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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
More Rain Delays Harvest.

just as the farmers were beginning
to be able to get back to their work
of harvesting and threshing another
period of heavy rains set in. 1t be-
gan raining Monday evening and con-
tinued with but slight interruptions
for the better part Of the week The
rice fields are flooded and it will be
several DAYS before the grain will be
in shape to thresh again. There has
been but little harvesting or threshing
done since last week, and the rice in
the field is being considerably dam
aged.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Presbyterian Philatheas' Semi.Annuai
Business Meeting.

The PhiIatheas of the Presbyterian
Sunday school, met at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Robinson, Friday
evening. at which time their semi-an-
nual business meeting was held. The
following officers were elected: Pres.
ident, Miss Mcdonald; vice president,
Miss McLees; Secretary, Miss Irma
Robinson; assistant secretary, Miss
Shirley Davidson; Treasurer, Miss
Lucille Anderson: teacher, Mrs. L. L
Robinson.
After the election of officers the
class and the Barracks had their regu
lar monthly bible study meeting, after
which pleasant social time was had
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Roanoke News

There will be a Sunday scnool raly
here Oct. l6 at 10 u. N.
Threshing has been on stana'S.in
fort he last week or ten days, on az
count of the rains. !.
Mr.. w. r. Fowler moved the Ms
part of this week to Mr.. A. McMiiian :
property.
Mrs. Chas. Pipes returned 70 h''
home in Lake Charles Monday. ;.
Miss Mary Clayton is on the sl'A
list.
The topic of the Y. p. Z. +. mes s,,
ing next Sunday evening will be wv.
amusementS. do they build up or ESl
down." aId will be led by L. a. uls-
gar.
Miss Florence Davis of Welsh, WIZ
was the guest of Miss Minnie Watkins
the latter part of last week, reIufA'''
to her home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. LOvett %s a.
Sunday callers at the home OF M
Thomas Claytc:.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Saved From The Grave.

81 had about given up hope, after
nearly four years of suffering from a
severe lung trouble" writes Mrs. NJ. L.
Dix, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn. "Often the
pain in my chest was almost unbear
able and could not do any work, but
DR.. Kings New Discovery has made me
feel like a new person. Its the bes'
medicine made for the throat an6
lungs" Obstinate coughs, stubborn
colds, hay fever, la grippe, asthma
Group. bronchitis and hemorrhages
hOarseness and whooping cough
yield quickly to this wonderful medi
cine. Try 1t. soc and $l.0O. Tria
bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug
gists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
rs CALCAsIEU NOT TOO LARGE:

Question Mol SIN your Judgment,
Mr., Read is not the parish OF C"Ica-
sieu entirely too large in its present
size, in order to do justice to all It's
people,
An answer to this question involves
the consideration of the general con-
ditions of the parish, and cannot be
determined as our esteemed contempt
rarv, the Jennings Timas-Record,
seems to think it should be, by the one
consideration, of whether one lives
near to or far from the court house.
Tn order to determine whether Cal"
nasieu is too large to do Justice to her
Deople, it would be we'll to compare
conditions prevailing here, with con
ditions in other parts of the state, a
thing that we venture the guess, YOU
have not done, MIR. Miller.
The public school is one of the crI-
terians by which any community is
Judged. 1t is q well known fact that
Calcasieu is one of the most progress
siye parishes in the state, with refer
ence to her school system. She pays
a higher average wage to her teachers
than any of her smaller neighbOring
parishes. exceeding that of Acadia by
about Is per cent She gives her pu-
pills longer school term than anY Of
her surrounding neighbors, exceeding
that of Acadia by from four to. eight
weeks She has prOportionately more
high schools and larger percentage
of her pupils in school than any OF
her smaller neighbors. :.
Good roads is another one of the
standards by which every community
is Judged Calcasleu parish is, anG
has been for some time, spending from
fifty to one hundred thousand dollars
annually, Gin building roads. More
than some of the smaller parishe;
have spent since their organization
Nor is the bulk of this money spent If
the ward of the police juror, who hap
pens to have tn" strongest pull, bu
the larger portion Of it is appOrtionet
equally among tho several wards o
the parish. and left for the wards tt
use aS they see fit.
Police .protection-As the name o
Tangipahoa is synonym for lawless
ness, so is that of 'Calcasieu a syn
OWN for law enforcement, Few par
ishes or counties in this state or 9th
ers, have a better record for the speed
apprehension and conviction of Law
breakers than Calcasieu has.
Public debts are burdens that at1liC
many communities. Calcasieu is er
tirely out of debt.
Rate of taxation is an importar
item in every community. Calcase
has the lowest parochial tax rate c
any parish in the stat last year be
inc but mills, while her neighborin
parishes we're, assessed from s TO l
mills, in order to keep up their run
ming expenses.
IuJ,ooclusion, Mr. Hii"r, since W
find tAat Calcasieu has N"tfar schools
better loads, better police regulations
the lowest tax rate and is out of deb
we must conclude that she is not to
large to do jnstice to her people.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Worse than Bullets.

Bullets have often caused less suffer-
ing to soldiers than the eczema L. W.
Hartman, Burlington, Me-, got in the
army, and suffered with, forty years.
"But Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me when all else failed" he writes.
Greatest healer for Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Bruises
and Piles. 25c at all druggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14

Do you know that an editor or a
reporter for newspaper can in his
rounds stop and ask a hundred per-
sons "what is the news?" And ninety
out of the hundred will reply, "noth-
ing special" Yet fifty out of that
number know something that if not
found in the next paper will astonish
them greatly and disappoint them
more, and perhaps make them mad
der than hornets. Don't be afraid to
let the newspaper man know it.-Gunv.
| dan News
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14

LET THE TAXPAYERS BE THE JUDGE
No. 2. "Would it not be better TO
have, say four or five parishes the
size of Acadia, than TO nave C"lo"''o'
it's present siZe"'
In answering this question we VIII
submit few facts, taken from ''e
records of the two parishes, and leave
orr readers and the voters to draw
their own conclusions:
We will quote from the 1909 RECORDS
as Acadia has not completed her 1910
budget.
In 1903 Calcasieu paid a parochlal
tax of mills on the dollar.
Acadia's rate was 90 per cent. higher 1l'ah
Calcasieus, which would mean an ln-
crease of $40, 900 over our present
tax.
CaIcasieu appropriated $4,000 to
each ward, or total of $4,000 Tor
bui)ding roads, aside from special
road taxes voted by districts.
Acadia made no appropriations Tor
roads and but Sl5, 900 for public I'M
provements of all kinds.
Calcasieu supports a full ,nine.months
term in her high schools and an aver
q 40 Of EIGHT months in all her lower
grades.
Acadia has an average of seven
months all told.
Calcasieu pays her teachers an av-
erage monthly wage OF S5S.ll.
Acadia pays het teachers an aver
erage monthly wage of $500.
Calcasleu pays for educating your
child, monthly average (based on
attendance,) of 1916.
Acadia pays, on the same basis,
$2.4o.
Calcasieu parish is OUT OF DEBT.
Acadia parish is still in debt.
Calcasieu has the lowest tax rate IN
the state.
Acadia parish has not.
We have taken the liberty OF quot
inc thus freely from the records OF
Acadia, for two reasons: first, because
Of the homOgeneOusness of the two
parishes, both having similar indust-
ries, resources and quality OF lnhablt-
ants, and, second, because through
the energy, enterprise and acumen OF
her citizens, she has become the par
ish par excellent, of all the small par
ishes of the state.
Acadia was organized shortly be-
fore the tide of northern immigration
set in, and through the energy OF such
men as the Dusons, and others OF that
fibre. large amount of this inhowlng
population and capital was attracted
to that parish. Acadia has spent
more money on irrigation and has
probably brought the rice industry tC
higher state of perfection than any
other parish in the state, and outside
of Calcasieu we believe she is the bes
of any parish in the rice belt
Can the segments of Calcasieu, com
ING into existence in the present periot
of financial and industrial depression
that pervades the rice belt, hope tt
come anywhere near doing as we'll a.
Acadia has done? We doubt 1t very
much.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Work on the Crescent Drug Store
Binding Progressing Rapidly.

Despite the rainy weather work is
progressing rapidly on the new Cres-
cent Drug Store building. and before
the close Of the week, unless the wealth
err is too bad, the masons will have the
walls pretty we'll up, and be about
ready for the carpenters the first of
the week. Mr.. Coverdale, the propri-
etor of the Crescent Drug Store, is
here this week. from New Orleans in
speeding the work of the building and
attending to other business matters.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
Jennings Mill Of This City Running
Night and Day.

While the rest of the Rice Belt is dis
cussing the ''rice situation" the Jen-
nings Rice Mill of this city is putting
in her best ticks and running the full
twenty-four hours, having a day and
night crew.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14

New Orleans contributed $62 90 10
the fund for advertising rice and ex-
poets the country to vote a tax of a
million and half dollars to help her
with her Panama exposition. What
will you do about it. Mr.. TAXPAYER?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-10-14
The sentiment against the Panama

The sentiment against the Panama
exposition tax is becOmin@ almost
unanimous in the southwestern part of
the state. While there are but few,
who would have any objection to paw
sing the small amount that would fall
to their lot, there is a rapidly growing
sentiment against placing in the hands
the present political ring, the power
that would be given them, should the
Panama tax carry. 1t IS safe to pre-.
diet that the vote will be overwhelm.
ingly against the tax in this section
of the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
MINING CONGRESS ISSUES
ATTRACTIVE HOME BOOK
Describes Southern California
and Los Angeles Features for
the Coming Convention

What will prove to be one of the
handsomest illustrated books ever sent
out of Southern California to exploit
its playground features is being pre-
pared by the convention committee OF
the Sierra Madre club, under the
supervision of H. c. Freeman, secre-
tary of that committee
The cover design already prepared is
a beautiful thing in colors, typifying
Southern California by a woman of
the Spanish type, while the snow
capped mountains, the green, Verdure
covered valleys and the beaches and
ocean are seen in their most attractive
dress as the background. The title
page is artistically lettered, Southern
California and the Sierra Madre Club
as Hosts to the American Mining Con-
gress."
The back outside cover is an invita-
tion to the mining, smelling, coal and
oil men of the United States, Alaska,
Canada and Mexico to attend the con-
Vention.
The interior of the book will be a
veritable picture gallery in beautiful
engraVings of everything that attracts
the stranger to the southland. 1t will
contain five distinct chapters-"The
Call of Los Angeles" THE Lure of
Southern California" "Where We Shall
House You" 1.-THE Pleasure Spots We
Have Planned for You" and THE
Sierra Madre Club, Your Hosts"
Santa Catalina island, Mount Lowe,
the orange groves, the ostrich FARMS
the bathing places, the fishing spots,
the tourist playground attractions, the
surfs, the side trips to be enjoyed,
reaching as far south as San Diego
and north to Santa Barbara and be-
yond, all these, things will be worked
out in exquisite engravings.
The invitation is extended to mining,
smelling, oil and coal operators of
North America.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19

La Mirada avenue and Swan street
D. C. Collins, 1904 East Twenty-eighth
street, owner; Clark & Hughes, build
ers; one-story six-room residence,
| $500.
Alvarado street, 141 North-Axel
Rabe, 348 North Chicago street, owner
and builder; one-story six-room resi-
| dence, $4,000.
Inez street, 2242-Max E. La Berge,
at lot, owner and builder; addition to
residence, $4OO.
Berkeley square, 1S-E. J. Brent,
owner o. M. Eckman, builder; addi-
! tion to residence, $3.50.
Beaumont avenue and Franklin
street-A. H. Seivert, 10 North Main
! street, owner and biuler; tWo-story
eight-room residence, $4,000
T'wenty-second street, 13i8 East-A.
Blank, 1888 East Twenty-second street,
owner and builder; one-story four-room
residence, $500
Edgeware road, 312 East-E A.
Foley, 32S Central building, owner; M.
S. Yeager & Co., builders; one-story
six-room residence, 1884
Bromont avenue and Franklin street
A. H. Seiwert, 10 North Main street,
owner and builder; onestory three
room garage, 5000.
Moneta avenue, 727-W. H. Gilbert,
63O West Eighteenth street, owner and
builder; one-story one-room store
room, $1,000.
Seventh street, 115 Vest. ID.
Bicknell, Ills East Seventh street,
| owner; S. A. Watts builder; altera-
tions of residence, $1,000.
Fifty-seventh street, 420 West-A. q.
Wilson, 339 West Thirtieth street, own
er and builder; One-story six-room
residence, $500.
Decatur street, T42-750-C. c. Colyar
500 South Main street, owner and
builder; one STORY one-room warehouse
$4,000.
| winston street, 215-219-N. Bonfilio
Fourth and Winston streets, owner;
! one-story three-room barn, $500.
Flower street 1854 Soulful. w and
Alice Martin, at lot, onwers; one-story
six-room residence, $500.
Eagle street 3550-W. j. Nesbitt, at
! lot, owner: G. V. Vorhis, builder; ad-
dition to residence, $500.
| st. Andrews place. 1414-J. W. Dobbs
! 427 South Olive street, owner; Alta
planning Mill company, builder; two
story Broom residence, 10000
Branch street, 6234-Miss Effie Yer
million, at lot, owner and builder; one
story five-room residence, $1,000.
Kingsley drive and Third street
Chapman Bros, 406 Wright & Calender
building, owners; 1h-story eight-roon
residence, $4,000.
Twenty-ffth street. 1923 East-P. H
and G.. M. Eicholes, owners; A. S. Rags
dale, builder; one-story garage. $1,000
Compton avenue, 4620-D. e. Merrin
at lot, owner; l.. G. Gillony, builder;
addition to residence, $3.50.
Halldale avenue, 3947-A. w. Thomp-
son, 2O4 Thorpe building, owner and
builder; one-story siX-room residence
$3.50.
Arroyo Seco avenue 3436-James
Nav at lot, owner and builder; addi-
tiOn to residence. $500.
Fifth avenue and Pico street-Thom-
as C. Preston, 1918 Elden avenue, own
er: James Barbeau, builder; two-story
seven-room residence, $4,000
san Pedro, 127 South Grand avenue
John Tex, owner: William Lockhart,
builder; one-story five-room residence,
$1,000.
Gramercy place and Third street
Edwin Thoroughbred, owner; ]. B.
Lilly. builder; 1h-story six-room resi-
dence, $2470.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
CAPITALIST SAYS CONSOLIDATED
MIDWAY WILL ECLIPSE LAKE VIEW
Prominent Baltimore Man. After Visit to Oil Fields with Experts
and Associates in Big Los Angeles Company Declares Well
Recently Brought in Will OuproduCe Its Macopa Neghbor

way field for having been drilled with
a ten-inch casing it's whole depth of
2165 feet, and its production is remark
able when it is considered that the oil
was struck after -he driliers had en-
tered the oil sand but two feet, where
as in the case of the Lalleview, l un-
derstand, they entered the oil sand
sixteen feet before the big production
came about.
Right south of No. 30 the company
is drilling two wells on the forty and
sixty acres it owns in section 22. One
of these wells is down over 1900 feet
and will reach oil sand at about 1900
feet.
In section Is, farther north in the
field, in which the company owns forty
acres, is a we'll down over 1900 feet and
will reach oil within Il few weeks. This
will give the company five producing
wells; five more being under way, and
they will all be first-class Wells--prob-
ably two or three in the gusher class,
These will all be brought ir within the
next sixty days.
When asked about the question of
oVerproduction Mr.. Peard said:
OvER-PRODUCTION IMPOSSIBLE
"This bugaboo of overproduction
that is being so industriously circulat-
ed by those who may be honestly of
exists, l can only say that from my
limited information on the subject l
do not see as there is anything of a
serious nature to fear in this connec-
ton. My opinion is, from talking with
many men who are in a position to
speak intelllgently on the subject, that
we are passing through merely a
period of readjustment and that there
is no real overproduction, as it is really
a blessing in disguise because it will
enable the selling agency to convince
beyond a doubt the large consumers
that there is no fear of a shortage of
oil from the California fields. When
the progressive consumers really ap-
preciate this situation oil will sell
higher than ever.
"Of course we have seen a number
of companies hurriedly organized that
are probably-not on a firm foundation
and that sooner or later will be alb
sorbed by their stronger brothers.
When this is accomplished it will clar-
ify the situation greatly and will en-
able concerns that are founded on
business principles to put the entire
California oil situation on a higher and
more permanent plane. That there is
a market for oil is evidenced by the
fact that the present and prospective
production of the Consolidated Midway
Oil company has already been mar
keted."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK, July 1S.-sJandard copper
weak, spot sl1.5O@12; July, ll.5Om1l.gO;
August, September and October S11.5ON
11.95. London closed dun at f53 12s Sd
for spot and f54 5s for futures. Arrivals Of
$50 tons We're reported at New York Gus
tom house returns showed 23JI tons ex-
ported, making 1897 tons SO far this
month. Lake, $126212 G12S71a; electricity
tic, S12.25@125o; casting, sl21.ia @l225.
Tim firm; spot, S33.OoQ 1880; july S32.95
a 33.02h; August 32.75a52.gO; September,
S32.75a $3.50; October S32.75 U32.g0. Sales,
five tons spot at $32S71; ten tons at $3.50:
five tons at $3295. and fifteen tons at S33;
twenty-five tons Of July sold at $8o95
London closed firm at t1I9 5s for spot and
at f15O is cd for futures.
Lead firm; s4.45Q4.55 New York. slo5a
ABS East st. Louis. London spot III
12s cd.
spelter steady; s5.5O@6 $50 Now y.rj,.
sI971s a sos East St, Louis. London spot
f22 Is Cd.
Iron, Cleveland warrants ass sd in Lon
don. Locally iron was quiet. No ! foun.
dry northern s16.5O0lG.75i No. o. S1Gm
1925; No. 1 southern, s1B.250I5.75: No j
southern soft. s16G16.25.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
N RANK F. PEARD, a member of
the Baltimore stock exchange,
n who ie intereetnd in the California

N RANK F. PEARD, a member of
n the Baltimore stock exchange,
Il who is interested in the California
oil fields, more particularly the Con-
solidated Midway Oil company of
which he is a director, after making a
personal visit TO Bakersfield last week,
is enthusiastic over the holdings of his
company in the Midway field.
Mr.. Peard was accompanied on his
trip by former Congressman Nathan
w. Hale, a member of the national
committee, who is president of the
Hale Mcleod Oil company. When seen
at the Alexandria Mr.. Peard said:
Il am amazed at the developments
that have been made in the Midway
and Kern river fields since my visit
here last March. I was one of the first
to see the LakeVlCW gusher at the
time it was brought in and it seems
marvellous to me that this we'll should
still be producing. 1t seems to be the
opinion of experienced oil men that its
life will soon terminate, or at least
that it will develop into an orderly,
well regulated, modest producing well
of 1000 barrels a day instead of the
present gigantic freak.
sURPASS EXPECTATIONS
1.-THE properties of the Consolidated
Midway Oil company, which l went
especially to see, have surpassed my
expectations from Il development point
of view, as well as production. The
Consolidated now has four producing
wells in its eighty acres in Kern river
field. One Well, No. 2, is 150-barrel
producer, which is by far and away
the best we'll that has been brought in
in that section for many a day. Two
other wells are being drilled and it will
be only a matter of a few months be-
fore the company has at least twenty
wells producing on this eighty acres
"It is interesting to the novice to see
how quickly d well can be drilled and
production got in this territory. The
last two wells Of the Consolidated Mid
way in the Kern river field have each
been drilled in a little over six days.
"In the Midway territory owned by
this company on section 80, which is
within three quarters of y mile from
the Lakeview gusher, a tremendous
well has recently been brought in
which ] saw flowing at the rate Of 1000
barrels an hour.
PREFERRED ABOVE LAKEVLEW
"As Congressman Hale has we'll said,
I prefer this we'll to the big one of
the LakeVieW, as it is absolutely under
control and ought TO be q steady pro-
ducer for the next ten or fifteen years
This we'll holds the record in tie Mid
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
STILL IN RICH COPPER

GOLDFIELD, July 1S.-That develop
ments are becoming decidedly interest
ing in the lower levels of the Ninety
Nine Copper company's mine at Good
Springs is indicated by a report re-
ceived here that on the 25O-foot level a
crosscut has been driven fifty feet in
the ore body, with the hanging wall
not yet in sight. Ten feet of that
distance was in solid high grade cop
per. The remainder is iron ore carrying
less than shipping values. Cutting the
low grade ore at frequent intervals,
however, are stringers of the high
grade material, all dipping toward the
hanging wall. This leads to the con-
clusion that a large body of ore is
vet to be found on that wall.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
WILLIE CARRIES LABEL;
MOTHER WORRIES NO MORE

WASHINGTON, Pa, July 1S.-Be-
cause he refused to stay at home and
persisted in wandering about the
street, Mrs. Burke of East Wylie ave-
nue. sewed a label on the back of the
coat of her 5-year-old son Willie. The
label reads:
This is Willie Burke. He is lost
Send him home to East Wylie avenue" ="
Willie has been returned to his home
several times by the experiment, ana
Mrs. Burke worries no more.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
MIDWAY -MARICOPA WILL
DRILL WITH A ROTARY

contract has been signed by the
Midway Maricopa Oil company of Los
Angeles with a drilling company to
sink a well, and the rotary is on the
ground at the present time, it IS said.
The derrick and camp are in readiness.
while the boilers and engines are en-
route to the scene of operations in
So, 1928.
Drilling will begin July &c, and it is
believed that little difficulty will be
experienced in bringing in a well. Wa
ter also is now being piped. The con-
tract signed with the drilling company
calls for 1000 feet, although it is be-
leved that oil win be struck at much
lower depth.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
SILVER PRINCE MAKES
VALUABLE STRIKE OF ORE

PRESCOTT July 1S.-On the Silver
Prince several samples of ore cut into
recently have been received here. The
samples show @he old characteristics of
that famous producer of twenty
years ago. Assays made from the ore
run as high as 1000 ounces a ton in
silver.
Later the Black Warrior will be un-
der operation at a point where favor
able conditions prevailed when that old
and famous property was shut down
through litigation, over twenty years
ago. Both mines adjoin each other, and
have a heavy record in silver produc-
ton, considering the limited develop
menr done, neither mine having a shaft
200 feet in depth.