The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-01

| CHARLES should support two dalll
newspapers is another criterion at
testing alike the Intelligence anC
prosperity Of its people. OF these
papers the American-Press ranks as
one of the great dailies of the state
and its mechanical equipment is sur.
passed, only at New Orleans anC
shreveport. Its composing room
has three Mergenthaler linotype ma
chimes and every modern perfected
device of printing machinery and its
news service and editorial columns
are rarely equaled. The officers of
the American-Press Co. are: Guy
Beatty, Pres; VIM. E. Krebs, Vice
Pres; Frank A. Smith, Bus. Mgr.
Mr.. krebs, the editor, is one of
the veteran newspaper men of the
southland and Yields powerful and
trenchant pen, whilst as an enter
prising, up-to-date business manager
Mr.. Smith sets the pace for all pen
Gil pushers in this neck of the woods.
It should here by said also that
The old established Lake Charles
Times is welcome visitor to nearly
every Lake Charles household.
Lake Charlesites are essentially
Clearly, both in person and in charac-
ter, and this is we'll evidenced by the
Two modern laundry plants that here
live and prosper.
The White City Laundry is model
institution of the kind recently in
stalled in the handsome new building
elsewhere pictured, is thoroughly
equipped with every mechanical de-
vice known to the laundry trade and
When It's artesian we'll, now being
sunk, is completed, will have few. if
any peers in the state. Its proprietor
is j. f. Hendrix, thoroughly capable
laundry man and public spirited
citizen.
One of the oldest industrial land
marks of Lake Charles is the Lake
slle Laundry, which has been success
[ully operated for IL years. 1t ever
keeps apace with and abreast of all
improvements and the past year has
put in the Perfect Collar Moulding
shown in the ACCOMPANYING
engraving, added $1,000 worth of
lew machinery and is about installing
new 25-horse power turbine engine,
The Lakeside's proprietor, ]. H. Hus-
on, is one of the veteran laundry
men Of the state and a wholly pro-
y CoolF6 ClllZeH.
Lake Charles is honeycobmed with
Industrial plants, too numerous to
lere enumerate, but one, respectively.
II its oldest and its latest should re-
GIVE word of mention.
The first is the H. E.. Buck Brick
ifg. Co., established 20 years ago by
he present proprietor and his father,
nd since successfully conducted.
1t is one of the best enterprises of
IS kind in the state, the contiguous
lay being adaptable to the making of
first class, hard, durable building
rick, and it's product goes all over
outhwest Louisiana and Eastern
'exas. This company also makes a
uperlor article of drain tile.
Close to the brick plant is the
'eadle Broom Factory, established
Wo years ago, of which G. M. Beadle
proprietor and which has been phe-
omenafly successful. It's main bus
less is the making of pIendid brooms
ut it also manufactures corn meal.
our and chops, and machinery is now
/ transit to she'll the corn of sur
farmers and do various util.
arian things.
Last but not least Lake Charles has
sVefal excellent printing establish
tents, the premier par excellence
the Guttenburg art being the Jones
rlntlng Co., as is abundantly shown
the peerless press and other work
one by 1t on this Special Edition of
lie RICE BELT JOURNAL.
Inc following are wholly response
q corporations, firms and indiyid-
Ills of Lake Charles for Jefferson
avis parish citizens to transact bus
ess with:
Calcasieu Savings Bank and Trust