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Vit'ws ai-ouii(l the AiiuTli'im Odloii.v at Los 

 Inclios, Ish' of I'iiies. of tlic saw iiiill, n^si- 

 deiice of Cliarles S. Iti-dwii, ami nf a liiu> 

 3-,Tear-ol(l Ki"!ipefi'uJt trei'. 



Vistas en la corpanfa dc la Colonia 

 Americana en Los Indios. Isla tie Ins I'inos. 

 Kl aserradero: la easa del Sr. Charles S. 

 Brown; una pamplemusa herniosa de tres anos. 



The tracts of this colony cover 

 23.000 acres. It is on the extreme 

 western part of the island. There 

 is a large amount of fine quality long 

 leaf yellow pine close by, and a large 

 acreage has been cleared, ploughed 

 and planted to citrus fruits. The Provis- 

 ional Government seems determined to com- 

 plete some very important pul)lic improve- 

 ments in the island, and orders have been 

 given for much-needed roads, deepening of 

 harbors, etc. 



ISLE OF PINES IMPROVEMENTS. 



Besides the building and repairing of 

 many roads and bridges, some important 

 dredging work will be done. The sand 

 bars at the entrance to Jucaro and Nueva 

 Gerona will be taken away and the same 

 work will be done along the west coast. 

 Gov. Magoon lias recommended the work 

 and it is hoped the fall will see some im- 

 provements accomplished. An engineer has 

 been officially commissioned to study plans 

 for these necessary public works, and to 

 advertise for bids for the building of roads, 

 especially between Jucaro and Santa Fe. 



A road between Los Indios and Nueva 

 Gerona is being petitioned for. 



The Isle of Pines parrot season opened 



list month, and 1,200 birds were shipped. 

 This is the twenty-fifth season, the aver- 

 age shipments aggregating 5,000. They 

 are. as a rule, splendid talkers, and retail 

 in the United States at $3 to $5. 



UrSINESS OPENING FOR CUBAN WOMEN. 



The Havana city council will try to pro- 

 tect and aid Cuban women in their endeavor 

 to become self-supporting. Heretofore, a 

 Cuban woman thrown on her own resources 

 would do needle work for a miserable pit- 

 tance, but now other fields are to be opened 

 to her. Cuban women teach school, are 

 employed in public offices and find other 

 profitable occupations. 



All clerical offices vacated in future are 

 to be filled by women. 



A free medical course will be established 

 in the Havana University. 



A public laundry will furnish employment 

 to many, and il is urged to exempt from 

 taxation all industries established by women, 

 if they employ women exclusively. 



