The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-15

he, SuppOSlQP IL 10 Do a token OF ap-
probation from discriminating read
er, took home and enjoyed for dinner.
The following day he received this
letter; Dear Editor-Yesterday |
sent you q chicken in order to settle
dispute which has arisen here. Can
you tell us what the chicken died of"
a Crowley dispatch says: The early
morning train from New Orleans Sat
urday brought to the city two Japan
csc, who came to Crowley to investi-
gate the rice industry. One was Mr..
Rota, the japanese commissioner to
the Worlds Fair, and the other vas
Knakamura, journalist of Toxic.
They were accompanied by J. P.
Adams, of New Orleans.
Sid keoughan, of Jennings, well
known in Welsh, left the first of the
week for Mobile, Alabama, and yes,
terday sailed from that city to Bocas
Del Toro, Panama, where he and an
other Mobile party have the contract
to build railroad inland to the large
banana plantations. G. W. Brown,
civil engineer of Jennings, will as
sist in the work.
S. Locke Breaux, a prominent rice
broker of New Orleans and one of the
leading authorities on that cereal,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday here
the guest of his friend, Paul w. Dan
iels, and looking after his rice inter
ests south OF town. In company with
Mr.. Daniels he made trip to the
plant of the Indian Bayou Canal Co.
Wednesday.
AdVices received by telephone mes
sageS from the Illinois plantation,
says Tuesdays Jennings Record,
state that the rice is in fine condition
and that the crop never looked better.
There has been heavy rain falls and
the whole crop is flooded and are now
turning the water off on account of
excessive rains. This is encouraging
news and shows that the condition of
rice in that section is generally good.
H. G. Reimers, Of Lake Charles, of
the firm Of McGinnis & Reimers, ar
chitects and builders, was here Mon
day and signed the contract for the
new school house building, and will
begin on the foundation at once. Mr..
Reimers stated that he had also Sc
cured the contract for building the
100000 Majestic hotel in Lake
Charles, same to be completed bv
May l, next.
G. W. Yantis, OF Rice, was in town
Tuesday and made the Journal Office
a pleasant call. He said the contract
for a new barn, 56x60 feet, to be built
in the place of the one recently burned
in which he lost about 81, 900 worth Of
personal property, had been let to a
Beaumont party, and would in all
probability be completed by the first
of August. He also said his big rice
crop was we'll flooded and looking
we'll.
Mr.. G. W. Haber showed Times
Record representative sample of Hon
duraS rice taken from the Lacasine
plantation which shows up remarkably
we'll. If the rest of the crop is as
good as the sample the Lacasine
plant will produce a good average
crop. The rice is now commencing
to head and On the few heads shown
us this morning there were little
ONSA GOO hCluOlS vi SdCIlS AU bIldU
figure the crop should be a good one.
Rev. !. B. Gonzales. the talented
pastor of the Jennings Congregational
church, occupied the pulpit at the
Congregational church here Sunday,
at both the morning and evening SER
vices. He was greeted by fairly good
audiences. Next Sunday at the same
place A. M. Mayo. of Lake Charles,
will give descriptive talk of his trip
to Jerusalem while in attendance as q
delegate to the Worlds International
Sunday School Convention. The
talk will be interesting and iastruc-
tive.
Lake Charles creditors are inquir-
ing as to the whereabouts of Colonel
J. Fl. Burton, who went there a month
ago to establish a military academy.
Burton claimed to be formerly in
structor in the Maryland Military
Academy, and bore a number of let
tiers of recommendation. He obtain