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The Owosso times., 1921-05-06
START WORK IN
GARDENS EARLY
of Great Importance That All
Rubbish and Dead Plants Be
Removed and Burned.
KILL INSECTS and DISEASE
Kind of Manure Applied Is Not I'M
portant So Long as II Is Free
Of Weed Seductive Young
Trees Protection.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Home gardens were boOns to thou
sands of families In the United States
last season, and the garden habit
seems to have become fixed with a
large number of persons.
In most sections the late fall gar
dens were killed by frost and in many
cases the debris still, litters the
ground
Bean poles and tomato stakes, with
their burden of frosted vines, are top
pied over and give the garden an un-
kempt and ragged appearance. Aside
from the esthetic influence of clean
ing up the garden. 1t Is important that
all rubbish and dead plants be re-
moved and burned to protect the crops
OF next season fOm the insects and
disease spores which infest the debris.
A few hours Of work In the garden
now will save serious losses another
year. Gather the bean poles, tomato
stakes, and any removable trellises or
wires, store the good ones until they
are again needed; then pull, rake to-
gether, and burn all the dead vines
and plants left in the garden. If these
are too wet or green to burn, they
may be gathered In small piles for a
few days to dry and then piled to-
gether and burned.
Spread Manure.
Haouu nIoxy ohA ha
up and left rough and lumpy before
applying the manure. The kind Of
manure to use for this purpose is not
important, so long as 1t Is not filled
with weed seeds or trash Of any kind
Manure In which straw has been used
for bedding cen be taken direct from
the stable and spread on the garden
as surface cover during the winter,
the rough part being either plowed un-
der in the spring or raked off and put
In the compost heap.
Projecting Young Trees.
Experienced gardeners keep a COM
post heap going in one corner Of the
garden from one years end to an
are placed In 1t. AS consequence,
these gardeners always have supply
Of good loan for preparing special
plant beds or top-dressing a piece Of
land for the growing Of lettuce or
other intensive crop.
If there is particularly good young
apple tree or two In some part Of the
The Owosso times., 1921-05-06
LAND VALUATION
CAN Be DOUBLED
Improper Utilization of Soil in
High-Grade Agricultural
District Is Related.
STREAM WASTES MANY ACRES
Farmer Can Redeem Much Valuable
Soil BY Regrouping Different Build
ings Without Sacrificing
Convenience.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment a AEriculture.)
"Stannard, ON the next farm, has of.
fered me 8 acres of land next to the
line fence for 5000 an acre. I need
more land, and I've half a notion to
take the Offer"
The Sunday quiet and the warm
spring sunshine had lured the farmer
and his visitor to II perch on the top
rail of the cow-lane fence, where they
fell into discussion of United States
Department of Agriculture reports.
The visitor thought for a moment
while his eyes roved across the fiat
farm land before them.
"Why pay 5000 an acre?" he In.
quired finally. "Why not buy the few
a:res yOr need from man who can
sell 1t to you for half as much?"
Land Gets Full Price.
zone hundred dollars an acre for
farm land in this country? l guess
not Pete, you don't know farm val
ues out here. Back in your New Eng
land hills you may find land as cheap
as that, but you can't buy rod Of
tillable land in this section without
paying the full price for tt"
He laughed as he said: "If you
can find acres for sale In this town
ship ut the price you mention, I'll buy
it-provided it Is within 3 miles of
my home."
hon hot
Englander cheerfully. 'In fact. you're
standing on a part of it right now
sitting on 1t, l mean"
"But this Is mine already"
"Of course" retOrted the other.
"It's your cow lane and you're the
man. You can sell yourself few
acres of first-class farm land at $1O0
an acre-less for some of 1t, perhaps.
I bought few acres from myself last
spring, after 1 had learned how SIM
pie the transaction was"
The farm owner. laid a firm hand
on his friends broad shoulder.
"Quit talking riddles" he warned,
land come out with the story or I'll
tip you off into the nettlesw
"You can get all the land you need
by making your wasted land produc-
tive. You own the wasted land, and
you can buy 1t from yourself at the
price of making it tillable; that's
what I mean."
"But the waste land on this farm
can't be made productive. There's
only an acre or so i'm that STONY hill
lock over there-and I'm even getting
cash returns from that by planting
cherry trees among the stones!'
81 didn't say waste land; 1 said
wasted land,'" the other reminded
him. waste land Is land made un-
The Owosso times., 1921-05-06

and judging stock. Learn the different
parts Of the animal and become ia
miliar with the methods Of examina-
tiOn used by experienced judges.
In selecting a calf, first get an idea
Of its general appearance by looking
1t over carefully at distance Of 10
or Is feet. When viewed from the
front II should have short face, large
muZzle, wide forehead, short neck, and
wide, deep chest. indicating strong,
vigorous constitution. When looked at
from the side, its back should be
straight and level from the top of the
shoulders to the tall It should have
a deep body and smooth, long hind
quarters. When viewed from the rear.
II should present u wide deep appear
ance. While as much width as pos
sible Is desired, II should not be ac-
companied with roughness about the
shoulders and the hips or hooks. The
legs should be rather short, stout, and
set wide apart.
Indications Of Quality.
Quality may be determined by the
eye Of the experienced judge, but the
hand may also be used In determining
the condition" or quality" which has
reference to the flesh or fat. The beef
calf should have deep natural flesh
but should not be excessively fat or
coarse. The flesh should he smooth
and firm, but not hard along the back.
sides, and over the shoulders.
All the following indicate quality:
A thick coat Of hair that feels soft
and silky and looks glossy; a loose,
pllable skin that does not seem thick.
rough, or tightly stretched over the
body; and rather short legs that ap.
pear to have strong. clean bones with
out roughness or coarSeness. Color Is
of little Importance so long as the calf
selected has the approved color Of the
breed desired.
The Owosso times., 1921-05-06

profitable by nature; wasted land Is
productive land that man himself has
failed to make use of. That's the
difference.
"The size Of your farm business
has more to do with your income than
any other feature. While you've been
planting cherry trees among the rocks
on stony acre you've been using this
long lane for no other purpose than
as path for cattle to pasture. You
could use the public road almost as
conveniently. This lane Is right In the
heart Of your corn land, too. It must
be 500 yards long and It's rod wide
at least. There's about three-quarters
Of an acre of prime soil right there
for the price of taking out one of
these fences.
"And the road borders your farm
for the whole length of your field. ]
don't know what the highway laws in
this state are but certainly they don't
require all the land that lies between
your fence and the road. Find out
how much the highway encroaches on
your land and move your fence up.
There's another fat acre there.
"Then there's that Usage orange
hedge fence your father planted along
the line running west from the house.
That hedgerow robs you Of more land
per rod than any other fence on the
farm. II not only occupies an acre to
every 200 rods but renders worthless
for cropping strip 20 feet wide on
each side Of 1t. 1t will be money In
The Owosso times., 1921-05-06
RAISING WINNER
IS Great HONOR
Heredity Plays important Part
in Helping Owner to Secura
Blue Ribbon.
FIRST OBSERVE CALF'S DAM
Good Breeders Should Be Familiar
With individuals and Blood Lines
Instrumental in Building Up
Favored Breed.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
1t is science and an art to produce
famous breeding animal or noted
winner in the show ring. Every year
thousands of stock breeders contest for
this honor, and as soon as the blue
ribbon is placed the owner of the ami
NAL Is besieged with questions as to
just how the winner was originally
selected and reared.
Kings and queens of the beef-cattle
world sometimes are selected when
they are calves only a few months Old
so they can be taught to eat grain
before they are weaned say special
lists of the United States Department
Of Agriculture. The first step is to OBJ
serve the calf's mother, noting whether
she Is wide, deep-bodied cow with
plenty of size, and is giving liberal
supply Of milk. If the mother quail
fles in these respects and was bred
to good bull, Il may be reasonably
expected that the calf will grow into
a useful breeding animal and can be
developed into type suitable for show
purposes.
Studying caifs Pedigree.
The calf's parents, grandparents,
etc, should have been useful and prof
liable to their owners. These facts
may be learned from a study Of the
calf's pedigree. To know good pedi-
gree requires study. and In this con-
nectiOn 1t Is advisable to read his
tory Of your chosen breed 1t Is es-
sential that the good breeder become
familiar with individuals and blood
lines which have been instrumental In
building up the breed.
In every breed there are certain
blood lines that are known to mick"
well with one another. Ascertain what
"nicks" or crosses have produced the
best results. and look for these COM
binatlOns In pedigree. Do not be mis-
led by family names, which In some
cases are derived from female that
appears as far back as the twelfth or
fifteenth generation. Cattle breeders
are fast losing sight Of family connec-
tiOn on the female side and are giving
more attention to the bulls that APP
pear In the first. second. and third
generations.
The calf which Is selected must have
good form, which Is sometimes spoken
of as type or conformation. To become
familiar with types Of the breed,
study pictures Of famous animals.
Make use of score card in selecting
The Owosso times., 1921-05-06

Prepare Gdroen SEED BED az Early az
Possible.
garden, do not fail to clean the grass
or weeds away from its base and pro-
tect the trunk from mice and rabbits
with fly screen or closely-woven gal
vanlzed wire. Thousands of young
apple trees are lost every winter, In
certain sections, from being gnawed
by field mice and rabbits. AS q rule,
the mice work just at the surface Of
the ground, especially where grass
and rubbish is left around the roots
Of the trees. Rabbits are more likely
to gnaw the bark from the trunk
above the ground, especially while
there Is a deep snow and they are
prevented from getting green food on
the ground. For this reason the pro-
tectors should extend at least two
feet above ground and two inches un-
der ground.
Fruit trees that have borne during
the last year should be gone over, and
all mummified fruits removed and
burned. Any suckers or shoots which
have grown up from the roots or on
the trunk OF the trees should be
trimmed Off. 1t also Is a good plan to
give the trees thorough spraying
with llme-sulphur solution to kill scale
insects.
The Owosso times., 1921-05-06
SILOS ARE MOST ESSENTIAL
None Has Ever Been Discarded When
Properly Built and Filled at
Right Moment.

No silo which was properly built
and filed with corn at the right stage
Of maturity has ever been discarded.
Neither is there any farmer who has
had silo on his farm and used It's
succulent, nutritious feed that is will
Ing to do without one.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29

The marriage of Miss Alice
Williamson to Mr.. Leland Good
man of New Orleans was quietly
! solemnized at the Presbyterian
Church Friday night by Rev. T. l..
Lemly in the presence of only the
witnesses, and after enjoying a
couple of days lI the midst of the
family circle the happy pair left
for their home in New Orleans on
Christmas night, carrying with
them, the best wishes of their
friends.
The bride is the third daughter
of Mr.. George Williamson, one of
our 6nest young women, Who.
after graduating at the Normal
and teaching . term or two, de-
cided to become a trained nurse,
and after completing the course
at Touro was given very respon-
sibIe position in the operating
room, which she filled to the gen.
eral satisfaction of all and where
the romance, that eliminated in
the happy ending of Friday night.
began as the groom is the radio
logist at the some we'll known in
stitution and is considered among
the best in his line in the Crescent
City.
The Enterprise extends congrst-
ulations and best wishes for a
bright and happy future.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
Police Jury Proceedings

By. DR.. Joyner, seconded by Mr..
Airey:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Natchitoches, La. that
the President of the Police Jury do
cause to be advertised for thirty days
in the official journal of the Parish of
Natchitoches, notice calling for bids
for the purchase of the whole. or part
of the 500, 100000 of Bonds of Road
District No. 26, Ward 2, being the part
of the unsold Bonds of the Two Humid
red Thousand Dollar issue, Bonds dated
February LIST, 1920.
Be it further ordained, that the Po-
lice Jury shall receive bids in accord
ance with law and opened on Monday,
January End 1922, at eleven O'Clock q.
m. at the Court House at Natchitoches,
Louisiana, and that each bidder shall
enclose with his bid certified check
on some National bank doing business
IN this State or some Solvent Bank
chartered under the laws of this State,
for not less than one-half percent of
the face value of said Bonds, in favor
of the President of the Police Jury of
the Parish of Natchitoches, which
amount will be held by the governing
authority until the successful bidder is
determined and has complied with his
bid, and the bids of the unsuccessful
bidders will be returned to them upon
the rejection Of their bids.
The ordinance being submitted to a
vote the vote thereon was as follows;
Yeas: Joyner, Copellar, Airey. Page
Knott, Phillips, Dowden, Friedman.
Nays: None.
Absent: Sandlin and Lacaze.
Carried unanimously
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
THURSDAY, DEC. 20. 1921


The expression heading thi:
Is the proverbial greeting on Jan.
uary 1st. It sounds we'll; it is
cheering, byt it means little. as
% few of US live it through the
year; the day after, it is forgotten,
We all 20 back to the old year
With our grouches. envies and
jealousies.
Lets resolve on q change; let's
live the year in meeting our fel-
lows with the spirit that we ex-
press il our New Years day
greeting.
just what shall we resolve2
What is it that will make the
world Z better place in which to
live9 The answer is, HAPPI-
=
NESS. If each of US would try
. make ourselves as happy and
cheerful every day in the year as
i our New Years day, the world
indeed, would be improved BY next
December.
A happy greeting, q cheering
smile is the Greatest stimulus to
better efforts, to greater desire
- live and accomplish.
Those who bring sunshine into
Tho lives Of others can not keep
i from themselves. =
Cheerfulness means poise. And
poise makes life we'll balanced,
rosy in its out look and life worth
living.
Lot us forgive if we cannot for
- the past twelve months. with
n the hardships and disappoint-
ments, and resolve to make the
eening year better By living real
HAPPINESS.
Lat % live together. one for I'll,
~ for one, ID : truly community
spirit.
Let a. make ! firm New Years
eosolution then. 70 bring HAPPI-
NESS . others ~ being happy
oursslvss, and in this way make
Natchltoches ! better place IN
which 70 live.
With these thoughts, We wish
ono and I'll,
i HAppY NEW YEAB.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
Our Banks.

Among the business enterprises
in Natchitoches, there are none
in which the. community takes
greater pride than in the banks,
which rank among the first in the
land.
The officials are we'll known in
banking circles thruout the State
as men of good, sound business
judgement, conservative wide-a-
wake, always on the alert for new
methods that will promote the
best interests of the patrons and
the banking houses in which thev
conduct affairs are modern and
up-to-date in every respect.
The annual meetings of all three
have been held within the past
few weeks when the officials who
have served so faithfully rhruout
1921. we're all reelected to serve
another year.
The Peoples Bank which de-
clared 20 per cent dividend paya-
BILE semi-annually has Mr.. Sam
Levy, president; j. L. Bryan and
Morris Aaron. vice-presidents; r.
O. Hicks, cashier; Flowers Hill,
bookkeeper; p. G. Rogers and
Miss Mildred Hill, assistants. and
Phanor Breazeale, s. Levy, Hicks,
Aaron. Bryan, j. l. Friedman. s.
Nelken, j. B. Tucker, and G. E.
Cloutier, board of directors.
The Exchange Bank declared is
per cent dividend, payable quar-
terly and has A. w. Watson, pres
ident;J. S. Stephens, vice-presi-
]ent; T. G. Barnes, cashier; L.
P. Cloutier and George Himel,
assistants; O. w. Traber and Miss
Flora Stephens, bookkeeper: D.
=. Scarborough, H. Hughes, }.
H. Williams, S. Katie, X. O.I
PAYNE, Wstson and Barnes, board
If directors.
The Merchants and Farmers
Bank declared s per cent dividend
md is oficered by S. Aaron, pres
dent, j. DeBlieux, LIST and v. La
Roy, End yice-presidents: q. H |
oierson. cashierl and j. A. Gan
ION, assistant; and with them
Aessrs. w. T. Cunningham, J.. |
2usca, J. e. DeBlieux. G.. r.
Murphy, and II. Cohen form the |
.oard of directors. |
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
NOTICE

In accordance with the terms of ar
ordinance of date Nov. 14th, 1921, OF
the Police Jury of the Parish of Match.
itoches, notice is hereby given that the
Police Jury of the said Parish of Nat.
chitcches, acting as the governing au-
thority of Road District No. 26, Ward
2, of the Parish of Natchitoches, will
receive sealed bids for the purchase of
the whole or part of the unsold
$1OO, 10000 Dollars of Bonds of the
$2OO, ,OOO.OO dollar issue, Bonds dated
February 1st, 1920.
Bids must be accompanied with a
certified check en- some National Bank
doing business IN this State or some
Solvent Bank chartered under the laws
OF this State for two and one-half per
cent Of the face value of said Bonds,
payable to the President of the Police
Jury of the Parish of Natchitoches.
The check of the successful bidder will
pc credited on the purchase price of
his bid, or forfeited to the said Road
District if he fails to comply with the
condition of his bid. The checks of
the unsuccessful bidders will be re-
turned to them upon the rejection of
their bids.
The successful bidder will be furnish
ed with a certified copy of the opinion
of John q. Thompson of New York, as
to the validity of this issue.
All bids must be unconditional and
addressed to the Police Jury of the
Parish Of Natchitoches, at Natchito-
ches, La, with the statement that it
contains bid for the whole or part
of the $l0O, 10000 of unsold Bonds of
the 5000. 10000 issue Of Road Dist. No.
26, Ward 2, of the Parish of Natchito-
ches, said bids will be opened at Eleven
o'clock a. N. January End, 1922 in
open session of the Police Jury at the
Court House at Natchitoches. La. The
Police Jury reserving the rights to re-
ject any and all Bids. Thus done and
signed this 18th day of Nov. 1921.
w. II. AIKEY,
President Police Jury Parish
of Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
Les Jeunes Felnnnes.


Mrs. Grover Voters entertaiDyd
on Wednesday afternoon Of last
week, " strictly club affair, and
tho there we're only twelve mem
bers present they enjoyed one OF
the loveliest Of parties, the kind
for which the hostess Is noted.
Mrs. Harmanson won the pretty
frst prize. % embroidered buffet
set. Mrs. Payne the second, two
pretty tray cloths, and Mrs. Hicks
the consolation, some dainty hand
made handkerchiefs.
4 delicious turkey luncheon
With dressing, jelly, pear salal on
lettuce hearts With mayonaise, tea,
saltines and homemade candies
was served q the oonclusion 81
tho game.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
1elelnber 70 Qualify

Il you sre ! good citizen, striy-
ing - carry ont the duties Of good
oitixenship, yon Of course will not
forget 70 pay the tax. But If. ii
the stress Of the HOLIDAYS. you
bave not thought Of what it means
u b distranchised pay haed to
to newspapers o. 70 the solicitors
going about the streets and into
hones and residences 70 warn you
1e1i1st the humiilafion of finding
your1elf unable % vote ID tho i'm
poetant elections Of next year and
~ yeer altar.
DO last day on which you can
~ your poll tax 4 December 81.
bot : little more than two days
~.
a some States you can psy two
pna texes u the year il which
- ollsr - yote. You cannot do
r. n Louisiana. You can only
- Il yoa haYe reoeipts Issued Ia
- yont i which the tsx felI due.
Aoeeeose. nv .yoar tx before
~, q know that next YER
e0 - yer after ron will be !
~ RANk;HISED
04 Is yop are not ! oooll
oooS - q win @ vote you
q ~ tho dollar nnyhow.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
NOTICE
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Natchitoches, Louisiana.
No. 1687S.
w. B. PattisOn
VS..
His Creditors.

Whereas the above w. B. Pattison,
has petitioned the Court for respite
of one and two years dating from the
meeting of his creditors, and the Court
having ordered such meeting:-
Notice is hereby given to any and all
concerned that meeting of the credi-
tors of the above will be held before
A. H. O'Quin, Notary Public, at his
Office in the city and parish of Natchito-
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
Lsesche

= = T
The re1.,lar meeting of Lesohe
will De held Monday, January 2nd
at Sis p. m. at the home Of Mrs.
E. e. Shuts, leader. hostess, when
musical numbers will be inter-
spersed with the following literary
ones, after roll call which is
answered with current events,
Alice Robertson Mrs. j. H.
Williams.
Lady Astor Mrs. Paul Weiss.
Belle Kearney-Miss Carmen
Breazeale.
The members who cannot he
present are requested to notify
Mrs. Shuts in advance.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29

ches, La, beginning at 10 o'clock a. IN.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1922,
and continuing open for period of ten
days, ann all creditors are notified 20
appear and vote for or against the said
respite asked of one and two years.
and to appear and prove their claims.
Dated at Natchitoches this the 10th
day of December 1921.
A. H. O'QUINN,
Dy. Clerk llth District Court
=. La, Natchitoches Parish.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
NOTICE

In accordance with provisions of the
Charter, the annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the lPrudhomme Co.,
Ltd, will be held on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1922
At4P. M.
at the Office of Breazeale and Breazeale
in the Prudhomme building for the pur-
pose of electing Board of Directors
for the ensuing year and to transact
any other business that may come be-
fore them,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29
Notice of Dissolution

By resolution of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Black Lake Lumber and
Shingle Mill Inc, it was ordered that
said corporation be dissolved and the
undersigned directed and authorized to
proceed to it's formal dissolution.
Notice is hereby given IT, all persons
to present their claims against the
Company and to show cause if any
they have within 30 days from this
date why it should uot be dissolved.
BREAzEALE & BREAZEALE,
D.29-21-aOd Attorneys
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-12-29

Prospects of a naval holiday
seems to have reacted differently
in different countries. The Uulted
States has planned to drop 22,C,O
sailors while Japan will get rid If
10 rear Admirals.