The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03
PATIO or TIE PRErECTURA, lQUlTos


port of their schools. The citizens be-
longing TO the upper class Of native
Peruvians are very well educated,
many Of them having Travelled extern
sively in Europe.
Lively Place Socially.
When everyone Is home, during the
worst Of the rainy season (there are
two dry seasons Of from two to four
weeks each, and the rainy season lasts
pretty much over the rest of the year,,
with the project and his staff, numer-
Gus army officers, merchants and for
eigners, the place is quite lively. There
are public banquets, and private din
ners and dances, and as Iquitenos are
very hospitable, person soon be-
comes acquainted, especially If he
speaks Spanish, and loses entirely the
feeling Of isolation.
The principal product Of this pert
Of South America Is rubber which is
gathered from the vast tropical for
ests. and many thousand tons of IT are
shipped from Iquitos every year.
Next In Importance, In the matter OF
exports, Is the tagua nut, or vegetable
ivory, and the number of tons of this
product sent out is increasing. Third
come cedar logs in the round, which
are now being supplied for pencil
wood, cigar boxes, etc. A few hides,
skins of boas, deer, and other Wild
animals complete the list of articles
which reach the outside in any guam
tity from this port.
Very few agricultural products are
obtainable. The soil, loose sand I'M
derlaid by stiff blue joint clay. which
is close To the surface, is not conducive
TO farming; and the few chacras, or
small farms, are some distance from
the city.
Four years ago very powerful
wireless station was erected by the
government to replace one less pow
erful; and now the town is in direct
radio connection with Lima, clear
across the Andes, without any relay
of messages. Indeed, the operator fire.
quently told me he had picked up
Washington the night before and
heard messages going from there. But
treaties for exchanging commercial
messages even with Manaos had not
vet been arranged. There is also wire
communication with many points near.
er than Lima, and telephones In the
town, though their use Is not general
At least two newspapers are pub
lished here regularly, also u small
magazine; and three theaters. two
used for moving pictures, furnish
plenty of entertainment.
Burn Coal From Norfolk.
All the coal is brought from Nor
folk, Va, and although very high ir
price, is used by the ice factory, bot
Ting works. electric-light plant ant
various machine shops, both govern
ment and private. Even the littl,
street railroad. which runs from tn,
customhouse along the principa
streets 10 deliver freight, burns coal
This road also runs passenger trains
and operates a line out to a resor
in the suburbs, called Lake Maron;
Cocha. To be sure. there is plenty o
. wood near by that Is used to certain
extent; but 1t has not sufficient hea
units to maintain steam well.
Four days up the Nanay river
which empties into the Amazon /
miles below Iquitos, are found on,
crops Of very good Ignite that coul
be utilized under boilers, ms has bee
proved in a small way, but so far n
one has seen At to exploit It, In tn
same vicinity are very good indlcl
tons Of petroleum.
!, Twenty-Five or thirty steamers, q
, from four to eight feet draft. and cal
!. ing this their home port, ply the uppe
Amazon and numerous rivers that flo
into it, though they never go belo'
the Javary, which is the boundiy b,
tween Brazil and Peru alongsits lin
, Of flow. They belong to the man
large stores and trading companies II
, Gated In Iquitos, that carry very con
plete stocks Of goods, mostly Eur,
pean, and in ordinary times when rul
J Der is up do an immense business.