Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-07-19

In capturing the city, held 1t for a short period
and abandoned IL with booty valued at more
than half a 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 b~esiegers were successful, their stay was
only long enough TO plumber and sack,
Not only is Colombia rich In historic associa-
tons such as those connected with the ancient
city of Cartagena. but 1t lis also rich La 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 Colombo 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 flood
on account of their many sins. This flood took
place In the great foundations of the Sopo and
Tbito rivers, tributaries of the Funza, the In
habitants of the lofty plateau OF Bogota having
only the tops OF the trees In which to take
refuge. This great food 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 a golden scepter In one hand struck such
q blow with 1t 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 were 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
of Colombia and even today. In addition to be-
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 black 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 1882 that giant coffee not
poured out approximately 87.000,000,00O cups of
Americas national drink. enough to give every
person In the United States 725 cups per wear
or almost two cups a day, and so per cent of
tne Dllil0n an0 a nalr pounds OF cOHee now Inn
ported annually for American coffee lovers comes
from the South American states with Colombia
as one Of the chief sources of supply.
Just as the United States looks to her sister
republic In the South for a warming. invigorat-
Ing drink, SO does she also look TO her for n
cool. comfortable type of %headgear. For II 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 that 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 1t was therefore generally
assumed that they must be a product of that
part of Colombia and since they we're procured
In Panama, they must needs be known ms 'pan-
ans hats" Thus without further Information
as to Its origin. the term panama hat" was
accepted as correct and thus II has remained.
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