davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
REPAIRING STORM DAMAGE.
Governor Sanders Authorized to Ex-
pend 100000 Fund.

Baton Rouge a meeting of the
dation Governor Sanders was author
lied to borrow from the fiscal agent
banks of Louisiana 100000, or so
much Of this sum as is needed 10
repair the damage done to the build
ingS by the recent storm. The meet
ing was attended by Governor San
ders, Lieutenant Governor Lamhre-
mont, Secretary OF State Michel and
State Treasurer Steele. Governor
Sanders stated that the damage, as
FAR as could be estimated, would be
about 100000. The Jackson insane
asylum was damaged to about $40
600, the StatehOuse $1,000. the uni
versity $1,000, the Deaf and Dumb
institute $4,000, executive mansion
$1,000 and the Lafayette Industrial
institute TO some extent not over
$4,000. The following Was The res
olution offered by Lieutenant Cover
nor Lambremont, and adopted:
"Whereas, great destruction and
damage was done to the capitol and
other state buildings and institutions
by the storm of September 20, 1909;
and,
"Whereas, it is necessary that I'M
~, /.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
%.*.*.*.*s+.*.*.*9+a+.+.4

ho,ni+,l h,;,di,,a !, >.,,,,, n,.l,
rev. & T. Kramer, temporarily at
accnn,,d . o,u - ,I,r.h.lI .ro,.
oyster FISHERMEN VINO "on'Fed
through me recent STORM VIII De
Il - reported 'h"I 'h' rice ilIiIeIS
VI So"'H"eSJ hoUlSi"ha are ABOUT u
ehe'O puH IiS anu SeIIN5 o'S''IlA"'
''0H'
ne sfaHd jury al ftaduehfhe III
u'cleu Den MdrloiiheduA' d warn col'-
S'doie' vi 'ne Clidi Se Vi CA'oi 'l'il III
ONCE
Steamboat service between Baton
Rouge and Morgan 'lIy' VIA me ria
que'h'he lo'hS' VIII De lh""S III "'eu
OclopeI ..
The propram for the dedication of
the MdSSd ChuSettS monument NO
''lilo'' 10 "' D''on i''u6' n"' O''"
"l'louhCeu'
T. D. Stewart of Baton Rouge was
appointed a member of the Louisi-
ana hoard of aDDraisers, succeeding
'he i''e JOHN j. WAN
The omen air entertainment given
under The anspicps of. lie Knights
of Columbus at Walters park. in
OpelOusas WAS a success from every
viewpoint.
w +, COOper has qualified as NAV.
or of Winfield, TO succeed !, D..
Pace, resigned. Mr.. Cooper was ap-
pointed bv Governor Sanders to fill
'iie '"'"h'S'
The Tallahatchie drainage board,
in session at Tunica, overrulsd the
objections to the issuance of 100000
bonds. and sold the entire issue to
'hlcaso p'l'leS'
The assessment rolls of Plaque.
mine parish for 1909 received bv the
stale audjtor show total assess
ment Of S2.5O9 sol an increase of
S53 ,OO3 over 1908.
Kilbourne the organization of truck
growers association was proposed,
and a movement was started for hold
ing a parish fair.
c ..., ,1
ca.,,.n 81 ,,a h,,a,,,
- ...:-n. &c. 49,,
geline parish. appointing Juste z.
Fonteuot to the place,
ros"' o. 'i'' "o"' Z" '''' '""'' ~
...,,
.,.,, -.,,-
eU y, WHY'S" ':,, =" N'''''> " "1e'o ~
'''"p'' WI" " p'''' III p"' 'N'''
The E. Sondheimer company, largo
.,. .,,., .;,,o,,
~, =,
..,:. ,,;,. ra,.a Dna,ii
The Gullett company of Mansfield
and the Higgins OH company OF
Beaumont, Tex, will sink ano' her
well in the. De Soto oil fields. The
iio" Vi vi anu gas liiAen WIN SAT-
""'e'' Ia" nv, e"'eu o'''''''' '0''
"u' NY 'iie past ie" ""'''
Rev. Father J. p. O'Siat, cry of ST.
Gabriel has returned after an alb
sence of four months spent in Ire
land and England, where he went to
visit his parents and relatives. lie
found on his return that the recent
storm nearly wrecked the pretty
church al 81 GaDflel, causing a dam
age OF Si''oo'
Activity resultant from recent
drill ing of big oil producer on sec.
ton 10, between Belcher and Moor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Parish Superintendent Chosen.

Houma.-The school board, in ses
sion at this place, broke the dead
lock as to the schooi superintend-
ency of the parish by electing Prof.
J. N. Foote parish superintendent,
vice Isaac Daspit, who did not quail
ify. The sa airy was fixed at $135
per month Mr. Foote viii be per-
mitted to continue as principal of the
Terrebonne high school for month,
In order that the board may have
time to secure another principal in
his place.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Plan to Destroy Cotton Stalks.

Baton Rouge.-The state crop pest
commission is pushing its cotton
stalk destruction campaign by the
publication of another bulletin on
this subject advising the farmers
how TO make and use cotton sta k
cutter and rake. which reduces to
the minimum the cost of cleaning
the feds and simplifies 10 great
extent the necessary, work. This
cutter is built out of few pieces OF
lumber, and pulled by two horses car
cut down fifteen acres day.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08

NS W ifiiaHl Ndg llCI vi lue Sldle
supreme court was Friday nominated
for mayor Of Greater New York by
the democratic city convention.
The six months provision in the
cattle quarantine regulations as af-
lectlng the provisional quarantine belt
OF Texas will be suspended by the De
partment of Agriculture.
A large meteor Of transient bril-
nancy sped across the heavens from
southwest to northeast Wednesday at
Ennis, Texas. 1t was seen by many
people and was grand sight 1t
caused the timid people to quake with
superstltlous awe. The body of the
meteor was followed by waving blaze,
apparently twenty-five or thirty feet in
length and created light that far out
shone the brightness Of the full moon.
The Columbia Bank and Trust Com.
pany Of Oklahoma City, operating I'M
der state charter, with 100000 CAPT
tai, and having deposits aggregating
S2,1OO,OO0, was prevented from open
ing its doors for business Wednesday
morning by order of State Bank Com
missioner Young. and placed in en-
forced liquidation.
Judge Anderson of the United
States District Court at indianapolis
refused an application by the Depart
ment OF Justice for continuance of
the preliminary hearing of DeIavan
Smith and Charles r. Williams, pro-
prietOrs OF the indianapolis News, who
are under indictment by the federal
grand jury of the District of Column
bia charged with having criminally
! liheled Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas
Robinson, William Nelson Cromwell
| Charles p. Taft and others by intimat
ing in published articles that there
was corruption in the purchase OF the
Panama Canal zone by the United
States from the two French companies
| The hearing was continued last June
until Oct H.
Wilbur Wright circled the great
Statute of Liberty, at the entrance of
New York harbor, in his aeropane
Wednesday, while in the upper part Of
the city two huge drigible balloons
failed ingloriously in their task. The
first day of fight of the HusdOn-Fulten
celebration was victory for the heav
ier-than-air machine. Both Wright and
Curtiss sailed successfully from the
aerdOme on Governors Island in their
motOr-propelled biplanes, but the dirig-
ibles, manned respectively by Capt.
. Thomas Baldwin and George l.. Tom
. linsOn, and entered in the New York
Worlds $4,000 New York 70 Albany
race, were forced to descend because
of mechanical difficulties before they
were we'll under way.
Harry Whitney of New Haven be-
lieves that DR.. Frederick A. Cook
found the pole and Commander Peary
did the same. In expressing this be-
lief Tuesday, Mr.. Whitney said he
knows no reason for doubling Cook
more than Peary. Or. Cooks story,
he added seems to ME truthful and
probable. Nothing else would explain
his twelve-months absence"
1t is stated that the rice millers
combine at Crowley, La, which had
been talked of for several months, the
object of which was to concentrate the
buying and selling of the rough and
clean rice, has been definitely aban-
doned on account of a few millers re-
fusing to come in.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
MEMORY GONE FOUR MONTHS
Spokane Mechanic Forgets His Own
Identity and Does Not Know
Where He Was.

Spokane, Wash.-Max Passler OF
this city, a prosperous, high-salaried
electrical mechanic has had the
strangest case of lapse of memory
ever known in Spokane
On April 10, Passler. steadily EN-.
ployed here for more than two years.
owning his own home and with a wife
and two children, suddenly dropped
out of sight The police were unable
to find any trace of him and his wife
feared he had been held up and
thrown into the river
He reappeared at his home a few
days ago, accompanied by a friend,
who met him wandering up and down
Montgomery avenue, near his own
home
Passler remembers little of the four
months during which he was missing.
He recalls that on April 10 he went
to a physicians office because of "a
headache. He remembers nothing else
except working long hours on a farm.
tending cattle and pitching hay This
is attested to by his sunburned face
and his calloused hands.
One other detail stands out He
was washing his shirt one day on the
farm and woman passing said. You
should have wife TO do that for
you" That started feeble memory.
He began to imagine that he had 4
wife. but could not remember his own
name or her face.
The next thing he remembers is be
ing in Standpoint, Idaho, and then all
| is forgotten until he found himself
wandering around the streets here
and was pecalled to a consciousness OF
his own identity by seeing a Mont
gomery avenue sign on a telegrdp"
| pole .,
J. J. White, a neighbor. found Pass
Ter standing staring at the street sigh
and took him to his waiting we @Ao
long before had given up hope OF eva
seeing him again Passler has appa'
emily recovered all his faculties An'
is none the worse for his experience
IL
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Silver Service for Gunhoat.

Baton Rouge.-Unknown to Itself,
Baton Rouge has had great honor
thrust upon it, and Is going to
promptly make arrangements for the
event. The gunbOat OpelOusaS, of
the mosquito feet of the oyster com
mission, will be presented a silver
service, purchased by the citizens of
OpelOusas in Baton Rouge on OctO-
Der H. The entire mosquito fleet of
the oyster commission will be pres
ent, making the trip uD the river
from New Orleans, while many OF
the citizens of OpelOusaS will come
here for the presentation. The ser
vice consists of coffee set, which
will find more constant use than any
punchbowl. The coffee pot has a
capacity of 5-S pintS and is 10 o-S
inches high. The sugar bowl is of
the same size and the cream pitcher
has a capacity of half pint. The
design is of Louis XIV. style. The
program for the presentation is being
made out by the citizens of Opelous-
as. 1t will be an Opel0Usas affair.
Baton Rouge will see that they get
what they want.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Two Charged With Murder

Leesville.-Jack Erwin and Berry
Mitchell, residents of Hornbeck, have
been arrested and charged with the
murder of Charles F. McGee, town
marshal of Hornbeck and deputy
sheriff of Vernon parish Ii is aim
ed that the officers efforts against
illicit whiskey sellers may have led
to his death His residence was burn
ed, and it is believed the fire was of
incendiary origin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08

Wisdom and Luck.
Wisdom gets great deal oil ING
cr. dit 10 which luck is entitled.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
BE-
GINS WORK
HERE

Construction work has been begun
on the Burlington's new line to Gree
ley. 1t was learned locally last
night that thirty cars containing a
construction crew had been sided at
Guernsey. Wyo.. a short distance in
side the eastern boundary OF the
state on the main line of the Bur-
lington. 1t is here that the new
branch is to start. connecting with
both Guernsey and Torrington. This
information was issued officially.
From Guernsey and Torrington the
new line swings through eastern
Wyoming southwark, paralleling the
Union Pacific and placing the latter
road between the Colorado & South
ern and the new line. The new road
will swing over to Cheyenne and
make connections with the Colorado
& Southern, from which point 1t will
follow the Grow Creek district to
Grover. The dry land farming dis
trict In the northern part OF Weld
county will be tapped. Providing
that the right Of way ordinance now
before the city council Is passed sat
isfactorily, the new line will come
directly from Grover through Gree
ley and on to Hudson. where the
final connection will be made with
the main line Of the Burlington lead
ing to Denver.
In event the Burlington is shut
out or Greeley, the road will go d.
rectly through Kersey to Hudson.
AS Greeley is the most important
point on the new road, it is improb-
able that the latter contingency will
arse. This is the first announce
ment that has been made of the route
ana construction work is under way
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
RAILROADS NOW
T0GETHERON
FRANCHISE

AT last 1t is definitely announce0
that the Denver-Laramie and tue
Burlington roads will get together
on the matter of their proposed
rights of way through the CITY of
Greeley and members OF the city
council have been informed that
when the subject of the railroad or
dinances is again broached before the
council, the warning interests VIII
have made peace with each other.
T. S. McMurray OF the Burlington
has been notified by President John.
son of the Denver-Laramie that he
is ready to reach an agreement, 1t
is understood that this decsion was
reached following the almost posi-
tive assurance given the Denyer-Lar-
annie people that their ordinance
would not find favor in priority over
the Burlington.
The meeting of the railroad men
has already been arranged and the
city aldermen have been given to un-
derstand that two weeks delav will
De asked tuesday night to allow the
ROADS to arrange the details in their
agreement over rights of way. This
patching up of differences is rov.rd-
ed In a favorable light hy the citv
council and will undoubtedly result
in both ordinances being passed sim.
UNANIMOUSLY as was originally agreed
at recent executive sesslon n tho
council.
mere mas been much discussion
looay concerning the cessation of
opera'ions on the street raiway line
along seventh street and It ia inti-
mated that the captulatiop Of The
penVer-Laramie people NAV have
mad something to do with tba strike
OF Greeks employed on tba uort
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
INCORPORATE
COMMISSION
FIRMS

While Individual members OF the
Big Five" are reticent on the SUD
ject OF their Intentions. 1t is learned
through reliable sources that papers
OF incorporation have already been
filed with the secretary Of state IN
Denver and that instead OF the DIE
commission firms operating in vef-
bally understood combination, com
pany ia to be formed with large
capital stock and officers are to De
chosen from among members OF the
company. 1t is also understood
that John c. Mosher Is to be MADE
head OF the company and that the
capital stock will be close to hair u
million.
The commission. firms represented
have practically controlled the output
of the Greeley district for several
years and have secured strong enoush
foothold in the section to practicaily
exclude other firms. The incorpor-
alton of the firms as n single COM
pany has been anticipated for some
time and recent activities led to r"-
mors, which were taken up ana ms
construed to mean that the comp'h"-
tion was to be dissolved. AS those
Interested are disinclined to discuss
their intentions, 1t is not known wh"'
plan are being made. but 1t is Ger
tain that the commission business 10
to be extended and that several en-
terprising movements are to be nh-
dertaken.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
BANK ROBBERY
ATTEMPTED
AT AULT

Ault, August 23.-What may have
Deen an attempt to rob the First
National bank of Ault Friday was
frustrated by the city marshal, who,
discovering two men lingering under
the bank windows at O'Clock in
the morning, fired four shots into
the air. The prowlers Immediately
took to their heels and made the best
possible time out of town.
The 4wo were recognized as mem
bers of gang that struck town the
previous day. There were five in
the outfit and they were all such
hard looking customers that, as they
made the rounds, they attracted at
tention everywhere. and it was for
their special benefit that an extra
deputy was sworn in that night
There is no regular night watchman
now and the marshal had hupct
that it would be good idea to stay
on duty himself. He and his deputy
tramped the streets till daylight.
Whether an attempt was really
made on the bank will always re
main an unsolved question. The re
port commonly believed that tn,
bank window had been cut is abso
lutely denied by the bank people an,
by the officer. However the marsha
thought he would take no chances
and whether the shots rid the tow
or couple of dangerous men or O
only a couple of derelicts nobod
feels that the ammunition was reall
wasted.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
go FORWARD"
Being the Subject of Stimulating ana Inspiring se"''
prs.chsd Yesterday by the Rev John Doane sr and
Some other Things it Suggests.
By Tusr TEDDY

sense il expresses progress, greater
charity and enlightenment for the
masses; in morai sense 1t means
the casting OF refining influence
over our characters. for no man who
is not becoming better morally 10
going backward or standing still; in
a business. everyday application 1t
is equally as good as In either OF
the other two. Going forward" is
the keystone of business achieve
ment and accumulation of profits.
1t is the merchant or professional
man with original ideas. who invents
new methods of advancing mis- inter-
ests, that has the greatest successes.
go forward" means action. In
action spells the death of advance
ment and not to advance means ulti-
mate failure where we are surround
ed by people OF stamina and
strength. The hand of the Creator
is expressed about us In all nature
today and nature itself is expressed
in our fellow men. There are times
when nature and our fellow men
seem to present unsurmountable
ways ahead of us. Like the Chill
dren of Israel beside the Red Sea.
standing still and bemoaning their
sad lot. there are a lot OF us ais-
posed to pause beside the Red seas
of depression and opposition. God
said unto Moses. "go forward. The
waters of the Red Sea parted and
they passed through on dry land.
Every voice of nature and Of en-
terprise calls to us to go forward.
Four-fifths OF the battle against de-
preston and failure is in getting into
action. 1t is the way OF human nat
ure that it yields to the power and
dominating strength OF a man who
is moving or striving to accomplish.
1t is the way of human nature to
uphold the man of power. the man
of action, the man who goes forward.
And after all the hand OF Jehovah
is expressed through human nature.
His hand is in all nature. 1t is Just
as much in the everyday business
enterprise as in the missionary work
of the church. The Rev. Mr.. Doane
uttered the keynote Of civilization
and progres in the words. Go For
ward.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
OF GRIM:
INALS With
SHERIFF

"Seven-eleven. that's something
fiossy." said Deputy Sheriff Peter
son Monday morning.
Over In the office of the county
sheriff Is picturesque collection of
deadly weapons, gambling devices
and other curios which were placed
In a big new case Monday morning
and arranged as only the artistic eve
of Deputy Sheriff Charles Peterson
could do it. The collection is the
exclusive property OF Sheriff Ben
Florance and each article will bring
the unfolding of either some sad
tragedy, some dramatic climax or
some comedy that has crept into the
sherifr's work during the months
that have passed.
Here IL an ancient gun almost re
sembling cannon when compared
with the guns of the modern type,
which only failed to kill the big sher-
III because It snapped on a dead shell
when the muxxle was placed almost
against his ribs.
Here is . hammer that crushed a
mans head like an eggshell when
welded by another man inspired by
hate and the lust for human life.
All around the edges OF the case
are poker chips arranged according
to their color. which II they could
only talk. could tell long tales oil
the extreme Of human disappoint-
ment or Joy. They were taken at
one time or another in raids on
gambling rooms in Greeley. Here
is q pack OF cards stained with blood
Further to one side IL the knife that
was sunk to the hilt in mans
breast and It was from this wound
that the blood drenched the cards
Up In one corner Of the case in
circle Of poker chips are dice OF
every description. battered and yel-
low. some loaded and some not, in
the magic figures I'LL. Below these
in another circle are small saws that
have been used by prisoners in es-
Gaping or attempting to escape from
the jail Then there are handouts
that have been on the wrists of not
ed prisoners in Weld county. And
spurs that were taken from the boots
Of horse thieves. Altogether the
case is one of the most interestirs
ones in the City of Greeley. Sheriff
F1orance can tell the story of each
curio and tell 1t we'll.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
AULT PHYSICIAN
AT Big SCHOOL
DIR. NJ. c. HARDING Is AT HOME
Gets Special Training in the Govern
ment'S Frisco Glass

ment's Frisco Glass
Ault, August 23.-Dr. NJ. c. Hard
clans appointed by the governor of
the state to attend the session of the
United States Medical School at San
Francisco, has Just returned to his
home here. DR.. Harding was the
only representative from Colorado
at this great gathering of medics
from all over the United States
The school was held at the Pre-
sidio and is an attempt on the part
of the government to crowd into a
three weeks course the extra train
ing necessary to fit a doctor for the
work of caring for wounded men.
Heretofore, a six months post grad
uate course has been held necessary
to equip physician for this class of
work. Uncle Sam thinks that much
less time is required, and in conse-
quence, the experiment of establish.
ing this school has been made. This
is the first year it has been tried
The students received instructions
in army regulations, sanitation, sur.
gical work and the handling OF
wounded soldiers. DR.. Harding re
ports that the experiment seemed tt
him complete success.
Dr. Harding stopped over at Sa,
Diego and visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. w. Harding.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-26
sEVENTY.FIvE CANDLES
WE'RE BURNING TOKENS
ON Big BIRTHDAY C,,

\ At the last meeting of North ;,
+ Side Country club held at tbe :,
: home OF Mrs. Minnie Wilson >,
+ the ladies presented Mrs. Mar. ;,
+ Ion Clark with set of china :,
= dishes as n token OF their love !,
: and appreciation for her, the :.
+ occasion being her 18th birth :.
= day. Mrs. Clark accepted the !,
+ gift with few we'll chosen :.
I" remarks and heart overflow !.
+ ing with love. An additional ;,
+ present Of burnt wood by Miss !,
:: Nichols was much admired. !,
: A birthday cake was brought !,
= forth. on which was burning !.
+ seventy-five candles. emblems of !.
+ Mrs. Clark's number OF years !.
+ The occasion was a happy one :.
+ for all present :,
+ + + + + + 1. I. I. !. !. !. ! !. ). ;. :,