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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
STARTLING ADMISSION BY ARMY
ORDNANCE OFFICER.
Gen. Crozler Says Guns at Coast Fort
itlcation Would Not Last Two
Hours in Battle Because
of High Velocity.

Washington.-That the Finch gun
IN use at most of the coast fortified
tons of the United States would not
last through an engagement of two
hours, the period that would elapse
from the time the leading vessel of a
fleet would come within the range
until the last vessel would pass be-
You'd the range Of the guns, is the
statement made by Brig. Gen. William
Crozier, chief of ordnance. whose an.
nual report has been made public by
the war department.
Gen. Crozier believes that it is of
the utmost Importance that method
be devised whereby the necessary gun
powder can be obtained at less cx-
pense than that involved in using the
high VelOcities of projectiles now en-
ployed. with the accompanying rapid
wearing away OF the rifling in such a
manner as to destroy the accuracy of
the gun after few rounds. |'e 70
inch gun will last about 60 rounds,
and as it is capable of firing for a
considerable interval at the rate of
% rounds an hour, it can be seen that
the limit of the life of this gun could
be reached in less than IN hour and
a half.
Similar statements can be made
with regard to guns of smaller cali
bers, says the report, although as the
caliber diminishes the admissible We
locity increases. BY lowering the
velocity Of the l2-inch prOiectile from
$500 to $3.50 feet a second the life of
the gun is increased to 200 rounds.
The penetration of armor is reduced
by the process, that of the 12-inch gun
at 10000 yards coming down from
about ten and one.half inches to about
nine inches and the range at which
its projectile would penetrate ~
inches of armor plate being reduced
from about 5000 yards to about 5000
yards.
The chief Of ordnance states that it
appears that by using in the situa-
tons requiring the greatest power a
14-inch gun with 2,15O feet a second
velocity of projectile, instead of the
12.inch gun, with $500 feet second
initial velocity, the army would have
a better gun and one which would last
four times as long. Gen. Crozier says
that the Taft board for the revision of
the report of the Endicott board on
coast defenSes recommended this gun
and that the department has decided
to use it in place of the 12-inch weap-
On in situations in which the highest
power is required.
Gen. Crozier says that plans and
specifications are in preparation for
the army smokeless powder factory,
for which congress at its last session
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
FARMERS JOURNAL JoLTINes.

II all the tenant farmers in Texas
we're banded together in covenant
to vote for no man for the Legisla
ture, no matter where he was from
nor what his party brand might be
unless he were irrevocably committed
to such legislation at Austin as. would
have the effect Of bringing small
homes within their reach, they would
be joined in this demand by thousands
Of goOd-hearted farmers who have
homes already. ...>..
The soil is here and the families
need it. Why don't they develop it?
What Is keeping them from it? For
whom did Mother Nature deposit this
wealth in the soil? If she did not
put. it there for any one of her chill
dren who might dig it out, what sort
of an old mother Is she, anyhow?
Mother Nature and her family would
not have any trouble about the soil If
it were not for the black sheep" in
her family.
OF course all the carpenters would
vote for a graduated land tax. They
would rather build a good farm house
On each quarter section than little
rent shacks stuck around back Of the
landlords fields.
To buy up good land just because
you are able, and hold 1t out of use
until the sweat and toll Of human be-
ings make it valuable, is to commit
the greatest Of all economic
crimes.
The split log drag is good thing
Drag it along,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
RAILROAD LINES GROW FAST.
Add 4,716 Miles in Year 1905 and In
crease Capital.

New York.-There were 217241
miles of completed raildroad in the
United States at the end of 1905 ac.
cordinS to the figures complied nv
Poor's Manual for 1906, of which the
advance pages have just been issued
There was a net increase of railroad
mileage in 1905 of AIS miles,
The capital stock represented
amounted to $6,741.956.S25. according
to the same authority, and the bonded
debt to S1425,261,9 OI. The tota, lia.
bilities of the lines aggregate SIG.
292,SSO,S25, against ST., 495, 5O4 651 in
1904.
The cost of the roads and their
equipment is figured at s12,143 997
Dol, against 1864, 191, 1874 in the pre.
vious year. The total traffic revenue
was $2,112,19777O, with operating ey.
penses of $1,%GS,549,574. The passen.
gers numbered 754,446.641, and thov
were carried 23,9O6 42O,66S miles
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Louisiana
WeWS Items
spINSERs REACH LOUISIANA.
u ia Sad They Have Options on Sew

u ia Sad They Have Options on Sew
ersi Plantations to Raise Cotton.
Alexandria, La: The English cot
.or SINNERS reached here today on
.noir t0ur of the cotton belt, which
v,,l include a careful survey Of TexaL
Cotton mill owners and capitalists Of
Manchester, England, composed OF
~ r. McAllister, w. H. White ana
nrrapd Hoskins, accompanied by F.
n WEIGH, Gould system immigration
sgeDt, arrived this morning FROM
north louisiana and left tonight for
Punkie, La. They were driven many
miles today in the surrounding cOun-
try through the cotton fields. They
were very Teticent as TO the object of
their visit but it is believed they com.
nose commission appointed by the
English spinners who propose to buy
land and raise their cotton. 1t is said
mat options have been taken on sew.
oral plantations near here but they de.
cline to say.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
COST OF COTTON,

So closely does the following from
Fort Worth Record track the senti
ment and experience of Farmers I'm
ion people, it deserves publication:
Through the custom of a long pc
riod of self-interested association with
the cotton production of the South
certain interests In New York affect
a wisdom about the crop which, in
many cases, Is utterly fallacious aud
tiresome. Recently a New York news
paper made the bold statement that
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
HEN DOES WORK ON A TRAIN

Louis 10 of the eggs had produced
chickens and the passengers were dis
posed to agree that the old hen had
accomplished all that could reason
ably be expected of her. -.
At Tower Grove station, ten min.
utes before the train was due at its
destination, the old hen triumphantly
CLICKED the announcement that her
maternal laborS were crowned with
complete success, and the sixteenth
chicken was st. Louisan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Gets $40 for Savinu Train.

New Concord, O.--George Patter-
son, student in Muskingua college,
received check for $40 from the Bal.
timore & Ohio few days ago. Pat.
terson was walking on the railroad
last June when he discovered broken
rail, tagged an incoming passenger
train and saved IS persons from a
plunge over high embankmenr into
the river.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Hornets Attend Collene

Norman, Ohla.--A swarm of hornets
taking possession of the laboratory Of
the University of Oklahoma gave the
class in pharmacy a vacation, An
effort was made to drive the hornets
out, but after several men had been
badly stung the door was closed and
the room turned over to the singers
Finally burning sulphur was placed
in the room and the unwelcome yisi.
tors were elected
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Found Dead in the Moods

FankEntOn, La: Mack Jones, the
negro who brutality murdered Joe vii.
hams, a negro, and later took refuge
In camp car near BogOlussa and
gave battle TO a posse of whites, kill.
Ing ]. s. Wood, one of the pursuers,
found dead in the woods a short dis
lance from the scene Of the trouble.
IT'S believed that a shot fred by one
OF The posse as the negro, with ammu.
milton exhausted, was fleeing from the
ca, took effect.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23


1t begins to look like the English
spinners are dead in earnest about
buying some Of the land in this coun'
try with which to break the Southern
Cotton Trust" Already considerable
land has been bought in Texas, and
options are reported ON other lands.
They can make a profit over the av-
erage American farmer in the matter
Of packing alone that viii justify rails.
ing the staple with hired help. Get
busy at devising a better way to han.
die the cotton after it is out of the
boil, The loss there 10 greater than
the weevil loss.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Louisiana Farmers Union.

Shreveport, La; A meeting Of the
Louisiana State Farmers Union was
today called to be held i'll Shereve-
port on Nov. 20. Among those who
will be on the program are Gov. Jeff
Davis and Ben L. Griffin of Arkansas:
c. s. Garrett, National president of the
Farmers Union; o. P, Pyle, Sam j.
Hampton, Dallas, Texas, and Campbell
Russell, director of the National board,
Hereford, |. T.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Crescent City News,

NIT. -" orleans, La; City Park Com
"a permitted use of Coliseum for
lo.' 0s purposes than skating. Name and
,Sss oa OF potters field will be
p,to. ''aof Blanchard and other dele.
Iss 70 Waterways Convention At St
l0ais returned. D' 'l''Io'i d. d.
% Park were porn at Athlet'
h. s y. q cotton FIRE on the Custodian
a& yet been located.
b. ~ lark granted permission
c,,,, establishment of lawn tennis
oDs. varies Avenue Baptist Church
gaffles in public schools
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Jeff 3. SNYDER Announces

Tailuah; Hon. Jeff B. Snyder is
announced as a candidate from this
Cstnct OF the Second Circuit for Judge
OF court Of Appeal. 1t is also learned
a@ Judge Hall, incumbent of the dis.
ul@ luGsshtp in Ouachita and More.
aOdse, may be his opponent, If this
IS true there will show up three candi-
yates OF the circuit district, Messrs
DaSg, Snyder and Hall
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
DID 1T EVER OCCUR TO your

That true philosopher Is Beyond
the reach Of fortune.
That about as many people die from
the effects Of medicine as from dis.
ease.
That many a sermon, many a book,
many a lecture, has been regarded
as profound when it was simply stu.
pid.
That the world owes heavy debt
Of gratitude to its "dreamers" and
"Wisionaries," the "cranks" and "agi-
tatOrs." :
That some women think more OF
millinery than morals, and many men
exalt cash above character 49,
That In India female children arc
fed to the crocodiles. while in this
country they grow up and are then
given to Holsters. g..
That Luther Burbank would render
his fame dou5ly secure and Ali
long-felt want by evolving a variety OF
melons with handles on to carry EN-
by.-Farmers' Magazine.
In our efforts to figure out plans
whereby the farmers might cooperate
t" their mutual advantage In selling
and buying, we have so constantly
run up against the inability Of the
renter to cooperate in either direction
that we often become discouraged n
and feel that the FIRST work should b
to storm tn legislature with a cry fos>
homes for the homeless that would be
heard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
lafayette Tries to Settle Strike

lafayette, La: The executive com.
nl0ee Of the business men met this
evening and appointed various commit.
'uS tOf the reception and entertain.
u'0a' Oh the Mayors conference called
y meet here Wednesday and try to
''"e tne railway clerks strike The
~hefe0ce will be held at the city
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Communication Restored

WOW orleans, La, Columbus, Miss.
~ west Point, Miss, which have
!, - cut OFF from the outside world
ts .S saturday night, were heard from
gut When long distance communi.
Aoa was restored. Aside from the
- Of the wires, neither Of
!. =, SoWns suffered from any cyclon.
y disturbances
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23

Just have to tell you again about
planting some trees In the fence cor.
ners, so that you can get something
out OF the best land on the place
without reducing the amount you put
into cotton for yourself, your wife
and children to slave over.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
SLAUGHTER in the Ocean.

In the sea there are no vegetarians.
Fish live on each other, and the whole
ocean is one great slaughter-house,
where the strong prey endlessly upon
the weak.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23

Tie people are coming more acd
more to favor graduated land tax
This Is a drawing to the right diyis
Ion of what God gave his children a.,
the beginning of things.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23

The good news of new Unions still
comes in every day. None are goins
out OF business, and all are growing In
strength.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
Farmers COOPERATIVE Union
Of America

The kickers, God bless them; keep
them so busy that they won't have
time 60 get into any devilment
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23

Say, brother. did you ever canvass
the project OF building a dam at The
bottom OF that useless hollow, so that
you would have nice fish pond for
your own use? Fish is an easy crop
to raise, and don't require near as
much room as a cotton patch. Fig.
ure on an acre or two of good fish.
patch.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
), "'"o aad' Hail apmsoes Cotton

IA sto, '' Ia A heavy wind and
sse.,ss .a with | hit hail ragged here
asd ea.so. TIE tlan'age to the ungath.
s's,s - crop in this section will be
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE,

| ioh III JOuuSOu COUNTY
Three lives were lost in New Rrrn.
WICK, N. j., as a result of a fire which
destroyed several tenements occupied
by negroes.
-FOUR men were killed and a score
were injured, several fatally, by the
explosion of boiler of cotton gin
at Caulksville, Ark, on the Arkap7as
Central Railroad.
IL is rumored that Thomas C. Plat
Senator from New York, will soon re.
sign his seat on account of family af.
fairs, which have preyed upon his
mind for some time.
An explosion in the McAlester Coal
Mining Company mine at Buck. I. r..
Nlleu TWO men and practically
wrecked the mine. The mine belonged
to Pres Allen of St. Louis.
An increase of 10 per cent In the
salaries to all employees now receiy.
ing less than 5000 per month is an.
nounced by the National Express Com.
pany.
thousands and thousands of tons
OF cotton seed, it is said, are rotting
in the State of Mississippi because Of
the inability of shippers to secure
cars.
lnterment OF the body of Uncle
Bob" the old Belle Meade negro host.
Ter known to turfmen throughout the
United States, occurred at Belle Meade
Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. Sunday.
Local capital will put in a packing
house in South McAlester, |. T., in
the near future. The stock will be
100000, every cent of which is al
ready subscribed for.
The police of Bjorneborg few days
since seized fifty boxes out of a total
consignment of 29S boxes of military
rifles, each containing twenty and des.
tined for Russian revolutionists.
Two men are dead and two others
fatally hurt and one seriously injured
as a result of a pistol duel in an at.
tempted hOld-up Of a saloon by two
masked men in San Francisco,
Mrs. Prudence Shaw Wright, an old
resident of Hubbard, died last Friday.
She was born in Tennessee December
81, 1916. and came to Texas in 1S49.
settling in Navarro County. near Hub
bard.
Daniel J. Sully, once known as the
cotton king" has abandoned the field
/" "iii'n He i'aue HIS Spectacular
V0"p' anu Id" sone in'o Sodp ana Id'
NV iio ""' 0e'oile 'he le"u VI
'o"p c0Ap'i"'''i' WHICH lids Fl'@oV'oVo
'"p''"''
James Morgan aged II wears
pitcbed headlong from the roof oP =
Il SUI 0"iiu'n9 III NC" ioih flf
-i'' 'N' ''i'''' ''''' ''0u '"iiu' 0e''
. l'",'' ""0 s'"A''''s ~ "S inc 0oy
90 "N poD i'' 'i'''u''9 D wac MUM
U 1'cn mo ie''' O"' '''n eS''p0u &C.
~
The United States secret service an
lounces the discovery of new coun-
.erfeit Of $40 Buffalo United States |
lotes. This counterfeit is apparently
| photo-lithographic production print
I'd on two pieces of paper with silk
ibre distributed between them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23

Don't let the little frictions shut
out the clear view of what you are
in the Union for. You got in for ED
UCATION, COOPERATION and UN
ION. Don't let anything shut you of
from a constant view of these original
objects. You will find some little fric
ton here and there, but it is only
growing pains, and will all pass away
with time. The Union can and will do
in other departments what it has
helped to do for the price of cotton.
Only be patient. 1t takes time for
the oak to grow, but SO steady and so
sturdy is the oak that it is taken as
the highest type of strength Take a
lesson from the oak, and grow patient.
ly, but strong.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23

Even the English and Scottish spin.
ners are imploring Americans to pack
their cotton In a more sensible way.
They want it put up in smaller and
more compact bales. The round bale
is nearly an ideal package, but it
seems that an American farmer SHES
at round bale ike a Mustang mule
at an open barrel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-23

A pIous expression Ia poor e1-
preston Of piety.-Rsm's Horn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-03-30

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Nj " NJ ~ 1876,
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- la vac 20, 1906, NJ ~,
hnm' - 80. NJ :. G. " = "
sun 'rr', NJ j 90 " Cnle
auu Ml.s VI nd B X llp\, b,th -
l."i anon, w'r uuIt,d IN muhriag, l.,
Rev. +. ". sag" "tlirisliug.
About fnriN OF the u%pighhorS aud
III, ms ~ q th'u dogs gathered ut III,
home ~ T. NJ Twain Tuesday morning
and started tor ~ big Days hunt Thu,
carried no guns bur when they round
ID up the dogs had captured abouJ
fifty rabbits
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-03-30
FRANKLIN
(From the Sentinel.)

Mrs l.. II. Kelso entertained the
Adamless club in honor Of Miss Pearl
Ftger Wednesday evening.
Mrs. U. Kleen OF Macon prairie went
to Wymore Thursday morning to at,
to al the funeral of a relative.
II. Mckinley was taken before Il Q
board oil insanity last Saturday on u o
charge Of inebriecy and sent to Lin
coin for treatment.
Mrs, B. j. Hilsabeck went to Lin.
coin last week to be present at the
marriage Of her sister, Miss Henrietta
Bloedorn to Mr.. Christie of Pueblo.
Friends of the family in this com.
munity will grieve with the bereaved
ones over the death Of Ms q. G.. New
ton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. +
Murphy, OF consumption, at their
home in Forth Worth, Texas. Grace
Murphy was born near Fairbury this
state and at the time of her death was
10 years, 9 months and 7 days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-03-30
MANKATO.
(Fron the Advertiser.)

Clyde Butcher, who has been laid up
for several days with a sprained hip, is
able o be around ,gain.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Hulso went to
Bsllville Tuesday To attend the funeral
of her brbther.in-law, A. M. johnson.
/. M Sample and Miss Berthena
Iuseho, both Of Cav ker, were married
In this CITY Thursday afternoon by
Probate Judge McGehee.
W. dnesday, at high noon in the city
OF Washington, Kan, Miss Anna Jan.
uary aud Mr.. Oscar Greer were united
in marri ge. Mr.. Green ana wife are
well known here.
Married, Mt the home of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Eldridge,
IN this city, Thursday evening. ut :
o'clock, Miss Eiua Eldridge and James
Skeers, Rev ID, l.. Vance officiating.
Friday being Phon Sutclif's twenty
first birthday his classmates s, the
Juniors ami high school teachers drove
to his country home ~ the evening
and gave him a most royal surprise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-03-30
LEBANON.
(From the Times.)

j. Fl. Wanamaker of Mankato has
leased the Sherman house in Smith
Center and will take possession the
first Of April.
NJ. &. Plank, a contractor of Topeka,
was here last week figuring with Ty-
CART, Maute and Mays in regare to
erecting their brick building.
Alex Christie of Webster township
brought tn maiket six head OF hogs
Tuesday, for which he received $95 "a.
He sold about $l40O worth of cattle
and hogs last week.
Last Friday evening being Mrs. A.
j. Forgey's birthday, she and MIR. For
gey invited the &. A. r and w. r. c
members and a few other friends to
help them celebrate and partake of a
bean soup supper. f. w. Smith pre-
sented Mr.. and Mrs. Forgey each with
a nice rocking chair.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-03-30
SUPERIOR
(From the Journal

A. G. Bradshaw went to Weber
Wednesday morning to make prepare
tions to open up a butcher shop in that
town.
Mrs. Samuel Allen receixed word
Sunday Of the death OF her brother at
Cambridge, Iowa, and left Monday
morning for that place.
Club johnson went to Milford, to
attend the graduating exercises for
trained nurses at n private hospital
from which his sister Cora, receives a
diploma.
Sheriff Jones returned last evening
from Lincoln, where he took to the
asylum l.. +. Mccormack, formerly an
employe at the Superior Steam Laun.
dry. Mccormack is a total wreck,
which condition was brought about by
excessive drinking. He is twenty. five
years OF age.
Two young men by the names of
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-03-30
Flood Camaqe at Lincoln.

Lincoln, March 26.-Following a fall
of rain, estimated at over two inches
In less than an hour, Lincoln last
night suffered from a food that did
much minor damage. Storm sewers,
clogged by remnants Of recent heavy
SHOWS, were unable to carry off the
water, which spread over the curbing
and into the Easements OF business
buildings. IN the residence districts
conditions were worse. Cellars were
flooded by the score and in some cases
the rush of water was so strong as to
carry away foundations. Street cars
were stalled and two OF the city pump
ing stations were for a time out OF
commission, due to water flooding the
en- sne rooms. Water covered the
first floors OF houses on bottom lands.
Trains reaching the city from the
south were ordered not to exceed Ave
miles ar hour, water covering the
tracks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-03-30
RIVERTON
From the Review.)

Mr.. Price has s)ld his residence to
Al Holdrege, the consideration being
$1,000.
w. J. Clark Is building a neat little
cottage jest west Of the residence of
his son, las. Clark.
Billy Nelson, who operated our Up
land place for fifteen years until we
sold it last spring. bought a farm eight
miles north of here for $4,000.
ID. G. Shelter killed a swan Sunday
afternoon a short distance north OF the
mill. There were three in the flock,
Toe one secured was a fine specimen
weighed fourteen pounds, and
measured over six feet from tip to tip
of wings.
Joe Davidson, who was well known
here about a score of years ago, and
who has returned recently and has
been stopping with Martin Knutson,
accidentally struck his head on a
sharp bolt Tuesday, severlng an artery,
and almost bleeding to death before he
could get a doctor.