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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
MOON HAS NO INFLUENCE
OVER GROWING or crops
Experiments by Department of Agri'
culture Show That Light From
Lunar Orb Cannot Affect Plants.

Washington-The department Of ag-
Ticulture has smashed another tradl-
ton by declaring that from scienti-
fic standpoint the moon has no more
to do with the growing Of crops than
it has upon the temperature, the
amount of rain, the wind or any other
element of weather This will be a
severe blow to those who have be-
lieyed that potatoes in order to be a
successful crop should be planted dur.
ing certain phases Of the moon, or
that garden truck flourishes more
readily under moon influence when
planted right
The department points out that
growth of plants depends upon the
amount of food in the soil and in the
air that is available for them, and
upon temperature, light and moisture.
The moon gives no virility to soil,
neither does it affect the composition
of atmosphere, hence the only gemaina.
ing way by which it could influence
plant growth is by its light = Expert
ments have shown that full daylight
is about 100000 times brighter than.
full moonlight, yet when pl;nt gets
one one.hundredth part of normal day
light it thrives little better than in
total darkness. If one one-hundredth
part of normal daylight is too little to.
stimulate plant, the department. says
that it is certain that one six hundred
thousandth part would impart no ben.
eft at all.
1t is added that it is a waste Of
time to think about the moon in this
connection with the planting of crops,
since it has no more to do with this
than it has with the building of fences;
the time for killing hogs: or any other
of the innumerable things over which
it was once supposed to have strong
Influence
| Position Of the department does not
disturb the scientific fact that the
moon affects the ocean tides, and
many win continue, to believe that it
pGesages sraih" Or "daouth, since there
]1sI hardly a:tconimufity IN the United
States that does not hold q theory
about a wet" or ''Gdfy' moon: :
NJ - -; SFA vt,,. -,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Officer Kills Two Bandits.

Maria, Tex.-Two men were Killcu
and two captured in the Big Bend y
the Rio Grande near Boquillas by ieS
as rangers, river guards and customs
inspectors, as a result of battie pe
tween the officers and fifteen allegea
cattle smugglers. The remainder y
the bandits retreated across the NV
Grande into Mexico, putting up q ful
ming fight until they were safe Oh 'n0
other side Of the river.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
CONCERNS Chartered IN
DO BUSINESS IN TEXAg
Thirteen Oil Companies, With Aoo,.
gate Capital of $354,500, Forr,sJ

Austin, Tex.-Thirteen oil Com.
panies, all operating in the Tb,sn
field, with capital stock aggrsgat,rs
$354,b0O, were filed Thursday in tho
office Of the secretary Of the ststa
And there was one oil company which
filed an amendment increasing =.
capital stock from $4,000 to s15O m"
All records for a days filing of Nil
company charters, as far as the tot.,
capital stock is concerned, War;
broken.
Among the charters was that of N.
National Oil Company of Thrall with
capital stock of 100000, the largest y,
any company yet taking cat a cba,to,
The inCorporators are W. R. Davis q,
Milan county, E. =. Steck and \ D
Spiller of Travis county. The Eimod.
Oil and Development Company Of Ans,
tin filed an amendment increasing its
capital stock from $4,000 to Sl5O OOO
which now has the largest capital
stock of any oil company chartered
for the Thrall field The charters
filed follow:
National Oil Company, Thrall; capi.
tai stock, 100000. Incorporators
". R. Davis, E. L. Steck and D. r
SpiIler.
Statehouse Oil and Gas COMPANY
Austin; capital stock, $4,000. hcor
porators: H. B. Terrell, Sam H, Car
ter, C. c. Dublin.
Caldwell-Bartlett Oil Company, Gala.
well; capital stock, $4,000. Incor
porators: R. N. Sexton, W. j. Harlan
and A R. Crosse
Palm Valley Oil Company, Austin.
capital stock, $4,000. incorporates,
w, H. Richardson, Jr, Charles RogaD
and F. C. Hendrix.
Thrall-Weir Oil Company, Weir;
capital stock, $4,000. Incorporators:
J. W. Hale, Carl Liese and ]. L.
Cruise.
Thrall Producers Oil COMPANY
Georgetown; capital stock, $4,000
Incorporators: F. D. Love, W. H.
Davis, G.. M. Mcdaniel
Coupland Independent Oil Company
Elgin, Bastrop county; capital stock,
$4,000. Incorporators; ]. 0. Smith
Il. Roy Jones and l.. O.. Keeble.
Thrall Home OlbuGompany, Thorn
dale; capital stocks $4,000. lncor
porators: l. Rudi,! R. M. Barnes and
o. B. Hoover. ,,aa.
Brazos Oil and Gas Company,
Waco; capital stock, $4,000. Incor
porators: w. H. Davenport, T. W.
Simpson and G. G. Robarts.
Black Land Oil Company, Tyler;
capital stock, $4,000. incorporates:
Howard Bland, J. P. Burns and R. H.
Bland.
The Eimoda Oil and Development
Company of Austin filed an amend
ment increasing capital stock from
$4,000 to $150,O00.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Cleveland Fire Costs $4,000.

Cleveland, Tex,-Fire Tuesday de-
stroyed the Herald printing plant, the
general store of R. L. Williamson and
the harness store of Bate Simmons.
Several other buildings, among them
the First State Bank building and the
general store of H. B. Whitmore, were
damaged
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Aviator Falls Head First.

Washington. - Ensign Melvin l..
Stoltz of the navy aviation corps was
instantly killed Saturday while max.
ing low altitude flight at Pensacola,
Fla, according to an announcement
by the navy department. Stoltz fell
out of his machine head first while
making a dive.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Emergency y isfN;y Currency salI7iReIus
a'se FRANK ssAteAesd aasi1.

.pI5st
fenced to be hanged on Tuesday, June
%, for the murder of Mary Pnagan,
factory girl. Sentence was passed
by Judge Ben H. Hill of the Fulton
county Superior court MondayyufMarY
Phagan was killed on April 26, 1913.
Before sentence was pronounced;
Frank made a statement to the court
reiterating his declarations of inno-
cence.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
World Court Congress AdIourns.

Cleveland, Ohio,-The World Court
Congress held its concluding session
Friday, with its delegates expressing
the opinion that the latest movement
toward world peace, an international
court of justice, had been launched
toward a conclusion that is bound TO
be successful.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Would Preserve the Name.

Houston, Textile women of the
Southern Baptist Convention, in their
Women's Missionary Union, Friday
went on record as opposing young
women's Christian associations in Bap-
fist schools. The idea was that the
Baptists should preserve their own
denominationalism in their own
school.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
BRIDGE Is Damaged $4,000.

VeIasco, Textile central span !.
the unfinished bridge being bullt loin'
Iy by the railroad and Brazorla couna
across the Brazos river at bfa1o ",s
was carried away Saturday by wv
flood waters. The damage is eSu
mated at 100000
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
pearIand plans to Grow Figs.

Pearland, Textile fig growers y
Pearland and vicinity at a meeuus
this week formulated plans VIII :
view to handling the fig crop IN anu
around Pearland. 1t is now e'iueh.
that the coming season will Waffap'
an increased interest in fig cuisuio'
There are over four hundred acres y
big orchards for the coming season
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Texas MlII Makes Cotton Sack

Austin, Textile warehouse and
cooperative marketing department is
in receipt of a cotton oats sack made
by a manufacturing company Of Waco,
such sack being woven by Texas
cotton mill using exclusively Texas
cotton, Texas capital and labor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Government Reports Crops.

SONSInInSUb nGPoiSS S'VPS'
Washington-The department Of o.
riculture's May grain report this week
announced:
Winter wheat area to be harvest
ed, 40,169,0O0 acres; condition, s2s
per cent; indicated acre yield, l7s
bushels; indicated production, $751;
100000 bushels.
Rye condition, 1919 per cent.
Hay stocks on farms, S,46S,0OO tons,
or 12.1 per cent of last years crop
Pasture condition, S7.2 per cent
Spring blowing, 1873 per cent com.
pleted May /.
Spring planting was 65.S per cent
completed May l.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Two More Flood Victims Found.

Austin, Textile bodies of Mrs.
Stella Halo, z6 years old, and Har-
vey King, 20 years old, victims of the
Austin flood, were recovered Tuesday,
both being found in the Colorado river
near Montopolis bridge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Contracts for Navy plrinihIe.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
navy's first dirigible was authorized
Friday by Secretary Daniels, who
awarded the contract to the Connect
cut Air Craft Company of New"Haven
on bid of $45,636.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Tennis champion Is Killed.

London.-Anthony F. Wfding Of
New Zealand, former lawn tennis
champion of Great Britain and who
several times has been a member of
the Australian team in the Davis cup
matches, has been killed in the fight
ing at the Dardanelles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Dallas Man EIse.sd To Office

Chicago, Ills. r. McKelvie, Lin.
coin, Neb., was elected president, and
F. P. Holland, Jr., Dallas, Texas, vice
president of the Associated Farm
Papers, which met Wednesday in an.
nual convention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
coroner's Verdict in Lusltania Case.

Kinsale, Ireland.-When the inquest
over five victims of the Lusitanla nad
been concluded Monday, the coroners
Jury returned the following verdict;
1.-THE jury finds that this appaifns
crime was contrary to internationa
law and the conventions of all CIV.
lized nations, and we, Therefore
charge the officers of the submarine
and the German emperor and all the
government of Germany, under whose
orders they acted, with the crime Of
willful and wholesale murder.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Texan Appointed to West Point.

Washington. = Representative Eu-
gene Black of Texas has appointed Ed
ward R. Keasler of Sulphur Springs
as cadet to West Point Military Acad-
envy
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Nacoadoches School Burns

Nacogdoches, Tex. The high school
building at Nacogdoehes was burned
Wednesday. The building was totally
destroyed and most Of contents. The
loss is about $4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
More Than I'd. ooo canturna.

Berlin.-The number OF prisoners
captured on one part of our line since
Nay 2 is more than 10000, says an OF.
ficial statement issued Tuesday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
RrlaadIer General Paasss Amau

Washington. - Brigadier General
William H. Forwood, United States
army, retired, died Wednesday, aged
rs years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
9;'9fsxssa7::Is Selected by Bryan.

lVE Mali gtoPp Secretary q state
Bryan Has appointed William F.
president Of the First State
bhpK. of ..Fra4citas,. Jackson County,
up his pgiTate secretary to serve until
he. makes a. permanent selection Mr..
SchWind succeeds Ex-Governor H. B.
Ferguson--of- New Mexico.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28

Texas Copper Is Being MIns''
FL Paso, Textile phenomenal -.
in the price OF copper, Que TO Inc N -.
has opened up the Texas copper fielus
In eastern Ell Paso county.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
Elorida House. Kills Resolution,

hgR.pfEEp9A. mousse. hIlls Res9IHt1on..-,.
J Tallahassee, .Fla--sA concurrent res,
b ution-liarsins .RTesideat: Wilson to
l$e his bests'effGrts .tg"msintain.- in
violate the IA eHtrality~ Of the United
States :'wasiVoted. down by the lever
n6usR;ipf 3ths;iFloridai legislature WED.
nesfay3i7 The resolution passed the
senate. y: s..s%+-lt~T -. A> '>~-.~.-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
ATTORNEY GENERAL CHANGED
RULING ON Pure FOOD FEES
Corrects First Decision on Focd and
Drug Fees-The Opinion Given
in Full.

Austin, Textile attorney gen
erals department. in an opinion
Thursday rendered the dairy and food
commissioner, corrected a former
opinion Of the department that "all
persons who shall bring or ship
or cause to be brought or ship
ped, into the state and offer for sale
in the state, articles of food or drugs
shall register and pay the fee" The
opinion rendered holds, in substance,
as follows:
1T is our opinion that the phrase
all such persons as shall bring into
and offer for sale within the state
any article of food or drug relates to.
manufacturers. We arrived at this
conclusion partly on the ground that
there1spuld have been no reason to
require the merchant VINO brought in
at some time during the year some
article of food to pay the tax and to
register his name with the food and
drug commissioner. There would,
however, be good reason to require all
manufacturers of food and drugs to
register their names with the food
and drug commissioner for the reason
that if some of their products should
be found to be impure or not properly
manufactured, then the matter could
be taken up directly with the manu-
facttfer. We think it clear that this
provision was not intended as reVe-
nue. measure, and If not revenue
measure, then the prime object must
have been to furnish data to the food
and drug commissioner, which data
would enable him the better to per-
form his. duties.
1--WE are, therefore, of the opinion
that manufacturers Of foods and drugs
doing business In the State of Texas
should be required to pay the registra-
ton fee OF 81 and all such persons
manufacturers as, shall bring into
and offer for sale within the state any
article Of food OF. drug. should be- reg
istered; that, dealers who do not man,
ufacture either food or drugs, but sim,
ply. order a, part, of the, articles they
sell from, without; the. state, are mot
required.;to -pay4 the registEatioR fee
prescribed by law, 50 1893 So.
|
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Emergency Currency salI7iFFeIua ;:
washington.-At 4hsa dhdFi 7 Of i ktl7bfffit /
$500, 7gs. IL, in, emergency: currency Vas
still. With the banks .QffiitAe' ,ao0i9iRtr2Y,
1.-THE spsntoHl II advanced ss c thai hE
the1sHa,qf May nagsh7ef fila i;woaaddd.eb be
returned. Texas banks tRstAiq eNlr$3s
7S0&Q99;;4of this; totaA- JghiGh js tEnEeeoe9rs
than aa4Y44 9heg .;sirgle ssstastea..4 LOUIS,
iaRAIlba8R ks hadi >$48A5aaa QkE !9sg!. Is 2
baRRs17sa74N1 llsw7 Ns4staqp-s banks ssGaE 4
$90,950. Arkansas banks haA7ReAes1-
| ~ s..a-ssnsA q ss g. s.~As.n. 4
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13
October Movements
On Western Front

To understand the October opera
lions 10 the West it &c necessary to
keep all the possibilities in mind
the expulsion of the Germans from
France, unlikely but possible, the
reconquest OF Lens and possibly OF
Lille, the definite defeat of German
operations about Rheims, in the Ar
come and north, south and east OF
Verdun. The attack was made on the
ends, because a frontal attack would
not imperil German communications
and the German center, from the
Disc to Berry au Bac, behind the
Aisne, was as impregnable as the
Russian lines behind the Bzura and
the Rawka had proven in the fall and
winter OF last year.
Now 1t is necessary to say, in sum
ming up the larger aspects of the
western campaign, that up to the
present moment the Allies have
achieved no one of their detectives
The maximum possibility, the pierc'
ing of the lines in such fashion as
to compel German retirement, has
never yet been near. This is what
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13
a. Many years ago he built

Va. Many years ago he built a
home there, looking forward to
spending much time on tne Hampton
Roads IL he should ultimately gain
release from the cares of great
mercantile establishment in New
York City II is at Hampton, there
fore, that all those who were con-
cerned with Mr.. Ogden. and his &C.
tivities are agreed that the memoir
ial should be built. IL will not be
an oeblisk or nauso cum. but a
thing for constant use-namely a
much needed Auditorium on the
grounds Of the Hampton Normal and
Agricultural Institute.
It Is to be wished that the eight.
eth anniversary Of Mr.. Ogden's birth
might be celebrated, next June. in
this new auditorium. That, indeed,
may not be quite feasible. Yet Mr..
Ogden himself-if under like circum.
stances he rad been projecting a
VI Ills lie lOuH
friend, General Armstrong, who foun.
ded the Hampton nstitute-might
have overcome all obstacles and
erected such building in half a
year. The Hon. William Howard
Taft is now at the head Of the Hamp
ton Board of Trustees and he is the
chairman Of large committee thai
is formed to aid and support the pro
posed plan of an Ogden Memorial
Doubtless the speed with which tn,
building is begun and completed will
depend much upon the promptnes
with which those who would wisl
to hep in this project send in thei
subscriptions. The total sum aske
for Is hundred thousand dollars =
From, An Ogden Memorial, by Al
bert Shaw, in the American Reviey
of Reviews for November.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13
Roger c. Ogden
and Hampton

II Robert c.. Ogden had lived un-
til the goth of next June he woud
have been eighty years old. He
would have continued to give unfail-
ing effort to the solving Of the prob
lens of American civilization thru
the right kind of agencies for the
training of young people of all races
and classes. After lifetime Of re-
markable notwithstanding which
he showed what a plain business man
can do to serve his fellow men, and
win their love and gratitude-he
died in August, 1913. 1t Ia deter
mined by many who were associat-
ed with MIN, in his good work that
theres shall be a fitting and lasting
memorial erected to his memory.
And there is entire agreement as to
the form of this monument.
For forty years Mr.. Ogden was
chairman of the board of trustees
of the famous institute at Hampton,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13
Right Sort Of Leader
Will be Found
No Need to Worry About the Man
Who viii BE Protectors stan
dard Bearer In 1916

The fact that no one presidential
possibility" within the ranks OF the
Republican party appears to be tax
ing a lead has caused some who have
not been close students of American
politics, and others who are posi-
bly, opposed to the principles OF the
Republican party, to express unnec'
essa1v anxiety as to whom the he-
publican party will bring out as their
leader In 1916.
True that 1t is not within the range
of mans vision to see just what the
choice of the Republican party VIII
be next year, but when the neXt
Republican national convention shall
be called the right man will rise u
the place. This was true at the
time of the change from the CleVe
land administration, 1t has been true
nj other epochs in political history
and there is no question but what
history will repeat Itself in 1916.
Inc country is Betbhb leaug
change back to Republican form
OF government and this becomes
more evident as the days go by
The lavish expenditures and appro
priations of present administration
which were so bitterly denounced In
the 1912 campaign and in the Demo
cratic platform enacted at the Bal
timore convention and the effect oil
Free Trade program, only goes &c
pave the way for Republican victory
in 1916.
American citizens regardless OF
party affiliations. are looking for a
leader who will stand against the
tinkering with Protective Tariff
who will set himself against so call
ed war taxes" when America is
practically at peace with the wnole
world.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13

including 2541 cases of cartr,dr
and 1876 bales of cotton. uses
The fire is amidships. deem &, =,
hold, in the bunkers, where is Ma,
the reserve supply of coal u
Only one wireless MESSAGE !,
been received from the steamer vhou
the French line Offices closed q, ~,
usual hour tonight. This wac Prov,
Captain Julian and read:
Fire in No. reserve Goa, h.,
err. Fighting fire and have tnrnns
to Halifax. Hope to put IT out NJ
danger at ALL"
The Rochambeau left New yo.,
Saturday afternoon. 1t was estimatos
that she had sailed 600 miles VIII.
the wireless message was received -
day.
Lifeboats and liferafts for al, m
board and to spare were on tho ~
chambeau when she sailed. accordir.
to the lines officials.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13
Tell 1t to the Marines

New York, Nov. 11.-Listen! II
you "tell Il to the Marines" be quite
sure you have 1t right, for that war
ring amphibian Is not the credulous
parsonage you have always supposed
him to be. United States Marine
Corps officers have traced the fam
Gus saying Tell 1t to the Marines"
to none other than our old friend
Samuel Pepys, of the Diary renown,
the original first nighter,' who tells
us that the saying had origin with
Charles II, the merry monarch OF
England.
at so befall.' the story goes, that
his light hearted Majesty with an eX-
ceedingly bored expression on his
swarthy face. was walking in the
shade with the ingenious Mr.. Pepys,
secretary to the Admiralty"
II had speech yesterday at Dept
ford" said Mr.. Pepys, with the
Captain of the Defiance, who hath
but lately returned from the Indies
and who told me the two most won
derful things that ever ] think | did
hear in my life" Among the stories
told were of fish flying in the air.
Fish flying in the air!" exclaimed
his Majesty. "Ha, ha, a quaint con
ceit, which 'twere too good to spoi
wi keeping. What, sir" The turned
and beckoned to the Colonel, Sill
William Killigrew, of the newly rails
ed maritime regiment on foot, wac
was following, in close conversation
with the Duke of York; eve would
discourse with ~or : matter touch
ing your o'~~,cIt. What say you. Col
one. to a man who swears he haiti
seen fishes fly in the air
II should say, SIRE" returned the
sea soldier, simply, that the mar
hath sailed in Southern seas. Fol
when your Majesty's business car
ried me hither of late | did frequent
ly observe more flying fish in one
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13

the Germans mean when they talk
about the Allied failure, and they are
wholly justified. 1t is equally true
that none of the local possibilities
have yet been realized, but 1t is also
true that certain local gains, II per-
manently held, may insure the ulti-
mate realization OF the Allied aim
to retake Lens, relieve Rheims and
end the Argonne menace From, A
Month of Battles" by Frank II. 81
monds, in the American Revue wof
Reviews for November.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-13
Such q leader will be found

Such a leader will be found in
one who will lead our citizenship out
of the political quagmire into which
we have fallen. and such leader
will be found in the party that has
stood for the Things which the rank
and file of the people are today de-
handing. Call 1t reactionary or
standpat or whatever you might
choose. but nevertheless 1t is the
same Republican party that came to
the rescue in 1897, and it is the same
Republican party that will send up
from its ranks man who believes
in its principles, and will lead us 10
victory in 1916.