The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
HEARD AT HOTELS.

/ for a number Of years been the owner OF
| the Honolulu Advertiser, a daily newspa-
per that Is older than any Of the San
Francisco papers. and the first English
! paper Of any prestige to be published on
the shores OF the Pacific Ocean. In con
versation with a Herald reporter, NJ.
Thurston said:
/ We are making a strong effort TO I'll
our deficient labor supply In Hawaii
/ b. bringing In Portuguese from the Azores
Islands. because We have already large
number Of these people, and experience
has shown that they are the best iaborers
we have ever received from any quarter.
It might surprise you 10 know that there
are at least 1900 Of these people now in
our country far more than all the rest
Of the whites combined. They are honest,
thrifty, Industrious. and. best Of all. they
assimilate with US and become perma-
nent citizens.
! FOR twenty years immigrants from the
Azores have been coming TO Hawaii
They are nearly all Of the old Flemish
STOCK, their ancestors having come from
/ Flanders generations ago. A goodly col
ony Of them are in the Cape Cod region,
| where they have done well. and quite a
number have found homes in California.
The Azores is a little country incapable
Of sustaining a large population. and
when the inhabitants get too thick they
are forced TO migrate. The importance OF
! their presence in Hawaii can readily be
! understood; they are an Offset 10 the
/ large Oriental element Of our population.
! .-T-rl IL
gliding the Portuguese, are in a very
4 heavy minority.
"A ship load Of people from the Azores.
some 100 souls, has probably by this
/ time landed at Honolulu They will be
/ eagerly welcomed. Special inducements
were made to get them by Offering each
/ head OF a family d homestead al a norui-
mai cost. The government and the owners
Of the big sugar plantations are cooper
atinG in this effort 10 get settlers by
selling them cheap homes on the most
! liberal terms
! One Of the most prominent young men
Of South Carolina, Hon. Lewis Wardlaw
/ Haskell, Of Columbia is at the New VII
lard, accompanied by his wife Mir Has
kell is a successful lawyer, and has been
In the legislature for the past four years.
Referring 70 one Of the leading issues in
tho old Palmetto State. he said:
/ our late election could scarcely be pro-
claimed victory either for the advocates
or the opponents Of the State dispensary
system. Our new governor. IL is true, IS
not in love with the present plan Of State
operation Of the liquor business. but is
known to favor a somewhat different
method. His idea is 10 let the people OF
each county decide for themselves
whether they viii have prohibition or a
dispensary, to be maintained and oper-
ated by the county itself This plan has
been trIed l. Georgia and some other
States with fair success.
1t Is too early as yet. however TO say
that the State disDensary system will be
abolished. That policy stiH has its friends.
and determined fight for its retention
will be made in the legislature. But it can
I be said with truth that the people OF
South Carolina viii never go back to the
era Of licensed saloons. Either they will
! agree on some form Of disDensary control.
or else they will enact a straight-out pro-
/ hibition law
/ 'One Of the greatest needs OF Washing
ton" said Capt. Charles Vivian. Of New
/ York, at the Raleigh. lis the reclamation
Of the Anacostia River fats. The low.
swampy lands that border the eastern
branch Of the Potomac, forming q niser-
able mOrass, alike offensive 10 the eve
and dangerous 10 the public health.
should be converted into high ground at
the earliest possible moment. The mere
dredging out Of the channel as far as
the navy yard is but a starter: the chan
mel should be widened and deepened for
miles above the Pennsylvania Railroad
bridge, with high cement walls on both
sides the river, back Of which hundreds
Of acres of splendid land could be
created.
/ This great Improvement ought not TO
be delayed. People coming into the Ma
uonal Capital from Northern points ara
shocked as they approach the city to
note vast stretches OF marsh land unfit
/ for cultivation or habitatiOn. and good
only as a breeding place Of malaria. II
/ is so unsightiy and such an eyesore that
its proximity 10 Washington is a dis
grace Such a condition would not be
I tolerated in the vicinity OF the capital of
any third-Tate European power. The
reclamation Of this territory would not
| cost an immense sum, and in return
/ for the work the governments would GET
many acres Of high and exceedingly
! fertile ground land that would be enor-
/ mously productive, and out Of which the
/ cost or the entire Improvement would
ultimately be betrayed
At the Shoreham is Mr.. Oliver s. Pen
/ dar, clerk of the United States Court a.
Sioux City. 5. Oak
/ was born in New England" said Mr..
Pendar. ha'c lived many years in South
Dakota, and am a cotton planter I'm
Louisiana. l am just back from visit
TO my farm in the Red River bottoms
near Shreveport. They've made a great
crop down there. and the fields look like
dazzling snow banks The only trouble
is that the planters can't get labor enough
TO pick the cotton, and il looks now as
II lot Of it will stay in the fields
ungs thered.
There Is quite a boom on in that
region. due to the abundance Of oil and
natural gas The gas is piped from Cad
DO City 10 Shreveport, a distance OF
l twenty miles. and is utilized by the citi-
zens for domestic consumption at s. cents
per LOCO feet. The prosperity Of the entire
Southwest is extraordinary, and the peo-
pie are making more money than al any
other time in their lives"
''In view of the trouble that has arisen
over bookmaking in the District OF Co
lumbia. and the prospect that subsequent
meetings here will be held with the spec
ter of legal prosecution always present,
1t would seem 10 be happy plan for the
Jockey Club officials and the Maryland