Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-01-09
SKIPPING OVER THE BORDER.
Ehe Ways that are Dark by Which
Cinnamon Get into the uiIed
States.

Cinnamon Get into the EuiIed
States.
After witnessing the sights daily to
be seen in the city cemetery here,
writes a San Francisco correspondent
Of The New York Sun. one would not
suppose that the woods along the in
ternational boundary between Wash
ington Territory and British Colum-
ba were full OF Cinnamon looking
wistfully south - ID, and ready AT
any moment IL ap across the line
when the backs Of the revenue off
GERS ana ether guards are turned In
this city the regu i, 1J3l shipment
OF The bones Of the celestial dead to
Chiua IS n0@ in progress. From all
points ou the northwestern frontier
come reports of Cinnamon running
the blockade.
as soon as winter settled down upon
the British possessions hundreds of
Chinamen who have haen at work up
there in one capacity or another came
down to Victoria to see what the
chance was OF slipping down into the
United States. Many owners of
sio8ps, yawls, and steamboats, living
near Puget sousd drive a profitable
business with the heathenS in trans
porting them safely to American soil.
4 revenue cutter has been on the
watch for these smuglers for long
tins, but they frequently eluded its
vigilance. The Chinese invariably
have money, and for the sake of
reaching the States they will pay
literally Slo9p- owners have been
subjected to many searches, and in
some cases Chinamen have been
found and turned back, but many
have lot through Three or four
Homen are among the number SNUG
gled in, aud promptly sold by the
men resBons bic for their introduct-
ion here
During last fall the casualties in
this surreptious trade were numerous
Several boats were swamped aud their
occupants drowned and in two or
three instances Cinnamon who bought
yawls at exhorbant rates and under
took to navigate them were never
heard OF afterward. Finding the
/ route BY way of Puget sound not only
expensive. but dangerous, the C3ina
men are now going inland and scoot-
I 4ug 4CEg3SS the nut dl every OppOE-
tunity. Shotgun quarantines have
proved effective in some instances.
but the extent OF territory is 50 great
that nothing can prevent a Chinaman
/ from getting acrsss if ne is smart,
| The city marshal Of Whatcou, Wash
/ ington territory, says:
/ They are slicker than silk. They
cone right over when they feel like
i, and you can't step them. After
/ they've beea here fifteen minutes YOU
can't tell ore from another, and they
all swear that they have lived III this
country % years. | nailed one fell
! low almost in the act OF coming over
the boundary the other day, but he
/ lied me clear back to M Office, and
couldn't prove anything on him
We have a Chinaman here at What
com who has been here a long time,
and manages 70 give his brethren q
go3d deal Of help. Vixen they slide
| IN they turn up at his place sooner or
later, and he introduces them around
as from San E'Isea, Just out On lit
| tie tour. Three o. four times We
/ thought we had caught him IN tric
! of this kind. but we made mistake.
| I notice that they can't always stop
/ the smuggling OF diamonds and silks
on the eastern coast If they can't
head Of q precious stone, that hazn't
any legs. or eyes, or intelligence, how
In the devil can they expect me 10