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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
Items From Hayes Station.

Ben Cummings has recently moved
to Hayes and is now running a black
smith shop.
G. r. Kent is having a hotel built
and will soon be able to accommodate
all our commercial travellers, etc.
George Block and family arrived
Monday from Lawrence, Kansas, and
will farm rice on the Illinois plant
this year.
Prosper Verret is moving into his
new cottage today. MIR. Verret is one
of our most prominent young business
men and we welcome him as a neigh
Dor.
Miss Winnie Slawsou will finish a
very successful term of school Friday.
Miss Slawson has won the hearts OF
| all her pupils and patrons and we
shall be sorry to have her leave here.
We are having an epidemic of we'd
! dings just now. William Cox anc
! Miss Ida Holland also Willie Heber
! and Miss Etfie Holland were recent.
| honeymoons. Vincent Holland ant
Miss Agnes Delaney were married OIL
Monday, February, l, and the follow
ing day C1aud Brown, of Raymond
and Miss Zadiee Kent were made hus
band and wife. May happiness an
prosperity attend these young peopl
through life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
politlcal sensation sprung.


A political sensation was sprung in
Lake Charles Tuesday, says a dis
patch from that city, by the fling OF
a protest on the part of John A. Per-
kins and S. NJ. Lyons against the par
ish committee allowing d. J. KINNEY
Reid to run as candidate for nomi-
nation as Democratic candidate for
sheriff in the coming second primary
on Feb. II.
The protest is drawn in the form OF
a petition and is addressed to the par
J isb Democratic Executive Committee.
The petition alleges that d. j. Reid is
not eligible and could not qualify if
elected to the office of sheriff of Cal
casieu parish, because while serving
| as sheriff heretofore he defau1ted in
his payments of taxes and licenses in
the sum of $12, 1888
The petition asks for trial of the
case before the committee and for a
! decree barring the said d. j. Reid
from recognition at the said primary,
and that his name be not printed on
the official ballot, and that they, John
A. Perkins and S. NJ, Lyons, be de-
clared the only legal contestants for
the nomination.
The petition was presented to Judge
G. A. Fournet, chairman of the COM
mittee, and on request of three menu
bers of the committee, a meeting has
been called for Feb. 6, 1904.
d. J. Reid was served with copy
of the petition by G. B. Perkins, dep
uty sheriff. It is said that D. J. Reid
claims quietus from the governor
and secretary of State, and that he
will be able to qualify. However, the
affidavits of a majority of the bonds
men are presented, whereon oath is
taken to the averment that they have
not been paid.
The Reid men claim that this is an
acknowledgement of defeat on the
part of Perkins supporters, while the
to leave no stone unturned to save
the party and parish from the criti-
cism which they say would come to it
in case of Mr.. Reid's success before
the second primary. And further,
they declare that the committee and
people ought to have the whole mat
ter fully aired before them, and tn at
the quicker it is done the better.
And so, there is something doing in !
politics in Calcasieu. The most inter- J
esting and exciting part of the cam
paign is now on and the forces are so |
arrayed that there will be no quarter |
given, but there will be fight to the
finish before the committee and the |
court.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
Two We sa stores Rurglarized.

pom opening up yesterday morn
ing the hardware stores of L. L.
Morse 81 Sons and the general mer
chandise store of Prentice & Prentice
were both found to have been entered
l.se previous night by burglars.
At the former place an entrance was
Effected by prying open the rear door
D the warehouse. 1t was the evident
Intention of the intruder to enter the
main store after having gained adj
mission into the warehouse, but in
ing into the store was securely fasten-
eusr The door opening on Polk street
was then unbolted from the inside and
through which it is supposed the bur
glar made his exit Nothing, was
missed says MIR. Morse.
Prentice q Prentice did not escape
so luckily. Entrance to this store
was gained by forcing a window or
the north side. The outer door to the
big safe does not lock by reason of q
previous visit by one of these unwel-
come midnight callers, and it was
swung open, the drawers pried oper
and relieved of their contents, which
were found scattered about the store
yesterday morning. Among the arti
cles missed were eleven razors, abou
thirty pocket knives, several boxes O
loaded shells and canned goods. Th
latter we're opened and eaten in tn
store. The instruments used in fore
ing,an entrance were a sharpened a:
handle and an old froe blade, both O
which were found outside the building
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
Political Apathy in the Sou TIN.

The returns of the recent primary
election have been made up, showing
that less than 10000 votes we're cast
throughout the State.
The total registration of voters in
the State up to March II, 1900, under
the new constitution and laws of 1898,
was $780, of whom $500 were col
ored. But registration is one thing,
and voting is another, particularly as
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05

Pursuant to the adjournment of the
regular meeting of the Rice Associa-
ton of America, held at Beaumont,
January 10, 1904, a meeting OF the
members of this Association will be
held in Crowley, La, Tuesday, Feb
ruary IS, 1904, for the purpose OF
electing thirty directors, who were
nominated at the Beaumont meeting,
and to attend to such other business
as may properly come before such
meeting.
A. b. ALLISON,
Sec Rice Assn OF America.
Crowley. la, January Il, 1904.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
Mac Fadden Well Promising.

The Mac Faddin we'll, just outside
and southwest of the proven field, has
been the occasion of unusual interes,
the past week. The well is being drill.
ed on leased land by the Netherlands.
Boor Consortium, of Amsterd am,
Holland. M. r. Bos, the American
representative of the company. and c.
X Mac Faddin, one of the leading
oil men of Texas, where he represents
as the American manager, the English
company operating in the principal
exas oil fields, have been here the
: week in anticipation of the bring
n of the well.
,yill be remembered by our read
s+uch difficulty has been exper-
by the drillers at this we'll be-
IT, the two almost impenetrable
80 encountered, delaying pro-
ee months or longer.
first of the week a six-inch pipe
=, set at a depth of 1925 feet in a
I'm of splendid oil sand, and in
size this pipe was set four-inch
strainer made like those now used
successfully in the Saratoga (Texas)
field, where the sand is as trouble
some as it is in the Welsh field. This
new style of ribbed screen is made,
like all others, of a four-inch iron
pipe with the usual holes in it, but no
gauze is used. The pipe has six ribs
on 1t, from end to end, and around the
entire screen, or '1iner,o as oil men
term 1T, there is closely wound wire
over the ribs until one would suppose
there was no chance for the oil to get
in the pipe. In this well the screen is
forty feet long, and rests on twelve
inches of solid pipe.
Late Tuesday night the bailing pro
cess began but before it had contin-
ued long the bailer became stuck and
work ceased. Wednesday it was ex-
tricated, however, but because of sand
forcing its way through the screen in
to the piping, bailing was not resumed
until Wednesday night, The result
was most satisfactory. With each as
cent of the bailer pure oil flowed over
the top of the well and into a small
reservoir near by.
Drilling was again resumed yester-
day, but because of the coarse mesh
es in the present screen sand was
forced in so rapidly that bailing was
rendered almost impossible, and it
will be necessary to put in finer
meshed screen before the well can be
completed. 1t is almost certain th at
the well will be fine producer and
probable gusher.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
ARTICLE 1.

The name of said corporation shall be
COOPER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED, and
its domicile, or principal, place of business
ish, Louisiana, under which name it shall en-
joy all the rights, privileges and immunities
granted by law to corporations for period of
ninety nine 900 years from date hereof unless
sooner dissolved under the provisions of this
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05

Crowloy. La, January Il, 1901.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
the PAYMENT of the
requisite TO voting.
tration. iOf course.

the paym9nt of the
requisite TO voting
tration. OF course.
negro population, ~
titled to the franchiseio.
illiteracy or of non-ow
of taxable property.
In view of the fact tlTxf
more than 125, 900 white INf
tered, total polling of 6s -
State shows how little
voters take in this importa q
This sort of apathy seems u2ssH
, mon in the. Southern States
in the Northern, for in SOM
states they cast nearly as -
in a congressional district az 1
the entire State, and all co
al districts are based on e9T
lation.
The Southern people mu
themselves and do their dut.
important public affairs.
of political Indifference is II
than criminal.-N. O. Picayu
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
For sale.

A good six-room house in the south
part of Welsh, VIII sell for bar
gain. For particulars call at the
JOURNAL Office.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-05
CHARTER OF THE \
Cooper Drug Company, Limited,
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CALOASIEU,S
FUnNUN OF wEJ GH

~ tOWN OF WI n ~ ,I l,l,, oo,,,,,is
stoned and qualified Notary Public in and for
said Parish and State, personally came and ap,
Mrs. Kettle S, Hubener, widow Of Louis Hube-
ner, deceased, all residents of the said Paris h
and State each of whom declared unto me that
awaiting themselves of the laws of the State of
Louisiana, relating to the formation OF cor.
Acts of 1888, they do hereby form themselves
into and create body polite IN law. and do
poratfon as the Charter to bind themselves
and such others as may become associated
with them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
UTAH'S SHOWING FINE
Commissioner NewhOuse Re-
ports Mining Exhibit is Best
One at st. Louis.

AT a meeting of the Worlds fair
commission held yesterday morning in
the Office of Governor HeDer NJ. Wells,
Commissioner Samuel Newhouse, who
has recently returned from st. Louis.
made a report on the conditions he
found at the exposition.
After 1 had seen Utah's exhibit at
the fair. studying it carefully in all
departments, educational mining and
agricultural I" said Mr. Newhouse. Il
marvelled at what the commission had
done with so small an amount of money
al its disposal. The industrial and ed
ucational displays were the best of
the states exhibits"
Commissioner Newhouse then Nent
into details concerning these depart
ments, and commented at length upon
the agricultural and mining sections of
the exhibit.
The concentrating mill in the min
ing building" continued he. SIS excep-
lonaly attractive. II continually
draws great crowds Of Interested spec
tators. 1t is instructive and educat-
ing both to the miner and the layman.
demonstrating 10 all who see il the
practical workings of a concentrating
mill such as is being operated in the
mining districts of Utah. The exhibit
was so well thought of by the chiefs
of the mining exhibits that they all
warmly. congratulated me upon the eX-
cellent showing made by The state
Many members of a school Of mines
that we're holding a gathering at St
Louis said that the concentrating mill
which formed part OF the Utah exhibit
was the bes; practical demonstration
Of the process Of reducing ore that they
had ever seen. Our exhibit of mining
and milling is deemed to be by far the
finest at the fair"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
ENCOURAGE FINE ARTS
Governing Board Announces
Sixth Annual Exhibit at
Ogden.

The sixth ann2al exhibit of The Utah
Art institute Will be held at the Carnegie
library I'm Ogden from Dec 40 a. The
exhibit includes works Of art IN painting,
artistic mechanism The institution is
for the cncoura cement OF The fine arts.
and the governing board has adopted the
following rules for the exhibition
J. Original work only viii DC accepted
. Paintings will be placed according to
their merit in the following order. No. J.
the places Of honor. No. 2. second choice
OF location: No. will occupy tho remain
ing spaces. sculpture and other works
VIII ne subject TO the same classification
and ocation..
2. No works of art shall be removed be-
fore the close OF the exhibition
:. Or all works admitted the Art iBsti-
tGse viii pay transportation 10 and from
an points within the state.
.. All works in oil color. water color
or other medium must De acceptably
framed. and be at the owners risk
q. All works intended for exhibition
must be delivered on or before Nov. 80
1tl- at the Redman Van < Storage com
pany l26 South West Temple salt Lake
& iiN. or - Carnegie library ogden with
title - " ERIK name bud ADDRESS OF artist :
and price. Including frame. IF for sale;
and whether in composition for any of the
prizes.
:. The right is reserved 10 Withhold any
award. If the best work exhibited is con-
sidered by the judges TO be of insufficient
worth.
s Al Utah resident artists are cordially
invited to exhibit their works and to enter
the competitions.
The prizes to be awarded are rs follows: Z
!. \ bronze medal of hono~ will be given
for the best work of art in the exhibition.
Open to resident and nonresident artists.
, The state prize $500. will be given for
the best painting by Utah resident art
ist the painting 10 become q part OF the
Alice art collection.
3. Institute prizes, open 70 resident art
lists:
$50 Tor the hest water color. the paint
ing with its frame to become 4 part or
the Alice art collection.
Honorable mention for the second best
water color.
$40 for the best study in clay or plaster
from life.
Mrs, Sol Siegcl prize: $40 for the best
design for silk fabric
s. will be given for best dcsiGl in each
of the following lines of art: China dec
Grafton pottery. cabinet work lace hand
kerchief or collar, wood carving. filing.
wrought metal
$ for most artistic collection Of six pho
tograRhst
Second, IS. Third, mention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
TO PROTECT GREEKS
Effort to be Made to Put a
Stop to Work Of
Grafters.


Dr. 2. G. F. Atlas OF the Greek colony
proposes to take measures To put ans end
to the eXtortion 10 which the GfeeR Ia
borers coming to Salt Lake and Utah are
being subjected. He viii call tEe atten-
ton of Commissioner of Labor Carol ID.
Wright to some of the many Instances
in which Greeks who have come here
have been compelled 10 nay to Louis
Skirts big fees for obtaining Jobs on
railroads and in the smeiters as we'll as
e<orbitant fees Tor his services as an in
tcrpreter and for procuring th- n the serN-
ives of physicians when sick, and for doing
other things that they were unable 10 do
for themselves because they were strang
ers in a strange land and colIid not speak
English. DR. Atlas will also BRING the
matter TO the attention of immigration
Commissioned Frank 3. Sargent as Il H.
believed the system begins through the
work of persons with whom Sgris is as
sOciated before the Greeks leave, TIC. inn
migration offices i'm New York and other
coast cities.
DIR. Atlas has received "A letter from y.
W. Charter. vice president OF Utah union
No. Of the Western Federation OF Min
ers, commendipg he work ia wEich he
is engaged. and saNxng that me fedcra-
ton VIII he giad as Mint tifc cft.'ks 10
membership
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
W. ]. BATEMAN BRAVE.
Expects to Find Robbers, But Dis
covers Sweet Girl Singers

Secretary w J. Bateman walked nm ID,
the door Of MIS- office about 3 d. M. Vrs-
tefua%. AFTER hurried mission to some
part OF the grounds, and found the door
locked. Instantly visions or robbery
Sprans 20 life in-his brain He could see
II AT The robbers had taken possession
OF the office. locked the door on the in
side. oVerpowered all lnC help and were
then lO0tinG the safe
All this flashed through his MIND in
less time than il takes 10 tell H. and III
took even less time for f-r-n TO reach \
decision lie would foil the villains or
die in the attempt. RE dashed around
the corner Of the building. tore open tn,
window and clamherCd through. Then he
wilted, and the only words he could utter
ior the rest of the day were "WhatH
You have2
classes was scheduled to come off al that
time Of the day But Il was found Thar
every other building on the ground was
crowded 10 the suffOca ton point while
bedlam reigned in. ali outdoors. Then II
was decided 20 have the contest in thu.
secretary's office. The only contesfIne
chorus, that trained by Mrs. F. F. Shep-
ard OF the Webster school. was marched
IN and thu door locked 10 keep out every
body else except the judges and the sing
ers. This was the state OF affairs when
secretary BateInan came upon the scene
and made his heroic leap through ms.
window 10 save the cash box.
incidentally ii may be said that Mrs
Shepards class was awarded the gold
medal and the girls were highly cOmph
mented by the judges Tor their sweet
singing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
CANNOT RECOVER FROM
AWFUL NERVOUS STRAIN

Cheliabinsk. Russia, Oct. 7.-Captain
Andreief OF the Russian armored
cruiser RoSsia of the VladivoStok
squadron. passed through Cheiiobinsk
on Oct on his way to eastern RUS
STA. He is suffering from acute ner-
yOus prosuatiOn. the result OF terrific
tension during the naval fight Oh Aug
IA with the Japanese neet under Adni-
raj Kamimura, following the departure
Of the ROssia, GTOmoboi and Rurik
from Nladivossok Tie same ailment
affects many Of The wounded, who gre
being invaded home and who look like
living corpses. It seems impcSsibIe for
the nervous system to recuperate from
the awful strain to which il is sub
jected in modern naval battle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08

none OF the children were hurt The
DehaVior of the special police i'm back
ing up the regulars was pronounced
excellent by the officials Aside from
a smash-Up at the judges stand inside
the race track no mishap of importance
was reported, and in this case no one
was badly hurt, although the escape
seemed wonderful under the circum-
stances The officers were everywhere.
DOING their utmost TO keep everything
~ order. They succeeded. but at night
were willing to throw up their hands
and admit they had enough.
Many Awards of Prizes.
The work Of awarding the prizes
was pushed in all the departments. and
ii was given out at the office Of the
secretary that the last bit Of work In
TINS department. would be completed
IN good time this morning.
The races were again the chief at
traction for the grown-Ups. The free
entertainments provided by the man
asement were all thoroughly enjoyed
Oy OLD and young alike. Many COM
ments were heard on the high charac-
ter of these shows.
The weather was almost IDEAL The
storm of the night before had clarified
the atmosphere; the dust was settled
py the rain and the sprinklers: there
was mint Of frost in the air so that
1t was pleasure 10 be outdoors. The
wind was the only element abroad 10
detract from the general pleasure. and
1t was overlooked in the enjoyment OF
az the others. The crowd was I'm good
spirits from beginning 10 the close. and
IL seemed that every person on the
ground realized fully that he was help
ing TO make a record for the state fair.
Little tots were there yesterday who
VIII tell their grandchildren i'm DAYS
10 come what a royal good time they
had at the state fair the big day IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
TIME NOT YET RIPE
FOR PEACE PROPOSALS

London, Oct. 7.-Replying to letter
from the International Arbitration and
Peace association suggesting that the
time IS at hand when his majesty's
ministers. i'm concert with otter DOW
ers. can, with hope of success. appeal
TO the governments of Russia and ia
pan TO suspend the conflict i'm the far
east Foreign Minister Lansdowne
writes as follows;
Neither of the belligerents having ex-
pressed any desire for mediation on the
part of the. other powers his majesty's
government does not consider that il
could witt advantage take such action
as is suggested by your committee"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08
Programme For TODAY

THE greatest crowd ever drawn to-
gether at state fair in Utah had
possession of the Agricultural park
yesterday 1t was crowd that
swamped the management and caused
every man in a position of responsible
ity TO give thanks when the dav was
over. The street cars were swamped i'm
getting the crowd TO the ground: the
officials i'm the grounds were driven to
their wits ends to keep things run
ninS in something like order: the Mid
way was swamDed and the barkers
instead OF calling the people Up to see
lner shows were compelled to aDneaI
to them to keep back and not smother
those inside; police were compelled to
open a way for Powder Face and Gu
pid to enable them to get in and make
lhelr dive: other police had to drive
the people back from the race track
TO permit the racers to get through:
officers were forced TO climb through
the windows TO get into their Offices:
refreshment vendors We're forced to cry
Tor help TO care for the hungry hordes
that struggled about their booths.
Utah's Best Crop.
Utahs best crop played an import
the schools OF TIE city closed to en-
able the pupils to attend the fair This
must have been the case also with all
the schools within a good radius of the
city. and few of the liberated young
sterS failed TO reach IKE fair.
They reached The gates in shoals.
Before the middle of the afternoon
arrived they had spread over the
grounds like an invading army. Moth
IN rrrr-
OF the fine arts building. That was pro-
nounced tame and insipid: they wanted
thrills; they tried the merry go-round
and condemned it; they tried the ferris
wheel and passed it. they worked
their way up TO the Midway buying a
boatload of popcorn and red balloons
as they progressed they swept through
the Midway as far as their limited
amount Of cash would take them: they
passed judgment on the cattle. horses
sheep and poultry. often reversing the
decisions of the regular judges: they
crowded in on TIE domain of the div
Ing horses till it became the problem
of the police to keep them from drown
ing i'm the tank: they cheered Phil
Green as he rolled his globe up the
spiral incline: they left nothing untried
or unseen from the main entrance TO
TIE last stall i'm the southwest corner
of the enclosure.
Free Things Are Popular.
Some firms had arranged to distrib-
ute free sample packages or picture
cards. Short work was made of these
Their stock in trade was soon in cir
culation. The management had ar
ranged for special shows for the little
folks Everything in that line that
was free had large and enthusiastic
audiences at eacE performance. and
every enc of them was pronounced
good. Each youngster seemed to have
had an allowance of ready cash. and
each seemed to have been anxious that
none of his money be taken home This
meant harvest for the merchants wko
sold candy. peanuts. pop corn and toys
of various kinds. The scene i'm the
grounds with all these little folks run
ming about gave the idea OF an ant hill
with each individual ant trying his
best TO be more busy than his neigh
Dor.
A good feature of the day was that