The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-16

was finally installed. A Hume of hardwood and bamboo brings water from a stream on the hillside back of the house to pressure and settling tank, also built of wood. From this tank the water is piped into the house.
 An efficient system for heating the water was made from two 50-gall0n drums. The bathroom is lighted by candles set in sconces made of hollow bamboo stems.
 One of the first things the young pioneers did on arriving at their new ranch was to look for land which had good drainage and which was not too far from the house, 10 clear for land for the planting of vegetable garden. They found shelf of good land Oyer- looking the river and set men to chop down trees, clear away brush. and free 1t as far as possible from rOots Carrots, beets, beans. spinach. and radishes thrive, but lettuce and cab. haze grows very tall-into small trees, in fact-and develops disappolntingy small heads. Tomatoes flourish. Even stray seeds dropped around the kitchen door grow into strong, healthy plants. The small pepper, ajl, so popular In Ecuador, grows equally well.
 Papaya trees give delicious melons for the breakfast table. Bananas, of course, were planted immediately. Orange and tangerine trees grow near by; also lemon and lime trees Wild guava trees bear fruit just over the fence.
 There is also the naranjilla, which i an Orange-colored fruit covered with a prickly, hairy coat The inside of this fruit is greensh-yellOw color and is filled with tiny seeds. One spe. cies is tasteess. but the juice of the other, when ripe, has delicate, dis tinctive aroma and flavor, which may be indicated vaguely to the sense Of taste by mentioning combination of orange, pineapple. and strawberry. It makes a refreshing hOt-weather drink, and also delicious pie similar to lemon meringue. Perishable foods are kept by means of homemade water. cooled balsa-wood refrigerator The mountain stream which Is diverted over this refrigerator box keeps butter hard and vegetables fresh and crisp.
 All the Comforts of Home
 In this wilderness two modern Cru. soes have achieved the comforts of the white mans civilization. Their dinner is served on a hand-rubbed mahogany table. China Is native-made and hand. decorated in single design which re. sembles that of Italian pottery. The shawls are effective as curtains and stand out brightly against the soft, satiny gleam of the cinnamonboard walls.
 Against the dark wall of the living room, the paintings of Quito artist emphasize the rich, bold tones of na- tive scenes and native faces. Between the book shelves which flank one end of that room Is a built-in divan de signed by one of New York's foremost stage designers. It is upholstered in the downy kapok of the woods and covered with the weaves of nimble na. tive fingers. wide veranda incloses the front and sides of the house. and another of generous proportions out, lines the between the rear wings. Outside, in the working" grounds, is blacksmith shop. with an lmpro. vised forge and blower. to which the stubborn little pack mules and the rid ing horses are led for shoeing. Across the driveway is peon shack. made of split bamboo and covered with thatch. Near the biz gate is a corral built on the western style, by using whole bam. boo poles instead of pine timbers. The big gaze which leads to the hacienda house from the Pastaza trail was an achievement in hand labor. To the top of the huge lignum- vitae posts, l5 feet high and 20 inches square, the | men hauled up on runners a cross beam weighing l,7O0 pounds. Sheer | manpower, lacking the assistance of machinery, tugged and sweated that massive intel into place all one after noon. There it Is now. etched h the moonlight, proclaiming to the jungle and the trail the results of two years' effort