Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-10-05
A NEWPORT BOY
ON THE ISTHMUS
CULEBRA, Sept. 8, 1906.
Editor LEADER

Editor LEADER
Thinking a knowledge OF the real
state Of affairs on the Isthmus might
be of interest to yourself and readers,
volunteer the information to the best
of my poor ability.
left Newport on the morning of July
Is and my first stop after leaving Port.
land was st. Paul, where | spent several
days seeing Minnehaha Falls, the Twin
Cities and the Minnesota state capitol,
which is the finest in the United States.
Then l went OH to Washington, d. c.,
via Chicago, taking in both cities to the
best of my ability, and, receiving my
commission at the former, journeyed on
to Boston, which city l did, and then
returned to New York, sailing from
there on the 2Sth of July,
The ship left the pier at p. m, and |
in few minutes | had said goodbye to |
the Statue Of Liberty and seen my last !
OF the States, for awhile, at least. We
had a very pleasant voyage, it being
stormy and bad only one day, the third
out We passed Cape Maisi, Cuba, the
sixth day out and arrived at Colon the
seventh, docking at about a. m
The first view you get of Colon from
the water is very beautiful, mass of
corrugated iron and dobie walls with
grass-t -thatched roofs and a background
OF palm, banana, plantain and cocoanut
trees. But after you land this romantic
scene changes to horrible combination
of stinks, smells and noises, and dirty
wretchedness that is disgusting and
o makes fellow want to get out into the
, interior, where you can at least get a
breath of pure air-even if it is warm.
Panama, on the other hand, is very
4. picturesque, and retains its beauty on
closer inspection. Its beautiful har-
Dor, filled with quaint little native boats
and American shipping, the small blue
waves tapping the shore, hardly worthy
of the name or dignity OF breakers, and
I all surrounded with beautiful fringe
p of tropical trees, giving an appearance
of delightful. sleepy Incidence. Back
s. of this and the quaint old dobie-walled
h city rises Ancon Hill, sheer $50 feet
from the surrounding plain and over
y looking the canal for many miles. Or
o the side OF this is the Ancon Hospital
o the largest and best of its kind in the
world.
1t Colonel Gorgass, U. S. A., the chic
e medical officer of the Canal Zone, live
2, with the Hospital Reserve, as doe.
Governor Magoon, who is dictator OF
h our part of the Isthmus. The forme
n is the man who, after the war will
Is Spain, rid Havana of yellow fever an,
a provided for the sanitation of the who'll
island. He is probably the creates
fever fighter and sanitary officer tn
I, =" world has known.
" Panama, the capital of the Republic
:. - and Colon are the only important cite
on the Isthmus. Panama, though OF
the Pacific coast. is east of Colon o.
le the Atlantic, and is only about nine de
grees from the equator; a curious fact
III but nevertheless true, owing to pecul
as lar bend in the Isthmus. This causes
lot of confusion, aud few American
Up ever get their directions straightene
IA out down here. But as this is Ian
VS. where everything is wrong, with no az
i'll parent reason or excuse for being So
n. fellow can still retain some of his sci
-, respect after telling his flagman |
m move east when be means west junles
90 he has negro flagman, as have, VIII
~ is disposed to argue the CASEY Then
:, generally lose everything but my vocal
" ulary, which is becoming very complet
The Redmen lodge here in Culebr
no is the largest and lveliest social organ
~ ization on the Zone, consequently
'" have thanked my lucky star man
". times for the wise move | made SON
a time before leaving home.
:. SUNSET
- 1 sit on my lofty piazza,
w Overlooking the restless sea;
ci- "a spider glides over my forehead,
cockroach runs over my kneeD
iy, The God of Day is preparing
ab His bed tor ano ther night,
20 "a swarm Of pestiferous sand-hles
w. Isobscuring the glorious sightD
He's pulling his cloud blankets round him
'hC OF crimson embroidered with gold
)ed (That ant crawling under my collar
he Down my spine sends shiver of cold y
lis He's nodding, but with eye still half open
23. Tips distant sail with his fire.
(Dios Mol another mosquito