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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

Every man who owns foot OF Land,
and every one should at least own his
homestead, if it is no bigger than a
city lot. should lose no time in seeing
that every place that will grow a tree
has one planted on it. The most i'm.
mediate crying demand Of this country
is the cry for timber already coming
up from many directions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
BE CAREFUL.

The time for the politicians to
swarm has arrived and they have be.
gun to lay siege on the headquarters
OF the Farmers Union. Some of the
State officials are getting letters ask
Ing them to use their best efforts to
secure the endorsement by the Union
OF certain candidates.
Golly! Aren't the politicians blind?
We have been telling them all the
time that the Farmers Union would
not endorse any man for any political
office, and that if any candidate
wanted the support of the members
Of the Farmers Union, he had better
not ask the endorsement of the organ
ization. The fact that he asked the
organization to endrose him will cause
hundreds of our members to vote
against him. In other words, TIE boys
are determined to maze the people
understand that the Farmers Union
will not go into politics.
The old politician can not beg, per-
suade, scare or bulldOze us from our
position. There are a few men who
will be candidates for office that no
doubt the masses Of the Farmers
Union members will be favorable to,
but if such a man intimates that he
wants the endorsement of the Farm.
ers' Union, he will go down the pike
with the blacklist eye ever toted by
a political pugilist.-Union News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
Five Score and Tar

shreveport, La: Laura Gable q
negrass' ITO years old, the oldest wo.
man IN the state, died here. She was
a slave in Alabama when the stars
1ell' within which date her age is rec.
lell' from which date her age is reck.
oned. -00N
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
incentive for PuniIs.

Arcadia, La: The giving of a half
holiday monthly to the classroom
scoring the highest general average
and having the best report is a new
rule of the Arcadia Hight School.
Mrs, Gussie Long Gibbs room scored
the highest general average over all
for the first month.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

Get ready now for the biggest revi
val in interest in the local meetings
that we have ever had. The longer
nights OF the winter will be of adyan!.
age. There are a thousand and one
things that should have attention and
they should have it now. There is a
world of vital matters that need careful
going over. The subject of seed for
next year should have the first atten.
ton, for in no other department of his
work has the farmer been more neg
lectful than in that of selecting the
seed best adapted to his conditions.
The advance made in the lines of hors.
es. cattle, hogs and poultry, etc., are
simply marvellous, but the foundation
OF all these lines, the food for them
has been neglected sadly. When II Il
well known that improved seed will
do as much for the farmer as improv.
ed breeds have done. 1t is incompre-
hensible that no progress has been
made In that direction. The tree f.
kir can come along and reap a harvest
on some sort Of wonderful new kind
of fruit that is going to revolutionize
the business, but when it comes to get.
ting better sort of corn, the situation
closes up suddenly. There are other
lines that need looking after but this
is the most vital at this time and
should have immediate attention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

Good health is very much the result
OF good habits and good food and Wal.
ter. If your habits are not right. yon
need to correct them; If you are feed
ing wrong, it is a good time to com.
mence over along that line; If YOUR
water is bad good galvanized cisterns
are not very costly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

STEAMBOAT, La: Holt Collier, the
champion Mississippi negro bear hun
ter reported at the Presidential camp
early Monday He came down from
Greenville and brought with him a
fine kennel of dogs, all yelping as if
ready for work in the jungle.
The first reported killing since the
arrival Of the Presidential party was
reported Monday Ben Lilley, the
Texas hunter. succeeded in killing a
fine buck late Saturday afternoon
soon afer he made his appearance; con-
Sequently the President dined sump-
tuOuSly on choice cut veniSOn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
Mamou Field Wjdenad

Easterwood, La: The Producers,
OH Company has brought in q eood
l,5OO-barrel well in the field, widening
their territory and adding much 70
their wealth in Mamou oil field
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

Diversiication, is not merely chang
ing from one exclusive crop to anoth.
er. 1t is the one crop idea that must
be combatted. In some localities a fad
is coming up for peanuts. and if the
whole country goes to raising this crop
the price will go down to a losing fis.
ure. Keep in the middle of the road,
and don't carry all the eggs in one
basket.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

San Marcos, Tex: The last day q,
September found the cotton crop IN
this section about half gathered Tho
best crop in this section Is about =
bale to ten acres. Middling brought
from l1sc to II 7-1Gc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
Pence advocates are trying n cboob

Pence advocates are trying to check
tbs importation Of German war toys.
They wish some one to invent a pop.
ular peace toy" How would pigeons
do! Boys like to raise them as much
as they like to play with tin soldiers.
Why not distribute doves of peace in
pairs?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

Scholars assert that st. Patrick's
real name was Patricius Magonus Sue.
atus. But this will not make the
slightest difference on the 18th of
March.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

II you have not cleaned out the bug
nests in the fence corners before this,
get busy at it right now. Don't let
them stay there till next spring to
harbor mice and insects and as a
storehouse for noxious seeds,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

1t is all stuff about the big crop this
year. Cotton is short. and the de-.
mand is good. No stocks are on hand.
1t was only a few months ago that
some American mills reshipped cotton
from the old countries to fill orders.
Your cotton is as good as money, keep
1t or get good price for it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL
AND
COOPERATIVE union
- Of AMERICA

Get to be a booster,
Crow like a rooster;
Gather all Of 'em in.
Get hustle all thru,
Show what you can do
Helpin' your fellow men.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11
New Secretary for Odd Fellows

Estherwood, La: Prof. w. P. Arnett
has been chaser Secretary of Lodge
l23, Odd Fellows, vice o. Fourno, re-
signed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

There is but one political issue
prolong life and increase happiness.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

There is hardly a doubt on earth
about the price of cotton going be-
yond the 15c minimum. Cotton Is a
mighty good asset
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

Some of our Caesars reject crowns
because of their swelled heads.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-11

Dystetsia Is often Caused By Catay,6
Of the .HOmach-Pcruna Rrlicacs Co.
tarrh ofthe Stomach ana Is Therefore a
Remedy for DySfctsia.
ss.~s~es...-.-.-s -s-ss.-.-.-s-ss.sA.
! Hon. NJ. {. Butler, L. :. Senator !
from South Carolina for two terms, I
! in letter from Washington. b. C., !
: writes 10 the Peruna Medicine Co. I,
! as follows: 7
81 can recommend Peruna for
! dyspepsia and stomach trouble. ~
have been using your medicine for
} a short period and ! feel very much
! relieved. his indeed a wonderfully
medicine. besides good tonic" !
's.~-s-s-sss-s-s-.-s
CATARRH of the stomach is the cor.
~ rect name for most cases of dyspep-
STA. Only an internal catarrh remedy,
such as Peruna, is available.
Peruna Tablets can now be procured.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
SOME GRANITIC FACTS.

In spite of the vote of the Senate, how
ever the fact remains that Mr.. Smoot IS
an apostle of a church that connives at
the violation of a Federal statute IT
he Is loyal 10 the church he cannot be
loyal in every way 10 his oath to uphold
the laws of his country. II he is loyal
to the oath he took as senator, ne can
not IN every way be loyal TO his church.
The finding of the Senate VIII not be
entirely satisfactory to the people of the
country. indianapolis sun
Yes, those facts remain, and several
others are apparent.
The Mormon church, emboldened by
what it officially designates as vindica-
ton by the Government of the United
States, proceeds among its people to IN
culcate with renewed virulence the idea
that God has appointed unto the proph-
cts. seers and revelators of the Mormon
church, temporal rulership over man
kind
If the evils Of polygamy, political In
reference and commercialism were
such as to Justify the shock felt by the
American people when Smith confessed,
or brazenly boasted of his transgres-
sions; how can the people of this land
view with equanimity the outrageous
advantages which Smith and his priests
take of the decisions of the Senate7
Every polygamist and every intending
polygamist has been encouraged; every
corrupt political bargaining feels itself
protected the commercial monopolies
of the church are now deemed to be un
assaiable.
But even with these facts existing,
there is another which affords hope.
The ignorance and brutality, the mon
strous pretensions of the chief of the
cult, urged by this seeming victory,
Will the more speedily reach proportions
which Will necessitate National rem
edy; and therefore, while the Senate
has perpetrated an injurious thing, the
action will be the more radical in its
redress when once the Nation shall be
fully awakened.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

close relation 10 the time of the debate
on the Ripper bill; and have been care
fully calculated in behalf OF the con
spiracy To steal local self government
from Salt Lake by an unconstitutional
measure.
The hierarchs would not consent to
great experiment IN civic reform Ike
The Galveston measure; and their ennis
sarics asslduously promulgated the doc
trine that it was dangerous to invest
so much power in the hands Of three
men. But the same agencies support
the Ripper bill, to give TO the Governor
of this State complete personal control
of two Of the most important depart
ments of city government; and they
never breathe a word of the dangers
and injustice of placing so much author
ity in the hands of one. Those who
cried for local self-government in their
opposition TO the Galveston bill, are
crying for concentrated authority IN
support of the Ripper bill
Taking the whole case, it is one of
the most nauseating and disgusting evi-
dcnces of hlcrarchical rule, which
pauses at. no crime, at no conspiracy, at
no injustice, AT no unconstitutlonallty,
I'm order to effect It's wicked purpose.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
ANOTHER OK GORED.

There has been "a curious revival of the
doctrine Of State rights In connection
with these questions Questions which
group themselves round the control Of
corporationsI by the people who know
that the States cannot with Justice to
both sides practically control the COR
porations, and who therefore advocate
such control because they do not venture
10 express their real wish. which IS that
there shall be no control at all. .
Those who invoke the doctrine of State
tlons In predatory activities extended
through other States are as shortsighted
as those who once invoked the same
doctrine TO protect the special slave
that they have not the ability TO curb
the power OF sypdicated wealth. and.
therefore. in the interest OF the people.
It must be done by national action.
The foregoing is quoted by the New
York Tribune in it's editorial columns
as the uttcrancc Of prominent public
man,
That influential journal has always
opposed what it has deemed to be the
dangerous doctrines and pronounce
ments of William Jennings Bryan. With
a vIgor and an ability almost unparal-
leled the New York Tribune has coun-
oo'eu Soh9ei NatiSiA anu mas ueuouuceu,
too-in terms passing beyond conserva.
tism and into radicalism-the unsafe
men, the demagogues, who would set
class against class by railing against
wealth. Looking back over the years,
and recalling the utterances of the New
York Tribune since and during the cam.
pajgu Of 1896, one can imagine how in.
dignantly that paper would repulse the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
Stray Yarns

Col. Justin NJ. Jcavitt, for twsr,.
wears register of deeds Of York co,n,3
and now liquor commissioner for *
State of Maine, is we'll known as n s,u
cessful political evangelist.
Some years ago, during one Of u,
State campaigns, he was up in ts
northern part of York county dome Wv
little log rolling for the ticket Az 81
of the small villages he was Obliged y
hire a team TO drive out some four mil y,
10 see his man The day was cold asT
rainy, and lie was pretty well chill
when he. returned
Having an hour or so TO wait for NJ.
train. he entered the small tavern mr.,
the station and seated himself in a cn,a
Portable chair in front of the big Wool
stove, in which was a good fire. Wi,l
his heavy ulster on he soon bccame
little drowsy.
The four or five "settcrs" about ~,
room soon began 10 interest thcmseIys,
in the stranger, who sat nodding beio,'
the stove,
.sWho is he2' said one. ''Dor,,
know. Too bad, ain t it?' replied an
other.
..Well." said the man with the ola.
pipe, che s in bad shape, guess we bs
ter call William naming the land
lord. eyes, we ID better take care ~,
him. as some one may come in, and HI,
condition might cast some reflection On
Bill. -
Just then Il lanky fellow sitting On
the edge of the table drawled out
''Of course, take care of him. hal,
probably one of your good Democrats J,
At this point Col. Leavitt pushed hi,
head up over his high coat collar AMI
said: "Look here, my friend, | NAV
have all the symptoms, but thank Go5
! haven Z got the disease "
At the Olympian games at A,her,
last spring Francis f. Connolly al
South Boston and Thomas +. Cronap a.
Boston were yamong the contestant,
Since their return they have told many
good stories of their trip, but none bei.
ter than the one they tell oil Psts,
O'Connor OF Ireland. who is the record
holder OF the running broad jump.
Mr.. y 'couuor was asked how IL va,
that he was able TO Jump so well. and
he answered: Well now. don't knor
how | does. but it is like this When
goes to my mark. and gets ready II
lump, / asks myself is ii all right. ana
if my mind says ii is all right. then
run as hard as ] know how, | hits ,ls
takeotf. | rises in the air and | alway,
| jumps twenty-threc or twenty-four ice,
when ] feel that way.
''Boys. | dom I know how does il
but l think 1T is gift from God -
Before he became a working states
man Senator Scott of West Virgin,
was a glass manufacturer While selr
ing in the West Virginia Legisanu
| Mr.. Scott thought to have fun with ,
lawyer colleague. who was prone sr
| the slightest sprovocation 10 addlss
himself eloquently and sogently to cOu
| stitutional arguments. Frequently dur
ing the course of the lawyers spessi
| one day he was interrupted by Nh
( Scott with the question: is the ssE
| tieman now speaking as a constitution,
! lawyer?' Yes, - thundercd the oraic
every time in reply. a few days alta
| he had his fun Mr.. Scott was makiai
a speech and the man he had iormcnie'
shot at him this question: els the gse
/ tleman now speaking as a gas
| blower?"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
THAT NATIONAL TITHE,

The Little Stick is doing fairly well
financially at Washington. Its first at
tack is upon the National treasury. I'm
der its direction, Senator Sutherland
makes the patriotic raid, and probably
because of its relationship to the Big
Stick, il will be effective.
Apostle Smoot doubtless would be
glad to have II understood that he does
not need the money. His demands for
$4,000 voiced through his subordinate,
Sutherland or his willingness to accept
SO 900, must be regarded in the light
of his intention TO further prove his
case to the satisfaction of his fellow
citizens. With the sum of $4,000, ad-
ditional to his salary, invested TO him,
the people of the United States will
have higher regard for his value.
Then. too, it is the fultillment Of
prophccy-a subject not TO be neglected
by an apostle at Washington, Presi-
dent Smith of the Mormon church will
be able, after the receipt Of this sum of
$l5. 900 of National funds, to demon
strate to his people that at last the
country is beginning to make financial
atoncment for its injuries done TO the
Smiths in long years ago, IN Illinois,
Missouri and Ohio.
BY the way, to whom is the tithing
to be credited if this appropriation
goes on the books?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

tation in the Eternal World; they VIII
bear children to him and he will be Il
god.
There is not one statement in this
recital which is not in accord with the
known facts In Utah and with the con-
stant teaching of the Mormon church,
Gross and horrifying as these recited
facts may be, this statement thereof IN
The Tribune is mild compared with
many sermons by competent authorities
from the pulpit of the church, and mild
guagc used in the pretended revela-
tiou
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
BUSINESS AND TRADE.

The week has shown strong business
in the city, The bank clearances were
$5,o0S,oo0, which sum is III per cent
above the clearances of thef correspond
ing week last year. And when we con-
slider that the week s clearances last
year were 94.2 per cent above the cor
responding week the year before, the
real advance in volume Of business is
the more manifest, II is a good show
ing, and one that fixes the status of the
city under American control as one of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
SONG OF THE SILENT LAND,

Into the Silent Land
All, who shall lead us thither1
Clouds In the evening sky more darlSly
gather
And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the
strand.
Who leads us with gentle hand
Thither, O. thither
Into the Silent Land?
Into the Silent Land,
To you ye boundless regions
or all perfection. Tender morning Wis
ions
OF beauteous souls, the futures pledge
and band;
WHO in lifes battle firm doth stand
Shall bear hopes tender blossoms
Into the Silent Landz
o. Land! O. Land!
For all the broken hearted
The mlldest herald by our fate allotted
Beckons, and with inverted torch doth
stand
To lead us with a gentle hand
To the land OF the great departed.
Into the Silent Land!
Henry w. Longfellow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
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sentiments above quoted in its editorial
columns.
And yet times have changed since
1896, The copy of the New York Irlb-
une containing the above quotation is
dated late in February, 1907 Instead
of repulsion. the New York Tribune
gives unstinted commendation TO the
sentiments.
They were uttered by Theodore
Roosevelt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03

~ had such good Offer said Mr.
Shonts to the interviewer, " that I
could not decline it''
but when Mr.. Wallace
Mr.. Wallace s offer involved a sal
ary iar less than mine, explained the
speaker. coldly. with glance toward
the door not to be mistaken.-PhiIa-
delphia Ledger.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
The Ultimate Nation

Once Babylon, by beauty teuanted. .
In pleasure palaces and walks Of piitl
Like great scarlet flower reared hG
head.
Drank in the sun and laughed, AL
slnned and died.
Where Tyre and sidon teemed with shla
The Iharves are idle and the wa,.1
And 10 the Temple that was His abod.
In vain Jerusalem recalls her own
Brooding the bygone from her sculptura
In living rock her mighty memorrs
hewn,
Along the Nile. wonder of water stresk
Old fertile Egypt Is strangers "a
Mark Athens, breated upon by breath d
With bards and sages TO reveal hs
signs,
Leap like flame above llfe's iron cOal
To fall in ashes upon vacant shG.nes
"a
And Rome, firm founded in n wide er
prise;
Her laws and legions. her imperial 900.
Avail not when her some time honor did
Smothered in shows that Kill the mounI
ing soul,
Such names of pride and power hau
Deen DroQgRt low,
Lepsing alike into the cavernous wears
Out OF the grayness of the long ago
Their ghosts fiit homeless ana we slsa
their tears.
The destiny OF nations, They arise
Have their heyday Of triumph. and
turn
Sink upon silence and the lidless eyes
or fate salute them from their final uil
How splendld-sad the story! How ,hf
gust
And pain and bliss OF living translsd'
seenll
Cities and pomps and glories shrunk !"
dust,
And all that ancient opulence drsan-
Must a majestic rhythm OF rise and iI
Conquer the peoples once so proud %
earth? -
Does man but march In circles, after ~
Playing, his curious game of dea'h al'
birth?
Or shall an ultimate nation, Gods o''
child
Arise and rule. nor ever conquered ~
Untouched OF time because, all undemss
She makes His ways her ways eur
nally?
Richard Burton, in Century
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
ALWAYS,

Soft shine OF sun at the dawn of day.
Clear call of bird from the nodding spray
Sweet smell OF blossoms from orchards
near,
Dear?'
Glimmer OF moon on the sparkling snow,
Lifting OF lullabies light and low
Starlight stories for hearts to hear.
At night DO you mind II I love YOU.
Dear?"
winning or losing at Fortunes play.
Doubling or trusting. in hope or fear.
Through HE, DO you mind If | love
you, Dear?"
Helen NJ. Horton I'm the Boston Tran
script
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-03
THE TORCH.

THE TORCH.
Life Is n sudden torch
Across the dark
or Times mysterious way;
A flame that fails
n quenched forgotten spark
To night from day?
Out OF what darkness
Unto which returning
And most why briefly lit?
Man ceaseless questions
That swift Grant burning,
Nor answers ever II.
Blackness behind.
Unknown the forward tending
And close night
Follows day:
Yet though all song
Die silenced at the ending
Not unsung winds the way
Pail Mall Gaze'''