The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03

ably also. Further on at distance of
Six miles Is Vina del Mar. This is a
fashionable suburb and watering place
where the wealthiest Chilians liyeI
There they have hotel which is con-
sidered the finest of its kind in South
America. Vina del Mar has q beauti-
ful race course too. In the season.
which Is from December to March and
April. you will find all the best known
people of Chilli and Peru congregated
there. 1t Is gay spot. Masked balls.
battle of flowers, horse racing and a
variety Of social functions form ade-
quate diversion for the pleasure seek
ers. 1t Is six miles from VALPARAISO
and nightly the trains are crowded
taking passengers to the beautiful
suburb
Il should say" continued Mr.. Step
hens. the falling of the terraces upon
the Gale Prat has completely ruined
that part of the city; probably with
the exception of one or two buildings.
such as the magnificent structures of
the English bank, Tarapaca and Argen-
tine, and the Banco de Chile, which
may have resisted the shocks through
their splendid strength. Most of the
other buildings will probably be mass
OF ruins. Before you come to the Gale
Prat was the city hall, which stood
alone. and this. see. has been de-
stroyed. The Victoria theatre is in
ruins near the Alemandral. The Gus
toms house arts and science instiu-
ton and naval club, which are in one
large building facing the passenger
pier, Is also destroyed.
This means to say that the whole
row of business stores of the very fin
est description have come down, in
Guiding the new building of eel Mer-
Curl the most influential paper in
Chilli. Brazil avenue, which has been
SO greatly damaged, is at the back of
the Vella Vista, and magnificent re-
Gently constructed avenue.
Cannot Rebuild In Six Years.
"The statement that the city would
be rebuilt in six months was absurd.
1t is rank impossibility, it could not
be put back into it's former state in
six years. They do not build their
houses of mud but of stone.
There has been some talk of re-
moving Valparaiso further north, With
In shelter of the bluffs from the north
ers' and now would be fine opportun-
ity to carry this out"
Speaking of the probability of the
city being rebuilt. Mr.. Stephens said:
People living in countries where they
are liable to periodical catastrophes
seem always more or less half-pre-
pared and when calamities come, al
though at the time there is much en-
element. fear, weeping, wailing AMI
gnashing of teeth, and people say they
will get out of the country and never
return, they soon regret, then after
wards begin to hope again and buili
on the future.
The brunt of the loss through the
earthquake, will fall upon foreigners,
who are, practically speaking, in con-
troll of the export and import trade.
The catastrophe will not SO much
affect Chilli as a country, the govern
ment will simply put higher tax ON
nitrate of soda or some other article
that would not cause so much OPP
position as this already heavily taxed
product. The foreign business houses
are very wealthy. and think they will
be able to sustain this setback
Mr.. Stephens mentioned that in
Quitota and Timache, which have also
been visited, there were large brewer
les, and Quilpue was beautiful fruit
growing locality. Both these latter
places were ideal places, taken advan-
tage of by the weather. people to
construct there "quintas" or summer
residences.
He also spoke of the valuable nj
trate deposits in the north, which is