. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 24 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 a
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 24 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 ;— 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 don
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