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V1 ow a T. tI i a u;·f "r Ia e^ r i i a -eh Our Sb to 0/ . pp 0+' bOh to to d ly wa to theo direct to at Cal money k to an SThe po wvery season, amendsre 11 estate t since from -o Wil-o pee ,Welsh, P lm J. C ; Jos. , sson, 20 1 ican 1 ti:: Indian ; res of a Land tictbake to" giý u : tand that the s itical abnega & Joseph G. Can d Sthe House. be permanent'8 can N c SHe2y laud A. $162.50; rprop-' Bowe` to amiutlb - Ilixie. ian.trel Performance. * Tb're entertainment given by the ºixie Minstrels in the school house 0 1hll last Friday evening was witness $44 id by the largest crowd that had ever The V btlsembled in the ball, every seat hav- meat Cc ipg been odoupied and standing room to supp] all bargained for. Several from Lake to Wal Charles, Jennings and Roanoke were W. Dar in attendance. The show was a benefit entertain- The l1 ment given for the Welsh Cornet with no baSjig, and the performers were all duction home talent. storage Those composing the Dixie Min- have be str'le were W. J. Eaves and sons, pected Will and Howard, Jessie Bucking- the latl ham, Mert Morrill, Wm. Terry, and other a Ed Bower, S. E. Carroll acting as In cc interlocutor. in the 1 Each member acquitted himself in a farm o manner that would, have done credit last w to a professional, and each member seowin was heartily enchored. bared David Breuer as a wand wielder outside deserves especial mention. In his directi 1 specialty act of ten minutes he held the fin, thi audience spell bound and was re- not ye Sceived with a round of applause. ly will Wlim. Terry favored the audience oil fel -plirformed splendidly and found favor which ilh )he audience from the time the cuitain went up until the grand finale. rous Siplendid music was discoursed by the be an iorohestra composed of Prof. C. E. seen Hooper, Hugh Craig, Chas. White, refines O. i.' Austin, Geo. and Scott Carr . J. Eaves.Cent t'h:iand boys having lost their pe 'rnAnI the fire Saturday morning, noneu h eaded to give another enter- Wel } bt# to partially compensate the Weis or, its lossi the instruments be- The r Sproperty of the town. Jen- tion n rhal:" tenodered the use of her comp] house and brass band and a -other a.e will be given in that city instal atirsday evening. Theprogram The rAendered therq will be material- abane from that of last Friday. tract °. prove aF btber sshop at Roanoke the it digh&t-resulted 1i three men oil w " 1 atf them· being out was1 S: i, who,did the cuing, not #. up. The two out opine bot .of" whom came For ý ij wer E. A. addi, w aso -ut quite painfully on Willard Amos. He was awal '. aiir than his broth- as c -ltti if, e tehor -L it is said here log collar was all that life. The one who did the "I als ,oel William Jones, and is gc "' bhatenup. He is a na- who] one acpi si~e of the trouble is not said h, ... It *sems that all of the Wel Sdenerned had ,been drinking who in the barber shop, when a ing ' i t among them. com he j~i ,y, a ell was sent to for 1 Charlies for offieers. Deputy as , it SBei Hampton took the mid- "TI :;i train and went there. He well O the two Amos boys and Will revi I sJones was later released on the f ba-uei The -two Aios boys were locked the' Stip tip the.parish jail at this place. It inst tYj not tought that the injuries of con hit her will prove dangerous.--I. C. : S owa Nws et0es* , A pleasing And rather unique social pI .wa tIa Wbe* young people of Iowa) nd by Mr. an Mrs. hdil mpauldting on B. tle ,y evening. The social con- drli Sst ofea good, jolly time and the in ag refreshments were ,mulbetLry pie, mul- wit vr berry deser,, mulberries in the trees ant ing to the climbers, and-cake, unanimous- so ng ly voted too good to keep, therefore thi gled eaten. Quite a number of the young mo In- people, we*e present and all pro- a Sid- nounoed the mulberry social the best vet the of all socials-. itn den Tom Jones has purchased a new Ael 1 to twenty-two borse-power engine and wb the will be well equipped to draw water th irect for his rice irrigation, and have- full du Cal- power for tis threshing outfit. Good th 9 05 for Tom; his thinker is all right. th Dpro- Dr. falvert has returned from his vi > an northern trip. The doctor is looking w po- much improved and expresses himself m very well pleased with his outing. s ison, Rev. J. B. Fisher, of Lake Charles, ol edfilled the Congregational pulpit ont last Sunday. A good congregation s was present and deep interest was b manifested by all. t ne Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Reese came in Wil- from their country home to attend di- w eshvine service at the Congregational mn J church on last Sunday. Jos. The Iowa baseball team was victo .n 20 rious at Welsh Saturday. Both teams rrican played good ball considering the anlan young cyclone whicl$ was blowing ed of during the game. Land The Iowa cornet banAd has been pre- I 1 sented with cap lamps'by the business men here. Come, boys, let us havei & some music down town now. No ex Scuse now of "can't see," for those I, lamps are good enough to see to reed -the music on the moon. Rev. John B. Fisher, of Lakei Charles'.has reeived a call from Afe ud A. CongregsaviOnal church here to the 182.50; pastorsLtA of tlhi chliiu. We l rop- ghdto(know iv.·e I'i -~IIr aI.Ld hopei w' to he ..ill .t'o iC ,. .:,!I a ioi hin d ml I. Y: elsb"~: . . 1-c'. OIL FIELD NOTES fi OL being d 2..«" ""++ in cour The Welsh Oil and Land Develop- of the t ment Company last week contracted liable d to supply 5000 barrels of fuel oil, 2000 remark to Walsh & Buck and 3000 to Paul for all W. Daniels. were ni The Mac Faddin continues to flow ators c with no apparent decrease in its pro- hurry duction of the greasy fluid. The big they m storage tank and two smaller ones one m have been filled with oil and it is ex- fabulo pected that tank builders will be here heedec the latter part of the week to erect an- Dur: I other storage tank. was tr In connection with the gas blowout ipe 1 in the water well being drilled on the age ty 3 farm of C. F. Buck near the oil field city t last week, in which a considerable crude r snowing was made, it must be remem bered that wells have been drilled Fre r outside of the proven field in several both s directions, only to find dry holes, and ownel d the finding of this show of oil on land closet l' not yet prospected for, may, and like- a wel ly will, be the means of extending the the I e oil field in that direction, and perhaps the it s result in locating a big pool of oil, being or which,oil experts believe must be near. wells "Welsh oil, after having gone through the refining process, makes the best lubricant of any I have ever velo seen in all my long experience as a tract refiner," says Tobe Slaughter, of the Central Oil and Refining Company, emI it in speaking of the merits of the local Th p product. Mr. Slaughter claims that oldes none so far discovered will equal the stinj r- Welsh fluid for lubricating purposes. the c The refinery will shortly be in opera- very tion now, as the side track has been Ti r- completed and the cooling tanks and pose a other machinery are rapidly being itali installed. othe nm The Texas Oil Company have thea al- abandoned their well on the Wood TI tract a half mile southwest of the Bea proven field, after resching a depth exte of abshout 1200 itet. At no time were of w ie the indications favorable for a good car, on oil well and when the required depth coni out wasreasohed the showing of oil was dril ig' not sufficient to justify further devel- Jen Bt opment and the hole was " abandoned. gus me For a time the matter of drilling an A additional thousand feet was consid- pur on ered, but the rig has since been moved dur away and it is presumed that the Tex- ble as company will cease operations to I aid here, for the present, at least. y, the "In my opinion the Welsh oil field Tu and is going to be one of the best ip the the na- whole of the southwest with possibly whi one exception and that is Jennings," as not said J. C. Maul, manager of the res the Welsh Oil & Development company, who was in the city over night look- Dr on a ing after the business affairs of the tie companY and purchasing machinery cbi to for the drilling of another well as soon ed )aty as all arrangements can be .made. eni nid- "The coming in of the Metropolitan so He, well yesterday, a gusher, is going to en Vill revive operations in every portion of en on the field and if rumors can be believed tei eked there will be operating in this field It inside of sixty days at least twenty MI s of companies.'-Jennings Times-Record. ot1 . C. "The Hill Top company's well INo. Hi 4 was Friday accepted for that com- an pany by Vice-President and General al PO Manager Frank N. Butler., This well tel fowea ind btinbaI3r 6&i' made on a plan of G. cc R on B. Speed, its driller, by which he t4 con- drilled a six-inch well and set a six- - th inch strainer with one string of pipe mul- with watertight joint on cap rock, trees and therefore no water from above, ous- so common in this field. can come into store this well. Mr. Speed says that Friday oung morning some salt water was showing t pro- au and he expects more, but still it is best very little as compared with the quan tity usually found in the wells of this p new feld, but he is of the opinion that and when there are four wells pumping p water that the salt water will be greatly re .full duced and finally exhausted. He fur Good ther said that he did not think oil of C the Welsh field could be handled a n his without some salt water, as the oil eking was too thick and heavy; indeed, so mmself Iuch so that it looked to him as if the I salt water belonged to it and was part arles, of the oil itself and necessary to help it on the oil to getthrough the sand. Mr. Stion Speed also said that this well, will 4 t was have to be pumped many days before its value as an oil producer can be me in determined, but he was quite sure it nd di. would be equal to the best in the field. The baseball season of 1904, as far icto-as Welsh is concerned, was formally ta inaugtitated Saturday afternoon, Iowa teams Station having come over to contest Sdiamotd honors with the local team. lowing Although the game was played under adverse circumstances, there having en pre- been such a high wind, the hundred usiness or mere spectators were treated to an s have interesting game of clean baseball in No ex- which it required ten innings to decide. those j L . Jones did the slab work for the to read visitors and Welsh was the rubber Sartist for the locals. Welsh went to Lake bat in the last half of the ninth with Sthe 'core tied. but three pop lies re 01 11 tired the side without a run. Tho lo to the c W'ls wcr also unahllo to c(( oncct with Sr 1 e t to sthe i I1 t the t,,th, while lowi I1lope swattdi t,, ho' i~,h for a total of ,] ,hod, ftut run.. . .\... w l panme will 1, , W I , I C',, t , I, ... ,,- ,, ' 1,, , ; d i. is Jennings Oil News. Every day in the Jennings oil field find new contracts closed, new wells being drilled and derricks can be seen in course of construction in all parts of the territory. It was stated by re liable dealers today that there was a remarkably strong demand yesterday for all grades of goods, but the sales were not very numerous, as the oper ators do not seem to be in any great hurry to dispose of any amount that they may have on hand. Offers which one month ago would have seemed fabulous are to-day passed by un i heeded. f During Monday and Tuesday there was transported through the Jennings t pipe line from the oil field to the stor e age tanks, just on the outskirts of this a city on the east, 10,000 barrels of e crude oil, which sold at 70 cents per t. barrel. d Fred I. Getty and J. F. Hervey, l1 both prominent oil operators and land d owners in the Jennings field, have d closed a contract for the drilling of B. a well in the southwestern portion of ie the proven territory. Mr. Getty is .s the inventor of the oil screen which is 1, being used exclusively in all of the r. wells drilled in the Jennings, Welsh and Saratoga oil fields. The Baynes Planters' Oil and De er velopment Company has closed a con tract with James Tierce for the drill he ing of its well No. 2 in the southeast ern portiop of the field. al The Morse Oil Company, one of the tat oldest and richest concerns now oper he sting here, has closed a contract for as. the drilling of its well No. 6 in the .a. very heart of the proven territory. en The Bienville Oil Corporation, com nd posed almost entirely of Mobile cap .ng italists and investors, will drill an other well on its-holdings as soon as ive the machinery can be placed. od The producers' Oil Company of the Beaumont, which recently acquired pth extensive and valuable holdings south. ere of where operations are now being od carried on successfully, has closed a pth contract with J. W. Champion for the was drilling of two wells near the Chicago rel- Jennings Oil Company's f a m o u s led. gushers. an After gushing a steady stream of mid- pure oil for more than one month, red during which time it made a remarka ,'x ble record, the well No. 3, belonging on" to the Chicago-Jennings Oil Comva ny, ceased gushing at an early hour ield Tuesday morning. It is thought that the the well was choked by the packer, Lbly which was loose, and as . soon s," as the damage is repaired the well will the resume gushing. may' Evangelist Laslette's talk on 'The ok- Drama of Life in Five Acts," to gen the tlemen only, in the Congregational nery church Sunday afternoon, was greet moon ed by a large and appreciative audi adence. The sermon. was full of good, itan sound logic and instructed as well as Sto entertained those who were fortunate n of enough to hear it. The service was eved termed a men's' mass meeting and field proved such a decided success that enty Mr. Laslette has decided to have an lord. other next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 No. His theme will be "Man versus Fate,' com- and a cordial invitation is extended feral all men, both young and old, to at well tend this service. There will also be f G. cornet and vocal solos and congrega i he tional singingi No. 6360. Report of the Condition of The First National Bank at Welsh, in the8tate of Louisiana, at the close of business Mar. 28. 1904. RESOURCE& Loans and discounts - - - -- 39,77 53 Overdrafts secured and unsecured - 1.368 39 U.S. Bonds to secure circulation 6.250 00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds - - 492 19 Banking house, furniture, fixtures 8,00000 Due from National Banks (not re srve agents ----- 1,099 14 Due from State Banks and Bankers 3,526 50 Due from approved reserve agents 2,343 74 Checks and other cash items - - 188 41 Notes of other.National Bank - 200 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents . . . . . 28 -' Lawful money reserve in bank, viz: Specie ..... . $817 75 Legal tender notes - - 1 325 00 2.142 75 Redemption fund with U. 8S. treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) - - - 312 50 Total - - - $65.669 20 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in - - - - - $25 000 00 Undivided profits, less expense and taxes paid -. . . 1.555 93 National Bank notes outstanding 5,950 00 Individual deposits subject to check 29,808 05 Time certificates of deposit - - 3,219 42 Liabilities other than those above stated (collection account . . 135 80 Total - -. . .- . ----- - $63,669 20 RECAPITULAT'ON. arsouacxs. b Loans and discounts - - - - - $3,77 '53 Oe: t - -r - - - - - ,- 1*.3839 U. S. Bonds 6,330 00 Prewc'um on U. 8. Bonds - - 2 19 Bant 'ng house. furniture and f'.t. 8,000 00 r Redemption fund - --- -- 9- - O Cash and Sight Exchange - 9,478 59 Total - - - - - - ---. . - $63,669 20 LIlBILITIE8. Capital stock paid in - - -.-. . $25 000 00 n Circulation - - ----- - -5,.50 00 Undivided net profits, - - - - 1,515 ::2 Depos ts -- 3---- 3,103 27 Total - - ----- $403,00l) 20 o STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF CALCASIZU, SS. I, Fred ). Cnlkins, cashier of the above Ialllmed tltna, do10 al, |:IolY wear trllat the altove tsttetement is trul to theI bI.t of ny khi cw;lel i atl blelief. [t.1) 1). CAItKI, (Cashier h c('urret-Attet : f IT ,. I '. . ' I '; , 1 ! i -e r t l ' . Cline, Cline & Lee, LAW YERS. Titles Examined, Charters Drawn, Abstracts Furnished. Will practice in the Courts of Lake Charles. Of fices: Welch, Jennings and Lake Charles. Offices connected by long distance Telephone. LOCAL OFFICE: d OVER COOPER'S DRUG STORE. Jath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Cis terns and Tanks of all kinds Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. Call and see us opposite Cooper's Drugstere. LABIT LUMBER CO., WELSH, LOUISIANA. Lum ber AND Builders' Hardware AT Lewis Lumber Co. Limitedl Welsh, Louisiana. 0 Fresh Groceries. The Lenten season is now with us and we have endeavored to keep abreast of the times by having in store all kinds of goods meeting the requirements of those observ o ing Lent. Come in and see what we have to offer you. We will henceforth devote our entire time and attention to GROCERIES , and will at all times have the purest, fresh o est and most complete stock of both staple and fancy Groceries to be found anywhere. Ring up 35 for your wants and it will be 20 delivered to your door. e; Respectfully, C. BenoiBt So