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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-11
Success With Sweet Potatoes

hut Mr.. Smith thinks it would be well
for pipes to convey heat to lead around
its inner walls 80 that the heat would
he more evenly distributed. ..
Curing plants for sweet potatoes OF
much greater capacity have heen sug-
gested for the parish. One will per-
haps he put IN ut Plain Dealing this
summer. The coming of such new en-
terprises here in the parish will likel,
depend to great extent upon the as-
surfing Of Il market. Sweet potatoes;
have heretofore been looked upon ~
rather Ierisllable. The curing Of them
to great extent preserves them, ana
then. too. their canning II becoming IL
more general practice with the passing
of each season. Those two departures
from old methods Of handling permit
Of wider distribution. The sweet po-
tatO II going to become popular f"oo
in many sections where not grown anu
where now little known. This III
creased demand IL going to make II
harder to glut the market. So 1t may
lie concluded that the sweet potato u
going to demand fair price and be-
come Il staple crop with us for years To
come.
In this Connection 1t may he mentioned
that during the past year there was, III
North Louisiana alone. an increase OF
:aND.OOO bushels in the capacity for stor-
ing sweet potatoes. In the entire state
there are now said to he los potato
storage and curing houses. with the
largest In the South (of 5O.OD bnsliei
! caImcity) being erected ut Monroe.
Several If the companies, lis result
Of their past successes, are getting
ready to increase capacity. and some OF
them will also install c;inneries.
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Some fourteen or more years ago
Mr.. John +. Adair. Of Plain Dealing
(then Of Ivan). began developing Il va
riety of corn which he finally succeeded
in growing much to his liking and
which has proved adaptable to all parts
of Louisiana. . AS developed. it was IL
white corn. wedge-Shaped as to grain
and tapering as to ear. The cOlS were
red and white and some of the grains
were. in rare instances. slightly off
cOlored--yellow-but on the whole it
was Il mighty" satisfactory variety Of
corn to he developed in five years.
About ten years ago. Mr., }. Nj.
Seltell. Of Dixie. Caddo Parish. was
hunting near Mr.. Adair's plantation
near lvall-and ran out of corn for
his horses. He called ut the Adair
home and secured some corn. and WAS
SO struck with its quality that he began
ut once selecting some ears for seed.
Mr.. Adair noticed his interest and
later sent hin four bushels Of selected
ears Of the corn. From this corn Mr..
Sentill developed by seed selection and
cultivation IL variety of corn which has
in late years become famous as Sen
tells White Dent" In booklet pub
slished several years ago by the Louis,
ialn, Corn Growers Association 1t il
described as follows:
| The Sentell'S White Dent Corn has
been carefully selected for nine years
| from variety, that showed a mixture
Of yellow kernels and red cOl's. Tit
| colS were about half and half in color
| At the present time most every cob |:
white and only seldom do the kernel.
show any yellow colOring. This Is .
striking example of what may he done
in purifying Il variety Of corn hy care
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-11
Around BruShy.

Monday. March S.-Mrs. J. +. Stray
han. ST.. was visiting Mrs. Fl. c. Spruill
last week.
Miss Sadie Demoss Is in BosSier City
ut present visiting her home folks.
: Mr.. and Mrs John Mckinney. of
Gillian. are visiting their daughter.
Mrs. H. H. Strayhan.
Misses Ethel and Mary Belle Dal-
rymple and Mr.. Joe Slhuill were recent
visitors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. NJ. Spruill. @"
While hauling sand for the Alden
Bridge mill his team was frightened
and Mr.. l.. :. Nebletts was thrown
trem the wagon but not seriously hurt.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. III. Struyhan are the
proud parents of fine boy. They
have named him Clark Mckinney tor
Mr.. Strayhan's brother who was killed
in the war during 1918, and Mrs.
Strayhan's maiden name.
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The Benton-Arkansas Hlfhwsy.

ItShas all the while been gratifying
mOrSel Of information to us to hear
first one and then another say that
Benton and Plain Dealing are to he
connected by mighty" fine roadway
when that now under construction IL
finally completed. Tuesday Mr.. ]. +.
Many, the Ward Three Police Juror.
was a caller. so we asked him about
che progress being made in the work Of
grading the roadbed.
The first stretch Of the road let is
now nearing completion. It Is about
five miles iii length and reaches from
the ward line (about mile south Of
Dixie Cross Roads, to point near the
Chester Smith old place. The next lap
let is about ~ miles in length and
reaches from the point where the other
ends to ~ miles north Of Plain Deal
ing. Grading on this stretch OF the
road was begun ut Plain Dealing and
Is being carried south. All this work
il being well done. SO we were told. and
the survey for the new road has greatly
Strengthened out the old course.
The more improved highways COLI
structed in the parish the better they
should become. Which is to say that
we should learn through our experience
and each succeeding road should he
hetter than the last one put In before
it. So we are hoping that Ward Three
Is to have the best stretch of road vet
constructed in the parish and that the
gap from Benton to the ward line will
soon he filled in with another just a.
good. And while we are ut it we wish
to speak up for home material for the
surfacing Of this new road. There are
in North BOssier plenty Of rock and
clay suited to the purpose.
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Tax Urged for Greater
Agricultural College

A departmental article, contributed
from Baton Rouge and which has just
come to hand. reads:
We are wiser than we used to he,
but are we wise enough to take advan-
tage Of safe investment. We don't
buy a cow any more with the idea Of
getting some milk from her. We huy
her to get all she will produce. by the
same token, we don't feed her as little
as we can. We feed her just as much
as she will use profitably. We don't
feed her anything she happens to want
or anything we happen to have. We
study what our cow needs and how
much. Then we give it to her. Then
we get profitable returns. If we don't.
we get rid Of the COW.
How about our Agricultural College
at the present time. 1t was established
many years ago. We have been giving
it all this time just enough to keep it
alive. We have been content to have
1t producing some students and some
results. We have been feeding 1t just
about IA much appropriation scraps as
we had lying around handy. Doubtless
we have been looking upon it as some
thing we had to support instead Of as
an investment that should pay us good
interest on our own farms. Well.
some people feed their cows on just the
same principle. Isn't it about time We
should find out what Louisiana really
needs in the way Of Greater Agricul
tural College? Isn't it worth oul
while to consider whether or not little
better feeding with an eye to returns
will pay us: Isn't it sound reasoning
that if Il Greater Agricultural College
will produce such results it IL wOrtl
having! Think it over! Then max.
up Your mind not only to vote for thu
small tax necessary for suppOrtin,
such an institution. but urge youl
neighbOrs to support this measure.
Remember-'AIOneyd devoted to agri
cultural development is an investment
and not an outlay"
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.5. H.. +.
Mlller's Bluff.

Monday. March. Sold Weather il
with us again. 1
Born last week. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter M0F,.sin. II hoy. '-- Z - r.
Mr.. John Arnold was attending to
business in Shreveport Friday Of last
week.
Two Of the small children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Arnold are sick a-bed with
measles.
Rev. Carl Andrews filled his appoint
ment ut the school house yesterday
the first Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foy. Of Sarepta. We're
gunstS of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Arnold
one day last week.
Mr. Il. \. Woodw and Mr.. Hugh
Goodman were business visitors to
Shreveport last Friday.
Little Doris Hillyer was absent from
! school the past two weeks-conffned
to her home with tensilitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Goodman. of
Plain Dealing. We're guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. 4. Woody Saturday afternoon.
There is Bible study each Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock pm. Come and
bring some one with YOU. BETH.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-11
The Widows Spite.

The PGrsOn - Mrs. Smithers seems
very cross with me-didn't you notice
she almost cut me!
The Friend-l'm not surprised.
The PGrsOn-But why?
The Friend Don't you remember
when YOU were preaching her hus-
bands funeral sermon you said lie
had gone to better home London
Passing Sh0r.
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Don't say YOU can't afford to save.
Poor folks cannot afford not to save.
Remember It's much better to save just
Il quarter than 1t Is not to have that
quarter when you need it.
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Pleasant Hill.

Monday. March Sit is IL little
warmer to-day and every one Is
blowing.
Mrs. Margaret Lowe left last Friday
for Homer.
Messrs. Jack Gleason and Madison
Mckenzie attended the picture show in
Plain Dealing Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. :. J. DeNIOss are the
proud parents of IL little girl baby. who
made her appearance Oh the 4tll.
Mr.. l. \. Gleason is running his
planer to-day. He will now only run
his mill at odd times until crops are
laid by. Mckenzie Brothers have also
shut down t5nmke a crop. But watch
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-11

Make it Il practice to buy ut least
one war savings stamp every month.
You get - for $4.14 during March.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-11

Good roads mean good schools. and
it is saying that will read both ways.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-11

out next summer. They are all going
to make the saw-dust fly.
Messrs. A. ]. and Emnette DeMoss
were business visitors NPlain Dealing
Saturday.
Mr.. Jep Fletcher IL the only one the
correspondent knows Of who has plant
ed any corn.
Mrs. Emmette DeAloss spent Satur-
day with Misses Mattie DeMoss and
Iona Gleason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Gleason We're
pleasant guests Of their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. J. u. Gleason. Sunday.
The many friends of Mrs. Arnid
Mckenzie will regret to learn that she
in a patient ut a New Orleans SANTA
rum. Mr.. and Mrs.t Mckenzie reside
in Alexandria.
Mr.. Madison Mckenzie. who has been
ennpoyed by the AfeAandria Lumber
Company since December. returned to
the home Of his sister, Mrs. Enlmette
DeNloss. last Friday. He says he Is
hack in Gods country lisw. and is not
going to leave 1t any more. ALT.
Emma Items.
Monday. March S.-f'he Influenza iS
report was written.
Mr.. J. =. COzby visited in the Oak
Grove community Sunday.
Mr.. Eli Dennon visited Mr.. J. s
CozlY one evening last week.
Mr.. {. H. Giles spent one night OF
last week with Mr.. J. s. cozby.
Mr.. Edgar Giles aild Mr. Raymor
Cofle visited Mr. j. n. Collie Suntla!
| morning.
Mr. Eli Denmon was a business visi
| tor at the home Of Mi. W. f. Foster
last Thursday. 81
Mrs. $. c. Cozby and daughter. Mis-.
Minnie. visited ut the home of Mr.
u. H. Cole one day last week.
MIR. Claud Rogers aIsl family sl,en
Thursday night Of Iast week as guest.
at the home Of Mr.. J. NJ. Collie.
KehearSing Is under way for the clos
ing exercises to he given at our school
the date of which Is now near.
Mr.. u. II. Cole and the .membersO o
his family, about all Of whom SUFFERED
attacks of Influenza. are better.
Miss Ellen Williams Mr.. Clau'
Rogers and family. Mr.. ]. NJ. Cole an,
Mr.. Russell Giles took dinner with Mrs
=. {. COzhy Sunday. CRAB APPLE.
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Arkan0.

Monday. March S.-Mrs. {. {. Bur
ton Is reported doing fine. She was ol,-
Grated on for appendicitis ut Il Shreve-
port S;,nitarium.
Mr.. y. f. Wynn Is spending a few
days with his daughter. Mrs. +. r.
Harrell.
The browning event Of last week was
an old-f;,Slioned log-lolling and quilt
ing given by Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ.
Malone. Every one was invited from
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far and near A table made for the
purpose was placed in the long. open
ball. and-well. all We old timers know
how good the dinners used to he at
such gatherings. This one was fine.
Mrs. Tanton came in to spend some
time with her brother, who is in very
poor health.
The crew Of Il passing freight train
discovered Mr.. J. Il. Harrell's home to
I've on fire Sunday evening. The engi-
neer stopped the train. gave the alarm.
and all members of the train crew then
helped to put out the fire. Mr.. II. NJ.
Burton and Postmaster Thompson
were the only men in town to get there
in time to help. -LA.-ARK.
Oak Hill.
Tuesday. March 9.-The weather is
looking little better and the wind has
stopped blowing. Sure hope it will
continue this way for Il while.
Mr.. Iimon Ray left last Friday
morning for the oil fields.
Mr.. Willie Gray spent Sunday with
Mr.. Lucian Shipp and family.
Mr.. Obe Hamiter spent Sunday ut
the home of Mr.. Eugene Seward.
Miss Leasy Seward spent last Sat
urtlay night ut the home of Mrs. Willie
Shipp.
Mrs. 4. &. Ward and daughter. Miss
Lydia Mae. are visiting ut the home of
Mrs. Wards son. Mr.. Lee Ward.
Mrs. DeSs;l Ward. Mrs John Tuetsch
Mrs. +. &. Ward. Miss Lydia Mae
Ward and Mr.. John Tuetsch visited
Mrs. Il. Il. Wise Sunday.
Let everybody he sure and come tt
Oak Hill, next Sunday. and bring a hi.
box. We are going to have Aida!
singing and dinner on the ground.
Friends visited Mrs. Jim SimmOn.
Saturday night. Those present wer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Shipp and family
Miss Leasy Seward. Mr.. Lee Davis ant
Mr.. LOnZO Newton. BLUE EYES.
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CORRESPONDENCE
Phillips H,ll.

Tuesday. March 9.-Mrs. T.C. Burks
is able to he up part Of each day and
is getting along fine.
Mr.. :. y. Morrison had business at
Rocky Mount Saturday.
Mrs. Molly Burks Is quite poorly. hut
keeps up and a-gOing most Of the time.
Mrs. Lottie Rurks spent last week
ut the home of her daughter. Mrs. Pies
Johnston.
Mr.. ]. l.. Northcott transacted btIsi-
ness ut Sarepta and Cotton Valley last
Saturday.
Miss Matte Morrison IL visiting at
the home Of Mrs. I4Ottie Burks. Her
cold Is much better.
Lucinda Northcott Il some better,
hut not yet able to return to her school
work in Cotton Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. w. d. Johnston went
to Plain Dealing Tuesday Oh bust
ness and pleasure trip.
Mr.. Charlie Burks and his brother
in-law. Mr.. Harry WestbrOok. had bust
ness In Sarepta Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry WestbrOok. from
near Monroe. are visiting Mrs. West
brooks mother. Mrs. LOttie BurkS.
Mrs. :. y. Morrison Is able to he
about the hOuSe-but not able to get
out of doors as yet-but Is slowly
improving.
Mr. Lucian Runks was out for Il few
minutes yesterday. He said it was the
| first time he had had his feet OH the
ground in thirty-three days.
The spell Of cold weather seems t.
have benefited the general health. as
all appear to he feeling better Of cold.
and Influenza. -FRECKLEs.
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= Tuesday. March g. Winter time
again this morning.
Mr.. Jim Bounds is Oh the sick list
this week.
Miss Vera King was Il guest Of Miss
Myrtle Cason Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs 4. +. CasOm made Il
business trip to Plain Dealing Satur-
day.
Mr. q. f. Rogers and family were
visitors to Webster Parish Saturday
and Sunday.
The box supper that was given for
the benefit of the school Friday night
was a glorious success. the school girls
bringing bOxeS-fifteen in all-and the
sum Of $3.50 was received. This
speaks well for our little school and
the home boys.
were: Mr.. Jim Bounds and Miss
Oracle Bell Lynn, Mr.. Raiford KilgOrt
and Miss Myrtle Cason. Mr. March,.
Cason and Miss Bruie Rodgers. MI
Euris CaSon and Miss Seawilloe XII
gore. Mr. Lawrence Martin and Mis-.
Vera King. Mr. Percy Robbit and Miss
Blanche Lynn. Mr.. Dick KeOun ant
Miss Myrtle Rodgers. Mr.. Algie Ander
son and Miss Beatrice Rodgers. Mr.
Seymore Garrett and Miss Hazel Mays
Mr.. Tom C;,sOn and Mrs. CaSon. Mr.
Joseph Lynn and Miss Ruby Morris
Mr.. Marshall Anderson and Miss Mag
:.ie Ment MatlOck. Mr.. Marin MatlOcl
and Miss Thelma kilgOre, Mr.. Edga
Albums and Mrs. Viola Windsor. MI
Harvey Windsor and Miss Carrie Ma.
MatlOck. blue EYES.
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Wanted-One more good subscriber.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-11-09
MINUTES OF THE
SUPERVISORS MEETING

Circuit Bauai County, appeared
before the Board and after stating
the urgent need for an Assistant
Clerk for his Court, requested an
appropriation of $4,000 for sal
AIRY for such assistant for the ensu.
ing two months, and upon the
motion of Mr.. Bettencourt second
ed by Mr. Brandt, the said sum of
$4,000 was appropriated out OF
available moneys in the Treasury
for this purpose.
After general expression of
opinion regarding .estrays that are
frequently found at large on the
public roads; also Oh matters per
tanning TO the authority and duties
Of the Trustees of the Samuel
Mahelona Memorial Hospital,
particularly in relation to the
eXpending of appropriations ap-
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continued on Page 10)
AUTOMOBILES IN BAD SMASH-UP

Mr.. j. NJ. Spaldings Packard
Twin-Six roadster and Joseph Silva S
new Chandler speedster met in bad
collision on the road between Kapaa
and Kealia last Saturday evening
about $50 The Chandler, coming
from kealia to Kapaa, met the Pack
ard returning to Kealia near one of
the small curves on the road
According to one of the occupants
OF the Chandler, Joseph Silva, at the
wheel, saw the Packard coming and
tried to dim his lights by switching off
the regular lights and putting on his
DINNERS. The DINNERS, however,
gave no lights, with the result that
before he could again switch on his
regular lights,1 the Packard's hind
wheel and the Chandler's rear wheel
collided. The force of the collision
swung the Chandler completely around
and caused it to topple over into a
nearby ditch with its top resting on
the ground and its wheels in the air.
The Packard sustained broken rear
fender and a few broken spokes on It's
rear wheel The Chandler however,
was pretty seriously damaged. 1t
had its windshield, top, both front fen
ders, and one front wheel smashed,
but was insured against accident
Nobody was with Mr.. Spalding in his
car, but with Joseph Silva in the
Chandler was Alvin Branco OF tie
Kapaa Branch of the Bank of Hawaii
and two small boys. How the occu-
pants escaped serious injury was GER
tainly miraculous, Judging fIom the
condition Of the car and the report Of
the accident, but not one Cf the four
in the Chandler received as much as a
single scratch although A. Branco was
underneath the car when it turned
over.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-11-09
All the Conditions Have Been Met and Work
Will Start Within Month"; local Man
Takes Bonds Necessary to Start
the Work

That the Nawiliwi hlfbor is to
Immediately, the necessary which
their Washington the signature
back is the the of Kauai
virtually all hope securing abandoned
Colonel Flager head of the L. = Engineers Hawaii
Il gentleman Kauai the responsible this
is owing the interest understanding of the situat
ion shown by Colonel ager andh recommendation Washing
the taking of the whole 100000 worth of bonds by the
Kauai gentleman that the last obstacle has been
Colonel Fagler, his letter the Kauai
that Nawilw is the only site acceptable
the T. s engineers and that TO the appropriation
transferred to other woud simply result in the island
getting harbor at ALL This being the there doubt
that Nawilwi will have the enthusiastic backing the
tire Island
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-11-09

That the days OF Democratic dom.
nance Of national policies were over
was foregone conclusion from the
start, but few expected the great
landslide that has fallen. On the
whole,the change back to Republican
policies will be a welcome one and
for no part of the union more so .han
theses islands.
Harding and Coolidge will be safe
men; the more so that they are aver.
age men, not paragons of the ideal
and the impractical. And such are
the men and the policies that we need
and are grateful for.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-11-09
Automobilist Hits Man
and Runs Away

How it is possible that an automo
bilist on this fair island of ours could
be such a mean skunk that he would
deliberately leave a man he had knock.
ed down to take care of himself
while he put on more gas to hasten
away from the possibility of his iden.
tity being discovered, is hard to con-
ceive, but this actually happened in
Kapaa about seven o'clock on Satur-
day evening.
Isami Iinuma, for many years en-
ployed by the Hawaiian Canneries as
truck driver, while walking towards
Kapaa near the road where the track
of the Makee Sugar Company crosses
the main road, was struck and had his
leg broken below the knee by an un-
known Ford Car with only one head
light burning. According to the
victim of the accident he, with four
other companions, was walking on the
right side of the road in the opposite
ulTtCllOH lIOll WHICH liC ioiu was
travelling. Seeing only one light, he
did not notice that the light was on
the right side instead of the left, and
it was only when the machine was a
few feet away that he noticed but it
was too late for him to get away, and
the left front wheel struck him, knock
ing him unconscious. He was imme-
diately taken to his home and DR..
Yanagihara was summoned to attend
to his injuries.
The companions of the injured man
yelled to the driver of the Ford to
stop, but he did not heed them and
sped away 1t was too dark at that
particular spot to notice who the
driver was or the number OF the car,
but a sharp lookout is being maintain
ed for this beast masquerading in
human form and it is hoped that the
police will be able to locate him. That
ancient law of a tooth for tooth and
an eye for an eye, would not be too
severe for this brute.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-11-09
FILIPINO COMMISSIONER
ON KAUAI

Mr.. Francisco Varona, the new Fill
pino commissioner, spent most &C last
week on Kauai making the nearer ac-
quaintance of his people and looking
into their treatment and conditions. lie
spent the first two or three days on
the Lihue to Kekaha side of the Island
as the guest of tho various managers.
who rendered him every courtesy and
every facility for seeing for himself
just how the Filipinos are being treat
ed
Later he made a similar trip to the
plantations on the East side of the
Island. Everywhere he was received
most enthusiastically, especially by his
own people, who rendered him special
attentions whenever there was time
for the same.
Mr.. Varona gives every evidence of
being a man of ability and education
and good judgment, a valuable factor
in maintaining good working relations
between the Filipino labor element and
the plantations.
Mr.. Varona is the editor of Ell De.
bate, leading and influential Manila
paper. He was a member of the Phil
ippine commission to Washington and
is in close touch with the department
of labor there.