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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07
The Isle OfPineS

and felt that they had found the most
desirable place of residence on the
globe, and that they ought to know,
for they had searched all over the
world to find the ideal spot.
Our next visit was to San Francisco
heights, the most ambitious project on
the island. This is owned by an Ohio
syndicate and is managed by Mr..
Swaziland, a wealthy contractor and
capitalist of Cleveland. Mr.. Swaziland
went to the Isle OF Pines in search of
health. His physicians told him that
his only chance to live was to give
up business entirely. He fell in love
with the island and bought township
of land. He then interested a number
of Ohio friends and they have now in
vested about 100000 in orange and
grape fruit groves and in the wonder
full Improvements they have made.
The groves have been planted in units
of one hundred acres each. On each
unit is the bungalow for the superin-
tendent and cottages for the laborers.
! In the center of the tracts is the club
house, one of the prettiest things OF
the kind we have ever seen. The
Garden of Eden could not have been
much of an improvement. There are
beautiful gardens filled with the vivid
flowers of the tropics, there are foun-
! tains and palms, a handsome pergola
covered with Towering vines, there are
peacocks and parrots and birds OF bril-
liant plumage. There are golf links
and tennis courts and billiard rooms
and plunge baths and shower baths,
and all about the hundreds of acres OF
sweet-scented groves of orange and
lemon and lime and grape fruit. This
club house is to serve as the winter
home of the owners until they can
build the bungalows which will line
the avenues which radiate from this
central point. In two years this COM
pany alone will have spent million
dollars on the island and this will not
include the many thousands to be in
vested in the individual homes. Fur
Their this is not simply toy or rich
mans fad, but it is a good paying
proposition, conducted on business
principles with the prospect that eV-
cry one of the stockholders will be
able to build handsome home out OF
his share of the profits.
Another whirl with the auto and we
were back on the government road.
We retraced our way for some dis
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07

Joe Monaghan, the deputy clerk, re-
turned Thursday from Nebraska,
where he had spent several days Wis
iting relatives and friends at differ
ent points in that state.
The Catholic congregation at Deni-
son will erect this season parochial
school building of brick to cast $22,,
900. 1t will contain four school rooms,
apartments for the inmates of the
an auditorium with stage, besides
inmates of the convent and pupil
boarders. 1t will stand near the
church in commanding position over.
looking the Boyer valley.-Carroll
Herald.
Martin Nehls rode to Denison last
Monday with Herman Newbaum look
ing over the country roads. Your
scribe was over the same day, and
can swear that the roads going into
Denison need looking over, for they
evidently have not seen drag since
the devil was a baby" 1t does no
good for the Denison people and pa.
pers to ignore this condition of the
public highways inside Denison town.
ship, for it is shame.-Manilla Times
John r. Robinson, of Milford town
ship, was in Denison Thursday and
brought thoroughbred Shorthorn
bull, which he delivered here to Mr..
Pautsch, who lives near Charter Oak.
Mr.. Robinson is a firm believer in
newspaper advertising and called at
the Review Office for the purpose of
advertising some more thoroughbred
stock which he has for sale. He in
forms us that his Review ads have
been the means of disposing of "a
number of head of his stock.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07

These showers do not interfere with
work in any way, the roads are good
at all times, the showers simply serve
| to help vegetation and to cool the
atmosphere.
What are the drawbacks? There
are very few. The country is new.
The first Americans landed there but
little more than II years ago. Most
of the towns we have mentioned-all
of them sac Nueva Corona and Sante
Fe-are not more than four or five
years old. One must be prepared to
do without some of the Injuries of
our civilization, although there are
clubs and societies and churches and
schools which are rapidly minimizing
these drawbacks if such they may be
called.
What is the government? 1t is
Cuban. Now we have come to the on
ly thing which prevents the Isle OF
Pines from becoming the most famous
resort and garden spot on earth. The
history Of the affair is interesting. For
centuries the Isle OF Pines was under
Spanish rule. 1t was sparsely settled
and the land was owned by a few
Spanish grandees who made no invest
mcnt and who were content with the
returns from grazing. At the conclus-
ion of the war with Spain, the Isle OF
Pines together with the other Span
ish possessions in the West Indies,
vas coded to the United States. Cuba
was, not coded to the United States,
but vas recognized as an independent
government. The Isle of Pines was
not specifically mentioned in the treaty
of Paris, but President Mckinley de-
clared that it was United States pos
session and the maps Of the United
States war department so showed. 1t
was upon this assumption that the
! Americans entered the island. They
bought the estates and prepared to
place them on the market and did so.
There are a number of successful
fruit growers who have made the
island their home for a dozen years.
Later President Roosevelt, with char
acteristic generosity, turned the island
over to Cuba. A treaty was drawn,
cedng the island to Cuba. This
treaty was rejected by the senate, but
in spite of this rejection Cuba has
tacitly been allowed to exercise SOW
efelSully IHlS IS tilc olllS ieol ~ ""
back to the isle, and in spite OF it the
island is prosperous and is attracting
hundreds of new homemakers every
year. The Americans, who constitute
more than two-thirds of the people Of
the island, are now petitioning the
senate OF the United States to eXer-
else that sovereignty given to Amer
lea by Spain. If this comes about,
and there is reason to believe it will,
there will be no holding the little
island. 1t will support in ease and
comfort population Of one hundred
thousand and it will be one of the rich
est sections of the United States.
F. w. Meyers.
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assembled in the big harbor Nueva
Corona is the home of two American
newspapers, the Appeal and the News.
They are the only newspapers printed
on the island and they do a fine bus
mess. In the Appeal office the print
ers are Cubans and they set the Eng
lish type without understanding what
they are setting. This makes a great
job for the proof reader and in times
of rush some odd errors will get in
to the paper. The papers are thor
oughly representative OF the island,
however and will compare favOrably
with the average county seat paper OF
Iowa.
From Nueva Corona we drove along
the Casas river, which flows at the
foot Of the Casas mountains, to the
home of an Englishman, man who
has resided in East India, in Japan
and in other countries and who has
now settled upon the Isle of Pines as
the paradise of the world. He has
lovely bungalow home, surrounded
with beautiful flowers. His citrous
grove comprises tifty-five acres. 1t is
now three years old. From the young
fruit now on the trees the owner is
sure of a crop of from one to two
crates to the tree next fall. Owing
to the freeze in California and in parts
of Florida this gentleman counts on
quite an income from his grove this
year. This is very remarkable. 1t is
usually accounted, in the Isle of Pines,
that it takes from four to five years
to bring a grove to bearing In Flor"
ida and in California the average time
is from six to seven years. But this
man will be able to pay expenses in
three and half years. The reason
that groves mature so much more
quickly in the Isle of Pines than in
California or Florida is that in those
state, even when they have no frost,
the winter months are too cold for the
delicate orange trees to grow. In
the Isel of Pines every day in the year
is growing day. Thus in the life of
a grove four years in the Isle of Pines
is equal to five years either in Flori-
da or in California.
We had a pleasant visit with Mr..
Tariffs, the owner of this grove. He
told us that winter and summer there
was no place like the Isle. He said
he had lived there the year around
and also found it comfortable and that
he and his wife felt no desire to move
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07

Mr.. H. C. Wickwire, of Willow town
ship, was in the county seat Monday,
bringing over the assessors books
and transacting other business.
Willard Gillett, who is now in the
employ of the Hammond Printing
company at Fremont, Neb, spent Sun
day at this place with friends and
relatives.
Clayton and Winifred Kelly, the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kelly, of
Carroll, are in Denison with their
aunt, Mrs. Alfred Wright. Mrs. Kelly
is expected Friday for few days
visit and will then take the children
home with her.
Twenty-one of the surviving officers
who fought under Admiral Dewey in
the battle of Manila bay celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary of the famous
battle at Washington on Wednesday,
May I'd, at the annual reunion of the
Society of Manila Bay.
The telephone company at Jeffer-
son is installing new switchboard.
Seven factory experts are tending to
the work of installing it and making
connections. New wires are being
run to all patrons in the residence
district, from ends of the cables, and
the exchange will be entirely new
when all work is finished.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07
Returning from the Isle of Pines

Returning from the Isle of Pines
and being suddenly called to Denison
l found that l almost beat my letter
in last weeks paper. So many friends
have asked me to tell them more about
the isle that shall go ahead with
more complete description of a
land with which fell fairly in love.
One morning friend called for me
at the fine American hotel which
graces Santa Fe and we were soon
off for trip about the island. The
road was like race track, dustless,
rutless and with fine cement bridges
and culverts-just such road as Iowa
hopes to have fifty years hence. The
land was rolling with fine drainage
and rising gradually to the foot of the
mountains. The vegetation was pro-
fuse and picturesque. Multitudes of
the pines which give the isle it's name,
stately royal palms and the lesser
brothers, the cabbage palm and the bot
tie palm. There were numerous
streams and rivers, with water as
clear as crystal. The water is not
cold, but it is excellent drinking wa
ter and the fact that the island is
totally free from poisonous reptiles
of any kind tempts one to leave the
auto, push through the luXuriant veg
citation and quench the thirst from the
sparkling water. The first settle
ment we visited was San Pedro. This
is pretty American colony. A hand
some avenue has been laid out and
planted with palms and flowers.
At the head of the avenue is hand
some hotel and all about are the pref
ty bungalows of the American home
makers. There is church, store,
the handsome dark green groves OF
orange and grape fruit trees. We
found one young American who lives
in handsome tent. A glimpse into
the interior showed that it was fur
nished like an American home, with
piano, graphaphone, handsome home
like furniture and all in tent which
was found sufficient for all the year
around.
Going further west We came to the
big dock at Los Indos. This is on the
west coast of the island and fronts
on a beautiful harbor, bay of the
Caribbean Sea.
The dock is big affair, running
way out into the water and the har-
Dor is deep enough for ships OF large
tonnage. This harbor has direct ship
ping facilities with Havana and with
the ports on the south shore of Cuba.
Turning to the north and east we
came to another American settlement,
the pretty town of Santa Barbara. In
this neighborhood speciality is being
made of pineapples as we'll as of or
anges and grape fruit. We saw acres
of pineapples, and such beauties. Had
no idea pineapples grew so large. I'm
fortunately it was about two weeks
early for the fruit to be ripe so we
had to be content with looking at
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07
Fiscal System Revolutionized.

Secretary McAdoo of the treasury
department has revolutionized the ifs
cal system of the United States gov.
erning deposits of federal funds in
national banks in the country. He
issued an order last Wednesday that
all government repositories, whether
active or inactive, would be required
to pay interest at the rate of 2 per
cent per annum, beginning June 1st,
upon deposits of the government. Sec
rotary McAdoo has authorized an i'm
mediate increase of S1O000,OOO in gov
eminent deposits in the national
banks, making the total $52,649, 1864,
from which the federal treasury will
earn, under the new interest order,
81 ,O53, 900 annually. According to re-
ports the secretary of the treasury in
tends to release still more surplus
money from the treasury vaults, and
place it in general circulation through
increased deposits with the national
banks. Other radical changes have
been announced in regard to the char
acter of securities which the treasury
department will accept for govern
ment deposits.
Instead of requiring that the nation
al banks secure treasury deposits ex-
clusively with United States or pro-
vincial government bonds, they will be
allowed in the future to secure IS per-
cent with high class state, city and
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07
Last DAYS of Tuberculosis.

Des Moines, May 6-That the Iowa
legislature in it's recent session dealt
an effective blow to the great white
plague is just beginning to be under.
stood by the people of the state. A
law was passed, the Importance OF
which at the time was not understood
even by many of the members of the
general assembly, but now is coming
to be generally recognized as one Of
the most important.
1t is the law authorizing county
boards of supervisors to make ade.
quate provision for persons suffering
with tuberculosis in the advanced
stages of the disease. Already num-
Der of county boards of supervisors
are arranging to make adequate pro-
vision for the consumptive population
of their counties Plans and speciti-
cations for such institutions are being
called for from the department on tu-
berculosis and there promises to be
a very general movement toward the
control of this dreadful scourge.
1t may be said that we are entering
upon the last days of tuberculosis in
Iowa. No more effective blow could
be dealt to this disease than the isola-
ton and proper care of those who
cannot care for themselves. The dis
ease is dreadfully infectious and with
the segregation of the advanced con-
sumptive will be carried on constant
ly among the schools of the state an
education on the methods by which
tuberculosis is transmitted and be-
comes a social disease. 1t is expect
ed that every county will cooperate
in these days of opportunity.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07
A Good Reputation.

A big delegation of Jefferson Odd
Fellows went to Denison yesterday to
take part in the big tri-county con-
vention, a program of which was pub
lished last week Denison had made
great preparations for it's visitors OF
the three link order, and grand time
was experienced by local members.
The Jefferson degree staff put on sew
eral parts of the work, as did also
the team from the Rebekah lodge
Jefferson Bee.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-05-07

county bonds, acceptable to the Sec
rotary of the treasury, to be known
as security at Is per cent of their
marketable value, but not to exceed
par. 1t is not thought that the new
order will receive any great resistance
from the banks affected.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14
YOUNG MAN FOUND ROAMING
THE PRAIRIE WAS ALRIGHT
WHEN HE LEFT HERE

. + V VI sa- E.
Oscar Frederickson, who was found
on the prairie at Grand Forks with
hands, feet and ears frozen and who
is in critical condition, was not in.
jured at the boiled plant at the School
for the Deaf in this city, as the wire
which appeared in the World yesterdas
indicated.
According to Superintendent Blat-
ner Of the Deaf School the young man
was employed there and asked for hi.
release last Sunday, appearing very "a,
tional at the time, though stating he
was nervous. Mr.. Blattner says that
he never met with an accident At the
Deaf School plant and can attribute
his demented condition to nothing else
than physical breakdown.
The young fellow left here last Sun.
day night for his home at Faribault,
MINI, but probably got Oft at Lar.
more, being found roaming the prairie
in the region of McCanna.
According to information received
from Grand Forks today, Frederickson
had similar experience several years
ago in southern Minnesota.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14
8. MURPHY rs PLACED II
OHAR0E OF EXPERIMENT

Minct, N. D., Feb. 8-Major J. s.
Murphy has been appointed superin.
tendent Of the experimental work
which is being planned by the 500
Line in this part of the country.
The railroad expects, as soon Is the
winter breaks up to begin work on
10 experimental farms in this part Of
the state which will be used to sssist
the better farming movement.
It is not expected that It viii be
possible to do much moro than bs.
gin the work during the present year,
but next year 1t is believed that the
farms VIII be in full swing and will
be Of much benefit to the farmers.
Major Murphy is to have complete
charge OF the work. He has entered
into a Eve year contract with fms
company and expects to push the pla1
to successful conclusion.
lbs long experience along the line
Of farming has rendered him peculiar
~ fitted for this line Of work.
The exact location Of the various
farms has not been announced a.
yet.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14
.R0WO|tS SPOIL
A MODERN EVE
GANG OF GRAND FORKS YOUNG
MEM SHOW DISREGARD FOR
AUDIENCE.

Grand Forks, Feb. 11-Disreputable
behavior upon the part Of several more
Or less prominent young men who are
presumed to have had home training
sufficient to endow them with slight.
ly different idea Of what is proper in
the matter Of conduct in public places
marred the pleasure Of many theatre
goers at the Metropolitan opera house
Saturday evening ct the performance
Of "a Modern Eve.''
When one Of the number was
called" by a member of the com.
pany, he proceeded to organize his
friends to make life miserable fol-
the member Of the company who had
taken the liberty to attempt to end
the trouble. The result was anything
but satisfactory to the audience Of
large.
At least one Of the young men i'm,
plicated in the affair was intoxicated,
and Judging from the behavior Of
several others, the condition was moi
eonfaed to one.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14
PROMINENT RESIDENT OF Dew
lis LAKE MET WITH FRIGHT.
FuI, DEATH

0-~~esnS
One Of the most frightful accidents
ever taking place in this city, occurred
this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock when
Ella Uline, daughter Of Colonel G. 8.
Uline, one Of the founders Of Devils
Lake townsite, was burned to q crisp,
her clothing catching fire when she
was filing coal stove at her home
on West 9th street.
According to the best information
that could be secured at the time Of
going to press, the woman burned her
hand some time ago, and whom the
flames reached her clothing she was
unable to put ont the fire, her right
hand being helpless. When found the
body was said to be lying over the
stove burned to crisp.
The deceased had been married twice
and was a daughter of Colonel Uline
after whom Uline avenue was named
in this city. She has sister, Mrs.
Dudley L. Nash, residing at Minot.
Miss Uline was deputy clerk Of court
here for twelve years and was at one
time prominent in state affairs.
Coroner Gilbertson took charge Of
the body at once and is holding an ex-
animation. Funeral arrangements have
not been made.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14

4rH CLASS POSTMASTER EXAMS.
Tho United States Civil Service con
mission announces that on Saturday,
March sth, 1913, an examination will
be held ct Devils Lake, N. D, q .
result Of which 1t 10 expected 70 make
certi6cation to All . contemplated 70.
eancy in the position Of fourth CLASS
postmaster Of class (a) ct Cfsry and
other vacancies as they may occur
at that Office, unless It shall be decid-
ed in the interests Of the service 70
I'LL the vacancy by reinstatement, The
compensation Of the postmaster at this
Office was 1928 for the last fiscal year.
Aes limit II ys1fs and over 81 the
date Of the examination, with the Il.
ception that in . state where women
are declared by statute to be Of full
age for all purposes at IS years, WON
en- Is years Of age on the date Of the
examination win be admitted.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the posto6ice 70.
which the examination is announced.
The examination is open to all citi.
zens Of the United stases who can com
ply with the requirements.
Application forms and full Informs.
ton concerning the requirements Of
the examination can be secured from
the postmaster at Crary and the local
secretary at Devils Lake or from the
U. 8. Civil service commission, Wash.
ington, D. G.
Applications should be properly OK
ecuted and fled with the commission
at Washington at least days before
the date Of the examination, otherwise
1t may be impracticable to examine
the applicants. .-
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14

return with his bride to Lakota and
they win be at home in the early
spring.
Miss Grace Gronna the eldest
daughter is spending the winter In
Lakota but will go east for her broth
er's wedding and remain until after
the marriage Of her sister. Miss Amy
Gronna who attends the university
also may 60 east for her sisters we'd
ding.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14

thoughts after him, and the pure !,
heart see Gods wisdom and Roodnes.
on every page Of the book of nature
Since man is created in the image Of
likeness of God, manifestly the bes,
way to think Of God is to speak Of
him in terms of humanity, even though
they tell us this is anthropomorphic
for how can we think Of the fatherli.
ness Of God except we compare it with
the fatherliness Of mani God is not
a big man, but he is somewhat like a
little man-more like man than any.
thing else with which. we can compare
him.
However, if we had only the voices
of nature and the records Of history,
and human intuitions, we would be in
comparative darkness as to the char.
acter, will and purposes Of God.
In the scriptures We have an inspired
record of Gods revealing himself to
the people of old, and his most won
derful manifestations of himself in his
son, Jesus the Christ who is the full
ness of the Godhead bodily exhibited
as he dwelt among men full Of grac.
and truth.
In John l:ls we read, "No man
hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son who is in the bosom Of
the Father, he hath declared him."
whom he hath sent, is eternal life.
John 1873
Being a Christian is not to be a
great thinker along philosophic and
speculative lines; but it is following
the divinely illuminated road of re-
vealed truth, and having fellowship
with the unseen God who has made
plain to our hearts by the Holy Spirit
unfolding to us the deep things of the
Scriptures and Of the Christ.
Christ is the way, the truth and the
life, and if His love be within us we
have tho only life worth living. No
man can come unto clear knowledge
Of God except he learns it through
him who came to be our teacher, ex.
emplar, Saviour and Lord. "No man
can say that Jesus is the Lrrd, but by
the holy Spirit" He brings assur-
ance and peace.