The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-11-26

proper understanding Of the situa-
ton. Those In charge Of railroads and
other commercial projects that have
involved digging In China have always
been able to compromise with pro-
testing villagers ami they have found
even within the past ten years very
great change In attitude. In Tibet
conditions are even more difficult. All
the gold In the country belongs to the
Lama church and the natives can con-
ceive Of only two reasons why for
elgners should come to their country
either Us g0ld-seekers or as mission.
aries.
Obtaining the animals for the groups
In the Hall of Asiatlc Life will fur
nish excitement enough for the most
blase sportsmen. III corner Of the
Cobb desert are few herds of tho
only living wild horses. Moreover,
there are. In the Cobb, wild camels and
wild asses, as well as antelopes that
can run sixty miles an hour. The
horses, asses and antelopes can be
the Mongol cowboys, and some Of the
specimens brought back alive to the
New York Geological Park. Not far
from this particular part of the desert,
mountains tower TO IA height of fifteen
thousand feet, where there are big
horn sheep and ibeX that have never
heard the crack OF Il high power rifle.
On the Tibetun steppes are enormous
yak. snow leopards, giant pandas and
beautiful golden monkeys with blue,
uptcrned noses some of these species
are among the rarest and least known
animals OF the world. In China is
| the takin. u creature with veritahlC
| golden fleece" strange oxlike ami
| mai that roams The highest mountain
| valleys and that actually represents
telope and the goat. In the forests OF
| Manchurla Is the long-haired tiger OF
the Amur River; tiger larger ant
finer than the royal Bengal of lndiar
| fame. which has furnished sport foi
kings and emperors; tiger living IN
caves amid forests drifted deep witt
| SHOW.
The scientific results of the thirt
! Asiatie expedition Will be embodied
In n series OF volumes that should be
for many years 10 come, the stand
ard work on the natural history O
| Central and Eastern Asia. and also II
popular books written III non-teohnica
language.
Would Help Chino.
There is a very real desire on tn,
part of the sponsors for the eXpeli
ton To make IL a factor In the deyel
opment of the educational life of IN,
Chinese Republic. China hr no insti
tutions wherein latural history object
can be studied and exhibited by mod
ern methods and where the scientific
work of her OWN people can be en-
couraged and directed. 1t was there
fore decided to invite the Chimes
government 10 cooperate with the ey
petition In carrying on Its work Il
the Orient. China will be invited I
delegate to the expedition certai
men who have had already prelim
nary instruction In various branche
of science; under the best specialist
In the world, these men. while IN tn
He'd, Will receive training in moder
methods of scientific exploration nm
study.
When the expedition has been CON
1,eted, Its sponsors Will agree TO d,
nosit In Picking n duplicate set of th
collections, which will form the basi
, OF the Chinese Museum of Naur;
! History. The proposed institution wi
then have valuable nucleus OF spe,
ilnens Cor exhibition and study nm
staff of expert Chinese To carry o
the work. II will remain for the 20,
, eminent TO set aside n suitable bull,
, INK where the collections can /
housed.
The third Asiatie expedition. wi,
its rich possibilities for making in
poriant discoveries In the department
! Of paleontolosy, archaeology. zoology
anthropolor;y and geography. Is de
. tined TO Increase the prestige of n
United States In the world of scienf,
:. The American scientists wt9 will mr.
mole the advancement of Chinese :,
!, ence will cooperate with the Chine.
In en- cntirrly new tield. American
with far-seeing idealism will we,cou
an alliance of this kind, tending
l. cement the friendly relations that ,
= ready exist between the two great :
d puhlics OF the East and the We.
e They will wish 10 insure the nos
$ billy "f making the third Asiatic g
e petition the greatest expedition ey
,. sent out to increase the wealth of h
r ! man knowledge.