The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-10

lana. addressed q committee OF bust
ness men at the Association of Com
merce in the interest of establishing
a factory in Lake Charles for the
manufacture Of brick, pressed brick,
tile and tile roofing The Builders
Products Company owns the state
rights on patont which can manu-
facture the building products from
waste saw mill materials.
Shreveport "A reduction Of nearly
200 per cent in the rate OF refined oil
from Louisiana producing points to
stations on The Rock island in Arkan'
sas is now in effect. according to an.
nOuncement II L. F. DaSpi;, trafilc
manager Of tho Chamber of Com
merce. The new rate Is % IL cents
per bundled, whereas the old rate was
&c 1-2 cents. The deduction is pub
lished in Supplement Z to Southwest
ern Lines Tarifi S5-L.
Lake Charles.-The consumption Of
Jamaica ginger has assumed large
proportions in Lake Charles. 1t Is
reported hundreds Of bottles were pur-
chased locally during the present
week and consumed az substitute
for wlliskey and wines. The product
is labeled as 80 per cent alcohol.
There are a number Of persons dan
gercusly Ill in this city as the result
of drinking the fluid.
Lake Charlottesville Missouri
Pacific engine was en- route from the
shops to the Missouri Pacific station
It derailcd and turned on one side.
Curley Kyles, negro section man, was
pinned under the engine, but was
rescued after an hours work on the
part of the wreCking crew, and he
was taken to st. Patrick's sanitarium,
where examination showed he was in
no way injured.
Monroe-The order Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission In the
Memphis Southwestern freight rate
investigation, made public, is the
greatest commercial victory that has
been won for Monroe in some time,
according to H. j. Fernandez, traffic
manager of the Monroe Chamber OF
Commerce, who handled The COM
plant of Monroe jobbing interests 20
fore the commission.
Monroe Construction work on the
new light and power plant garbage
ineineratOr and other Improvements
in the city, bonds FOR which vera
voted in November, will be started by
March II present plans materiallae, nc
cording to Mayor Bernstein. While
the bond issue provided funds for the
rebuilding of practically all the public
utilities, work on the power plant will
be given precedence.
Shreveport arrangements for the
crganiza len Of tie Mc(;regnr Oil Co.,
to be chartered under the laws OF
Delaware with $15,000,O1O capital,
have been completed in New York,
according to ]. w. Mastin, who has
returned from that city The com
pany's holdings, it is stated, consist
of approximately $4,000 acres in Louis
lana, Texas Mexico and Oklahoma.
Coushatta Sheriff E. F. Preslar
and squad Of deputies made a raid
on wild cat" still in the northern
part Of the parish and arrested Mack
Upton, white, Buster Moore and An.
derson Lovelace, negroes. The trio
were busily engaged in making moon
shine whiskey, the officers say.
Houma.- Organization of the Per
shing Way Association in South Lou
!Riana was undertaken at meeting
held in Houma. Herbert F. McDoug-
all, secretary manager of the new
Winnipeg to New Orleans highw:y
project was in Houma for the meet
ing.
New Orleans.-A fight between an
outcmobile chauffeur and q soldier
from Jackson barracks Saturday
night resulted in a near-riot in the
vicinity of the Terminal Station
| Canal and Basin street.
Alexandria, banquet was given
at Hotel Bentley by the members Of
the Rapides Bar Association, in
honor Of Judge w. F. Blackman, whc
has just retired from the bench Of
the Thirteenth Judicial district
after forty-thrce years Of continuous
service, and Judge John A. Williams
of Colfax, his successor.
Franklinton.-The vote for Wash
ington parish in the January primary
will probably be around $500. The
roll tax payments for this year will
60 to 5000 but many of the payers
do not hold the 1918 receipts and are
disqualified for various reasons.
Baton Rouge. - National Thrift
Week will be observed in Baton Rouge
January II to "a with an intensive
educational campaign initiated by
business men Of the city to encour
age all possible means Of saving.
Hammond. The city commissioners
have decided on the sale Of the $4,000
hook and ladder fire truck, which was
mrt,hasctl for the fire department