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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
BISHOP JOSEPH S. KEY Is TO RETIRE
Aged Divine Asked Relief From Du-
ties in Letter to Conference After
Twenty Years Service.

Asheville, N. CA deep feeling of
sadness fell over the entire general
conference at Wednesdays session
when the secretary read letter from
Bishop Joseph S. Key, D. D., of Sher-
man, Texas. 1t was a message of love
and tenderness requesting the confer
ence to relieve him of the active du.
ties of a bishop and thereby allow him
to take the position in the church as
a supernumerary. Bishop Key was
elevated to the episcopacy twenty
four years ago at the session Of the
general conference held in Birming-
ham, and for many years has made
his home in Sherman, Texas.
Since Bishop Keys decision to re.
tire from active work, it is said upon
good authority that Texas is sure to
come in and share in the election of
bishops.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Will Construct Belt Line.

Houston, Tex.-To obviate the ne
cessity of bringing freight trains
through the city the Houston Belt G.
Terminal Company will construct a
belt line to connect the Beaumont Sour
Lake & Western and Trinity & Braz-
os Valley Railway entering the city
from the north, with the Santa Fe
and st. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
Railway entering the city from the
south. The belt line will be nine miles
in length and the bayou will be brdg-
ed one mile above the turning basin.
1t will skirt the eastern edge of the
city.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Miss Elizabeth Legere Fleming Chris
ened the Massive Boat-VessePs
Armament.

New York.-The largest, fastest and
most powerful sea fighter in the Am
erican navy and in the world, the mon
ster battleship Florida, was launched
Thursday at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Thousands Of spectators witnessed
the launching. Many Of the specta-
tors took places hours before the yes
sci slid from the ways, and they wait
ed patiently until the ship entered
the brine. Even then they were loath
to depart, many remaining for hours
to watch the giant hull as it floated at
anchor in mid-stream.
The state of Florida was represent
ed by large official party. Secre-
tary Meyer and several of his assist
ants were on hand to represent the
navy department.
Boat Christened.
Ready to christen the ship, Miss
Elizabeth Legere Fleming, daughter Of
the late Ex-Governor F. P. Fleming,
stood on the launching stand, the chris
tening bottle poised for the first move
of the ship. Suddenly there was a
rending sound, the weakened beam
gave way and the giant hull began to
move down the ways. At the same
moment Naval Constructor William J.
Baxter, who supervised the construc-
ton of the vessel, gave the signal to
the sponsor. Miss Fleming hurled the
bottle of sparkling wine at the prov
and exclaimed in clear voice: 81
christen thee Florida"
The Florida is 521 feet inches long,
nearly as long as city block; her
beam is So feet IL inches; she draws
% - feet of water and displaCes
21,S25 tons in light order, while when
fully loaded with her supplies and am
munition she will measure up to 29,033
tons. Her estimated speed is 20 3-4
knots per hour, which would have been
regarded few years ago as top
notch for swift unarmored cruiser.
She will carry $500 tons of coal in
her bunkers, which should enable her
to make the round trip across the
Atlantic at half speed.
The main battery of the ship will
consist of ten Pinch rifles arranged
in pairs in turrets. There is very
formidable secondary battery compos.
ed of sixteen 5-inch rapid-frers, four
three-pounders, two one-pounders and
number of machine guns There are
also two twenty-one-inch submerged
tubes for torpedoes.
1t will take more than a thousand
men to manage this great fighting
machine; the minimum requirement is
sixty officers and 954 enlisted men.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

Inc rage for changing names some.
elmes runs up against snag. Some.
one succeeded in rechristening Tot.
tenVllle' down ON Staten Island, and
substituting the title of Bentley
manor Now the descendants of the
Huguenots who settled in that quarter
have risen In protest and want the old
name back. So do the Daughters of
the American Revolution, whose ma.
triotic spirit naturally revolts at the
fact, as alleged, that the new name is
that OF man who was Tory in the
Revolution. Sometimes the adontion
OF new name for town is marked
by more haste than discretion
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

The young Lochinvar Of the TWEEN.
deth century has to be up-to-date, or
else no wedding bells for him. There
may be racing and chasing on Canon.
bic Lee" or wherever he makes his
getaway with willing and adoring
sweetheart, but 1t will not be after the
charger which has stood conveniently
near. The clippers hustle off in an
automobile, and the pursuers follow in
the fastest motor cars that can be
requlsitioned. And then the hunt is
not always successful. A youthful
Apair ran away in that fashion at San
piego, CAL, and so far as heard from
have not been captured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Child Killed at Play,

Anahuac, Textile little baby girl
Of County Attorney Al. L. Beason was
accidentally killed Thursday by her
little sister. The children were play.
ing with hitch rein, and one of them
was swinging it around over her head
and the end of it hit her little sister
in the temple. Death resulted few
hours later.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
PuebIos on War Path,

East Las Vegas, N. Nan uprising
of serious proportions has broken out
among the Taos Pueblo Indians at
their village, seventy miles northwest
of Las Vegas, and troops are being
hurried by special train from Santa
Fe to check possible massacre of
white ranchers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Mistook Acid for Medicine

Wichita Falls, Tex-Miss Leta Nor
row, aged IS, is dead as a result of
swallowing carbolic acid. She mistook
the poison bottle for some medicine
she was taking and swallowed spoon
full of acid. A physician was hasti-
ly summoned but death ensued short
lN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
For $4,000 DAMAGES.

Houston, TeX-J l.. Mitchell, the
Houston jeweler, was made the defend
ant in a suit filed Friday in the Elev-
enth Judicial District Court in which
the plaintiffs, Mrs. Georgia Isabelle
and A. j. Bonner, seek to recover
$4,000 damages for the killing of their
father, n. j. Bonner, at La Porte on
July 26, 1908.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

Friends OF che art league in Chi.
cago are urging the park board to
abandon the word boulevard" and to
call the highways connecting the park
systems drives, or roads," or park
ways" The people of Chicago are
rapidly becoming purists. 1t will be
remembered that Eugene Field prophe.
sled that If Chicago ever got inter-
ested in culture, Chicago would make
culture hum.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Appointed Agent by Farmers Unior

Palestine, Text. L. Rogers has
been appointed agent to handle the
potato crop of this county by the ex-
ecutive committee of the Anderson
County Farmers Union. Mr.. Rogers
had charge Of the marketing of the
crop of the members of the union last
season.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Watermelon Crop Short,

San Antonio, Tex.-Reports from
over Southwest Texas are to the ef-
feet that the drouth will make the
watermelon crop late and may make
the crop little short. There will be
few melons by June 10, and the day
they are always in good demand, and
the movement will not begin in earn
est before July !.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

The ballooning fatalities In Ger.
many should serve as a warning to
amateur aeronauts everywhere, at the
opening OF the season for aerial
flights. The ascension with the Pom.
mern, which ended in the Baltic sea.
was undertaken when high wind pre-
vailed, and when professional aero
nauts would have considered it rash
to start. The second fatality revealed
the dangers of descent when strong
winds are blowing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

II you have a bad memory, says one
of the good thing" pages, safeguard
1T by jotting down in notebook
little memorandum Of the promises
you make, just as a small reminder.
UNI Very good. Believe, at the same
time, somebody could make quite a
bit of money by marketing handy
forgotten.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
School Bonds Apnroued

Austin, Textile attorney gener-
ais department Wednesday approved
for registration the following bonds:
Pearsall independent school district
schoolhouse bonds, $4,000 ten forties
at per cent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
$4,000 for a Seat

New York.-Thirty thousand dollars
was paid Saturday Tor a seat on the
Cotton Exchange. This is $500 in ad.
vance of the price paid for seat
sold a few weeks ago.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Lulinq Cattle Shjpment

Luling, Tex.-A carload of Jersey
mich COWS were shipped from Luling
to Fort Worth and brought fancy
prices. Jerseys are in demand and
prices has increased greatly during
the past six months.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Child Killed With UnIoaded Gun

Houston, Tex-Wesley Lehmberg,
the 10-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs.
E. A. Lehmberg, while playing with a
target rifle supposed to be unloaded,
was accidentally shot in the temple
Wednesday, dying three hours later.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
q Surprisjnu Event.

Mr.. Brown crushing excltediy INV
the room)-Marie, Marie, intellgehs'
has just reached me
Mrs. Brown Calmly Interrupts
him)-Well, thank heaven, Henry'
Life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Onion Farm Sells for $4,000.

Laredo, Tex.-Wesley Love, sue.
cessful onion farmer, who came to
Webb County from East Texas, sold
his onion farm Thursday to Samuel
of Jacksonville for $4,000,
and will open a new farm at once.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Cabbage Season Ended

Caplen, Textile cabbage season is
now about ended, the last car being
shipped this week, making about the
SeFenty-ffth car. Some small express
shipments are still going out.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Eiqhty.seven Crates of Snap Beans

Caldwell Tex-Farmers Saturday
shipped eighty-seven crates of snap
beans to various markets, this max
Ing two hundred crates shipped in less
than week.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Fire Destroyed Cotton Gin.

Sulphur Springs, Tex.-Fire Thurs.
da completely destroyed the Sulphur
Springs round bale gin. causing loss
Of $4,000. The fire originated in the
press room.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

A Sing Sing prisoner complains that
ne was given an ammonia bath.
Probably some improvement installed
since they started calling the place
Ossining
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

A Chicago doctor says that man
Is as old as his blood vessels. The
men in st. Paul also usually are about
the same age as their bones, nerves
and other paraphernalia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

A Russian prince is named as CO.
respondent in the divorce suit Of a
turpentine king. Heavy lies the head
that wears a crown"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

A Chicago man has asked a divorce
because his wife drank two cases Of
beer day What she wants IS pipe
line.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

{ A clubwoman wants college girls
protected. She fears they think too
deeply. Well, If they didn't think
deeply at times how should we know
the correct way to make fudge?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

A New York cafe that arbitrarily
required its patrons to wear evening
dress has been closed, thus striking
another blow for freedom of action.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

st. Louis man swears that his sub
conscious self was in control when he
got married. Sounds much like the
majority of cases.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

The movement to teach girls how
to cook pie has been greeted with
great pleasure by the many men who
have heretofore dreaded marriage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

In Kansas men will not 60 to the
farms while the moving picture
shows are in operation with daily
change Of programme.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

Professor Lowell, now in England,
tells Britons that the inhabitants of
Mars are intelligent organisms, but
not at all like men. But he did not
mean this as slur on human beings.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Cause Of the Rush.

Sad, sad, to see humanity ever sr
gagged in mad rush for wealth.
"Ferget it. Them fellers is Oh 'nea
way to the ball park"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

You can step on the grass In New
York now. But somehow there are
other things we'd rather do while pay
ing hotel bills at the rate of s. min.
ute.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

1t is still pretty hard to get any,
thing less than the kidnapping Of
millionaire's child into the daily
press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Earthquake in Mexico.

Mexico City.-A slight earthquake
shock, lasting thirty seconds, was felt
in the City of Mexico Thursday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

Better make a note In your diary
about four years ahead that grape
crops are finest in comet years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

A coffee and sinker breakfast often
follows supper on lobster la New
burg.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20
Big Haul of MackereJ.

Rockport, Tex-There were over
one thousand mackerel caught at Tar.
pom (Aransas Pass Wednesday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

The hookworm grows fat in the
spring.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

King Menelik, rested by his recent
decease, is taking hold Of his public
duties with renewed zest and vigOr.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

The "wanderlust" season Is here.
The shoe man smiles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

Menelik is dead-again, or at last.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-20

Pity central" on that proposed tele
phone from Scotland to Paris.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-01
FARM CLUBS FOR
BOYS and GIRLS
RECOMMENDATION OF DIRECTOR
OF FARMERS INSTITUTES
FOR COLORADO.
VALUABLE WORK DONE
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE PRO-
POSED TO MEET WANTS OF
EACH FARMER.

A movement 20 organize more than
10000 boys ari girls over the state
into township clubs to grow grains. po-
tatoes, and othcr crops and for sewing
and cooking is one of the most impor-
tant .uggestiors contained In the an
nual report of Prof. II. NJ. COttrell. d.
rector OF the department Of farmers
institutes, to the Colorado State Board
OF Agriculture
With the limited appropriation for
the work the department held during
the, year Just CIosing-and they were
all held in the first few mOnths-24O
sessions, which had n total attendance
OF 2S.a25.
Professor Ctttrell declares that
farmers instit"tc tcs should be held IN
svery settlement all over the state
where new settlers are numerous, and
points out the importance Of such In
drawing still rore settlers to Colo
RADIO. adding:
"The short course Is the most thor
oughiy appreciated and the most valu-
able extension york done by the col
lege. 1t permits the giving OF extend
ed Information on subjects Of special
importance to those who attend.
I'm the last two years many thou
sand farmers have come to the state
Most of them are unacquainted with
the conditions and methods that Sc
cure the best results In Colorado. They
need help fror: the college. II they
succeed, they will bring thousands OF
other settlers to the state. Their fall
ure means a permanent Injury. For
the benefit OF the state. the college
should hold a farmers institute In
every settlement where new settlers
are numerous.
There are Thousands OF new set
tiers on Colorado farms who need In
formation thror shout the season on
problems that come to them In the
new conditions under which they are
working. Such problems as prepara.
ton of the soil and varieties to plant
at different attitudes. when and how
to apply water. methods OF culture.
how to feed Colorado crops. and pre-.
yention OF insect depredations and
plant disease.
Besides specific Information, they
need to be taught the principles un-
derlying farm methods peculiar to
! Colorado. A correspondence course
fills this need and can be adapted to
the special wants of each farmer.
There are more than 10000 boys
and girls over fifteen years old Of
school age In Colorado. The farmers
institute department should organize
these boys In school districts and
township clubs to grow grains. pota-
toes. rugar beets. melons and field
peas. to feed Colorado crops and to
study methods and markets. Each year
a boys institute should be held in a
township at which the products grown
by themselves compete. The prize
winning products Of each township
should compete at a county institute
and the winners in each county should
enter a state contest. Similar work
should be conducted in cooking and
sewing with tho girls"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-01
Barley as a Fertilizer.

Colorado beet growers, with pocket
books swelled with the proceeds Of this
years beet crops. will watch with great
interest some experiments to be made
in a new line OF soil chemistry during
the coming spring, says the Denver Re-
publican. Most OF them are not posi-
tive about the meaning Of quantitative
analysis. precipitates. polarization or
synthetic results. but their eyes Will
be trained to CLEAN the practical re-
suits from the turning over OF an un-
ripened barley crop in the beet fields.
AxeI Swanson, state labor commission
er, is keeping informed on the progress
Of the experiments, although this Is
outside the line of his duty. and he be-
lieyes there will be greatly increased
crops through the barley Flip"
II had been demonstrated by n few
farmers that partly grown barley.
when plowed under before planting po-
tatoes, produces real results. The re-
suit In potatoes Is said to be almost
100 per cent. increase in production.
Now the beet men are figuring on
the barley experiment working as well
with the beet crop as with potatoes
and they ask II the potato crop can
be doubled. why should 1t not turn out
likewise II they should sow barley and
when It gets knee high Flip their acres
over for the sugar-producing vegeta-
BILE?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-01
TT belongs to my little GIRL" was

TT belongs to my little girl" was
the reply.
Where did she get it,"
1T was given to her by a man who
lodged with us-his name is Franz
Muller. He left very suddenly after
the papers had become full Of the
Mystery Of the Railway Carriage"
This was news with a vengeance.
The cabman was taken in hand and
subjected to a rigorous cross-examina-
ton. He told all about his German
lodger and said among other things.
that the man had left his photograph
on the bureau In the secondstory back
room where he had lodged. The police
Immediately secured the photograph
and Col. Fraser hastened to Cheap
side and presented 1t to Graves. the
jeweler.
Did you ever see that man." he
inquired.
II did," was the reply. He Is the
foreigner who came herex and ex-
changed the chain on the day after the
Briggs murder"
Col. Fraser returned to the cabman's
home and held another long interview
with the red-faced person who had SO
providentially furnished him with =
clue.
The cabby proved to be a veritable
mine Of Information. He testified,
among other things, that he had pur-
chased the hat which was found in the
railway carriage. doing SO at the re-
quest OF Muller. his German boarder.
1t was learned that Muller had trans
ferred his residence to a cheap lodg-
ing house in the Whitechapel dis
trict. This was carefully guarded, and
Col. Fraser having supplied himself
with a warrant, went there one morn
ing to arrest the suspect. Two men
were stationed in the front OF the
house and two in the rear, and Con.
Fraser, himself. went upstairs to make
the arrest He hammered at the door.
There was no response. He burst 1t
open, and found-nothing. The room
was empty. The bird had flown.
Col Frazer realized the importance.
OF prompt and speedy action and he
at once formulated plans by which
two OF the shrewdest detectives in the
metropolis were detailed to go to
America to arrest Mr.. Franz Muller.
Bobby Smith. the cabman, and Mr..
Graves. the jeweler OF Cheapside.
we're sent with the officers for the
purpose Of Identifying Muller. This
curiously assorted quartet immediate
ly went to Liverpool and took the first
steamer across the Atlantic. 1t proved
to be the City Of Manchester" which
In its day was one OF the fast ocean
liners, but which at the present time
would be ranked among the slow