Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 22, 1913, Page 2

CIEOPTLRAOECS O LOFOHOFOPOPR HOPOIOPOFOROFOPAPIPOSCHIND Lez US 4e Barters Four Our bank is a NATIONAL B ANK, operating unAer granted us by the UNITED ST ATES GOVERNMENT 1o do a bank- ing business. Under this charter our bank must couform to the National Banking laws which includes being examinea regularly by examiners representing the Treasury Department at Washington Besides this, upright, honorable and reliable men are behind our ! Do YOUR banking with US. First National Bank OF LAKELAND FEASTRAL U Long Life of Linen along with good laundry werk is what yoo are leoking fer and that is just what we are giviag. Try ws. Lakeland Steam Laundry West Main 84. {MANY HAVE SEEN The Accumulation of a Life Time SWEPT AWAY In One Short Hour FIRE A Fire Insu- rance Policy a Beneficent_ Restorer! HAVE YOU ONE? Y. Z. MAN & WHEN WE FURNISH YOU @& Is a Ruthless Destroyer! Raymondo Bldg. Room 7, Phone 80 THE BEST IS NONE T00 GOOD-~ HARCOURT &(O0. MANUFACTURING ENG LOUISVILLE, KY,U. WE ARE, THEIR EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LINE: Full line of Dennison’s Gift Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's Engraved Specialties, Holiday and Pancy Goods, 1oys, KEtc, LAKELAND BOOK STORE, GRAVED BY CORRECT" \VERS S.A. S T UT of the land of the “Greaser” | 100 years old, a direct descendant of and into the domain of the de- scendants of ‘Montezuma rode a party of American civil and mining engineers one day in December. From the Texas border the party went by rail to Mexico City where a week was spent in seeing the sights of the Mexican capital. When the outfit of the party had been assembled, and servants hired, preparations were made to leave the capital over a narrow gauge railroad to Puebla, in the state of the same name. Like many of the prosperous Mexi- can mining towns tucked away in the mountains, the general public has heard very little of Puebla except through the dispatches of the ‘“war correspondents.” It is a city of 92,000 inhabitants. The shops cater to the love of finery which has descended to erywhere can be seen Americans, most of whom are interested in some mining venture in the nearby moun- tains. On the way to Puebla the famous Tehuacan Springs are passed and the drinking water furnished tourists for & hundred miles along the railroad is from the springs. No one seems to know just why the water is healthful | but popular opinion says it is. After leaving Puebla the party con- tinued along the railroad to Etla. Once the center of onyx mining, this little village has lost much of the snap and enterprise that foreign adven- turers gave it in the past. It is a sleepy town now. Oaxaca, home of the Diaz family and center of innumerable revolutions, was reached early one morning. When within 10 miles or 8o of the city, run- ners from all of the hotels in Oaxaca came on board and tried to book the party for their respective houses. At the train muscular peons took charge of luggage which was heavy and numerous. These short, sturdy natives had no difficulty in slinging a trunk weighing 175 pounds onto a strap which they supported by a band around their foreheads. They carried the trunks up the rough mountain trail to the hotel which was perched on a small peak overlooking the lowland. They didn’t stop when they had reach- ed the crest, but continued to the sec- ond floor of the hotel before taking the trunks from their straps. Oaxaca and Vicinity. Oaxaca 18 the chief town of the state of Oaxaca. It is now a city of 32,000 persons. for—it depends upon your politics in Mesizo—lived there. It Is about 7, 000 feet above sea level. Americans are numerous, as there are many silver and gold mines in the vicinity. Just scuth of Oaxaca are many plantations that raise cotton, sugar cane and cof- fee. At Oaxaca the travelers left the rail- road and climbed the mountain trail to Miahuatlan. ‘This town, situated about 70 miles from Oaxaca, has an electric lighting system. The road kept getting rougher. Fi- nally it was necessary to forsake the horses and hire ox carts. This plan worked fine until, thoughtlessly, the drivers were given some advance wages. Too much pulque left the party without drivers, so an engineer was drafted as ox driver. The next day all of the drivers returned for their jobs, and were hired of course. The engineer crawled 40 miles up the mountains to the crest where g fine plece of timber land, 13,000 acres, was situated. Part of this timber, which was all white pine, had been operated for turpentine. The forsak- ! ent. A hut made of poles and thatched with | “greasers.” | the cattle-roping Mexican of the bor- the natives from the Spanish don. Ev-, L Juarez, revolutionist or sav- | DR. SAMUEL F. SMITE SPECIALIST. Eye, Ear, Nose and Threat Plome: Ofics, 141; Residones, § Bryaat Blig,, Lakeland, Fla. | , 7. WILBON, n:xmcmc AND BURGEON Phones—Office, 170; residence. 297-3 Rings. unn Buflding, Lekelsad Forie 2. W. 2. CROOVER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rooms § and 4 Kentucxy Bide Lakeland, Flerida. W. B. MOON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. postofice. Telephone, office and res! dence on same line 350. KELSEY BLANTON LAWYEY 2 0. Blig. Phone 319, Lakeland, M PR. GARAR B. WHEELER OSTROPATH PLHYBICIAN the Spanish conqueror, was the oracle. acoms §, § and 1, Brant He is a fine, intelligent specimen of Lakeland, i manhood with all the fiery hauteur |@es Phome 278 Blue. of his noted ancestor in his glance. | S5ouse Phene 378 Blask His judgment was fair and final. The timber here was magnificent. Some of the trees would cut out rine 16-foot logs without hitting a branch. They are as straight as many tele- graph poles, and straighter than many others. Civil Engineers, Rooms 212-215 Drane Bldg LAKELAND, FLA. Poosphate land examination. Ser veys, examination, reports, Blueprinting. Natives Are Poor, It was now that observation of the peons was most easily made. Little indications of any slavery were pres- |~ Of course they are very poor. A J. MACDONOUSGN, Zoom § Deon & Bryant Bids coarse grass forms the dwelling. Only Arehitest. one room {s made if‘ the house. Hewest ideas in m m Contrary to tradition and some re- Lakelaad, Florida cent writings, these peons are not They differ much from — BONFOEY, ELLIOTT & MENDENHALL Associated Architects, Room 212 Drane Building. der. They are straight and clean- limbed. The muscles on both men and women are like those of an ath- lete. Wherever there is a mountain Lakeland, Fla. stream, there you may see men and women taking their daily bath. They |§ 0, ROGERS, wash clothes in the streams also. ]",. Even the servants which were hired Room T, m—,..g'm by the day for 50 cents “Mex” or 25 Phoae 259. cents in American money, put on a 4 spotless white cotton suit every morn- Lakelazd, Florida. Ing before chopping wood for the |——— breakfast fire. 2 3. XUITAKRR, Everyone seems to dress in white cot- *-‘Ml!-l'-l"— ton. The men wear loose trousers re- sembling pajamas, and shirt-like coats. The women bave no set custom in dressing. Next to the corn tortillas, the na- tives like eggs better than any other article of food. Every hut is sun rounded by a dozen or more chickens Dogs are without number. The Mexican of the mountains is a vegetarian, as one could tell easily it he ever watched a whole family ‘ser 1 Gtuart Bldg. Bartew, Fa R W. 0 VIR OENTIN? Oatabilshed 13 July, 1000 oma 14 and 13 Kentuoky Dullite —lawyws— digging beans from an earthen vessel. Barmende Bidg. The dishes of most families are lim- | ' " Xelsms, Pass. ited to three or four rough earthenl pots and every one eats out of these : utensils. 59. 0. EBWARDS During a stay of several weeks in Atternay-at-Llas. the wildest part of Mexico the party did not meet a single wild animal. A frightened deer was seen once. e Bnakes are almost unknown in south. ern Mexico. The famed and danger- W. 8 PRRSTON, LAWTER ous tarautula of the plains was also | (Ofise Uputaize Besy of Court Menes absent. SARTOW, FLORIDA. Everpresent, however, was the Cxamstzation of Tl and Bex maguey plant which furnishes all Boeets lav o Gpsutalep, classes of Mexicans with intoxicating drinks. Pulque and mescal are made | wects every Wedneodas from this plant. The first is a fer JEREMIAH B, m mented drink, the latter distilled one. NOTARY PUBLIC. Either is sufficiently flery to pass as | LoAus, Investments in Real Bstaty a substitute for alcohol. Have some interesting snaps in et On the return trip a couple of days | &nd suburban property, were spent at Oaxaca viewing the Better see me at once. ruins of Mitla which have puzzled ar seli % cheologists for years. It is said that Cortez found the ruins in 1520, Hum- boldt, who traveled through Mexico in Will trade for cash or on easy terms. Room 14, Futch & Gentry Blag Lakeland, Fla. 1729, visited them. His name can still S be seen carved in the bark of a tule tree. | Some of the rooms in the ruined building are quite intact. On the walls are many firely executed carvings which resemble somewhat those of the Egyptians. No one, even in the vi- cinity, seems to have the threads of the tradition which sometime must Enough of Glants, mu:'u. :rthnk had had a eeting with his six-foot-tw about filling the tooth-povde: b:tl': With water. After the meeting ad- Journed, be went i and asked his mother to promise him one Without knowing the natu| have surrounded the pile of stone. request she promised, and ?hc:t l?b. ¢d him what it was. Re told her: Bulgars as a People. According to Professor Rosler, in Encyclopedia Britannica, the Bulgars were originally a people o Finnish, or Samoyede, race. The Bulgars are not ethnologically related to the Anglo- "Mamma, when papa dies, 1 wants % promise me not to bring any g slant mens to this house to 8! —Lippincott's, . 8hopping In the Ozark Divtriet, e s [ AT S S R o -The Protessions: : ————————————————— Office in new Skipper building ove 6. H & K. D, MERDENHALL (Viors Kees, W. M.; J. J. M. Sparling on Kantu ky svau moets every pecond and fourth Mo day nights at L O. 0. I\ ball. Vit ing brothers and sisters cordlally v vited. "henes: Office 1R0; Restdomce 8¢ | meets Priday mights at 7:30, 8} ! 0. 0. P. hall. YUCKER & TUCKER, serdiaily iavited. Q1 A B of LD mats Ofes la Muza Butii, |epeon and fourth Wedneshsr! oach monath at 5:30 p. ®. Sisters always weloome. PLASTERERS' INTERNATIONS BRICKLAYERS, MASONS AND UNION, LOCAL NO. 12 POLK ENCAMPMENT United Brotherhood of Carpeas ufl'fll‘nd‘flfifl%muu' Ly Moots every Tuesday nigy “wy o'clock, at McDonald’s hall, ° RI1.MARSHALL, p J. W. LAYTON, vmrl.'“r.:“t 3. W. LOGAN, Treasuryy 1. H. FELDS, Fin. Secy, B. F. DIETK.CH, Ree, Soey H. L. COX, Conductor. SAMUEL BOYER, J. W. BCARR, C. L. WILLOUGHBY, Beard of Trustees Lakelssd Lodge No. 91, g 4, M. Regular communicationg held o second and 4th Mondays gt 70 m. Visitiag brethren cordly 1y, vited. 1 C. OWENS, w 3. P. WILSON, duy — e Lakeland Chapter, R, 4, i, j, 20 moots the first Thursday night 5 etch month in Masonic Hall, Vislh ing eompanions welcomed 4 Lesaard, H. P.; J. F. Wilsoa, 8e¢y. 5Ny, e ————————— | Lakeisnd Camp Ne. 78, W. v, ¥, meots every second and f~arth Thun day night. Woodmen Circle im v Thursuuys, W. J, Estridp, r.ouncil Commander, Mra. Sallle &ip ot Clrele. K Ore Regular meeting every fuey at 7:830 at 0dd Fellowe Hall Vigy ing wembers always welcoms F. D. BRYAN Chancellor Commanis 4 % ACKSON, Becretary POST 83, G. A. R Meets the first Saturday fn e month at 10 s m. at the home o A C SHAFFER, J. R. TALLRY, Comizandor Adjutant Elaera Rebekah Lodge Mo MRS. F. C. LONGMAN, N 0 MRS. TLA SELLIRS, fe Lake Lodge No. 5,1.0.0M Visiting brothen J. L. REYNOLDS, Sec. H. B. ZIMMERMAN, N.0 LA WDRLE Orange Blossom Div. No MRS J. C. BROWN b ORDER OF EAGLEA s The Praternal Order o 1:80, at 0dd Fellows’ hall. J. M. WILLIAMS, % M SMAILS Seeretsn? OF FLOI Meets each Thursday Morgan & Groover ha:!v: Bates' Dry Goods Store. V¥ brothers welcome. plgtt Lot NO. 3, — A 0 Polk Encampment No. 3 F., meets the first and thl: days. Visiting Patriarché F. A. McDONALD H. B. ZIMMERMAN, Chief Patriarch B.P.OE B P Prese es of t| p lives . Beve| the hol White fl trimm p, and re char Mrs. Bl 1 Aaugt udrix of ng girl, Pet and pPw her t of frie ¢ and p Ir. Blite R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Will ferniab plans and spesifications or will {cllew any plavs ané spesifleations furnished BON@.LLOWS A SPECIALTY La) me Shsw you dcme Lakeload dowes [ have build Phone 867-Greea en still of the operators was found and later it was learned that the ven. ture had been a failure. There was no way to get the turpentine to mar- ket Finnish blood in their veins, belong to Several days were spent in this | the Yellow, or Mongolian breed. while place of timber and during the time | the races just enumerated are the very villagers made life unpleasant for the | cream of the white breed of men, On men who were surveying the tract. ’ account, however, of the endless mix-. They insisted, begged and threatened | ing that has gone on during the time the engineers to give them the better | that has elapsed since the Bulgars Saxons, Dutch, Swedes, Danes and Norwegians, who are people of pure Teutonic or Scandinavian stock. The Bulgars, to the extent that they have of the deal. Disputes became frequent | broke into Europe, it would be qim. till finally a magistrate was found te cult to say what sort of blood at pres. settle them. Ambrosio Cortez, over ent predominates in them. S Lakelang Lodge No. 12" ' lent and Protective Order ‘ljn meets every Thursday nisht = rooms over postoffice. Visiti"? ren cordially welcomed: £b GEORGE MOORE: * *“You keep sportin' goods your inquired a trassied Lok} citizen from out on Rumpus Ridge, ad dressing the proprietor of the Ward wore store at Polkville, Ark beh, that's what | ‘lowed. Well, what :ne';.: almin’ to git was o straight e n e for a crazy man. —Kansas City nmmmmfl";: Traveling for an English “ wakes ready-made clothicé mer recently secured O $125,000 worth: of “forele? ! 8 collection o |in Harhin, Marc nrin. T Honse wil be sold to he (N ~ Valuable 8tamp Collection. W stamp collecting has become $peclalized is instanceq by th Paris some time ago af alientien o Swiss stamps for ahout itch-R Mr, V Inded } prristo air th the 1 “Sund the h . and home L. Prj he br;