The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-26

United States, situated upon the
shores OF the largest Iana-lockod bay
In tn. world, amid natural surround
inss which. upon the unanimous tes-
timony Of travellers, rival in beauty
thus. of world-famous Naples and
sydney. And the city since the re-
cent scheme Of municipal improve
msnts has been completed at "A cost
of over $4,000. 600, In worthy of its
surroundings and Its country. 1t
might be hard IL find in city Of the
United states u thorpuglfare to equal
the new As.nia Central, which Is
Rio. ehiefest prida--a boulevard 200
feet wide cut straight through the
heart Of the city ut cost of Slt 900.
900. Al one end of this magnificent
street stands the Monroe Palace.
brought from the 81. Louis worlds
fair. III which We're held the meet
ings If the PAM American congress at
tended by Secretary Root In 1906. Rio
Is the crown III Portuguese ciyillza-
tion In the new world.
For lis eompecr as an expression of
the achievement Of Spanish culture
one has To 80 10 Buenos Ayrcs, the
city nf good airs" and nothing could
be more unlike than the respective
situations Of these two rival capi-
tails the second and third Latin
cities of the world. respectively.
Buenos Ayres owes nothing to its
situation Ii lies ut til. mouth of the
river Plata much rs Chicago camps
along the shore Of lake Michigan
That however. il us far as the com
nj Ia,
the. fact that Buenos Ayres priaes
itself on being the most entcrprising
and thoroughly up-to- date city of the
South American continent. There are
familiar phrases to the ear of the
claims of Bucnas Ayrcs. The hand
soonest newspaper building in the
world: the largest and finest race
course In the world: the finest the
alter In the two Amerlcas-North and
Sonth-~this city of i.2se 0nn people sit
uated loo miles south OF the equator.
lays claim to them all. 1t Is "A truly
cosmopolitan city. also, as BELTS its
size and commercial Importance. Eng
fish. Spanish. German. French. Itai-
ian. Portuguese. Yankee. Meztzoz.
the traveller will find them all here,
II II the center of the political and
commercial life Of Argentina as prob
ably no other capital in the world is
of Its country. One may almost say
Euenns .Asras is Argentina. one
sixth Of the cnuntrS's population and
most of IL wealth are concentrated
here. II is the center from which all
the Argentine railway systems rad
late.
II Is also thu pant from which one
departs on the ann-mtls trip To san
tiagu and its port Valparaiso over the
one transeontinentai railroad IF South
America, The trip requires Is hours.
but il gives the Traveller an experience
of the pamnus, the vast stretch of
nrairIe-lihe eNpansa covering over l.
anp. 600 square miles where the Argen-
tine wheat and beef and cattle, which
are camretta. With those OF the
United States. come from ana it takes
him within sight of Acancagua. the
highest peak in the Americas. and
the backbone of the Andes by
tunnel.
Santiago and Valparaiso are two more
modern cities of South America, which
have all the atmosphere of electric
lights. street cars. modern hotels. and
business activity Which the hnmesick
sNratrlate could desire. At the same
time there Is the persistent atmos-
phere Ut three centuries and half Of
history which the most thnraush-sa-
ing madernizatian cannot shake off
nf Santiaso's show features one is the
race track, which Is smaller than that
Of RuenaS ANres. but quite as fine in
lis Way. AMI like that an important
center in the social life Of the for
sign colony. especially its English !
speaking portion. The other is the !
roek If Santa Lucia. rising soo feet
ap In the middle of the city, which
has been converted into a remarkable !
park,