Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-03-09

these who eat with any regularity.
The poor, and the poems on farms.
eat once a day.
Lunch finished, we started down
the mountain as we had come up IL,
and after fording streams whars
bridges had been washed out. we
reached another railroad station.
where train awaited us. Three
o'clock found US packed away again
on the train and flying towards the
city, which we reached at seven.
A tunnel is in the process of con-
struction to enable passengers TO
go through instead of over the noun
tain. ano 10 connect the two lines
OF railroad. This road is all weli-built.
on solid rock and cement. the cars
are good and in good repair. In fact
il is one OF the best bits OF railroad
we know in Colombia, and we have
rode on all the railroads in this
country. with the exception OF the bit
near Buenayentura, on the Pacific
coast. Only admiration should be Civ.
en- The Aniioquians for the progress
they have made with their road and
in their beautiful. ntodernIOoki1g
city. This is the richest state and
the most progressive of all the Unit.
cd States of Colombia. But in point
of resources, it cannot surpass our
state. Santander, which is now Oc-
cupied by five big oil companies two
of which have already commenced to
refine and are getting ready to ex.
port their oil. Antioquia is the larg-
est state in the union, which gives il
even 4 greater diversity of products,
ard il exports more coffee than any
other state. but Santander is second
in the coffee exports. The two states
are separated only by the Magdalena.
but, so far, all the oil fields have
been found lying on the East side,
our side, of the river. Antioquia seems
ID have no oil, but does have many
minerals. / bought some beautiful
rose-jars made of copper, mined near
Medcllin. The jars were very cheap.
one dollar and a half each. and
are very beautiful. Made in Medellin.
Many things are commencing to bear
that mark Made in Medellin" for the
city is starting several branches OF
manufactures. There are large fer
eign colonies in the city. Our friends
invited the English and American
colony TO an evening reception for
us and over forty came. Imagine a
rarty out here where forty English
speaking people, mostly men. to be
sure, and mostly young, come to-
gether to play children's games on
the Japanese lantern lighted tennis
court. And we missionaries Wera
twenty-cne in number besides. What
a really ustlike-home" time We
did have.
We arrived in Meddelin on Sat
urday night, spent the next day in
ell sorts of meetings, and began our
sessions for business Monday morn
ing. These were continued constant.
ly, from eight in the morning until
evening, our meals taken where the
meetings were held, for sixteen davs.
In addition to the geasral meetings
there wc.o constant committee M, ct
most important comItees, and was
in these group &; tierines at all hours
OF ths day au.i night l was on only
two committees, but as they were
the unes that rec essitated writing all
letters. resolutions, etc, | spent much
Of my time over a typewriter. So we
worked very hard, and had not a ,ain.
ute for shopping, visiting or explor-
ing the city as we hac hoped to be
able to do. ThC day the meetings
closed we started home. as Mr.. Will
Eans aid not think that he sould be
away longer tlan he absolutely had
to be.
The return trir was much like the
one described. except that, save for
few spots where the very bottom OF
the road seemed to have sunk TO
China and nCi yet been reclaimed,
the trails were much better. Yet. due
to the laZiness and bad faith of our
mule driver, we were needlessly de-
tanned all along the route, and our
baggage did not follow US as it should
have done, so that we did not hava
cur 'he1s at night until such a late
hour that the mosquitoes had en-
joyed fine opportunities to feast upon
us, before we could crawl under our
nets and find some measure of pro-
lection. 1t was raining so much in
the lower country that we were de-
layed on that account which caused
us to make forced rides when in the
saddle. We reached home at seven
D. m, December 26ra So Santa Claus
did not discover US at any point and
forgot US this year. How could he be
expected to go prying around in a
native hut to find us Christmas Eve?
And, as was to be anticipated. con.
steering the chances we had given
the mosquitoes down in jungle land,
took malaria. and have been strug-
r~7sru NTH Co.