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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Working Brood Mares.

If mares are kept at light work the
last few weeks they are benefited by
being worked right up to foaling time.
Brood mares are injured by severe
work which requires them to strain or
over-exert Backing heavy loads is
not suitable task for mares heavy in
foal. In most years enough mares
will miss getting in foal to take care
Of the heaviest work, They are best
off if rested for ten days of a couple
Of weeks after foaling,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09

which is well-balanced feed for pigs.
1t is difficult matter to estimate the
amount Of feed which will be required
by 80 pigs up to August 1, as very
much depends upon the capacity Of
the pigs to make rapid gains.
On good rape or alfalfa pasture,
however, no more than $50 to 400
pounds of grain, or its equivalent,
should be required for 100 pounds Of
gain. The value of skim milk can be
reduced to a grain basis by figuring
$50 pounds Of skim milk to equal 100
pounds Of grain when fed with corn
in the proportion above advised.
Figuring upon this basis, 1t will not
be difficult to estimate approximately
the amount of iced which will be re,
quired for the time mentioned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
His First Sweetheart,

Her name is Milly. | haven't n
anything about marrying her YETI
to her or anybody-but I've cam
her books three or four times and II
her in the back of the head with
soft SNOWFALL, and l guess she nd
me, too. She threw a snowfall Vi
at me when l hit her and then, Bhal
washed her face for her with sa|
she just said: ooh, George, you nd
thing!" as if she might be willing
marry me sometime if l got nd
enough to ask her when we're gl1
up. ! wonder how a fellow gets I'D
to ask them. / don't think tn II
have.-Ellis Parker Butler, In I
American Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
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to the west, called Orchard avenue, de-
cided TO gravel on the following plan:
The farmers to donate the use Of
teams and wagons with dump boards.
The Nampa highway district to provide
gravel usually donated by those who
have It, pay the shovelers and man
to help dump the loads and also spread
and smooth the gravel on the road
bed, using for this purpose King
drag. The freshly graVeled roadbed
should be smoothed with a King drag
or other implement weekly for two
months or until settled and cemented
with the underlying soil. Four inches
of gravel in the middle of the roadbed
with two inches on the sides most
readily mixes with the underlying soil
in such proportions as to shed rain
and form a smooth, solid bed. Heavy
traffic cuts through the gravel in wet
weather until enough underlying soil
has been mixed and cemented with
the gravel to shed rain and create a
solid roadbed.
A moderate percentage of clay soil
mixed with the gravel as applied will
pack and cement from the beginning.
The clay gravel banks along the re-
clamation bitches piled by the dredges
supply ideal material for graVeling our
roads. This mixture of clay, sand
and gravel packs from the very first
and does not need underlying soil cut
in by heavy traffic. Coarse gravel,
free from clay or soil, will need an adj
mixture of soil from below to secure
hard, smooth roadbed. Orchard ave-
nue. has now been graVeled two years.
It's success from the start has been
such as to attract the attention of 9TH
er neighborhoods.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Whey for Plas.

Ordinary whey is worth not more
than half as much as skim milk or
buttermilk when fed the pigs. Most
of the muscle-building material is
taken out Of milk by cheese, and the
resulting whey Is very poor In muscle
builders, as compared with ordinary
milk, 1t takes about a gallon and a
half of whey to equal the feeding
value Of one pound Of corn or barley.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Barrels of Booty.

SOL Sodbuster-H Hear about the rob.
berry down t. tn an 10-cent store
last night?
Hiram Hayrack-Nope. D'they git
much?
Sol. Sudbuster-Yep. They was In
there two hours and carried away
nearly dollars with O. goods
Puck.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
STATE AID FOR good ROADS
One Reason Why Food Prices Are
High Is Because Of Cost Of Haul
ing Over Bad Highways.

Nearly every one of the state legis-
latures is considering demands for
more help for road building, says St.
Joseph News-Press. Ten years ago
all the states together put up but
$2,0OO,O 900 for road building, exclusive
of local funds. In 1914 they spent
$4S,OOO,OOO. But as four-ffths of this
was done by six eastern states and
two Pacific coast states, the problem
is far from solved nationally. Many
of our big problems always come back
to the cost-of-living question.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
slln Saves Doctors Bills.

Silage makes the very best winter
pasture for live stock and brings
about more nearly than anything else
summer conditions. The farmer with
a good supply Of silage will have lit
tie need for the veterinarian. When a
pit silo can be had at cost of fifteen
to twenty dollars, each farmer should
have one.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
M fnr tournaments Road,

State and national aid for perma-
nent roads is sure to come. but 1t ia
not likely to come to any community
that has, by their lack of interest IL
good roads shown that they are IN
worthy Of 1t.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
So Paw SAYS.

Little Lemuel-Say, pay, whsI
the difference between an optimist
a pessimist?
Paw-An optimist, son, is a mani
Is happy when he is miserable, a
pessimist Is a man who Is miser
when he is happy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
psrsnnal Benefit and Profit

Go at road Improvement with the
same determination you would to dig
bitches or build fences-with the full
realization that it is for your own per-
sonal benefit and profit; and not only
merely a public duty"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
No Uncertainty.

"The Eskimos have a very pess
life"
eyes. They know pretty well .
kind of weather it Is going to be 7
out waiting for any tips from
ground hog"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Rather Indefinite

Guest Tin restaurant) Waiter, you
don't mean to say this is spring
lamb?
Waiter-Yassah; OATS what it am,
sab.
Guest-Um! Spring of what year,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Menace 70 Dairy Business.

The breeder who multiplies defects
and perpetuates scrubby pedigreed
stock Is worse menace to the dairy
business than the man who keeps
scrubs under their true colors.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Its Result.

What do you think of this =
ness of the Germans taking q FfF
"They are apt to find themsal
In a broil."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03
PEACE AND COMMON SENSE

embargo of munitions of war will stop
the fighting which is a euphemistic
way Of saying that the allies will be
so crippled that Germany will be an
easy victory. There are no immediate
signs that the export of arms will be
stopped, and If there were, it is not
by any means certain that the stop
ping would bring peace.
Peace will only come when one side
or the other is licked into its boots,
OF when men decide that the end to
be attained by further fighting is not
worth the sacrifice entailed. and are
willing TO sit down and make bargains.
Peace will come when men cease to
talk in the language Of imaginative
orators, and come down to a discus
sion Of plain facts. If terms like RUS
sian peril" "Prussian mi1itarism, and
British treachery" We're eliminated
there would be a greater chance for
the olive branch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03

Enoch Pogram was q farmer in the
west when the section in which he
lived was IN slow process Of settle
ment He had preempted quarter
section OF land en- prairie and built a
log house on il. There he dwelt alone.
Strange it Is that there are men who
can be content only when far away
from all other persons. The famous
hunter Daniel Boone was one Of these,
and Enoch Pogram was another.
In the spring he prepared his land.
planted tended his fields. keeping
them free from weeds during the sum
mer, and in the autumn, having gath
cred his crops. went forth with his
rife to provide meat for his winter
use. Returning one night with plen-
tiful supply Of venison and hear meat,
he went to bed. The next morning
was clear and cool Enoch went out
to the tin basin located on a bench to
perform his additions when he vas
sastonished TO see far across the plain
q log cabin with man standing near
it.
Enoeh was much disgruntled. II he
had been at home when that cabin
was being erected he would have taken
measures to prevent its being finished.
He was not sure that 1t had not been
built on MS own land. He would go
at once to investigate. Turning, he
went into his cabin to get his rife, for
he was not sure but there would be
trouble between him and this new
squatter. and when he came out the
other man was just emerging from his
cabin also and with gun.
Pogram started for his neighbours
cabin and his neighbor advanced TO
meet him. Pogram, who carried his
rifle in his right hand below his hip,
raised it to a level with his chest in
order TO have it ready in case 0f need.
The other also raised his weapon,
Looks as though there was goin'
to be more fIghtin' than talkin', NUT
tered Pogram. and he brought his piece
TO his shoulder. His enemy was ready
for him, bringing his own gun to ex-
actly the same position as Pogram.
Drop that gum" shouted Pogram
at the top Of his voice.
The man held his weapon firmly to
his shoulder and seemed TO be shout
ing something which Pogram did not
hear.
i've either got to kill him." though
Pogram, cor he'll kill me"
He cooked his gun The other man
seemed to be going through a similar
motion
Pogram was nervous. Whether or
not he really intended to kill his neigh
Dor he has never been certain. Prob
ably he pulled the trigger without in
tending to do so. The neighbor evil
IDENTIFY was not hit for he stood his
ground. He was not sufficiently plain
at the distance for Pogram to discern
if he had fred, At any rate, Pogram
could not detect smoke issuing from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03
Brady.n.D
The Live Nuisance.

A little boy in school had slight
cold" for about a week. His brother
then came down with q sore throat.
which, the doctor discovered On taking
culture was diphtheria. Next day
another little boy developed dfphsheria-
He sat next Little Boy Number One,
and they exchanged intimate things
like pencils gum and-aH unbe-
knownst-feckg OF saltva-you know
how aIi-inclusive little shavers are
when they sneeze.
Well, IN the course of a few days
there were quite lot of little ones
down with diphtheria. OF course this
alarmed the school authorities, They
decided that condign action was due
the public, so they acted-ali on their
own initiative, you understand, and not
at the hehest Of doctor or health ON
Ger. This is what they did; they fu-
migated the sehooIroom. Whv7 Heaven
only knows why. The authorities funi-
Igated burned some evil smelling ma
teriaf there in the room one night.
Meanwhile
PERSONS, NOT THINGS, CARRY.
GERMS
OF course everybody knows by this
time that diphtheria Is an infectious
disease and that sometimes It is car
rfed by persons who do not show any
signs Of illness themselves. Surprising
Little Boy Number One had culture
taken at the start of the epidemic
and we don't mind admitting he had
one taken and It showed diphtheria
germs in his nose. although he wasn't
sick-abed then. in that case. the
school authorities were wasting their
time and money fumigating the school
room, because while they were per
forming that ancient and harmless
rite the carrier was asleep in his little
bed at home, growing a lot of nice
young diphtheria germs for the NOR
rows distribution.
There are two kinds Of nuisances In
the public health sense-the dead
ones-and the live ones-but we ven
ture to say that the live ones make
all the work for the doctors. and the
dead ones do little more than precip-
itata neighborhood brawls.
HOORAY4 4 BONA Eide PRESCRIP-
TON.
Now, mind, warns Elsie, I've already
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03
HINTS FOR FOURTH OF JULY

before the evening Of the Fourth. ar
range them in safe place and then
cover them with a piece Of canvas,
rubber blanket, or some non-combus-
tible material.
Don't permit anyone, While your dis
play is in progress. to approach the
main supply Of fireworks with lighted
punk stick. cigar, pipe or cigaret.
Don't place supply where sparks
from the display can by any chance
reach it. Never forget that powerful
explosives are being handled.
These "don'ts" are intended as re
mfnders" The dangers they cover
are so familiar that few people think
to guard against all Of them Yet it
is the disregard of the ordinary pre-
cautions against fire which permits
the innumerabie small fires. and 50
helps to swell our national fire waste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03
NEGLIGENT CONTRACTORS.

II the city authorities have ever
cautioned paving contractors against
damaging surface of the streets over
which they pull their heavy material
wagons during the progress of i'm
provements they have in hand, there
is no evidence that any heed has been
given,
AS the wagons. filled with broken
rock used In the foundation for the
pavement. pass over the thorough
fares there are droppings from the
load and when the next vehicle comes
along, If it is sufficiently weighty, it
drives the sharp pieces Of rock into
the surface. especially If 1t be Of as
phalr. OF course the damage to brick
is not SO great
To begin with, the wagons should
not be overloaded 70 the point that
there is a shower upon the pavement
every time the conveyance Is iolted.
However. II the contractor insists on
putting on the sidebeards he should
BE- fmade 20 safeguard the pavements
which he Is using.
Owners of the ahutting property.
out OF whose pockets the expense OF
the pavement has come. have q right
10 look to the city authorities to pro-
tect them. X Is stated there are al
ready numerous holes In the asphalt
caused by grinding in Of rock falling
from the material wagons. and the
contractors should be held RESPONSE
BILE for making proper repairs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03
The Daily Story
Her Husbands Ghost--By F. a Mitchell.

the muzsle OF his rife and didnt even
hear bullet pass him.
There were no repeating riHas ,r
those days. and both men dropped the
butts OF their rifles at the same mo
ment TO reload 1t was a question Of
life and death with them as to whirh
could load the quicker. The more basta
Pogram made the more his opponert
hurried. Both finished at the same
moment, and both fred again al the
same moment. Pogram was not bit
and did not even hear ping" They
stood for a moment loking al aaet
other. Then it occurred to Pogrsm
that they We're at a greater distance
from each other than he had supposed
lie had rife In his cabin that he used
for his long distance shooting and
went in to get it,
He had not used this latter rifle for
long while. and it was not where ha
had expected to find it. He hunted for
it some time before hitting upon H
then went out again TO resume the
shooting.
Meanwhile the sun had cleared the
horizon and cast some warmth and
more light over the prairie. PoFram
loked for his neighbor, but he was
not to be seen. Probably ne had gone
into his cabin But the cabin was not
there either. Pogram was astonishsd
Had he been firing at a phantom. lie
shuddered. For the first time In his
life he felt lonely. He started for the
place where he had seen the cabin with
the intention Of having a nearer view
/ if there was really anything there He
walked several miles without finding
either house or a man. Then he met
a woman,
Stranger" she said. me and my
husband settled last week over thar"
pointing Yesterday he took sick
and died this mornin
Pogram started. I seen his ghost a
spell ago" he said. The woman was
!. so distressed that she did not hear.
I'D be obleeged If you'd give me a
bit O help. I was gojn 60 the cabin
whar reckon you live for some one to
do somethin' FOR me. I'm dead alone"
so am I" said Pogram,
The two went back to the woman's
cabin and Pogram helped her to bury
her husband and in such other ways
as she needed.
Pogram and the widow both being
lonely. concluded TO live together Ia
Pogram's cabin. Several years passed
when one morning the husband went
outdoors and saw the cabin be had
seen before and the man standing be-
side it. He ran back into the house.
pale and trembling,
What is it?" asked his wife. start
ing.
Yer fust mani"
Mrs. Pogram went out followed by
her husband. They saw the cabin, the
man and this time woman.
Law sskest" exclaimed the wife.
Yer Iookin' at the mirageI"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03

erous Rock Island woman, has been
sivan the endorsement OF the Bust
mesa Mems association. the Rock Is-
land club, the Rotary club, and Ike
organizations that are cooperating 70
make II . splendid success.
Because these organizations are esq
pecfaily interested. the general body
Of citizens should not allow them to
shoulder all the responsibility Of the
success CT sueh an undertaking, but
should come forward and show their
patriotism and loyalty TO their home
town By assisting in every way posi-
bic. Ii Ia q good time to boost<a fine
thing along. 10 provide al attraction
that Will be q credit 20 the city and
that can be held year after year. at
tracing hundreds Of people from the
surrounding community
The parade will be composed large
ly OF decorated floats, but the commit
tees in charge have asked that every
other vehicle join thu parade whether
that conveyance be decorated or not,
the committee not even asking the for
mality of reporting to the chairman.
II is also urged that organizations
having marching clubs, drill teams,
degree stats, etc. enter and increase
the size and attracttveness Of the dis
play.
Moline has arranged a parade on
an elaborate scale. with splendid fire.
works 10 close the days festivities.
and which will be credit TO that city.
as It should be with four years Of ex-
+ perienee 10 back it. Rock Island will
have Just as creditable q display In
its first year Of endeavor along this
line If the people will come forward
and offer their help 1t is everybody's
affair and everyone should assume
some responsibility In it. II is to cell
citrate the birth Of a nation and his
seems an eminently fitting and ap-
propriate manner Of doing so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03
EURoPE's BIG WAR INDEBTEDNESS

The British cabinet has called upon
parliament for another grant of money
to carry on the war, 81 ,225, 000. 900 in
amount, making a total Of 1850 ,00o,-
900 that the nations bill will be by
Sept. /. for the premier announces
that the war expenses are now ap-
proximating s15.oo0,oo0 per day. By
Sept. more money will be needed.
This is the money bill of Great Brit
ain alone Frances and Russia's ex-
penses in money must be each equal
TO that of Great Britain, while with
Belgium's and servia's expenditures
and TtaIy's entrance the cost OF the
allies alone is now running above $50
100000 per day. or nearly $4,000 ,ooo.-
600 every month.
Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Turkey are certainly spending as
much as Great Britain, so it may be
counted that the war is costing
Europe fully $4,000. 900 per day In
cash. besides the destruction of mil
lions of dollars worth Of property
on land and sea each and every day.
and the lives of thousands OF hui
man beings as well.
Exchange on London sold In New
York this week az s476as, and the
French government ia trying to ar
range TO exchange its national obIfga-
tons with French holders of American
securities. so that It may place these
securities In the United States as col
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03

seen nay doctor" and he says he can't
help me I have chronic nasal Ca
tarrh. The only trouble is that nay
head Ii stopped I'D all the time. what
would ron suggest
Answer-Mix the following fngred-
ienta, which can be purchased az any
drug store (as the businnes Is COM
monty conducted) and use as directed:
Plain black Ink ...... / n1fnnfm
Fine steel, wrought into pen.
One plain envelope. Two plain
stamps. Dip pen IN ink and scraWl
your name and address on envelope.
Enclose IN another envelope address,
ed TO the gifted author. Plaster an or
binary unused two~cent stamp on
each envelope. and watch results.
A WEE PATCH OF RINGW0RM.
| have a patch of ringworm the size
of g. nickel Have tried various things
prescribed by doctors and suggested
by friends, but with no results. Please
suggest something.
Answer-Ruh In q bit Of ointment
made OF dram Of iodine crystals IN
an ounce Of goose fat. Rub 1t In daily
for three weeks. and If not cured, 1t
isn't ringworm.
TENNESSEE DOCTOR TAKES US TO
TASK
I heartily commend the general
ideas you sre promulgating in health
talks, but beg to state that I am no
charlatan, and still believe / can
break up typhoid fever. / also think
I can abort pneumonia.-Tennessee
Practitioner.
Answer-WeIl, brother, your faith
is inspiring, and maybe weli-founded-
Tell us how. We will herald your
discovery far and wide for the good
Of humanity.
GROWING FAT ON SIMPLE FACTS.
Dear doctor. writes william, I want
to thank you for the great help found
in your letter; I followed out the
suggestions you gave me, and I am
glad TO say have gained about
twelve pounds in az many weeks. am
mighty grateful for this, because /
feel SO much better since I brought
my weight to normal.
Answer-Worth the two cents, any
way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03
Decatur. Ill, Review

Decatur Ill., Review.
Publication of the socialists appeal
for peace caused the suspension of the
Berlin Vorwaerts, but If started new
set Of peace rumors in the capitals Of
the continental beIligerents, and a lib
eraI member of parliament has dared
to ask Premier Asquith if the allies
have any peace proposals TO make.
These rumors may be the ephemeral
things that have lived for a day or so
at intervals during the past six months.
or they may indicate growing desire
on the part of the people if not the
governments for a cessation of the
slaughter.
Co-incidently with the beginning of
the peace talk is announced the or
gauization Of a club of German Ameri-
cans in Chicago for the purpose of pre-
venting the export of ammunition
from America. It is asserted that an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03

THE MELTING POT.

What melting pots some of the man
ufaeturing cities OF the United States
have become is shown by the report
of the school committee or Lawrence,
Mas Last year 10.0Ss pupils at
tended the Lawrence schools OF this
total only 1859 were OF American par
entage. The remainder-more than
70 per eent-were Of the following ex-
fractions: Armenian. Australian,
Austrian, Belgian, British provinces.
Canadian, Canadian French. Dutch.
English. Finnish, French. German,
Greek, Hungarian. Irish. italian, Lid
dish, Lithuanian. Polish. Portuguese,
Rumaniarl. Russian, Scotch, Swedish.
Syrian. Turkish and Welsh, In all
lis pupils were of foreign parentage.
but OF this number only 1874 were
born abroad, so thar. after all. fully 50
per cent OF the total were native
Americans