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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
WELSH CHARTER STANDS THE TEST.
Supreme Court SuStains the Action OF
the Lower Courts.

In case of l.. Maurice Coreil VS. the
Town of Welsh the supreme court
rendered decision sustaining the
judgment of the lower courts in favor
of the deIendent. This suit was
brought by the plaintiff to annul that
portion of the town ordinance that
pre- 1ided for the impounding of stack
caught running at large.
This case is one of more then COM
mon interest to the Town of Welsh as
it involved the validity of the town
charter and of course all the acts that
have been authorized under it. De.
fendent, Mr.. Coreil, is an extensive
cattle raiser OF St Landry Parish who
has large numbers of cattle that range
over Calcasieu Parish. A portion of
these cattle.were in the habit of graz.
ing in and around Welsh, and upon
various occasions have been i'm
pounded bv our city officials, Mr..
Corell having paid in all some S75. 90
to $4,000 impounding fees. The test
was made over the impounding of a
steer OF the plaintiffs some two years
ago. Ihe case was carried through
the lower courts where Adhesion was
rendered infavor of Enlightenment.
1t was then carried to the supreme
court where the action of the lower
courts ives sustained. This will prob
ably settle for all time the question of
the legality of the impounding ordi-
nance of the Town OF. Welsh. ,... ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Seed oats at Jones Bros
1t Does the Business.

Mr.. E. E. Chamberlain of Clinton,
Ma inc, sas of Buck lens Arnica
Salve: ut does the business: l have
used it for piles and it cured them.
Used it for chapped hands and it
cured them. Applied it to an old sore
and it healed it without leaving scar
behind 25c at aid ruggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
d. j. Reid.

We are authorized to announce the
name of D. j. Reid IS candidate for
reelection TO the Office OF Sheriff and
Tax Collector of Calcasieu parish.
subject to the action of the democrat
ic primary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
A. I. Shaw.
For Constable
Isaac FOntenet.

W. re authorized 10 announce the
name OF Isaac Fontenot as a candi-
date for lie nomination of Ward
Constable, subject to the democratic
voters ~ the neat primary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

enough on subscriptions to pay for
the blank paper used. Mr.. Bailey
will not desert the profession, but will
begin publishing IL new paper, The
Atchafalaya Wave, about the first of
February. The Journal wishes him
success in his new field.
Lodge emblems are used in vari-
Gus ways, as pins, charms, bangles,
etc, but the latest use to which
they have been put is to adorn the
barrel of fountain pens. Call and
see them aCtae journal Book Store
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Announcements.

The announcement Of candidates viii be
published in this column until after the prl1
maries, at the following rates: Parish ana
nouncemepts $500, cash with the order.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
For Clerk.
James W. Gardiner.

James W. Gardiner.
To the people OF Calcasieu Parish:
| hereby announce myself a candl-
date for reelection as Clerk of Court
of Calcasieu parish, subject to the &C
ton of une democratic primary.
Respectfully,
James W. Gardiner.
Jno. w. Rh0rer.
We are authorized to annouce the
name Of John w. Rhorer as candi-
date for the Office of Clerk of Court,
in and for Calcasieu parish, La, SUBJ
iect to the actlon of the Democratic
party,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

o KID by Finance Committee be paid
Motion carried
Moved and seconded that the Secre.
tary be authorized to draw warrent
on Treasure for 1907. % 10 favor of
Parish Treasure, the amount of school
tax due to Jan. lst 1908.
Resolved:-In regard to cemetery lots
and moved and seconded, and carried.
was adopted. BE it resolved by the
Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Town Of Welsh, La, that here after.
any person who shall want lot In
the Welsh Cemetery shall apply to the
Secretary of the Town of Welsh and
shall pay for same ne soon as loca-
ton Is made.
Mo,io o ,joaya. C. .,,,
an Blackford auy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

To the Public:-You are hereby
notified not 20 charge anything
against the account of Golden Suar
Lodge No. 799, knights and La
dies of Homo of the World, of
Welsh, La, without a written c.
der FROM the protector.
G. .. Slater,
Z9-3t Protector.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
For eut.

Rice farm-new wSI-go"d barn
comfortable houSe-clOse in.
Silas ". Day,
Welsh, La.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
A. l.. Arceneaux.

a. L.. Arceiitau3.
We are authorized to annOuncei the
name of A, l.. ArceneauX as q can
didate for the nomination of Consta-
BILE of Ward Two. subject to the ac-
ton of the democratic primary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Mark L. Prentice.
For Coroner
DR.. ". L. Fisher

DIR. ". L. Fisher
We are authorized to announce the
name of DR.. w. L. Fisher, as a can
didate for the Office of Coroner, for
the parish OF Calcasieu. subject to the
action of the democratic party.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
For representative.
). A. Fairchild.

). A. Fairchild.
We are authorized to Announce the
name of ). \. Fairchilu of VintOn, as
o candidate for the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes.cf the next Genera Assem-
bly, OF Louisiana, subject to the action
of the democratic primary.
Leon Locke
We are authorized to announce the
name of Leon Locke, as q candidate
for the House of Representatives Of
the next General Assembly Of Louis
ianl, ,nbject to the action OF the dem
ocratic primary.
Y. AMIiIler
To the democratic voters of CalcaSieu
parish:
hereby announce myself as a can
didate for Representative of the parish
of Calcasieu. in the General Assembly
OF Louisiana, subject to the action of
the voters In the democratic primary.
V. A. Miller.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
For Police Juror Of
Ward Two
F. A. Arceneaux.

F. A. Arceneaux.
wish to announce that | am u can
didate for police Juror of ward two
subject to the action OF the voters OF
tue democratic primary.
f. 4. ArceneauX.
T. $. Langly.
We are authorized to announce the
name of II. S. Langly as h candidate
for the nomination for the Office of
Police Juror for Ward Two, subject
to the action or the voters in the dem
ocratic primary.
Mark L. Prentice.
We are authorized to announce the
name of Mark L. Prentice as a can
didate for the Office Of police juror for
Ward Two, subject to the action of
the voters III the next democratic pri-
mary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
DIR. Elisha l.. Clement

DR., EllSNa IL. CIemeHC
We are authorized to announce the
name of DR.. Elisha L. Clement, as a
candidate for the Office of Coroner,
for the parish of Calcasieu, subject to
the action of the democratic party.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

candidacy of Mr.. Chas. NJ. Richard
for assessor of Calcasieu parish, sub
;ect to the action OF the democratic
primary. His splendid record and
executive ability, is his best recon-
mendation.
A. /. Shaw.
We are authorized to announce the
name OF A. I. Shaw as q candidate
TO- the Office OF Assessor in and for
the Parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana,
subject to the action of the democratic
primary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Welsh, La. Jan. 7, 1908.

Hail of Council Chamber:
Council was called to order by the
Hon. Mayor G. E. Carr Members of
the Board of Trustees present: F. D.
Calkins, Chas. Dautel, A. T. Jones,
e. H. Boiling. Minutes of previous
meeting read and approved.
Matter OF bills taken up and dis
posed of:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
CIVIC AWAKFNTEGS.
A General Cleanup Is of First Con-
siSar2tion

A General Cleanup Is of First Cor.
siaeration.
Many are the anxious inquirers who
apply for information as TO the first
work to attack in the fight for civic
beauty The question is usually of only
local significance and may be solved by
those interested if they will but OBJ
serve the most pressing needs of the
community. As u rule, nothing will so
effectually and so cheaply improve a
section as the cleaning of streets, park
ways and vacant lots. This accom-
plished, an air of general thrift and
cleanliness is at once noticeable by all.
whether residents or visitors. Individ-
uals will catch the fever, and a general
cleanup of private premises will still
further improve the scene. says the
Los Angeles Times. Some funds will
be needed for the public work. and
these may be obtained by starting an
improvement association with a low
membership fee, and the organization
need not live beyond the cleanup pc
Rod.
Whether the association is to be
made permanent should be gagged by
the interest and enthusiasm manifest
by the general public. If only few
are interested the fight for permanence
will prove Il hard one, but if enthuSi-
asm dominates the whole people do
not rest with simple cleanup, which
is only a negative move. but engage in
some permanent Improvement looking
to the beautifying and lettering of the
whole field under consideration Doubt,
less the easiest task and the one most
productive of lasting results in proper.
ton to the cost is the planting of street
trees. If money is only on hand for q
| single block of planting. do not be dis
! couraged, but make this block com
! plete and orderly, and it viii! then moi
! prove so hard to add thereunto. At this
| stage of the game some enthusiastic
! energetic workers will be needed Il
fan the feeble spark into an active
| fame. If you can get one street plant
| ed you can eventually and in the neal
| future secure the adornment of all
| Any community with well planted
streets is well on the highway TOWARD
! the goal of the city beautiful, and les
difficulty will be experienced Will
every successive step.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
THE LOST DOLLAR.
II Was Sent to Mail Order House
and Never Got Back Home.

II Was Sent to Mail Order House
and Never Got Back Home.
This is the sad story of the neighbor-
hood dollar that went astray and never
found its way home
Ten years ago anlAllen county (kan.)
farmer put his Initials on a dollar bill
The next Cay he went to the nearest
town and spent 1t with q merchant.
Before the year was out he got the
dollar back Four times in six YEAR;
the dollar came back to him for prod
uce. and three times he heard of it in
the pockets of his neighbors.
The last time he got it back five
years ago. He sent it TO a mail order
house. He has never seen that dollar
since and never viii. That dollar will
never pay any more school or road tax
for him. will never build or brighten
any of the homes of the community
He sent it entirely out of the circle of
usefulness 10 himself and neighbors
HOY many dollars. how many mil
lions of dollars. are going away from
home never to return every year?
Some statistician has estimated that
about 100000 of them take French
leave of their home communities annu-
ally by the mail order route. Every one
that departs from home in this way
takes a dollars worth of prosperity out
of the community
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
SCHOOL GROUND BETTERMENT
What Can Pc Done to Make Common
Property Attractive.

While we are imbued with the gar
dening fever let us look to the district
school yard and note if it has all we
could wish for in the way of plant
life. If not. what can you do to make
it more interesting, instructive or at
tractive? OF course there are school
yards where there is not sufficient
space for flowers. others where the
school board has covered the garden
space with temporary buildings and
still others where they have built so
ugly and unsightly or insufiicicntly as
to disgust the neighborhood residents,
who will do nothing until the wrong
is righted.
AS a rule. however, school yards
in general are capable of pleasing eff
fects by the juGicious planting of
tree, shrub and vine. Where such is
the case it is well to bear in mind
that it is the one piece of neighborhood
property in which all are interested,
all have a common ownership and that
upon all its condition reflects credit or
criticism. What is the condition Of
your school yard? Can you Individual
~ or with your neighbors collectively
do anything to improve it? If so. act
that it may be credit and comfort
to you and yours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
City Improvement Hints

hand by the merchants and other bust
ness people in quantities sufficient to
enable them to inclose copies in every
letter written TO outsiders.
Another plan that has worked well
in some towns is for the business men
to club together and buy some regular
advertising space in the home newspa-
per, where interesting information con-
corning the town may be kept stand
ing. AS matter of fact, only the
type will be kept standing. The infor
nation thus expressed will travel
widely 1t can be made to travel still
more widely if the citizens will secure
extra copies and mail them where they
will do the most good.
A town in which every responsible
citizen is a walking, talking, writing,
fighting publicity bureau and town
boomer is not calculated to remain
very long an unknown quantity The
outside world will discover that that
town is on the map and will not have
to stick pin i'll the atlas at that point
to remember the fact.
The writer once knew n man in q
Missouri town who was regarded by
his friends as a benevolent lunatic be
cause he went around talking up his
. own town as the best burg on the map
of the United States. He visited many
other towns and cities. always blow
| ing the horn of his home town. That
man no longer is regarded as a crank.
His talk has built mp his town. and
last year the grateful citizens contrib
uted from the money he had enabled
them to make and bought him an au-
| tomObile
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
ST Browns Town Boom.


Silas Brown of Sleepytown
Conceived a fine idee.
I'll wake this sluggish village up
Says Si!as Brown, says he
Twas round about the end of June
When Silas got his bunch.
He laid in fireworks night and noon
And morning-Quite a bunch.
He hid them in his fathers barn,
For ST was but kid.
This Silas Brown of Sleepytown
Who PLANNED the deeds he did.
There'd nothing happened in the place
Since Boggs' cows collapse
In sixty-seven, from a chase
By Lively Village chaps.
And that was why this silas Brown,
In whom the quiet clogs.
Determined he'd show off his town
To Lively Village boys. i
Upon the evening Of the third
OF genial. gay July
No single SleepyvlIian stirred
Nor winked q wakeful eye.
The night passed on, the morning
broke,
The glorious Fourth was it,
And all of Sleepytown awoke
And nearly had fit,
For 81 had touched his fireworks OF
With such fiendish art
They made a pyrotechnic cough
That made the sleepers start.
Bill links was blown clean out of town
And landed on his back
Ten miles away and upside down
On Farmer Hayfield's stack
Sol Smithers left his board and bed {
And mostly, too, his clo'es
And on Il Lively Village shed
Ait upon his nose.
Tom wilkins took perfect line
Smack dab across the state
And landed in city fine
At nearly half past eight
And so from Sleepytown they flew
To other burgs galore.
And where they landed, sure and true,
= They made a large uproar.
Result-the folks from all around
To Sleepytown poured in
To learn what caused the awful sound
And wherefore was the din.
And. thanks to Boomer Slas Brown,
That patriotic chap,
They learned at last that Sleepytown
/ Was strictly on the map.
! From which this vital truth we trace
Oh, heed it. men and boys!-
II you would boom your native place
You've got to make a noise.
I. sAPP. JR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
TOWN BEAUTY AID. :
Society In Each Block to Look After
Back Yard Reform.

birmingham, Ala. which is already
distinguished for its natural beauty
and for its beautiful homes and bsau-
tiful streets, is the starting place of q
movement valuable to any town Red
mountain is in itself thing of beauty.
and within the city limits are land.
scape effects of rare charm. But Il
the people will support Mayor Ward
in his movement for improving and
identifying all sections of Birming.
ham the city will be made still more
attractive as a place of residence. The
mayor desires the women to take the
actual lead in this matter and organize
societies for enhancing the appearance
of such blocks especially as have been
neglected.
Much has been done in an educa-
tional way to stimulate in the public n
taste for the beautiful. but in order To
give this work concrete form the may
or suggests that society with 1.-The
city beautiful in view be organized in
every block. says the Birmingham
Age Herald
Cleanliness and the disappe.. rance OF
ugliness should be first in mind Aft
er the back yards as well as the front
yards are put in clean condition then
fences and sidewalks and trees and
grass plots should receive attention
In the more elegant sections the
premises are kept in model condition
all the year round, and the lawns are
| marvels of beauty. With the organ
iZation of block societies all Birming
ham could be brought easily in line
with 1.-The city beautiful idea. Sucl
movement would result at once in 6
spirit of emulation. and in carrying out
| the proposed scheme the expense &c
| the individual would be next to moth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
Children Civic seautifiers.

In the annual spring flower distribu-
ton this year by the Civic Improve
ment league of Richmond, Va. over
5000 children received a packet of
seeds, together with printed card of
instructions for the planting and care
of flowers. Every child receiving a
package of the league flower seeds
pledges as follows:
First promise to plant these seeds
myself and take care of their product
Second.-I promise to help keep my
back yard clean.
Third promise not to throw any
trash in the streets of our city.
FOURTH promise Gor boys not to
spit on the sidewalk.
Fifth promise to do all in my
power to make my city more beautiful
and attractive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
Partisan Paper Cans.

The street department of Paris mas
a bad reputation which it does not de-
serve. Foreign visitors in particular
complain that the streets of the capital
are not kept in a state of neatness
worthy of the City of Light. The fact
that the pavements of Paris are Uttered
with scraps of paper to an extent I'M
known in, London or Berlin is due, how
ever, to tile permission given by the au-
thorities of Paris to distribute adyer-
Using matter In the streets. An at
tempt has been made to remedy this
state of affairs by placing on the bor.--
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22

ward receptacles for circulars. newspa-
pers ana other refuse, says the Scien-
life American. The receptacles, which
are made OF iron, are attached to the
lamp posts and contain inner vessels of
moved and emptied. The new receD-
tacles are ornamental in appearance,
and they attract the attention of the
public, which already condescends to
use them occasionally and will proba-
bly, do so more frequently after it has
become accustomed to them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

Abraham Glover to Louis Ross. lot
20. block 152, city of East Moline.
$3.50.
J. L. Oakleaf, trustee, to Weigandt
& Bonn, lot 5. block I. city OF East
Moline 1925
Jane S. Cable to John Brandt. lot
3. block u. Buford & Guyer's addi-
ton, Rock Island $500.
John G. Christensen to Fred c. Zieg-
Ter, tract northwest northwest quarter
northeast quarter section S-17-1w
$1,000.
Henry o. Carlson to Mary mellow
ell, west quarter lot II, and east han
lot -. block ). Sinnets addition, Rocb
Island. 81.
George A. Mcdowell to Henry o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
A Faithful Friend.

81 have used Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy since
it was first introduced to the public
IL 1872, and have never found one
instance where a cure was not speed
lily effected by its use. l have been
q commercial traveller for IS years.
and never start cut on a trip without
this, my faithful friend" says H. S.
Nichols OF Oakland, Ind. Ter. When
4 man has used remedy for 35 years
be knows its value and is competent
to speak of it. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22

pie time to examine their purchase be-
fore paying over their money.
Why they prefer thus to buy their
cats and their pigs is a question
that the local merchant would pay
money to have answered.
Why will people otherwise sensible
pass up the goods which they can ex-
anime before purchase and pay ont
their good coin to a catalogue house,
trusting to the picture and promise
That they will do it "'tis true, tits
pity, and pity tits it's true"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
TOWN ADVERTISING.
Striking Way In Which a Massachu
sets Town Uses a Huge Chair.

Striking Way In Which a Massachu-
sets Town Uses a Huge Chair.
Not only does it pay to advertise in
every line of business, but self adver-
tisement is a good proposition for
towns.
Gardner, Mass, a busy town on the
tiptop of the highest land in Worcester
county save only the peak of Mount
Wachusett, is the biggest chairmaking
community in the world and is known
popularity as ''Chairtown."
1t believes in saying good word for
itself and accordingly at the railroad
station advertises itself in characters
tic fashion by having set up 1.-The big
gest chair in the world which stands
on concrete base in the middle of the
long lawn alongside the Boston and
Maine station platform. The chain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
BUYING PIGS IN POKES.
What You Do When You Patronize q
Catalogue House.

Would you buy cat in a bag.
pig in poke? No? Then you are not
one of those who contribute $3.50, O00.-
600 annually to the 1upport of the cata-
logpe houses in payment for their pic
tured wares.
Yet there are millions who are doing
that very thing, buying the cat in the
bag and pig in the poke, and of a
stranger. when for the asking they
might buy of a neighbor and have am
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma.
tism and neuralgia radically cures IN
one to three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable, and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island; Gus,
Schlegel & Son, 20 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22

weighs 200 pounds and is five and
half feet square ut the base and twelve
feet high To make this bit of furniture
there were used 600 feet of lumber.
AS a bit of town advertising as we'll
as an indication of what's going on il
the town this chair is winner. and
every one passing through Gardner Is
sure to see it and TO remember it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-22

Carlson west quarter lot II and east
,half lot u. block 3. Sinnets addition,
Rock Island. 81.
Frank w. Gould. trustee. to John
A. Dibbern. lot l. block :. East Mo
line $500