The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-21

in capturing the city, held II for a short period
and abandoned II with booty valued at more
than half million ducats French adventurers
also succeeded In capturing the city after strenu
Gus siege. and departed with even greater treas
ure. In spite OF temporary capture. Cartagena
continued to remain Spanish. for, although some
of the beslegers were successful, their stay was
only long enough to plunder and sack,
Not only is Colombia rich 10 historic assocla-
tions such as those connected with the ancient
city OF Cartagena. but IL is also rich In beau
ties of nature which justify the Characterization
Of "A Gem Tween Two Oceans" One OF those
beauty spots Is the famous Tequendama wa
terfall and connected with II Is an interesting
legend OF the Chibchas the native inhabitants
of Colombia BOchia was their protective deity
and Chibchacum, a subordinate deity, was the
god OF farmers, merchants and silver workers
The Chibchas, like some other peoples of the
earth, had their universal punishment or food
on account of their many SINS This food took
place in the great inundatiOns Of the Sopo and
Tbito rivers tributaries OF the Funza, the In
habtants of the lofty plateau OF BogOta having
only the tops Of the trees In which to take
refuge This great flood had been ordered by
Chibchacum. their subordinate god. But the
survivors turned their eyes to Bochica, their
ever-protecting deity, and the latter appearing
one evening at sunset above the rainbow and
with golden scepter In one hand struck such
blow with it upon the rocks of Tequendama
that they split in two and through the opening
thus made the waters held on the savannah or
plain of Bogota released, leaving 1t more
fertile than before thanks to the slime that
had accumulated. This was the divine origin of
the marvellous Tequendama waterfall.
In the old days it was gold and precious
stones which constituted the sought-after wealth
nd
ing the worlds largest producer of emeralds,
that republic leads all other South American
countries in the production and export of gold
But her greatest treasure Is gold Of another
sort-three kinds of gold" In fact. They are
white gold' or platinum, In the production of
which she ranks second slack gold" or oil and
green gold" or coffee.
The worlds largest producer of fine coffees
and second in world coffee production, Colombia
has a leading role among the South American
countries in being purveyor to the enormous
coffee pot of her neighbor on the north the
United States. In 1892 that giant coffee pot
poured out approximately S7OO0O00OOO cups of
Americas national drink. enough to give every
person in TIE United States 725 cups per year
or almost Two cups a day. and so per cent OF
the billion and half pounds Of coffee now i'm
ported annually for American coffee lovers comes
from the South American states with Colombia
as one Of the chief sources of supply
Just the United States looks to her sister
republic in the South for warming, invigOrat-
ing drink. does she also look to her for a
cool comfortable type of headgear. For it was
during the construction of the Panama rail
road across the Isthmus of Panama. then a part
of Colombia. that the term panama" as applied
to hats originated.
While thar work was in progress. several of
these native hats found their way into Panama
City and were purchased by tourists and by
workmen. Owing to the rapid and profitable sale
of those few hats larger quantities were brought
in and sold. Tourists who carried these hats
away with them. when questioned as to their
origin very naturally replied that they came
from Panama and it was therefore generally
assumed that they must be a product of that
part Of Colombia and since they procured
in Panama they must needs be known as "pan-
ANA hats" Thus without further information
as to its origin. the term panama hat' was
accepted as correct and thus it has remained
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