The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-13
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Cor. Chicago Intsrsoesan.
Hewho wishes TO make tho Journey
from Chill TO Argentine Republic and
tho east coast Of South America, has
aNhoice 81 routes. BE may go to sea,
axnund through tho Straits Of Magel-
In. which win cost him fifteen days
tim and 5000 Of money, or he may
climb over tho Andes on the back Of
: mule, ajonrney Of 1--WE days, three
q which only arc spent in the saddle,
amid soras of tho grandest scenery in
the world.
The highest mountain in the West
IN Hemisphere is A~concagua, in Chill,
which rises 22,415 fest to the north
ward from Valparaiso and Santiago,
and il plain view from both cities when
theweather is clear. Chimborazo was
Tor . long time supposed to be the
kingoftheA Andes, and in the geogra-
phias published fifty years ago is de-
scribad as the highest summit iii tho
world. No one has ever reached the
peak4of either mountain, owing to the
depth OF snow and impossible gorges,
but recent measurements taken
by lean of triangulation give
sAconcagua an excess of about
1000 feet over old "Chimbo."
Scientists have reached nm attitude
higher than the summit Of either in
the Hinlalaya mountains OF India;
where Mount Everest is claimed to
rise between %, 1000 and 10000 feet.
Humboldt made Chimborazo famous,
and very few travellers have gone be-
yOnd thspoint he reached; but no
serious attempt has ever been made
10 explore the summit of Aconcagua,
~ the Ehillanos do not often &c where
their horses can not carry them. In
mountain gloom andglory, Chimbora-
70 - saldto surpass all rivals, stand
I'M. as il does, within sight of the sea,
and surrounded bya cluster of TWEEN
" peaks, like O king and his counsel
ORE. But A~concagua is grand enough
md has nothing near it to dwarf its
size. The latitude in which it stands,
brings the snow line much lower than
upon Chimborazo andthe other peaks
ot Ecuador, which are almost upon
tho line OF the equator, and the purity
Of thesatmosphere gives the spectator
ansOppOrtunitysto see it's picturesque
Hess at 4 long distance.
From Santiago, Chill, there is a
government railway as far as the
town Of Santa Rosa, passing around
the base OfsAsoncagua and furnishing
the traveller with one of the most sub
lime panoramas Of mountain scenery
onthe globe. At Santa Rosa mules
and men aresahired to ride over the
Cumbre pass to Mendoza, on the
eastern slope Of the Andes, to which q
railroad has recently been opened by
the Argentine government. Here one
can take q Pullman sleeper and ride
to BueDos Ayres, as comfortably as
he can 20 from New York to St. Louis,
and the distance is about the same.
This railroadwa opened in May
last with q grand celebrations in which
the Presidents Of Chill and the Argen-.
tine Republic, with retinues %ofoficials,
participated. The event was as inn
p~ortant to the commercial develop
mentof Argentine rs wes the opening
ofthe first Pacific Railway to the
United States, as it opened to settle
ment millions OF square miles of the
best territoryin the republic and fur
nished highway between the two
The people of the United States have
very little conception OF what is going
on down in this part of the world.
They do not realize that there is here
q republic which some day is to rival
our own-a country with immense
resources similarto those ofthe United
States, situated in q corresponding
latitude, preparedto furnish the world
with beef and bread, and stretching q
network of railways over itsarea that
will bring the products of thepampas,
which correspond to our prairies, to
market.
The geography publishers do not
keep peace with The development o
this part OF South America, and tc
present accurate accounts of its con
dition, they should bere-writst ten every
year. Who knows, for instance ex
cept they who have been herr, that 3
man can ride from Buenos Ayre.
across the pampas to the foothills o
the Andes in q Pullman car?
AnsAmerican merchant, Mr.. Bowers
formerly OF Boston. got q contract re
Gently to furnish the schools ,f til,
Argentine Republic with text books
He ordered many thousands of tn,
latest issue Of tho most revised geo
graphy from the most e~nterprisins
publishers in New York. When tn,
books came he looked them all owe
and Immediately shipped them al
back. Why2 Because these moderr
Biographies represented the Argentine
Republic as it was fifty years ago; ant
the people would have been insnltet
had they Dol what was said of them
In the first place this country wa.
called t'The Argentine Confederation
and stands as such upon most of tn,
modern maps. The geographer didn
know probably that abloody warhae
been fought to determine that the Ar
genuine Republic was not confedera
tom but q Nation, with a big IN" II
was like calling the United States eth,
Confederated States OF America
Then. again, Buenos Ayres was pu,
down Il q city Of 75, 900 inhabitants
when it has 100000, and is as proud
OF its growth and greatness as Chicago
There wasnot the sign or mention o
g railway, when the Argentine Repab
lilo has as good and extensive a rail
way system ss Kansas and Mime
sofa.
The President of Chill attended tn.
ceremonies ct the opening Of the rail
road, with his cabinet, andtoasted thu
succccsof the rival republic across thu
Andes, but he didn't likeita bit. The
road now runs to the boundary o
Chilli, hut will not go any farther. The
gap Of 1bO miles over the mountain
passes might be easily supplied, but
tho Government of Chill will not allow
1t. They do not want easy communi