The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-09-13
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Miss Alice Dismukes Of Walnut
Hill. Ark, came in Monday and Is
guest Of Miss Matte Gray Logan.
Rev. .anles Evans has requested
the reporter to announce that he Will
preach Sunday ut Ivan, at eleven am
and eight O'Clock pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Butler. of Bel
cher, driving around in new Odds
that looked as pretty as picture.
were visitors in Benton Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. c. Il. Smith of Allen
dale were among the visitors in Ben
ton Monday Their two little girls are
now students in Benton High School.
Mrs. Clifford Smith, of Stephen
son. Miss, accompanied by her little
girl. is at present a guest of her
nlotler-iil-law. Mrs. ]. \. Rogers. She
came in Sunday.
Miss Gibson, of Fort Worth, Texas.
the teacher elected to fill the vacancy
in the faculty of Benton High School.
came i'm yesterday. She is stopping ut
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. K. Il. Wal
lace.
Mrs. James Henderson has as Il
pleasant guest this week Miss Juanita
Brame of Lewisville, Ark. Miss Brame
will again this season teach the Ninock
School and expects to leave Sunday for
that place.
Miss Virginia Elder. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. l. +. Elder, Of Alden
Bridge, is at present Il patient ut the
Highland Sanitariunl, Shreveport. At
present she is not permitted to have
hut few callers.
-Messrs. Hall Nattin and Jim Byrd
have heen awarded the contract to
construct the Willow Chute levee, their
bid being 24.75 cents per cubic yard
The approximate contents Of this work
is 2OO.OOO cubic yards.
The Illness fer more than two
weeks of Mr.. l. II. Martin at his home
| In Shreveport has been reported. We
| are pleased to report that when last
heard from he was better and thought
| to eb Gil the road to recovery.
! Mrs. Box Kimball. of Paris, Texas.
now guest at the home of her father.
Mr.. $. ]. Caldwell, of Plain Dealing.
accompanied by Master Box, jr.. will
spend tomorrow in Benton as a guest
of her sister, MFR. A. NJ. Wyche.
The many Bossier Parish friends
Of Miss Grace Chetwode Bulkley Of
Shreveport will be pleased to learn
that she will teach this year in the
Alexander School. She is the young
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.
Buckley.
| -"Alarse Jim" just can't stay out of
Il print shop when he is near one.
| It's just in his blood. Tuesday while
here to attend meeting of the Police
Jury he called several times and sat
quite while with us on the last go
He's good company and good friend
! MIR. T. l. Bayles shipped from Ben
ton Tuesday two cars of cattle. in ex-
cellelit shape, the same being Consigned
to Fort Worth. Texas. Mr.. Bayles is
All Oklahoma man. coming here about
two years ago, ut which time he leased
from Hughes 4 Martin the Adger Lake
tract of land. on Red River, and con
tanning some 800 or GOO acres. 1t il
said to make a fine pasture.
/ Latte news from the Plain Dealins
oil field is to the effect that at deptl
of about $500 feet the Henderson wei
shows salt water. However. the drill
lers are not discouraged and will drill
deeper. At a depth Of about 2GOO feet
the Gleason No l is showing a little
oil. Operations in the field are. OF
course. as active as ut any time during
the past several weeks.
"A friend reports that the stretcl
Of the public road leading from the Et
Burt old palce to Mr.. Lawt Merritt.
farm ton the old lower roadD is now
in exceptionally good fix. work Oh il
having just been completed last Satur
day. The contractor was Mr. Ernes
BuMgartlner Also. he reported tina
Messrs Tom Keith and Allie Mont
gomery had done lot Of work on til,
east end Of this cid road. The last TIM
We saw that east-end stretch it Ger
tainly needed work, and lot of it.
MIR. J. A. Bumgardner, Of the Lin
ton community, who was visitor on
day this week, says that the corn cro]
out his way is short that not near =,
much cotton will he made as was mad
last season. and that the mast cro]
seems to he Il failure. However, h,
stated. that the recent rains have re
vfved the grass on our grazing land
. and for the present all stock are II
good shape. If one will look aroun,
closely, there is always something lef
over which we may well be thankful
AS usually happens about this sea
! son of the year. the sportsmen of thi
community again have the buck" feve
and will ~ out for their annual cam
! and hunt. The crowd is about a