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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Reserve Agents Named.

Austin, Textile department of in,
surance and banking Wednesday ap
proved the following banks as re
serve agents for state banks: Lum
Germans National Bank, Houston, fol
Wallis State Bank, Wallis; First State
Bank, Mullin; Farmers State hank
Chappell Hill; Lockhart State Bank
Lockhart. Austin National Bank, Aus
tin; Hanover National Bank, New
York, for First State Bank, Trent
Union National Bank, Houston, fol
First State Bank, Mart. First Nation
al Bank, Houston, for Dawson State
Bank, Dawson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Creosotinq Plant DESTROYED,

TeXarkana, Ark.-The plant of the
International Lumber and Creosoting
company together with 125,OO0 gal.
Ions of creosote, twenty-eight carloads
of creosoted crossties and large
quantity of raw material, was de.
stroyed by fire Wednesday. The loss
is estimated at approximately $780,
600. The fire originated with an ex.
plosion in "a tank containing $4,000
gallons of creosote and spread rapid
ly, finally burning itself out,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
UNITED STATES TREASURY OPERATIONS
Receipts Exceed Disbursements by 49,
429,712, Exclusive of Panama
Canal and Public Debt.

WashingtOn.-An excess Of S3,42S
712 or ordinary receipts over ordinary
disbursements was the result Of the
treasury operations for the month of
May. Those figures, however, do not
include the disbursements on account
of the Panama Canal nor the public
debt transactions. The canal dis
bursements for May were $3,967,9S4,
considerable increase over those OF
the previous month. May customs re.
ceipts showed a falling off, but those
from internal revenue continued to
grow, so that now they are $20,0O0,OOO
more than at this time last year.
The deficit for 1910. exclusive of
the Panama Canal account, is 49,.
275,110, as against $G9,725,945 up to
the same period in 1909.
This year $51,207,S34 has been
spent on the canal.
The treasury working balance, the
o11lclalS say holds up well. Now
it is $1S,SGO,S19.
The treasury is figuring on $27,000,,
600 revenue from the corporation tax
during the summer months, which will
be available for current expenses. If
the corporation tax should be held
unconstitutional, a bond issue will
probably be necessary to refund the
money.
The total cash in treasury now
is S1,70S,1S1,796.
The decrease in the public debt dur.
ing May was $757,45O.
National bank circulation outsand-
ing June l was $712,242,S41 a &c
crease of $1,22S,745 during May.
During the month twenty-one banks,
with total capital of $685., 900, were
authorized to begin business.
The total coinage of moneys during
May was valued at $12,G75,273, OF
which $12,313,172 was in gold.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Bonds Mere Approved.

Austin, Textile attorney gener.
ais department this week approved
the following bonds: Wichita Falls
street Improvement, S1750OO; ten 4Os
at 5 per cent. Burkburnett indepen,
dent school district, $1,000; ten 40s
at 5 per cent. San Benito independent
school district, $4,000; ten 4Os at 5
per cent Mount Calm independent
school district, 10000; ten 4Os at
per cent. Milford independent school
district, $4,000; ten 40s at per cent.
Grayson county common school dis
trict, No. Is, schoolhouse, $4,000; ten
40s at per cent Wise county COM
mon school district No. Z, $1,000; ten
20s at per cent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Bacteria in Green Plants

all market gardening as it is ordina-
rily rractised. with the employment
of manure. Fortunately this opinion
has not been shared by all bacterioIo-
gists. In order to solve this problem,
which is so important from the n.y.
gienic point of view, Remlinger and
Nouri have undertaken a series of ex-
periments, in which they endeavored,
by every possible means, to infect
plants with microbes. In every case.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
RAIL ROAD BILL PASSED BY SENATE
All of the Insurgents Who Opposed
Many Features Of Original Bill,
Voted For 1t.

WashingtOn.-The senate has pass
ed the administration railroad bill. 1t
had been under consideration for more
than twelve weeks, and practically no
other business except appropriation
bills were considered in that long pc.
riod. Only twelve votes, all of these
by democrats, were recorded against
the bill. The practical unanimity with
which the measure was passed was
due to the radical changes made III
the measure from the form in which
it was drafted by Attorney General
Wickersham, following numerous con-
ferences at the White House on the
subject of amending Interstate con-
MERGE laws. All of the insurgents
who opposed many features of the
original bill voted for it.
Through the elimination of the pool
ing and merger sections, and by rea-
son of the adoption of many amend
ments In the interest of shippers, the
progressive republicans claimed to
have won a signal victory, and most
of the democrats express themselves
favorable to the larger portion of the
measure.
Had it not been for the retention
Of the sections to create court Of
commerce, it is likely that the vote for
the bill would have been unanimous
Debate ceased Friday, when Senator
Elkins, chairman of the interstate
commerce committee, moved to take
up the bill which was passed by the
house after striking out the body Of
that measure to substitute the matter
agreed upon by the senate In that
form the bill was voted upon. with
the result that it was passed by vote
of so to -.
Provisions of the Bill
The bill as it passed the senate pro-
cides:
Commerce court, with attorney gen.
eral in control of litigation.
Representation for shipper and COM
mission in all appeals,
Initiative for commission to investi
gate rates and issue orders.
Authority for commission to hold up
any new rates 100 days, and rates rep
resenting increase six months longer.
Effective long and short haul clause.
Control by commission of classified
ton and establishment of through
rates.
That telephone and telegraph COM
panies shall be under jurisdiction of
commission.
That no state law shall be blocked
by injunction except on hearing by
three federal judges.
That no rates, reduced to meet wa
ter competition, may be raised except
with consent Of the commission.
That no carrier may disclose infor-
nation about the business of shippers
with the carrier.
That no order of the commission
may be temporarily enjoined except on
five days notice and after a hearing.
That the carrier must prove the
reasonableness of every rate increased
since Jan. l, 1910, when that rate is
attacked.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Oklahoma Cotton Acreage

Guthrie, Ok.-The report for May is.
Issued by the State Board Of Agricul-
ture estimates the Oklahoma cotton
acreage for this year to 2,169,99S
acres, compared with 1,296,415 acres of
this date one year ago. In per cent
it is 1871 compared with the spring
of 1909. The board states that the
acreage will probably be greater than
this months reports indicate, as some
of the crop is to be replanted, owing
to excessive rains and damage from
hail.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Derricks Blown Down.

Sour Lake, Tex-A third severe
storm within thirty days struck Sou,
Lake and Grayburg Monday morning
accompanied by high wind and tor
rental rains and exciting electrical
display. Two de~ricks in the Shoe
string oil field district and one in the
Cannon tract were blown down. Nc
one was injured, as these wells were
OLD and abandoned derricks and wells
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
BEARS RAIDED NEW YORK MARKET
Bulls Were PoWerless to Check On
slaught and Prices Dropped 50
Bale-Trailers Showed Under.

New York.-There was a sensation
al break in cotton Tuesday, with trad
ing more active and excited than at
any time since the series of drastic
declines which carried prices down
about &c pound last January. 1t was
the last day Of trading in May con-
tracts, business in the delivery ending
at midday.
During the morning the bull lead
ers made some show Of supporting
the market by bidding for large blocks
of May delivery, hut as soon as May
contracts were out of the way there
was a rush of selling orders from all
directions, under which July deliveries
melted to 141Sc, or "A points under
the closing figures of last week and
161 points under the high level of the
season, which was made last Deem
Der.
The market for spot cotton suffer
ed even more severely than did fut-
ures. The price of middling cotton
was marked down so points, or about
81 bale, and presuming that the con-
troll Of the local stock, amounting to
100000 bales. still rests with the bull
leaders, who are credited with having
taken up another $4,000 bales Tuesday
the loss on the spot cotton would be
in the neighborhood of $4,000, while
it is estimated that at least 100000
bales Of long contracts were liQui-
dated during the day.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Potato Crop a Failure.

Grapeland, Textile potato crop
has proven to be a failure this year in
both yield and price, as the crop was
from SO to Is per cent short and the
price so law that many growers did
not realize enough to pay for their
seed and fertilizer. Express ship
ments of peaches are made daily, and
when the Elberta crop comes in the
shipments will be made in car lots.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Tax Rolls Receive

Austin, Textile controller Thurs
day received two more estimates of
the taxable values of counties in this
state to be used by the State Tax
Board in fixing the state tax rate. The
reports received were: Duval county,
value $4,356,460; increase, $429.954
Briscoe county, value $2,427,7S2; in.
crease, $260,962.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

For once the psychologists AMI hy-
gienists, who usually appear to delight
In alarming timid folk, announce
discovery which will reaesure those
persons who are afraid to eat green
vegetables, says a writer in the Sci
entifie American. Manau thought that
ne had discovered soil microbes in the
interior of vegetable stalks. From
this discovery resulted the coniemna-
ton Of sewage farms and, indeed, Of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Work Begun on Bridge.

Laredo, Tex.-Work on the con-
struction of the new bridge across the
Rio Grande at Laredo by the National
Railroad which has been suspended
for three months awaiting the final
agreement of the federal government,
was commenced again Thursday on
receipt of telegram that the United
States had agreed to its building.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
First Scholastic Report,

Austin Textile department of ed,
ucation Thursday received its first
scholastic census for the season of
1901. The first census comes from
Lamb county, small western county
OF which Olton is the county seat,
and shows a scholastic census of $50
this year, against 100 showed for 1909.
10.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Wheat Yield 100000 Bushels.

Fort Worth, Tex.-Secretary Gibbs
of the Texas Grain Dealers Associa-
ton, from latest advices, is confident
that the Texas wheat yield viii be
over fifteen million bushels and the
oats crop not less than twenty mil
lion bushels. The harvest yield is
larger, quality excellent
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
Dunkards in Conference,

Winona Lake, Ind.-The national
conference of Dunkards, in session at
Winona Lake, pronounced Sunday the
banner day in the history of their
church. The weather was fair and It
was estimated that fully 10000 PEG.
pie were on the grounds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

however, they found 1t impossible to
obtain colonies of microbes thus in
fected Hence they conclude that the
microbes In the soil do not penetrate
into the interior of plants, but remain
entirely upon the surface.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

A blind singer of Massachusetts
took a trip in balloon in order to
enjoy a new sensation. He made a
totally new record in ballooning; he
did not remark when he came down
"how strange it was to see the earth
dropping away from under him"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Of late the shadow of the fatal mi
crobe has lowered over the trembling
lips of expectant lovers. They have
been browbeaten, cowed, terrified.
inundated by coldblooded investiga.
tors their kisses have become of the
Intangible Tennyson kind, by hope
less fancy feigned as lips that are for
others" The cold,blooded bacteriolo.
gist has meanwhile buttressed the cry
of that eynie of eynics, Dean Swift,
who wrote: Lord, | wonder what fool
it was that first invented kissing"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Several firms who have been selling
fine Mocha and Java coffee which did
not contain berry of either Of those
coffees have been fined $40 on prose
cutions by the government. Really 1t
would not seem as tho%gh such fine
would act as deterrent; maybe, how.
ever, it was intended merely to be a
warning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
His Idea of Diunity,

Prof. Dudley A. Sargent, physical d..
rector Of Harvard, said recently that
the female figure was improving more
notably than the male-and no won
der, since woman took healthy exer.
else while man shaved In an Office,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

The recent cannibalistic perform
ances in the South sea islands seem
to be conclusive answer to the old
charge that the cannibal natives of
THAI part Of the world don't like mis-
sionaries.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ITO look at some of our men," said
Professor Sargent, you would be-
lieve that sentiments like Blanks
were universal. Blank, a very fat
millionaire, was arranging to have his
portrait painted. The length-three.
quarters-was settled, and then the
painter said:
And shall the view be profile OF
full face, Mr.. Blank?
Profile. by all MEANS was the re-
ply. The curve of the stomach give,
dignity to the figure"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Berlin workingmen have taken a
pledge not to eat butter for three
months. That indicates one place
where oleomargarine is likely to be
sold for what 1t Is.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Though man dropped dead in a
department store while shopping with
his wife, it Is doubtful if even this
viii break some women of the habit
OF taking their husbands along.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Viewed as peace preserVers the new
battleships, costing $6,OOO,OOO each,
ought to be put under bonds to fur
nish us with $12,OO0,OOO worth Of
peace
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Los Angeles school children have
been running their little tummies by
eating too much pie. The great Amer
lean nation may have to establish a
pie censorship.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

A st. Louis woman who was dying
asked to have her pet dog poisoned,
that it might accompany her to the
spirit world, or, probably, at least, un-
til she was safely out of st. Louis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

According to a New York dispatch
wedding rings are passe, and smart
young matrons" no longer wear them
Perhaps this is because so many
"smart young matrons" haven't room
for their entire collection of wedding
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

A Chicago Judge declares married
men have a right to squander some Of
their money on themselves If they
want to. Yes, Judge, but how much?
That's the real point.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

The college professor who insists
that the dangers Of kissing have
been immensely overrated Is making
a strong bid for popularity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

German dirigibles have been making
flights over Holland. This may be sig
nificant, for 1t beats the Dutch.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Verify, the complications of life
multiply. 1t takes enough men now to
train a champion prize fighter to put
a play on the stage with a large cast.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

About this time of year the univer-
sity alumnus, after trying to remem.
Der his college yell, gives it up as a
bad Job.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

According to scientist, dreams are
the fulfilment Of wishes. At any rate
they are all the fulfilment a lot of
wishes ever get.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

The man who stole duck and was
sent to Auburn for It must now real
fxe that 1t is much cheaper merely to
chase the duck.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Farmers are organizing to cut out
che middlemen. That old reliable end
man, the consumer, win hold his Job.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

The arlstocrat germs on SO bill
do not recognize the herd on a dollar
bill.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Those New York hens that lay black
eggs are infringing upon the province
of the Easter rabbit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Although cottonseed has gone up
in price olive oil Is useless for pur-
poses Of replanting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

And now they are mixing poker and
bridge. The anti-adulteration laws
should be strictly enforced.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

In the matter Of capturing a hus-
band the girls should remember that
coarse work is fatal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Paying interest ON the mortgage Is
one Of the best cures for AUTOMOBILE
dousness.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Speaking Of sunshine, the more you
have the more you want.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

Chicago boasts 46 cemeteries, all
well patronized.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

ORDER OF the treasury depart
Eohibits the importation into
Omitted States Of the European
Fling, putting the bird In the same
Class with the mongoose. the English
sparrow and fruit-eating bats So far
as this country is concerned, there.
fore, the cry of the starting will be,
not, Il can't get out" but Il can't
get in"
The Detroit times., 1910-03-09
SHOW CROP WEALTH
SPARE NO EXPENSE
Pres. Hill of Great Northern Con.
duets Campaign on the Treasures
of the Northwest.

Searchlights OF publicity are being
turned OF the vast wealth Of agricul-
rural possibilities of Montana, Wash
mgton, North Dakota, and Oregon by
President Louis ~. Hill OF the Great
Northern Railroad.
The high cost of livlng-or the cost
OF high living" has developed a feeling
OF unrest i'm every crowded center
You can hear twice as much talk OF
back to the soil" in the large cities
today as YOU heard a year ago.
Land hunger. wnicn' economists tell
us always exists with American peopl'.
mas been aroused TO an acute stage.
There Is knowledge. more or less
vague. OF the possibilities of indepena'
ent wealth. the simple life and all the
charms of agriculture in the great
northern stretches OF the country
President Hill proposes 20 take ad'
vantage OF this land hunger and give
/ the public specific facts instead of
vague gcneralities- let the people
! know for instance that twenty million
acres OF tiiaDle land is yet available
/ in Montana ana that any citizen of
the United States may Yet possess
himself OF three hundred and twenty
acres OF this productive iand under
/ the homestead laws
Cost Not Counted in Great Campaign.
Cost is not 10 be reckOued in this
/ great campaign 1t will be OH scale
hitherto NOT attempted
! The newspaper and magazine press
Will be used Land shows now being
( given in the large cities. will be con
2 ga no. "a no Al
4 an opportunity 10 see the big red
apples, the heavy heads of wheat. oats,
/ rye, barley, and the great big potatoes
J ten inches long and weighing -four
pounds each. onions five inches in di-
ameter weighing two pounds. Yet II
the finest quality, and the lnxurlant
grasses that flourish in these states.
Large and beautifully Illuminated pie
lures are sent 10 these SLOWS. These
pictures are now in preparation and
several OF them are going out from the
| Great Northern Ry. Offices. Moving
picture machines Will be used TO H.
1 lustrate actual life on the farms 81
these states-haryest scenes fruit
gathering -tilling. etc, all reproduce
/ in motion.
For territories in which show rooms
are not available, exhibition cars are
already in service These large cars
are lined with exhibits OF the fruits,
grain and grass just as the show
rooms are, The cars. like the show
rooms. are in charge Of men thorough
! ~ familiar with all this territory and
( lecturers who give interesting address
es on every phase OF agriculture.
An especial reason for holding these
exhibitions at this time Is that during
j the present year the United States
government will open 1000, 000 acres
of land IN the state of Montana To