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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
ALL CHILDREN LOVE
"SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
Give it when feverish, cross,
bilious, for bad breath
or sour stomach.

Look at the tongue, Mother! II
coated, it is a sure sign that your
little ones stomach, liver and bow
els need a gentle, thorough cleans
ing at cnce.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act nat
urally, or is feeverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give
! teaspoonful of California Syrup
OF Figs" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, undigested
food aud sour bile gently moves out
of its little bowels without gripping,
ard YOU have a well, playful child
again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative"
they love it's delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle Of
california Syrup of Figs" which has
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly or
1.-The bottle. Beware of counterfeit!
sold here. To be sure you get t HI
genuine, ask to see that it is made
Refuse any other kind with con
by California Fig Syrup Company.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

No. / do hereby appoint A. L. Mon
ger. C. W. Estes and j. Z. Harrison
as commissioners of election and
Fred Estes as Clerk of said election
which parties are hereby vested with
mower and authorized to hold SAID
election, and vested with such powers
as are conferred by law upon sucn
Commissioners and Clerk OF SAD
election. to tabulate the returns
thereof and to make the returns to
said Board of Commissioners OF
Fenton Drainage District Mol, WhIcn
! Roard will meet in open session at
| - o'clock noon, on the 18th day OF
February, 1919, and proceed to open
the ballot boxes, examine and count
the ballots in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns and
declare the result of the election, and
] promulgate the same, all IN one
election to be held in accordance with
this ordinance. -,
Adopted and approved December
C. E. CARR,
President.
Attest:
p. C. WILLARD, Secretary.
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

know. Are I ere any L1W girls inI
town. Now see that this question is
answered.
Be sure to tell me all the news
when you write for it has been three
months since l have had any news
from the town.
I am writing in the mess hall,
about half Of the crew are playing po-
ker and the other half shooting dice
in here so you can imagine how nice
it is to try and write with bunch of
noisy Salty Sailors trying to win
enough money to buy Wall Street
! Well, don't forget to tell my
father what l told you to please. Give
them all my love. Give your folks
my love and best regards. Let me
know how they are all getting along.
Now want to see you write long
long letter as soon as you get my
address. How are all Of the Newly
WEEDS getting along. Have any other
} darned fools got married since
left?
l am going to ring off for thi.
time, so with lots of regards to all,
am as ever, jim.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
linn I,ouviere Writes.
Continued from page onel

sae the Russian women and children
working and half starved. This war
has surely been an awful ruiha'ioil
r. the foreign countries. l had SAIL
orc and soldiers to tell me about
what was going on in these countries
well it sounded as though there was
cnite a big of exaggeration, but
have now seen this with my own eyes
and believe me It's SIN ana "
shame TO see a country in a position
Of this kind. Will tell you all about
if the first time I get to speak to you
will say this-I am surely glad 10
no hack in the old U. S. A. l am get
TING a transfer off this ship. | don't
know where I'll be stationed but 1t
will he either inthe Brooklyn navy
wards or the N. Y. Rec. Ship. do
not know what my address will be SO
|dont' write until you hear from me
again.
Please tell my father that l am IF
N Y and getting along fine and thai
T will write as soon as l find out
what nv address will be, which l hope
will be real soon.
You asked me how l liked the Nav!
we'll nv most candid opinion of tn
navy is, that it is not worth darn
Excnse the vernacular, am IN tn
navv now. See in order to be res
"salty Sailor such colliquolism
necessary. Travelling and seeing tn
world is very nice as long as you ar
a passenger, but if you happen to
one of the boys that is pushing tn
boat across the pond it's no joke.
This boat is going to Genoa, ltal
7 have a chance to go but have spel
q ninety days on the seas in the pa
; one hundred and twenty days, so
70 am going to play the Hippodrome ar
- the Winter Garden, Parks and Ca
rets for a few months. Had a sW'
time the last time I was here and a
,s going to try to have a good time fro
= now on until l am discharged.
w. haven't any idea what will do aft
a the war is over and | am discharge
GO but don't hardly think that I'll
&c side in a forsaken country like |
I'll go back and see the folks and
rs few friends then I'll grab about t
N cents worth of box cars and Ill
d. gone for a long, long time. The ma
oh life sure gives a man the travel
blues.
nd Say, I think I'll go to work
he Armour Packing Co. after / get
NO discharge, get them to send me
MT. Jerusalem to sell pork.
I would like to know where
bunch of boys are and what they
Idoing, so if you know please let
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

+r;ct that it is necessary that said
drainage District be authorized 10
create a bonded Indebtedness Oh
Forty Thousand (S4O, 0OO.OO( Dollars
70 be represented by 80 bonds OF
Five Hundred (S50000) Dollars
each. to be issued by SAID Board OF
| Commissioners, bearing interest at
the rate of Five ~ per cent per an
nun. PAYABLE SEM, annually, mat4r-
mo at such time and dates as may DC
lfxed bv said Board Of ConmSslon-
Iers of Fent0n Drainage District no l:
at the time or prior to the issuance "1
the same. and also that in ORDER TO Sc
cure the payment of such bonds, 10,
gether with the interest thereon, and
additional funds with which to ena-
HE the said Drainage District to pro-
ENC the dredging machinery, rights,
Ioe-way, canals and improvements IN"
Ito properly and sufficiently dram the
IIa,d com0riaed WiC,l1n said District,
Ithot # is necessary that a special
20 ,rlv tax Of Twenty Five Is cents
Tcr acre as authorize by the Constl-
tut on and laws Of The State OF Lou
islaI,a be lev ed upon all acreage prop,
ertv comprised within the limits OF
said Fenton Drainage District NO. |
for period of Thirty Two years com
mencing with the year 1919 and END
ing with the year 1851, both nclu
sive.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners OF Fentol
Drainage District No. ] IN the Far
isb of jefferson Davis, State Of Lou
isIana. that special yearly tax O
ITwerty Five (25) cents per acre, a
authorized by the Constitution an
laws of the State Of Louisiana, es
pecially Article PSI of the Constltu
ton as amended and Act NO. Z2f Q
= the Acts of the General Assembly 0
r the wear 1914, as amended, be levle
nm all acreage, and on each and ever
d acre of land, comprised within Tn
d limits of said Fenton Drainage LIS
!. Itrict No. 1 for a period of Thirty NV
e wears, commencing with the yea
e 1919 and ending with the year 1871
/ Commissioners it may be necessar
d and proper economically to drain tn
lie property included within the limits c
/, said Drainage District
# Fourth. For the purpose OF p2.
\ ing the interest upon said bonded II
in debtedness.
lie Section 2. Be it further ordalne'
etc. that the said Board of Comm
le sioners of said Fenton Drainage ID
s. trict No. / do hereby submit to tt
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
Dads Christmas Letter
Continued from page one

fow were removed and new ones re-
placed them. While there rs OF US
went to St. Nazari to get trucks ana
# was on our return that one OF the
hovs and myself were taken to the
base hospital No. 27 at Anglers we
remained there for a couple OF
weeks. Of course we hated to leave
that little nurse but on the other hand
1--we wanted to see the boys again. SO
we were very we'll satisfied when we
got our transportation back to 81
Maixent.
We took our time getting back
Tours is, so far, the best city nave
vet visited, but we stopped in most
all of the large places.
Well you can imagine our disap-
pointment when we arrived at St
Maixent and found that our squadron
had left. We were then attached tc
1.-THE casuals to await transportation
which took ten days, and happy
nair we were when it finally came
You must remember too that none!
was running low as we hadn't beer
maid since we left the States so, lat'
lin the evening we started to NEE
= the squadron, this time to go to tn
J.. front. Five days travel, including
stops, landed us at a little station
jHarsey lie Cotes, where we put up TO
the rest of the night. A truck wa
: sent for US the next morning and +
I nallv we met the family again, an
\ of course we were all glad to see on
o another again. But another disal
r pointment-we were too late II
y pay day again.
! We are now at Colomby les Belle
II at the first air depot, where all tt
s American ships pass through for
t. nal testing. It is not such bad pla'
=. to be located, as we can get to mo
- anv point on the American front in
short time.
I have visited many of the citi
and small towns between. The pr
cipal ones are Neuf Chateau, Colol
bv, Thaicourt Touls, Nancy and
no course many other small places
~ towns here are just few kilomete
y apart.
10 I have collected a few souvenir
i, and among them is a helmet viii
Lizzie requested some time ago. l
.na not know whether I can get throu
g with them all or not, but will try.
o Am we'll and comfortable a
don't kick much. Tell me all
G news and write soon. Am expect
o Christmas letter, tits all wa
Don't want any presents.
Bye-Bye,
:, TRUMAN FEAR,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

/ hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Thirty (30) names is
a true and correct list Of Petit Jurors
drawn to appear and answer in open
court at the Court House of Jefferson
Davis Parish, La, at 1000 a. M,
Monday, January 18th, A. D. 1919.
Clerks Office Dec. 10Th, 1918.
I. R. PRICE,
Clerk of Court.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
ON

AN ten per cent
mainder is devOt
framing govern,
inery for preser7
tie time in defn
the Constitution
The DeclaratiC
lited States adop
their country.
: afare vas an u
absorbed in busine
he flag, read the
he United States.
founded the govern
matchmaking oUe
rountrymen"? TIL
duty under both re
fought a war inter
6lled libraries wit
The American
people and trusts
10 serve, not rule,
almost twenty mi
the American thr
upon their royal S
Of this nation req
fulfilled and that
rulers abandon the
heglects his duty I
to the blessings o
to victory and ira
Btitution of the u
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
Signature of Voter
NOTICE TO VOTERS.

To vote in favor of the proposition
submitted upon this ballot, place a
cross (X) mark in the square after
the word (YES); to vote against it
place a similar mark after the word
(NO.)
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
ETC., that the said Board Of Commits
sioners of Fenton Drainage District
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
PROCLAMATION.

Be it known that I, c. E. Carr,
President of the Board of Commits
sioners of Fenton Drainage District
No. / of the Parish Of Jefferson DAVIS,
State of Louisiana, do hereby issue
this, my proclamation, calling an
election to be held in said drainage
district. on the 18th day of February,
1919, for the purpose Of submitting
to the qualified electors, propositions
to vote special yearly tax Of Twenty
Five (25c) per acre on all acreage
nroperty within the limits OF SAID
Drainage District for a period OF
Thirty-two years and to issue BONDS
based thereon in the sum OF rory
Thousand ($4O,O00.00) Dollars saie
election to be held at the residence OF
n G. Patterson in said district, IN
accordance with law, between the le-
cal hours of Z o'clock a. M, and .
O'clock p. NJ, all of which, including
the names of Commissioners and
Clerk appointed for the purpose OF
presiding at said election, will more
fully appear by reference to Ordl-
nance No. | of the Board Of Comm!s'
sioners of said Fenton Drainage DIS
trict No. |, calling said election
which Ordinance is made part q
this proclamation.
Issued by me officially in the Fen
ton Drainage District No. J on thi'
18th day of December, A. D., 1915
C. E. CARR,
President of the Board OF Commis
sioners of Fenton Drainage DIS
trict Mol.
Attest:
Z. E.. WILLARD, Secretary.
ORDINANCE NO. /.
AN ORDINANCE of Fenton Drain
age District No. /, providing TO
the levy of special tax of Tween
ty-fve (25c) cents per acre, an
the creation of a Forty Thousan
)$40,OOO0O) Dollars bonded in
debtedness as authorized by tn
constitution and laws of the Stat
of Louisiana, especially Article 20
of the Constitution as amended, an
Act No. 227 of the Acts of tn
General Assembly of the year 1911
as amended, for the purpose
providing and maintaining drain
age systems on all land situated
such Drainage District, and for tt
holding of an election therefor.
Whereas, it is the opinion of II
Board of Commissioners of said Di
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
Signature of Voter
NOTICE.

To vote in favor of the proposition
submitted upon this ballot place
cross (X) mark in the square after
the word (YES); to vote against 1t
place similar mark after the word
(NOO. no>,nc
RAISED ON ACREAGE TAX.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
LIST OF PETIT JURORS.

List of Petit Jurors drawn to ap-
pear and answer in open court at the
Court House of Jefferson Davis, par,
ish, Louisiana, at 1000 o'clock a. M.
on Monday, January 18th, A D., 1915
and to serve as Jurors for said week
which drawing is as follows:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

propertv within this District, of con-
Quoting the affairs of this District,
and of paying the bonds amountlng.
to S4O,OOO.OO with interest; all OF
which will more fully appear by ref
erence to Ordinance No. 1 of tins
District, adopted December 20th
1918.
Taxable Valuation OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

qualified voters of said Fenton
Drainage District No. /, for their ap-
prevail and ratification, the creation
and issuance of said bonded indebted,
ness in the sum of Forty Thousand
(S4O, OO0.OO) Dollars as aforesaid
and the levying of special yearly
tax of Twenty Five (25c) cents per
acre upon all Of the acreage property
and each and every acre of land, To-
Gated within the limits of said Fen
ton Drainage District No. l for a
period of Thirty Two years, com,
mencing with the year 1919 and
ending with the year 1851, both IN,
elusive, said election to be held at
the residence of H. G. Patterson IN
said District on Tuesday, the lltf
dav Of February, A. D., 1919, the
polls to be opened at 7 o'clock a. M
both inclusive, and the funds derlV,
ed from said special tax shall be usec
exclusively: -,
First. TO the liquidation and eX
Itinguishment of such bonded lndeot
edness.
Second. For paying the expenses 9:
organization and the running ni an AZ
oneration expenses of said Board O
Commissioners of said Drainage DIS
trict and of operating canals, bitches
or machinery owned and operated o
controlled by said Drainage Dlstrlc'
the title to which shall be vested Il
said Drainage District.
Third. To the providing OF sue
additional work or extensions OF ca
nals, bitches or Drainage conduls S q
in the judgment Of said Board Q
and to close at 5 o'clock p. M "a d
which election there shall be suomlC ~.
ed to the qualified electors tne aDG Nv
proposition upon ballots con'a'liiii
r the following words, to-Wlt: IN,
Z FOR T't1 THE LEVYING OF AN ACRE
| AGE TAX,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice is hereby given that the
Cooper Drug Co., Ltd, has been dis
solved according to law.
D283tc John H. Cooper, Pres.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

Proposition to incur
debt and issue bonds
of Fenton Drainage
District No. l to the
amount Of $40,OOO.OO
to run for Thirty Two
years, payable at such
times as may be au
thorized by the Board
of Commissioners of
this Drainage District
according to the Con-
stitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana,
bearing interest at the
rate of Five ~ per
cent per annum, paya-
BILE semi for
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

Proposition to levy
an acreage tax OF
Twenty Five (25c)
cents per annum per
acre on all property
subject to State taxa
ton in Fenton Drain
age District No. l for
the period of Thirty
Two years for the pur-
L.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-28

the purpose Of raising funds with
which to drain said Drainage Dis
trict, maintain the drainage system
and conduct the affairs of said
Drainage District; all of which
will more fully appear by reference
to Ordinance No. ! of this District,
adopted December 28th, 1918.
Taxable Valuation S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-07
George Wadsworth Sears.

George Wadsworth Sears, son Of
Daniel and Mary M. Sears, was born
in Center township, Decatur county,
Iowa, September 20, 1854 died at
the home of his son, H. r. Sears, in
West Helena, Arkansas, February
and 20 days.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Elizabeth Funk, at Leon, on
December /, 1887. To this union
were born two children, Il. r..
Sears of West Helena, Arkansas,
Mr.. Sears had spent his entire life
in Decatur county, residing on a
farm just northeast of Leon until
1896, when he was elected county
auditor, and moved with his family
to Leon, where he had since made
his home. He served as county au-
ditor for. four years, and vas 81 in
many years. Quiet and unassuming,
he was man Of strict integrity, the
friend of everyone, and in his death
the community has sustained a
great loss. He was a kind and af,
fectionate husband and devoted
fat father eIs ready re- to make any sacrl''ce
He had been in failing health for
several years, but continued at
work until about one year ago when
his physical condition compelled
him to retire from active life. Last
spring on account of his health he
went to the home of his son at West
Helena, where for a time he seemed
to be gaining strength, but his di--
sease baffled all medical skill, and
he passed away quietly on the morn
ing of Feb. 9th.
His body accompanied by his son
Ray Sears, arrived in Leon Satur-
day afternoon. Funeral services
were held at the NJ e. church Sun
day afternoon, the sermon being by
Rev w. M. Brooks, the pastor. The
church was crowded with sorroWing
friends, and the Masons and Knights
Templar attended in q body, the
Masonic lodge having charge of the
services at the grave. lnterment
was in the Dunkerd cemetery north
east of Leon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-07
NEED TO INCREASE low A
WHEAT CROP.
Larger Spring Acreage Demanded by
Committee Appointed to In
veStigate.

If Iowa meets to any degree what
ever the nations expectations and al
SO the worlds needs for wheat, a
larger acreage of spring wheat must
be planted.
According to the average reports
of defense, the state is not doing
what is expected of it in wheat pro-
ductiOn.
Former Governor Warren Garst
has been appointed by the state de-
Tense council to promote INCREASED
spring wheat acreage. The presl-
dent OF the State BANKERS naa; {; asS i0{aa
esting the bankers throughout the
state in this work. and they are be-
ing urged to take the matter up with
their farmer customers.
Excellent financial returns are in
prospect for those who produce good
wheat crops. Mr.. Garst reports that
y seed wheat fnoM f0 5prg S ssdp Ma o fse
can be purchased for $3.50 a bushel;
The 1917 wheat crop, both of
spring and winter wheat, was dis
appointment. A considerable Win
ter wheat acreage planted in the fall
of 1916 was winter killed and had
to be plowed up in the spring OF
to other grain.
In 1917 the acreage of spring
wheat in Iowa was 173,460 acres and
winter wheat 13S,930 acres. This
looks insignificant in comparison
with the 5,23S,500 acres seeded to
oats and 1n,24O,0O0 acres planted
to corn.
Figures of the state weather and
crop service show that the average
yield of both spring and winter
wheat in 1917 was eighteen bushels
per acre. The average price on De-
cember /, 1917, of spring wheat was
SI.94 and of winter wheat $1.97.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-07
Lee Allen Hill.

Lee Allen Hill, son of NJ; and
county, Illinois, Nov. 4, 1898, and
died at the home of his parents four
and a quarter miles northwest OF
Garden Grove, Feb. 18, 1918. At
the time of his death he was "a
years, months and IA days old;
He leaves to mourn his death his
young wife, both of his parents, and
his aged grandparents on his moth
er's side. Seven brothers, four sis
tiers and a host of other relatives
He was a most devoted son, hus-
band and brother, easily making
friends with everyone with whom he
came in contact.
He moved with his parents from
Shelby county, Illinois, to Decatur
county, Iowa, in 1902, and has lived
in this county ever since. He has
made his home with his parents on
farm northwest of Garden Grove
for the past four years.
Inez Metz, May 81, 1917, and he and
his young bride spent their short
married life together at the home OF
his parents.
The funeral services were held at
his parents home Wednesday after,
noon, atsone o'clock. Feb. 70, and
interment was in the Garden Grove
cemetery, conducted by Rev. WINS
low
away.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-07
Change in Food Substitutes Rule.

A change in the rulings of the
Food Administration announced
whereby it now becomes necessary
for a person, when they purchase a
sack Of flour, to purchase, the full
amount of substitutes at the time
the flour is purchased. The old rul-
ing just discontinued, allowed a
person 70 10 i band 'e' 'a" -
Under the new ruling potatoes 40
not count as substitute. Former
ly four pounds of potatoes to each
pound of flour were allowed as a
substitute. Later this was changed
so that these vegetables could pc
counted only when purch aie Win Win
the substitute list entirely The in,
strucions to this effect We're received
by County Food Administrator
Shields
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-07
Oscar w. Castor.

Oscar w. Castor, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Castor, was born in
Clarke county, near Hopeville, Iowa,
Nov. Z. 1873, and departed this life
Feb. "a, 1918, aged 80 years, 3
months and II days.
s Mr.. Castor was we'll known citl-
zen having lived in Iowa all his life
except three years in Canada, nay
Der, 1913.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Ida Luce, November 5, 1899. To
this union were born three boys,
Lloyd, Harold and Bernard. all be-
ing at home at the time of his death
He leaves to mourn his untimely
death mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Castor, of Murray; two
brothers, Joel Castor, of Arcola; Can
ada; Andrew Castor, of Halfway
OREGON; three sisters. Tessie Daniels,
of Baker, Oregon; Sofia Huff, Bart
lett, Neb.; Daisy Siefkas, LaCelle:
Iowa: also his three. loving sons and
an affectionate and loving wife He
united with the Christian church al
the age of sixteen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-07

Car of Thanks-We desire to
thank the friends and neighbors who
SO kindly assisted us during the i'll,
ness and death of our beloved
mother