The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-12

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situation OF the Seaside Hotel al Whlcl
the Washington squad is stopping this
year. 1t is half a block from the sea
wall, with the Gulf Of Mexico stretch
ing away at one end, and view OF
the seawau and It's promenade from
either side. There is always breeze,
aud, while the sun here Is as hot as
:. prohibition campaign, the constant
movement Of air makes 1t possible TO
be comfortable at any hour
The Seaside Hotel IS. Ike innumer-
able other buildings in Galveston, more
or less ON stills. II is entirely of wood
and would require about ten minutes
close attention by a medium-sized nre
to be reduced 10 a pi-1 OF ashes.
Wa are located en- the fourth hoor'
and in case we should be burned OUT
tina best policy would be to drop OUT
~ the rear windows into the canal, the
only trouble being that the canal has
bard water. Gle down, Fido) This
particular waterway is a sort OF young
sUez that was seooPed out parallel
with the seawall by the dredses IN the
course OF tho great hlhns-ih leAI OF
raising the eastern level OF the Guy
sixteen feet, to head OF future udai
waves. It is deep enough TO float large
ebiDs and the huge dredges imported
f~o1, Holland are constantly passing
nv and down. at night presenting a
v,,,,zfa,ious Dhantom-like aspect as they
Glide slowly by, their screws turning so
eIovvlv as TO mako no noise and the
whistles silent.
Az has been said. our tavern's rear
end IS built out over the canal me
worl, of filing IN this stream Wall soon
tae5n some morning the engines VIII
t,,rn q. four-foot pipe in the direction OF
tba hotel and squirt a cubic acre OF SO
q sand under it. whereupon It VIII
- IT, aunphibious character and be
come an altogether dryland cara an
sary Things move so rapluly down
here that you do not know IN the mora
inr, when Won start out Whether you
need your running SHOES OF your : vim
ming trunks 10 reach a given point
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The Temporary canal Is inhabited by
fish OF various sorts, principally crocus
and mullet, also shrimps. Il was rather
curious when we arrived to see pair
az negroes under the hotel busily en-
gagged in throwing a cast net, with
which they landed liberal supplies OF
shrimp, banana peels, apple cores null
let. orange rinds. crocus and other
-These ebony Waltons reported that
feb were biting freely on the Bay SIDE
of the island, and I am going to Try my
luck Last year 1 went with Lave
cross ana George Falkenberg. cross
caught a few trihing. nondescripL lone
some fish who seemed 20 be glad 10 get
out of the wet, got about half a dozen
and FaIkenberg caught one sandsnarh
about ten inches long. This Falkenberg
is the only man / ever met VINO could
catch less fish than myself.
THE famous and furious Galveston
mos0uitoes have not bothered us yet
and possibIy they will be kept at q
distance by the strong night wind from
the Gulf. but up in the city they are
on the fob. The local papers have taken
M the controversy about our battle
Sims and are demanding that no armOi
plate be used as a defense for OuI
brave sailors unless IL has first beer
able to Withstand the bill OF Texas
MOSQUITO. They have made secret trials
on such battleships as have come this
way and declare that not one OF then
has borne the test successfully.
One of the favorite methods OF killing
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