Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

cooking only houses require no IRE
places or chlmneys
81. Thomas has q cab system which
Is usually surprise to the visitor Tho
horses ana cabs are not Of inc snowy
kind, but the price Is In keeping w,th
the outlt, W cents mile being The
regular fare people who travel IN the
country ride on little poues, which are
safe Of foot and scamper over the
mountains Ike goats.
Denmark maintains an army on 1.-The
islands OF about $50 men. These are
volunteers recruited from the veteran
corps In the home country and sent to
the islands for term Vt six years
They have guard and harrack duties to
perform but those who have trades
may wotk when they are not on duty
and when their term Of service Is over
they receive free transportation home,
or II they desire to remain, receive posi-
lions on the police force,
THE clearness OF the air at ST. Thorn
as, said former resident OF the place.
"may be judged by my experience /
lived on the highest Of the three hills
on which the city is built, and from my
house | could see Porto Rico fifty miles
to the west and with the naked eye
could see the palms and mills at st.
CroiX forty miles south. The thermo-
meter registered between 90 and 80 de-
grees In the shade nine months In the
year., but one feels comfortable, and
some Of my friends who were IN New
York during the hot season last year
went home 10 S. Thomas TO escape the
New York heat
'The low price Of wine does the peo-
pie more harm than the warm wealth
er For cents one can buy a bottle of
native wine and half Of that viii set
tie the strongest man. The people are
hospllabic 20 a fault and strangers are
always made welcome,
"Poople IN this part Of the world are
surprised TO hear this, but It Is Just as
true as that the hurricane stories from
81 Thomas and ST .CroiX are nearly all
cxaEgeratlons, for there are no more
hurricanes there than there are In the
Southern states OF this country"
There are thirty-two sugar estate on
the island Of ST. CrolS the product Of
which goes to one concern In New
York But IN order 70 protect growers
who are not In this combination the
Danish government has established
sugar stations where growers bring
their cane for sale. 1t Is ground In
mills belonging to the government, and
the producer receives pay based on the
New York prices.
The water about these islands Is so
clear that the bottom may be seen az
any point, and It abounds IN fish, Very
little fishing is done, but many people
predict that It wlll not be long after the
United States has the islands before
large Gaming establishments viii be
started there.
A sail Of half an hour from the east
end of ST, Thomas takes one 20 St
John, which has a population OF about
ZOO. There is much grazing land on this
island, and with a small investment
profitable stock farms might be estab-
lished there. The inhabitants Of this
island ale nearly oil blacks The chief
Judge of the island fills several other
important offices. He Is the chief OF
police the postmaster, the head Of the
t1uant school which Is situated on the
island, the wharf master and custom
house officer. The police department
over which he presdes has two mem
bers New York Tribune.