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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

and instructed to issue his proclama'
ton calling said election, and giving
notice that the same is to be held on
the date hereinabeve named, for the
purpose of submitting to the vote OF
the qualified tax payers Of said Lake
Arthur Road District No. OF Jefter-
son Davis Parish, Louisiana, the prop
osition herein ordered submitted to
them, and that the proclamation and
notice shall state at the hour OF Zen
o'clock a. M, on November 2Oth A.
D. 1919, the Police Jury Of the Parish
of Jefferson Davis, State of Louisiana,
shall meet in open session, in its Of
fee in the Court House of Jefferson
Davis Parish, in Jennings, Louisiana,
and will then and there, proceed to
omen the ballot boxes, examine ana
count the ballots in number ana
amount, examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result OF the
said election, and said proclamation
and notice Of election shall give notice
that the polling places in said Lake
Arthur Road District No. l OF JeheE-
son Davis Parish, Louisiana, for said
election, are fixed as follows:
Precinct 1, Lake Arthur.
Precinct 2, Thornwell.
Section 4. Be it Further Resolved,
etc, that in order to hold the said
election, the following officers are ap-
pointed. each of whom is qualified
voter and a man of good repute, to,
wit: Placide Landry, G. E. Bailey
and Eugene Cattle are appointed COM
missioners. and W. NJ. Buchanan clerk
2 for the polling place fixed at Lake
? Arthur; S. w. Mack, ]. E. Peterson
, and Leon Pitre are appointed com
missioners and Leroy Elliott clerk fol
I the polling place fixed at ThornWell
Section 5. Be it Further Resolved
etc. That the President of the Police
f Jury of the Parish Of Jefferson Davis
y State Of Louisiana, be and he is here
] by authorized and instructed to pro
D cure for use in said election herein
: above called the necessary reg1Stra
t ton list, including list OF those Wh'
have paid poll taxes, together with
list of property tax payers qualified
Z to vote in said election, and proVld
q the necessary polling booths, pencils
l. pads, ETC., and other things and ma
II terials necessary for said election
, and the President Of the Police Jur
- shall also provide and have printe
IL ballots in such form as to compI
with the form outlined in the SUE
re ceeding section, and in order TO pa
4 for the cost of holding said election
~ including the pay OF commissioner
IL clerks and deputies, the sum Of FIT
(S5O.00) Dollars, or so much theret
re as may be necessary be and the sam
# is hereby appropriated out OF the col
=: tingent fund OF this Police Jury.
- Section 6. Be it Further Resolves
a' ETC., That the ballots to be used
o. said election shall be printed as 10
Of lows, to-wit:
is Special electiOn held in the Lal
t. Arthur Road District No. of Jetfe
oo son Davis Parish, Louisiana, on II
W 18th day of November, A. D., is1
10 for the mourning Of debt and the ISIS
ance of negotiable bonds, the proceed
IT. of the sale Of which ara to be used
of construct permanent public roads al
~ bridges within the said Lake Arth
ICt Road District No. 1 of Jefferson D
ay Wis Parish, Louisiana.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

/. A proposition to incur:
debt and issue negotiableI
bonds of the Lake Ar
thur Road District No. l of
Jefferson Davis Parish, LOU
isiana, to the amount Of
One Hundred Sew VI
usand ($170,000.00)I
Dollars, to run for a period
of Twenty Five years, bear
ing interest at the rate of
Five (5) per cent per an
mum, interest payable semi
annually for the purpose
of constructing permanent
public roads and bridges
in the said Lake Arthur
Road District No. l Of JEFF
ferson Davis Parish, Loui-
siana, title to which shall
vest in the public.
| u,..l H. .oI,Vot;o,o q
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
whether 1t will be finally disposed OF

whether 1t will be finally disposed OF
before next spring.
The plan Of the senate committee Oh
interstate commerce is to be ready 10
report a railroad return bill as soon as
the treaty is out Of the way. TINS may
mean that a bill will be submitted u
the senate by the first of next month";
but senator's as rule are not very
Sangune that such good progress can
be made with the treaty. Unless the
house committee on interstate and lot
eign commerce shall change its mihu
it will report its conception OF Wha'
railroad legislation should be before
the end of this month. Then II the
hopes of the house leaders are reai,
lied the house will take recess uhIiI
about the middle of November.
Evening star., 1919-05-11
FRANCE "WIRED"
BY U. S. FORCES
Gen. Pershing Had
an Elaborate System in
Operation When the
Armistice Was Signed.

omcIal reports on Signal Corps
equipment for the war. made public
yesterday, show that one special form
Of telephone wire, unknown to COM
m mercial use before the war. was being
turned out at the rate Of 10000 miles
month 1T cost Of nearly $4,000, 900
when the armistioe was signed.
Tho American telegraph and tele-
phone system in France totaled $4,000
miles when the lighting ended. this
being the semi-pernanent fnstalla-
tions. When fighting was at fits peak
tho corps was approximating the use
Of $4,000 miles of outpost wire q
month. in addition. one development
Of the war being the necessity for
two wire circuits for front line opera
tions to prevent the enemy from '1is-
tening" in on the old-style single wire
equipment. Wire wsstage was enor-
nous, as it had to be abandoned
whenever an advance was made.
There had been set up in France
last November 2s2 American tele-
phone exchanges, with 1896 lines,
reaching to 8.95s stations. Even the
telephone instruments used were Of
special design. combining both tele-
phonic and teleeraphic communica-
tion, and the production Of these in
the quantity needed was problem in
itself.
At the close of hostilities the United
States had 133 fully equipped tele-
graph stations in France, which were
handling q daily average of 1885
messages of sixty words each during
the last days Of the fighting, or with
in about 5000 OF the peak load.
An instance Of the enormous de-
mand that developed for field glasses,
lenses for which before the war
largely were obtained from Germany
lies in the work Of the Bausch & Lomb
Company of Rochester. N. Y. which.
beginning with a capacity of 1900
pairs Of field glasses a year in 1914,
had reached an output of $500 pairs
q week in November. 1918. and was
dlHIlHS 10" OIL u Oil o0SPoS Va obooV pan
week by January, 1919. Similar ex-
pensions Of facilities were necessary
in many other plants. The requirement
Of the forces in France for the six
power artillery glass alone was ap-
proximately 100000 pairs and 1o6. 900
pairs were shipped from the United
States.
The report devotes Considerable
space to discussion of the progress
made in motion picture photography
during the war. BY these means, it is
pointed out, the Signal Corps has
created "a new kind of history of the
war, a history written entirely in
pictures for future generations to
scan"
Carrier pigeons. never before en-
ployed extensively in the American
Army, were widely used in France.
More than $1,000 were purchased and
trained for that service and the re-
port adds that "in actual use on the
field the pigeons delivered more than
s5 per cent of the messag ges intrusted
to them, flying safely through the
heaviest shell and gas barrages.
Evening star., 1919-05-11

men concerned have been stilled. The SOL
diers and sailors have answered. Some
where, in the midst of their multiplex ex-
periences of the past years, they have
glimpsed the values of an independent and
peaceful home and grasped the fact that
independence and peace are primal features
of farm life. France, knowing this value in
its fullness, may have taught them this.
The passage of the bill would do more
than express, in measure, national graft
tude to the nations fighting men. Immeas-
urable benefit to the country as whole
would be attendant. Stacker lands" to use
Secretary Lanes phrase, would be reclaimed
to usefulness. The yearly increasing dis
proportion between agricultural and other
industries would be checked The tide
would be turned back toward the farm
WITHIN marketing distance of the Ma
w tons Capital are thousands of acres of
idle lands. Maryland and Virginia contain
vast tracts, undeveloped and unused, which
offer exceptional opportunities for CO.
operative colonies. Within twenty miles of
the capital, on good highways and with ex-
cellent steam and electric transportation, are
many acres adapted to establishing COM
ruunities of these small farm homes where
on the soldier could reside and at the same
time occupy position in the city. The
farmlet would permit the keeping of cow
or two, some pigs and chickens, and from
the soil, with the assistance of the family,
Evening star., 1919-05-11
ARMY PLANS STAND.

Progress made by the peace COM
nissioners at Paris has caused no
change in the War Department. 8
policy of temporary army Of ap-
proximately $4,000 officers and men.
as provided for in the annual ARMY
appropriation bill which failed of
passage in the closing hours of the
last Congress-
1t has become known officially that
the department 10 prepared to press
practically the same bill at the
extra session to begin May 10. pos
sibly the only changes being reduc-
tions in estimates FOR subsistence.
Evening star., 1919-05-11
HOW LIVING GOES UP,

Want TO know Just how much you
are paying for the necessities of Iife
now over 1913? According to tho
Department of Labor:
Farm products cost Just "a times
their price in that year.
Clothes have jumped 1s1 per cont
over tho former price. SO 231 times
the amount in 1913 is being paid for
clothing
Ana, taking all commodities into a
ronElomsration. tho people arc pay
ing just 2o2 times as much as they
did In 1913
Evening star., 1919-05-11

he could produce large part of the food
consumed, with something additional for
the city market.
IT is not hard to picture the dream that is
in the hearts of Washington's returning
soldiers Washington is overcrowded. The
problem of housing has not been solved
Developed farm lands in adjacent Maryland
and Virginia are so high in value as to be
beyond the means of those lacking consid-
erable capital The homecoming boys are
in no position to gamble their chances tor
success in life in small, individual agricul-
tural enterprises. They vision the poss'oiil-
ties of honorable governmental support 10
be redeemed by honest effort, and their
hearts are in their applications
Nothing stands in the way of man re-
tanning or obtaining employment in the
government and at the same time taking ad-
vantage of the governments OTTER shouia
Secretary Lanes bill pass. A ytney
bouoht with the savings in rent and fooo'
and Washington would be at his door-a
door with honeysuckle vine over it.
4 X X
THE District of Columbia, voieeless ana
/ voteless in national legislative councils
but ever going over the top when patriotism
is called for, will rightly demand that her
brave sons shall not be ignored when the
several states are being provided Tor unoer
the soldier settlement law.
Evening star., 1919-05-11

YASHlNGIONS interest in Sec
~ ! retary Lanes plan for COM
" " munity farms for soldiers and
sailors is far from a purely
academic one. Enthusiastic
on all movements enhancing national de-
velopment, residents of the National Capital
have more intimate relationship to the
proposals of the Interior Department than
that of side-line rooters. They expect to be
participants.
PPROXIMATELY 800 of the sons of the
n District who have served in the great
war are already applicants tor tarms ae-
cording to the records of the Department of
the Interior The number increases daily.
Departmental figures show that but small
fraction of the men in service have had in
formation concerning the plan.
According to these figures, assuming
constant ratio between applicants and those
who are informed, the number OF Washing
tonians eager for what the government can
offer should be we'll over the one-thousand
mark when the plan has been laid before all.
AND Washington as whole Will be be-
n hind their desire The demand for the
passage of this bill an expression OF
national appreciation to the fighting men OF
America is daily increasing in volume
Doubts as to whether such plan would
meet with sufficient response from the
Evening star., 1919-05-11
Early Legislation Expected.

With such proofs of the entire prac-
ticability and solvency Of the plan.
with the unquestioned demand for its
early initiation by thousands of men.
together with the need for employ
ment and increased food supply. II is
believed by the Interior Department
that favorable action on the part tof
Congress cannot be delayed.
Considerable misapprehension exists
in various quarters as to the purposes
and scope Of the plans. In explana
tion Secretary Lane says to the soil
diers and sailors: IT am asking Con.
gress to say. America offers you
farm If you will help in it's making
and pay for 1t out of what you make
out Of it,"
In the briefest possible terms 1t may
be stated that the plans provide:
I. The selection and requirement
in each state Of areas large enough
to create a definite community life
and make cooperative activities pos
sible; detarmine by expert study and
Investigation how the soil. climate
and market facilities OF these areas
could best be utilised: hx the size
Of farms needed to give employment
and comfortable living for fam
ilfes,. and determine the kind of agri.
culture which would maintain sol.
fertility and tho form Of tenure whica
would lessen speculation in and non.
resident ownership of land.
2. The reclamation service. under
direction of the Secretary Of the Ir-
terror. to have charge of the con-
struction of all necessary engineering
works. the erection Of building. lay
ing out Of roads. planning of towns.
etc.
Employment at Fair Wages.
3. The employment Of soldiers and
sailors at the wages established else
where for the work in which they are
engaged. this employment to continue
until tho community has been brought
to the stage whore tho farms are in
crop. equipped with stock and imple-
ments. and homes ready for occupancy.
4. Transfer Of the farms to tho indi-
vidual settler. who will be required 70
Continued on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1919-05-11
District Soldiers Ask for Land.

he could produce large part of the foo
consumed, with something additional TO
the city market.
Evening star., 1919-05-11

TNHE Department of the Interior
is ready to push it's fight for
farms for discharged soldiers
and sailors npnp tho onapfna
Evening star., 1919-05-11

the regular session commences;
and that session. in turn. to continue
close to the presidential campaign Of
the ensuing summer. There doesn't
seem to be much outlook for a va
cation for anybody connected with
Congress and politics for a long time
now.
Evening star., 1919-05-11

lots dref in on the House and see
what is going on.
IN inc hrst place we viii hnd an
hbsolutsiy p new deal and asay new
faces Ths democrats are eat and
'he republican are in: new policies
bre fo prevail, Bear 1T m.Hd that
'fis House now represents an en-
tiFsiy different meHta! preosss oc the
eitiseHrS of tho country: that Is to
say, 1t IL representative OF a different
thought, The House will now act
snd speak for a elass of eitisens who
hold differing and often diametrical-
~ opposing yiawa on great public
questions. issues and policies. The
| majority now beiisvas in 4 sarir 10
| pretsct American INDUSTRIES. repre-
sentiaE people in the country hold
ing similar views. as eontrastsd with
those who believe in no protection
whatever, The majority now repre-
gents the thought of the country
sShlcA - farthest away from pater-
Evening star., 1919-05-11

4 MEXICAN industry is going 70
~ be fitted to meet world COM
- petition through moro intel
lf1ent economic production.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-04-23
get THE
NEW LIBERTY HABIT"

and besides we give
screen Trading Stamps
with every ticket stamp
collectors waite b our
Thursday and Saturday
advertisements.
Evening star., 1919-02-20
IS ORGANIZING TROUPES
TO ENTERTAIN THE A. E. F.
Z. Of G. at Paris Aims to Meet Most
Apparent Need of Soldiers
Awaiting Return Home.

Correspondence eff the Assecia ted Press.
PARIS, January 2s.-One of the
NEST apparent needs OF the members
at the present time is entertainment
to assist in passing away the time un-
til orders are received to depart for
home To meet this need the knights
OF Columbus, through it's entertain
ment division. have organized numer-
GUS troupes of entertainers, who will
visit the various units of the Army,
and the first party Of entertainers has
left Paris
It is announced that this work will
extend to the American forces in
France, Belgium, Italy and Germany
and that every unit of the Army viii
be reached.
Among the Knights of Columbus
secretaries In France are many pro-
fessionaI entertainers. who will be
distributed among the groups and will
be assisted with amateur talent among
the workers. Entertainers will also
be secured from among the members
Of the American expeditionary force
t. augment the work of the secre-
taries.
A minstrel troupe is being rehsarsed
and this show will soon be staged in
Ai 10 aiio w!!A eueA pC ScAt on the
road to visit the various camps
throughout the American Army. The
members Of this show will be recruit
ed from among the Knights Of Colum-
bus workers and members Of the Army
and Navy.
While the men in the field are being
entertained. those less fortunate and
who are confined in the hospitals are
not being forgotten, as concerts are
being given in the various hospitals
in and around Paris several times each
week This portion of the work is
highly appreciated by the patients and
the officers in charge of the hospitals.
Evening star., 1919-02-20
AGREE AALAND ISLANDS
GO BACK TO SWEDEN
Big Powers at Peace Conference
Settle One European Terri
toria1 Dispute.
BY PAUL SCOTT MowRER.
C-blegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1919.

PARIS. France, February IS. - At
least one European territorial dis
pute seems about to be settled ami
cably. The French, British, Italian
and American representatives appar-
emily all agree that the Aaland
Islands shall go back to Sweden.
This group Of some 200 islands lying
across the mouth of the Gulf of Both
MIA, between Finland and Sweden.
was ceded to Russia along with Fin
land in 1909. and has been considered
a part of Finland ever since. It's deep
bay offers a splendid naval base
which the Russians never entirely
finished fortifying. but its thrifty and
woodcutters, shipbuiiders and fisher
men speak Swedish, and despite more
than century of Finnish rule, still
consider themselves Swedes.
A delegation to Paris, headed by
julius Sundbiom, editor OF the prin-
cipa1 Mariehamn newspaper, and
former Aaland representative in the
Finnish diet, win ask the peace con-
ference to apply the principle Of self
determination to their case.
Sweden has never made propa-
ganda for the return of these islands
to the motherIand." said Herr sund-
blom to ne today, but in 1917 We
sent a deputation to the king to ask
him to help US. When we learned
that the principle Of se1f-deterrnina-
ton was among Mr. Wilson's four
teen points we said, Thank God, our
time has come at last and we de-
cided to send a mission to the peace
conference. Finland disIikes to lose
the islands, but realizes that our
cause is just"
Evening star., 1919-02-20
JAMES H. ALEXANDER, OIL
PIONEER, DIES WHEN 81
Constructed Pipe Line Under New
ark Bay to New York City.
Invented Devices

ELIZABETH. N. J., February 20
James a. Alexander. for many years a
vice presfdent OF the Standard on
Company and a pioneer IN the nations
oil Industry. died Tuesday night at his
homo here. aged eighty-four years.
Death was attributed to the infirrnities
Of old age.
For almost half a century identified
with the Rockefeller, Rogers and
Flas1er oil interests, Mr.. Alexander
was credited with constructing eisan-
tic rennerfes at Bayonne, N. J., Pitts
bursh and other cities and with con-
str1Icting the pipe limo from Newark
under Newark bay to Jersey City and
New York.
He invented many Devices which
coutxfhuted toward tho DEVELOPMENT
Of oil refining. For many years he
was managing director Of an oil re-
flnery he constructed in Pittsburgh.
retiring shout eighteen years ago
when his business was taken over by
the Standard Oil Company. Mr.. Alex-
ander was born IN Toronto, Canada.
Evening star., 1919-02-20

~ - AsAA
purity of your
blood, by DR..
Pierce's Col
den Medical
d i S very.
Then there's
a clear skin
and a clean
Evening star., 1919-02-20
wsshington's BIRTHDAY

special dinner dance at Wardman
Park Hotel o'clock pm. Reserve
fables uow.-AdvegtisemeA
Evening star., 1919-02-20

Esyste1n. letter, Salt-rheum, Eczema,
Erysipeias, Boils, Carbuncles, En-
targed Glands, Swellings, and all
Blood and Skin Diseases, from a
common blotch or eruption to scrof-
ula, are benefited by it.
In building up needed flesh and
strength of pale, puny, scrofuious
children, nothing can equal It In
liquid or tablet form. Tablets, oOe.
FOR GOOD HEALTH AND
LONG LIFE-Do not eat meat
more than once a day. Drink
plenty of water, exercise outdoors,
and take a pleasant laxative at
least once week. Such a one is
made Of Mzy-appie, root of jaiap,
mice of aioes, sugar-coated, and
hrst made up and sold as Dr..
Pierce's Pleasant Peilets-neariy
6ffv veary ago.
Evening star., 1919-02-20
Lieut.. 0'Reilly Receives Cross.

Lieut. P W. OReilly. an Army chap
lain and a former member of the fac
ulty of the Catholic University, Brook
land, D. c.. is a patient at the walter
Reed Hospital He was awarded the
distinguished service cross for hero
ism under fire. He served with the
18th Field Artillery, Sd Division. and
was wounded July 20 and gassed An
Evening star., 1919-02-20
Best Human Being Won.
To Allow Coal Raise Soon.

NEW YORK. February 2s.-The
government will soon allow an In
crease Of rs cents ton in the price
of anthracite coal. r. v. Norris, an
engineer with thc United States Fuel
Administration, announced yesterday at
the conference here Of the American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgicaf
Engineers.