Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-16
IMMIGRATION To u. 5.
DEPOPULATING ITALY
New York Ias More italians Than Venice Kansas Sup.
plies Father KnickerbOckef With Nine Golden
Eagles President Roosevelt Aids Russian
Famine ReIief---A Real Kinq.

New York. March i6- Every
year." ssys signoT Sitti. a deputy In
the Italian senate. an Italian prov
inee IL transferred TO America"
There are more italians In this city
today than there are In all of Venice.
Most Of these immigrants reach the
country through the port Of New
York, As a matter OF figures. the
number h something like halt a mill
Ion annually, most Of whom come
from the impoverished southern prov
inces ana settle IN the larger cities.
notably Boston. New York. Washing
ton. New Orleans. and Chicago. where
many Of them 20 prosper er-
eeedingiy well. Their property hold.
ings I'm this city alone are valued at
seo!eoo 900. More than is.oo0.e0 o Of
this amount consists Of deposits In
the savings banks OF Manhattan.
They own 10000 stores. 1000 pieces
Of real estate. and send more money
home than any other class Of adopted
Americans. Last year tho sum
amounted 10 sI3.ooo.0 900. most Of
which went to Italian savings banks
for deposit. The race 10 also credit
ed. or diseredited, with the largest
share Of the more violent crimes. such
as murder. Standings, kidnapings and
other outrages Of the black hand va.
riety. This. according to signor Con.
&c. until recently secretary Of the Ital-
ian consulate In this city. and 10
the newly appointed consular agent
at Milwaukee, 10 directly due to the
influence Of factory life and the un.
natural conditions to which Italians
are subjected In tho larger cities,
Hence the organization OF an italian
agricultural colonization scheme thru
which IL IL proposed to relieve the
congested districts and distribute Ital.
ian immigrants to farm colonies
thruout the South and West.
Kansas Donates Eagles.
Father Knickerbock has just be.
come the proud possessor of a family
Of nine golden eagles. which have
been added to his pet stock and poul'
try farm In Central Park. Kansas
has so long been credited with the
ability to raise almost anything. from
grasshoppers and cyclones to record
breaking crops of wheat and corn.
that 1t Is not surprising TO learn that
the new acquisition came from the
Sunflower State. The birds In ques.
ton had contributed one of the many
forms OF trouble with which a farmer
In the western part Of Kansas had
20 contend. and were seriously inter
fering with the prosecution of farm
work through the necessity Of watch
ing the henhouse with a shotgun. Fl
nally, by the liberal application OF
salt to their tail feathers. or some
other equally effective means, they
were captured In good condition
Finding live eagles with healthy up.
petites q good deal more of a nui
sance In captivity than when a,
large. It occurred to their captor that
New York Is so full OF trouble any.
way that a little more or less would
scarcely count. Accordingly he wrote
to Director Smith of the Central Park
m%enagerie, who justified his hopes by
eagerly accepting the %proffered ship
ment. and the birds have just arrived
The park authorities have had a grea,
deal OF trouble In keeping this species
Of eagle In captivity. until II was
discovered recently that a certain
proportion Of fish was necessary to
their diet; but the new arrivals are