Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
MilviIle


The Fourth passed off very nicely.
Bethany Beach and Sandy Landing
had their share of pleasure seekers anC
everybody had a good time, meeting ole
friends and making new ones.
Mrs Martha Dukes is spending thi!
week in Camden and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Hudson and son
Mr.. and Mrs. West and children, all o
Camden N. j., spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. George West.
We are very sorry to report Mrs. VIM
Quillen as very ill at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs Lester Phillips of New
ark spent the Fourth here with Mrs
Phillips father, H. d. Evans.
This is a letter received by Capt. anC
Mrs. Philip West from their son, Earl
from Valparaiso, Chile, which we fee
sure many of the Chronicle patrons will
be glad to read:
This is the ending of the second week
in Chile and l am planning to go back
to Buenos Aires, on Saturday of this
week So far l have visited just two
cities in Chile. This one and Santiago.
We first came here direct from Baand
then last Thursday we drove over to
Santiago in a "a Buick. The roads in
Delaware as they used to be had moth
ing on the roads that we went over go
ing to Santiago The only difference
that was really noticeable was the
mountains that we had to climb and
the fact that we did not strike hardly
any good stretches.
The distance is about 95 miles and
we We're II ON 10 a. IN. until p. IN.
making it and the drivers knew the
road. We stopped for lunch on the way
and that took about an hour.
One reason why the roads are so bad
here is that they have not really done
anything to improve them except scrape
occasionally, since the old Spanish days.
The old Spanish road was built of large
stones and lasts still in some places.
However, these stones are. so big ana
the road so rough that it is Impossible
for automobiles. The hauling is done
here by bullocks or is we used to call
them, oxen. 1 never saw so many Of
them or imagined there were so many
in use. They had as high as ten TO
big two wheel cart, with one or TWO
extras tied on back to assist as spares
in case some of those pulling went bad.
In hitching them up they simply Tie
ropes or straps around the base OIL
their horns and they pull with Ihelr
horns instead of their shoulders Ihey
carry as high as tons on these cafIS
and YOU can imagine what they 90 10
the roads We were at the end OF the
dry season and so the roads were HoI
cut up so bad as in the rainy season. |
In the rainy season they are impassaDle |
for motor cars as you can imagine 4IOih
the old roads down home. z.,.4,. T.
The roads were just bit dusty; II
had been ten months since tLe leeS'
rain in the country we went thiou5Il.
Here they nave no ram S@NNSP1 - -
winter. That means each year atg apous
nine months without rain ana theH @
three months of rain, almost every GaS'
All the farming here is dry IaIIliu5, ti5,
They plow up the ground anu P!aiit - Cii ~
CROPS and then sit back and wait LOT IL
to rain before any of the crops VIII
come up. We passed great huiipeI 81 "
fields all plowed and planted Waltlhs IoI
the rain to come. In other sectlons We
went through valleys that are irrigated
in nv canals from LIle |
Andes. These of course do not nave 10
wait for the rain and get more crops
out of their land. All this helped to
make a little dust. .1,o
We saw just four automoblles on tle
trip, after we had gotten out OF Nalpof-
also and until we reached the 0uishlIts
Of Santiago We do not know what pow
arty is in the States. Just seeing Iour
autos will give, you someth4Rg tR6 Oh neonIe ME
i've in would not have been considered
fit for the cattle on a farm IN !he
States Some of the homes, belonging
10 the owners of the farms, We're an
light. heing made of stone with real
-oof and fitted up rather well; but the
houses where the workers lNed Were
made of mud bricks with thatched
'oofs. ,,,.o tho
mud walls, but the walls were lIi'iu9 u
pushes and thatched. .,, ,.o,erae
Going over we crossed three RANGES
If mountains and the cllmp uP IL
lown these mountains make any T1.t ~ ~
yiVan9 n S0a and ID on the old Natonaid idt trail df
ook like pikers. Going up the t,.4od slde 90 90
me Of the mountains we counted ,ii1ie, we ZS
eal turns. In getting tnls hsirlpin npil' turns
Sbare %lrteG we oifI tiI1rned completely around.
NE other turns of 80 degrees ana sucIl !
we're tlr not not counted. In making them n, we We
1ere in second on praetiifcally i cGy,ld do do to to
Deia eE 5fiu IL The he grades were so steep that
% ould not st. see the last stretch Of Toa6 10
,one over The side of the mouI;aII .l;o.II
70 q .n--tnnr, and the grades so nlSn. Q