The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

d. ID.
Crowley Daily Signal, was In Welsn
Monday in the interest OF speclal
edition soon to be issued by that pa
per. and favored this office with call.
The story of Lots wife turning to
nillar of salt is no longer doubted. "A
young lady was trying on a pair Oh
shoes in one of our stores the oIher
day and a young man passing turned
to rubber.
We make free deliveries to all por-
tons of town of feed, polish or oran
and charge as low as the lowest.
''-'' WEST BROS.
Jno. McNeese, of Lake Charles, was
in Welsh Monday in the interest OF
his candidacy for reelection to the
office of SUPERINTENDENT of public edu-
cation and while in town mace 1ne
public school pleasant visit.
G.E. Bockoven and daughter, Miss
Bertha. came over Saturday from
Turkey Creek in ST. Landry parish
and remained until Tuesday visiting
friends and attending to business mat
tiers here. Mr.. Bockoven called on
the JOURNAL while in town.
Hardware, tinware, gas wa re
oueensware and groceries.
PRENTICE & PRENTICE.
los. Russell and Miss Tillie Curlew
we're married Sunday at the nome OF
Mr.. and Mrs. T. P. Russell, in the
north part of town, Rev. Harrison
officiating. The groom is son of L.
p. Russell and the bride formerly re-
sided on the Illinois plant south OF
town.
Jpo. j. Watt, Al Sargent and Roy
Cooper came over from Jennings
Monday afternoon to attend the regu-
lar monthly meeting of the Knlghts
Templar at which F. d. Calkins, H.
r. Wesson and A. E. Rell were given
the Red Cross or final degree of that
order.
Have YOU tried the various brands
of stock feed at West Bros? Ii not
make your next purchase of them and
| watch the Improvement in the condl-
ton of your horses or COWS.
Ten wagons loaded with machinery
piping and other material arrived IL
Welsh Tuesday afternoon from Jen'
nings and were taken to the oil helo
to be used in drilling the we'll OF the
Proven Oil Field Company. Drillel
Champion expects to have the rig In
stalled and in operation before tne
| IF tho Upak
, West Bros. for feed of all kinds.
A dispatch from Jennings says tn
: Chicago-J ennings oil we'll No.
: which came in Thursday, has increas
ed it's capacity until now it is flowin
. q steady stream of pure oil, aggrega
ting close to 1000 barrels per day
The gas pressure is terrific, and tn
product of the we'll is entirely ire
from sand and water.
4 Fancy Box Paper at JOURNAL Sta
tionery Store.
,fl At their annual meeting Monda!
% the stockholders of the st. Louis
Watkins and Gulf railroad elected tt
same board of directors, who in tur
reelected the following officers: pres
!" dent, J. B. Watkins; vice presidel
~ and general manager, Fl. B. Kan
treasurer, Stuart Thomson. The roo
will expend considerable money
x betterments this year it is said.
See Weber & VanNess before co
- tracing for an irrigating or artesis
well.
The Louisiana rice exhibit at t
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
~ St. Louis in 1904, will consist of
miniature rice field, watered by mi
nature canal. There will be moo
he rice mill in operation, a rice wal
If house with shipping platform and
tn miniature train loaded with SIN;
at sacks of the cereal. In the field
be shown the methods of cultivate
IL and models of harvesting machir
and thresherS.
N J. T. Walker, of Welsh, who was l
of til recently editor and manager of
IN RICE BELT JOURNAL, very lntere
he ing, neat and progressive newspal
is of that town, was in our city the 10
part of the week. This was Mr.. Wa