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TH E CUBA R E VI EW 



THE ISLE OF PINES. 



Americans Own More Than Ninety Per Cent, of the Island— Freeing Parrots. 



A Settler's Views. 



We Americans own about 95 

 per cent, of the island, and feel 

 and act the same as if we were 

 in Ohio. We have two American 

 newspapers, both weeklies, the Isle 

 of Pines News and Isle of Pines Appeal. 

 They never mention politics, but are for 

 the Isle of Pines against the world. 

 Our largest town, which is the seat of 

 government, is Nueva, a pretty little city 

 of about 3,000 population. The town of 

 Columbia, which is my address and was 

 settled by our company, now numbers 

 about 1,500 inhabitants. Our company 

 also started the first American school 

 and we have a teacher who was former- 

 ly a well-known teacher in the Cincin- 

 nati schools, ]\Iiss Jennie Kennedy of 

 Lockland. Our schools are now sup- 

 ported by the Cuban government. 



When asked about the crops and tem- 

 perature of the country Mr. Durham 

 said: "Our first interest in the way of 

 crops is citrus fruits. We have equally 

 as good tobacco land as Cuba, but 



Havana has discriminated against us in 

 the price of the product, so that we 

 don't cultivate it as much as we would 

 otherwise. We raise vegetables of all 

 kinds, which we market in New York. 

 Our temperature the year round ranges 

 from 55 deg. minimum to 90 deg. max- 

 imum. The atmosphere in summer is 

 humid, but not oppressive. I may be 

 here several weeks," continued Mr. Dur- 

 ham, "but really I am homesick now." — 

 George W. Durham in the Cincinnati 

 (O.) Commercial Tribune. 



Freeing Parrots. 



Juan Fredcrico Centellos, chief game 

 warden of Havana Province, recently 

 visited the Isle of Pines, and found about 

 1,400 parrots in the possession of the 

 agent for United States dealers, who has 

 been buying the birds each year. 



He ordered the agent to pay a fine of 

 $50 and release the birds in the presence 

 of the Alcalde of the Isle, a detach- 

 ment of Rural Guards and the inspector, 

 which was done. — Isle of Pines News. 



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Colompo ^lountain and Beach. Isle of Pines. 



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