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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-06-06
To HAVE AND TO HOLD.

You have read and heard the
word Patriotism" a thousand
times during the last few
months. Just what does it
mean? It means sane, sensible,
enlightened selfishness. Being
patriotic means that you realize
that a certain line of conduct
will mean sacrifice, hardship,
for you, but that if only you
will make the sacrifice, and en-
dure the hardship, it will bring
lasting good and happiness to
you, your neighbors, your whole
country.
By buying a Liberty Bond
you have shown that you have
the right viewpoint. Now the
thing to do is to see your reso-
luton through to the finish.
The soldier who volunteered for
service, went over the top with
a cheer and then stopped, dis
heartened, in the middle of ''No
Mans Land" would be consid-
cred a poor soldier.
The man who stays at home
must take this lesson to him.
self. It is not sufficient to
merely enlist in the army Of
Bond Buyers, the fight must be
fought to the bitter end. In
other words, pay your install
ments on your Bonds promptly.
Sacrifice and save during the
month of June for your July in
stallments sacrifice and save
during July and August to pay
your August installments. Even
then you will have done. only
half your duty. The command
of our officers then will be
Keep your Bond" and as good
soldiers and patriots we must
obey.
Liberty Bonds are not money,
ard therefore, should not Ee
used as such. They are mort.
cages on all the land, all the
wealth in the United States
When you lend money on Z
mortgage, you do not take the
papers to the grocery store ane
pay your bills with them, yol
place them in the bank, and i
you actually need money to con
duct your business, you borrow
money on the mortgage. TIL,
same course is quite permissibl,
III the case of a Liberty Bond
Remember when you hold ,
Liberty Bond you are a patriot
bearing your share of the Ma
tional burden: when you sell il
you have ceased to bear you
share Of the burden and hav
handed it on to some one els
to carry. This is not. good Am
ericanism, nor again is it goo
business, for where in the worl
today is there better invest
ment for the man who know
nothing of stocks, shares, bond
or financial matters, than a Lii
erty Bond?
An investment without a
element of risk, which pay
NV per annum, is a prett
good thing to have and to holt
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-06-06
NOTICE TO MORTGAGE CREDITORS.
ONee Of State Tar Collector,


In conformity with Section G3 Of Act So
Of the Acts Of 1883, and subsequent laws OF
Louisiana. notice Is hereby given that all
persons holding mortgages upon real estate
located in the Parish OF B0ssier, State OF
Louisiana. upon which taxes for the year
1917 have not been paid, that ] will begin
the sale of same at the front door Of the
Court House, In the town Of Benton, La.
on Saturday, June =, 1918. and that Il
number of pieces Of property 30 delinquent
are now being advertised in the Bossier
Banner. In conformity with the law, pre-
psratory to such sale. The attention Of
mortgage creditors II specially called 70 this
advertisement Of tax sales, and they are
warned to take such steps prior to the sales
rs may be necessary to protect their rights.
!. +. EDw ARpS,
Sheriff and er-n0scio Tax Collector, Bos-
sier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, May =, 1918. ljun "
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-06-06

The recent Red Cross drive netted
S44.0OO,OOO over the S1oO.GOO00O asked
for Every state i'll the union, except
Illinois. went over its. quota. This
means that our people are in the war
to win, and that they are determined
that our hoys on the fighting line shall
have everything that is necessary to
make their efforts a succesS.-Mdns-
field Enterprise.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-06-06

Keep the Parish Fair in mind. 1t
should at all times be encouraged.
Plant something especially for the fair
and cultivate it with view of making
enough to exhibit but will win prize.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-06-06

half Of west half of section Is, township
+ 10. range 11-72O acres. Taxes, x56.76 !;
interest and cost to be added.
FRANKLIN. w. M.-I4ots and of block
| q, lots . and 8 of block and lots 8, .
and 10 of block 1, Oak Park. Taxes, 20
/ cents; interest and cost to be added.
FREEMAN, George. jr.-The north half Of
northwest quarter of section Il and ID
acres of the east side of northeast quar-
ter of northeast quarter Of section 20,
township y. range 11--93 acres. Taxes,
| $3.50: interest and cost to be added.
GLOVER, w. G.. and LEVINE CO.-Lots 1.
| 3, l.. !, and of block q, Cumberland
| Subdivision, Bossier. Taxes, $9.13: in
tcrest and cost to be added.
| GCNTER. Charles W.-The east half of
southeast quarter, southeast quarter OF
northwest quarter and southwest quarter
Of southwest quarter Of section Z, town
i ship %, range 13-160 acres. Taxes,
1885,: interest and cost to be added.
HALL. Est. T. C.-The west half Of south
east quarter of section %, township %
| cost to be added.
less the front half, Cumberland SH,di
vision. Bossicr. Taxes. So cents interest
and cost to be added.
4 HAYES 4 AItNGUM-Lots Il and II Of
block w, Cumberland Subdivision Bos
sier Taxes, S;;.U5: interest and cost t.
i be added.
/ HEROLD. i. B-The front half Of lot
Of block Q, Cumberland Subdivision. Bos
sicr. Taxes. IS cents; interest and cos
to be added.
| HOIIENTH.AI4. Simon -Onc-balf interest II
the northwest quarter Of northeast quar-
| ter Of section 16. township u, range IL
tvStSvr md ffvSs
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-06-06
Better Than City Light

(ITY LIGHT grows
bright and dim.
Sometimes it goes
out altogether.
Lalley-Light is always
bright; always steady. It
never leaves you suddenly
in the dark.
Itcosts you but a few cents
a day to run.
It is safe. It is simple.
Anyone can run ard care
for the plant and battt-y.
The sun., 1918-08-04
Supplies Kept From Germany and Ameri-
can Trade Helped in Neutral Countries
by Foreign Exchange Conditions

probably get his pay straight from one
of Uncle Sans Federal reserve exchange
departments; but how to get that 100000
across to Spainf In goldf Not on your
life with the danger of submarine and
enemy triangle" How theni In goods!
By shipping American goods; and the
United States fnancier sits up overnight
and hugs himself with glee at "the one
over" he is putting across or his Spanish
dicker. The dollar at a discount (plus
the gold embargo) is literally acting as
a magnet to draw American goods to
Spain to create international trade to pay
war debts. 1t is literally creating an IT.
resistible undertow in the foreign market
for American trade.
Foreign Trade Stimulated.
"Well, who is that beneftingf' asks your
soap box orator, who considers all finan-
ciers to be wicked spiders spinning webs
for such noisy bluebottle flies as he. Il
only wish we could do the same to the
leather lunged orators arguments as we
can to the blow eggs of the bluebottle fly
"Who is it going to benefit, if we pay our
war debts to Spain in American exports
because the dollar is below par7' 1t is
going to benefit every factory that ships
goods to Spain and every workman who
works in every such factory. 1t is going
to benefit every farm that ships wheat to
Spain and every hired man who works
on a farm shipping wheat to Spain.
All because the dollar is below par
in Spain! All because the big bank
ers are playing their game as deftly as the
shipbuilders are driving their rivets, but
the bankers can only play theE game if
the shipbuilders drive their rivets; for the
exports can only go forward if there are
ships
Now do you see why ships are he
shuttles in the loom of international
finance that is to keep the world from
going into naked bankruptcy? Mr.. Ross.
president of the Marine League, has been
telling us this for ten years. Only We
hadn't sense to listen till prices went down
and exchange went to pieces when the war
broke out. The really technically correct
way to express all this so nobody will I'M
derstand it is to say that ian adverse ex-
change rate is great regulator of trade
and stimulant of exports as well as deter
rent to our imports In plain Billy Sun
day language, it makes the other fellow
buy and it makes US do without and save.
Or take the very opposite process,
when the dollar goes so high above par
that when the other fellow buys from US
he is paying US 300 per cent. higher prices
than we are asking. If the buyer is an
enemy | suppose even Billy Sunday
would sneeze at him and bless him, but
what if he were one of our war stripped,
impoverished allies7 There would be an
other kind of job for the court of inter
national finance.
Italy is case in point. Italy cast off
her allegiance to the Triple Alliance with
one pagan and one worse than pagan and
came in with the Allies. Now Italy has
been buying very heavily from US, roughly
three times more heavily than we have
The sun., 1918-08-04
By AGNES c. LAUT.

WE sometimes speak of ships as the
w bridge to victory. They are, and
every workman with rivet is striking a
blow for that victory, but they are more.
Ships are shuttles in the loom of interna-
tional finance that is to keep the world
from going into naked bankruptcy, and
while the workmen are toiling in the heat
of the day to build the ships that will
bridge to victory it is well to remember
the bankers are sleeping with their boots
on. so busy are they weaving at that loom
of international finance that is to avert
ruin for literally stripped world after
the war.
Sounds cryptic, but it isn't. The mys-
terry lies entirely in the fact that while We
may shout the aims of shipbuilding from
the hOusetops, secrecy shrOuds the great
international court of finance, because
we cant have the enemy tangling the
skein while the warp and the wool are in
the weave. Spiders spinning their web,'
your leather unged soap box orator is
fond of calling the bankers. Yet the fact
remains if it were not for these bankers
one might see the civilized world 90 where
the Bolsheviki have brought Russia, or
where demOralized finance brought Mex
leo, when you couldn't pass a dollar cur
rency for 1 cent street ear ticket.
Triangle of the Enemy.
The reason given for the secrecy is
usually that we might play into ''the tri-
angle" of the enemy, ''the triangle" stand
ing for such n deal in international finance
as this: Germany can buy desperately
needed supplies from neutral countries
only with gold. She needs gold. She
must have it. She is stripping her peo-
pie of ornaments and jewelry to get it;
so to increase her supply of gold she
dumps lot of Argentine securities on the
Argentine stock market and has the pro-
eeeds of the sale sent up TO New York IN
gold. There are two legs of the triangle.
Now comes the third Pershing's army is
obtaining huge supplies of equipment
from Spain. We owe Spain more than
Spain owes us. Isn't there a chance OF
our paying the difference in trade in that
gold coming up from Argentina and so
of Germany getting back the proceeds OF
her sales through us? No, for when the
bankers found this very thing was hap
pening with all the neutrals they had an
embargo clapped on United States gold,
knocking the third leg out of the triangle.
though We literally have more gold in this
country just now than we know what TO do
with, more than is good for us, so much
that Kaiser William has said he will come
and "burglc" us if he can.
That is what is meant by the enemys
"triangle," but the reason for the secrecy
is very much subtler than this easily
traced three cornered game in gold tag.
Follow his business of equipment for
our army in France a bit further! Long
as tonnage was scarce and equipment was
abundant, it gave better results for us
to fill our tonnage with man power than
equipment, which could be bought in Eu
rope. That is why we could put million
men across the Atlantic instead of 100000
inside the year. Now, it is estimated each
soldier boys equipment costs about 81 900.
At least, that is what Canada has aver
aged after putting 100000 across. We
haven't got to the place where we can
The sun., 1918-08-04

make averages yet. Granted Spain sup
plies only $50 head of that 81 600
equipment. Granted that $50 is made up
of saddles, leather, prunes, raisins, fresh
fruit, goatskin Innings for winter coats or
what not. Even if Spain supply only
$50 head for that 81 900 equipment for
an army of million growing into two or
three millions That is a whale of a big
bill for Uncle Sam to pay. Add to that
bill as much again bought by the other AL
lies, who give Spain bills of exchange on
the allied credits lying in United States
banks. How is the bill going to be paid
by Uncle Sam just now? By exportsf
Not while all tonnage is being filled with
soldiers and munitions and ordnance. BY
gold? There is an embargo on gold.
Well suppose Spanish merchant, who
has sold 100000 worth of horse blankets
for the American Army, suddenly needs
cash. He takes his American |. o. L. or
bill Of exchange to his Spanish banker.
The banker shifts little. He may even
sneeze and say God bless you," but he is
shy of cashing that American |. o. U.
with an embargo against gold, how he
asks, sam l to get gold for-that 100000
billf' The merchant hens and haws and
offers it for 100000. Come" cajoles the
banker. "You know you sold those blan-
kets at about 300 per cent. above prewar
prices. You protected Your long credit by
huge profits, let us say $67 900 for that
100000 BILL" and down slumps the ex-
change on the American dollar 43 per
per cent. below par, only the banker and
the merchant didn't talk in dollars. They
talked in Spanish currency. Only that is
the way the transaction works out at I'm
Gle Sans end; and that is what has sent
the dollar below par in every neutral
country where it is below par. In Spain
the dollar has fluctuated from 6 per cent.
to % per cent, below par. in eases going
10 43 per cent. below par.
American Financier's Part.
But that is not the end of the subtle
little game in international finance No.
on your life it isn't! Put on your crystal
lenses now so you can STE through stone
walls behind closed Goors-so you can see
why the banker sleeps in his boots. The
Spanish banker first He doesn't draw a
long face because he is loaded with bill
he can't cash. That is, he doesn't draw a
long face after the merchant goes out.
Instead, it is safe bet he leks his lips.
Here is what he says to his Little Inside
Self. Good old don A clean, sure, safe
100000 for $4,000; $4,000 gain this
day. More power to it Methinks when
S67 900 of my coin will buy 100000 Of
Uncle Sans goods, it is good time to
buy, and I'll buy while the buying is good
and trust to luck or God the sneezes here
and blesses himself) for ships to get the
goods across all in due time The chances
are the Spanish banker will clear another
$4,000 on exchange on the goods bought
and will pay merely fraction of his
huge profits in storage and delay.
Now take the American fnancier's side
of the little financial game. He has to
pay that 100000 bill. He himself will
The sun., 1918-08-04

I. Parker Willis (secretary), w. P.
been buying from her; and her exchange
has fallen from third to half its buy
ing power in times of peace. There are
other factors hurting Italy's exchange too,
such as her defeat last year and failure
of war issue; but if we could buy from
Italy as Italy buys from US, exchange
would soon right itself; so the American
financiers have sent a representative to
see how We can help Italy to pay her war
debts to us by exchange of goods, or
credit, rather than gold
There are peculiar reasons why ex-
change should not be permitted to press
burdensomely on any of our Allies. They
are spending life blood to save democracy
for the world. The neutrals are piling up
huge profits and reaping the benefits. So
the international court of finance inter-
venes here. International court Of
finance by courtesy only in name, yet,
though there is not the slightest doubt if
the war lasts another year, there will be a
formal international court of finance to
protect allied finances after the war, just
as the American Federal Reserve Board
has protected American finance during
the war. How many people, for instance,
know that every Wednesday evening the
Federal reserve banks have data sent In
TO them to take stock of the worlds
financei In the United States are Il, 900
dealers in foreign exchange. Every
Wednesday evening there is report on
all exchange proceedings of the week sent
in to the Federal reserves.
By this means every dollar of gold going
and known; so that those good alarmists
sitting up overnight for fear our finances
are going to flinders because the dollar Is
below par in neutral countries need not
lose more sleep. The Federal reserve ex-
change department sitting up examining
those reports won't let the gold get away
and they will see our foreign obligations
paid in a way to benefit every hand that
works.
Dollar Below Par Helps.
The dollar below par instead of being
bad sign to-day is clever play on the
chess board to send our trade into Euro
pean channels.
Another of the big man sized jobs for
the finaneiers just now is the placing of
the various Liberty Loans and the distri-
button of the funds after they come in.
1t is no secret to tell now that when the
first Liberty Loan was launched one mis-
take was made just for a few days. As
the subscriptions came in, just for a week,
they were centred in too few banks. That
is, funds drawn from a multitude of banks
all over the country suddenly poured into
too few reservoirs. Those were nights
bankers did sleep in their boots. There
were reserves suddenly dried up in some
little sections and there were reserves sud-
denly flooded to flush in other sections, hut
that lasted only few days and happened
only during the first loan. What happens
now is an absolute safeguard against &c
bulge squeeze policy. The next Liberty
Loan comes along for lis six or eight
billions These billions will be gathered
in countless rivulets from countless sou. ces
of savings and industries. They will be
scattered at once by the banks to count
less war industries. That is, from general
industry the loans are suddenly eoncen-
The sun., 1918-08-04

(Continaed on followin9 poge.)
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

FOR SALE - Five-room modern
pdobe house, close in. See Whitmore.
A large crowd attended the opening
Of the new H-H Theatre last Friday
night.
Mrs. Ramey and Temple Odom Of
Clovis, were Tucumcari visitors this
week.
Let Ernest Hall figure your paint
ing and papering. He will do you
right.
Guy Bell of Nara Visa, is visiting
relatives and friends in Tucumcari this
week.
Mrs. +. G. Jacobs and son of FL Paso
are spending the summer at Long
Beach, Calf.
Miss Berry Devor is visiting her
grandparents, DR.. and Mrs. b. j.
Vance, Okla.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

FOR SALE-6 hole Majestic range
good as new; also Ford touring car.
Priced to sell at ono MS. ]. d.
Lovelady.
Miss Celia Currie, formerly Of this
city, but now of Fl. Worth, Texas, is
here this week visiting her sister, Mrs.
L. r. Walker, and friends.
Farmers needing any kind of seed
will be informed of places to buy same
if they will communicate with County
| Agent Yates in Tucumcari.
Mrs. II. l.. Hanna Of Abbott, is here
visiting parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. b.
Garrett. Her son is taking medical
treatment at the hospital.
CARROTS reduction sale continues
throughout this month. Shoes 10 per
cent off. Everything else in the store
selling at 5 per cent discount.
County Agent Yates has plenty of
grass located for cattle men who de-
sire to ship their cattle out to pasture.
See him at his office in Tucumcari.
There will be another free band
concert down town Saturday night,
commencing about 500 o'clock. Don't
miss hearing our band. 1t will do you
good.
Mrs. A. w. Haight left this morn
ing for Canode to spend "A few days
before leaving for California where
she and Miss Ruby Besse will go for
a months outing.
FOR RENT for pasture, the SWA
Of Sec. 8, Township ~, Range 80, 3
miles northwest of Hudson. For in
formation address j. W. Kelly,
2t Sl2 Ii Ave, Lawton, Okla.
The Woodman Circle will hold a bust
ness meeting at the home Of Mrs. Cas-
per Allen next Monday evening at 500
o'clock. Every member is urged to be
present. Business Of Importance.
Sunday, June oath, there will be NO
services in st. AIMS Catholic church.
The following Sunday, July LIST, SER
vices will be conducted as usual.
Rev. Estvelt, Pastor.
KEEP COOL and healthy by drink
ing Circle S. Mineral water. Ice cold,
otherwise just as nature brewed 1t.
Large glass &c; Pure fruit flavor l0c.
at CARROTS.
Messrs. Markham, Lawson, James,
Muirhead and Buehler returned Friday
from the Pecos river, where they had
been fishing. They report a splendid
trip and plenty of fish.
MI. j. NJ. Parks of Logan and Miss
Nera Cawthon, of Oklahoma, were
married ut the home Of Mrs. W. F
Bonds, corner High and Adams SITS
Friday night at 8 o'clock, Rev. g.. h
Ellis, pastor of First Baptist church
performing the ceremony before a few
special friends. They returned to Lo'
gan where they will make their flu
ture home.
ONE CHURCH FOR TUCUMCARI?
Are the church members Of Tucum'
carl Christians? Members of the body
of Christ? Is the arm a rival OF thu
stomach? the eye of the foot? If WI
are each members of Christ are We
not likewise members of each other
Just how many churches should Tu
cumcari have? Who is to say? Come
to the Christian church Sunday even
ing at eight and consider with us
Zone church for Tucumcari." "Th'
DEVILS Camouflage" will be the morn
ing subject. Is he camouflaging you
Bible school at 9:45. A most cordia
welcome for all.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

The public sale held Wednesday ut
the Weeks farm near Jordan was well
attended. Everything sold well and
Auctioneer Hunter said liberal dona-
tions were made to Red Cross solicit
ors who were present in the interest
of that champion Of mercy.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

FOR SALE CHEAP-Good i.roon
house and lot. Cash or terms.
BLITZ, The Jeweler.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

Jim Wise, the big cattle man, was
in this week from his ranch ear Wood.
row on business.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

Miss Lucille Nancy is here from
Waco, Texas, visiting her many rela-
tives and friends.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

Mrs. Lee Hamilton and daughter
went to Clovis Tuesday to visit rela'
tives and friends.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Ratclif left this morn
ing for Plain, Kas., where they ex
pect to remain indefinitely.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20
AND PERSONAL

Sam Wells was in Friday from Jor-
dan on business.
WANTED-Paper hanging. $500
per room and up.
ERNEST HALL.
Len Prather was in Friday from
Ragland on business.
Mrs. Balentine spent Saturday at
Obar with Miss Berlin.
II. j. Strew, merchant at Glenrio,
was here this week on business.
FOR SALE-Good Jersey milch
cows. See Mrs. j. ID. L.ovelady.
Mrs. II. +. King, who had been Wis
iting her daughter, Miss Morine, re-
turned to Nara Visa, Sunday morning.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

FOR SALE-6 hole Majestic range
good as new; also Ford touring car.
Priced to sell at once. MAS. ]. D..
Lovelady.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

Miss Celia Currie, formerly of this
city, but now of Fl. Worth, Texas, is
here this week visiting her sister, Mrs.
L. r. Walker, and friends.