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THE CUB A R E \' 1 E W" 



ISLE OF PINES NOTES 



THE LOS INDiOS DOCK 



The completion of the propert}- of the 

 Los Indios Dock and Warehouse Company 

 at Los Indios — dock, warehouse and ap- 

 proaches — is expected by the end of this 

 month. 



The dock proper, which has an area of 

 some 15,000 square feet, is already decked 

 over. Nearly all the frame work of the 

 warehouse, which is 175 feet long, is up 

 and a considerable part of the same is cov- 

 ered. Also, work has been commenced on 

 the approach leading from the wharf to 

 the shore. The mile and a half of road 

 leading to the wharf has all been cut 

 through, and parts of it have been graded 

 and the bridge is completed. 



CATTLE RAISING NUISANCE 



In an endeavor to curb the prevalent cat- 

 tle nuisance, Americans have petitioned the 

 mayor to insist upon the rigid enforcement 

 of the laws. The enforcement of the law 

 is left with the various municipal officers. 

 There is an old national law of Cuba 

 which declares that the owners of cattle 

 and horses must confine their stock to 

 pastures or herd them if any agriculture 

 is being pursued in the districts where the 

 stock grazes. The law does not state that 

 the planters must protect their crops ; but 

 the owner of the stock must watch his own 

 cattle and horses. 



Supplied with rolls of wire and barrels 

 of "parrot hardtack,'" B. Mayer will put 

 in two months on the Isle of Pines cap- 

 turing the young parrots, an industry he 

 has followed, says the Appeal for the last 

 twelve years. Mayer estimates that the 

 catch on the Isle this year will be about 

 4,000 birds. The parrots are a nuisance 

 to the Isle, as they destroy much fruit. 



The provincial council of Havana is now 

 considering an application of the residents 

 of the Isle of Pines for the construction 

 of a central road through the island to 

 Siguanea. 



Sunda}' closing for all the stores in the 

 island is being vigorously urged, and mer- 

 chants are consenting providing the ob- 

 servance is made general and closes the 

 Cuban stores as well. 



Now, along with the new tourist hotels, 

 which are to be erected on the isle within 

 the next year or so, Mr. L. H. Joy of Los 

 Indios, Isle of Pines, and Jackson's Hole, 

 Wj'oming, promises the inauguration of 

 a first-class fishing lodge at Los Indios 

 this fall. To those familiar with the wa- 

 ters adjacent to Los Indios the only won- 

 der incident to Mr. Joy's proposed step is 

 that some progressive hotel manager has 

 not recognized the tremendous natural as- 

 set before this. 



View of Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines. 



