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The Rice Belt Journal. I'ubli I ed Ev\iery Friday by Welsh Printing Company, Ltd. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE. l:rct ,r'd at the vIstoflice at Welshb, La., as sccoliI c(i mnatter. FI I)AY, .JINE: 1, 190t 'Jo inrsiirt pubiiriettion all copy ghoul l he in 01!' Ufiu \\c u~CR!sdaZc noon. 44 E. E. KIMBALL ; SIs prepared to fuirnish TOMB STONES I of Any Description, on Short Notice. E. E. Kimball, Welsh, - - - Louisiana. i++++++ +++~+++~++~~~++++++ S S CONSULTING ACCOUNTANT. COLLECTIONS. W. P. RUSSELL, Jr., NOTARY PUBLIC. Welsh, La. rtec,y Welsh Lodge so. :W2 F. & A. 1M. "Becy Welsh Chapter, No. .0, 1t. A. 31. l ecorder \Velsh Commandry No. 10 K.T. " Clerk Welsh Camp, so. 176, W. O. W. S(i. (. Grand Lodge, K. of H. *OOOOOOOOOOOO 6 IRRIGATION. LAND SURVEYS. q I A. E. PARENT Civil Engineer, 1 4 ADDRESS 1 S WELSH, LOUISIANA. 4 ,db 1 º+i+++i+++ii+++OO+f+++++ý Rooms and Board. " FLORENCE HOTEL SPa!es $2.00 per day. MRS. J. M. HALL, pProprietress º.OOOOOOOPO,.OPOOOOOOO÷,##-,#,# ; fot an Cold i "E .A.d E.T, Prop. , 9 l 9I1i~l Sample Room. Bath Roo'. SIGNAL HOTELI L J. BOURGEOIS. Prop. Welsh, -- - La. Rates pe' dlay with baths *2.25 Bates per day without baths 2.00 Porter Meets All Trains. IHEBERT I ce Cream Parl&Ior For all Kinds of Soft Drinks, Ice Cream, ) Cake, Candies and y Fresh Fruits. SA. L. HEBERT, U At Walling's Old Stand, Welsh, La, 500 BARREL GUSHER IN WELSH FIELD CENTRAL CITY OIL COMPANY'S WELL NO. " ICAME IN AS A GUSHER THURSDAY. BEST WELL IN FIELD. New Wells Will be Begun at Once Homoe ('omIpany Has Let Contract for Well.---Work Will Ie Ilegun Satur day.--Several Other Wells in Sight in Near Future. The Cenral City Oil (' ompany's well number two came in Thursday after noon as a fine gusher. After it was baled out pure oil gushed tn a height of forty or fifty feet Although it pu! sated while being baled it soon settled down to a strong steady flow, various ly estimated at the rate of 2.0 to ti(t) barrels per day. This is pure oil free from water and equal in quality to the best oil found the field This is by far the best finished well in the field, being cased with a continuous string of P80 feet of six inch pipe which rests on the hard pan just above the oil sand. Below this there is ti) feet of four inch pipe and screen. The oil sand is 20.feet in thickness, just about double that of any other well in the field. The well is now flowin, a strong stream., completely tilling the two inci discharge pipe. Mr. Butlter the company's field man ager is to be congratulated on the suc cess which has met his efforts but the real credit for this splendid well is due chiefly to Welsh's expert driller, Mr. Jim Bowen. Before ieaving the field yesterday the Welsh Oil and Land Development Company contracted with Mr. Bowen to put down a well for them, work on which will be begun Saturday, June 2. We have it from reliable authority that there will be two more wells put down at once, at least one of these we'ls will be in a new field south of the track. Presi dent Sharp, connected with the Texas company, has assured interested part ies that his company will be in the field for work within a week. The Central City m)uipanmy will put doiw\n a third well in the coiursine of a few weeks. Towa Items. L. L. Funk made a i'sinmss trip to Lake c'harles [Friuav. .Mr. S,,tt fromn north of town was a Visituor at the Lake Saturda. I las'ie I ,;genýiach went to) Lakte tiharlis ton hu.sines Saturday. L. I. and ToIm lJouni swer.e blusines. i v. i. ( . 'p s(ea lra shted an tx t a, it ' ml'ii)i t ti)an tii)1Pc:, t' it t e a - thi e' t1i i h . 'tii hI. , ] udli if h(ii ( -tiilll n (iid-. .ff ne , l " l"i, hi is keeping ,, i i- a L kI *i i * 'es ti i'm. s etlt Manius with ii in )d hk at Iowa. Mi1. VtlIt 'ettirew hiad the inisfiur i l'hlt llu 1 nail int)o his foot. The a aiinuI. 1i.iss Ullie tNel• i% drilling the pu tiis of the liowa se'tol, preparinu for nl itirtltaiiiumeit to bie giiven in three weeks, at the cioe of the term. \Ir'. ..at Sharlit altl little ho(v anid iIrs. Titi Jiones andl cliid en fstaitedl f'uierday fte lht S'riings, Aikansas, hor a few weeks vest antl p)leasiuie. T''he Y. P. ,. ('. 1. electedt asdele. gates to the State ('onvention at Lake Charles: J. B. ('lark, Mrs. lEmily Li'htner. Misses Christina Pierce and Winnie Lyon. There Are Few people who know how to take care of themselves-the mnajority do not. The litver is a most iml)orltant organ in the toildy Herbine will keel) it in con dition. V. C. Simpkins, Alba, Texas, writes: "I have used Herbine for Chills and Fever and lind it the best niedicine I ever used. I would not be without it. It is as good for children as it is for grown Ul) people, and I recommend it. It is fine for La Grippe." by Sold Billon Bros. PHONE NO.7. The Welb Liery, ded and Sale Stlbles Rigs of All Kinds, With or Without Drivers. GIVE ME A CALL. CHAS. DAUTEL. Hi. R. KETCHUM, General Contractor Machinery and Boiler Hapiling a Specialty. 'Phone 207. Jennings, . .* La. AN EXPENSE TO THE PEOPLE. ('opy of Letter by F. M. Welch, I'rint ed in Tite.s-De,l,,erat. The Legislature of Louisiana will convene in regular session to-d ay. iMuch interest is heing manifested in the subjects which th, (;overnor's iutes sage will deal with, as the grea.tt waive of economic nmeasures in politics is the irincipal to pic of the day throtughout the country. and the taxpayers of LOulisilana are Vler Much interested, wishing to know if the conling Legis lature will be a buisnes session and act utpon lines that will he to the gener al welfare of the State in cutting down. expenses and taxation, at the same time placing a high license on a busi ness that can best pay it and do the greatest number of people the lestl harm. There are several legislative matters which should be taken up and laws passed that will save the people of this State several hundred thousand dol lars that would help to supply the demands for money mrtde upon our Legislature for education, immigra tion, good roads,etc. Laws should be passed placing the sheriffs, clerk of the court assessor and tax collect ors of the State salary basis. There is not another State in the Union that would submit or does submit to such outrageous sal aries which are paid the sheriffs, clerks of court and assessors of this State. Nor would any other State, corporation or individual pay the a mount which is paid the State tax collectors of the city of New Orleans for the service rendered. There cer tainly can be no reason why the taxes of the State, amounting to seven mills in the city of New C'rleans, should not be collected by one tax collector, as is done by the city where they collect tventy two mills and only receive, as I am reliably informed, about $7,o00 instead of paying something over *;l4,hI00I under the present arrange ment to the State tax collectors for collecting the seven mills. This cannot be claimed by the city members of the Legislature to he a city issue: it is a State issue as the fundls belong to the State- -not to the city. lTherefore every country Imem her has an equal right and interest with his i\ote in this matter which a cit''y mtlie her has. 'The slheritith of some of the l'au ishes of this State are this ye i t'eci ving fr'im $1,)ll 0,t to nearly i t, iit in different ways through the colnllissll,, coturt openings, etc..,ias unihTer the new law the courts aTe oiPIen a greater polrtion of the year, and each tine thiy are utiened the sheritl" is en titled toi B .' for dclc;at iig tlhe couirt opeined. i h r 'l 'tl' h'tl lh t II renonl ;t ogli why the off iceis of this Slate .huld receive any mere :'\' ty flta t. tl'ms. t'telks (if it i to t.ite.slics! atlz tax collect Irs of Te\xa.t ,li. hsib+iliii. .\laIuha .m Mi. s our, lou ,i a d iii iitlr Sitates' . This mitt.r liutld Ibe cotvitned taccordling to pouti it i, ts'-etl valuation and the ret li te'\lt t byi the liiiiishes , and a s~tiulated salari\ fixed for each par-in ish. atid all onf'nni lisiaonw 1r fees of aty kind Iaidt inti the sheriff's clerk of court. it' 55,i. O tttX cilleitor's otlice. wthich .exceed the amount naled, should gulointt the parisii or State treasiur and e tlevoted to pu ilic s.hold, goo'd toads, the old Confeder ate st;ldiers and imniii ratit in wortk. No doubt a hard fight will be made by the differenit officers affected lby such a lawto defeat it, and if they find that they cannot defeat the law they will try to postpone its effect until their term of otfice for which they were elect. ed or appointed expires. There can be no reason why any extension should be made. The State needs every dol lar which the tax pavers pay into the State treasury, and if proper laws are enacted the saving to thSte State in fees of the ohijicers named will amount to several hundred thousand dollars, which can be used for the purposes above named. The question arises, who is the man of the hour in tbe Legislature to take thismnatter up and stand for the right's of the people as against the few oftice holders who. with the influence which their enormous salaries give them ab solute control the politics of the State, the people having no voice in its affair. hEvery interest of this State I demands an immigration station in this city and if the State tax collectors' I oftices in this city were merged into one otffice and a reasonable and good salary paid to collect the seven mills, say $10,000, the surplus now paid with the increase of assessiuent which takes t)lace every year, would within four' years build for the State of Louisiana 4 an immigration station superior to anything in America, and assure this city and port some of the best steam- 1 ships running from European ports bringing here what this State is in so much in need of to develoit her re. sources, the highest class of white im migrants. Another law that is absolutely nec essary tor the general welfare of this State and, the city of New Orleans in particular, is a $1000 liquor license, ' framed in such a way that any incorpo rated town or city, including the city I of New Orleans, where the councils do 4 not make a 81000 license, the State must collect a license of $1000. If col- 1 lected by the State this money should 1 be aoplied in the country narishes for I education and good roads. The city of New Orleans comprises the whole of 1 the parish of Orleans; the money col. lected by the city or State should be i used in paving the streets for a nuin her of years. This license in the city of New Orleans woutld make it unnec essary for the bond issue as proposed by Capt. Hardee and Mr. Buck,and at the same time give the city an equal amount or more money and saves the people of New Orleans the $30,000, 000 interest which it is proposed to pay out under Messrs. Hardee and Buck's plan of bond issue. I do not know that such a law would be constitutional to divert a license collected by the State to city uses, but an amendment if nec essary would be voted covering this point. Any town or city where such a law passed would take advantage of it and secure the money for their special uses. If the laws above named are not pass. ed by this Legislature the next general State election will be fought out on those lines, and the next Governor of this state will be the man who will take those subjects in behalf of the people, and go before them with them as his platform in the next primary election, and the people of Louisiana, I believe, are going to feel like free men (as they have in other States) and vote for the principles and policies which will redound to the State's best inter ests. There will be no putting off until after the primaries and say that those matters can be regulated inside of the party after the election-they must be fought out in the primary or taxuayers will not vote in the primary election simply for the sake of giving some man an office without his advocating issues on economic and just lines, and pledging himself to support the meas. ures. The man will be found who is an ad vocate of those measures, and who will not be persuaded in his views by a few office holders against the people, or if the policies are intelligently pre sented to the tax-payers of this State the people will be found stronger than the men who have kept this burden on them for many years. Is there not some member of the Legislature who believes in the people's rights, and who will draft a bill along the lines indicated? THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONBy;I FINKLESTEIN'S Clearance Sale NOW GOING ON. PRICES ARE CUT RIGHT AND LEFT!! This SALE is the talk of the Whole Country, a4 never before was Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings sold so low. Only a ewr Prices ML.entioned. 15b Ladies' Vest; clearance price.....9c P. N. ('orsets, '1.25 and '1.50 ral 25c and 35c Ladies' \'ests............ 8c es; (e. aran price.....C ... .. ", Mens' Balbriggan Shirts and 25 pieces New Sunnier Lawn, reg I)rawers ,which others sell for ulnar 8c and l values............ 50c and 75e; clearance prices......20C Misses and C'hildrens' I)rop Stitch Elastic Seam Drawers, which others Stockings, white and black, reg sell at 50c; clearance price.........35c ular 25c values; sale pri.ce........ Mens' Fine Plants in cashmeres and The well known (;othaim Hat, reg worsteds, worth '2.50() and '3.00; ular '2.50 and '3.oo; sale price... ., - clearance price...................$1.48 .John B. Stetson I at, the kind that High Grade Tailor Made Pants, others sell at '7.5o; our price..... j5 worth '4.50 and '5 clearance Mensi' Work Shirts, worth 5oc; irice .................................... 2.98 (learance sale price................. Il Ladies' Walking Skirts, fine tmo- MeIns' Fine Monartch, Silver and hair and fancy nmixtures, worth P'rince Albert Shirts, regular'1 '5.50 and '6; ('learance prices... 3.98 sellers; leara(nce sale price...... Ic CLOTHING We Guarantee a saving of from $4.00 to $5.00 on " Each Suit of Clothes you buy from us. Remember, not only the above, but OUR ENTIRE STOCK will be placed on sale at Reduced prices. SThis Sale will last until our Summer Stock is cleared. We are coma pelled to make room for our Immense Fall and Wintor Stock Which will begin to arrive in the near future. N. FINKELSTEIN, SWELSH, . .. -. - -. LOUISIANA Cumberlaiid Telephone & Telegraph Co. LONG DISTANCE LINES AND TELEPHONES OF THISCOI*II ENABLE YOU TO TALK ALMOST ANYWHERE IN SOUTHEIN Il DIANA. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, I ISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA. WE CAN PUT YOU IN QUICK ill SATISFACTORY COMMUNICATION WITH THE PEOPLE OF TI GREAT SECTION Of THE COUNTRY. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE. IAI1 REASONABLE. EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES UNSURPASSED. JAMBS E. CALDWELL, LELAND HUME. T. D. Will Pres. and ben. Mgr. Sec. and Asst. Oen. Mgr. TruiliM &xoxooooooo : HIGHEST MARKET PRIG! Paid for your Rough Rite. Let us have samples I . Jeanerette Rice & Milling Co., Ltd. * Phone or write, C. L' RICHARDSON, Jr. . I. JEN4INO(S, ý JOS. VILLIEN, Blacksmithing and Horse Shoeit I have secured the services of J. G. Ewing, an EIP Horse Shoer, and am now Prepared to do First-Class Shoeing as well as Everything in the Blacksmith Line. GIVE ME A CALL. JOS. VILLIEN, WELSH, LOUISIANA.