Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-04-11
A ylSU TO POLO RICO.
A. S. Iohmsn Of Chiaook Does not iesss
Much OF the New Possession
IGreat Falls Leader.l

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Much OF the New Possession. |,
IGreat Falls Leader,l
"Poto Rico is not the place Tor a man
who wants to make Il business venture
and turn his money over in his o"n '"e
time" is the judgment OF A. 5, Lohman,
OF Chinook, who has just returned from a
trim To that part of the world, having
spent the winter on a tour through the
West Indies. Mr.. Lohman, who last ial
disposed OF his mercantile business at Chi
nook, took a steamer and sailed Tor San
Juan, Porto Rico, and after a visit there
went toPonce By steamer and then made
his way across the island by private con-
veyance to San Juan again. In that way
he saw much OF the country and the peo-
pie in a comparatively short time and the
conclusions he reached were not conpli'
mentary to our new possessions rs to the
business opportunities they oier Tor an
ambitious, active man.
There nre some opportunities ofcourse,
said Mr.. Lehman, 'but they seem to me
to be few, and Tor my own part should
not care to make a large investment there.
There are n number OF cases in which,
believe, a man might invest a large sum oil
money il be we're content that bis children
or grandchildren should reap the reward.
For a man to keep his money moving and
conduct an active business, such as We
know in the United States, he would have
to hunt another place. To do an ener-
getic business, TO mike investments and
realize on them, you need a busy, enter
prising community, and the people OF
Porto Rico are nothing Of the sort.
There are variou objections to the
country as n place to live in, to my mind.
1t makes an enjoyable visit and during the
first lew weeks everything you see, every
tree and flower, has Il special interest be-
cause il is 30 different TO what you have
been accustomed to. Tha. wears of in
time, though, and then you begin to think
OF the inconvenience and The creeping
things, aud the want Of civilization, and
you are ready to go home. Why, there
are mosquitoes 500 days in the year and
1856 in leap years and they ARE thicker
than buffalo used to be on the Montana
prairies. All you have To do is to shake
a blanket and a cloud OF ileas will cont
out oiit. The lie Of the country, taken as
q whole, il not as comfortable as at home
and unless you know the Spanish language
you are greatly handicapped. Even the
best hotels have indifferent acomToda.
tions, ms We would regard them. You get
a cup Of coffee AMI n LOAF Of bread Tor
breakfast and that 10 all, and an American
gets pretty hungry by the time dinner
comes at last, and then he finds every.
thing cooked in oil and so rich and greasy
that he can't eat it,
Mr.. Lohman brought with him, says the
Helena Independent, a large box OF curios,
sent to Henry Zaps., OF this city, by Ed T..
Mahoney, who is well known here, having
spent some time in the city raising funds
for the cause of Cubs libre before the out
break OF the Spanish war. Maboney il
now superintendent OF the sanitary de-
partmsnt Of Havana and il doing well.
He has 300 men under his command and
I. husv in Tho recons,rnc,iop of the ci,v
The curio, ot relics embrace n ride yarie,y
There ara n numher of swnrds and m,,b.tss
ussd nv oglcers and .oldiers in bo,b ,hs
spanisb and patriot armies a coll,cti,p
of upir,rms. belts. hangers. buttons. cans
and mime, of ysrious rauks NJ Tho civil
and military guards. before and ,incs ,hs
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many bull.,s including the brass.ti,ned
c,r,r;dves nbout which an mu,h w.. heard
dn,;n, ,hs wsr and ammunition and oa,
fridge belts and number. nf ,.lic. nicL.d
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