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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-07
CHICAGO

Chicago, Nov. 7.-(P)-U. IS. Dep.
Agro-Hogs. 10000, including 1000
direct; slow, 1915 lower than Tues
day 220-32O lbs. 5.75-85: top 5.85;
l7O-2lO lbs, 5.25-75; light lights $50
Sis; good slaughter pigs 3.00-4.00:
packing sows mainly 5.40-65. Light
light, good and choice, 140-16O lbs.
425-525; light weight, 10000 lbs,
5OO-7O; medium weight, 20O-250 lbs,
55O-85: heavy weight, 25O-35O lbs,
5.70-85; packing sows. medium and
good, 275-55O lbs. 4.50-5.75; pigs,
good and choice, 100-l30 lbs. 800
425.
Cattle. 10000 commercial. 500 gov
ernment; calves. $500 commercial. 200
government. Strictly choice steers
and yearlings about steady; in-be-
tween grades weak to Is lower: COM
mon kinds steady to weak: better
grades predominant In run. Not much
she-stock here. Beef cows strong:
all heifers steady. Best steers early
965: light steers $40: fed heifers 8.25.
Bulls and vealers steady. Slaughter
cattle and vealers: steers good and
choice. $4,000 lbs, 6.00-8.50: 9o0-ll0o
lbs. 625-3o0: l10O-1300 lbs. cas-
1000; 13CO-l5O0 lbs. 6.75-10.00; COM
mon and medium. 550-1300 lbs, ais
6.75: heifers, good and choice. $50
$50 lbs. 5.25-3.00; common and medi-
UNI. 2.75-5.25; cows. good. 3.50-4.75;
common and medium. 2N-350; low
cutter and cutter. 1.75-2.40; bulls
tycarlings excluded. good tbeef),
325-4O0; cutter, common and medi-
UNI. 2.0O-350: vealers. good and
choice. 5.50-7.0O; medium. 4.50-5.50;
Gull and common. 3.50-4.50: stocker
and feeder cattle: steers. good and
choice. 50O-1050 lbs 4.O0-5.25: CON-
mon and medium. 2.50-4OO.
Sheep. 10000. Fat lambs fairly &C.
tive. Bids and early sales fully
steady. asking higher. Early bulk $50
downward. best held around 6.75
Sheep steady Slaughter sheep and
lambs: lambs, 90 pounds. down. good
and choice. 600-675; common and
medium. 525-6.l0: ewes 90-l50 pounds,
good and choice. l.65-2.5O: all weights,
common and medium. 5000: feed
ing lambs. 50-75 pounds, good and
choice, 5.50-6.l0.
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NEW YORK

New York, Nov. 7-(P)-Butter a.
IA, steady to firm. Prices unchang-
ed.
Cheese. s44,775, quiet and unchang-
ed.
Eggs. $685., irregular. Mixed col
ors, special packs or selections from
fresh receipts 30-39: standards and
commercial standards 20: firsts ash
4S1la; mediums 40 lbs. 1924; refriger-
ators, special packs 23-23,s: standard
22s4: other mixed colors unchanged
White eggs, resale Of premium
marks 1914; nearby special packs In
Guiding premiums 1913; nearby and
,nidwestern hennery, exchange spe-
Gals $40; marked mediums 30-32
peewees unquoted; Pacific coast, fresh
shell treated or liners. fancy 4l-42;
Pacific coast, standards 39-401a: other
whites and all browns unchanged.
Dressed poultry steady; turkeys
frozen 20-26; other grades unchanged
Live poultry steady; chickens. ex.
press 1919: broilers, express 20;
fowls, express ILLS; turkeys, freight
l2-17: other freight and express un.
changed.
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SIOUX CITY

Sioux City. Ia. Nov. 7.-fP)-(U. 8.
Dep. AgrD-Cattle. $500: little early
action for beef steers and yearlings,
most early bids weak to rs lower: few
sales desirable light yearlings about
steady; other classes little changed:
small quota fed steers and yearlings
held above 800: large share salable
around 5.50-7.25: car good to choice
around 300 pound heifers $50; bulk
beef cows 250-3.0O; lower cutters and
cutters 1.90-2.35: good stock steer
calves 4.25: common and medium
stockers $50 down.
Hogs, $500; slow. early bids and
sales mostly 5-lC lower; better grade
2l5-300 pound butchers 5000: many
held higher: l8o-2l0 pound weights
4.75-5.5O; l6o-1e0 pound weights 400
IS: 140-16O pound weights 3.25-4.O0,
slaughter pigs mostly 2.50-3.00: few
up to 3.25: sows $3.50: feeder pigs
l.OO-2.25.
Sheep, 1000: slaughter classes in
limited supply; nothing done early:
generally asking higher for fat lambs,
or to 6.75 and above for best natives:
feeding lambs scarce: late Tuesday
fat lambs stead, to strong. bulk 6.4O-
! 60.
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BOSTON WOOL

Boston, Nov. 7.-(AP-U. s. D. A.
Scattered sales Of moderate volume
were being closed on number Of
lines Of greasy domestt; woods. Me-
dunn fleeces had little Of the call.
Average bright strictly combing SIS.
* blood Ohio and similar fleeces
Q brought % to 80 cents in the grease.
Strictly combing As, SOS u blood
semi-bright fleeces were sold ct
grease basis prices ! to 3 cents below
the grease prices Of "a to % cents
asked for the best Ohio woods, but
the secured basis equivalent was esti-
mated at ~ to 81 cents the same as
for Ohio woods Of similar grade and
staple.
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For Sale

FOR sALE-In county seat town, .
hotel building and fixtures. Sale
necessary to close estate. Hotel do
ing good business. Price cheap. p.
o. Box 482, Bismarck.
ECKLUND. Backman or Asplund
coal, $3.50 ton, loads Of ton OF
more. $275 single ton. Farmers
Union Oil Co. Phone 1872.
FOR SALES acres corn In shock.
Located in Lacquiparle county. w.
A. Mallory. Mckenzie. N. D.
FOR SALE-Wheat straw. $500 per
ton. Write Gordon BjornAon, Gen.
Del. Bismarck.
PHONE Gabel Brothers at 878 for coal
orders. Per ton $2.65. Stovewood,
per cord. $500.
FOR SALE-Gibhs traps, all sizes.
The best traps at the lowest prices
on the market. Gibbs traps once
tried always used. Write for des-
criptive folder. Also ship or bring
your furs to us. We pay highest
market prices. Northern Hide and
Fur Co., Bismarck.
TURKEY SHIPPERs-For sale. gem
eral Barrel Packs. light and easy TO
assemble. They help you get top
prices. Northern Hide and Fur Co.
Bismarck.
FOR SALE-Coal. $3.50 per ton In
load lots. $3.50 per single ton
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Produce Markets
CHICAGO


Chicago. Nov. 7.-(P)-Butter wa
Unsettled In tone in the Chicago mar
ket Wednesday: eggs were easy and
poultry was steady.
Butter, 1885 q days. unsettled:
creamery specials (93 score) 281a 20:
extras 1927 %; extra firsts (90-9D 81
%; firsts l8S-S9 24h- 26; seconds &C.,
81 "a: standards coo centralized car
lots) ~.
Eggs, 1865 q days. easy; extra
firsts cars %, local 27h: fresh grad
ed firsts cars a.. local Is; current re-
ceipts 23k-25Hs; refrigerators firsts
81, standards 21ls. Extras 21A.
1 Poultry, live, 81 trucks, steady;
hens 1914: Leghorn hens 1917: Rock
springs 1916; colored l4.N5; Leg
horns IL: ROSTERS 10; hen turkeys Is;
young toms IA, old Is: No. 2. 10;
heavy young ducks 14-15, small IL:
geese IL.
Dessed turkeys, steady: young toms
"a, old 81; young hens %, old 81: NO
2, l6.
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CHICAGO POTATOES

Chicago, Nov. 7.-(P-U. 8. D. A.
Potatoes, -, on track 239: total US.
shipments $50; supplies liberal north
ern stock. demand and trading very
slow, account heavy truck receipts,
market dull: other stock, demand and
trading moderate, market steady:
sacked per cwt., Wis. round whites
US. No. /, TIL 80: commercial trade,
IS; Idaho RuSSets US. No. l, l.60-
67,s; Colorado McClures US. No. /,
$500.
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DULUTH CA3H GRAIN

D0AIV = - OAASA NUNkA4N
Duluth, Nov. Closing cash
prices:
Wheat: No. dark nor. heavy l.l4h-
1888; No. dark nor. 1-l2ss- i .2OM /;
No. 2 dark nor. 1.l0N-l.l9A; No.
dark nor. l.09ss -l.lSA; No. nor.
heavy 1.l4as-1.23n: No. ! nor. l.l2A :
1905; No. 2 nor. l.l0N -l.leA: No. l
amber durum hard 1871 -l.4eM; No.
2 amber durum hard l.3lh -l.46H !;
No. amber durum 1905 -l.38N; No.
2 amber durum l.29: No. mixed
durum 1855 -l.43h: No. 2 mixed
durum 1881 l.43h: No. / red durum
lO83s.
Flax: No. l, l.77-l.78h.
Oats: No. 3 white 53A-53
Rye: No. I, 72A.76A.
Corn: No quotations.
Barley: Mailing S0-l.00; No. l feed
TITS; No. 2 feed 72-74: No. feed
70-72.
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MINNEAPOLIS STOCKS
BISMARCK GRAIN

Five rural recreation institutes were
completed In October in North Da-
kota by the extension service. At
these sessions about SEQ community
leaders were given training and as
sistance In planning interesting social
programs for their groups.
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CHICAGO CASH GRAM

Chicago, Nov. 7.-(R-Cash wheat:
No. ! red l.0l "; No. 2 hard l.o5h-N:
No. 3 mixed l.0l.
Corn: New-No. 3 mixed 78; No.
2 yellow 00h: No. 2 white s6h: old
mo. l yellow slA-82: No. white
e6h 1914.
Oats: No. white 56s4: sample
grade 40h. BuckWheat: No. 2. l.22;
soy beans: No. yellow IS nominally
ION track ct country stations). Barley
75-l.15. Timothy seed l6.60-l700
cwt.; clover seed 15O0-le.75 cwt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-07

Seeds OF rust-sp.eading barberry
bushes have been known to lie in the
ground as long as eight years before
growing. Scattered BY birds. these
bushes often have grown up IS wild
bushes long aster th- original bushc1
have been destroyed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-07
Houses and Flats


FOR SALE-5 room modern bunga-
low, stucco, red oak floors, balsam
wool insulation, electric refrigera-
tor and stove. Has full basement
with exta bedroom. 5Oxl40 foot lot
Handicapped with shrubbery and
trees. Garage attached. Located
at 9l0-7th street. Location very de-
sirable, close to high and grade
schools. also near capitol. $4,000
cash, balance on reasonable terms.
II interested phone 15c5.
FOR RENT-4 room house in Man
dan. $25. L. N. Cary Co. Real Es-
tate, Mandan.
FOR RENT-Bungalow at ia Bdwy
Ready Nov. 18th. Apply H. J.
Woodmansee.
FOR Rents room modern duplex
house. Corner of 7th and Front ST
e. j. Schultz. 5li-2nd.
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Personal
MATTRESSES

REST In comfort by having your old
mattress renovated and rebuilt new.
3O9-8th st. Phone 1862.
REAL STEAM Supercurline perma-
nents, reg. $3.50. oil $500; electric
permanents In combination. spiral
top, ringlet encs, all prices. Sham
poo finger wave. Palmolive soap,
Vernon lotion. SOC. harrington 3.
Phone 40
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The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration has announced that APP
proximatsly SO per cent OF all pro-
ducers voting in the corn-hog refer
endum meetings favored continuing
adjustment through 1885. III North
Dakota more than IS per cent of the
farmers who voted favored 1885 corn
hog program.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-07

High production records in the an
cestry of hens used in the breeding
flock are desirable. Of course, but
experiments by the department OF
agriculture show that such records on
only one side of the ancestry are not
enough. A good male is 10 times as
important as a good hen In building
up flock Of poultry.
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RANGE or CARLOr SALES

RANGE OF CARLOT SALES
Minneapolis, Nov, 7.-R-Range
Of carlot grain sales:
Wheat: No. l heavy dark northern
spring 1.l2h; No. dark northern
l.13h-l.loh: No. ! hard amber dur
UNI l.46: No. mixed durum 1851.
Oats: No. 3 white 55A; No. I
heavy white 54A: sample grade white
6lh.
Rye: No. ,, 75ls.
Barley: No. mating. l02-l.l5;
No. 2. 1.02-1.06.
Flax: No. !, l.82n-l86.
Corn: Not quoted.
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Female Help Wanted

SIS WEEKLY and your own dresses
FREE for demonstrating latest love-
~ Fashion F'rocks. No calvassing.
No investment. Write fully. Give
size and color preference. Fashion
Frocks, Dept. R-5999, Cincinnati,
Ohio
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Miscellaneous
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, Nov. 7.-lP)-F0reigr
exchange irregular; Great Britain de-
mand in dollars. others in cents
Great Britain 1895: France 6.58A
Italy 8.54A: Germany 1923; Norwa,
25.14; Sweden 25.79: Montreal In New
York l02.56A; New York In Montreal
$50.
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New York, Nov. 7. = lFD = Bonds
close:
Great Northern Is of 1895. -. 89h
Tob. Prod. 6hs of 2O22. ....... 1865
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WINNIPEG CASH GRAIN

Winnipeg, Nov. 7. - R 80 Cash
wheat: No. Il northern 80h; No. 2
northern 1875: No. 3 northern 74ss.
Oats: No. 2 white 1875; No. 3 white
4Oss; No. sifted 397s.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS

New York, Nov. 7.-(P)-Govern-
ment bonds
Liberty 4th 4As 1927
Treasury 4hs 1l1.l2
Treasury Is lc7.5
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-07

Household Goods for Sale
FOR SALE-Bedroom set and Other
furniture. Phone 1903,
FOR SALE-Used 1 burner Automa.
! tic Hot Point Electric range In per-
feet condition. See It at Melville
Electric Shop.
FOR sALE-Dining room, livins
room, bedroom set. Hotpoint cleo.
trio stove, radio, sewing machine
spinet desk. All in Al condition
Call at Cloth.
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The annual American recreation
budget amounts to more than ~
000, 000, 900, according to estimates.
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Wanted TO Buy

Wanted to Buy
TURKEYS-Dressed or live, highest
cash prices paid. Ship or bring
them III now. Try the Northern
for satisfactory turkey returns.
NORTHERN" Hide g. Fur Com
pany, Bismarck, North Dakota.
WANTED TO BUY-Your used Car
for cash. Bring Car and title. Red
ing Motor. Mandan, West Main.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-07

Kealakekua bay. on the west coast
of the island of Hawaii. is where Cap
tain Cook was killed by natives in
l779.
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NEW YORK CURB

CHICAGO STOCKS
No quotations.
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MINNEAPOLIS CASH GRAIN

Minneapolis. Nov. T. R- Wheat
receipts Wednesday 234 compared to
So year ago.
Minneapolis cash wheat and coarse
grain closing quotations today follow:
Wheat Delivered 70 Arrive
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-07

A $1,000, 000-hcusing plan has been
approved for Chicago.
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MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR

Minneapolis, Nov. 7.-R>-Flour
unchanged. Shipments $4,000: Pure
Bran 23.50-24.O0; standard middltngs
23.50-24.O0.
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For Rent

FOR RENT-Store room, 25x9O. Full
basement. Heat, hot and cold run
ming water furnished. Rent very
reasonable. Prince Hotel.
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Work Wanted

CALL Snowflake Laundry. Special:
rough dry, cash and carry. &C ID.
Phone 779. 5l8 10th st.
TWO Commercial College girls want
places to earn board and room.
Phone l21
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HAULING
WILL collect ashes or garbage once
a week during the winter months.
Prompt service. with 7 years exper-
fence in this work. Henry F. Swan
son, 5l4 Avenue F. Phone 1683-R.
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Automobiles for Sale
FOR SALE-l927 Chevrolet Truck.
S04 So. 10th st.
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INVESTMENT TRUSTS
lRv The As;0ciafed PreSsl

lover the Counter in New York;
Quart. Inc. Sh. ............ l.10-1 80
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Room and Board

WANTED Roomer and boerders 1t
100 Avenue A.
FOR RENT-Room in modern home
with board. Call at 406.6th. Phone
Al.
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Wanted to Rent
WANTED TO RENT or 3 room
apt. Phone $50.
WANTED TO RENT-Furnished light
housekeeping room. Near capitol.
Write Tribune Ad. No. 1892.
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Rooms for Rent

FOR Comfortable room at
Dunraven, two doors north Of
Paramount Theatre. Also home
cooked meals served at $500 per
week. Phone 428.
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NEW YORK BONDS

HOME OWNERS LOANS
Home Owners Loans 81 Is. .....
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Apartments for Rent

Apartments for Rent
FOR RENT room apt. Private
entrance, screened porch. Newly
furnished. Studio couch, ia E.
RosSer.
FOR RENT-Well furnished 2 room
apartment. Small gas range. Run
ming water. etc. 4ll-5th. Phone 273.
FOR Rents room furnished apt.
Lights, water, gas included for $27.
Inquire 1914 Bdwy.
FOR RENT-3 room apt. with bath
off from the bedroom. 6O2-l2th st.
FOR Rents room unfurnished
apt. SIC 10Th st.
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By Elnma-Lindsay Squier

history Of how they came by It. or what name
Of people inhabited It before them. But one
thing is certain; the original settlers must have
been white men. Of Anglo-Saxon ancestry. 10,
despite Hollands ownership tor two centuries
and a half. English has always been spoken on
Saba. and is today.
Inference points to small original group;
pirates. perhaps9 SmuggIers9 a ma,oooed.
mutnous crew from some English ship. lett on
what was supposed 10 be barren island where
the men would surely die? In population to.
day Of 1900 people. including black as we'll
as white. there are only some 5 surnames ;.
and all OF them Scotch. or English!
4 ND yet with all the obvious romance aud
glamour Of such beginning. you canno,
find one person on the entire island who car
give you the slightest hint OF tradition as TO
who these FIRST settlers were. when and why they
arrived o, where they came from.
On this West Indian rock are five scattered
little towns. each more steepIy located than the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-04

doxical facts With which the mysterious island
is cluttered.
The myth Of ships being built on top Of the
island and lowered over the steep sides 10
the walel" is regarded there with mingled ridl.
cule and resentment. Schooner and sloops have
been built on Saba. but only on the narrow
rocky beaches al the foot oil the cliffs.
Il is certainly true that Saba islanders are
among the most skillfuI Of all sailors. You
will find them IN maritime professions the
world over But they return. al lite's close. to
pend their last days upon this island.
The physical aspect Of Saba is as strange
its history ]. s. and its lack oil history.
.1ewed from the sea. ii has the general shape
Il a. cooked hat. plumed BY drifting clouds.
ike red and white buttons the tiny houses
ling to the steep. tawny cliffs 800 feet above
he sea. There are no harbors: only two open
oadsteads in which the ship can anchor-if
is not too rough.
PASSENGERS are taken ashore in big. sea-
worthy boats. Dared by elderly white men
18th shrewd. sea-taring blue eyes.
II you land at the leeward 'cknamee
The Ladder" you are faced Appall.
ls climb Of some 500 teet almo. alsht up
long concrete steps set into the dizzy sheernes.
# the cliff. II you wish. you may be carried
Up in rocking chair to which poles have been
attached. Three stalwart negroes will mar
zour Saban ricksha.
Or. if you land on the other side Of the
island called The Fort Way" the grade is
easier. but longer. and you walk up. The ,rop.
cal sun beats down with terrific force. You
gasp and pant You stare incredulousy a.
black men and women 60 swinging past you
balancing loads OF bales. OF boxes. trunks 0,
barrels on their heads. The weight Of such
cargo will very often exceed 200 pounds!
Both roads from the rocky rocket handke,
chief size beaches lead to the same pa-c Ur
to The Bottomi" rs. that Is the name OF
the FIRST settlement you reach. almost 900 tee,
high.
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~ history volcanic dot oi land that
~ is challenge 10 the imagination and
test Of physical endurance to reach
that is Saba. a tropical rock in the Dutcl:
West Indies. whose very name Is lost orphan
in an otherwise united family OF Saints; St.
Thomas. St. Kits. ST. Martin. St. This. and
St. That.
So much nonsense has been written about !.
(by those who have never been there) that !,
might we'll be called Isle de Munchausen. With
enough fantastic qualities to be put into chap
ter OF Culliver's Travels. It is nevertheless the
quintessence OF staid middle class respectability
"Mystery Island" would be well deserved
name.
If you look very carefully on large map
Of the West Indies. you will find near St Mar
tin and St. Eustacius dot labeled Saba. and
pronounced with long "a.
1t is as completely of the beaten tourist track
as II il were in Little America The only way
to reach it is by taking small Dutch cargo
steamship that plies between Curacao on the
south. and ST. Thomas on The north 70 visl,
Saba. you must stay there either two hours.
while the boat is discharging and taking Oh
cargo or you must remain 10, two weeks.
And the traveller with time to spare. in sea'cf
Of something different. will choose the latte,
alternative.
Il is less than miles in circumference. and
almost 5000 teei high. with its summit always
tipped by clouds Perhaps It is its seeming
.ridty which has prompted stay-a,-home writ
ers to state blandly. Even the soil which is
necessary Tor the few vegetables grown. has
to Be brought from the neighboring islands.
IT'S seepness which started the ridiculous
legend still found in guide books and ency.
clopedias, THE men Of Saba build the best
ships in the West Indies. and lower them to
the water with ropes" And the hazes, kind
Of hearsay to call forth the procurement. "lr
Saba. everyone is known BY his OF her swer
name, for due to some unknown reason. all
Sabans have the same surname Simonds
The facts are no less interesting than the
6ctittous inventions concerning the dear old
rock" as the Saba islanders call their loft,
home. Here are some Of them:
There IS no known origin Tor the name Of the
island. 1t Is not Spanish. It evidently was no.
named BY Columbus. who christened the rest Of
the Antilles group with sanity cosnomens. Ye'
Columbus must have passed i !. must have
seer il. Il IS . spectacula, BIT Of scenery tia.
no one could miss.
Although the Dutch have been in possession
10, more than 200 years. there is no know.
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have no idea as to who FIRST brought the typ,
cally Spanish and Mexican type Of embroid
cry TO Saba.
The white men leave the dear old rock
While still in their teens, and go to sea. Strange
that an island where boat building can OIL,
be done. on beach about the size Of pocket
handkerchief. should produce such marvellous
navisators. But that il just one Of the para.
Copyright. 1894. BY Everyweek Masazine)
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VET in spite Of lis isolation. three methods Of
industry keep the island fairly prosperous.
Tie black folk who form third OF The islands
population. are headers. That is. they carry
all the cargo. from canned groceries to pianos.
up the steep trail from the beach to the little
towns.
The island women. both black ind white. arc
famous tor their exquisite drawnwo,k. which
they call Spanish work" Here again. the,
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There are roads on the island. but no
wheeled vehicles. The trails that go SO steeply
across the wind-swept spaces are only tor pedes
TRANS and sure footed horses There are 90
electric lights no gas. no ice. no movies. News
comes from The outside world ia terse dis
patches on the government wireless. and news
papers brought On the little Dutch steame,
every two weeks