The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1928, Page 10

ee Sees PAGE TEN Editor’s Note: This is the sev- enth of a series of stories by Rod- ney Dutcher, Washington corre- spondent for The Tribune and O’Hare Pi NEA Service, who is accompany- ing President-elect Hoover's party for Hig in Latin America.. eve La Union, El Salvador, (By Mail)— El Salvador, though se the small- est in area, is one of the two most DEMONS’ modern of the Central American re- publics. It has one of the bares populations in the world and is in- Jacobson, tensely cultivated. One is told that Second in San Salvador, the capital, are 25 Ol or 30 millionaires. Great wealth 1s s in the hands of a few, but the land is owned by the many. Eighty per Bismarck cent of it is under cultivation. alumni in: Salvador’s foreign trade varies in the high scl extent. It all depends on the coffce The high crop, which supplies 90 per cent of listless gar the little nation’s exports. With a iority over large crop at big prices Salvador is alumni sti happy and prosperous. With rever: youngsters conditions, money fs relatively scar many pass¢ There was a good crop for 1928. The Dem Coming here from Honduras, one at the hoo; finds more shoes and fewer bare feet. but could The native girls of La Union, at lea: centage of wear American shoes and many of played a ni them wear imitation silk stockings. Jast night. There's an efficient-looking army ders shower with natty uniforms and a handsome ond half. $ artificial park in the center of this by the old town of 3,000 persons. make a sin Finish Big Paving Job. Fay Brown R. W. Hebard of New York and Rene Keilhauer have just completed a $5,000,000 paving and sewer job in San Salvador, which Salvadorans in- . | in season, jcounsellor of the Pan-American Union that her imports from our country have risen since 1913 from 40 per cent of her total to 51 per cent, while the proportions of imports from Britain | and Germany have slumped from 27 to 16 per cent and 16 to 8 per cent respectively. Germany's present ex- port trade to Salvador, of course, has all been regained since the war. Salvador probably will never have any skyscrapers because of her fre- quent earthquakes, but her tendency in recent years toward earthquake- | proof steel and cement structures has } opened up a new American foreign {| market for these materials, { There are 50 or 60 radio sets inj Salvador and there will be more., \"There would be more now if it didn't | take such an expensive set to pick up| stations in New York. As it is, many } Salvadoreans claim to have heard} most of the Hoover and Smith cam- paign speeches. Bull Fighting and Opera Bull fighting and heavy opera, both are Salvador's principal amusements. Famous artists come to Jab the bull and climb to the high notes, The opera season in the Teatro Nacional at San Salvador have to be short, however, as the country cannot support many performances in a| stretch, “Jazz and the fox-trot are the only customs we have taken from the United States,” a Salvadorean assured me rather proudly. But our country has not yet taken any of the great Latin-American genius for music. Franklin Adams, in Washington, has been raving for the last two years to this writer about the inborn musical sixth sense of our Spanish-speaking brethren. He wins. The note-perfect band from San Sal- vador, playing piece after piece with- out a single sheet of music, is not likely to be forgotten unless one con- fuses it with other Latin-American bands just as good. All around the band as the Hoover party arrived at the port of La Union were piles of coiled barbed wire from the United States. It lay all over the landscape, waiting to be taken to farms in the interior. American business men encountered were highly optimistic. One, repre- senting office appliance firms, said that he was able to figure on a year- ly increase in his Salvadorean busi- ness of from 25 to 50 per cent; the country is developing so rapidly. snaring 11 sist is the only city in Central Amer- The two ica to compare with a modern Ameri- at the op can municipality of similar size. The O'Hare bro money was loaned by the Catham- enc dribbt Phoenix National Bank of New York. | eoanter si Salvador has her own sugar refin- ter ended eries and has factories to make out- youths ae erwear and underwear for her people, alums play though she imports her yarn and cot- | ie ct oe ton cloth continues to be her largest Bl to 7 at import from the United States. ae viene The mayor of La Union told me Brewing ¢ that there had been no revolutions in ‘The sur his country for the last 30 years be- Bismarck cause of its excellent system of com- cone munications. Jacobson, Salvadorean trade development has | aariges, 16 been distinctly advantageous to the OHare, re United States. Although 80 per cent Brown, lg of her coffee crop goes to Germany, Landers, 1 more than 50 per cent of her imports Hoffman, come from the United States. It is more or less interesting to observe Totals tees a e , Slattery, 1 i Benser, If i Taft Brown, c . o—_—________“#@9 a By FLORENCE GOSNEY eae Mrs. Herman Nieman called at the John Benz home Thursday. Totals Ernest Hurr and daughter were | Referee: Sterling callers Wednesday. Substitus Miss Marian Lewis, who attends for Loehr the Jamestown college, arrived home ‘Alumni—c Wednesday night to spend a two for Olson: ‘sia Christmas vacation with her | } Hedstrom’ ei Mrs. Ed Olson of Moffit spent Thursday with her daughter, Mrs. John Benz. Miss Maude Chenoweth, who at- tends a business college in Bismarck, is spending her Christmas vacation with her folks. Roy and James Baker called at the Gosney home Friday. Carl Olson called at the John Benz | home Wedensday. Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis and daughter Marian were Bismarck call- ers Saturday. Miss Florence Gosney spent Wednes- day night at the Chas. Gaskel home. Roy and James Baker were Sterling Callers Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nieman and family spent Saturday afternoon at the John Benz home. Gusta Hermanson, who attends school in Jamestown, came home Fri- day to spend Christmas vacation at the Charley Anderson home. Miss Doris Chenoweth spent Wednesday night at the Riley home in Sterling. Misses Elnora and Ida Hurr, who ST. M DE Score Is Forte t St. Mar feated the to 13 in gymnasiun first half, the end o: at 2 all at Saints led third qua one-point fourth per Goetz a attends school in Jamestown, came teoring wi home Friday to spend a two weeks’ spectively. Christmas vacation at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Presley Gosney, Char- Jey and Edna spent Saturday after- noon at the Wilbert Hoon home. Ed and Dewey Olson of Moffit helped Carl Olson butcher Saturday. Helen and Rex Swindling called at the John Baker home Saturday. The Sterling school gave their Christmas program in the Sterling hall Thursday evening. A large crowd tended. After the program Santa came, which delighted the children a} Great deal. Mrs. Carl Olson and children spent night at the John Benz home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Swindling and children attended the Christmas pro- Hive at the Thelma school Friday ‘Wilbert Koon helped Gosney’ butcher ‘Thursday, a many of the people are ill with the flu, which seems to be going all over. Koon and Mr. one Nie Bet Koon lion spent imas at the Koon home near Driscoll. and Mrs. Presley Gosney and Mrs. Gaskill and Earl Bismarck visitors Monday. Nieman and children John Benz home 4 is E They were accompanied by Miss Vina Oden, who will enter the Minot Nor- mal in January. Glen and Earl McAllister were callers at C. L. Malone home Thurs- day. The Carlson family are all sick with flu, Gerald Jones was a business visitor in Regan Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baron spent Christmas at the Malone residence. Glen McAllister is taking care of things at Wm. Johnson's while they are visiting relatives at New Salem. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Malone and Mr. and Mrs. John Carlson and family attended the Christmas program in the Legion hall December 20th. W. 8. Oder had the misfortune to break an axle in his motor truck one day last week. Robert Patzner was a business vis- itor in Regan Wednesday. Dave Dixon hauled a load of wheat to Regan Monday. {Estherville By MRS. ROY LITTLE Mrs. Frank Mickelson returned Tuesday evening from Iowa where she has been visiting relatives for the past month. Wm. Mickelson called in Regan Wednesday. Legion ladies met in the cabin and prepared the Christmas treats for the community Christmas tree. A. H. Lundberg called at the Uhde home Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mickelson were Wilton callers Friday. Donovan, Mickelson returned home with them to spend the week-end. Wilfred Little, who attends school at Devils Lake came home Thursday to spend the Christmas vacation at the home of his parents. Clayton Little was a supper guest at the Roy Little home Friday eve- ning. Carl Berg's week with flu. Among the callers in Regan Satur- day, from here, were: Dan Danielson and family, Earl and George Mowd- er, Edith Francis, Frank Mickelson, Pete Mickelson, John Carlson, Oliver Knutson, Cecil Elkins and family, George Mickelson and Roy Little. Clayton Little installed a radio at the Carl Berg home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mickelson were Sunday afternoon visitors at the George Modwer home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Little and fam- ily were Sunday visitors at the J. F. Little home. Mrs. Jim Worden left Saturday eve- ning for Spokane, Washington, where she will spend the remainder of the winter. 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