The Tomahawk., 1919-03-20

Only through centuries of careful
work with hoe and plow has 1t been
possible to create the garden that ex-
tends from Verona, where the Adige
river strikes the Venetian plain. to the.
impossible mountain valleys many
miles away where the absolute absence
Of soil f0rbids any attempt at farm
ing.
The fields on either side Of the rlv-
er are broken into small lots, thou
sands being as small as a city block;
many are much smaller in order to
completely fill q segment Of rock-lock'
ed earth. On these plots. that have
been leveled with infinite care, the
farmer of the Trentino grows grain,
garden truck, grapes. and often other
fruit. The grapevines are kept pruned
to about four and q half feet high for
the main stem, which grows to the
thickness Of q mans wrist, while the
tendrils are trained onto sticks, or In
many cases to trees that are kept
pruned down to thick stump six or
seven feet high with small branches
half an inch in thickness protruding
in a sheaf from the stump.
Ancient consiolIo Castle.
During the middle ages Trent was q
typical fortified city crowned with an
old feudal castle. Built in 1850. this
stronghold, Castle ConsigliO. has come
down to the present generation In a
beautiful state of preservation. While
the Austrians held Trent the place
was used US q kind of town jail.
Ccasare Battisti, native Of Trent, an
ardent pro-Italian who had the nerve
to enlist in the Italian army against
Austria, was shot in the codrtyard~ OF
the castle, and is today the town and
the Italoan nations martyr.
Stored in the wonderful old castle
were 10000 captured Austrian rifles.
Piles of gas masks, trench tools, mur'
derous trench knives and other odds
and ends of fighting mans equipment
were stacked In several Of the large
rooms.
In one of tho main corridors was .
typical Austrian torture machine. Il
consisted Of two rings. the first about
nine inches from the floor and tho
second about four feet above ground.
The practice was to fasten q prison.
er's ankles to the lower ring by means
of q piece Of rope. while tho unfortu-
nate mans hands were tied behind
him through the upper ring. This
threw all the prisoners weight on the
wrists and ankles. Usually . man
tainted after several hours.
Inspection Of the old Consiglio eas-
tic revealed how the war machine OF
the sixteenth century-for the castle
Itself was a fort-had been made to
serve the purposes Of the twentieth
century war lords.
In the highest room Of the place, q
circular chamber Of the tallest tower,
was all that remained Of q German
wireless outfit. The operators bad
made themselves comfortable In the
damp old place BY putting storm WIN
dows in the loopholes that were orig
inally cut for the convenience Of Cross
bow men.
To get to the tower one has to pass
thrvueh q frescoed courtyard where
men were hanged centuries ago. About
five or six feet from the old GAlloWoI
q double affair. runs q sheltered gal.
lery from which the dukes and their
courtiers, sheltered from the weather,
could witness the execution.
Some of the public squares IN the
city Of Trent have fne old buildings
In Italian architecture, decorated 1rom
ground to roof with gorgeous frescoeS'
the coloring Of which Il still vivid.