Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-18
ADVISES AGAINST GOING THERE
Mexican Herald Makes an independent
investigation of The Project and
En,bodies It's Report in a Printed Ar
tioIe-Thousands of Investors In
Iowa.

would entitle him to drawing In the
lottery. The prizes were to be ono
town lot in the city of Jalisco. In
cluded in the prizes were several larger
tracts OF land. among them thousand
acre tract and several smaller. Mr..
will A. Davis. Of this CITY, has received
copy OF the Mexican Herald, publish
ed at City Of Mexico. which gives q
long report OF an independent inves-
tigation Of the project. The conclu-
sions are not altogether fattering, al
tho the committee was not prepared to
say the scheme IL the gigantic fraud
which most people suspected. 1t was
clnined the Pan-American Railroad
Company was connected with the pro-
iect. which was said to be a colonial
ton venture, but the president of the
road repudiatEs the land company.
The Mexican Herald says in part:
I'D. p. Doak, the president Of the
Pan American Railrond, In the name
of his company, has repudiated all
connection of any sort whatever. be-
tween his railroad and the Pan-Amer-
lean Land and Colonization Company.
of Kansas City, Mo-, and advises all
against going there Mt present This
is the company which for nearly three
wears past has been booming the sale
OF lands about the townsite of Jalisco,
Chiapas, on the main line OF the Pan
American railrond, and which has
claimed the connection without denial
all along. and is today using stationery
which bears the information that 1t Is
sthe land department OF the Pan-Am-
|serican Railroad" Mr.. Doak telegraphs
to the Herald from Los Angeles. ask
ing the paper to publish an article,
stating that the Pan-Americpn Rail-
road is not in any way connected with
the American Land and Coloniza-
ton Company, and that It advises
against anyone going to Jalisco, the
site OF the American Land Com
pany's operations, until accommoda-
tons are better.
This statement Of Mr.. Doal1's Is the
latest development In the controversy
regarding the honesty or dishonesty of
the venture of the Pan American Land
and Colonization Company, at the town
very considerable time past the Pan
American Land and Colonization Com
pany of which r. j. Martin OF Kansas
City. is president. has, from it's offices
in the Gibraltar building, in, that city,
sent out circulars and agents into all
parts Of the United States for the pur-
pose of selling to those who would buy
them, lots in the company. These
lots" were to be good, wnen the time
came, for a city lot, or small farm
in the vicinity of Jalisco, each lot"
drawing something of value from q
business corner or a good sized farm
to a one acre plot Of country ground.
The prices of the "lots" were $25 gold
each, payable In three payments the
last payment due one month before the
drawing. These lots" have been SELL
ing in quantities all over the United
States, and now the date of the draw
ing has been set for May %. The
company has planned to bring down
great excursions for the event. and for
the purpose Of letting the prospective
settlers see the country as it will be at
it's best at that time in the midst of
the rainy season.
10 Title to Land Perfect7
"There have been many rumors that
all was not going smoothly at Jalisco,
the first talk long ago, being that the
title to the land was not perfect, and
later, when visitors from certain Sec
tons of the United States have come
down here, that the property was not
as it was represented. and was, in fact,
almost entirely the opposite Of what
hn rlo a cd - hn ho
Herald has, for some time past. been
working on az thoroughly reliablel a
story as 1t could obtain from all the
possible sources OF information, and
now presents as nearly 10 possible
both sides of the case.
"a large part Of the adverse criti-
cism which the company has received
has been on account Of It's alleged i'm
perfect title to the land 1t has been
selling. 1t was asserted that altho
the company was selling the lots to
be later located on this land 1t had not
secured clear title to the property,
the title having been secured by the
firm of Cueto and company Of Tonala,
Jalisco. Governor ,Pimentel, Of CHA
pas, has been one Of the names that
has been used In the literature Of the
company, and whose letter on the re-
sources of the state of Chiapas has
been used as one Of the circulars of
the company. r. J. Martin, the presi-
dent Of the Pan American Land and
Colonization Company has stated
that it was thru Governor Pimentel
that the land was bought, and largely
at his instigation. Cuento and COM
pany, according to Mr.. Martin. were
parties to the purchase Of the property
for the Pan-An1erican and not opposed
to 1t as has been stated"
The Herald then prints a statement
by Mr.. Martin In which ne details
meeting with ]. w. Neeland, general
manager Of the Pan American road,
Governor Pimentel. Of Chiapas. and ].
II. Borden, at which plans were drawn.
policies outlined, etc. Mr.. Martin
says:
After some delay. for which no
member Of this company was respon-
sible, the governor proceeded with the
purchase Of the land. In doing so
he used cueto and company Of Tonala.
and a native by the name of Garcia.
As soon as these parties began to
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