The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-03-19


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The Azores, historic halfway house
of the Atlantic, come into their own as
Europe-bounG stream Of tourists runs
to the Mediterranean countries rath-
er than to northern Europe. Just as
Columbus, plying between port neal
the Strait of Gibraltar and America,
passed among the Azores, so modern
steamer lanes touch the islands; and
the tourists refresh themselves by
hasty visits to its picturesque towns
and countryside as the really ocean
weary world explorers cheered and
revived their spirits by setting foot
once more on terra frma.
These quaint bits of land almost in
mid-Atlantic are well worth more than
the hasty, passing visit that most tour
lists give them. The central cluster of
the group, formed by the Islands of
F'ayal, Pico, Sac Jorge, Graciosa and
Terceira, lies more than $40 miles di-
ructly west of Lisbon. About $50 miles
northwest Of this centrally located
group are Flores and Corvo. and ap-
proximately the same distance to the
southeast Santa Maria, and the larg-
est and most important Of all, st.
Michaels (Sao MigueD.
Discovered by cabral.
The discovery of Madeira. the Ca
naries and the Azores islands was a
direct result of the persistent efforts
of Prince Henry the navigator, Of
Portugal, to double Cape Bojador and
to discover new route to India. 1t
was during the glorious period Of
Portuguese explorations that Goncalo
Velho Cabral discovered Santa Maria
the most southerly of the Azores, in
years, covering period of more than
a decade, the other islands were dis
covered.
From that time on down to modern
days the Azores, or Western islands,
became the scene of many an historic
event
Violent earthquakes have disturbed
the Azores during the centuries since
their discovery down to the Eight
zenith. The annals of the islands vie
with those of Italy in graphic accounts
Of the ever-interesting and terrible vol |
-anic phenomena. Cities were buried, |
mountains disappeared and sent their
ashes to unbelievable distances; is
ands hundreds of feet high suddenly |
lppeared and as suddenly disappeared, |
and flames of fire Illuminated whole
Stands and their intervening waters.
There is perhaps no country in the
world that has such heavy tide of
Ter of its Inhabitants, as the Western
stands. Some of the emgrants go to
Brazil, but by far the majority TO the
United States. During the year be-
ore the World war, 6,c00 Azoreans
migrated to the United States. and it
s estimated that there are $4,000
Koreans in California and over co.
90 in New Bedford. Mass, Providence,
(. l., and other parts of New England,
making total of almost 100000.
The island of ST. Michaels does not
verwhelm you with the grandeur of
Rocky mountain scene. 1t captures
GU subtly. Little by little impress l
ions pile up in your memory until
our fancy fingers in the beautiful t
ardens. whose walls are covered with {
'isteria and climbing roses. in the t
magnificent parks, and among the ex- t
ansive hedges of hydrangea that /
loom along the country roads. l
BY way of contrast, st. MichaeIs &
i'll fret and frown amid fearful, t
tolmy seas. But you are compen- |
ated when, on sunny day, you stand 4
n the summit of one of the many O