The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
REV. BURGESS J
DESCRIBES
] CONDITIONS
NFARAWAY
GUATEMALA

Rev Paul Burgess, wife and family
of Quezaltenango. Guatemala. Central
America, have been the guests of the
CESS, and sisters. Mrs. Anna B. Starr
and Miss Elizabeth Burgess, at 1923
North Eighth street, since the Christ
mas holidays. Mrs. Burgess. Jr., and
children, who have been visiting in
the United States siEce April of last
year arrived here late in December.
from Greeley Colo. and Rev. Bur
CESS a week or so subsequently from
Latin America by way of Mexico,
Rev. and Mrs. Burgess and chill
dren have made their home in Guate-
nnala for the last five and half years.
and are enjoying their, first vacation
in the States since going there in
1918 Rev. Mr.. Burgess is Pres
byterian missionary in Guatemala and
his supervision of about 40 -congrega-
tions of native Christians. y He
speaks The Spanish tongue almost as
well as his verracular. as we'll as .the
Indian dialect peculiar to the territory
il which he lives. Both the. minister
and Mrs. Burgess have many friends
in Guatemala, and like the. country us
a place of residence. ALI of their
children. except the Oldest we're born
there and speak the language hof its
people with hardly less easesami faeil-
ity than they do the En- glish-. Sss;7,5f
,; Quezantenango,. the, SECOND larg-
est town in the republic. is located
about 20 miles northwest of Guate-
mala City and contains something like
10000 inhabitants, of which only, a
few hundred are Europeans. The
town is situated on the. slopes of the
Corderillas at al altitude of some
thing like 5000 feet above the sea
level, and is far more healthful than
the sevannahs along the coasts -andLip
the lower valleys. Many. Of 'the
grains and other products of the tenn
perate zones are grown in the more
elevated portions of the country. but
a tropical vegetation obtains along
the coasts and the climate is hot,
and rice are extensively grown and
are among the chief exports of the
country. The coffee of Guatemala
is celebrated, and in the opinion OF
connoisseurs, surpasses in its quality
the best Brazilian and Arabian grades.
Most of the coffee produced there
fiEds a market in Mexico, according
to Rev. Mr.. Burgess.
Guatemala is land of beautiful
scenery, active volcanoes and of arch
Biological interest Ruins of an ancient
SrrsI axr.c fhr,- III fclz I'D
cate its population by cultured and
numerous race of people thousands of
years before the discovery of the
Western continent by Columbus. Yu.
catan, famous for its ruins of a pre-.
historic race, was a part OF the
republic of Guatemala before its seiz
ure and annexation by Mexico SO OF
60 years ago.
Rev. Mr.. Burgess, in the discharge
OF his religious duties. traverses the
department or province about Quez
altenango to which he is assigned b,
the Board of Foreign Missions Of ths
Presbyterian church. corresponding
to one of our counties, on foot and BY
horseback as occasion demands. ant
everywhere is received with courtes,
and respect by the people. That hi.
work has been successful is shown b,
the fact that when he entered upoI
his labors in that territory there wer,
only about 200 native Christians. Nov
the number exceeds 800 and is in
creasing rapidly from year to year.
Guatemala was one OF the Allies il
the war against Germany. and whel
the armistice was signed on Novem
Der IL, The people throughout TIL
republic celebrated with great On
thusiasm the truce which it brough
about in the fighting on the Europeal
battlefroZts. Guatemala, of course
did not send any troops into the wa
zones and her Influence in winninI
the war for the Allies was mora
rather than physical or military. Fo
half century and more Guatemala
AID Mexico have been more or les
unfriendly and hostilities have Sc,
eral times within that period bee
carried on between them as the r.
suit of national jealousy ad hatred
Guatemala has more than ono
massed an army OF as many as 1000
men on the Mexican border to proven
the invasion of her soil by her ,nortl
ern enemy. For noFes tom wealth
country of but. 2.0O0:660 Or 3,0De.40
of people. such a display Of fofc
shows the martial spirit Of the natior
On his recent trip home 1tey. Bul
CESS. owing to a labor strike on on
coast and the prevalence 6f yei3o,
travel BY lssa instead Of E4teE H