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BARGAIN HUNTERS HAVE GREAT DAY; LIST IS UPWARD

NEW YORK, June 21.-Supporting orders placed at the opening of to- days stock market started rally which reached fair proportions be- fore the close. Recognition of such orders influenced aggressive short covering operations and there was strong evidence of buying by so- called bargain hunters
 Recurrent liquidation of impaired marginal accounts resulting from yesterdays smash in prices gave the market a spotty appearance until the final hour when practically the en- tire list turned upward.
 Feeling In the financial district un- doubtedly changed for the better In the early hours because of the evi- dence of substantial support, and some of this strength was transferred to the weaker shares.
 Today's rise was confined to no particular class of stock but extend ed throughout the list. with here and there share falling off because of some development affecting 1t indi- v4dualTy. Baldwin moved up 4A points, American Locomotive 3. American 2%. United States Steel and Kelly-Springfield 21a.
 Railroad shares shared In the up ward movement, gains ranging from a point to more than four points. Delaware and Lackawanna gained Az points and half dozen others advanced one point or more.
 Sugar shares reflected the improved outlook in the commodity market, American Sugar. American Beet, Punta Alegre and Cuba Cane rising one to three points.
 Foreign exchanges ruled slightly lower. Demand sterling slumped 24 to s4.61 5-16 and French francs fell off 51s points to 6.19 cents. Berman marks held relatively steady at .00073s. Most of the other European exchanges were easier than yester- day. Call money again held steady throughout the day at five per cent. The time money market was dull, newals. Quoted rates were un- changed a IA to , per cent for the shorter maturities and per cent for the longer terms. small amount of commercial paper changed hands at 5A per cent. but the rates were steady for prime names and IA per cent for exceptional ones.
 Days total sales. 1.234,100 shares
 Twenty industrials averaged 92.26; net gain, 1.45.
 High. 1923, 1O53S; low 9O.s1.
 Twenty railroads averaged S1.24;
 High. 1923, 9o.631s low, sO.fs.
 q MONEY MARKET
 NEW YORK. June 21.-Cal money firm; high 5, low 5. ruling rate 5, clos loans against acceptances A.. Time loans steady; mixed collateral 60-90 days. 4 3
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RAW SILK

NEW YORK, June 21.-Raw sill steady; prices per pound: Canton evtras A 14-16, $7.s56S; other grades un changed.
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CHICAGO STOCKS

IT; Armour of Delaware. s7: Common wealth Edison. 127A; Libby McNen. 5IS Middlewest Utilities, 45A National Leather, 3&; Standard Gas, 27; Swift & Co.,. 100; Swift International, IS; Union Carbide. 65A; Wahl, 44% Western Knit ting, 4 Yellow Manufacturing B, 266 Yellow Taxi, 93.
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| Barring minor exceptions. prices display Fundamental firmness.
 After its extraordinary production roo ord in May, the automobile industry is
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NEW ORLEANS, June 21.-Rough rice rice steady; sales, ls5 pockets Hon duras, 6%c TT pockets Blue Rose, 3N e
 4isc; 100 pockets second heads 21hc Re cepts none. Bran and polish unchanged.
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Orders Rally N York Stock Market Prices
NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK; June 21.-Following are ttoday's high, low and closing prices of ponds on the New York Stock Exchange and the total sales of each bond:
 Railway and MiscelIanen
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believed to have reached its crest of ac- tivity and some slowing down now is ap- parent, to be followed by . further sea sonai recession in July, 1t Is expected. This reduction of automobile demands. along with the usual difficulties of hot weather, have been taken Into account by sheet producers in deciding on an extensive shutdown of mills in the ap- preaching week of the Fourth and subse- quenty A score more of plants will close for one to two weeks.
 Railroad consumption of steel by the transportation interests as measured by tho tonnage being taken in current ship ments has not been equaled in many years. All the leading rail mills arc booked to capacity to tho end of the present year. Ono important interest Is filled up through February of next year on tho basis of present operations
 Cautious buying of pig iron still h tho rule. though tho number of small sales for nearby shipment continues to grow. Prices have sagged further under resale offerings and some concessions by fur naces.
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FLAX SEED
RICE MARKET

DULUTH. Minn.. June 21-Ciosing flas October, s2. 3s asked.
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, June 2l.-Following arc today's sales. high low and closing prices of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange:
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NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK, June 2l.-Following Is the official list Spf transactions the New York Curb Exchange. giving all stocks and bonds traded in:
 Industrials Sales. High. Low. Close.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. June 2l.-Foreisn ex- changes easy. Quotations in cents; Great Britain, demand I .51 3-16, acbles 4.61n 60-day bills banks I 59Aa. France, de mand 6.19. cables. 6.191a. Italy. demand 4.5Sla. cables 54. Belgium, 527 and b.27h. Germany .O0O7% and .O007 9s Holland. II and 30 20. Norway. 16 55 Sweden 2s 4 Denmark; l7.sa, Swift 3iS Poland .ooO5 is. szecho- slovakia 3h,4 Argentine, 35.75. Brazil, 1O.S5 Montreal, 975s.
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COFFEE MARK EFT

NEW YORK. June 21.-The market for coffee futures opened at an advance of 22 to 3s points. and the active positions sold about 40 to 47 points net higher during the day covering or little trade buying It was evidently inspired tember reacted to 7.s2c and December to 7.47c. but the close 30 to 40 points net highen Sales were estimated at about 00o0 bags. July s.64c, September 7.S4c. October 7.70c, December 7.52c, March and May 7.47c.
 Spot coffee quiet; Rio Is, 11x 4111kc; Santos 4s. 1s%014iao, Cost and freight offers included Santos 2s and 5s part bourbon. at 11E @12Ao for prompt ship ment and 4s at 11So for October-Decem- Der shipment. No. Is were offered at 10o for prompt and s.7oc for July delivery
 The official cables reported Rio M ex- Rio market 1,176 1,2oO reis higher and Santos e76 to 1.7o reis higher. Brazilian port receipts, 2s.0oo. Jundiahy receipts. 10000; Santos cleared 4.s0o for the United States.
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NEW YORK, June 21.-There was a further advance of lsc in the sugar market today. with Cubas quoted at 5 lac, cost and freight, equal to 7.2Sc for cen trifugal. A little better demand re ported. The raw sugar futures market was sfirmer with advances of 24 points on active positions Closing: July 5 56c, September Gle, December 5.19c, March 4.13c.
 The market for refined was firmer. Fine grarulated is still quoted at from 9.25c to 9 soc. Refined futures nominal.
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FOREIGN SILVER
RANK OF ENGLAND

NEW YORK. June 21.-Foreign bar sil yer, 64Ac. Mexican dollars, 49c.
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LONDON MONEY

LONDON, June 21-Bar silver. 31 5-16d per ounce. Money, l 9s per cent. Dis count rates. short bills. 2ls per cent Three-months bills, 21s Q2 31s per cent
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UGAR MARKET

EAST ST. LOUIS. H.. June 21.-Horses and smules steady. Quotations unchange ed.
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MONEY MARKET

NEW YORK. June 21.-Call money firm; high 5, low 5. ruling rate 5, clos ing bid 5, offered at 5. last loan 5. call loans against acceptanees 4ia; Time loans Q5; 4-6 months. 5, prime commercial paper. 5.
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STEEL.
HORSES AND MULES

NEW YORK, June 21.-Steel un- changed.
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piN AUS ppN etu IpdI ts VI -s oi | Total sales of bonds today were 10.s55
 900. compared with 2.062, 900 previous day and 12373. 900 a year ago.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13
Sc Sentia Sin Fuerzas

La Senora Dona Gertrudis Suarez
2 Godoy escribe en- carta reciente: "a
tai punto lego mi deSconfianza, que
dude de usar nuevas nedicinas para
mis- acha4ues. Cada dia me sentia
peor, tenia los nervios alborotados, me
enfaquecia mas y notaba que la san.
gre Sc me empobrecia. Dormia POGO,
y despertaba varias veces durante la
noche con mucho sobresalto. Las CO.
midas todas me repugnaban y luego
de conner, por POGO que fuese, me SEN
tia tan LENA Y agitada, que deplora-
ba haber comido. Ell estrenimiento
me causaba tambien grandes marti-
rios. Los medicos me dejaron de la
nlano, diciendone que padecfa tenaz
Anemia, que mi Sangre era muy po-
bre que los dolores de cabeza eran
ell efecto de la misma Anemia Y del
estreiimiento que sufria. Tome hu-
chos Vinos y Ilixires ferrugi bsos,
pero todos me irritaban de taYmodo
que no podia seguir tomandolbs por
mucho tempo. Llegue perdtr toda
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13

esperanza y me sentia va sin fuerzas.
Como un recurso postrero, por el con-
sejo de un buen amigo, compre las Pill
doras Fermanales del Doctor Costa y
antes de terminar la Ultima cajita no.
te que dormia y comia meior, que mis-
nervlos no estaban tan irritados, que.
ell estrenimiento habia cedido y Que
habia au1nentado de peso varias IL
bras. Por varios meses segui ell ira
tamiento LENA de entusiasn1o hoy va
soy otra mujer." r
No todas las rersonas pueden So
portar la scclon irritante de Vinos o
Elixires y en- algunos casos ell Alco-
hol que contienen es tanto, que han
sido clasifcados, mas que. medicinas,
rrjebidas embriagantes. La acci6n de
las Pildoras Fermanales es'suave, Sc
gura y sin inconyenientes.
Comprelas hoy en- cualquier Far
macia. 81 su farmaceutico no las tie
ne todavia, haga que las pida para
listed.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13

ALI su glotonerfa? ;Los dominaba 81
adolescente rada mas que por las mi
gas y los granos que les regaba? No.
Aunque glotones, los gorriones Sc veia
que estaban ALI mas que NADIA por el
juego. Como Sc divertfan Como
chillaban corrfan, saltando a peque-
nos saltos graeios0s Como Sc empu-
iaban entire ST para adelantarse CO.
ger la miga tle pan entire, los mismos
dedos del adolescente. Sc le subfan al
hombro, chillande carcajadas, o pa
saban bajo el t1nel pavoroso de suS
piernas. CadaS tual Sc esmeraba en-
intentaf alguna nueva bizarrfa. Jul
gaban con ell chico aquel como p0siti-
vos chico de la calle que eran ellos.
Ell hoinbre y los pajaros deponiendo
las diferencias esenciales que los Sc
paraban. comedian en- aquel sende-
ro del Parque Ell la suave malana de
sol, Ell ese punto divino que sellama
juego, algeria.
Despues. al Incorporates el mucha-
cho. los gorriones Sc quedaron perple-
jos. iQue? 4 No guerra jugar mas. I?
Es que sc lie habfan terminado los VI
veres. Sin embargo, unos pasos mas
adelante q adolesccnte Sc detuYas y
iyolyidndose Il la bandada one habia
,quedado en- scl saeIo perpleja, silb0 IN
mediatamento media doeen;l de pa
jjariIlos acpdio d la Hamada. Silb0
.otra yezs u el resto del bando Sc apro-
kind en- seguida NO iinporta que
no nos repartas smas alimellto; juga-
renos todasfa ln ratio a Que nps echa-
bas granitos de milo. =
Cuando presenciamos TN especti1eu-
10 como este, iluestro espiritu Sc He
ma de dndas & de sansiedad Primera
mente pensamos en- como el honbre
puede llegar a pesar de todo, a ver-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13

4daderas profundidades de amor. de
ternura v de dulzura. Puede llegar
incluso Il esa fornia de haeer el bien
con algeria Y con gracia, como el ado
lescente del Retro, que es acaso una
forma de anor mas elevada q. Ia q. en-
plea el brahlnan Ell q. hay siempre una
cietta tristeza nacida del sentimiepto
de la naldad irreparable del mundo.
mientras ell muchaeho que alimentaba
Il los gOrriones, jugando y hacienda
les reir. realmente vaciaba en- ellos.
Y sin el egUisnio o la utilidad de MIN
gutla trascendcncia, toda la sana y de-
licada ternura juvenil de su hermosa
alma. :
per0 estas almas, de una fina sen
sibilidad, de una gran ternura. ;ha-.
cen bien ell pulir todaSfa mas su sen
sibilidad? iSe hace bien ponderando Y
enardeciendo esa sensibilidad ternu-
Ia? La vida es dura. Los corazones
son asperos. =. Afinar un alma hasta
10 increfble. perfeccionar su sentimien-
to- agudizar sus facultades de amor y
de dolor, y lanzarla asf al centro del
remolino donde acechan los feroces
egofsmos, ;eso es un Dien? Acaso es
siauiera moral? Porque un alma asf
.esta tan indefens;i como aquel hom
bre que en- medic de una soeiedad bar
bara 4 guerrero fuese desposefdo de
coraza, c;iseo, escudo y espada, en-
fregado en- tai forma al ultraje de to-
dos,
;Oh! iPero 81 no hubiese de estas
llellas allnas en- III vida iQue horro-
rosa estupidez serfa entonces la vida!
Tn alma bella es como un gesto poe
tico como eualauiera de las cosas
graiides que amman el mundo isol,
cielo, fiol.) y por lus cuales sentimos
la tentnci6n de yiyir.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13
|EL REY DEL PETROLE0 MEGA SU
COOPERATION

Las fuertes cCntribuciunes de Mr.
John d. Rochefeller v Mr.. John -.
Rockefeller hijo, informan de Nueva
York, a La tesorerfa de la liga contra
las cantinas Sc han suspendido.
\ pesar de que no ha sidG possible
conseguir cifras exactas, slbase que
los Rockefeller, aportabalI Il las areas
de Ia sociedad prohibicionista, alrtde
dor de 100000 al aiio.
No st recibird limSJn clleque del
Trey del petr0leo'' nj de su hijo en-
el curse del ai1o fiscal que comieilza
el prilnero de mayo p'0Nino. Los
Rockefeller solfan sienlpre enyiar su
0bOlo antcs y5e dicha fecha.
Tan importante apoyo fue retrady
con motive de conferens las sGstenidas
entire Mr.. o. B. Phillips, ell sujeto Il.
aclsa a Mr.. William H. Anderson. sll-
perintendente en- I'll estado de Nueva
York de Ia >liga contra las cantinas,
de haber malversado fondos de la so
ciedacs y um Representative de los Ro-
ckefelIer, quienes no proporcionan fon-
dos las sociedades beneficas que pa
gan comisionas los solicitantes.
Mr.. Raymond B. Tosdick. abogado
de los Rockefeller, visito al fiscal del
distrito, Mr.. Ferdinand Pecora, con
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13
Fl Adolescence y los Gorriones

En- III vida liabitual no abundan la
lecciones que tienen gracia BELIEF;
verdaderas; cuando las encontramos
al paso como por loterfa. nuestro co
raz0n Sc llena de regocijo. Una de
as.s;ts iecciones. al inismo tempo sen
elias profundas, acaba de revelar.
inela un solitario ser humane en- el
Parque del Retro.
Tn joyencito cue en- la dulce ma.
mana de sol Y eli la soledad de un
sendero entire los iilin0viles v pelados
'arboles Sc entretenft en- dar de Co
mer una bandada de gorriones. Ma
da mas. Y no faltal.d quien olga que
el case no es original, porque personals
que Sc distraen alinentando a los pa
jares de un jardfn Sc conocen muchas
ell distintas ciudatles de Europa. Eli
Paris, Ell Ell jartlfn de las Tullerfas.
hubo un senior muy famoso que logra-
ba rodearse de gorriones ante Ia mi.
ratla. simple v estupefacta de los tran
seuntes. y no sin una inolesta teatra-
lidad de actor que esta pidiendo ell
APPLAUSE del piblico.
Pero este domador de gorriones que
acabo de conocer tenfa mas gracia
producfa mas e1nucion porque era
sincere. porqle no Sc cuidaba de nius
guna especie de teatralidad Trabas
jaba para ST misrno. por amor al arte
sulamente; hacfa su gran gesto ssIe
bondad grlciosa Ell el sendero soli-
tario. donde no habfa pibiice, tai Coz
mo en- los. tietiipos de los niitps de la
Grecia sonarfan sus flautas o sus
cftaras Ell la eiica1tada soledad de las
flores:as. cantar. porqlle es delicioso
captar; hlcer el bien, porqiie el espec-
taculo de la bondad es bellol i produ-
&c gozo lie aquf Ia infinita diferencia
que va de 10 teatral 10 emociona-
damente yerdadero.
Este tlomador de gorfiones de qlrien
hahlo era I'm niurhaclio barbilampifio.
adolescciite II Sin diida estudiahte, b.
5uzgar por q llbro etlcuadernado que
portaba bajo Il brnzo Tile dicho do
mador? No es Ia painbra justa. Lo
exacto serfa llamiitle seductor, encan-
tador, fascinador.
En- efecto, mas de qulfce o veinte
III. n IN n fla.34 .s. .ss,. u a I,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13
cHoQuis DE AUTOMOBILES.

III dfa II, a las 6:20 p. M, en- la
Ayenida Juan Ponce de Leon, parada
E26, q nutom6yil No. 2714, propiedad
de Jose Meldez, de Humacao, que
guiaba el chauffeur 1safas Jimenez,
No. 2GJS, cloco con el autom6vil No.
IS propiedddA de Antonio Murillo,. de
! San Juan, que gtiiaba el chuuffeur
Francisco Davila, No. 500, resultando
aanibos vehfc,los con desperfectos. Los
ehauffeurs fueron denunciados por
jyiolar la ley de AUTOMOBILES
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13
Ell CAPTAIN DEVEMPWoL SERA
JIZGADO; POR UNA CORTE h

Hasta nosotros ha llcgado TAI mott
Ella de que despues de haberse practi-
cado tna minuciosn investigation pol
las autofidades militares en- el case
5contra q capitan del Service CO..,
MI. Devempwol auien en- no lejana
.feclla atropello d Uni chauffeur en- Id
zona militar por haber matado este
con I'M caro- Ford que nlanejaba, un
sperrito del captain, sera juzgado este
por una Corte Marcial.
Trataremos slesinforiAar 4 nuestros
lectores del resultado de este juicio
militar.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13
ARRoII.ADo poR IN AUTO.

\ FL dfa III. a las 4:3O p. m. en- la
Ayenida Juan Ponce de Leon. parada
3. q autom0vil No. 3349, propiedad de
Canaies, le Santurce, guia-
do poi' el chauffeur Manuel Huertas,
no. g414. arroll0 Celestino A. Pani-
agua. ocasionandole contusiones en-
Ia piernu brazo derecho, sien-
do asistido en- la sala de socorro
\ pass s,i Residential en- santurce,
parada 26 \ media.
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fcrenciando con Il por algin tempo.
TelinaJAl la conversation. Mr. Fos-
dick rehns6se a hacer declaraciones,
reio en- cambio Mr.. Pecora die 10 81
guicnte:
Mr.. Fosilick ha .celebrado varias
confcreacias cen Mr. Anderson Ell el
transcUSo de los liltilnos meses, to-
cante u valios de los asuntos que Sc
eStan investigand1 yo quise approve
char cualquiera information que pu-
dicra toner.
'CIcp que me liza dicho cuanto sabe.
no solo reSpecto Il la division de conf
SiuncS, sino. tambi6n acerca Ge Ia
cuenta por $24.T00 que Sc dice presen-
to AIr. Anderson sin comprobantes.
CGnfft Ell que cooperara conmigO Il
medida que las gestioneS progresen.
Mr. Anderson defiGndese de las gra-
YES acllSaci0neS uue pesan en- SUI con-
fra. declarando que Sc trata de un
coinplot del Evening Mall, de Mr..
Robert G. navey. eX-consejero legal
te Ia liga lie otras' personals.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-13

No deje de yer ese prodigioso fotodrama, que
usted recordara, con emocion durante su vida.
E7 E1
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success they met with. La Lande
it is said, forgot to render an &C
count of his mission to his employ
er in Illinois, and he in time became
a prosperous and wealthy merchant
of New Mexico by means of money
to which he had no right. Pursley
was SO infatuated with the new.
strange country that he took up his
abode in the quaint old town Of
Santa Fe.
To Captain Zebulon Pike was
due much of the impetus that the
Santa Fe trade received in its be-
ginnings. An expedition, command
ed by this soldier, left the Missouri
river in 1906 for the settlements
of New Mexico. His report of the
route he had travelled and his COM
ments on commercial opportunities
in the southwest aroused much in
terest, and numerous trade expedi-
tons to that region followed. Trade
was SO handicapped by restrictions
imposed by the Mexican govern
ment, however, that the adventur-
ers in this precarious traffic not
only frequently had their entire
stocks confiscated, but frequently
were imprisoned for months as
spies. Under these conditions,
many of the earlier expeditions,
prior to 1922, met with disaster,
while few were successful. Within
a dozen years after the first traders
had ridden its perilous course, the
Santa Fe Trail had become almost
a continuous cemetery-a region of
name1ess and unmarked graves
without fence or monument. Bat
ties with the plains tribes grew in
frequence as the Indians became
better acquainted with the route
travelled by the whites and with the
best points for attack.
An Overland Outfit
AS the years passed many of the
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-08
DYE SKIRT, COAT
DRAPERIES WITH
"DIAMOND DYES"

Each package Of Diamond Dyes"
contains directions sc simple that
any woman can dye or tint faded,
shabby skirts, dresses, waists, coats,
sweaters, stockings, hangings, dra-
peries, everything like new. Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind
then perfect home dyeing is guaran-
teed, even if you have never dyed be-
fore. Tell your druggist whether the
material you wish to dye is wool or
silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, or
mixed goods. Diamond Dyes never
streak, spot, fade, or run.
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BACK-TRAILING ON THE OLD FRONTIERS

A century ago the only regularly
travelled route used for commercial
purposes west of the Mississippi
river was the Santa Fe trail. Over
this, which in the years ahead was
to become a great highway of COM
merce, the first trail-blazer rode his
perilous way with a train of pack
mules in 1904. 1t was not until
1924 that the first wheeled vehicles
creaked and groaned over slow and
weary miles to the markets of the
southwest. During long decades in
which traders from the states
sought to push the commerce of the
United States westward the old
trail formed an almost continuous
battlefield between the Indians and
the white pioneers. The daring of
the latter, and the determination
shown in the face of what often ap-
peared insurmountable obstacles,
resulted in the creation of the great
western states and large cities. AS
the Santa Fe trail was the first
great western highway and was a
factor of enormous Importance in
the acquisition and settlement of
the west by the United States, its
place IN history can hardly be over
estimated.
In the beginning of the trade
with New Mexico, the route across
the great plains was directly west
from the Missouri river to the
Rocky Mountains, thence south to
Santa Fe by the circuitous trail
from Taos. When traffic assumed
an Importance demanding an easier
line of travel, the road was chang
ed, running along the left bank of
the Arkansas until that stream
turned northwest, at which point it
crossed the river and continued
southwest to the Ration Pass. The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad track substantially follows
the trail through the mountains,
which here afford as wild and pic
turesque1y beautiful scenery as any
to be found on the continent.
The First Traders
Probably the first expedition
that ever crossed the country all
the way between Santa Fe and the
Missouri river was the Spanish
military force that was destroyed
by the Missouri Indians in 1920.
The next, according to Chittenden,
was that of the Mallet brothers,
who in 1889 set out with six COM
panions to go from the French set
Elements on the Mississippi to the
Spanish settlements of New Mex
leo. The first expedition from the
Missouri river to Santa Fe was
undertaken around 1868 by French
traders, who were imprisoned and
their goods confiscated. |,
The overland trade between the
United States and the northern
provinces of New Mexico seems to
have had no very definite origin or
plan. A French creole, La Lande, F;
who was employed by a merchant
of Kaskaskia, ILL.,, was probably (
the second adventurer to enter the {
uncertain channels Of commerce I
with Santa Fe. He began his adj !,
venturous journey across the vast
wilderness alone in the spring of (
1854, and apparently reached Santa /
Fe in safety. He was followed the t
next year by another trader, James /
Pursley. Neither of these trail
blazers in the commerce of the
prairies returned to relate what