The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-06-27

Highlights of
Mexico Trip
Carl Fischer, Phil Steiner and
E. w. Olson Attended
Rotary international
EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY
Address Given By President
Of MeXicO-Two Hours
Later Near Revolution

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E. w. Olson returned Monday af-
ternoon from sixteen day trip to
Mexico City on which they travel
led five thousand miles, thirty-five
hundred of which they were able
to make by auto. 1t was made nee
essary to make the remaining miles
by train since the highway in
Mexico is not entirely completed.
The gentlemen were delegates to
the 26th annual convention of Ro-
tary International, Carl Fischer
being the voting delegate.
Leaving here on Saturday, June
9Th, they covered the flood dis
tricts in the southern United
States and those of the Republican
River in Nebraska. They visited
the capitol building in Lincoln,
Nebraska, which is one of the
finest structures of it's type in
the world. They left the United
States, after passing through the
oil fields of Oklahoma and Texas,
at Laredo, Texas, on the following
Wednesday. They proceeded to
Monterey, where it was necessary
to leave the car and travel the re-
naming distance to Mexico City
by rail. They arrived there on
Friday morning.
On the way to Monterey they
saw a little corn, a little grain,
beef cattle ranches, and lots Of
cactus. In the mountains which
they drove through the poems live
in adobe huts, and with the little
vegetation which is able to exist
one cannot imagine what their liv-
ing is. Near the Capitol City the
land is higher and the country is
more abundant in vegetation. The
people are a little less slovenly,
though even in Mexico City the
poorer classes go barefoot, or wear
some sort of homemade sandals,
and wear overalls. The more we'll
TODD classes dress much as we do
in this country. Conditions COM
pare favorably with those in this
country, some commodities being
slightly higher, others, which they
grow there, are Of course, less.
Gasoline is sold by the litre and
figures to about twenty-five cents
gallon. The dollar of Mexico is
the peso and the rate Of exchange
was 1858, or in exchange for one
American dollar one received 1858
Mexican pesos. Their coinage Is on
the silver standard, and they use
the decimal system. Food is all
highly seasoned. Butter, made
from goats milk, and Mexican
coffee, are foods in ill repute with
most Americans, though most Of
the rest of the food is good.
During the weekend they visit
ed many places of interest. The
Indian pyramids built by the Az
tees and covered by them for pro-
lection against the Spaniards,
were not discovered until 1905
when the railroad was built
/ through that section. The Shrine
of Guadalupe is another scenic
spot to which thousands of In
| dams make pilgrimages yearly.
The appointments in the structure
are all in gold. The Mexican ma
tional sport, bull fighting, furnish
ed entertainment to the Rotar-
| ians. Phil told Of the game, Jai-a-
lai, which is a combination of
squash and tennis and is one of
the fastest games played. On Mon
day they reviewed the floating
| gardens, and the Castle of Chepul-
tepec, which was the seat of the
Macmillan government and re-
fleets the luxury of his reign. It
was the White House of Mexico
prior to the terms of the last two
| presidents who have been too dem
ocratic to live there. 1t is now used
as a museum.
The convention was held in the
Palace of Fine Arts which is the
finest building in the world. Its
stage has a curtain of glass which
alone was purchased at $75OyO0O.
1t is respondent in its indirect
lighting and it's marble work. The
convention opened on Sunday,
Jue 10th, with registration and
concerts by typical bands and Or
chestras of Mexico. The address of
welcome was given by General
Lazaro Cardenas, President of the
Republic of Mexico, who expressed
the wish for peace with the world
and with the United States. Within
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