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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

ship fleet reaches there. Admiral
Dewey has under consideration the ad-
visibility of reviewing the fleet while
it is on the Pacific coast.
s.
Major George p. Ahern, U. S. A., re-
tired, director of forestry of the Phil
than any other individual to explore
and classify the timber resources of
the islands. has left Manila for visit
to Eugope and the United States.
Major Ahern's investigations have
shown that the hardwoods of the Philv
ippines are both varied and valuable
and that the pines both red and white
are better adapted to building purposes
in the islands than the lumber shipped
in from the Pacific coast of the United
States
s.
In test of speed of the third torpedo
boat fotilla over the measured mile
course in the bay at Newport, r. l.,
according to a newspaper dispatch, the
Thornton made a record of 24.17 knots
The Stringham made the next best
record, 21.5 knots. The other boats
whose speed was tested were the Shru-
brick. the Delong and the Stockton.
s.
A new drill and maneuver regula-
tions has been recently issued to the
Belgian army, which, according to the
Belgique Militaire. Is based on the lat
est drill regulations of France Ger
many, Great Britain and Japan, and in
spired by the -lesscns of the two latest
wars.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

The Protestant Episcopal church Of Bal
timore will erect great cathedral in that
city, beginning the work in the near
future Bishop Paret says of it: at will
probably take from 100 to 200 years to
build 1t, and we shall no. live to see its
completion
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-15

!" HE people of the northwest, who
have set their shoulders to the
task of developing that portion
of Uncle Sans domain, should con-
slider seriously the question stated
above, and decide upon their answer to
it, in shaping their own plans for the
stupendous work they have under
taken.
In the first place, they should de-
eide whether they desire to adopt a
plan of development which shall be
national in it's scope, and will reach
out and appeal to every citizen of the
nation and in every section of the
country for cooperation and aid; Or
whether the policy shall be one SO
narrow and short sighted that it shall
regard the northwest as territory by
itself to be developed without the CO.
operation of the nation. This is
question of overshadowing Importance
to the people of the northwest. A
great country can be made of it, no
doubt, without the cooperation of the
nation, and relying solely on the ma
tive resources of the country and it's
local capital
The difficulty with this policy is that
it stimulates local speculation and
greed to such an extent that there is
great danger that it may lead to the
adoption of policies for development
that will skim the cream for the bene-
fit of this generation and leave to the
future problems of reconstruction
which may possibly be too great for
accomplishment, after the spectators
of today have exploited the natural re-
sources of that great country under
the principle of "after us, the deluge."
On the other hand, policy can be
adopted now by the people of the
northwest themselves, under which
they will stand as the inflexible guar
dians of national policy that will pre-
serve for all time the splendid re-
sources that now exist, and not only
increase and enlarge them for future
generations, but plan for their develop
ment along lines that will insure a
larger measure of prosperity and
wealth and human happiness for this
generation than could be obtained by
any purely speculative local plans for
development.
There can be no doubt whatever of
the fact that such policy Is perfectly
practicable and within reach, if the
people of the northwest will rise high
enough to get an overlook of great ma
tional problems and grasp in their i'm
aginations conception of the stipend
Gus forces that could be brought into
action to solve the problem of develop
ing and peopleing the Northwest.
The conviction has taken root broad
ly and deeply in the public mind that
we are a nation, one and indivisible,
one people and one country, and one
great social organism just as much
inter-related and inter-dependent as
the nerve system of the human body.
That conviction was the underlying
reason for the final success of the ma
tional irrigation ideal and it's triumph
over the opposing forces of state ces-
sion, who advocated the cession of the
public lands to the states, leaving
them to work out their own salvation.
And 1t is a strange thing even today
that in the public mind of the seventy
million people living in the eastern
half of the United States, there is
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-15
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE OF THE w
BY H. NaxwdI TaEsmn
ell, Editor of Maxwell's Talisman

better conception of what the great
west needs for it's future development
than is to be found in the minds OF
the people of the west themselves.
1t is unfortunately true that those
who are now living in the west seem
to have their vision in some way mar
rowed SO that they do not get broad
conception of the whole great prob
lem that is before them, so as to
block out themselves clearly defined
national policy, on which the whole
nation can be united, and which would
accomplish for the west results of
such stupendous magnitude that the
imagination finds it difficult to grasp
the possibilities of future development
in the west under such a national
policy.
There is a limit beyond which priv
ate capital and enterprise will never
go.
There is a limit beyond which the
resources of the states can never go.
But when we undertake to set the
limit of western development which
is within easy accomplishment when
the genius and energy of the almost
limitless resources of the nation of
eighty million people, the greatest ma
ton of the earth, are set to the ac-
complishment of the task, the human
mind can hardly fix limit.
There is only one way in which
this great consummation can be
brought to pass, and that is through
the adoption by the nation as whole,
and not only by the executive depart
onYot nf
administration and all it's machinery,
but by congress as well, of fixed and
settled national policy guiding and
governing the members of both the
senate and house of representatives.
Strange and incomprehensible as il
may seem, the states of the great
Northwest are not represented, either
in the senate or in the house of rep
resentatives, by men whose minds ap-
preciate broadly the far-reaching bene-
fits to that territory of the fixed and un-
alterable adoption of national policy
such as that advocated by the national
irrigation association, and which has
national organization, composed large
]y of eastern business men.
One thing is certain: The limit of
uOfOiOPnChJ IAC hdtlOual
cation act has been very nearly reach
ed The fund provided by that act will
be steadily diminishing fund from
this time forth, so far as it's original
sources are concerned.
The return payments from lands
now being reclaimed will in time re-
store the original fund without inter
est, but even that amount Is utterly
inadequate for the great problem OF
reclaiming all the arid land that can
be reclaimed in the west. England
has already spent over three hundred
million dollars in India, and her states
manlike policy contemplates a huge
enlargement of that investment,
which has proved one of the best
ever made by the imperial govern
ment.
That this nation can build irrigation
works has now been proved. Their
enormous benefit to the country at
large is now almost universally con-
ceded. The inadequacy of the fund
available under the present national
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
Kniuhts of Columbus.

Lafayette. La: A fine lodge of Cath
Ole Knights of Columbus was organ
lied here Saturday evening at the JEFF
ferSOn Theatre over sixty members
being initiated by State Deputy George
w. Young, of New Orleans. The New
Orleans and Chicago teams arrived
Sunday morning on their private cars
and assisted in the ceremonies OF in
itiatiOn. Sunday morning Father Cir
rault Of Patouville, State Chaplain,
preached an eloquent and impressive
sermon preparatory to the work OF or
ganizatiOn. The visiting knights were
royalty entertained at a banquet at
the Brown News Hotel, where fellow
ship and good cheer reigned supreme
until the departure OF the guests at
a late hour. Among those instrumental
in organizing the Lafayette team may
be mentioned Rev. ]. W. Teurlings,
Mayor c. 0. Martin, F. G. Martin,
Pierre Gerac and others. o..
Frank Sonnier, II years old, living
six miles south of Lafayette, in the
Second ward, accidentally shot and
killed himself with a double-barrel
shotgun Sunday. Sonnier was hunting
with two companions when he began
to play with the weapon. The entire
charge entered the youths chest, pro-
ducing almost instant death. He was
the son of Joseph Sonnier, farmer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
LOUISIANA NEWS.
Crescent City News Notes.

New Orleans: ST, Georges Church
unveiled windows to Rev. John w.
Moore, Bishop Sessums officiating.
ArchdeacOn Stuck of Alaska spoke
at several Episcopal churches.
Presbyterian ministers attending
Synod Occupied local pulpitS
John T. Block, former President Of
Army of Northern Virginia, died.
Steamship Joseph Vaccaro commun-
icated by wireless over 40 miles away
Judge Lindsey left, but will return
in May TO address legislature. He
spoke to boys at Rayne Memorial
melting, and visited Waits Home.
Goodness of Miss Bessie Compton of
Alexandria prevented armed robbers
success in 0ctayia street home.
BOnura backed out of match with
Adams at st. Bernard Athletic Club,
and money was refunded to spectators.
World Temperance Sunday was OBJ
served by rallies in Protestant Sunday
schools.
National officer arrived to settle
Painters Union trouble.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
A Girl'a Giudle.

Samuel Shadwell, touchy old man
living in an Indiana village, had a
pane of glass broken in his house one
night not long ago and next day he
had a ten-year-old girl named Minnie
Dayton arrested for it.
When the case was called in court
he was asked how he knew 1t was
Minnie. He admitted that he didn't
see her, but heard her giggle. When
asked if her giggle was different from
that of any other girl he said 1t was,
but he couldn't tell why. Neither
could he initiate the giggle, and he
lost his case.
We all know what a girls giggle is,
but if any of us were asked to give an
imitation OF it we'd probably fail. A
boy may litter, but when 1t comes to
gigglfng only girl can do that.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
SUGAR Industry Revived.

Crowley, La. Five cars OF cane
were shipped from here to the Segura
Sugar Refinery this week, making the
first shipment to the refinery since the
bounty was removed. At that time the
industry was beginning to gain foot
hold in the parish, but was smGthered
by the removal of the bounty. The
crop following the enactment OF the
Wilson Bill was partially left to rot in
the fields owing to the fact that the
price received from the cane at the
mills was insufficient to even pay the
freight charges OF transportation. w.
w. Duson of this city is the first to
again venture into the cultivation OF
cane, and this year planted eighteen
acres as a test of the possibilities OF
making the raising of cane in this par
is ha profitable venture,
George Douglas, negro, was SCH
fenced Saturday to one year IN the
penitentiary for horse setaling, and
Albert Source, a negro, got one year
for shooting with intent to kill.
The mill and property of the Union
Rice Milling Company of this city was
sold at sheriff's sale Saturday to sat
isfy a judgment. The property was
bid in by the Crowley State Bank, hold
ers of the irst-mortgage on the prop
erty.
The Parish School Board has re-
ceived three public school transfers,
making eight in use.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
BABY lTCHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered with lnflamed
Skin-Doctors No Avail-Cured
by Cuticura Remedies.

"My baby's face and neck were COW
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
year. took her to number or doc
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me by Miss G..
| did not use it at first, as | had tried
so many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last tried CUT
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pins, and to my
surprise noticed an Improvement.
After using three boxes of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with the Soap
and Pills, l am pleased to say she is
altogether a different child and the
picture of health. Mrs. a. c. Brestlin,
III N. Lincoln ST., Chicago, ILL.,, Oct
20 and 80, 1906"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
Ex.Siave Had AZ Children.

Lettsworth, La: James Hartford,
a negro ex-slave, is dead at his home
here with a record Of being the father
of orty-four children end 172 grandch!l.
dren and great-garndchildren. He was
in his seventy-ninth year and was a
native of GAINESVILLE, Tenn. In 1850
he moved to Bradley county, Ark, and
after emancipation came to Louisiana.
In 1852 he was given a wife by his
owner, and by this union sixteen pick
aninnies developed Wife No. 2, also
slave gift became the mother of
eleven, and the third wife, now living,
bore seventeen babies. The mans
progeny populates almost an entire
town. In 1874 Hartford was magis-
trate in the Second ward of Pointe
Coupee Parish and continued in office
four years. His Oldest child is Sc
years and his youngestS years. Since
1855 he had ben a negro preacher
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
Oil Fields Are Rich.

Some of the richest oil fields in
America are in Oklahoma. The Glenn
Pool oil district, south Of Tulsa, be.
tween Red Fork and Mounds, has be-
tween $50 and 500 producing oil wells,
with a total capacity of 100000 bar
rels a day. The first Of these wells
was sunk in December, 1905. Pipe
lines have been constructed for the
transportation of this oil to the Texas
seaboard and to the refineries at Whit
ing, Ind. More than $10,000,000 has
been invested in tanks, pumping sta
lions, and pipe lines in Tulsa county.
Eastern Oklahoma, which Is not so
uniformly even as the western portion
Of the state. produces more than
100000 tons of coal year, for
which it's mines receive about $4,000
600. The coal field extends from the
vicinity Of Tulsa on the north to the
Texas line on the south. and is more
than 100 miles broad The state con-
talnS about 100 coal mines, elnplo9ln
about 10000 operators.
The principal rivers Of Oklahoma
all Of which flow toward the south
east, are, naming them from north to
south, Arkansas, Salt Fork, Cimarron,
North Canadian, South Canadian,
Wschita and Red.
The government acquired what is
now Oklahoma more than a century
ago under the terms Of the Louisiana
Purchase. Early in the century the
government set this land apart for
the segregation Of the various Indian
tribes, then being driven west by the
advance of white settlers. Hence,
while Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Ne
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29

ulation is concerned any more than it
Is as far as its agricultural products
are concerned. Northerners, south
ernerS, fasteners and westerners
mingle tremendously there, all grow
ing prosperous together. Every state
in the union is represented by at least
500 natives.
A substantial evidence of the intel
lectual worth of OklahOmans generally
is the number of modern daily news
papers which they support. Further
more, they have good schools, libra
ries and churches.
Oklahoma has modern public
school system supported by the in
come from a 25000,00 public school
fund and local taxation. The "35,000,-
600 fund" consists Of 3,1OO,S75 acres
Of land, valued at $30,0O0,0OO, the in
come from the rental Of which
amounts to about 100000 per year;
and $5,000,0O0 paid into the school
fund by Indian Territory in lieu of
land, all of the 3,100,S75 acres being
in the former Oklahoma territory.
The original act opening Oklahoma
territory to settlement reserved in
all that section of the territory then
thrown open sections 16 and SO in
every township for the benefit of the
public schools of the future state.
Each successive act provided for SINH
lar reservations and the statehood en-
aiding act made additional grants to
the higher educational institutions, re.
sulting in the big total above named.
The state will decide whether the
school lands shall be sold All pro-
ceeds from sale of the school lands
must be turned into the school fund
and forever remain intact.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
To Extend AtchafaIaya Levee.

MaringOuin, La: A meeting of the
citizens interested in the extension
of the Atchafalaya lcvee was held here
Nov. II, for the purpose of receiving
the report of the committee that was
at a previous meeting, to ac-
company the engineer and committee
from the Atchafalaya Leyee Board to
go over the routes of the proposed le-
wee.
Great interest is being manifested in
this leVee, and the meeting was large
ly atentded by the taxpayers in the
district, who will be benefited and
protected by the levee.
August F. Fisher was called to the
chair and Hon. l.. V. Landry acted as
secretary pro TEN.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29

lands of wonderful capacity, oil wells
asphalt beds of great worth, and all
of these practically undeVeloped, to
say nothing of the vastness of her OPP
portunities to the tiller of the soil.
The story of the rise of two dozen
other Oklahoma cities with popula-
tons exceeding 10000 is almost
synonymous with that of the rise of
the metropolis. Such cities as Guth-
rie (the state capitaD, with $4,000
population; Tulsa Tin the center OF
the oil fields), with 10000 population;
Muskogee, Ardmore, Lawton, Shaw.
nee, Enid, South McAlester, Vinita
and Ell Reno are battling enthusiastic
cally for commercial supremacy, and
present indications are that all these
cities will grow and prosper, each
supported mainly by those farm lands
for which it is the natural outlet to
market. The casual reader may won
der how so many large cities can be
supported by mere farms. The fact
is that Oklahoma has 100000 farms,
most of them worked by their owners,
for hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans have invested their small saw
ings in Oklahoma land and are getting
rich with the state by tilling the soil.
Six ont of every ten farmers in Okla
homa own their own homes. Most of
them live upon the land them home
steaded. Landlords are rare in Okla
homa.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
WAS WILLING TO FORGET.
Younq Man Bore No Grudge Against
Proposed Father-in-law.

That the young fellow had grit was
evident from the fact that his busi-
ness. from nothing, had in a few years
begun to bring in fairish income. He
made UP his mind to get married. The
girl-althouGh the daughter OF
pompous country rcSident-aSreed
with him; but the father did not see
things in the same light.
What. YOU" he yelled, angrily.
you want to marry my daughter!
why, it is only few years since you
we're caddying for me-"
That's truet" interrupted the young
man. but | don't intend to let that
stand in the way. The language you
then used was certainly a trife-say
blue-tinted; but then you were under
the influence of disappointment. After
all, you know, very bad golfer may
make a very good father-in-law. Any
how, I'm going to give you a chance"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29


Purchase states were being populated,
Oklahoma remained for so years a
wild Indian camping ground.
Passing of the indian.
As recently as So years ago the
American people generally knew OF
Oklahoma only as a haunt of Indians
and a hunting ground for big game.
Early in the eighties white settlers,
who had overrun Kansas and the new
middle west states, began to investi-
gate Oklahoma. They found the new
territory rich and appealed to the
government for the opening of it to
settlement. The government did not
readily act upon the request, and
many Of these whites, becoming impa'
tient, entered the reservation forcibly
and set up their homes. They were
driven out, but repeatedly renewed
their efforts, and many clashes with
soldiers occurred.
But these pioneers, then looked
upon by the government as outlaws,
finally persuaded congress to open
Oklahoma to settlement. Hence, the
names of these same outlaws" have
been immortalized in Oklahoma his
tory.
At the time of the opening all of
Oklahoma, except that portion taken
from Texas in the Greer county bound
airy dispute and the narrow strip be-
tween Kansas and Texas, extending
to the Colorado and New Mexico lines,
was included in the Indian Territory.
Oklahoma territory, which was held
by the government for the use of the
Indians, but had never been assigned
I'd any tribe, consequently consisted
in those days of only about 100000
acres. There occurred the first great
rush for homes, which brought into
existence Oklahoma City. From time
to time the government transferred
other portions of land from the Indian
Territory to Oklahoma territory Tor
settlement by whites, until, when the
Oklahoma-Indian Territory statehood
bill passed, all that remained Of In
dian Territory were the reservations
of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Chero-
kee, Creek, Seminole and Quapaw
tribes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
INGENIOUS, But UnaYaiIina.

Wilton, the fve-year-old son or
Lackaye, the actor, has inherited the
brilliant mind for which his father is
distinguished.
Not long ago Mr.. and Mrs. Lackaye.
who spent the summer at Shelter
Island Heights, were invited to attend
a card party and the young son was
anxious to accompany them.
His mother insisted that he should
remain at home with Mary, his gov
erness, but Wilton persisted and as q
final argument he said:
Mamma, 1 think Mary is a Chris
tan Scientist, and / might be taken
sick in the night"
The argument was not effective.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29

male as well as male students, and
comprising a college of arts and sci
ences, school of medicine, school
of applied science, a school of pharm'
acy, a school of mines, a school of fine
arts, and a preparatory school. The
campus, consisting Of 60 acres, lies at
a slight elevation, overlooking the
South Canadian river. University
hall was built five years ago at cost
of $4,000. Science hall is a new
building, GO by 125 feet, OF gray
pressed brick The university is also
provided with a library building given
by Andrew Carnegie, and gymnasi-
UNI, SIS by 100 feet. There are four
other buildings, two of wood. devoted
to engineering work, and two devoted
to the anatomical laboratory.
The other advanced public educa,
tional institutions of Oklahoma are an
agricultural and mechanical college,
three state normal schools, a univer-
sity preparatory school, colored
agricultural and normal university,
and a school at Chilocco, on a reser-
walton containing $500 acres of agri-
cultural land, for the education of In
dian boys and girls in the higher
branches Of learning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-29
Amazinu Natural Resources.

Within its borders Oklahoma is
known to have vast stretches of coal
lands; natural gas, also, is abundant,
while the states resources in salt, as
phait, oil, granite and marble, building
stone, zinc, lead, copper, gold and tim
Der, place it among the most desirable
sections of the country for investors.
Eighteen years ago this great new
state was a cattle range and Indian
hunting ground
The first rush into Oklahoma was
on Monday, April %, 1889, On the
mor8ing of that day Oklahoma City.
the present metropolis Of the state,
then known as Oklahoma Station,
consisted of half dozen small build
tngs, the Santa Fe station, section