The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-08

advantages worthy your most earnest and /
! careful consideration. Then tn logical T.
deduction is that with good farming lands,
! and concentrated railroad facilities, with lines
diverging, east, west, north and sOut
eF ssstly Lake Charles and its surrounding
,SIsfy is q most desirable locality, A visit
.1enis country will verify all you read In this
brief review. The city is admirably plated
on high ground, giving # ample Drainage
thus securing TO the people here
TIE HIGHEST Averages HEALTH
known to any region in tbegreat southwest
1t is veritable ssnitarium sglow with new
lie and impulse to the subject Of inclpieu'
consumption, asihma, bronchial affections,
general debility and kindred ills. The gener-
ally undulating surface, and porus structure
of the subsoils quickly absorbing the surface
water, contributes largely to the great degree
OF health in and around our city.
TIE STREETS
rare wide enough and well laid out. Ryan
, street is the principal thOFougbfsre running
! north and south, upon either side Of which
street are 10 be found the principal
BUSINESS HOUSES
) WHICH ere bNBHAhubAGi bGAEh huA lEhLlG kbIHE-
lures of good style Of architecture, with
handsome glass fronts, and neatly painted,
displaying neabness that is highly commend
able. The store ruOms generally are wide
t and deep, and well filed with merchandise
! and from the activity in and around them
t you will readily understand that laEge trade
is done by Lake Charles business men. You
D will further observe that the business men
e here show a push and energy in ali lines Of
trade, and while this is true, you will also
j see that there is no imitation, No craze. nor
e speculative boom, such as may be seen in
+ other towns that have published to the fuFth-
a ermOst ends of the earth their greatness, In
!, Lake Charles you viii find none EOf this
+ highly inflated TOmaBeIBg, Oar people give
}, no encouragement TO ''crazy bOOms" that have
b, infested 60 many tOWns, which TOO soon only
s burst, leaving their 8auzy web Of Vaporous
4 exadatiOns hanging over them like a funeTai
pail, with the boom trade mdrk ''hBsted, 81
stamped on every side. In this country W.
want no day dreameTs, highly Illuminated
sT fsnctful sketches OF gtlded palaesE, msrbi~
n Hopera blocks, >" "FEench fats" and Mich
olson pavements." The airy boom which
" come towns are taking on are becoming a.
St thin and Withered as FOrepsugh's circus bills
Ie or jules NeTBels extraordinary flights a.
, Imagination. But on the contrary, LAKE
Charles prefers the more conservative cOuTsr
q which alone insures p-TmADeBcy to he
uB successes, and she lie building up In be
a. permanent improgemeBtsfrom true merit as
~ TRADE CENTER,
founded on real advantages and resources
y. relying on these she Is gaining cOmmeTcia
,al aud business str-lgth with ''sLHylug qua
tfieg" Many a clear sighted farmer c0me
VI TO the Lake to do bis trading, when be cOuh
be more conveniently go to some O1her Tow
of INT he knows he can buy more advantage
~ ously in Lake Charles On every hand yO
~ can see the evidences of solidity aud thrift
o3 aud the rare good fortune to possess tB
lot right kind OF business men TO build up
or town. and their success Is assured, beCaus
the situation is here and they command /
w. Their financial rating, evidently iS not th
Der Tesult Of mere chance or speculation, ID
de evidence Of this shows for Itself i'll imPTOV,
a. ments and business aGcmumnlatjO 8 thu
~ come through the legitimate sTtsTie Of trad
aus ih a good country, By men who came hel
OF backed by pluck aud ipdOmitable energ
rh. aud with an abiding faith in the future
I their town and surrounding county. Hel
ilh you will end the cOmmendable feeling 4
any loyalty TO their Town IN ali that is calculate
, 70 further the Interests of their coBImuuil
- considered collectively or individual
LA' Every man, woman and child here imbu,
with d loyalty and determination to make Vi
great Lake City and surrounding count
..r. prF-eminent in everything This spirit
H" eaIehiug and iniuses Itself through the veil
atty Of everybody, like electricity, within We,
r 10 after you get into Lake Charlss' atmOspher
noo THE RBsIDEECEs
and homes in a town sre as fair an index
anu the pr0ple ihhabitlng IT, as the charactrr
rlsh their business houses, while the store or ufi
shows something Of the business thrift al
commercial standing Of its owner, his dive
ing and its surroundings Indicate his intel
All gence refinement aud social and moral stat
nm and that Of his family as well. fthe visit
would apply this standard of measure to La
Charles, her many and, indeed. haudsoI
and c. " residences aud beautiful and W
lure kept door yards, indicate social and MOI
its record Of which every family In this city IN
Did, feel some degree OF honest pride.
A SOCIAL CITY.
ahu Lake Charles is decidedly a social little eli
In Nothing could speak louder for the ehaFaet
,nlv OF her people than their warm social feeliT
~ By nature we are social beings. When
WIG strangle sociabiiity, the obituary Of elvilii
ton Is as good aH written. The EociAbility
the people Of this city exhibits, cOmplet,
ths GnnihtlRtes the sour-Yisaged, chilly lndiv
uals who see nothing but frOwhs and sbiilOl
vel ness In the world. If their frigidity can
on touched, It is soon thaWed ont IN La
mar Charles, by that cordial, hospitable snd kind
=, greeting extended TO all whether rich
70 poor, Society here isgauged BY character,
CENT caste, no Bhoddy aFistoeFaey, 40 Ruperfie
,gest fastidiousness, no disgusting ptudisbm
a,d exist In Lake Charles. All .Ta kappyt bu'
49, ant freehsaFLed and social In sthAt deg
aud which ezhibits the highest type OF culture
PUBLIC soBooL.
While the bnsy ''rusgliBg,h people 81 La
Charles are looking after their business q
very commercial interest, they are not fOTgetful
the the great truth. that good schools are
hatr tau Ilzaaflon walls aQpn which rest Dc aeEp
structure Of good mofals, good saep
ten and good aud intelligent eiiAsensllP i
King government, aud have given iheii sch
chill system large share u their attention. 4
system here embraces full course Is stu
from primary TO high school denbxaRle
The public school building is q laFee *
naas modns two story structure. II Is oi "
handsome style Of architecture AmpAriaE
sonS appearance, and would do credit 70 4 (
egu- much larger than ours the people hes 2
well be proud Of their schOul balldiug II
~. standing Witnessed the pride they faiee
their educational matters, and will % "
rish, far indeed toward influencing good ssusi
liked tial immigration to Lake Charles
be.t HER CHuRgHEs
The religious tr, lining is by no 40
2ally neglected various denominations sf@ \
sople represented aud iibrrHlly supported
Yan attended. The Catholic, Baptist, MetSaa
1. "a Presbyterian and Congfeg stipRslist, y.
= Y have commociDus houses Of worship, ~
y be sOmely furnished With al modern tmBf1
some ments, and 10 every way fully 10 to
saad dignity of their material and CRfagaen
surroundings. They have pastors of u
nted ability and organized and A0nrshlnR Sabi
yoUF schools In connection with their EegE
services.
We would Ike TO cal The sitealion of
BUST vieltof before elosing thia brief reFiew. az
ciallg 70 the per cent of etreng men menti
aud morally, 10 thsa cpnamnaily Men
- superb mantal, social AMI bnsinass Qhaiit
the Fipe 10 expegiencs and the best was "
dred world Men of aplepdid energy ana -
sxas sgs ssa.s' 80 eSlla algnil sae hikl
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bus
-. Enan fho Troy aSaaszsl Chief
soas years as0 We were very Eaueh slibi
yS1 y severe speiia u cholera mofbns aud !
z e when ~ ieel any q TIE symptoms that i