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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

VACANCY APRIL 2Sth for competent salesman or ex-merchant, with large Cleveland corporation. to sell Mer- chants a needed highclass speciality in Alaska and surrounding territory. $500 to $500 per month. Commis- sions paid weekly. State experience. Address: Sales Manager, Box No. 176, Station c. Cleveland, O.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

Secretary McAddo is somewhat of jokesmith. He proposes to raise $425. 5.OOO,O0O on excess incomes; when any business man can look far enough ahead at this stage of the game to know that under the propoS- ed schedule of taxation there aint a-goin' to be any incomes"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
 STORAGE,
 Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un'
 less Paid for in Advance
Naknek Wireless Operating.

Through advices received at the Marshals office it is learnedethat the wireless telegraph station at Naknek, operated by the Alaska Packers As sociation is now in operation, after having been closed down for the win ter months.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26
Your Attention.

Just at this time of the year is the time to have your blankets washed, or your carpets cleaned The Inde- pendent Steam Laundry is prepared to take care of this class of work and guarantee satisfaction. Lace curtains carefully laundered. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

SENATOR BORAH of Idaho an nounced today that he intended to re- tire to private life at the expiration of his present term. Probably the people will assist the gentleman in his re- lire.nent.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

The native population at Tatitlek is increasing, four births having occur red there during the present month.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

c. w. Cook, the government agent at Tatitlek, is visitor in town, nav ing arrived here yesterday afternoon.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

TIMES must be getting hard at An chorage and around the Cook Inlet district when even the beluga whales must come to Valdez bay for food.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

Location notices. both quartz and pla cer, for sale at the Prospector Of fec.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

Remember your friends by sending
 them a Panoramic View, a new lo just received. Valdez Drug Go. t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

For first-class meals and good serv ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
 chants Cafe. t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

FOR RENT-Three room house
 completely furnished, electrical appli- ances, close in. Rent $15.00: Alaska Investment Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26
Miner Ads. bring RESULTS.
For Sale.

Two cabins and lots, $50 and $125 cash. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

4 full and complete line of Cigars. Cigarettes. Smoking Tobacco and Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

Jos. 4. Bourke returned last even ing from a trip down the Sound.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

All of the latest Books. Magazines boat. Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

states mas DeeH enSdSeu:
 War of the Revolution. n........1775-17S5 Northwest Indian Wars 1790-1 S93 War with France .............. 17981 500 War with Tripoli ................1 18O1-18O5 Creek Indian War ........-.1S13-1Sl4 4 War of 1912 ..1S12-1S15 Seminole Indian War ........1S17-1S1S Black Hawk Indian War .1S31-1S32 Cherokee War ....................1 S36-l S31 Creek Indian War 1S36-1S37 Florida Indian War ....-..1S 1S35-1S43 lAroostock disturbance ......1836-1S33 War with Mexico 846-1S4S
 Apache, Navajo and Ute
 Indian Wars ...............1849-185o Seminole Indian War .1856-1S5S War between the States ..1S61-1S65 War with Spain Apr.-Dec. 1893
 Philippine instruction ...1S99-1900
 Examination of this list shows that
 we have fought for about twenty years against foreign countries-ten years
 against England. two years against
 France, four against Tripoli, two
 against Mexico, eight months against
 Spain and one year in the Philip
 pines.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26
ArcticF1Otel Watch This
 Space PHONE l33 MRS. STRING, Prop
PHONE l33

Switches, transformations, James, Chignons. Dolly Warden Curls. and Cluster Curls made up from your own combings at the Vanitie Shop. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-26

Anything Tn nugget and ivory jew elry at Valdez Drug Co.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
WATCH FOR THE
SWEET POTATO BORER

Because of the increased acreage
of sweet potatoes in Louisiana this
year, there is serious danger that
the sweet potato weevil, or borer. will
become distributed over larger area
than it has heretofore occupied. This
insect feeds in the potatoes and rem
ders them unfit for human consump-
ton. The adult weevil is an odd
shaped. slender, hard-bodied, shiny
beetle, about one-fourth inch long,
with conspicuous beak and legs In
color 1t is partly metallic blue and
partly bright red The footless lar
va, or grub, is white, with pale brown
head, and is about one-fifth inch long.
The Federal Bureau of Entomology
is making special effort to prevent
the insects spread and to eradicate It
from sections where II is already
present. Thos.3 H. Jones, entom6logi.
cal assistant. who is stationed at tha
Experiment Station Louisiana State
University. urges that potatoes con,
tanning the weeyil be not shipped in.
to districts where the pest is not
present. Infested potatoes found at
digging time should be destroyed by
burning or boiling. II boiled they
may be fed to stock. They should not
be left in the field or placed. in stor.
age with sound potatoes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
REMEDY FOR PLANT
LICE ON GREENS

Turnips, mustard and radishes
grown in Louisiana during the fall
months are often. severely injured by
a small, light green, soft-bodied,
sucking insect-an aphid. or plant
lohse-that is found principally on
the underside of the leaves.
These aphids may be kept under
control by spraying with mixture
Of one teaspoonfui Of nicotine sul-
plate and an inch cube of laundry
soap in gallon Of water, the soap
being first dissolved in portion Of
the water. A spray pump that viii
force the liquid out Of the nozzle as =
fine spray or mist must be used, and
the aphids must be wet with the
spray in order to kill them. The no5,
zle should be SO attached to the spray
rod as to form a right angle at that
point With this device the spray
can be better applied to the under
surface of the leaves. Begin spray.
ing when the aphids first attack the
plants.
To facilitate spraying the seed
should be planted in drills or rows
not broadcast. 1t is also much easier
to reach the aphids on plants having
smooth leaves.-Department of Ento.
mology. Experiment Station, Louisi
ana State University.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
AN ORDINANCE.

lie 1t ordained by the Police Jury of the
Parish Of Bossicr, in regular session con-
vened, That the right and privilege Is
hereby granted to the Louisiana Gas and
Fuel Company. Incorporated, to lay gas
pipe line under the Haughton and McDadc
public road Mt a point about the center of
section O. township Is, north, range II.
west Bossier Parish Louisiana, as is
shown on the plat attached hereto, with
the right to maintain such pipe line under
said road as long as same may be neces-
sary for the use of the said company.
BE it further ordained, That the pipe
line shall be buried not less than three feet
below the surface Of the road and that the
grantee shall in no manner damage said
road, but shall leave the same in as good
condition us 1t was before the said pipe
line was laid under 1t.
Be 1t further ordained, That the said
grantee assumes any and all liability from
accidents that may happen on account Of
laying and maintaining the said pipe line
and shall save and hold harmless the Par-
ish Of Rossier from any liability on account
Of the laying and maintenance of the same.
Read and passed In regular session on
this, the 18th day of September, 1917, ut
benton, Bossier Parish. Louisiana.
j. C. LOGAN,
President Police Jury.
r Hill, Clerk Police Jury
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
X. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
AN ORDINANCE.

BE it ordained by the Police Jury OF the
Pnrish Of Bossicr, Louisiana, in regular
session convened, That the right and priv
ilcge Is hereby granted to. the Reserve
Natural GAS Company Of Louisiana to lay
gas pipe line under the South Bossier
Parish good road at a point south of TaF
lortowR and north Of Film Grove, as shown
on the blue print attached hereto. with the
right to maintain said pipe line under said
road as long as same may be necessary for
the use Of the said company.
BE It further ordained, That the pipe
line shall be buried not less than three feet
under the surface of the road. and the
said grantee shall In no manner damage
the road. bpt shall leave same In as good
condition us 1t was before -tn~~sssid- ~pine-
line WAS laid under 1t.
Be 1t further ordained, That the grantee
assumes any and all liability from acci-
dents that may happen en account Of the
laying and maintaining of the pipe line and
will save and hold harmless the Parish Of
Bossief from any liability on account Of
the laying and maintenance Of the said
pipe line.
Done and signed officially on this, the
18th day Of September, A, ID. 1D17,
], G. LOGAN,
President Police Jury.
Il. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
Do Your Part by the Y. N. c. A.

East Carroll Banncr Dcmocrat.l
A call has been made by the National
War Workers Council for $S5WO.O0O
to carry on, the Y. Nj. G. A. work in the
army of the United states and the
armies of cur allies--Italy. France and
Russia. The aEportionment for Louis
lama is $2D0.GOO: for the Parrish Of East
Carroll. $1,000. The week Of November
18th to the 18th has been designated as
y. NJ. G. A. Week throughout the coun-
try to raise $335,00Og0O.
One thousand men in Louisiana have
donation i'll money but their time as
well. to assist III raising Louisiana's
share in this worthy cause. How many
men in East Carroll are going to volun-
teer to help? We hope hundred.
The Y. NJ. CA. Is doing noble work
in this war--i work never attempted
by any organization In any previous
war 1t has the official recognition Of
the President and the War Depart
nlent. and Is the agency for welfare
work in the Army. All army officers
testify to the influence for good It Is
exerting among our soldier boys In
camp and on the front.
This organization Is the link between
the battlefield and the home. 1t Is
scounteracting the influence Of the dive
and the brothel, aud Is keeping our
lNys in touch with home and mother.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
PROPER STORAGE WILL
SAVE SWEET POTATOES
VALUE OF CROP OFTEN DE-
CREASED BY CARELESS METH
obs OF HANDLING.
STORE IN WELL BUILT Housl
An Abandoned Tenant House Can
Very Often Be Utilized For
This Purpose.

Improper methods OF harvesting
and storing sweet potatoes are re-
sponsible for large losses which
greatly decrease the value of the
crop, according to A. F. kidder, pro-
lessor of agronomy, Louisiana State
University. Louisiana's sweet pota-
to crop for this year is estimated to
be 100000 bushels, and growers
would do well to take precautions
against undue losses through careless
handling.
Some Of the things to be observed
are as follows:
/. Potatoes should be thoroughly
mature before being harvested.
2. They should be handled careful
ly to prevent bruises, as such places
cause rot very quickly.
8. Injured potatoes should not be
stored with sound ones.
T. The potatoes should be sub
jected to a temperature OF IS to So
degrees Fahrenheit as soon as they
ore put away, and the moisture con-
tent reduced to 10 per cent or less.
s. Potatoes should be stored In a
well built house, where the temper
allure can be kept uniform. This will
save large per cent of all good
sound potatoes, while the old bank
method usually causes a loss OF "a
to so per cent. Old tenant houses
can often be utilized for that purpose.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08

Tins of shrapnel and gas, the Y. NJ.
G. 4. gives kindly advice, comforting
help and cleanly amusement to every
soldier.
BY assisting the Y. NJ. c. A. we are
assisting our boys not only to make
better soldiers. but will be enabling
them to return to us, when this world
tragedy is ever. cleaner, healthier and
more high minded men. BY supporting
the y. NJ. c. A. we will help our boys to
demonstrate on the bloody fields OF
Europe the might and powers of our
country, and show the infamous Hun
what it means to insult America.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
OATS YIELD WELL
FOLLOWING LEGUMES

Some examples of successful oat
production in different parts of Louis
lana where the crop was planted Jon
lands that had grown leguminous
crop the previous summer are given
below. In each case the land was
broken to a depth of from six to ten
inches and then thoroughly disked
and narrowed.
In the Red River valley, near
Shreveport, a 40-acre field of oats
grown on land that had been in alfal-
ia for four years yielded "a bushels
per acre. Two bushels Of acclimated
Texas red-rust-proof oats per acre
were drilled October Is.
In the Ouachita River valley, near
Monroe, so bushels of oats per acre
were produced on land that had been
in lespedeza. Two and one-half BUSH
els of Louisiana red-rust-proof oats
per acre were drilled October Is.
On the Bayou Macon ridge So
acres produced oats as follows: 20
acres that had been in lespedeza
We're drilled to oats September rs and
produced so bushels per acre; five
acres that had grown corn and peas
were planted to oats October 10 and
produced 30 bushels per acre; = %
acres of cotton land were planted to
oats from October 10 to November
and produced % bushels per acre.
A farm in one of the Delta parishes
produced IS bushels per acre on land
that had grown cowpeas and 40 bush.
els on land without the peas. Two
or three bushels of oats per acre were
drilled early in October-L. S. u.
Press Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
INFERIOR SEED MAY
CAUSE C2CP FAILURE
OFTEN CONTAIN OBNOXIOUS
WEED SEED THAT CAUSE PER-
MANENT INJURY TO FARM.
SEED WILL BE TESTED FREE
There Is No Necessity For the Louie
lana Farmer To Plant Seed OF
Unknown Value.

One of the essential features OF
profitable crop production is the use
of good seed. The farmer of Louis
lana has often suffered inadequate
returns and, no doubt, in some in
stances complete crop failure OWNS
to the use of seed Of inferior grade.
Not only that, farm seed often COLI
tain obnoxious weed seed which, II
sown, will require time and money
10 eradicate. These resulting weeds
may in some cases effect permanent
injury to the farm.
There is nc necessity for the Louis
lana farmer to plant seed of unknown
value. A seed testing laboratory is
maintained at the Experiment Sta
ton of the Louisiana State Univer-
sity for the purpose OF furnishing In
formation to farmers and seolsmen
as the quality of commercial agricul-
tural seeds It enables the prospec'
tive buyer to obtain samples OF seed
from the seedsmen or grower and
have them tested before purchasing.
The seed laboratory is in charge Of
an expert seed analyst and is vel
equipped for rapid and accurate tests
as to purity and termination. A pur
ity test can be made and the report
returned almost Immediately. A ger
mination test requires five days OF
longer, depending upon the kind oi
cut seed tested.
To secure a sample, take three OF
four tablespoonfuls of clover OF
grass seed or ten or twelve table
spoonfuls of larger seeds. The sam
pie must represent accurately thu
bulk from which it is taken. To OBJ
tain representative sample, handful'
of seed should be taken at random
from the top, middle and bottom o
the sack and. after thoroughly mixinl
these handfuls, take the samples TO
testing.
Send the samples to the Seed La
boratory. Experiment Station, Louis
lana State University, Baton Rouge
No charge is made for the tests.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
Recommended by
Doctor cothraIn

D.. T. r. Cothram is a well-knoWN
pharmacist Of Alexis, Ala. And whetl
h9 KetS bilious or needs a purgatt14
HedlciHa, what do you suppose
dGeS3 Out Of his whole big stock &
LIVER madeleine he selects and pse3
Granger Liver Regulator: He saH
fsf6afa Is none better.y That's
pretty streng endorsement, don't yA4
think, from Q man who knows o.
shout the merits of the different medh
cines on the market? Granger L!yez
Regulator Is purely vegetable, a.
not grippe nor irritate the delicats y
Ing Of the stomach and bowels aH9
always gives quick and pleasant E
suits. It is the best system pufln
known. Your druggist can sup
you-25c for large box. Aecsps
substitute.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08

Said bonds shall be signed by the Iresi
dent and the Clerk Of the Police 1HT5 and
shall have the corporate seal Of the parish
affixed. The coupons shall be execpted wifi
the autographed or engraved JGf stgsilG sig
nature Of said Isresidept and said Clerk apd
said bonds shall be In substantially TIL
following form to-wit
United Suites Of 4WsTicg-Stdte of
Northumberland ~ B0ssisf-- Road
District No. Pablo Improvement
Bond. No. -. fj0D.
Know all men by these presents,
That Road District No, s. in the Par
ish of Bossier, State Of Louisiana, by
the Police Jury Of said parish M the
governing authority Of said district,
for value received. hereby HcknOwI.
edges itself indebted and promises to
pay to bearer the sum Of $500 on the
LIST day of September, 10 !, with in.
terest thereon ut the rate of 3 per
ccntum per annum, payable semfan-
nually, March LIST and September LIST,
on presentation and surrender Of the
respective coupons hereto attached as
they scyerally become due, both prin-
cipal and interest Of this bond bcing
payable in lawful money Of the United
States at the Scaboard National Bank,
In the city Of New York, State OF New
York -
This bond y issHcd for the purpose
Of constructing, improving and main
Tuning pubic roads and highways il
said district, Title to which il Tested
IN the district, pursuant TO aHd IN
strict compliance with the provisions
Of the Constitution Of the STATE pf
Louisiana and the statutes Of said
: state, including AMONG others Article
2ki Ut the Constitution, ~ amended,
and Act No. $50 Of tho session Of tho
Legislature Of 1910 and Act No. 80 1t
the spectnf session Of tho LegislatHR
OF 1917. md acts amcndatery thereof
and supplemental thereto. and with
the assent OF and by the authority Of
the vote of more than the majority In
number and amount Of the property
taxpayers OF said district qualified to
vote under the Constitution and laws
Of said state, who voted Mt mn election
held In said district on the Both day
of May, 1915. the vote OF said election
having been duls asce ruined aud the
result thereof tAnvassed and the re-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
Welcome and Safeguard Them.

From the Manufacturers Record.]
1t has been well said that the Ameri-
can Army and Navy are made up "of
the people fighting for the people,
and must be welcomed by the people"
Upon those left at hcme. who have
not been called into training camps,
rests a greater responsibility for the
moral and religious welfare of the sol
diers of the country, and thus for civ
ilization itself. than ever rested upon
the people of this country in any hour
of struggle from the days of the Revo-
lntion until this supreme hour in the
worlds history.
These young men will be surrounded
with every possible temptation that tie
yilest interests on earth can bring to
bear upon them. In their army train
ing they will be worked to the limit III
physical endurance at times, and then.
when their hours or days of rest come,
the enthusiasm Of youth will stimulate
them to find some way of expressing
itself
not in the army as to how many Of
these men will 90 wrong; how MANY
will lie ruined in soul and body; how
many will become efficient, splendid
men. ready to battle for civilization !.
how many weakened. decrepit, broken
in body and soul.
There is call tc conservation, to
forgetfulnesS of self, to willingness
to give of time and service and money
as freely as the soldier is giving of
his life.
Every church Of every denomination
in the towns and cities adjacent to
every camp should he a home for these
men. These churches should be open
through the day and late into the
night.
No man wearing the nations uniform
should be permitted tc enter any
church without having special atten-
ticn shown him. He should be made
welcome so heartily that he will real
ize that the people in this church feel
like standing with heads uncoved in
his presence.
No man in the nations uniform
should he Permitted to leave any
church on any Sunday without having
an invitation to take dinner at the
home Of some member of that congre-
| cation.
Every city should throw open Its
| schools and also its arntcries, if it has
any. as places of amusement and Of
rest for these men. 1t is not enough
| that the churches should be open. The
public buildings should be open tc
them, and entertainments of every I'M
aginable kind, clean and wholesome
should be given. and these men should
be invited, whether they be men o1
high or low society, men of education
or men without education, men OF so
cial refinement OF. without social re
finelnent. and made to feel that the!
are part Of the life of that commu
nifty and that the people Of that com
nmnity will bend every energy to car
ing for them morally, physically ant
spiritually.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-11-08
swsmp Becomes Wheat Field.

From the Christian Herald.l
Wheat enough to furnish bread for
100000 people for one year was har-
vested just outside the city Of Sacra-
lnento the other day from a piece of
land i'm the Nationals Reclamation Dis
trict on which, three years ago, young
Sacramento diverted itself with the ell
PERTAINING sport Of catching and spear
ing fish. The land from which this
crop was taken was formerly flooded
five months of the year, but was re-
claimed by the erection of impregnable
levees. The work cost about 100000 900
less than the price of Il battleship-
and added 10000 acres of rich sedi-
ment to califOrnia's productive area.
This years yield is estimated at nearly
$4,0OO,O0O, more than the cost of the re-
dempticn Of the swamp.
The mammoth crop was gathered by
seven combined harvesters operated by
great traction engines of the type from
which the European tanks were
evolved. accompanied by auxiliaries in
the form of oil and water wagons, car
rying drink and fuel for the steel mon-
sters. Fifty tank wagons took away
the grain as it poured from the great
bins that each harvester carried on it's
shoulder. Each harvester cut swath
Of thirty-five feet. As they rolled their
way through the golden grain they
moved IA pathway 245 feet wide. The
work started shortly after sunrise.
Before sunset the grain fromi70O acres
had been gathered and ives OH it's way
In harges down the Sacramento River
to be ground into flour.
This agricultural feat is wonderful
and beautiful illustration Of the conn
plete Transformation that the Gospel OF
Christ makes in the desert places of
the individual heart and the dismal
swamps of human society. The prophet
thus describes this reclamation in spir-
itual agriculture: '.7hc ,rHdcrness and
the solitary place shall be glad fOr
theM;: and the desert shall rejoice, and
blossom as the rose" lisa. SjI.