The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-30
IS UNKNOWN LAND
Much Of South American Cont
nent unexplored.
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70 Furnish Living fer MlilIens)
Now In ovsrerowded Parts
Of the olobo.

The undiscovered continent II South
America. II IL far less known geo
graphically than Africa. and much Of
what appears on its maps II derived
from the Imagination Of the cartog.
rspher.
Most Of the interior Of South Ameri-
ca has never been explored. Civilixa-
ton might be said to occupy not much
more than the edges Of the continent.
which. as q whole. Is sparsely populate
ed relatively to Its vast area.
From this time ON. however. q food
Of people from overcrowded parts Of
the world will doubtless pour into Il:
for It has not only plenty Of room to
offer. but also fabulous wealth. The
natural resources Of other terrestrial
areas have been to a great extent used
up, but those of South America are
virtually untouched.
Its tropical regions no longer defy
settlement by white men, because Of
deadly fevers. We now know how to
clean them up and make them health
fully habitable. The jungles Of the
interior harbor many tribes of savages.
sore Of them reputed cannibals, but
those Of them who do not accept con-
troll will be quickly wiped out.
The most highly developed country
in South America Is Argentina. Its
heart (meaning the state of Buenos
Aires and adjacent territory Il good
deal like our own Kansas plains
grassy and treeless. Farther to the
west and northwest II 4 region resem-
bling Arizona. Still farther, along the
foothills of the Andes Is a very rich
agricultural belt. much like southern
California.
The River Platte affords . more ex-
tensive system Of unobstructed naviga-
ton than any other stream In the
world. 1t offers a greater number Of
miles Of navigable water than oil the
rivers of Europe combined. Steamers
of 20-foot draft can 60 2.7OO miles into
the Interior those loading for Europe
being able literally to enter the wheat
fields and ranches to take aboard their
cargoes.
From the Rio Negro south to Ma
gellan straits stretches an enormous
territory-1,OOO miles In length-called
Patagonia. the interior Of which Is
mostly UNEMPLOYED desert. Wandering
3 tribes. semi-civilized. inhabit 1.-THE
' tallest people In the world, whose
( stature (the men often exceeding siz
o feet by several inches) caused Magel
Ian to describe the country as the home
; Of giants.
South of Magellan straits Is TIERS
del Fuego, a triangular island nearl,
o as large as New York state. Though
J. in frigid latitude, the interior IL nov
# largely fenced of into great sheer
. ranches. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. smok,
y signals caused Magellan to bestow thu
name Land Of Fire-have been eithel
10 killed or reduced to servitude.
Paraguay (not far from the mlddl
,r Of the continent) has the most valu
IN able forests in the world, called tn
d Gran-Chaco. or Great Woods. Full o
'r pumas and other huge cats, monkey
- of ever so many species and gorgeOu
~ birds, they are composed largely Q
Of precious woods, particularly those tina
n. will not float In water, such as iron
~ wood and black palm.
rs In the very far north Of South Amel
D. lea Is the Orinoco, one Of the grea
rivers of the world. From It there az
a. waterways through which vessels ca
Id actually make their way nearly 300
ID miles southwark into the River PLATTE
ce Or a much shorter trip will take thel
IN into one or another Of the aff1uents 9
= the Amazon, in the mouth of which lie
- an island as large as Denmark.
IN South America today invites the 81
ed terprising young man as does no othe
an part of the world. But he will make
NJ mistake to 60 there unless he has som
n money and enough Spanish to g
=. along with.