The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-01-23
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Louisiana.

Louisiana.
West Morgan. sentenced to life i'm
prisonment from Bossier Parish for
murder. is one of seven life-termers
being considered by the State Pardon
Board.
Dr. Il. G. Chandler. City Health OF
nicer Ill Shreveport, says warm weather
Is clearing the influenza out of that
city and that few days more Of it
will put an end to the epidemic.
Monroe is to have Il staye factory
which will employ from fifty to 200
men. Ekhardt \ Lennon Company, an
Arkansas concern. has bought the site
and will begin work on the plant ut
once.
The Naval Recruiting Station at
Alexandria. closed some time since,
has been reOpened. The Navy Is re-
tanning all the young men in the ser
vice it can and is needing great
many more.
1t has been announced that Il state
SheepraiSers' association for Louisiana
is to lie organized. The organization
will he perfected in New Orleans next
month when the Southern Cattlemen's
Convention meets there.
Indications are that Henry. u. Mont
gumery has been nominated for Dis
trict Attorney ever his opponent. Mich
OILS Hugh, in the primary election held
Tuesday in Ouachita and MorehOuse
Parishes. says Il Monroe news dispatch.
Thirty-twO deaths from influenza Oc-
Cured in New Orleans Monday. 1t
was !, high record. Physicians say.
however. that the number of new cases
will be fewer from this date onward.
| as the disease seems to have reached
its highest development.
Cameron Cade was indictcd last
week BY the Richland Parish Grand
Jury for the murder Of Lieut.. +. w.
Reickart, OF Evansville, Ind, at Ray
--..so d few days ago. 1t is said the
two men were rivals for the hand of
a young lady and Cade was the disap-
pointed suitOr.
]. l.. Copeland. a machinist employed
| at Oil City, was arrested in Shreveport
last week ON Il charge of having thrown
his. wife from an automobile OH Texas
Avenue with intent to kill her. The
| prisoner was guarded for several days
|
because he was i'll from influenza.
! Amateur safe robbers made three un-
successful attempts to rob safes in
| Shreveport Monday night They finally
secured $1.35, and quit for the night.
| As they left their crude tools at the
| place where they made their only haul,
it is believed BY the authorities that
1 they have abandoned the idea Of learn
ing the business.
DeSoto Parish, it is semiofficially an
nounced, Is to finish the 5B miles Of
| the jefferson Highway in that parish
remaining yet unfinished, and that
without much delay. The Hon. l. NJ.
| Cook, President of the Police Jury, has
been given as the source Of the good
news. Other road work IN the parish
| is also to he undertaken.
The Louisiana Poultry Dealers As
ISOLATION. which met in Shreveport
one day this week. recommended that
eggs should be sold by the pound
rather than by the dozen. The eggs
from the improved breeds of chickens;
are much larger than the eggs Of the
unimproved stocks, yet both are sold in
the markets by the dozen.
An order Of the Chief OF Police
of Shreveport, issued Tuesday, reads
ARREST all persons, male or female
, white or black, wearing diamonds OF
, overalls, (make no distincton). who
, are not employed at useful occupations
!; Clear all vagrants from the city IN th'
) shortest possible time" 1t developed
D that good many unemployed peopl
' had been noted at police headquarter
= who had lately come to Shreveport.
! Thirty-six thousand dollars wort
l. Of whiskey (at retail prices) is he'll
3 10y the authorities in Shreveport pend
, ing action of the Federal Court tnov
/, /, in SESSION. i'll the matter Of returning
, the liuuor to the 200 defendants in Il:
!, many cases that have been accumulat
| ing since last August The court de
ciJed on Il test case that the manner
} i'll which the liquor was being passed
through to Texas was no violation O1
the law.
Frank |. Ferguson arrived ut the
: home of his brother i'll Shreveport Z
few days ago from a military trainin:
camp ut Vancouver, Wash. and w;l'
unable to remember the details of hi:
', journey or how lie lost his money ant
bag. Marks on his head indicate thai
, lie had been sandhagged He exclaim
|, ed frcm time to time. =" Pueblo. mex
; step" and it is thought that his trOu
bic occurred near Pueblo. Col, and tlla
thugs robbed him near that point
! Physicians think he will finally regain
his balance Of mind. He enlisted II
the Army soon after the outbreak o
the war.