Arizona republican., 1921-01-30

to secure some valuable plants of any industrial nature. I communicated with the Siamese government and gave no- tice that I would go with Dr. Rock. The government was very kind and gave us all the information and help possible, and on the trip to northern Siam we were made the guests of the government, and no doubt some notes on that memorable trip will be of in 6erest: |
 "The three major plants that our government was anxious about were first, the Chalmoogra tree. This grows in the jungles of Burma and Siam, 1 grows and flourishes and bear a nut, 1 i the oil of which cures leprosy. You 1 can imagine what the result will be. l After many centuries of research sci entists have at last discovered cure | for one of the most revolting and l hideous diseases known to man. The 1 second tree of importance was the l Chestnut The past few years, with the introduction from Japan of an insect nearly all of the Chestnut trees of our country have died and to get the
 wild tree, the bureau was anxious to secune specimens. The third tree was
 the Pomelo. What the grape fruit is to American people the Pomelo is to
 the Far East, and Slam grows it to perfection.
 With this incentive our party start
 ed out The quest was emniently sue
 cessful I was delighted to be of some
 use and at the same time to get in
 touch with the natives and the life
 of the people Some 60,000 seeds of the Chalmoogra tree were sent back to be planted in Honolulu, South Florida
 and in Porto Rico, and, let us hope
 that from these trees in time to come . doing things, will help to wipe from
 the earth one of the great scourges-
 leprosy. In northern Siam, in the noun tains. two specie of Chestnut trees were
 secured, and many thousands of nuts
 also were sent. From near Bangkok P some very fine specimens of the Po- : melo were secured and from this be-
 ginning they hope to start another in- . dustry that will bring joy to the pal : ate of the American people.
 . Into Northern Siam
 Our party was composed or pr. J. F. R )ck, pr Crampton, biologist oI Columbia university, myself and l three servants. The first night we n stopped at the regular stopping place t q might add here that the railroads - run only in the day tine-at night
 there are regular rest places" as
 they call them.)
 . The distance from Bsnl1ol to Chi : engmai is about the same distance that II LOS AnEeieS IS iTOD1 .GHOodAA4 eAiN ~ d takes three days to make the journey = Pitsanuloke the first stopping place - was reached at G. We were taken tC e the Wild Tiger club, owned and used Il by the Wild Tiger Scouts. The name y is enough to make one shiver, but WI - saw no tigers. One thing, however
 will always stay with me concerning 2 this place, and that Is the drums. The, | are used to tell and beat the passing 1t hours First boomed out the grea
 military bronze drum, which at frs
 thought was a cannon going of
 Then followed the city drum, with
 lesser noise, and then came the tenn
 pie drum, and it being a strange nois
 1t seemed to me that all night coul
 hear the booming of those variou
 drums.
 Next day we began to get into tn
 mountains. The scenery was beauti
 full, and at night we arrived at Lam
 pany. We were met by the governo
 ana taken to a palace that Is use
 for state guests. We had every con 10 venience with, of course. no electri a lights. We had indeed got into tn 1t country. for the lights were the canal
 and the old fashioned oil lamp. Tn
 house was beautifully fixed up m
 bedroom for instance had a grea
 square bed that would comfortabl
 hold four people, with a canopy (
 fine gauge silk with yellow stripe
 running through it. The basin. bowl
 etc, were of silver, the bathroom ha ,,+ a large jar and you bathed like the ,f,- do everywhere here in this country ~. take a cocoanut bowl and pour tn M water over your body.
 ,S Guests of Viceroy
 as The next day we came to Lampul ad which is about 15 miles from Chtene Ir mai, the terminus of our trip. W ns were met by the feudal lord and show a some interesting temples. In the evt "a ming we arrived at Chiengmai, the ses ,d od of a viceroy and one of the most in ,Id portant places in northern Siam. Dul +t ing our stay of a week as his guesi IT. we occupied a beautiful teak house of his compound. The viceroy himse .oa lives in a palace built in Siamese styl ,+s We were introduced to him in h o5 drawing room. He is one of the ms -a have met who impressed me. for CT certainly comes up to my standard os man. He is democratic, speal ne English fluently, was at one time mil ha ister to France, is a grandson of u to former king, and is called, as his tit t idicates, his Serene Highness. As ' i example of his democracy: I learn, t.n that last year he was very anxious Lo help a certain section in making
 0 ditch which would increase the ecreaj
 about 15,000 acres. To help the farI
 CTS and to see that the work was dol E., he went out and for three months ii- stayed in the jungle and worked ju
 like any other man: and for an Or1e ire