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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
ORDINANCE NO. SEVEN ~
WELSH DRAINAGE DISTRICT

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the is
suance of the bonds of the Welsh
Drainage District Number One Of JEFF
ferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, and
levying tax to provide for the pay
ment of the principal and interest
thereof.
Whereas, at an election duly called
and held on the 3Oth day OF March, A.
D. 1920, in the Welsh Drainage Dist
riot Number One of Jefferson Davis
Parish, Louisiana, there was submit
ted to the qualified taxpayers the propo-
sition of the levying and assessing OF
an annual contribution or acreage tax
of twenty-five (25) cents an acre for
a period Of twenty (20) years begin
ming with the year 1920 upon all OF
the lands situated in said district, and
Whereas, there was also at said
election submitted to the qualified tax
payers the proposition Of authorizing
the Board of Commissioners OF said
district to incur Indebtedness and to is
sue negotiable bonds therefor amount
ing in the aggregate to the principal
sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars
($70, O000O) payable in principal and
interest out of the amount to be raised
by said annual contribution or acreage
tax during said period, and
Whereas, due and timely notice fo1
the timeand in the manner prescribed
by law was given of said election and
a majority in number and amount Of
the property taxpayers qualified as
electors under the law and constitu'
ton of the State Of Louisiana, voting
thereat authorized the Board Of Com
missioners to levy said tax of twenty
five (25) cents an acre for period
Of twenty (2O) years beginning with
the year 1920 and to issue bonds Of
said district in the said sum of Seven
ty Thousand Dollars ($70,0OO.00).
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of the Welst
Drainage District Number One OF JET
ferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, in SEES
sion duly convened that there shall
be and is hereby levied continuing
annual acreage tax or annual contri
button upon all the lands within th'
corporate limits Of said distdict in thu
sum Of twenty-five (25) cents an acre
| for said period of twenty (2O) year
beginning with the year 1920 and end
ing with the year 1889 and provision
to meet the requirements hereof, shall
in apt time and manner and season
annually hereafter be made by thi
Board Said tax when collected shall
be and the same is hereby appropri
ated to the uses and purposes herein
after declared.
Section 2. Be 1t further ordained
etc., that there shall be and are here
by ordered to be issued the negotiable
bonds of said district in the sum o
Seventy Thousand Dollars ($7O,OOO0O
dated the first day Of June, A. D. 1926
of the denomination of $4,000 eacl
all bearing interest at the rate OF fiv
(5) per centum per annum payabl
semi-annually on the first day Of De
cember and Of June in each year; sal
interest to be evidenced by interes
notes or coupons attached to sal
bonds respectively. Said bonds shal
be numbered from l to 14O, and shal
mature as follows:
l. MofDrif
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
MOTHERS

Do you know you can safeguard
your child against spasmodic Group by
keeping Vacher-Balm handy?
It gives instant relief, and Is also
the best thing for all kinds Of hurts.
Keep it handy, and avoid limitations.
If you cannot get it locally, send Boo
for a tube, to q. W. Vacher, Inc, New
Orleans, La.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
A Worthwhile .iob.

s, pessimist and an optimist were
s.ussing life from their different
Il. points. I really believe" said
u \. sosaler, that I could make bet
= world myself" w
rs returned the optimist.
what we are here for. Now,
seS to work and do it."--Boston
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
Everything comes if man will wait.
-Tancred.

state of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he iS
senior partner of the firm Of F. J. Cheney
g Co., doing business in the City Of To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that
DRIED DOLLARS for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9Th day OF December,
iseai1 4. W. Gleason, Notary Public.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is tax.
en- internally aRd acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
r. J. Cheney G Co., Toledo, Ohio.
E. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
2 Have q Clear Sweet Skin.

y rave q Clear Sweet Skin.
ss w plmples, redness, roughness
Z l.Snlngr Il any, with Cuticura ONT
- : Inen battle with Cuticura Soap
~. nO1 water. Rinse, dry gently and
On little Cutlcura Talcum to
2 fascinating fragrance on skin.
syWaere Csc each.--Ady.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
Whv Not2

IN your address to the cOnVen'
ion"
u shall conhne myself to plain com
,,n sense. It is an experiment, but
a shouldn't 1t workY-LOulsvlllC
rngler-JOurnal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

DR.. Peery's dead Shot" is powerful
but safe. One dose is enough to expel
Worms or Tapeworm. No castor oil nee
essary.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

of annexed interest coupons as they
severally become due. Both principal
and interest of this bond are hereby
made payable at the Calcasieu Nation
al Bank in the City Of Lake Charles,
Louisiana, or the Mechanics & Metals
National Bank in the City of New
York, N. Y, at the option Of the
holder.
This bond Is one Of series Of One
Hundred Forty GAO bonds of like
tenor numbered from 1 to 140, aggre-
eating Seventy Thousand Dollars,
CSC, 0000O) issued under the author
ity Of Article 281 Of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana, and in &C
cordance with the provisions Of Act
256 and Act 317 Of the General AS
sembly of Louisiana, for the year 1910
as amended and has been authorized
by the property taxpayers Of said Dist
riot qualified as electors at an election
duly called and held.
This is secured In principal and
interest by an annual contribution or
acreage tax Of twenty-five (25) cents
on every acre Of land comprised with.
in said Drainage District and subject
to taxation.
And it is hereby certified and recited
that all acts, conditions and things
necessary to be done precedent to the
issuance of this bond and the other
bonds of this series, in order to make
them legal, binding and valid obliga-
lions of said District, have been done
and performed in due form as requir
ed by law; that the total indebted
ness of said District, including this is
sue of bonds, does not exceed the con-
stitutional and statutory limitations
of Indebtedness and the tax necessary
to pay the same has been duly voted
and pledged and does not exceed the
constitutional or statutory limitations.
In witness whereof the Board Of
! Commissioners of the Welsh Drain
age District Number One Of Jefferson
Davis Parish, Louisiana, by virtue Of
authority vested in them by the Con-
stitution and laws Of the State Of Lou,
isiana, have caused this bond to be
signed by its President, countersigned
by it's Secretary and sealed with its
corporate seal, and the interest cou-
pons hereto attached to be executed
by the Autographed facsimile sigma
lures of said President and Secretary
this first day of June, 1920.
| ..........'.......
Pres. Welsh Drainage District Mum
Der One.
Countersigned:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Said bonds snail Dc SlSneu ny InO
President of the Board Of Commission
ers of the said district and counter
signed by the Secretary and attested
nv the corporate seal OF the district.
The interest coupons shall be executed
by the autographed facsimile sigma
lures of the said President and Sec.
retary. Both principal and interest OF
said bonds shall be payable at the
Calcasieu National Bank in the CITY
of Lake Charles, Louisiana, or the
Mechanics & Metals National Bank
! in the City Of New York, N. T., at the
option Of the holder.
Section 8. Be 1t further ordained,
etc, that all bonds except as to num-
Der and date Of maturity shall be OF
substantially the following form:
No No. $4,000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
VEL SH DRAINAGE DISTRICT No. ]
OF jefferson Davis Parish.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS That Welsh Drainage
District Number One Of Jefferson Da
Wis Parish, Louisiana, acknowledges
itself to owe and for value received
hereby promises to pay to the bearer
1.-THE sum of $4,000 on the first day o.
June, 49,. with interest thereon
from the date hereof until paid at the
rate of five (5) per centum per an
nun, payable semi-annuaIly on thu
first day of June and December in eacl
! year upon presentation and surrende
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Unless the past has enabled US to
master the present, we will be slaves
to the future.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Doesn't hurt q bitl Drop a little
ffeazOne on an aching corn, instantly
bat corn stops hurting, then you lift
1 light out. Yes, magicl No humbug
A tiny bottle Of Freezone costs but
1 few cents at any drug store, but is
sufficient to remove every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
nd the calluses, without soreness OF
irritation.
FreezOne Is the sensational dis
oyey Of a Cincinnati genius. It Is
Vonierful-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

s0'get your enemies, and remember
lor friends.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

No really good complexion comes
out in the wash.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Patience i, the art Of hoping.--Vau-
yenargues.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

The good cook keeps her temper
nom boiling over.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Forget as many dlsagreeabIe things
ss you can.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Louisiana, or at the Mechanics q Met
ais National Bank in the City Of New
York, N. Y, at the option Of the hold
er, being semi-annual interest due that
day on It's improvement bond dated
June LIST, 1920, No...."
sssssSssSs.s'''S.
President.
sss.s.....ssssss
Secretary.
Said bonds shall be registered by
the Secretary of State OF Louisiana
and shall have endorsed thereon the
words:
State of Louisiana,
"Ofice Of Secretary Of State: IS.
This bond secured by a tax. Reg
istered on this ...... day. 1920,
...,....
GREAT SEAL Secretary of State
Section 8. Be 1t further ordained
etc., That the Welsh Drainage District
Number One shall and hereby does
covenant and agree with each and ev
cry holder of said bonds or any Of
them, that In apt time, manner and
season it will cause to be levied and
collected a direct annual special tai
upon all the property of said district
subject to taxation sufficient to pro,
vide for the payment of the principa
and interest of said bonds as and Wher
they become payable respectively; tt
the payment whereof, the said specia
tax is hereby irrevocably pledged. Pro
vision to. meet the requirements here,
Of shall be made by an annual appro'
priation bill.
Section 4. Be it further ordained
ETC., That this ordinance shall take eff
feet from and after its passage and
publication.
Adopted and approved April 10, 1926
S. M. WATKINS,
Pres. Board of Commissioners.
Attest:
JOHN T. HOOD, Secretary.
April 1924 May 1-8-15-22
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

! man knows he is in the wrong
'aa anOrd to get angry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

ikened question whether life
bends changes meant be hard is that
its
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

The first thing to do, if you have
not done it, is to fall in love with
your work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
Pres. Welsh Drainage District Mum
Der One.
Countersigned:
Countersigned
Secretary.

Subioined to said bonds shall be
interest coupons of the proper number
to evidence the several installments
Of interest to accure thereon respect
lively, and except as to date of ma
turity, number of coupon and number
of bond to which attached said cou-
pons shall be in substantially the fol-
owing form:
No S12,5O
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

There's no reason why person should take sickenng
sslivatng calomel when few cents buys large bottle
Of Dodsons Liver Tonea perfect substitute for caomel
It Is pleasant vegetable liquid which will start
your liver Just surely calomel, but 1t doesn't
make you sick and not salvate. Take . spoonful
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
..ss.s...ssssss...
Secretary.

Secretary.
Said bonds shall be registered by
the Secretary of State of the State Of
Louisiana, and shall have endorsed
thereon the words.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
"Ofice of Secretary of state, IS.
"This bond secured by tax. Reg.
istered On this ...... day off,.
1920.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Of Dodson's Liver Tone instead and you will wake up
feeling great No more bousness, constipation, slug.
gshness, headache, coated tongue or sour stomach.
Your druggist says if you don't find Dodsons Liver
Tone acts better than horrible calome your money is
waiting for you. Even children like its pleasant taste
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
COUPON.

On the first day Of (June) (Decem-
ber), 10. 80, Welsh Drainage District
Number One of Jefferson Davis Parish,
Louisiana, promises to pay to bearer
Twelve and $4,000 Dollars ($12.50) at
Calcasieu National Bank in the City
Of Lake Charles, Louisiana, or at
Mechanics & Metals National Bank
in the City of New York, N Y, at the
option of the holder, being interest
due that day on its public improve
ment bond dated June LIST, 1920. No. +,
ssssss.sss...'Ss
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01
GREAT sEAL) Secretary Of State"

GREAT SEAL) Secretary Of State"
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
ETC., that there Is hereby levied the
sum Of twenty-five (25) cents per acre
upon each and every acre of land with
in said District for twenty 900 years
beginning with the year 1920 and end
ing with the year 1899. the entire pro.
ceeds Of said tax SO far as the same
is necessary is irrevocably pledged to
the payment Of the bonds hereby
authorized.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
etc., that the Welsh Drainage District
No. One of Jefferson Davis Parish,
Louisiana, shall and hereby does cove
nant with each and every holder OF
said bonds or any Of them in apt time,
manner and season, out Of the pro-
ceeds of taxes collected there shall
be and is hereby set apart net sum
sufficient to pay and discharge the
principal and interest of said bonds
as and when the same become due
and payable in accordance with the
provisions Of Section Of this ordin-
ance.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
etc., that this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its
passage and publication.
Adopted and approved April 18th,
1920.
s. M. WATKINS,
Pres. Board Of Commissioners
Welsh Drainage District Num-
Der One.
Attest:
JOHN T. HOOD, Secretary.
April 1924 May 1852
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-09

the past few years. They can scarce
ly complain when they have running
water in their rooms, good baths, cleo
trio lights, electric stoves, motors on
their sewing machines and every 9TH
er kind of machines around the place.
with cars to ride to town in and the
best of everything to eat, most OIL II
raised right on the place where they
know all about it and don't have to
take chnaces on it, as they do in the
city.
The recent demonstration made by
the automobile dealers on their tour
with trucks through good portion
of the state, has awakened new III
terest in power farming and we may
expct to see many Of the people in
the cities migrating to the farms II
the very near future, where they car
live in peace and plenty.-Jackson
vile Times-Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-09
INVENTIVE GENIUS
RObS CALOMEL OF
NAUSEA AND DANGER

Doctors Favorte Medicine Now Purified aad
Refined from All Objectionable Effects. 'Ca''
otabs"--the New Name.
What will human ingenuity do next
Smokeless powder, wireless telegra,
phy, horseless carriages colorless
iodine, tasteless quinine,-now comes
nausealess calomel. The new improve
ment called "Calotabs' is now on sale
at drugstores.
For Mliousness, constipation and
indigestion the new calomel tablet Is
practically perfect remedy, as EVIL
denced by the fact that the manufac-
turers have authorized all druggists
to refund the price If the customer is
not perfectly delighted with Gallo
tabs. One tablet at bedtime with a
swallow of water-that's all. Nc
taste, no nausea, no gripping no salts
BY morning your liver is thoroughly
c,eansed and YOU are feeling fine
with hearty appetite. Eat what
you please-no danger-go abou
your business.
Calotabs are not sold in bulk. Get an origina
package. sealed Price thirty-fve cents.-(Adv
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-09
FARMING
IN FLORIDA

Farming in the South was carried .
on so long with horses and mules that
it became a common tern to speak of |
a one-horse farm, two-horse farm |
and four-horse farm Those were
the days of plenty of help and taking
things as they came and in some re-
spects they were very good days for
the farmers,
Today everything is changed. The
farm has become a power house of
energy 1t is conducted as business
proposition on business basis, with
experts in agriculture and live stock,
with bookkepers and even stenograph-
ers, where the place is large enough
to warrant this. The old methods of
farming a few acres are giving way
to more expensive operations and
they must necessarily be carried on
with more efficiency and greater en-
VI SN' lhio vans lol pONSl anu liiou-
ern facilities and equipment and to-
day the farm is as much a manufac-
turing business as the biggest factory
in the country
Flowing, cultivating and even plant
ing are now done with power, either
the regular tractor or the small one
horse tractors that are all right fol
small farms and accomplish much
more than a horse and never get tired
and have to be fed only when al
work Crops are harvested by power
machinery and feed is placed in thu
silo by power machinery and thu
[ farm is lighted by power machiner.
and everything around the house i
! run by this power machinery, in fact
I the whole farm is charged with pow
; er and seems to move automatically
! Horses and mules are gettin
I lscarcer every year. Everything
8 hauled with motor trucks or five
! converted into miniature trucks an
I the boss and the family do their e.
: rands in an automobile of some kint
ranging from the common or garde
= variety of fiivver up to the larges
limousine This facilitates matter
very greatly and also salves the fee
ings of the family if they had any o
lection to living in the country, whio
! lot of families had until the
learned of the additional comfor
that have been added to the farm
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-09

There are only twenty states IN the
Union with more daily newspapers
than Florida, and our state Is thirty
third in population.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-11-24
ASSOCIATION
 MEETS FRIDAY
Committee on Fish Commis. sion to Report = Other
 Matters to Be Discussed.

"It is desired that there be a full attendance at Fridays noon-hour meeting of the Juneau Commercial Association as there will be at least one or two matters of importance to be discussed" declared President Allen Shattuck this morning. One of the things to be taken up,' he added, will be the report of spec ial committee recently appointed on the fisheries question.
 The regular meeting date is to- morrow, but postponement was ,als- ed by the fact of it being Thanks giving. Although there has been no meeting so far this month, the last regular date falling on Armis- tice Day, another holiday, and was postponed. it is planned to rush the regular business and devote all time possible to special matters and it IS stated this business will be conclud- ed within the usual time limit As usual, the meeting will be held at the Alaska Grill It is requested that members be on hand promptly at 12 o'clock so there will be no delay about opening the session.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-11-24
BISHOP CRIMONT MAY
 ARRIVE NEXT FRIDAY

There is a probability that Bishop J R. Crimont of the Catholic Church of Alaska. is a passenger on the steamer Northwestern arriving here Friday according to statement made this morning by Father A. ]. Roccati Bishop Crimont has been absent several months on a visit to various churches in the Interior and along the coast.
 On one of the last boats down river from Fairbanks enroute to Whitehorse and home, he was caught by the freeZeup at Panama and after 2 delay of several weeks returned over the winter trail to Nenana. From there he came out by the way of Broad Pass and the Alaska Rail road, arriving at Anchorage about 8 week ago. II is believed he got to Seward in time to get passage on the Northwestern.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-11-24
BIG EATERS GET
 KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts at First Sign of Bladder Irritation or Back
 ache.

The American man and woman must guard constantly against kidney trouble because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood is filled with uric acid which the kid neys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, become sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and the result is kidney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline in health.
 When your kidneys feel like Jumps of lead. your back hurts or the urine Is cloudy, full of sediment or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach or you have rheumatism when the weather is bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts: take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your Kidneys will then act fine This famous salts is made froA1 the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lthia, and has been used for generations to flush and stim- ulate clogged kidneys, to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder disorders.
 lad Salts is inexpensive, cannot injure. makes a delightful efferves- cent Whitewater beverage, and be- longs in every home because nobody can make a mistake by having good kidney flushing any time.