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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
AN INVITATION TO
THE HoMESEEKER.

What the Welsh country needs IS
the development of the rich prairie
lands within her territory. There are
vast stretches OF acres that are yet
undeveloped. 1t takes people as we'll
as rich soil to make a country. We
have the natural resources and need
the people. To every honest industrl-
GUS homeseeker we extend an inVl'
tation. You may not find the land the
cheapest but you will find the oppor'
tunities the greatest. We need men
with families to build homes. Men
who are ambitious and keen to grasp
opportunities. Men who are not AFRAID
of honest toll and men too who can
bear the smiles of fortune as well with
becoming modesty. Men who will join
hands with us for good homes, good
schools, good churches and good
government. This class of home build
erS we need.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
VEKY PLAIN TALK.
erS we need.

Port Gibson Reveille.
Two weeks ago Northern man
stopped here with view OF purchasing
land. After remaining only one day he
remarked that nine residents had
asked him why he came to such a dead
place. His comment was that the
SouthernerS themselves are response.
BILE, in a great measure, for the North
ern people not coming here, just by
such pessimiSm as he had encountered
in the one day. A very large per cent
of the residents of every Southern com.
munity- too lazy to work-spend their
time bemoaning the loss of what they
term 1.-The good old times" Their idea
of prosperity is to sit idly awaiting the
annual meager harvest which unskilled
labor used to bring in; everything con-
sumed on farm and in town bought by
the proceeds of the one poor crop, and
consumed a year before the crop was
gathered. This nor any other section
can expect immigration when every
prospective resident is met by such
wall as the gentleman above referred
to encountered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
OSCAR UNDERWOOD FOR SENATE.

OSCAR UNDERWOOD FOR SENATE.
AS soon as the tariff bill was signed
thus completing the work of Hon. Oscar
Underwood in the House, he announced
himself as a candidate for the q. S.
Senate to fill the existing vacancy
caused by the death of Senator johnson
last summer. The announcement OF
Mr.. Underwood's candidacy has ELECTED
the most overwhelming compliments
from all parts of the country that were
ever bestowed upon the Trainer of any
tariff bill. President Wilson is also very
glad to have such powerful leader and
supporter of his policies added to the
membership of the Senate and he has
written letter to congressman Clayton
the rival candidate requesting him to
withdraw from the race which he has
done. This leaves the field apparently
clear for for MIR. Underwood and Lieut.
Richard P. HobSon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24

Diversity. Plant plenty of corn and
plant cowpeas On every foot of your
corn land: plant oats for pasture. seed
and feed; plant lespedeza, or alfalfa,
according to whether your farm be
located in lands suitable for the one or
the other; plant plenty of sweet po-
tatoes, peanuts, sorghum and other
forage crops. Then don't sell any hay,
oats, corn, cowpeas, potatoes or
sorghum, but market them on the hoof
in the shape of fat cattle and hogs, and
good work animals, in addition to rich
milk, butter, cream, eggs and fat
poultry. Organize cooperative ship
ping clubs and hold UP your end OF
them like man. Country review.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
THE DRAINAGE MOVEMENT.

Considerable interest is just now
being shown in better drainage for
this section, doubtless largely aug.
mented by the rainy season.
To our mind this is a very important
movement and lies at the very basis of
the material welfare of this section.
In the first place drainage is the one
essential thing in order to have good
roads. 1t will be almost useless to
spend money and labor on good roads
without a proper and adequate system
OF drainage. This goes therefore to the
interest OF every man in the parish in
this respect. In order to lay the foun.
dation for good roads it is necessary to
begin with the drainage problem.
If adequately carried out it will pave
the way for dredging the natural water
courses that form the outlet for com.
mercial purposes. 1t would be of al.
most inestimable value to us to have
the advantage of water transportation
to the Inter Coastal Canal and to the
Gulf.
Then again it would open up large
portion OF our rich lands to profitable
agriculture that is now waste. II
would enrich our soil and make it more
cultivatable, and thus enable us to
grow.a greater variety of crops more
prodtably.
The movement is worthy the serious
thought and cooperation of the whole
section and no doubt the present move.
ment will at an early date crystalize
into some definite work along this line.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24

Collector Kempner has sent to the
treasury report Of annual incomes in
Louisiana in preparation for the levy
of the income tax According to the
report there are 10000 persons in
Louisiana with incomes from $4,000 to
$25,O0O, 5000 with incomes from $4,000
to $4,000, five persons who have in.
comes between $4,000 and 100000, and
only one Louisianian with an income of
100000 or over.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
THE LYCEUM COURSE.

In another column of this issue of the
Journal will be found an announcement
of the Lyceum Course for the season
of 1874.
This course has been selected and
arranged by the ladies of the Civic
League. These ladies have gone to a
great deal of care in securing this
course and in addition have assumed
considerable financial obligation.
The course is unusually strong anC
one that will no donbt be literally
supported by our people.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
The Family Cough Medicine

In every home there should be bot.
tie of DR.. Kings New Discovery, ready
for immediate use when any member Of
the family contracts cold or cough.
Prompt use will stop the spreadof sick.
ness. S. A. Std, of Mason, Mich. writes
my whole family depends upon DR..
Kings New Discovery as the best
cough and, cold medicine in the world.
thousands of other families have been
equally benefited and depend entirely
upon DR.. Kings New Discovery to
duce their coughs, colds, throat and
lung troubles. Every dose helps.
Price, SOC and s1.00. All druggists.
H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or
st. Louis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
No. of Bond. Amount Date Payable

Interest ON said bonds shall be evi.
denced by proper coupons attached to
each bond and both principal and inter.
est shall be payable in gold coin of the
United States OF America at the present
standard of weight and fineness.
Said bonds shall be signed by the
Mayor and counter-signed by the Secre.
tary and they shall be numbered and
registered as No.. giving the
number of bond issued commencing
with No. |.
SECTION 2.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
each OF said bonds and each Of the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
FOR A LARGER THOUGHT.

FOR A LARGER IhOUddi.
The unusually protracted rainy
season has been just cause for a certain
loss of nerve among a few. The RAIN
fall in this section during the last 81
DAYS has been around rs inches. There
have been a few instances where the
rice crop it is true has been almost
totally lost by the excessive rains. TO
some these facts indicate the ruin OF
this country. The man who takes this
view of the situation has never fully
arrived at conception of the abundant
resources of this section OF LOUISIANA,
After all, the loss on the rice crop itself
will be reduced to very low fgure.
The increase in the price OF rice Will
practically balance the shortage IN
yiell. We predict that after the
harvest is over and the accounts are
balanced the rice farmers as whole
will have almost as much money In
their pockets as though the rains had
never fallen. Of course there are a
few farmers whose crops were in low
places or marshes who will sustain a
heavy loss, but our information is that
these are isolated cases and do not
compose a very large per cent OF the
total number engaged in the rice in.
dustry.
But this situation with respect to
the rice industry is only small item
in the abundant resources of the Welsh
country. This is a country that is
especially favored in the lavish bestoW.
ment of natural wealth. To many OF
us the value of the rice industry has
arisen to exaggerated proportions.
For too many years we have perhaps
leaned upon it for our only support and
have thus unconsciously come to con.
slider it as our only stay. The Welsh
country has abundantly varied re.
sources. We have a wide stretch of
prairie land with soil of black loan
formation with good clay foundation.
The soil is rich, dark and deep. The
land is slightly rolling yet sufficiently
level to admit of every method OF cultl'
walton. 1t has been proven that be-
sides rice this soil will produce in
abundance rich yields of corn, oats
sorghum, cow peas, sugar cane, and in
addition to these staple crops 1t is well
adapted to commercial truck. Almost
every semt.tropical vegetable can be
grown luXuriously here, and in adj
dition still fruits grow in unsurpassed
abundance and quality here, and still
again in addition to all this the prairie
country around Welsh is rich in nutri
tive native grasses and affords pastur
age fer thousands Of head of cattle
with practically no expense to the
owner.
Then why should this section worry
over the rice situation. The above are
facts without the least exaggeratior
clear to the observation of us all anC
By experience of some. The situation
may serve to direct our attention more
forcibly to diversiflcation. 1t is a mis-
take to imagine that any one crop viii
take the place of many. There is ;
rich heritage to the people of this sec
tion. Prosperous and happy will b.
the people who come into the possession
OF their own. We believe that the er;
of new, larger and varied lines of agri
cultural industry is near and in that er;
= we shall begin to appropriate unto our
selves the rich heritage promised to us
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
SENATE GOING SLOW ON THE CUR
RENCY BILL.

As is well known the administration
currency bill passed the house bya
four to one vote. including 40 republi.
cans votes, and was sent to the Senate
which has referred it to the Committee
on Banking and Currency, where it re.
mains at the present time. This com.
mittee will finish its hearing on
October 25th and then it appears it will
be nearly month before reporting the
bill back to the Senate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
Ordinance No. 1863.
A. E. LOGNION, Sec.

AN ORDINANCE providing for the
Issuance of negotiable bonds OF the
Town of Welsh, Parish OF Jefferson
Davis, State of Louisiana, to the,
amount of Fifteen Thousand .O0o,.
OO) Dollars to run for period OF not
exceeding ten (1O) years, bearing
interest at the rate of Five (5) per
cent. per annum, interest payable
semi.annually, for the purpose OF
establishing and constructing a
system of electric lights in said Town
of Welsh, title to which shall vest in
the public.
WHEREAS, at a special election duly
and regularly called and held in the
Town of Welsh, Parish of Jefferson
Davis, State of Louisiana. on Septem'
Der 9Th, 1918, proposition to incur
debt and issue negotiable bouds of said
Town to the amount of Fifteen ThouS.
and (s15,OOO.oO) Dollars to run for a
period of not exceeding ten (lO) years,
bearing interest at the rate OF Eve Isl
per cent. per annum interest payable
semi.annually, for the purpose of eS'
taDlishing and constructing a system
of electric lights in said Town OF Welsh
Louisiana, title to which shall vest in
the public, was duly and regularly sub
mitted to the vote of the property taz
payers of said town of Welsh. qualified
to vote under the Constitution anC
laws of the State of Louisiana;
Whereas the mourning of said deb
was duly authorized by the vote of {
majority in number and amount of thu
property tax payers of said toWl
qualified and voting at said election
THEREFORE,
SECTION /.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor ant
Trustees of the Town of Welsh, Parisl
of Jefferson Davis, State of Louisiana
that the Mayor and Secretary of tn
Town of Welsh, Louisiana be and the.
are hereby authorized and instructe
to prepare and execute One Hundre
and Fifty (15O) negotiable bonds of tn
Town of Welsh, Jefferson Davis Parish
Louisiana. and of the denomination c
One Hundred (S100.00) Dollars each, a
dated November LIST, 1918 and all beal
ing interest at the rate of Five (5) pc
cent per annum interest payable sem
annually on the first day of May an
the first day of November of each yea
until the final payment of the pBincips
and interest of the said bond issue, tn
principal and interest of said bond issu
to be paid at the Calcasieu Trust
Savings Bank, Welsh, Louisiana, or q
| the Hanover National Bank, in tn
city of New York, State of New Yorl
The. bonds shall be numbered frol
one to one hundred and fifty, inclusiv
and shall become due andspayable q
follows, to-Wit:
l No of po,,a Amount nata Dox,o ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-10-24
Ordinance No. 167.

AN ORDINANCE leyying a tax OF Five
(5) Mills on the dollar, for the year
1913, on all the taxable property
situated In the Town OF Welsh,
Louisiana, for the purpose OF paying
that part of the principal of the cleo
trio light bond issue of the Town OF
Welsh, Louisiana, falling due on No.
yember 1st, 1914, and the interest on
the said entire series of bonds falling
due on May LIST, 1914, and November
Ist, 1914.
SECTION l.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Trustees of the Town OF
Welsh, Louisiana, that tax OF Five
Isl Mills on the dollar on all the
property situated in the Town OF Welsh
Louisiana, subject to state taxation. be
and the same is hereby levied for the
year 1918, the same 10 DC eAteiiueu vi
the rolls and collected as are all other
taxes of said town, for the purpose Of
paying that part of the principal falling
due November 1st, 1914 on the electric
light bond issue authorized by vote Of
the property taxpayers of said town al
the election held On September 9Th
1918, and for the further purpose O
paying that part of the interest on sale
bond issue falling due May LIST, 1911
and November LIST, 1914
SECTION 2.
Be it further ordained, etc., that this
Ordinance have full force and effec
after its adoption.
Adopted October, 1913.
RS. GREER, Mayor.
A. E. LOGNION, Sec.
The record., 1913-10-16
Dive
STOCK
~ m,
SHROPSHIRES GAIN IN FAVOR
Reason Is These Sheep Give Better
Returns for Money Invested
Than Other Breeds.

What has made the Shropshire so
popular? More Shropshires are fed
and marketed in England than any
other two breeds. The reason the
breed is popular. is because these
sheep give better returns for money
invested than any of the mutton
breeds. writes II. X. Gibson of Ouch
ess County. y. Y, in the Orange Judd
and Farmer. Tire English farmers
are not slow to find out what sort
of live stock is the most profitable for
them to keep. and American farmers
are not slow, either The Shropshire
registry association has nearly as
many members as all other sheep
registry associations of the mutton
breeds combined. This is ample proof
of the popularity of the breed.
Now, back of this breed are the
business capabilities of the Shrop-
shire TO make lots Of money. These
sheep show profit to their feeder
The record., 1913-10-16
GOOD SANITATION OF STABLE
If Proper Care Is Given Horses and
Their Barns No One Can Object
to Them in Big Cities.

CBy PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOTHE.)
One of the most imperative needs
from the standpoint of health in great
cities. is stable sanitation. Thousands
upon thousands of horses are stabbed
in every large city. If proper care
is taken of these horses. and their
stables. no one can object to their
presence, because they are reasonably
quiet and a properly cared for stable
is practically odcrless. You will say
Immediately that you never saw a
properly cared for stable, then, and
that Is probably right, as there are
very few of them.
The sanitary stable should have
waterproof floors, built of some ma
terial that will not absorb the liquid
manure, and sloped to drain properly.
Cement is undoubtedly the best Of
these, and 1t should be covered with
a Slated board flooring in the stalls
to keep the horses from sleeping on a
cold cement. and to prevent slipping.
The question of bedding Is very i'm
portant in many ways. Its function is
to keep the horse CT the floor and to
absorb the liquid manure. 1t also is
better for the horses feet than hard
floor Wheat or oat straw is the best
bedding known. as II is light. dry,
warm. springy and highly absorbtive.
Barley and rye straw would be equally
good IL it were not for the boards
or barbed tips of the green husk.
which irrltates the horses skin.
Marsh hay has little value because IL
is coarse. fiattens down and absorbs
very little. Shavings and tanbark are
poor bedding for the same reason.
Horses should be cle.ned very care
fully in warm weather. and 1t is an
excellent plan to wash their mouth
head and legs with cold water at noon
and night.
The record., 1913-10-16

and breeder If given any reasonable
chance to do SO. They are the most
cosmopolitan of the button breeds and
on the same amount o. food will excel
the other breeds in making more
puunds of both mutton and wool than
their rivals They are also very pro-
life. With good care. at least IL
lambs may be expected on the aver
age to each eve in the fock, but it is
not uncommon even in large fiocks
to get an average Of IL lambs to
each eve. ! doubt If there Is any
breed that is better adapted for cross
ing or for breeding on our own native
ewes than the Shropshire. Anyone
who follows the market reports of
the leading live stock markets will
see that lambs sired by Shropshire
rams are continually topping the mar
ket. The winnings at the leading live
stock exhibitions show that for grades
and crossbreds three-fourths of the
winners are sired by Shropshire rams.
The record., 1913-10-16
LIMIT FOR TIRES AND LOADS
Chairman piehi Of National Roads
Board, Favors Highway conven-
ton Of State Commissioners.

A meeting of leading state highway
commissioners and the manufacturers
of horse-drawn wagons and motor
driven trucks, is the suggestion OF
Chairman George c. Diehl OF the A.
A. A. National Good Roads board, to
consider legislation governing the
width OF tires and the weight OF
loads.
Many states have enacted laws to
regulate the width of tires. but there
has not been strict enforcement OF
these regulations" says Chairman
Diehl. Marrow tires, especially dur
ing the wet season, form ruts in I'M
proved roads, and In many instances
where the roads are weak, break
through the surface. causing rapid de-
struction of the highway.
One great difficulty in enforcing
wide-tire ordinances with horse drawn
sehicles has been that while less trac-
ton is required with wide tires. on
slippery clay or hilly roads, II is very
difficult In wet weather to manage a
horse-drawn vehicle with wide tires.
owing to its tendency TO skid and
slide into the bitches.
Equal. If not greater damage. can
be done to the highway with tires OF
insufficient width on motor trucks.
There is no etate where wide-tire ordi-
narces are drawn which relate to both
horsedrawn and motor driven We
hicies, or where a scientific attempt
has been made to prepare such ordi-
uances or where a strict enforcement
is had.
1T is also entirely practicable and
reasonable that the weight OF loads
should be limited. as the bridges.
which form an integral part OF the
highway. are not. in a great major
Ity OF cases. sufficiently strong to
carry weights which are becoming
more and more excessive"
The record., 1913-10-16
GOOD
ROADS
PAVED STREETS IN 1000 3. C.
Babylon, Carthage and Other Ancient
Cities Took Much Interest In
Building Coed Roads.

When or where the first road was
built is not known. Herodotus speaks
OF a great Egyptian road on which
King Cheops employed 100000 men
for ten years. According TO the MS
torian, this road was built OF mass
i've stone blocks ten feet deep and
lined on both sides with temples. mau'
soleums. porticos and statues. Ihe
streets OF Babylon are said TO nave
been paved as early as 1000 B. e.,
and several wen surfaced roads radl-
atod to neiehboIing cities. Carthage.
before its tall. VAS the center oi
highly developed road system IN"
ancient Pcruvians had wondIriul
system of national roads connecting
all the principal parts of their en-
pire.
Bridges were also built by the an
clients II very early date. The Eu-
pirates. at Bebylon. Was crossed by
stone bridge prior TO 2OGo B &, ana
IL is known that the Chinese Dullt
bridges as public works as early as
29O0 b. {. says the Good Roads Year
Book.
The first definite and fully authen-
tic information concerning the system
attic construction and maintenance
OF permanent roads comes TO us
from the Romans Il is generally
understood that the Romans learned
the art OF road building from the
Car,hagcnians. However. the con-
struction Of their great road was as
perfect as that of any of their later
cnes
The first of the great Roman roads
vas from Rome TO Capua, distance
of I42 Italian miles. and vas begun by
Appius Claudius. about Sl2 ID. Z.
il was known as the Appian Way
or Queen of Roads" This road was
later extended TO Brundisium, total
of $50 miles. and wss probably COM
pleted by Julius Caesar. About 22O
B. c. the Flaminian Way was built.
II crossed the Mar river en- a stone
bridge which had a central span oil
$50 feet with a rise Of 1oo feet When
Rome reached the height OF her glory.
underline feiiasR- OF AGgnstus- 70 less
than 20 great military roads raciatod
from the city. These roads extended
TO every Part OF the vast empire. ard
are estimated to have a total length
of 50.O05 mics.
The Roman construction was In
general extremely massive. Tie Ap-
plan Way is said TO have been in good
repair 500 years after IL was built
On a carefully prepared subgrade
were placed four successive courses
OF layers. the rodus or second course
the nucleus or third course and the
pavimentum or wearing surface. The
top and bottom courses consisted In
general Of large Nat stones. while the
two intervening course were built o
smaller stones or other suitable ma
terial laid in lime mortar.
With the fall of the Roman empire
the roads were neglected and gradual
ly fell into decay, so that today bu
little more than a trace remains o
these splendid achievements.
The record., 1913-10-16
Hoo ChoIera Serum.

Good clean hog cholera serum usual
ly retains its potency for at least a
year after sealing. if kept cold and In
dim light Farmers frequently order
more serum than they need and then
wish TO know whether it can be safely
put away for future use. When a
serum bottle has been opened aud
the serum exposed to the air. except
in the hands of very careful and
expert operator, 1t is very likely to be
contaminated and spoiled for future
use.-- M. IL. Reynolds, Veterinarian.
The record., 1913-10-16
Autos In New York.

The total mileage made by automo-
biles on New York state roads in a
rear is estimated at 400,000,000 miles.
The record., 1913-10-16
Means Better Highways

Use the King road drag after every
aard rain. Persistence In the use Of
his device means better highways.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-15
CANADA EXCURSION
August 9Th

Via Oregon Short line. Very low
rates to Lethbridge. Stirling. Ray
mond, Magrath and Cardston, with
limit of September 20. Tickets Will
be sold for train No. 3 leaving Salt
Lake 1:45 p. m. August s. or for
trains connecting Herewith. See y.
8. l.. agents east of Shoshone and
Bull and west Of Montpelier inclus.
i've for rates and further particulars.
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