The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-29

nitted TO President Loubet. the Pres
ident of the French republic. but his
decision was so manifestly unjust that
the question was again opened up ana
ne have chosen the chief Justice OF
the United States Supreme Court 10
arbitrate II. A commission OF Amer
icans is now making the surveys ana
mapping the boundaries. and IT VIII
soon be satisfactorily settled. inns
work IL costing great deal OF money.
however, and ! am In doubt wnetne.
the cost will not more than equAa
the value Of the lands In dispute.
What Is the feeling mere 40
CARDS the United States!
ut f. friendly. We had some tfou-
HE with the United Fruit COMPANY
but that has passed away, ana tne
two nations are on the best OF terms
We do most Of our trading Win you'
.rd Won sell US over half OF all tnah
NV The most of our coffee goes
"a Europe. but you still take the BULK
~ our bananas. am in hopes to see
the relations of the two countries come
closer and closer.
E.rtA~uakes ans the Canai
The conversation here turned again
tn the canal. and I said to ffesioeh'
Jimenez:
.you are living here In the eartn-
Quake belt. Some OF your cities nav
been shaken out Of existence ana w
are subiect to volcanic distarpance
eyery few months. Do you think ina
the earthquakes will ever destroy inc
Panama CanalT
-, vou,d not like to prophesy as 70
that" was the reply. unoe
that Panama has had but Few earn.
nr.xe.. but one can never tel! wnat
will come. You had better ASK So'
onel Goethais that question
.Y Ala ask him. said "and ms
-an,v was osat Oken the naiiona.
canitaI al Washington was clu
~ earth by a quake that ne ~ouiH
=. afraid for the canal. but not un''A
then"
.r am glad he il SO confident To- ~
,,,ed the President Of Costa faca
,.isb could be as sure of the saiets
OF my own little country.
c..t. Riea's Debt.
.,., asked the President some
..,,on. AZ to the debt Of Costa RICE
II. replied that this had nov
Nut on a sound financial OASIS. AM
ret hoth the foreign debt ana .ne
:.,.r,.I debt would in time De pau.
Tn. foreign debt amounts 10 apou.
.. ..venteen million colonies. or som
.h,,, like s.. 600, 900. and the inter
80, :. much less The foreign Dono-
so,s.rs met last January and approved
80 the settlement proposed by Cost
p;c. ana the debt has now ceen
rrndea at something like ! or pc.
cent on par. but with a Dig o'so"un'
- tho underwriters. as l am to'u
The president OF Costa Aica aoes nv
consider a public debt peshc oies.
ing but he believes that Mon.y
night be borrowed ana X pIopey
..nended it would be OF great soou
to Costa Rica-
,.red His Excellency what ne
-ouL do il he had $1o.oee.0oo IN me-
treasury. As quick as q nasn ne &c
piled:
-, would build roads That - the
,,;,, mead of this land We nave
nr.c,icaIlv no highways Of commerce
sxce,, the line. of railway Whc"
losses the country from one sac ."
.h. other. The only .oads TO the IN
terror are trails. and here ana NC
a wagon road. which during Pst ..
,he year is river OF mud. "na'
cost. R,ca needs most is cheap trahS-
portaticu, but 1 fear me u - .oe
before we shall have what we snou'
in that line
p,u,,s to Teeth q sse TrsSses.
D,,-,pu cur talk President Jimenez
ref.-red 70 the great WORK tnAt ms
- aone at Panama In what some
orc called pulling the teeth OF the
,ropics- mean the sanitation meth
osx which have turned our Canal Zone
from being the pest hole OF the wo''n
20 on. of the heaithiest spots up""
earth. The President says tnat gu.
work IL being studied by many Oh
the Latin American republics, and tna'
new health methods are being inuo-
auced everywhere He rcfcrred TO OUT
arh, with the hcokworm and inc
r.xeries made in Porto Eico. sayins
that Costa Rica was hghting tn's
pa.asite IN the same way
tn country has a medical board
uh,cb gives hockworm medicine free
81 charge to all who apply. and u -
sending physicians out TO study the
disease and to treat the people. So
far ey, little impression has been made
upon the health Of the country. hut the
WORK Is q; its beginning. and in time
a. will do great good Costa Rics -
noted for its live interest In sanitary
matters II is now smrrovsex the
wassrw erks ~ san Jose. and " bring
ting in mountain water through . pipe
scmeshing HE eighteen miles long. a
new system of sewers 70 sesag snsro-
du~eA. and there are New York PARTIES
here ~hc are pusting Down bsoces OF
new stress Win . view % waksng
CONTRACTS for .repaviag the caStssL
A C0-eo-0ues NOeoso.
Indeed. nj this uttle rs1sbsse IN
hsStsea ~ what might be called the
noes up-se-Asse vrogrsoesvs veOVSe -
lea sne ssssoas - Central Aossse& u