New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-26

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, payments.
I'm order that settlers may becom
attached to their properties and IL
duced to take a personal interest
their cultivation they will be forbit
den to mortgage or sell their lots unit
they shall have paid for them In full.
i An amusing incident happened i
Guadalajara not long ago. Two cit
zens Of that place whose estates ad
joined were constantly engaged in
wordy war. One of them was chick
en- fancier, and the other prided him
self on his vegetable garden.
A vagrant chicken which had wan
dered beyond the precincts of the fan
cier's chicken run invaded the vege
table garden Of his neighbor. Thu
chicken enjoyed itself hugely among
the lettuce and tender sprouts of the
garden until discovered by the pro
prietor, who Immediately called In the
services Of gendarme.
The officer of the law thereupon ar
rested the chicken and hailed 1t before
the comisario Of the district, who en-.
tered on the police blotter charge
against the fowl and incarcerated it in
the JAIL Notification was then sent to
the owner Of the chicken setting forth
the tale Of its depredations and inform
ing him he might release his fowl and
reclaim it by the payment Of $40 The
chicken Is still In durance vile.
A man was knocked down By troll
ley car recently and was Immediately
arrested for injuring the car, as In fall
ing the buttons of his coat scratched
the vanished surface of the vehicle.
The City Of Mexico Is possibly the
best policed metropolis in the world,
but its officers. while vigilant, take
every instruction given them in lit
eral sense. They will arrest anybody
or anything that violates a city ordi.
nance.
A short time ago there was a COL
lision between two automobiles, one of
the machines being so badly damaged
that 1t had to be left at the place
where the accident occurred. The per.
sons occupying the machine we're
promptly bundled into the auto which
was able to proceed, and the entire
party went to the police station.
But that did not excuse the broken
car 1t was formally arrested on the
spot and an officer detailed to see that
It did not get up and limp back to its
garage. By some chance the broken
automobile was forgotten for two days.
1t the end of which time the police |
captain discovered that he was shy one
sendarme. Investigation discovered
he gendarme asleep In the machine,
where he had camped out ever since
charged with its care. And It is very
:old up on this Mexican plateau at |
hight, as the City of Mexico is more
han mile above sea level.
Fires are few and far between in the
City Of Mexico, as most Of the build |
ngs are built either Of stone or adobe.
with walls two feet or more In thick |
less. The fire department is there
ore elementary in character, and when
t turns out on parade it resembles "a
log and pony circus. The engine Is
lbout the size of teakettle and Is
'piritedly dragged around by a little
ong cared burro.
There was a fire in a photograph
gallery not long ago, and the depart
ment was called out. The gallery was
on the third floor. and the to-
tally inadequate engine was unable to
get stream that high. When the
fire company arrived at the scene the
jefe in charge lined all of his men up
along the sidewalk and carefully call
ed the roll before they We're permitted
to get busy with the fire. The fire.
of course, took every advantage OF
this opportunity, and by the time the
firemen got on the job 1t was beyond
control.
Among the fire fighting equipment
was a small extension ladder. and 1t
required fifteen minutes to erect 1t,
and then no one seemed to care to
ascend 1t, and they cannot be blamed
In view of what happened afterward.
Finally. some five minutes after the
ladder had been set in place, one
brave soul essayed the ascent. ana
Just as he reached the top of the lad
der It collapsed and slid together.
This landed the daring fireman OPP
posite the second story balcony. n
He stepped OF on the balcony into
safety and was rewarded with thun'
der Of ''bravosv' from the spectators
below. Tipping his hat in apprecia'
| ton Of the applause, he stood there
the admired of all beholders. wnlie
his companions in arms below cheer,
ed as wildly as the rest. Having
faithfully performed their duty. they
watched the fire burn itself out aho
then called a policeman and arrested
1t, also the proprietor, because In Mex
leo If a fire occurs In your establlsn
ment you must tell the authorities al
ohout r. Give yOur real name ana o.