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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Water Covers Bridge.

Loganstown.-The end of the large
traffic bridge over the Sabine river
at Loganstown is about two feet deep
in water on the Texas side, and it is
expected, with the continued rise in
the river, that traffic will be suspend
ed. The recent heavy rains have
caused considerable rise, averaging
about eight inches in twenty&our
hours. The rain is higher now than
it has been in several years, and a
several-foot rise is still expected, as
heavy rains have been prevalent up
the river.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
$4,000 Deal Is consummated.

Crowley.--A deal was consummtead
Saturday for the sale Of what is
known as the Stanton pasture, sit
uated about five miles northeast of
Rayne and consisting of 1850 acres OF
prairie and woodland, The property
belonged to A. R. Scott and others OF
Bethany, H., and was sold. by w. w.
Duson, the real estate agent, to W. M
Rimmer of Rayne.
The property is well improved, con.
sisting of equipment for rice planting
The consideration of the sale was in
the neighborhood of $4,000. The
property formerly belonged to Mr.. Du
son and was sold by him to Mr.. Scott
several FEARS ago,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Don't Want Negro School.

st. Francisyille.--A petition is be-
ing circulated through the several
wards of this parish and signed by the
leading citizens and property taxpay-
ers protesting against the establish,
ment Of the Southern University in
the confines of West Felieiana. A
committee will go to Baton Rouge to
appear before the governor and pre-
sent the petition. The place in view
is the ]. w. Mcqueen plantation,
about five miles from town on the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
NAN SHOUTS FIRE" AND Z WERE KILLED
The Dead Mostly ChiIdren-lt Was a
Sad Christmas for the Strlk-
ing Miners.

Calumet, Mich. = Seyenty-two per-
sons, mostly children, were killed
Wednesday night at Christmas cele-
bration by copper mine strikers IN
Italian hall because of a needless
panic caused by false alarm of fire
While several hundred miners and
their wives looked on, the children
pressed eagerly toward the stage to
receive Christmas presents. At this
point a man put his head in at the
door of the hall and yelled fire"
The cry was taken up by those in
the hall. Everyone started for the
doors. The weaker were thrown to
the floor and those behind tried to
climb over those ahead of them.
The stairway and other avenues OF
egress were blocked so effectually that
those inside could not get out and
those without could not get in to aid
the panic-tsricken crowd in the hall
It was some time before the panic
subsidized.
The alarm was spread outside the
hall by few persons who had been
near the door and escaped unhurt.
A crowd soon assembled and the
work of clearing the hall was begun.
The principal exit was narrow
stairway at the back of the hall,
When this had been cleared OF the
bodies that filled it to the top and a
quick accounting had been made it
was found that seventy-two corpses
had been piled up beside the hall
building. 1t is thought that dozen
others were carried away by friends.
The dead that were piled up be-
hind the hall included S5 girls, 10
boys, IS women and 5 men. Excited
men and women stood about the build
ing, some dazed by the sudden
change from holiday festivities to
tragedy, others calling Historically for
a missing child and few even threat,
ening violence to the rescuers for
keeping them back from the long row
of bodies.
There was not much work for the
many doctors who hurried to the
scene as soon as the alarm was spread
for those who were not killed in the
first rush were held upright ant
saved by the very force of the on
rush toward the exit.
All bitterness that has existed il
the strike-ridden community during
the past months is wiped away BY
the one great common afflication
Now the people of Calumet can onl!
see their neighbors, their brothers
their sisters and their little children
staggering under an almost unbear
able burden of distress and grief.
A mass. meeting of Calumet citi
zens was held Thursday to express
sympathy and devise ways and mean
to ameliorate the suffering and sor
row of those families on which tn
hand of death had fallen. A commit
tee Of twelve was appointed to Visi
each home and ascertain what finan
cial assistance was needed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Americans Bidding for Trade.

New orleans.-The English have
powerful competition from Americans
in Sonth American countries, said
Lord Murray of Elibank, who is in
New Orleans en- route from South
America to New York and London.
AS a representative of S. Pearsons'
Son, London, of Great Britain, Lord
Murray has been to Ecuador, Colon.
bia and Costa RIGA in the interest Of
oil contracts that have caused not a
little adverse criticism in the United
States recently,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Little Trading in Rough Rice.

New Orleans.-There was very lit
tie doing in rough rice Saturday, due
to the scarcity of supplies. Only 1876
sacks came forward from the coun'
try, and they were consigned to mills.
The undertone continued steady, with
prices firmly maintained on both
styles.
Clean rice was firm, with not much
business done. Quotations:
Receipts, 1916 sacks rough Hon
auras. Sales, 376 pockets clean Hon
duras at SIC.
Clean: Honduras head, 4@6c;
straights, 3@4Ac; screenings, 1&d
PIC; No. 2 1900. Market tone
quiet but firm. Japan head, ~ q
39c; straights, 28s@Sc; screenings
IN @2sc; No. 2, 1B@2c.
Sales: Rough Honduras, 235 sacks
at $2.OS@3.O6 per barrel of Is;
pounds; Japan, 692 sacks at $2.O6@
2.S5.
Rice polish, $26.5O@27OO per ton
rice bran, $16.OO@18.5o per ton.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Texas postmasters Named,

Washington.-The president Tues
day nominated the following Texas
postmasters: Grapevine, Minerva e.
Austin; Bay City, A. s. Collins; Daw-
son, J. A. Davis; Silsbee, w. j. Davis;
Gordon, Robert N. Eastus; Petrolia,
Earl NJ. Duval; Frost, A. w. Howell;
Skidmore, ]. J. Jenkins; Morgan, Will
Lyon; Newton, Forrest M. Mattox;
Bellevue, w. L. Mount; Hubbard,
Conrad NJ. Newton; Eagle Pass, Geo.
w. Rohle; Killeen, R. d. Tankerslee.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Governor Signs Bond Papers.

Baton Rouge.--Governor Hall put in
Christmas Day signing the interim
certificates that the state is to issue
to represent Its new $11,OOO,OOO bond
issue until the bonds are completed
The governor completed his work OF
signing all of the certificates so far
received in Baton Rouge, total OF
over 5000, but the secretary of state
the state auditor and the state treas
nrer, who must also sign the bonds
are still working.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
-oophoIe Is Found In Mine.

Bingham, Utah,-Deep in snow on
the narrow shelves of the canyon wall
the posse seeking Ralph Lopez, slayer
of six men, spent a cold Christmas
Eve guarding the tunnel mouths of
the Utah-Apex mine. Discovery Thurs
day of the existence of an old incline
leading from the upper to the lower
workings through which the despe-
RADIO may have escaped added diseour-
agement to their discomfort.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
400 Operators Are Dismissed.

Springfield, Mo.-The discontinue
ance of the telegraphic system Of rail-
road communication by the st. Louis
and San Francisco railroad in the
event of the tefegraphers' strike was
indicated Sunday by the dismissal Of
400 Frisco telegraphers and the re-
moval of telegraph instruments at all
points on the main line.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
sulphur Man Is Wounded.

Sulphur-SamJenkins, who suffer
ed a fracture of the chin, both jaws
and one arm, also the nose, is con-
valescent. He was taken to Scott,
La, his old home, for treatment.
Peter McNab was arrested and is in
jail, awaiting the result of Jenkins
injuries.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Leases Are to Be Extended.

Washington Sells, commits
sioner of Indian affairs, Saturday d.
rected the commissioner for the five
civilized tribes Of Indians to lease for
another year the surface of the Sc
gregated coal lands in Oklahoma be-
longing to the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw Indians.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
state Fair officers are Named.

Shreveport. AT the eighth annual
election Of the Louisiana State Fair
Association Friday officers were
chosen as follows: Robert r. Emery,
president; George freeman, Jr, first
vice president; William A. Robinson,
second vice president; Andrew
Queries, treasurer; Louis N. Brueg-
gerhoff, secretary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Beachy Sets AirIoop Record.

San Francisco, Cal.--Lincoln Beachy
celebrated Christmas Thursday by
breaking a worlds record, looping the
loop five consecutive times from a
height of $50 feet and landing in a
narrow street on the Panama exposi.
ton grounds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Huarta NAV Take Eield.

City of Mexico.-That Enrique
Gerostieta, minister of justice, will
become president Of Mexico early in
the new year and that General
Huerta will take the field against the
rebels who refuse to conform to this
arrangement, is the report that has
been received with credence by some
of the diplomats at Mexico City.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Wilson In Dixie Land.

Washington. - President Wilson,
with Mrs. Wilson, their two daugh-
tiers, Misses Margaret and Eleanor;
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and DR..
Gary Grayson, naval aide, left Wash
ington Tuesday night for Pass Chris
tian, Miss, to spend Christmas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
wounded Man Taken to Hospital.

Alexandria. Jesse Moffett, a young
man, was brought to the sanitarium
Friday suffering with a serious gun
wound in the left breast. 1t is alleged
that he received the wound accident.
ally, while one man was shooting to.
ward another. Moffett's wound is con.
sidered a dangerous one.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Crowley Elks PLAYED Santa.

Crowley.-The Elk lodge made
happy the hearts of the poor children
of Crowley by having a Christmas
tree at the lodge rooms on Christmas
Day,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
AIexandrla,s elnnInaa Ave short

Alexandria. Inspector Finn.
berg reports that there are 10,14S
bales of cotton of the crop of 1913
ginned prior to Dec. 10, as compared
with 1926 bales ginned to the same
date last year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Swiss Aviator TraYerses Alps.

Berne, Switzerland.-AGscar Bider, a
Swiss aviator, made successful flight
across the Alps Thursday, though for
several hours he was unable to see
his way because of the heavy fog.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Their Natural Affinity.

What do you think of this move
ment to encourage women to take up
farm work."
Well, women always were attract
ed to husbandry"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Laka charIea polIoemen l. cut.

Lake Charles.--While attempting to
quiet a party OF disorderly men on
Ryan street Wednesday, John Lenoir,
policeman, was attacked and seri-
Ously cut by some member of the par
ty.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
COLDS & laGRlPPE

5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case
of Chills G Fever, Colds G. LaGrippe;
1t acts On the liver better than Gallo
mel and does not grippe or sicken.
Price 25c.-AdY.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
When the Battle BEGAN.

Wife with magazine) Here's an or.
ticle on How to avoid war;
Hub-What does it say-reniain sin
gle?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma'
tIon, alays pain, cures wind colic,2oc botfie'A@
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

Bomb Explodes in New Orleans Home
New orleans.-A bomb, sent by
mail to Mrs. John laramie at her
home Sunday. exploded and did con.
siderable damage to her house. but no
one was hurt.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
pIaouemine MAYOR Remembered.

Plaquemine.--Mayor Peter G. VIII
bert was the recipient of a handsome
Christmas present from the attaches
of the city hall.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

1t is more blessed to give than TO
receive, but 1t isn't so popular.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18

$l9O,2247
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18
SOME TRIALS OF THE
COUNTRY MERCHANT


"Yes," remarked the country mer.
chant to the newspaper man, II GER
tainly have snap. The wholesale
houses send me duns every month and
draw on me at sight; but If send a bill
to farmer he comes in swearing and
quits trading at my store. When l am
hard up for money, many of those who
owe me are sending cash in advance to
mail order houses. If contribute mon
ey to any cause, people say am bidding
for trade; If 1 don't they say am a hog.
Every day am expected to dig up for
everything that comes along, from a
rattle ticket to church fund, by people
who say ought to because I do my
trading here, but my friends, Skeers &
Drawback, neither buy tickets nor help
the church fund, but if were to circu-
late subscription paper among the
wholesale houses trade with I would
get the horse laugh proper. If sell a
pair of pants l must treat the whole
family to candy and cigars, II buy a
load of potatoes / must do the same.
Customers who are able to pay, hang on
to their money, while l pay per cent
at the bank to get ready cash. / have a
big business during hard times and poor
crops from people who are willing to
trade with me providing can duplicate
catalogue prices and wait until harvest
for my money. My scales weigh too
heavy when sell sugar and too light
when buy butter. am a thief, liar
and CRATER. If smile, am soft
soapy hypocrite; if I don't smile am a
grump. Yes, this is certainly a snap
And then he looked over $4,000 worth
of book accounts, all good, and wonder.
ed how he could raise $3.50 to meet a
sight draft tomorrow.-Ex.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18

they will receive careful examination
Immediately after receipt and notation
on the records, to the end that suppl.
mental showing may be required, il
necessary, or the entryman advised OF
the nonfeasibility of the irrigation
plan, if such be the case!
You will at once notify all officers in
your land district before whom de clara
tions may be made of above, and that i,
is the purpose and intent of this Office
we see that all requirements are fully
met; also that failure ON the part of ap
plicants, or of officers preparing the de
clarations, to cause full and explicit
showing to be made will result in the ap
plicants being put to the trouble and ex
pense OF filing supplemental showings
and it may be in the loss of their claims
CLAY TALLNAN, Commissioner
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18

Last Monday at 7:30 p. M, marked
the close of the first lap in the Piano
Contest which has just begun to interest
the voters and up to the closing hour
many votes were handed in.
The votes were taken from the ballot
box and carefully counted by Messrs.
DR.. Long, Rev. Fisher and T. w. Deli
cate, assisted by the editor and contest
representative who made an exacting
count of all coupons. During the entire
count it seemed that there were several
who would be very close bot when the
totals were struck Helen Mclaughlin
had won the $40 in gold with a good
margin.
There was good scattering vote cast
for the Misses Margaret c. Carroll, Car
oline Fox, Mary Book, Juanita Brasch,
Norma Illsley and Mrs. j. A. Endicott
all of whom will have to be reckoned
with as any one of these ladies have the
mettle required to make a strong cam
paign. Some surprises can be looked
for by the next count as we intend to
make it worth while for any lady who
will make an effort.
When the votes are counted May 18th
$500 IN GOLD
will be awarded as follows: $1,000 to any
lady who makes the greatest increase
between the first and second counts, and
S. 90 to the one making the End greast-
est increase at that time. This is fair to
all and a special inducement to the late
starters.
The votes clipped from the paper will
be of no value and will not be counted
if voted as was announced during the
first count. What counts now is mer-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18
HELEN MCLAUGHLIN WINS $40 PRIZE
With Margaret Carroll Close Second--Many Others
Rank in Good Order--Next count Will Be
Made on May 18th.

chants coupons and subscriptions.
Prize l. Piano.
Prize 2. Ladies Hat offered by H. W
Fitch.
Prizes w. F.Hanley, SIS Gold Piece
Prize 4. Fred Heideprien, Rocker.
Prize 5. A. J. Jones, any IS article in
the store.
Prize 8. McAdam Co., $5 Gold.
Prize 7. Willis Dunn Co., any Sc
article in the store.
Prize 8. T. V. Garlock, any s. article
in the store.
Prize o. E. c. Anderson, big bottle
of perfume.
Following is the present standing of
each lady to date:
Helen Mclaughlin hlin----.--------- 20,775,
Margurett Carroll--------------- lO,O5C
Caroline Fox 7,350
Mary Book 5,4l23
| Mrs. J. A. Endicott- $500
Juanita Brasch. 1875
Norma Illsley 4,2l23
| Alta Scott. 400
Catherine Erpelding------ 1875
Ruth Adair-- 3,45C
Bertha Judd 3,2l2t
Bessie Hall -+-.---------- 2,725
Ruth Bailey 2,4O0
Mrs. Chas. Pringie- l,475
lneS COe- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ,4I0
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18
BEAVER VALLEY AND VICINITY
BY E. p. KING

BEAVER VALLEY AND VICINITY
BY E. p. KING
Louis Collingwood is working for
spencer Bond.
Ethel Pond is working for Spencer
Bond at Argyle.
Mrs. Anna Wolfe is still at the hospi-
tai but is getting along well.
Gene Drain attended the dance at
Ethel Ponds Saturday night.
o. ID. Mutton moved back on his ranch
after spending the winter at Hot
Springs.
Perl Chambers who has been quite
sick for the last three weeks is able to
be about!
Joe Brandt is digging well for Joe
Jackson. He recently completed well
for Mrs. Gray.
Fay Harmon, Warren Angelo, George
Hale and Joe Brandt were in Hot
Springs Saturday.
John Hays is very sick at the home of
his brother, j. e. Hayes, and grave
doubts are entertained as to his recov-
cry.
Walter Scott was in town last Satur-
day on business. He stated that he had
been laid up with the grip but was feel
ing better.
Frank Brandt and Hazel Merrill left
last week for Sioux City where they
have job on the rip-rap work in oper.
alton in that city.
Haines Pond, who has been working
at Memo, is visiting relatives in this
vicinity. He expects to return soon to
the northern Hills.
Mrs. d. F. Flanagan is home from g
visit with relatives in Sioux City, Eli
Point and Council Bluffs. She has beer
absent about a month.
There was dance at Ethel Pond.
place Saturday night and as usual every
body enjoyed themselves. Music wa,
furnished by Joe Brandt on the violin.
Ed Swanger had the misfortune t
lose valuable jack by death last week
He had recently paid 5000 for him
There was no apparent cause of his sick
ness.
Mrs. Anderson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Shickler, is so impressed
with the country chat she has decided
to stay all summer She has been visit
ing here with her parents the last few
weeks.
That Spencer Bond believes in th,
future of Argyle is evidenced by his rea
estate holdings, and the crops which be
is putting in. He recently acquired th'
land owned by W. X. Angelo, and viii
probably make that place his home.
The farmers are all busy in this vicin
ity putting in their crops. The season
has been rather backward so far, but W,
are hoping that it may warm up befor,
long. Grass has got CORD start, and ;
few warm days aud little rain viii
bring it out all right.
U S. Dist. Attorney Wheeler has suet
in federal court for the possession o
government land in the Miles City
Montana, district valued at $4,000
Robert Eccles, Byrd w. Edwards ant
William ]. r. Marston, caltlemen ar,
defendents. 1t is claimed that they hav,
unlawfully taken the land, fenced ant
used it for pasture. The governmen
also asks for an accounting aud pay fo
the use Of the ground aud the renovs
OF the fences.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18

The forest service has arranged this
spring to plant approximately two
hundred acres of pine seedlings in the
local forest and it is intended to carry
on this work regularly from year to year.
Since April 18th some 80 men have
been engaged at Redfern by the forest
service in planting 100000 pine seedlings
which were raised in the nursery at
Halsey, Nebr., and shipped to the forest
service at Custer. S. D., for the purpose
of reforesting large area of excellent
timber land that was denuded by fire
east of Redfern. This work will be
continued until the entire area of 800
acres has been reforested.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-04-18
!. WEYERMAIsER'S WEALTH
Reported Vast. Said to Have Been the
Richest Man In the
World

Frederick w. Weyerhaiser, who died
at Pasadena, California, April 4th, waf
head Of the big lumber trust and is said
to have been the worlds wealthiest
man.
He was born in Germany in 1884, Of
poor parents. He came to America in
1852, and his first start in the lumber
business was at Rock Island, Illinois.
piling up slabs for 81 day wages.
In 1860 he and fellow worker, F. A.
G. Denckman, purchased the mill and
then branched out in business. They
purchased tracts of timber in Wisconsin,
first on small, then on large scale.
To facilitate the extensive operations
Weyerhaiser created the little known
and mysterious 'Weyerhaiser Syndicate
ack nowledged by the trade to be the
most powerful factor in the trade, the
head ofthe lumber trust. The Mississippi
River Boom & Logging company, oi
which Weyerhaiser was elected pres.
ident in the early eighties worked more
openly and became the base of his
known transactions.
The great lumber king was always a
silent man, and maintained the most
profound secrecy concerning his plans
and operations in all business matters.
Although his wealth increased at q
tremendous rate and his gigantic opera.
tions extended over the whole United
States, but little was known about the
syndicate or the controlling spirit of it.
Weyerhaiser always Stunned publicity
in business matters as we'll as in his
private life and thus it happened thai
the general public was practically un
aware of the very existence of this man
the peer III wealth and power to Rookie
feller. Morgan and Carnegie.
1t is estimated that Weyerhaiser, al
the time of his death. owned more thar
40, 900, 900 acres of the finest timber lane
in thescountry and his wealth. accord
ing to estimates based upon his lane
holdings and known business interests
Is figured at 81 ,500,000,O00.