b'Jews in the Old West was right in the center of whatever action there wasColorado, the brothers hired an agent in Yuma who in Tucson, the saloons, the restaurants, a tailor shop,took care of shipping matters and made sure that and they decided they would make the most of it,the merchandise got safely off-loaded and sent on its spending the very next day unloading their wagon,way to Tucson. David Neahr knew the waters of the putting together tables, putting out cans of foodstuffs,Colorado, knew the people of the area well, and was Lionel making a sign that read "Mark Jacobsfriendly with most of the Indian tribes except the Company, the two of them working frantically inApache, he also knew the best steamboat captains the over 100-degree heat, but making sure that their- and hired one of them to personally pick up the appearance - and the store\'s - would be an invitingmerchandise in California and deliver it to Yuma. one for their potential customers. From there Neahr hired dependable men to load the merchandise and deliver it to Tucson. In all of the To quote Stanley, The brothers washed, shaved, andyears that he served as the forwarding agent for the put on fresh shirts and clean trousers with suspenders.Jacobs he would lose just one shipment, a shipment They cleaned their boots and put on a coat of polishthat was off-loaded near an Apache encampment. to cover the lingering odor from Tucson\'s filthyTogether with Neahr, Lionel Jacobs streamlined streets. They gave the appearance of gentlemen whoand solved the transportation and delivery of goods chose to live in Tucson and who believed in its future,issue, the Mexican population of the town gravitated and their clothing, manners, and education set themto them as the brothers were fair and square with apart from most others in town. With neatly combedthem, and soon they were almost neck-in-neck with hair and pride in who he was, Lionel stood on theLord & Williams as the major merchants of Tucson. sidewalk in front of the store greeting shoppers andThe bottom line was it wasn\'t luck that made the announcing the business. Appearing much the same,Mark Jacobs Company of Tucson profitable, it was Barron greeted customers as they entered the storeLionel and Barron. Before their business showed a and left with a can of this and a can of that. In Sanprofit, they joined the community of Tucson, in its Francisco, the stock was purchased for twelve twenty- saloons and elsewhere, and staked their future lives five cents per can; in Tucson, each can was priced at aon the success of the town. They might have cursed dollar, and the brothers sold out in just under a week.Tucson for its crudeness, but they didn\'t. They might It did not matter that Lord & Williams next door soldBarron Jacobs have remained distant and aloof, but they didn\'t. more goods in a day than Lionel and Barron did in aJewish Museum of the American West They had more education and better manners than week. It did not matter that their sleeping quarters inmost of the town\'s residents, but they didn\'t show it a small town off the back of the store were crampedpromise. They had made the trip and sold the goods,disrespectfully. They made friends with anyone who and uncomfortable. The heat didn\'t matter. The smelland none of the town\'s vulgarities had dragged themwould be their friend and embraced them not just of Mesilla didn\'t matter. We end the first week adown" (Ibid., pp. 29-30). as customers but also as members of a community success in the business, Barron wrote to his father.on its way to becoming something better. (It was at We can call ourselves frontier merchants. 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