The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-31
GOVERNOR GETS JOB
AS TIMES IMPROVE.
Tasmania Laid Him Of
as Treasury Ran Low.

49, AS0C0Ay ANs4A "s
Observation-Disclosures again has
a governor. Two years ago, when
Its treasury ran low, the state
saved $4,000 annually by leaving
the governors chair vacant. With
indications Of returning prosperity
a new executive has been appointed.
Tasmania Is a heart-shaped is
land about as large as West Vir-
ginia with many small islets
sprinkled about the Indian and Pa.
cific oceans Off it's coast" says
bulletin from the National Geo
graphic society. 1T lies about 200
miles off the southeastern corner
of Australia, Of which it is state.
ut Is difficult" continues the bull.
letin, "for the traveller in Tasmania
today to believe that three GEN.
turtles ago the state was an un'
known spot; that after Tasman, the
Dutch navigator, discovered it, no
one was particularly interested in
it for many years; that 1t was
first inhabited by black-skinned,
wooly-haired aborigines; and that
its largest and oldest city, Hobart,
now the capital, did not rise on the
southeastern shore until the turn Of
the Nineteenth century.
Famous for Potatoes.
Eight hundred miles of railroads
now speed Tasmanian travellers from
city to city, and transport its wide
variety of products. Good roads
radiate from cities and towns into
its most remote spots. The abo-
rhymes have gone (the last one died
in 1870. Hobart now is bustling
city Of $1,000 inhabitants and COW
ers some SO square miles.
"Once a writer said Tasmania
was populated only by gray boards
and women, because all ambitious
young Tasmanians migrated to Aus
tralia. But ride it's railroad trains
today or take an automobile tour
through the island, and you will
find that the assertion Is no longer
true. The railroads are modern
and the roads paved. They pass
through valleys, cross plains, and
skirt mountains that show the touch
Of the energy and industry Of
youth.
valleys are blanketed with pink
and white blossoms Of thousands Of
apple trees from which are harvest
ed more than 100000 bushels Of
apples a year for the markets Of
Australia, Great Britain, the Eu-
ropean continent, and even Africa.
Pears, plums, peaches, apricots, and
many berries also thrive in the mild
Tasmanian climate. Hundreds of
square miles are covered with for
ests that supply railroad ties and
wood for many other purposes for
local and foreign markets. Vast
areas Of grazing land are alive with
flocks of sheep from which come
the states large exportable sur
plus Of wool and mutton. Exten-
sive farming areas, particularly in
the north, produce an assortment
of vegetables which help to feed
the concentrated populations Of
Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
The northern plains are especially
famed as potato lands.
No NavigabIe Streams.
Tasmania must depend upon its
roads and railroads for transporta-
ton, for none of its many streams
are navigable. But Tasmania has
made other use of these streams and
plans further development. Here
and there water power plants pro-
duce the electricity that drives the
wheels of the states varied indus
tries, lights streets and homes, pro-
pels street cars, and brings the news
and entertainment Of the world to
radio receivers in Tasmanian Hv-
ing rooms. There Is so much cleo
trio power in Tasmania that Aus
tralia, less fortunate in this re-
spect, has considered absorbing
some of the current by laying a
cable between the island and the
continent. Out of mines, past which
these power-producing streams rush
to the sea. come such valuable min
erals as tin, copper, lead, coal and
tungsten.
until recent decades, Tasmania
was of little interest to the Aus
tralian. Now it is magnet for
eastern Australian vacationists, and
has earned the right to be called the
playground of Australia It's many
wide beaches are meccas for Aus
tralian pleasure seekers, while re-
sorts in the mountains that rise 1000
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