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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-17

The Marshalltown Times Republican
believes that the democratic party will
heed Mr.. Bryan's call. cts need Of
leadership will turn naturally and
logically to Mr.. Bryan" the Times
concludes
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-17

tority Of o.s1s indicates to the Oska-
looSn Herald that It was a census of
the voters instead that was being
taken.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-17

Mr.. Parker, good man that he is,
and good democrat that he Is, Is no
leader" declares the Dubuque Tele-
graph. Nature did not fashion him
for one"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
Cotton In the Rice Belt.

The Times-Record says that many
of the farmers around Jennings who
promised to plant patches of cotton
ranging from ten to fifteen acres,
have purchased seed and fertilizer for
the planting of at least thirty acres,
and many of them will plant as many
as fifty.
That paper SAYS further: Jennings
is the center of the cotton business IN
the rice belt, but there will be great
deal of cotton planted in the vicinity
of Welsh as we'll as Crowley. The
planters in the neighborhood OF crow
lev are exceedingly enthusiastic over
the possibilities of the rice belt as
cotton producer. This state OF al
fairs is due to crop raised just or
the outskirts of the Acadian capita
last year by the Abbott brothers, the
most successful rice planters in thu
section and their success is due to tn
mode of farming which they have IN
itiated in their section.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
Roanoke Items.

L. A. Giggar is at work on oullu-
ing for S. o. Scroggins. Your scribe
was told that it is barn, but he has
his doubts about 1T.
After successfully completing 4oo-
foot we'll for j. H. Bowers, .. w.
Scroggins' deep well outfit moved 10
Dave Thomas farm, near Roanoke,
to put down we'll.
A candy pulling was given at the
home of r. j. Marine last THURSDAY
evening and the young tolks hau
things their own way for while.
Smiles, 100000 eyes and sweets We're
in abundance.
A fishing party composed of Col.
her, Lou Flower, j. N. Charbonnet,
M. Clarkson, H. L. Barber and War
rem Fowler spent day on the banks
of the Mermentau river last Saturday
and enjoyed the outing considerably.
Quite a delightful time was enjoyed
by our young people last Friday even
| ing, the occasion being surprise
party rendered Miss Leoda Robinson
| at her home near Roanoke. Selectlons
from Byron and Newton were recltec
| and a general good time was had b1
all.
A stag dance was held in the Roar
oke barber shop last Monday evening
Guitar and banjo music was supplied
by Frank and Letcher Eppley and E'
Bowman. Herbert Walton passe'
around a box of cigars and Georg
Gillett called off the dances. VIM
Noel gave an imitation of Russia
, escaping from Jap and Cecil Walto
uid the rag to t, while Mr.. Werrel
} did a French step that was encore
again and again. Letcher Epple
carried off the prize as best dancer
, At $50 a raw onion was served t
5 each guest and the entertainment wa
Y concluded by Dave Smith and Bos
r Amos giving an imitation of do
t fight. The company of seventeen the
! dispersed each one declaring that
he'd a most enjoyable time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
low ColOnist Rates.

The Southern Pacific announces that
from March 1st to April Both, inclu-
sive, there will be on sale daily low
colonist one way tickets from all
points in Louisiana and Texas to
points in California, affording an OPP
portunity for men of limited means to
travel to the Pacific coast at very
small cost. These periodical low rates
have proven very popular and it is
ute likely that many will take ad-
vantage of them during the period IN
dictated. The Southern Pacific oper-
ates free reclining chair cars and Pull
man tourist sleepers all the way
through, which, with the use OF cinder-
less, oil-burning locomotives, make
travel far more comfortable than ever
before. Those desiring Information
can obtain same by applying to near
est agent or writing T. j. Anderson
g. P. A., at Houston, orr. E. Bat
turs, A. C. P, at New Orleans.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
TALKS ENCOURAGEMENT OF WELSH
J. L. Keller has Utmost Confidence III
the Local Oil Field.

San era of prosperity, which causes
a. look of gratitude and confidence on
The faces of those interested, is the
state of affairs which at present exist
in the Welsh oil field, =" SAID d. -.
Keller, manager of the Merchants Cnl
Co., now making preparations 10 ue-
velop their holdings in this held, VINO
was in the city looking after his busl-
ness interests and incidentally SHAKING
hands with his many Decatur friends
on last Saturday afternoon, says the
Jennings Times-Record.
.'There is at present being drilled,
four wells, and I must say that L nave
been in the oil business for several
wears and I have never seen lndlca-
tions that impressed me more faVora-
BILE than those in these wells.
"The main drawback, as you know
to the Welsh field, has been the sano
nroblem. There has not been well
drilled that has not been bothered ana
mauy of them abandoned by the sano
which literally shut off the how OF tne
oil. The same was thecase In the well
which it was thought the future pros
perity of the field hinged upon, the
Mac Faddin, and it was thought al
the the time the we'll was hnlsheo II
was a. complete failure. Several al
tempts were made unsuccessfuily to
clear the we'll of sand for IL was
Thought that as soon as this was zone
the oil would come to the surface. AZ
a last resort the operators decided te
try the screen which had revoluuoh
| lied the Jennings field, and had made
sand and water producers rank among
1 the best wells in the field. According
ly the old screen was pulled and tn
new put in it's place. The well wa
placed on the pump and for lev
DAYS nothing came forth but waite
made white by sand, but this did no
+, discourage the operators; who deelde'
to pump it for a month if necessary
4 On last Friday morning the water be
oan to clear steadily and about sun
down it was perfectly clear. The mex
, morning a slight skim OF Oil was nc
ticeable and before night the produ'
2 ton was at least one-half Oil. Sln'
$ that time it has been increasing in TT
q production of oil and it is nearly a
f sured that with a few more day
n pumping, it will be all greasy fluid
). This is indeed creditable state
It affairs and Jennings people Will +
e ioice nearly as much as those OF O
l. iSter town.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
Puio,s Bill Furned Down,

Representative Pujo, accompanied
nv the Representatives of the rice mill
ing people of Southwestern Louisiana,
appeared Friday before the RIVERS
and Harbors committee in advocacy
of the bill introduced blythe Louisiana
Representative, providing for trans
fer to the Federal government OF the
proiect initiated by private parties
looking to the locking and dammlng
of the Mermentau river. The commit
tee was addressed at some length by
Representative Pujo, r. N. Timms,
president of the Rice Mill Company,
and George H. Tinker. A patient
hearing was given to the Louisiana
representative and the visiting rice
people. at the conclusion of which
Chairman Burton remarked that the
proposition presented to the committee
for consideration was indefensible anc
could not be considered in the light o
the adverse report of Gen. Mac Ken
zie. The rice people will endeavor tx
oct the desired relief from the Sen
ate Committee on Commerce, but tn
prospects of success are not Hatterlng
The parties interested will, no doubt
have to complete the work, as con
gress is apparently indisposed to hay
the Federal government do so.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
ayed Man Burned to Death.

A telephone message was received
here Monday from Lake Arthur sta
TING that L. J. Rupert, an old Usher
man, was burned to a crisp Sunday
night while sleeping in small house
boat in which he had lived for the
past two years. According to the
hest inform alton received the boat
was anchored in the lake in front OF
the Lake Arthur hotel. Shortly after
dark the boat was observed to be on
fire. and a rush was made by the c1tl-
zens to extinguish the flames If posi-
ble. The fire was beyond control,
however, and the boat burned practic-
ally to the waters edge
AS it was generally known that Ru-
| pert had been making his home In the
boat. a search was at once Instituted
for him. Burned beyond recognition
tbe charred body was found among
the ashes on the floor, having evident
ly fallen there from exhaustion attel
being awakened and practically over
come by the flames.
Mr.. Rupert had been resident
Lake Arthur for some time and wa
among the first of northern emigrant
to locate in Southwest Louisiana. ii
was a widower, but leaves severs
grown children, John Rupert, resldln
on the Daniels plant, being son.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

The charter of a new merchandising
concern for the new town of Hayes
has been placed on record at the
clerks Office, says the Lake Charles
American. The Prosper Verret Co.,
ia, is tho stvle of the company.
PROSPER Verret is the rrls;i'.-5 an
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
Mrs. w. w. SuYdaIm.

Concerning the death of Mrs. Suy-
dam which occurred at LIE Grand, Or
coon, on the sixth, the Observer OF
that city says: Mrs. Emma j. Suydam,
who died in this city last Sunday, was
born in Meggs county, Ohio, February
DC. 1856. In 1876 she emigrated to Ne
braska and in, 1877 was married in
Merret county, Nebraska, to w. w.
Suydam. With her husband she went
to Louisiana is 1895, and Jan. 8, 1904,
she came to Oregon for the benefit OF
her health, being sufferer from con-
sumption. For time it seemed that
her hopes were to be realized as her
health began to improve as soon as
she came to Oregon, but the dreaded
disease had fastened its hold upor
her and last Sunday she passed away
The funeral was held from the M. e
church, South, Tuesday afternoon a
, O'Clock, Rev. Compton, the pastor
officiating. The Odd Fellows ant
Woodmen of the World had charge o
arrangements and the interment wa
made in Odd Fellows cemetery. Sh
leaves to mourn her death, her hus
band, two sons, Frank and O'Neal
and a little seven-year-old daughter
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
Make the Price Right.

''Five cents to the consumer-that's
the kind of advertising rice needs to
make it staple article of food, and
to increase it's consumption TO point
that will enable you to open all your
available acreage to rice"
This is the opinion of w. A. Apple
gate, of w. A. Apologize & Son, the
largest rice brokers in Indianapolis.
Mr.. Apologize has been in the rice
business twenty five years and handles
most of the trade for the indianapolis
district. He is very conservative In
his expressions, but has opinions CT
his own with reference to rice. He was
asked to give his opinion as to the
present situation and the future prob
abilities of the rice market, and to
suggest some means of increasing the
consumption of rice, says the Crowley
Signal.
s'rhe present stu alton is unusual,
said Mr.. Apologize. most OF Inc
distributing markets are not heavily
overstocked, Louisiana and Texas
have considerable rice on hand, price
is the lowest in years, and yet de-
mand is sluggish. have been long
enough in the rice business to be able
to tell you that do not know why
this is the case. Ii may be due IN
part to the severe winter. wac ol-
>veraeenee in ranges Of values may
have had some influence. AT any
rate, the conditions exist, just at
this time people are not asking for
rice.
s'The demand for rice should picf
up before the end of the month, ana L
the mistake is not made OF raising TIT
prices too high, Louisiana and IeXa'
holdings ought to work off before TN
new crop comes in. The essence
the stu alton is price. 1t you cal
give the consumer rice for n1ckle
there is no reason why rice should nc
divide honors with the potato and Tn
bean on the tables of the people, II
stead of being classed as a luxury, a
it now is The people should q
brought to look upon rice as a yes
etable. as staple diet You can az
complish this only by selling rice
cheap relatively to the consumer
its competitors, beans and potatoe
are sold. You should sell fare grad
at about five cents to be on compe
tive basis.
.sLet me impress on you that pri
holds the key to the situation. In t.
grocery trade price governs deman
no matter what the political econ
mists say. Give people beans at Sc
en- cents pound and rice at five Ger
a pound and they will eat rice. Gi
them rice at six and seven cents, a
beans at five. and beans will have
call every time.
ssYou cannot get people to eat r.
by argument. The only effective {
monstration' you can use is the
monstration. that rice is cheap
cheap as its competitors. The reat
to-eat breakfast foods would not hs
gained their great popularity by N
advertising alone if they had
been cheap. They became popu
because people thought they W
cheap"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

]. w. Tanner is having material
hauled and next week expects to begin
the erection OF q siH-room-cottage on
a lot Immediately south of A. r. Mil
le,,,s residence on Polk street. The
building will have frontage OF 2oX36
feet with 34-foot gallery and will be
one of the pretttest homes in that por-
fion of town.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

general manager, George Gibbs vice
president and Stewart Sample, secre-
tary and treasurer. The capital stocn
is fixed at 5000, divided into 9lo
shares and the life of the corporaelon
is fixed at & enty FIVE years,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

Mr.. and Mrs. 0. f. La Rue and
daughter, Miss Myrtle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. O. Hatfield, Mrs. c. A. Austin and
Lester Prentice composed a fishing
party which spent the night Monday
at Bayou Chene. They returned
Tuesday afternoon and reporto5 poo"
success.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
CLINE { LEE.
Il % wv y @ 5z

Titles Examined, Charters Drawn,
Abstracts Furnished.
Will prctice in the courts of Lake
Charles Offices: Welsh, Jennings
and Lake Charles. Offices connected
by long distance telephone.
local OEFTCE: Ovor Cooner Drug
CO > Store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

Rev. P. Phi. -Briol, Of New Orleans,
was here a few days last week the
guest of friends, and Saturday left for
Manchester where on Sunday the tlrst
French Presbyterian church in the
state of Louisiana was organized
The organization was perfected at the
morning service and during the after,
noon the ordination of elders ano
deacons took place. Rev. Briol is q
synodical French missionary and was
assisted in the work by Rev. j. Y. AL
lison, of Lake Charles.
T. c. Nc Nabb, of Kinder, and E
w. Nc Nabb, of Melvern, Kan, wer'
here Monday and Tuesday visiting a
the home OF B. w. Sargent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

Mrs. Callie Howe, of ST. Joseph,
Mo-, national lecturer and organizer
of the w. c. T. u, gave very IN
teresting address in the Congrega-
tional church last Friday evening to
a large and appreciative audience on
"How shall the liquor traffic be dis
posed of?" Mrs. Howe has been lee
turing for more than eleven years and
has had much experience with the
| work in many states. Her talk was
full of brilliant thoughts and deliver
ed in a most charming manner. A
collection of $1S.35 was taken which
will be used for State work. Nine
signatures to the temperance pledge
and nine members were obtained for
the local union. Mrs. Howe will be
in jennings the 9th inst where she
will address the Parish w. G. L. U
convention at the evening session.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

A doctor tells this good one: A pa
tient called at his Office, stated his ills,
and the doctor wrote a prescription
and handed it to him. The patient
then inquired the probable cost of get
ting it filed and was told about sixty
cents would pay the bill. The patient
then asked the, doctor for the loan of
that amount, and the doctor, scratch
ing his head, drew line through sew
eral parts of the prescription, and
then handed it 30 the patient saying,
CHOW you can get it filed for about
ten cents. Those scratched out were
'~1, vo,~ oo~vNr. ',y1 @eN you do uo,
need anyJNpug iot' tuell,.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

There is considerable conjecture
among railroad men in Lake Charles
with reference to the recent deal made
by the ST. Louis, Watkins, and Gulf
railroad and their contemplated erec-
ton of a station and freight depot on
RYAN street. According to dis
patch, one prominent man there said;
s.The Watkins is not big enough
railroad to spend so much money on
termin ais. Either it is going to be
sold to the Iron Mountain, it's logica
fate, or it means the building OF the
Houston, Beaumont and New Orlean:
railroad, which is also Gould line
and which is surveyed to cross tn
river at Prien lake and run up th
east bank of Lake Charles
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

The American Pecan Association OF
Welsh is now under process of organ
ization and it is the intention OF the
promoters to have it completed within
a short time. Both Welsh and New
Orleans parties are backing the asso-
citation and plans are now being per-
fected that will ultimately lead to the
launching of a new industry in this
section of Southwest Louisiana. A
prospectus has already been circulated
explaining the object of the associa-
ton. New Orleans capitalists have
agreed to take 100 acres and plant in
pecans provided Welsh citizens will
take a similar tract and it is quite
likely that the hundred acres will be
taken as number have already eX
pressed desire to engage in pecar
growing. We will later give TIT
names of the parties interested in thu
promotion of the association.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
Notice.

Default having been made in the payment
of the debt secured by that certain mortgage
executed to the undersigned on the 10th day
of June 1908 by the Metropolitan Oil Com
nanv. a corporation organized and existing
nnder and by virtue of the laws Of the State OF
10 at pages Six Hundred and Fifteen ct seq
of the records of Calcasieu Parish, IN the
State of Louisiana, we will sell under the ex-
press power contained in said mortgage, on
THE BOTH DAY OF MARCH, 1904,
at bic outcry, for cash, during the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, said sale
to take place in front of the Postofice at
Welsh, in said parish. the following described
property, situated, lying and being IN the par
to-wit: All that certain lot of land known as
| Lot number seven ~ in Block b Of the Con-
over subdivision of the Welsh Oil Fields as
plated and recorded, containing one I'D acre,
| more or less, in section twenty-nlne G29
South of Range Five t5) West, Louislana NJ e;
| the Smith subdivision of the Welsh, Louis1ane
Oil Fields with all the improvements Located
upon said land including the oil we'll anc
pumping outfit upon said acre OF land Also
| all the right, title and interest OF the sac
| MetroL olItan Oil Company in and to that GER
ish of Calcasieu, State of Louisiana, in tn
Van Huevel subdivision known as Lots IW'
(2) Three (3). Six (6), Seven ~ and Ten (lO) Q
| said subdivision, in the east Is OF the south
east ID of Section Fourteen l4), Township
Nine (9) south, Range Five 90 west
p. j. LYONS,
JOSEPH EsPALLA,
j. j. WEBSTER,
=. 3. DORLoN,
M. A. QUINA,
Mortgages.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18
An Outing to the Gulf.

Tuesday evening a number OF our
business men threw aside their pusi-
ness cares and in company with thelr
wives and friends left for few days
outing.
Those composing the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Robinson, MI.
and Mrs. Paul w. Daniels, DR.. ana
Mrs. ]. H. Cooper, MIR. and Mrs H.
A. Davidson, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. h.
Carr, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bell MI
and Mrs. Philip Miller, Mr.. and MIS-
F.. d. Calkins, E. H. Boiling, ii. l..
Wesson, Silas Day, o. Fulton, Chasa
p. Martin, Misses Caroline Freese'
Cora Suffer, Emma Gallup, mary
Nc Dowell and Mrs. Clyde Moore.
The crowd spent Tuesday night a.
Lake Arthur, and early "Wednesday
morning a gasoline launch was en-
gagged and q ride on Lake Arthur an'
down the Mermentau river to the gul
was thoroughly enjoyed.
Besides taking an outing on tn
water one of the objects of the part,
was to visit the locks near the mout
of the Mermentau river. Here tlshln
was INDUCED in and thorough IN
spection made of the locks.
The second night was spent at Gran
Chenier, several miles above til
mouth of the Mermentau, and earl
Yesterday morning the homewar
Journey was resumed, arriving
, Welsh Yesterday evening.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

THE BOTH DAY OF MARCH, 1904,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-22
Bust SCARF Continues.

Chicago, H.. Aug. 22-Hunters Of
black rust, who have put the wheat
buyers utterly to route in the last two
weeks, and in that time have sent
tae September option up IA cents. the
December up to IS cents and May up
20 cents, are now securing the fields
of Manitoba for more damage signs.
and they seem about to convince spec.
.uators that the United States and
Northwest Canada together will fall
l500o0O00 bushels short of produc-
ing as much wheat as this country
alone produced last year 1000, 600
bushels
Whether right or wrong in their
claims the market figures show that
the bulls have been making an onward
sweep for seven weeks. with scarcely
any interruption worth mentioning
Since the last week in June Septem-
ber wheat has advanced 80 cents aud
December 80 while in six weeks Jhe
May option has jumped up 81 cents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-22
SCHOOL
BOARD
MEETING
Miss Smith of the High School
rendered Her Re-
Signati0n

At a meeting of the Salem school
board held in the police court room
of the city hall, Saturday evening
the resignation Of Miss Smith, the
high school teacher, was received and
accepted The vacancy will be filled
at the next meeting of the board.
There are many applications for the
place.
A proposition was submitted from a
teacher of manual training to conduct
a class in sewing in the city schools.
This work would be done in such a
way as not to interfere with the regu.
lar studies, and would become elective
on the part of the pupils 1t is not the
intention of the board to act hastily
in the matter but 1t Is well-known
that there is considerable sentiment
among the members of the board in
favor of doing some manual training,
and this proposition may lead up to
some future developments along this
line in the future.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-22
John Doe Insane.

One Jonn Doe, stranger. was
picked up in the neighborhood of
Aurora in a demented condition. He
was today committed to the asylum.
He is laboring under the delusion that
he owns a large estate, and is trying
TO gain possession of the same He is
violent at times and very irritable.
He tells how the people down in that
section who are holding ais lands
even refused to give him anything to
eat, and at times seems heart broken
over his imaginary deprivations.