El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-05

quay is scattered widely over the eoun-
: try. There are but few cities Of size
AsuneiOn has nearly 100000; Villa Rica
which Is several hours back from the
river by rail, has $4,000, and Villa Con
cepciOn, 30 hours north of AsunciOn by
steamer, has 10000 or more. Altogether
there are a half dozen other towns rang
ing in population from 5000 to 10000.
The rest of the people live IN little
hamlets composed of matched huts of
Is to % feet square. The smaller towns
have no modern Improvements. Their
streets are unpaved, and the houses are
scattered along roads which are often
as grass grown as the fields.
The smaller cities have one OF two
streets of one story brick buildings, the
walls OF which are covered with stuccO
and rooted with red tiles. Along tie
rivers You now and then see roofs of
galvanized iron. There are some houses
with walls of stone, which are rooted
with palm bark. The larger cities have
parks or plaZas, and Asuncion is quite
uptodate. 1t has electric lights and cleo
trio street cars, and some of its public
buildings are fine. I shall write further
Of it IN the future.
Vast Stretches With No People.
There are large parts Of Paraguay
that have no inhabitants whatever.
More than half of the land still belongs
to the government, which is anxious
to colonize it 1t has been endeavoring
TO do so for years, and there are now a
number of colonies of Italians, Germans
and English scattered here and there
throughout the republic.
One Germany colony has zoo inhab-
ltants. It Is composed of Germans, Aus
TRANS, Paraguayans and Brazilians of
[ German daeaau~ Amo4La- = -
San Bernardino. This is the chief sum
mer resort, being situated on a beautiful
lake There Is another Germany colony
about 90 miles from Villa Rica. A little
north OF here, on the other side of the
river, Is a settlement named after presi-
dent Hayes, on account Of his decision
OF a territorial dispute between Para
quay and Argentina in Paraguay's favor.
The colony is called Villa Hayes, but
the words are pronounced here as though
they were spelt Villa Eyes, for that is
the way the Spanish pronounce Hayes.
Presldent Hayes ran a temperance ad-
mnlstratlon, and 1t viii be remembered
that he shuddered when 1t was proposed
to put wines on the table at the white
house. The city named after him has
sugar plantations about it, and It Is now
the cane through sugar mills
made IN Cincinnati. and distilling the
Juice INTO rum that will kill at 40
rods.
Another colony Of note Is that named
The 25th of November 1t is on some
Of the land that was originally given TO
the New Australian association. It has
several thousand head of cattle and
mules, and its inhabitants are 5000 Para
with only a few foreigners
among them.
The New Australian Colony.
As to the New Australian colony It
self, that still has some of the original
who have come down to mod
srn business principles and have estab-
lshed saWmlll and several stores. They
have school with an English person
IS head teacher, and services are held
lJ a central point every week. The col
1ny owns about 10000 acres of land. It !
las 1000 or 5000 head of cattle and /
like 1000 horses.
This colony was established many 1
-ears ago, by some Australians who /
anne TO Paraguay to live together after 1
he principle Of the Golden Rule. They
old out their property in Australia and i
ut their money into a general fund. I
hey used part of this to charter
mp, and saved the rest to 90 into farm
ne IN Paraguay. In order to have the
more money upon landing. they con-
luded to do the greater part of the
YORK on the ship themselves. and allot-
ed certain duties among the different
Members Of the colony.
Golden Rule Broken.
Ihey had hardly left Australia, how
yer, before dissatisfaction arose, and the
Iolden Rule was kicked into the air
lgher than the tops of the Andes. There
RS quarreling from start to finish. and
ne OF the recreations during the meals
I the voyage was throwing the dishes
n the table at one another. When fhev
OF TO Paraguay the land was given to
hem, but 1t was then found that no
ne wanted to work. and after a time
be most Of them left.
Immigrants Are Wanted.
The government OF Paraguay is anx-
'us for immigrants, and it Is willing to
7H ITS lands in large or small tracts. I
m told there are great opportunities for
he purchase Of lands, and that the lands ;