Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-02-28


"a ~ about the mountainous c0un.
try accompanied by his wife,
sleeping under the stars and under
forest trees, to attend to the duties
Of his Office, has been promoted
through the merit system to the Of
fee of American consul to Siberia.
Instead Of sitting In his Office to
attend to routine duties, be set about
to acquaint the natives with Ameri-
can ideas, and in doing this he aided
them to seek better means of living,
better methods of cultivating their
farms, and in many ways helped to
Improve their condition.
Mrs. Haeberle visited the natives,
made them feel that the consufs
home was always open to them and
many took advantage OF the hospital
ity, some after a journey Of 200
miles In this manner the consul and
his wife became acquainted with the
natives.
Mr.. Haeberles efforts were recog
nized by the government of Honduras
and progressive articles which he
wrote were circulated by the govern
ment.
campsd at Roadside.
Mrs. Haeberle was Miss Ida Wien
IKE of California. Mo. She accom-
panied her husband on many arduous
trips.
Sometimes the couple would accept
the hospitality of the people along the
n Shnfv u etyt,
front of their houses, and sometimes
they would camp along the road.
Speaking OF his trips. Mr. Haeberle
said. "A saddle mule is needed to
make the journeys into the interior,
as there are no railroads. In addition
to the saddle mule, traveller must
have pack mule and 'mozo' or
guide The guide does not ride, and
| the traveller does not have to worry
about the guide becoming tired The
only concern is to obtain a mule
which will keep up with the guide.
"The riding is rough, being along
mountainous trails and near preci-
pieces. The usual days journey is 81
miles.
"The journey to the north coast is
trip of six days, and to the south
coast requires two and one-half days.
Some of the fancy mules travel 20
leagues day.
Most of the houses are modest,
and with few accommodations, but
great hospitality is shown, and the
natives give freely of their food
which consists principally of coffee,
eggs, rice, beans, and the native corn
cakes
Eggs, by the way, cost about 20
cents dozen in the capital, but they
are fresh, as there are no cold storage
plants in that country.
'.The name Of the capital. Teguci-
galpa, interpreted, means The Hills
of Silver, and the name is properly
applied, as the hills and mountains
are rich in mineral wealth, silver and
gold
THE old Spanish mine OF Santa
Lucia, near the capital. is still worked
In a small way. In the seventeenth
century more than 1.00000 was sent
to the king of Spain as one-fifth Of
one mines output for the year. The
king sent wooden image of Christ
to the city, as token of his apprecia.
ton. and this wooden image occupies
a place in the church at the present
time.
I'm the southern part OF Honduras
was the largest Spanish gold mine in
Central America, located at CIavari-
co. Nuggets have been taken out so
large and the virgin gold was so
coarse that King Philip called them
My Royal Tamarinds, tamarInds be-
ing a tropical fruit
"As American consul I always re-
ceived the cooperation OF the Hon
duras authorities, which made It pos
sible to obtain interesting data on the
country. | always received great at
tertion from those in authority, hav-
Ing early demonstrated that | sought
to aid them wherever and whenever
possible
Used oid-StyIs Pillow.
II was not trying TO teach them
anything, simply showing how they
could benefit by making use Of mod |
ern appliances.
when / first went there the old
Spanish piow. made o. wooden
beam. on the end of which was
piece of iron, with which the ground
was only scraped to shallow depth. |
was in general use,
Il told them OF the modern pillow.
which would greatly benefit crops. ! /
wrote articles setting forth the al
an.ages Of modern machinery for the !