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The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-04-21
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Pc.
lice jury of the parish of Natchitoches,
La, in accordance with resolution of
the Police Jury of date April 9th, 1921,
will receive bids for the purchase of a
whole, or part of the Two Hundred and
Six Thousand Dollars worth of bonds
of Road District No. - of the parish
of Natchitoches dated March LIST, 1916
and issued in accordance with law.
Bids shall be received in accordance
with law and opened on the oath day
of May 1921 at eleven o'clock A. NJ. at
the Court House at NatchitOches, La,
and each bidder shall enclose with his
bid certified check on some National
Bank dong business in this State, or
some solvent bank chartered under the
laws of this State, for not less than
two and one half per cent 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 Authori-
ty until the successful bidder is deter
mined and has complied with his bid,
and the check of the successful bidder
will be credited on his bid. and the
checks of the unsuccessful bidders will
be returned to them upon the rejection
of their bid. The Police Jury reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Natchitoches, La, this 9th day of
April 1921.
w. Fl. AIREY,
President Police Jury Parish of
Natchitoches, Louisiana
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-04-21
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Po-
lice Jury of the parish of Natchitoches,
| La, in accordance with resolution of
| the Police Jury of date April 9th, 1921
will receive bids for the purchase of
the whole, or 4 part Of the SOB 900 90
Road Bonds of Road District No. q,
Ward 10 of the pa, ish of Natchitoches
dated February LIST, 1929 and issued in
accordance with law.
Bids shall be received in accordance
with law and opened on the oath day
of May 1921 at eleven o'clock \. NJ. at
the Court House at NatchitocFes, La :,
and 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
two and one half per cent of the face
value of said bonds in favor of the
president of the Police Jury of the
parish of Natchiroches. which amount
will be held by the Governing Authori-
ty until the successful bidder is deter
mined and has complied with his bid.
and the check of the successful bidder
will be credited on his bid, and the
checks of the unsuccessful bidders will
be returned to them upon the rel action
Of their bids. The Police Jury reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Natchitoches, La, this 9th day of
April 1921.
W. II. AIREY.
President Police Jury Parish of
Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-04-21
SEALED PROPOSALS,
Natchitoches, La.
April 9TH 1921


April 9TH 1921
Sealed proposals will be received by
Parish School Board of Natchitoches
La, until May 10th 1921, for the fur.
nishing of materials and performing
labor necessary to erect High School
Building at ch:toches, La, accord
ing to plans and specifications prepared
by }. W. Smith, Architect, Monroe,
Louisiana.
tlans and specifications are on file at
the office of the Architect and at the
office of the Superintendent of Educa-
ton of the Natchitoches Parish School
Board of Natchitoches, La. A deposit
of Twenty-Five (S25.OW Dollars will
be required for each set of plans and
specifications. Said Twenty Five
(S25.OO) Dollars will be returned or re-
funded to depositor on the return of
plans and specifications. Plans may
be had upon application to the Archi-
tect. A certified cheek of two per
cent of the amount of the bid must
accompany each proposal as a guaran-
tee of it's good faith. The building to
be erected is about 80 feet wide by 100
feet in length, with two stories and a
basement. For further information
address Supt. C. E. Hooper of the
Parish School Board,
La, or j. w. Smith,
Architect of Monroe, La.
Bids closed May 10TH, 1921 at noon. |
(Signed C. E. HOOPER,
Superintendent.
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Sheriff Sale
l.. M. JACKSON
VS.
J. w. SULLIVAN
Eleventh District Court, Parish OF
Natchitoches. Louisiana.
No. 1861.

By virtue of writ of Seizure and Sale
issued in the above numbered suit and
entitled cause by the 18th District
Court, Parish of Natchitoches, La. did
seize and take into my possession and
will offer for sale on the hereinafter
mentioned terms at the principal front
door of the Court House in the city and
Parish of Natchitoches. Louisiana at II
o'clock A. NJ.
SATURDAY, APRIL BOTH, 1921
to pay and satisfy said writ the follow
ing described property to-wit:
A certain tract of land situated in
the Parish of Natchitoches, La. and
being described as SEA of SEA section
3, T. Is. r. contg. ~ acres, and an
other commencing at N. w. corner of
SEA of SEA running north 226-l-3
yards to starting point, thence south
of east 495 yds thence south 60H yds.
thence west 440 yards, thence north
226-1-3 yards to point of beginning
contg. 1913 acres more or less and
contg. in the whole tract 53-1-3 acres.
Terms of Sale, Cash: subject to ap-
praisment.
]. W. PAYNE.
Sheriff of Natchitoches Parish.
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among each 1000 inhabi.

tuberculosis among each 1000 inhabi-
tants, and experience show that they
will not place themselves in the care
OF physician unless they are constant
ly urged by public health nurse, or
similar worker. The efficiency of
public health nurse may be Judged by
the quality and quantity of tuberculosis
work she does. a public health nurse
in every community will be the princi-
pal means by which tuberculosis will
be eradicated.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-04-21
Frost Proof Cabbage PLANTS

We haye millions of the finest open
field grown plants ready now. Early
Jersey, Charleston Wakefields, Flat
Dutch. Parcel post paid, 300, $l.0O;
500. 81. so; 1000. $3.50. Express, 1000,
$3.50; 5000, $3.50; 10, 900, $3.50. Send
for price list. Sweet potatoes and TO-
mato plants. Parker Farm, Moultrie,
Georgia.
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will break . Cold, Fever and Grippe
quicker than anything we know. pre-
venting pneumonia.
The Washington times., 1921-10-31
MYRTLE AND SOCIETY
A STORY OF A BREAK INTO THE SMART SET

: Mrs. Leigh made her appearance
at this point and threw her arm
about Myrtle affectionately. Il am
getting up q little card club, Mrs.
Standish thought perhaps you
like to join. BY the way. L want
to congratulate you on Mr.. Stand
ish's good fortune.
Myrtle was confused. She dio
not know just what good fortune
had descended upon her husband
and said so.
lis IL possible you do not know
he has been made coGnsel for the
Leffingwell corporation
"Jim-the Leffingwen corpora
tionr' Myrtle gasped outright. For
years her husband had dreamed OF
this 3. 1t meant a different sort OF
living, a purse for the children,
Myrtle thanked her and agreed
! 10 consider It, An hour later she
was on her way home. Her heart
was beating triple time and her
fingers wound nervously about her
handkerchief.
Jim" she screamed from the
front door, is it true?"
A very happy husband assured
her that il was true. And now
can, give you the things you need.
You can hob-nob with the upper
crust IL that's the thing you want.
The papers will read, Among those
present were Mrs. Slayter-Payne
and Mrs. James Standish.'
Myrtle threw herself into his
arms. For a time she cried joy
fully.
That's not what l want, Jim.
Those women think children are
vulgar"
This one is," answered Jim.
holding the robust baby toward her.
He's had three bottles of milk and
insists upon a fourth"
Three! Jim, you'll kill him."
She held the baby under the light.
His hearty diet did not show any
signs of affecting his health. With
a mighty clutch he grasped his
mothers neck and pressed his soft
little cheek against her face.
II guess he wanted you," ad.
mitted Jim. Hes cried every min
ute since I've been home. l pre-
sumo you. learned also that II is
vulgar to caress ones children"
I've learned that I'm happier
right here in this house with my
babies and that can analyze my
self without any help from Mr..
Froude or anyone else. 1 don't
know anything about music or psy.
cho-analysis. but / can sing Hush
a.bye, Baby so that IL puts, one
small man to sleep, and IL there's
anything indecent about a son-in-
law looking upon his mother-in-
law, we're going to be very inde-
cent, because mother is coming to-
morrow. The Wilson's and the
Lorings are going to the lake for
the weekend and want us to go
along. cannot leave the babies
with anyone but mother"
Nellie just called up. She wanted
to know how mucn sugar you use
to a cup of cherries for preserves"
We'll run over tonight. I'll fix
them for her. ThI 'ear thinks
mine are the best she ever ate.
The Washington times., 1921-10-31
BY Ruby Logan.

SSnH, JIM the most wonderful
u thing has happened~
Myrtle Standish threw her
arms around her young. husbands
neck and lifted her lips for the kiss
he never failed to give her when he
returned home after a days grind
in the city.
Jimmie boy has another tooth"
guessed Jim Standish.
mo. There would be nothing
wonderful about another tooth. He'll
cut plenty of them before he's much
older. Mrs. Harrison Leigh called
today. Just imagine, Jim! Mrs.
Harrison Leigh?
Jim permitted her to tell him in.
detail of Mrs. Leigh's visit. He
learned that Mrytle had been m
pited to a tea at the home of Mrs.
Leigh and would doubtless, accord.
ing to Myrtle, be taken up by that
set.
They won't be any better friends
to you than Nellie Wilson and
Grace Loring," suggested Jim as he
strode over to the bassinet and lift
ed out his young son.
Dear me, Jim. I'm so sick and
tired of Nellie and Grace. OF course
they are nice girls and love them,
but they're so dull and stupid. They
can't talk of anything but their
babies and their homes and the pre-
serves they are putting up"
Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Slater
Payne were so overjoyed at meet
ing Myrtle that they forgot her
completely. Mrs. Hunter was in
terested in nothing but music, and
Mrs. Slater-Payne insisted upon dis
cussing Freudo and his great work
on psycho-analysis. Myrtle, seated
beside Mrs. Hunter, wondered II
psycho-analysis was quite decent,
after Mrs. Slater.Payne drifted back
many hundred years 20 the days of
savages, at which time 1t seemed
that a son-in.faw dared not look
upon his mother-in-law without suf-
fering great punishment.
"Why?" asked Myrtle innocently.
Custom, my dear" answered
Mrs. SlaterPayne, patronizingly.
Haven't you read any of his works?
His Totem and Taboo is really a re-
markable book"
For the first time Myrtle found
an idea to contribute to the con-
versation. Sounds like an Indian
name. My oldest boy, Edgar, is
always playing lnulan. But pre-
sumo there lis nothing in the book
about a totem pole"
Mrs. Slayter Payne elevated her
narrow brows and conveyed with
out words to Mrs, Hunter that Myr.
tie was impossible. 60, rg...
You have children?' inquired
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes, indeed. Two boys. Edgar
and Jimmie. Jimmie Is just a baby
but perfectly wonderful. Never
cries" ...
Indeed! How fortunate. I
know so little about infants. Mu-
sic is the child of my heart. Do
you find children tend to stifle one?
So many mothers are vulgar in their
demonstrations"
The Washington times., 1921-10-31
To Get Rid of
Pests
By LOrettO c. Lynch.

~ OF only are the insect AMI
animal pests of the house.
hold disagreeable, but in
many cases they are decided men
ace to health. 1t is. therefore, the
duty of every woman who has thu
care of the family's health at heart
to take steps to rid her home of
these undesirable visitors.
Ants are attracted to a number OF
foodstuffs, but especially are they
fond of fats and sugars. These
foods should be kept in closely COW
cred c6katainers and small amounts
spilled on shelves should be cleaned
away at once. The most effective
way Of ridding the home Of ants IL
to locate their nest and pour ga3o-
line or kerosine or carbon bisulphide
upon 1t. If the nest cannot be found
one may be able to find the cracks
through which the ants come and
stuff them with cotton saturated
with the oil.
Kerosine, gasoline and benzine
forced into the cracks are effective
in cont OlIIns DeuDuSS. ~ should be
applied about every ten DAYS so that
the bugs hatched in the intervening
period may be destroyed.
Fumigating the room with burn
ing sulphur is not to be advised, as
sulphur bleaches delicate-colored
wall paper and other decorations
such as fabrics of curtains, pillows
and the like.
Carpet beetles, buffalo bugs and
buffalo moths are difficult to ex-
terminate once they become estab-
lished. Tackled down carpet should
be taken up. thorouhly beaten out
of doors, sprayed with gasoline or
benzine, summed and aired Repeat
the process for several days. The
floors should be scrubbed with hot
soapsuds and al cracks and crew
ices sprayed with gasoline.
Closets should be scrubbed and
treated with gasoline. Hydrocyanic
acid gas and sulphur fumes are
most effectual in discriminating
carpet beetles.
Cockroaches or waterbugs are at
tracted by dampness, bits of food.
trash of all kinds and generally
careless habits of housewifery.
Make the place as dry as possible
and keep all foods in tin or china
or glass containers closely covered.
1t is a mistake to allow food to
remain in the paper bag in which
II comes for so short time as
over night.
The Washington times., 1921-10-31
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis.
The Length of Your Days.

The Length of Your Days.
o your days slowly trail with
the pace of snail. do you
~ sigh for the hours to go?
Do you mutter: Alas! VIII the
week never pass? 1t seems like a
full month or sou Are you num-
bered with those for whom time
fleetly goes. fitting by like an air
ship in flight? When you hop from
the hay. do the hours slip away till
it's time to crawl back for the
night? It's a plain, simple test,
and yet one of the best for judging
the life that you lead; for your work
or your play marks, the hours each
day and stamps them with slowness
or speed. II your days are too dull.
it's because they're not full that the
moments drag by like a blight; when
you want them TO haste, take the
moments you waste and labor from
morning till night. If your days are
too long, then your system is wrong
and you ought to get busy right
now; loafings always strain for a
bright, active brain, unless it's the
brSin of a cow. II you bore all your
friends running in for week-ends, IL
you call on ten people each day, il
you yawn at the clock. why, get out
and break rock till the hours go
speeding away. There are dozens of
ills such as fever or chills with
which poor humanAty's cursed, but
it's safe to asserl, though these
other ails hurt, that ennui is one of
the worst. Say, how long are your
days? Do you jump with amaze
when the whistle starts blowing for
noon? Or are you with those chaps
who take seventeen maps in the
hope that the day will pass soon?
Oh, the length of your uay always
gives you away; II it's short, you're
a toiler though rich; II from bore.
dom you sob, go and sNek out a
job, though you have TO start dig
ging a ditch.
The Washington times., 1921-10-31

crow and ladled out a real part in
his Seventh Wave It's forty-eight
sides. He keeps saying it's the
chance OF a lifetime. But i get
chills down the spine when think
Of jumping into a straight part like
that and being billed next to a
woman like Catherine Klennert."
Storrow. whose grasp of the situa-
ton was not complete one, stood
watching Torrie as for the second
time she picked up her sodden hat.
But you're not going to let any
thing come between you and your
chance. are your" he demanded,
breathing freer in this less intimate
atmosphere of action.
The Only Obstacle.
you're the only thing that could
come between me and that chance"
she retorted in a flash Of candor.
"But / don't intend to-" he said
with an ardor and promptness which
in no way added to her happiness.
Her smile, in fact, was rather a
wintry one. But it was a smile.
80 while you're working away
on your side of this old wall" she
told him as she stood patting the
faded paper, "I'll be studying away
The Washington times., 1921-10-31
AdUice to the
LOUeLOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax
Moonlight and Kisses.

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX: ''l
A girl goes to a dance. and
there meets a young man with
whom she is acquainted. AS a T
matter of fact, she has been out
with him few times. She likes
this young chap a great deal.
In the course Of the evening
this young man asked her if she
would care to go for a canoe ride.
1t was an ideal night; the water
was calm, a wonderful full moon
and the music coulo be heard all
over the lake.
Under the circumstances, don't
you think ii was natural for these
two young people to kiss once or
twice, or do you think the girl
should have refused? A third
party has suggested that she was
weak" to yield. Do you make
any allowances for circumstances?
PERHAPS it was natural. But
4 we can't afford to yield to ma
ture so lightly and easily. The man
would have held higher opinion Of
the girl II she hadn't let environment
sweep her into a display of emotion
that meant nothing real or lasting.
I'VE have certain ethical principles
and ideals which we can't afford to
throw aside because there's a moon
on the water and there's perfume in
the air.
The Washington times., 1921-10-31

marked through his meditatiVe
cigarette smoke.
"What?" queried Storrow, MAX
ing ready to resent any too casual
intrusion on his privacy OF life.
THAT North Woods story OF
yours" was the somewhat unex-
pected reply. Whereupon the
younger man. vaguely relieved. re-
torted that he intended to give up
pudding for the pen, at the end
of the week.
Hardy, at this icidulated yet
half laughing confession, acquired
an unlocked for air OF sobriety.
al suppose it's none of my bust
ness. I'm a way" he finally re-
turned. But It might help II I
knew lust how you were situated.
Do you have to live on what your
work brings in, / mean. or can you
afford to be independent"
Keeping the Wolf Away.
1--WE enough TO keep the wolf
from the door" explained Storrow
with a laugh, but not enough to
keep him entirely off the range"
well, that's more important
than you'll ever imagine" COM
mented the other. And since
you're going to settle down, suppos-
ing we see bit of this city befor,
the work gets its grip on you"
He mentioned a possible luncheon
at the Salmagundi Club, and the
opening smoker of the Rts-kats,
a glimpse of some pictures of Haw-
thorne's and a costume ball which
Brownie Tell. the portrait painter
down in the square, was about to
give. Its all grist for the mill,'
he explained. And Storrow. see
ing in this an escape from his
mood of inertia. was glad enough
to catch at the chance of shaking
the dust off his soul. When that
The Washington times., 1921-10-31
DO You KnOW
That

Haddock will lay as many as
100000 eggs each in one season?
Dried figs are, weight for weight,
more nourishing than bread?
The highest trees have the most
pointed leaves?
A bee can carry three times its
own weight of honey when flying?
Ten years is the average life OF
an oyster?
Americans own about one-half of
all the diamonds in the world?
The Washington times., 1921-10-31

Stirring Narrative of the Influence of Love the Lives
of a Man and Girl Each Eager for Fame
and Each Very Poor.

was done he would settle down to
work. to work that would mean
something.
Hardy. on his own part. was con-
scious OF no sacrifice while taking
In tow this newcomer TO his city.
The older man. who had ~; oeyed
full swing about the circle of ex-
perience. found a slightly jaded
curiosity revitalized by the others
freshness OF outlook. He even
found Storrow's reactions awaken
ing dormant. susceptibilities In his
own breast.
Yet when rehearsals of Hardy's
play were resumed. with a new
cast. Storrow seemed more inter-
ested In the physical aspects G fthe
excursion than In the nature of ths
drama itself. 1t was the cavern
Gus and haif-lit stage, the empty
house, the self-hyponosis of actors
intention achieving a certain end,
the accidental pictorial values of
faces seen In strong side-lights.
which proved the more appealing
to the young sculptor. But this
young sculptor. Hardy soon real
lied. had reserves and reticences
which II would be necessary to
respect.
He carried himself credibly
through the tea-hour of those Sc
dater homes which the sum .er-
end found already open to the pert
patatfc man of letters, and he was
quietly appreciative when the talk
went back to the older mans DAYS
in Paris and Munich and Rome.
1t was a pleasant enough task for
Hardy, this appeasing of a leonine
young appetite with the rib-bones of
his own past. 1t was not long, too,
before his attachment to Storrow be-
came a less impersonal one. Less
impersonal. also. became his specu-
lations as to what a city like New
York would do to the wild man Of
the mountain, as he sometimes half
humorously called Storrow.
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1920. by Arthur stringer
published by Arrangement with Interna-
tional Feature Service. Incl
The Washington times., 1921-10-31
The Story of Ambitious Young Sculptor Who Goes to New
tN York Hoping to Win His Way to Fortune in
That City

on my side OF IL. And that will be
something. after ALL"
He made an effort 10 impress her
that II would be everything, but the
ruminative hazel eyes were listless
as she listed to him. She apparent
ly failed 10 see. as he did. some>
thing brave and brilliant In their
projected program of resolute de-
fiance TO impulse. They would work
side by side. he explained. intent on
their own ends, and with all their
work they were going to remain the
best OF friends. isn't that true?"
he demanded.
II suppose So" she retorted.
"Then shake on it." he said.
They shook hands, solemnly. She
sighed for the second time as she
turned toward the door.
Now I've got to get these wet
duds Off" she said In a tired voice
as she stepped out across the thres-
hold.