Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-08
TIE nDuITn1 lEslUlNs
csoqs. R Ba.erses:-


mountain industries vith thoss ef
foreign eountries- We have developed
. mining industry in our hilh which b
- f'ourishing - that Of any other dis
trict having similar minsral eusiehmsnt.
In doing this ~ .havs peovidsd high
ways and Railroads end comfostahas
dwellingA % that. . good foundation
has been laid 70 inaagurate other moan
tain industries. Let - glance at few
mountain regions slsswhsrs and se<
what uses other people have found. for
their mountain resources. In Switser.
land the people have specialized on en-
tertaining tourists. This comes about
largely through the feet that Switxer-
land 10 surrounded On all sides by dense
population and It 10 natural for the pso-
pie 70 seek the hills il the summer time.
So the Swiss have become great enter.
'siners and gather huge revenue each
year from the tourists. The Swiss have
been wise enough not to copy too closely
the various customs Of entertaining tou-
rists elsewhere. They have provided
many Of the comforts Of the big hotels
Of the large cities. but their hostelries
still retain characteristic mountain cir
of their own. The mountains Of Colo
RADIO are not surrounded BY acres Of
dense population. but they are the most
accessible recreation ground to the peo-
Pile Of Texas and the lower Mississippi
valley. Moreover, their exceptional
scenic grandeur and wholesome climate
attract tourists from all over the world.
We have made . fair start on the tou-
rist business, but only start. The
mountain roads must be improved and
mountain lakes and streams stocked
more abundsntly with fish. The noun
tain hotels will come fast enough il we
only provide the means Of easy trans,
portation and see to it that our noun
tain attractions are improved and ad.
vertised. PARKWAY Bhutsn is . purely
mountain country lying on the south
west Of the Himalayas. There are no
large fertile valleys and mining 10 no
longer flourishing industry. Yet this
state is densely inhabited and the peo-
pie are remarkably prosperous. This
district is particularly interesting be-
cause its prosperity results from no
foreign trade or exports or tourists, but
solely from making the most of what
nature provides. and buying home pro-
ducts. For many generations Bhutan
was hemmed in by hostile neighbors.
and was obliged to be f-maintaining
or perish. The people under these con-
ditions supported large army and grew
prosperous - we'll. They did this pri-
,narily BY developing the agricultural
resources Of the bills. Every available
acre Is utilized. The hillsides are ter
raced - ours will have to be some day.
Irrigation 10 developed to an extent to
make even Colorado farmer open his
eyes. Pipes made Of logs are quite
generally used. Water is carried in
them across gorges and along cliffs to
an extent that is truly wonderful. Like
nearly al mountain regions Of the old
world grazing 10 fiourishing industry.
The animals grown there are yaks and
native sheep. The herds are driven to
the grassy slopes Of the high mountains
during the summer and down into the
sheltered valleys In winter. We do this
In Colorado also, to limited extent,
but there. substantial stone shelters are
built in the hills for the stock. which we
do not do and their cattle never are
turned loose to shift for themselves, tut
family goes with them, working on
some cooperative plan. One family
takes the herds Of several families and
attends not only to herding and keeping
Of the stock but to milking them ss well.
All kinds Of stock animals ere milked,
not only in Bhutan but In other old
world countries, and the milk which il
gained in the summer season returns .
handsome profit on the summer herding.
This 10 the difference between Colorado
practice and the old world: We have
yet to build summer herding stations
and convert . summer outlay into .
summer income. As in Norway the
summer milk 10 made into cheese or but
ter 70 that the cost Of transportation
from the high mountains to the markets
10 reduced to . minimum. The cool eli
mats and pure water or the high alti-
tudss favors this plan.
Bhutan IL very much like Colorado in
one respect, and that il, both places are
burdened with . class of non-producing
government employees. In Bhutan the
bureaucrats are called lsmas. Like
our forest reserve officers they have
convinced the mass Of the people that,
but for their benign influence. the soil
would I'll wash away and become sterile.
the forests would all burn up and the
range Ill be destroyed. OF course
lemas have been in the bureaucracy