Adventure, February 20, 1922 — page 193: what you’re looking at

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ied & a” —s _ a = Potosi, a week i in Queretaro, and can take side trips ++ _to Leon, Guanajuato, Silao, Irapuato, Guadalajara, Ae etc.” As freight service is very slow you will have - to ship your goods by express from one place to - another. 3. In packing your goods I would suggest that you take only new goods as the customs will charge you as much for second-hand goods as new goods, and the res is very high, especially on wool shirts, shoes, etc, t will be necessary for you to pack your goods in cases similar to trunks, carefully weighing the net weight of each class or kind of goods and making out several packing-lists, one or ~~~ two for yourselves and for the customs broker, who _ _-will cross your shipment’ for you, attending to all ~ customs requirements. Do not fail to make out | packing-lists, for if you do not the customs broker will have to weigh all the stuff and will charge eit you accordingly. aoa Number each case and make them up so you can ee use them for counters and shelves, as you must 3 rent a vacant store in each place you go. Have =e __ big cloth signs painted in Spanish advertising your es ~ goods, and have some handbills printed with blank eS for address so you can have them distributed in ——— each town. It will be necessary for you to go with 3 some one who speaks the language, for if not you i sure will have one fine fix for yourselves. —__I believe the following would go well: Quilts, aa --~ plankets, shoes, some O D wool and cotton shirts, = - socks, underwear, raincoats, a few folding cots, breeches, and so forth. Camp equipment would not have much of a demand, but would recommend a mixed stock of articles generall used. I would “< Pe id -L- ON * suggest buying job lots of cks such as ae _- buttons, thread, needles, pins, cheap laces and embroideries, handkerchiefs, and five-and- ten-cent «store goods. 2s If you will go to some jobber or wholesaler in El Pe Paso they will be able to tell you-about what will eae _ sell as they have many customers who make a SS", poses < traveling back and forth, stopping in one ae te ce and another and coming back to the border ormore. Do not let them stock you up too heavy, and always try to keep a sufficient amount of money therefor. cation In their * J ONERGAN, ‘SGT. PATRICK, MEEHAN, JACK. Or any of the boys of Co. C., 29th Infantry. Set. "Patrick Lonergan and. ape Meehan last heard of in Buffalo and Panama City. our old-time friend of Fort re days.—Address J. e owns, 2572 Main St., Buffalo, Ask Adventure! ‘Missing of our inquiries for persons last heard of in Canada. Except in case of eelatives,- inquiries from one sex to the other are barred. : on hand so as not to have to sell any of your stock =x at a loss to raise funds. Sa You will have to pay so much a ee “town you go to sell goods there, and ee } have fix it up with the Renta del Timbre or Internal — Revenue as there is a tax of two per cent. on all retail sales. You can fix this up in each place, for if you do not, naturally the oe ets will lay a trap for you and get you fined. I would suggest — that you have some signs made and hire a small band to carry the signs around the streets. — I hardly feel able to advise you definitely as to the success or not of your plan as it all depends on yourself, and how you are able to sell goods with the Mexicans. Never put the first price you ask on the goods as your selling price as they all like to haggle you down and it tickles them to think ‘they got if for five cents less. The fixed price is_ the exception and not tae rulein Mexico. I would suggest traveling about and. staying a - week or soin each place, according as tohow that the oe: goes. You will find competition brisk and aie local merchants are no slouches i in doing business. — You will need a passport,* secured through the. U. 5. District Court or State Court for Nat = tion, costing you ten dollars and the visé of the Mexican Consul at the line, another ten dollars. lt will take you about three weeks to get a passport, and much red tape. Send twenty-five cents to the \ oT) thd oe NHN al . Pan-American Union, Washington, for their Map == of Mexico and one dollar for their book on Mexico. <a ’ wire pA ? TMA Write to the Department of Commerce for the ‘Supplement to Consular Reports” covering Mexico, == and ask them what they think of the idea also. Ss Do not take too much stuff with you, and leave cases of goods packed ready for shipment at the border, numbered; and keep lists of the contents ne so in case you run short you can order them by wire from. your customs worker as the duties and expense will surprize you. =F I hope this data will prove of value to you, and ~ in case I have not made any point clear would be ‘ pe YL glad to hear from you again, as ~ *Passports regulations possibly changed or abolished by ra the time this issue goes on sale. s = % NotE—We offer this department of the “‘Camp-Fire” free of charge to those — of our readers who wish to get in touch again with old friends or acquaintances = = from whom the years have separated them. For the benefit of the friend you seek, give your own name if possible. ing contrary instructions, will be considered as inten with inquirer’s name, in this department, at our discretion. > right in case inquirer refuses his name, to substitute any numbers_or other « names, to reject any item that.seems to us unsuitable, and to use our discretion — = in all matters pertaining to this department. = We will, however, forward mail through this office, assuming no responsibility - = — © We have arranged with the Montreal Star to give additional publi- — ee Sa ae “ All inquiries along this line, unless contain- — ed for publication im full = We reserve the. ~~~ Give also your own full address. elative Column,"’ weekly and daily editions, to any ASHBURN, HUGH E. may. go by name of Hall, e- his mother’s maiden. name.) orn near Black River = Falls, Wis. Age twenty-six or twenty-seven. Last heard | of cutting props in Sullivan, Mo., February or March, 1916. ~ 2 Any information as to his whereabouts will be appreciated. — a Address JACK W ASHBURN, 417 E Okmulgee, Muskogee, Okla. ae