The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-08

toow where Samarcand is, do you?
gut lots of folks who do not know,
aW know before Sa marcand is done
II was down at the big new farm
fhe CateseS are making near HOff-
nsn that l first saw Pumpelly. A
Bunch of US mad dropped in on Gates
sust about eating time, and Pumpelly
happened to be Of the number. Nat
Nrnlly he had to be questioned and
when ne said his place was at Samar-
itand he was required to show cause
Nhy Samarcand should be in North
carolina.
found that Pumpely in his
younger days had been a member OF
a geological expedition into the inte-
riar Of Asia and that Samarcand had
been the headquarters of the eXpedi-
ton while in that country, So, when
he came to settle in North Carolina
and make himself n home, he called
tho place Samarcand. keeping in
mind his adventures in the Orient.
We had not talked long until we
found that we had both travelled over
the same country down in the eau
casion mountains, and around the
Caspian sea region. and in sections
of Asia and Europe that / had seen,
and It's just the same as ii two men
tove drunk from the same canteen or
been in the same swimming hole in
temples OF the fireworshippers at
Bihi-ei- Eat. and in memory cracked
pistachie nuts at the Hotel Europa
and as the train whistled we issued
invitations to cath other to come out
and get better acquainted.
So, one morning when everything
hooked propitious l turned my feet to-
Tard the prayer rugs of Samarcand,
which is on the Raleigh, Charlotte
and Southern railroad, just about
where the road hits the line between
Moore and Montgomery counties.
There is no really good place to
begin story about Samarcand. So,
probably it is just as we'll to start
with yiceroy Of Japan. About fifty
years ago Raphael Pumpelly, a geOlO-
sist and mining engineer, was sent
down into Arizona to develop some
mining properties in that strenuous
ne!shborhood. Arizona in those days
was Inhabited by horned toads. ella
Monsters, Apache Indians, rattle
snakes, and temperature Of 120 in
the shade if anybody ever found any
shade.
pumpelly aud his miners had fre.
nuent debates with the Apache In.
dams on the subject of where white
man scalp should be located, and a.
the Indians had a sort of voting trust
on account of superior numbers, the
~ihtc ioAXS COu1O neVcI CctCn tHe cy<
O1 the judges when the decision wa.
awarded. SO one day Pumpelly made
hurry-up trip to San Francisco
Ahen he arrived in New York some
vars later he enjoyed the distinction
VI being the first man who had eve
made trip by land around the glob'
~here there is land to travel on.
For the Mikado of Japan had aSket
the government of the United State
90 recommend competent geOlOgiS
70 undertake the development Of tn
mineral resources Of japan, and tn
government recommended Pumpelly
de arrived in Japan. inaugurated
series of industrial development
which laid the foundation for Japan
remarkable progress, and the Millad
made of him vice-roy Of the empire.
! have no doubt that Raphael Pun
feuy did more to put Japan on tn
road 10 progress. more to wake tn
i"hkees of the Orient to the unlimit
20 heritage that is theirs, than an
other man who ever lived.
lie did not quit at that. China SAL
what a work he was doing for JapaI
atld the vice-roy OF Japan was invite
10 cross the Yellow sea. and under
Take similar work for the Flower
hlnGdom. This Pumpelly did. II
stayed some years in China, provin
Up the enormous mineral wealth {
No'i'uS Country, anu WAcH
ttnSth he set out for his old home
me United States after a long al
"ehee he moved across the cOuntl
- tne Eaitic sea, crossing tho cont
neht or Asia and Europe which
''v i'rst rouno the world trip mao
"terland by anybody
He came back to America, tn
-lreflcan vice-rOy OF Japan. and
wrote some books about China ar
S"pau that have since been authO
I'S on that section OF the world. +
%@ quickly engaged by some OF IL
'S financial interests OF this counts
- St&dy the mineral resources of Il
hlted States and Canada and
Fpughi to light the great iron o
Ae, 40 SiiS OF ths. Lake Country that ha-