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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-12

FOR SALE-24O acres adjoining the
town of Springbrooi, N. d. About
$500 improvements. Price SIS per
acre. Part cash Call or write,
Henry Marshall, 712 East Central
Ave, Minot, N. d. 4-5-t6*
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-12
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At assembly on Monday, DR.. E. M.
Jones delivered perhaps the most bril-
liant half-hour address ever given to
that body. 1t was on equal votes
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-12

minneapolis.
Jim Shaw, the Logan POSTMASTER
was taken to Fargo this afternoon il
charge of Deputy y. S. Marshal Scott
Mr.. Shaw will have hearing befor
Judge Amidon at an early date.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON REGISTRATION CARDS
Registration Table Here You See What Will Be Asked

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foreign country have declared oath before
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first taken after September 1906
than old
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that i f. n By e and ss.s asa
decarant state the of country
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T. What is present trade occupation office?
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the what best fitted
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Sl,eriff's Sale.

Crawford, Jenkins 6 Booth, Limited, VS. Rishop1
& Bybee. No 72l5. In Second District Court,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
10y virtue of writ OF seizure and sale,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, | have seized, andj
will proceed to sell at public auction, tol
the last and highest bidder, at the frontj
door Of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, on Saturday, June 8, 1917,
the following described property, to- wit:
One black horse, weight about 1900
pounds; one black mare, weight aboutl
14OO pounds; one gray horse, weightl
about 100 pounds; one bay horse,
weight about HOO pounds; one pair
black mare mules, weight about 1iO0l
pounds each; one pair bay mare mules,l
weight about 1900 pounds each; one pair3
black horse mules, weight about llU0]
pounds each; one pair black mare mules,|
weight about 100 pounds each; one pair|
bay horse mules, weight about l400]
pounds each; one pair sorrel horse3
mules, weight about 1100 pounds each;3
one black horse mule, weight aoout]
400 pounds; one bay mare mule, weight'
t4OO bounds; one pair gray mules, maraj
and horse, weight about 100 pounds
each OiiC UidCh iusiLC iAohS5 N0aca3
about 100 pounds; one mouse colored|
mare mule, weight about 1000 poundsH
one black horse mule, weight about 100Q
pounds; one black mare mule, weigha
about 1000 pounds; one pair bay horsesa
weight about 100 pounds each; one
black horse, weight about 1900 pounGss|
one bay mare mule, weight about i20Q
pounds; one black horse mule, weigh6
about 1900 pounds; one blue horse mule
weight about 1900 pounds; one bay nlardl
mule, weight about 1000 pounds; enc
yellow mare mule, weight about t2Od
pounds; one red horse mule, weight|
about 1000 pounds; one black horse|
mule, weight about 1000 pounds.
Terms of Sale-For cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of 5000, with per cent pc {
annum interest thereon from Decemhe1
4, 1916, until paid, and all costs OF suit|
including 10 per cent on said sum AND
interest as attorneys fees.
j. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Benton, La, May "a, 1917. iua7
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

Orange plant, urging them to buy
Liberty Loan Bonds, declared he was
already doing what he could "in a
certain direction" to serve the coun-
try.
at is not something can talk
about" said Mr.. Edison, "but | am
trying to do my bit for Uncle Sam"
William Maxwell, Vicepresident OF
the Edison Company, told the en-
ployes Mr. Edison had cancelled q
vacation trip he had arranged to Flor
ida on the advice Of his physician last
February because "woTd came from
Washington that crisis was i'm
pending"
"Since them" asserted Mr.. Max
well, che has been working literally
night and day for the government.
He is sparing no expense. He has
chosen some of his best engineers
and expcrimentors as his ASSISTANTS on
this government work. What the work
is l do not know; what the result will
be I cannot foretell; but Mr.. Edison
has never yet failed in anything he
undertook. and I don't believe he is
| going to fail this time"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
After the Submarines.

A correspondent Of the Westmin-
ster Gazette, a London daily, is
quoted as having said that the sub
marine is being mastered through a
method invented by an American.
cit is giving away TO secret" the
correspondent writes, "to say that
the method, which is reputed to be
infallible. requires only little time
to come into full effect and wear the
German submarines out. It is q
model of simplicity" Concluding he
says: "Only little time is needed
for our pre-eminent inventive brains
to outstrip the pirate professors. and
by method which is simplicity itself
we already have the life of the U-boat
campaign measured"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Tax Ordinances
as adopted By the North Booster LEX
Board for the Year 1877.

as Adopted by the NORTH booster Lex
Board for the Year 1917.
An ordinance levying a 10-mill tax q
all property in the North Bessie
Levee District subject to taxation IA
leyee and drainage purposes for thl
year 1917.
Be it ordained by the Board Of Con-
missioners of the North Booster Lcye1
District, in regular session convenoa
That district levee taxlof 10 milIso1
the dollar OF its assessed valuation =
and the same is hereby levied on g
property situated in the North Bossis!
Levee District for the year 1917.
An ordinance levying local assessIzls.1
OF IL cents per acre, for the year lsla
on all land within the North Boss
Levee District.
Be it ordained by The Board 81 Col93
missioners of the North Bossier Lew
District, in regular session coElvenes|
That local assessment of IL cents
acre on every acre of land in said ieSs
district, for the year 1917, be aIla y
same is hereby levied.
M. S. BoLINGER. President
North Bossier Levee BQ
Adopted May II, 1917.
j. PERRY, Secretary. 22-G
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Destructive Tornadoes.

More than 100 persons are known
to have been killed, thousand or
more injured and property destroyed
aggregating millions of dollars by tor
nadoes which swept through Kansas
last Friday, Illinois and Indiana last
Saturday and parts of Alabama.
Tennessee. Arkansas, Kcntuck and
Southern Illinois Sundav. The gigan-
tic sind, as is usually the case, is said
% tavc struck only in s7ots. The
total dead ard injured have been
thus reported:
At Nation, Ills, 81 dead, 500 in
jured.
Charleston, Ills, 38 dead, $50 in
iured.
hnda'e. KAN, 26 dead, $50 injured.
Other Illinois towns. Is dead, 65
injured.
arkansas. hire dead. II injured.
Indiana, seven dead. 200 injured.
kentucky, three dead. II injured.
Tennessee. SIX dead, 20 injured.
Also. the reports indicate. that
many farming implements, needed in
producing the bic crea planned
throughout the country, were de-
stroved. The damage to grain crops
was said rot to he great.
Stree TIE above was put in type the
total death list has been reported to
he in excess of 500 Mineral Point
Mo, was swort b. a tornado yester
day. four lives berg lost and thirty
reorle hoinr injured. The little town
Of about 300 inhabitants, was practi
cally destroyed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

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say { office sss the S'ss a
creed e y to be religious sect whose
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any other ground state ground briefly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

Henry Ford, at the request of the
British Government, has waived all
patent rights on his farm tractor so
Great Britain can manufacture trac-
tors for use in the British Isles and in
France. 1t has also been announced
that Mr.. Ford hopes to have thous-
ands of tractors ready for use in the
United States and Canada by August
1st. Some of the newspaper folks are
even yet inclined to poke fun at Mr..
Ford, remembering his fruitless peace
mission to Europe, but, in the opinion
of the writer, he is at heart good
man, and surely it cannot be denied
that he is q public benefactor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

What would you take today for
your forty, eighty or $50 acres of
Bossier Parish upland if you knew
you could not purchase another such
tract somewhere else in the parish?
Why, in that event it would not be
for sale at all, and you know it.
Now, would it? 1t is we'll that you
OWN YOUR OWN HOME, friend,
and the Banner would advise you not
to part with il. Let no man sell and
start out to lock for better country.
That's to be found right here. There
is no better home anywhere for the
poor man than Bossier Parish. If
you don't own 4 Bossier farm, you
had better buy now while you can.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Cans in Carload Lots.

The Louisiana Food Preparedness
Commission, with headquarters at
Baton Rouge, has made arrangements
with the United States Department OF
Agriculture to obtain tin cans for the
various parishes in carload lots. If
any Of the parishes cannot handle
cars il such quantities broken lots
may be obtained by individuals at a
Sight increase in cost.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Record Cotton Sales.

From New Orleans is reported the
cotton sales for one
day, which were consummated last
Friday. The sales for the day are
reported to haze BEEN 1884 bales:
C1e lot. comprising 1920 bales. and
said to be remnant OF 2S,e00 ba'es
Of Oklahoma cotton he'd in that city
for some time, was sold by M. Levy
g. Sens to a single purchaser for
s1.5OO,0O0.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Subscriptions Paid.

The management Of the Banner here
by acknowledges receipt of the follow
ing subscriptions paid during the past
month-APRIL, 1917:
B.W. Brown, to April l. 1915, sl.50.
Frank Woodland, to April 1, 1918, $l-50
George Minton, to April ], 1918, sl.50.
H. Martin, to April s, 1918, $780,
Harriet Woodson, to April |, 1918, $l.5O.
Dr. G. A. Wise, to April 4, 1918, $50.
w. C. McClenaghan, to April 1, 1915, Sl50.
W. G. Burt, to April 1, 1918, $3.50.
j. T. Parker, to April /, 1918, sl.50.
Mrs. Charles Richardson, to July l, 1917, 40c.
wv. Hutchings, to April !, 1918, $780,
DR.. ]. S. Gardner, to April 1, 1918, 81 60
Mrs. Kate Hafner, to April l, 1918, $50.
A. W. Harrison, jr., to balance account, 81.
Mrs. Box Kimball, to April |, 1918, sl5O.
DR.. r. Butler, to April l, 1918, $780,
S. L. Demoss, to April ], 1918, $l.50
Fred o. Byrd, to Sept. l, 1917, SOC.
L. Shackleford, to April l, 1918, $50.
L. Swords, to May /, 1918, sl50.
In the event you discover an error IL
your date (if shown above) please make
prompt complaint.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Judge Land Near Deaths Door.

It was reported from New Orleans
Yesterday that Associate Justice A.
D. Land, for many years resident
of Shreveport, and wcll known to the
majority OF the representative Cit
zens of Bossier Parish, was in crit
ical condition and could not live
THROUGHOUT the night. His daughters,
Mrs. T. H. Scovell, of Shreveport,
and Mrs. L. Jastremski, and other
relatives were then at his bedside.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

Of said property Of any debtor Which
any bidder will buy for the amount
Of the taxes, interest and cost sitl
by said debtor. The sale viii be
without arpraisenent, for cash. IN
legal tender money Of the Unifeei
States, ard the property scld shall be
redeemable at any time for rae spree
of one year, by paying the price
given, including 20 per ceat and
costs added. D. e. SoRREiL,
2,-e Tax Collector, Bossier City, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Jailed For DisIoyslty.

A.. Fl. Ford. a white man about
fifty-five years of age, and who says
he is a native of Claiborne Parish,
was arrested in Shreveport Monday
by Federal authorities and is being
held under $1,000 bond. He was said
to be addressing crowds on the
streets, trying to incite his hearers
to DISREGARD the intent of the Selec-
tive Draft Bill.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

The Ruston Leader asks, SIS there
anybody who really knows who is re-
sponsible for the present war in Eu-
rope?" We had thought all the while
that it was Everett True. He starts
something every day. If not Mr..
True. -some of tbs brethren will have
to set US right along this score.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Million Dollar Blaze.

A fire at Bowie, this state, last
Thursday, swept the lumber plant
and most of the homes located in that
little town. One life was lost and
several persons were injured. The
property loss is estimated to be up
wards of S1,0O0,0O0.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
What Is Mr.. Edison Doing?

Well, if you wish to know, and
everybody does just at this tine, read
the following dispatch, given out at
Orange, N. j., on the oath:
Thomas A. Edison, in an address
tonight to employees Of his West
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Notice
To Mortgage Creditors on Booster cay
Louisiana, Property.

LOULStuUu, AIoES'NJ'
TN conformity with Section 81 OF Act
1 IS Of 1888, notice is hereby given to
all persons holding mortgages On real
estate situated in Boss;cr City R.2a-
sier Parish. Louisiana. o. which
taxes for the year 1916 have not been
raid, that / viii begin the sale Of
same at the front door of tie T1lia@a
Hall on Saturday, June 30, 1917, and
that the nuraher of pieces OF property
so delinquent are now benz adger-
tised in the Bossier Banner, Of Ben
ten La, and By simultaneous posting
herewith, in conformity with the law
and preparatory TO such sale.
The attention of mortgage credl-
tors is especially called to these adj
vertisements of tax sales and they are
warned to take such steps prior to
the sale as may be necessary to pro-
tect their rights. D. e. soRREII,
Tax Collector, Bossier City, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

Mansfield Enterprise: Prepared
ness may not cure all our ills, but it
will give us a mighty comfortable
feeling of security when war cloud
grows dark. It viii prove something
like a good fat bank Accountability
comforting.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Tax Land Notices.
To Abbie E. McStea, Nonresident.

To Abbie E. McStea, Nonresident.
/ hereby notify you that / bought
acres lying in a square form in 81
northwest corner OF the west half I
northeast quarter Of section 49,, town
ship %, range Is, at a public sale bel
in Benton, La, on Saturday, June II
1916, for taxes due the State of Louie
lana and the Parish of Bossier en- "a
roll Of 1915, and at public tax sale hsl
at the same place and under like co1
ditions, except that it was to enforce 4
collection of taxes due on the roll
1916, and was held ON May IL, 1911
bought q acres off the west side OF ii
northwest quarter Of northeast Quart
Of section 10, township %, range i3, leI
the above described 2 acres, and "a
amount necessary to redeem the tn
tracts is itemiZed as follows:
Taxes, interest and cost. ............. s12 80.
20 per cent penalty ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q III
Quit claim deed and recording testA.. 2 00
Publishers charge .........,.......... 503
Total. o.
The first described tract was record
June IA, 1916, on Conveyances, volun
36, page 3S9, and the last described tral
May 10, 1917, on Conveyances, volun
AZ, page 81.
This realty was formerly assessed
you, but if not redeemed within che yez
from date OF purchase my title becomt
perfect under the law.
22-a J. PERRY, Plain Dealing, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

"Fcrty million bushels of grain
are used annually by the distillsries, =
says an exchange. What shameful
waste!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31
Final Account,

trict Court, Bossier Parish I4ouisiana n
NOTICE is hereby given that he
1S Hughes, executor OF the sncca
OF JIM. Taylor. deceased. has tals
filed in my Office his final aecogs u
said succession, and if Opposition 81
made thereto within the time pfesseszsss
by law, the same will be h0;pai0
and made the judgment OF the cg11i9s
Given under my Official siglistqes v
seal OF office, at Benton, Lag on
the Oath day of May, 1911.
JAS. Nj. HENDERsozts
Clerk Bossier District Coss
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

Hon. Herbert C. Hoover, who
agreed to act as Food Administrator
for the Government on the condition
that he and tie majority Of his "un-
der studies" serve without pay, has re-
ceived many offers from representa-
tive business men throughout the
country to serve the nation in like
capac;tv. ard without compensation.
Surely it Is to be seen from this thai
patriotism IS alive throughout the
land. The Panrer trusts the move
mcnt il this direction will meet witt:
every success, and that the food
shl,arEs. CT "food ssunl,s," as some one
has already STYLED them, will Get j
IL the neck rood and plenty. Should
it result that some Of them lose vast
sulss rather ti:an make enormous
profits thrcu@il their efforts to spec
u'atc n the foods necessary to sus
tain life. wc believe the American
rcrr.o IS a whole would greatly re
jo;ce, VIC sincerely trust that may
cc,.c 30 pass.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

The members of the English War
Mission to America crossed over into
Canada ore day last week. Since
that time the press of this country
has freely quoted from remarks Of
Mr.. Ralfour made before the Cana
dian House Of Parliament. He is
credited with having said that the
British Empire has "staked its last
dollar on democracy" and that if
democracy failed England and her
possessions would be bankrupt in
deed" but added, that he knew demo-
cracy would not fail. That that is
literally true ever one who even
sparingly reads the newspapers
knows. The ending of the great Eu-
ropean War will see the fast decline
of either England or Germany as a
nation of first rank, and their near
allies will suffer in proportion to their
present, or past, world power. In a
word, it means the decadence of one
or the other OF these great nations
somebody's death knell. Sand you
can lay to that"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

In this mornings Shreveport Times
is shown picture OF Lou Fook, q
wealthy New Ycrk City Chinanlan
in the act Of signing an application
for The purchase of a Liberty Bond.
This patriotic expression on the part
Ct Chinai,an resident of the United
States is not surprising, and those of
many ether cationalities now within
the borders Of The Union will enlist
in this cause with this generous
hearted Oriental. The Contra,
Powers, and particularly Germany,
have aroused the dislike, or rather.
hatred of many peoples, and this is
reflecting greatly to their discrcdit
ard undoing. Through her inhuman
tactics of prosecuting war German
viii come to be an isolated nation,
abhorred and loathed by many others.
In word, her ferocious hatred and
worse than barbaric warfare will
greatly operate toward her perma-
ncnt decline as a nation.
In its issue of the 10th the Mans
field Enterprise very sensibly makes
this comment upon a preposterous
suggestion made in Congress: ''The
United States Senate has invited the
press to give advertising space to the
Government While the publishers
are amcrg the most patriotic people
of the nation, il is asking too much
of them to give their source of rev,
enre. The high cost of print papei
has practically wiped out all profit or
subscriptions, and to ask for Their
advertising space is equva'ent to ask
ing them to so into bankruptcy. The
papers give column after column Of
news matter that is equivalent to ad
vertising, but to ask their advertising
space for nothing, is asking entirel,
too much of them"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-05-31

Application for Pardon
Notice is hereby given that ~
plying for 4 pardon.
21-3 GEORGE Iie4ssz
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-22
HATS FEEL FABRIC SHORTAGE
Many Of the Sport Variety Made Of
a., Chenille and Wool Materials
T., That Simulate Felt.

k-H rE
AS the season advances the diff
Guilty in procuring felt and velour
shapes becomes more apparent, due to
the demands Of the army, and many
sports hats are being made of wool
fabrics that simulate felt, and also of
chenille.
Sometimes the chenille is sewed to-
gether in close rows, and again knit
ted or crocheted effect is developed.
Fortunately Dame Fashion approves
the small and medium-sized hat rather
than the big, spreading picture affair.
This ruling accords we'll with the fab
ric shortage which is felt fully as
much in the millinery field as in the
larger one covering coats, suits, etc.
Fashion in children's hats vary but
slightly from last year, and even at
the risk of annoying the young miss,
who undoubtedly will feel that she is
clearly entitled to new hat, last sea-
sons model may be carefully retrim"
med without anyone outside the FAM
ily being the wiser! Poke and mush'
room shapes are the preferred ones
for juveniles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-22

81, which was designed by Premet, was
velours de laine in warm shade Of
''shrapnel-gray." The coatee was
rather short and of "sac" outline, with
large gun-metal buttons down the
front, and trimmings of civet-cat fur.
The fact that there were no sleeves
permitted the smart blouse under
meath to be seen to advantage.
A special point connected with this
little garment was it's lining, which
was made Of printed silk which
showed dark blue and black designs
on an orange ground.