The daily sentinel., 1907-06-01
TREAT THAT WAS RARE
Hundreds of People Heard Splendid
Lecture and Saw Magnifl
cent Pictures.

The four or five hundred represen-
tative people who gathered at the
I Park opera house last night to hear
Aired PateS. the well known Denver
and New York newspaper man, tell
of his trip through Panama, were
] delighted without exception with the
lecture and entertainment. The house
should have been crowded to over
flowing but there were more than half
a dozen attractions in the city last
night. however none drew as large an
! attendance as the Patek lecture
1t Is certain that every man. woman
and child who heard Mr.. Patek last
night and looked upon the two hund-
red and more pictures left the opera
; house with a far broader knowledge
a mightier conception and more en-
thusiastic appreciation ,of the stu
I pendous work being done on the 18TH
mus of Panama by our country. than
they possessed before.
H Mr.. Patek is pleasing, entertain
|, ing and logical speaker and he hand
les the broad subject In q manner that
Is comprehensive and at the same
time is thoroughly reliable, instruc-
tive and entertaining.
1t was only about three months ago
that Mr. Patek returned from the
isthmus having made a visit to all
parts of the zone. studying the life
of the natives. the health conditions
of the country the history, the gigau-
tic canal digging task and in fact
every phase of the Panama situation.
He was armed with n special permis-
sion from President Roosevelt.
In opening his lecture Mr.. Patek
declared that while he was of entirely
4 different political faith from Presi-
dent Roosevelt he did not make his
tour through Panama with the inten-
tion of criticizlug the great work that
was being done but went as news
paper man to see what he could see
and would have an honest report of
what he saw. There is no question but
what Mr.. Patek saw pretty nearly
everything there was to be seen judg-
, ing by the vast store of intensely in
teresting and valuable information
he gave his audience last night and
= the world of descriptive narrative,
BACKED mp by the splendid pictures
that he offered.
No attempt viii he made to re-
. view the entire lecture It was too
r broad and fulsomc to he handled
= creditably i'm a short space.
u One of the leading characteristics
.of Mr.. Patclls lecture is the demon
strattou of the contrast between con-
dit.ons that prevailed on the 18TH
mus years ago and the conditions that
prevail since the United States took
, charge and this contrast especially
concerning health conditions and san
4 itary arrangements is indeed a start
!, ling one,
, In connection with the two humid
red and more stationary pictures pre-
scnted on the big screen Mr.. Patek
uses sixteen beautiful and realistic
moving pictures. Such a great collec-
, tiou of topical steroptlcaus and mo-
tlon pictures has never been seen in
the city before. Nearly all were made
} from true photographs taken during
Mr. PntelIs stay In the zone, every
phase of Panama life and the canal
digging work was illustrated in those
pictures. there were maps of the 18TH
, mus showing the various canal routes
that has been proposed from time to
, thine. scenes in Panama, Colon and
? other towns and cities. pictures show
ing the dirty streets of the cities be
. fore Americans took charge and the
! change wrought in these thorough
fares afterward, the fumlgntion
squads at work. river scenes, lake
scenes. home scenes, jungle scenes
pictures Of the different classes of the
7 natives. fine series Of scenes show
ing the manner in which the work Is
being conducted on the Culebra and
other cuts. the immense and wonder
, full machines at work, and scores and
. scores of other equally as fine pic
,, lures.
one of the most interesting moving
pictures was that showing one Of the
: great steam shovels at work. Mr.
Patek explained that one of these
shovels do the work of 1000 men
/ daily and when It is realized that 81
,, to loo of these shovels will he NJ
work in short time some idea OF
the vast work can be obtained. these
machines alone viii do the work OF
95 900 to 100. 900 men daily.
During the latter part Of the even
ing the moving picture machine did
> not give very clear presentation OF
some Of the pictures, much to the
: ANNOYANCE of Mr. Patek. however the
great majority of the moving pictur-
cs and stationary pictures also were
perfectlv clear in their appearance in
fact n more satisfactory production
of moving pictures and stercopticans
has not been seen here in long time.
Mr.. Patelts store of Information
was remarkable and his comments
and descriptions superb.
The audience gave the closest at
tention and was very appreciatiye.
"a Trip Through Panama" with
Mr.. Patelt. is one of the best attruc-
tions Grand Junction has had this
season. Those who missed It are
heavy losers. those who enjoyed it
-.-..t.y ,,e.t t,lro Frfch for the trent