The Coolidge examiner., 1935-11-08

NaHhtnEton. T. C--WNU Service.
TFOM the old-fashioned diver
+ slous of hanging around can
Il tinas. standing on street cor
ners. or attending bull fights and
cock sights. Peruvian men and boys
have turned largely to athletics. and
Association football has become to
them what sanI-lot baseball Is In
our country The bull ring Is sim
there and cooking mains exist.
but they are rapidly losing their ap-
peal
Lima. the Peruvian capital. Is
most fortunately located with ref.
erence 10 both winter and summer
resorts. whittier the people can go
quickly whenever climatic condI-
lions tend TO become oppressive.
A fifteen. minute motor ride brings
one 10 MiraHores: and the wealth
of It's flowers aud foliage justIfies
It's name. The streets are lined
with double rows OF trees. and some
~ them have central parking. while
few rambie about In that charm
lng informally OF a hne old Eng
lIsh town.
Barranco begins where Mira
flores ends. and delightfully."- strag.
giles along the edge OF an uneven
cllR about 100 feet above the sea.
az the base of which is n fine beach
reached by a long. covered ramp
and a peculiar elevator not unlike
the 1.yntonLynmou,h lift In north
Devon.
Chorrlllos Joins Barrauco as the
latter emerges out Of Mlrafores. Al
though totally destroyed during the
war with Chile. II has been rebuilt
and Is the meeting place OF the
wealth and fashion Of Peru during
the summer season.
Some thirty niles 10 the Rimac.
at an elevation of 2.SO0 feet. is
Chosica. Lima's principal winter
resort when the low. damp. drip.
ping fogs ~ winter hover over the
capital city. the suburban trains
are crowded with those who Enow
that. however dismal II may be on
the coast. at ChosIca the sun Is
surely shining. for this winter sub
urb IS above the range OF the
coastal clouds.
Callao Ia lIrna'a Port
Two years after Lima was 'ound.
ed. Cailao. It's port. began 20 rise
NJ the mouth OF the Rimac. Here
were laden the Spanish gaIleons
that carried the wealth OF the land
back 20 Spain Here. too. cen
tered for generations the trade OF
all South America. for the royal
edIet was that even the trade of
Buenos Aires and Montevijeo
should clear through Callao Many
were the times that It was pr
laged by pirates. And then. or
October 2s. l746. came the ter
rihle earthquake which rivaled H.
destrucilyeness that at Port Royal.
Jamaica. a half century before.
OF the city's COCO inhabitants
only two remained To tell the story.
But. unlike Port Royal. even such
catastrophe could not forever
banish IL from the map. A bigger
and better Callao arose on the ruins
of the destroyed city. Today the
government Is planning 10 build
modern docks and custom house
equipment which will make II
port where cargo can be received
and discharged with as much IA
cllIty as shipments are handled In
modern North American ports.
Lima Is fortunate In It's larger
enyirons as in It's closer setting.
Wherever a stretch Of the coastal
desert can be provided with wa
ter, an agricultural FL Dorado
takes the place OF parched sands;
and very few miles both northward
and southwark. fine stream
sweeps out from the snow-covered
SUBMITS OF the Andes.
Irrigation is therefore miracle
worker ready TO transform barren
wastes Into fertile fields. So the
government is irrigatlng the des-
ert with matches. paradOxical as
that mag sound
One OF the nations greatest
needs is the establishment OF new
irrigation projects, through which
new areas may be redeemed from
the desert. Yet this costs money.
The government decided that its
smokers should finance these prof.
ects. and the Swedish Match COM
oany was on hand with an offer OF
IS. s.OOO. 900 a year for the exclu-
sive right TO manufacture and sell
matches in the republic.
Development of Irrigation.
There are four albums in the Of
ices of one OF the larger British
houses In Lima which tell an elo-
luent story OF the role of irri-
.ation and of capital in promoting
he living standards of the people.
rhey contain pictures Illustrating