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out of money orders by which the men
car send their pay home to their fam.
ilies. In some of the big camps the
Y. NJ. G. A. is providing banking facii.
tiles for the men as wen.
Do Your. Bit with a Tennep.
This month (November) the z. NJ.
G. A. must raise $35, ,000,0 900 to carry
on its. work among our soldiers and
their allies until next July. OF this
$35,o00,000 about $24.0o0.0oo wifi be
spent on the work with our own troops
or about $40 for every man In Uncle
Sans uniform. K.everybody who has
received letters from soldiers and sai1.
ors were to contribute $40 the task
would be easy. Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
$40 to you?
Your town mayor, your pastor, your
school superintendent win know who
is the treasurer of the campaign com.
mittee In your county or town. Other.
wise send a check or money order to
Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, LA
East Twenty-eightb street. New York
city.
Only sacriflciaI giving by millions Of
givers will make possible the contir.
uance Of this vast work for American
soldiers and for those Of our allies.
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part OF the word to another than sta.
tisties can express Statistics are
pretty poor anyway when 1t comes to
reckoning in terms Of love and human
tenderness. Let's put 1t this way:
That the Y. NJ C.. A. is the biggest ex-
press company the world has ever
seen, and the parcels it is handling
are the loves and devotions of human
beings.
Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
This war has made US think hard
and fast Your by or your neigh
boris boy or some boy you know and
love has been called to do his share
in the big job OF policing the world for
democracy and human liberty. Is 1t
any comfort to you to know that wher-
ever his duty may call him your boy
win nave friend that will serve him
In body, mind and soul? Are you
glad to know that this friend viii place
books and magazines at his disposal.
organize classes to teach him what
ever he wants to learn, give him a
pocket testament and invite him to
join religious meetings OF the faith
that he was brought up In? Did you
realize that the association provides
athletic equipment for his favoyite
games, teaches him games II he knows
none and holds concerts, lectures,
movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter
tainments and every kind of whole
some amusement to keep him interest.
ed? Are you glad to know that this
friend will go with him overseas, help
to shield him from score of difficult
and dangerous temptations and follow.
him right up to the front line trench
and beyond It? The last contact the
soldier has with this life he loves 50
we'll is cup of tea given him by the
Y NJ. c. A. free just before he goes
"over the top" toa hand to hand strug.
gle with the enemy. And as he comes
tottering back from No Mans Land,
wounded, but strong enough and
plucky enough to keep on bis feet
even before his wounds are dressed
the Y. M. C. A. is waiting for MIN with
tea and sweet chocolate, the great COM
forts Of the man in the trenches Do
you wonder that the Red Triangle is
called "the best loved trademark In
the world?" One soldier In France has
called 1t "the last evidence that any.
body cares" =
II every thinking citizen could see
with his or her own eyes something
of the actual work being done for our
men by the association there would be
no question of the Y M C. A. having
to appeal to the public for money.
Rather than let this essential work
falter for an instant rich men would
sell their motorcars. poor men would
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least Is on its way to- you Each one
of our 16 cantonments, where the new
national army is being trained, is
using more than a million sheets Of
this paper every month. In the draft
army alone that means 100000 fila.
mems of love every month reaching
out from the great encampment where
the men are being trained into the
greatest army this nation has ever
dreamed and binding them to the
hearts at home Multiply that by
thinking of all the other places where
Uncle Sam has men with the fag-in
navy yards, on the high seas, In arse
mails and officers training camps and
"Over There" In France. In all these
places men are writing home. Those
unassuming little sheets of notepaper
gladden. millions of hearts a day.
They transfer more love from one
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NOTICE TO VOTERS

To vote in favor Lof said proposition
place cross K in the square below the
word Yes, to vote against said pro-
position place similar mark below the
word mo-.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary is hereby
instructed to have prepared for use at
: said special election all necessary ballot
boxes, talley sheets, list of voters, as
sessed valuation of property and COM
piled statement of voters in number and
amount.
Sec. 4. That said special election be
held in accordance with the laws of the
State of Louisiana, and at polling
places, Kisatchie, Mora and Gorum, OF
Ward 8, Parish of Natchitoches, La.
the following are appointed to serve as
commissioners and clerks of said cleo
tion, at Kisatchie, j. ]. Key, K. j..
Valentine. Steve Dowden, Commission
ers, E. P. Hayes, Clerk.
At Mora, Jesse Fletcher, J. F. George
Steve Wise, Commissioners. M. T..
Lambright, Clerk.
At Gorum, Charley McClela Ian, Joe Ra-
chal, Dennie Basco, Commissioners.
d. g. Nicholas, Clerk.
Sec. S. That the President Of the
Police Jury is hereby instructed to is
sue his proclamation giving notice of
this special election herein ordered and
to announce that at 10 o'clock A M.
Monday the 7th day of January 1918
this Police Jury win meet at the Court
House in the City Of Natchitoches, La.
and open the ballot boxes and count the
ballot bothin numoer and amount and
declare the result of the election.
Yeas, Mr. Cook. Mr.. Harper, MIR. Hart,
Mr.. HaInmett. Mr.. Hood, MIR. Page,
Mr.. Sanders, MIR. Marshall, MIR. Salter,
and Mr. Chsrleville.
Nays, None.
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! In each OF .s.se a soldier was strun-
ming on piano; others were reading
books and magazines; hundreds were
writing etters home Behind the
raised counter at ole end three or four
young en- were busy passing out
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and weighing parcels, which
/ the men were sending home. One OF
the soldiers said to me as ] stood In
the tent usei chiefly by men from
Iowa: I'VE came all the way here
from Des Mcines, and we were mighty
lonely. Then We found this Y. M. C.
a on the job, and it's been home
and more than home to US. 1t gavs
us what we wanted when we needed
liz most. Wen never forget 1t. The
boys best friend is the Y. NJ. G. A."
Fine clean-cut, Outstanding Fellows.
How close those benches were pack.
ed with men, bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writing!
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups of soldiers make!
Fine, clean-cut, outstanding fellows,
some of them mere boys, one thinks
Immediately OF the sacrifice they have
made for the rest of US and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home.
Somewhere, In far OF farm or village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for one glimpse of those
sunburned faces as you and see
them on their last night before going
across. And 1t was with throb OF
the heart that watched them, bent
over their letter paper. in one after
another of those seven big tents.
These were the tents Of the Y. M. C.
A. On that last night in America the
association was serving the soldiers
in the best of all ways-giving them
an opportunity to write home. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts, movies, concerts, dramatics
and q score of healthy entertainments
as well as religious meetings. But on
this last night home ties were strong
est. And perhaps that is the keynote
of the splendid work the Z. M. C. A.
Is doing among our men in Uniform
keeping them In touch with home.
Magic Words, "NKh the coIors."
In these times there are some let
ters that mean more to us tnan any
we have ever read before. They are
written on sheets of paper stamped
with the Stars and Stripes and the
red triangle of the Y NJ. c. A., and
they bear the magic words. with the
Colors." There are many more than
D million such letters in the mails now
while you read this. Perhaps one at
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Proclamation

Pursuant TO q. resolution passed bJ
the Police Jury OF the Parish OF Match
itoches, La. at its session held on the
End day of Oct. 1917, |, Jas. Il. Safter,
President of the Police Jury OF the PAT
ish of Natchitoches, La, hereby gives
notice in compliance with said resolut'
ion. That SPECIAL election be held In
Ward 8, Of the parish Natchitoches, on
the 18th, day OF November 1917, sor the
purpose of submitting TO the property
tax payers qualified TO vote at said elect
ion under the laws of the Constitution
! Of the State of Louisiana the following
proporsition.
To levy special mill tax on all the
assessabie property in said ward 8 Tor
a period OF five years beginning with
the year Of 1918 endlng VITA and includ-
ng the year OF 1922. Said tax to be de-
voted to the construction and mainten-
of roads and bridges in said Ward 3.
Said election to be held in accordance
with the laws of the State of Louisiana
and at polling Places. kisatchie, mora,
. and Gorum, Of Ward 8 Parish OF Nat
chitoches, tie following are appointed
to serve as commissioners and clerks
of said election, At KisatchiesJ. j. Key
4Ttef a lsrtine, Steve Dowder. comm
LIEN died on 4&syes, Clerk at Mora,
was buried the next 0tsye Wise
family bui ial plot IN the lClerk.
cemetery. He leaves a Joe
son end two daughters Sc sioners
lndchlldFen and many other
IN, Vas
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4 T was evening on the broa
Hampstead Plain, Long IslanC

~ T was evening on the broad
Hampstead Plain, Long Island,
where the Rainbow division was
spending its last night before embark
ing for France 1t had been raining
hard in the afternoon-a cold, steady
autumn downpour-and there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow in the
outward aspect Of the camp. Lines
and lines of sodden canvas housed
$4,000 men, gathered from q different
states. The ground was dotted with
pools and quagmires. Under the wet
canvas 1t was damp and cold. with
penetrating chill. Lit by Pickering
candles, the tents were far from cheer
full shelter for a mans last night in
his native land.
But there were seven big tents
where electric lights, numbers and
friendliness made the night pleasant.
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forego coveted pesens sions or even ne
cessitics The work mus go on, be
cause tbn-e is TO Cne lh'ng that con
tributes SO much to the spirit and Ell
fic!ency of the troops. The Y. M. c
A. is working night and day to hell
the government win this war. Anc
every penny that is given to aid the
work is a direct assistance to the
health, happiness and strength OF your
boy and mine
Snapshots of Kaleidoscope Work.
: In all. the big cities in France where
our men pass through in large mum
beys, the Y. M. c A. is operating
hoste.s, where they can get beds and
meals at a minimum cost. IN London
the American 7. M. c. A. mas erected
large building for our soldiers and a
clubhouse for American officers.
There are Y. NJ. c. A. dugouts right
behind the front line trenches, where
! the soldiers can get hot drinks, crack.
ers and other comforts at all hours.
Over 1000 men who had been reject
ed on account Of physical disability
have been able to get into the British
army by reason of the physical work
of the British Y. M. C. A.
A feet of motor cars leaves the big
Y. M. G. A. headquarters in London at
midnight every night to pick UP SOL
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome lodging
In which to spend the night. These
cars are operated by Englishwomen
of position and refinement, who report
that they never meet any discourtesy
at the hands Of the soldiers. The Inn
portance of this service can be esti.
mated by the fact that at least $4,000
soldiers are on leave in London every
week Over half Of these sleep in Y.
M. c. A. beds every night.
Entertainment on Vast Scale.
The Y. M. C. A. has erected a big
auditorium, seating 5000, in each Of
the big draft camps, and huge chautau-
qua tents, seating $500 in the otner
encampments. The association is run
ming a % week entertainment circuit
among the camps and is paying 16
companies Of entertainers, who are
travelling to 30 camps performing be.
fore the men,
In each Of the draft camps the 2.
NJ C. A. has ten secretaries engaged
In educational work. The association
Is seeing to It that every man who
canrot speak English is Taught to do
so. In many OF the camps the asso.
citation has a singing director, who is
teaching the men to sing the popular
and martial airs that do 80 much to
keep up their spirits.
OF "a 7. NJ. C. A. men at Camp
Dix only three are being paid full sal
aries. In all the camps the majority
of the Y. M. C. A. men have left lucra.
tive positions to do this work simply
because its appeal Is irresistible to
any red blooded man. Harry Lauder,
the famous Scotch singer and come
dian, now on his farewell concert tour
In the United States, is giving all his
spare time to the service Of the asso.
citation and is singing to the soldiers
at all the camps he can reach.
In one OF the draft camps the Y. NJ
G. A. is supervising athletics on 120
playing fields. providing full athletic
equipment. The winners Of the inter-
regimental games will play the cham.
pions of the other camps.
One OF the greatest services render
ed by the association is the making |
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rhe nine million men still SUBJ
iect to Grafs-wiil oe divided. into
five classes and called accordingly,
economic considerations governing
the new system Of selection. and
those least valuable either for in
dustrial or dependency reason will
be the last called,
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Police Jury Proceedings
Mr.. Marshall, seconded by MIR. Salte

Mr.. Marshall, seconded by MIR. Saltel
Be it ordained by the Police Jury o
the Parish of Natchitoches.
Sec. l. That in accordance with pc
tition of Citizens hereto. attached ant
made part hereof special election i
hereby ordered to be held in ward 8 OF
the Parish of Natchitoches, on the 18th
day of November 1917, at polling place,
Kisatchie, Mora and Gorum, which
shall be submitted to the property tax
payers of said Ward s. 8.eligible and qua
flied to vote at such election the fol-
lowing proposition.
+ T levy a special tax of five mills on
a Il assessable property in Ward 8 of the
Parish of Natchitoches. Said tax to
exist for a period of five years begin
ming with the year of 1913 and ending
with and including the year 1922, and
to be devoted to the construction and
maintenance of roads and bridges in
said Ward.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary Of the Po-
lice Jury is hereby instructed to have
prepared for use at the said special
election a sufficient number of ballots
on each of which shall be printed the
proposition mentioned and set forth in
section / of this ordinance in the fol-
lowing form.
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ForRent.

My plantation containing .02
acres situated on Tessier Lane.
aboat three miles Or four from
Natchltoches, Apply to H. Lich-
tenstein, First National Bank B.dg
Shreveport, La, possession Civ n
January 1st 1918.
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STAMPED WITH STARS and STRIPES and RED TRIANGLE

Mufarious Ways Which the Association Appeals Your Boy
Your Neighbors Boy Some Boy You Know and Love
Creates Helpful Environment in Cantonmen Way Overseas
in Front Line Trench and Beyond-F to Aid He Comes
Totterng BacGive Your Share of the $3 Required to
Accomplish This "Last Eviden.a That Somebody Cares.
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BALLOT

Proposition to levy a speci-
al five mill tax on the dol
lar on all assessable pro-
perty in Ward 8 of the
Parish of Natchitoches, for
a period of five years be-
ginning with the year 1918
and ending With and includ-
ing the year 1922, Said tax
to be devoted to the con
struction and maintenance
of roads and bridges of said
Ward, 3, of the Parish of
Natchitoches, La.
Valuation of Property -
" -----
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For Rent

My store Dlliil. A. 1ols-, bisea
Good location, one of the best in the
parish. Near Railroad Station, .. 81
across Old River from Montrose M5ll
John H. Henri
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BALLOT. I"

Proposition, to levy a special five
mill tax on the dollar upon all the |
assessable property in that por-
tion of the Parish of Natchito-
ches known as Road District No. /
25 of Ward Two, for a period of !
FIVE years beginning with the
year 1918 and ending with and in
Guiding the year 1922. For the |
purpose of building, constructing |
and maintaining roads and brld-
ges in said District No. IS of the |
Parish Of Natchitoches La.
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Come in renew your subscription
low for the Enterprise.
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| Notice is hereby e. n that said, Pol
ice Jury of the Parish ~ ...4lcnitcche.
La, will meet at it's regular meeting
! place in the Court House in the City OF
Natchite ehes on Monday the l7th day
January 1918 and in open Session thar
and there proceed to open the ballot
boxes examine and canvass the returns
and declare the results Of the election
Natchitoches, La. this 9th day of
Oct. 1917.
=. Jas. F. Salter.
President Police Jury Parish of
Natchitoches, La.
By Mr.. Harper, seconded by Mr..
| Cook:
That the following petition of citi-
zens of Ward Two be accepted;
To the Hon. President and members
of the Police Jury Parish of Natchito-
ches, La
We the undersigned taxpayers living
and residing within the territory to be
affected respectfully ask that you Gre
ate road district to be known as Road
District No. 25 out of the following
territory to-wit:
Commencing at the South corner of
Section rs, T, l3, R, I, thence running
east along the section line to Saline Ba-
you, thence in northerly direction to
a point where Saline Bayou crosses the
boundry line between Natchitoches and
Bienville Parishes, thence west along
said boundry line to the northeast cor
ner of Section 2, T. l3, R, Z, thence
south to the point of beginning. And
that your Honorable body order an ele-
ction in said Road District No. rs &C
cording to law, at which special cleo
tion, there shall be submitted to the
property taxpayers residing therein
eligible and qualified to vote in such
special election the proposition of vo-
ting and levying special five mill tax
upon all the taxable property situated
in said district for period of five
years, beginnin gwith the year 1918, and
including the year 1918, 1919, 1920 1921 !
and 1922, for the purpose of building
constructing and maintaining roads
and bridges in said District.
Respectfully submitned.
Carried
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Olympic
Theatre
/ Weekly Program
! Subject to change without notice
Thursday, 8th,
Baby Marie Osborne
"WHEN BABY FORGOT"
Comedy reels 10 and l5c
Friday, 9th,
Richard Benuett
"Ihe Valley of Decision
Price 10 and 15c
Saturday. 10th.
Mary Miles Minter
"DIMPLES"
Helen, Holmes
Episode Number 2
''The Destroyed Document"
Lost Express.
Price 10 and 15e
"a
Sunday, llth.
SHIRLEY MASEN
iH
THE AWAKENING of RU rH''
Price 10 & l5c
MphT R;l
GAIL KANE
THE SERPENTS TEETH"
Price 10 & 15c
Tue sday. 18th
EDISON CONQUEST PROCESSES
Reels
Price 10 and Is
Wednesday, 18th.
Bessie Eyton Fritzie Brunette
Thomas Santschie
in
Beware of Strangers
price Is asd 25c
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Million Letters In the Mails Today
Bearing Magic Words with thoc0Iors"

Keynote of the Splendid Work the Y.MCA Does Among
Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In
Touch With the Folks at Home.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1917-11-08

By Mr.. Harper, seconded by Mr..
Cook
Be it ordained by the Police jury of
the Parish of Natchitoches, La.
Sec. l. that the following portion of
che Parish of Natchitoches is hereby
created into a Koad District to be
known as Road District No. Is, to-wit:
Commencing at the southwest cor
ner of section 25, T, l3, r, z. thence
running east along the section line to
Saline Bayou, thence in northerly di-
rection to point where Saline Bayou
crosses the boundry line between Nat
chitoches and Bienville Parishes, thence
west along said boundry line to the
northeast corner of Section 2, T, ID, R,
7, thence south to the point of begin
ming. Carried unanimously ?
BY Mr.. Harper, seconded by Mr. Cook !,
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Natchitoches.
Sec. l. That in accordance with petit
tion of citizens hereto attached and
made part hereof and the ordinance of
this body this day passed creating Road
District No q of the Parish of Natchi-
teches a special election is hereby or
dered to be held in Road District No. 25
in the Parish of Natchitoches, on the
Oath day of November 1917 at which
shall be submitted to the property tax
payers of said Road District No. 25 ell
igible and qualified to vote at such ele-
ction the following proposition.
To levy Especial five mill tax on the
dollar on all assessable property in Road
District No. rs of the Parish of Nat
ehitoches embracing and including the
following territory;
Commencing at the south west cor
ner of Section Is, T, 13, K, z, thence
running east along the section line to
Saline Bayou, then in northerly di-
rection to a point where Saline Bayou
crosses the boundary line between Nat.
chitoches and Bienville Parishes, thence
west along said boundry line to the
North east corner of Section 2, T, 13,
r, Z, thence south to the point of be-
ginning.
Said tax to exist for period of five
years beginning with the year 1918 and
ending with and including the year 1922,
and to be devoted to the building, con-
structing and maintaining roads and
bridges in said District.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of Natchitoches
is hereby instructed to have prepared
for use at said special election suffici-
ent number of ballots on each of which
shaft be printed the proposition mentiou-
ed and set forth in Section / Of this or
dinance in the following form;
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Z
Signature of voter .........................
NOTICE TO VOTIR5: To vote in favor
of said proposition place cross x mark
in the square below the word YES"
to vote against said proposition place
similar mark in the square below the
word mo"
Sec. 3. That the Secretary is hereby
instructed to have prepared for use at
Said special election all necessary ballot
boxes, tally sheets, list of voters, as
sessed valuation of property and cons
piled statement of voters in number
and amount.
Sec. 4. That said special election be
held in accordance with the laws of the
State and at precincts, Goldonna, Chest
nut, and Ashland, Ward Two of the
Parish of Natchitoches, La. The fol-
lowing are appointed Commissioners
and Clerks to serve at said election.
At Goldonna; Henry Gunter, A. Har-
ris. W. A. Golden. Commissioners and
Levi Tally, Clerk of said election. /
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BALLOT"

Proposition, to levy five mill
special tax on the dollar on all
assessable property in Ward Two,
except Road District No. 25, for
a period of five years beginning
with the year 1918, and ending
with and including the year 1872,
said tax to be devoted to the
building, constructing and main
tanning roads in Ward Two,
except Road District No. 25, Oh
the Parish of Narcnitoches, La.
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Continued on page twol
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Signature of Voter
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Valuation of. property :. ......,,......,.
Signature Of voters t-..s-.y.,..,.,,,...,i.,.,