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London, Oct.
, 3.)—In
Russia women are on an absoluto
equality with men.
That was the enlightening und
pleasing discovery made by Miss Ka­
san Lawrence, Labor Member of
Parliament, in a six weeks’ tour of
the Soviet republics, from which she
has just returned.
’’Madame Trotzky, Madame Ka-
minef and Madame Krupekia—all
full ministers in the Central Soviet
Government, arc just as important,
cogs in the Russian- political ma­
chine as any of the betterknown male
officials ot the Government." de-
r.lared Miss l-awrence In an exclusive
Interview, "It la also Interestin« to
note that Madame Kolontay, ■who
has juwt presented her credentials to
the King of Norway, Is the first wo­
man in the history of the world to
be an Ambassador.
"In J-enlngrad I saw a parade of
Whaling Station on South Georgia.
thousands of children, factory work­
(Pr«par«d by th* National Gaocraphlc So­ harbor. Mall and supplies are dis­ ers and peasant«. Just as many
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ciety, Washington. D. C.)
A falling off In production from the tributed by water despite the prev­ girls were acting as commanding of­
ficers of troops of boys as there
famous North sea fisheries that made alence of rough weather.
Port Stanley, capital of the Falk­ were boys commanding troops of
Great Britain largely a nation of
mariners and so contributed to the lands and Its dependencies, has a ■girls. Mature women- showed the
building up of the world’s greatest population of about 900 people, a third same ability to command bodies of
navy, has set Englishmen to speculat­ of the entire population of the Falk­ marching men as that shown by men
ing on the possibility’of developing lands. The harbor is excellent, being in marshalling contingents of the
another great fishing region about the practically land-locked, and flanked
Bringing
by high rock ridges which screen its supposed weaker sex.
Falklend Islands.
This island group and Its dependen­ waters from the winds. Situated as about this equality of the sexes is
cies constitute Great Britain's south­ It Is near Cape Horn, this harbor has only one of the splendid achieve­
ernmost possession. The Falklands long been a refuge for ships battered ments of the Soviet Government."
lie in the South Atlantic 300 miles off by rough seas In their trips around
Remarkable steps in municipal
the coast of Argentina.
They are South America. Even now scarcely a administration have been taken by
month
passes
that
some
vessel,
minus
farther north than Cape Horn, oppo­
Russia within the last three years,
site the eastern entrance to the Strait a mast, or otherwise crippled, does not
of Magellan. Port Stanley, capital of limp Into Port Stanley. Because of according to Miss Lawrence.
"The larger cities are most tidy
the far southern colony, has a south­ this strategic position the little town
ern latitude exactly the same as the has built up a considerable ship-repair and clean, public gardens are neat
northern latitude of London, but It Industry.
and well kept, tramways are effic-
Few British colonies are as Isolated ciently operated, and Moscow has
has a fur different climate from that
of the British metropolis for no friend­ as the Falklands. Save for straggling just installed a system ot motor bus
ly. warm Gulf stream bathes the Falk­ ships or whalers the Islands have con­ transportation similar to that oa
lands to rescue It from the natural tact with the outside world only once
each month through mall steamers ■Fifth avenue, New York,” she said.
cold teniperatures of its position.
More to the point, the Falklands plying between Great Britain and the "City streets are kept Immaculately
During the World clean, Cigarette stubs may not be
have both a latitude nnd a longitude coast of Chile.
corresponding to that of Newfound­ war this Isolation was broken by un­ thrown indiscriminately about the
land In the northern hemisphere. Be­ welcome visits from German war ves­ streets, Boxes are provided at con-
tween the Islands and South America sels. Numerous whaling ships operat­ venient intervals, and regulations
are hnnks where cool and warm ocean, ing from the Falklands were sent to providing that all refuse shall be
currents come together as they do on the bottom, and in December, 1914. a placed in them are rigidly enforced.
the Newfoundland banks. Such a German squddron fresh from having
“The Russian railway system it
meeting of waters of strikingly differ­ defeated the British In the Battle of
ent temperatures furnishes an ideal Coronel off the Chilean coast, ap­ very good. The trains are clean and
environment for fish life; and It Is on proached the Falklands with the Idea as comfortable as any In which I
these banks westward from the Falk- of seizing them. But a strong British have traveled, although, the sched­
lands that certain far-seeing Britons naval force was in Port Stanley harbor ules are a trifle slow,”
Falk­
Jiope to build up fisheries that will and In the ensuing battle
Russian people, from the peas­
make good the waning fish supply lands all but one of the German ships
ants
lo the highest Government of­
were
sent
to
the
bottom.
from the North sea.
ficials,
much elated over the
The difficulties In the way of estab­
The Falkland Dependencies.
• are
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lishing n second North sea or New­
By official proclamation in 1917. prospects of the conclusion of the
foundland banks fishery near the Great Britain added to the Falklands Angl-Russlan commercial treaties
Falklands nre the long haul and ad­ colony thousands of square miles and of a big loan from British
verse climatic conditions for curing I known as the Falkland Island Depend­ bankers. Miss Lawrence found.
fish.
Whale fishing has already encies. These Include the Island of
“If the treaties are not ratified."
proved profitable In spite of the Is­ South Georgia east of the Falklands,
lands' remoteness, and It is believed the South Odkneys and the South Miss Lawrence said, "it will mean
that canning or freezing will ellni- Shetlands, somewhat farther south that Russia will again be thrown in­
lnate the other difficulty.
than Cape Hom and Graham Land and to the hands of the extremists and
The Falkland group Is composed of Coats Land, the former largely within terrorists, and all the progress
two large Islands, East Falkland and the Antarctic circle and the latter • which has been made will have gone
West Falkland, and about 100 smaller wholly within that zone of cold. None for naught. England should hflp
islets. Altogether they cover an aren of these lands save South Georgia can the Russian people to develop the
of about (MOO miles, being thus about be Inhabited by Europeans the year
the size of the Hahailan group. East round, but they and their neighboring tremendous possibilities of their Im­
Falkland fs nearly as large as Porto waters are extremely valuable because mense country, and English business
Rico. The urea of West Falkland Is of their whale fisheries. This 1$ now men should bp in on the ground
slightly less Qian that of the state the world's most Important whaling floor when Russia eventually opens
of Delaware.
region, contributing a greater entch up her country to foreign markets.”
annnally than all other whaling areas
Not Very Cold, but Cheerless.
Though the climate of the Falklands combined.
Is relatively mild—far warmer than
So long ns other reglcms were well Ancestral Homes Divided
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Newfoundland In a corresponding lati­ stocked with whales, only desultory
by the Heirs in Tahiti
tude—it is cheerless. On two days whaling was carried on near the Falk­
Papeete. Tahiti.—Here and there on
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out of three on an average rain falls lands. The Industry has been con- « the Island of Tahiti may be seen frag­
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or it is foggy. Though the thermome­ ducted In earnest In these waters only ments of houses; houses with the ends.
ter never sinks very low, it never rises since the begintUng of the present cen­ cut away, exposing bare rooms In­
very high; the annual mean Is 43 de­ tury. It was left to the enterprise of closed on three sides while the fourth
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grees Fahrenheit. The ground never Norwegians to open the field, and remains open to the weather; houses
dries, a fact which prevents the use these modern vikings dominate the with verandas gone; houses cut In
of the large quantities of meat in the industry. Whaling adds much to Port half; others with’ their iron roofs
Islands, and has necessitated the Stanley's Importance and prosperity. taken away. Inquiry brings to light
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breeding of a hardy type of sheep This Is the chief supply station nnd the Information that these forlorn ex­
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whose hoofs will not become diseased. base of operations. Oil Is the princi­ hibits represent the workings of tha
The islands are treeless and largely pal product derived from whales. It French inheritance laws as applied to
of rolling contour, with a backbone Is extracted from the fat of the ani­ Tahiti.
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of exposed rocky ranges.
On the mals In factories operated during the
In former times when the head of
moors, which resemble those of the open season on the shores of the de­ the family died the title to the proper­
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Scottish West Highlands, n coarse pendencies. or In “floating factories,” ty was vested In the eldest child, who
grass grows, whjch has so far largely former ocean steamers fitted up for conserved it for the benefit of the
determined the economic activities of the purpose, which follow the whal­ family at large. But the French laws
the Falklands, for It makes excellent ing fleet around. All whale products have done away with this. They de­
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grazing for sheep. Practically every are cleared from Port Stanley, and cree that each heir shall come Into
square foot of ihe Islands that is put constitute the Falklands’ chief ex­ full possession of his share of any
Secretary of Navy Curtis D. Wilbur ! ton (center), assistant budget offi­ to any use at ull Is used as sheep port. greatly surpassing wool and property. In consequence the courts
(left) is seen hero going over the cer. It was this work that brought rnnge. and there nre now between mutton in value. During thp World of Papeete are congested with land
new naval budget with Rear Admiral about the secretary's recall from his 000,000 nnd 700,000 sheep in the col- war when there was great demand for litigation. The usual battle ground is
western speaking trip, both he and ony. A hybrid type has been devel­ whale oil as a basis of glycerine for the homestead, which generally Is* a
Joseph M. Strauss (right), budget the White House insist. But poll- oped that Is admirably adapted to con­ explosives, more than $5,000.000 worth wooden building ot many rooms,
ditions. The wool has distinctive of oil was exported annually.
crowned- by a corrugated Iron rcof
officer, pnd Captain Walter R. Sex- ticians declare otherwise.
properties, especially a fine texture
and surrounded by a broad veranda.
which makes It particularly well fitted
The eldest son or daughter holds the
Hooked
for making hosiery nnd gloves.
fort there, But the others, after much
"It used to be the American girl litigation, establish their right to
The concentration of sheep on some
Grants Pass—Gateway to the Oregon Caves
of the islands lias greatly injured the who was regarded as sophisticated to shares.
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Armed with court orders, saws,
grass and In late years it has been a degree,” remnrked Henri de Brllle,
necessary to reduce the flocks. Lately the Parisian dilettante, "but since the chisels and other Implements of de­
factories hnve appeared to can mut- war has left Europe with a ratio of structive carpentry, they come and
ton products. The ranching Is done twenty women fo every man, things dismember the ancestral mansion,
mostly by large companies who may are different and continental romance each taking his fragment to his own
own entire Islands. As many as 200,- Isn't what It used to be.
domain. What is left remains the
"Quite recently, at Nice, I over­ heritage of the eldest, and until he
000 sheep are kept on a single ranch.
can gather substance to repair the
The shepherds who mnlntaln this far heard the following:
io spend »ho winter, but oil, boy! wo can have fnn nt home!
damage his domicile continues a mel­
southern live stock Industry are most­
“ 'I never loved anyone but you.'
ancholy monument to family dishar­
Put a yellow wreath (lol) around your neck, strum a IKE or a
ly from the British Isles, largely from
“ ‘Nonsense!'
mony, and he camps In the one or two
Scotland.
(UTTAR, play and sing Hula Dreams, Nad Hawaiian Sea, Hula
“ 'You are the light of my life.’
rooms still sheltered.
Little Overland Travel.
" ‘I've heard that before?
Hl ura.
" 1 can’t live without you.'
Because of the bogs and the rough
pqap s.lBq.w ‘1I®A\ — (« oub S babjix »
"'Foolish talk?
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ridges there Is little overland travel
In the Falklands. No roods exist, and
" 'If I could only fell yon hew much jo ; (adj a.) eq) uo) joiunf apa« jpg
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uo « m )
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what little movement takes place on 1 love you?’
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land Is by horseback or on foot. The
" ’Think of something new?
jeqiuauioa puy —
STANTON ROWELL, Prop.
coasts nre deeply Indented and most
’“Will you marry me?'
ranch headquarters are on some tiny
'“Well! Now you’re talking I'”
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They Go Over Budget
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