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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
FOR COAST DEFENSE.
Roosevelt Tells Congress $5O,S7e,3 Is
Needed for lnsular Possessions.

Washington, March 6.-President
Roosevelt sent a message to Congress,
accompanying plans for coast defense
prepared by joint board of army and
navy officers, in which he emphasized
the necessity for further defenses and
reviews the history of the defensive
works in this country.
The President calls especial alter.
ton to the recommendation of the
board that the entrance to Chesapeake
Bay be added to the list Of places in
the United States to be defended.
He says the insular possessions can
not longer be neglected if the United
States desires to hold them.
Defenses are recommended for Ma
Mia Bay, Pearl Harbor, Guantanamo
Guam, San Juan and Honolulu because
of their strategic positions.
Defenses are recommended for en-
frances to the Panama Canal.
= In his letter transmitting the repOr
of the board to the President, SecrC
tary Taft says that the board est
mates the cost of completing the dc
lenses at S5O,S79,399, or $22,S9G,6O
: less than the sum provided by tn
Endicott board.
The estimate for the ports adde
4 since the EndicOtt board made its n
/ port including Chesapeake Bay.
!, The amount so far appropriated an
d allotted is S72,75O,7S7. He estimate
e the cost for the defense of the insult
{ possessions. including the naval bas'
u and coaling stations, at $l9,SI3,S9o
lo addition to the S2,274,920 already a
'e prOpriated. The estimated cost Tor q
l" defense of the lSthmian Canal pof'
ie exclusive of the cost OF land, IS )
u SS7,GS2.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Breaking II Gently.

81 hey come to tell yez. Mrs, Malone
that yer husband met with an accl'
dent"
An what is it now?' walled Mrs.
Malone.
He was overcome by tn heat
num-"
Overcome by tn heat, was he? An
how did it happen?'
He fell in the furnace over at the
foundry, mum" -Milwaukee Sentinel
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
a Later Consideration.

How long do you think 1t Will take
70 build the Panama Canal?" said the
inCuisitive person.
81 haven't begun to figure on that,
answered the expert. What ! am
,rrine to ascertain now is how long
if will take TO get the building actual
~ started. Washington Star.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Quite Original.

Hes got a scheme for patent
medicine that he thinks should be
winner. It's a chills and fever regu'
lator."
That doesn't sound like a very
new idea"
ooh. but his idea OF it is. HIS
scheme is to regulate things so that
the chills will come on on warm days
and the fever on cold
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Identification Necessary.

as yom mistress at home: IN,
auiroo Mrs, Borem. standing in the
shadow of the doorway.
- don't know. ma'am." replied the
,.,.op, Cant ell whether she's
nome or not till get good look at
We, If We how wart on 'he side o yer
nose, maam, she amt.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
THE COTTON PATCH.
More Women and Children There than
in Factories.


in Factories.
A few days ago the editor or the
Journal sent out self-addrcssed postal
cards to fifty farmers living in diner
ent parts of Taylor County, with the
following questions printed on them:
l. How much Of the labor when
produces and gathers cotton crops III
Taylor County is usually performed
by women, and by children within the
scholastic age? Give your own estl'
mate, based on observation.
.. DO you think farmers OF the
South ought to unite in keeping the
female members of their families, ana
their boys of scholastic age, out oil
the cotton fields, and then cooperate
in demanding prices for cotton high
enough to fully make up for such loss
of woman and child labor?
8. Will you grant the Farmers
Journal permission to publish your
name in connection with the above
questions?
Up to the present writing thirty
nine of these cards have been signed
and returned to us. To the third Ques
ton. asking permission to publish
names. all Of them answer Eyes" The
same answer is given to the secon'
4 question, except that a few OF then
qualify it by stating that betWeeI
: sessions Of school the boys ought t
> be working on the farms. or courS
, the idea was that the cotton pate
should not cheat the boys out OF
single day of their school time, an
on this proposition they are all
" hearty accord.
These estimates, taken all togethe
N gives us SO per cent as the ayeras
lie for the county, according to theS
e. tbirty.nine farmers. each Of whom ";
g instructed to think Of every farm
"a. in the county he could call to mil
at and whether the women and chlldr'
by of his family help him in the Wo
f. of making and gathering cotton.
IL Fifty-three per cent. A little mo
is than half. The editor did not eXpe
is the estimates to foot up an avera
or OF more than 80 rs per cent-pos
IN bly, not over 25 per cent. Really
ed did not know, but he wanted to
I'D into the matter, so he submitted
questions to men who do know. A
behold the result!
More than half OF the labor IN
=, cotton fields of Taylor County p
the E'' s 49,,
formed by white women, and Wh
children who are within the I
on
-. school age!
What does it mean?
,'p II means that, in addition to tf
household labors, farm wives and
'n' dren are working hard under the
nv sun and in the cold wind to prod
'p"' more than half of the means by VIII
~ the women and children or OF
VI classes are enabled to live easier Ii
~ in their homes and on the sci
,,u,, grounds.
''eo It means an inequality that the
0 bands and fathers on the farms w
'' not suffer to exist much longer II
lio' could once get their eyes open to
situation, and all see at the same
the necessity of coming together
; OF united effort to change things in
, all. interest of their wives and daugh
the It means that every 100 bales OF
cut cotton that is bringing proSperlt
the Abilene and Merkel would be Al [
ated were 1t not for labor performed
&c IS should make every man under
, Or. United States flag blush to think
plish o""0~'-'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Joe Jordan, Periurer.

New York: Joseph Jordan, the
Patrick witness who pleaded guilty to
perjury, was yesterday sentenced to
one year and six months imprison'
ment. Jordan, on the witness stand
at the hearing here on a motion for d
new trial for Albert r. Patrick, said
he had not been in prison in Texas,
and afterward admitted this state
ment to be untrue.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Made LIN for Everything.

'T'm afraid, dear" said Mrs. sub
brhs. that your walk didn't do you
much good"
Indeed. it did" replied her nus
band. delighted.
"But that awful shower OF rain;
Won were caught in that and
"Oh, yes. but found a Solt DAN
that | lost last summer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09

No slave is more securely bound
than he who thinks he is free to
serve himself alone.
It's better to have little sense OF
the practical in religion than the finest
appreciation of its poetic alone.
All your troubles are exaggerated,
including the uneasiness that con-
science causes.
Eating slowly doesn't mean that you
have license to talk everybody
! around YOU 10 death.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
County Court at Franklin.

Franklin, Texas: County Court met
here Yesterday morning. Judge }. w.
Woods presided. Both civil and GRIM
ina1 docket are light, County Attorney
" G. Perry receiving three pleas OF
puilty.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
When Women Garry Pistols.

Evidently the man was foOtpad'
The woman did not quail.
On the contrary, she took a pistol
from her muff.
You horrid thing" she said. IF this
was loaded and | knew how to cock 1t
I'd make YOU 90 right away
Before he got over his astoniShment
the police arrived.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Guilty of Robblna Roommate.

Lake Charles, La: M. O'Flynn,
VINO was arrested for robbing his room.
mate last Saturday, pleaded guilty to
larceny yesterday and was sentenced
70 eighteen months in the peniten-
tiary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Farmer Badly Hurt.

Hillsboro, Texas: Joe Hedecek, a
farmer living in Hill county, was
thrown against the blades of a stalk
cutter by a runaway team, and it is
feared his injuries may prove fatal.
The whole calf was cut from his right
leg.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09

Washington: A conference regard
ING the statehood bill now pending IN
the senate was held at the White
House. 1t is conceded that the pros
meets for the enactment of the meas
IRE into law are not bright.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
NEGRO Convicted Of Assault.

Lake Charles, La: Alexander Du'
hon, colored. accused of criminal as
Sault on a negro girl, was found gull
" in the District Court yesterday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
a Hot Charge.

"Why did the examiners give that
cashier such Il hauling over the
GOALS"
For cooking his accounts"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
The Only Way.

"Ah. good morning, Phocksy' HOW
do you find business?
81 advertise in the newspapers tor
It, of course"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09
Co-Operator CHUNKS.

a bumper.
Are you going to raise that extra
blade of grass? If so, let's find mar
ket for it.
1t was good thing to have all the
pillow tools in shape, now that ploW
time is here.
Never recrOss the RubcOn. When
once your hands are put to the plow
never turn back.
of the onward progress of any good
movement will be run over and heard
of no more forever.
By and by, when the mists have
cleared away, the truth will be mighty
and will prevail. Let's do all things
just right.
Let all who are in this movement
for political purposes gang to them
selves, and those who are in it for in
dustrial purposes gang to themselves
There is no use having any words
about the matter.
[I~~-~-~-o0o-~-o~~-~-o-o-~U ~~o-~O~o~o~o~@~|~o|~
| the stuff. 1t is a proper distribution
we need anil will have when We prop
erly understand ourselves.
There is work to be done in you
community. Go and do it. II we ar
interested in this work as We shoul
be, we will never let up. Go to WORK
Let us hope on, hope ever. Neve
look on the dark side OF the picture
, We must run the race, nothing doub
ing. Whu can now be q doubtin
, Thomas?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-09

Watch out for the extra blade Oh
grass.
Yes there could be cooperation in
home buying.
The wagons and buggies, of course,
are all protected.
Let's leave out all unpleasantness
and 90 to work in earnest
Is the price below that made at lex
srkana? Then do not sell. Never De
oo,oo-~o-o0~-oU~~O-o o-O~~~o~'~70000~0~'~"">0
There is no time to delay. We must
win this fight against the SPECTATOR
We will if we will stand firm and be
loyal. -,
The grain elevators OF the Nor'h
and West will settle the question Oh
controlled marketing for the Wned'
farmers.
A Doubling Thomas does move
| mnnf no SODu. IlC Oiiis
movement. They are gettins beau'l
fully less every day.
The many who will stand IN the wa
,oooooo-~~-o-~-~~~-o -o-~|"O""o-""""0"0''0'o'"0
It is not fuss and a quarrel w
need. We want better prices just AM
equitable prices for our produce Lei
get down to business.
Omit chewing the rag and saFlh
mean things about your neighbor an
brother farmer. Get up and go I
work and do 1t now.
Are we going to mortgage our co
ton again this year and make our a
counts due Oct. 1st? It we 90 u
hears will have smooth failing agar
It Is no longer question OF ralsin
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

hair, turning in her gown at the neck.
rolling up her sleeves to the elbows, de-
corating her cOrsage with flowers and
powdering her face.
The snowy third act IS at a ball, and
here the traduced heroine, being insult
ed by her drunken villifier, throws him
down a flight Of stairs in a startling
manner. Frank Worthlngton is the
tumbler. and the stunt equals that of
Kyrle Bellew in "A Gentleman of
France. But tho oldest and boldest
thing is a final act which lasts butsix
minutes. The story might have ended
at the ball. There is nothing left but
"Will you marry me?" and Yes" The
girl enters her chamber. Her wooer
appears at the window. She is glad,
but cautious, and won't let him in.
Remember Romeo and Juliet at the
balcony" Gays he.
"Ah, but Mrs. Grundy hadn't been
born yet" says she.
So she opens the door of her chape-
ron's bedroom. That lets light shine
on the window, across the sill Of which
the betrothal is tersely made, and the
curtain is lowered while the lovers are
prolonging a kiss
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
TAFT IN CUBA.

Gradually. but very surely, the ad-
ministration is preparing the country
for the annexation of Cuba and the in
PRODUCTION of Cuban products into the
country without the tariff which has so
hindered the calculations Of the Amer
lean syndicates operating in the island.
When the trouble with the insurrec-
tionists first broke out the dispatches
from Washington were reassuring to
the last degree; there was no thought
of landing sailors, though sailors had
already been landed, and there was no
suspicion OF active interference in Gu
ban politics. Within a week, the scene
has shifted. Taft is in Havana listen
ing to grievances, advising, admonish-
ing and intimating that annexation is
the only thing in sight.
Possibly the administration is aItru-
istic in it's attitude; possibly there may
be no way Of attaining peace but by
annexation, but to an outsider it looks
as though the whole program had been
arranged long in advance, and the va
rious steps were being worked out
carefully with precautions to prevent
any untoward result In the fall con-
gressional elections.
Truly, the way OF the international
philanthropist is hard, compelled as he
is to grab off territory in every direc-
ton whether he will nor no.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

him in a convention is to leave Hamlet
out of the play; and one might as well
try to get a concept of Shakespeare's
immortal Dane without the Prince Of
Denmark as to appreciate the Amer
lean" policy without considering Mo-
ran.
Still another fatal omission is noted:
Former Senator Cannon told his
american" auditors almost tearfully
how ne had pledged the faith of Utah
to the observance of the Woodruff man
ifesto. only to be betrayed. The lachry-
NOSE recital would have been much
more complete and satisfactory If It
had contained as exhibit A a COPY of
that immortal and touching pamphlet
known as Nuggets of Truth" in proof
of the former senator's guileless inno-
cence of such things as church in9u-
ence in his own behalf. Reinforced by
a personal narrative from Charles
Crane as to the way Nuggets was
circulated, the story would have been
convincing, interesting and altogether
picturesque. To be sure it might upset
the jam jar and show the truth i'm an
awkward way at this critical time; but
we still think the speech was incom-
plete without It.
To be candid, the American" con-
vention was about as clear a case Of
one-man convention as the Smoot par
ade of the day before. The nominal
tions were made by Former Senator
Kearns. the speeches were made by his
employees and associates, the acclama-
ton was from his followers and the
net result was a Kearns demonstra-
ton. The two conventions opposed.
give the voters so far a choice between
the Smoot machine and the remnants
the Republican party. The people of
the state understand by this time the
line Of demarcation between the two
Republican factions. They understand
fully the workings Of both. In the state
and federal offices they have an expo
sition Of Smootism: in the demoralized,
corrupt and inept city administration
they see the practical workings of the
other Republican faction.
On Oct. the Democrats will name
their ticket and declare their position.
1t is a foregone conclusion that the men
nominated will be clean, able. sensible,
citizens. It is likewise certain that the
platform will make clear the opposition
OF the Democracy alike to Smoorism
and "Americanism" as exemplified by
the Black-Davis-Mulvey city adminis-
tration. From that day the issue-the
only issue in Utah this year-will be
clearly defined and the voters viii be
given a chance TO choose between
Smoot and the Americans" on one
side, and the Democrats on the other.
Although the election is still six weeks
away the outlook is bright for a result
which will eliminate both Of the Repub-
Iican factions from political calculations
in Utah, and give the state the peace
for which every citizen is praying who
is not enlisted in behalf Of one of the
disturbing elements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

The modern race horse of the stage
at its best has consisted hitherto OF the
start OF the horses, their passing out of
sight instantly, an interval of hula
balIoo by the actors to arouse enthusi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
EASIER.
(Meggendorfer Battery

;
Your clock is always an hour fast"
Yes; you see my husband has got
another job. and he has TO be there at
instead Of 9, SO i have put my clock
an hour on. so that it should not seem
So hard on him"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

Still, il was the least bit unkind for
those Americans" to tag Mr. Weir and
make him a sacrifice when he wasn't
looking.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

One ardent orator promised that the
Americans" would do to the county
what they have done to the city. if
elected. God forbid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

Pat Moran's picture ought really to
have been hung alongside Lincoln's in
that American" convention to make
the decoration complete and symbolic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

Taft i'm Cuba reminds one irresistlbly
OF the trapper who got the bear by the
tail and yelled for some one to help him
let go.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

To the average onlooker there was a
remarkable similarity in the unanimity
of the Republican and American"
conventions; both bore all the ear
marks Of the one-man program.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
THE PROPER THING.

louisville Courier-Journal)
Say. Jinks,"
weir
What would you do IL brought face TO
face with the inevitable7'
why, I'd bow TO 1t, Of course
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
Fair.
THE NJ ETALS.

Silver, eeSSc per ounce.
Copper (casting), 1870 per pound.
Lead. s5.75 per 100 pounds.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-11-24
The Main Question,

81 will fellow" he said, wherever
you may lead,
That's very nice as far as it goes"
she replied, but can you get credit
for whatever may want to buy ?"-
Chicago Record Herald.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-11-24
WAITING for Him.

"Lushley is bothered a great deal
by insomnia"
You don't say. Is that why he
drinks so much 80
mo; | refer to his wife's insomnia
when he comes home from the club. {"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-11-24
Notice Of Sale for Special Tax.

Notice is hereby purpose extending
mains District
forth described in delinquent
property which
Of advertising
house. beginning IL
until all of said shall
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-11-24
Notice of Sale for Special Tax.

Notice hereby that special purpose extending
mains District No. due and unpaid upon
SET described the delinquent list following
ger with the cost OF publication paid the
real property upon which such taxes lien will for said
taxes coSt OF advertising and Court
House beginning the hour of twelve O'Clock con
Ing until all OF said property shall been Sold
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-11-24
Notice Of Sale for Special Tax.

Notice hereby Of
water mains in District due and unpaid
forth described the
together publication
real property which such
advertising
until all of said shall
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-07-28

At a complimentary dinner recently
given to a distinguished physician OF,
very advanced age DIR. Osler, who has
been 90 absurdly misquoted and mis-
understood with regard to the proper
treatment Of old age. unfolded bis real
views on that subject. So far Is he
from entertaining the prepsterous doc
trine that a man is necessarily useless
after 60 that he speaks of frosty yet
kindly old age" as reward, provided
mental and bodily vigor accompany 1t.
A reward? he asks, and promptly cor
rects himself. No, he says, it Is rather
"a legitimate interest" which many
should earn, which is open to most OF
US II we but learn the art OF growing
old gracefully. The art is hard to
learn unless its cultivation Is begun
early in life. Ibsen makes his master
builder distrustful Of youth, hostile to
and afraid Of it That Is because,
after all, the master builder feels that
his life has been failure-a life of
self deception, needless compromise and
treachery to the Ideal. What we should
all recognize, says DR.. Osler with
King Lear, is that "age is unneces-
sary"-that 1t need not be a grievous
burden, period Of regret and queru-
lous fault-finding and obscurantist
judgments mistaken for wise cOnserva-
tism. Life Is progressive evolution;
times change, and If we do not change
with them the stream leaves us on the
banks with no one to lament our fate"
The rising generation should be met
with a smile, not with a >scowl, and
sympthetic interest should be taken in
the new problems that perpetually arise
and in the new. ideas and points Of
view that develop with the march of
events and the accumulation of facts
and experience. The old men who do
this are the guides, philosophers and
friends Of the younger and young men,
and they enjoy the respect and the
peace they have earned Very differ
ent gospel this from the scrap-heap
teaching OF DR.. Woods Hutchinson or
the chloroform proposals DR.. Osler is
supposed to have half-seriously made
for the benefit of all men over 60 years
Of age.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-07-28

The use Of finger marks and thumb
marks on checks as a means of guard
ing against forgery and preventing dis
honest persons from raising the figures
on them is one Of the latest novelties in
business. There is possibility that it
will become more than a novelty. APP
parently the first man to adapt the
idea to business affairs Is merchant
of Plainfield. N. ]. After writing a
check he places an ink impression OF
his thumb over the figures, completely
covering but not obliterating them. It
is manifestly impossible to raise the
figures without making the interference
obvious on the thumb mark. His bank
er has an ink impression Of his thumb
on file and comparison with the mark
on the check would instantly reveal any
forgery
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-07-28

An Eastern newspaper says that Jack
London was introduced in cafe to a
musician. Il, too, am a musician in
a small way" London said. MY must.
cal talent was once the means Of say.
ing my life" How was that?" the
musician asked. There was a great
food in our town in my boyhOOd," re
piled London. when the water struck
our house my father got ON bed and
fioated with the stream until he was
rescued" And you?" said the must
clan. WELL" said London, Il accom-
panied him on the pianO"-Wasp.