The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-24

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Moonshine No on the Old Hom
, lease 10 the Jennings oil field. had
terrific blowout Saturday afternoon
which fortunately choked up in shor
while. The drllers had set their 6.incl
casing and were down over o Thousand
feet when the blowout came. 1t blew
out the sides of the derrick and tn,
string OF four inch pipe standing il
doubles, which fell to the ground.
Fl. E. Heald received letter Wed
nesday morning from G. C. Coleman
who recently moved from Welsh tt
Roswell, New Mexico, in which be
stated that that section had been Wis,
tied by three heavy SHOWS. The letter
was dated February 90, and at thai
time the ground was covered with q
twelve-inch snow and the mercury
registered twenty-nins below zero.
Reports coming in from every
direction are to the effect that stock
have suffered severely as 4 result OF
the cold, wet weather of last week.
and the losses have been heavy. F..
Scharff lost several calves, A. E.
Bourgeois some cattle and c. A. Aus
tin one COW, besides the prairies are
strewn with carcasses of range cattle.
The weather was the bitterest expert
enced here in ten years.
DR.. Mente, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, will give the first of a
series of illustrated sermons next Sun
day evening. Topic: THE Creation"
The doctor has one of the very latest
stereoptican outfits and promises TO
the non'church going people a spiri-
tual feast. Seats free.
The Higgins Oil and Fuel Company
have begun on their first we'll in the
Welsh field. The derrick has been up
for some time, but the bad weather of
last week retarded further progress
and active work did not begin until
this week. Barring accidents and un-
necessary delays the well will DO com.
pleted by the middle of March.
The we'll on the Romero farm north
west OF the proven field, which is be-
ing sunk by G. E. Smith and w. p
BinyOn, of Texas, is almost 1000 fee
deep. Mr.. Smith is elated over tn,
prospect of getting a good producer
and claims that no mistake was made
in sinking the well 1000 feet. The
we'll will be ready to bail within a few
days.
A party composed of J. M. Storm
and wife, j. +. Clickner, w. Fl. Bird
ges, Gordon Crank, and Misses Ada
Boiling, Fay Bridges and Charity
Elliott went to Jennings Saturday
with the intention Of going to the oil
field, but upon their arrival found
that the high water had rendered the
road to the field impossible and the
trip was abandoned. The majority of
those in the party were from the north
and had never s,en an oil we'll and
were especially DESTROYS of witnessing
the performance of gusher.
The Mckinney Canning Manufac-
turing plant on Avery's Island start
ed up for the seasons run last week. |
The factory has capacity of 1000
barrels per day. The company has
leased thousand acres of land, most
ly in Vermillion parish, which is con-
sidered good for oysterproducing and
and will develop this industry on the
tract. They have fleet of eight large
schooners, three steamers and a num-
Der of barges which will be used for
the oysters and fish up to
he factory.
It is now certain that Lake Charles
will soon dispense with the ancient
mule car system and substitute elec-
ricity. Tuesday a contract was let by
he Lake Charles Street Railway Com
oany to the Westinghouse Electric
md Manufacturing Company for
let of generators with which the mo.
i've power of the new system will be ,
Arrangements for other 4
equipments were also made and mate
'ial ordered for four mile extension
y the line. Barring had weather n,ac
~ cars will b. ia op-caas
a.r@-ieu'S metropolis Within
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