Arizona republican., 1900-07-08
LINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA
J. B. Havre Writes That He is Pros
 porous and Unhappy.

MT. Daniel McDermott of this city received a letter day or two ago from J. B. Havre, formerly of this city, writ ten from Aueguipa, Peru, on May g.
 MT. Havre was formerly foreman of the W. J. Murphy ranches in this val ley and has many friends here who will be pleased to learn of his prosperity and still more pleased to know that though he has wandered a long dis tance from his Arizona fireside he still has a warm place in his heart for Phoenix and dollars alone is what ke5ps him on the move. He seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied with the half civilized customs and conveniences of South American institutions and looks forward to the time when he can get back under the "constitution and the flag" He left here about three years ago and since then has made an annual visit to South America in the interest of several San Francisco mercantile houses dealing in leather, oils, dry goods. boots and shoes, and othericom- modities. He was here last winter for a. short time, going from here to Geor- gfa and North Carolina, where he wis ited some time with relatives. The let ter says in part:
 "On the 31st of December left Au- gusta for Tampa, where I embarked for Havana. I did not stay long, for was dreadfully homesick and had to keep on the move. Besides I haven't much use for the Cubans. They are an ungrateful lot of niggers.
 Tn order to get to South America -.tl -l,1 ,l.a I.I to take a steamer back to New Or leans. There I remained three days and took a. banana steamer for Port | Limon in Central America, I enjoyed the trip down the Mississippi very much.
 ''The first night out at sea we fell | in with a Spanish steamer with a brok- en shaft and had to tow her back to the mouth of the Mississippi We had a nice trip of five days to Port Limon, passing eastern Cuba in the daytime. had hoped to find a steamer at Port Limon for Colon, but was disappointed, so there was another four days of weary waiting in that place.
 Port Lirnon is full of Jamaica ne groes, the sauciest people in the world, and I came very near having to kill one of them. left for Colon on the French steamer St. Laurent and with my ] usual luck missed the train there for Panama by a fraction of a minute, but as I was pretty well tanned by that time and used to disappointment took my medicine and washed it down with buffalo milk"
 Il finally got over to Panama and stopped week, doing a pretty fair business. Then embarked on a coast ing steamer and took in the west coast of Columbia and Ecuador, arriving at Guayaquii in due time.
 Here the rainy season, which IS also
 the yellow fever season, was on, and the heat was something terrific and I was glad to get cut after a stay of | three weeks.
 My next stop was Chiclayo, Peru,
 where I remained one week, doing q 1 pretty good business. In Trujillo an other week was spent, and then came Callao and Lima. I am always glad to get to Lima. The hotels are good, business is generally fair and above all
 I have some very good friends there
 who are always trying to make it pleasant fer me. This time I remained l six weeks and then came on here. Next | Saturday it will be three weeks since I came, and Sunday morning at seven I shall leave for Bolivia
 This city is over 1000 feet above sea level and is situated at the foot of
 Mt. Misti, volcano over 1S,O00 feet high. Earthquakes are of frequent oc- curence, the town having been almost completely destroyed once. The diff ference in temperature between night and day is very great. When the sun shines it is warm, but at night every man wears an overcoat. Harvard unl- versity has an observatory here which visited the other Sunday.
 q have no particular news for you. ! except that I am anxious to get home. Sometimes it seems almost impossible to go on. But must get through with [ it. l want to do it up brown this time and then quit. I never want to come down here any more. I am making money all right enough. but want to { live at home. I am going to try to get back by Christmas, but if that is not possible I shall stay till spring. If I stay till spring I shall make what would be cAleS-a good stake in Ari- zona." N