The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-15

: And now the Alamois to be pre-. |
served. That fact is settled. But |
just in what way is q question. The '
Daughters of the Republic who own |
ed II sold il to the state, but not sat |
isfied with the way the Governor
went about the work the Daughters
obtained an injunction and are again
in charge The matter Is still in the
courts and the outcome is uncertain.
All agree that the historic structure
must stand but the warning factions
may delay the work of reconstruc-
ton. Some of them want only the
mission house retained while others
want the entire enclosure made into
O park. II is easily developed that
all appeals sent out for public aid to
preserve the Alamo are without all
thorization. The people and the
state of Texas propose to make this
their shrine and no outside aid is ask
ed or expected. II is by all odds the
most historic spot in the southwest,
and the souvenir vendors make the
most of it. In the nearby stores you
can find goods made in Japan, in Per-
STA, in Paris and Chicago, which the
dealers will tell you are mementoes
bear the date of 1913 at that.
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| II may not be elite but it is lots of
fun to board a sightseeing car and
take a spin over any city. Especially
is this true of "a place like San An.
tonic, where the cosmopolitan popu-
lation insures variety of tongues in
the 20 or 25 rubber necks" who hang
on for dear life and PROFOUND all sorts
of questions. For some reason the
State Insane Asylum, the lnternation-
al Amusement park ond the Base BAH
lpark,-to say nothing OF the Ostrich
farm, adjoin one another here. And
the Dutchman of the party Ventured
the information, that DE Fan his
head lose in der afternoon,-to der
pleasure park by night, and eli dat
him don't finish, der bloomin ostrich
farm will him make ready for der
mad house"
1t was the day before New Years,
land after the ride the weather warm
led up so much that ii became neces-
lsary to shed over-coats and turn the
steam off to be comfortable. And
speaking about over.coats makes us
: think of a. sign we noticed along the
route-"No clothing fits like ours
J Boyd. Art Oppenheimer will have
to get that fellow for infringement on
: copyright. The architecture OF the
city is surely composite, ranging from
, the massive missions and humble
stone huts of two centuries ago up TO
the modern skyscraper of the present
!, day. San Fernando Cathedral is typ
ical of the blending of the centuries.
, A portion OF the structure destroyed
. by fire in the go, has been replaced
, by a building OF up-to-date architect
: ure, while the other part remains as
| il was constructed in 1880, and is OF
the Moresque type.
Here you see the signs For
Whites" to indicate the dividing line
| of privileges between the races in
. street cars, depots and other public
places. On the Office and store doors
YOU will also notice signs Now
Open" informing the public that the
proprietors havel had their sieStas
. and are again ready for business. 1t
might be noted in passing that no
such signs are needed on the saloons.
Spanish and Mexican citizens out
number all other races here, but the
Texans, which means the Americans,
control the city, and carry on all the
great enterprise. Caste is sharply
defined and racial distinctions are
closely DRAWN Among the Mexicans
There are two entirely different class.
es, the Hidalgcs, or patricians and
the peon, or laboring class. The
} former are always educated and gen.
orally refined while the latter are as
a rule ignorant and poor. Both class
es are, however, polite and obliging.
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Strange as it may seem the people
of San Antonio do not appear as much
concerned over the Mexican troubles
as do the people farther north. The
newspapers are full of war news but
big headlines and tragic appeals from
the news boys fail to develop much
concern or sell many Extras" San
4 Antonio is the second largest military
ipost in the United States. and any
iloyal citizen here will tell you that
liz is apsfned in time to, eclipse all
othAs..? at times lately there. have
beertas many as 10000 troops quart
cred 'st Fort Sam Houston, but at the
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tically deserted and less than four
hundred men remain. The rest OF
them are scattered along the Rio
Grande to make sure that no hostile
forces cross the river. Up to the
present time San Antonio has been
under seven flags, Spanish, French,
The Constitutionalists', Mexican, Tex:
as Republic, The Confederacy and
now the best of all The Stars and
Stripes.
Every city has its own way OF eel
ebrating the advent of New Year. we
are glad there are none other like
San Antonio, else Oskaloosa might
some time pattern after it. If there
were anything that would help along
the back to the farm" movement 1t
would be such performances as mark
ed the demise of 1918 in "the Paris
of the South" 1t was regular
Fourth of July, Emancipation Procla-
nation, Thanksgiving Remember the
Alamo, Victorious Football Demon
tstration sci Cinco de Mayo" San