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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
SUBMARINE CREW
OF THE SIS SAVED
Imprisoned Men Snatched
From Death in WaterlOged
Undersea Craft.

Washington.-The United States
submarine SIS went nose DOWNWARD
Wednesday in the Atlantic ocean 1llIy'
five miles east of Cape HenIopen'
The SIS has been on special recruit
ing duty at Atlantic ports. She was
under command of Lieutenant Com
mander c. M. Cook.
The other officers detailed to the
SIS, as reported, are: Lieutenant D.
G. Gresham, home address not given;
Ensign ]. Bailey Longstaff of Ne
braska and Gunner Robert Holt OF In
diana
A telephone buoy tossing on the
waves in the path of the steamship
General Goethals revealed the plight
of the crew of the submarine S-5, sub
merged for more than thirty-slx
hours off the Delaware capes. The
bell on the buoy was ringing and a
small boat was Immediately lowered
from the General Goethals. The boat
reached the buoy, cut in on the tele'
phone apparatus on it and then from
the depths of the seas came this mes
sage:
"The submarine SIS has been sub
merged for thirty-fiye hours. Air is
running short Machinery damaged.
Send for help"
The General Goethals Immediately
sent out radio messages telling OF the
plight of the submarine and then stood
by to render whatever aid was pos
sible, keeping in communication with
the submerged vessel by means of the
telephone on the buoy.
Messages from the General GOethals
said that sufficient air had been got
ten into the hull to revive" the crew,
and explained that the SIS position in
the water was almost vertical
Cables from the submarines stern
to the General Goethals proved suffi-
cient to hold her to the surface, and
men were landed who cut the hole
through which the air pipe was intro
duced Ordinarily the air supply in a
submarine of her type would suffice
to keep her crew alive seventy-two
hours, but her peculiar position in
dicated that much of the air had been
lost.
Rescue boats came up with lifting
apparatus and expert workmen and
hole was cut in the stern Of the sub,
through which the entire crew were
gotten out after being in their sub
merged prison 40 hours.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
OPINION ON SALE
OF SCHOOL LANDS
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
SAYS PARISH TREASURER
is ONE TO ACT.
SALE MUST Be AUTHORIZED
Sale If Authorized Must Be Made by
Parish Treasurer-SaIe To Be
Conducted According to
Requirements.

Baton Rouge--In answer to ques
tons of Superintendent Harris Of the
State Department of Education re
garding the sale of Sixteenth Section
school lands or the sale of the timber
and mineral rights on such lands AS
sstant Attorney General l.. E. Hall
sent letter to Superintendent Harris
which says:
In your letter of the 23rd instant
you ask to be informed what pro
Ceedings are necessary to effect sale
of Sixteenth Section school lands OF
of the timber or mineral rights on
such lands, what authority should
conduct the necessary election, who
should make the sale, and what com,
mission, if any, should be paid.
1T is provided by Act No. AZ OF
1913 as follows:
That parish school boards sh@-.
have authority to rent Sixteenth Sec
ton lands, sell timber or lease mineral
rights of same by revolution of the
boards and without the authority of a
vote of the electors Of the township in
which the lands are located. All leases
for the Sixteenth Section lands and
sales of timber on Sixteenth Sections
shall be executed by the superintend-
ent and treasurer of the parish school
board. The leases of mineral rights
of Sixteenth Section lands and the Six
teenth Section lands shall be executed
by hte parish treasurer of the parish
in which the Sixteenth Section lands
are located. All elections to authorize
the SAFE Of Sixteenth Section lands
shall be conducted by the parish
school boards. All funds realized
from these sources shall be placed to
the credit of the current school fund
of the parish in which the Sixteenth
Section lands are located
Sixteenth Section scnool lands can
not be sold unless the sale has been
authorized by a vote Of the inhabitants
of the township in which the lands
are situated Section 1858 of the Re-
vised Statutes provided that the cleo
ton should be ordered and conducted
by the treasurer of the parish in the
manner prescribed by the section,
whereas the act quoted above provides
that the election shall be conducted
by. the parish school board. 1t fol-
lows that an election to authorize the
sale Of Sixteenth Section school lands
shall be ordered and conducted by the
parish school board in accordance with
the requirements Of Section 1858 Of
the Revised Statutes.
1T is provided also by the act re-
ferred to that the sale, if authorized,
shall be made by the parish treasurer,
the manner in which he shall proceed
and the. terms and conditions of the
sale being prescribed by Section 1850
of the Revised Statutes, which in all
respects must De observed by him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
TOLD In A FEW LINES.

Natchitoches. = Cotton, which Ia
opening very rapidly is about two
weeks earlier than in 1919 Natchi
toches lays claim to having raised the
first bale Of the 1920 crop in Louis
lana. Tom Prudhomme reports hav.
Ing ginned thirty-four bales of cotton
to date of August 81 against six bales
at the same date in 1919.
Natchitoches. - Four consecutive
days of hot dry weather have much
encouraged farmers and caused cotton
to begin opening rapidly. There is
the usual exodus of house servants for
the cotton fields, trucks coming long
distances to convey the pickers to and
fro. Gins are ready for operation and
a number of bales have been ginned
but are not finding ready market.
Ruston. -Ruston has a new 5000, 900
corporation as a result Of activities on
the part OF the Ruston Chamber of
Commerce. The new concern will be
known as the Ruston Ice and Storage
Company with David James as man.
ager, and he and T. L. James as the
stockholders.
NatchitoChes.-Dr ]. B. Pratt, pres
ident of the Parish Board Of Health,
has announced that Charlton has made
its appearance near Cypress in this
parish
Arcadia. i N Lummus, one of the
stockholders of the Lummus Oil Com
pany, has returned from Florida and
will resume oil activities in this Sec
ton, in the interest Of his company.
Natchitoches. Captain Gregory of
Shreveport met with the local advisory
board of the Salvation Army when re.
ports were submitted and J. A. Gan.
non, J. H. Keyser and L. E. Hudson.
with j. T, Sandlin as alternate, were
elected delegates to attend the meet.
ing of Salvation Army workers to be
held in Shreveport September 10.
Arcadia. Arcadia received its first
bale of new cotton Wednesday when
Jim Baker, negro, brought in bale
to be ginned. The cotton was raised
on the place Of Dr. R, C. Ferguson.
st. Martinville. Rice cutting and
threshing was in full blast in this Sec
ton last week, but planters are de.
moraIized because Of market condi-
lions,
St Martinyille.- The Parish Demo
cratic Executive Committee met Tues
day and selected commissioners for.
Tie primary election September IA.
Natchitoches. - Sergeant Arthur Guy
Empey is spending two days here TAX.
ing pictures Of Interesting portions OF
tue city.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
BLAME NOT ENTIRELY HERS
New Maids Attitude Not Inappropri.
ately Compared With That Of
Some Politicians.

In a recent political gathering the
following story was told apropos OF
the coming national election:
whichever side wins, Pm afraid
will act as did the new maid.
"The new maid was entirely make.
shift, and the mistress bore with her
patiently at first. But on the third
day she placed very unclean dinner
plate on the table and patience broke
down.
Really, Mary. you might at least
see that the plates are clean
swell, num-, Mary rejoined, 4 owns
to them thumb marks. but that dried
mustard was there afore | come"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
New Law Retires Gen. ]. E. Stuart

The provisions. of the new civil
service retirement law resulted in the
discharge by Postmaster General Bur-
leson's orders of $50 postal employees
at Chicago and their efforts at rein
statement attracted the attention of
the whole country. The result of their
efforts was that IL of the $50 have been
notified that recommendations for
their reappolntment had been filed
with the civil service commissioners.
One of the veterans not named
among the IL is Gen. James e. Stu
art, aged seventy-eight, chief postal
Inspector for the last four decades.
At twenty he rescued his coun.
try's flag in the battle of Stone River
He was cited twice during the Civil
war for bravery, and was mustered
out in command of regiment. A
year later he entered the postal serv.
ice but still kept up his military work.
In the fifty years following he be.
came one of the best known postal
inspectors in the United States. and cl
In the Illinois national guard
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
Curtis Renominated in Kansas

Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas
has been nominated in the Republican
primary for reelection. Public at
tentiOn was directed to this primary
because there was feeling that it
was In way test of the sentiment
in the Suntl0Wer state about the in
dustrial relations court law that calls
for compulsory arbitration of disputes
when the public welfare is involved.
Gov Henry ]. Allen, the author of
this unique. Kansas law, was also a
candidate for nomination for re-elec-
ton. There seemed to be an idea that
Allen and Curtis were in the same
boat and would sink or swim together.
Aliens victory was sweeping.
Senator Curtis was elected TO the
United States senate in 1907 to fill
out the uneXpired term of Senator
j. K. Burton, resigned, succeeding
Senator A. w. Benson, appointed nd
interim. In 1912 he received the pop.
ular vote for the senatorial nomina
tion, but lost under the district plan
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
heLlnneh!9ht
Greenwoods Appeal to Ireland

Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief sec
rotary for Ireland portrait hereWIth)
says: There has never been time
when the Irish executive, the British
cabinet, and the house OF commons
were more DESTROYS of settling TINS
age-I0ng Irish question and we are
ready to welcome representation from
every quarter as to the best method
Of solution"
According to the prep0nderahce Vi
press representation there are three
voices from Ireland that are gradual
ly making themselves heard above the
confusion. Two Of them proceed from
the two extreme Irish factions: one
from the Orangemen of the horlh
who insist upon maintaining the lrlSlI
system as it is; and the other from
the Sim Feiners, who demand lilue-
pendence. Between these pOhcleS HES
the middle course of dominion govern
ment, backed by, the Irish DOMINION
league. The founder of tins league
and leader Of moderate Irlsh
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
Ferris Defeats Gore for Senate

Representative Scott Ferris has
defeated Senator Thomas P. Gcre for
the Democratic nomination for United
States senator from Oklahoma. The
primary contest had features out of
the ordinary which attracted wide.
spread attention, In the first place,
Senator Gore is blind and 1t has been
held in Oklahoma that sentimental
vote would keep him in his seat for
years. He has served since 1907 and
his majority in 1914 was over 10000.
In the second place Senator Gore
was the author of the Gore resolution
of 1916. warning Americans not to
travel aon belligerent ships, which was
decisiyely beaten in the senate. Later
he voted for the Lodge reservations
to the League of Nations.
Scott Ferris on the other hand,
has been warm supporter of the
presidential policies in the lower
house. So the political sharps profess
to see considerable significance In his
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
Gibson OFF to His Warsaw Post

Hugh s. Gibson, United State.
minister to Poland, has been on Iaono
IN washington. He is now about to
leave for his post. The dispatches 60 ~ =
mat the Polish situation REQUIRES his
presence at the Polish capital"
Very likely this is so. ANYWAY tho
situation round about Warsaw apnoaro
to De full of interesting posslbiiItioo
ASIDE from the military situation thar
is apparently enough going on IN .
diplomatic way to keep one envov
extraordinary busy.
Washington appears to be nuzzIo,
by reports from abroad. Premier
Lloyd Georges announcements +hot
Great Britain had informed GanoraI
Wrangel that any further attack Nv
MIN on the bolsheyiki would ba IN
mis- own responsibility came almost
on the heels of Frances recognition
OF and promise of material aid "a
the anti-bolsheyist leader.
The action Of France In recoO.
70 have met with the spnrovel ~ -. q
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
The ohservant Fliyverist,

Some of those big financial folks
must be takin' quite little vacation"
remarked Farmer Corntossel.
what makes you think SOP"
Nobody has taken the authority in
quite some time to boost the price of
gasoline"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
Values Of carsoes Shipped.

Beaumont, Texas.-Cargo values ont
OF Beaumont continue to increase from
month to month, according to figures
in the office Of the customs collector
Cargoes valued at more than Sc 900.
900 were moved from the port Of
Beaumont alone during the month of
August.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
Population Of Four Texas ceurti.,.

Population Of Four Texas Counties.
Washington.-The population for
four Texas counties was announced
by the census bureau Saturday. They
are: Guadalupe. including the town
of Seguin, 27,719, gain 2,S06; Seguin
1851, gain SIS. Red River County, in,
Guiding ClarksvilIe, s5,S2S,, gain 1885:
GAINESVILLE, 1885, gain 1891. Yoakum
County, 604, loss SO; Delta County, IT,.
SS7, gain 1921.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Austin, Texas.-Governor Hobby
mas called a meeting Of the committee
recently appointed to prepare public
utilities bill to be presented to the reg.
ular session of the legislature next
January, the meeting to be held in
Austin September l3.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

New York.-A shipment of $4,000.
600 In gold left France Saturday for
the United States as part payment of
Frances share of the Anglo-Frencb
loan, maturing October Is, it was an.
nounced Friday by the French finance
mission o
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Houston, Texas. Albert Sidney
johnston Camp, Sons Of Confederate
Veterans, Thursday elected Clarence
wharton, son of Major General John
A. Wharton, G. s. A., as commander
OF the camp to succeed William D.
Cleveland, Jr., resigned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
Take ''Dodson's Liver ToDay,

Here's my guarantee! ASK your
druggist for bottle Of DOdsOn's Liver
Tone and take a spoonful tonight,
II It doesn't start your liver and
straighten you right up better than
calomel and without gripping or max
ing you sick want you to go back
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Toronto, 0nt-E. F. Woodward
Houston, Texas, was awarded the high
average prize of the Canadian Ma.
tional Exhibition Trapshooting tourna.
msnt Friday. His score was 1888 out
Of possible 800.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
Is There Enounh To rastea

"HoN does your wife like having a
kitchenette?"
Fine! You should taste some of
her mealetteS."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
GRAMMAR AS II
Third Man Had Alm Vi
He Was Ansisahs
Corrected. !

First Sergeant Gllua |.
kane recruiting statlri
the following incident Vii
when three Of the spfd
station were making n
the director Of the UHhas
rine Corps institute QnFAl
Two of the applltslk i
the word grammar IS tH1
were busily making eors
the third applicant fa1l
asked:
What are you chang!
grammar for?"
"Why. We spelled ! Z
swered one Of the spilus
"Give me that EuhA
third man. 'Darned flE
1t with two ms nlyselt I
Bulletin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Take the golden mean-the middle
OF the road - in whatever you do.
Avoid extremes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11


Representative Ferris elected the Seh serving
of
house he chairman of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

nationalist opinion Sir Horace Plunke authority for the statement III
PUBIC speech that the situation Ireland is gravey alarming w ~
mas been within his knowledge sixty leader of the Uno
o EDWARD Carson has similar He said during
Ge0ae IN the house of that he anything ike u
state of anarchy prevailing
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11


primary and in 1914 ne gained
In the election defeated Neeley Murdoch Progressive
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Inspectors the United States and
n the Illinois national guard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

to t. the store and q.
TIA Take a spooafssI' d !, =
table Dodson's LI /
wake wake up feeling n, =.
harmless, 50 give !
any any time. II caa ! y
Ihem eat anythlD.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

s.-SupermtenCent A. P.
Thornton of the American Petroleum
Oil and Drilling Company started drill
ing an oil we'll near here last week and
OpelOusas people are predicting oIa
of the greatest oil fields in the country.
Biologists and practical oil men, in
Guiding Mr. Thornton, have expressed
the opinion that the field is an ex-
tremely promising one. The drilling
contract calls for depth of 5000 feet,
and sufficient amount Of piping is al
ready on the ground for more than
one-half Of that depth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Colfax-The new town council of
Colfax is to be credited with some
fine street work. Eight streets have
been nicely graded, and the bitches
and cutters have been cleaned.
! Arcadia. Cleanup Day" was OBJ
served in Arcadia Wednesday as a re.
suit OF which the town presents a very
much improved appearance.
st. Northumberland will be a
meeting OF members Of the Southern
Rice Growers Association of the
Teche district in their office at Jean.
erette, for election of a director for
the season Of 1902 There will be
several questions of Importance to the
rice industry discussed at this meet.
ing.
Plaquemine.-Sam Polizgotto, q
merchant of this town, has been ap-
pointed member of the jury commits
sioners, in place of Lyman P. Rhodes,
who has resigned.
0pelousas-When the Frisco freight.
No. 43, pulled into Opelousas Con.
ductor ]. E. Hadley, as usual, dis.
mounted from the caboose preparatory
to receiving his running orders, but
was shot and badly wounded, former
Conductor Surrency being charged
with the shooting.
Opelousas. The cottonseed oil mill
will begin operation as soon as the
cotton season opens and will continue
as long as cottnOssed is available
The compress. under the management
Of Robert Perkins. ID in readiness
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-14
EXCURSION RATES ON RAIL
ROADS EFFECTIVE JUNE 1

Summer rates to fishing. tourist and
camping resorts in the Rockies Of
Colorado will be put into effect on the
Denver 4 Rio Grande June 1, accord
ing to schedule just issued by w. H.
Cundy, assistant general passenger
agent.
Local weekend excursion fares will
be on sale Saturdays and Sundays,
June 9th to September 25th, with o
final return limit Monday following
the date of sale. Thirty-day excur-
sion tickets will be sold daily, June
to September 81; and excursion fares
to fishing resorts will be on sale Sat-
urdays only, fifteen days being the
limit for return. These will be sold
between June 5th and September 25th.
The circle route excursion fares
from Denver, Colorado Springs, Man
itou, Pueblo and Trinidad to Durango,
Mancos and the Mesa Verde national
park will be on sale daily from June
LIST to September 30th, with a thirty
day limit for return. Stop-overs will
be permitted on all railroad tickets
except the weekend excursion fares.
It is announced. and excursions to
fishing resorts.
These will be the first excursion
rates to offer since the roads were
returned to private management.
Fares will run from one and one-third
to one and one-half.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-14

Mrs. Hannah Winters this week re-
ceived from the War Department q
beautifully engraved memorial, pres
ented by the French Government to
the nearest Of kin Of those who died
for France during the Great War.
The memorial was sent in memory of
her son, Elmer Winters, who died on
October 8, 1918, while en- route with
his regiment to France. The young
man was buried ut sea and a week ago
his personal effects were forwarded TO
his mother from the Port Of Embark
ment, Hoboken, N. J.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-14
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, May i

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, May 10
Ranchers near Clifton were report
ed today to be using dynamite in ef-
fort to change the course Of the raging
Grand river and prevent it from over
flowing the lowlands. Frank Hatton,
leader Of the men employed at this
work, saw three acres Of his best land
ruined by floods in 1917 and hopes to
prevent q second loss.
New Channel Cut
The work today opened q new
channel go feet wide in a new place, il
was reported here, and will swing the
river enough to save the land which is
endangered.
The Gunnison river stood at the S1a
foot mark tonight. Big trees are
coming down from the highlands.
Reports from Delta say that the
river is bank full there and rising.
At the main street bridge here the riv-
er is within 13 inches Of overiowing
the wooden bridge built years ago. II
It runs above this barrier the entire
stream may be thrown out Of its
banks.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-14

The Monday Afternoon Club held
with Mrs. Arthur Miller on Monday
afternoon. A Mothers Day" pro-
gram vas given and was very inter
esting. After the program, Mrs.
Miller served refreshments. This is
the last meeting of the year and the
members feel that it has been very
successful year under the leadership
Of Mrs. E. G. Palmer, who is refining
president. Mrs. w. w. Mckee is the
president for the next club year.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-14
SOMERSET BRIDGE is THREAT.
ENED BY WEST SLOPE FLOOD
Ranchers Fear q Washout Would
ParaIyze Stock Shipments and Shut
on Towns

SOMERSET, Colo, May 1O--Reports
are being received daily from hills in
this region of the increasing floods
ern slope. The upper North fork OF
above normal, and the snow in the
mountains has barely begun to melt.
Ranchers have about given up hope
Of saving the bridge at that point.
Thousands of head Of cattle and sheep
will be cut off from their pastures II
this bridge gives out. Hay cannot be
bought Mt any price.
Work Day and Night =
The highway crews are working day
and night to get the road in shape to
rush cattle and supplies over the
the bridge before the flood stage is
reached.
The Anthracite river is now higher
than it has been in years. This river
usually does not boom until June. In
the highest submits along this stream
the snow is reported to be fourteen
feet deep. At Snowshoe mesa and
Coal creek three to four feet Of snow
is rapidly disappearing down the
swollen streams.
Spring Planting Delayed
Late in April last year the snow
was all gone in this region and spring
planting was well under way, but 60
far this year no planting has been
done.
In Snowshoe canon cattle have been
dying from starvation and poison
weeds which they are eating, Owing tc
shortage of grass on the few bare
spots on the hillsides.