The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-27

souri, has been granted a charter ny
Secretary of State Roach. 1t is the
Potosi Lead, Baryta and Mercan-
tile company of Potosi, Washington
county. 1t has a capital stock OF
$5,O00,OO0, all paid up.
The local distribution station of
! the Waters-Pierce Oil company at
Tulsa, Okla, was destroyed by fire,
with a loss of $4,000. The sta
ton was located along the Frisco
railroad, and sparks from a passing
engine, it is believed, caused the
fire.
By requiring letter carriers to
"double up their routes during the
dull season Of July and August in
stead Of employing substitutes,
Postmaster General Hitchcock ex-
poets to save the government not
less than $250,0O0 in the cost of
carriers vacations during the pres
ent fiscal year.
Acting Secretary Winthrop of
the navy department declined to au-
thorize the purchase of two aero
planes for which plans and specif-
cations are on file, and definite ac-
ton looking toward the acquire
ment of these machines for use by
the navy will be deferred for the
present.
Thirty-eight aeroplanes have
been entered in the aviation COM
petitions at Rheims, France, and
further information from abroad
indicates that all records for long
distance flights will fall. Besides
the valuable cups which have been
offered for the events, 100000
francs have been put up as prizes.
By direction of President Taft,
seven cadets were dismissed from
the United States Military acad-
envy, being involved in the hazing
of Roland Sutton. Cadet Sutton
is brother of Lieut.. James n. SUIT
ton of the Naval academy, whose
death was investigated at Annapo-
lis recently. " ..'
The Marquis de Montagliari,
Italian charge d'atfaires at Wash
ington, has RENTED to Miss Ma
bel Boardman of Manchester,
Mass, and Washington, golden
crown, the gift of the Italian gov
eminent in recognition of her SER
vices as member of the American
Red Cross society to the victims of
the recent Italian earthquake.
After five months of strict pro-
hibition, liquor selling and gam
bling have been resumed at Wichi-
ia, Kan, owing to a quarrel be-
tween the police and the city COM
missioners because the latter failed
to pass an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of imitation beer, the police
vigilance relaxed and 6 carload of
beer was sold. The town has taken
on the aspect of former days.
While m0urners were assembled
to pay the last sad rites to Samuel
Smith, aged 16, at the family home
at Frayser's station, near Memphis,
Tenn, Miss Blanche Smith,
teacher in the public schools and
sister of the dead boy, collapsed
suddenly under the strain and ex-
pired. The assemblage was dis
missed, the brothers funeral was
postponed and both were buried
side by side.
Stories that have gone abroad
about the great speed at which
President Taft's chauffeur takes the
chief magistrate along the smooth
oil roadways about Beverly, Mass,
have caused the summer White
house mail to be flooded with let
tiers from timid admirers of Mr..
Taft, urging that Robinson, who
drives the presidents car the great
er part of the time, be directed to
exercise more caution. -"
One man was snot in the right
leg and several others slightly in
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