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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
Welsh Gardens Aid Solving the Cues
ton of the High Cost of Living.

The question of the high cost of liv-
ing is being solved at least by those
having fall gardens in this section, as
their contributions aside from greatly
enhancing the quality of the average
bill of fare tends very materially
toward lessening the expense Of
the table. The following items are
now being furnished by the garden, to
those having sufficient energy and fore
sight to make garden. lettuce,
radishes. turnips, green onions, string
beans, beets, parsley, cucumbers, and
new potatoes all in abundance to the
owner of a garden, while some few
are also fortunate enough to have to.
matoes and fresh okra. A few hours
work and few cents worth of garden
seed is about all that is necessary to
insure the average family nice varie'
! ty of garden sass" for about ter
months in the year. Where can 20
| beat it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
RICE FARMERS MEETING
TO he Held in Welsh Auditorium,
Tuesday, Nov. lst, Important.

President Gabbert of the Rice Plant
ers' association has issued a call for
meeting of the rice planters and
business men in general, to be held in
the Auditorium in Welsh, La, Tues
day, November lst, at ; p. M, for the
purpose of electing a director to re-
present them in The Rice Growers
association, now being organized, for
the purpose of marketing the present
c rop of rough rice. Mr.. Rice Mar
this your opportunity, Come out anG
hear what has been done and assist
in doing more.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
Bran and Polish at
IrOs.
ROMANCE NO. t49,

nance providing for the Ia-,,., .
ction OF taxes on all real and 'y nsl
opsrty, within the corDor.t ~
the Town of Welsh, Lon;s;ss,nUan
EAR A. d., 1910. i"aA'
Be it ordained by the Msvor ana
Trustees Of the Town of Wsi E1
pr the purpose Of defrayinv 't ~,
penses Of the Town of Welsb sas
1910, as per budget Of eYns SSi
aehed. there be, and is ber sdsv
OF ten d0) mills on the d olIss
ed valuation of all taxable nron
own of Welsh, La. paw
it further ordained, etc. Thu.
anee, adopted by the Board ~
the property taxpayers of ths
sh, La. on June 7th, 1904. nrc
Special School Tax of Five N
dollar, Of the assessed valustiou,
Q property, Of the Town Of Weish.
nalntalnsnce of Public SchooIs
from the above date: Therefore
( of Five (5) Mills on the dollar i
assessed valuation Of all The tar.
in the Town Of Welsh, La. far
snce OF Public Schools.
it further ordained, ETC., That
nee, adopted by the Board 81
the property owners Of the Town
:, on August 4th, 1909, providing
Tax OF Five (5} Mills on the doE
sessed valuation of the Town Of
Q building and maintainance Of
BRIDGES and Public Improvements,
OF Five Years from above date:
Special Tax of Five Isl Mills on
the assessed valuation OF all the
erty OF the Town Of Welsh, La,
me Ii hereby levied for the build
taiRance OF Streets and Bridges,
&c improvements in said Town Of
it further ordained, ETC., That al
levied, shall become Q Lien and
all taxable property, paramount
ems, State and Parish taxes OK.
hall become delinquent at the
I'D be collected in the same man
ell Tor the collection OF state ana
it further ordained, etc., That
pin levied, shall become delin.
LIST. 1911, and shall draw inter.
e of Two ~ per cent. per month.
DGET OF EXPENSE:
and Tax Collector......s 10000
Street Commissioner. -. $4,000
ublie improvements. 80. 2,000.ec
lb.ssssss..'. ...Ssss AtVoVsSN
neil on roll call:
r. II. Gray, aye.
Chas. Dautel, aye.
J. ALI. Martin, aye.
tober 4, 1910.
A. r. JONES, Mayor.
neil October 4, 1910.
SAML. BLACKBOARD. Bee.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28

OF LaGrippe, that breath.
ufering to thousand. !.
are weakness, nervous
Z appetite, energy and -, :.
disortlered liver and -, "a
Rressess need then is Els.
the splendid tonic, bIo ss,
u regulator of Stonss Nor
Kidneys Thousands bs,.
) they wonderfully streng s,s
es, build up the system sas
It'll and good spirits o,s A.
OF grip. If suffering. :.
' SOC. Perfect satistac.los
by all druggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
RICE FARMERS ORGANIZE
MARKETING COMPANY.
Main Details Decided Up0n.-Organiz.
alton Will BE Completed at Crowt.
ey November 5.

The committee appointed at the rice
meeting, held in Crowley few days
ago, met in Beaumont, Texas, Mon
day for the purpose Of organizing
permanent, central selling agency. The
following members Of the committee
were present, as we'll as number of
others deeply interested in the success
of the movement:
W. B. Gabbert, Welsh; W. Z. Law
son, Crowley; H. G.. Drew, Lake
Charles; T. A. Garner, VIM. Nourie,
W. B. Dunlap, Lon A. Bernard, }.
e. Broussard, Beaumont; G. B. ALI
aire, Anahuac; r. L. Powell, Elton;
Geo. A. Courtney, Jennings; Dr.. l..
w. Brown, Orange; DR.. w. w. Du-
son, Ell Campo and DR.. A. G. Wilkins,
Jennings.
The main features of the organlza-
ton were agreed upon by the COM
mittee, which held meetings Monday
and Tuesday. Due, however, to the
fact that there were several legal
points that took time to solve, the
complete organization of the assocla-
ton could not be attained at this meet
ing, but it IS the expectation OF the
committee to nut it on a working bas-
is at their next meeting, which IS
called for Crowley. Nov. 9Th.
The organization will be known as
the Southern Rice Growers Assocla-
ton. 1t Will be chartered in Texas,
and domiciled at beaumont. The
capital stock, which is to be held by
the rice farmers themselves, will be
placed at $4,000. 1t is presumable
that much smaller amount will be
called for to start with, although there
is strong sentiment in favor or
ateventually increasing this amount, SO
as to make it possible for the aSsO-
citation to take care of the crop when
1t is too large for the normal con-
sumption of any given wear, and carry
it over into the short crop year, thus
equalizing the supply and steadying
the market 1t is the expectation OF
the association to retain slight fee'
perhaps of 10 cents per sack, from the
price received on all rice hand
led, this amount to 60 toward main
A tanning the current expenses OF the
association. and in case surplus
/ should accumulate, it will be divided
4 in the ratio in which it was collected.
1t was decided to ask the farmers to
4 elect board of directors, based up
I on acreage, in whose hands the man
I agement of the sales committee shall
be. This board of directors was ap'
portioned as follows: Texas II. Lou
isiana II and Arkansas 3. In this
way the selling Of the crop will remain
in the hands of the producers.
Many matters of detail still remain
to he worked out, but tho success o
the organization is practically assured
and its success in holding the marke
/ in line is also assured, if the commit
. tee can secure the earnest support O
, from sixty to eighty per cent OF thu
planters. This is practically the same
sort of an organization that placed
the California fruit growers on an In
B dependent footing. 1t Is in the same
\ line as that which has enabled thu
|, cotton planters and the tobacco plant
ers to maintain an existence agains
the greed OF the bear element amon2
the buyers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
cal Estate Snap.

he second sqnara
''''rrd for $4,.,Oo, n. sOala
Buyer to agree 70 8.
cost %, 600 % or t,,. sss
'itV for q like sum j.
block. Interest a. 3
o semi annually ANA
DINING PAYABLE o. !,
&c until 1915. Or WI,
; price in yearly pavn.
up to six va.
tettergram to
WEBSTER We B. wELsH.
I'll California BLDG.
Tacoma, Wash
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH SERVICES

Prayer Meeting Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock. Subject: "Jesus' Trust
In the Father
Preaching both morning and even.
ing Octocer 80.
Morning theme: God Touched
Men,"
Evening theme: "The Ideal Citi-
zen,n being the first OF series of the
"Ideal."
JOHN A. SCHMINK, Pastor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-28
Women's Tailor Made Suits,
Wool and Silk Dresses, Coats, Wraps.

Wool and Silk Dresses, Coats, Wraps.
wa cannot emphasize too strongly the fact ha every e
-, e idea whether design, shade or material to abe
ho in an excellent assortment at prices at recognized
onbe In addition, splendid, special values (prices low
.son ordinary are to be found at this time.
oOStrictly Tailored Suits of Chevots, basket weaves
and rough sungs to be had in navy brown, grey
and black and also wide range of mixtures.
,M-Taiored suits of Unfinished Worsteds, Tweeds and
Novelty Mixtures in checks paids stripes and plain
colors with semitted plain gored skirt offered in
good assortment.
Il s-Handsome suits Of CheVot or Broadcoth strictly
tailored or effectively trimmed in braid, satin and velvet.
DRESSES.
rRemarkable values in Messanes, Voes French Serg-
es Bastes and Broadcloths, effectively trimmed new,
cose-fttng Skirts waists embroidered with yokes and
sleeves Of net.
II rNWe have many attractive models in Crepe Meteor, in
afternoon and evening shades; some effectively
trimmed in designs of braid, with piping in contrasting
shades others have touches of hand embroidery and the
new head trimmings
COATS.
sn,6doth Black Chiffon Broadcloth Coats strictly plain
fats tailored cut on very graceful lines, lined throughout
with splendid quality of Peau de Syyne or SINNERS
Satin; priced at $3.50, $500, $3.50, $4,000 and
$500
x and In good assortment of choice models at very mod
k crate prices in all the latest coorngs, both in plain and
m fancy mixtures some semftted, others in the loose
beted efects-S1OOO, $3.50, $780, ST. and $40 90
OF
Evening handsome garments OF Droauco'n ano oa'h arc JILL
Vrs cred in wide range of shades at special prices
$3.50 $1,000 $12 80, SIS 90, $4,000 and upwards
to $4,000
mail order de- Wne US your
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-31

Thcmas Jefferson ran to the nearest
rotting log. but one OF the negroes was
before him with a blazing pitch-pine
splint- There WAS a respectful recoil
in the opposing ranks which presently
became a somewhat paniciky surge to
the rear. The shovelers, more than
half of whom were negroes. had not
come out to he blown from a cannon's
mouth by grim-fa veteran who
was so palpably at home with the tools
of his trade.
That's right; keep right on goinI"
yelled the ironmaster. waving his blaz-
ing slow match dangerously near to
the printing Keep 1t up"
The panic had spread by its own
contagion. and the invaders were
fighting among themselves for place on
the hat-cars. And while yet the rear
guard was swarmiug upon the engine.
hanging by toe and hand holds where
ii could, the train was backed rapidly
out of range. Caleb Gordon kept his
pine splint alight until the echoes of
the engines exhaust came family from
the overhanging cliffs of the mountain.
They've gone back to town, and l
reckon the fires plum out for to-day.
Major" he drawled. Buck and a few
O. the boys'll stay by the gun. against
their rallyin' later on, and you might
as well go home to your breakfast
Didn't bring your hawss, did We? Take
the mare, and welcome. Buddy and
neil walk"
But the Major would not mount and
so the two men walked together as far
as the manor house gates, with Thorn
as Jefferson pace in the rear. leading
the mare.
1t was no matter of wonder to him
that his father and the Major marched
in solemn silence to the gate of part
ing But the wonder came tumultu-
ously when the Major wheeled abruptly
at the moment of leave taking and
wrung his fathers hand.
sub, you are a right true hearted
gentleman, and my very good friend.
Mistuh Gordonl" he said, with the
manner of one who has been carefully
weighing the words beforehand. IF
you had been given youth just dues.
sub, you'd have come home from F.
ginia wearin' you'll shoulder straps"
And then, with a little throat clearing
pause to come between: sub; an own
brotheh couldn't have done MOI I
I've been misjudgin' you, Caleb, all
these yeahs, and now I'm proud to
shake you by the hand and call you my
friend Yes, sub, l am that"
1t was, in manner not to be under
stood by the Northern alien, the acco-
lade of lSnighthood and Caleb Gordon $
toil-rounded shoulders straighted visi-
bly, when he returned the hearty hand
grasp. And as for Thomas Jefferson:
in his heart gratified pride tapped its
wings and crowed Justify
Go be continued.)
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-31
LYONS MAIL STORY REVIVED.
Descendant of Lesurpues Petition.
Government for Annuity.


Government for Annuity.
Nine. Behagne, an impoverished
widow past middle age, who earns
slender living by manual labor, has,
by a somewhat naive petition to the
French government, reinvested the
old story of THE Lyons Mail" with an
interest something like that of actu-
ality, the Berlin correspondent of the
New York Times says.
The most popular compendiums of
history relate how a man named Jo-
seph Lesurques was guillotined in
1897 as one of the several highway
men who killed the post courier trav-
cling between Lyons and Paris and
robbed him of letters and packages
containing some millions of francs. 1t
was afterward proved, at least in pop
uiar estimation, that Lesurques was
innocent. This fact was made the
basis of one of the most successful
melodramas ever played.
Nine. Behagne, who claims to be
lineal descendant of Lesurques, de-
clares that a perpetual pension was
established about 1863 by Napoleon
III. for each successive eldest female
member of the Lesurques' family, and
that it now ought rightfully to come
to her. She says it is only $50 a year,
and was last received by her great
aunt, who died in an almshouse
Yet she also asserts that it was
granted as consolation to the descend
ants of Lesurques for the confiscation
of property said to have yielded an
income of $4,000 a year by the French
government in 1897.
Apparently Nine. Behagne believes
her own story, but officers of the gov
eminent whose duty it is to investi-
gate have stated that there is not the
slightest documentary proof of any
such pension ever being granted.
No one knows the exact spot in the
cemetery at Pere la Chaise where Le-
surques, the victim of errant justice
In the Courier de Lyons affair, was
buried after his decapitation. but .
monument was erected to his memory
in the cemetery by his widow and
children on a site acquired by them in
perpetuity.
Besides its permanent inscriptions,
the monument has borne from time to
time many bitter anathemas against
human justice. The government, feel
ing itself outraged at these legends.
has repeatedly caused their removal
The revival of interest in the story
of Lesurques. since the publication OF
the claim of his great-great-grand-
child, has led to a renewal of the pill.
grimages to the monument which were
popular In the early part of the last
century.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-31
WOULD CHANGE IDAHO TAXES
Byron Defenbach of Standpoint Offers
Suggestion.

Byron Defenbach, assessor-elect Of
Bonner county, has sent an open letter
to State Auditor s. d. Taylor as follows:
We find that in certain of the east
ern states of our own Union the prop
erty of some kinds of manufacturing
institutions is exempted from taxa
tion, while that of others is not. See
especially the laws of Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania and Louisiana. These ex-
emptions are in accordance with prin-
ciples laid down by the best authorities,
as in Tucker Is Political Economy, Chap.
IA, we read that SIN the laying of
taxes, one purpose had in view may be
to encourage one branch of industry or
trade,' while Justice Story, in his
Treatise on the Constitution, asserts
very broadly the power to tax for other
purposes than for revenue.
1t would seem both proper and wise,
then, for us to consider what particu-
lar lines of industry we desire most
to develop, encourage and promote, and
to frame our laws with at least mod
crate and reasonable reference to those
considerations. / think there can be no
argument against the proposition that
the first in Importance of these indus
tries is that of agriculture, and indeed,
both the principle involved and my sug-
gestion of its most important applica-
ton, appear to have occurred to the
trainers of our own constitution, for the
very first provision in that instrument
looking toward exemption from taxa
ton reads as follows:
hn 81 af
empt a limited amount. of improve
ments upon land from taxation. -
| ICONS. of Idaho, Art. 7, Sec. 2.) 1t is
conceded that nothing else will so
rapidly decrease the burden of taxa
ton for general purposes as settle
ment of the country, and the levy of
taxes for state purposes will decrease
by law with the increase of total valu-
alton of property in the state. ICONS.
of Idaho, Art. z, Sec. 9. Note.)
would therefore recommend the pass
age of a law
Exempting from taxation a reason
able amount, say so per cent up to a
definite limit of improvements on lands
actually used for agricultural purposes
and exempting all improvements on
homesteads upon which final proof has
not been offered. Improvements are
defined in Section 1916, Idaho Revised
Codes)
2. Certain large owners of adjacent
lands in this state have adopted form
of conveyance which reserves to the
grantor mineral rights, easements, and
other estates, either for long periods OIL
in perpetuity. This system, when ex
tensivelv nracticed is deterrent tn set
Element and cultivation, and may easily
be made to form the groundwork Of
what would become practically a sys
tenn of landlordism. 1t is one of thai
type of evils whose greatest menac,
lies in the fact that they are obscur,
and postponed; apparently innocent il
inception and harmless in growth, they
are likely to become extremely dis
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-31

rate and go home and violate their OWE
unauthorized agreements The injured
taxpayer has an apparent, but inef-
fective remedy in court against dis
criminative valuation of his property
The court points him to the law, and
denies him any relief, unless his as
sessment exceeds the "full cash value''
of his property. (Humbird Lumber
Co. VS.. Thompson, IL Ida. 614) This
must be cured in some way, sooner or
later, and / would recommend to the
legislature that they
Repeal or amend Section 1852. Idaho.
Revised Codes, or, still better, provide
in some way for the rigid enforcement
of the present statutes in every county
in the state. The latter course would
necessitate the abolition or reduction
of the fixed levies to prevent the ac-
cumulations of surplus moneys in the
various funds.
4. The present poll tax law, COW
cred by Sections 1912 to 1862, is cum
bersome, unwieldy and unjust. In
theory, it compels a contribution to
our revenues from the individual who
cannot otherwise be reached; in prac-
tice, it utterly fails of its ostensible
aim, but simply adds to the burden
of the man who, more than all others,
needs and deserves the utmost consid-
GRAFTON, viz, the small property owner,
and it adds to his burden in an inverse
ratio to his worldly wealth 1t is difN
icult and expensive to collect and to
account for. 1t is not worth while; in
Bonner county, with population of
$4,000 and an assessed valuation of
$s,000,000, venture the assertion that
this poll tax does not net in excess of
1000 in revenue.
Repeal Sections 1912 to 1862, Idaho
Revised Codes, which provide for the
imposition and collection of a cash poll
tax.
do not offer the above suggestions
as panacea for our tax ills; there
may be insuperable obstacles in the way
! of their enactment or administration.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-31
LIVELY TIME WITH PYTHON
Grow on British Gunboat Has Exciting
Experience When Reptile
Breaks Loose

Once when the British gunboat Rat
tier was in eastern waters the crew
had a lively time looking after a
python on board that got loose.
Besides the python there was on
board a big Borneo orangoutang. The
python, which was 10 or 20 feet Ia
length. having dined heartily on a
deer about three weeks before, began
to feel it's appetite returning, and in
searching about it's box for a place Of
egress found one side In bad repair.
1t did not take the python long to
come through the weak part, and,
quite unobserved, it began its peram-
bulaions around the boat.
Seeing the orangoutang chained up
a few yards off, the big snake invited
itself to a dinner very much to its
taste. 1t would have been all over
with the orangoutang had not the
quartermaster at that moment made
the discovery that the two pets were
about to be merged into one. He
promptly cut the orangoutang loose.
The latter was up the masthead be
fore any mischief could be done, and
a lieutenant, the proprietor of the
OTduSOutauB, the QudTleTndSleT, anu d
member of the crew flung themselves
upon the hungry python-one at the
head. another at the tail. and a third
in the middle.
Then the fun began, for the python
wanted TO get one OF the aggressors
nicely in its coils, and the men were
determined 1t should be kept out in
something as nearly approaching 6
straight line as possible.
For a minute it was the Laocoor
group all over again. only In this case
the three men and the snake were
sprawling over the deck instead o.
standing upright in a classic attitude
Reinforcements, however. arrived IN
hot haste, and about 20 bluejackets
each embracing a foot of python, re
duced the reptile to comparative
quiescence. The procession marched
back to the python's box. coiled the
creature inside, and shut it up. Blu
the orangoutang sat aloft in the mast
head a long time before he came t
the conclusion that he was off the
menu for the day.