylinder or some metal on engine. This cuts the plug out and if 1t is firing causes it to miss, which will be noticeable in the running of the motor. Repeat the op- eration until you find one that makes no difference in the firing of the mo- tor. this is the one you are after. If ignition troubles it may be in the plug. valves or cable leading to the plug.
 If you have not two cut-outs for the engine. cut of electric supply to plugs on one engine or disconnect terminals at plugs, run on one side, If it don't miss reverse the operation and run on the other set with mufiier always open. You can locate the set in this way and proceed as hefore R Bradley, Colorado Station.
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BELIEVE IN LITTLE PEOPLE"
Indians ef Southwestern Colorado Have a Superstition That is
 Felt Most Strongly.

The Indians living near the cele- brated Mesa Verde in southwestern
 Colorado are interested in the out come of their predictions about the telephone line which the government has just completed into the Mesa Verde National park. They declare that the poles will not stand and that
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reporter" Every good newspaper man has served his apprenticeship as a cub" The only managing editor who is good for anything and the only ed ito-ial writer who gets there with the punch is the man who has reported fires. murders. accidents and street happenings and has written his share of human interest stories picked up from the boulevards and from the alleys of the slums.
 After he had made the ordinary run of newspaper work, Mir. Newton be- came what the profession calls a star reporter, and he was sent by great press association to the Spanish-Amer- ican war. He reported the deeds Of our warships oil Havana and off San tiago. And it was he who secured the first story of the wonderful fight put up by the little ship Winslow against odds. It was Mir. Newton who first told the world of the death of Ensign Worth Bagley at his post of duty In the naval battle in which the Winslow was engaged.
 One of Byron R. Newton's poems has been printed and reprinted. He was . reporter on a great New York paper and he had witnessed the re- suits of a great tragedy. He thought on the tragic event and then on the carelessness of the joyous crowds all unheeding of the sore troubles and the heartbreaks about them. Some peo- ;, U fI1 Ii is strong and very likely awful. but 1t is doubtful if its truth Is overdrawn Here it is:
 ODE TO NEW YORK
 Vulgar of manner. overfed.
 Oyerdressed and underbred.
 Heartless Goddess, hell's delight.
 Rude by day. and lewd by night:
 Bedwarfed the man. oergrown the brute. Ruled by boss and prostitute.
 Purple robed and pauper clad.
 Raving. rottng, money mad:
 squirminG herd in Mamnon'S mesh. wilderness Of human flesh:
 Crazed with avarice. lust and rum. New York. thy names delirium.
 It falls to the lot of this assistant secretary of the treasury to see to 1t that the sites which have been recom- mended as proper for the erection of public buildings are all that they should be. In other words MT. New ton has to see to 1t that someone is not putting one over on Uncle Sam Congress appropriates money for pub lie building sites and does 1t frequently without much care in selection. Just now the treasury department is hold ing up more than two hundred authori- zations made by the lawmakers for the purchase of sites for public build ings A vast amount of money is in- volved and, more than this. the econ omy and efficiency of several depart ments of government are at stake. It is said that as the result of the watch fulness of the treasury officials the present system of hapnazard appro- priations for public buildings ultimate ly will be abandoned.
 Newspaper men have made good in Uncle Sans service. A newspaper man sometimes is practical and some times he Is not. A poet never is thought of as practical. but Byron R. Newton seemingly has shown that . man can write good poetry and be perfectly sane in matters pertaining to proper business activities.
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A Convenient Milk Stool.

are best. The top hoop must be re- moved to do this. Remove the side handles or ball and cut in the center of the bottom two semicircular open. Ings to fit the hands as desired, these for a handle. This stool is stout. light and the right height for an ordinary person.
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CONVENIENT AS MILK STOOL
Lard Tub or Large Candy Pail Can Easily Be Converted Into Handy
 Device for Dairy Barn.
CRY C. A RANDAILN

The cut shows . handy milk stool and one very easily made From lard tub or large candy pail. with a key hole saw cut out the wood at the top, as shown. One may thus make three pr more legs, as desired l find four
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now are, carved these wonderful cities out of tte cliffs. They believe that spirits built the cliff dwellings. and that spirits still inhabit them. They reverenuy call these spirits the little people" For this reason it is difficult to induce Indians to approach the cliff dwellings.
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MOTOR CAP WITH GOGGLES
Device That Will Be Appreciated By Either Male or Female Driver
 of a Machine.

A cap to which is attached goggles that can be folded under the crown and out of the way when not in use is one of the latest conveniences for mo torists and golf players. The cap is
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Most Profitable Cow.

The dairy farmer realizes that the comfortable COW is the most profitable COW and that induces him to look after the comfort of all his stock Naturally he gets better returns from them.
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Cieanino Dairy PajIs

Tn cleaning the dairy pails, special attention must be given the ears and seams, else dirt and milk will be lodged there. souring and tainting the milk as soon as drawn.
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Unproftable Cow.

There is no longer an excuse for the improbable COW. the Babcock test and a pair of scales. and it is easy to ascer. tain whether or not she is delivering the goods"
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The Sort She Liked.

What are all those photographs of young fellows you have in your book?"
 "Oh. that book is my collection of soYyenir spoons."
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made in two styles, one TOT men and the other for women. the latter being SO made that it covers and protects the hair. A slight pull brings the gog- gles into use.-Popular Mechanics.
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Teacher - The burglar leaped through the window as the detective entered the room. How would you punctuate that sentence?
 Bright Scholar-Aake a dash after the burglar.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23

coNvIcTs WORKING on STATE ROAD IN
COLORADO
they are employed and other local con-
ditions The relative efficiency OF the
convict aud the free laborer as given
.by different authorities also varies
greatly. some rating the convict as only
about half as efficient as the free
iaborer, and others rating the convict
MS the more efficient
Those states in which convict labor
has been or is at present employed ex-
tensiyely are Alabama. Colorado. Geur
gia. Louisiana. Montana, New Mexico.
North Carolina. Oregon. South Caro-
tina. Virginia and Washington In ad-
dition, Illinois. Iowa. Kentucky. New
Jersey. New York, Ohio. Texas. West
Virginia and Wisconsin have used con-
yicts to some extent recently and may
be expected to make greater use OF
them in the future,
John b. Riley. New York state super
intendent of prisons. is a warm advo-
cate of the use of conricts for road
work. and in recent interview he
said:
..The inmates of our prisons who are
accorded the privilege of working on
highways will. on the average. do rs
much work as the paid laborer, Quite
as important as the value of the sery-
Hes the prisoner renders the state in
building reads is the beneficial effect
upon the individual inmate and. indi-
rectIy. the moral effect upon the whole
body of inmates in our state prisons.
The demonstration that there are
several hundred men in each of our
state prisons who may be employed
outside the prison walls at manual
| labor also has shown that it is entirely
| feasible to raise ali vegetables required
| for use In the prisons. thereby making
| it possible to save many thousand dol
iarS annually by the expenditure OF l
comparatively small sum in the pur
chase of prison farms.
Tin the past organized labor has op
posed tie employment of conyicts il
highway construction Having seel
that they ire performing work In III
construction of highways that woul
| not otherwise he improved and tina
the money Appropriated is used in th
employment Of citizen labor and pay
i ment for teams and wagons require
10 render convict labor effective. 4
i opposition to the pan has been witt
drawn"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
Splendid Offers Here
These properties offer the
Chance you have been seeking.
They won't be on the market
long. So act quick.

I A nice residence and lot in the town
OF Plain Dealing.
4 If you want 40 acres of hfst-class
farm land (about 25 acres in cultivation)
within three miles of Plain Dealing, on
public road and rural mail route, at
$40 per acre, see me.
4 A bargain!-200 acres of we'll i'm
proved, fertile land, 100 in cultivation,
20 will grow ribbon cane; four good
houses; near school and church. Six
and half miles east of Plain Dealing.
! $50 aeres-30 under fence, 1870 in orig
mai timber, less pine cut off. Enough
tie timber on the land to more than pay
Tor it. A four-room house and other
improvements. Fine cattle and hog
range. Three miles from Red Land
TRADED School; free transportation for
pupils. Price, $3.50 per acre.
A tract of 100 acres-50 acres in cul-
tivation, 20 acres in enclosed pasture,
remaining portion in original woods. A
hve-room dwelling, tenant houses, barn,
stables and three good wells. Six miles
Irom Plain Dealing, free transportation
70 graded school located within four
miles, on rural mail delivery route, tel
ephone, etc. One of the best farms of
lts size IN this section. For quick sale,
sI2.o6 per acre, one-third cash. If you
8 want q good home, you can't beat this.
Apply at once.
j. t. MANRY, Plain Dealing, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
THE END.
Essay on Shoes.

Shoes come in pairs.
They go the same way except in the
case of solo legged persons
Horseshoes are signs of good luck
except when planted in the middle of
ones person by the accompanying
horse.
In former times we wore shoes as
seldom as possible.
Our feet We're about four stubs stub
borner than the stubborn glebe that
Mr.. Elegy Gray writes about
In the gentle springtime when we
first divorced the leaky winter boots
that had grown irksome the southern
exposure Of our farm feet was of about
the consistency of patent leather.
In June it resembled horn.
In September harveyized steel had
nothing on our hoofs.
Between barefoot days when we at.
tended Sunday school, circus or some
other devotional exercise we wore con
gress CATERS.
The congress CATERS lone of ours is
now on exhibition in the Smithsonian
institutions had an elastic gore on each
cheek.-Indianapolis Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
Tractor Better Than Horses.

A tractor is far superior to horses
for road work The tractor does bet.
ter work and at less cost Depending
on the size OF the tractor. it easily Will
replace fifteen TO thirty sturdy horses
in road construction work and cover
more ground at far less expense and
with much better results. The opera
tor can handle and guide tractor with
greater ease than an equivalent num-
ber of horses required TO do the same
amount of work. 1t also is possible
to start the tractor more gently and
work at faster. steadier pace than
with horses Then. TOO. the tractor
exerts sure. continuous power at all
times and even on sharp turns travels
along with the same consistent speed
and power This is not true, however.
Of Il team of eight or ten horses en-
gagged in road building work. More
often than not they furnish inadequate.
unreliable power and when the work
is especially hard require frequent
rests. involving considerable loss Of
time. Weather and soil conditions that
often necessitate Il iayoff when Operat'
ing with horses do not hamper the
work of the tractor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
ROUGH ON ROADS.
Heavy Cars and Trucks Chief Tax sn
Maintenance.

Heavy Cars and Trucks Chief Tax ~
Maintenance.
To build and maintain good roads
would be comparatively easy and IN
expensive were we assured that the
bulk of their use would be by light
weight automobiles, says Roy D. Cha
pin, chairman good roads committee.
National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce. 1t is from very heavy cars and
from trucks that roads receive their
hardest use. Boulevards and parks.
where travel is restricted to light We
hicles. require an astonishingly small
expense for upkeep. Moderate weight
on fairly large section tires should be
encouraged by all municipalities inter-
ested in building and maintaining good
roads TO be sure. this can hardly be
attained by legislative action. but
much may be done by educational
campaigns tending toward the foster
ing of this idea in the public mind
The oiled roads Of California are ia
NOUS Yet many of them cost but d
nominal sum to build and maintain.
Florida seems recently to have hit
upon method of building combina-
tion oil and sand road that promises to
revolutionize road building In that de-
iightful state look to see great inn
proyement in the construction of cheap
and excellent roads in the near future.
Could we but be assured that only
lightweight motorcars would he nsed
on them the problem rellly is simple.
Even Il good dirt road. however. Is q
big Improvement over the highways
that usually are found in the major
part of the United States. and a good
season of the year. can be had with
the expenditure of practically nothing
but little labor 1t is perhaps toe
much to expect that concrete or brick
roads could be laid through all the rO
raj districts. but it Is not too much tt
expect that the cheap improvement OF
roads that already exist is something
which should be taken up by every
municipality. What is needed is no
| SO much money as it is energy ant
willingness to improve the roads. tn,
| fact that many farmers are buying au
| tomobiles is big assistance. becaus'
no sooner does a farmer become pos
sessed of motorcar than he realize
as he never did before the advantag
OF the good road and the ease witt
which it may be constructed and main
/ taingd
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
Changing Matter.

'.Can the diamond be destroyed by in.
tense heat? asks reader.
Yes. Any substance known can be
vaporized in the fierce heat of the elec-
tric furnace The word destroyed
should not have been used. Diamond is
chemically pure carbon-that Is. lamp
black-and the same quantity still eS
lists after the diamond has vanished.
Man is now able to destroy the form OF
all matter known to chemists-that is.
matter disappears as matter, only to
resolve back into its primordial cleo
trons These are pure electricity. and
nothing else exists These man cannot
create nor destroy. All that any hu-
man can create is thought that had
not been created before. But this is a
theory. for all thoughts may be eternal.
But here one must stop, for our minds
cannot think of the meaning of the
word eternal.-Edgar Lucien Larkin in
New York American.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
TAUGHT by Example.

Mrs Mordecai Hammerfest turned
pale as her husband entered the dining
room for breakfast.
"Mordy." she gasped, do you-don't
you feel wellY
Perfectly" he replied in seeming
surprise.
"But-but you are in your
'Tell me something | don't know,
Pass the butter, please" =.s-
She passed the butter. remarking
nervously. But. Mordy. dear. as you
came in l saw you didn't have any
shoes on"
well. what of it? Your hair is In
curl papers, isn't it?''
"Why-y-yes."
"And you have on wrapper"
Yes
Every well. then"
And he went on eating his breakfast
in silence except when he asked her to
pass the butter. Then he went up
stairs and finished dressing. and the
next morning and on succeeding morn
ings she reported for breakfast in reg.
uar clothes.-Boston Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
Burns Cottage.

The Burns cottage at Ayr is under
the charge of trustees, who purchased
it in 1881 from the Ayr Shoemakers
incorporation for the sum of t4.OO0.
The birthplace of the poet had up till
that time been in use as public
house. The trustees abandoned the
license and after a time removed a
hall and other extraneous buildings
which had been added to the premises
and restored the cottage buildings as
nearly as possible to the state they
may have been in in Burns time. A
new museum was built at the north
east corner of the grounds. Most OF
the relics were removed to the muse.
um, which now contains priceless
coIIection-a first or Kilmarnock edi.
ton of the poets work. for which e..
coo was paid, and Burns family Bi-
BILE, acquired at a cost of fl,70o.-Lon
don Answers
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
ROAD MAINTENANCE.

In nearly every state the syS-
TEN of building roads is fairly
good Where a road is bonded
and built it is usually built in an
approved manner. 1t is the sys-
TEN of maintenance that is
shame and a disgrace. We have
yet to learn that when a road is
built it is not built to stand
through time and eternity. Ex-
perts may build them. but unless
they are looked after by men
with some knowledge of how
they must be maintained their
life is short.
Build the roads right and work
out Il system of maintenance and
there will be Il vast saving. This
will result in a reduction of tax
es and will make the burden of
. road financing one that can be
carried better and will be car
, ried far more willingly. The
thing that really scares most of
, us is not the increased taxation
for a few years, but the prospect
, of having to go through with the
same burden again in a few
! years later when the roads have
been allowed to go to pieces
! Farm Progress. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23

AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM.

Relative Efficiency of Convict and Free
Labor as Given by Various Authori-
ties Varies GreatIy--John 3. Riley a
Warm Advocate of Convict Road
Work.
While the idea OF using prisoners to
build roads is probably as old as the
art of road building Itself. the system
attic use of municipal. county ana state
prisoners in that work is compara-
lively recent development, says the
Good Roads Magazine. 1t is growing
in favor, however. us the recognition
uf it's advantages become more general
and as the lease system becomes more
GENERALLY condemned. At present the
laws of practically every state in the
Union permit some use of convict labor
III road building. and it is worthy OF
note that although only about dozen
states have made extensive use of such
labor, il has been found economical
and efficient. wherever given Il fair
trial.
Aside from the fact that the en-
pluyment of convict labor effects con-
siderable saving i'll the cost Of road
work. no definite conclusions can be
reached as regards the relative cost
and efficiency of convict and free labor.
The cost data available show that the
cost per convict per day for road
building varies from perhaps us low
;,s - cents to something over dollar,
depending upon the locality. the char
acter of work upon which the couvict,
are engaged. the system under which
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-23
Surface Treatmen. Of Roads.

The surface treatment OF gravel or
nlaeadam roads with bituminous ma
terials falls under the head OF main
tenance The process may be briefly
described us follows: The road surface
is first thoroughly cleaned by hand
brooms or i street sweeper. The btu
minous material is applied when the
surface is thoroughly dry ut the rate
of from 3 to 5 of a gallon to the square
yard and is usually broomed into the
surface. 1t is then covered with a thin
laver Of clean stone screenings or hne
gravel free from earth or vegetable
matter The screenings should %
spread evenly over the surface and
only enough should he used to take up
the surplus bitnmen. The surface p
then rolled and opened to traffic. This
method is comparatively cheap. but
/ the treatment has to be repeated from
/ time to time as the binding value 0d
the material becomes inert.