The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-11

"ushter' Mrs. Paul W. Daniels ond
'na' night attended the ENTERTAINMENT
gwen by the Alice Carey Concert 90
~ returned nome Saturday morning.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
EDWARD Scharff returned to Welsh
sunday morning from three weal,o,
sOay with his wife and son at S.r.
antonio and other points in Tevos
MRS. Scharff and son, Lynton, ac.
companled him as far as Ell Canine
where they are now visiting the family
OF Sig Brown.
w. 3. Conover spent Monday in
welsh looking after interests in tho
welsh oil field. The Virginia oil
Co., OF which Mr.. Conover is man
ager' has extensive holdings in the
vicinity OF the Welsh field which are
becoming very valuable
Times-Record.
W. w. Omohundro, travelling re-
preventative of the American Tobacco
90. with headquarters at New Orleans.
stopped OFF here Thursday afternoon
OF last week and made our sanctum a
peasant visit. When they were bows
Mr.. Omohundro and the editor of the
JOURNAL hoped clods together in
Missouri cornfields.
Mrs. Callie Howe, of St. Joseph.
Mo-. national lecturer and organizer
for the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, will lecturein the Congre-
gational church here this FRIDAY,
evening. All are welcome and cor
daily invited out to hear this dis
tinguished lady.
w. D. Cornish arrived here Satur-
day afternoon from Clinton, Miss,
and will remain indefinitely a guest
at the home of his brother, Rev. Fl. T.
Cornish. The young man is recover
ing from severe attack of measles
and pneumonia, and it is hoped the
climate will restore him to his former
good health.
Chas. P. Martin and little daugh-
ter, Ella, left on the fast train Tues
day for New Orleans where the latter
will have another operation performed
on her eyes. Previous operations
thought it is only a matter of short
time until her eyes are entirely
Strengthened
A contract has been closed, says a
dispatch, between the Jennings COM
mercial league and North Louisiana
cotton men for the erection of cot
ton gin in Jennings. The league met
Saturday night for the purpose of
considering the proposition and the
meeting was attended by number of
rice planters who contemplate expert
menting with cotton this season.
c. w. Cosner has planted an acre
of alfalfa on his farm north of Welsh
as an experiment. A good fertilizer
was used and the ground can be east
ly irrigated. Mr.. Cosner is firm
believer in diversified farming, and
should he be successful in his first eX-
pertinent, it is possible that corn and
cotton will be tried. He is also con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of planting
few pecan trees.
A. w. Wells and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. E. Phegley left here
Monday evening on the Sunset Limit
ed for California. Mr.. Wells and
family will make their first stop at
Riverside, and after stay there will
look over the state and may possibly
drift into Oregon before locating. Mr..
Phegley owns land near Imperial Val
ley, but in company with his wife will
tour a good portion of Southern Cali
fornia before permanently locating.
The Lake Charles American says:
DR.. E. J. Lyons, president of the
board of health, and DR.. A. J. Per-
kins discovered Monday morning
that the little son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Day was suffering from an attack
of smallpox. A quarantine was
promptly esta blished. 1t is supposed
the disease was contracted from col
ored help, who said that they had
measles, and the little boy was treat
ed for that disease before the real ma
ture of his ailment became apparent.
Farmers everywhere are busy plant
ing this seasons crop of rice. Al
though much earlier than usual, the