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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
La e2calera nCviue "Hocquard"

La vertlglnosa progression del mo.
vlmlento en- las grandes ciudades y
la enorme ahuencia de p1bico que,
4 ciertas horas, Sc ~reune en- determi-
nados locales, dan por resultado que
sean lnsuhclentes los medios de CO.
lnunlcacion que, hace veinte amos, Sc
consideraban exuberantes.
Para llegar los grandes almace-
mes, los teatros, 4 las ectaciones de
la ciudad, la :escalera resulta extre-
1nadamente acgosta, el ascensor de-
ma siado lento, los famosos "tapis
roulants" no sostienen sino TN peso
li1nita1o. Todos estos inconvenien-
.tes quedaran en- adelante suprimidos
por TN reclente { 1ngenioso invento
cuya description hacen detail men-
te los periodicos extranjeros Sc
trata de la escalera movible Hoe
guard. que toma su nombre del in
geniero inventor del aparato, que ha
sido va adoptada, en- los grandes es-
tableclmlentos del Bon Marche". de
Paris, en- la estaci6n ferroviaria del
Quar- d'Orsay, y Sc proyecta intro
ducirla'en el Metropolitano para evi-
tar las molestlas del ascenso y des-
censo la estacion que tan cnojosa S
resultan. -5f.is ..... )&
La esca1era "Hocquard' tiene Ell
aspecto de una escalera corriente;,
los escalones estan forma dos por pla-
nos verticales en- forrna de peine, del
grueso de TN centlnetro dispuestos
amos al lado de los otros separados
entre 81 por el espaclo de 90 milf
metros. La secclon superior de este
plano es perfectamente horizontal,
y el conjunto produce la Illusion de
una verdadera escalera. Durante cl
movimiento de ascension to1os los
escalones estan animados de la mis-
ma avelocidad y IA persona que en-
lellos. Sc encuentra es llevada al opla :
no. superior sin dar paso. f..,..as,~-, ~
Ell movim iento de esta esca1era Sc
consigue con In mecanismo suma-
mente sencillo, que exige apenas Ia
fuerZa| de tres cabal los de vapor
ouando la escalera esta desocupada, |,
y de seis caballos CON- La carga ma
xima, 8 sea So personals; los .escalo-
nes son de un metro velnte cent?
metros dc largo pero 'estas dimen
stones pueden aumentarse seg1n las
necesidades.. En- tiempos normalcs
la escalera movibf transporta de
1000; !; a $500 personas por nora esto
'es1 fduthas mas Que el h<fapis foul
lant' y los ascensores, que no pue-1'
den llevar sino 800 personas como
1naximo. Esta escaleia. como Sc ha'
yisto en- la practica. pued ! fcOnducir
hasta s4,oco pefsons s. 7 Otra imporl
tanfS ventaj3, 81 IL 1necallisrnd Sc
pafase de improviso, no por ESQ due
darfas oftef4utd pltdap III scfluu1aeIfn. ].
pusS 4 apaEafo podrfa servir coh0
una escalera ordinaria. oil
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
Hallazgo de IN cadaver

I Nuestro corresponsalde Aqua
da cornunica que aver fue en-
cpntrado en el barrio Maria, de
aquella Jurisdiction el cadaver
dc Lore emo Garcia, fallecido cer-
ca Dc su residencia., Sc persona
en- elY sitioeljuez municipal Y
Ia policia, La certiiicaci6n me.
,dica acredita que, Garcia falle-
Glo 4 consefu rfiaiA3,de una aplo-
pegfa en- d cerebro. ss1,l no
ay1sao1 b1t2ofu ~ 01tsiniu III %,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
Contra el teniente Sr. NOa

Esta maflana ha sido entregado
al Gobernador por los sei1ores Gill y
Brow ell informe de los cargos con
ira el teniente de Ia policia insular
don Sergio Noa, hechos por ell Juez
Municipal de Manati sehor Cordova
Davila. No Sc sabe todavfa ell critic
rio de Ia Comisi6n. En- la semana
pr6xima Mr. Post informara. Sc dice
sin embargo, que el senior Noa trata
de presentar Ia renuncia de su
puesto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
Los esposos Jensen Hoheb

La distinguida pareja Jensen+Ho-
heb que hace lalgunos, dias, cantraic-
ron yealaee siendo apadrinadps por
los seffores don Tulio LarrirsGa y
don Rafael del Vale, embarcaron
en- el "Coamo, para los Estado& Uni
dos: Segniran dyiaja, para ajarnas
tacionesl como Franniasy n, Alemania.
que piensan vis;tar W despu@s w ,nna
iarga temporada ,rAgresarAnI !, \, San
Juan. .1,Ia,ra1 '. ',tt's,a
s.iLes asasAasaa - lfslir EIhjsx 8
'1''Toa \, nan.la.1 co.. ab lzas yaz,s
pisA as1a1as s1 III 'ETu1k s>f .'rr
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
En- Ia Isla J Estados Unidos J
Nota del. dia

sst ear ~ .ozaa - - -d2ib .sup-sn
Mr.. Willoughby, que xe},cer-
'ccano sel 1dfa en- que trocafa el
destino de tesorero por ef de
gran secretario de Ia congrega-
ci6r, no ,ha querido resignatse a
abandonar e1' puesto,," desde el
que ha sa bido ga.narse las sim
patias generates del pals contri-
buyente, sin hacer 8 publican
algo que haga inlperecedera su
meinoria, que le lleve en- vida,
en- plena vida repanchigada y
burocratica, a los linderos de Ia
inmortalidad, z-'.'" 4''n'. @ Il
La circular dirigida a los al
caldes de la. Isla, es TN docu-
mento conmovedor en- ell que
campea esa 1nezc1a inefable de
suhciencia portentoss y de pa.
ternal solicitud que ndistingue a
todos los escritos, los discursos
Y los actos de los cohgregantes,
tnicos que poseen aqui Ell Sc
creto de ese modelo de EXPIRE
sion incopiable, que en- vano ira
taramos de ir1itar nosotros, los
que no estamos ungie:os y con-
sagrados como ellos para con-
sumar la redencion de@fos pue-
bios de America, en- I'll nombre
augusta dc Ia 1Democracia. -.
80 Es muy conf orta;for en- estos
tiempos de Sincertidh h1nbre, de
inqu1etud. de inestabl1idad, sa-
Der que vela por nosotros, por
nuestras instituciones, por nues-
tros organisn1os una t'itoria tan
1neticulosa Que no ~cesa de ha-
Ger prudentes advertencias, jul
ciosas Y severas anonestaciones
Y lleva su extra'no4 cello, po-
sesionada tan en- 81 se1'io de 'su
papel, hasta Ell punto de ofrecer
recompensas y premlos honorl-
flcos a los ayuntamientos que
mas desahogados esten, mas
prosperos. {
Lo del cuadro de honor que
Sc ha lnventado Mr. Willoughby,
sesln detalle que le acredita CO.
mo verdaderu educaefo1@de~pue
bios, como sociolego 4insigne.
Parece mentira que una cosa
tan it'll, tan necesarla, tan in
81 aidispensableg tan dcon1noy edora =
men te infantil by;4 sobre todo,
tan justa como esa, mo Sc nos
= %@rhlnbiese ocurrido .antes. g nos
stOtloSs .:s.I zhd99m noa zo1ibd9s =
oeH Decididamentel estanos9 pre-
tecisades de esa atutvria saba y
9 . prudente Que discuffe eosas tan
: amenas y entire tenidas como la
circular, dirigida (, los ,alcaldes
vel detalle,ine4a bletdel, cuadro
b de Ihonor> paraocoleoarslos NOM
uibfest delos ayuntanaicntos sque
no te1igah9deadas. aIfimai 81 o5 |a'
stsnSi 81 aeno tuvilsra, titulost suf-
slcientes y ganadoso en-, buena lid;
soeldsoc i6iognsrede ntorista, ltu-
MOS a la admir- acl6n atonita de
los CcoIonos de Burlandia, .el do
tu1nentot 8 que fytanf6s ponien-1
,fdo' lcomsnta JOS, "A SireuIAr, con
, Que1acAsQe pane rH;pite q Ia PRO-
liseratura deese, idepar-
! tamenqo tan alarmanteInente,fes
cundo en- disposiciones sienpre
lignc anRinadas9a a ,aalgHna irecaudo,
aoa|sag4Eiaa, oaag4E mas .g,lsha ,sdhefsute para
aGona uds tails IJJ6tra al III All toE, de tap Ge
ngo oai)antA lltar ratnla b4Ip ga,
1ekgespeto, 0 ba1 aflmiE aeidns zya la
oaBep ulAfidad,i ,ibnsqsb 7 ao4iaas =
Gf!alin, d!ln1 ooass23lgsl0 ssIi s2lsl0 Il para fffos I
otns Il de- aentirnos tan cuida.
doeamente amados Dc i gran
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23

LksE = f53
RENuaclAs.}...

etEsta 1lnahana fues 6rmado ell nom
bramllentou de don Candido MARTINEZ
Rosse1l3, para rel puesto de, inspector
de al1mentos que desempeflaba ell se'
nor Utrutia..I u Ell sue1do del r1i1eyo
etfpleados es' de mil 9dollas arusl es.
Dlcho| nombramiento tendra efecto ell
prlmero de Julio pr6xino oi99s3ore -,
Isyu.o 10. n3 .6fuQfTzT "a n3fdmsT -.
FL seflolT AcuiIa flrmara esta tarde 4
las cuatro algunas renunclas nue.
vos nom brahli enyo s..o@ a14oo T1T@5 af
! = sohsnJ 1ob.ssI 21I s. & 2a[uz161 .4
, 1HH pfesenHd6 IA a1reuuncia de 'su
pursto en- elfl0epa rham ento de Teso-
reElau idaau Fsdsfica Rorrata 2Doria,
1haatblendoa sido sido saGeptadda Etaddia1p por 81 Teso-
,rerO, @1s ~.
',qsa a'n6s a1sSe aadd < Il sghof Porfath.
'Do1da ha siHd gmpltAd5 fer1 Ia ofeina
do la aoadpaflfa anIerfcaasa dcvapores.t
Il svita1tsiniuba y-AvitGfsiaeI nnfup 81,
! EhsaaDr yAsnAa aefpt6 L. rennncia,
ddsl dl llIsse10r RIhltflao RlIhltflao GQepagak escribieR-
std1d p1fl ls h5pi ,1Ii 9{eE5 pfIasroo n aso
dc un6gsn1alIa4 q obayslI afl -
= II su3tq oup szaa y,I - oi,syI
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
asunTos Nln0aTlNTEs

Esta maflana empez6 en- Ia Corte
Federal el pleito entablado por la Sc
f1orita Gloria Fernandez contra Ia EN-.
pre$a Valdes.
Sc recordar4 que hace algunos me-
ses la expresada senorita, acompafla-
da de TN americana c,1yo nombre no
recordamos, sufri6 un accidente en-
su coche muriendo el caballo que IT,
raba del vehiculo y quedando destro-
z2do el qultr1n. .tfdefRf1 2r.-, n..,
Los demandantes atribuyen Ell he
cho al tren de Ia empresa Valdes. La
representation de la seflorita Gloria
Fernar dez pide una indemnizaci6n
de cinco mil quinientos dollars.
Son abogados en- este pleito los
sehores Hartzells y Rodriguez Sierra
para los primeros y el seflor Mott en-
representation de la compaf1ia VAL
des. a-,.l>-l .ss 9@ -.
b Ayez termin6t la vista del pleito
interpuestopor Enlalia Camacho, VIII
da dc Dionisio Garcia contra los Sc
nores Rubert Hermanos. W
Pcdia la demanda una indemniza
ci6n de tres mil dollars. Ell Jurado
fallo a favor de los demandados Sc
flores Rubert, quienes probaron los
grandes servicios que en- todas oca-
stones han prestado en- los trabajos
agricolas y Ia falta de Fundamental
de la demanda como t1emostr6 con
grandes razonamientos la defensa.
Ell juez Mr.. Rodey ordeno archivsr
la expresada causa. -r4 5D..6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23

En- Ell correo de arioche recibinnox
de Mayagiiez la siguiente importan-
te exposicl9n que pub blicam0s CON mu-
chO guStO:A SN~4 &(FiA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
Honorable A1calde de San Tuan y
miembros del Conceio Munici-
pal. 24lQj4'i3SJ2 b)E A

pal. I 91Q]4If3aI2 WF A
Sef1ores:
Habiendose informado, los ipfras-
critos ciudadanos puertorr iquek6s de
la solicitud presentada $Vas, DOT DOT 81
periodista don Seba sti4n Dalmau y
Canet, para que don, Manuel Ferp<n-
dez Juncos sea nombrado hijo4 .adop-
two de esa hermo sa . ciudad de San
Juan, conocedores de los altos mere-
del eminente literato cuvo
nombre Sc trata de honrar; conside-
rando los grandes meritos que en- eli
seflor Fernandez Juncps concuIfkd. y
quele hacea acre eaor kqus seqO6Sn-
hera tan elevado nombramiento de
hijo adoptivo de- Ia ciudada de San
Juan; nos adherimos lo solicitadn
por Ell sef1or Da1rnau suplicando &
Vds. que otorguen tan merecido acto
de justicia tan benemerito benefac-
tor de la humanidad, en- general, yde
la patria borinquefla, en- particular.
M,x,rn - xf.-a~ 49,. Ell
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23
Mayagnez, Mayo de 1907.
Muy respetuosamente, az

Mariana Rera Palmer, Cesar Ro-
drlguez. Abraham PefIa, En- lilo H.
Benedeth, Francisco Pereda, G Acos-
ia Surra. Juan Miguel del Toro, Tuan
Brua assanet, Miguel A. Gimenez ,Nu-
sa, Armando Esteva, Enrique Olive
LA Vidal, Pedro de los Santos, Ro-
dolto RAMIREZ, Jose -Llorens Eche-
varria, Eusenio Geigcl, Manuel Ma.
Gonzalez, Jose A. SilGn, Pedro K.
Agostiny. Genaro Cortes, jaime So
Ter. G. A. Larroiz, L. L. Ferrer, Pc
dro J. Camas, Ramon Jorge Sans,
DR.. T.. Bonilla, Ramon Guascha r.
Vazquez Sanchez, Jose Ramirez Avi-
les, Antonio Bujga, Adolfo Gonzalez
Deza. Pedro Tolosa, J. M. Marin. San
tiago Ruiz, Juan B. Zeppon feldf, San
tiago Valle, Florencio We've, Juan A.
Monaga, Jose Leandro vMontalyo, M.
Graf1a Boneta, Juan Reyes, Lisandro
Garmendia, Jacinto Rubio Rosa, Do
mlngo Il Vega, Ramon Yoren Jose
Cruz. .%.,. ..,' e -
Tambien hemos recibido adhesiones
de esta ciudad firmadas 1por los seflo-
res !. Texidor Antonio Perez Pierres.
Jose de J. Cavo. T, Ramirez de Are
llano, Antonio Lopez Tizol. DIR r We
lez Lopez, F. Oller, G. Iriarte, r. Ne
gron Flores, Emilio del Toro, Manuel
N. Yordan, Conrado Riera, Angel
Pania qua. Jose {. Balaguer, A. Marin
Marien, Manuel Z Calder6n p de Cas-
tro Ferdinand r Cestero, Joaquin E.
Barreiro, Franciaco Lopez Sanchez,
d. A. S. Sabe, doctor Jose n. Carbo-
nell, Jose E. Santiago, Carlos V.
Urrutia Augusta Malaret, M. T, Lorn-
part, Jose Antonio Gutierrez, lose
Eugenio Medina, Luis Rodriguez Ca
brero, Jose MufIoz Rivera, doctor l..
Garcia de Quevedo, Fernando delTo-
70, Rosendo Valle, Eduardo Lopez Tt
zol. Pedro r. de Diego, Francisco T.
Amy. Alfredo c Hoheb,, tests NJ Ros-
sy, Juan Cordero, Severe Ma1rero,
A. Tomas Vazquez, Manuel r cal, Ra-
mon Novoa, ]. B. Cineuns, Victor Fiol
Ramos, Jose Martinez Davila, Enri-
que Camufias, Jose Lugo Vifas, Mi
guel Marcos, Adolfo Zeno Costa, Ju-
lio Galvez Otero, Roberto A Cabalier.
a Goicouria Defoitaine, Jose Gambia
Ferrer, Franco A. Perez, Alfonso So
to, Jose dc ]. Aiez Luengo (perio-
dista venezolano J Antonio Oteros La
va, Francisco x, Areche Iperio-
dista domin icano;, Federico Porrata
Doris, Bernardo Zeno y Gambia, Girls
tobal Tofe, Luis Ferreras Pagan.
Joaquin Ruiz. Daniel Gonzalez Diego
Eneinas, Francisco Perez, Daniel Con
zalez, Anastacio Santanas. Ramon We
lila, M. Galletti. Miguel .Ruhno,
Juan Ramirez Labrador, Daniel Mo-
rales Velez y Antonio Rosell6. ST
Iguen mas tirmas de los pueblos de
Arecibo y Bayam6h. III NJ s's.i'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-23

= tomSs:l' so' a.orn@ro, .rf%tf: %
4 tsimessrs,. .et,e .s,lss. .Io.a3 800
III asenlestresg .,s a.. 1854. ~ e5e75
d + afloa. .r.a..:a. = u. ..... !. 100
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21
TO THE PANHANDLE
Only II thirteen Dollars For The
Round Trip.

Our next excursion leaves Oskaloosa
Tuesday, December 3, and we will
make the fare for the round trip only
$500, which is $1,000 less than the
regular land-seeker's rate.
A number of Oskaloosa people took
advantage of our offer for the excur.
sion of November D, under a guaran.
tee that we would refund their entire
fare if we did not show them the best
quality of Panhandle land at lower
prices than others were getting. The
result was that we sold several sec
tions of land to those who went with
US, and we have made three sales
since our return, to Oskaloosa parties,
who bought on the recommendation Of
their friends. ....... .
We have from II to Is parties listed
to go December 3, and urge others to
see us at once so we can make ar.
rangements for your accommodation.
Don't put this matter off any longer,
as nearly one-half of our land has been
sold in the last four weeks and you
cannot get the best quality of land at
anything near our prices from others.
You will be in good company, as
some of the best people of oskaloosa
and vicinity are going with us.
GESMAN BROS,
Office over Pixies Drug Store,
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21

boards every few yards. Threshing
was done in a primitive fashion, thus
described by Captain Clark:
First we used the threshing floor,
placing the sheaves of grain upon it,
and then driving the oxen or horses
around and around upon it, stopping to
shake up the straw, and then driving
on again, till the grain had been well
tramped out Later came the old
chatter thrasher, which sent out
grain, straw and chaff altogether, and
after it more modern machinery. The
grain was cleaned in those days by
some winnowing process. We would
arrange an elevation, take the grain
up to the top in basket, on a day
when a good stiff wind was blowing
and then pour it out carefully, just as
fast as the wind would clean it. Or,
if there was no wind, breeze was
made by two men taking sheet,
stretching it tightly between them,
and then tanning the grain as 1t
poured from the basket. Out of these
methods grew the tanning mill"
There were no fancy prices for
produce in those days. A wooden
pailful of fresh eggs brought twenty
five cents; butter was six to ten cents
a pound. Captain Clark told of sell
ing cordwood at Sullivan & Mowers
steam mill at Rockingham for SIPS
a cord. ranked up four feet high,
after Mower had gone over 1t with
a sledge and hammered it down solid,
and this price was paid in trade,
one-third -four and one-third goods.
Live stock was inferior then to what
1t is now. A four-year-old steer was
a good one that would weigh 400
pounds. An eighteen-months old hog
then was a good one that dressed 200
pounds, after he had been kept two
summers and one winter. Dressed
pork sold for one dollar per hundred
pounds in store pay; beef, dressed,
hindquarter, 2Ja cents a pound; fore
quarter, Y cents; No. 1 winter wheat
% and 25 cents bushel; potatoes five
to ten cents; onions six to ten cents,
all in trade Such were some of the
prices in the good old times" We
hear so much about.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21

Your banker may seem like a
cold-blooded proposition at times. He
may seem 70 be all interest, discount
and exchange. You may get the no,
tion that he is a Shyloek and would
grind you for your last cent. Such is
not the case" asserts the Ames hide.
pendent. Anybody who has to pore
over money acquires that Shylock
smile which won't come of. it ex,
plains. "But that is all in the manner
and the surface looks. Your banker,
like your family physician, Is the man
who pulls you out Of trouble. He has
a heart in him as big as an OK, and
when he finds you are honest and de-
serving he will go 70 the limit and
take great chances TO help you over
rough places. He gets that bank look
fighting of crooks and people who try
TO work him for sucker. BE good to
your banker and you will not regret
IT,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21
a SIGNIFICANT QUESTION,

Council Bluffs Nonpariel: The an
nouncement that Senator Dolliver wifi
address the Pottawattamie County
Allison Club in this city on the even.
ing of Nov. 25 means that one of the
most significant political events OF
the year is to have its scene here.
The occasion VIII mark the opening
of the campaign for the reelection OF
Allison to the senate. Plans for the
fulfllment of the purpose thus held
in view viii date from this event
1t is well known 80 the people of
Iowa that Senator Dolliver holds his
colleague in an esteem and affection
like upon to that of a son for father.
And perhaps no other living man is SO
well qualified TO speak of the private
and public character Of the great sen
ator.
Hence, the forthcoming occasion is
one to be looked forward to with more
than common interest. With so great
subject to inspire him, touching
the innermost recesses of his own
heart; with so noble and unseltish a
purpose to serve, Senator Dolliver
well may be expected to reach the
climax of his powers as public
speaker and it is no mean reputation
that he has in that line.
Fitting as it is that Senator Dol
liver should take the lead in this
campaign, fitting also is it that that
campaign should be inaugurated in
Council Bluffs Here was organized
the first Allison club having the cam
paign in view, and here, if anywhere,
the senator has warm place in the
affections and grateful remembrance
of the people. But the affair of Nov.
25 should be, and will be, more than
local. 1t will be the gathering of the
republicans of southwest Iowa, with a
representation from all parts of the
state. 1t will be the first public OPP
portunity afforded the people in many
years of demonstrating their apprecia-
ton of the public services of the
greatest man the state ever produced
and one of the greatest the whole ma
ton ever saw.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21
IowA's OLDEST SETTLER.

The latest claimant to the distinc-
ton of being the oldest resident OF
the state is Mrs. James Holland, OF
Mt. Pleasant, who came into Iowa in
August, 1883, and has lived in Iowa
continuously ever since. Captain
Warner Lewis Clark, of Buffalo, scott
county, Iowa, came into the state the
same year with his parents, but wheth-
er before or after Mrs. Holland is yet
to be learned. Captain Clark was
born in Indiana, in 1922, on the banks
of the Wabash and in 1927 came with
his parents to Fort Edwards, now
Warsaw, Illinois, whence they went
up the Mississippi river on the little
steamer Black Rover to what Is now
Rock Island, Illinois. Hundreds OF
Indians assembled to see the boat
land In company with George Dav-
export Captain Clark's father made
hay to supply the stock at Fort Arm
strong. After completing the con-
tract he continued to make hay. Dav-
export told him to stop, as the fort
was supplied, but he declined to do
so, and kept on putting up hay and
making improvements. What followed
was thus related by Captain Clark re-
Gently in talking about old times:
"Our nearest neighbor up the river
was Galena, on Fevre river, 100 miles
distant; the George Davenport family
and two Frenchmen who had squaws
for wives, were our only neighbors.
My father went down to Fort Edwards
where he owned a half interest In a
herd of cattle, Major Maston, com
manding that fort, owning the other
half. Father drove his cattle up to
where the city of Rock Island now
stands. This enraged Davenport, as
he was determined that no whites
should settle here, since 1t would in
terfere with and finally stop his
enormously profitable trade with In
dams. Something must be done TO
stop the immigration. To accomplish
this purpose he gave the Indians
whiskey, brass rings and tiny brooches
TO have them do things to annoy and
brighten our family hoping by this
means 10 drive the Clark family away.
During the winter of 1S27-2S he re-
fused to sell us any provisions or
clothing. Fortunately Captain Rey-
nolds, on his last trip down the river
from Galena TO st. Louis, had one
barrel OF whiskey over. which he left
with us until his return in the spring.
After winter set In our supplies OF
coffee, sugar, salt, flour and other
little things commenced TO run short
and Davenport closed down upon us.
We had plenty of fresh beef, but 1T
tie else. Somehow the soldiers in the
fort found out about the barrel OF
whiskey and how to get at it. by a
way known only to them, in and out
of the fort through a cave. or course
a strict guard was kept. but this pas
sage from the quarters to the outside
was not known to the officers, and
the privates did not tell of it. At
night they would come over in pairs,
bringing coffee. sugar, salt. beans,
rice -four. and shoes, and exchange
them for whiskey from that barrel,
and thus we got through the winter
nicely
In 1888 the Clark family moved
across the river, settling in Buffalo,
Scott county, Iowa The plows in use
al that time had wooden mould-boards
which never secured. The users al
ways carried paddles with which they
cleaned the dirt from the mould
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21

Iowa would profit BY a campaign of
this kind, but selfishness should find
no Judgment in the movement.
In all that is good, Iowa affords the
best" Let US take our light from un-
der the bushel and show the world
what a real Eldorado looks like as
compared with an alleged Paradise
constructed on paper by the eternal
vigilance Of the real estate agent and
the promoter
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21

The Burlington Hawk-Eye com
ments on the spectacle of the govern
or Of Iowa hurrying TO Washington to
secure the appointment of a progress
i've" postmaster in Ottumwa, a thing
that he has absolutely no power in
himself to accomplish. But" it
points out, I'VE do not see him hurry.
ing about earnestly, eloqueutly and
yociferously advocating the enforce
ment Of the state law in Davenport"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21
INCLUDE rHE WHOLE srATe.

a campaign 70 secure the investment
OF Iowa money in Iowa Industries was
started al a luncheon given by the
Greater Des Molnes committee TO a
dozen or so prominent business men
last week II Des MONIES people are
broad enough 10 take in the whole
state. and not try to monopolize every
thing Tor Des Moines they should have
the hearty support Of the entire state
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21
Will Increase cspitaI.

Arrangements have been completed
by the officers of the Valley National
bank of Des Moines to increase the
capital of the institution from 100000
to 100000. The action is taken to
benefit the patrons of the bank and
the local business community, as 1t
will shortly add 100000 to the local
currency circulation.