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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-08

tampoco nads, con su total amor tia
ci6n, ell Balance de 1907
Los benefcios obtenidos en-. la cuen.
ia "Reserva Provisional" dentes
de la liquidation de cuentas considera.
das como perdidas 6 dudosas, cuyos
beneficios no fguran entire los del Ba-
lance actual pero ascien den S1747o
81, compensan, en- su mayor parte, ell
quebranto sufrido con la quiebra de
Ceballos.
Ha contribuido poderos amente al
exito de la citada cuenta uReserva
Provisional,' Ell criterio marcsdamente
conservador con que Sc hzo la valera
cion de las cuentas que fueron objeto
de rebaja ell aflo anterior, y Ell mayor
valor que ha adquirido la riqueza te-
rritorial en- ell presente, permitiendo al
Banco la realizaci6n, durante ell ejer-
cicic actual, de 81 fncas con un valor
de $II5 900, y todas elias por precio
siempre mayor del que tenian asig-
nado.
La venta de estas flncas, cuyo valor
representaba ba un capital improductivo,
coustituye hoy una nueva fuente de
proventos para Ell nuevo ano, durante
el cual Sc recojeran los benefcios de
dicaba realization.
TambiGn han tenidoi exito complete
las gestiones realizadas' en- este eiefci-
clio para obtener los dep6stos del 60
bierno, y una vez cumplidos los requi-
sltos necesarios, fue nom brado ell Banco
depositario del Gobierno Insular, del
Ayuntamiento de San Juan, dc otras
municipaldade de Ia isa. Es muy
probable que dichos dep6sitos tengan
TN considerable aumento Ell el aiIo que
empezamos, para mayor prestjgio y
provecho de nuestra INSTITUTION.
Ell aumento de dep6stos y cuentas
corrientes, que casi dupIican hey los
exlstentes el ano anterior, e creciente
desarrolIo de todos los negocios del
Banco, y la termination dc la linea
ferrea entire San ,Juabay Ponce, que
acrecentara Ell traflco ensre el Norte Y
Sur de la isa, han sugerido al Consejo
de gobierno la conveniencia de esta BILE
Ger una Gaia Subalterna" EN- la ciu-
dad de Ponce, que abrira sus pucrtas
en- breve pIazo, J cuyo esta bIecimento
somete vuestra aprobaci6n. Esten-
dlda de esta suerte nuestra esfera de
acci6n las tres plazas prlncipales de
la isla, le sera mas hacedero al Banco
cooperar, con otras instituciones de la
misma indole, al desenvolyimiento de
los negocios y al mayor desarrollo de
"a riqueza publica.
Siguiendo Ia costumbre esta blecida
desde la fundaci6n del Banco. damos
d continuation el movimento que
han tenido las principales cuentas
durante ell ejercicio que compren-
de esta Memoria, agregando al mis-
mo tempo el que tuyieron Ell los
cu9tro amos anteriores, para que pue
da compararse el ocurrido durante
el quinquento y notarse me jor Ell pro
greso que vieue realizando el Banco
ell dicho periodic.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-08
Numero 80

durante Ell af1o 1906 han tenido un au-
mento de SO por 100 sobre las del afio
anterior y mas de un r5o por 100 sobre
las de 1909
CONSEQUENCE de esta lisonjera situs-
clon ha sido Ell alza que han tenido las
acc1ones del Banco, las cuales Sc pa
gan hoy EN- plaza con IN aumento de
90 por 100 sobre ell precio que alcan-
zaban en- 1905.
NO terminsremos esta Memoria sin
cons1gnar la satisfaction que esperi-
menta Ell Consejo al haceros presente
la eficaz cooperation que a sus gestiones
han prestado los empleados todos, tan
to de esta Central como de la Gaia
Subalterna de Mayagiiez
San Juan, P, r, Enero de 1907.
El Presidente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-08

Ell superintendent de Sanidad
nos renite la siguiente estadlstica
del estado sanitario de Arecibo, du-
rante el mes de Diciembre tiltimo
pasado:
Total de defEnciones, III; casados,
II; solteros, 90; viudos, 10. Varones,
50 y hembras IS. Puertorriqueflos,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-08
Ell REPOCN DE- NlNN pESANPARADOS

Ba 10 la impression del lamentable
espectaculo,que afrecen EN- nuestras
Was publicas y aun ea las carce1e S
municipales 6 de policf&, los muchos
nli1os que v1ven al azar. sin padres
nj parientes que Sc cuiden de su d.
reccion y ensefIanza, y calculando las
tristisimas consecuenc1as que para
aquellos y para la sociedac en- gene
raj puedan derlvarse de este aban-
dono, varias personas carltativas de
esta ciudad concibieron la idea de
fundar una asociacion humanitaria,
con obieto de remediar en- 10 possible
este grave NAL, recogiendo y educan-
do para la vida del trabajo, del es-
tudio y de la moralidad Ell mayor
ntimero possible de esos nifios, amor
males los unos, viCiOsos los demas
y todos huerfanos y desam parados.
Despues de una propa ganda publi-
Ca de estos prop6sitos, a la que con-
tribuyeron con spontaneidad Y des'
interes los periodicos de San Iuan
y algunos de la Isla, Sc constituyo
4 principle del a11o anterior una Tun-
Ia de Directories. compuesta de algu-
nos m6dicos y abogados, de algunos
vecinos flantropos de esta ciudad, Y
de algunos funcionqri0s muy en re-
lacion con las func ZONES de la pro-
yectada Asociacion: los honorables
alcalde de San Juan, jefe dc Po'icia
Insular. Inspector de Sanidad Supe-
rior del Distrito, Presidente de la
Junta Local de Sanidsd y Benehcen.
cia iuez municipal de la ciudad
Tuve Ell honor de ser nombrado Pre-
sidente de ella. Esta Tunta inaugu-
r6 sus funciones en- 20 .le Enero de
1906, obtuv0 desde el principle la
generosa cooperation dc muchas da-
mas de la Capital de sus barrios
aneXoS. que cOnstltuverOn una Iunta
AuXil lar de DireCtOraS TN numerO-
so qrupo de cooperadoras 4 esta obra
de verdadera redenci6n.
Una circular dirigida entOnceS
los establecimientos bancari0s del
alto comercio, 4 los industriales po-
derosos Y 4 las grandes factorias
azucareras, dio por resultado varioS
donativos que oportunamente fueron
publicados, V que en- union dc otros
donativos Y Quotas fiias que va reco-
giendC con plausible constancia la
Junta de Damas. forman hoy la base
de los fondos efectivos &c Ia Asocia-
ci6d para el "Refuqio de niflos de
samparados."
Por desqracia no han responded
hasta ahora los hombres mas opulen.
tos de los Estados Unidos i Ia peti-
ci6n que lie hiciera esta institution
desde el princiDio de sus uestiones.
con 10 que sc ha obtenido hasta
3hora en- el pals no hav 10 bastante
nara ectah1arnr 81 nrir,er or,,,o ra-
formatorio Y educat1vo de los mu-
chacbos .ba1dfos"
No Sc adelantarfa casi nada con al
macenar en- m edificlo cua1ouiera m
pruDo de nifIos. mantenerloS alG en-
o1iet1d f0rzosa como n5iaros en- ian
IA Y dar1es a1imento cana y abrioo
en- horas req1amentarias De este
mod1 Sc repularfa I'm tanto ST nutri-
cion sc les preservaria del pudri-
dero moral de Ia varancia Der las
Was pdblicas; pero ST educaci6n Y
reforina Gtica quedaria leios adn de
10 que dcbe esperarse hoy de I'm es~
tablecimiente de esta fndole. media
mente organizado.
Precisamente por ser el primero, Y
porque Sc ha dc establecer en la
Capital de la Isla, debe tener algo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-08
MOVIhnENTO DE CUENTAs C0RRIENTEs
COMpRA Y VENTA DE GIRCS

Como puede verse por los datos an
teriores las operaciones del Banco
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
The Salmon Family Of Alaska.

There is nothing more curious con-
nected with the finny tribe than to
watch the doings Of the salmon family
in Alaska" said Frank Watson of that
territory.
"The most singular thing Of all is
thai after the females deposit their
spawn their earthly career terminates.
and have seen the bottoms Of creeks
covered with their dead bodies. They
give birth to thousands Of their kind
and Immediately die. The young ones
are then taken care of by the male sal
mon, and it is a well known fact that
in three years from their birth the of
spring reappear on the very ground
Of their origin. There are four va
rieties of this superb fish which make
their appearance in regular order Of
succession.
In the spring the first to arrive is
the magnificent king salmon. which
weighs all the way from 10 to go
pounds. I have myself caught one
weighing 50 pounds. About June 1
comes the sockey, or red salmon.
which visits our shores in enormous
numbers and which is the common
canning variety. A little later ep-
pears the log salmon, which only the
Indians will eat, and finally, in August
and September. the beautiful silver
salmon arrives, the prsttiest fish in all
the world and one Of the most palat-
able.
When the salmon enter the fresh
water, by a curious trick OF nature
their skin becomes red, but this pink
hue does not affect the whiteness OF
their flesh. It is seldom that salmon
viii journey up a glacIer stream, but
the streams that have lakes at their
heads literally swarm with them"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
srock NoTEs..

Sheep have come to be about the
best property in the live stock line
Lamb or mutton is one Of the most
wholesome Of meats and is most ecot
nomical for the farmers use.
If the teeth are bad, feed finely
ground meal and the best clover after
math, or early cut clover
A moderate ration Of beets, four to
five pounds per head, daily, is con-
ducive to the healthfulness Of the
flock and improves the quality of the
mutton. (
The most prolific flock is one where
no ewes are kept that are over eight
years old, unless there may be some
wonderfully prolific ewes and some
mat are extra good
Keep the brood sows in separate
quarters. Don't allow them to feed
with fattening swine nor let them run
after cattle They are likely 10 be-
come too fat to breed wen.
Keep the pigs busy growing when
they are not busy eating, but watch
them closely and do not over feed
Miss meal once week II they allow
feed to lie untouched before them.
Correctives in the way Of charcoal
ashes and salt should be in every
hog pen to ward OF disease.
It is hard yopk to get a horse up
into good flesh after it has once run
down. Easier to keep up than 10 get
up.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
THINKS CLERGY lilly PAID.
Preacher Gives Reasons Why PuIpIts
Are Vacant.

Philadelphia. PA spirited dis
cussion on why there are not more
candidates for the ministry" marked
the closing session OF the East Penn
sylvania synod in Bethany Lutheran
church. Rev. W. J. D. scherer Of FL
mer. N. j.. read a paper on this topic.
which furnished material for debate.
@One Of the principal reasons Is the
treatment received by clergymen in
their old age, said Mr.. scherer. "As
soon as they become old, or otherwise
incapacitated, the members immedl-
ately tell the minister he is not want.
ed and ask him to resign. Such treat.
ment impresses young men Of the
congregation, who decide not to enter
a profession which win leave them de.
pendent upon charity when old age
comes upon them.
Another factor is the salary paid
to most clergymen. The young man
sees business men making twice as
much as the pastor and he selects the
profession that offers thu greatest
financial opportunities"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
wAY TAE aAME ApegAaED.
Anecdots illustrates shrewdness 81
the late President Kruger.

Not long ago a monument was un-
veiled at Pretoria over the grave Of
the late Paul Kruger. The once su-
preme figure Of the African republic
is now remembered more for his mis-
takes than for his achievements. Fate
dealt hardly with the old ruler who
played so great part in the making
Of a sturdy nation. Death found him
not even a citizen OF the country Of
which he had been president. He died
In exile, his land in subiection to a
foreigner. Imperious and domineer-
ing, he went out Of life a beaten man.
Kruger possessed a Bismarckian
gift for blunt and vivid phrases.
60 back and tell your people
never, neyerl" he said to a deputa-
tion. "And now let the storm burst
Protest! Insist What is the use7
I have the guns!"
my friends" he once began a
speech; then, perceiving some out
landers" in the audience. he added:
"But you are not all friends; some
are thieves and murderers. Well
friends, thieves and murderersI
The president was curious mixture
of piety and shrewness. A story is
told Of an incident which occurred in
his earlier days.
At one time. when game was very
scarce, he went with a party to hunt
the hartbeest. They secured the veldt
for days without sign of their prey.
Paul Kruger announced then his pur-
pose Of going into the hills to pray
for food, like patriarch of old.
He was gone for number Of hUyls.
When he returned he announced that
In three days large herd would pass
that way. The party camped, in less
than the appointed time the prophecy
was fulfilled, anu lsach game was Sc
cured. The Boer hunters were much
struck with wonder, and dubbed
Kruger the man Of prayer"
Some time after the Kafir who ac-
companied Kruger on his expedition
of petition told the truth of the affair.
Kruger, when he left the hunting par
ty, had struck out for neighboring
Kafir kraal, and informed the natives
that his men we're starving. II they.
the natives, did not discover game
in three days, he said, he would bring
bis whole party over the hill and kill
every Kaffr. The natives, being sore
afraid of Boer methods, all turned out,
secured the region, and drove the
game to the Boer camp. Thus Kru-
gers prayer" was answered.
Youths Companioll.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
PuMPKIN - vALuAaLE.
There ls Money in Saving, Drying and
Selling Them In iowa.

Eldora, Ia.-Growing pumpkins FOR
the seed is an industry which is devel
oping among farmers in Iowa Those
who first tried the experiment found
at once the industry a profitable one.
The variety grown is the Connecticut
Field.
The pumpkin Is planted with the
corn and requires no increase of acre
age for its production. while It yields
in seed from i've tc six dollars pei
acre. The average price paid is five
cents per pound. and the market has
reached at times as high as eight
cents. The feeding value Of the
pumpkin is doubled by removing the
seed. which possesses the properties
OF drying up mich COWS.
The work u handling the seed is
carried on by the children OF the
farm, who first take the ripe pumpkin
and pound It lightly on the ground un
til the seeds are loose In the core
The pumpkin is then broken open
and the seeds scooped out. and they
are then washed thoroughly and dried
and are ready for the scales.
One dealer at Independence, Ia,
annually handles 1000 pounds OF
pumpkin seeds, and urges the farmers
in his region to raise more. One large
grower annually gets a large check at
Troy Mills for the summers product,
and IN places the children get enough
money to pay all their school and col
lege expenses.
During the st. Louis fair many went
to the fair on the money realized from
selling pumpkin seeds, and numerous
tales are told Of the comforts received
from the sale of this before unheard
OF product having a money value In
the market
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
WONDERFUL MUSEUM
sosToN's SCIENTIFIC AND ART
TREASURES LACK ROOM.
Present Quarters Too Small and a
New and Finer and Larger
Building is to Be Ready
In Three Years.

While American museums have
necessarily drawn largely upon the
treasures Of the old world IN building
up their collections, It has remained
for this country to take the lead in
providing suitable setting for art
treasures. A new point Of view in
the housing Of the great collections
forming in this country appears in
plans which have recently been adop-
ted in Boston for a group Of buildings
to accommodate the Museum Of Fine
Arts, founded in 1870 and situated for
many years past In an ornate struc.
ture fronting on Copley square hard
by the famous Boston Public Library.
The new museum will. 1t is said,
be the most perfectly designed insti
tuition Of its kind In the world. for the
plans are based upon elaborate studies
made among European and American
art museums by special committee
Of experts. AT the same time, ex.
haustive Investigations into the proper
lighting and arrangement Of objects
of art have been conducted with the
aid Of specialists from the Massachu-
setts Institute Of Technology When.
three years hence removal from the
present overcrowded and unsuitable
building has been made possible, the
immense treasures In the keeping of
the museum will be housed as art
collections never were before and en-.
tirely In a way to make them most
accessible to the American public.
The modern art museum is much
more than a collection of paintings
and sculpture gathered at random. II
covers 80 wide a range both in time
and place. that It's collections become
an epitome Of ancient and modern
civilization as revealed in art. There
are objects. for example, In the Bos-
ton museum which were fashioned
wien the ancient civilization In the
valley OF the Nile was still at its
dawn. Visitors see statuettes in lime
stone and wood which were carved
and painted nearly 5000 years before
the birth Of Christ.
Several OF the paintings in the
Chinese and Japanese departments
are as important in oriental art as
SO many Raphaels, Titians and Rem
brandts would be in collection OF
European paintings.
It is especially to the collection Of
original works Of Greek art contained
in the Museum Of Fine Arts that the
visitors attention should be directed.
Owing to the difficulty Of getting or.
iginal works American museums have
often been obliged to present Greek
art through the medium Of plaster
casts and other reproductions. The
wide popularity Of casts and the al
most total absence OIL original works
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
rAE HIaA vALgE oF oArs.
Prof. Thomas Shaw Says Il Has No
Equal as Feed.

Nc cereal grown on our farms is
eqral to the oat ia general feeding
value. This arises. first, from the va
ried animals to which it may be fed
and the various ages at which they
like It; second, from its general
healthiness and further from the
many combinations in which it may
be used
Oats may be fed satisfactorily and
with safety to cattle, sheep, swine anc
horses at any age. This does not ap
ply equally to other grain grown on
the farm. Oats may be splendid feed
on which to start young calves, lambs.
pigs and colts, when ground, and the
hulls sifted out A little later it is not
necessary to slft out the hulls except
for young pigs and still later It is un.-
necessary to grind the oats for calves
lambs or colts. The same is true Of
ground oats for milch cows and cattle
that are being fattened.
The only objection to feeding oats
is that Of cost. They are not real
good food for fattening swine but are
fine for brood sows with young pigs.
Oats are very healthy and no one ever
heard of them making an animal III
when dried enough to keep safely in
bulk.
Oats may be fed In any combination
that may be desired. They make a
fine food for bringing cattle and sheep
up to full feed along with concen-
trated feeds and other grains such as
corn and barley. Even during the
later stages Of fattening some ground
oats along with corn help greatly to
keep the animal On feed. 1t is unfor.
tunate that so valuable food is not
more grown. The oat crop is usually
given the poorest land on the prin,
ciple that 1t can fight its own way
better than other grains. The average
yield Of oats would be much higher il
it we're given an even chance with
other cereals.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23

PORCELAIN WARE WHICH IS Ex
oUlsiTE IN WORKMANSHIP.
Finest Specimens Made In the Prov.
inee Of kaga-Laequer Ware
Which surpasses Anything
Of Kind In World.

The president in his message haA
referred to the skill Of japanese
workmen, and It is not without point
whether one looks In the realm Of art
or in the commonplace trades. This
comment brought out in connection
with the recent troubles in San Fran
cisco, where Japanese have beeen ex-
cluded from schools attended by white
children, has served to direct pew In
terest towards things Japanese, and
in some phases Of art work the Japan
ese undoubtedly do excel the rest Of
the world. The finest period Of Jap
anese art as applied to porcelain was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
II Made a difference.

We'll, gentlemen, what can | do
for you today" quiried the colonel
as he entered his Office after brief
absence and found three farmerlook-
ing men IN possession.
I'VE are a committee from the coun-
ty fair" explained one, and we want
to see about the address. You make
EN-. don't you?"
20, certainly"
What's your figger?"
Il delivered two country fair ad-
dresses last fall and receiroa $50
each"
"Um. Too high"
"There was no fault found with my
prices last year. It takes time to
prepare one. you know and then I
must journey down and deliver It. The
figure I named is a very reasonable
one"
Look here. colonel, said the chair
man Of the committee after consider
ing a bit, have You got one Of your
own addresses on hand7"
Il believe So"
"And cant yer put Ter in for s25?"
"But some one might get on to It. q
wen take all the chances Of that.
All the petple who viii listen to you
will be old Mrs. Cosey. who is deaf
as a post, and old Jim Shaw, who will
take 1t for Fourth Of July grafton,
anyhow. and you won't run the slight
est risk. Won't this make differ.
ence in your fggers?"
The colonel blushed and stammered
and said he thought 1t would and
when the committee left they had his
---.... - 80 I'D - ~
Tina
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
soFTENINe TAE FoRE HOOPS.

Here is plan for softening the fore
hoofs Of a horse which has stood too
long upon a dry hard floor in the
stable. recommended by a correspond,
ent Of Prairie Farmer. He has made
a small plank trough, three feet long!
two feet wide and six inches high,
after the manner illustrated in the &C,
companying sketch. This trough is
filled about half full with clay soil
and then thoroughly soaked with
water.
The horse is SO tied from either
side that he can Just nicely stand hisl
fore feet in this trough, where he may
be left for two or three hours day,
This plan is said to be very satisfac.
tory for softening a horses feet and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23
prsssn. ouartsrs q .he Museam.

have caused many persons to form
a definite but false idea OF Greek art,
the more subtle qualities OF which
cannot be studied in reproductions.
Nearly every text book Of American
history is under indebtedness to the
American collections at Boston. In
the picture galleries the Athenaeum
portraits of George Washington and
Martha Washington BY Gilbert Stuart
were painted directly from the dis
tinguished sittera. and hence are the
standard likencsses Of our first pres.
ident and his wife. since the other
Stuart "Washingtons' are replicas
painted from these portraits. The
portrait Of Samuel Adams Is that BY
which this famous leader Of the Rev.
loutionary democracy is best known
while the portrait OF John Hancock ls
equally familiar
That all the important possessions
Of this American museum will be
even better known than now through
the removal TO the new museum
building, with its greater opportuni-
ties for observation and study. is in.
evitable As part Of the great uni.
verrity OF the Fenway," in proximity
to the white marble Harvard Medical
school, to Mrs Jack" Gardner's
Italian palace and to half score Of
other important structures the new
Museum Of Fine Arts will be one Of
the foremost among the greatest
group Of buildings that has yet been
ae~ctea fc fhe h'~hc- st.o-
the American people