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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
WELL EQUIPPED BY NATURE
Simple Explanation Of Remarkable
Sense of Hearing That Is Pos
sessed by the Owl.

1t is held by naturalists that IN
order to capture its prey the owl
must depend even more upon its sense
of hearing than upon its sense OF
sight. The tufts of feathers that dis
tinguish the Shortened and the long
cared owls are, of course, no more
ears than they are horns. The true
ear of the owl Is a most remarkable
organ.
The facial disk Of feathers that
gives the owl it's characteristic APP
pearance serves as kind of sound
ing-board or ear-trumpet to concen-
trate the slightest sounds and to trans,
NIT them to the Orifice of the true
ear, concealed in the small feathers
behind the eye. Even in the barn
owl, which possesses the least COM
plicated arrangement of this kind, the
orifice Of the ear is covered by re-
markable flap of the skin, while in the
other species there are striking diff
ferences In the size and shape Of this
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

came one Of the four centerS of the
Hanseatic league. With the decline of
the league it allied itself with Poland,
retaining most Of It's rights as free
city. 1t had a flag derived from the
red and white emblem of the league,
employing the red as a field upon
which were three gold crowns, ar
ranged vertically.
Separation From Poland.
Russians and Sax0ns took the city
and the score or more neighboring vii
lagos it governed in 1874. When Po-
land was partitioned, four years before
the American colonists signed the Dec
laration Of Independence, Danzig was
separated from Poland and q years
later Prussia gained possession Of 1t.
Again made q free city by Napoleon,
it passed once more to Poland; then
back to Prussia in 1914.
Danzig became the capital Of West
Prussia. Government and private
docks were located there. Shipbuild-
ing and the making of munitions were
introduced and amber, beer and liquors
were other products. Its granaries,
built on an island, were erected when
1t was the principal grain shipping
port for Poland and Silesia.
Danzig Is little farther by rail
northeast Of Berlin than Boston Is
from New York. It's population In
1910 was about that of Columbus, O,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
REVENUE FROM LAND SALES
AND LEASES MADE KNOWN

Austin, Tex.-Revenue from land
sales and leases for May aggregated
$500, 366.2S, according to the monthly
statement issued Monday by State
Treasurer John w. Baker. Of this
amount 1921, 413.94 went to the credit
of the available fund and $SS,962.S4 to
the permanent fund. The money was
distributed among the following funds:
Public school purchase first pay
ments, $32,S46.46 permanent fund;
public school open accounts, $780,
1929 available, $65,041.75 permanent;
university open accounts, $S6,21O.1O
available; deaf and dumb school, $3.1S
available, Sc permanent; lunatic asy-
lum open accounts, $747.13 permanent;
orphan asylum open accounts, $3.50
available, $S11 permanent; land office
fees, 1905 available; general revenue
land office receipts, $25,S71.5S avail
able.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Justice to Franklin.

Philadelphians love to set forth the
fact that there were written two Of
the most notable literary achievements
of the world, the Declaration of indie
pendence and the Constitution Of the
United States, both Of them remark
able for fine literary quality, for pre-
cision of statement, for lucid presenta-
ton of facts, for logical arrangement.
But it is possible, so it has been
unkindly suggested, that they do not
always remember that neither Of these
important productions was written by
a Philadelphia. But to anyone who
may make a suggestion it may with
justice be said that the "Auto-
biography" of Franklin, one Of the
few great autobiographies Of the
world, was written by a Philadelphia,
and also his "Poor Richard" and other
!world-famous works.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
GERMANS SUBMIT COUNTER
CLAIMS TO PEACE Terms

Versailles.-Baron Won Lersner, OF
the German delegation informally de-
livered the completed counter pro-
posals to Colonel Henry, the French
liasion officer Thursday. The Ger.
mans explained that there had been
no time for translati0ns, which would
be sent later.
The volume containing the counter
proposals is not bound, corner fasten-
ers holding together the LAG pages.
According to a semi-official state
ment, the full indemnity which Ger
many offers to pay in her counter pro-
posals to the peace terms will include
sums going to Belgium against adj
yances by the allies, and also the value
of all military and civil property sur
rendered by Germany since the arms.
tice.
It is further conditioned upon terri
torial arrangements. That is, If the
imperial territory is reduced, the sum
to be paid must be correspondingly dis
tributed, Alsace-Lorraine and Posen,
fer instance, bearing their proportion
ate shares.
The conservative press OF Berlin
condemns the counter proposals to the
peace terms submitted by Germany,
especially the financial and military
concessions which are granted.
The pan-German papers brand the
reply as suicide" and the Post says:
"The German people are doomed to
slavery between the masters until
new Germany arrives to break the
chains"
The Kreuse zeitung is skeptical OF
the success of the counter proposals,
despite what it calls Count Won
Observation-Disclosures submfssfveness,"
and the Taeglische Rundschau says:
"The German reply is fully as de-
pressing as the entente terms"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
PARTS IN TREATY TO Be
ACCEPTED BY AUsTRlANS
10 Remarkable Chiefly for Its omls
sions-Gevernment Must Respect
Rights Of All Racial Nations.

Paris.-A summary of the Austrian
treaty submitted to the smaller ma
lions Friday for examination is re-
markable chiefly for it's omissions and
reservations. Subject heading after
subject heading is followed either by
a noncommittal display of blank paper
or by the statement: This clause re.
served"
This applies particularly to defini-
ton of the southern frontier, the rep.
arations clauses and the question Of
Italian rights under the political
clauses. The greater part of the sum.
mary, in fact, is devoted to those
clauses which are practically identical
with the German treaty.
The new clauses are chiefly those
dealing with frontiers, finance and the
internal affairs of the new states and
of Austria itself. Under the latter
heading some of the disputed provisos
for the protection of racial minorities
in the new states, against which, it is
understood, the Representatives Of the
new states may address a protest to
the council of four and also ask for
revision of the financial clauses.
Austria also is bound by the treaty
to respect the rights and provisions Of
racial minorities in what is left to her
Of her ancient domains, including the
right to use their own languages.
The treaty will consist of a pre-
Rmble and IA parts, the preamble and
section l embodying the covenant of
the league of nations, as the treaty
with Germany.
Part 2 deals with frontiers. That of
Czecho-SloVakia follows practically the
old Bohemian frontier, although with
the reservation of making minor
changes later. Austria retains on the
west her old frontier with Switzerland
the question of the union of Vorarl-
berg and Switzerland having apparent
Iy been dropped. The southern from
tier is not determined in the treaty.
Part 3 contains political clauses, in
Guiding also some of the reserved geo.
graphical provisos, the clauses estab'
fishing mixed commissions to deter
mine them later. The sections refer
ring to Italy are all omitted. Others
deal with the future relations of Aus
tria with Czecho-Slovakia, Jugoslavia,
Poland, Hungary and Russia, Here are
found the stipulations for the protec'
ton of racial minorities.
Then comes parts dealing with Aus
tria's remuneration of all rights out
side of Europe, military, naval and
aerial ornaments, which hereafter viii
entail virtually no expense for Aus
tria, and the return of prisoners OF
war.
Part 8, on Preparations, is blank.
Part 9, dealing with finance, may be
changed as result Of the representa-
tions of the new states. The econo
mic clauses and aerial navigation reg
ulations are identical with those in the
German treaty.
Part IL, on ports, waterways ant
railways, provides for commercial out
let's southwark by water and rail
These details have already been re
ported by the interallied ports, water
ways and railways commission.
Part Is contains the internationa
labor convention, and part IA various
miscellaneous provisions of minor i'm
portance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Mob Lynehes sheriffs slayer.

Lamar, Mo-. Lynch, confessed
slayer of Sheriff John Harlow OF Bar
ton County and the sheriff's sen, was
hanged Wednesday by mob which
took him from the officers in the court
house and lynched him In the yard OF
the building. Lynch had pleaded guilty
to the charge and had been given a
life sentence by Judge B. G. Thurman.
Fhe murder TOOK place March 8.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
PHYSICALLY FIT
AT ANY AGE

It isn't age, it's careless living that
butts men "down and out" Keep your
Internal organs in good condition and
you viii always be physically fit.
The kidneys are the most over
worked organs in the human body.
When they break down under the
strain and the deadly uric acid &C.
Cumulates and crystalhzes look outs
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
tbG delicate urinary channels causing
excruciating pain and set up irrita-
lions which may cause premature de.
generation and often do turn into
deadly Brights Disease.
One Of the first warnings of slug
Elsa kidney action is pain or stiffness
"a the small Of the back, loss Of appeo
Ute, Indigestion or rheumatism.
Do not wait until the danger is upon
you At the first Indication Of trouble
70 after the cause at once. Get trial
Box Of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
CAPSULES, imported direct from the
laboratories in Holland. They will give
almost immediate relief. If for any
cause they should not, your money viii
Be refunded. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL None other is genuine N
sealed boxes, three sizes. ADV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

rc1nd nv husband wanted me to try it.
( took it for q week and felt little bet
Tar kept itup for three months, and
I feel fine and can eat anything now
without distress ornervousness. Mrs.
I WoRTHLNE, 2842 North Taylor St.,
Philadelphia Pa.
The majority Of mothers nowadays
overdo. there are 30 many demands
mon their time and strength; the result
Il invariably a weakened, rundown,
~sryous condition with headaches, back.
ache, irritabiEty and depression and
soon more serious ailments develop.
Fis ct sachperiods in life that Lydia E.
piDkbam's Vegetable Compound will
restore o normal healthy condition, as
Il did to Mrs. Worthline.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
plane Burns In Air.

San Diego, Cal.-one aviator was
killed and another seriously burned
Friday when the airplane which they
were driving burst into flames and fell
near Ramona, northeast of this city.
Lieutenant Wisdom is dead and Lieu
tenant Kelly injured. Both men are
from Rockwell Field.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Another Bio Exodus From Mexico.

Laredo, Tex.-Judging from the num-
Der of prominent Americans and Mexi.
cans arriving Sunday from Mexico
City and other portions of Mexico, an
other big exodus is in progress as a
result of the threatening revolution
airy conditions prevailing in that coup-
try.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
The Banjo.

The modern banjo was introduced
into England from America. to which,
country it was probably taken by theI
African slaves, who originally obtained
the idea from India. The unmusicaI
name banjo" seems to have been de-
rived from "banya," the name of a.
Senegambian instrument of the guitar
species.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Indian Potlatcl,,

Potlatch is corruption Of an In
dian word common among the Pacific
coast tribes, meaning a festival OF
gifts. At a potshatl (potlatch) ceIe-
bration the more personal property an
Indian gives away, blankets, orna.
ments, ETC., the higher he stands in
the estimation of his neighbors, and
the more he expects to receive in re.
turn at the next potlatch. The festi-
val is accompanied by music, dancing
and feasting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Thlnks peace Terms Too stronq.

Washington.-Execution Of the peace
treaty as framed by the Versailles con-
ference is declared to be more than
the German people can bear" by Count
Won Brockdorff- Rantzau, head of the
German peace delegation, in note to
the associated governments outlining
the German counter proposals.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Looklno FOR Information.

Looking for Information.
7 want some information, said the
tired man with three suitcases.
why don't you apply at the bureau
Of lnfOrmatlonH
SIN working up to that. First, I've
got to get information as to how can
find the bureau of information. Lon
don Answers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Putting the Clock Ahead.

How times have changed. The old
fashioned girl who used never to sit
up later than nine o'clock has a daugh-
ter now who just starts out at nine
o'clock for the evening.-Boston Tran,
script.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
American Ship Finds Hawker Plane,

ST, Johns, N. F.-The Sopwith BIZ
plane. in which Harry Hawker and
Mackenzie Grieve attempted to fly
across the Atlantic, was picked up in
Lat. 49:4O N, Lon. 29:OS W., by the
American ship Lake Charlottesville.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
LAMONT, YANKEE FINANCIAL WIZARD
Following the Klotz failure to sa.

Following the KlotZ failure to ssA
die the international pool Of all Wai
debts upon the peace conference
which would have left the United
States to carry the allies financial bur
den, the American financial experts
headed by Thomas w. Lamont, have
rejected the British plan formulated
by F. NJ. Keynes of the British treas
ury providing for $5,00O,0O0OOO bond
issue to Germany, to be guaranteed by
allied and associated powers.
In the opinion of the American dele
cation, including President Wilson, the
British plan is obnoxious to the Amer
ican people, who are realized to be re-
luCtant to become guarantOrs for EU-
rOpean loans. Furthermore, the $5[REt,-
100000 loan to Germany Is thought tH
be necessitated only because of the
shOrtsightedness Of the European
allies, who insist upon extracting all
the liquid assets from the Germans
and then want the United States to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

SlcKIy most OF the
time, l went to q
doctor and he said
/ had nervous indi-
gestion, which adj
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most Of
the time - and he
said if l could not
stop that, / could
not get well. I
heard somucEabout
Lydia E. Pinkham's
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Greeks Overcome Turks.

Paris.-Greek forces were landed
Friday at Avail, on the coast of Asia
Minor, 66 miles northwest of SMYRNA.
The Turkish troops there offered only
slight opposition, which was overcome.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
rexas Bankers Choose Galveston.

Galveston, Tex.-Galveston was
chosen for the third consecutive year
as the meeting place of the Texas
Bankers Association when the dele
gates at their convention Thursday
voted to convene in Galveston in 1920,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Norman to Try

Woman to Try Transatlantic Flight.
Chicago, Ill.-Ruth Law, aviatrix
announced Tuesday that she plans to
attempt transatlantic flight within
six weeks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Denver Has Heavy Snow.

Denver, Colo.-A heavy wet snow
and the lowest June temperature at
80 degrees in the history of the local
weather bureau greeted the new
month Sunday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Fruit Failure.

Tn the bright lexicon of youth
There's no such word as fail ~
Mlstakel The tiniest buds in sooth
Have perished in the gale.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
The Proof.

AppIlcant-You advertised for a
careful chauffeur?
MOtOrist--I did. Are you one7
Appllcant-You bet. / should re-
Guire my pay In advance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
A Soft Answer.

sSee here, John"
aWenf"
Mother noticed you downtown to-
gay and you were looking at every
pretty girl on the street"
There were none in your class,
oeaFie. I made careful comparisons.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

Constitutional Guarantees Suspended.
Havana.-The senate Friday passed
the house bill suspending the consti-
ational guarantees in Cuba until June
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

A machine for making stick candy
has been invented that has q daily
capacity of 5000 pounds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Their ADVANTAGE,

Manicurlsts are lucky these days."
I'm what way?"
NO matter what happens, they al
ways have a Job on hand"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
oil for the Cars of Mars.

VT VT WV OO4E y VI VIuI o
Last year S27 million gallons Of pc
troleum, valued at $169, $4,000. This
is 375 million gallons, and $703, 400, 900
value more than in the previous year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

Tomorrow is a satire on today, and
SHOWS Its weakness.-Young.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
|C,uticura SOAP.
Best for Baby
Eaconie!

Jiggs-'"The Germans regarded
fighting as tonic" Biggs-"Yes,
and found 1t Teutonic. Cartoons
Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

working the British plan had been
Germany would half reeurhS of the $1,000
extracted under the Paris and the
credits financial wizards under the leadership
proposition and rejected with the presidents
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

orlfice and its covering flap on the two
sides of the head.
The exact way in which owls utilize
this deliberately specialized apparatus
has still to be discovered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
NOTICE
TO THE PUBLIC

To those of us who wish to promote
Southern prosperity:
Every time you use GOLD DUST,
you put money into Southern pockets.
GOLD DUST is made solely from
that great product Of the South-Cotton
Seed Oil.
GOLD DUST has never been made
from anything else but Cotton Seed Oil.
For thirty-nine years GOLD DUST
has drawn outside money to the South
by distributing its products to the four
quarters Of the Globe.
The excellence of GOLD DUST for
the following purposes is well known:
Cleaning paint Cleaning bath
ed and implanted rooms.
woodwork. For all scrubbing.
Washing dishes. Cleaning glass of
Dissolving grease all kinds.
from utensils of all Purifying ise-boxes,
kinds. drain pipes, etc.
Washing clothes. Cleaning mops,
Softening hard brooms, brushes,
water. etc.
GOLD DUST, together with FAIRY
SOAP, CoTTOLENE and many other
household specialties, is made by The
N. K. Fairbank Co., subsidiary Of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells HowLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

philadelphia, PAT was very weak,
.,aays tired, my back ached, and ! felt
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07

Optimistic Thought
Escial intercourse Is the teaches 90
an thinas TO moEtalA
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-05-01
DON'T CASH WAR STAMPS
BEFORE THEY ARE DUE
Means Throwing Away Person's Saw.
Ing and Rulnlng an Excellent
investment.

Every holder of a War Savings
Stamp certificate should examine
carefully the table Of interest payment
on the back of the card. John H.
Meyering, director of organization for
the central committee. called atten-
ton to the table today and pointed
out that while the stamp bought for
$4.13 this month increases in value
one cent a month until Dec. 81, 1923,
that brings 1t to value of only $4.71
on that day. But the next day, Jan.
uary 1, 1924. when the stamp Is pay.
able, the owner gets S. for 1t. The
stamp thus increases in value 20 cents
over night from December 81, 1929,
to January 1. 1924. This amounts
practically to one-third of the entire
interest payment, but this final third
is never received by persons who cash
in their stamps at the postoffice be.
fore they fall due.
"Cashing in War Savings Stamps
now is not only throwing away a per.
sons savings, is running an excellent
investment by seriously damaging the
rate Of interest payment" said Mr..
Meyering. ut is that final 20 cents
added to the value Of the stamp that
makes 1t a good investment.
Even more dangerous than losing
the interest is the scattering of care
full saving. The man who could save
$4.12 to $4.23 In any month last year
is seldom forced to have the money
back today. Unless he must have the
money back 1t Is a mistake for him
to change the stamp. where his saving
Is safeguarded, into the form Of cash.
It's too easy to spend loose change.
The whole history of savings shows
that the less accessible saved money
is, the more likely 1t Is to stay saved
Money in War Savings Stamps or in
the bank is much safer than in the
pocket. II Is great mistake to cash
In stamps which represent careful saw.
ings of days that are past"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-05-01

another daughter, aged seven
rushed to the rescue and succeed
ed in lifting the box enabling the
younger sister to crawl out. The
frightened parents quickly sum-
moned a physician, but human
help was of no. avail. Funeral
was held Wednesday noon from
the home and the remains buried
at the cemetery south Of Geddes.
Words of consolation were spoken
by j. A. DvOrak.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-05-01
Buy Your Share Of Bonds!

Those who have not yet bought
or signed up are urged to do so at
once, since if they fail to buy
their share of these bonds, it is
probable that they might be called
to be explain before the Council
of Defense later on. No one
should hesitate to buy these bonds
as they are redeemable in 1923
and bear 44% interest. BY buy
ing their share they will be doing
their duty as citizens and making
a good investment at the same
time. The banker where you
keep your account will explain
every detail.
J. +. Kostel, chairman.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-05-01
Australian Pearls.

Pearls that come from the coast of
Australia are Of many shapes and col.
ors. Those under ten grains are sold
by the ounce, above that by the grain.
Color has deal to do with the value.
The white pearls 90 mostly to Europe
and the yellow ones to India. In Aus
tralia an ounce of good white pearls
will fetch up to f100, but sometimes
realize only a fifth Of that amount.
The yellow pearls may be rated on an
average Of about half the value of
the white ones.