Arizona republican., 1907-06-17

and in other territory tributary to
New York are blowing up the early
crops which were nipped by the May
frost, and are either planting them
anew or are devoting their attention to
other crops. Garden products from
New Jersey and Long Island which
usually begin to come in by the last
week in NAV, have not yet appeared,
and the prospects are that they will
not be seen until the first of July.
Meanwhile prices, which are high now.
will go still higher and the unfortun-
ate New Yorker who has barely escap-
ed from the clutches of the coal trust
win have To continue to work overtime
in order to supply his table with gar
den truck.
Every community has its character
cries, or it's farming interests. but
Coney Island is unique in that it mere
ly has its amusements, and its inhabi-
tants are supported by them. Yet
Coney Island is a City in Itself and a
wealthy city at that. The season be-
gins officially on Decoration day and
is in full swing about fifteen weeks.
Sunday, of course, is the big day, out
side of the occasional holiday. while
Saturday afternoon and evening bring
out the wage earners with money to
spend. II the season be hot, every
evening during the week will have its
jam of sightseers. ut-of-town visitors
and money winners at the race tracks.
some of whom will spend ten or TWEEN
ty dollars others ten or twenty cents.
The average expenditure, taking into
account young and old. rich and poor,
certainly averages not less than two
dollars a person. Thus. If there be
only 100000 people at the island. IL
would mean an income of not less than
100000. on a fine. warm Sunday
there may be 100000 visitors. and there
are likely to be ten good 100000 Sun
days in the season. resulting in the
receipt of 81 .00O. 900. y good week
night easily equal two or three big
Sundays and even If 1t brings no more
than 100000. ten Of them would make
SS.000.0o0 ana bring the total up to
s12,OOO.OO for a moderately good sea-
son. Sometimes the season is longer
than fifteen weeks. and every week n
prosperous one. Conveys business men
who are always praying for fine wea-
Their. saw ha a good season ought to
leave at least 500. 200. 900 at the Island.
on the eve of her departure for
Europe. Nine Lillian Nordica. the
prima donna, announced TO her friends
in the musical world her intention to
devote a large share Of the great for
tune which she has made with her
voice to the founding Of an institution
for the perpetuation of opera in
America. which will follow closely the
lines taken by Richard Wagner in
the great operate institution
at Beyreuth. For this purpose she has
already purchased a twenty-acre tract
Of land overlooking the Hudson river
and convenient to New York. on which
will be erected during the next year an
operate institution which is expected
to take its place as one of the greatest
In the world. According to the prelim-
mary plans the buildings OF the insti-
tute will cover fully four acres. outside
Of what is to be called the Lillian Nor
dica Festival House, where the great
est artists in the world will produce
the Wagner operas during the sum-
mer. II is the intention that this the
alter shall be in every way an exact re-