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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
Mioht Not Build Cars, But America
Has the Railroads.

At Briarcliff Manor, the day before
the great motor race, Barney Oldtied
said to a reporter:
Here is a good one on the foreign
cars Do you see that young million
aire with the strap and buckle ar
rangement on his low shoes? Well, ne
was doing the south last month in a
French limousine.
"Between two towns there was a
steep, rough, soft hill. With his heavy
limousine tAe millionaire got stuck on
it, He had to turn back.
well back there in the town they
advised him to ship the Limousine On
in a fat car of the local freight that
was just about to pull out. He wise
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
Buying Small Farms.

p as been a very noticeable
p IN the demand for small
past winter, mainly from
N who have been thrown out
lnyment. In some sections
We bought up practically all
I'll ARMS in the market, paying
Fss for them, and generally
ne entire payment in cash.
sae purchasers are American
saallcS and tradesmen who
Ma farm bringing-up. They
sAa a little money and now,
Glf source of livelihood has
aey naturally turn back to
II Raefe they know a COM
E'lng rewards honest, intel
-M This class of Of citi-
large gain to any commu.
fa and Home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
Hcw to Tie Wool.

i tie your wool with siSal OF
wine. Wooden manufacturers
il arms against this practice,
more and more refusing To aC-
IT, wool dealers wool that is
M sisaI or binder tWine. and
!, has come when the buyer Of
Inst discriminate against this
] wine, for the reason that III
the feeces it is impossible to
5sal or binder twine without
gne Of the fibre in the WOO,
h: causes a defect in the goods
Aaie, to the annoyance and eX'
| d the WOODEN manufacturer,
gs has to put such pieces Of
Esng his defective goods.
Eo the tying up of tags in a
i d wool is a criminal offense,
taOvered is punishable by inn
zplt or fine, or both, at the dis
kdthe Judge trying the offense.
III The power of the wool grow
Improve the value of their wool
IRA tying and tagging, using the
IEed twine instead Of the loose
TiT sisal. 1t is barely posi-
HI he wool dealers and manu-
.n will refuse to accept wool
3tt SiSal except at a discount
fi1Prhantable price.-SOuthern
aq,r
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

A negro farmer in Kansas knows
how to raise potatoes. His name is
J. G.. Groves. and it is said, he raises
more potatoes every year than any
other individual grower in the world.
Last year on his farm he produced
72,15O bushels Of white potatoes, be-
sides several hundred bushels Of the
sweet variety. The former crop aver
aged 245 bushels to the acre, and Is
about his average yield. He began
farming less than thirty years ago
without a cent. as day laborer at 40
cents per day, and now owns 800 acres
of land valued at $3.50 per acre. His
potatoe crops have made him wealthy,
There is something in knowing how.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

would be shuttle at the other end of
the hall.
Here he comes" and there he is"
would be the whispers and signals,
and the great man or great men would
approach through the center aisle at
tended by Gordon Of followers like
the attendant pilot-fishes to his majes-
ty the shark or more properly speak
ing, like the attendant porpolses on
the whale.
The "silver-tongued" "bunk-shooter"
would then grasp the hands Of the
great men, to show how close he was
to the throne, and would gently but
firmly subside, and the Real Thing
would proceed to address the meeting.
Close attention was always shown to
the mayOralty and aldermanic candi-
dates and to no one else And what
the audience was always trying to
figure out was what kind of a man
is he?" and not what are the issues
And so the orators scared in and out
of tho issues like a swallows flight
above a river, and their analysis of the
questions Of the day left as much an
impression on their hearers minds as
the birds flight does in the air above
the rivers current.
But they were watching him, and
shrewdly or otherwise making up
their minds as to his sincerity, his
courage, his honesty and his general
ability to fill the office he was seek.
ing. The main issue was always some,
thing that no one, not even the origi
majors of it. really understood. 1t was
usually based on a strictly scientific
degree Of accuracy. 1t started from
self-evident and bitterly contested con.
clusion, and arrived in a labyrinth OF
contradiction from which there was
no outlet The celebrated traction is,
sue, for instance, was one on which
several campaigns were fought, and
no honest man ever really pretended
to understand it. The question had
as many angles to it as three-cushion
carOm billiards, and as fast as one
perfect solution to the puzzle was Of
fered, something would bob up that
would change the status of affairs and
make it as much of mystery as be-
fore.
The main uses Of campaign oratory
in the wards was to enthuSe the work
ers, TO get the "hustlers' in the vari'
Gus precincts busy in getting out the
votes. To do this required that the
speaker descend from the high trap
eye of fowery defamation and talk
about the practical benefits to be de,
rived by a party victory. The thir'
teen struggling colonies were all
right in their place, but that was
several years back, and what the
workers wanted to hear about was the
patronage to be distributed, the pos
sibility of jobs and positions when the
victory was gained, and what there
was In it for them
The business and professional men
of the ward followed their callings
on precisely the same plan. They
also were looking in their line for pc
cuniarv rewards and emolument. feS
they sneered at the politicians, What
difference did it make to fellow VINO
was out of a place In the city col
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

poets may sing Of the glory Of tho
eagle. and artists may paint the beau
ties Of birds of pIumag' but the mod,
est American hen is entitled to Il
tribute 70: her industry, her useful
ness. and her productivity. The Amer
lean hen can in thr,e months proiuce
wealth equal to the capital stock OF
all the banks of the New York clear
ing house. and have a week to spare.
In less than sixty days she can equal
the total production of all the gold
mines of the United States. Tho
United States proudly boasts of all
its enormous production of l"5 iron,
by far the greatest of any country N
the world, and yet the American hen
produces as much in six months as the
iron mines of the country produce in 4
year. In one year and ten months she
could pay off tn" Understanding debt
of the United States
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
ONE POINT IN OUR FAVOR

~ did so. During the slow, steep
run the conductor and brakeman OF
the freight gathered about him and
his limousine on the fat car. He gave
them large, gold-tipped Egyptian Gig
arettes, and to please him the conduc'
tor said
Fine car you've got there
Yes, said the millionaire. It's
a French car. We can't build them
like that in this country
No, maybe not said the conduc-
tor, bit nettled; we can build rail-
roads, though, to take them up the
hills"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

Talking Unionism is all right, and
it is necessary for the propagation
of it's good teachings, but, as in ev'
ervthing else, remember that It is by
exemplification that the highest teach
ing can be done.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

There doubtless will come a time
when there will be no more clear
ing of farms, but it will be conSid
cred the poorest kind of manage
ment to destroy young trees when
will soon grow into merchantaDl7
timber, and the land will be as pFon'
able in trees as in any other crop
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

Every good Union mans place is a
little better kept than that of the
non-union brother. This is one OF
che signs you know them by.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

The cotton fight on the part OF the
sneculators is a fight of life and death
with them. Is it any wonder that
they have stirred heaven and earth
to take care of system of getting
q living without work which has taken
nearly a century to build up and per-
feet? Don't be discouraged because
all Of the financial world is helping
the spectators. for they all get a
small "rake-off" in some form or 9TH
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

Fruit jars are mighty cheap now,
compared to the cost Of doctors, to
say nothing of the comfort Of a we'll
stored larder.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

It is a good plan to save handles
when they break out of tools. The
hard wood comes in good use IN
many places. 1t should be put where
it can be found easily. The same
may be said of irons Of all kinds. no
one cal. tell when just such a piece
may save a trip to the shop.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
Hiuher Than Monarch,

He who reigns within himself, and
rules passions, desires and fears, IL
more than a king-Milton.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

Manure never contains a larger
amount of fertility than when II 10
fresh. The sooner it is carried out
and applied the better.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03
: ms into Your Noodle.

@Ief was in a store one rainy
bad made a purchase, and
" @lne change back into his
4CSei fell to the floor and
- under a table when he
Aapped his foot on the coin
A it where he could get
vas a very sensible thing to
sae farmer keeps quite a
3 a'(le and hogs. That same
4V'e was a large manure
aiS barn and some of it
washed down the hill into
" carried off to the river.
H.. nickel, but many do,Nrs
n : aoVn the hill every time
Il. 4a De never attempted to
!, Could he afford the
40 thn.
4oagh his farm was by
>s,sa, need Of commercial fer.
@laFestern Farmer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-03

i n Of any such a foolish
y. lOletely quitting cotton.
! M Of the best crops the
4. ever planted. 1t is the
~ y cotton system. and not
Is = y this great crop. that
u :, Wong. The way to do
H. Y Plant plenty of other
/ s,.. 'ae place and have some
] h =. then plant all the
| s'a reasonably care for.
u best talking; show that
| : making a better man Of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31
GRAY IS WINNER OF
MILE SWIMMING RACE

VENICE, Aug. 30.-The long dis
tance swimming race here today was
won by p Gray, Venice swimmer.
Johnnie Maxim, 15 years old, finished
second and H. Crum was third. There
were ten entries, Misses Dorothy New
kirk and Avis Gordon, better known
as the "Seaweed Sisters" being among
them. The course was along the shore
from Pier avenue wharf to Venice
breakWater q distance of one mile.
The young women were given start
of five minutes and the Maxim lad and
]. M. Colt started two minutes before
the scratch men. Four of the starters
dropped out and had to be picked up
by the launch /some becoming exhaust
ed and one case of cramps developing.
The two girls stayed the whole course,
finishing fifth and sixth. The winner
received handsome cup as prize.
In the afternoon number of races
were pulled off in the lagoon, cups
being presented to the winners. Six
contestants entered for the tub race
and the crowd derived much amuse-
ment from their efforts to maintain
their equilibrium. Frank Holborow
mapaged to pilot his eccentric mount
over the line first. A. Sholz followed
close second.
course, was won by George Wild. r.
Fair finished second and Sherwood
Kinney was third.
In the scull race r. Fair wen, with
Fred Allen second. The double canoe
race developed into pretty contest.
Ralph Fair and Sherwood Kinney won,
followed closely by f. Allen and f.
Purdy, while F. Holborow and A. Sholz
piloted their craft to close third
The tWo-mile single shell race for
members of the Los Angeles Athletic
club was won by Stafford. while Penza
finished second.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31
PUTS ARMOR ON
HIS ASSISTANTS
KETCHEL UNWILLING TO TAKE
ANY RISKS
HIS sPARRINe PARTNERS MUST
WEAR PROTECTORS
Champion and His Rival Entertain
Thousands of Fight Fans at Their
Training camps-5oth Work
Harder Than Usual

Frightened at the results following
recent workouts, in which Stanley ket-
chel, middleweight champion, has been
knocking out his sparring partners.
Manager Joe O'Connor has refused to
permit anybody to box with Ketchel
unless armored. This is on the level.
Sparring partners at this camp now
must wear baseball catchers chest
protector to prevent the possibility of
the champions fist being driven
through their bodies, and Ketch has
been warned to keep his fists away
from all unprotected portions of the
anatomy of his sparring partners, in
cluding their heads.
1t was novel spectacle yesterday
when Ketch spared several lively
rounds with Carl Solomon and Joaquin
Coursey, both as big and heavy as
Ketch, and both trained athletes, Cour-
sey being fighter and Solomon being
a wrestler. Ketchel and O'Connor In
sisted that both boys wear the chest
protectors before being allowed to oox
with the champion. 1t is not improb
able that a physician will be kept near
the camp in future workouts to ex-
anime the applicants for Jobs as spar
ring partners, to ascertain If they have
any physical weakness, and only fight
ers will be permitted to don the gloves
in that ring, as the. risk is too great.
Ketchel was given vigorous applause
when he stepped in the ring to begin
the afternoon work. He began with
the bag, punching 1t for ten minutes.
Then he tackled the dummy bag, which
is decorated with rough drawings of
Papke, and he slammed 1t around in
lively fashion for four rounds, being
unafraid of hurting anything with mis-
wallops. Carl Solomon and Ketchel
wrestled two rounds, Solomon throw
ing Ketchel in the first round in three
minutes, doing a clean job of 1t, toe.
The second round was a draw. After
fifteen minutes with the medicine ball
and ten minutes in exercises on the
floor, he donned the gloves for the box
ing bouts. Solomon went three livery
rounds with Ketch and Coursey fol-
lowed for the same number Of rounds,
in which 10th fighters swapped punches
good and hard.
Papke entertained the largest crowd
that ever attended a workout at Venice,
about 1000 persons being turned away
because there was no room for them.
The amphitheater was jammed and the
ground around the ring was crowded
with interested humanity. He went
through the usual gymnasium stunts
and then boxed two rounds with Fred
die Welsh, one round with Bill Aldridge
and two rounds with Gam Coulter.
Altogether it is estimated that no
fewer than 5000 fans attended the work.
outs at the two camps during the after
noon. In addition 70 the workouts of
Ketchel and Papke, the hghtweights,
Brock and Carsey, also worked. Prob
ably no fight ever arranged for Los
Angeles has aroused the interest and
enthusiasm among the fans that the
Ketchel-Papke scrap has caused. In
asmuch as the big boys viii have only
six more days in which to work it is
expected that the crowds at their train
noon.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31
FAMOUS COACH
ACCEPTS OFFER
r. H. G0RTON is ENGAGED By
OCCIDENTAL
Personally Investigates Record oi
New Man and Informs Friends of
College He Believes Choice
Is Wise One

President Baer of Occidental college
announces that he has secured =. h.
Gorton as field coach for Occidentai.
Gorton, for the past two years, has
been head coach at Rutgers college,
and for two years previously he was
coach for Peddie institute of Hights-
town, N. ].
Gorton has a splendid record. Be-
ginning in his prep school. he made
the football, baseball and track teams.
He was captain of the football team
for two years. His track records show
good work and are as follows: 100
yards in 10 1-5 seconds; 200 yards in
23 8-5 seconds; 440 yards in 81 1-5 Sec
onds; high hurdles in 16 1-5 seconds;
low hurdles in 26 3-5 seconds. While
In Colgate college he played left half
on the football team, ran the sprint
on the track and played third base on
the baseball team. On account OF MS
mothers illness he was obliged TO go
south and then entered Richmond uni
versity, where he became All-Soutnern
halfback. Later Gorton took a special
practical course under DR.. G.. w. An
derson Of Yale. DR.. Anderson appoint
ed him as one of his assistant instruc-
tors. From Yale he went to Peddie In
stitute where he became physical di-
rector and coach of the football team,
which position he held for two years,
OulY l6dNlDR 10 dCCCPl IL IiiOAO &lANO
and important position with Rutgers
college.
| President Demarest of Rutgers and
President Swetland of Peddie institute
have given President Baer strong let
| ters of Endorsement of Gorton, who also
is highly recommended to President
BAer by DR.. Anderson of Yale univer-
sity and DR.. F. p. Castleman, physical
director of the University of Colorado
DR.. Castleman played with Gorton on
the Colgate team. One of the strong
est and most significant letters sent to
President Baer was from DR.. Louis
Bevier, jr., chairman of Rutgers col
lege faculty committee on athletics and
secretary and treasurer of the Inter
collegiate association.
| President Baer writes: "It is with
genuine satisfaction we announce that
r. II. Gorton is coming to Occidental
have personally investigated Gorton's
record and find that he stands high
as an athlete, as coach and as a
clean man in every way. passed the
greater part of a day with him in
| New York yesterday, and know my
man. with George Braden as physical
director and F. H. Gorton as head
field coach, Occidental will be wei
equipped for developing the physica
side of its students"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31
THOUSANDS OF FANS
ATTEND BALL GAME
Chicago Wins by One Run, Making
Clean Sweep of SerIes-Ncw
York Still In First
Place
NATIoNAL LEAGUE srANpINa

CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-Chicago made it
three straight by winning from New
York today. The game was the hard
est fought and the best played of the
series. Each team got five hits and
played errorless ball.
The champions scored their first run
in the opening inning. Hoffman was
given a base on balls, took second on
Sheckard's sacrifice, and scored on
Chances single over second base. In
the fifth Tinker singled and scored from
second on Hoffmans single to center
field. New York scored it's one run in
the second inning. Donlin walked, took
third on Seymour's single, and scored
ON Devlin's slow bounder to Evers. An
other record breaking crowd was in at
tendance today when the gates were
opened at 10:S0 this morning, hundreds
of people bing in line, and the grand
stand was soon filed. Many took their
places at the entrances to the park as
early as 1850 a. m.
When the game was called every
available spot in the grand stand and
on the field seemed to be occupied The
crowd overfiowed into the field, making
ground rules necessary. A detail of po-
| lice kept the crowd from encroaching
on the playing field. BY making a clean
sweep of the series Chicago goes to
second place in the great race for the
National league pennant, New York
holding the lead by the small margin of
half game. Score:
Chicago 2. hits 5, errors
New York l, hits 5. errors
Batteries-Pfeister and Killing; Gram
dali. McGinnity and Bresnahan. Um-
pires--O'Day and Emslie.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 3O.-Ferguson's
wildness and errors by the Bostons
were principally responsible for the
runs scored by Cincinnati today. Score:
Cincinnati 3, hits 9, errors l.
Boston 0, hits 6, errors 3.
Batteries-Ewing and Schlei; Fergu-
son and Smith. Umpire-Bigler.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. SO.-BroolSlyn took
the final game Of the series from the
home team today Mcintyre was espe-
cially effective with men on bases.
Score:
Brooklyn 2, hits 6, errors 0.
st. Louis 0, hits s, errors 3.
Batteries-McIntyre and Bergen;
Lush and Moran. umpire-Kiem-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31
HARD TO DOPE
FRIDAY FIGHT
BROCK AND cARSEY APPEAR
EVENLY MATCHED
EACH HAS DEFEATED THE OTHER
BY KNOCKOUT
WhIrIwind Lightweight 5attlers Are
Difficult to Handicap Over Sprint
Route They VIII Travel at
Next Meeting

1t viii be interesting to note the odds
that local tight spectators will make
upon the result Of the fourth or fifth
battle between Phil Brock Of Cleveland
and Frank Carsey of Chicago when
they meet Friday night in the Maud
Junction ring. Each has scored a
knockout and one of their fights was
stopped by the police when both We're
winning, to hear them tell 1t. On
dope, which will be made favorite?
Carsey is the early beginner and this
will count for a lot in short fight,
like a ten-round session. He is clever
and fast and has a terrific wallop.
Brock has the better punch, is thor
oughly game, can take beating that
would make the average lightweight
quit and is as speedy when he gets
under way as the average fighter In
his division. Both boys are popular
with the fans because they are lighters
who put up a rafting bout from start
to finish and who do not believe IN
1oafing at any stage OF the scrap.
Their last battle was a thriller all
the way. The manner in which they
clubbed each other with their lists IN
every round kept the fans in highly
enthusiastic state of mind and there
never was moment during the nearly
twenty rounds that q knockout was not
imminent. They stood up to the
scratch and fought to a finish. Brock
getting over the decisive punch early
in the twentieth round. Carsey was
out for several minutes. McCarey was
most fortunate in signing up a pair
OF battlers of this class for the head
liner position on his card and the
show instead of being a prelim card,
will be classy affair. with ten
round main event and three six-round
preliminaries.
Brock is training at Venice with
Billy Papke, while Carsey is working
out at the Ketchel camp. In this man
ner both youngsters and the great mid
dleweights have made it convenient
for the fans to attend both workouts
in one visit. Brock worked out yes
tcrday with Charlie Lucca. boxing
three fast slugging rounds after his
work with the pulleys, weights, punch
ing bag and in shadow work. He also
went ten miles on the road in the
morning with Papke.
Brock is in excellent condition and
looks to be in better health than In
lone time. He will go into the ring
Friday night after having trained him
self and will not be handicapped as he
was in the fight with Welsh and Nc
Farland The Brock who fought Menu
sic and Carsey was not the same hght-
er who mixed it indifferently with
Welsh and Mcfarland. And when the
form reversals of the Cleveland boy
are known in full. as they will be
some day, he will be credited with
being a better fighter than he now Is
regarded.
Carsey also went ON the road in the
morning, doing about seven miles, and
did his usual work in the afternoon,
ending with a three-round bout with
Charlie Anslinger. Carsey viii have
slightly the best of the weight propo-
sition. as he naturally is heavier than
Brock, and is training faithfully In the
determination that he will wipe out
fis recent knockout defeat by Brock.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. S0.-San
Francisco won the morning game and
Los Angeles the afternoon. In the morn
ing Los Angeles used two pitchers, but
hits scattered. Nagle was unsolvable
until the fifth, when he was touched
up four times. He then gave way to
Wheeler. In the afternoon Jones
weakened in the seventh and Los AM
geles punched four hits, which netted
two runs. Gray pitched a good game
and was well supported.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31
OAKLAND TAKES
DOUBLE HEADER
HUMBLES PORTLAND PRIDE IN
BOTH GAMES
Beavers Pile Up Total of Eleven Err.
rors In the TWO Contests and Get
Twenty-three Hits, but Cam
not Win Once

PORTLAND, Aug. 3O.-Oalland took
doubie-header from Portland today
end won the series. Both games were
slugging matches anI Portland's two
new twirlers were taken out of the
box Lewis, Van Haltrens busher
from Alameda, was the star of the
game in the field and at the bat. Score:
First Game