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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07
DR.. Bates ENDORSES
NASH'S C.. { ?. SALVE
SAYS MEDICAL PROFESSION
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IL

II feel like | ought to write you SC
that You can let the medical profession
and the general public know that you
have a preparation on the that market
that excels anything Of its kind | have
ever heard Of.
Il have used NaSh'S Group K Pneu
m0nia Salye and | have also used
similar preparations and | want to let
YOU know that nothing that | NAYS
been able to figure out myself OF buy
under any other brand is half way
eGGul TO yours.
Il feel like this preparation has say
Cd thousands of lives in and around
Lake City this past fall and winter
| have kept a flannel on my chest
saturated with il and have treated
several hundred eases Of influenza and
pneumonia and | am glad to say that
| believe this preparation has prevent
ed me- from catching any Of these
dreadful diseases.
Il want people TO know that Doctors
will admit and recognize a medicine
of this kind if it is good one; be-
sides that | want suffering humanity
to be helped when it can be.
Yours respectfully,
c. A. BATES, NJ. D.
Lake City, Ark
Nash'S Salve is not patent medicine
or secret nostrum That's why doctors
use and recommend it for colds, coughs,
catarrh. sore throat, asthma bronchitis,
tonSiIitis, influenza, pneumonia, etc,
Applied externally. Full directions
with each bottle. Sold by City Drug
Co., Arcadia, La. Adv,
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07
WORLDS DISTANCE RECORD
is BROKEN IN PIGEON DERBY

The following article clipped from
the st. Louis Post Dispatch is OF III
terest to our local readers:
The worlds record for long distance
flight for unframed birds was broken
three times yesterday when three en-
trants trapped in" after flights from
three different states in less than four
teen hours actual flying time, in the
International Rexall Pigeon Derby bel
ing held at the Rexall lofts at Natural
Bridge road and Kings Highway.
The first of the trio to arrive bore a
message of pep" from the president OF
the Chamber of Commerce Of Arcadia
La. 1t read:
Greetings from the best town Oh
earth of its size.
(Sisned) LEO DANIEL.
president, Arcadia Chamber OF Com
merce."
The Louisiana bird was closely fol
lowed by one from Nowata, Okla, bear
ing the following note:
"To the Governor Of the Show-Me
State: Greetings from the Lion Club
and the Rotarians. May we both enjoy
four years Of Harding rule.
(Signed)
PRES. HART AND KING,
"Lion Club and Rotarians.'
Within half an hour the third bird
arrived from Denis0n, Tex, and bore
a message from the DenisOn Daily
Herald
Wind Delays Filters.
A strong wind from the south blew
all day yesterday and an entrant from
Princeton. Mo-, approximately FAC
miles northwest Of st. Louis, was the
only bird to buffet the winds from
any considerable distance northward.
Many of the city's best known pig
con fanciers sat around the lofts yes
teruay ana commented upon the snow
ing of the young and comparatively
unframed birds.
"The performance of all three win
ming birds is little short of marvellous"
declared c. g. Ellsworth, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, ex president of the international
Association Of American Homing Pig
con Fanciers, When one considers the
fact that all are less than a year old.
and that all birds which are to make
long flights are carefully trained by
being sent to intermediate points prior
to the races, and that many birds thel
are lost by being shot, or killed by
hawks, one can hardly expect young
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birds to fight their way through thu
excessive humid atmosphere ant
against hot winds and yet, these youns
birds are arriving every few minutes.
However, many birds had not trap
ped in" before dark yesterday ant
pigeon men believe that many wi
be several days in arriving.
Winners Adjudged.
The three long distance birds which
arrived yesterday afternoon were ad
Judged winners in the order of arrival
it was announced last night.
The Acadia bird in the future i
distined to weara gold replica of tn
leg band worn during the race bearing
its number "RexaII 2066.' This banC
will be ordered from St. Louis jewel
ry house this morning.
The Rexall Derby is a preliminary
event to the seventeenth annual Rexal
convention, which will convene at the
Coliseum September % to October |
Over 5000 Rexall druggists are ex
pected to be present.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07
Point for the Doc,

Do animals think3 asks a scientist
Well, q dog turns around three or foul
times before lying down to so to sleep
while a man, without giving the matter
any thought, lies down, goes 10 sleeE
and then turns over several times
waking himself each time. Louisville
Courier-Jonrnal
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07

Taylor School. Mrs. Sydney Wal
lace, Miss Jodie Jones.
Oak Grove School. Gus Stroops
Miss LESSEE Oliver.
Mt. Lebanon School. Miss Mae Per
rift
Mt. Olive School. Miss Louella Tip
ton, Miss Mabel Vernon.
Beuiah School,. Z. Snead.
Bunker Hill School, Miss Annie
Towns.
Smith School. Miss jamie Worrell
Sales School Purvis Mangum.
Hope School. Mrs. G. J. Freye, Miss
LESSEE Brewton, Miss Matte Golf.
Madden School. Mrs. Nellie Madden
Miss Fronie Sims
LawhOn School. Miss Euia Perry
Jamestown School. j, B. Haw
thorne, Miss Layon CaSkey, Miss leila
Williams Miss Lillian Womack.
Eld0radO School, Miss Matte White
Miss Lonnie Mason.
New Enterprise School Miss Edna
Pate, Miss Myrtis Wingo.
Lee SehG0l. -ChaS. Cox, Miss Myrtle
Glasgow.
Rocky Mt. School, Miss Susie Mae
Williams, Miss Lennie Mctiinty.
Center School. Lacy Collins, Miss
Beatrice Billiard.
Alberta School. r. r. Mathews.
Ebenezer School Miss Amanda Nor
gan, Miss ZelIe Allen.
New Ramah School Miss Madge
Robinette, Miss Jewel Robinette.
Ridge School.
Lacy School Miss LeSta Beard,
Miss Virgie Williams.
Liberty Hill School R. A, Corley,
Mrs. r. A. CorIey, Miss Edith Martin,
Price School. r. J. Mostiller, Miss
Dewey Poole,
Friendship School. Miss Matte Bar
ron, Mrs. Bridges McBee, Miss Emma
Oden.
Danyille School. Miss Ruby Allen.
Miss Nellie Shively.
Mt. Olive Church, Arnold Boone,
Miss Myrtle Caldwell.
Saline Church. w. 7. Mccain.
Brown SchOOI.-Miss Alma King
Miss Lola Walker.
Pine Grove School, Miss Mary Cole.
Byran School. Miss Willie King,
Pr0thr0 School. j. B. Still.
Lucky School. Miss Gwendolyn
Balm.
Community SehOOl.-Miss Maude
Strong.
Danville Camp School.
Pr. WHITE,
President Bienville Parish School BID.
r. II. FFiFSHER
Observation-Disclosures BienyilIe Parish
School Board.
Be 1t Resolved, by the Bienyille Par
ish School Board in legal and regular
session convened; That e. Fl. Fisher,
superintendent of the Bienyille Parish
Schools, be and he is hereby arthoriz
ed to make an oil and gas lease to
William G. Barnette upon the follow
ing described lands:
Lots one ~, two (2), and three (3)
Of Section sixteen (16(, Township six
teen 49,. Range ten (10), the same
being all the lands belonging to said
school board in said section, township
and range, and containing ninety-two
1927 acres more or less, \
Be 1t Resolved; That the cosidera,
ton shall be three hundred ($300.00)
dollars, the term of the lease three
81 years, the rental ninety three (93)
dollars per year after first year, with
for fixture Of the lease unless drilling
operations are commenced within (12)
months, or unless the rentals are paid,
the royalties one-eighth tl-S) of the
oil. and Two hundred dollars (S20000l
per year for each gas well.
Be 1t Further Resolved; That said
Il. H. Fisher, superintendent be anu
he is hereby authorized to execute tn
necessary lease and any other papers
In competition Herewith.
Thus done and signed on this tho
9th day of October, A. d., 1920, at Ar
cadia, Louisiana.
Attest. p. +. WHITE, Pres.
E. Fl. FISHER, Secretary.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07
fossli2

fossils
Though historical geology and the
study Of ancient life depend chiefly
on fossils, the term has been very
vaguely and loosely applied. As a pre-
else definition, a writer Ia Science pro
poses: "A fossil Is an object which
indicates former existence of an or
ganism which has been buried and pre-
served BY geological causes, previous
to historic time" The mastodon pre-
served In the arctic ice is q fossil,
leaf buried In the gutter Is not; and
truly petrIfed organism may not be
a fossil.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07

Many Changes for Grasshopper Falls.
Valley Falls was originally named
Grasshopper Fails. The legislature OF
1863 changed 1t to Sawteile Falls 1t
was changed back TO Grasshopper Falls
the next year because Sol Miller
dubbed II "S0wtai Falls" And L
was GrasshOpper Falls until 1873,
when the name was changed to Valley
Falls, and everybody lived happily
ever after.-Corning Kan> Gazette
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07

, WANT to trade Upright Cabinet
Grand Piano for Ford car. Apply at
Victory Theatre, Arcadia, La.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07
SCnOOL
BOARD MEETING

~ -
BOARD MEETING
La Oct. 5, 1920.
krish School Board
fe and at the above
the following mem,
[ard i; Fl. A. sher-
". Poole, Ward g.;
Il. N. Hays, Ward
Yard 6 and P. f.
FER Murphy was en-
oard to do repair
g on the different
ish at one hundred
p0) per month.
e gnd seconded all
rd at the July and
relative fd transfel
liNa Is h,eby re.
Ptihg for ting resolu-
tton, Fl. A. Sherman,
Comfy. Those vot
solution were Fl, N,
den. The resolution
made and seconded
snrer, E. Fl. Fisher,
,Ngh School Board
ee9t0 borrow money
tional Bank of Ar
4n Of four thousand,
for the purpose of
ling a school buiIdin,
District, No. s, Bien-
Hand the special FIVE
0ted In said district
lis hereby set aside
payment Of said
Interest to be paid
per cent per annum.
asurer d. Fl. Fisher,
u, P. +. White, are
to sign said cert.
mess or notes for said
#,0O0.0O) dollars.
.0pted.
made and seconded
Bh Schbol Board here.
Owing white teachers
Hblic Schools of Bien-
4 for the school year
Of teachers hay,
ia6y the superintend-
max elected and ap
|aIch.is said corps Of
teaching force
. Of Bienville
4 IN Mton, second
Pool unanimously
Pcil0ol. ~. P. Wagner.
bn Key, Miss Luda
lice Bond, Miss Marie
|B. II. Scheen, Miss
Miss Florence Sutton
ker.
School. M. Phil
h Harper, Miss Fay
Rry Drago, Miss Roby
Helen Burleigil, Miss
Miss Ruth Minis.
School. miss Mary
4 Harrison, Miss 10
lie Cargill, Miss Leola
70 Stella Scheen, Mrs
b SellooI.--M. s. Has.
"I|IH - a
D Mobiles, Miss Eme
Smith, Miss Virginia
sther Miller.
h0ol. L. McIlwain,
aykendall, Miss Annie
Miss Sue Bette Gray,
u Miss Blanche Hen
BJAs-W. NJ. Caskey,
low, Miss Lula Mae
Billie Barlow, Miss
] Miss Annie Nicely,
o..
Illool, T. G.. Wig
Aehee, Miss Fannie
Rhine Kendall, Miss
IRIS. Ruth locke.
z e. B0tt. Miss Glen
EuIa Sutton.
Miss Nellie Hays,
= Hkl5t W Mliit DluHu.
School. Mrs. Evelyn
School. Miss Myrtle
|ayton Cummins,
ID.
ool Dot Cope
Miss Bennie Gun
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-07
FOR SALE

All my property in Arcadia, consist
ne of nine or ten acres of land, with
improvements on same, Furniture.
ousehold goods, etc, one Fnnklil
automobile in first-class running order,
wo horses and double buggy. The
and is situated in the center of the
esidence section and contains some of
he prettiest building sites in town.
7-s9 tf) F.M, THORNHILL, NJ. D.
FOR SALE h.p. Witte Gasoline
Engine. $500.
BIENVILLE DEMOCRAT, Arcadia,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
Pure Bred Short Horns
At Auction October II
]. II. Neel, Well Known WestpOrt
Township Farmer Will Dispose
of Herd Next Tuesday

J. H. Neel, one OF Westport town.
ships progressive farmers has decid-
ed to retire from the farm and on
Tuesday of next week, Oct. IL, he
will dispose of his splendid herd of
registered Short Horns at auction.
Mr.. Neel's herd is headed by Sill
yer King 7OO671, a splendid type OF
his race. In building his herd Mr..
Neel used great care in laying a pro-
per foundation. Every animal offer
ed for sale has successfully passed
the tuberculin test. Seventeen head
of registered stock will be placed
on the block. A descriptive cata-
logue of each animal offered has
been published and a copy can be
secured at the office of the clerk, b
J. Schramm, cashier of the Farmers
State Bank, Willard.
This sale will not only include the
registered stock but all machinery
and other live stock will be sold
The Neel farm is located 2 IL miles
southwest of Willard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
SCHOOLS GIVEN $1,s71,600

Distribution of the October appor-
tionment of schools, totaling $l,87l,-
600 was authorized by the state
board of education at its quarterly
meeting held yesterday in the Off
cials of J. M. Mcconnell, commits
sioner of education. The approprla-
ton is based on an enrolment OF
500 ,596. There were 445,59S pupils
entitled to share in the appropriation
and the rate per pupil is S4.25, the
largest in> the history of the state.
This is the first payment OF state
money to schools this fall and will
be followed shortly by the distribu-
ton of the special state aid to all
classes of schools, which will amount
to approximately $3,2O0.OOO.
There will lbe no shortage in school
aid, according to members OF the
board. All schools will receive then
full quota of appropriation allowed
under the law.
Hennepin county was authorized
$274,S14 as its apportionment for Oc-
tober. Ramsey $142,094; st. Louis
county, $1S4,997; Stearns county,
$37,317; Winona county, $21,781 and
Blue Earth, $21,021.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS
(Our Weekly Editorial)


Ambition is in all cases the seat
of success-that is good healthy am
bition with a logical and practical
goal.
In little village the size of West
port where the community spirit
runs high, it is often that ambition
for the community progress, per-
mits the sound principles Of busl-
ness to be overlooked. There are
some projects which even Westport
with all Of its pep and industry, can
not handle without undergoing ex-
periences with which it is not as yet
ready to coup.
To work for the advancement OF
any moral or business advantage IS
fine and honorable undertaking, just
so long as the project is legitimate
and within keeping with the means
of the commonwealth. But too mucf
ambition along lines which can be o,
not staying Importance or interest
and which will, in time, become
bone of contention in the community
is not only wasteful, but wrong. Sucf
condition would not only misleae
but it would in time cause condl
ton which may be deeply regretted SS
the people as a whole, for some time
to come.
Ambition, caution and incessant la
Dor is what builds up the community
But in the up-building of a locality
caution should play an importan
part in many instances.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
Creamery Report
Finished This Week
Slight Falling off Of Cream Due tt
Advance of Fall Season
Grindy on Vacation

Reports compiled at the Westport
Creamery on Monday show that dur
ing the month of September, 1O,5OO
pounds of butter fat were delivered
to the local institution. This amount
is about 1000 pounds less than was
received during the month OF August
and a natural result of the milk pro-
admirers. This is especially SO with
N. B. Grindy, manager Of the new
creamery, is taking advantage OF the
situation to enjoy a months vaca-
ton. He left Monday and will put IN
his time at Cryus, Brooten and star
buck. During his absence, the plant
will be operated under the manage
ment of G.. M. kittleson, Mr.. Grin
dy's assistant.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
GRAIN MOVING FASTER

With the completion of the thresh-
ing season on most of the farms IN
the vicinity of Westport, more gram
has been delivered to the elvators
here this week than has come in, IN
anry one previous week this season
Farmers are not at all pleased with
the market conditions, but the drop
in prices has been so steady during
the past week or two, that many OF
them feel that they are being offered
a better market today than viii
again be offered for some time. Rye
and barely are the best crops here
this year, according to grain deal
ers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
PERSONALS

Mrs. Olshona of Melrose spent sat
urday and Sunday with her coushl'
Mrs. L. ]. Buchholz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Smith ana
family of Tintah and Mr.. and MIS-.
Ed Smith of Yokina spent last week
at the Bert Frederick home
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. johnson were
Willard visitors Saturday evening.
Mrs Sophia Buchholz spent Friday
and Saturday at Grove Lake.
Mrs. D. L. jenkins entertained the
Mothers Club Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Agnes Stuart of Sisseston, S.
D., visitedrelatives and friends here
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hesse and
Mrs. Chris Hesse motored to Broot-
en- Sunday and spent the day visiting
with relatives g. 'rirnds.
Grant Kittleson and Francis Kane
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Goffney and
Angelo Cannon spent Sunday at the
Flannery home.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. WmSloW anu
daughter of Sank Centre spent Fri
day with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Buch-
holz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hales return
ed to their home at Turtle River
Wednesday after spending week
with their SON F. w. Hales and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Smith and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Frederick and family
and Miss Pierce were entertained at
the C. H. Cooper home Sunday.
Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. John Hines
Mrs. Agnes Stuart and Mrs. R. II
Parker spent Sunday at the Hines
home.
Herman WEIGH has been i'll at his
home here the past week with an
attack of tonsilitis.
Edward Evans spent Sunday visit
ing with his family at Sank Centre.
John Kellogg returned to his home
here Monday from several days
business trip to Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Tipler ane
daughter, Miss Jessie. motored tx
Clark, S. D., on Tuesday to visit
their daughter. Mrs. A. C. Hanke
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
Few Men Are Now
Learning Trade
Blacksmiths Becoming Fewer Every
Year-Horse Shooting Almost
a Lost Art

E. H. Beriers,the local blacksmith,
is not only careful and efficient
workman in his art, but he has a
few ideas of his own on the subject
Of blacksmithing. In fact Mr.. Ber-
iers has given details of his trade
considerable study, and he is of the
opinion that the craft is fast dying
out.
That horse-shoeing Will, in a few
years, be almost a lost art, he is posi-
tive of, unless as lie says ore young
men undertake to learn the trade
within the next year or two.
Due to automobiles and the motor
truck, young men now days who are
mechanically inclined, are turning to
the garage instead of che blacksmith
shop. AS result, there are practi-
cally no apprentices now in the bust
ness. The work is too hard to be
over attractive. Then too, the call
ing of the trade in many respects is
not as rushed as it once was. Fewer
horses makes fewer animals to be
shod, and this art alone, which fol
many years was the backbone of the
trade, is fast becoming lost art.
Iron working is till necessary
work, and although considerable re-
pair work is required in the rural dis
ticts, in the cities, the days of the
blacksmith are about over.
Mr.. Beriers is remodling his shop
here and is adding lot of necessary
equipment which will put him in
shape to handle anything in this line
which may come his way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
GO TO JOIN COLONY

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman ,Bodeker
and family departed last Saturday
via automobile for Oregon where
they will make their future home.
The family will join the new Sank
Centre colony in Oregon which is
now being established, several fam
lilies migrating west during the past
few weeks and all making the trip
in automobiles. Mr.. and Mrs. Bode-
ker have been residents of Westport
for a number of years.
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BUILDING NEW HOME

A fine new residence is being
erected this week on the farm occu-
pied by Ernest Hesse. This place is
tn property of the Norris Land Com
pany of Glenwood. The house,
which is to be completed before ex-
tremely cold weather sets in, will be
modern. and a comfortable farm
home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
LEGION TO GIVE DANCE

Albert C. WEIGH Post, American
Legion, will give their annual dance
here at the Modern Woodman hall
on Friday evening. Music for the oc-
casion will lbe furnished by the RAIDER
orchestra of Sank Centre, and the
dance hall will be decorated for the
occasion. The affair will be on the
order of a Halloween party
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
A FAREWELL PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. John Kane were
given farewell party at the Modern
Woodman hall here Tuesday evening.
A host of friends of the family gath
cred on this occasion to pay tribute
to Mr.. and Mrs. Kane, who have been
residents of Westport for great
many years. They will take up their
new residence at Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
WESTPORT DEPARTMENT

Learn telegraphy at the Little
Falls Business College, Little Falls.
New classes start each month. Send
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07

Miss Dola Grundmann spent the
week end with her parents at Sank
Centre.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-27

! to do did not drink wine before the
prohibition act went into effect They
drank beer and whisky.
The average well TO do family had
wine with its meals but wine was
not a common drink, yet all you hear
I asked n Pennsylvania railroad
conductor what he meant by
Eight wine" and he sort of STAN
mered and saids ssWeI, wine
without too much kick
] asked hfm what sort Of wine
he liked and he didn't know the
name OF any wines-he said 3red
wine"
They know they are dissatisfied
with prohibition and they talk as If
they had been coached to say. Give
Us beer and light wine"
why Germany Lost the War.
] found one man, l think, who was
honest-a waiter at the Ritz-Carlton.
he admitted that he was a German
and said he hadn't gone 70 war he
cause all his relativ IS lived IN Ger
many. but he said Germany was wrong
in the way IL treated the United
sense enough 70 stop sinking boats
when the United States said for K to
quit. Germany would today ne ruling
all Of Europe and would lave been
friendly with the United States and
il would have been a good thing for
both countries"
This is getting away from the pro-
back to it soon, for this waiter IS a
graduate of one OF Germany's best
schools and he knows a lot and his
talk reflects the views Of many OF
our unAmericanized German citizens.
not only on the liquor question, but