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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

tory, and leave as soon in the sprine
as the roads will permit you to march
And should you fall short of provi
sions they will be furnished you upon
making the proper application" The
officer who received this note had re-
piled somewhat CURLY that the forces
he commanded were in Utah by Or
der of the President of the United
States and that their future move
ments would depend wholly upon Or
ders issued by competent military
authority. Thus the issue was forced.
In addition to the defense of Echo
canyon, certain aggressive moves were
made. To Joel Rae was allotted COM
mand Of one of these. His orders
promised all he could wish of action.
He read them and felt something like
his old truculent enthusiasm.
"You will proceed with all possible dis
patch, without injuring your animals. to
the Oregon road near the bend of Bear
river, north by east of this place. When
you approach the road, send scents
ahead to ascertain if the invading troons
have passed that way. Should they
have passed take a concealed route and
get ahead OF them. On ascertaining the
locality of the troops, proceed at once to
annoy them in every possible way. Use
every eXertiOn to stampede their animals
and set fire to their trains. Burn the
whole country before them and on their
TANKS. Keep them from sleeping bv
telling trees, or destroying river fords
where you can. Watch for opportunities
to set tlre to the grass on their wind
ward, so as to envelop their trains If
possible. Leave no grass before them
that can be surned. Keep your men
concealed as much as possible, and
guard against surprise. God bless Won
and give you success.
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST"
Forty-four men were placed under
his command to perform this work
and all of them were soon impressed
even to alarm, by the very evident re.
lance of their leader upon the God
OF Israel rather than upon any merely
human wisdom of his own.
The first capture was not difficult
After an all-night ride they came I'm
with supply-train> of 25 wagons
drawn by oxen. The captain of this
train was ordered to "go the other
way until he reached the states He
started; but as he retraced his stems
as often as they moved away. thew
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Courtship of female doctor is like
ly TO be attended with perils. A man
out in Des Moines, Ia, while a patient
in a hospital, fell in love with the
woman physician who attended him,
After he left the hospital he made
frequent calls upon the lady and in
nocently supposed. that she knew he
was there as sutton. Whether she
Gid know or whether she finally
thought it time to get rid of him is
not made clear, but at all events his
love suddenly cooled when she sent
him an itemized account of his calls
with bill for $562.12. The court has
just upheld her claim, and in the flu.
ture when a Des Moines man. ami.
mated only by sentiment, calls unon
her or woman of her profession he
swlll announce the nature of his visit
~ the door.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
CHAPTER XVIII.

How the Lion of the Lord Reared Soft
But with the coming of spring some
fever that had burned in the blood Of
the Saints from high to low was fell
to be losing its heat. They had hello
the Gentle army at bay during the
winter-with the winters help. But
spring was now melting the SHOWS
Reports from Washington, moreover
indicated that perverse generation
in the states had declined to accept
the DEGREES of Israel's God without
further proofs of their authenticity.
With view to determining this is
sue, Congress had voted more money
for troops. Three thousand men were
to march to the reinforcement of the
army of Johnston on Blacks fork:
forty-five hundred wagons were to
transport their supplies; and $4,000
oxen and 1000 mules were to pull
these wagons. War, in short, was tc
be waged upon this Israel hidden in
the chamber of the mountains. To
Major Rae, watching on the outposts
of Zion from behind the icy ramparts
of Echo canyon, the news was wei
come, even enliVening. The more
glory there would be in that ultimate
triumph which the Lord was about &c
secure for them.
In Brigham and the other leaders
however, this report induced deep
thought. And finally, on a day, they
let it be known that there could no
longer be any Thought of actual war
with the armies of the Gentle.
When he heard that the new cover
nor, who had been in the snow with
Johnston's army all winter, was to en-.
ter Salt Lake City and take his office
"a Gentle officer to sit on the throne
of Brigham-he felt that the Ark of
the Covenant had been thrown down
Let us not" he implored Brigham in
a letter sent him from Echo CANYON.
BE again dragooned into servile
obedience to any one less than the
Christ of Cod"
But Brighams reply was an orde,
to pass the new governor through
Echo canyon. According to the terms
of this order he was escorted through
at night, in manner to convince him
that he was passing between the lines
of a mighty and far-flung host. Fires
were hndled along the heights and
the small force attending him was
cunningiy distributed and duplicated
a few of its numbers going ahead
from time to time, hating the rest of
the party and demanding the counter
sign.
(ro BE coNTINUED) j
A.--S&--. A1SsA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
One Point of View,

1t was the desire of a teacher In a
negro school to impress upon the
minds of the youths the benefits de.
rived at Tuskegee and other seats Of
learning for the ambitious negro. One
day, In closing a brilliant discourse on
this subject, in which Booker T. Wash.
ington was set forth as a criterion,
she said to one little boy who had evi.
IDENTIFY heard not a word of her talk:
Now Rastus, give the name of the
greatest negro?"
The answer was surprisingly forth
coming-"Joe Cans"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

An excellent illustration of the
complicated racial ancestry which
goes TO the making Of an American is
given by correspondent of the New
York Sun in letter whimsically as.
sorting that the new Spanish heir is
logically an American. The CORE.
spondent, who is a citizen of this
country, says that he was born in
Spain of an English mother and a
Spanish father while his parents were
visiting that country; one of his
grandparents was German, another
Austrian, a third French, and the
fourth Spanish. The blood of the
prince OF the Asturias is almost of the
same strain as his, The queen of
Spain is English with German
father Most of the ancestors of the
king Of Spain were Spanish for sew.
eraI generations, but his mother was
an Austrian. Of course American
citizenship is not matter of blood,
but of allegiance. If the little prince.
IN his mature years, should grow tired
OF Spain, he could qualify as an
American citizen by living here and
taking the proper oaths.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

magnetism OF his presence, the flash
of his eye, and the melting tones OF
his voice. All this he found
Joel Rae was again under the sway
Of his old warlke feelings Brigham
had revived His fainting faith. lie
went out into the noise and hurry or
war preparations in a sort of intoXlca'
ton. Underneath he never ceased to
be conscious of the dreadful spccter
that would not be gOne-that stood
impassive and immOvable as one OF
the mountains about him, waiting for
him to come to it and face it and live
his day of reckoning, day of his
own Judgment upon himself. But he
drank thirstiIy of the martial draught
and lived the time in a fever of
tumultuous drunkenness to the awful
truth.
Forces were sent into Echo canyon,
the narrow defle between the noun
tains through which an army would
have to pass, On the east side men
were put to building stone ramparts
as a protection for rit1emen. On the
west, where the side was sloping, they
dug pits for the same purpose. They
also built dams to throw large bodies
of water along the west side of the
canyon so that an army would be
forced to the east side; and here at
the top of the cliff, great quantities
of boulders were placed so that
slight leverage would suffice to hail
them down upon the army as it
marched below.
When word came that the invaders
had crossed the Utah line, Brigham
sent forward a copy Of his prOClama-
ton and a friendly note of warning
to the officer in command. In this
he directed that officer to retire from
the Territory by the same route he
had entered it; adding, however,
should you deem this impracticable
and prefer to remain until spring in
he vicinity of your present position
at Blacks fork or Green river, you
IAN do so in peace and unmoleSted on
condition that you deposit your arms
and ammunition with Lewis Robinson,
luartermaster general of the Terri.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

licking the bronzed arm that held 1t.
And then, as he reached the spot, the
Indian, with a long yell of delight
and a final flourish of his trophy, ran
off to other prizes.
He stood a moment, breathless and
faint, looking with fearful eyes down
at the little, limp, still figure at his
feet. One slender, bare arm was flung
out as if she had grasped at the whole
big earth in her last agony.
The spell of fear was broken by the
boy, who came trotting up. He had
given way to his tears now, and was
crying loudly from fright. Joel made
him take the little girl and sit under a
cedar out of sight of the spot.
He was never able to recall the
events Of that day, or of the months
following, in anything like their prop.
err sequence. The effort to do so
brought a pain shooting through his
head. Up to the moment when the
yellow hair had waved in his face,
everything had kept a CHASTITY dis.
tinctness. He remembered each in
slant and each emotion. After that
all was dark confusion, with only here
and there a detached, incOnsequent
memory of appalling vividness.
He could remember that he had
buried her on the other side of the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
AIaska's Growing Importance.

With the arrival of the season when
traffic with that quarter is most
active, the world is reminded that
Alaska is occupying a pretty large
space on the map and is growing in
commercial Importance. Within a few
DAYS four large steamers have sailed
from Seattle, Wash, for Nome, carry
Ing 1857 passengers and 1900 tons Of
freight. But this represents only part
Oh the business. Alaska seems to
nave become sort of outlying suburb
TO our hustling western Pacific coast
cities. The Seattle PoSt-Intelligencer
reports that the town and its hotels
are crowded with every class Of men
and women who claim Alaska as their
home or place of business. How the
tide is sweeping toward that once I'M
known and unappreCiated region is
thus indicated: The array ranges
from the governor of the territory to
the promoter, the miner the trapper
and even the miner poet Prosperous
members Of the Wall street throng
are among the large assemblage going
to the far north to investigate copper
and gold properties, to start the con.
struction of railroads to the coal
fields, or to confer with commercial
companies under their control Trap
pers, miners and toilers have come
from all parts of the United States to
get steamers that will carry them
back for another season of profitable
work in the gold fields and in the fish
and fox islands There are scientists,
authors, explorers and hunters among
the crowd daily gathering in the city,
buying outfits and arranging for pas
sage to the north. The note book,
the pen, the gun and the palette are
now as much a part of an Alaska out
tit as the pick and the knapsack once
were" At the present rate of deyel-
opment Alaska is likely within few
years to become one of the most pop
ulous-at least during the summer
as it already is one of the richest sec.
tons of American territory.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
COULDN'T KEEP 1T.
Kept II Hid from the Children.

I'VE cannot keep Grape.Nuts food IN
the house. 1t goes so fast have to
hide 1t, because the children love 1t so.
1t is just the food / have been looking
for ever so long; something that l do
not have to stop to prepare and still is
nourishing."
Grape-Nuts is the most scientifically
made food on the market. 1t is per.
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an In.
stants notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk if hot dish
Is desired. When milk or water Is
used, little sugar should be added,
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can be
seen glistening on the granules, is SUI.
nciently sweet to satisfy the palate.
Ihis grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules, as some people think,
OUT exudes from the granules In the
process OF manufacture, when the
starch OF the grains is changed from
starch to grape-sugar by the process
OF manufacture. This, in effect, is the
nrst act Of digestion; therefore. Grape
Nuts food is pre-digested and is most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakest stomach. There's a Rea'
son."
; Made at the pure food factories Of
the Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little health classic, "Ths
load TO MELVILLE" In pkgs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

hill where a gnarled cedar grew at
the foot of ledge of sandstone, using
spade that an Indian had brought
MIN from a deserted camp. By her
side he had found the scattered con-
tents of the little bundle she had car.
rled,-a small Bible, a locket, a worn
gold bracelet, and a picture of herself
as he had known her, half-faded
daguerreotype set in a gilt oval, in a
square rubber case that shut with
snap. The little limp-backed Bible
mad lain flung open on the ground in
the midst of the other trinkets. He
remembered picking these things up
and relying them in the blue silk
handkerchief, and then he had twice
driven away an Indian who, finding
no other life, came up to kill the two
children huddled at the foot of the
cedar.
Some OF the men had camped on
the spot. Others had gone to Hamb-
inns ranch, near the Meadows, where
the children were taken. He had sent
the boy there with them, and he could
recall distinctly the struggle he had
with the little fellow; for the boy had
wished not to be taken from the girl,
and had fought valiantly with fists
and feet and his sharp little teeth.
The little girl with her mothers bun.
die he had taken to another ranch
farther south in the Pine mountains
lie told the woman the child was his
own and that she was to be kept until
he came again.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

warnings are beginning to come of
the danger of the transmission of dis.
ease by house flies, The average man
is more concerned about having them
walk over him and bite him, especial
ly the baldheaded man, remarks the
Indianapolis Star. 1t is said that a
most effective fly trap can be made
oy taking globular white gas shade
OF glass, and pasting some hair on the
sides and a false face in front The
exposed portion of the glass is then
smeared with the varnish or gum used
on flypaper. Flies will come miles n
bite it, especially if mounted on a
stuffed form, and set in a rocking
chair, in an attitude of sleep.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
Careful Public Guardian,

One of the pillars of the city ordi-
nances is a traffic policeman stationed
at Fourth avenue and Twenty-third
street. He loses no opportunity Of
making war on persons who drop
banana peels in the street. He
pounces upon an offender and orders
him to pick up the slippery menace
TO life and limb and to carry it to a
receptacle for waste on the sidewalks.
New York Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
Were He a Bird

With an ugly sneer he tossed aside
the bread which she had made with
her own hands.
IF / were only an ostrich" he be-
gan.
But the young woman cut him
short.
Yes, If you only WERE" she
snapped, then l might get at least
a few decent feathers for that old hat
I've worn since my wedding day."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Consuelo Vanderbilt, duchess of
Marlborough, has taken up rescue
work among the women of the Door
and it is announced that she will en-.
ldeaVor to interest New York society
women in practical charities.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
CHAPTER XVII.
The Host of Israel Goes Forth to
Battle.

Battle.
He went north in answer to the
call for soldiers. He went gladly. 1t
promised activity-and company.
The day he reached Salt Lake CITY
joel Rae was made major of militia.
The following day, he attended the
meeting at the tabernacle. He need.
ed Tor reasons he did not fully ex-
plain to himself, to receive fresh as
surance of Brigham's infallibility. of
his touch with the Holy Ghost, of his
goodness as well as his might; to be
caught once more by the compelling
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

The distinguished novelist, Marion
Crawford, appears to have spent a
couple of days with his relatives in
Boston the past week, and to have
escaped without being publicly iden.
tilted. This is another token of his
genius.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-06

For Sale = 21o acre farm near Lis
comb. Two sets of buildings. Will sell
either place or all together. If inter
ested inquire of N f. Rails, Liscomb.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-06
FARMERS TO RAISE FALL OATS
Successful Experiments Will Lead to
General Cultivation.

Washington, Aug 6.-The farmers
of the country will soon have an OPP
portunity to try the cultivation of fall
oats. The advantage claimed for the
new variety is that it yields almost
twice as much as the spring varieties.
Because of excellent results which
have secured in Utah, the department
of agriculture has determined that the
farmers turnout the country shall have
a try at the new oats.
These oats, which as yet bear no
name in this country, We're brought
hither by q Mormon missionary. lie
saw them growing in the British isles
and brought some of the seed home in
an envelope. He gave this seed to
state experimenterA in Utah, where 1t
has shown remarkable results. On the
semi arid lands of Utah ordinary
spring oats, never yield more than
thirty bushels per acre. but the i'm
ported fall variety has produced an
average of fifty bushels.
The experiments in Utah have been
progressing several years. and the re-
suits have been to convince w. NJ
Jardine. WHO was in charge, that the
new oats are worth country wide
trial. Mr.. Jardine is now Ut work for
the national government,Nand will be
largely instrumental in encouraging
the farmers to try the new variety
The department. will probably purchase
1000 pounds of the seed this fall, ana
will distribute it freely to enterprlslns
farmers who will be selected from
the departments list Mr.. Jardlne IS
satisfied that the fall oats are prefer
able to the spring varieties wherever
they are able to live thru the WINTER
and they will live wherever winter
wheat will The new oats are black.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-06

For Rent-Fine suite Of rooms for
light housekeeping by William H.
Calhoun, 100 West Main street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-06
WHEAT B[AR|SH TODAY
Weather Was Favorable in
Northwest, and Prices Lower
On Minneapolis Curb
STEADY TONE IN CORN
Market Kept Up Well, Despite Re.
ceipts Considerably Above the Esti-
mate-ReaIizins Sales Create an
Easier Market for oats-BuIIs Have
Been Buying Heavily Last Few Days

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Bearish senti-
ment predominated in wheat at the
opening today, because of favorable
weather in the northwest and lower
prices on the Minneapolis curb. Sep
TENDER opened at SOS @911s, sold at
911a and declined to 9O5s @9OA. Min
neapolis, Duluth and Chicago receipts
were 750Ncars.
The market closed steady, Septem-
Der Is lower at 901s @9OA.
Corn.
Corn was steady, despite the fact
that receipts We're considerably above
the estimates. September opened at
80 to 90 Il. Receipts We're 3D. cars.
September closed a shade lower at
551s.
The market for oats was somewhat
easier at the opening, because of real
izing sales on the part of some bulls
who have been buying heavily the
last few days. The general senti-
ment was also less bullish than for
several days. September opened at
4S3a M435s, sold at 44A, and declined
to 1874. Receipts were 1874 cars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-06
Alton Inquiry to Be Pushed on
Account of Statute Of Linn
itations
ZACH DAY DECREASES PENALTY
Probability of Indictment BombsheI'-
Officers Thought They Had Pur-
chased Immunity-calI Issued for
Special Grand Jury-Prosecution
Preparing It's Case.

Chicago, Aug. 6-Preparations for
lations between the Standard Oil COM
pany and the Chicago & Alton rail-
road, ordered by Judge kenesaw M
Lands, began yesterday. The call for
a special grand jury was issued and
District Attorney Sims with his asso-
ciates went over all the evidence pre-
scented at the Standard Oil trial, which
resulted in the huge fine and selected
witnesses to be subpoenaed.
1t developed that the reason for
haste i'll this matter is that the statute
of limitations is running against gov
eminent, and because OF it the Alton
will escape .,eindictment on between
500 and 1000 counts of the 1,462 on
which the Standard Oil company was
convicted last spring.
This statute of limitations bars pros
ecution on offenses committed more
than three years before indictment.
Many of the shipments ON which the
Standard Oil company was convicted
of. securing rebates occurred between
September 1903, and August, 1904, and
the longer this second investigation is
deferred the less the Alton will have
to answer for.
When the grand jury convenes Au-
gust Ia a few days will suffice TO pre-
sent the evidence against the Alton.
The jury will be drawn from the old
Il .,.;1 ,p
consider infractions of the Elkins law
occurring from August, 1904, until
March. 1907 Subsequently another
grand jury will be summoned from a
new district and take cognizanee OF
offenses committed from March, 1905,
until June 1906. when the Elkins law
was repealed by the new rate law.
The impending Indictment OF the Al
ton and probably some of its and OF
the Standards officials came SO much
in the nature of bombshell that no
one of the officials feel qualified to
discuss it.
The feeling; in Alton circles is that
the government is ungra teful in that
it was the testimony of the Alton Of
ficials that rendered the verdict of
guilty against the Standard possible.
There was no understanding. tacit or
otherwise, however, that could have led
the Alton officials to expect immunity
for their company. according to Dis
trict Attorney Sims
A report circulated in southern llli-
nois oil fields is to the effect that, eff
fective on September l. a reduction OF
8 cents barrel will be made in the
,,rino IF or,Id, oil
This field is new one, not connect
ed with the pipe line yet and in point
of production is second only to the
Mid-Continent. In Indian Territory
fields the price paid for oil is now 6S
cents. while in the adjoining fields of
North Lima and South Lima, said to
produce the same grade of OIL the
price is "a and SO cents per barrel re-
spectvely. Should this reduction be
made general to the oil producing ter
ritory in the United States. it would
afford way for the Standard company
to pay the enormous fine of $29, 240 600
in two years, providing a slight in
crease We're made al the same time in
the price of refined oil.