Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-29


found lodging in one of the good no.
tolls, but 1t was on cot In room
| with three other men. Not a make
shift or . special occasion cot, but a
regular ono. What we would call just
fair sized room. say 12x14. and put
one double bed in. these good people put
| four singles, and the furniture con-
sists Of ono chair. one wash bowl and
one pitcher. ono of tho smallest old
style shaving glasses on q small nest
Of drawers. and about six hooks to
hang four mans clothes on. In fact
nearly all the hotels in New Zealand
arc built for utility. and not for what
them having . vostiEe OF heat. The
beds and roomA in some OF thcm were
80 diminutivs that I measured . bed
- inches wide and rooms 5hxTh feet,
with bed. washstand, bowl and pitcher,
ona towel. . nest of drawers with a
glass and four hooks was tho sum total
of all tho furnishings, and tho bed is
mattress, sometimes two. on weak
woven wire springs. very hammocky,
and the sheets barely cover the mat
tress. II In all rlRh. II you Elcep with
out moving. but II you turn over a few
times. you hnd tho sheet in roll. but
the redceming feature Is, they ara all,
without exception, clean. and that hides
- AootIASo0o Va 0Aues IL II uOI III
en- the springs, nor enlarge tho sheets.
Food is good and generously served
and all have hot water for bath, tho
OF course in a common bath, and their
charges arc moderate. From shil-
lings TO l: shillings in the country
towns and for tho four larger cities
from II shillines to "a shillings. which
includes morning ten in bed. breakfast
II o'clock tea, luncheon, 4 o'clock tea,
dinner and Just before bed. supper
Any ordinary person ought to be sat
isfed with this.
That their children may be strong.
boys. girls. youths and maidens arc
dre1ed showing sections Of from to
% inches Of naked legs. and my word
for II. they do. look cold. This IL rich
country. tho wealth being over % hun
dred dollars per capita The exports
for 1919 were over 165 millions. of which
wool was o5 millions. frozen meat 4s
millions. cheese IS millions, butter 10
millions. tallow IL millions. hides and
peits millions. Flax. kauri Gum and
other things make up tho balance.
Their debt is very heavy. being about
1000 dollars per capita, but don't for
get they own their own railroads, eel-
asraph and telephone lines. which arc
money earners, and managed to serve
tho people and not to make money. The
railroads sell a tourists ticket for
, 1850, good on all trains and all lines.
and on government boats. and good for
seven woeks on which IL is possible
to travel 23,s5s miles. The telegraph
| charges are shilling for L. words in
any part OF tho dominion. Part OF
| the line IN cable across Cook strait.
Tho telephone charges are Sd for three
minutes up to a distance of IS miiea.
ID. up to 80 miiec. and but half that
rate to subscribers using their own
| phone. And the rates rise on a rad
uated scals UP to 800 miles. which Ia
II shillings for > minutes. and /: shiI-
lings per minute Afterwards. Compare
| theec charges with ours in America.
This Ia n country Of great variety of
scenery and climate. II lies between
tud". and is composed OF three separate
islands. and the creates, width from
east to west on any OF them In lea,
than 200 miles. North and south over
All they are moro than 900 miles 1t
mas broad plains. great swamps where
tiax growora in abundance. high glacier
clear mountains, deep gorecs, many
streams OF tho purcst water, ford.
comparable to any in Norway. hot
lakes as nowhere clsc on exirth. mud
! pots larger than any in Ycl!owstonc
PARK, many reysers. but mono to com
pare with dozen or moro In Yellow
stone. Its great hot lake Rotomrhsr.
is tho Ercenest water have ever seen.
not tho Ercon caused by sky cloud or
surroundings, but chemical greer
caused and maintained by chcmicaie
solution constantly supplied from
Natures source below. To mo IL *
tho most wonderful and fascinating
possession OF New Zealand II is from
TWO to three miles wide. 81. mile. long
ana In places very hot /, is rising a,
the rate of feet per snnum. and now
covers tho great terraces. which were
In
tho pictures I have sccn of them
they were very symctricnl and beau
titul. hut not 10 large as those a, the
Mammoth Hot Springs in ycllows,onc
In August, 1885 great eruption blow
them into bits, and covered their sitc
with mud and stones. now being COW
cred with water
Now Zealand has some strange birds.
one without wings lnys an egg nearly
one-hfth Its size. Puohio's museum now
mas a specimen. 1t has also a strange
animal, tho Tautarx lizard. which
earth to those animals tina, lived in
pro- Historic times. II also has somo
strange animals in the vegetable king
dom. All thru It's great woods at the
foot OF many of its largo trees a little
vino comes up. and attaches itself first
with little tendrii, TO tho Irca, trunk.
These tendrils grow into great arms
that cncirclo the tree, the vino itself
winding Its snakcy form about INC
monarch. and as the years so on the
parasitic vino. absorbs 1t and becomes
thc trcc itself. ono of my prohibition
friends compares this to tho Worm OF
tho STILL" New Zealand has million.
OF sheep that run about and grow wool
IL also has vegetable sheep that docs
not run about. but grows in swampy
land. and looks sheepish enough at a
distance to deceive any one. II is a per
m, it, h~ft \ -
licve II Is universally believed by
men OF learning that vegetable life APP
pared on earth before animal. and from
tho vegetable world .ts animal world
lives. but hero In New Zealand IL is
reversed. A large caterpillar bores a
hole into tree, and Is supposed TO
lie thcrc contcnted until he III
motaWorphoscd into n moth. but some
OF thhm. with n restless spirit are no,
satisfied with the prospect Of being a