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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
NEW YORK HIGHWAYS.
State Now Stands First In Good Roads
Construction.

State Now Stands First In Good Roads
Construction.
Its system Of improved, concreted
highways is New York states greatest
asset today, asserts eX-State Highway
Commissioner John N. Carlisle in his
annual report for 1914, just issued.
Besides the direct value of the road
system to residents, the improved high
ways attracted nonresident automo-
bile tourists in great numbers, con-
servatively estimated at more than
100000 cars, during the year, and mil
lions Of dollars We're left In the state
by these tourists.
The state now stands first i'll high
way construction, having completed
and accepted S63 miles of. road last
year and contracted for Las miles, q
large amount of which is now open to
traffic Fully half of the whole system
of nearly 12,0C0 miles of state and
county highways laid out for improve
ment under the S100,0O0,O0O bond Is
sues has been completed If extended
In q single line the finished roads
would reach from New York to San
Francisco.
The policy of the department has
been to construct only heavy substan-
tial roads in the vicinity of large cit
ies-eitLer of brick or concrete or with
a concrete base and where stone roads
are designed to build them with very
heavy base. Nearly ninety-four miles
of concrete and more than eighty-one
miles of brick roads were built last
year Just half of the total of SG3
miles improved were Of bituminous
construction and 25S miles were wa
terbOund macadam The maintenance
Of the great system of macadam and
bituminous roads is now considered the
most intricate problem connected with
the state highway work.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
W0MEN's ROAD CREED.
Iowa Federation Of Women's Clubs For
improved Highways.

Iowa Federation Of Women's Clubs For
Improved Highways.
1t is not left to man alone to cham
pion the cause of good roads, this be-
ing indicated by the interest taken In
the subject at a recent meeting of the
Iowa Federation of Women's clubs
This federation of women has adopted
good roads creed designed to advance
the cause of improved highways Fol-
lowing is the complete text of this
creed:
l believe i'll good roads.
| believe i'll systematic road work.
l believe good roads will make bet
ter schools.
believe good roads will make better
living conditions In the town and in
the country.
| believe the women of Iowa should
enlist in the fight for better roads
while We are here to use them.
believe that the last $50 spent upon
the proper finishing of a road will do
more good than any $500 that preced-
ed it,
believe that no road should be built
and allowed to take care of itself
There should be system of road pa
troll.
believe that the weeds should be
cut along the roadside and will use
every effort in my power to see that
the proper road officials have this done
If the landowner neglects to do it.
l believe no road work should be
commenced that cannot be finished In
started =.
believe In building roads, not work
ing them.
believe In roads for women.
| will work for better roads for Iowa.
Too much enthusiasm cannot be work.
cd up On the subject Of good roads.
Road improvement is generally advo.
Gated as an economic necessity be.
cause it improves marketing facilities
That it is social necessity is indi
Gated by the interest taken by this
body Of women. 1t will be noted that
the road patrol" system Is recommend
ed. This plan Of road Improvement Is
rapidly coming into favor 1t means
the placing of one individual in charge
of a given mileage of road, furnishing
him with drag and other road weapons
What we are now spending on roads in
Il hit or miss fashion would pay the
cost of the patrol, and unquestionably
if the new plan were triedsout it woult
be a step in advance.
These women show theirspractical in
sight in preparing their creed wher
they refer to the weed question ON til,
roadsides. Their instinct for orderli
ness is shown here, and officers shoult
be shrewd enough to pay the fair Sc,
the compliment of giving heed to theil
| wise suggeStions.-Iowa Homestead.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
HOW TO SHAKE HANDS.
Get the Grip First, According to a Mer-
camille Recipe.

Get the Grip First, According to Mer-
camille Recipe.
We have found that when you ap-
proach the person to shake hands II
you will gel the grip on their hand be-
fore they have time to grip yours You
have gained an advantages. The hand
should be slipped well into or over the
hand of the person you want to shake
with-that Is, push the thumb and fore
finger Of your hand well into the
with whom yon are shaking. Do it
rather quickly. and the instant you
feel that your hand is in place bring
the grip into play instantly. Don't
grip the hand hard enough to cause
pain to the person with whom you are
shaking. but yet give him good. firm
grip. After You have practiced a lit
tie you can tell just about how hard
you can squeeze without hurting the
other person.
Before your hands touch be sure that
you are looking the other person square
In the eye Don't wait until you have
hold of his hand, but watch bis eye In
stantly. and If you will watch the eye
of the other one very closely you will
notice that when you bring the grip
into play you can see response in the
features of the other person.
Then it Is good idea Immediately
when you feel your hand touch the
other person to place your left hand on
his elbow. not below the elbow. but
back of it SO as to be able to pull his
arm. as it were. toward yours. Don't
pull very hard. but just be firm about
it. Take hold of the elbow joint with
Just little firmness. Of course these
things are all done practically at the
same time. and 1t will take a little
practice for you to be able to do this
and get the best results.-Merchants
Trade Review.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
State Contro! of Local Roads.

The realization has become quite gen.
eral that in order to render maximum
service state highway departments
should be given some measure of con-
troll over the construction and main
tenance of local roads. For this class
Of roads an amount exceeding $780,
100000 is expended annually. with
comparatively little result to- show in
the form of improved road mileage
for this great outlay. The state of
Iowa has met this situation by placing
all the road work in the state under the
direction Of the state highway depart
ment
Traffic is increasing SO rapidly as to
cause excessive wear upon the roads.
especially in the vicinity Of congested
eenters of population. This results in
heavy annual maintenance cost.
averaging in the large eastern states
not less than $50 per mile per annum.
Many experiments have been made in
the effort to devise types of road which
can be maintained at relatively low
cost. Thus far. aside from the cheaper
forms of construction, the states are
depending upon the various forms OF
bituminous macadam. concrete and
yitrified brick road.-Year Book. Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29

the tide. The movement from farm to
town depends upon causes deep seated
as the longings and aspirations of men.
causes beyond the reach of the preach
er or the orator. AS long as men love
the companionship of their fellow men.
80 long will they and their children
turn from the loneliness and dcsola-
loWsllip in cities. AS long as they
love life and laughter and song and
change, 50 long will they turn from
the deadening adrudgery, the soul de-
stroying monotony that has hitherto
too often weighed down the hearts of
men and women and children on the
farm. Conditions so sad have not, of
course, been universal. In former
times ideal country communities there
were. with good roads and good schools
portunity for social life. But with the
coming of the railroad men grew rest
less. They travelled, saw the world,
found the old life in the country too
slow. moved to town, renting their
lands and leaving in still greater lone
illness their former friends and neigh
boi's. But the tide is and for years in
some sections has been turning. and
the movement back to the country is
and has been gaining ground. With
the construction Of good roads, the de-
veIopment and extension of the tele-
phone. the reduction in selling cost OF
autos and trucks and motor propelled
vehicles of ever increasing variety and
adaptabiiity TO human needs: with the
Improvement of farm machinery and
the application of science to the prob
lens of rural life, day of unimagined
glory Will soon dawn upon all tillers
of the soil wise enough to make use
of the new knowledge now so gener-
ously spread abroad by the asricultur-
al colleges and the experiment stations
of the states and of the national gov
ernment
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
FRIDAY HAPPENINGS.
They Register Many important Events
In American History.

They Register Many Important Events
In American History.
Are you Il good American and do You
look on Friday as an unlucky day?
You are not superstitious and are quite
sure that one day Is just like another
as far as national significance Is con-
cerned? No doubt that is true, and yet
the importance of Friday in American
history, as it has been worked out,
makes an almost convincing showing
for itself. We have not forgotten that
Columbus discovered the new world on
Friday. Oct. II, 1892. Did you know
that he also set sail on the sixth day
of the week. that he started on his re-
turn voyage on that day and that he
reached Palos on another Friday? In
addition to six vital points in the Co.
lumbus exploration, which were mark
ell by Fridays, that day was carried
over into our national experiences with
England.
Cabots commission from Henry VIII
bears the date Of Friday. On that day
III thC "StN tbC .h0S Io"Cl itHNCus anu
on much earlier Friday the town Of
st. Augustine was founded. One G.
Washington was born on Friday. and
that day marked the seizing Of Bunker
Hill, the surrender of Burgoyne at Sar-
atoga, the discovery Of Arnolds trea-
son and the surrender of Lord Corn
wallis at Yorktown. This was In 1871.
almost FIVE long years after John
Adams made the famous motion in the
Continental congress that ''the United
States are and ought to be independ.
ent." That declaration was made on
Friday, the 7th of July. 1776, three
days after the actual drawing up Of
the Declaration of Independence and
six years after the Boston massacre.
which precipitated the Revolution.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
RED DESERT OF WYOMING.
Its Sand Dunes, Color Effects and
Sheep Pastures.

west of Creston is obtained the first
comprehensive view of the Red desert
OF Wyoming. A few miles north of the
railroad track IS a great stretch Of
sand dunes, which extends hundred
miles, from Green river to North
Platte river. The dunes, many of
them more than hundred feet high,
are constantly travelling with the pre-
vailing winds In a general easterly
direction. If few camels and an
Arab or two were added to the scene
the spectator could easily imagine him.
self In the Sahara desert Frequent
mtrages, endless variety of feature and
wonderful colOring make the desert
far from the mOnotonous stretch It
may seem to be at first glance
AS the name suggests, the dominant
colors are red-russet, brick red and
vermilion-but there is every tone of
gray and brown, with not few shades
OF green, purple and yellow. Unlike
the colors of an eastern American land
scape, those of the Red desert are not
| dependent on the season, for there Is
little vegetation to hide the coloring Of
the rocks and soil.
Despite the sparsity of vegetable
growth, the Red desert of Wyoming Is
a winter sheep range. The scattered
bunch grass" which looks so meager
and dry. Is, In fact, excellent forage,
curing into hay where it grew and hav-
ing high nutritive value. In sum-
mer, when the desert is dry and the
water holes are few. the sheep are
hertled IN the mountains, where water
Is abundant and grass Is green and
tender.
The earlier SHOWS, falling first in the
higher mountains and extending week
by week to lower attitudes, drive the
1Ocks into the rough fall range be-
tween the mountains and the desert.
Here they are held until the snow falls
on the desert itself. but with the first
heavy snowfall they are driven from
the foothills to spend the winter in the
open, where they find pasture in the
spaces cleared Of snow by the winds.
The winds are not tempered here, but
neither Is the lamb shorn, and Wyo-
ming winter winds make heavy wool
when shearing time comes.-Argonaut
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Goad EuiIe;iac In Florida

A scheme is on foot in Florida to
bEliIi q brick road over the Everglades
COASTS. Within the next two years be
tween LOO and 1,200 miles Of brick
highways now under construction will
be completed. About twenty counties
In Florida have banded themselves TO
gefl,er and will expend from Sl0.0C0.-
Geo TO $4,000, 900 for good roads. This
Will give to the tourist the advantage
of excellent motor trips in the winter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
MYSTERY OF THE MIND.
one Of the Great Riddles That Science
Cannot Solve.

Mind is the great unsolved mystery
IT science. No clew has been discov-
sred as to what mind is. and yet SCI
entists are ever striving to find some
-lew that will enable them to solve
his greatest Of all mysteries.
ne the question:
Since our state Of temperament Is
subject to change from normal into
several different conditions. as sad,
glad, angry. happy, excited. etc. is it
the body that controls the mind or
mind that controls the body?"
This Is an important question. In
neurological laboratories there have
been made in recent years extensive
researches. People have been tested
by delicate recording electrical instru-
ments. Questions have been asked
and statements made to these persons
and the action of mind on body de-
tected by the apparatus. Increased
heart action or decreased nervous ten
sion change in bodily temperature.
pulse, respiration, aspects Of the face,
eyes, iips--thes and many more eff.
fects have been studied aud results re-
corded in many books.
These are OF great interest to detec'
tives. courts and physicians.
Conversely. stimulation OF nerves BY
electricity, by irritating drugs. me-
rhanical impacts and the like have
been made In all manner Of ways.
The facts are that mind has de
c!ded influence on brain. nerves. heart
and vital organs through the nerves
Any manipulation of the body. nerves
and regulatory systems really pro
duces a reflex action on the mind.
The whole subject is obscure at pres
ent. So .nconceivably complex is tlt
human organization that it may be :
number OF years before ali connection:
between the personality ard body ar;
discovered, If. indeed. they ever viii
be detected But no clev has beer
discovered as to what mind Is. Th..
is an impenetrable mystery In th'
present state of mental science.-Ed
gar Lucien Larkin 10 New York Amer
ican
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
The Chanojno Skv,

One of the most surprising results
of the cross motion of the fixed stars.
as projected on the background of the
sky. is the gradual falling to pieces Of
the familiar considerations. The stars
are moving in all sorts Of directions.
some faster and some slower. and the
In Il few centuries the whole face of
the heavens will be so changed that
If we could come back again to our
earthly life we should not recognize
them. OF course very long period of
time will be required to produce a very
great transformation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Ants That Sew.

A writer In the Visitor tells Of a pa;
II of German naturalists recently rc
turned from Ceylon. who have reported
the existence of a species of ant thai;
has been observed i'll the act of sewing
two leaves together for the purpose o.
forming a nest. This report confirms
the observations of the English nat
uralist, Ridley, made in 1890. They
saw a row OF the insects pulling the
edges of leaves together. then others
trimming and fitting the edges and
finally the completion CT the work by
still other ants. which fastened the
edges with a silky thread yielded by
larvae of the same species, which the
workers carried in their mandibles. 1t
is said that the sewing ants pass
the thread giving larvae like shuttles
through holes in the edges of the
1onCpS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
In No Hurry.

Henrietta-How long was Emilia
married to Archie?
pauline-Only about year.
do you think she will remarry
him?"
"Not soon. She told me she didn't
know him well enough to marry him q
second me."-Judge
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
The First Anthracite Coal.

When the first two tons of anthracite
coal were taken into Philadelphia in
1903 the good people of that city, so the
records state, tried to burn the stuff.
but at length, dissusted, they broke it
years later Colonel George Shoemaker
sold eight or ten wagon loads Of it in
the same city, but warrants were soon
issued for his arrest for taking money
under false pretenses.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
GOOD ROADS
AND FARMERS
Town and Country Should Work
For Better Highways.
SCIENCE AND RURAL LIFE.
With the Improvement Of Road Sys-
tens the Monotony Of Farm Life Viii
Disappear and New and Better Day
WlI Dawn For the Farmer.

Disappear and New and Better Day
Wili Dawn For the Farmer.
With the advent Of the auto and 9TH
er motor driven vehicles has come the
necessity both for the restoration of
abandoned towns and waySide inns
and neglected roads and for the crea-
ton of new towns and hotels and high
ways. says Edwin Boone Craighead in
The New Northwest.
From every consideration for the
public welfare, both the nation and
the state, the farmer and the towns
man should work together for the con
struction Of a great system of nation
al and state and community highways.
connecting farms and towns and met
ropolitan cities and providing for a
safe and rapid means Of transportation
alike for the husbandman, hurrying to
town with the perishable products Of
farm and dairy and orchard, for the
physician making haste to reach his
country patient, for the children Of
consolidated rural schools, as well as
for tourists bent on beholding the Won
ders and beauties of lakes and noun
tains. The making of good roads has
again become national necessity.
With the making of better roads
dawns a new and better day for the
farmer. Back to the farm has been
for generation past the cry Of the
statesman and the sociologist, but a
vain cry it has been, for always in
of the country keep pouring into the
cities. Preaching alone will not turn
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Her RuIina Passion.

"She intended to refuse him. but she
is such a lover of bargains that she
could not"
How was that?"
"He looked so cheap when she turn
cd him down that she snapped him up =
Houston Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Vanished His Own Coffin.

Tommaso Salvini was one of those
men who take grim satisfaction in
making preparations for their own in
terment. He assisted in vanishing his
own coffin. a magnificent walnut one,
destined to be inclosed in a solid block
of marble, with the curt inscription.
"Tommaso Salvini, Nineteenth Gen.
fury Actor" In the same way his
countryman, DAnnunziO, has con-
structed his own tomb.-LOndon Stand.
ard
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Buried WITH Dolls,

In the Chinese morgue one Of the
strange sights is number Of life size
dolls ,7Iich are buried to accompany
the corpscs as their servants to the
next world. They are doubtless relic
Of the time when human beings were
thus buried as companions Of the de-
ceased.-Exchange.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Lucky Bow,

An extraordinary accident is report
ed from the neighborhood of Maid
stone. England. 4 lad, eight years of
age. was flying kite when he stepped
backward into Il forty foot quarry. to
the great horror of the bystanders.
Fortunately for the little fellow. the
string of the kite was tight around his
wrist. and the kite, acting as para
chute, effectually broke the violence
of the fall. and he was only slightly
bruised.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
All but the Cover.

Did you hear about Scribbles? The
police caught him walking out of ho,
tel writing room with about $40 worth
Of the hotel stationery under his coat.
What did he have to say for him
sclf?'
Said be was gathering material for
a novelist. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Easy Marks,

The postomce department tells us that
over S1G0.0oo,oo0 year is lost in
the United States through wildcat"
schemes promulgated through the mails
alone. And this is only one channel Of
fraud.-Merle Crowell ia American
Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
w WaterspcutS.

A vaterspout is constantly spinning
The moment it ceases it collapses. At
the distance of about a quarter OF Il
mile above the sea level its spinning
speed has been estimated at six miles
a minute
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Ons More Disapoointment.

"Poor old Meyer is dead. I see. He
led life full Of disappointments."
How glad he would have been t.
see his name in print!-Fliegende
Batter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
Clean Living.

James~A bath bun and two sponge
cakes. please. Waitress-Two sponges
and a bath for this gentleman. please.
london Opinion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
. Will Eear Watching.

"Why are you SO suspicious of himT'
"He has taken pains to tell me at
least a dozen times within the past day
Or two that he is my friend. Houston
Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29
The Seven Seas,

The seven seas are the north ana
the south Atlantic. the north and the
south Pacific and the Indian. Arctic
and Antarctic oceans
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-06-29

Success doesn't happen" 1t is or-
gauized, pre-cmpted, captured by con.
secrated common sense.-Willard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-13
LEAGUE URGES Army
INCREASE AT ONCE
Needed, 1t Says, to Provide Ade-
quate Force for Mexico.

Washington. March 12.-To provide
an adequate military force 20 deal with
the Mexican situation, the Chamberlain
army bill should be passed at once
without amendment, according to an
official statement Of the executive coun-
ell Of the Army League, given out to-
night.
"No important amendment ia needed
TO make this bill the basis of sound
military policy" declares the state
ment. AT the same time the bill au-
thorizes the President to Immediately
increase the regular army TO a peace
strength Of 17s,OOO and a war strength
of 248,OOO. 1t reorganizes the army, as
recommended by the General Staff. into
fighting machine, ready 70 take the
field
IF the bill is passed Immediately it
will require at least six months 10
equip, train and enlist the new regi-
ments provided for. In the event that
the President should be forced TO pac-
ifv all Mexico it would be necessary 70
have at least 100000 regulars and 3OO.-
600 volunteers. According 20 the mill
tary authorities, this is the smallest
force with which it would be safe TO
undertake the occupation Of such a
vast country IA Mexico.
at is generally believed that the
present small army could defeat the
armed forces TO Mexico, but this is the
smallest part of the problem which the
President may be called upon TO solve"