The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-27

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to the other.
The Niagara Falls were discovered |
by Father Hennepin in 1873, n at
that time they were wildly estimated
to be as high as 500 feet. The Fam
David Livingstone, who visited them
in 1856. He reached the island which
now goes by his name, in the midst OF
the falls, from the upper Zambesi,
coming down in a canoe. He cut his
initials and the date of its discovery
upon a tree on that island, and the
figures were still to be seen when l
visited it eight years 1t is said
that he planted an orchard, but, if so,
it must have long since been eaten by
the appropriateness which abound in
the river. | saw a score of them
swimming about during my stay at
the falls.
The Iguazu Falls were probably
known long before the discovery of
the Zambesie or the Niagara. They
are in the district which was given to
the Jesuits in 1908 by King Philip III
Of Spain. That was seventy years be-
fore Father Hennepin discovered Ma
| CARA. The JeSuitS settled in the pro-
vince of Guayra, on both sides of the
Parana, and they must have known Of
the great Falls of La Guayra, which
are about 125 miles north of the Falls
of Iguazu and are said to be equally
wonderful.
The Falls of La Guayra, like most
| of the wonder Of the world which are
not thoroughly known, are said to be
the mightieSt Oh earth. There are sew
en- Of them, and they are sometimes
called the Sete Quedas. These falls are
in the Alto Parana. Just above them
the river opens out into a lake which
is over two miles wide and about five
miles long. At the end Of this lake
it rushes through a deep gorge. and
falls Eel 800 feet. 1t has a volume Of
feet per second, and a force of more
than 4,O0O,O 900 horsepower. Still far
Their upstream are the UberapOnga
Falls.
All of these great falls will even
tually be harnessed by electricity, and
the time will come when some Of the
largest of our electrical industries will
be found near these and other cata-
racts of the South American CONT
nent. Some of h chief cities here
are already lighted and moved by
electric force. This is SO of San Paulo
the metropolis of southern Brazil. II
is so largely Of Rio de Janeiro and
also Of Santiago de Chile. Brazil is
one Of the richest countries of the
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and there are some streams fOWins
down from the Andes that nave enor.
nous possibilities in the way of power
development.
During my travels on the Parane
river l have spent some time with DR.
Habenicht. He is a medical mission.
airy belonging to the Seventh-Day AID,
ventists. who have a sanitorium a
Diamante, about 25O miles north 0
Buenos Aires. At the sanitorium they
provide the methods of treatment uset
, at Battle Creek, and 1 believe preac}
the virtue Of taking care Of the bod,
as we'll as the soul The s%anitoriun
:, has now bou fifty patients. 1t is pat
rOniZed by people from all parts Q
the Parana basin. In connection will
q it is a college and an industrial farm
There are also blacksmith shops, car
penter shops and other manual schoo
for training. The colony owns consid
: cradle land, which it is farming wit
American machinery. It has a dair,
e and towns about the only herd of Jer
8 sey cattle in this part of the republic
The mission has a large publishin
ous in BuenOs Aires, and it is es
y tabliShing sanitOriums in various part
Q of South America. 1t has branche
in Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador
and included in it's work is a schoe
a near Titicaca, where they are tryin
a " III lStAdiILS liz QUlC1ua ana Ava
e mara indians They have a sanitc
g rum there with North America
"a nurses.
1t -
j. DR.. Habenicht has been ~connecte
er with this mission for many years. II
has travelled all over the province {
Entire Rios, of the Argentine Mesopt
tamia, and is well posted on the farm
,e ing conditions. I asked him as to TT
re value Of lands. Said he:
h This country is not bad for a
is American c%Olonist. 1t is in it's begin
ming, and land will steadily increas
1r l think it is safe to say farm lane
" bought today will be worth doub
of their present prices within a sho
es time. l bought a farm seven yea.
rs ago, and it is now worth three tim,
b. what PAID for 1T. Goo lands ca
m be gotten for $40 an acre or less. ar