La Junta tribune., 1917-02-10
ALONG THE WEST COAST
Visit to Home OF Millionaire Sugav
Manufacturer In Pcrli-Old and
Ncw-A Study In Contrasts

briHhnaH TRIP from new YORK CITY
to Tirapata, Peru, giving a descrip-
tion of some of the towns along the
West Coast of South America
Going ashore at Huanchaco is
quite performance. There was a
steam launch full OF passengers, and
we had to go in very carefully. be-
cause If we came in In front of one
of the big swells. the boat would
probably be dashed to pieces on the
shore, but these people know how to
handle their boats and We made the
landing all right. 1t is some feat to
jump onto the steps that lead down
to the boat, and learned to jump
Just the instant that the boat was
in the right position.
Huanchaco is small town OF per-
haps thousand people and 1t is
owned entirely by one of the million
aire sugar manufacturers and his
palace is built about two hundred
yards from the sea-shore The house
has about twenty rooms, which does
not include the servants quarters.
Senior Montero knows the man, SO
we were introduced and were shown
every courtesy. We went all over the
house II has been built about two
years and has never been finished.
The rooms are all on the ground
floor. and are grouped around one
big room that has a ceiling and roof
OF colored glass. The house Is built
of adobe, of course, and Is painted
a dazzling white. There are many
electric lights in the house and the
fixtures are quite pretty. The bath
room fixtures are In place and the
kitchen range, but the range was al
most rusted out The houses here
never have closet or a pantry. II
was snid- that an agfpt- Mas thetf. in.
the United States buying furniture
for the house. Huanchaco Is as mod
ern town as one will find In Peru.
though II Is so very old. The sugar
electric power. and the owner OF
liuanchaco II cannot remember his
name) has established a very good
school. In the name of his father. He
also has dug a very deep well and
thus provided good water for the
people. The well IL about twelve feet
has m htph nalt
around H. As we were with the
distinguished Senior Montero Tira-
da we were shown all the sights. and
inside the wall around the well were
nasturtiums, and geraniums and
several other kinds of flowers. and
alfalfa. As I was the only women
In the party "A lovely bouquet was
given me. We then went to visit
the schools. There was map in
the school room OF the United States.
a very old one. and the only towns
marked ON II were forts, found
Fort Bent right away. The school
has comparatively modern equip
ment. and is much superior to those
found In towns much larger than
iIuanchaco. Here. too. Is a very.
very old church-lt is at least three
hundred years old-and there Is In
II mummy who was some kind Of
an engineer. so the tablet says, and
he has been there for two hundred
and five years. As I told you before
have seen nil the Old things I want
TO. won't be able TO get things
new enough now. though the mummy
was not very bad to look at He
was dressed Ia n very handsome sat
In robe. lace trimmed and was glass
encased.
About this time the Ford. for
which Senor Montero had ,ele-
phoned. arrived to take us 10 Tru-
lilo. Between Huanchaco and Tru-
lilo are some very interesting Inca
ruins. And we received some pie
lures from Mr.. Brown. from Antofo-
gaata. that were ta~en that day. and
they are most interesting. The ruins
show how the tpcaa lIved-or
rather one can figure II out 10 .
great extent. There are the ruins OF
the big thick walls that they built
for protection and all their living
and working was done within these
walls. All their farming too. No that
you can have some idea Of how ex-
tcnsivc tho ruins are. The farming
was done with irrigation. for no rain
ever falls In that section. which &C.
counts for the ruins being In such
we'll preserved state. Then there were
their towns and cemeteries. These
ruins are not the best ruins Of the
tnras In Peru. but the others are
practically Inaccessible. becavse the
Inras chose . very high uaouutaln