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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
PRESERVED APPLES ARE GOOD.
How They May Be Made Ready fo'
Immediate Use.

Pare and core as many apples as VIII
cover the bottom of preserve Kettle'
eight or nine large ones Will NIL
medium sized dish. Allow three-quar-
ters of a pound of sugar to each pound
Of fruit.
Make rich strip, when 1t Dolls
clear drop in the apples and the peer
of a lemon cut thin. They should Doll
slowly, turning them over OCCASION
ally; if they are good they will keep
their shape and look transparent.
About three-quarters of an hour
will be long enough to cook them'
when they look yellow and clear they
are done.
Lift them into a dish sufficiently
deep to hold the juice. When the
fruit is done let the strip boil a Re"
minutes longer then pour 1t over the
apples. ....
Ornament with preserved green
gage on the top of each apple. blanch
sweet almonds and place them IN D
circle around the gage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Lost Man Slept Week in Hay.

Elyria, O.-The disappearance OF
William Fernit from Amherst was
strangely solved week later when
Charles Schultz, removing hay from
his NOW, ran a fork into the missing
man. who awoke, apparently in good
health.
Ferait had last been seen near a log
that served as a footbridge over a
swollen stream, and it was supposed
he had fallen from the log and
drowned. The creek was dragged and
searched all the cay to the lake with
out results. Fernit says he fell into
the stream, but dragged himself out
and made for the nearest barn. There
he found quantity of hard cider
with which he restored his circulation,
then crawled into the hay and knew
nothing until his rude awakening. He
supposed that he had merely slept
over night.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
That Land Problem Grows.

Many of those coming here cow are,
as the Stockman-Journal would say,
Investors and spectators These
men, many of them, have made 1t their
business for years to find out what the
farmers want in the way of land. From
q long experience in such matters they
have become excellent judges OF a
country and its possibilities. They
know a good thing when they see IT,
and, having found it, get in on IT,
ground floor. This is just what mas
been done on the Texas plains. Toda.'
these people own the bulk OF our vast
fertile prairies.-Canyon City News
And still the local papers continue
to tell an anxious public what fine
thing it is to buy contiguous lands as
an investment" knowing that lanos
must pay taxes and the money invest
ed in them demands interest, and that
the absentee landlord does nothing on
earth for the community in which ne
holds lands. Columns on columns Oh
space is used begging men to rush in
and take advantage of their brothers
and compel those who come later 70
pay heavy tribute to "the wise invest
Or" Humanity demands q change IN
the system that allows one man u
force the homeseeker to pay an un'
earned tribute.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
It's a TarnaI Shame!

And there's our boys our there in
the cold Of winter, who have raised
enough cotton this season to clothe a
hundred people comfortably--yet they
have not decent clothes to wear, tpeir
feet are on the ground. and our cid,
broken-down school house is too I'M
comfortable for them to sit II III tie
winter, and the roads are so bad, TOO!
Did you say, What about the summer?
Well, our boys will have to help us
plow then, and they can't go to ~chool;
besides, what's the use? Our Buys and
girls ought not to have any schooling;
it gets that fool idea into their heads
that they are as good as the boys and
GIRLS of the towns. They are better
off here working to help keep In debt
on cotton raising and corn 'uying
They say that since tho Union Start
ed to making us folks get that fool no
ton that we were somebody that we
have gone like a set of bowling apes
and brought on a panic, and that we
should be ashamed of ourselves for
this. Several poor spectators VINO
have been accustomed to the very best
OF everything had to 80 to the wall be-
cause we sat still and wouldn't sell our
cotton; but we notice that notwith'
standing they say they lost everything
their children are still going to the
hest schools, they still hang to their
organizations and keep supporting
their papers. You see, It's all right for
them to do this, for they know how;
and then it's wrong to even think OF
any Of them ever disgracing them
selves. with O little work. The skin
would rub off their pretty. delicate
hands, and their friends would no nc
longer be friends to them.--F. u
Guide.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
EXCHANGES DAUGHTER FOR JOB.
Man, so Years Old, Makes Startling
Admission on Witness Stand.

Los Angeles, Cal.-On the witness
stand Judson H. Coe, SO years old, ad'
mitted writing letters in which ne
agreed to exchange his 16-year-old
daughter, Ethel, for position with a
railroad. According to the letters the
agreement was made in 1902 with T.
w. Smith, who was employed by the
Illinois Central at Waterloo, la.
Coe had been summoned into court
by Judge Bordwell to explain the let
tiers which were introduced by Mrs
Theodore Coe in her suit for divorce
She was granted an interlocutory de-
cree. Coe had previously been d.
vorced from three wives, and fourth
is dead.
When he owned the letters Judge
Bordwell said: Il don't want to listen
to another word from you. You are a
stencil in the nostrils of the people II
any community in which you reside.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
NapoIeonviI!e Organizes Club.

NapCleonville, La: Prof. c. J. O'Far'
rell and the teachers OF the Napoleon
Vile high school have divided the
school e grounds into plats and as
signed them to the different grades
and pupils. 1t is the idea of the
teachers te demonstrate the many ad
vantages to be derived from school
gardens.
At the high school a corn club has
been organized and the state depart
ment asked to furnish 'enogh SEED 1ol
twenty-five boys to begin work. Each
boy will plant one-quarter acre
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Women Weld Rakes.

Jennings, La: South Main street
presented a stirring appearance when
a number of the leading ladies of the
town, members of the Civic League,
an organization whose purpose is to
beautify and care for the cemetery,
and to awaken an interest in making
the town beautiful, armed with rakes,
attacked the lots just north OF the
railroad tracks, and soon these I'M
slightly places were made to present a
far different appearance. The city
team was placed at the disposal OF the
ladies. The good work was kept up
all day, and property owners will fol
low the example set by these loyal
women.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Calhoun Farmers Meeting.

Calhoun, La: The North Louisiana
Agricultural Society held its monthly
meeting at the station with a good
local attendance, and a representative
from five other North Louisiana par
ishes. President Camp called the
meeting to order at II o'clock. Sec
rotary Watson read the minutes of the
last meeting, which were duly adopt,
ed, and several new members were
then enrolled. The election OF OH
GERS being in order, the old olflcers
were unanimously reelected to serve
for the ensuing year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
LOUISIANA NEWS.
DOWN WITH SOFT DRINKS.
Brewers Meet in New Orleans-Sound
Call to Arms,

New Orleans, La ITO educate the
South to oppose prohibition and stem
the moral wave"
That was the keynote of the
speeches and proceedings of the con-
Vention and joint conference of mem
bers of the United Brewery Associa,
ton and the Southern Brewers Asso-
citation held here Saturday.
1t was probably the largest gather
ing of brewery people ever assembled
here. A party of National brewers ar
rived from st. Louis Friday night
julius Lehman of Brooklyn, pre5l
dent of the United States Brewery
Association, and Edward Faust of st
| Louis, a member of the board OF trus
tees, headed the party.
A prohibition campaign is now
| brewing in Louisiana, and will spent
its strength before the coming session
of the legislature, which meets in May
Saturdays conference started a move
ment to offset this.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
RECIPE FOR PIE CRUST.
Care in Its Preparation Is Highly I'M
portant Matter.

Pastry -four made by the old
process of grinding is usually consld-
cred best for pastry. but any good flour
will answer For the shortening. but
ter and lard. half and half, Is best
though clarified drippinSs of beef,
chicken or pork may be utilized. TO
make a good plain pie crust, allow Tor
each pie that is to have two crusts
heaping cup sifted -four, scant nall
Gun shortening, saltSpoontul eaCh
salt and baking powder, and enough
cold water to mix suff.
Have all ingredients and utensils
cold. Sift together flour, salt and
baking powder. Then cut in the lard or
rub in with the tips of the fingers,
until the flour feels ''mealy. Add
cold water, a little at a time. TO mix
TO stiff dough, toss out on hshtly
Toured molding board and pat down to
about half an inch in thickness. Flour
the rolling pin, then with light, delt
touch roll out the crust into an oD-
long sheet. Put the butter on in little
dabs here and there, sprinkle nightly
with -four, roll over and over, turn half
around, pat out and roll again. Then
roll over and over like a jelly roll and
divide in the center. If there Is time,
set these in the ice chess, each piece
turned on end with the .:"Gs OF pastry
on top.
When hard and chilled, take out and
roll one piece to fit the P'ate with an
inch to spare. Double over, lit light
| " and lay in the tin. Press down the
center SO there will be no air bubbles
and let the edge of the crust come
lust to the edge Of the plate. Brush
the rim with cold water and dust the
bottom crust lightly with the fingers
dipped in -four or brush with the
white of an egg to prevent soaking
Roll out some of the paste into
strip half an inch wide and place on
the edge. Turn in the filling and II
an upper cr"st is to be used, as in the
case of a mince or apple pie, wet the
rim again before putting on the upper
crust. Roll out the latter in the same
way as the under.
Fold over and make several fancy
s]ashes in the center to allow for the
escape of steam, then lift onto the PIE.
Press the edges of the crust lightly
but closely together and push the two
crusts away from the edge of the plate
which gives them chance to expand
Bake in a moderate oven.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
The Farmer Is on Top.

It seems to US that the cotton plant.
or has about won the fight he has been
making for better prices for his cotton
What he needs to do is to sit STEADY III
the boat; arrange his obligations ou'
Sit on the lid which holds his COTTON
Oft the market at the present prices
In the last few days the price mas au'
vanced about a cent pound; the crop
is short and the demand greater IMAM
It ever has been. The manufactures
has sold cloth on the basis OF 10 ceh'
cotton. What is there to keep 'ne
price from going up? Those VINO nave
been forced to sell to meet their obi
cations have about all sold, ana tne
larmer who has held, up to this tlme'
is, in most cases, in a position to nolo
a little longer.-People's Paper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Crescent City Notes.

New Orleans: Newsboys welcomed
Archbishop Blenk in their new gym
nasium.
New Orleans-Jefferson Sunday
school convention elected officers and
concluded session.
Washington authorities decided not
to interfere with blowing of whistles
when Rex arrives,
Mrs. J. Addison Hayes was rendered
reception at Memorial Hail. She said
she would not open fathers letter to
settle controversy concerning Grant
and Thomas.
Evangelist Ham spoke to great
crowd at First Presbyterian church'
Chicago Knights of Columbus ar,
rived on carnival visit and brought
loving cup to New Orleans council.
Rev E. L. Collins, Kentucky super
intendent, and Rev. S. A. Smith
preached anti-saloon sermons, and Wis
tied restricted district, declaring II the
countrys most shameful spot.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Plant Your Own Crop.

When you determine on your cotton
acreage this year, you who have not
vet done so, ask yourself the question
whose crop you are pitching and in
tend to raise-your own or someone
elses? Make up your mind to raise
nobody's cotton but your own. II you
cannot put in land enough for more
than five bales of cotton for yourself,
nut lust that much in and no more,
and put the balance Of your land in
corn and oats and something to eat
There Is never a ISsy In the year that
corn and oats will not sell md fettli
good prices. Every day you can sell
sweet and Irish potatoes, onions, cab
! bages, pumpkins, peas and poultry,
eggs and butter, SO see to it that you
raise enough of these things for home
consumption and to sell. The non,
producer must eat, and you ought to
make your living off him, and his name
Is legion. Your cotton will be all cash
then.-Co-Operator.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

help, which soon came. Cudahys IN
juries, while severe, were not serious
and unless pneumonia sets IN Will 90
him little harm.
After being cared for by his trtoe
Chief Horse Eagle returned to the
ranchhouse in the afternoon with a
hundred members of his tribe, his
medicine men and his loveliest daugh-
ter, the last his gift OF gratitude to the
man who had saved his regal life, Mr..
Cudahy sent down word from his room
that he deeply appreciated the honor
implied by the bestowal, but paleface
conventionalities forbade acceptance
Miss Horse Eagle pouted her disap
pointment. She had been quite re-
signed to the thought of exchanging
her tepee for a Chicago mansion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Child Lies Still Under Train.

Pottsville, Pa.-Joseph Bradley,
aged six years, wandered upon the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks south OF
this place and was run down by an
engine, but miraculously escaped in
Jury by coolly lying down upon his
stomach between the rails.
The engineer saw the boys perilous
predicament too late to stop. Horror
stricken, he and his fireman went
back after the engine had passed over
young Bradley's body. They found
him In tears, but unscathed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

When one takes into consideration
tho vast values produced by the farm
orc and realizes that all this is mar
toted and sold without the semblance
of a system, and at loss in many
wsvs reaching into large percentage
Of the value of the products, then 1t be-
Gins to dawn upon him why the Farm
ns' Union is in existence. Great as
Rose losses are, they are no greater
than the losses from unsystematlc
farming, slipshod planning and iack OF
concert In planting, raising and har-
uoctinp There are plenty OF things
for the Union to do.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
White Ribboners' Mince Pie.

For those who object to mince pies
as usually made, on the score OF their
being contemporaries, the following
excellent recipe is commended: 10
three bowls of chopped meat allow
one bowl of suet, seven bowls OF
chopped apples, three bowls OF seed
ed raisins, three bowls of sugar, a
half pound Of chopped prunes, quar-
ter pound of shredded citron, pint
of strong coffee, quart of currant or
grape jelly and tablespoonful each
of salt, cinnamon, allspice and cloves,
with teaspoonful each Of mace and
pepper.
~Add the liquor In which the meat
was boiled with the grated rind and
Juice Of two lemons and little vine
gar to 81; the necessary tartness'
Scald as soon as made and pack in
close covered glass jars to prevent fer
mentatiOn. -,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Natchitoches Fire.

Natchitoches, La: Spontaneous
combustion occurred in the prepared
charcoal kept in the sacrsty of the
Catholic cathedral for use in burn
ing incense, and caused considerable
alarm, as from the smoke it looked
as though the entire interior of the
edifice was on fire. Fortunately no
damage was done except the slight
charring of a window sill and a small
portion of the wainscoting in the sa
cristy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Kitchen Minded"

Kitchen minded" Is an epithet ap-
oiled to women who are too much en-
crossed with domestic affairs. The
word is evidently meant as a'f1Deach.
No doubt there are women who give
too much time to the kitchen, as there
are others who give too little. Who
will undertake to decide just how
much time is enough? That a woman
should grow to like the place in which
she passes most of her time is not
strange. She might become parlor'
minded; but many, like George Eliot
enjoy clean kitchen best Of all.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Houma Test Well.

Houam, La: Captain Lucas. Captain
Picard and Paul LIE Danois, OF! pros
pectors, are in Huoma making prep
arations to renew their oil borings
here New contracts are being drawn
I'D with real estate owners and these
gentlemen expect to start well m
the near future. The borings so far
made have been very encouraging to
the prospectOrs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Tramps Rob Drunken Man.

Lafayette, La: Deputy Sheriff
Robert Broussard arrested three white
men tramps, charged with robbery OF
an old man named Chrisman. Chris
man was under the influence of IL
ouor and was relieved of his watch
and a sum of money. From one OF
the men, named Libby, the officer re-
covered $40 in cash, but could not
find the missing watch. All three
we're lodged in jail.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

Dop't forget that the great God OF
- oreation never gave to any man the
u,aht 70 take and appropriate to his
,,,n Qualification anything that he real
" has no use for. This is as applica'
h,s 70 the dirt as it is to the water
and the air.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
F. U. eUIDELETs.

Farmers Union Guide.
Diversity is a fine cure for adVefSi'y'
Be sure to work for better schoois
and better roads.
Good roads should not be lost slsh'
Of in our anxiety for 9th 7 things
Too many people think OF oeneh's
&c be derived right now.
Let everybody pull together iof
Harmonious, prosperous year.
Everybody get in training lot 'ne
campaign to put the rural children Al
school.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

It would be rather surprise 10 see
a man who never had a brush Ill
hand take up the colors and lay a PIC
ture that equaled the work OF the ION
practiced artist. 1t is just as rea.
able to expect us to make perle,
working organization that Will unuo
those organizations that have require"
years to build up against us.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Baked CABBAGE.

An excellent way to utilize cold CAD
bage is to put it in a baking dish anu
pour over it sufficient dressing 10
cover, made in the proportion OF one
tablespoonful each OF butter anu
-four to one cupful of milk. Pour over
this one we'll beaten egg, ana cover
with bread crumbs busted with melt
cd butter. Bake As minutes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

II is part of the business OF the
1rnior 70 help men to grow and broad
~ ont If your Union is not helping
CA oara better men of its members, it
=, ~ falling down on an opportunity. and
=, are partly responsible for this sin
NJ omission.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

There is no certain way OF eradicat,
,,g the boll weevil, but the birds VIII
heIn YOU, and the sooner your cror
;, .t,,res the better for you. between
tho birds and yourself yuc ought to re
chile s to keep the weevil within bounds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
When Icing Runs.

When boiled icing runs as II VIII
nersist in doing if not taken OIL at ex'
actly the right minute, it can be sum
eped by putting the liquid, even aiter
II has been mixed with the white OF
egg, back on the stove for a few min.
utes Set the dish on an asbestos mat
and stir till the icing begins to look
creamy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Mo Other Choice.

she-I am simply tired OF your con-
duct: wonder how woman can ever
marry man.
He-Well, there's really nothing
else to marry, Is there?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

Don't let your elections pass without
xour exercising your privileges as an
American citizen. Then II you get
licked. take your medicine like a man.
ond II YOU win, conduct yourself IKE
ono who has assumed responsibility,
rather than one who has come into a
hnritape
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

Good nature doesn't cost anything,
mt II fetches an interest that would
.oou transfer this world from tn
DEVILS books to paradise if all would
adopt its use.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

Have you taken time yet to get &C.
.cuaiuted with your teachers? That is,
vo,,r children's teachers? If you have
NOT It is high time you were doing
fhis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

not busy and form you neighbor-
.,od good roads association. Good
',.ds is the mark of a stirring COM
munity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

There are mighty few real Union
mon who have not set out some trees
,sie season. even if they have had to
tynt place to set them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

cot the habit of thinking and talking
:. the good of the Union and the peo-
i n is intended for.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

cal, in with your neighbors and
10 the Union little better than it
r,s last year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

ri. e the day for you to look out
- .Ome more good material for the
rdlOn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

mile more enthusiasm will set
,oII TO rolling in your Union.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06

daring attempt was made to wreck the
northbound Roseburg passenger train on
the Southern Pacific railroad today. A
large bolt had been placed on the track
near the fair grounds in Salem few min
utes before the passenger train was due.
The local track Inspectors velocipede
struck the object and both he and his
machine were hurled into the ditch.
special from WOODBURY.. Ore. says
that railway detectives have placed two
Roumanans under arrest for the crime
On being searched. clippings from anarch-
ist papers were found in their pockets.
They were taken to Salem and incarcer-
ated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06

sessed the improvements at $500. and
the company refused to pay the taxes on
the latter amount, claiming that under
the law improvements Were exempt for
this year, and sued for an injunction re-
straining the treasurer from selling the
property. The county denrirred to the
petition of the company. but Judge
Vaughan overruled the demurrer, holding
with the plaintiffs on all points.
The Novelty DiscOunter company filed
its articles of incorporation with Clerk
Larsen today. The company is capital
lied at $4,000. divided into $50 shares.
Oscar Groshell of Salt Lake is president
Of the company, Frank w. Thatcher is