Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — Bargain in Islands. [ARTICLE]

Bargain in Islands.

La Gobernadora, an island, five miles long and four miles wide, in the Pacific, just 100 miles from the Panama canal, and nearer that waterway than any insular possession of the. United States, a little dot in the mighty ocean, and described as a gem, is offered for sale, says an exchange. It would, it is said, have been purchased by Germany long ago, but it was owned by Mme. L. Ruecke-Vallartna, a Parisian, who would not sell it to that nation, or to anyone likely to do so, no matter what the consideration. Circumstances growing out of the times now compel Mme. L. Ruecke-Vallarlno to replenish her cash resources, but she will strive to hold the island, at any cost, rather than have it pass into the hands of interests unfriendly to the United States. Perhaps Uncle Sam may, at least, take the trouble to look at it.