Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30

there are wonderful improv ements 60
ing on all the time. Business is fast
increasing and this is certain to be-
| come the great commercial city of the
east
There are two classes of American
| society here. They are the military
and the civil government people.
Nearly everyone here amongst the
Americans is connected with one
branch or the other, and it is hard to
tell which is the leading one THE
civil government has the most money
to spend and draws the largest sal.
aries (from the insular funds) but the
military has the most power. They
came together in grand clash not
long ago over deporting a man, and
the military won. 1t was the supreme
court of the islands on one side and
Gen. Chaffee on the other. Gen. Chat
fee said certain man had to leave
the islands and return to the United
States. The supreme court said he
could stay, and so they referred the
Washington, and they decided in favor
of Gen. Chaffee. The civil government
people say, See what we have donel
We came here and started up a whole
government! And the army people
reply. Your civil government would
not last over night if we were not here
to protect it, And such is the case.
1t is the army that keeps the insurrec-
ton down here. not civil government
by any means.
Social life is confined mostly to the
principal office holders here, who draw
salary enough to bring out and keep
their families here. There are hun
dreds of fine young men here who are
drawing salaries all the way from SIS
to $3.50 per month, who never get
chance to speak to an American wom-
an. The reason is that there are net
American girls enough to go around,
and there are about ten men here 20
every woman. They are coming out
pretty fast now. and every steamer
brings quite a number. Why man
here who has speaking acquaintance
with an American girl is envled by his
| fellow men. and one who Is lucky
enough to be invited to dine with an
American family is looked up to in
reverence. But lots of those young
| fellows are commencing to send for
some girl they knew in the dim and
misty past, and rs soon as she arrives
they are married at once. There are
always several marriages the day an
| American steamer arrives and then for
the next two weeks there is a decided
those young fellows hold good cleri-
cal psitions here in the city and all
pay is good here for anything in that
line. The American woman does more
towards the civilization of these ISL
ands than anything else. Her refining
and good influence is felt in every
circle, and 1t is admitted by every one
that the more American homes are es-
tabished. the quicker will the islands
become Americanized
"rhe school teachers were bless
ing, and there are now $50 of them
here. and tn schools are crowded all
over to islands,x and there is strong
demand for more teachers. They are
| going to increase this number to 1000
and then that will not be enough. OF
| course amongst the lady teachers
there were a great number of them
got married after they had been here
a short time, but that must be expect
ed. and even so a good many of them
retained their schools. One thing
about the teachers is they can go any
place, no matter how many insurgents
there may be there. and they are al
ways are treated with the greatest re-
spect and never molested. A govern
ment (soldier) engineer who is over
seeing or constructing roads can do
the same thing. Those two classes
and none others. are safe at all times
and places in the islands. The insur.
gents know that they are both bless
ing to the country"