The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-10
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FoHnsT GROVE, tGALpAsTEU PARISH, i
May list, 1879. ]

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! RoHnsT GROVE, iGAIGAsTEU PARISH,
May list, 1879. j
Editor Lake Charles ECHO;
Dear Sir-Having been q subscriber
! to the Csilcasieu Press, from Its first &c
/ its hast issue by the late John 4. Spence,
AMI 35vours paper sInceElts first number,
/ 7 have concluded t. write, fur the tirst
f titne. Il lev lines it,r publication. My
object will he To point out TO those who
are looking for nome some OF tire adj
yarItslqest Of C;llc4l8ieu over many other
sections blessed with a richer soil than
ours.
Ithink a fertile snil not all that con
stitutes 2 desirable country Tor those
vino wish to make comfortable and
independent living. The man seeking
= home should hare an eye first to trtte
soil and It's susceptibility Of improve
mart: secondly. to pasttlrage ant water;
thirdly, to health. and iOurtiliy 10 naVl-
patinp and q market for the surplus pro
Iiucts OF mis- labor.
In regard to soil this portion Of Gal
easEeu has advantages over many other
sections having richer lands. Though
We cannot boast Of orr cotton farms,
tnev will Weld fair return Tor our la
bnr. Corn gives good crop, and cane
natures well South Carolina caunDt
beat this section forFrice. it being inter
speTsed with many rich marshes rhuit
cir he flooded and matte to yield very
large RETURNS We now have Il first'
class rice mill located at Lake Charles.
by Mr. Jacob Ryan {; Sons. las a 1lo-
tatD growing country we challenge the
wurlG. both III quantity and quailty.
Demonstrations open che vearround, /
and there are al least fifty sail vessels
carrying On Il prosperous tfude with
Texas and southwestern Louisiana. Be
sides navigation we have a raiiroad IL
conrse Of cons ruction which will open !
trade direct with New Orleans, Hous
ton and tuu whole Of the great State Of
Texas. i
AS q grazing country it is as good. ]
taking the cnnvenlenctS ~ boundary, !
cane and marsh range, and access To
market rs cnp be fonnd III tlfe South,
As 10 climate we can UOGSt IL It's mid
temperature, cansetl by the daily ser
breezes that sweep over nnr ieVel anu /
Upen prairies tanning the summer ut
lniuss comparative paradise. /
1T is delightful to ride over onr lplNlrleS !
III apfingaud summer, and see fiie large /
herds Of nurses, citt;le and sheep, gFtt-
zing and Dseslsing underline con shades ,
Of tne nRmeIouo tgees dutting our ltul-
fie region.
As TO healthno place III the south !
can boast lis eqntl In pEoof uf TINS
phi %siclans who settle among ms deeiHre /
it is diSsfessingiy healthy aud leave Tor /
some more acongenial chime iorth ,tac-
tlce Of tIelr nroIeS5iun 4
Society ana schnois are rs good as ran \
reasonably be expected i'll II aparseiy /
settled country. 4
as u iaw abiding community we refer
strangers tp.Onr eflminn! docket as Il /
proof OF the stfety OF life and property /
among onr people. /
With these and many other NATURAL !
advantages that we could point out We /
cordially invite IarneTSi and stock lalsers
TO come and see ion themselves. and we
are satisfied they viii he delighted with |
onr countrg, anii settle down and assist /
Us Ill developing Its rich resonrceS.
Lands can be bought at vergilow figures
and Oh easy terms. More anon,
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