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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
FRONTIER THANKSGIVING
Only One Gobbler for Forty Hungry Troopers to
Make Feast Of

at Camp Watson. Such news always
brought that stirring call.
Thanksgiving thoughts were laid
aside; they would have to keep for
another year. Capt. Boutelle's troop
ers were quickly mounted. Their
trailer was Donald Mckay, whose
grandfather was John Jacob Astor's
partner, and his grandmother a prin'
cess of Concomly's Chinook tribe.
Away went the troopers just as the
westering sun went behind a cloud
which broadened and blackened and
soon began to patter down in rapid
raindrops.
1t was to be a swift pursuit and a
sudden striking of the enemy, and so
every trooper travelled light, except as
to ammunition, which was $50 rounds
to the man. And big 50-caliber cart
rides they were in those days.
Not a superiuous ounce was car
ried on the horses; there was no pack
train, no impediments; merely Few
hardtacks stuck into saddle pockets
comprised the commissary; the enc
my had food-capture it.
It was dark when the troopers
stumbled onto the trail And how 1t
rained! Every man was soaking wet.
Every rock was afioat. The prance
had evaporated from the horses, and
they stuck close to the trail, tails
tucked under. All night they stuck
to it, and covered many miles.
A good trailer was Donald Mckay,
| and the footballs of his trained cayuse
told him in the dark the kind OF
tracks he was stepping in. Where
small party of the hostiles had
branched off to the northwest Donald
knew their number and guessed their
object.
Silently the pursuit continued. Day
light could not be much further away
than over the next divide. Suddenly
in the darkness just ahead, what was
that? The yelp of coyote? If SO,
it would soon be followed by chorus.
No. 1t was the bark OF the coyote S
close cousin, an Indian dog.
Soon it was followed by another
bark and bang! A bullet tipped past
| the troopers.
Then came the defiant war whoop,
telling that the Indians had put none
Int Americans on guard that nlgnt,
and that the warriors were STIRRING
and ready to meet the United States
the great nation with whom they were
at war.
Quickly the troopers accommodated
them. There were volleys from both
s;des dashing cavalry charge
through the camp, a reassembling by
bugle call on the other side, and
another rush through.
It was blind business in the dark
hut the Indians gave shot for shot as
tbey scattered around in the sage
brush and posted themselves in "a
vines.
AS daylight came, the troopers
closed in on the camp, and what
warriors remained in it died defiant
The camp was a medley of willow
pole wickiups and alternating wind.
breaks shaped like the modern hats
worn by women. When the soldiers
eot full possession they rather ignored
the scattering shots that came from
the ravines, for they would rather hive
the bees that were left than kill them
And they knew that the bulk of the
women and pappooses had escaped to
the rayines. The firing showed thai
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Turpentine Operators.

Covington-Hon. Warren Thomas
of Covington today called a meeting
of the East Louisiana Turpentine OPP
orators Association to convene at this
place Saturday, Nov 25. at p. M. This
meeting is to consider the matter or
procuring more and better labor. The
association is composed of the turpen-
tine manufacturers of the parishes OF
st. Tammany, Washington and Tangi-
pahoa, who are among the largest in
the state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Although days OF thanksgiving,
especially for the fruits of the earth,
have been customary in all ages of
the world and in connection with
every form OF religion, Thanksgiving
day as an annual harvest home and
family reunion under Christian aus.
pieces is a purely American institu-
ton and, outside of New England, is
of comparatively recent origin.
AS a national holiday it began in
the he2s and heart of Abraham Lin
coin, who proclaimed Nov. 26, 1863,
as a thanksgiving day for the stimuli
taneOus victories of Gettysburg and
Vicksburg on July 4 and for the
abundant harvests of that year, and
Nov. "a, 1864, as a thanksgiving day
for similar blessings.
There had been other days set
apart for thanksgiving during the
war, but these were the first of the
unbroken series in the month of No
yember. President Johnson con-
tinued the custom out of respect for
Mr.. Lincoln, and it has been instinc-
lively recognized by every president
since. In several states the COVER
nors also make coincident proclama-
tons.
Though at present mostly a hal
lowed memory, Thanksgiving day,
when it was in its prime, was one
of the noblest and most delightful
things in American civilization. Time
was when on this day all the churches
were thronged with cheerful and de-
vout worshipers, and the ministers,
speaking from bowers of corntops
and sheaves of wheat and pyramids
of pumpkins and red apples, moved
every heart by their tribute to the
divine goodness.
From the religious temples the peo-
pie turned to the family affairs,
where the fires of filial devotion
burned just as briskly. The mem.
bers of the household assembled.
some of them from remote localities,
to look into the changed counte-
nances of the old people" perhaps
for the last time, sat down to a roy
al feast of good things, the greatest
feast of all being the revived and
overflowing family affections and the
inextinguishable attachment to the
family hearthstone. That was Amer,
lean civilization in its flower and fruit,
age.
AS long as our people are a home.
loving people, as long as filial and
fraternal love are aflame and as long
as we will cross mountains and trav'
erse continents to gather once more
at the old family homestead, to drop a
tear for the departed and to receive
the embrace of those who survive, our
institutions are safe.
Those who have reached middle life
can not but regret the partial de-
cadence of Thanksgiving day within
their own recollection. In our day ii
is little more than a secular holiday
devoted to athletic sports. The sec
ular holiday and the athletic sports
are, of course, good things in them
selves, but it is not pleasant to see
them take the place of an admirable
and invaluable social custom.
It is a comfort to reflect that faI
from the maddening crowd of the
great city, in numberless quiet vii
lagos and country homes, Thanksgiv
ing day is still observed in all its
original glory and beauty.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Clinton.-Judge J. L. Golsan has is
sued an order that the jury commits
sioners appointed by him meet at the
court house forthwith and take the
prescribed oath of Office and draw a
new grand jury, and that this grand
Jury meet on Monday, the 9th day OF
December next. and at the same time
draw petitit jury to appear for a spe-
cial fury term of the court on the first
Monday of January, 1906.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The india-rubber bumpers Of the
modern railroad coach have erased
he American frontier. But it existed
only few years ago on Oregon's
eastern edge. There the American
soldier, which economical Congresses
doed out in such homeopathic guam
titles opened up the trails and made
II possible for settlers and hand cars
% occupy the right Of way. Wild
country there is there still, from the
mythical Malheur to the outstretching
OchOco, but interspersed are modern
towns, whose electric glare has scared
away the jack rabbit, the antelope and
de Indian.
Boots and saddles"
What stirring strains were those
sugie notes as they echoed and re-
sthOed up the canons and through
lia tall tamaracks at Camp Watson,
typical frontier post whose barrack
Buildings were of solid logs, located
u the part of the beautiful Blue noun
aims where the hostile Snake Indians
anged and disputed with CORY hand
sae advances of the white man.
The little garrison at Camp Watson
Rd had hard work all the fall hunt
l1g hostiles far and away even to the
u5yhee, and now looked forward
WIN keen appreciation to Thanksgiv-
llg DAY, which the next sun-up would
ciing, and the frontier feasting it
Eouid bring with it.
II Will be to all the boys at least
taste of home and mother" said
aaloE W, Y. Rinehart, post command
as he instructed Lieutenant Tom
nand to tighten labor and give his
men all possible liberty.
80 the company game hunters had
seen out on the nearby ridges and
p'ought in dozens of big, fat grouse,
s1se deer and an elk, and the com
Vaay cooks had given it out that they
suulO try their hands on mince pies
AOgided some commissary fire,wateT
ssle fustled up for flavoring.
Eerything looked promising for q
Tue feast.
bat the two hunters who had
'leagnt In the elk also brought the
news that half a mile away they had
.Sela the fresh tracks of an Indian
E0ll, and the telltale sign showed
y MS rider had been spying about
Cup Watson. The tracks, two miles
way loined the trail of large party
salea had headed southwest. In the
= we're the familiar footprints Of
many mules,
lhel dashed into camp young FREQ
anharth, whose tough cayuse hat
uugnt him from Fort Dalles, more
can hundred miles away. with the
sss that the hostile Snakes had raid
Town the John Day and capturet
-9'ses at the Maupin and Clarnc
.sucaes, and burned Jim Clarke!
nose wild Indians were making
Ofy, for that spot is now marked
burnt Ranch" on the maps of thu
me rough-riding raid of the Snake.
y been very successful, for at Mud
sfeek they had captured Henri!
pner's entire train of pack mules
Y lat energetic pioneer had to for
y The rocks, and after escapin!
his scalp and reaching TIL,
ses, had to begin business all owe
1Ooss and saddlesi" soon sounde,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The flag over the State House re-
mains at halfmast out of respect to the
memory of the late Robert H. Sny-
der, Speaker of the House of Repre-.
sentatives and will remain in this po-
siton until after the funeral at Tallu'
lab on Sunday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Construction Of Canals.

Alexandria,-A meeting of the busi-
ness interests of the Red River Valley
was held at the rooms of the Progress
sive Union to discuss the question OF
memorializing congress to secure an
appropriation from the United States
government to be expended in digging
two canals on Red river, one In Avoy'
Giles parish, nine miles from Marks
vile, and the other in the extreme
southern portion of Catahoula parish.
1t was expected that the congressman
from the Fourth. Fifth and Seventh
districts would attend the meeting, but
Congressman Pujo of the Seventh was
the only one who was present, Con.
gresham RansdelI having wired that
it was impossible for him to come,
and Congressman Watkins te(egraphed
from Minden that he missed the train.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Garfield Mills. a negro who was tried
in the district court for the murder of
jim Brown, another negro. at Tyraw-
ley station. on the Valley road, in
January last. was convicted without
capital punishment.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
LOUISIANA NEWS.

Baton Rouge.-Presiden William
Edenborn Of the Louisiana Railway
and Navigation Company, accompan-
led by his assistant. Clerence Ellerbe,
and Chief Engineer Fenstermaker, left
on a special train at $50 o'clock this
morning for an inspection of the line
north Of Baton Rouge and of the ter
minal work being done near Angola
State farm where preliminary work
on the approaches to the transfer sys.
tenn has been begun. 1t is estimated
that It will require four months time
to complete this latter work. at the
end Of which time regular schedule
between Shreveport and Baton Rouge
will be inaugurated. Tomorrow the
officials will make a trip over the new
line between this city and Gonzales, in
Ascension parish. the rails between
here and New Orleans having been
laid as far as this point. President
Edenborn is accompanied by his wife.
who remained in the city while the
officials were on their inspection trip.
In order to earn the 100000 bonus
which was voted in favor of their line
by the property holders of Baton
Rouge last Monday, and to comply
with their bonded agreement, the pro-
motors of the Colorado Southern must
have trains in operation between De-
Quincy and some point east Of the
main line Of the Illinois Central Rail-
road within twenty months after to
do this, it is proposed by the company
to begin construction work at several
intermediate points as soon as suf.
ficient amount of right of way can be
secured.
A special agent will be sent out by
the State Board of Agriculture in the
course of the next few days to visit
the various parishes Of the State for
the purpose of arranging for fruit and
truck growers institutes to be held un.
der the auspices of the department
during the coming year. A number
of answers to a circular letter sent
out during the latter part of last week
to various agricultural organizations
have been received by the department,
all of which express unusual enthusi-
asm in the proposed meetings. Suf-
ficient responses have not been re-
ceived, however, to enable the depart
ment to arrange its circuits. It is for
the purpose of arranging these cir
cults, which are to be put in charge
of the several corps of institute in
structorS to be selected. that repre-
sentative viii be sent out,
The flag over the State House re.
mains at halfmast out of respect to the
memory Of the late Robert H. Sny'
der, Speaker of the House Of Repre-
sentatives. and will remain in this po'
Sition until after the funeral at Tallu'
lab on Sunday.
The meeting of attorneys Of the Col
orado Southern. New Orleans and Pa
cific Railroad Company and stockhold'
ers of the Baton Rouge, Hammond and
Eastern, which was to have been held
here tonight for the purpose Of trans
ferring the franchises and right OF
way of the latter company to the Col
orado Southern. did not materialize
Ben Mayer, representing the stock
holders of the Baton Rouge, Ham
mond and Eastern. Is still in New Or
leans. where he went yesterday to con
fer with officials of the Colorado
Southern in regard to the formal trans
fer
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Turpentine Production.

Down in Georgia they have hit
upon brand new and most success.
full scheme Of turpentine production,
The plan, which is in successful oper.
alton in three mills that l lately Wis.
tied down there, does ont depend on
the tapping of pine trees as by the
ordinary way, but utiNzes old stllmps,
slabs, sawdust, and any old odds and
ends of pine refuse. The turpentine
is extracted by steaming process,
and from twelve to twenty gallons can
be had for each ton of material. AS
the material costs next to nothing,
and as turpenJine is worth "a cents a
gallons, it can be seen at a glance that
there is money in this kind of manu-
featuring. In the opinion Of experts,
the quality of the turpentfne made in
this way is Of the very best.-Wash.
ington Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Goal For Generations.

Practical mining men don't talk
very much about the question of
the exhaustion of the anthracite
beds, which frequently occupies
attention in the news papers and
magazines.
They realize full we'll that several
generations to come will have moth
ing to worry over so far as their
supplies fhard coal are concerned.
There are any number of collieries
that have been in operation for 25
years or so that are undergoing ex.
tension and development at the
present time. At fist thought it
might seem that these collieries
are nearly worked out, but this is
far from true. Never before in
the history of the business was so
much money invested in coal min
ing, and never before was the search
Tor better methods of mining more
vigorously pushed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Child Labor Law Troubles
School Teachers Refuse 10 Issue Employ
ment Certificates

A Harrisburg dispatch says: The
State Factory Inspection depart
ment is seriously hampered in its
efforts to enforce the new law to
abolish child labor in the factories
and workshops Of Pennsylvania by
the refusal of superintendents and
principals of public schools to issue
employment certificates to children
between IA and 10 years old, be-
cause the law makes no provision
to compensate them for this extra
work.
Chief Factory Inspector John c..
Delaney said Monday:
1T is my judgement that when
the teachers return to their duties
after the summer vacation they
will have enough to do without
issuing these certificates, and that
the great majority of them will re.
fuse to take up this work."
What remedy do you suggest
to overcome this defect in the law?"
There is none that can be ap.
Piled at present, or until the Legis
lature makes the necessary provi-
sion to compensate school superin-
tendents and teachers for this extra
work -
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
60,083 False Voters.
Mayor Weaver Unearths Gigantic Fraud in
Philadelphia Voting Lists

According to a statement made,
Tuesday by the director of the de.
partment ofpublic safety, based on a
canvas made by the police, there are
oo,oS3 names on the voting lists OF
Philadelphia which, under the law.
have no right to be thereon. The as.
SCISSORS in all the voting divisions of
the city will be asked to strike the
alleged fraudulent names from the
lists.
One Of the first official acts of
Mayor Weaver after starting his
campaign for municipal reform was
to order the director of public
safety to have complete canvas
made by the police OF the voting
lists with view of having stricken
OIL every fraudulent name. The
mayor did this because charges had
been frequently made that at least
$4,000 fraudulent votes were cast
at the last two elections. The police
made the canvas and reported n, 74o
fraudulent names. The mavoJ
was not satisfied with this report
aud ordered a second canvas, This
canvas was completed Tuesday and
showed 81 6o,oS3 fraudulent names.
Two other agencies-the City party
reform organization, and civ
employees, exclusive of policemen
are are making an independent canvas
ofthe city. D 90
During the two police canvases
Mayor Weaver became dissatisfied
with the action of some of the
men on the police force. Two
neutenants were dismissed a
nan dozen Others were transferred
70 70 other districts, and upwards
OF TWO hundred policemen
were ordered up for trial before the
police board of inquiry for failure TO
report fraudulent names.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
FERRET THAT LIKES MUSIC.
Entertaining House Pet that Dancef
and Plays to Music.


Warren Shelley, a young son OF DR..
" I. Shelley of Independence. is the
possessor of a full grown ferret. n
present from some place in Kansas.
Inc animal has the appearance OF an
elongated white rat with a kittens
Tall. and is not only thoroughly do.
mestlcated, but is about the most en-.
'erVaining house pet imaginable.
IL pays with a string like a kitten
and Is very fond of music, dancing
oh a kangaroo sort of fashion when
It's young master whistles a lively
tune. 1t seems especially fond of a
either owned by Master Shelley, and
never seems quite so well satisfied as
when resting its long, Hnkish body
across this instrument and scratching
me strings with it's claws. In addi.
tion to being rare pet, the ferret In
sure death to rats and mice, not to
mention chickens. II Is said to be
able to kill any dog that attacks II.
It's method Of protecting itself being
TO fasten It's needle-like teeth in the
dogs throat and then to cling there
until II has sucked away the ami.
maTs life blood. Master Sheley's pet.
however, seems friendly enough to his
Dig shepherd dog, the two playing to
gether in perfect comradeship.-kan
sas City Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Giving Medicine to a Sick Tiuer,

In a certain zoo is a very beautiful
tiger. said to be the largest one in
captivity. But If he would only
move about as IL he felt at home, and
not be SO dignified, we should be bet
ter pleased with him; yet the poor
creature is excusable, because he has
dyspepsia, and his suiferings make
him cross.
One day the keeper decided to ad.
minister a dose of medicine. SO with
the bottle and whip he climbed to
the top Of the cage. Was that tiger
cross? You would have thought so
II you had seen him throw back his
gIeat head and snay at the whip. The
keeper, after enraging him, poured a
little medicine down the lash, which
no gradually withdrew, until in it's
place there was a tiny medicinal
stream, at which the tiger kept biting
and swapping, too much surprised, 1t
seemed, to distinguish between whip
and liquid. When he turned away his
head the medicine was poured over
his paws, and when he had licked
them clean that days treatment was
oompleted.-St. Nicholas.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Cost Of the War.

The frightful waste of war is
strikingly portrayed in a newly
compiled estimate of the outlay re-
quired to keep the conlending Jap.
and Russian fighting forces in the
field.
1t is just 55I days since the con-
filct began with the japanese naval
attack at Port Arthur. The direct
cost to each nation, according to
othcial estimates, has been about
81 900, 900 day.
That would make the whole cost
OF the war up to date 55I days
something like 81 Io2 900, 900.
The annual interest on this vast
sum at S per cent. is SIS, 100, 900.
According to the most reliable
figures obtainable Russia has now
OIL 900 soldiers in the Far East
while Japan's forces in the field
aggregate 600, 900 men.
The two contending armies, num-
bering 1921 900 men, are eating
up money at all average rate of S., :
900, 900 day, 500, 900, 900 month
or $3.50, 900, 900 year.
Aside from enlightened humanit-
arian considerations, the "business
sense of the world will soon make
war an impossibility.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Low Temperature and Life.

A remarkable suggestion, bearing
upon the survival or organic life at
extremely low temperatures, was
made in a paper by Prof. Travers of
University College, Bristol, read re-
Gently before the Royal Society in
London. He said it was quite posi-.
BILE that if living organisms were cool.
ed only to temperatures at which ply
sical changes such as crystalli2ation,
take place with measurable velocity,
the process would be fatal, whereas II
they once were cooled to the tempera-
ture Of liquid air no such change
could take place in finite time, and
the organism would survive.-Ex-
change.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Cost Of King Edwards Coronation.

The cost of the coronation OF King
Edward VII, details of which were
recently published, establishes a rec.
ord for modern times. 1t was consid.
cred, until recently, lordly and
magnificent thing for the subjects of
George w. to spend G23S,23S in put
ting crown on his head, but we have
eclipsed their lavishness by G121,OOO.
William Nv. and Quenn Adelaide were
content with a modest G5O,0O0. 1t
Is not easy, says the London Chron.
icle. to understand in what King Ed.
wards G359,000 was sunk, not so
easy, at least, as in the case Of
George IVA sumptuous record Of
W. ose coronation proved too costly to
finish. The part which did appear
contained seventy-three colored draw
inSs, finished like enamels, on vel
vet and white satin" Each portrait
cost fifty guineas. A different spirit
animated Earl Grey, when defending
the ministry from a charge of unseem-
ly mutilations in regard to King Will
faL.'s S coronation. at was the hope of
the king and the minister's" he said,
Ito prevent heavy burden from fall
ing on the people,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Napoleon's Stuffed Horse.

The stuffed horse of Napoleon l.,
formerly preserved in the Imperial
Museum, but long since lost sight of.
has been found hidden away in the
national storerooms. The coat is
white, with brown spots here and
there, and on the thigh lis branded
the letter IN" sumounted with the
imperial crown. This most interest.
ing relic was presented to the govern,
ment of the Second Empire by the
Natural History Society of Manches
ter.