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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
Fire DESTROYS Residence.

Monroe, La: The residence of Mrs.
n. C. Washburn, of South Jackson
street, was almost totally destroyed
by fire about II o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. The flames had gained consider.
able Roadway in the second story when
discovered, and, owing to the great
distance the fire companies had to run,
little could be saved. The loss will be
about $4,000, with $4,000 insurance.
Much of the furniture was saved.
There was no insurance on this.
Angie, La: Angie Camp No. S43 has
installed the following officers: George
Pattee, C. c.; T. w, Lott, A. D.; l.. w.
Ford, banker; c. E. Plat, Clerk; A.
L. Crockett, Escort; T. w. Mohaw,
Waterman; r. d. Ball, Sentry; ]. w.
Moody, Physician; H. A. Mcmillan, F.
L. Ford and w. P. FOrane, Managers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
KEEP ON ORGANIZING.

There are many mempers VI nv
Farmers Union who are members Oh
other organizations.
They pay into these nrganiza'iohs
from 81 to SO per year as dues, mol
including assessments for death oene
fits and the like.
Now it can not be denied that mem
nership in the Farmers Union mas
nro6ted every member in the organ
cation a hundredfold for every uoi''
he has invested In 1t. .o..o,
In the increased price In coe'o'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
Municinal Commission Arrive.

Morgan City, La: Commission from
Gov. Blanchard were received Satur.
day for the Mayor and Council elected
Jan. Z. headed by Charles L. Wise.
for Mayor; Frank Pieron, Albert
rnu, Aug. Soumillioh, Sol Loeb and
lard A. Ditch. Councilmen. The
administration were swept away
entirely in the management Of town
affairs, having failed to elect single
member of their ticket. Much Is ex.
pected OF the new administration In
the way Of schools and water works.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

alone the benefit has been incalcula.
bile. II was through the efforts OF the
Farmers Union that saving OF rs
cents per bale on cotton was made
last season, and money saved on ship
ment of various other commodities.
With a united membership the pres
emit Legislature will be only too glad
to listen to their every request and
enact all remedial legislation possible
Just keep on forming Unions and
STRENGTHENING those alreao. forme,t
Keeping everlastingly at it VII! pay
Southern Mercury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
STORAGE IN WAREHOUSES;.

In these days Of warehouse building
it must not be forgotten that ware
houses are useful in divers and sundry
other ways besides the storage Of cot.
ton. ApropOs Of this idea. Farm and
Ranch makes some practical sugges.
lions, to-wit: .
We have heard much Of storing
cotton in warehouses recently. We
should not forget the pork warehouse
at this season which we know as the
smokehouse. We have just passed
through the fruit canning and evapo-
rating season. This also is ware
housing" The silo into which we put
green corn and sorghum in midsum-
mer is properly speaking warehouse.
When we feed s pounds Of corn to a
steer to make'1 pound Of beef, are we
not virtually warehousing that corn?
The great market problems facing
the farmer can only be solved by re-
sorting to some phase Of the ware
house method. This is especially true
Of meats, fruits and vegetables. A
! Farm and Ranch reader tells us that
he now has in cold storage bushels of
| Keifer pears which he is warehousing
! for the Christmas market. Milk alone
is probably the only farm product that
does not yield to some form of storage
Of acknowledgements treated with
hurtful chemicals. Milk is susceptible
Of Dreaming, choosing and of cOndenS.
ing so that it may be stored indefin.
itely, but in it's original form its nor
NAL changes render hasty sale abso
lutely necessary.
Every progressive farmer must
learn to consider his farm something
of a factory for the compounding and
manufacture of finished products haV.
ing keeping qualities. The keeping
qualities in meats, syrups, fruits and
all products from the farm are quite
as valuable as their nourishing quail.
ties. 1t was the recognition of the
value inherent in keeping quality"
which has led to the wholesale adult.
GRAFTON of good products by manufac-
turers. These harmful ingredients are
usually preservatives. The glucose in
nearly all grades Of commercial sy
, rups is a case In point. A harmful
acid in glucose preserves the syrup,
but Injuries the digestive organs.
Farm cured meats, farm canned or
evaporated fruits are nearly always
; free from hurtful preservatives en-
| ployed by the large packeries. The
public is fast learning that this is true
, and calls more and more loudly fol
r the farmers finished products. This
will encourage many to preserve, store
> and warehouse the fruits Of their tot
3 who have heretofore placed a crude
r food product on the market, which has
l been manipulated and grossly abused
[ by commercial middlemen who called
D themselves packers or manufacturers
1 Every farmer should strive to have
e convenient warehouse in which he cal
J, store his products on occasion ant
= provide against that rainy day which
J. is constantly ready to Overtake thos'
e who lack foresight and knowledge o
e the ways of the world. The wisdom
Y OF serpents is not sharper than tn
S knowledge required to make headwa
r against the commercial schemes o
|. our
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
Fruit Growers Fear Freeze.

Crowley, La.:After more than three
weeks of the most extraordinarily
warm weather for this period of the
year a cold snap struck southwest
Louisiana Sunday night, following Sc
we're rainstorm, and Sunday overcoats
and wraps were in evidence for the
first time in a month. During this I'M
usually warm spell fruit trees and 9TH
er vegetation have budded out, and
it is feared that If a freeze should be
experienced there would be a heavy
loss in fruit and garden truck.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
10. Crescent City Notes.

New Orleans, La: Young Mems He
brew Association held annual meeting
and, reelected Harold ". Newman
president. Z 3 I t..et3.#a" H@~
City Park will soon begin work On
extension and improvement to cover
old potter's field. @
Last of the Lee celebrations was
held at the Soldiers Home
Art exhibit closed. Rangers NO.
vember Pasture" received the most
votes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
Ginuer Crushed.

Tibodaux, La: William Reed, known
in this vicinity as Joe Ginger, suffered
an accident Sunday evening. While
crossing the railroad track few feet
ahead of an incoming train he slipped
and fell, the locomotive crushing one
of his legs below the knee. He Is
an aged negro, who for years has made
his living by fishing. A week ago Joe
found an unknown white man floating
in the bayou.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
al Bow Goes to Belgium-Dad
- Fake Souvenirs at Waterloo
w Goes Swimming with King
Void and the Bad Boy Ties Up
eseir Clothes
fseir Clothes
Ian GEORGE W PECK.

- uoN GEORGE ". PECK.
D. 80. of wisconsin, Former Ed
o aPeck's Sum-" Author OF "PecKs
ID Boy" Etcl . ,o.o,, p Row,es1
. s s.asssis. Belgium.-Dear Old Skate:
,I1ot E the matter with our going to
a WI, i said dad to me- as we were
S. .gsII what in thunder do we want
), ~'h to belgium for?" said | to dad.
20 d not want to go to country 9v tnat
" - visible means Of support, except
" wv. " ppIgian hares, to sell to cranks
i'h ,.sorica, | couldn't eat rabbits with
y thinking I was chewing a piece sos Of
w. eat, and rabbits is the chief food
'. ~. NJ neonle, | have eaten horse and
o ;, ~ !, paris, and wormy figs in Turkey,
nlI' s !. beef fried in candle
y. w. in Russia. and sausage in Ger
~ imported from the Leutgard
'S.sss factory in Chicago, and stuff i'll
IN, with ground mummy for curry
eS ssor hut | draw the line on Belgian
-. and / strike right here, and shall
~ tbe International Union OF Anal
.,.s Tourists declare a boycott on
s . +" said just like that, bristling
: b dad real spunky,
gou are going to Belgium, all right
"a dad as he took hold of my thumb
lin iitsu fashion, and twisted II
.,.tward until fairly penuked, and
..WN while he said he should never
M 20 home without visiting King
isopolds kingdom, and having a talk
.it6 an S0.year-old male fiirt, who had
tAousand chorus girls on his staff and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

Get together frequently and when
you are together bring together such
affairs in your business as can be
handled IN a mutual way. The pur'
chasing of new and better seeds, the
planning OF crops. the marketing and
packing Of farm products are things
that there ought to be mutual and CO.
operative movements vigorously push
ed in.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
RUSSIANS LIVING HIGH.
Aristocrats Of st. Petersburg Spend
Much Time Over Pleasures
of the Table.

War or no war, the aristocratic Rus
sian pursues his pleasures with an
abandonment that speaks of unlimited
resources or unlimited recklessness.
says the Pail Mall Gazette. The pleas
ures Of the table are protracted to an
inordinate degree. A lunch, in which
the courses are plentifully watered
with champagne, will spread itself
through the afternoon. You may bare
ly escape at five o'clock, though you be-
gin to eat at one. The host never sits
down, plying his guests with success
sion Of good things, liquid and solid.
Even the afternoon tea in middle-class
circles is a very formidable undertake
ing. 1t includes dishes of various sorts.
in which meat will certainly figure,
and Russian tea, served in glass with
lemon, is but the pale comparison to
sparkling champagne. The appearance
of the streets tells of wealth, too. No
finer equipages exist anywhere than
those which, horsed with coal-black
steeds, dash at full speed, in lofty dis
regard for the mere foot passenger
down the central strip Of wood pave
ment in the principal prospects," as
the wider streets are denominated
Holding the reins in his two hands
with arms outstretched, the driver
medieval in dress, has the summary
methods Of a Roman charioteer. In
deed, there is something of imperia
Rome In this second capital of thu
car. a..
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

better. Then he became convinced
that 1t was he who was supporting
and feeding his lord. while he had al
ways thought that 1t was his master
who was supporting him, and striking
his hand against his forehead, he ex'
claimed: How foolish was!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

There are about ten thousand wag'
ons standing out In the weather all
over Texas and as many more In pro-
portion in all the other Southern
States, but none Of them belong to
the very best Union farmers, do they?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

: AMI bhUAR ~ oEA4A4 4AliANHS ~ A<AD'
pld give the sultan of Turkey cards
nd spades and little casino in the harem
pane,
4Foa will go along, won't you, bub?"
i'd be gave my thumb another twist,
sld said: "You bet your life, but |
g0nt do a. thing to you and Leopold
aipre We get out of the Belgian hare
w.t. and so here we are, looking for
asubls.
g ltisstrange we never hear more about
Belgium in America, but actually, |
lsVer heard Of Belgian settling in the
gnhed States. There are Irish, and
htmans, and Norwegians, and Italians,
I'D men of all other countries, but !
ever saw a Belgian until to-day, and it
taes you good to see a people who don't
9 snything but work. There is not a
nalef In Belgium, and every man has
mat on his nose, and his hands are
saek with handling iron, or something.
mere Is no law against people going
asaF nom Belgium, but they all like
mere, and seem to think there is no
eaef country, and they are happy and
sefk from choice.
always knew the Belgian guns that
sd q America for IL shillings and kill
= pcth ends, but l never knew they
aaae things here that were worth any.
aas but dad says they are better fixed
aAs tof making everything used BY
anllied people than any country Oh
slta and | am glad to be here, cause
ga GET notice when you are going to bt
= NDDed. They lag a bell here ever!
A'aa@ to give you notice that some
y y ateF the coin, so when you hea
esll ring, If you hang on to you
Rkstbook, YOU don't lose.
lals Is the place where There wa
Wund OF reyelry at night, and Bel
WIS capital had gathered there.
~ !emember the night before the bat
y waterloo, when Napoleon Bona
~ got his. You must remembe
~ OLD man, just when they wer
~ tne midst of the dance, an
*. ' sses looked love to eyes whic
81 again." and they were taking
psghe bath, inside anC out, whe
ssliy the opening guns Of Waterloo
= mics away, began to boom, an
svet, VINO was present, said, "Bu
81, aarkl-a deep souu6 like a risin
and everybody ,uxaed pale an
y stampede, wheu The floor mai
s tbs but the wind, or til
.s.s. me stony street, on with tt
iet Joy be unconfned; no slee
- @ when youth and pleasul
IN. y. chase the glowing hours wit
81, y slr this is fireplace where tn,
- place, which is described
% Osaes 4 used 10 speak in school. I b,
ought would be here. rigl
- y dancers got 1t in the nee
0aa found that the battlefield .
iioo vas only a few miles ava
Ws, NJ s wagon and we went out ther
49, =, sf Of al the frauds we ha,
sOss on this trip the battlefield
s g y the worst. When the farr
saO are raising barley and nd l hal,
= ne Oattleheldl saw US comm
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

sites, that we are supporting our mas
ters instead OF their supporting us, we
will do just lire that peasant on the
small island-we will work less ana
live better.-The Emancipator.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

Better unionize on movement to
destroy the alternating place of the
boil weevil pretty soon, or else the
boil weevl along in the good old
summer time" will take fall out of
you.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
OF Some use.

Ella-That fellows head isn1 OF much
use to him.
Stella-Well, I suppose he feels that
he's got to have something to hang his
hat on.--Judge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25

If you have not yet trimmed up the
luxuriant growth Of your trees it Is
time to get mighty busy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-25
He Got It.

Bosh-I knew a man once who had
never met with a disappointment In his
life. : . ~ = -
@ Josh-How was that?
!" HE was never looking for anything
but trouble. "--Detroit. Free Press
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
PEACE CONGRESS- ONLY.
Jamesto1cn Exposition Head Re-
plies to "Militarism" Criticism.

Norfolk. Va. Jan. 5.-The protest OF eleven mem
bers OF the advisory board OF the jamestown tx
position against the diversion OF the exposition
to the service OF mllltarism" issued from Bos-
ton last night was to-day answered on behalf OF
the exposition company by Barton Myers. gov
ernor OF ways and means OF the company
MT Myers issued this statement:
We value the opinion OF members Of the advisory
board. OF which Grover Cleveland Is chairman, ana
the exposition management Is always glad TO re-
ceive suggestions. There are one hundred MEM
the protest against militarism at the exposition
SO far from this exposition being warlike in
that has assembled Representatives. OF all the ma
lions are expected here to unite In lie tne
and crack military companies Will be one or the
vii also assemble here exhibits OF their resources
and industrial products OF peace, with historical
Probably the most prominent feature OF the eI..
position will be the congress and conventions OF
fraternal organizations. OF which l04 have already
Among these are a large number OF religious or
ganizations and churches. some of the largest In
position company to religious organizations to
erect permanent srgetnres on the grounds which
sembllng and doing religious work during the ex-
PHt o tof OF 6es proesTs have been prom.
nentiy identified with movements looking to uni
Yersol Thfx are donbess so deeply mbued With the i'm
portance Of the movement to which they nays fEn
The exposition management has heretoi3re receIvea
testing against the assembling OF the ships ana
or display OF me PagInateS here as ~ in the sham
Manassas about two years ago ..-os,,ro hero 70
see the various types iof warships. and also OF
yachts motor boats and other specimens of marine me
Sisn countries viii All be for the P"rpC@ss @ Of noe5 ef
tending mutual courtesies and cementing the bonds
of friendship and peace
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

DR. Thomas experimented solely with his wind
WAGON. or heliocoptere as il is properly called.
The urinary object was to test the parts that
90 on an airship or aeroplane and see how much
nulling power could be obtained from the air by
a propeller.
The governmental wind wagon is a peculiar
machine. and its appearance attracted the crowd
more than anything else. AS starter it looks
,;raa tricvcle. Two steel bars stick up from the
.r;cvc,e and two point downward. shaft runs
,brough the body and a four-bladed steel pro-
peller is fastened at the end
For the first time since Dr. Thomas began his
experiments some time ago the engine was in
perfect order yesterday, and the shafting and
FONTS were as strong as possible. Heretofore 1t
had been found that It took TOO much power to
turn the propeller rapidly, and The steel parts
broke somewhere or other every time. There
was not break of any sort yesterday
The experiments began at The shop in East
18th street. near Second avenue. where the wind
wagon is stored Dr. Thomas had four assist
ants. two expert mechanics an electrician and
an engineer. The wagon was driven down TO
the East River and back again, the return trip
being up an incline. At Third avenue the wagon
was turned in the street without any difficulty
and then went back to Second avenue. on the
trip 10 the West Side DR.. Thomas tried TO run
through Central Park, but stopped by the
police, as he was towing his automobile, which
against the park regulations. Eighty
sixth street was used instead On the way down
Eighth avenue the batteries jostled loose owing
to the poor roadbed and when the wagon
reached DR.. Thomas's home, at No. 112 West
12d street. the batteries short-circuited. The
batteries from DR.. Thomas's automobile were
used. The added weight Of the new batteries. as
the others were not removed, did not prevent the
most successful experiments so far undertaken.
word that a strange and weird machine was
being run around quickly brought the crowd
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
ELECTRICIANS PLAN NEW UNION.
Old Organization Men Object to Arrange
ment with Employers.

The officers OF the New York Electrical Workers
Union announced yesterday that they would ask
the general arbitration board OF the Building
Trades Employers Association and the unions to
pass on the arrangement made by the Electrical
Contractors Association, by which this union. as
well the old union of electrical workers, would
be done away with. The New York Electrical
Workers Unions agreement with the Electrical
Contractors Association expired on December 81.
The union had demanded an increase in wages from
81 to 81 so day, to go Into effect on January OF
this year.
meeting held at No 1123 Broadway on
Thursday night, at which were present delegations
from both unions and President F. j. McNulty of
the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work.
ers which had been ordering strikes against men,
bers OF the New York Electrical Workers Union
in other cities behalf OF the locked-out union,
which belonged TO the international brotherhood
1t afterward announced that new union
to be formed. with charter from the inter-
national brotherhood. and that the wages were to
be "a day for 1907 and "a 80 for 1908
The dissatisfied members of the New York Elec-
trical Workers Union say that the Electrical Con-
tractors Association is guilty OF gross violation
of the arbitration agreement in making this ar
rangement. "If the contractors attempt 10 carry
this plan out 1t will amount to a lockout or our
union they said.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
MRS. BELMONT'S OLD PET DEAD.
Cock Robin Was Favorite of Racetrack
Mans Wife-Hoofs and Teeth Preserved

Hampstead. Long Island, Jan. > (SpeciaD.-
Cock Robin. a thirty-year ar-od pony that had
been the pet of the late Mrs August Belmont.
died here last Thursday. 1t taken to Mr.
BelmOnt's horse cemetery at Babylon yesterday
and buried The pony considered one of the
finest looking and best acting ponies ever seen
near here, and was always in the harness when
Mrs Belmont handled the reins He was four
teen hands two and fine dark chestnut.
As soon as Mr. Belmont heard of the death OF
the pony, he ordered that the teeth and hoofs
be preserved They will be mounted and used
for ornaments in the Belmont home here. Cock
Robin had been d pensioner ever since the death
OF Mrs. Belmont. and had done nothing except
walk around the pasture and eat grass. His
coat was over six inches long and he looked
more like Shetland pony than the thorough
bred he was.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

and DR.. Thomas had trouble in experimenting,
as the crowd would get in his way. police
man tried to make him stop, but he refused and
showed his license Runs were made from
Broadway and 72d street to the Hudson River
and back again. A speed of twenty-five miles
hour easily attained Various and
turns We're successfully accomplished, but once
the wagon caught in the tracks, nearly
overturned. A run up Broadway for short dis
tance was also made. After experimenting for
about two hours the wagon run back to the
shops
Il am delighted with the success of my exper
iments" DR.. Thomas said. The wagon steered
just as we'll as automobile We turned it to
all points of the compass and il answered per-
fectly. 1t proved flexible than an
auto.
I'VE got the engines up to a point where the
fan moves $4,000 cubic feet of air every minute.
That is enough to fill my largest balloon every
minute ! believe will get more. When
hitched a pair of scales to the back of the
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

wagon 1t pulled seventy-five pounds. I believe
that we can attain great speed after we get our
momentum"
DR.. Thomas expects to make further expert
ments in a few weeks. The aerial experiments
will come later. Last night he went Ham
nondSpOrt, y. Y. to test of the lighteSt en-
gines ever built in America, made specially for
him. Dr. Thomas said that there only one
lighter. II being owned by the United States Gov
ernment The engine is a four-cylinder one.
and if ii answers all tests will be put the
wind wagon. The engine is guaranteed to have
10 horsepower and to weigh less than one hun
dred pounds.
If the engine proves satisfactory-and the
other speed parts are certainly satisfactory
there is no telling how fast airshp will go
before this year Is ended the doctor said.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
NEWSBOYs' LODGING HOUSE REPORT.
Increasing Number of Occupants Receive
Comfortable Employment in Year.

In the annual report of the Newsboys Lodging
House at No IA New Chambers street, issued yea
terday Superintendent Heig in part says:
During the year just closed we have made strenu-
Gus efforts TO place increasing numbers of our boys
in useful permanent employment we think that
we may fairly claim TO have succeeded In this
direction $40 positions and homes having been
found for them during this period. In addition,
two hundred of boys have entered the govern
ment service in the navy and army.
Our statistics also show that we have cared Tor
during the year $50 different boys, with an aver,
ace nightly attendance of 107, One hundred and
nfnetv-seVen sent to the farm scnool ana
fortv-one returned to friends