The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-02

as is true Of the peasants in otAe
parts of Europe, give up the grount
floor Of their dwellings to chickens
pigs and steers; but their own quar-
tiers upstairs in these houses Of many
animals, are spotlessly clean.
Many Mines and Foundries.
One derives a false picture Of the
center of Basquedom around Bilbao
unless he takes the little eight-mile
side trip from the city down to the
sea. Paralleling each side of the
river Is an electric tramway, and par
alleling each of these in turn Is a
steam railway.
Town after town is to be seen on the
way. Along the left bank of the
Nervion shipbuilding yards are sue
ceeded by immense iron foundries and
smelters, and dozens of steamers are
tied up alongside these industrial
plants all combining to fill the air
with the smoke Of mans activities.
The pretty green hillsides far be-
yond the river are marred here and
| there by patches of reddish-brown
color, where, in the distance, can be
seen the puff of the little locomotives
Of the ore trains, and occasionally the
rumble of a dynamite explosion Is
heard. These are the mines, and from
many of them, stretching for miles
through the air, to the loading berths
on the river, are aerial cables, to which
are fastened buckets full of red ore
moving continually from mine to
river, with parallel cables carrying
back the empties to the far-away
brown patches on the hillside.
The river winds its way between
these rich hills, and finally, rounding a
corner, comes suddenly to the sea.
The strong sea breezes of the Biscay
blow away the smudgy fog Of indus
try, and one energies again into sunny |
Spain
At each side Of the river mouth is
q town-Portugalete on the left and |
Las Arenas on the right. A beautiful
and unusual bridge, connecting the
two forms a fitting monument to
mark the union of the Nervion with
the waters Of the Atlantic.
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tiful in setting than this, with one
breakwater Of stone stretching far out
into the sea from the Portugalete side
and another, of equal length, from
the Las Arenas side. Within the
are vessels riding at an
Choir on the deep, blue water, a few
steamers and many small fishing
for the fresh fish Of the
Basque sea are marked high in the
'ecord of fish excellence.
Basque sardIne Women.
One Of the unique little pictures Of
he Basque towns on the sea Is that
4 the barefooted sardine women, s
Walking with infinite and unaffected ,
race through narrow streets Of stone '
tagging, with great square wooden
rays balanced on their heads. On the
rays are hundreds of silvery fresh
ardines laid out in neat rows. And
he women cry, "Sardinas, sardinas =
ivasl I" indicating that their wares are y
till alive 1
Among other qualities Of excellence,
ne Basques are the leading athletes e
| Spain. They supply goodly num- Il
er of torreros for the bull ring, but l
lie really noteworthy excellence Of the "
'asque sportsman lies in no more nor C.
SIS than playing ball. n
1t is not baseball, however, but the a
reat Basque ball game, juego de pc il
ia, democratic and popular as is the a
ational game in America. One sees
lie boys in the villages hard at it,
nd In the cities the fond Basque
arent, like the American, Is some b
mes caused violent shock by the III
MASKING of a pane of glass in the ID
ning-room, caused by the unwelcome M
TRY of pelota, little smaller and C.
little harder than baseball.
The game is, perhaps, more violent re
rm of sport than baseball, and in 81
any respects closely resembles
Iuash rackets.
In description of the New England
Spain"some mention must be made OF kr
IN Sebastian, the second city in the 81
lsque provinces, but the least Basque pc
characteristics. 1t is modern ay
wn on the Bay of Biscay only few RI
les from the French frontier, the oe
MINER residence of the royal family 10
d the most popular Of Spanish re =,
rts. 1t has a fine casino and an I'M 80
raled bathing beach, Indeed In p,
my ways, San Sebastian is serious w.
al Of Monte Carlo. "a