The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-07

ders, prices fair and In some cases an aovance has been given over the list for specIei orders. A large timber deal Is re- por.ed rom Dupont. where W. W. Gill sons purchased nine and half lots for sn.voo. Timber is choice. New owners VII operate naval stores and develop part oy saw mills.
 Favorable Reports from Beaumont. beaumont. Tex. Correspondence of The
 Rice harvesting has opened up in good shape in this county. The weather is ory ana favorable. and everything points 70 record crop. Latest advices from conservatives sources would indicate an average yield of twelve bags to the acre. As there are 54,000 acres planted in rice In this county (Jefferson) it is reasonable 70 expect good business for merchants tnis fall rom rice planters and farmers.
 The rice mills here have all commenced milling, although some little friction be- tween millers and planters as to tolls has had the effect of limiting the amount turned over to local millers to date
 The Beaumont Compress Company, or- ganized this month, report that their press is rapidly nearing completion and that they w.G be pressing cotton not lat CT than Oct. 10.
 At meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce held last week proposal from Iifai Bros. to start a center table fae- tory was favorably received, and the Chamber of Commerce will undertake to assist in raising the capital stock nec- essary. Much interest is being manifest cd In the opportunities offered here for manufacturing furniture and several par ties have written the Chamber of Com merce with a view to locating a factory here. The hardwood mills near to Beau mont have been increasing their output noiia, and the prices at which these woods can be obtained are evidently very at- tractive to furniture men.
 The Sour Lake Electric Railroad has laid several miles of its track and they expect to have their rails laid to Sour Lake about Nov. 1.
 Gen. 8. Ulchida, the Japanese consul at New York. was in Beaumont on the 18th with party of Japanese capitalists. They are considering the advisability of locating number of Japanese colonists here to engage in the rice business and the manufacture of mating.
 The oil situation at Spindle Top Is again improving. Several wells on the hill have Quadrupled their production in the last two weeks. oil men cannot satisfactorily account for the freakish na- ture or the oil supply, but the manner in which the field improves after a period of depression Is regarded by many as a strong indication of the permanency of the field.
 The stockholders of the Treadway Ca- nal Company have decided to increase their capital stock and lengthen their ca- nal to the full length originally contem- plated. The stockholders of the Atlantic Rice Milling Company have also decided to increase their capital stock so that they may handle double the amount of rice previously milled by them.
 The Gulf and Interstate Railway, the greater part of whose track was washed away by the Galveston storm of Septem- Der. 1903, have just completed their track to Boliver, and made their initial run into Galveston on the reconstructed track Sep tember 24. It is expected that the re- building of this road will greatly facili- tate and stimulate business between Gal- weston and Beaumont.