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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26
byterian Church.

The regular preaching service will be
held 4 the Presbyterian church Sun.
cay ~ rmjng at II o'clock, April 4th.
Al the evening hour special song
service will be given. An excellent
progra Of special music has been
arranged for the occasion.
At the close of the service an op'
portunity will be given for a free will
Offering.
Everybody is cordially invited tC
attend these services.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26
WESTERN REFLECTIONS

.,,nipg ought to be the key
y ,nebout southwest Louisiana lis ana
~ going to be one OF tn, the
,., I'D under the new . plans
=. a,,' ~ The Southwest L.. louisiana lnans'
.. = y Bureau when it's u.s. ~p ooos
ps,asion" shall have been COM
y !. al need for better farming
eis : !, = South. Men whose for ,
=, 8, Il been farmers for a hundred L'
~ ,s.,t % sneer at the suggestion a,
~, s'ss, way to do the things ..t they
Won sssn doing SO lily all these s years 5,
2 - lime for "book'farmIng'"
q a',s is too serious to admit
s' ooIar TO listen at the striped
~ Isitv gents sent out by the Ag'
sa,' T. experiment. Stations the
r,ileae Of Agriculture and the
e V''ss q Arinal and Plant In.
n, at washington. -, $500,
" q. what do We see? The men
y -. $, Il modern scientific dgrlcul'
81 Who proclaim their superior
Il. a knowledge haVe,Seldom grown
I a !, On the contrary their
, !, m less per acre than it did
.,rsva years ago. The Chinese
~ -,,,nod tbe same lands from father
.sior four thousand years contlnu'
!, M they produce today more
y 1 .,o3uets per acre than the farm
! cartbWest Louisiana produce,
= 50? Because Fate'S mex
.,sI0oie has forced upon the { him
.ss,nsr the alternative OF conServ'
fertility Of his soil or starving
tsChinese farmer has refused to
a Forty centuries of continuous
.l,,tioDand bis soil more fertile than
n,st the beginning.
le1ty years Of continuous cult
linSquthweSt Louisiana finds the
b many cases, with its fertility
d IthaS been so easy to take
ice Oi new land when the old soil
wr1 out. But 1t IS not as easy To
hsnOW as it was formerly. The
AtOn IS increasing and land is
atiOnately harder to ct.
fenced Of the hour is better farm
and The successful farmer of TO-
nov Is going to make one acre pro-
g much as three or four acres
lnd 10 1914. Some of the Old fel'
viii rather die than make the
glOthe new conditions, but the
cshoOls are turning out the boys
CHS VINO are already beginning tC
hlHoaize the agriculture OF Louisi'
lhasiOre, diversity, plant plenty OF
Wand forage crops, plant COW peas
gay acre Of corn, maintain as many
iasasan be accommodated on your
la IOr cattle are soil builders as
5lanOrtgage filters. Make your
D lard and hams, have a sufficient
lbai hlgh.breed sheep to supply
aHeEith mutton, and have plenty
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26

OF poultry and eggs for home Consumu.
ton and some to sell.
Get in line with the Bureaus "Pros.
perity Campaign" and let's make South.
west Louisiana the richest, happiest
and most prosperous section the sun
has ever shone upon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26
Saturday, April oath, 1915.

between legal hours, the following
described immovable property belong
ing 10 tue said succession and being
sold for the purpose OF paying debts of
the succession, to.wit:
The East twenty acres of the North.
east quarter OF the Northeast quarter
OF Section twenty.eight, Township sew.
en-, South Range four west; together
with improvements thereon consisting
oil one four room dwelling house and
one two room store building.
Jefferson Davis Parish, La, March
nth, 1915.
JOSEPH NEVIS LAFOSSE,
Administrator.
Plauche & Mayeux, Attorneys,
Lake Charles. La.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26
SUCCESSION SALE.
Fifteenth Judicial District Court, State
of Louisiana, Parish of Calcasieu.
SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH MANUEL
NO. 218

SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH MANUEL.
BY virtue of an order of the Honor.
able Court, aforesaid, dated March 18th,
1915, and a commission issued there.
under, to me directed as administrator
OF said estate, l will offer for sale, at
puDlic auction, to the last and highest
bidder, for cash, at the last place of
residence and home place of the de.
ceased, Joseph Manuel, near Elton,
Jefferson Davis Parish, La, on
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26

Gardening t i m e-AIl
kinds of fresh garden and
field seeds at the Welsh
Bakery-& Grocery,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Playground Around New Garfield
Building, VIII be Put Into Shape
Now That Houses Arc
Moved OFF.
DEBRIS rs CLEANED UP
From Foot to Eighteen Inches Of Dirt
Will be Moved-School Build
Ing Being Made Ready
.N for Term.

Work Of grading the grounds of the
new Garfield school will be COM
menced today or tomorrow. The two
houses at the Seventh street side of
the school building have been remov-
ed, and the debris has been cleared
UP. There were lot of tree branches
and waste material which was burned,
and the ground now is ready for the
graders
There is about a foot to eighteen
inches of soil to grade down around
the building. The work will not take
very long. and the school yard will
be in shape for the opening of school,
unless the weather causes some I'M
forseen delays in this work.
The new building can be seen now
from all sides, since the other build
ings have been removed, and It pre-
sents fine appearance in the center
OF the full half block. There will be
a good sized playground, also for the
pupils OF this school to use The side
walks around the building will be re-
paired and driveway Is to be built
from the alley side, which will serve
as an extra walk.
School will open in Keokuk four
weeks from today, and the finishing
touches are being put on the new
buildings and the older buildings will
be given final cleaning within the
next three weeks, preparatory to the
opening of the work for the fall and
winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
One Of Those Facing Vagrancy
Charge, Decided at Last Minute
to Get Out of keokuk, She
Told Judge.
MATRIMONY FOR SOME
One Of the Women Said She Was to
be Married and Another Sc
cured DEMONSTRATING
on Injunction.

Noon today was the time limit in
which several of the inmates of the
alleged houses OF prostitution had IN
which to leave town. The majority
Of those arraigned yesterday on the
charge Of vagrancy promised to get
out by this noon. This morning Masy
Carey appeared in. the court Of Jus
tice Leindecker and said she would
| leave town If given until one o'clock
Her request was granted.
Matrimony seems to be the refuge
being sought by some of the women
Bessie Dade told the authorities she
was going to get married, and this
afternoon a marriage license was is
sued to Benjie Burton, who faced a
charge of vagrancy.
An answer was filed in the case OF
Hattie Spaulding In the liquor seizure
case. by her attorney. In this answer
| it Is denied that the beer found or
the premises was kept there in viola
| ton Of the state laws, but was fol
Hattie Spaulding's own personal use
An order Is asked. giving her the right
to secure the property.
| A number Of the women will 60 or
trial Thursday in Justice Leipdecker's
court on the charge Of vagrancy. The
hearings on the injunction cases viii
/ be held tomorrow afternoon In the
district court. Inventories Of the
houses have been made by the sher
IFS office, and these have bben eied
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
CITY NEWS.

"A marriage license was issued
this afternoon to Herman A. Talbertt.
81 and Benjie Berton, 1S, both OF
Keokuk.
A Warsaw couple, Charles VIM
Hare, 21 and Della ". Cox, 20. were
granted license to wed, THIS after
noon.
%. R. Johnston county clerk, was
in Keokuk today on business.
AT the session Of the city council
this afternoon the clerk was directed
to draw two warrants In favor Of the
Keokuk Quarry & Construction COM
pany for the paving with cement of
Blondeau street from Second to Fourth
streets and the constructing OF cement
cutters in those blocks One warrant
is for $500 and the other for $405.54.
Chief Of Police Kenney received
word this morning Of the theft Of a
Ford passenger car at Blandinsville,
ILL.,, last evening.
A meeting of the executive and
finance committees which are arranS
ing for the Bob Jones revival. was
held last evening in the Y. M. c. A.
building. At this time dispatch was
prepared reviewing the situation, II,
reference to the revival here, and sent
to the evangelist at Winona. Ind,
where he is stopping for the present.
No word had been received from MIN
today, and until his message Is re.
ceived. Rev. W. NJ. Neil, chairman o.
the executive committee, has thought
n hest to make no further statement
concerning the situation here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Advices Believed to be Authentic
Credit Mississippi Valley and
Power With Other
Connections.
MEANS INTERURBANs?
According to "Tip", Newly lneorpor-
ated Road Is Part Of Rock
Island Southern
Railroad.

That the Mississippi Valley Rail
road and Power company, which was
Incorporated recently in Delaware,
was organized as part Of the plan Tor
the reimbursement Of the Rock Island
Southern, Is the "tip" which has
reached local parties from what is
believed to be authentic sources. The
road at present is electrified for pas
senger service, and is under the con-
troll of the Washes. Whether the
new organization means an interur-
ban down either side OF the river,
connecting with the Marsh project
or the Petsch and Payne project can
only be guessed at.
The official railroad guide shows
that the Rock Island Southern rail-
road runs from Rock Island direct TO
Monmouth and Galesburg. The road
Is electrified for passenger service
and there are branches to Aledo ana
Alexis. The map of the road shows
some proposed extensions to Macomb
in one direction, and to OQuaWkWa
and Burlington in the other. 1t Is
thought that possibly these extern
lions will be made, and that an cleo
trio road is contemplated down the
Mississippi to Keokuk.
There has been considerable actiV-
ity along the lines Of interurbans on
both sides of the river. including
Fort Madison, Nauvoo, Hamilton anu
Keokuk, and some of the local people
most interested are wondering If this
road will be the elimination of some
Of these projects.
The president Of the Rock Island
Southern IL E. c.. Walsh; M. A.
Walsh is vice president: E. c. Walsh
is vice president and Pat T. Walsh Is
vice president; J. w. Walsh Is sec
rotary and general manager; c. n
Walsh is treasurer; A. e. Walsh Is
assistant treasurer; e. J. WALSH pur,
chasing agent and ]. Munday, general
superintendent, according to the hs'
of officers in the railroad guides.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10

Our farmers are now threshtng
their wheat and oats and all report
better yield than expected. One farm
er said yesterday he had hn1sheu
threshing his wheat and found ne
had ten bushels more to the acre
than he had expected. We think most
OF them will find their small grain
VIII average with this farmers crop
we thought the corn crop would DC
short few weeks ago, but now most
OF the farmers tell you they never
mad such corn grow as they have this
year and the vegetable crop was
never better. with a big apple crop
Why can't we live this winter?
Dr.. Paul Allyn and wife. accom-.
panied by Fred Harvey and wife and
Miss Rose Lukens Of Waverly, H.
stopped over night in Hamilton. They
, Ead been attending convention ~
burlington and came this way to see
.he power plant. They are making
tne trip in their car.
We are having a great number OF
Visitors since the rains have stopped
many come In automobiles to zee the
power plant.
q. ~. oCa1lOrd OF 81. LOUIS WIS
BUSINESS caller yesterday.
warren Murphy Of Westfield, Mass
was business caller yesterday.
John McGleason of Quincy. with
ue International Harvester Co., was
business visitor yesterday.
Ut. l.. G. Herbert of Chicago was
..egistered at the Hotel Granite yes
terday.
n. c. Winner Of Burlington was
aanallton visitor yesterday.
-. G. White Of st. Louis was q
ouslness caller yesterday.
Nll Lapp of Quincy was a bust
M caller yesterday.
". D. Page OF White Hall. H., was
hamilton visitor yesterday.
Y. Hayworth of st. Louis was
l Tu caller yesterday.
~ me city clerk, j. Weaver Blair
= received the hunting licenses
ss au anyone wishing to get same can
S'eive them from the clerk.
=. sasebaIi az Canton.
A., me Hamilton ball team spent Sur
10y 10y afternoon in Canton, Mo-, the
.Nss1 OF the Canton ball club Incl
.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, Aug. 10, 1915.

and gracefully done. 1t was Tree
show but the hat was passed ana
everybody received more than tne
worth OF their money. He was droil
and witty and gave Warsaw the pest
laugh 1t has had in months.
Rev, Frank Bonnefon is here visit
ing relatives.
Theo. Peyton eldest son of Peter
Peyton, is a Warsaw visitor for the
first time in many years.
Why wouldn't Warsaw be a goou
point for a broom factory? She has
the Cress shops, large and roomy
enough to accommodate at last fifty
or sixty hands. Plenty of acreage Tor
the corn could be secured, and 1t can
be raised at good profit.
VIII P. Green returned Monday
from a few days visit in Canton, Mo-
A carload of alberta peaches were
received from the southern peach belt
Monday and are being sold by our
Crocers at $3.50 per bushel.
Rev. II. w. Rabe returned from
LaRose. Ill. Monday night where he
went Saturday to attend a mission
fest of the Lutheran church.
Rev. H. F. Krughoff preached Sun,
day morning at Hamilton chautauqua
Warsaw won the game Sunday with
the Quincy Eagles told Reserves), the
score being to 2. 1t was an inter
esting game throughout
Harry Chandler of Wilcox town.
ship. brother of Seabury Chandler and
cousin Of Guy Chandler. died at his
brothers home at 10 o'clock Monday
night, aged 81 years. Funeral will
be held at p. m, today from the
Congregational church, Rev. J. NJ
Thompson of Warsaw Presbyterian
church, officiating.
The Lutheran choir was in Canton
Mo-. Sunday, by invitation OF the
Canton Lutheran choir.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10

Rev. Geo. Long arrived home from
Mendon. ILL.,. Sunday evening where
he conducted three services.
Thos. J.. McMahan of Oklahoma
city ie expected here this evening
from St Louis and will visit a few
DAYS with the family Of Capt. j. n.
Williams. remaining over Sunday.
Misses Wanneta and Aera CHAP
man left this morning for snort
visit with Quincy friends:
N1ure in black-whether man or
woman is not known-has been roam
ing around certain parts of town, near
midnight for about week, soaring
noryons women by entering door
yards. ,,,.,
Last week Warsaw baseball c!uo
u,on two games out of three, playing
With Hamilton at the Brown county
fair at Mt. Sterling First game: war.
saw ! to 4: second, to s. The thlro
game was won by Hamilton, Z 10 o.
The union services at Ralston park
Sunday evening drew about 500 peo-
nile Rev ]. NJ. Thompson, pastor or
the PRESBYTERIAN church, preached a
noverful and appealing sermon on
:<Eternity." Union choir meeting Will
he held Friday evening at German M.
+ church. Next Sunday evening the
Keokuk Y. NJ. C. A. will have charge
Of the park services, but If the wealth
az should be bad they will be held in
the Methodist church. Rev. Geo. Long
preached at Mendon Sunday morning
and was not able to return IN time TO
lead the music at union service.
A street audience of about 300 Mon
dav afternoon and 500 in the evening
witnessed some wonderful stunts per-
formed by bicycle wizard who Is
travelling in his own auto. Some OF
his acts on the single wheel and full
hicycle almost defied the laws OF
gravity and balance and were quickly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
CITY NEWS.

Mrs. Victor Solari who resides at
&c johnson street, is seriously Ill.
1t has been reported that several
peddlers have been plying their trade
in Keokuk without licenses. All ice
cream. popcorn, fruit and garden truck
vendors must pay $40 month to thu
city for the privilege of selling their
wares on the streets. There Is one
exception to this rule, farmers may
sell their own produce without payins
q fee.
Attend lawn social at y. p church
Thursday evening, August 18th
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
A. the orpheum,

AZ the Orpheun1.
In a glittering, spangled ballet cos
tune, and on the friskiest horse in the
circus, Mary Fuller. the Universal
movie queen, rode at the head of the
Frank A. Robinson circus in Newark,
N. J., recently during the filming OF
one Of the big scenes in Circus
Mary" three reel drama. Miss
Fuller, Director Lucius Henderson,,
Charles Ogle and Matt Moore and
their company journeyed to Newark,
where they made arrangements with
the circus manager to use the
arena, animals and the circus para.
phernalia. eA.
One of the scenes called for real
old fashioned circus street parade and
Miss Fuller bravely marched at the
head in front of the band wagon,
perched on Trixie, the trickiest horse
In the big circus.
See Circus Mary at the OrpheuTu
this Observation-Disclosures.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Attorney Warren H. Orr of Hamilton,
Who Was Ciassmat ate Of Her Son,
Plans to Entertain
Visitor.
RECEPTION AT THE CLUB
Country Club at keokuk and Lake.
view Club at Hamilton Will be
Scene Of Two Brilliant
Receptions.

Eiaoorate preparations are being
maze for the entertainment Of Mrs
Nnamp Clark who speaks Sunday aft.
ernoon at the Hamilton chautauqua
Attorney Warren H. Orr of Hamilton
VINO was a classmate OF Champ Clark,
Jr has completed arrangements for
the entertainment Of Mrs. Clark both
at Hamilton and Keokuk Mrs. Clark
VIII stay at the home Of Mr.. Orr in
Hamilton.
She will arrive Saturday night at
1885 on the north bound K line train
from her home in Louisiana. From
the train she will be taken to the
Keokuk Country club where an in
formal reception has been arranged
for Mrs. Clark. from 8 until 8 O'Clock
This reception has been arranged
through the courtesy OF C. F.. Nc.
Farland and the directors OF the local
club.
From here they will go to Hamilton
where Mrs. Clark will spend the
night. Following her talk at the chau.
tauqua Sunday afternoon, she will be
given ride On Lake Cooper, the
cruiser launches of c. S. Pond and
Major Montgomerf Meigs. U. S. C. e..
having been put at the disposal OF
Mrs. Clark and her friends. -.
Following the ride on the lake she
will be entertained at dinner and j
reception at the Lakeview club across
the river. Tx
Mrs. Clark will speak on the sub
iect: THE Burden of an Honor
and she will deal with the part the
wife of high public official must as
sumo. Her long residence in Wash
ington and the prominent place he,
husband occupies as speaker Of the
house has given her opportunity to b.
come an authority on this subject
1t is possible that Champ Clark, Jr.
will accompany his mother.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
tractors Taking Advantage Of the
present Splendid Weather-FIf-
" Working on smelter
Grounds.
ARE ERECTING OFFICE
private Telephone Line to Connect
with Keokuk, Being Installed
Digging Well for
Water.

rho present splendid condition of
..hej weather is allowing rapid prog
rass in the work OF preparing the big
irdustrial districts for the Standard
Four Tire. company's factory and the
piyer Smelling and Refining COM
pany's paint.
Tn until the end Of last week, the
,oafber has been SO uncertain that
!, was only yesterday that a real
start wa smade In the preliminary
grading for the smelter plant Today
.here was a gang Of fifty men at
rork on the grounds. The excavating
for the buildings has started and the
dirt is being used on the fill for the
railroad track
The work is progressing in a salts
factory manner, Mr.. Medberry, in
charge Of the construction work, re-
ported today.
Erecting Office Building.
one-story frame office building is
being erected on the grounds about
threeouarters of mile west of Main
street road Although this will be
used largely as the temporary quar-
ters Of the heads of construction, it
IS being constructed in { substantial
manner and will be one of the perma-
nent buildings Of the smelter tract.
A we'll is being sunk on the
grounds by Haggerty and Skog Of
Keokuk. The ground has been drilled
10 depth Of 100 feet and 1t is ex-
pected that water will be struck in
short time.
The local telephone company is
now at work installing private wire
to the office building. At the present
time communication may be had
with Keokuk over 1. rural party line.
Busy on Foundation.
The foundation for The Standard
-Four Tire Co.'s plant is being built
rapidly now, and with any kind Of
good weather will be completed by
August %. The rains have hampered
the contractors. but the dry spell OF
!. the last few days has put some re-
newed hope into the job, that per-
haps the flood has halted, for time
at least.
The concrete work for the founda-
ton has been rapidly advanced with
In the last few days. 1t is more than
probable that it will. be completed In
time to allow the work on the upper
story to be started at the time
. planned.
The specifications for the building
proper will be completed this week,
and will be ready for the contractors
that they may bid on the construc-
ton.
Designs for the treads on the nom
skid tires have been submitted to the
patent office for registry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10

Summary.
StoIen bases-Turner, q Hosford.
Sacrifice hits-Mekemson, 2.
Two base hits-Kane, Gerard, u.
Double plays-G. Constanz to u.
ronstanz. Hetzler to H. Constant 10
Xoster. n. Constant to L. Patterson to
1ases on balls-Of J. Patterson, q:
off H. Constant, l. ret.
vi uit batsmen-By Mekemson. kast'
-. NV patterson. Gerard; by Con-
s'e S.r;Le outs-Mekemson, 2; Patter-
son, sse6 balls-Montgomer 2.
Neutrality-suspicious..
Scorer-Tyrrell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
CORONER TAKES NO ..
@~ q ACTION IN CASE
Inauest Not Deemed Necessary IN
Jessup Death-Rev. J. B. Cash
+. .. vista Bereaved Family.

Assistant County Coroner James
Burrows was called yesterday FOLLOW
ing the sudden death of Rev ALDER:
H. Jessup Of 11O5 Bank street but
stated today that he would take no
official action.
There were persons in the house
when Rev. Mr.. Jessup died, and al
though an empty carbolic acid bottle
on the bureau pointed to suicide, there
was no means of determining it was
this or the result Of mistaking the
poison for medicine he had been
taking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Interesting Pastor Coming,

The Rev. Mr.. Talbot Of, st. Louis
who will occupy the pulpit of the
First Westminster Presbyterian
church on August Is and %, will be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Irwin during his stay in the city. He
is native Of Sidney, Australia. and
is not only an unusual pulpit orator.
but a man Of very interesting person
atty. He made many friends here a
year ago. who will be pelased to meet
him again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
q V p. u. Annual Picnic.

The Baptist Young Peoples Union
will enjoy their annual picnic this
evening at Prices Creek. Hayracks
will convey the crowds to the grounds,
leaving the church at 6:15. After sup
per it has been planned to take a
ride through the country. Mr.. Arthur
Petrey has charge of the affair and
should the weather be unit the picnic
will be held in the church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Hamilton Gate City
Hamilton, ILL.,, Aug. 10.

dentally they whiled away the after
noon with match ball game. When
the Canton team recovered from their
momentary nervousness. the score
had been elevated to ID to / in favo-
'of Hamilton.
Hosford and Hetzler each exhibited
some pretty catches. The score: