The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-09-08

resort" purposes, rs there Is neithe
winter nor summer In Guatemala.
The train passed through miles an,
miles OF tender. green, young suga
cane, as well as cane In full growth
being cut by the Indian laborers or oc
casionally by jamaican negroes, who's,
villages Of matched cottages lined thu
tracks and were visible in the valleys
down which the train sped. Some cot
tages were matched with banana
leaves, some rooted with red, native
tiles OF beautiful tints.
Indian Fruit Sellers.
Indians came to the train with pine.
apples in size and favor far superior
to anything one obtains In the United
States, and with coconuts, grapes. nj.
ligator pears. rich, juicy. fruIty man.
goes OF fresh pink and red and pale
green tints, as different from the dark,
picked mango OF United States con.
sumption as can well be imagined.
Everywhere, from Guatemala City
to San Jose, on the Pacific, there was,
In truth, a very garden Of Eden,-
with immense tracts Of land not yet
taken up. ready for the enterprisina
citizen Of the United States, whom the
government Of Guatemala is ready at
every turn to encourage and to assist
At Esquintia, modern city of brick
and stone and cement, there are me.
MORALS of the Spanish domination. and
OF the times when the aristocracy of
Guatemala went there each january
and February for diversion. 1t Is a
city filled with palms, and there are
many beautiful baths.
There are other memorials, too and
some OF these attracted immediate at
tention upon arrival at Pantaleon.
These are of the Indians who are max
Ing that great estate, the greatest In
Central America, still greater In the
patio behind the manor house" was q
great group of stone idols visible
through the open doors Of the resi-
dence, with fountain for foreground
which was surrounded by four i'm
mense coconut palms, studded a few
feet up with that parasite OF the trop-
ics-orchids. No one knew when or
how the idols had come there.
1t Is said that all along the west
coast once extended the tribes of Cho-
lula, who founded many "lordships," |
Sculptured stone idols were first found |
In this neighborhood in 1860. Excava-
lions brought to light pillars, statues
stone obelisks, etc. Bas-reliefs were |
found which contained the representa-
lions of the horns Of cows. Oxen were
not known In the new world before the
arrival Of the Spanlards.
Some Psychologists and historians.
therefore, believe that these bas-reliefs
represent the goddess Isis of the Egyp-
-ians. But this has to do with ancient
history and the mystery Of the ciyili-
.ation and settlement Of Central Amer
ca, theme for the scientists. AS we
urned away from the sculptured stone
dolls and monuments ut Pantaleon
plantation we found, ready waiting
most up-to-date steam locomotive and
'rivate car, to transport us through the
niles and miles of sugar cane to San
'incente, n coffee beneficlo Cleaning
actory), and another beneficio, named
ian Gregario, also belonging to Her
ARA Brothers, the owners of Panta-
con sugar plantation and mill.
Coffee and Sweetenino.
Inc coffee trees had just come into
over and their fruit was not vet
eady to wash and put through the
arious processes, but we were in luck
n the sugar plantations, for 1t was
ltting and grinding season, and after
e had watched the 5000 cattle grazing
nee deep In the great pastures and
lie Indians cutting the cane we came
ack to the mill and the manor house.
In the mill we saw 1000 bags of 100
FUNDS each Of refined white sugar r
aing turned out each day. Sugar cane
as fed In and refined sugar In sacks,
OOO of them day, taken out. The
Ill worked night and day, "a hours on
stretch. Grinding season began at
hristmas and continued until the mid
e Of May. There are 10000 tons of
ne In q crop.
The white granulated sugar goes to
g United States and white Demarra
ystal sugar Is made for export to
'ndon. Every Indian on the place has
en- taught there. There is a splendid
boratory equipment. with perfect
emical and scientific control of the
oduct.