Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-12-31

spectacle and the sweet mag O.
las fill the air with q tender
fragrance. The large live oak
trees with their moss covered
foliage are ever alluring. An air
of contentment prevades one as
you set beneath one of its spread
ing branches. New Orleans Is
the second largest port of export
in the u. S. and vies with Bait
more in being the largest oyster
market in the world. It is the
gateway of the Mississippi VAL
ley embracing twenty states and
| is 1900 miles from New York
and 1920 miles from st. Louis.
Learning that one Of the
United Trust Companies steam
ers was discharging big ergo
| of bananas / walked down to the
wharf to see how they did it. It
was fascinating to watch opera
tons, 10000 punches Of banan-
as being unloaded in five hours.
Tall cranes projecting in the air
are lowered into the matches Of
the vessel and the bananas are
placed in the canvas pockets on
an endless chain, they are then
conveyed upon the docks. Men
are employed to carry the banan-
as from the conveyers to the re-
| frigeritor cars Of which they are
many close by. 1t is surprising
to see how rough they handle a
bunch of bananas and it didn't
seem to make any difference if a
few bananas were lost from each
bunch and now and then q whole
bunch would get away so there
were plenty Of free bananas for
all the laborers as well as the
spectators there. It is said to
be the largest banana port in the
world 100000 lunches are
handled yearly.
Having travelled along the
Mississippi river from near its
source and crossed several times
this Father of Rivers" in its
length of 1850 miles / had an
ardent desire 70 ride upon its
waters, so while here / took q
40 mile trip around the harbor
of New Orleans. 1t was an
] ideal day and the many things
Of interest seen to good advant-
age from the steamers deck. A
lecturer on board pointed Out
the many scenes of interest des.
cribing them in a most graphic
manner. Among the note worthy
objects seen were the largest
steel float dry dock in the work
built on a foundation of 10000
r piles 60 to 80 #. and is $40 IT
long and ITO #. wide.
United States Naval Bias,
i Worlds largest sugar refinery
ships from various parts of thu
world loading and unloading
i their cargo's. Illinois Contra
u Railroad docks and Elevators
y IA miles long, built in 1906 at
cost of $4,000, 900 and the larg
- est and best equipped cotton
- warehouse in the world costinl
~ So, 100000 with capacity Q
l $500 bales at one time. mad
a special trip to the industris
canal. This is a government
u project and is of some magnl
re tude. This canal and it's char
81 mel approaches will be $1,000 f
n or about six miles long and Al
~ #. wide 95 per cent of the exca,
e ating is done by suction dredge'
III The dry excavation is being dor
y. by dry lines excavators an
NJ small steam shovels.
w A unique thing about I'll
n cemeteries of New Orleans
vs. that many of the dead are bur
he ed above ground in vaults ar
.pi the long rows of vaults form 8
ir- imposing sight. This was dol
on on account Of soil conditions b
ar- / was told it was no longer pra
an ticed. Louisiana has remar
re able waterways having 81
,es miles of navigable rivers al
Is 1880 miles of levees. Louisiar
ate great speciality is sugar and
led produces three fourths. Of {
les sugar cane grown in the Unit
It States. Its forest wealth
act tremendous, pine trees predol
lite mating. A vast part of
vas domain lies in swamps.
for Frank Kelsey.
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