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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
WELSH WILL CELEBRATE 1.-THE GLORIOUS
FOURTH.
Arrangements Being Completed for
Grand Celebration.

The various committees that have
charge of the arrangements for the
celebration of the nations greatest
holiday here are putting forth every
effort to make it a grand success.
Every thing is being done that can be
to provide amusement and entertain
ment for the immense crowd that will
be in Welsh on that day. Hon. l.. ii.
Moss will deliver the address of the
Iay at ten thirty in the morning at
SpOrtSmen park, where abundant
seating has been arranged. Splendid
music will be furnished through the
day by tae Royal Italian band, one
of the finest in the state. In the after
noon there will he racing, field sports
and amuSemri,, for the little folk.
One of the most interesting features
of jhr day vii! ne the ball game be-
twe,u Iowa. ana welsh. This will be
the t,;id game ul the series, and is
the rubber, o.rh of the contestants
haying w"n case of the former tive
gamt~ This V III doubtless be one of
the best lam ever played on the
Welsh diamond, as both sides are
confident of victory and are in good
shape for the game.
Various stands for the dispensatiOn
of cold drinks, lunches and fireworks
will be conducted on the grounds.
Let everybody come out and make
this day long to be remembered in
| w elsh.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
Interesting Facts Concerning Proposed !
New Parishes.

The proposed new parish of Cal
caSleu will contain an area of LIT
square miles, an estimated population
of 1000 and property assessed at the
value of $1,000, 600. The parish of
Pine will contain an area of i62 square
miles, a population estimated at l., 900
and property assessed at the value of
about IS, 900. The parish of San
derS will contain an area of 923 square
miles, a population estimated at 900
and property valued at S4,250,000.
The parish of Rice will contain an
area of 661 square miles, a population
of about $1,000 and property of the
assessed value Of s., 100000.
The present parish of Calcasieu is
larger in territorial extent than the
states of Delaware and Rhode Island
combined. 1t is approximately three
times as large as the state of Rhode
Island and about two.thirds the size
of the state of Connecticut. 1t con-
tains 8 per cent or about ODe-twelfth
of the entire area of the state of
Louisiana. In other words, the entire
state of Louisiana does not contain
much more than enough territory to
make twelve parishes the size Of the
present parish of Calcasieu.
There is probably no portion Of
the state of Louisiana which has de-
veloped with more rapiditv within
recent wears than the parish of Cal
casieu. The lumber. rice, sulphur,
oil and varied resources of the parish
are rapidly making it the wealthiest
portion of the state New railroads
have been recently constructed in
every direction and this development
promises to continue in the future
even at a more rapid rate. Although
the parish of CalcaSieu covers the
area of six or eight average parishes,
vet it is represented in the house by
only two representatives, both OF
whom come from Lake Charles, leav'
ing the remote portions OF the parish
practically without representation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
Notice of Final Account.

State of Louisiana, Parish Of Cal
casieu, Fifteenth judicial District
Court. No. 1917, Probate Docket.
Succession of Rosamon Bour
geois, deceased.
WHEREAS, COrinne Bourgeois, Ad-
of said succession, Of
said Parish, has filed her final account
and tableau, accompanied bv her pc
tition, in the Office of the Clerk Of said
Court. applying to have said account
and tableau hOmolOgated in said
above mentioned and entitled success
sion. Now, therefore, public notice is
hereby given to all parties interested
to show cause, if any they have, in
writing, within ten days from the pub
LEGATION hereof, why said application
should not be granted, and said homo
legation made as prayed for.
Witness the Hon. +. ID. Miller
Judge of said court at Lake Charles
La. this 10Th dav of June, a. D., 1908
NJ +. Crawford,
Deputy Clerk Of said Court.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
rHE 1903 RICE CROP.
|.,,hls Weather Conditions Great
Boon to Planters.

|, mast week marked the finishing
tn the rice planting in the
l,i,Osaud Texas rice belt, Though
a,4at bulk Of the crOD was in some
j ptOre that date there were few
tracts planted last week and
n wash land replantpd which de-
1.-The close of the planting season
h. than it otherwise would have
h season has been unusually ia
Se TO getting and also to giving
liant a start in growth. Good
Bier prevailed for the mos4
k he only drawback being a few
lias in May that slightly retard-
NOuting. In some Of the lower
sos the heavy rains in May
bud out a portion Of the newly
Ga crop, but these drawbacks
IN purely local and effected only a
nastiVely small acreage.
! III acreage planted to rice this
u i estimated at a little under
Z I d last year. In Louisiana the
huge will be about the same as
aRsr while in Texas conservative
limits say there will be a falling
dhe'ty per cert from last year.
Is decrease in acreage, however,
U Dot cause a corresponding de-
.isD the total crop Weld. if the
H NH 'itions continue until the
paharVested, as the crop is pro-
ENa hy those who are in touch
Z be situation, much better than
aF both in Louisiana and
u In fact, if the season holds
Until after the harvest it is be-
afe yield will be somewhat in
S0ilsst year.
L. G. Chalkley, of the North
tsn Land and Timber company,
iFrhaps in as close touch with
~ situation as any man in
''aa stated to a Press repre-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

Sentative today that he estimated the
1908 crop at from twenty to twenty-five
per cent above that of 1907, basing the
estimate on an equal acreage.
1.-The rice acreage will be less in
the rice belt this year than last" said
Mr.. ChalkIey. ''The Louisiana acre
age is nearly the same, perhaps a
tribe smaller, than last year, but the
Texas acreage will fall off about
twenty per cent. One estimate have
received places the Texas acreage at
100000 acres as against 260, 900 last
year. but | think this is too much OF
a decrease. On our canals we have a
slightly increased acreage, but in the
parish as IL whole and also in the
entire state there will be but little
difference between this year and last.
The, condition of the crop is far
better this year than last, better in
fact than it has been for three years
past. The season has been favorable
the crop was got in in fine shape, and
is three weeks earlier than last year.
The irrigation has been better this
year. This is true not only on the
canals, but on lands watered by wells
also. have visited all parts of this
parish and portions of Acadia and
other rice parishes, and find the rice
well irrigated and with Il good start
for an excellent crop. I do not mean
that there will be bumper crop, but
that it will be satisfactory crop anC
a money making crop, | estimate the
Weld will be at least twenty per CEN
greater per acre this year than laS
and it may 60 twenty-five per cent
We have some farms on our canals
that, from the present outlook, will &C
! fifty per cent better than last year
while others will do little more thar
hold their own. This condition exists
all over Texas and Louisiana and i
the season holds out as long as it has
begun the rice planters will have the
! best season they have had in years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
The Jennings Herald. A New,
NewSy, Newspaper.

The latest thing out, in the newsDa-
per line, so far as we have heard IS
the Jennings Herald, a bright. newsy,
twice a-weeek paper, published at
Jennings by Davis and Sheets. The
Herald is a clean. neat paper and will
doubtless be credit to the community
where it is published, and, Judging by
the amount of advertising it starts
with, it will also be a profit to its
owners. The Journal wishes the
Herald much success. and trusts that
she will soon win for herself an essen
tial place in the Journalistic field.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
Parish Division Killed BY Senat
Committee.

A telegram was received here Thurs
day afternoon from Leon Vito OF
Lake Charles, .who is in Baton Rouge,
stating that the senate committee re.
ported unfavOrably on the amended
bill for parish division, the vote being
6 against and ) for the measure.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23

tudio desde hace tempo habien-
do sido tornado en- consideration
por el Presidente Roosevelt Cd
Julio del aflo tltimo, atendiendo
a indicaciones del senior Meyer.
En- primero de octubre de 1907
la union postal universal porque
sc rige Ell servicio de correos
entire varias naciones civiliza :
das, redujo la tarifa postal que
senalaba ell franqueo de s cen :
tavos para media onza de peso,
al de S centavos para la primera
onza y tres por cada una adicio-
nal. ESta era la tarifa vicente
ahora entire lnglaterra y los Els
tados Unidos, como 10 es entire
este pals V los demas de la
union postal, aunque no tengan
communication directa entire ST
Segun Ell reglamento de la
union universal, Cada dos paiSes
pueden fOrmar una union espe-
cial. Ejemplo de estas son las
formadas pOr los EstadOs Unidos
con Panama, Cuba y el Canada
segun la que Cada uno de esOs
tres paises ConvinierOn con el
primero el franqueo de dos CEN
tavos por cartas de una onza de
peso.
FL senor Meyer es de opinion
que la reduction postal entire
lnglaterra y los Estados Unidos
sc traduClra pOr un aumentO de
la renta de este genero a la vez
que facilitara Ell intercambio CO.
mercial entire el ReinO Undo Y
la gran RepubliCa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23
Nueya tariIa postal

RI Administrators general de
corTeos de los Estados Uninidos.
senor Meyer. anuncio que Sc
habia llegado a un acuerdo con
el gobierno britanico. mediante
el cual. partir del primero de
octubre proximo, ell franqueo de
las cartas cuyo peso no exceda
de una onZa, entire la Gran Bre-
tafia V los Estados Unidos, sera
de dos!centavos. Igual anuncio
publico ell mismo dia en- Ingla-
terra ell Administrators general
de correos de aquel pals.
FL asunto del franqueo de un
penique (dos centavos) o penn 2
postage. como sc lie llama en-
lnglaterra. ha sido obi to de es-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23
POR CARLOS DICKENS


laridades de Londres ,-respondi6 el jo0en.-
es una de nebas.
-JSera Cierto?-exClame asombrada
CruzamOs las GALES mas sombrias cena-
gosas que puedan imagi iuarse, tan ruidosas
Obstruidas que me Causa ban vahidos
Por ultimo despues de pasar IN vetusto
portal nos hallamos de pronto en- una especie
de patio inmenso desierto y silencioso donde
e coche Sc paro bajo vestbulo situaio en-
upo de los angulos cuya entrada. parecia Ell
atro de una iglesla, daba q una ancha escai
nata. Habja ALI I'm cementerio, por que re-
conoci debajo de uno de los porticos por la
ventana de la escalera varias 1osas sepul-
Crales
Era la morada de Kenge Caboy.
FL jOven que servia de gufa me in
troduio Ell estudio de NJ. Kenge donde no
habia nadie, me ofrecio con galanteria un
sill6n que acerco la chimenea llamo mi aten-
clon sobre IN espeJo que pendia de la
pared.
-Supongo que deseareis arreglar vuestro
peinado porque v5is ser admitida en- presen-
cia del gran canciller aunque veo que
necesaro-afadio Ell joven con la mayor
hnura.
-lDelante del gran cancller2-repeti sor-
prendda
-Es una mera formalidad d--respondion Ell
joven.-M. Kenger esta en- el tribunal, os sa-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23
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proximo. para llegar s. hsik 1Horse Cellar.
Piccadilly. Londres. dondees 'esperara uno de
nuestros pasantes para 6bnduciros nuestro
estudio punto anteriorrnente indicado.
Somos, senora, vuestros atententos ser
vidores.
Kensty Caybor
"A miss Ester Surnmerson en- Greenleaf"
Nunca olvidare la sensation que me cause
esta carta en- Ell colegio. iCuauta bondad
tuvieron al tomarse interes por una pobre
huerfana! iQue generoso era Ell Padre celestial
que no me habia kolvidado al alianarme de este
modo ell camino inclinar hacia mi todos
excelentes corazones! Apenas podia sobre-
llevar Ell pesar que les causaba mi partida no
por que me afijiese ell verles llorar, pero e
placer la tristeza, Ell orgullo la algeria, La
gratitud Y Ell dolor sc rnezclaban de tai modo
en- mi que iba hacerme pedazos ell corazon.
Solo me quedaban cinco dias para vivir
su lado cada minutes afladia nuevas prue-
bas de afecto las que me habian prcdigado
y cuando EN- la mafiana de mi partida, me
hicieron visitar toda La casa, deteniendose a
cada paso para decirme. "abracemonos aqui
donde me hablasteis CON tanta bondad la pri-
mera vez que os vi: - despidamonos cerca del
lecho donde tantas veces me habeis consolado:
- escribid mi nombre EN- este libro, Y afiadid
que me annals" cuando sc agrupaban en- torno
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23
TRIBUNAL SUPREME De PUERTO RICO
OFIcINA DEL SEcRETARIo

Por la presente Sc informa al publ
co en- general que los PROGRAMS para la
admission de aspirantes al ejercicio de
su ABOGACIA ante los Tribnnales
Inulares, no SO distribuyen en- esta
Oficina, debiendo dirigirse todo ell que
interese algln ejemplar de ellos, 6 la
Librerfa del BoLETN MERUANTIL,
que ha tornado 4 su cargo la publica-
ci6n Y venta de los mism0s.
San Juan Puerto Rico, % de Julio do 1907.
n. IF. Castro,
Cecretarie del Tribunal Sprene
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23
MAS OBRAS REC|B|DAS
EN- Ell BOLETIN

Vademecum del Veterinario Y
del Ganadero, por M. Arci-
MEGA. $I6o con franqueo
Soledades, Galerias, otros poe
mas, por Antonio Machado.
Pityusa, novela, por M. LA
mas.
La Ruina del Mundo Antique
por E. Lovel.
Ibsen y su obra, por Clemencia
)acquinet.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23
Ultimas obras recibidas
EN- ESTA IMPRENTA

Abelardo y Eloisa 10
0BRA De BELLA CR0CE (RUSTTCA)
Bertoldo. Bertoldino. etc. 10 ctvs.
OBRAS P0B EUGENI0 SUE (TELA)
Los Misterios de Paris
tomos $3.50
El Tudio Errante or
Los hijos del Pueblo tomos I.5o
Los Siete Pecados tomos r.2s
MARTIN ei E1p"slto o.75
Juan Cavalier o.zc
MatiIoe o-7S
'ObRAS POR ALEXANDRA DUMAS (TELAl
Los Mohicanos de Paris 2
romos ST.25
LOS tres Mosqueteros o.75
Veinte aflos despu6s OK
El Vizconde de Bragelon-
ne tomos E.ro
Memorials de TN MGdico
tOmOS 90
FL conde de Monte Cristo rSo
La Reina Margarita d-7r
La Mano del Muerto d.
Ia Dana de Mon soreau 2
tomos E.
Los cuarenta y cinco
Ell Collar de la REIN 'se
Angel Pitou
La Condesa de Cha@ @{ip
tonos
0BRA P0R XAVIER DE No u
Los Misterios de Ia Int
0BRAS p0R PAUL FEyAs
FL hijo del Dlablo
Los arnores de Paris
El yorobado 70
0ERAS P0R VICTOR nl IA
Los Misera bles 2 to1 1.5o
Ell afIQ terrible @o.35
Mil Y una noche + o.;o
Maria o.2o
0BRA TOR SAp j (TELA)
El Caracter $3.50
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-23

En- el CoDSuladO de ESpaha
Sc Gesea saber el paradero de Am
brosio Paila1es y Saco, para asuntos
de famllia
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Campaign Fund Is Exhausted.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE contribu.
tions to the democratic national com.
mittee were not sufficient to meet the
expenses Of the recent campaign, &C.
cording to Norman Z. Mack, chair.
man Mr.. Mack said yesterday that
he would make the deficit good out of
his W pocket, and that he would re-
gard it as a personal obligation to see
that every bill was paid. A statement
of the receipts and expenditures of the
committee will be filed with the secre.
tary Of state at Albany on November
"a.
To a reporter who asked MIR. Mack
who vas going to pay for the mainte-
nance of permanent democratic head
quarters which are to be opened soon,
either in Washington or New York,
Mr.. Mack said:
"The democratic party Of the United
States is going to pay for it. I have
had offers from every state in the
union to contribute to a fund for the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Smooth Swindler Confesses.

CHICAGO, Nov. II. - Peter Van
Vlissengen, a real estate dealer, for
years classed among the first of Chi
cago's prosperous and reputable men,
yesterday confessed to having OBJ.
tanned through forged deeds and notes
more that $500, 900 and a few hours at.
ter his arrest, on his own urgent APP.
peal to be punished, was sentenced to
the pe%nitentiary. The arrest, the in
dictment, the confession and the sen.
tence were the work of less than four
hours.
Telling how alone in his Office he
made from original and genuine notes,
worthless ones which could hardly be
detected by experts, he described 8
unique forging scheme. He had
plain glass desk top, he said, so ar
ranged that by placing an electric
light beneath he could readily trac'
by a light thrown up through q hole
signatures from the originals into tn
worthless paper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
A SURPRISING WEDDING.
It Gave a Shock to the Lady Who Was
So Anxious to See It.

An elderly American authoress asked
me to conduct her to a place where
she could see a ~workman's wedding,
as she required it for a new novel,
writes the Paris correspondent of the
London Gcntlcwoman. To oblige the
lady ! took her to the Lac Saint-Far-
gcau, an establishment at the top of
the steep Rue de Relleville.
1t was still early when we reached
the place, and no brides or bridegrooms
We're visible as yet. At last two char
a-bancs drove up to the door. and a
noisy company alighted, all smoking
cigarettes. including the bride, which
shocked my friend exceedingly.
The company then sat down to
luncheon, and we watched them from
a distance. while a photographer took
IN his position near us. The meal did
not last very long and ended in the
bride performing Il jig on the table
while the guests danced around her.
They then started games, hide and
seek, ETC., and while the bridegroom
had his back turned the bride threw
her arms round the neck Of a red hair
cd youth.
This led to a fight between the two
The melee became general, the bride
pulling off her wreath and throwing II
ut her fathcr-in-law's head. My frien(
looked on in breathlcss excitement
while the guests jumped over the ia
bles and chairs. but when the bride
turned Il somcrsault, alighting on tht
bridegroom's shoulders, the good lady:
Indignation rose to Il high pitch, and i
| was only then that l told her what
and the reader no doubt. too-guesset
long before. that they were a party o
| acrobats rehearsing a scene for a cine
%matograph company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
BRCILED OWL.
The Feeling In Camp Before and After
the First Nibble,

The Feeling In Camp Before and After
the First Nibbie.
l told the guides that it would be
better to begin supper right away in
order that we might not get too hun
CRY before the owl was done. thought
them slow in their preparations for
the meal. 1t was curious, too, for l
had promised them they should have a
piece Of the bird. Del was generous.
He said he would give his to Charles;
that he never really cared much for
birds anyhow. Why, once, he said, he
shot Il partridge and gave it away. and
he was hungry too. He gave it to a
boy that happened along just then,
and when another partridge flew up
he didn't even offer to shoot 1t. We
didn't take much stock in that story
until it dawned upon us that he had
shot the bird out of season, and the
boy had happened along just in time
to be incriminated by accepting it as a
present. 1t was better to have him as
a partner than q witness.
Wood was gathered then, and the
fire blazed. The owls breast-fat and
fine 1t lookcd-was in the broiler and
on the fire. There it cooked-and cook
ed. Then it cooked some more and
sent up an appetizing smell. Now and
then I said l thought the time for it
had come, but there was a burden of
opinion that cooking would bcne-
fit the owl. Meantime we had eaten a
pan or two of trout and Il few other
things, the bird, of course, being later
in the bill of fare. At most dinners |
have attended this curse is contcm-
plated with JOY. 1t did not seem 10 be
on this occasion. Eddie agreed with
Del that he had never cared much for
bird anyway and urged me to take his
share. ! refused to deprive him of it.
Then he said he didn't feel well and
thought he really ought not to eat my
thing more. | said grimly that posi-
bly, this was true, but that he would
eat the owl.
It was served then, fairly divided
and distributed. as food is when men
are on short rations. l took the first
taste-1 was always ventureSOme-a
little one. Then Immediately 1 wished
I had accepted Eddie's piece. But
meantime he had tasted, too-a miscrly
taste-and then l couldn't have got the
rest of it for money.
For there vas never anything so
good as that breast Of young owl. 1t
was tender, it was juicy, it was as del
icatcly favored as a partridge almost.
Certainly it was a dainty morsel to us,
who had of late dealt SO largely in fish
diet. Had we known where the rest
Of that brood of owls had flown we
should have started after them then
and there.-Albert Bigelow Paine in
Outing Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
GOVERNORS WILL MEET.
State Executives Will Confer Regard
ing Conservation of Resources.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE much
talked of inventory of the nations
resources is now practically COM
pleted. To consider the material it
has brought together the national cor.
servation commission has jus: an
nounced its first full meeting for Tues
day, Decent Der l. in w ashington. AT
that meeting the first steps will be
taken toward putting into tangible
shape the results of the six months
works on taking stock of the country's
waters, forests, lands and minerals.
One week later the commission has
gone over the inventory, it will hold
a joint meeting in Washington with
the governors of the states and ter
%ritories, or their representatives. At
this meeting the inventory will be
further discussed and the report
which the president has requested the
commission to make to him by Jan.
uary l, will be formulated.
With less than six months in which
to make the inventory, the four
branches into which the commission
is divided, aided by the corporation
of the government departments,
have brought together what is pro-
badly the most useful collection of
facts about the material things on
which national industry and pro-
greos are based that has ever been
assembled at one time.
Reports presenting these facts and
pointing out their significance have
been prepared. These reports, sum
married and indexed, will be submit
ted to the commission at its coming
maptinp