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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
Secretaria de
Puerto Rico

Sc han expedido pasaportes para el
extraniero las senoritas Lucia y An
gelina Mendoza, de Cayey.
Sc ha expedido certifcado de regis
tro 4 la Utuado Cigar Co" corpora
zion organizada con arreglo las le-
yes de Puerto Rico, y que tendra su
ofcina principal en- la calle de Wilson,
TTtrado P r. Su capital social auto
rizado es de $4,000 y sus Incorporate
res son los senores siguientes Leopol-
do B. Strube, de Utuado, P. R., y Adol-
70 Rooster. Adolfo Fougerat y Andres
Gambia, de Arecibo, P. R.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
-PESAME

Sc 10 enviamos muy sentido al doc
tor Leopoldo Venegas, por ell falleci-
miento de su senor padre, ocurrido re-
cientemente en- Bayamon.
Era i fnado persona de altlsimos
merecimientos, Y asi la noticia de su
maerte ha sido generalmente scntida.
A las muchas demostraciones de con
dolenc.a que ha recibido en- estos dias,
para el aciagos, nuestro amigo 81 doc
tor Leopoldo Venegas, queremos unir
ell homenaje de nuestro sentimiento por
la irreparable perdida que sufre con
Ia muerte de su buen padre
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
Asamblea de cafeteros

Resumen de los Acuerdos tomados en-
la celebrada ell dia 16 de Julio con asis
tencia de los Sres. Saldana y Plard del
Bureau de Pesas Medidas, por 10 que
concierne la cogida de cafe en- iva
y comnra venta del cafe llamado
verde =
Primero-Que la unidad de medida
para Ia cogida de cafe en- uva es ell Do
bic Decalitro.
Segrndo.-Que como subdivisiones
solo Sc admitan el Decalitro Y el Me
dio Decalitro
Tercero.-Que para facilidad de los
trabaJoS podran usarse medidas adhe-
rldas permanentemente los aparatos
de beneficiar cafe. La installation de
tales medidas solamente la autorizara
lei Neg1ciado de Pesas Medidas cuan-
do asi 10 solicitor los propietarios Sc
ran cortrastadas y selladas 81 Sc en-
'cucntran dentro de las especifcaciones
y toleiancias permisibles por la Ley
En- to los los casos deberan ser elias
m1ltiples del Doble Decalitro.
Cuarto.-Que para la compra del ca
fe verde debe usarse exclusivamente la
medida de peso va sea usandose el XII
10 la Libra americana.
Quinto.-Que las medidas podran
ser del material que convenga 4 los in
teresados siempre Y cuando elias lleven
marcadc Y Ell lugar visible. su cabida
Irespectiva
Fl Negociado de Pesas Y Meddas
dlctara oportunamente las reglas necc-
Sar'as para el cumplimiento del Acuer-
do que precede y recordara asi mismo
las penas senaladas por la Ley vigentc
en- la materia a cualquiera infracci6n
de la uisma
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
ALVAREZ-NAVA

Aver tarde, las tres, EMBARGO Ell ell
tapor de la Trasatlantica espanola, ell
oresidepte del Casino Espanol, don An
onio Alvarez-Nava
Desic antes de las dos. fueron lie
.ardo al domicilio del senior Alvarez
Nava, personalMades distinguidas Y
m.goS del llustre viaJero. con cl pro-
D6sito de acompanarle hasta el embar-
|cadero, donde fue precise despedirse,
va q. las leyes de Sanidad Martina Sc
oponen a que las personals que no ha-
van de seguir viaje Sc acerquen 4 los
buques que vienen de los puertos de
Colombia Venezuela
Entire los que fueron d despedir al
,ehor Alvarez-Nava recordamos a don
GmHio de Motta, Consul de Espana,
on Juan Hernandez Lopez, ell Can6ni-
| go Lectoral, doctor Diaz Caneia, don
TIuis Rubert, Mr. Sosthenes Behn. don
Jose de Guzman Benltez. Mr.. Richard
son, don Avelino Vicente, don Antonio
Sarmiento, don Francisco Brunei, don
Abelardo de la Haba, don Francisco
de la Tore, don Miguel Guerra don
WencesIao Bosch, don Vicente Balbas,
don Carlos Conde, don Antonio Caubet
lon Juan Pieras. don Jose Villegas.
don Pablo del Rio, Ell Lcdo Dominguez,
q Padre Antonio del Castillo, don Jo-
sc Le0A, don Ricardo Casal. don An
selmo Lores, don Gabriel Arce, don
Francisco Arrivl, don Eudosio don
Miguel de la Cuetara, don Manuel Cam
blor, don Julian Sim6, don Joaquin
IVillamil, don Carlos Ereno, d Ramon
Negr0n Flores, los Sres Otero, Ser
vera, Rodriguez, Serrano Real don
Ramon Naldes, don Teodoro Freiria,
don Jose Perez Losada, don Rafael Fa-
bian, don Rosendo Montes, don Benito
IZalduondo don Jose Maria Lomba,
don Fernando Calico, don Generoso
Candina, don Pedro Castanos. don Jo-
Sc Pedreira, don Ignacio Franco, don
Elilario Santos, ell senior Llanos, y mu-
chos mas que no recordamos.
FL. fot6grafo de Puerto Rico Ilustra-
do senor Escalona tom6 algunas instan
taneas.
Ell BOLETIN desea al ilustre oradol
espano un felicisimo viaje.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
DE WASHINGTON
LAS REFORMAS POLITICAS

otro portorriqueno. Esto 10 he podido
apreciar por algunas cartas recibidas de
esa isla, de las cuales he tenido informes.
Ell Gobernador wager Sc dice en- Was
hington que ha signifcado al gobierno
federal que Sc provea con un portorri-
queno la Secretaria de Puerto Rico, Y
aunque no ha endosado ell nombramien-
to del senor Travieso, tampoco ha opues-
to q este ningln candidate suyo.
Algunas significadas personas del
partido unionista han recomendado d.
Ramon Siaca Pacheco, y EN- su abono
han puesto el argumento de que lleva
catorce amos en-, diflciles cargos en- ell 60
bierno insular, habiendo desempenado
varias veces la Secretaria de Puerto Ri
co. interinamente Pero, como va die,
es el Lcdo Travieso quien mas probabi-
lidades tiene de lOgrar ese puestO, por ell
cual ha trabajade V sigue trabaJando
asiduamente; de no haber algun I'M
previsto cambio de- >orientaciones, puede
darse casi por seguro su nombramlento.
4, Para la otra vacante que eXiste Ell la
administration insular la de Comisiona-
do del Interior. Ell senor MunOz Rivera
hace esfuerZoS para que Sc deslgne tam
bien un portorriqueno Pero para la
provision de este empleo Sc muestra mas
rehacia la genie que de nuestros asun-
tos Sc ocupa, aunque aqul estan eyer
ciendo su intiuencia 4 favor de don Ma
nuel Y. Domenech varias personals de
mucho relieve en- Puerto Rico y la YER
dad es que hoy por hoy, EN- caso de que
ell Negociado de Asuntos lnsulares Sc de
cidiese 4 recomendar un nativo para
Ell importante pueSto, Sc decldlrla por
el seIor Domenech. Esto naturalmen-
te no quiere decir que ell senior Larrina-
ca no tenga Ell Washington y en- la isla,
poderosos amigos que. una vez entabla-
da la mcha de candidaturas. pongan en-
grave rlesgo La prlVanZa Gle que acUudl-
mente disfruta el ingeniero republica-
| no
La situaci6n actual, en- 10 que a las re
formas politicas Sc refere, es POGO mas
menos la que dejo expuesta De to-
dos modos no hay que echar todavia las
campanas vuelo demostrar la explo-
sion de entusiasmo que ell Negociado de
Asuntos Insulares quiere arrancar con
uno de esos nombramientos a fin de ha-
Ger olvidar q los portorriquenos la mise
ria economical y politica que padeeen
porque iquien sabe todavia -.
J Corresponsal
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

Asi Sc llamaba la preclosa NINA de
nnestros distinguidos amigos los espo-
soc Roaret Barbe Odet tenla la edad
dc los angeles y era, como estos, oella
pura.
Fl encanto de un hogar Sc ha dueda-
do deshecho con la ascencion al clelo
del alma blanca de Odet; porque esta
mia bella 10 alegraba con su sonrl-
sa 10 ;dealizaba con sn amor, como y
on ella Sc fundieran para perpetuarse'
los corazones de los padres que velan
an sn nena. IN sngel, y es porque asl
T. era que Dies ha querido llevarsela
con El
Gran consuelo debe ser este consue-
II de noder mirar 10 alto al buscar
10 que hemos amado EN- la terra, y los
aaigidos padres de Odet pueden tener-
10 que los ninos que Sc mueren son los
angeles predilectos de Dios.
Esta tarde, las cinco tendra efecto
el acto del sepelio Ell el cementerio dc
Santurce, partiendo la fnnebre comitl
va de la casa de los Sres. de Bouret
callc da Roosevelt, nhmero 5, Miramar
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
Un concerto benefico

La distinguida senora de wager esta
organizando un concerto a benefcio de
las familias pobres que han quedado sin
casa en- el incendio de Puerta de TERRA.
Para tan generoso prop6sito era ma
tural que no le faltase el concurso de
nuestros dilettanti - y Sc 10 han ofre-
edo generoso, los socios del "Club Ar
m6nico" y otras conocidas entidades de
San Juan.
FL programa no esta combinado to-
davfa, pero 81 esta determinada la fecha
Ell que debe celebrarse ell espectaculo: el
pr6xmo martes.
FL ayuntamiento ha cedido gratis el
uso del teatro esa noche
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
Bales en- San German

Ell distinguido presidente del Circulo
de Recreo de San German, don f. L6-
PEE Diaz, nos invita- a los bales que han
de llevarse 4 efecto en- dicho circulo en-
los dias 28 y 81 del corriente
Ell dla % habra dos bailes uno IN
fanti 4 las tres de 10 tarde y otro, de
confanza, por la noche, las nueve.
Ell del 81 sera un gran baile de Socie-
dad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
NOTAS HIPICAS
LAS PRONIMAS CARRERAS.

Anoche Sc hicieron las inscripciones
para las carreras que el sabado Y cl do
mingo Sc celebraran en- el Hip6dromo de-
Santurce.
Ell programa para las prmeras es el
siguiente
la. carrera 1000 metros.
Cefiro S5 libras, PenSamiento 90. NJ
10 go, Manifesto 80, Mascota 81 Loco
50, Cometa 90
"a carrera, 800 metros.
Allah 90 libras Aerta 100, Primavera
81, Lee 90, Puma de Cara 81.
3a carrera, 4 100 metros.
Diana 81 libras. lnglaterra s.. Mala-
sombra s., Get Busy %.
IA carrera, 4 900 metros.
Atrevido s. libras Muato 90 Otello
so, Pastora 50.
5a carrera, 4 1000 metros
Saratoga 90 libras, Reina 80, Cardiff
100
Ga. carrera, $50 metros.
Preferido 90 ibras, Rosita 90. Nino
So, Cesar 100
Las carreras del domingo son estas
La. carrera, 4 | milla.
Primavera 81, Milo 80, Loco SO. Ma
pole6n 90 Cometa 90, Manifesto 80,
Mascota ST.
pa carrera, 4 900 metros
Atrevido IS libras, Lee 75, Pastora
81. Puma de Cara Y
3a. carrera. 4 mila.
Diana l12, lnglaterra 100 Malasom-
bra IS.
IA. carrera, 4 1000 metros.
Margot 100 lihras, Prefeido 100 Nj.
no S3, Lii 90
IA carrera. 1000 metros.
Elwyn 81 libras, Veterano IS. Sara
toga S3, Cardiff S5
Ga. carrera, 100 metros.
Della 81 libras, Cadete 90 Mulato so
Otello So, Valencia 90, Elegante 100
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
Don Manuel Real

Aver embarc6 hacia Espana nuestro
buen amigo Y companero don Manuel
Real coopropietario de la empresa pc
riodistica puerto Rico Ilustrado' de
esta capital.
FL seiior Real esta enfermo Y va a su
pals en- busca de la salud perdida Que
lleve un buen viaje y que logre su de-
SEQ que es tambien el de sus numerosos
amigos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

De las impresiones que he podido re-
coger, deduzco que pesar de 10 que en-
contrario sc creyo en- estas nltrnas Sc
manas. tampoco Sc tratara por ahora en-
el Congreso la question de las reformas
politicas para Puerto Rico. Todos los
proyectos de ley presentados tanto en- Ell
Senado como en- la Camara de Represen,
tantes. dormiran Ell el seno de las coml-
stones que los estudian, y por consl-
guiente seguira la isla 'bajo ell funesto
regimen que la somete ell Acta Fora
ker que. siendo de 81 mala, la han he
cho aun mas odiosa la Interpretation
que Sc lie ha venido dando hasta ahora
por Roosevelt, Taft Y Wilson, y los VI
lipendios que con la personalidad insu-
lar en- su nombre han cometido los fun
cionarios norte-amernanoS que la asia
hace ounce amos esta padeclendo.
Como no habra "bill" de Puerto Ri
co. parece que sc trata de hacer algo que
no dele muy en- ridiculo ell programa
del partido dem6crata, que tan bellas
cosas dice refiriendose las colonias. En-
81 Negociado de Asuntos lnsulares es-
indian actualmente la formula que de-
termine en- la pobre isla una explosion
de entusiasmo de esas a que somos da-
dos los portorriquenos, fin de por este
infantil medic procurar que nos vaya-
mos olvidando de las incumplldas pro
mesas de que nuestros compatrlotas
humildes estan en- pehgro de morlrrse dc
hambre +. a los catorce amos de tan de-
cantada prospendad.
En- cambio de una ampha reforma de
mocratica del regimen, es casl SECURE
que Sc lie dara los portorr1quenos Ia
iefatura de alguno de los departamen-
tos del gobierno, probablemente la de Ia
,Secretarfa de Puerto Rico. Candidates
para ocuparla hay varios, pero tengc
entendido que el que mas arralgo tie
ne en- ell NegOclduO ue Ao'iI'oo iii0'
res es ell Lcdo. don Martin Travleso
Aouf Sc sabe que este no es un candida
TO del pals, por decirlo asi y hasta tengc
informes de que su nombre no ha
sido endosado por el partido que c
I,cdo. Travieso pertenece; pero el e'
persona grata la administration,
annoue los orte-americanos resldenteS
on Puerto Rico estan ejerciendo sus IN
Auencias para que Sc designe a un com
patriota suyo para dicho puesto vacan
70 como una trasacci6n en- 1ltimo ease
So muestran partidarios del distingud(
conseiero con preferencia cualquiel
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
Ell tenor Sotorra

Hoy embarca, para New York, el
aplauddo artista espanol don Pedro
Sotorra, que acaba de hacer una tour
nee" por la Isa en- compania de la Sc
norita Menchaca.
La simpatica artista puertorriquena
embarcara el %, tambien para New
York.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
DaImau en- Arecibo

FL viernes proximo dara un recital
en- Arecibo, el eminente violinista An
dres S. Dalmau.
Para la Villa del Captain Correa ha
salido Il secretario del notabilisimo ar
tista preparar el espectaculo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

Aver tarde, a las tres, EMBARGO Ell el
'apor de la Trasatlantica espanola, e
presidente del Casino Espanol don An
onio Alvarez-Nava
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30

I'hirj. ON the occurring Of any IN.
foreseen esnergency. or casual deii1ieHry
OF the revenue when the temporary lia-
bility incurred or To be incurred SHALL ex-
coed the sum Of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for any one year, the
general assembly may submit an act pro.
viding for tn loan, or for the contract
Ing OF the liability, and containing a pro-
vision for levying a tax sufficient to
pay the interest and principal when they
become due (the latter in not more than
thirteen years from the date Of its
creatonl, to the qualified voters Of the
state, and when the act so submitted
shall have been ratified by two-thirds
majority at an election held for that pur-
pose, dre publication having been made
OF the provisions Of the act for at least
three months before such election, the act
thus ratified shall be irrepealable until
the debt thereby incurred shall be paid
principal and interest
Fourth. The general assembly shall
nave fun power to authorize the issuance
OF interest bearing bonds OF the state In
the sum of fifty millions Of dollars
S0O'Oo .OOo.0O) for the purpose OF CON
structing and maintaining public roads
and highways
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30
ELEVENTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED ny THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.

House bill No. :, enacted by Forty
seventh General Assembly. AboIishIns
the present office Of excise commits
sioaer ~ appointed by the governor IN
cities having n population OF three hun
dred thousand Inhabitants or mere aad
providing for appointment by the
mayor of auch risies. In lieu Of such
excise commissioner ef = hi-parti.aa
beard Of excise commissioners, aaa PEE
serieiaE the nuaber, qualifications. d.
ties aud salaries of the members there
eft and providing that all f~eA and
taxes received frem dramshop llees.es
On such cities shall he paid ever % ths
eFeanurers OF nach cities.
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30
PETR0GRAD DREAM
CITY Of FAR-SEE|NG
PETER THE GREAT
Russian Capital Was Forced Into
Being by Royal Edict.
CAR BARS GERMAN NAME
Present Emperor Of All the RussIas,
lnoensed Against Germany, Changes
Ancient Title Of the Great CITY
In Fit Of Racial Spleen.

Petrograd-Petrograd! In Russian,
Peter the Great. This is the new
name conferred upon st. Petersburg
by the Car because the old name,
which the first Peter gave the capital
In 1908 had a German ending. Moth.
ing that Is German. whether It be
ending or beginning or middle, is toll.
Grated in Russia today.
When the news was announced of
tho edict of Car Nicholas, which
eliminated st. Petersburg every one
sat UP and had something to say about
the free-and-easy way Nicholas shifted
sood, old-fashloned nomenclature
about 1t didn't make any difference
whether they were Russian or not.
They tall but the Germans, of course)
wanted to have something to say about
changing euphonlous st. Petersburg to
cultural Petrograd.
Some were of the opinion that the
changing of the name was a direct
slur on the memory of Peter the Great,
sponsor for both the city and its time.
honored sobrlQuet. These were unfa.
miliar with the fact that Petrograd,
when translated into American. means
Peter the Great, Others said Peter
the Great hadn't named the city after
himself.
1T isn't Petersburg. It's st. Pc.
tersburg,' they pointed out, and ex.
planned that the man who directed the
destiny upon which was founded mod
ern Russia had named his capltal not
after himself but after St Peter.
But when 1t was all over, even
though many objected seriously, the
cars edict stands for Russia. st. Pc.
tersburg was no more. Petrograd had
succeeded It!
1t is probable that could old Peter
the Great rise from his vault in the
fortress OF Saints Peter and Paul, he
would not give a well-worn Russian
kopeck what they called his city so
long as they kept 1t open to the sea
and growing and free and clear of the
Teuton throngs.
As he lies In his casket among 9th
ers of the long line of Russian rulers,
under the huge stone elbows of Saints
Peter and Paul, perhaps the greatest
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30

ruler the Muscovltes ever had may
gain some chilly consolation from the
knowledge that had Il not been for
him the present czar would never have
been able to change the name of st.
Petersburg-for there would have
been no st. Petersburg to change.
Peter the Greats troubles began the
day of his birth, In 1872. His father,
Car Alecei Mikhailovitch, died. His
half-brother was the heir, and sue.
ceeded the father but died without
issue when Peter was ten years old.
He designated Peter as his successor,
despite the fact that he had an own
brother, Ivan, who was tle real heir,
but was feeble.minded. Peter also
had a half-slster, a belligereut soul,
with love for power. She got up A
revolution. and tried to prevent the
orowning OF her youthful half.brother.
There was a fight, and. as a compro.
mise. Peter and Ivan were crowned
jointly and Sophia, the half.sister, be.
came regent.
Then followed trouble at home. Peter
tried to get rid Of his regent sister:
she objected; another fight; more
bloodshed, and at last the sister was
shut up In convent. Ivan then held
nominal reign, but Peter held the
helm, In 1926 Ivan died and left Pc
ter, then twenty.four. head OF the Rus
sian people.
At this stage OF the game young Pc.
ter started to work. lie long had q
dream. It was a gigantic vision Of the
value of western civilization. He
planned to unite Russia and western
civilization. Put he. needed a seaport
to do It. Standing In the midst OF
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30

trollcd the Baltic coast. He was de-
reated at Narva by Charles XII. His
troops were raw, but Peter kept his
nerve. He annexed part of Ingerman-
and, at the head of the Gulf OF Fin
and, The Swedes were too busy else
where to take II back, And while
Peter kept them busy he started the
beginnings OF what later became st.
Petersburg, and later still Petrograd.
The frst thing Peter did after cap.
turing the site OF st. Petersburg was
to build the fortress Of Saints Peter
and Paul, which ever since has been
he nucleus about which the city has
been built. The completion OF this
fort marked revolution in Russian
history inasmuch as It established
that country as one of the Baltic pow
trs, and characterized its entrance
into the politics Of the western world.
With his usual directness. Peter d.
vlded the job OF building the city be-
tween his lieutenants and himself,
keeping the hardest tasks for himself,
as was his way, The capital OF Rus.
3ia had been Moscow. by 17i2 sun.
Client advance at st. Petersburg had
been made to permit the transferral
Of the royal family to that point.
st, Petersburg had become a hobby
with Peter He issued an edlct order.
ing peasants from all parts OF the
country to appear at the new capital.
He levied a special tax to stand the
expenses. Then he collected all the
masons In the land. There was great
difficulty at first in getting them. Pc
ter issued another edict saying that
punishment would be visited on any
man who employed a mason anywhere
but in s., Petersburg. The mssous
had to have work. so they all fiocked
to the capital. Then Peter set them
at work building homes for his i'm,
ported peasants Next, he ordered all
OF more than 500 serfs TO
appear at the capital. build homes
there. and live in them for the win.
ter season. Thus he populated his
pet city with both the rich and the
poorer classes. II was a radical pro-
cedure, but It was successful.
st. Petersburg prospered Today
its population is more than l.5OO.OOO
The enforced city has become one Of
the commercial and surely one OF the
financial giants OF Europe.
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30

4 C@s5'Fte f. ssiau waste with a kJs-
sial gale roaring about him, the y1unx
ruler it;ksd for a window to the Isea,
as some historian ably puts II.
He went to Prussia: he went to
Hanover; he went to Holland. At
Amsterdam he got Job. II was work.
ing In a shlpyard as a common ship
wright. He caulked and planed and
scraped and painted And he learned
no" to make a ship aud how to sail
one. All that remained to know was
how to fight one. Experience would
teach him this.
When he left for home he took with
him 500 engineers. surgeons ship
builders and artisans. He stopped
OF in Vienna and inspected the Aus
trlan army.
When he got home he had to stop
mutiny In his army, but he did It with
his characteristic punch, and set about
putting ginger into his people along
educational lines. He reformed the
calendar, adopted western systems Of
enumeration, encouraged commerce.
and abolished much of the MongoI
style of dress and manner which had |
always been Russias.
All the while he was looking around
for another sea window. He found II
on the Baltic. He started his army
against the Swedes, who then con.
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30
GOODS SOLD BY HELl0GRaPH
Grocer Signals - Forest Reserss Look.
out With Auto Headlight and
Gets Big Order.

Tonaset. Wash. - Harley Heath.
manager OF the grocery department Of
c, Z. blackwell & Co., has Initiated a
method Of selling goods by use Of the
heliograph. Mr. Heath vas formerly
In, the forest service. and by the use
of an automobile headlight. called the
Aoneas mountain lookout Of the
United States forest service. a dis.
tanee OF 10 miles. Mr. Heath had no
dificulty In getting IN mrnication.
After some Conversation the forest
ranger placed an order for groceries
to be sent BY the Hassan stage line
Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30

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