Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-13
Tells of Gran "Ch0c0" OUev
Which S. American Var Looms
By CHARLES p. STEWART

NhSHTNCTON. dan. IA more
ogt-Uf-tha-wzy spot, With the exesp-
ton 81 tie polar regions, could hard
~ have been found for q vsr than
the scene Of the clash between Bo-
livia and Paraguay.
The region is dstcrib.d in dis
patches from South America as tue
~Chaco"-w hirh is the truth bat hy
no means al or il.
The tern "Chsce' ~ CuaFani In
dian for "Nilderness,' sni Gran
Chaco" as II y also called, Is mixed
Spanish and GuaTanl Tor great Wil-
dernsss."
IN northeaytc7a Argentina Is .
"gybernacion" sr territory Chat ia,
an u~Horsan!zed Ffoviacei kuoRn a.
che Ghaco-a definitely bounded
ares. The real Chaco. however, a.
Is to be expected from a wilderness
frin-es off gradually. and different
authorities definitions ot !. vary by
thousands Of miles.
Broadly interpreted. a includes the
Amazon valley, extends southwark 20
. latitude tWo O. thres degrees South
q the Tropic IL Capricorn, ana
spreads. eastward and westward
from ;ne Brazilian coastal belt, ~
Considerable population, to the An
dean foothills.
Enormously the greater part - the
C1aro IA bowling jungle, bat tic eX-
irams southern PORTION of u shades
OF into . beautiful So znHaE-dotte1
with q good many palm and QUE
bracho groves. but mainly rich,
lgHg-EEUasgd. open prairie.
This southern sertivn la what it
meant ~ resent references. IN ac-
counts from tire gccns OF tho Eo-
l$ian- Pafsguayan disturbances, a.
the ChacU-ahe Argentine Chaco tn0t
10 he confused with the "goberna-
ciun" ~ thai nance, the P~araguByaus
aud the Bolivian Charo, "a South
Americans gcenraliy differentiaie.
These thrce divisions W the Chsco
arc. potentially. exceedingly valuable
laud-peEhaps worth fighting Tor, Il
necessary.
It's present draWlacA is IT, remote
ness and lack VT Trans %portatign.
Argentina does have q railroad.
extending uoEihBaTi from Bueno4
Aires u the town VI E~uharcarior.
pretty close go its III Chaco'a vest
err edge, but IL IL not nuCh OF a
railroad. Moreover, although the
distance l0us- short on The man. III
ia q siE-daY hard vide on wuieLark
from hmbarcsCion ~ the Piicomay0
river. the eastern limit of argentine
terlitoTr.
VI Vas in TIE Argentine Chsco.
On the west bank Of The Pilcomayo.
that the late Tex Kicaard tried to
found q colony, devoted to cattle
raising. in the early days Of the
World War. The ventures failure
was due 90 no fault az the Chsco.
bat O. IeX's own inexpsrience. Even
after re lad given " Vp - hopeless.
wish the l0sE of about si0bQ,n 600. 8
group Of ten or = dozen North Amer
lean con puEchsfs, out 81 HE party.
remained on the ground and are
there - this day. doing excellsRtIy
aa meat producers for the Blsnog
aires market.
With rail facilities thaEs seems 80
be no question that the entire dis
trict wogll produce immense crops.
! or cotton. in particular, experts
have pronounced IL ar ideal country.
The Parazuaysn. Chsc0-of the
same character a. the Argentine
.s q triangle enclosed bssE cen the
Paraguay and PiicoRlavc rivers and
the Bolivian border. wherever tkst
n.ay hs, as finally determined.
On the east bank Of the Paraguay
Is ASuncion, ths republics capital
and a more OF less sattlsd %tsTritorr