Frida~y by- -
1e. ýr & Company.
OM' DOLIA A YEAR IN AI)VAN.E.
E~4ered at the Postoffo -tPeesa
toond o4g.as Mlatter. at Welsh, La., as
: FRIDAy, NOVEMBEl 7, 10°2
--1902.
Welsh Oil field Notes.
S There is considerable interest mani
1ested in the Welsh oil field this week.
Messrs. Clay and Champion, the dril
lers for the Welsh Oil and Develop
ment Co., are making fine headway
S with the new well and confidently ex
pect to bring in a first class gusher
" within the next week or two.
James Bowen, driller for the Den
ver.Beaumont Oil Co., arrived Mon. n
day with the bill of lading of the t.
machinery for drilling a well in his tI
pocket. This well will be about 25 tl
rods north of the new well of the in
SWelsh Oil and Deelopment Company. if
S Wok will commence as soon as the
machinery arrives, which may be Ti
before this issue of the JOURNAL goes be
S to press. no
* The Southern Pacific people state t
that they will begin boring a well on
their holdings immediately, in fact
co about as soon as the Smith well is at
started.
S There is no doubt now about the tIo
..Welsh field, one of the most promis- in
., g in the country, being thoroughly a pi
developed, By the first of January it and
Ss expected a number of other compane- hav
''ie owning valuable holdings in the prop
- .field will begin boring, and the Welsh colle
field will be a veritable beehive of Th
: The machinery of the Denver-Beau- jectec
wmont oil Company has arrived here, son
the lumber fot the derrick is on the Toom
;ground, and work will begin immedi. fendal
iately on the Well. The coming of this ADyer
strong company into the Welsh field
indicates that oil men have the utmost
Confidence in the field, and there is no Do
- doubt but that others will soon follow mark!
ed many wells go down within oaf bae
.1'easnable time.
-JO. Esp la, Jr., and John Craft, the In
Mobile, la., were here Thursday. have yc
y came to close a deal for two busines
of land in the oil field, and while progra
'made a proposition to lease a ceptible
ain amount of land from C. W. gentlemi
-ball. This last trade has not in all th
closed, but may be soon. It is Do yoi
intention of these gentlemen to get left," in
the ground floor and begin that con
a well as soon as the neces- you sup
arrangements can be made, Worth of
E. Robinson, president of the ever spen
h Oil ond Development Company, If all t
ut to the oil field yesterday af- from the
On and on his return informed similarch
OURNAL that the six inch pipe space in tl
iet on the cap rock just above the would be c
otrata in the new well and that the that adver
Ters wsould proceed through the oil taking.
the four-inch pipe until a There's
of oil was' struck. This will re- It is as su
only a short time, but it is nec- transaction
y to do this before the screen- that it is g
be made, and it is thought it tion than ni
weoire about two weeks more business.
re the well can be "brought and the spae
very indication points to a age advertis
ass gusher and those interested Even a negle
dent that the new well will be will do soi
cautions are being taken to advertisers
a blow-out as occurred in tiseent will
tihe other well. The drillers returns, if p1
Se opinion that the outlook is ood circula
vorable bJar-than previous.
oey,'rt , confidently expect Good l
r. According 1
-"-ington roads
T.he Louisiana Field. proved by tl
or W. P. Sturm returned success is se
. ring from Louisiana where he be of great
n for the past ten days, during eThs t t to
e he visited Vinton, Marks- n h o
SFlorence, he beangged can he impro
F 1 et the ben engaed county, ,ashi
gh at the three places to have their s
SBeaumont Enterprise. to hai e their sh
- well was finished at he a first expel
tIt tand came in ass a io successful t
titiono
w. a t s St per, and showed no
e 1hat will drill another Tpe highway
f ,lead ve r, six hundred feet of
>: )fsrti. [~~~arksdale well the de r on
SIbeen gone to a depth of 5o00 de) dnust could
the. Vinton well he reports rain caused tuc
feet ~ad drilling in very
The: Ilr'"igurm announces the he farmers ay
,.st peat. .gis well at Neosho, st to s
-e..i'ht evidences m us.d. it
4___,$ Had I*.tet1 to drill two d1lto a foot o
I I1~, Lais .e =Re State of Lou- became easy miae d
- r":' ~" ' ," - to d "I year 300 milese of
q . 5 the depths with straw.
., e: / l ce far'mers ,
----@ ,he earth
stdrike Upke After/ moon gets full, bu
:'/'"," R~~R~ _brq, ' gives ing; the rain dx'
the ,. is again; the stars sh
,,0,. sehoc Y~shoot the willows weep
Sre's day breaks but do
gasp" l * p n't ntswallows and the
vio f a ." reChjirman Hanna
from p1, ,., . -are
- N,. re. thing drop; bat it n
fl~-k
.TITLE jLD OF NO E4fCT.
o her "Irredeemable,, Sale Knocked
Out by District Court.
ly3 In the suit of A. D. McFarlain et al
vs Timothy Pomeroy, for POssession,
'ANNE. the suit was instituted by Judson
HIarris and M1cFarnlain against Tim
Ls., as othy Pomeroy and son for possession
of about 240 acres of land which fo'im
ed part of a rice plantution and was
)02. being cultivated by Poneroy.
The plaintiffs alleged thatey ac
quired the land from the state in Sep
tenmber, 1901, and that the state acquir
mani- ed it from Aladin Trahan in 1897 for
week, the taxes of 1896.
dril- The defendants in answer averred
that they own the property and had th
dway acquired it in 1898 from Bonin and c
y ex- Hebert, who purchased it at the suc- by
sher cession sale of Aladin Trahan in June fir
1896, and that Trahan acquired the dii
Den. same from the United States govern
on. ment in 1858; and that Trahan paid e
the taxes from 1858 to 1895, when he died; tor
his that Bonin and Hebert paid taxes forJeo
it 2 the years 1897 and 1898, and that they gat.
the themselves paid taxes from the year ing
6ay. 1899 to the Present time.
the The property was assessed to Aladin
be Trahan In the year 1896 who was deadd
ces before the tax became due and theday
notice that tax was delinquent was ad they
dressed to.said deceased. It appears gret
tn hat under the law, the notice should this
lot been sent to Bonin and Hebert Pros]
is at that time not to the deceased. they
Judge Miller in this interesting case retur
stated in substance that the state and be we
e those claiming under her are estopped Twc
s- in law and conscience from claiming in Mi
Y a piece of property by title, when by at Kai
it and act subsequent to date of title they Louis.
have treated that property as the Citym
e Property of others by assessing and Bolani
collecting taxes from others. New D
The decision therefore stands that mill an
the demands of the plaintiff, are re- ry 15, 1
jected and Pomeroy is put in posses- capitali
sion of his land. Sompayrac and promote
Toomer were the attorneys for the de- ster, of
foendant In this case.-Lake Charles enterpri
ericanNo s
More Business. says the
Do you advertise (God save the more m
mark!) on the backs of restaurant bills nessed g
of fare? Do you put a card in the five yea
book "for the benefit of the Fire of Louisi
Department?,, Do you subscribe topat T
the "Industrial Progress" book and past. T
rave your picture in it as a prominent stagreat
usiness man? Does the "Society" a
rogram catch you? Are you a sus- farmors t
eptible to the blandishment's of the with their
entleman who puts beautiful charts will be fol
all the railway stations. However,
Do you take "a space-the only one all who de
ft," in a thousand and one schemes portPunities
at come around every year? Do 'e ewant
u suppose you ever get a cent's untain, a
rth of benefit out ofway any 10 you i boot for 1
f all the dollars that are diverted from thle
m the newspapers into these and for the trun
Lilar channels were used in buying the mouth o
Ie in the best paper in town there] fit any quay
id be a few merchants who sayj of sorrow, a
advertising is a doubtful under- storm, a str(
le's nothing g. tice, a ring f
ere's nothing doubtful about it. knock at tl
as sure as any other business. throb from ti
section. The funny part of it is from the eye
it is generally given less atten- 'upid's bow
than any other department of a
less. The contract once made -.A
he space decided upon, the aver- At the 1
dvertiser'c interest seems to die. church in Lal
a neglected ad in a good paper there was a, ct
o some good, in spite of the were present
tisers apathy. A good adver-' prominent fai
,nt will always bring profitable Mayo, as she
s, if placed in a paper with a throughout ti
irculation. Messrs. Thad
. .rlresented thE
Good for the Rice Belt. Dr. Si nl the
rrding iD Single eton,
ding to a press report, V'ash- ddaughter. F"o()
roads are being greatly im- of Texas, a dat
by the use of straw, if the ton, and fifth
is as great as relorlted, it will months old, wh<
great value to the rice belt. rites of baptism
'ritory has more straw than it
hat to do with and its roads Crowlevy
improved. In XValla Walla Cr'owley, La.,
Washington the farmers are active demand
heir second annual straw day, ogh rice, spe
Sexperience in this line being tie oh no ielniti,
sful that it warirants a repc- tihe i~tklct is th
I f st rtcti t iits 'it'(o It
ghways there used to get so Ical )tiyes ale n
dust every fall, that trave gi'atte No 2.. whi
on both man and beast. Tue o t all 'ot l 'ii
could not be reatoved with- '''y little if ani
V tothe road-way, and every vicinity to-tdai.
ed much Inud. Thi.s led to et is also active.
rs agrccin1 to cooo1i1tribu(te 1oo( ln illitini
Ito spread it on the road,, pui lice keeps tI
It was laid on to the theit orters. Th
foot or lmore, andi tra:x.tlig, dema;llnd for goo(d c
and com'tallblt. Tis low igrades are not
iles of road will be coverted l)prlloect for low g
tlater in the season
nets could well afford to 'rate of selling the s
-Llong this linc.---lice will soon be exhv
nge has discovered that the
til, but she goes on shiiin
(in drolps but it gets up For -
tars shoot, but do noet kil l;
weep but never shed a A very desirab
falls, but doesn't break: in Welsh, situatec
uth doesn't fall the iy and Polk streets,
Sso do the irswallows fly;. the Ilarge roomy house
:- " - */ 2x30 with good i
fanna has heard some- sold fnow.
it It never touched him. E
CT. LOCAL AN.U PERSONAL.
Knocked A car load of furniture just in at
Daniels'.
in et al No hide is too badly cut or torn
ession, that Johnson won't buy it.
Judson
t Tim- Mrs. (C. Hagius, of Jennings, is
seion siting relatives in Welsh.
I form- Fou lN''--Three furnished rooms.
d was Apply at Mrs. Singleton's.
i'. C". Lahit, postmastner at (rowlev ,
a c- La., and interested in the Lahlit Luin. 4
equi er Co., and WVelsh Brick Works of
this place, came in this morning.
t. J. Smith, who lives on the old
erred Arceneaux place south of town, had
had the misfortune to lose a warehouse
and containing six hundred sacks of rice
suc- by fire on last Wednesday night, The
June fire is supposed to have been of incen
the diary origin.
On next Sunday, November 9th, by
paid exchange, Rev. J. B. Gonzales, pas
lied; tor of the Congregational church in
for Jennings, will Preach in the Congre
hey gational church of Welsh, both morn
'ear ing and evening. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all to hear him.
d J. R. Cline and family left Thurs
day morning fnr Louise, Texas, where
de they will locate. The JOURNAL re
irs grets to see such good citizens leaving
d this vicinity, but hopes they will
irt prosper in their new home. But if
they become dissatisfied, they can
sreturn to God's country and all will
se be well.
id Two new rice mills are to be built
g in Missouri the coming winter--one .
y at Kansas City and the other at St.
y Louis. The contract for the Kansas
e City mill has aleeady been let to the
i Boland & Gschwind Company, of
New Drleans. It is for a 400 barrel
mill and is to be completed by Janua
ry 15, 1903. A. C. Hurd, a Prominent
capitalist of Kansas City, ais the hiefnt
promoter. It is said that J. R. Wcheb
ster, of Crowley, is interested in the
enterprise.
No section in the United States,
says the Crowley Signal, has enjoyed
more manifold prosperity and wit
nessed great development in the past
five years than the Gulf Coast country
of Louisiana and Texas. But the fu
Lure is even more promising than the i
east. The tide of immigration from
he great North and West has only
tarted and the hundreds of thrifty
armers that are now flocking here Yot
'ith their families and making homes the
ill be followed by thousands more.
owever, thereis abundant room for
tu1 who desire to come and equal op
WVe want a comb for the head of a
intain, a mit for the hand of fate,
)oot for the foot of a mountain, a lan
k from the chain of debate; a spoke Jouri
n the wheel of fortune, a str'ap lets
the trunk of a tree, a tongue for etc.
mouth of a river, a lock that will
mny quay, a drink from the breaker
orrow, a look from the face of the .l'-Zi
in, a stroke from the arm of jus
a ring for the finger of scorn, a
=k at the door of repentance, a
b from the ocean's heart,ta glance a
Sthe eye of a needle and frotc
d's bow a dart.
`ktfiristeuiing. C. E
the Broad Street Methodist
h in Lake Charles last Sunday (Former]
was a christening at which there At to r in
npresent familve generations of a
nent famil. First, Grandma JE>
as she is universally knowrn Will practiee ir
"hout the parish, mother of Long distance ph
s. Thad and ('laud Mayo who
ented the second. Third Mh ls. .
iuglctou of Welsh, a ranc g
te. Fourlth, AIl's. I3. 1. Mleltonr,
as, a daug'httr of rJs. ' in .le
ud fifth I iolhett Melton, li e Physicia
old, who received the solen P
Crowley Rice Market.
eY, La., Novt. 5--There is an Local Su on
Iemllal for gootl Local SuOrf
ice, cspecially Jaltpn. hut lit- Pacili,
((nluld foi > 'l'ades, as
tet is Ilonded with Iloii ) i0th ,.
ins fottm Ntiw ()t'eai to 1(- Office over Welsh Na
'S ae inot ti )uy ii ice It(.!( \
S2. which praI'lacticalIs- shuts
t, iti ( a n i o ' ill this
nlediinl p.ad -s of (?eal Ta
keeps''l the nilll bui s fillin, 1 20 have sold
is. ThorI is also a h.'avi firin of Knott un,
' good clehan Tlondup.ts, blut oit, who is authoi.
r loe 1 a.a sell/ig. Thite is receilpt foi all ace
oir low glade selas stllili·, hettter i of I ott lro
S;eason, ;is at thl) fi ofnott roen
ing the siupply of .otdt rice also pay all bills d
be exlhaiulsttd, and tbuyers Thankinu the cit
1n'11led· to tadlv, the lowe. vicinity for the lit
ill
For Sale!
A very desirable business lot
k; in Welsh, situated corner South
jy and Polk streets, consisting of a
ie large roomy house, store building
20x30 with good barn. Cheap if t
Sold now. C
UEO. A. BAILEY.
ATTRACTIVE ANL ISIH
SWinter Clihing
ket in ur dry goods store wI be found theam of the mar
ket In stylish and attractive , ^.
members of the household, ye clothe lir any of
e oclothir any and all
o and Boys' Rleady-to. ear Suits v t br Welsh, and we
clothing are perfectly deuaity, woan rmaam, d price. Our
furnishing goods departmentyou and af to r. In our gents'
looking for. Some of the latest creations in what ou ahirts,
and Neckwear. a, Shirts,
not
_or the Ladie
gien mrknh , our wint r purchases special at -n was
givenh , and we have a very Pretty line DCloaks,
which you well do well to inspect before rmakingiyourn chase
We can suit you in either style, quality and price.
Phone . BELL & COMPANY
Phone 1u. de Tren
WELSH, LOU s\NA. -
rti t
, . ...... ,alial i -t
sates, - -6 69461
Dyed
wit
past
ntry
e Stationery sXe
nly
ifty You can find almost-anything in
ere the Stationery line at the
re.
for
Journal Oice,
a Blank Books, such as Ledgers,
Journals, Day Books, etc.; tab-6
S lets and pencils, pens, paper,
, etc. Call and see us.
STE JOURNAL,
WELSH, LA. 6
(Formerly of North Louisiana.)
Attorney at Law,
JENNINGS, LA.
Will practice i the Crt at Lake Charles.
Long distance phonle to Welh. Crle.
R. R. BArcB n xj II I
Physician and Surgeon,
WVelsh, La.
0@
Local SurPCeon for the outhern
P'acihic Railroad.
Office over Welsh Nat'l. Dank. Room at Bell'...
-- *Ofl at Bclls,
Its
NOTICE,
I,. V have sold our interest in the
i. firm of Knott Bros. & C'o. to ('. 13en
t oit, who is authorized to receive and
s receipt for all accounts (due the late
" firm of Knott Bros. & Co. and ill
also pay all bills due by said firm.
Thankin-, the citizens of Welsh and
vicinity for the /latronage given us
during our stay amonu them.
We are I'respectfullvy,
Ro1qT. D. KNO'I,
JOHN 1+. KNOTT.
Welsh, La., November 5, 1902.
* rai . .nm ... ..,,nI
Taxes for 1902 Notice
the tax roll is in the past due and
collector for collection hands of the
SAMUEL B3LACKFORD,
Collector.
1
loumlber,
Lath, Shigles, 1
S Sash, Doors, Blinds, Ci~
terns and Tanks of all kind,
6 Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.
Call and see us opposite Cooper's Drugstore. I
LABIT LUJIýBER CO.,
6 WELSHI, LOUISIANA.
l. G ttering,
-.-_ EF- T Jy- Stove Pipe
. Tinsmith, Sheet Iron and Metal Worker
/ e inanhfactur e all our own r loo sut o f the hest 'naterial5
I~ 'm i I~il lg uarantee Satisfa uti ni1 l I Lie I c n iade sto x e
Dpie at I, cents per joint.ad
Guttering. -es-, :.
" Tin Roofing
...30
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