The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-10
WRITES FROM
CANAL ZONE.
Elk State Veterinarian Pic
lures Cristobal, Panama a
Land Flowing With Milk
and Honey"-Remembers
His Old Nurse.

| mindful OF his old colored nurse, who
| so faithfully cared for his children
from infancy. is DR.. +. T. Eiseman,
now in Crstobal, Panama Canal Zone
DIR. Eiseman needs no introduction
to kentuckians, as only few years
ago he was the States Veterinarian,
and splendid one too; and then he
was the head of affairs in Louisville
when that city made such fight for
pure milk for the babies.
DR.. Eiseman is at present in the
J employment of the government and
the following letter from him ad-
dressed to Mrs. Susan Constantine,
of Custom, KY, the above mentioned
| nurse.
Cristobal. Canal Zone,
6-15-ls.
Mrs. Susan Constantine.
Custom. Ky.
Dear Old Nurse received your
letter several days ago and since a
mail boat will go out in day or two,
we can never know just when. as the
authorities keep sailngs a secret in
these war times, will answer now.
| am laying up inbed with pill
low for a table at the hospital A
bull had a friendly tilt with me and
got his horn under my left wing. and.
as Albert would say, "he just knocked
me off," He did not gore me but
bruised the skin which got infected
necessitating two operations. While
| have good treatment and splendid
nursing you know ! would have Jared
much better with the magic touch of
your hands. This hospital is owned
and operated by Uncle Sam and there
is no better in the land. | will make
an effort to get you i'll here as a nurse
for | want you to see this wonderful
country and people from all parts of
Of the earth | don't care to go back
to live any more. 1t just suits me
to live here. NJ .now-vegel .t'on
grows every day in the year. Wi,h
your knowledge of farming you can
get rich here in five years. The ma
tives are trifling and | don't blame
them. for in two hours he can catch
enough fish to run him for two days,
and half day in the jungle will
furnish him food, bananas, cocoa
nuts, mangoes and pineapples for a
week Why work and worry?
House rent is very high. SIS to SIP
per month room rent. The whole
family live in one room and If they
are crowded some sleep on the side
walk Tell Mr.. Bell when the win
ter's wind begins to blow to run
down here for two months aand look
over the cattle land propositions.
He can buy land at S. to $40 an acre.
Stock cows at $50 per head. Two
kinds of grass never fails and as for
feeding dry feed-that is something
unheard Of We are killing 40 head
of steers daily, shipping the carcass
es to France Fine cattle weighing
1000 pounds and costing delivered
cents. We have the only cold
storage plant within radius of 500
miles
Banana land in the jungles can be
bought and planted after clearing for
$50 an acre and will yield $50 every
year. In other words, the first crop
will pay for the land and this is also
true of cocoanuts, chocolate yams,
oranges, pineapples, etc.
1t would do you good to see the
sail boats come in, twenty a day,
loaded with fruit They carry from
10 to 60 tons and sell out on arrival
such Dizziness" When you come
down we will make a trip on one of
these boats down the coast and see
the native Indians. Awhile man is
not allowed to stay ashore after dark.
The canal brings ships from all
parts of the world and in a few years
Cristobal on the Atlantic side, and
Panama on the Pacific side will de-
veope into large cities. Cristobal
and Colon have 10000. Cristobal
and Colon are one city separated by
one street, the government owning
c and the natives. owning Colon.
On the other side the government
operates Ancon. j..
There are 10000 soldiers. on the
Isthmus training. We see air ships
and submarines any old time you care
to look out
1t never gets over so during. the
day and at night, you will curl under
blanket. No flies or mosquitoes.