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The Washington times., 1917-02-27

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Iarticle In this
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lat the regular
Iretan price and
lget . second
one for one
cent For In
Istance. the
purchase Of one
bottle Of Hair
lTonic at hW
entities you to
another one for
one cent, or
the two OF
| them for 500.
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| WHAT THE
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The Washington times., 1917-02-27
ELIMINATING WASTE
CUTS COST OF LYING.
U. S. Department Issues BuIIe.
tin Telling How to Overcome
High Food Prices.

"The poor Seamstress OF fiction is
wont to subsist on bread and tea, :"
said, c. F. Langworthy, Phi. D., ex-
pert in charge OF nutrition investiga-
tions for the department, but her
wisdom in thus keeping down her ex-
penses is open to question. She
might better substitute milk for tea"
And that is the trouble, he says.
in much OF the advice which Is be-
ing given on the question of diets.
It's true enough to say that by eat
ing rice instead of $10-a-barrel pota-
toes, one can cut his food bill. But
rice and potatoes are not Identical
in food value and indiscriminate sub
stitution of one for the other is far
from scientific dieting.
Eliminate All Waste.
"The housekeeper should above all
strive to eliminate waste" said Dr.
Langworthy. This and careful buy
ing are the only solutions of the prob
lem of how to live cheaper. All
green vegetables are very nearly the
same food value. The discriminating
housewife will, OF course, buy those
which are the lowest in price. BY
watching the fluctuating prices of var
Ious foodstuffs she will sometimes
substitute a cheaper food for a higher
priced one.
skim milk Is a very economical
food material and might well be
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-08
Catching Consumption.

just about twenty five years ago an
eminent physician discovered that con-
sumption is not inherited, but that it is
communicated from an infected person
or from spit and other disease contagion.
You don't inherit consumption, you
"catch it."
The reason why it seems to run in
families is that families generally live
close together, in the same house OF
even in the same room. Thus the house
becomes infected. Because of these
germs it is common for one consumptive
death in a family to be followed by
another. Yet it would have been easy
to destroy the germs and prevent or cure
the infection of other members of the
family. Louisiana means to rid Itself
of all consumptives. You can help
Make your small donation and send te
the Anti-Tuberculosis Headquarters, III
Camp Street, New Orleans, La.
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Congressman Watkins commands our

Congressman Watkins commands our
admiration by the manner in which he
places Shreveport's claim to be consid-
cred one of the candidates for Gov
eminent armor plate factory before Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels. The Judge
tells all the many good things that can
be said about Shreveport and every fea-
ture is set forth with business clearness
amounting to eloquence. And then our
Judge says that Shreveport has all the
advantages as site for making armor
plate that any other town has and that
no town could show better than that, so
far as he knows. The Shreveport Cham
Der of Commerce could use that petition
anywhere in the United States for
booster purposes. 1t may not get the
armor plate factory, but it can be said
that Judge Watkins and Shreveport
have deserved success-and it will GER
tainly get Shreveport some valuable cit
liens if properly circulated.
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Says the Ruston Progressive Age:
"Methods of planting corn by which one
or two rows of early maturing variety
alternate with one or two rows of late
maturing variety have given higher
yields than either variety planted alone,
according to the annual report of the
Bureau of Plant Industry. Where there
is likely to Re shortage of moisture
during certain periods Of the growing
season, dependence should not be placed
in a single variety. Under such con-
ditions two or three varieties which differ
considerably in length of growing season
should be grown" And it sounds all
right, too. If Parish Farm Demonstra-
ton Agent Burt says the same, some Of
Gus farmers in Bossier Parish will try
it one time anyway. We will try most
anything in old Bossier if Mr.. Burt says
it looks reasonable to him.
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The Lake Charles American-Press
warns the farmers of Calcasieu Parish
and of Southern Louisiana generally to
beware of planting too much cotton this
year. 1t seems that the people down
there have just discovered that cotton
will grow we'll in Southern Louisiana
and are so pleased with the discovery
that they are about to overdo good
thing: or so thinks the American-Press.
There is germ that is inseperable from
the cotton seed germ that enters into the
brain cells of most every farmer who
plants cotton and gives him proneness
to plant too much. The American
Press will have to get used to it.
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Tax Notice
lmmovabIe Property.
ONCE OF Tax Collector, j
Bcssier, Parish, Louisiana. Z
Benton, Louisiana, January 30, 1917.

BCSSieF, Par1Sn, Louisiana.
Benton, Louisiana, January 30, 1917.
To Tax Payers Nonresident Unknown Owners
Whose Postoffice Addresses Are Not Known:
TN compliance with Act No. 40 Of
i 1893, and all subsequent laws there
to, you are hereby notified by pub
lished notice that your state, parish and
all special taxes on immovable property
for the year 1916 are past due and de-
linquent, and if not paid within twenty
days after the publishing of this notice
/ will advertise and sell according to law
said property to satisfy the Judgment
against you, as shown BY the assessment
roll on file in the Recorders office Of
| Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
The names of the said delinquent tax
payers, the amount Of the taxes, interest
and cost due by each, as per the assess
ment of said year, and the immovable
| property assessed to each is as follows,
| to-wit:
j. E. Colland-Lot of section 4, town
ship %, range Is; 20 acres-S2.90.
F. F. Green-One- half interest in the
southeast quarter of southeast quarter
of section 10, township %, range IA;
20 acres-S2.85.
| G. w. Lindsey-The northeast quarter
of southeast quarter of section 30,
township 18, range II; 40 acres-$4.76.
Mrs. E. M. Martin The east half Of
southwest quarter and northwest quar-
ter Of southeast quarter OF section 70,
township %, range Il; 1920 acres
$6.H.
Mrs. j. w. Matthews-One- third inter-
| est in the northeast quarter of north
| west quarter OF section %, township
%, range 10; IL acres-$2.30.
w. L. Parish-Lot / of section 6 and
lot 3 of section 5, township %, range
10; 100 acres-$15.70.
Margaret Bell-The northeast quarter OF
southwest quarter Oess 10 acres off the
south side and Is acres off the north
side) of section %, township %, range
| ii; Is acres-S1.T.
Malissa Darling-Fractional northwest
| quarter less the southeast quarter OF
northwest quarter and less 9 acres) of
| section /, township %, range Ia; 81
acres-S3O75.
William j. Harris The west half Of
| southwest quarter of section 4, town
ship Is, range ii; 80 acres-S8.05.
Abbie E. McStea - The west half of
northeast quarter Oess Is acres off the
east side of southwest quarter OF
northeast quarter and less 5 acres off
the east sidesof northwest quarter Of
northeast quarter) of section 49,, town
ship q, range 10; 60 acres-s6.55.
Done and signed officially at my Office
on this, January 80, 1917.
]. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff
and ex-officio Tax Collector for Bos-
/ 6-s sier Parish. eLouiainna.-~---
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A great movement is sought to be
promoted by the owners of the cut-over
lands of the South by d gathering of the
owners and promoters in New Orleans
to occur March 10Th, Goth, 2lst and 22d.
One large owner of sach lands offers to
contribute cent per acre for every acre
he owns to fund for the advertisement
of such lands and the securing of home
seekers to put the lands in state OF
cultivation. 1t is good idea and if
properly handled by those most directly
interested will lead to the development
of the agricultural resources OF the South
on vast scale. Bossier Parish should
find way to get in on this publicity
campaign.
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Succession Sale.

Succession of Wade Washington, de-
ceased. No. So. In District Court,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue .of an order of sale, to me
ID directed from the honorable Dis
trict Court ia and for the Parish of Bos-
-sier, will, on Saturday, March 10, 1911,
at the front door of the Court House, in
the town of Benton, La, within the legal
hours Of sale, proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder,
the following described property, to-wit:
The west half of northeast quarter OF
section 81, containing so acres, more or
less; and % acres in the southeast quar-
ter OF southeast quarter of section 30,
lying on the west sid0of Platte River,
being part of land bought by ]. w.
Atkins from Mrs. Lou Merrill; and 26
acres in the west half of southeast quar-
ter of section 80, lying on the west side
or bank of Platte River, being part OF
land bought by j. w. Atkins from the
Merchants and Farmers Bank; also,
fractional part Of the northeast quarter
of northeast quarter of section 81, lying
west of Platte River; all OF said land
being in township Is, north, range II,
west, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and
containing 149 so acres, more or less.
Terms Of Sale-According to law.
j. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer for
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, Feb. /, 1917. mars
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Application to Administer.
In District Court, Bossier Parrish, Lou
isiana.
NOTICE is hereby given that Pinkney
~ D. Jones has this day filed his APP
plication to be appointed administrator
of the succession of David H. Jones,
deceased. Now, this is to admonish all
persons concerned, that if opposition be
not made thereto within the time pre-
scribed by law, the said applicant will
be appointed administrator of said sue
cession as prayed for.
Given under my official signature and
seal of office, at Benton, La, on this,
the 9Th day of February, 1917.
JAS. M. HENDERSON,
Clerk Bossier District Court.
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"Hill land" is misleading term to
apply to Bossier Parish soil that lies
away from the river front. Nearly all
this land is level and productive to a
high degree. The people of our parish
would do we'll to use some other term as
the suggestion Of hills prejudices the
mind of the homeseeker or investor, who
takes it to mean unlevel and broken
land, or even what we here would refer
to as mountainous.
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AMERICA AND WAR.

Because Germany has declared her
intention to resume the sinking of mer-
chant and passenger ships without warn
ing, thus endangering American lives,
and because the Government of the
United States had previously notified the
German Government that such course
would be resented, President Wilson has
caused the dismissal of the Kaiser's
Ambassador from Washington and has
recalled our Ambassador from Berlin.
Following the severance of diplomatic
relations war between Germany and the
United States seems very near. Most OF
the German ships interned in American
ports have beenerendered useless for
the present by damage done to their
machinery by their crews, and one has
been sunk to prevent its falling into the
hands of the United States. The press
dispatches report at least one American
killed in the Smelling of British mer-
chant ship since the breaking Of rela-
tons with Germany, though the report
as yet has not been officially confirmed.
There is hardly any doubt that in the
sinking of British ships without warning
some American lives will be lost, and
one such occurrence would mean war.
While the American people are solidly
backing the President and his policy,
and while sentiment in America has been
favorable to England and her allies ever
since the beginning of the war, never
theless there is little war sentiment in
America. On the contrary, there is an
earnest desire that the President avoid
war if he can do so without humiliation
to the country. This is the only source
of hope for preserving peace, and the
ray of hope from this source is not a
bright one.
If the United States enters into the
war, however, ours will be very much
favored position. highlands superior
fleet is between Us and the German fleet,
with little prospect of the German fleet
attacking now, and no hope for a naval
battle at all should our ships further
swell the odds. Americans will, in all
probability, experience little heavy
fighting, as it will take at least year to
organize and equip an army large enough
to be considered of use in such great
war. A small American contingent may
be landed in France at once and as new
troops are trained It may be reaenforced
But, if there is really to be war, America
will do her best work for the cause by
furnishing guns, ammunition and money
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Slerif's Sale.


Edward Rose 4 Company VS.. W. A. Stephens.
No. S,3N. In First District Court, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana.
DY virtue of writ Of fieri facias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, / have seized, and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door Of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, on Saturday, February "a,
1917, the following described property,
tO-wit:
Lots and 10 Of the Cumberland Sub
division Of Bossier City, in the Parish Of
Bossier, Louisiana.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum of 1884, with 8 per cent pei
annum interest thereon from April 80,
1910, until paid, and all costs Of suit.
including 10 per cent on said sum and
interest as attorneys fees.
]. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
Benton, La, Jan. 18, 1917. feb2
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And now the British seem to wish that
the United States stop short of war with
Germany. The Allies can use all the
guns and ammunition we are making
at present, and they claim it will take
US year to train an army. Thus the
Germans would shut off large war mu-
nitions from the Allies by provoking
US to declare war.
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Application to Administer.

Application to Administer.
In District Court, Bossier Purish, Lou
isian1.
NOTICE is hereby given that Jas. M.
~ Henderson has this day filed his
application to be appointed admins
traitor of the succession Of Wat Davis,
deceased. Now, this is to admonish all
persons concerned, that if opposition be
not made thereto within the time pre-
scribed by law, the said applicant will
be appointed administrator Of said sue
cession as prayed for.
Given under my official signature and
seal Of Office, at Benton, La, on this,
the list day of February, 1917.
A. %. SCANLAND,
Deputy Clerk Booster District Court.
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Department OF the lnterior,l
u. s. Land ONCE at Baton Rouge, La.
January II, 1917
Notice for Republication Of, 0sl.l
NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph
~ Homer Jordan, of Shreveport,
Parish of Caddo, State Of Louisiana,
has filed at this Office his application to
enter under the provisions of Section
1905 or 2307, Revised Statutes of the
United States, the following described
land, viz:
The southeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, section 8, township 20, north,
range IA, west, Louisiana meridian, con-
tanning 1888 acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
verseiy the lands described, or desiring
to object, because of the mineral char
acter of the land, or for any other rea-
son, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their afidavits Of protest at this
Office, on or before the 21st day of Feb
ruary, 1917.
e. D. GIANELLoNI, Register.
January 18. 1917. feb IL
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its Legislature, adopted ''bone dry"
liquor exclusion provision. A citizen
cannot now get liquor from the outside
at all "save for scientific purposes"
This liquor law may greatly stimulate
some of the formerly neglected sciences
in Arkansas, but it seems destined to
cut off the toddy of the unscientific.
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Land Entry No. O8. O:s.,.

lIStllN ALHUTy NNOs Oo,Oss@s
Department Of the Interior,
U. S. Land Once at Baton Rouge, La.
January II, 1871,
Notice for Republication 0s2.l
NOTICE is hereby given that Will
~ liam e. Glassell, of Shreveport,
Parish OF Caddo, State of Louisiana,
has filed at this Office his application to
enter under the provisions Of Section
23O6 or 2307, Revised Statutes of the
United States, the following described
land, viz:
The south half of the northeast quar-
ter, section 80, township 20, north, range
II, west, Louisiana meridian, containing
1912 acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described, or desiring
to object, because of the mineral char
acter of the land or for any other reason,
to the disposal to applicant, should file
their affidavits Of protest at this office,
on or before the 21st day of February,
1917. E. D. GIANELLoNI, Register.
January Is, 1917. feb15
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Stray Sale.


ESTRAYED before j. c. Childers,
~ Justice Of Peace, Ward Three, Bos-
sier Parish, Louisiana, by H. H. Stray
hah on the 10th day OF January, 1917,
and will be sold at S. R. Strayhan's res
idence, within the legal hours of sale,
on Saturday, the 18th day of February,
1917, a bay mare, about IA hands high
and IL years old, slight defect in both
hind hooks, blind in left eye; appraised
at $40.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property and pay charges, Of
the above described animal will be solo
as set forth, and according to-law.
S. r. .STRAYHAN,
Constable, Ward Three.
January II, 1917. feb is
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The young man of twenty, who can
now buy Bossier Parish uplands at prices
ranging from S. to $50 per acre, will
surely be able twenty years from to-day
to sell those same lands at from 500 to
$50 per acre. In the meantime, even if
uncultivated, the land will do better than
pay taxes in the growth of timber.
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Scotch Consolation.

Sandy took big bite from his apple
and began to sputter.
II believe ! swallowed wormr' he
exclaimed.
"Well. well. mon. and what II you
did?" encouraged his Scotch friend
twill put new life into ye!"-New
York Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-02-08

Young business men of Bossier Parish
should learn to look upon investments in
lands as better than money put out at
interest. Such has been the history of
the rise in land values during the past
thirty years. Who doubts that advances
will be greater during the next thirty
wears?
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Homestead Entry No. u, 4.)4.

homestead Entry No. u, 4s)4.
Department OF the Interior,
U. s. Land Once at Baton Rouge, La.
January II, 1917
Proof under law under which entry was made1
NOTICE is hereby given that Millus
~ Watson, Of Sligo, La, who, on
February ssr,, i6 6, i 1912, made Homestead
southwest quarter Of section IA, town
ship II, north, range IL, west, Louisiana
meridian, has filed notice Of intention to
make five year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before the
Clerk OF Court, at Benton, La, on the
oath day of February, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: Aaron
q. Jeter, Ben Miller, John Sumner and
Cornelius Kelly, all of Sligo, La.
=. D. CHAMELEON, Register.
January 18, 1917. feb p
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Homestead Entry No. "a, DAB.

Department of the Interior,
U. s. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La
January %, 1917.
Proof under law under which entry was made.
NOTICE is hereby given that Susan
~ Jennings, widow, Of Hughes Spur,
La, who, on January 4, 1911, made
Homestead Entry (Natchitoches OF, 454)
No. o., 043, for the northeast quarter of
northwest quarter, section 5, township
20, north, range IL, west, Louisiana me-
ridian, has filed notice Of intention to
make five year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before the
Clerk of District Court, at Benton, La,
on the 18th day Of March, 1917.
Claimant names as Witnesses: Louis
Moore, Neezer Moore and Boss Steph-
ems, of Benton, La, r. F. D. No. 8, and
Dick Mccullough, OF Hughes Spur, La.
E. D. CHAMELEON, Register.
February /, 1917. mar Is
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Hon. Ledoux E. Smith, formerly
prominent in politics in this state, and
Mason of high standing, died in Alex
andria on Monday of last week OF pneu-
monia. He was sixty years of age.
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A press dispatch announces the death,
in New Orleans, of negro woman liz
years of age. The granddaughter OF
one of the granddaughter of the de-
ceased seems to have been present at
the death scene.
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Photo by American Press Association

Banners readers of the United
Delaware battle, view of
America becoming involved
capacity
it to chase the The Delaware
and SOL feet 12nch
efficient ships
battle
rapdy fire from the 1ih
Of metal Of the iinch Of the British
effective they did
the of their naval officers expressed
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Reward

/ will pay a liberal reward for the res
turn to my premises Of puppy, lost!
December 9th. He is tan and white in
color, is five or six months old and large.
for his age. Has rather pretty tailsI
the tip half of which is white. Address.
Benton, La. T. w. w. STlNsoN.
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Shreveport
Arms and Cycle Company
6lO Milan Street, Shreveport
EStrayed

From my place, near Midway, about
December 2lst, an old brown horse
mule; weight, about $50 pounds. A
suitable reward will be paid for his re-
turn to me or for information leading to
his recovery. ROBERT M. RAILEY.
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Notices.!

The general public is hereby notified
that no limiting, fishing or trespassing OF
any nature will be permitted on my pro-
perty, located in Ward One, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana. r. r. Poole.