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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29
STRAY SALE.

Estrayed before Raiferd kilgorc. Jnssicc
of the Peace, Ward Fcgr, Bossier Parish,
Louisiana. by l.. X. Burks. bark Horse
MULE. about 10 hands high, 13 or "A years
old. md branded with these characters,
which are joined-B Hv.
The owner IL requested to come forwards
prove property and pay costs. or said ans
NAL will be sold, according to law. Mt the
residence of Il. Il. Bnrks, within the legal
hours Of sale, on Saturday December -,
1917. j. Il. coILE,
Constable for Ward Four.
November 8, 1917. Idcc 1:;l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
$4,000

R0Qd District No 3, Bossier Parish, LoEis-s
lana, Pnblic improvement Bonds.
Sealed bids will be received by the undcr-V
signed. in Benton, La, until noon Wednes-
day. January ., 1918, for $4,000 Tub
lie Improvement Bonds of Road Districts
No. 3 of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, dated
September l. 1916. of the denomination Of
$500 each, with interest payable semiannu.3
ally, March LIST and September 1st OF each
year, both principal and interest payable in
lawful money Of the United States, at the
Seaboard National Bank, in the City Of
New York These bonds are issued under
Act No. $50 of the laws Of Louisiana, 1910,
and are due and payable as follows:
$500 due September 1, 1917 to 1919.
$1,000 due September I, 1920 to 1928. s.
: $500 due September /. 1926 to 1881.
5000 due September 1, 1892 to 1941.
$500 due September l, 1912 to 1944. 81
$4,000 due September 1, 1915 to 1916.
\ certified check on some national bank
doing business in the State of Louisiana Or
some solvent bank chartered under the laws
of said state for at least ? u per centum Of
the par value of said bonds must accom-
pany all bids, same to be made payable
to the Treasurer of Bossier Parish, Louis
lana. The approving legal opinion OF John
G. Thompson, Esq, Of New York City, will.
be furnished to the purchaser without
charge.
The right to reject any and all bids u
hereby RESERVED. Il. Il. HILL, Clerk
Police Jury Of Bossier Parish. .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

Some days ago it was reported that
Down III Lafayette Parish the sWamps,
and that the whole country was filled
with smoke. Cattle We're suffering Oh
account of Il lack CT water. wells We're
going dry, aud extra precautions We're
being taken against the general spread
of the flames. That was rather an UNI
usual condition for such a low country.
We presume the rains of this week
have brought relief.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

The amount of the Second Liberty
Loan subscriptions which will be ac-
cepted is $3,SOS. 766, $50. which Is the
$:s.oo0.uA,uoO offered and one-half Of
the oyersuhscription of approximately
"a per cent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

The Monroe City Council has decid-
ed to abolish useless city offices, which
action is to he taken to provide full
salaries for those that are necessary.
Hurrlh for the Monroe City Fathers.
Other cities should take note Of the ex-
cellent example they have set.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

There isn't room enough On earth
fer triumphant Kaiser and free
America. says the Natchitoches Enter
prise. That's just what we have been
thinking, Mrs. Breazeale.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

Biologists from the United States
are in England searching for oil, the
discovery of which would be worth
very much to that country and its allies
at this time.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

The rice mills at Crowley. in the very
heart of the Louisiana rice belt, are
said to be running day and night.
More rice buildings ON the way.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

This publication is to give legal warning
to all that l will not be held responsible
for debts incurred by others In my name,
unless an order from myself Is presented.
+. W. w. SrIysON
Benton, La. Nov. II, 1917. t47-sl
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

The weather man is being criticised
for giving US last month ..the coolest
October for many years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29

4 certified check on some national
bank doing business in the State of
Louisiana or some solvent bank char
tered under the laws of said state for
ut least 2H per centum of the par
value of said bonds must accompany
all bids, same to be made payable to
the Treasurer Of Bossier Parish, Louis
lana. The approving legal opinion Of
John {. Thompson. ESQ.,, of New York
City, will be furnished to the pur-
chaser without charge.
The right to reject any and all bids
is hereby reserved
Il. b. HILL, Clerk.
Police Jury Of Bossier Parish.
BE 1t further ordained. etc, That tb
Police Jury Of Bossier Parish will meet o.
the 9th day of January, 1918, for th
purpose of receiving bids for said bond
and awarding said bonds to the successfu
bidder.
Done and signed officially on this, tn
18th day of November, 4. y. 1917.
j. Z. LOGAN, President
Police Jury of Bossicr Parish, Louisiana
II. b. HILL, Clerk
Police Jury Of Bossier Parish.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-29
FOR PAROLE

Notice Is hereby given chat | will make
application for parole Boss cHAPPELL.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
IN ORDINANCE

IN ORDINANCE
/ Resembling the form Of advertisement and
directing the sale of bonds of Road Dis
trict No. -. Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, That
the Clerk of the Police Jury is hereby au-
thorized and directed to cause to be pub
lished Il notice of sale Of road and bridge
bonds of Road District No. ), Bossier Par.
ish. Louisiana, notice Of ssfid sale to be pub
lished once a week for six consecutive weeks
in the Bossier Banner the official Journal
of Dossier Parish, Louisiana, the first pub.
lic:ition to be ut least thirty dnys prior to
the date fixed for the sale of said bonds
which notice shall be in words and figures
as follows:
$4,000
Road District No. 3, BOssier Parish. Lou
isiaMa, Public improvement Bonds.
Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned in Benton, La, until noon
Wednesday, January .. 1913. for
$4,000 Public Improvement Bonds OF
Road District No. 3 Of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, dated September 1, 1916. of
the denomination of $500 each, with
interest payable semiannually March
1st and September list Of each year.
both principal and interest payable in
lawful money OF the United States, at
the SeabOard National Bank, in the
City Of New York These bonds are
issued under Act No. 256 of the laws
of Louisiana. 1910, and are due and
nayahle as follows:
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NOTICE To TIIE PJRLic,

Benton, La. Nov. %, 1917. Ijan 3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Happy Nashville
Iron The Boston Herald

Iron The Boston Hcfdldl
II "The American Food Journal only en-
loved a general circulation in the homes OF
America it is altogether likely that most OF
the people in the land would now be living IL
Nashville. Tenn, or on their way there. That
excellent trade pui LEGATION carried in recent
issue big two-page table showing the retail
food prices that prevailed early this month al
half a hundred cities from Augusta, Me, 10
San Francisco. The subject is very de-
pressing one to dwell on in the land at large,
but in Nashvillc-well, the figures speak Tor
themselves Milk, for example, is cents
quart there, the only city reporting retail
price less than 10 cents. Fresh eggs, ~
cents; white potatoes, SLIGO busheli sweet
potatoes, 81 a bushel; sliced bacon, 40 cents;
chicken, 22 cents, and flour, S2.95 for AZ
mound bag. Compare those prices with those
YOU are paying, citizens of Boston and Bur
falo and Hartford and Helena.
And sugar. Nashville pays-assuming that
II gets it at all-9 cents, where other cities
nav from 9lk to 1911. Even sardines, at II
cents a can, are from TO 10 cents cheaper
than here in New England, where they are
canned. And canned salmon, which sells on
the Pacific Coast at % and 80 cents a can, is
only II in Nashville. And so it goes through
the long list. In almost every item the Nash
Vile price is lower than in any OF the fifty
other cities Can it be that Nashville has not
heard of the war, or the labor shortage, or
the soaring prices of grain, or the difficulties
and delays of freight transportation? Or has
the city some other explanation OF the
miracle? Perish the thought that some in
dustrious Nashville real estate agent is
camouAaging his job under the pretenee of
reporting local food prices for "The Ameri-
can Food Journal"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Oil



II is interesting 70 read that the country is
consuming crude oil at the rate of 26,OOO,0OO
barrels year in excess of production. A de-
mand TO rush production is raised. There is
refining capacity for 100000 barrels day,
while the production is about 100000 bar
rclg. Many Of US who are not yet superannu-
ated can remember when oil was first put TO
use. Since that time how much has gushed
or been drawn from underground? Nobody
can calculate
We know where the perpetual brooks and
rivers come from. The water flowing to the
sea returns in rain and the supply is con-
tinualy sef-renewing. But how about oil!
How can that return TO the inner earth after
being separated and burned? Everybody
takes it for granted that there is an unlimited
supply of oil to be had. and nobody discusses
the possibility OF its giving out. What would
the world do to-day if it suddenly found
itself without oil?
There is little evidence Of any such crisis
arising soon, but it does seem probable for
some day, and meanwhile the question arises
as to what takes the place of the oil that is
brought - the surface. Think of the hole in
the earth that must be left there by the with
drawal Of these countless millions Of barrels!
What if some day the crust should sink in!
Think Of the Rockefeller millions based on
what had given out!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09

inevitably much suffering for them will
ensuc, with the possibility that numbers
Of them will have to be cared for by the
city or charitable agencies. as has oc-
CURED in the past in bad seasons in their
trade.
This situation has been called to the
attention Of the War Department by
union officials 1t is to be hoped both for
the sake of the soldiers and sailors who
need uniforms and the workers who need
Jobs that some arrangement may be made
whereby the idle machines may be set to
turning out military clothing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09

work, whether just or unjust, seem to nave
been based mainly on the point Of char
acter or resemblance, but these are all dis
missed as 'immaterial' by an anonymous
critic in that lively and enterprising maya
zine, VANITY Fair"-"not one of them,
he insists, having, even remotely, any
thing to do with art" In short, we are adj
iured TO think Of the Lincoln" only as an
aesthetic creation-a work Of art as
such" and not to bother about anything
except the suchness.
Unfortunately for the promoters of art
as-such, the sculptor himself has spoken
plainly on this point. declaring that an
imaginary Lincoln would be nothing less
than ian insult to the American people,
and describing at great length the pains
he took to build on natural basis. This
was, perhaps. an instance showing how
necessary it is for sculptors to keep quiet
and to stick to their chsels, but really
glance at the photograph in Vanity FAR
should itself suffice to show how searching
" the artist has endeavored to realize his
idea of the man. If there are some VINO
think he has failed, that is another ques-
ton, but Mr.. Barnard, we may be sure
was thinking Of something besides piece
of art "as SUCH" Indeed, this is so obvious
that the wonder is he has any defenders
among the preachers of the new doctrine
in art. Mr.. Barnard cannot pretend, and
has in fact never pretended, to have risen
to the exalted station Of Brancusi, or even
Matisse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Exit a Luxury.
Alatisse.

That child of Greenwich Village and
the demos, "The Masses" has died Its
death, and who shall mourn For long
while it had been picking at the counter
pane. The rude hand of the law may have
FASTENED dissolution. But the end was
due and overdue and natural one-as
natural, that is, as anything can be IN the
Village.
In making their exit, the editors had
words to say of beauty and prophecy and
truth. In fact, "The Masses" might have
held beauty had it cared for truth. And IL
might have held truth had it not. been so
ambitious as a prophet. And had 1t
achieved both beauty and truth it would
necessarily have been prophetic. As 1t
was. it succeeded in being just about as
prophetic as the conversation at Pollys.
We do not mean that the editors of
"The Masses" were consciously inslncere.
To the best of their ability they undressed
their egos and exposed them on the
printed page. But-and the moral is a
large one-sincerity only makes the mat
ter worse, the exhibition the more futile,
if the exposed ego is itself unreal. Such
was "The Masses" It promised much.
II delivered a message Of pseudo-socialism,
of pseudo-art, Of pseudo Bohemia, OF
pseudo-everythng quite as important as
that of the Takers Show or the Septem-
Der Morn ball.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Art on a Natural Basis

Not long ago a New York lawyer whose
ambition is to be man Of taste praised
one Of his favorite sculptors because Of his
silence. Silence, he thought, was always a
most commendable thing in the mere pro-
ducer-"for a painter never to talk except
with his brush in his hand, and for a
sculptor to speak only with stone and
chisel."
There is something to be said for this in
an age when so many others are willing to
discuss and expound and explain every as
pect Of art; yet there are still few who
have a weakness for the producer
thoughts; who think, for instance, that
Delacroix's journals are more entertaining
and more instructive than most of the pro-
fessional criticism Of his time; who are not
sorry that Rodin was garrulous, though no
artist was ever blessed with so formidable
an army of interpreters; and who believe
that if the gifted C6zanne had only talked
as freely great deal of the esoteric and
fantastic nonsense that has been woven
about his name by the critics would have
been impossible.
One of the dangers of gagging the
artists is that the critics, having free
field, are very apt to build up traditions
and, with little or no authority, to fasten
them on some celebrated name. A current
example is the passion of the critics for
what they call the abstract in art. The
lawver-connoisseur quoted above does well
in the euogy on his silent sculptor TO re-
mark, as if it were exceptional, that lit is
only when he sees something to be done in
abstract form that better conveys his
meaning than natural form that he en-
ploys it," but that 'he knows, too, that
great work can be done on a natural
basis" This sounds like a commonplace
but in reality those who found their taste
on the advanced art criticism Of the day
have been taught TO doubt whether any
thing done on "a natural basis could prop
erly be called even good.
Rodin was always talking about Nature
but Rodin is quite out Of date now, for we
have been assured that his celebrated
pupil Brancusi does not think much OF
him. Moreover, one Of his figures was
used the other day by Mr.. Roger Fry as
an example of second-rate stuff and by
way Of showing the superiority of NJ
Matisse, the abstracter Of pure form. In
short, Nature has been delivered to the
Philstines, and it is only in an apologize
way that it is discussed at all at fashion
able tea tables.
1t might be thought that the ayoweC
efligies of men would be acknowledged as
exceptions. But even here the "natura
basis" is regarded with suspicion, as va
can see by some Of tho writings on Mr.
Barnards Lincoln" Objections to thi;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Those Younger Naval Officers

Mr.. Daniels, interpreting decision oil
the Intsr-Allied Conference at Paris, ex-
plained the other day that there is to be
the greatest possible measure Of coopera-
ton between the American and Allied
navies" and that "thc plan is to get the
highest degree Of efficiency out OF our
naval forces wherever they may be
needed" This announcement, which con-
tains nothing whatever that might not
reasonably have been conjectured by any
one with a grain Of intelligence, IS re-
parded bv "The Army and Navy Journal
as a sure SIGN Of "thc long-looked-for
more aggressive naval policy Of which
we have heard so much Of late, and fore
tells "at least an attack in force on the
naval bases on the Belgian coast
The same authority also finds much that
IS significant in a recent speech of the
British First Lord Of the Admiralty. An
end is apparently to DC put to the sup
posed conflict Of opinion between the
Youngsters and the oldsters of the Amer
lean and British fleets, and the youngsters
fresh from the sea, of course-are to
have their way at last. They are to have
"a more prominent place. at Whitehall
and under their guidance we shall see
some important consequences"
In all these interesting conjectures
there is a good deal Of reading between
the lines To the unintiated it is not
obvious that plans for closer cooperation
necessarily involve the consummation of
that aggressive naval policy" so eagerly
expected by some lookers-on, nor even in
Sir Eric Goddess remarks on the reforms
now in progress at the Admiralty is it
possible to discover a new triumph of the
Younger officers over the old fogies.
The fact seems rather to be that the
domination of the old stick-in-the-muds
is entirely imaginary and that all the
popular clamor for men fresh from the
Grand Fleet" is founded mainly on mis-
apprehension and ignorance. Sir Eric
Geddes himself has surely made this
pretty plain. He has pointed out that Of
the eight Sea Lords only one has not been
at sea on active service during the war:
five have come from the Grand Fleet
within the last year; one has served with
great distinction in an Eastern command;
and the remaining one has had active
charge Of aerial operations, in which
capacity he is still employed. Of the
twenty-five officers Of the Naval War
Staff twmty-one have served at sea in
the present war; three rear admirals
and twelve captains with the Grand Fleet
and six captains with other forces.
Is it not high time to stop this idiotic
talk Of controversy between men of
action and timid office-holders?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Let Them Make Unifo rms

With the government in need Of great
imbers Of uniforms for its soldiers and
.ilors, the curious condition exists in this
ty Of some $4,000 skilled garment work
idle and the factories which they could
an not running. These are workers and
ctories ordinarily used, to be sure, in
c making Of women's garments, but the
kials Of the unions to which the
orators belong insist that the needle
,rkers have the necessary skill TO make
ms clothing, while little, if any, altera-
m would be needed 30 transform the fac
~ equipment for making uniforms in
rad o! cloaks and suits.
There seems 10 be maladjustment
re which carries a double hardship.
G government is handicapped in its en-
avors TO equip It's men in the two ser
es. The garment workers, already idle
4 a considerable period, face the pros
4 Of an unusually short season in the
mems garment trade, because Of the
npaign Tor economy and the high cost
sliying, which will force thousands of
men 20 wear out their old clothes. The
iult will be that these operators, esti-
led 10 number about 10000 men and
boo women, will again be thrown oui
Agork this winter on early in the spring,
Nn if>tbcy are al able 20 obtain jobs
H. lhe short season begins next month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
\ Modern Necessity
IRON Thc Westalrsfgr Go.ule

IRON Inc "fstniNhStrF hclffNF
| lind some people much exercised as 70
whether or not the luxury trades whien
Sir Auckland Geddes denounees will be he''
to include the tobacco trades. IL rs oppo'
tune to remark that, even in strictly rs'
toned Germany. tobacco is clsssed Win 'hs
necessaries, Of which even prisoners shou''
have their share il they can pay for u. LEV
eommandant at Ruhleben opposed WIN
threat Of resignation an order from the war
Office that smoking should be stopped Inv
camp, he said, would be much easier 70 gV'.
ern IL that element of "gematliehkelt wsn'
tolerated, and a very young officer OF sr's,o'
cratic lineage man who had been eo'.
Gated in England and spoke English Ike
native took the same line still more en-
pbatieslly. lie was told that all the "sn,
able tobacco was wanted for the army o.,
he answered stoutly: THE army be d.
There ought to be plenty Of tobacco w.
everybody"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
On an Exceeding High Mountain
EVENING
EVENING

fields,
These little men with plastic destinies,
These seas alive with sails and funnelled
craft
All the hid increase their cold fathoms hold.
These burdened rivers-Amazon's tropic coils,
Tigris and Danube, Nile and Thames and
Saint Lawrence. broad and cold with feeding
frosts,
Steep-yalleyed Hudson, host to many lands,
And all the sinewy rivers of the South.
Unthought of gems from sullen mines and
gold,
These spce-woods and these hills of fragrant
pine,
These windy uplands where fat cattle Craze.
The all-condoning wealth, the unmatched
might
Hid in these forests, ploughng these many
seas.
Dominion spells, and fame. And they are
mine
All feshy temporal powers, all dynasties.
All thrones wherein sit puppets are mine
own.
J am the Prince and power OF this world;
Mine it is mne-by service it is mine.
Forswear myself, bow down, and thou
shalt be
Partner with me in all that have said
And in the more that ] have left unsaid.
Wilhelm (kneeling):
Thy gift ! take, All-Powerful. Here is my
hand.
lie grasps the air. Clouds gather quickly
and obscure the face Of the earth. A bright
star appears in the midst Of the sunsetl
HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG.