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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03
STRAY SALE.

EsrRAYEp before y. H. Montgomery, Justice
of the Peace, Ward Two, Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, by W. Il. Ivey, and will be sold
at the Court House, In the town OF Benton,
La, within the legal hours Of sale. on Satur.
dag, June 3, 1920, black pony MARE
branded with combined character rcsem-
bling the capital letters 7, and + on left
shoulder: small white spot In forehead
nine or ten years old about 1917 hands
high.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges, etc, or tbs
said animal will be sold as above idvcr
tised and according to law.
j. A. EDwARDs. Constable.
April %, 1920. ljune 81
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Rice and Sweet Potatoes.

Lake Charles .Americda-Prcss.l
Rice farmers are inclined to think
that recent weather conditions We're
made exclusively for their benefit.
Where In the history of the industry
has the climate been more nearly ideal?
The acreage In rice Is the largest ever
planted, and the condition of the crop
is amazingly fine. But rice is not the
only beneficiary Of the good weather.
Acre upon acre hundreds Of acres
are being planted in Southwest Louis
lana this year to sweet pota toes.
Throughout northern Calcasieu, and In
the splendid sandy l0am OF Allen and
Beauregard, sunshine and shower have
been mingled in the best possible pro-
portion for the planting of this valua-
BILE crop. The acreage will be much
greater than ever before. In the old
days, there was small encouragement
for potato growing in this section. 4
large crop would merely result in .
, few weeks glut Of the market, and II
the loss OF most Of the production
,, Those days are past. The sweet potato
! crop OF Southwest Louisiana is mar
ketet nowadays throughout the twelv,
months OF the year. and the loss by no
or other wastage is rs small as In an.
staple crop. In fact, sweet potatoes
are rapidly becoming one Of our chic
staple crops. They are adding wealth
and giving prosperity to a large humble
Of farmers. and are making available
for use hundreds Of acres OF land which
but few years ago was thought to b
of little value. Rice and sweet potatoe
Ia fine nourishing diet for people. an
a magnificent foundation for health
wealth and prosperity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03
STRAY SALE.

ESTRAYED before r. II. Allen. Justice Of
Pence, Ward Three, Bossicr Parish, Louis
lana. by J. r. Rodgers. and will be sold in
Plain Dealing. La. within the legal hours
of sale, d Saturday, June Il, 1920, n small
red and white spotted STEER, three years
old: no marks or brands Has been with
Mr.. Rodges's cattle about one year. Ap
praised at $25.
The owner Is requested to come forward
prove property and pay charges, or said
animal win be sold by tho undersigned, nc
c0rding to law.
+. II. cRAwFoRD, Constable.
May 8. 1920. Gjunc 10l
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You enjoy reading the Banner. So
would your relative who has removed
from the parish. Why don't You order
it mailed to him?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-06-03
May 9. 1920. liune 1ol
POSTED.

ALL Of that part Of sections 3, 6. and 8,
township IS. range II. owned by me Is
posted against hunting, fishing, camping
parties and promiscuOus trespassing. The
public Is hereby warned to keep out
| JNo. l.. MERCER.
April 70, 1870. Tjune 8
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Select your fires ac-
cordisak to tho roads
they have to travel:
In sandy or hilly coun-
try, wherever the going
is apt to be heavy-The
u. S. Nobby.
For ordinary country
roads-The u. S. Chain
or Usco.
For front wheels The
U s. Plain.
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everywhere-U. s.
Royal Cords.
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POIsONS IN LIQUORS.

Benton. La. THURSDAY. JUNE 3. 1920.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
AIRPLANE IS WRECKED
Aviators Had Accident While
Attempting To Make Land
ing In Mankato

e. D. Fox, pilot, and G. S. Johnson,
mechanic, flying q Canadian training
plane from the Northwest Aerial Serv-
ice station at Minneapolis, in an at
tempt to land at the intersection of
Mabel and North Second streets
wrecked the plane, but luckily neither
OF the occupants were injured. The
accident took place about 4 p. m.
Pilot Fox this morning In q state
ment to a Free Press reporter, said
that when approaching Mankato he
noticed that his gas was running low,
and decided to land here and replen-
ish his stock. He circled around in
the vicinity of Highland park but not
seeing any marked landing few to the
north end of the city. Mr.. Fox stat
ed that when he was a short distance
from the earth he struck an air pock-
ct, which caused the machine to dip
suddenly breaking n of the landing
gear struts, which caused the ma
chine to edge down to the earth com
pletely breaking the landing gear.
The plane which is valued at $500
not badly damaged, and was this
morning shipped in one of the Ham
met Dray line trucks back to Mime
apolis for repair.
Pilot Fox said that Mankato is
greatly in need OF a marked landing
field. for this city is the logical point
between st. Paul and cities to the
southwest for a landing for supplies,
etc.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
C0UNTYBREAD CONTEST
Successful Affair Was Carriep
Out; Winners Are to Be
Announced

The Blue Earth Bread contest for
girls engaged in bread club work dur.
Ing the past year in the county, coils
ed at Mankato on Wednesday, June
8. This was n of the most success
full bread contests ever held in South
ern Minnesota according to Mrs. Mar
garet Baker, Assistant State Club
Leader, of University Farm who act
ed as judge, Of the contest. Teams
from Mapleton. Spring Island. Judson,
in the contest. Besides many girls
from other parts Of the county who
competed individually. The compe-
tition throughout was the very keenest
which shows that all the teams and
all the girls have been working hard
and proved that the bread work
among the girls of the county is one
of the most popular and successful
lines of work being carried on by the
Farm Bureau.
The two highest teams of the coun
ty and the two best bread bakers
which makes a total of eight girls in
all, are TO receive free trips to the
state fair this fall in recognition of
their work. The Hubbard Milling
company is Offering the trips to the
teams and the State Fair association
pays for the other two trips.
NJ. II. Coe, county club agent, states
that it will be impossible to announce
the winners in this contest until the
entire district of Southern Minnesota
has been judged. This is a rule that
is being followed by the state leaders
all over the state. and therefore, no
announcements Of winners can be
made till about July LIST. The win
ners in this project are to compete
for state honors at the state fair.
Among those who co-operated to
help make the contest a success are
Miss Gwen Thomas, Judson; Mrs.
Harner, Good Thunder; Miss Bertha
Graham. Good Thunder; Miss Julia
Burke, Faribault; Miss Rita VolZ.
GAINESVILLE; Mr.. Ward, Mapleton; Mr..
Willis Weaver, Mapleton; Miss Dora
Taylor, Mankato; Miss Frances Jones,
Mankato, l.. E. Mcmillan, and County
Superintendent Detamore.
Announcements of terms competing
and winners will be made as soon as
possible.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18

Warren G. Harding has always
been a resident of Ohio, which state
he has represented as United States
SENATOR since 1914. In private bust
ness lie he is publisher of the Mar
ion, Ohio, star.
He Vas born on a farm, near the
village iof Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November 2, 1865, the
eldest Of eight children. His father,
Georgel T. Harding, was a country
doctor whose forebears came from
Scotland. Before going to Ohio, the
Hardints were residents of Pennsyl-
massaced by Indians. Others fought
In tho Evolutionary war. The mother
OF WARREN, Mrs. Phoebe Dickerson,
was descended from an old time Hol-
land Ditch family, the Van Kinks.
In his youth Warren Harding lived
tho life of a farmer boy attending the
village school until fourteen years OF
age. wien he entered Ohio Central
College of Ibena. from which he was
graduated. AS editor Of the college
paper hi first displayed a talent for
journalism. He was obliged to stop
school low and then and earn the
ledge course. At one time he cut corn,
at anothtr painted barns and at still
another irove a team and helped to
grade TIL roadbed of a new railway.
At seventeen he taught a district
school aid played a horn in the vii
lage brass band.
At odditimes he worked In the vii
lage printing office, In time becoming
an expert typesetter and later a limo
type opdator. He is a practical
pressman and a job printer. and as a
make ui man" is said to have few
equals. The luck piece he has car
ried as aIsenator is the old printers
rule he Sed when he was sticking
type.
In 1884 DIR. Harding moved his fam
lily to Nation. A short time afterward
the fath9 purchased for Warren
Harding The Star, then a small paper.
On the paper Warren Harding per-
formed every function from devil to
managing EDITOR. In all the years the
senator his owned it there has never
been a stIike or a threatened one.
Senator Harding is closely identified
with many other large business en-
terprises III Marion and other parts of
the state. He is director of a bank
and severallarge manufacturing plants
and is a Trustee of the Trinity Bap
fist church,
Mr.. Har;ing has twice represented
the 18th Senatorial district of Ohio in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
Schmidt Schindle.

Miss Edna Schmidt, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Schmidt, and Mr..
Paul Schindle, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Schindle, were married at
the Baptist parsonage June IL at two
o'clock. The service was performed
by Rev. Ralph Jensen in the pres
ence of Miss Arloween Schindle, sis
ter of the groom and Miss Irene
Schmidt, sister of the hr'
acted as bridesmaids, and Mr.. Ed
ward Ore and Raymond Schindle,
who acted as bestmen.
The bride was attired in a blue
gabardine suit and a picture hat
The groom wore the conventional
blue.
The bride has been a very sue
cessful teacher. in the schools OF
Blue Earth county the past five
years, having attended the advanced
course at the Mankato State Normal
The groom is employed at the G.
A. Lewis garage since returning
from service, having spent twenty
eight months in the U. S. service.
A delicious three course dinner was
served at the home OF the brides
parents, covers being laid for thirty,
After a short wedding trip to kcrk-
hoven and other points Mr.. and Mrs.
Schindle will be at home at 104 Par
ny street after August l..
The out Of town guests present
were Lee Schindle, Minneapolis;
Miss Irene Schmidt, Owatonna; Ro-
tert Bluske, Lacrosse, Wis; Adolph
Brandt, and Miss Marie Lang, Des
IGlWd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
ENDED LIFE BY HANGING
ERIK KNUTSON PRINCIPAL
IN THE TRAGEDY
Former Aged Resident Of Lake
Crystal Suddenly Puts
Out Spark
From Saturdays Daily.

from saturdays DaIly,
New Ulm, June ERIK Knutson,
father inlaw of Christ. Larson, we'll
Known farmer of Linden township,
residing some three miles this side
Of Hanska, committed suicide We'd
nesday afternoon by hanging. Mr..
Knutson had recently disposed of his
residence property in Lake Crystal
and together with his wife had visit
ed at the home of their children for
a time. Sunday they came to the
Larson home with the intention OF
making their home there.
Mr.. Knutson would have been sew
enty- nine years old Thursday and
was troubled with a chronic ailment,
mich caused him considerable pain.
He complained some at times. We'd
nesday after the noon meal he left
the house and was not seen for some
time. The members of the family be-
came anxious and instituted a search.
They found his body hanging from a
rung of a ladder he had stood against
the garage. He had secured a clothes :
his neck and ~strangulation ensued.
Medical aid was at once called from
Hanska, but Mr.. Knutson was dead,
when the physician arrived. DIR. G.
F. Reineke, coroner, and County At
torney w. T. Eckstein went to the
scene of the tragedy during the aft
ernoon. No inquest was held
The deceased leaves his wife and
four or five children. 1t Is thought
that his suffering caused him to be
mentally deranged. He gave all his
papers to Mr.. Larson upon arrival at
the home Sunday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
DOUBLED N SIZE
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW THE
GROWTH OF PLACES
TabuIation Given For Larger
And Smaller Points In
Country

Washington, June 12.-[By The AS
ISOLATED Possibility eight Of the
more than 1000 cities, towns and vii
lagos in the country whose 1920 CEN
sus has been announced more than
doubled their population in ten years.
or these places thirty three were in
the north, which includes New Eng
land, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
the states north of the Ohio river,
Missouri and Kansas; seventeen were
in the south, which includes all
states south Of those enumerated;
and eight were in the west, which in
cludes all states west of North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Texas. Twelve of the
places were among those which more
than doubled their population in the
ten years ending in 1920.
Cities of more than $4,000 population
which have doubled the number of
their inhabitants in the last ten years,
arranged in the order OF their per-
centage of increase, follow:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18

CALVIN Coolidge was born on a farm
in the little village of Plymouth. VT,
on July 4. 1872. His father, in addi-
ton to carrying on the farm. was the
village storekeeper. Coolidge's an
cestors, from the time John Coolidge
settled in WATERFOWL, Mass, in 1880,
were all farmers.
Young Calvin worked on the farm
and in the store and attended the vii
lage school. Then he went forward
in his education in academies in the
Vermont towns of Ludlow and st.
J%ohnsbury, and his father sent him
to Amherst college. At the com
mencement exercises in the year of
his graduation from college, he was
one of the class orators.
Coolidge next studied law in the Of
fee of a firm in Northampton to such
good effect that after 20 months dig
ging at the law books he was admitted
to the bar. He opened a law office In
the same city and continued to prac-
tice there until his public duties &C.
cupied all his time.
His first public office was as mem
Der of the Northampton city council
in 1899. Successfully he was city So
~licitor, county clerk, state representa-
tive for two years. mayor for two
the last two serving as president OF
the senate, and lieutenant governor
for three years.
In 1918 he was nominated by the
republicans without opposition for
governor, and was elected by a plur-
Atty of about 1900. He was renom-
mated in 1919 and, aided by the pres
tige gained through his relation to
the Boston police, was reelected by
t. plurality of more than $4,000 and
received the largest total vote ever
recorded for the office.
Twenty years Of dealing with men
and OF making decisions with the
whole public attention upon him have
made him an executive who has form =
ed a habit of coming to his conclu-
sions by the direct dental route.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
SPEAK IN BACK OF FISH.
From Saturdays Daily.
PickereI Syims About With Prong
Sturely Embedded.

Truth is stranger than fiction, even
in fish ~storiSs, says The Madison Lake
Times. The most extraordinary yarn
we have hehrd for some time was
related last tReek by j. K. Knapp, who
vouches fornEs truth. Mr.. Knapp, as
everyone kndvs, has a dock extending
from his shoFt line out into the lake.
from which Visitors catch crapple
and vile the summer hours away. j..
X. is some crappie fan, himself, and
while engaged in digging" for the
toothsome tisl' last week he noticed
a monster pfkerel swimming neal
his bait, with what appeared to be
a stick set Upright in its back. AS
the big fish CAME closer Knapp saw
that the supposed stick was really the
business end of an old fashioned
three tined spear, from which the
shaft had been broken, leaving a
small piece OF rotton wood in the ter
rule. The spear was about three
inches wide and about three inches
of iron projecteG He was unable to
interest the fish in his ,minnoW and
it shortly disappeared. MIR. Knapp
says he has no doubt that the spear
was thrust into the fish eight or ten
years ago, judging from the tfpe OF
the spear and age of the wood show.
ing, but how the pickerel Survived
that long with all that hardware In
its flesh is certainly a thing to mar
vel at.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18

Attorney ]. E. Regain left yesterday
for Window where he will attend the
sessions Of the district court at that
place.
Herman Nigg OF Waseca, Mimi,
past department commander Of the
Spanish American War Veterans,
was in Mankato yesterday.
Wilbur M. Taylor of the George f.
Brett company, who has been at
tending a convention of retail err
chants at Cleveland, Ohio. returned
to Mankato Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Richards re-
turned last week from Faribault with
their son, King William Richards,
who has been attending Lower Shat
tuck during the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bibby and son
Arnold Of Manchester, England, and
and Mrs. Fred Archer and son of
Saskatoon, Canada, are visiting their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. R. H. Bibby and
Mrs. M. Sellens.
Mrs. J. E. Reynolds is home from
Brainerd where she attended the
graduating exercises of a class Of
nurses at the Northern Pacific hos
pital. Miss Grace Reynolds was among
those who received diplomas. The
class numbered eight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
RETURN TO HIS DUTIES
SENATOR HARDING AGAIN
AT DESK IN CAPITOL
Republican Nominee Does Not
Neglect the Call of Office
He Holds
From Mondays Daily.
[Associata. Press Dispatch.l


Washington, June 14.-Senator War
rem G.. Harding of Ohio, republican
presidential nominee, was back at his
desk in his office at the capitol to-
day. Accompanied by Mrs. Harding,
his secretary, George Chustian, and a
small group of senators, he arrived
here a few minutes after midnight and
went directly to his home on Wyo-
ming Avenue.
Senator Harding told The Associ-
ated Press he would remain in Wash
ington about a week.
Statement Is Withheld.
The senator thanked those who
had gathered to welcome them, but
nothing in the nature of a statement
was made by him either there or at
the station. Among those who &C
companied the senator from Chicago
were Senators Lodge of Massachu-
sets, republican, leader; Smoot of
Utah, PoindeXter of Washington.
Sutherland of West Virginia, Ball of
Delaware and Fernald of Maine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
WILL B~UILD,WATER WORKS.
From Saturdays Daily.
Pipestone Does Not Propose to Delay
Tbair Nnnefr.cfiop
Their CONSTRUCTION.

Especial to The Free Press.]
Pipestone, MIN, June 12.-The
Pipestone city council has gone on
record as favoring building without
unnecessary delay the proposed new
water works plant here. Some months
ago the city purchased a site for the
new plant and a deep bored well has
been sunk and a Sufficient supply OF
water secured. 1t is proposed to erect
on the site a big modern pumping
station, build a new reservoir and
erect a new water tower. At the pres
lent time the pumping plant is locat-
ed at the city he'll in the business
district of the city. The location OF
the new plant will be in a part OF the
city not shickly settled and where
railroad trackage ~ aailable. Plans
for the new plant were completed
sometime ago but when bids were
received they were found to be much
higher than the estimated cost of
carrying out the project. 1t is quite
likely that in the near future the
council will call for new bids on the
erection of the plant and if they are
satisfactory the work will be started
without delay.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-18
FOR w.. C.. SPROUL

Selection of an eastern candidate for
the presidency has become a matter OF
importance, Mayor j. Hampton Moore
of Philadelphia told the republican ma
tiona convention today in nominating
William Cameron Sproul governor OF
Pennsylvania.
1.-The great empire state now has a
democratic governor Mayor Moore
said. $50 has New Jersey, Ohio, Mary
land and West Virginia. The situation
is embarrassing to national republican
ism. Pennsylvania is now is really a re-
publican oasis surrounded by normally
republican states in a desert of demo
cratic executives. And this on the east
ern front where republicanism hitherto
has been regarded as impregnable.
I'VE mo afford to further weaken
this republican stronghold. The selec-
ton of an eastern candidate therefore
become a matter of importance"
Recounting Pennsylvania history. Mr..
Moore said that 'as it was the keystone
of the arch in the beginning of this re-
public. so is it the keystone of the arch
today"
pennsylvania has been the bulwark
of republicanism, the anchor of our des-
tiny in every national campaign" he
said.
"1n all fairness, the time has come
when a candidate of the republican party
qualified to be president of the United
States should hail from Pennsylvania.
We know we have the man.
"In common with her sister states,
Pennsylvania seeks the overthrow OF
this seven yea blight that has shocked
our American institutions and burdened
our people.
Pennsylvania realizes that a strong
man is needed and it presents a candi-
date who is in good health, who is phys
ically fit; who mixes with the people and
knows their hopes and ambitions"
Mayor Moore sale Governor Sproul
was known as the father of good
roads," He told of the many laws that
had been simpliied since the governor
entered office and referred to the gov
ernor as a modern Mckinley whose
election to the presidency would assure
sumption of normal business"