Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23

q number ~ Instances saw men TAX
INK the places 10 oxen az the pillow, two
men pulling. while RI third guided the
rude. hand fashioned implement. whose
model may have been the pictures OF
plowa used In Moses day.
Nearing the ccntcr " the long
and narrow province. one discerns
more hopeful signs ~ rycupgrhtlon.
chiefly owing o. the cNiFoucica ~ the
tobacco trade. This was once the great
tobaccu.srowing section II the world,
you knuw-tho region ~ the famous
Nuclta AbaiO, whore every farmer. as
well da every squntter on a hnif-ncre.
was tobacco planter. and whore every
nw-thntchod. palm-eldcd home was
supplemented with q drying-Hhvd for
tobacco leaves In many cnses. wealthy
buyers ana manufacturers have adj
vnuccd money 20 the whilom planters
furnished oxen and suppliod young
plants 10 stock the Held anew. To-day
there aru many miles ~ growing to-
bacco In pinar del RIO. even running
up the gldDH NJ tho chalk cline that
mark the beginning ~ tho Nueltn hills.
and appearing 10 thrive ua wei la
rocky sol as IN loan. The rich rod
earth 81 this province produces equally
well corn, uuglr-cnuo and sweet poe
tatocs and no doubt other Vegetables
u tho farmers cared Co raise them.
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powered in banana grove. and Wild
orange trees Orc laden with fruit. We
pnsscd splendid
PINEAPPLE PLANTATION,
the slight ~ q llfc-tlmo. Il seemed 10
mc-morr than eighty thousand plants
In full bcaringl There Is something
peculiarly Fascinating about the grace
ful curve ~ the smooth. sharp edged
L.. N.sNa IUaaH . 81.
like the bnyoncta OF an army on the
march, ana the golden fruit thrust up
ward from pine centres, Each plant
bear. but one great, Juicy globe OF
sweetness at the same time, but tho
same plant II good for another apple"
few months later and another ana
another; and then II must be pulled up
slip.
Pinar del Rio city. capital Of the
province OF tho same name. has In tho
nclghborhood Of 5000 population. about
the same Ne before tho war. because IL
was never nbnormally swollen by re-
concentration, nor decreased by extra
ordinary HuferlnEs II happened that
the country people were driven In an.
other direction and thousands ponncd
IN smaller Villages IN the eastern cnd
Of the province. Shoe making II tho
chief Industry Of pinar. engaging near
~ half the populatlun-each on his own
hook. - 10 speak for there IL no fac
tory and labor-eaving machinery has
never been introduced. There are many
comfortable homes In the city. and sub.
stantial shops aud stores and one OF
tho finest hospitals ! have even seen.
Most OF the public cdlncos, including
the handsome rcsdcncr of the civil
governor ~ the province, are ranged
around the central plaza.
II Ia pleasant 20 take q volante Ride
along the old highway shaded with
plambagunto trees, to Colma, fifteen
miles from pinar del Rio, What IL
most needed N railway through the
hills, from Bahia Honda ON the north
coast The English company which
owns tho railway running from lla-
ynna 10 the capital Of plnar province.
threatens 90 extend lts line farther into
the tobacco lands; but n It does not
afford better and
CHEAPER SERVICE
than at present. ita patrons VIII not be
numerous. The northern hills are said
to be fun OF mngncal ana utheN min