The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-28

%HE territorial division of north
ern Italy known as Venetia is
fertile region whose blossoming
plains are dotted with numer-
Gus cities famous as centers OF great
historic interest and custodians of art
and architectural treasures Of incalcu-
liable worth.
Venetia is the rear "boot strap of
the Italian peninsula. 1t juts far up
into Austro-Hungarian territory, at the
head of the Adriatic sea, and Is bound
ed on the south by the Adriatic and
the territorial division Of Italy known
as Emilia, of which Bologna Is the
principal city. The southwestern
boundary is Lombardy, Of which Mi
Ian Is the metropolis. 1t has On area
about equal to that of the state of
Vermont, but its population is ten
times as great says bulletin of the
National Geographic society.
Among the noted cities whose liter
airy shrines, historic buildings and won
derful art galleries are endangered by
| the far-reaching iron fingers Of war
are the great Mistress of the Adriatic,
Venice, once the seat Of the most pow,
erful republic in the world; Verona,
treasured in the heart Of the English
reading world at the home Of litera-
! lures greatest lovers, Romeo and
Juliet; Padna, also a familiar name
to the Shakespearean student; Vicen-
IA, rich in Palladio palaces; Udine, the
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on the Isonzo during the drive
toward the Austrian port Of Trieste,
and that delight OF artists, Chioggia,
the chief fishing port of Italy.
Delta Land Of Many Rivers.
Venetia is largely delta land, having
been formed by the alluvial deposits
brought down from the Tyrolean Alps
by numerous rivers, including the two
largest watercourses of the kingdom,
the Pc and the Adige- The lower
reaches of these rivers flow through
extensive plains where levees are nee
essary to prevent frequent inunda-
tons. In this section the Pc has a
fall of not more than half-inch to
the mile. Naturally this silt soil Is
tAtl SibSig ici iic, Piodueih6 '"i SO
crops of wheat, maize, rice, tobacco
! and chestnuts, together with mulberry
. leaves for silkworms.
Many of the towns of Venetia are
. manufacturing centers, the chief prod
bets being glassware, wooden, silk and
> cotton goods, paper and candles. Vene-
e tian lace has become so widely known
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e significance of Its name.
p The territory derives its name from
: Veneti. the tribes which inhabited this
region during the early Roman days
e When the barbarians poured over the
!: Alps, and ALTA sacked Lombardy, the
n people of the interior fed to the Adri
= attic coast. taking refuge on the low
= islands which cluster around The
y mouths of the numerous rivers 1t Il
to this hegira that Venice owed the mi
h tial impetus for its rapid rise t.
power, beginning In the fifth century
n Her fortunes finally waned with ths
e discovery of the Cape of Good Hop,
l. route to the Far East in 1886 thi.
ocean lane to the Orient striking ,
l. fatal blow at the island city's SUI
e premacy as trade center. A larg'
K part of the Mediterranean traffic wa
quickly diverted to the Atlantic sea
board, establishing England's doni
nance as the worlds greatest com
q merce-carrying nation.
= In 1897 Napoleon gave Venice an,
I a large part of the contiguous territor
a to Austria. The city and PROVING
. were incorporated as II part of Unite
Italy in 1866, after the defeat of Aus
"a tria by the Prussians on the field o
Is Koniggratz, in the "Seyen Week
War"
n Bassano an Infant" City.
Bassano. one Of the picturesqu
y towns of northern Italy, with abor
I 1850 people, is situated on the turbl
IN lent Brenta river. 20 miles east {
the Tyrolean border and 80 miles mort
of Padua.
For sentimental rather than strait
gic reasons, the Austrian forces woul
be overioyed If the fortunes of VIZ
~ | should cause Bassano to fall into the
hands, for ii was before this city thu
Napoleon achieved his first signal SUI