The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-10

Peter Nc Daniels, who killed Lee
Strother and stabbed several others
at Pawnee, this parish, short time
ago, and who afterwards fled to the
woods to elude the officers, surrender
ed to the authorities at Alexandria
Friday and was later landed in the
Lake Charles Jail.
Jno. T. Boiling, after an absence of
two months spent Rt Sloan Springs,
Ark, ST Louis, Mo, and his old
home at MOrrisonVille, H., arrived
III Welsh Saturday morning. Mr..
Boiling had delightful trip, but was
glad to get back to Welsh and once
more shove his feet under Aunt
Lett S" dining table.
Material for the Gulf Rice Mill con-
tinues to arrive by the carloads.
Twelve men are now busily engaged
laying foundations and getting every
thing in readiness for erecting the
mill. Burt Mcdonald is supervising
the construction work and promises
to nave the plant ready for operation
by September l.
Ed Scharff, big Welsh rice man,
spent the forenoon Friday in the city.
In conversation with Press reporter
Mr.. Scharff expressed the opinion
that there is not a very bright pros
pect for the planter who depends
wholly upon rice for revenue. He
states that he will unite stock raising
with rice farming in the future. L. G.
Press.
Mrs. J. w. Cooper, who left the
first of last week with q party Of
WelShites for the north, arrived in
West Liberty, Iowa, Friday. Upon
arrival she found her sister, Mrs.
Webb, whom she had not seen for
seven years, to be at the point of
death, suffering with pneumonia, and
in letter to Mr.. Cooper stated that
she had not been permitted to enter
the room Of her sick sister.
Philip Coverdale left Monday to
spend few days attending to bust
ness matters in New Orleans. From
there he will 90 to New York, from
which place he sails next Monday for
Europe and will remain five or six
months visiting at his old home at
Ingatestone, Essex county, England
This will be Mr.. COverdale's first trip
home within fifteen years.
j. NJ. Bowen, who is engaged in
drilling deeper the ColOradO-TeXaS
well, is sanguine of good results. He
says the showing of oil at this time is
sufficient to make it as good as any
we'll in the field, and continues better
all the time. He is Of the opinion
that when he reaches depth of about
LOO feet he will strike a stratum that
will make it the best we'll in the field
The first sample Of Japan rice for
the year 1904 was brought to town
yesterday and comes from the Esper-
ANA farm, about two and a half
miles south Of here, according to
Rayne dispatch. This farm has the
finest crop Of the parish and has a
ten-inch deep well, irrigating AS acres
of rice. In 1902 the same farm shipped
the first Japan rice TO New Orleans,
and was sold by S. L, Breaux at ST.
per barrel.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. f. Robinson, DR..
aud Mrs. JnO. H. Cooper, Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. w. Day, Mrs. P. ". Daniels,
Mrs. j. W. Tanner and Miss Hattie
Daniels, members of the local Eastern
Star order, attended the Grand Chap
ter of that order in session in Lake
Charles Thursday and Friday. The
highest honor of the order, that of
Worthy Grand Patron, was conferred
upon Mr.. Robinson at the closing
session. The next meeting will take
place in New Orleans.
DR.. Jno H. Cooper reports the birth
of son to the wife of Homer Lognion,
southeast of Welsh, Sunday, June 6.
Mrs. Lognion is IS years Of age and
has given birth to nineteen children,
eleven sons and eight daughters, and
all are living except one son. Three
of the daughters and two sons are
married. Theodore Roosevelt's ad.
vice to the American people to raise
large families has not fallen on deaf
ears altogether, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lognion are especially deserving of o
chrome from the president.