[Grovenet] Communiation is not as easy as one would hope

[Walt Wentz]

Yep! Ruralite published that story when I worked there. The guy, 
Remme,  was a cattleman, had sold his herd and was planning more 
purchases when he got the bad news. He rode day and night, evading 
Indians and highwaymen, and staggered into the Portland branch of the 
bank just as the passenger ship was docking. After collecting his 
money from the local manager, he tried to give the man a friendly 
warning: "Just so you know, your bank has gone bust, and your San 
Francisco officer will be here any minute with the news."
"Nonsense!" said the manager, "This is the strongest bank on the coast."
Half an hour later he was probably looking for a new job, while 
Remme's further exploits are unknown to me.


>I love those old stories.
>One I read in a little plaque in SanFran. A man deposited $30k in a bank.
>Within minutes the bank closed, it had gone under. He went to the docks to
>rush to Portland where there another branch of the bank. At the docks he saw
>an executive of the bank getting on a ship to head to Portland. His only
>hope was to beat him to Portland.
>He road day and night, buying fresh horses along the way. Beat the boat by
>only minutes. Got his money out of the bank just before it was closed.
>Created the fastest overland speed from the bay area to PDX.
>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com]On
>>  Behalf Of Kristy
>>  Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:02 AM
>>  To: grovenet
>>  Subject: [Grovenet] Communiation is not as easy as one would hope
>>
>>
>>  "1848" was following the plan...The War of 1812 began battle about a month
>>  before word reached the American troops that there was a War. Needless to
>>  say the group attacked by the British were somewhat surprised.
>>
>>  Then the great Battle of New Orleans, which created such a fine song, was
>>  fought about a month after 'the powers that be' had come to agreement to
>>  end the War. Unfortunately neither side had heard the news as yet. (The
>>  win was credited with making for a stronger side for the Americans when
>>  concessions were discussed so perhaps it was not so unfortunate for our
>>  side.)
>>
>>  It was not easy to get those instant messages thru in those days.
>>  Kristy
>>
>>
>>  On 3/15/08 3:35 PM, "Steven" <NoSpam03 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>  > You got me on that one David. I was so caught up in the inaccuracies to
>>  > catch the joke in it.
>>  > One of my favorite stories of Moneterey is the 1848 war with Mexico. We
>>  > attacked and took Monterey a day before we declared war.
>>  >
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