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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12

ance in his schools probably ~ per
cent or more, as was the Case in these
counties; when he realizes that i'm
proved roads will bring consolidated
schools resulting in better teaching for
his children; when he realizes that
good roads and motor transportation
enlarge his community, promote neigh
borliness and make cooperation among
farmers more common and effective be-
cause farmers can come together more
often and more easily. he will approve
any substantial good roads program
that leaders may wish to propose.
He win not only approve it. but help
it along with his time and his money.
He must be shown. however. by facts
and figures where such program
leads. He must assimilate these facts.
and time will make that not only pos
sible, but certain. When he has done
so and is convinced the good roads pro-
gram will be on with no fear of a letup
But can we then stop in our cam
paign Of education and expect things
to run as they should indefinitely :?
Certainly not. Once the program is on
we need to know how to conduct it.
We need to be convinced as people
that if 20 to 80 per cent of the roads in
any county and in the state are made
permanent roads probably they will
handle effectively 80 to 80 per cent of
the traffic We will need to under
stand road building so as not to over
capitalize any stretch of roads-in
other words, not to put more money
into the improvement Of any strip of
road than its ton mileage will warrant
We will need to know and to insist
that the location Of permanent roads
shall be determined by the traffic they
bear and may bear in the future and
not by the whim or influence of some
property owner or owners with an ak
to grind.
We will need to appreciate above ev-
erything else that when the initial in.
provement has been made only the pre-
liminary steps haye been taken and
that proper maintenance is absolutely
essential. We will need to know as "a
people that proper road building and
maintenance must be delegated to the
direction of men trained for the work
and that they must be given ample
authority to go ahead as their training
and judgment dictate.
Above all, we as farmers will need tc
know that with the coming of surfaced
roads and rapid and easy transporta
tion the increase in potential value OF
the land will necessitate its more eff
ticiciit utilization. which III turn will
make necessary well educated, in
| 'lustrious and progressive citizenship.
An educational program for good
roads IN the past has heen an invalu
| able aid to the creation of good roads
sentiment. 1t is rapidly bringing about
| the crystailization of this sentiment
| into public opinion which will result
| in action. 1t must 80 farther than thai
| and serve as constant guide that .Oul
| acts may not be wrong or futile enf
that the program we undertake may bt
intensely practical and along such line!
as will best serve our communities ane
our state.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
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ARTILLERY AND ROADS.

+ am not prepared to say that :
+ the day of the fixed coast de- :
i Tense guns of our present system !
i is past. but it is the undoubted !
! sentiment among coast artillery !
4 officers in our service that we i
> must at least supplement our !
4 permanent ones with some suit !
Z able type of heavy mobile artil !
4 Jerry. Whether these guns should ,
i be mounted ON fiat cars to be 9
= transported on railroad or by !
i motor trucks on the highways is ,
i an open question. The latter .
= method would undoubtedly afford
= a greater degree of mobility. but !
i in the present condition of our
= highway systems 1t is almost i'm.
Z possible of attainment.
4 One Of the most important
i phases Of real military prepared
4 ness that can possibly be under
= taken is that which is going on
= under the impetus of the good
= roads movement. now become so
= general all over the country. a
= good road. well built, well sur
= faced and well drained. may be
= of immense value from a mill
= tary point of view. In the loca
i ton Of roads. particularly along
= the shore. special attention to
= military requirements in the lay
: ing out aud planning of high
= way may prove of inestimable
: value ut some time in the future
+ when that highway becomes a
: military road.-Captain Arthur
+ Hyde. U. S. A.
q
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Percentage.

"That's some hat you've got there.
Bill. 1t must have set you back oil
Of $40"
.It did. but / figure I'm saving
money on 1t at that"
elbow do you make that out?"
well. when ! wore two dollar hat
had 70 give up per cent Of its
value every time checked it in
fashionable restaurant. With this one
it costs me only per cent.'-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
puz.I. Of III. Eagle and the Whale.

Puzzle Of the Eagle and the Whale.
There are two animals that puzzle
naturalists more than any others.
They are natures submarine and aero
plane. the whale and the eagle. It n
known that whales occasionally de-
scend as much as 5000 feet below the
surface Of the sea. Why they are not
injured scientists have yet to discover.
It is this pressure which prevents
modern submarine descending even 800
feet. let alone 5000
Eagles have been seen through tel
escopes to fly with apparent ease from
10000 to 10000 feet above sea level.
At that height no human being can
live owing to the rarefaction Of the
air How the birds live and fly at far
greater heights than man can endure
for long is question still to be an
swered. Weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Savino Labor.

''This agricultural journal states that
apple trees ought to be planted on .
SLOPE"
whats the idea?''
$50 when the apples ripen and drop
Off they will roll down to the farmers
doorstep. l suppose. Louisville Cou-
rier-JOurnal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
New National Forest Road.

The first national forest road TO be
constructed under the federal aid act
will be located in the Apache National
forest. Arizona. Il survey for which has,
been authorized by Secretary Houston
The proposed road will be seventy -one
miles in tenstl, and cost about s342
500, to la borne equally by the federal
government aud the ioca, community.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
The rs o So Call.

The original wireless signal of dis
tress at sea. &C @ d. was adapted
from the old 'all stations" or general
call of line telegraphy. But at the first
international wireless congress it was
suggested and approved that better
call was IS o S. which. by its ar
rangement of dots and dashes. is diff
ferent from any other call.
rs o s" has no special meaning. 1t
is not intended to express "Sare our
souls or anything else equally dra.
matte. This call is an international one
and has the same meaning in all Ian
guages.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12

Mrs. Newlywed Tin tears)-I jus,
don't care! I'm going to give up house
keeping. Her Dearest What:
When you took a special course at col
Iege in domestic science! Mrs. Newly
wed (sobbing,-l-I know, but-but J
can't find butcher that did!-Judge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Aeropiana "loops.n

The first person ever to loop the
loop" in an aeroplane was NJ. a. Pc
goud. in May. 1913. The first woman to
loop the loop" was Miss Davies. but
she was passenger. The first woman
to loop the loop" alone was Miss
Katherine Stinson. Probably the rec
ord for looping the loop"-although
unomcial-is that listed as performed
by Russian who is said to have made
forty y-six loops continuously. = New
York Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
A Round About Tpip.

In Copenhagen one may buy ticket
to New York via the Transsiberian
route. \ trip from Denmark to New
YORK by way of the Transsiberian rail.
way would cover something more than
$4,000 miles. The journey would be
from Copenhagen to Petrograd, thence
across Russia and Scrvia to VladivOs
took, thence by way of Japan across
the Pacific and thence across the
American continent to New York.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Germs In a Sneeze.

DR.. Edward Martin OF Philadelphia
in a recent lecture declared that In a
single cough or s.ieeze an influenza
victim released 20.C00.000 disease
germs into the atmosphere of all or
binary room. OF these germs well
person might inhale 10000 IN single
hrp.;th
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
A NATTY MATCH.

Ultra women use the same piece Of
tussore for their parasols, wrist bags,
dog bag and hats. You can't miss he
ing smart if you choose a big plaid
and then hush it in kilt that only
gives flashes of black when you mo
bilize for action.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12

"What an ugly disposition he has!'
.'Yes. You remember how cross your
husband is the first week Of every year
when he gives up smokingT'
YES"
well, he's that way all the time."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Feminine Supremacy.

DIR. Elizabeth Baer of Philadelphia
says tie era of the supremacy Of 40
man in business and affairs is zap.
preaching. She argues that even now
superior ability when exhibited by a
woman in any department is promptly
recognized and rewarded.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Respons;biiity,

} What an empty thing life would be
without responsibility! The shut In
who is in life without the respOnsi-
bilities of life provides responsibilities
for others His burden becomes light
er when he is made to feel that to an
other it is ali incentive.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
slsTER's TRIUMPH.

Figured voiles are much used for
small girls party frocks. Quite grown
up are the lines, three rufiles. crochet
buttons. white val trimmed front and
sleeves in two tiers. The hat is white
straw, simply trimmed with rose
and butterfly bow
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12

r. L. Stevenson said that there II
SO often threatening note. something
blatant and metallic, in the voice OF
bells that we have fully more pain
than pleasure in hearing then."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
No Chance For Him.

Knicker-Enjoy your car? Booker
II might as well be milk wagon. The
only time the rest Of the family don't
use 1t is between and in the morn
ing.-New York Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
a Pessimist.

A pessimist is a person who tells you
that what appears to be silver lining
in your cloud is only low grade of
tin foil.--Galveston News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Beyond Question.

Diner-These eggs are strictly fresh
You are quite surei Waiter-Yes. sir
The chef boiled them for himself and
hadn't time to eat them. sir.-New
York Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
uauaily tho Case.

The husband may be boss of his own
house, but his wife usually conceals
the fact from his knowledge until he
forgets about it.-St- Louis Post-Dis-
pstch
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Clever Amateurs.

Clever Amateurs.
Dozens of old graduates were back,
and they talked lot about themselves
and u lot more about others not 80
fortunate as to attend
Most Of cur old crowd are married
and happy" said one.
Married. anyhow" said another,
with the grim that always accompanies
this silly joke.
Il accept the amendment" returned
the first speaker, but chiefly on ac-
count Of poor Billy Tompkins. He
had an unfortunate marital expert
ence."
We hadn't heard Of it and begged for
particulars.
"Why. the girl he married turned
out to be professional pickpocket."
The men who had first spoken sigh
ed, but his eye twinkled.
WELL" he observed, Il guess the
rest of US drew some pretty clever
amateurs-what?"- Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12

Everything that exists depends upon
the past. prepares the future and Is ~
lated to the whOle.-Oersted
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12
Country Produce

Those residing in the Plain Dealing
trade territory should bring their Goun-
try Produce to me. will buy your
Poultry, Eggs, Butter, etc., and should
you bring in any product of the farm
cannot handle will cheerfully help you
dispose of it. Fair prices and open
dealing is a ride with me for expanding
trade. Come in and see me.
w. T. LOvELADY.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-12

\ young man idle. an old man needy
Italian PrOverb
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
JAPANESE PRINCE IS LOST
Thirty Americans Aboard Lost Steam.
or When Sent To Bottom With.
out Any Warning.

London.-The British steamer Jap.
anese Prince, with many Americans
aboard, which was sunk by a German
submarine, was t%orpedoed without
warning, according to a dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company. All
the crew were landed, the dispatch
adds.
A torpedo struck the Japanese
Prince amidships with a terrific Ok.
plosion. The crew took to the boats
and were picked up within an hour.
Many were injured by the explosion,
but none were fatally hurt. The rs
men aboard the ship, including 80
American cattlemen, we're all saved.
The British steamer Sallagh has
been sunk, Lloyd's shipping agency
announces.
Lloyd's also reports the Italian bark
Lulginag of LOO tons aground and a
total loss. The captain and 10 men
were lost. Five men were saved.
This may refer to the British steam.
err Sallaga, Of 3,811 tons gross, owned
by Elder Dempster & Co. Of Liver.
pool. She has been In the British
government service. No steamer Sal.
lagh is listed in available records.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
FALLING HAIR means
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hair! Get a IS Cent Bottle
Of Danderine Right Now-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair Is mute evidence of a neglected
scalp; Of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t rebs the hair
of Its luster, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching Of the scalp, which
If not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderins
tOnight-nOw-any time-will surely
W your hair.
Get a rs cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life, luster and luxuriance
which Is 81 beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and ~softness, but what will
please you most will be after Just q
few weeks use, when you will actual
ly see a lot Of fine, downy hair-new
~hair-growing all over the scalp. ADV.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
OF FIGS FOR
A CHILDS BOWELS
Il is cruel to force nauSeatings
harsh physiC into a
sick child.

. Look back at your childhood daya
Remember the Sdose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physio simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative handy; they know children
love to take It; that 1t never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown.ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
BRITISH SEIZE POSITIONS
Nearly Mile Front On Somme Is Cap
tured in a Raid by the
British.

London British troops captured
German trenches on a front Of more
than three.Quarters Of a mile in the
Somme line, constituting what is char
acterized as a "strong system" lying
north Of Beaumont-IIamel The official
statement reporting this operation
reads.
Another very successful local oper-
alton was carried out. A strong sys-
TEN Of hostile trenches lying on the
southern front of Serre Hill north Of
Beaubont-H amel) was attacked and
captured on a front Of over three
quarters of a mile. We captured 215
prisoners q number considerably ex-
ceeding our casualties.
I'VE repulsed by our fire an enemy
attempt to approach our lines south of
Sailly-Sallisel. We entered enemy
trenches in the ~neighborhood Of Pys,
southwest of Labasse, northeast Of
Neuye Chapelle and south of Fauquis-
sart. Many casualties were inflicted
on the enemy and his dugouts destroy
ed. A number Of prisoners were Sc
cured.
I'VE effectively bombarded the en-
emy's positions at a number of places
along front.
Our airplanes carried out bombing
operations with good results. One
German machine was driven down in
the air fighting"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
GeoIoqist Discovers Stone.

DR.. E. N. Lowe, director of the Mis-.
sissippi geological survey, has return
ed to his headquarters and Is busy
Strengthening out and classifying spec
linens which he has gathered during
his tour of the state. During the most
d~isagreeable and almost impossible
weather of early January, DR.. Lowe
was out among the Tishomingo hills
and creek beds in the extreme north.
east part Of the state, where he was
engaged in an investigation of the out.
groupings of stone including sand.
stone, limestone and gray stone.
DR.. Lowe has secured a number Of
interesting specimens, including hard,
almost flinty stone, we'll adapted to
structural purposes, provided the de-
posits are of sufficient extent and
depth to justify quarrying of inter.
esting fossiliferods specimens, many Of
them pertaining to the cretacean for
nation and of such character as to jus.
tify the belief that shell life was
abundant In the same regions back in
the age when Methuselah's grandpar-
ents were still unborn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16

Three European Neutrals Are Nego
tlatlng With Berlin to Modify
Warfare.

Washington.-Three European neu.
trail governments, which have refused
to join the United States in severing
diplomatic relations with Germany,
are exerting their fullest pressure on
Berlin to modify or curtail the sub
marine decree that has brought Ger
many and the United States to the
verge Of war
The representations being made by
three nations-Sweden, Spain and
SwitEerland-ars actively continuing,
and 1t Is not improbable that some
result Of them will be known to this
government soon.
The knowledge that the three gov
ernments r attempting to convince
Germany of the unreasonableness of
her course is believed to have com.
mandsd more attention at tho late
cabinet meeting than any other phase
Of the quarrel with Germany.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
VILLA HEADS ARMY
MOVING ON JUAREZ
FORCE ESTIMATED AT $4,000 MEN
WELL EQUIPPED WITH guns
AND AMMUNITION.
10000 MEN IN CHIHUAHUA
Brother Of Bandit Sends Official Com.
munication to Representative In
New York-VIIla Occupies
P%ershing's Old Territory.

New York.-Francisco Villa, with
$4,000 men, supported by 30 cannon
Of 65 and 10 milllmetres each and 70
machine guns, is occupying territory
vacated by Gen. Pershing and gradu-
ally advancing northward to take
Juarez, according to an official com
municatlon received here by John j.
Halves, Villas representative in New
York, from Hipolito Villa, brother Of
the leader, who is making his head
quarters in San Antonio.
Details Of Villa forces, with com
manding officers, were given as fol-
lows:
Chief Of starr, Col. Joaquin Alveras,
Artillery forces, consisting OF 20 can
non OF rs millimetres, 10 of IS MILL
metres, and 70 machine guns, com
manded by Gems. Manuel Garcia San.
tibanez, Miguel Saavedra, and Col. T.
Zapata, with Col. Georgorio Beltram
as chief Of infantry and cavalry sup
porting the artillery branch.
Gen. Martin Lopez's brigade, con
sisting of 1000 men, and the Trinidad
Rodriguez brigade Of 1900 men, com
manded by Gen. Eulagio Ortiz, are at
Fresno, seven miles from Chihuahua.
The Zaragoza brigade, commanded by
Gen. Margarito Salinas, has 500 men,
and the Nicholas Fernandez brigade,
consisting Of 5000 men, is in com
mand of Gems. Fernandez and Gabriel
Valdivieso.
In addition there are about 10000
men In Chihuahua.
In the state Of Durango Gems. Rod
riguez and Madinaveitia have $500
men and orders have been issued to
them to Join the main forces of Gen.
Villa at once, preparatory to an attack
on chihuahua City. Also in Durango
Gen. J.. l.. Salazar, Villas second in
command. has 1900 men In waiting.
The first and second machine gun
corps are commanded by Col. T. Ia.
pata.
I'VE are positive" the statement
concludes, that Grales, Cedillo broth
ers, Emilano Zapata, Cerrera Torres
and Pelaene are with Gen. Villa and 1t
can be so stated to the public"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
ATTACK PLANNED LONG AGO
Brochure by German Army Officer
Explains Plans Of Attack Against
United States.

Paris.-A plan of invasion OF the
United States and It's subsection by
German arms Is found in a brochure
by Baron Franz Won Edelsheim, cap.
tain OF the Second Regiment OF Uhlan
of the Guard, extracts Of which have
been published.
The brochure Is not the fantastic
dream of a PanGermanist; 1t has
been recommended for reading in the
most authoritative circles of German
kultur. 1t Is edited by the propaganda
committee OF military and naval cir.
Giles OF Germany, and was published
In Berlin in 1901.
Baron Won Edelsheim declares with
simplicity that the commercial expan
sion OF the United States is beginning
to ~irritate Germany considerably and
that it Is only by force of arms that
that situation can be ended. He does
not hide the statement that Germany
can mobilize her strength with extra
ordinary rapidly, and, possessing a
large fleet of transports, is the only
power In the world capable of men.
Rcing the United States.
In this plan Of campaign. which Is
quite a special one, the author re.
moves at the outset the American ma.
rine, which, having an extended coast
to defend, would certainly not dare, in
his opinion, to risk fight In the open
sea, and would seek refuge In various
ports.
As 70 the army, Baron Won Edel
sheim says 1t would not embrace more
than 1000 0 men, and would be cas-
lily put to rout by simultaneous Ger
man attacks at different points locat.
ed at a great distance from one an.
other and by q propaganda well organ.
lied in the interior, The Ulited States
would not be able, the author says, to
concentrate sufficient forces at any
place to resist invasion.
America would be forced to submit
TO the German conditions of peace. the
captain declares, for, having in our
power a number Of American ports. we
strange the centers from which con
verge all the arteries of American
life. We would destroy all public
buildings, banks and business houses,
cut off all supplies from the civil pop.
u%lation, levy enormous contributions
and crush everybody with penalties"