The Sidney herald., 1956-01-26
|Smta's Visit
To Pakstan
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FROM MONTANA IFYE
Following is the second anc
last of a series of letters writer
by Clifford Doke, Montana IFYF
who recently returned from Pax
istan.)
Lahore, Pakistar
November 1885
Dear Friends,
l will see if / a squeeze in a
letter to you while / am wait
ing to 60 down to the u. S. In
formation Service Office.
have had many varied and
different experiences since my
last letter. My second stay was
in an area of very different eli
mate, crops, and land. When /
left Sind and went to Baluchistan,
/ nearly froze. In Baluchistan /
was about 5000 feet above sea
level in the foothills of the Hi
malaga Mountains. The climate
is much like that at home in the
fall and it nearly made me home
sick.
/ stayed in a small village about
so miles from the nearest city
and the life was very simple.
During the whole month I never
ate n meal with utensils. | am
becoming quite efficient at eating
with my fingers. The village
people were really impressed at
seeing an American eat like the
common people. To really get
the love of these people you must
change your standards.
My host in Baluchistan had so
acres which is relatively small
and / got a chance to work, which
is n thing you don't get a
chance to do very often over here.
He had five small children which
/ got to know well and really
had a lot of fun with. They are
just like children you will meet
When l left, they all
cried and my host had tears in
eyes when we parted. He
said Things will never be the
same when you leave. We have
had SO much fun and have gotten
know each other like brothers."
When things like this happen,
you have a feeling you have done
something to bring peoples of the
world closer together.
I have seen a new type of ir-
-igation here. II is only used in
ran, Afghanistan and Baluchi-
Pakistan. They call it a
'Karez." 1t is a system of wells
which may be four or five miles
ong. They start on a high level
lp ON a mountain slope and drill
wells every 100 yards or SO. All
Il these wells are connected by
n underground tunnel. The water
ises to the surface at a lower !
evel and is used for irrigating
heir crops. 1t is very expensive
nd many of them produce very
title water. One "Karez" is used
y many farmers on a cooperative
'asis. This water shortage is
cry acute here and is the main
eason for the poor agriculture
The main crop is fruit. This is ,
ne of the best fruit producing :
in the world and the village =
evelopment programs is trying to !
lcrease the amount of land in .
richards. They raise some of the :
lrgeSt grapes / have ever seen
nd they surely taste swell after
meal. Wheat is raised during I
lie winter season. Much land is =
sed for wheat during the rainy Y
,ason with no irrigation, but the ,
ield is very low. Only about 30 y
the land in Baluchistan is I'M ,,
er irrigation. Because of this !,
nd the fact that most of the =
md is rough and mountainous, is
Oh see bands of goats and sheep :
yerywhere. The only income of y
amy people is a small band of II
bats or sheep. The sheep are a o
sw type to me. They all have =
t tails. Sometimes the tail looks
alf as big as the sheep. II
/ gave a talk to the high school ST
my village on u. N. Day. 1t "
the only high school in the 5
ga. They have IL grades, but "
AIDES 6-12 have to pay tuition. OF
MS is one of the bad things C;
'out their education because it M
nits the children who can af- az
rd to attend. Education is sup di
'sed to be compulsory, but many &C
the children don't attend school ye
cause they are needed to earn m
for the family. They have m
grave lack of teachers mainly &C
cause the pay is so low. Most of OF
2 educated people go into gov to
1ment jobs leaving very few 81
education tn
| arrived in Lahore yesterday Oh
my way to East Pakistan. We
re taken on a tour of Lahore so
one of the IFYE's to the u. S. us
t year. We saw the Mosque en-
-e which is the largest in the =
rid and the Shalimar Gardens.
ey were both constructed by
same man who built the Tai
hal 1t Is really a wonderful
city.
guess / have about reached
end of my rope for this time
/ will sign off. Say hello to
for me. "Hadahafez"
ii next time.
Sincerely,
The Pakistani, Clifford Doke.
5. Nov. IA, 1855:
seemed to have forgotten a
: things. A rail trip in this
nfry is a real experience. It
k me % hours to travel about
miles. They have to stop at
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