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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07

plows be used. Such was the new
Canaan, the land held in reserve by
the Lord for His chosen people since
the foundations of the world were laid.
Dreary though it was, they were
elated. Had not Moses led them out
of bondage up into this chamber of
the mountains against the day of
wrath that was to consume the Gentle
world? And would he not smite the
rocks for water? Would he not also
be "a Joshua to sit in judgment and
divide to Israel his inheritance?
They waited not nor demurred, but
fell to work Within week they had
explored the valley and its canons
made road to the timber eight miles
away, built a saw-pit, sawed lumber
for a skiff, plowed planted, and irri.
gated half a hundred acres of the
parched soil, and begun the erection
of many dwellings, some of logs, some
of adobes. Ground had also been
chosen and consecrated by Brigham,
whereon, in due time, they would build
up their temple to the God of Jacob
Meantime, they would continue to
gather out of Babylon During the late
summer and fall many wagons arrived
from the Missouri so that by the be.
ginning of winter their number was
nearly 1000 They lived rudeN,
lucky few in the huts they lad built;
more in tents and wagon-boxes. Nor
did they fail to thank Providence for
the mild winter vouchsafed to them
during this unprotected period, per.
hitting them not only to survive, but
to continue their labors-of logging,
BODYBUILDING, the making of rough
furniture and the repairing of wagons
and tools.
When the early spring came they
were again quickly at the land with
their seeds. Over 5000 acres were
sown to needful produce. When this
began ito sprout with every promise
of full harvest, their JOY was bouQd
less; for their stock of breadstuffs and
provisions had fallen lew during the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07
CHAPTER discontinued.

He looked out in calm certainty to
obserye in what manner the Lord had
consented to answer his petition. He
COW that the wind had veered and,
aven as he looked, large drops of rain
came pounding unsteady upon his
vagon-cover. Far in front Of them a
loug low line of fame was crawling
n the west, while above it lurid
clouds of smoke rolled away from
them. In another moment the full
force of the shower was upon them
from a sky that half an hour before
rad been cloUdless. Far off to the
right scurried the Indians, their foath-
ery figures lying low upon the backs
of their small ponies. His heart
swelled within him. and he fell again
to his knees with many earnest words
of thanksgiving for the intercessioR.
They at once made camp for the
night, and by Brigham's fire later in
the evening Joel Rae confded the
truth of his miracle to that good man,
taking care not to utter the words
with any delight or pride in himself.
He considered that Brigham was I'M
duly surprised by the occurrence;
almost displeased in fact; showing a
tendency to attribute the days good
fortune to phenomena wholly natural.
Although the miracle had seemed to
him a small, simple thing, he now felt
a little ashamed of his performance.
He was pleased to note, however, that
Brigham became more gracious to
him after a short period of reflection.
He praised him indeed for the merit
which he seemed to have gained in
the Lords sight; taking occasion to
remind him, however, that he, Brig
ham, had meant to produce the same
effects by prayer of his own in due
time to save the train from destruc-
ton: that he had chosen to wait, how
ever in order to try the faith of the
Saints.
By the first of June they had
wormed their way over 500 miles of
plain to the trading post of Fort Lar
annie. Here they were at last forced
to cross the Platte and to take up
their march along the Oregon trail.
They were now in the land of alkaline
deserts, Of sage brush and grease
wood, of sad, bleak, deadly stretches;
a land where the favor of Heaven
might have to be called upon if they
were to survive Yet it was a land
not without inspiration,-a land of
immense distances, of long, dim per-
spectiVes, and of dreamy visions in
the far, vague haze. In such a land,
thought Joel Rae, the spirit of the
Lord must draw closer to the children
Of earth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07
CHAPTER x.
The Promised Land.

So far on their march the Lord had
protected them from all but ordinary
haTdships. True, some members OF
the company had suffered from a
lever which they attributed to the
clouds OF dust that enveloped the col
umn OF wagons when in motion, and
% the great change of temperature
nom day to night Again, the most
q Them we're for many weeks with
out bread, saving for the sick the lit
ue hour they had and subsisting upon
the meat provided by the hunters.
Before reaching Fort Laramie, too,
tlelr stock had become weakened for
want OF food an extended drought,
sne vast herds of buffalo, and the In
uah nres having combined to destroy
the pasturage.
This weakness of the animals made
TUG march for many days not more
silan nVe or six miles a day. At the
: sast lhey had fed to the stock not only
~ their grain but the most of their
IacAers and other breadstuffs. But
slese were slight matters to a perse-
lon
ate In June they reached the
sVata Pass. For many hundred miles
lucy mad been climbing the backbone
= me continent Now they had
.sarned the summit, the dividing
se between streams that flowed to
~ Atiantic and streams that flowed
4 ene Pacific. From the level prairies
Wy mad toiled up into the fearsome
ssssAies where bleak, grim crags
ssNsfed upon them from afar, and
s'ahe SUBMITS gltstentng with snow
[aneu them Of the perils ahead.
through all this time of marching
Is place whore they should pitch
as tent of Israel was not fixed upon.
aea Brigham was questioned
sOand the campfire at night, his
~ reply was that he would know
~ site OF their new home when he
N y And it came to be told among
~ men that he had beheld in vision
snt settling down from heaven and
esiAg over a certain spot; and that
sslee had said to him, Here is the
s.sse where my people Israel shall
49, their tents and spread wide the
sseins OF Zion" 1t was enough.
- would recognize the spot when
aey reached it.
rom the trappers, scouts, and
encountered aong the road
mad received much advice as to
ae1e locations; and while this was
as to sites recommended, the
s 800 had been unanimous that the
Lake valley was impossible. 1t
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07

their crashing down some steep in.
cline; now putting five teams to one
load to haul it up the rock-streWn
side of some waterway.
From Echo canyon they went down
the Weber, then toward East canyon, a
dozen of the bearded host going for
ward with spades and axes as sap
pers. Sometimes they made mile in
five hours; sometimes they were less
lucky. But at length they were fight
ing their way up the choked East
canyon starting fierce gray wolves
from their lairs in the rocks and hear
ing at every rod of their hardfought
way the swift and unnerving song OF
the coiled rattlesnake.
Eight fearful miles they toiled
through this cash in the mountain;
then over another summit-Bts
mountain; down this dangerous slide,
all wheels double-lOcked, on to the
summit of another lofty hill,-Little
mountain; and abruptly down again
into the rock gorge afterwards to be-
come historic as immigration canyon.
Following down this gorge, never
doubling they should come at last to
their haven, they found its mouth to
be impossible. Rocks, brush, and
timber choked the way. Crossing to
the south side, they went sheerly up
the steep hill-so steep that it was
all but impossible for the straining
animals to drag up the heavy wagons,
and SO narrow that false step might
have dashed wagon and team half a
thousand feet or to the rocks below.
But at last they stood. on the sum-
mit;-and broke into shouts of rapture
as they looked For the wilderness
home of Israel had been found. Far
and wide below them stretched their
promised land--a broad, open valley
bemmed in Byhigh mountains that lay
cold and far and still in the blue haze.
Some OF these had slept since the
world began under their canopies of
snow; and these flashed a sunlit glory
into the eager eyes of the pilgrims.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07
Oil Bottled in New ENGLAND.

A large part of the real olive oil
consumed in New York comes to the
city by way Of New England. The
olive oil, men Of California have
formed themselves i:to - association.
the members of ~n:ch produce the
greater part of the 100000 gallons of
oil now the output of this country
yearly. For the eastern trade they
have established a big bottling plant
in New England. to which the oil IL
shipped In bulk.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07
CHAPTER XII.
Another Miracle and Temptation in
the Wilderness.

Another Miracle and Temptation IN
the Wilderness.
The floor of the valley was an arid
waste, fiat and reele4S, a far sweep
of gray and gold, of sage-brush
spangled with sunfowers, patched
here and there with glistening beds
of salt and soda, or pools of the dead
ly alkali. Here crawIed the lizard and
the rattlesnake; and there was no
music to the deSOlatiOn save the petu
liant Chirp Of the cricket. At the sides
an occasional stream tumbled out Of
the mountains to be all but drunk
away at once by the thirsty sands.
Along the banks of these was the only
green to be found. sparse fringes Of
willow and wild rose. On the borders
OF the valley, where the sleeps arose,
were little patches of purple and
dusty brown, oak-bush. Squaw-berry, a
few dwarfed cedarS. and other scant
grOwths. At long intervals could be
found a marsh Of Wire-grasS, or few
acres of withered bunch-grass. But
these served only to emphasize the
prevailing desert tones.
The sun-baked earth was so hard
that it broke their plows when they
tried to turn it. Not until they had
spread water upon it from the river
they had named Jordan could the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07
SERMONE TTE,

ne WoTu OF the lord was Z
2 precious in those days." - Not {
' to the people of Israel, but to
< God. Spiritual life was at such
< low ebb in the nation that the Z
. precious things Of God were I
. withheld because God could not {
Y give what the people were not
< ready to receive. God never
& wastes his revelation. He never {:
= casts his pearls before swine. I
2 Sad, ls IL not, to think that );
= there is only too often condi- :
x ton of life and heart which
I, shuts tight the windows of {
Y heaven and prevents the Divine =
< blessing from descending? The <
Z word of the Lord is precious =
= how precious we shall not fully 4
( realize until we come into his {
= presence and the full knoWI- =
& edge of eternity. What poverty <
. Of soul is that which feels no :
2 desire for the Divine message! 4
< What fatal deafness to know not (
: or care not for Gods word! y
! "Speak; for thy servant hear. 4
2 eth."-What if with every whis- Z
Y perino Of the Divine voice in our 4
< souls there would be the quick, (
Z glad, eager response of Samuel? :
= Many, many times a day come 4
2 the gentle prGmptings to think :
Y of God and to obey his will, but :
a as often they go UNDECIDED, or (
. with the promise to listen when :
Y a more convenient season has 4
< come. But mans convenience is {
Z not the time of Gods revelation. =
4 God does not deal in futures. I
. II is a present relationship which !!
' he would bear to the human life. 4
< And when he stoops to speak, ::
Z, the soul must stop to listen. If
. it does not it is at its peril. God 3
2 may not speak again. Certain {
y It is, that the message and the 4
< blessing lost can never be :
: reeained. Other blessing and
other message may come
< from God as in mercy and
< love God deals patiently with the
. Indifferent soul, but there is
2 distinct and positive loss to that J
Y soul for all time which fails to
< take when God holds out to give. :
Z Whether during the busy rush of
q the day, or during the still watch
2 es Of the night, let US be eager J
y to say when Gods voice is heard
< speaking in the SOUL "Speak; I
Z for thy servant heareth."
= "And Samuel told him every
9 whit."-It is hard to tell the Z
= truth to our friends, sometimes. 4
( 1t is easy to say the. fIattering s
g word, but it is quite another
= thing to be frank and honest
< and say the word which shall
= point the error, and sound the I
: warning. But is this not really
q the test of true friendship? It J
? may seemingly strain our reia.
< tons with those whom we love
( and hold in special esteem, but !
4 In the end il will work to their J
2 good and to the strengthening I
Y of the ties of friendship. Deal 4
< faithfully. Give Gods reveIa-
4 ton to the heart of another, even J
. though it is a message of con.
z domination and warning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07

Scripture Authority.-I Sam. chap
ter 3. Also verses IS and 10 of chap
ter ..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-19
j. s. MINT IS BUSY
GRNDING OUT CASH,
People Throughout the Whole Ccun-
try Are Making InCessant
Calls for Money.
GREAT YELLOW STREAM OFGOLD
Millions Of Dollars in Bullion Now
Pouring in to Be Made
Into Coin.

This IS the busy season in the United
States mint at Philadelphia. All tht
country is calling for money. Every
bit of coin-making machinery in the
big institution is working overtime
Secretary Cortelyou has ordered tn;
pieces within the next three months
The mint machinery has a capacity OF
1000 of these coins an hour. Meantime
there is an insistent demand from al
over the country for silver coin of the
smaller denominations. The mint off
Gals have been wholly unable to sup
ply these calls. Day and night, coiners
assayers and the countless other spe
cialized workers have been working
overtime, some of them fourteen AMI
sixteen hours a day. They have sue.
ceeded only by giving each city les;
than half what was requested. Per
emptory demands have been made fo'
an unlimited amount of dimes, quar-
tiers, half dollars and dollars. Withil
the last two weeks 100000 in golt
has been coined. Every department
has been ordered to get busy.
About $40,0O0,000 in bullion is al
ready within the vaults. More is com
ing. 1t is all to be coined without de
lay. Massive new machinery has beef
added lately and is now being tried fo,
the first time, very satisfactorily. Thu
mint officials are confident they cal
complete the task on time.
The new issue of gold eagles vii
have forty-siX stars around the edge
instead of forty-five as heretofore, Ok
1ahoma having become state. None
will carry the motto I'm God w
Trust" This motto was added in 1855
by Supt. James Pollock, with the sane
ton of President Buchanan, and after
nearly fifty years has been taken of
by President Roosevelt.
The gold bullion supply comes t.
Philadelphia by express and is de
Gvered in ordinary express wagons il
charge of two men. The officials laugh
at danger of theft. The bullion is il
bars, securely boxed, and so heavy Il
the box that a man could not run tive
squares with it without becoming ex
hausted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-19
HIGH COURT is ATTACKED.
Minnesota Supreme Tribunals De-
cisions Questioned in Letter.

Minnesota Supreme Tribunals De-
cisions Questioned in Letter.
A letter sent by Francis B. Hart, a
prominent Minneapolis attorney, to Gov
ernor johnson, in which the writer asks
the governor to investigate certain de-
cisions by the Supreme Court of Mime
sofa during the last six years, is pub
lished. Mr.. Hart cites three specific de-
cisions as indicating to his mind that the
courts action was illogical, illegal and
unjust In conclusion the letter to the
governor says: 1T is a serious matter
and therefore an important one. | leave
it to your good judgment what shall be
done in the premises. Political complied
tions may suggest themselves, but it is
not a question of politics. The attorney
generals office, or the judiciary commit
tee of the house, or both, are your prop
erly constituted legal advisers in this
matter. You surely will not act hastily,
and as the charges rest entirely upon
what the court itself has said and done,
1t is not easy for you to act unjustly."
The writer informs the governor that a
copy of the letter has been sent to CN8ef
Justice Start of the Supreme Court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-19
NEW YORK.

Improvement is still largely confined to
financial matters. Accompanying this has
come an accentuation of the more conf
dent feeling noted in general trade lines
and in few industries, further reinstate-
nent of orders Cancelled in a panicky way
some time ago, some renewal of buying
for quick shipment from jobbers, and,
where more seasonable weather has per-
mitted, as in the Northwest and South,
some stimulation of the demand at retail
for winter apparel and for holiday spe-
cialties. At best, however, trade as a
whole is still very quiet, and Industrial
activity is below the normal for this sea-
son of the year.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Dec. 3 number 272,
against 25S last week, 216 in the like
week of 1906. 203 in 1908, 1913 in 1904
and 241 in 1903. There were in Canada
20 failures for the week, as against 46
last week and 80 in this week year ago.
-Bradstreet's Commercial Report
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-19
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

An immense balloon, the ''All Anerica,"
carrying seven passengers, made a sue
cessful trip from Pittsfield, Mass, to Con-
terbury, y. 81. Leo Stevens was pilot.
While rounding a sharp curve near
Marshall. Cal, a train of the Northwest
ern Pacific railroad was derailed, and af-
ter running over the ties for distance of
200 feet dashed down an embankment into
Tomales bay. Only the shallowness of
the water saved the crew and passengers
from being drowned like rats in trap.
Two citizens were shot and two police
men injured by being struck by stones in
a street riot in Louisville, Ky. The riot
was an outgrowth of the street car strike.
Founders day and the three hundredth
anniversary of the birth of John Har-
ward were celebrated at Harvard univer-
sity. The speakers were Prof. f. g. Pea
body, Dr. Lyman Abbott and President
Eliot
As result of an agreement between the
tubemakers of the United States. Ger
many and Great Britain, to stop losses
from international competition, the Scotch
tubemakers advanced the price 80 shil-
Engs a ton.
Captain John Hawn, who was captain
of a militia company in Kentucky in
1900. testified at the trial of Caleb Pow
ers at Georgetown that the defendant and
his brother John had tried to get him to
take his company to Fronkfort in citizens
clothes and with their arms boxed.
Saburo Hisamidzu, the retiring Japan
csc consul at Seattle, Wash, on the eve
of his departure for Toxic refused TO
accept a costly silver loving cup present
ed to him by the japanese association Of
Seattle, and instead asked that the cup
be disposed of and the money used in
fund started toward building a club house
10 that city as a gathering place for the
subjects of the Mikado.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-19
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

Five trained police dogs from Belgium
are added to the New York force.
Brazil will soon be able TO raise all
the rice needed for home consumption.
President Roosevelt let it be known
that he seeks a law whereby the Presi-
dent may have the power to suspend lille
gal trusts.
Oil producers of the Indian Territory
decided TO make a protest TO Secretary
Garfield about the government regulations
concerning leases.
A valet in the home of Paul Thebaud,
New York millionaire, shot 17-year-old
Paul Thebaud. Jr., as he slept, and then
committed suicide.
United States Treasury officials at
Washington admitted the justice of the
St. Louis claim for financial relief. and
prom.sed TO send a stream Of cash flowing
into the Missouri metropolis.
The opening of the electric street rail-
road lines in St Petersburg has been
DELAYED indefinitely, owing to the suspen-
sion of the credit of the Russian West
irghouse concern, which is unable to OBJ
tain cars or equipment without cash pay
ments.
1t was announced that the prospects
were. good for the United States making
a s5OOO,00O appropriation for the worlds.
fair to be held in Toxic in 1912
British Indian and his wife have
been acquitted by Maritzburg (Na.al)
Jury on the charge of numbering a fellow
countryman, who had insulted the wom-
an. The jury returned a verdict of JUS
tifable homicide.
E. z. Baker, assistant cashier of the
Union Bank and Trust Company of Lex
incton. KY. has confessed % defalca-
ton of s19,277.9O. The amount has been.
made good by the directors ana the clear
ing house committee has asserted the
banks solvency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-19
CHICAGO.

BUSINESS activity, as reflected by the
volume OF payments through banks, makes
the best exhibit in four weeks, and there
is also a gratifying decline in commercial
defaults reported. With the close of the
year so near, it is not to be expected that
Improvement in new demands will develop
to any notable extent, but the conditions
are more encouraging, and it is clear that
the process of readJustment in finances
ana manufacturing is creating a better
basis for future operations
With the national bank statements
issued this week and those previously
given out by the State institutions, a
clear reflex of the money position is OBJ
tanned, and the effect is favorable. 1t is
now seen that ample reserves have been
established.
Liquidation rs yet in evidence in various
directions, but, notwithstanding the pres
sure upon some raw materials and fin
ished products, no violent declines appear
in prices and there is more disposition to
guard against REORGANIZATION of sup
plies. Receipts of primary materials for
this has not prevented further decline in
values of hides and wool nadn6. nm
value of hides and wool and an easier ten
dency in costs of iron, lumber and leather.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number IS, against % last week and
rs year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number Z. against Is last week
and in 1906.-Dun's Review of Trade