The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-08
"A USTRIAN TYROL IS
HEALTHY PROVINCE
But Despite IT'S Beauty and eli.
mate It's Neglected by
Americans.

WASHINGTON d. G., April S..
Austrian Tyrol, which is today in the
public eye because OF the strained re-
llations between Italy and Austria,
forms the subject Of toIay's lesson, in
war geography Issued by the National
Geographic Society 1t says:
| Austrian Tyroi is one Of Europe's
lhealthieSt provinces In the north
sern parts the air drifts pure and cool.
from the haunts OF the glacier and
3Dungent with fir and pine: and in the
south it is soft with Mediterranean
sunshine and fragrant with orange
and lemon. This land Of a %onder-
fully close-woven texture OF noun
tains. valleys and rock needles is
claiming the worlds interest during
these days of rumors of war as a
possible addition to the already vast
areas serving as theaters Of war.
Though Tyrol is land all deserv-
ing of the artist. the sportsman, the
Evacationist, and the mentally or ply
sically ailing; though it is a country
where Nature has been overlavish
with beauty, where the timbered
mountain shoulders are filled with
be made without number, where the
at a far lower cost than can be ac-
scomplished amid the more thorough
ly commercialied scenery of SWitzer-
land. and where there are more than
35O registered health resorts; it. new
ertheless, has been comparatively me-
elected. more especially by Americans.
Austrian Tyrol forms a consider
able part Of the forbidding and diff
cult boundary that runs between
Italy and Austria 1t is a barrier
more effective than the Vosges bar
lrier between Germany and France, OF
than the Carpathian barrier between
HUNGARY and Galicia. Austrian TyroI
is 1905 square miles of AL pine III oun-
tains etched with a wonderful and in
tricate design Of valleys. While there
are fewer lakes in Tyrol than in
Switzerland. and while the highest
| Tyrolese summit. 1890 feet above
the sea level. falls far behind the
monarchs OF the Swiss Alps. vet the
Austrian cro#nland yields nothing in
charm by comparison with its neigh
Dor.
Among the rock-strewn gullies of
TFrol Dante found the materials for
his picture OF the entrance to hell
The main chain OF the Alps crosses
this region from east 10 west, and
around it on all sides S wild chaos
OF rock masses. Tylol, though small,
has more sorts OF climate Within It's
borders tina many other part OF Eu-
rope. There are parts OF the crown
land where the winters are those of
northeast Siberia and the summers
are those OF Franz Joseph Land. There
are other parts. more southern, where
an Andalusian languor is hardly
freshened by recurring winter.
'Tyrol is primarily a pasture land.
There is little farming within the
sheltered valleys, and some numbering.
but, for the most part, the population
depends for support upon It's flocRs
and herds. Yod cling and Alpine bells
may be heard to an even greater adj
vantage in this country than in 8Switz-
milk cheese prepared by the peasants
of Tyrol that equals in, its mellow,
fragrant beauty any product made Of
milk. whether from Altenburg, Linn
berg. Brie, Seufchatel or Roquefort.
Famous for their devotion to the
Roman Catholic religion and for their
fervent loyalty to the House OF Aus
3tria, the Tyrol csc are one of the sturd-
lest peoples on the continent. They
are renowned as MA rksnlen and as
mounts ineers, an dthe Tyrolese noun
tain batteries form one OF the most
favorafbly known military organiza-
tions in the world. The population OF
the crownland numbers about 900 600. 4
OF whom more than half are German
speaking. There is a. large Italian
speaking population in the valleys OF
the south.' A