The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-11-04
Local and Personal

Born. some days ago. to Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Rampamer. Of Milllen. a
9Aa Aa-l,ound hoy The little fellow is a
grandson Of Mrs. J. J. Bogard. Of this
place.
Mrs. J. II. Montgomery and three
little children are spending the week
In Shreveport as guests at the home Of
Mr.. Montgomery's parents; Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. NJ. Montgomery.
Mr. c. d. .Sandidge. day collector of
tolls at the Bossier end Of the Bossier
City traffic bridge. reports that during
October his collections We're $2!,SO
Those made by Mr.. William Hutton,
the night man. totaled 5000.
According to the government re-
port, just furnished the Banner. there
were 9255 bales Of cotton ginned IN
Bossier Parish from the 1870 crop prior
to October 18th. as compared with $3.50
bales ginned to October Is, 1919.
Justice of Peace j. H. Montgomery
united in marriage here Monday Mr..
Bert Kelly and Miss Eunice +. Buck.
who claimed to lie from Ohio and Penn
sylvania, respectively. That might well
| be looked upon as coming consider
able mileage from home to get spliced
The reporter learned from MIR. Tom
| Stinson Tuesday that there had been
live cutting Of alfalfa on the Stinson
| plantation this season and that another
cutting will follow il the weather per-
/ mits. All of which again illustrates the
wonderful fertility of Red River soil.
/ MIR. j. G.. Andrews, in a note adj
dressed to the editor. says: = You will
/ find enclosed 81, for which plesise set
my Subscription MP notch. l want
the dear old Banner to keep coming,
for it helps drive away the blues. Mail
it to HosstOll.' We are always pleased
when one more subscriber expresses
his appreciation of the paper.
Mir. w. G. Burt farming on rather
large scale this season l;ls usual) J,
stated to the reporter Tuesday that ht
has hi his fields about 1OO hlles of I'M
| picked cotton. something less than 4
third of his whole crop and but very
little of his corn has been harvested
He has made this season good crops O
hotl, cotton and corn aud says he ha:
nothing to complain about except TIL
price of GOTTEN.
Government agricultural agents, h
!. making Investigations the latter par
. of last week are Mlid to have fonnt
pink b0ll worms ON the big Shaw plan
, tation. some twelve miles south Of Ben
ton. IT il the impression Of some tina
pink boil worms have heeli present Il
the parish more than one season an,
/ that they are perhaps already widel,
scattered Cotton fields on all sides 0
the Rossier City oil mill are now lein
, stripped of all stalks which will b
: turned.
4 Among the callers Friday Of las
/ week was Mr.. Robert Wilmington. Q
. Ivall Mr.. Wilmington ordered his es
: tray advertisement ont OF the Hannel
j it having found his two mares for hin
J. and remarked: You may tell th
]. world for me that advertising in til
!. Banner Is the way to find Bossier Pal
J. ish stock that has estrayed. He ha
!. been in the section where his mare
7 were found. but friends did not motif
him, not knowing they were his. unit
!. they saw his nd in the Banner.
r From several sources we hay
$ learned that squirrels are plentif,
%l,r., rs, lie, holf.s ~ fj,p1tx,
t Also. many quail are said to have bee
y raised this season, and mallard duel
q are beginning to come in and lingt
. around to feed IN the flats and on Il
II land lakes and bayous. It looks III
4 there is going to he some shooting col
e ing to the sportsman little later o
y Squirrels. ducks. geese, etc. may
). legally hunted now. The season 4
hunting quail opens on the 18th.