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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
ALL OVER LOUISIANA
MODEL ROAD ENDORSED BY 8. F.
YOAKUM OF THE FRISCO.
Recognized Authority on Public High
way Construction Praises the
Sanders Plan.

,.- ,,.-ol.
BATON house,- II IS me De9. p'.'0.
OF ROAD lot the none! IL I-9 O-''''
States declared =. + Jan "'--' '-->
chairman OF the executive Ooa- ~
the Frisco system a1,eT he H"u Ds'i-
1oE an aalomoD1-e u14He over po'
ton OF the model ROAD mat Is Ov-N7
built out OF Baton Rouge D! COW 49,
as result OF governor oaAuV49 so0'
roads campaign.
In QuaIty It IS one OF lAV O9s,
roads ever saw, ana IS De--5 01.''
al a lower cost tAaA al! l AAo" w.
l have always Regarded Ne" Je.Se! :
roads as the best. IAese ROADS wei Z
built at cost OF S-,-9V 10 Jaw
mile. ! believe your fOau Is ov'"7
built for about Sl'oVV to $I,'V0 lN.S'
President 4oakum IS one OF 'l'7
leading authorizes on goou Io"u9'
lie knows something ABOUT art IOa49
as well as railroads. He has maze
study Of the good ROADS pEoO4eHl'
and only recently looh par! u
southern Farmers Lh-oh oNceIs o'7.
the Eastern states Tor )he purpose u
showing them what these STATES are
doing in the way OF road puIdms'
This was president loahuNl MIS-
visit 10 Baton Rouge ana he was
much interested IN Wnal ne saw
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Land Office Consolidation.

Baton Rouge.-The fact that the
United States commissioner Of Land
Office has recommended that Baton
Rouge be selected as the place for
the centering Of the land records Of
the United States was the occasion
for considerable congratulatiOn to the
officers Of the Board Of Trade and
to Fred Grace, Register of the State
Land Office, who rendered much as
sistance. Mr.. Grace took the posi-.
ton that if the land Offices at Match
itoches and New Orlenas were to be
closed the logical point for all the
records is Baton Rouge. where the
records Of the surveyor general Of
the state are already located.
Several kilograms of congratula.
ton were also sent to Robert C.
Wickliffe, congressman from the dis.
trict, who worked hard for Baton
Rouge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Bond Held to be Worthless.

Baton Rouge.-Judge Brunot hand
ed down a decision in which he held
that the bond given by Godfrey F.
BOny for an appeal in the case against
the Odd Fellows lodge was worth
less, because it was improperly
drawn, and not according TO law gov
erning such cases.
With the bond knocked out, Bony
was denied an appeal from the de.
cision of Judge Brunot rendered last
week, in which he held that the Odd
Fellows were entitled to their build
ing, and the sheriff was ordered to
eject Mr.. Bony. After the decision,
knocking out the bond was rendered.
Mr., Bony closed his Odd Fellows
building Office and moved to his 9th,
er stand on Third Street.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
(COpyrlsLL'
DEATH OF S. |. CLEMENS (RARK TWAIk)
At His Home in Redding, Conn.-Had
Many Bereavements-Lost Daugh-
ter Recently.

Redding, Conn-Samuel Langhorn
Clemens Mark Twain died painless
ly Thursday night Of angina pectoris.
He lapsed into coma in the afternoon.
and never recovered consciousness. 1t
was the end of a man outworn by
grief and acute agony Of body.
Thursday was bad day for the lit
tie knot of anxious watchers at the
bedside. For long hours the gray, agui-
line features lay nodded in the inertia
of death, while the pulse sank lower
and lower. He recognized his daugh-
ter, Clara (Mrs. Ossip GabriloWitCh),
spoke a word or two, and feeling him
self unequal to conversation, wrote
out in pencil:
Give me my glasses"
They were his last words. Laying
them aside, he sank into a reverie,
and later into final Inconsistencies
His Literary Work.
The last bit of literary work he did
was a chapter of his unfinished auto
biography, describing his daughter
Jeans death. He sought diversion in
Bermuda, where he was the guest of
the American vice consul.
His winter was gay, but not happy,
When he heard Of the successive
deaths of his two friends, William H.
Laffan of the Sun and R. ". Glider,
editor of the Century, he said, sadly:
How fortunate they are; no good for,
tune of that kind ever comes to me. -
Burial at EInira.
The burial will be in the family plot
at Elmira, n. Y, where lie already his
wife, two daughters, Susan and Jean,
and his infant son, Langhorn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Beef Steaks Shrink In Size,

Abbeville.-The effect of the meat
trust is just being felt in this place.
Heretofore outside prices have had
no effect On the local market, but
there has been so much newspaper
talk about high prices and boycotts
recently that local butchers have at
last gotten wise, and, though they
have not raised the price of meat,
they have greatly reduced the size
of pieces sold. A 10 cent steak has
shrunk in size until it hardly ex.
ceeds the size OF a postage stamp.
AS for pork, the swine has become
so important that only those with an
automobile can afford TO be intro
duced 10 him at meal time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Conditions Promising.

Floresville, Tex.-Floresville, and
in fact all OF Wilson County, never
appeared more prosperous. Cotton
and corn are growing beautifully,
grass is fine and stock will soon be
in fine condition However, the stock
loose in pastures will not be expected
to fatten for some few weeks. Farm.
ers are very busy and few Of them
are seen in town. The rains We have
had recently have put new life into
everybody and everything.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Fight to Create New Parish,

Baton Rouge.-The fight for the
passage of a new act creating the
Parish of Eyngeline out of portion
of the Parish of St. Landry has al.
ready begun, and notice has been for.
mally given through the papers O!
st. Landry of the intention to apply
to the Legislature for the passage OF
an act creating the new parish. The
general opinion is, however, that be-
fore the parish can be created tina,
the constitution will have to be
amended in order to increase the
number of representatives, which
with the creation of the Parish of La
Sale, reached the constitutional lin
it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
TEXAS COTTON REPORT FOR 19O9-10
BY the State Department Of Agricul.
ture-The Figures Reported by
1922 Ginners.

Austin, Textile State Department
OF Agriculture closed its l9y9-IO cot
ton report on the 9Th, and "Wednesday
gave out a complete report by COun-
ties. This report shows a total Of
1924, 2l7 running bales, or 2,4S3,l4
500-pOund bales. The United States re
port, April l, showed 2,549,417 run
ming bales, including hnters, of which
there were 3I4,597 bales Deducting
these 3l4,519 bales, it leaves 2,234,S2O
bales, or only 1868 more bales than
the state department report.
The State Department of Agricul.
ture has made no record Of l!nters,
and only shows the actual number OF
bales ginned as reported by the 1922
ginnerieS reporting. There are 5,0l4
ginneries in the state, but only 1872
We're in operation in 1909-10.
In 190S.09 the United States report
added to the actual cotton ginned in
Texas as shown by counties 1870
bales for gins not reporting. If the
same estimate is made in their April
report for the 1909-10 crop, the differ.
ence between the state department
report and the government report will
be SO small that it will not be taken
into consideration. The final report
by the State Agricultural Department
shows wonderful improvement over
all former totals. The difference here.
tofore has been so great that it has
been OF little practical value. For il.
lustration: The state department
showed that of the 190S-09 crop there
were 2,7S3,S69 bales, against the gov.
eminent report of 3,627,35O bales, the
difference being S23,4S1 bales.
These reports for 1909-10 for the
state department and the United
States vary little now. The cotton sta,
tistical bureau of the state depart
ment is thoroughly organized and 8
great deal of attention has been given
to securing an accurate report of the
l909-l0 crop.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
MAY PURCHASE OIL HoLoAoa
Officials Of Standard Company Spend
Some Time Looking Over Field

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Jon" L. Al 'l.'o'u' '..5 5l., - Jo1
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d. ,.,., o-,ro.ors
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Voted Good Roads Tax,

Estherwood, La.-Later returns
shows that the good roads tax won by
over sl,4O0 in property value and ten
voters, instead of losing. There are
three voting precincts standing as fol-
lows: Morse, $36,97O for tax Esther
wood s26,4S0 for and Mermentau SCI,
600 against the tax. Estherwood and
Morse worked hard for the tax and
Mermentau fought against it. People
who favored the tax are having a big
jubilee over getting the good roads
tax through.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Neqroes Driven From Town.

Coleman, Tex.-Twelve negroes bad
ly beaten, one white man seriously in.
jured and the entire negro population
of Coleman, between $50 and 200 men.
women and children, driven out of
town, are the results of race riot
that broke out Sunday and ragged un-
til far into the night. That many per-
sons were not killed or seriously
wounded is due to the fact that the
negroes offered no resistance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Gold Found in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark.-Gold has been dis.
covered on farm near Center Point,
Ark. The report has caused great ex.
element and people are rusing to the
scene of the reported discovery Of the
precious metal. 1t is said the govern
ment assayer has reported an assay OF
s439 gold and s140 silver to the ton.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Forty Miners Entombed.

Birmingham, Ala.-Between thirty
Ave and forty men are entombed in
the Mulga mine of the Birmingham
Coal and Iron Company, the result of
an explosion which occurred Wednes.
day, and their fate is not known. The
explosion was Of such force that
flames shot to great height from the
mouth of the shaft. The cages in the
mouth of the shaft were so badly
sprung by the explosion that they can
not be used. The shaft is not on fire,
and air is being pumped into the
mine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Fioht For White Slaves

Mobile, Ala.-Warfare against the
white slave traffic was declared bv the
B'nai Birth order in the Southern dis
trict, embracing Oklahoma, Tennessee,
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississip-
pi, Florida and Alabama, and the sum
of $4,000 was appropriated to begin the
fight against the illegal business by
the Grand Lodge now in session.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Berry Crop Cut Short.

Algoa, Textile wind blowing
from the north for several days has
dried out the moisture in the ground
and caused the berry crop to be cut
short, and unless rain comes to re.
lieve the situation there will soon be
no berries to ship, as the crop is now
reduced to less than half at this time
week ago. There are no vegetables
Of importance yet to ship.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

New Yorks state highway commits
sion is proceeding with a vigor which
will excite attention and cause pro-
gressive legislators In other states n
study her highway construction svs-
TEN. The commission has Just ad-
vertised for proposals for the improve
ment of 81 miles of state roads and
145 miles of country highways. The
total cost of the roads covered by the
contracts of February and April Is
S5,242.000
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Federal Band Instruments,

Austin, Textile adjutant gener.
ais departn ent Wednesday received
from the United States government
band instruments, twenty,one in num-
Der, to be distributed among the Third
and Fourth Infantry bands at Hills
boro and Cameron The bands are
valued at $500 and are the prettiest
that the Texas National Guard has
ever received.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
important Court RuIjno.

Columbia,-An important ruling in
the court here involved the question
Of what is the legal effect on the
sale OF any effect at public auction
where certain parties enter into E
combination TO prevent competitive
bidding at such a sale. The court
held that such a combination opera.
ted as a fraud upon the sale, and
rendered the purchasers title null
and void.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Big Indian Tribe Initiated.

Napoleanville.-A class of fifty-four
candidates was initiated into the Or.
der of Red Men, the ceremonies be-
ing conducted by State Sachem Jacob
thompson. The charter has been
closed with a total membership of
seventy-four. Thirty four members
were recently initiated at Boeuff.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Several times has it been reported
In the current news of the day that
q trolley or steam car has jumped the
rails and plunged into some dwelling
This is all wrong. Houses never dis
pute the right of way on tracks with
cars, and cars should not be allowed
to challenge the stationary status OF
houses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Laredo Onion Shipments

Laredo. TeX-Ninety-one cars of on.
ions went out of Laredo Saturday
night, making the total shipment from
Webb County this spring amount to
tS9 cars. If the weather remains good
the shipments will reach 100 cars
daily.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
LOUISIANA AT A GLANCE.

The Arcadia Parish Fair Associa.
ton will hold its annual fair at Crow.
ley, commencing May. /.
The nineteenth annual session OF
the Louisiana Teachers Association
recently held at Baton Rouge was a
success in every particular.
Following the lead of many other
Louisiana towns the commercial club
of Pascagoula adopted resolutions en-.
dorsinns New Orleans TO, the Pan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Recalling that the gold production
Of the United States last year was
sss,000,0O0, the Boston Globe finds evi.
dence of the renewed vitality of New
England In the fact that it collected
two-thirds as much from summer
boarders. But is it fair to give no
credit to the visitors who furnish the
money?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Horse Kick Breaks Leo.

independence, Tex-J. T. Hairston
had his right leg broken below the
knee Wednesday. He was kicked on
this leg by horse while riding in his
pasture. Mr.. Hairstons age makes
the injury a very serious affair.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Now a university scientist asserts
that any desired characteristic can be
produced in human beings at will. and
that character is only a matter, after
all, of chemical combinations. Some
may object to the elimination by this
theory of the soul and spiritual in
fiuence from it, but the theory has its
compensations If cranks can be re-
moved from their present sphere Of
pernicious activity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Electric LIGHTS for Elnin.

Elgin, Tex.-Several carloads of
poles and wire have arrived for the
erection of electric lights. These poles
will be put up shortly and Elgin will
soon be lighted up by electricity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Teagne, TeX.-A number of league
citizens have purchased eight acres of
land at Normangee and have organized
an oil company and will commence
Immediately to prospect for oil.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Picking Shed at Sublime.

Sublime, Tex.-A picking shed has
Just been completed and a carload of
salt will arrive shortly. Some of the
farmers are now picking the first fruit
from the vines.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Cotton Firm Fails.

Decatur, Ala.-The cotton firm OF
knight, Yancey & Co., one of the
largest concerns of the kind in the
South, having offices in Decatur, Mo.
bile, Huntsville, Birmingham and 9th.
er cities, went into voluntary bank.
ruptcy Wednesday. The liabilities are
said to be s4,000,O00.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

II court Injunction will actually
stop the family in the fat above from
running a boiler factory on the prem.
ises the department stores should be
prepared to handle them in dozen lots
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Cabbage at Several Cars a Day.

San Benito, Tex.-Cabbage ship.
ments still continue to go forward at
rate of several cars a day. The
.rice at present on the track is s37.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
$1,000 School for EauIe Lake,

Eagle Lake, Texas.-The city re-
Gently voted a $4,000 bond issue
which, with the money on hand, viii
erect a $4,000 school building.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

A wife murderer in Georgia, par
doned by the president, refused to
avail himself of the clemency and will
remain in charge of the penitentiary
pharmacy as a trusty. This would
appear to be a case where the zeal
Of friends rather overran itself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

A New Yorker plunged into the icy
river last winter to rescue a young
iady's merry widow hat, and now she
has married him. 1t is possible that,
having thrown the hat away in order
to secure a later model, she concluded
the chap who thwarted the plan by
rescuing the old hat should be com.
PEELED to buy the new one?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
New Steel BRIDGE Planned.

Winnfeld.-The VIM Parish po-
lice Jury has appropriated $4,000 for
the erection of a steel bridge across
Dupdp~ o'vnu at Naywelrs
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Germany has cut its naval estimate
for this year. English alarmists will
regard this as another cunning trick
to get the British government to quit
building warships.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

The market reports assure US that
"4.774,320 eggs were taken by Chi
cago IN single day without a sign
OF uneasiness." Let US hope they were
not fried.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

A Cincinnati man has retired from
business with 100000, which he
says is as much money as any man
has the right to posses. How he must
dislike trouble.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

The chanticleer fad in this coun'
try is chiefly confined to the cold
storage warehouses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

What a fine all-star stock company
Reno could organize.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

English. papers speak Of man in
the Birmingham hospital for skin dis.
eases who is turning to marble. He
appears to be hard case.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

It's still bit early to pack up for
the country, but none too soon TO plan
for it-that is, If you have a country
place to 90 to.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

When the cold storage warehouses
turn loose eggs they are marked d.
rect from the country"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Instead of the conQuests OF war,
let US enter heart and soul into the
effort TO conquer disease.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

The hens are in no hurry 10 lay
eggs to fill up next years cold storage
warehouses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Says a dressmaking authority:
Men fall in love with the best.
gowned woman" Here is question
for pleasant fireside debate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Street car hogs are not worth the
market price.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

If Kermit were not we'll trained
boy 1t would be hard to hold him aft.
er he comes back from Africa with all
his laurels thick upon him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

kissing is unknown in Japan. 1t
Is not surprising they have been back
ward many years in civilization
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

That man who enters Harvard at
the age Of As ought to have some bully
good times with his classmate Will.
lam James Sidis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Fell through the ice and drowned
fatalities are over for the season.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

II something doesn't stop that civil
war in Nicaragua soon, there will not
be enough left Of the country to be
worth any dictator's while to tax.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

In the bright effulgence OF spring
one can smile at the tears one shed
over the last rose of summer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

We would be glad to know that
every man who gets into a hole could,
In some way, come out of it whole.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

When piety is only skin deep It Is
quite likely to affect the lungs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29

Many a man las 10 BE- scared ~.
being good.