The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-11
AT THE HOTELS.


reached Washington earlier. since there
has been no time n the last ten years
that he could not have had his check
csshed I'm any bank Of the West for
money OF magnitude In cold earnest. he
is worth this day not a peso less than
sJ00OC0 which is not 50 much, Teckoued
by the Rockefeller standard. but which
is lot when one comes 10 think Of the
situation Mr. Delfelder was ia when he
first hit" Wyoming. fourteen years ago.
He had hoped 20 reach a point in Idaho
On his migration from his cid home in
Kansas, but his money giving out. he had
to stop at place in Wyoming rejoicing
in the name Of Burnt Hole" which
metropolis consisted Of one saloon and the
railway station.
lie didn't have the price Of q breakfast.
but soon encountered sheep man VINO
wanted to hire a herder. To him Del
fielder hired. and the rest may be guessed.
It wasn't long before he was hiring men
20 herd his sheep and now he IS owner
OF numerous focks Mr. DeIfelder IS not
only a leader in business affairs and poll
tics, but he enjoys also the distinction Of
being president Of the Cray Bull Club Il
social organization that has had great
history in Wyoming. II was through the
efforts Of this club that The outside world
was made - know that in Big Horn
County, surrounding the city Of Meeteetse.
scores upon scores Of sturdy pIaiusmen.
cattIepunchsrs, and fockmasters wanted
wives
The deficiency in girls was all that
allied the country. The Gray Bull Club.
aided by Wyomngs best-known news
paper man, George S. Walker. Of Chey-
cHnc CwhO is also AT the Riggs. adj
yertised to all the unmarried daughters
OF Eve throughout the nation that If
they wanted husbands all they had to
do was TO migrate 10 Big Horn County.
state Of Wyoming Mr. Walker told
Herald reporter last night that in the
course Of a month he got by actual
count 11,742 letters from spinsters, repre-
senting every State and county iu the
Union, not TO speak Of a batch from
Germany and other European cities.
Many Of these were evidently written by
woHien of refinement whose hearts had
been set on mauimOny. bot who had
never had an offer. The Boston post
mark on the letters was most numerous.
About 200 young ladies came on iu person
after short period Of correspondence
with the Wyoming SWANS. and in nearly
every case. Mr.. Walker said, happy mar
riages resulted.
a last word about Mr. DeIfelder. After
arriving ID Washington yesterday and
on his way 10 the hotel, he noticed the
imposing moEolith designed 20 perpetuats
20 Mr.. Walker. he said.
George. that's new kind on me-
Back in my old Kansas country they
always made the stand-pipes out Of sheet
iron, but IN this neck Of the woods they
use stone; and that's the first one I
ever saw that had little doors an the
top
The average dinner guest may be
pleasantly entertained. but it is not once
in lifetime that he gets such a treat
as did the recipients OF Senator Nathan
B. SCOTS hospitality saturday evening"
remarked Senator George Nixon, Of Ne
vada. az the New Willard.
'Of course. the dinner itself was fine.
bat this was an intellectual feast am
talking about. Its purveyor was Senator
Joe Blackburn. I do not think, although
he spoke eX tempOre. that more delight
full talk ever enanated from human lips.
Ii was fun of wisdom, philosophy. and
humor, and IL was said so eloqueutly that
every ear was strained 10 catch each
word.
The speech was a mastery defense
Of our American civilization and VI the
public men of the country. Il was with
out a trace Of bitterness. and yet Il
showed up the righteousness Of the ex-
IRENE undertaking tendency of the day.
II Mr. Blackburn could be got 20 give the
same talk in q valedictOry before he quits
forever the body he adorEs, the whole
country would be delighted
The American Ambassador 10 Mexico
Hon. D + Thompson. is a guest OF the
New Willard. Mr. Thompson explained
10 a Herald reporter that he had not
come home on any state business. but 10
attend 10 some private concerns in Ne
braska. He will meet Mrs. Thompson ia
New York this week and they viii sail
for Cuba about Saturday, TO be the guests
of Gov. Masoon for a week or ten days
ere returning TO the City OF Mexico.
1T is a hue country. the Mexican re-
public" said Ambassador Thomson.
I /
dence there, 10 Ike it greatly. The peo-
pie are as hospitable and kind as any I'm
I the world, and the educated class are not
surpassed anywhere in the graces and re-
hnements of life. do not apprehend
that the election of q successor to Presi-
/ dent Diaz viii cause the least amount of
political disturbance, for the country has
progressed far beyond the stage where
revolutions are feasible. Iae CITY OF
Mexico is becoming q most beautiful
place, and the tide Of Improvement keeps
at the flood. The great drawback of the
capital heretofore has been the lack OF
a really modern hotel, but one is shortly
TO be built at a cost of SIO0l,U00 that
will be Of the most modern architecture
and appointments on par with our
finest hostelries."
The japanese usually are Of such short
stature that when Mr.. KumaH Oshima,
superintendent general OF police of the
government Of Formosa, appeared in the
lobby Of the Shoreham last evening. no
guest of that hostelrys could forbear
gazing at him on account Of his six feet
of altitude.
He IS the talIest Jap ever saw" was
said repeatedly. Mr.. Oshima proved as
good humored as he was lofty. and in
little talk with a Herald reporter said:
Il came 90 the United States to find
out how your police departments are con-
Quoted. but | have been cabIed to return
home Immediately, and hence VIII have
no time for investigation. I have been
in FoTmosa for the past eleven years.
When first went there the island was
overrun with robbers, but we have about
rid the country of them. The only diff
tiCulty now is with the fierce and say
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