The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-08-19
Boys Big Tour Reported

In last weeks issue of the Banner
mention was made of the Louisiana
Farm Boys Tour in states of the Mid
die West. the names of Paul Smith.
Bobby Bird, Martin Bell Burks and
Sherhurne Sentell being given as those
Of the four Rossier Parish boys who
were members Of the party. In all there
were in the party 122 youths from Lou
isiaira farms. and farming and dairyins
sections Of Illinois, Wisconsin. Iowa and
Missouri were visited and studied. Dur
ing the course Of the trip notes were
freely taken and typed on many pages
for free distribution among the boys.
From number of such typewriter
notes. sent in by Paul Smith. we make
extracts as follows:
Members of the Louisiana Farm
Boys Tour of the Middle West looked
out Oh the fields of Southern Illinois on
Wednesday morning (the 4th) and
marvelled ut the fine crops OF corn.
wheat and oats. Orchards. too, of ap-
Eles, peaches. pears, plums and apricOts
seemed to he part of every farm scene.
The boys We're wide awake enough to
see all these things as we'll as the neat
grain stacks clean fence rows. and note
that there was no idle land'
Champaign. Aug. A. campaign Il
Il beautiful little city of about 23.0W
people. with paved streets and well
kept lawns. Trban:l. the seat of the
University of Illinois, is separated from
Champaign by only the width Of 4
street"
| Url,ana. Aug. Pride in home
| town and state and in alma mater i
the snrest ground for the hope of the
world. Ask any graduate of any uni
versity which one is the best and III
will tell you his university. us il matter
OF course. Ask AN alnnmus Of Illinois
University this question and he will le
forth stream about experiment sta
tions. fine cows. wonderful arnory, 23a;;
acres in the campus, 1871 memorial trees
$40, ,OO0. 600 a year for maintenance. tina
will make YOU gasp for breath. Fh'
University of Illinois comprises thirteal
general colleges and schools Some Q
these schools are divided into depart
ments which are larger than nlany o
the smaller colleges of the country. Til
total enrolment of the University i
10000. The arnlory here is second II
size to the new one ut Cornell Cnivei
sity, It is 200 feet wide and 400 fee
long and !DS feet from floor to peak. !
| was built of steel and concrete eleve
years ago at cost Of sS2233:i, 900. Durin
the winter 1t is used for an athleti
/ field
Chicago, Aug. after leaving til
Armour plant. the Beatrice Creamer
4 was Visited. Here the boys saw the I,rt
cess of manufacturing butter i'll ever
detail. This company makes $4,000. .00
pounds Of butter annually. The hoy
were told that dairy farming had don
more to develop the Middle West tina
any other kind Of farming. The part
on leaving the creamery drove IN ;iut'
mobiles up the Lake, Shore Drive
Lincoln Park. where they saw the bea'
tiful residence section, and enjoyed
general view of the park. The no,
were much amused by the many an
| mails they saw in the ZOO.
After leaving Lincoln Park the p;irt
went to the Y. Nj. G. A., where they e
joyed swim. The evening wls spel
. attending the Cohen Theatre. where Il
) party saw Welcome Stranger one
the most popular theatrical plays of Il
season. The party left at midnight oy'
the G. and n W. for Waukesha, Wis
IN WISCONSIN.