Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-29
Geographic News
Bulletins by the
National Geographic Society
ALL ABOUT

the printer didn't make a mistake.
There's another m But 1t hap
pens to be a state in Mexico instead
of in the United States; and it is
hotter both climatically and tenn
peramentally than the Wolverine
state,
In a bulletin issued from its
Washington, ID. c.. headquarters the
National Geographical Society tells
about Mexico's Michigan" where
revolutionary disturbances have
broken out recently.
Kept His Boots On
"Michoacan is not very well known
to the outside world" says the bull
letin, chiefly because under the
present RAILROAD development the
state is not on the road to any place.
If you go into Michoacana you go
because that is your destination.
Many modern forces which havs
nodded other parts of Mexico, have
not, therefore, made themselves felt
very strongly in Michoacan. A num-
Der of its quiet little towns of eight
to ten thousand souls, descendants
of early Spanish settlers. are the
centers of conservatism. But para
d~oxically. the state as a whole has
always been a veritaole revolution
airy cauldron, for it's large Indian
population seems to inherit the COM
b~ativeness of ancestors who were
never conquered by the Aztecs. Like
a few European mobiles who may
wear their hats in the presence of
their kings. the old chief of the
Michoacan natives alone had the
right to stalk into the presence of
Montezuma with his boots on.
"Hidalgo, who in 1910 started the
revolution against Spain, which re-
suited finally in the formation of
the Mexican Republic, first raised
his standard in Michoacan, and after
his execution Morelos, a native of
the same state, continued to keep
the fight alive. During this early
period MichOacan was the valley
Forge of the Mexican revolution.
J Morelia, the capital of Michoacan,
is named after this local as well as
\ national hero-one of the few towns
| of prominence named after a man
| born within it. The original name
was discarded a few years aftel
Morelos' death.
Coast-Line Without a Port
"Michoacan has a coast-line OIL
100 miles on the Pacific but not a
| single port. The situation in Gen.
| lldl AIlcllCd Id ullSSlly lONSiSCN
| here. In Central America the Pa
cific coast is the region of develop
ment, heavy population and culture;
| Michoacan's Pacific coast Is largely
waste land very s%parsely settled. A
relatively few miles inland the Sierra
| Madre mountains form a great ram
| part from the Pacific, and among
these mountains and on the plateau
inland is centered the life of the
state.
1.-THE mountainous portion of Mi
choacan is the Switzerland of Mex
leo, a region Astounding in scenic
beauty unsurpassed elsewhere in the
republic. There are high mountains
deep valleys and the most beautiful
lakes in Mexico. Forming part OIL
the western boundary of the state is
Lake Chapala, the largest body oil
fresh water south of Lake Michigan
and north of Lake Nicaragua. 1t Is
to this hill-encircled, forest-rimmed
lake that many of the wild ducks
and geese are winging their way
when their southwark fight apprais-
es the people of the Michigan of the
north that winter is approaching
Tens of thousands of these fowl arr
killed on Lake Chapala every VIM
ter. but apparently without mater
tally reducing their numbers,
City Known for Its Candies
Because of the great variety OF
its products Miehoacan might almost
stand alone. 1t Is the greatest GER,
cal growing state of the republic
and in addition is a heavy producer
of coffee to drink with the cereals
sugar to sweeten the coffee, fruits
for a side dish, vanilla with which
to flavor the family desserts, wine
to top off with, and tobacco will
which to make the after-dinner ci'
gar. Even the cabinet woods witt
which to make handsome dinner
tables are produced in abundance
And sweet-meats for the drawing
room are not lacking. Morelia II
known all over Mexico, even by
those whose knowledge Of its ricf
historical associations is somewhat
hazy. because of an especially tooth
soma ~coneoction of Candied ounces