The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22
See Us Grow!

rice is still in the hands of the pro-
ducers and that the prices are not what
the farmers desire; that the boil weYil
has eaten up the cotton crop (some of
it), and that Taft is to be our next
president, Welsh is undergoing a
period of improvement and develop
ment, such as has not been experienced
here for years
j. NJ. Barnette and his partner, Mr.,
Snodgrass. who recently came here
from Indiana, have large force OF
men at work, putting in the finest &C.
ment walks to be found in the state.
The city also has an efficient force of
men at work upon the streets, repair
ing and grading them as fast as the
new walks are put in, so that we are
coming to have as fine a system of
streets as any town in this section of
the state.
The Southern Pacific railroad is al
so contributing its snare toward the
city's improvement, having authorized
the building of cement walks across
their right of-way upon three of the
principal streets of the city. In ad
dition to this they are unloading
twenty to thirty cars of dirt with
which to grade up the low portions of
their right Of-way, which is DOW being
used as a street on the north side of
the track.
The citizens of the town are contrib
uting their part toward making big
ger Welsh, by building new and re-
modelling their old places of business.
Martin Bros. have just finished the
erection of substantial building,
having 1900 feet of floor space, on
Adams street, and which is now occu-
pied by Ed. Doan. the proprietor of
the Welsh Tin and Sheet Iron Works.
Mr.. Doan contemplates installing a
large amount of new machinery, and
greatly extending his present capacity.
Dr. L. G. Lewis has the material on
the ground and has commenced work
on a two story building on South
Elms street. He will occupy the low
err floor of this building as an Office
for the Olds Gasoline Engine Co,
with which company he is employed
The upper floor will be fitted up as
dental parlors, to be occupied by DIR.
Chapman.
A. B. Hall has just finished remod-
cling the old Newman house, corner
Elms street and Railroad avenue, and
has converted it into thoroughly
modern uD-tO-date restaurant. This
building will be occupied this week by
Mr.. Chas. Farreaux, who will cater to
the epicurean tastes of the citizens of
Welsh, as it is done in the cities of
continental Europe.
Austin Hebert, who recently moved
into his new quarters, with his ice
cream and soft drink emporium, is
spending several hundred dollars for
new furniture and fixtures and will
soon have as neat an establishment OF
it's kind as can be found in this sec
ton of the state.
The Daniels properties, south of
the bank, are being thoroughly re-
modelled. The two large residence
buildings on this property are being
moved to the further side of the block
and will be faced on the opposite side
of the block from which they now face
leaving their present position to be
occupied by business buildings.
j. B. Simpson to open up
his insurance office this week, in the
rooms formerly occupied by the He
bert ice cream parlor. This building
has been thoroughly remodeled and
converted into a neat Office building.
The Methodist people have just COM
pleted and furnished large CON-
modious church building at cost of
about S., 900, which is an ornament to
the town and would be to almost any
city in the state.
Many additions and improvements
are being made upon the dwellings of
the town, including large two story
residence, which is being erected in
the south part of town, by MIR. Heald
These are but a few of the signs of
returning prosperity that may be seen
on every hand in our city.
The New Methodist Church Completed
This Week.
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