El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-24

is larger than Illinois. Cordoba than
Missouri and san Luis and Entire Rios
are each about equal to South Carolina
in size.
Ranks With Southwest.
The province OF Buenos Aires has
11S.O00 square miles, and it ranks with
our great western states Of New Mex
leo, Arizona and Colorado. Corrientes
is just about eysJa- to Maine, Cata-
marca and La Rioja are larger than
Indiana while San Juan is as big as
Ohio, and Tucuman as Massachusetts.
The country south of Bahia Blanca
territory is large enough 10 form an
empire OF itself and parts Of il are as
little explored as the wilds Of Tibet.
other parts are fast settling. Take the
Pampa Central, which lies west OF the
province Of BuenOs Aires, in the south
ern part Of which Bahia Blanca is sit
uated. 1t was once thought to be a
desert but 1t now has several millions
OF acres under cultivation, including q
million acres IN alfalfa and more than
two million acres in wheat.
It has large pasture lands, and cattle
breeding ana horse breeding go on.
The province raises much corn and oats,
and IL annually sells more than three
million pounds Of alfalfa seed, at an
average price of about so cents per
pound The capital is Santa Rosa. de
Toay, a town Of 1900 inhabitants, which
is connected by rail with this port.
The distance from Bahai Blanca is
about u hours. and there are three
trains a week.
I have seen something Of the terri
tories Of Rio Negro and Neuouen. The
latter will be opened up by the trunk
lines, which are TO cross the continent
from Bahia Blanca to the Pacific, con-
Meeting this region with lOWar Chile
and making a short route from ocean
to ocean. The railroad has already
been built as FAR as the town Of Neu-
Quen, the capital OF the territory. and
it is now being pushed toward the
Andes
one road will cross the mountains,
leaving the Argentine near the beau
titful lake of Manuel Huapi and en-
tetring the lake region Of Chile which
in beauty compares with those Of
northern italy and Switzerland. This
viii be one OF the scenic routes Of the
world. The road from Bahia Blanca
TO NeuQuen passes through a country
much like Arizona and New Mexico.
The land is practically a desert. and it
make IL thrive.
Chief Vegetation Is sage Brush.
The only cultivated portions are IN
the river valleys Of the Colorado and
Negro, and the chief vegetation is sage
brush and scrub. About the only ami
mails TO be seen are the Euanacos and
rabbits, and the chief birds are the
ostriches. which are found almost
everywhere in the South American
desert Further west there are many
sheep IN the valleys, and as the noun
tains are reached there are many green
spots Lake Manuel Huapi is sur
rounded by pine-cOvered hills. and the
most Of the southern Andes are wooded
Lake Famous For Beauty.
The lake itself is famous for its
beauty. II is $50 miles long and in
some places more than 1900 feet deep.
Il has fiords like those OF Norway, and
Mount Trousdor, with its snow and
glaciers, is in plain view. It is now
planned to create a national park about
this lake, and salmon and trout eggs
have been planted in it The lake now
has steamers and it viii eventually be
a tourist resort 1t is only about 40