The Temple Tribune. (Temple, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1910 Page: 7 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
I
MINE TROUBLE
NOT YET ENDED
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine time in tea when the liver it right the
stomach sad bowels are right
CARTER’S LITTLE
UVER PILLS
gently hot firmly c
pel lazy liver to
do its dorr
) Cum Ct
atipatlon
Sick
Hoedecbo and DUtreoe aft or Eating
Swell Pin Swell Deeo Swell Prioo
Genuine £ Signature
A GENERAL 8TRIKE ORDER TO BE
I8SUED IMMEDIATELY
u
r oBjr
IfWFURNISS
- KW tourist ever have more than
a glance of a very small section
of Brazil as they travel by large
steamers which only touch at the
more Important coast cities and
they accept without question
the volunteered advice of resi-
dent fellow-countrymen who have
never traveled In the interior of
the country These speak as if
from personal knowledge though In reality false-
ly of the difficulties If not danger to such
travel
' Though there Is Individuality In all cities
more striking in some than In others yet after
all as a result of civilization there Is so marked
a similarity that one soon tires of most foreign
cities This monotony seldom extends to travel
in the Interior of a country at least not In Brazil
which abounds In en-
chanting scenery remark-
able plants flowers and
animals and ' marvelous
'works of nature giving to
the traveler a new sensa-
tion at every turn ‘ Such
Is the effect of a trip to
the Paulo Alfonso falls
To reaoh Paulo Alfon-
so falls It Is necessary to
take a coastwise vessel
from Pernambuco or Ba-
hia to Penedo about 30
30 miles up the wonder-
ful S’an Francisco river
which is navigable except
- for a short distance on
both sides of the falls for
over 1000 miles Into Bra-
sil and Is full of interest
from mouth to source
Penedo is the second
largest city in the state
77s Quay at Pc A£DO
OfNOA
Off DC ft Li
Ail
of Alagoas Almost opposite Penedo
is the ancient town of Villa-Nova In
the state of Sergipe The town is said
to have once been an Important place
but now chiefly consists of tumble-
down houses A large rlce-hulllng fac-
tory Is however located here also
large cotton-seed and castor-oil facto-
ries and a cotton gin The products
of these factories are shipped to near
by towns
From Penedo to Piranhas the bead
of navigation of the lower San Fran-
cisco or that part of the river below
the falls district one has choice of
making the trip either by small double-
decked light-draft stern-wheel steamer which
makes a round trip once a week or by a locally
built native sailboat called "canoa” -
Canoa Is Portuguese (the language of Brazil)
for canoe which it resembles in outline but dif-
fers therefrom in having In the forward third a
peculiarly shaped palm-leaf-tbatched cabin with
dovecot-llke windows painted a dark color con-
trasting with the other woodwork Other than
a shelf-llke affair running around on a level with
the windows and used either as seat or bunk as
occasion warrants the cabin has no furnishings
The rest of the boat except an area over the rud-
der on which stands tbe helmsman and the
small space occupied by a built-in box filled with
sand n which tbe cooking Is done Is utilized as
cargo apace and Is sufficient to carry from 10 to
20 horses or oxen packed crosswise like sardines
The size and character of the boat does not
appeal to our Idea of a canoe Such a boat with
Its crew of two men can be chartered at a rea-
sonable figure while frequently a passage can be
arranged tor at a reduction on steamer rates
Whether to take steamer or canoa Is difficult
to advise that would depend upon the tempera-
ment of the traveler the company and the circum-
stances In the various trips of the writer steam-
er or canoa has been used In accord with mood
or necessity As to time one metbod Is about
as quick as the other each consuming two days
In going the ISO miles and like time In returning
The steamer remains at Piranhas but one day so
that unless It la desired to consume a week In
the neighborhood of the falls the canoa offers
the only quick return to Penedo On the steamer
meals are ' procurable while on the caivoa pro-
visions must be supplied by the voyager or ar-
ranged for with the captain In either case It is
wise to take some prepared food as the cooks
make chiefly native dishes which require an edu-
cated palate for appreciation Whether by steam-
er or canoa unless mosquito proof one must of
necessity have a mosquito bar a hammock or
camp bod Is a wise provision In tbo daytime
mosquitoes are not troublesome but with the
setting of tbe sun W’hen tbe boats usually tie
up for the night they become excessively annoy-
ing '
Voyage by canoa is beth romantic and thrill-
ing Every day commencing at ten o’clock oft
Penedo a stiff breeze arises and blows upstream
with such force that the conoas with their large
sails spread resembling at a distance huge bats
seem to fly upstream frequently with such speed
as to overtake and pass the steamer which has
left some time before The river is practically
straight and the farther up one goes the mors
Cemor ef rft Attie AffatiO Djimcr
PflnHA6
Pmiq Atco00
it Is hemmed ln-by
the hills along Its
bankq so that the
canoa has tbe full
benefit of the
breeze which fol-
lows the turns of
the river
Between Pene-
do and Piranhas
there are several
- towns of Impor-
tance the' chief of
which are Propria
and Gararu In the state of Sergipe and S’ Braz
Tralpu and Pao d’Assucar In the state of Alagoas
All of these places are of sufficient interest to
warrant short stops They are tho river ports
of large sections In which cotton beans corn
rice and cattle are raised In large quantities
Rice is chiefly raised along the river Itself and
In ponds formed adjacent thereto when the river
Is In freshet
Pao d’Assucar Is so called because of a large
hill on the river front which resembles a sugar
loaf but unfortunately for the town it acts as
a barrier to the wind and causes the sand to be
thrown up In such quantities that the portion of
the town adjacent thereto has to he periodically
excavated -
Piranhas is a picturesque village built In ter-
races around tbe curve of a practically barren
hill At this port one hears much of the "piran-
has” or scissors fish a terror along the whole
San Francisco river though said to be In greater
numbers here than elsewhere This fish has a
peculiar shaped head with serrated teeth bent
backward It Is of carnivorous propensities fre-
quently attacking and biting pieces out of ani-
mals which go down to the river to drink Even
men are said to have been victims to It
From Piranhas there Is a railroad to Jatoba
71 miles distant where navigation for the upper
San Francisco Is resumed A little more than
half way to Jatoba Is the Falls Station a deso-
late place with only a closed station house sur-
rounded by a thicket travel to tbe falls being
too light to warrant even a caretaker It Is best
therefore to stop at Pedras a ' small village
reached just before the station Here guides
horses and food can be procured for the rest of
the journey which will take from two to three
hours’ riding
The ride to the falls Is best mado very early
In tho morning otherwise the heat Is so Intense
tliut the trip would not be enjoyable The road
Is frequently through dense thickets In which are
found oncas (fellx concolor) small wild cats
deer prea (cavea aperea) a ratllke animal hunted
by the natives wild hog (dlcotyles) several vari-
eties of small monkeys and birds Here par-
rots' paroquets wild pigeons and doves occur in
flocks In the dry season snakes particularly
rattlesnakes are seen In great numbers doubt-
less due to the drying up of tbe short stiff grass
which renders them more visible
Paulo Alfonso seems to have moods Its ap-
pearance markedly differing with the seasons or
more properly speaking with the volume of wa-
ter In the river which la dependent upon season
Tht writer has mads tho trip there at the three
principal stages of the river
and notes that the cataract
Itself does not change much
In form as a result of vol-
ume of water However
when the river Is In freshet
additional cataracts are
formed by the water pass-
ing through the ravines
which at other times are
dry and leaping over the
high cliff direct Into the
lower whirlpool The rap-
ids on the contrary are ma-
terially changed by any de-
viation in the volume of wa-
ter and were they approach-
able when the river is high
they would doubtless be devoid of the great
beauty which characterizes them at other pe-
riods The Ideal time to visit the falls Is just after
the river has fallen sufficiently to allow one to
cross the numerous rocky ravines through
which when the river Is high water Is rushing''
preventing a near approach to the true river
bed and the falls Soon after the freshet which
Is from November to March the grass springs
up and the plants burst into bloom Gaudy col-
ors then predominate from the deep yellow of
tbe trumpet flower the reds and blues of other
plants the beautiful pink flower of the "cebolla
brava” which when eaten cause the death of
so many animals to the black seed pod of the
“blackwood” bush and the exquisite white
bloom of the "cereus” which pops open at night
exhaling Its delicate but penetrating odor After
a few weeks the dry season sets In Tbe grass
and ephemeral flowering-
plants are then scorched
by the sun leaving only
a few hardy bushes and
the cacti
Consisting as It does
of a succession of rapids
ending in a fall opinion
differs as to which point
about Paulo Affonso one
should first visit To the
writer the most beautiful
and awe-inspiring portion
Is tbe rapids One in
viewing them realizes the
truth of the words of a
noted traveler that “If
Niagara be the monarch
of cataracts Paulo Af-
fonso is assuredly the
king of rapids” Either
as rapids or falls It
stands unique It bas
none of the artificial sur-
roundings of Niagara nei-
ther parks houses nor work of man Instead it
remains unadorned as It has been for centuries
with its almost barren banks standing like walls
and more resembling cast Iron than as they are In
reality rock painted black by the Iron and man-
ganese held in solution by the water when the
river is In freshet
Living near the falls are a few men who know-
ing the most accessible footpaths to the various
points of Interest will act as guides for a small
fee However they are not obtrusive or Insistent
in proffering their services on the contrary one
has to make inquiry to find them
The falls are slightly crescentric in form The
main body of water rushes down the steep Incline
of the last rapids to the Mai da Cachoelra where
it hurls Itself with great momentum against a steep
black wall directly in front of it rebounds swish-
ing swirling churning and foaming only to be
pushed over the abyss at a right angle to Its orig-
inal course by the dancing foaming waters of the
Anglqulnho before the water can recover Its nat-
ural appearance The width of the river at this
point Is about 50 feet and the depth of the water
at tho base of the falls is given as 86 feet The
river then rushes straight on for a few hundred
feet only to be hurled back by a rock wall 300
feet high forming the lower whirlpool from which
it finally escapes at a right angle and passes for
some miles through a narrow forge
Tbe guide next leads one to 'the river above
where hemmed in by low banks of black rock It
Is broad and quiet with nothing to suggest the tur-
bulent waters juBt left Continuing upstream one
sees numerous Islands mere rocks projecting
like monuments from the water and notes that al-
ready the water has commenced to hurry
A short distance below the river makes Its first
leap of 30 feet This Is followed by the "Val-vem
de Clma" (upper come and go) a miniature whirl-
pool where the water ebbs and flows at oft-repeated
Intervals Farther on the rock banks of the
river approach each other and through clefts in
the rock the river Is compressed Into five narrow
branches four of which immediately start their
descent by tumbling 15 or 20 feet and' becoming
a mass of seething foam rushes down the steep
Incline with a fury that almost causes the earth
to shake an'd with a roar that can be heard for
miles thus forming the soul-inspiring rapids
According to the guide the trip to Paulo Affon-
so would not be complete without a visit to what
he styles the wonderful “Furna do Morcego” (bats’
cave) To see this one Is Induced to climb crawl
and if not very careful fall down the zigzag path
leading to the edge of the lower whirlpool where
after literally scrambling over the rubbish thrown
up by it one Is conducted to the large gaping en-
trance to the cave The cave Itself is disappoint-
ing It Is nothing more than a large opening In
the bank and Is uninteresting unless one excepts
the great number of vampire bats which Inhabit it
These are very troublesome to the cattle raisers
In the vicinity
From the mouth of the cave one has a good
view of the whirlpool but with thought of the
difficult climb necessary to return it is doubtful if
this side trip has been worth the trouble
ALL NEGOTIATIONS OFF
Over 9000 Miners in Oklahoma Af-
fected — Employee of "Inde-
pendent” Operators Will Not
Be Asked to Quit
Kansas City Mo — Negotiations be-
tween miners and coal operators of the
Southwestern territory which have
dragged along over a period of exaxet-
ly four months were brought to a
final end here A general strike or-
der will be issued Immediately ac-
cording to George Manuel secretary
of the Missouri ditsrlct and 30000 or
more Miners who have nfit worked
since the expiration of the old con-
tract April 1 will be formally on
strike ’
The conclusion of negotiations came
after the miners had been in session
the greater part of the day Monday
and bad waited for the operators to
agree to their proposition to hold a
joint ssesslon at which a wage scale
based upon what is known as the Cin-
cinnati demand could be discussed
Conference committees had been ap-
pointed by the miners to meet such
conference committees as the operat-
ors chose to appoint But the opera-
tors held that by agreement neither
the operators nor the miners could
demand a joint meeting and would
make no concessions to this request of
the miners
Of the number of miners affected by
the strike order about 9500 are in Kan-
sas about 8500 in Missouri 9000 in
Oklahoma and about 3000 in Arkan-
sas Some 5000 Bilners In Texas
though in another district will be In-
diretly affected by the strike order
and this too will have an indirect
bearing upon the miners in Colorado
and other western states
At present there are a number of
‘‘independent’’ mines in this territory
that from the beginning have paid the
wage scale asked and at their mines
there has been no cessation of work
They employ approximately 2800
men 300 in Missouri about 1500 In
Kansas and about 1000 in Oklahoma
and Arkansas Employes of these “in-
dependent" concerns will not be asked
to discontinue work
Insane Man Runs Amuck
San Dego Calif — Ber S Durham
a man discharged from the fire depart-
ment six months ago went to the out-
skirts of the city Monday and
turned in an alarm When the engine
arrived be began shooting Don Grant
the driver was instantly killed Cap-
tain Sampsell upon whose complaint
Durham was discharged was shot
through the lungs and Guy Elliott a
hoseman was shot through the stom-
ach Durham ran to his home and
beat his wife and baby to death with
a bar of iron He escaped from his
home but when hotly pursued shot
himself dying instantly
Fires Sweeping Western Forests
Missoula Mont— With a wall of
flame eight miles long eating its way
over the Montana-Idaho divide Into
this state with another fire raging at
the head of Cedar Creek and still oth-
ers reported in various sections a cry
for help has been raised here by the
officials of the forest servee The Ce-
dar Creek fire is rapidly eating into
the heavy forests of the Trout Creek
district and has spread to such an ex-
tent that It will be almost Impossible
to stop its progress unless more men
can be secured
Interurban to Be Constructed
Tecumseh Okla — The RapldTransit
Interurban Company has secured from
the city of Tecumseh a franchise and
from the county commissioners of
Pottawatomie county permission to
cross all public roads and highways
therefore the preliminary work of con-
structing the line from Tecumseh to
Sulphur will be commenced at once
and will be speedily pushed on the
part where franchise and permission
has been secured
Train Dashes Into Burning Trestle
Augusta Ga — Charleston & Western
Carolina passenger train ran into a
burning trestle 19 miles from Augusta
on the Spartanburg division The en-
tire train was burned The engineer
and fireman are missing and others
probably are killed
Shot While Watering Horse
Hartshorne Okla — With a bullet
hole In the head the body of Joe Evin-
Inski has been found In a lake at No5
mine here He left his home to water
his horso and when he did not return
a senrch was started and the discov-
ery of his body was made
Killed In Fight at Ardmore
Ardmore Okla — Charles Clements
Is dead here from bullet wounds re-
ceived in a fight on the streets Jake
Lewis was placed in Jail Clements
was wounded three times in the chest
with a 45-caliber gun
State’s Witness Is Killed
Paducah Ky — Tom Cooper a rela-
tive of Milton Oliver chief witness In
the night rider cases to be tried this
fall has been shot and killed by night
riders Three of his murderer are
said to be under arrest
BILLIARD TABLES
POOL TABLES
LOWEST PRICES EASY PAYMENTS
Yon cannot afford to experiment with
untried goods sold by commission -agents
Catalogues free
THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO
14 W Miin Street Dept B Oklahoma Cltr Okla
I0LDIS0RESIGURED1
AllensUlcerlDHHdlTei’ure&lhnmU'tlrer Uon
Ulcers So rofuloun UIcer Varicose l’lors In-
dolent t’loem Mercurial Ulcers WhlteSwell-
InsrMHk UKFeverBorssiUWrB Purftiwijn
fcUttfS Bran II 60b 4-PALLlfiflobeptA3J3tPm lMlnP
No other man appreciates a luggtnc
hand like a man in trouble
Lewis’ Single Binder So cigar equals
in quality most iOo cigars
Tips you get are almost as worth-
less as those you give
Dr Pierce's Pellet small aerar-cnefeU easy fee
take s candy regulate ana invigorate stomaoh
Uver and bowels bo not gripe
A woman’s Idea of an Intelligent'
man Is one who can tell whether or
not ber bat is on straight
ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
Use Red Cross Ball Blue It makes clothe
clean and sweet as when new All grocers
In the Night School
Teacher (of night school) — What do
you understand by the terms "Ufe
sentence?” Give an example of one
Shaggy-Haired Pupil — I pronounced
you husband and wife — Chicago Tribune
A Simple Matter
"Charley dear” said Young Mrs
Torkins “the paper says that the Pro-
hibitionists have trouble with boot-'
leggers”
"I believe so”
"Men are so stupid! Why don’t
they put a stop to It by compelling
everybody to wear low shoes?”
The Dentist’s Joke
At a recent dinner of the Authors’
club In London to Mr Owen Seaman
the editor of Punch Mr Walter
Emanuel another member of the staff
of Punch referred to the fact that the
man with the largest sense of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
— a dentist He went to him after suf-
fering long with a toothache He re-
fused to have gas and the dentist
pulled out a tooth leaving him writh-
ing In pain and took the tooth to the
window where he laughed quite heart-
ily He groaned: "What’s the joke?”
“Wrong tooth” said the dentist
Merely a Prevaricator
A doctor relates the following story:'
‘1 had a patient who was very ill and
who ought to have gone to a warmer
climate so I resolved to try what hyp-
notism would do for him I had a
large sun painted on the celling of his
room and by suggestion Induced him
to think it was tbe sun which would
cure him The ruse succeeded and
he was getting better rapidly when
one day on my arrival I found he was
dead”
"Did It fall after all then?" asked
one of the doctor’s hearers
"No” replied the doctor “be died
of sunstroke”
Know How
To Keep Cool?
When Summer’s sun
and daily toil heat the
blood to an uncomfort-
able degree there is noth-
ing so comforting and
cooling as a glass of
Iced
Postum
served with sugar and a
little lemon
J
Surprising too how
the food elements relieve
fatigue and sustain one
The flavour is deli-
cious— and Postum i3
'really a food drink “
"There’s a Reason”
meM
POSTUM CEREAL CO Ltd
Battle Creek Mich
I
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View one place within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Etzold, E. G. The Temple Tribune. (Temple, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1910, newspaper, August 4, 1910; Temple, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1860247/m1/7/?q=%22United+States%22: accessed July 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.