The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-07-21
WILL MEAN MUCH FOR WELSH.

The hustling real estate firm of Robinson Carr fcw
days ago closed deal with the North American Land 4
Timber Co., whereby they secured the agency OF the COM
panys land for the purpose of disposing OF it in small
tracts in parcels to suit the purchaser. This land is
located and surrounds the town OF Welsh The price
asked is from 80 S5 per acre. and the tracts consist of
from 40 to 1000 There in the neghborhood of
900 of farming land adapted to all kinds of agr
cultured pursuits from truck gardening to rice farming
and cattle raising.
Heretofore the lands near Welsh been held such
high prices that the small farmer of limited could
not purchase without loading himself with debt. Mr.
Carr tells that he sell these lands terms OF one
fourth cash and the balance credit OF five years,
Mr. Carr has already sold several and is negotia
ing with parties for other tracts.
In the most prosperous agricultural district of the
United States it is the army of small farmers whose
figure the tax accounts and who own thousands
of small parcels of real estate that makes the fortune of
that section 1t is the diversity of crops that make the
wealth of agricultural section. In comparison with
their aggregates accumuatons the possessions of the
wealthy insignificant Such facts these illustrate
In striking the thrift of the in well reg
ulated agricultural sections.
The Investigation OF crops in the rice belt means the
Establishing of industries than the rice business 1t
means degree of prosperity at all times and under
various failures II the establishing of mills,
and an hundred other industries that the crop plan
does encourage establishment of. The only way to
redeem the rice belt and build the section on firm
foundation is diversifcaon. If hold out the
spectators in lands those who will buy lands cheap and
on easy terms for the sake of speculation and thereby
those who would actual buy for the sake of i'm
proving and making profitable for the community,
do something for this section.
In every where moye is made to induce small
who will step with their speculatv idea and monopoize
of the bargain, and at the time could not
be induced cultivate of ground season If
they owned thousand acres.
| Let every citizen of Welsh assist Messrs Robinson
Carr in securing lot Of desirable purchasers for this
property those who will in and actually improve the
and build nice comfortable houses and the
fruit in the shade of their own fig tree.
The Journal would like clause in the contract of sale
that improvements would have to commence within six
after purchase This would knock the land speeua
tor out This class Is detrment to any community they
like the dog in the manger who would not eat let
the other dog eat.
The Journal is than gratifed, it is enthused at
the step taken by Messrs Robinson Carr In opening an
that will give those of small opportunity
OF owning property and paying for it in way that
would be easy task for the most shfess accomplish
lue LOUISIANA ana Arkansas contractors that
trains will be running into Alexandria by January l.
Baton Rouge is preparing for Northern Settlers
convention, to be held Nov. IA, Is and Is.
Elise Legendre, aged 10, is dead at Thbodaux from
injuries received by falling from plank while playing
see saw,
Amos Cook is in jail at Thibodsux charged with beat
ing his wife over the head with chair and breaking her
jaw bone.
| model road is to be built between Franklinton and
Richardson, distance of four miles, show Washing.
ton parish people the value of good roads
Six travelling statesmen OF steel ranges and Dave Foster
had argument with guns in Arcadia, Foster putting
all of them to flight except who shot Through the
knee
East and West Baton Rouge parish assessors are the
first to e their rolls for the present year
East Baton Rouge shows increase of $749 $50 and
West Baton Rouge 1929, 800 over last year.