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Peterson
In South
Oscar Prtrrson. who I due to
return tht M from hU tour
through South America with
mem Nni of I hi Oregon Wheat
League, haa written trom Ecua
dor, ivru and Chile to tell
friends of hi experiences.
The first letter, written Janu
ary 21 from Quito. Kcudaor, told
of travels In lolombia.
"We had a drive Into the
country i-'unday forenoon and
saw some of the beautiful coun
try near Bogota." he wrote. "Ev
erything Is so green and pretty
and looks prosperou. Saw the
many lush pasture with herds
of dairy cattle, mostly llolsteia
.Some promising looking barley
fields and corn field. Seems
land is too expensive for the
growing of wheat but wheat is
grown.
"This is a rich valley and land
hells for from 500 to GOO dollars
per acre. Farms are well Im
proved and said to be privately
owned We visited Salt Mine
hill and even visited the Cathed
ral three miles within the hill.
"Bogota is in one of upper
valleys about 8300 feet eleva
tion and has a pretty uniform
climate, averaging around 57
degrees the vear around. Rain
fall from 130 to 140 inches per
year! Bogota is a most modern
metropolis. Said to be the Ath
ens of South America. In a tour
of the city we are fascinated
by the many beautiful homes
and stately public buildings.
Excellent climate and produc
tive soil of the valley suitable
for cash crops has given the
support for the growth of this
citv of 1.800.000 people. A great
textile industry is located here,
some steel mills. Bavarian brew
ery and many others. Much un
employment, however, and
mostly a two-class system, the
well-to-do and the poor.
"Simon Bolivar is
Btwn.ru .
as the George Washington of
Colombia. He is somewhat of a
patron saint though his career
was short-lived.
Spanish Spoken
"The Spanish language is
spoken almost exclusively in all
the Independent Republics. Po
litical forces in Colombia have
been developing and modified
over the years into what are
now the Liberal and Conserva
tive parties. A system has been
worked out that is quite unique,
four years of Liberal and four
years of Conservatives and a
senate and a house divided 50
50 the same way. Just now there
seems to be a great deal of dis
content with the party in pow
er, the Liberals. The commu
nist party has had a lot of pow
er lately and its membership is
increasing every day.
"We visited the Tihaitata Ag
ricultural Research Sta t i o n,
pome 20 miles outside Bogota.
This is the main agricultural
experiment station. It is fi
nanced by the Colombian gov
ernment and the Rockefeller
Foundation of the United States.
We were impressed by the work
done here; 1200 acres and al
most dwarfs some of our own
experiment farms.
"We are now in Quito, Ecua
dor .right at the equator. At six
o'clock the sun is down here and
by six again it is up. A very
good climate also but a little
higher than Bogota. Much sur
prised to see snow-capped peaks
as we drive out of the city. Mt
Cotopaxi, the highest active
volcano in the world, "can be
seen and is snow-capped."
Quito Clean City
From Lima, Peru, Peterson
wrote on January 26:
"We liked Quito very much
It seemed like such a clean
city and surrounded by high pic
turesque mountains. We took a
130-mile drive passing through
beautiful valleys, rolling meaa-
ows and majestic mountains to
Sequsili and the Indian market
there, passing at the foot of Mt
Cotopaxi. The Andes Mountains
really are picturesque.
"At the Indian market no end
of products of the soil being
bartered and sold. Just a bee
hive of activity nad mostly In
dians.
"An Interesting stoD was
made at a Hacienda, one of the
so-called farm units in this
area. A hacienda can be from
a few hundred acres up to many
thousands. Many times family
units are handed down irom
generation to generation with
the owner living in town and
'an engineer in charge. Natives
do the work. Each native or
worker has a small acreage, of
ten only one acre, his own, liv
ing in a cottage often with a
thatched roof. Principal crops
grown are potatoes, beans, corn,
etc. Wheat is badly susceptible
to rust and land is more valu
able for other crops.
"Peru seems a bit different
from other countries visited so
far. Almost down to sea level
here at Lima. It is an almost
arid region with rainfall less
than one inch here. Still there
is a population of almost 2 mil-
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lion. Support comes from farms
at higher elevations, fishing and
some Industry. Most American
firms are located here in con
nection with the fishing indus
try. The anchovy fishing Is
fertilizer economy. Production
last vear from this Industry was
practically 250.000 tons and
25 of all the income.
Pern Load of Cold
"Peru is the classic land of
gold and silver. At the present
time mining ranks next to ag
riculture in importance. Petro
leum Is one of the most Import
ant mineral products and Is ex
ported in - crude and refined
forms.
"Our group paid a visit to
Carl Allam. director for the
tflroat Plains U'lioit in Lima. II
succeeds jack smltn wno opened
the office here a few years ago.
Purpose is to bolster sales ol
wheat in South America as our
own Oregon Wheat Growers
League has been doing In Ja
pan and the Far East. Jack is
well remembered here and high
ly spoken of. Allam tells us
there is a sort of common mar
ket trade relations between all
South American countries. In
dustries from the United States
are reoresented here General
Motors. Ford, and others. People
in the country seem satisiiea
and growth development slow.
Population is 70 Indian and
any changes that come about
are forced.
"This is the land of the Inc-
as. The dry sands of Peru's
coastal desert was the burial
grounds of the Incas. It is us
ually true that the dead don't
tell tales but had It not been
for the custom of the Incas of
burying their dead in mummy
bundles In the dry sands oi
this coastal desert, we would
know far less about South
Americans. Civilizati o n s are
traced back as far as 2000 years.
In the weaving of tapestries
and in the use of bronze, cop
per, silver and gold they were
as skillful as any workers of
the old world. Pottery making
was one of the skills of the Inca
craftsmen. Their clay pottery
was both durable and usefuL
Incas' Wealth Fabulous
The wealth of the Incas In
gold and silver was fabulous,
and the conquest of their em
pire became the turning am
bition of the Spaniards who dis
covered it in the 15208 shortly
after Columbus discovered
America. Francisco Pizza it o with
less than 400 men conquered
the fabulous Inca empire in
1533.
"The city of Cuzco at an ele
vation of 11,000 feet, some 600
miles south and east of Lima
was the Inca capital and sac
red city."
From Santiago, Chile, Peter
son wrote:
"Came here by jet plane two
days ago from Lima. Santiago
is a beautiful city, modern and
surrounded by snow-ca pped
mountains. Chile is not a large
country, but they say 2600 miles 1
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long, all the wav from Peru to
the Straits of Magellan. an4
from the Andes Ml, to the sea.
averaging lust a little more
than 100 miles wide. Has been
a republic aim l!t0 when len
eral O'lllcglna declared Chile
independent from Spain.
"There U an undercurrent of
restlessness here. There I i
poverty class, mostly the Indl
ans and a few other under
privileged. Minor uprising con
stantlv and the military ever
readv to retain order or take
over. It seems that communism
thrives on this, the lower un
derprlvileged classes.
Santiago SS"V Spanish
"Santiago, the capital, has a
different atmosphere than moM
South American countries. Less
latin. 65 perhaps of Spanish
descent. 3X white I English,
Irish. German), 5 pure inui
an. ihtie M a repuimc wun a
president and national congress.
There is a common acceptance
of democracy and beliefs, as
with many Latin American
countries, in a close association
with the United States. The
economy of the little country
depends mostly on the copper
and nitrate trades. While the
nitrate trade with all nations
was the principal source of In
come until World War I. this
has now dwindled to smaller
significance. Now agricultural
products, copper and some in
dustry are the principal sources
of Income. Fully 90 of the
Chilean population, some 9 mil
lion, lives In the central rertlie
agricultural region.
"Earthquakes and tidal waves
have been numerous in this
coastal region. Otherwise, the
wonderful soil the tremendous
mineral resources and Ideal cli
mate makes Chile, small as it
is, a nation of great potential.
'As is natural on any or these
planned tours, none is acquaint
ed to begin with, but before
many days, become as one
great family. There are 17 or
us on this tour or South Amer
ica. After about 10 days we are
getting somewhat acquainted
and feel that we are mends
among friends."
Japan Projects
Boost U. S. Wheat
Increased activities in the
realm of foreign market devel
opment by Western Wheat As
sociates, the right arm of the
Oregon Wheat Growers League
in Japan, has resulted in num
erous new projects to promote
Pacific Northwest white wheat
and U. S. wheat in that area.
New projects are Chinese noo
dle promotion, macaroni-spa
ghetti promotion, research and
education on diets, bringing a
Japanese cereal chemist to the
U. S. for training, and the de
velopment of a new test mill
at the Japanese Institute of Bak
ing.
Last fall a Japanese govern
ment wheat mission visited the
U. S. and now have returned
home with a deeper understand-
ing of an interest in U. S. wheat
A very successful sandwich pro
motion is in effect to promote
this item in their diet The pro
motion of pancakes in retail
stores has been very successful
as well as ready-mix cake flours
being available to the house
wives.
These activities and many
more, promoted by the league,
have been very influential in
the record cash wheat sales to
Japan. For the first time the
Japanese are now importing
hard red spring and Durum
wheats.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Stubble-
field of Walla Walla visited the
past week-end with her grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mc-
Daniel, at their home in Hard-
man.
Council Discusses Parle
y MAST LEE MARLOW
BOARDMAN The city council
voted last week to investigate
the formation ol a Pr ani rec
rA!liinal district In the Hoard
man area. This U necessary for
a full watrrfn'nt park ami ree-ri-alinnal
development tV the
U. S. Con t! Engineer.
In other action the decision
was made for a blanket r grav
el to be put In front of the new
rltv hall.
The Urban Renewal Agency
voted to sell residential lots to
Mel Allen. Carroll Donovan.
IVwev West, Joe Tatone. Ilaiel
Miller and Vetla Mathewson.
This make a total of 43 resi
dential lots sold to date. There
are still more available.
George Fleshman. assistant
district manager of the Social
Security Administration office
In La Grande, will be at the
Greenfield Grange hall Febru
arv 19 at 5:.TO to sign up any
persons age 65 and above who
are still eligible for Medicare,
and have not previously signed.
Following a potlurk supper at
the hall Fleshman will speak at
7:30 p m. on the subject of Med
icare. The public is invited to
attend.
Four tables of pinochle were
In olav Friday night at the par
ty at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Allen. Co-hostess was
Mrs. Guy Ferguson. Present from
out of town were Mr. and Mrs.
Roseoe Links of Madras. Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe of
Hermlston and their daughter.
Mrs. Eddie Boothman of Grand
Forks. B. C.
High prizes were won by
Mitch Boone and Mrs. Booth
man, low went to Mr. and Mrs.
Links, and Boone and Mrs.
Boothman also won the pinoch
le prizes.
The next party will be Febru
ary 18, place to be announced
later.
Mr. and Mrs Darold LaChance
and daughter Tammy, who have
been spending the past several
weeks In Coos Bay where La
Chance is employed, spent the
week-end here at the home of
A
Heppner
hi aunt. Mt. Glen Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Date Russell and
children lanny, Meve and la
lene of The pallet were week
end tlsltors at the home of Ku
s-U'e parents, Mr. and Mr. Seth
Hurll, and also at the home
of Mrs. huarlt a brother In-law
and sister, Mr. ami Mr Carroll
iKmovan, and her brother and
tlster In law, Mr, and Mr. IVw
ev Wet.
Mr. and Mr, mil Cell of The
Dalle upent the week end here
visiting Mr. Get!' parent. Mr.
and Mr. Harold Rash, and Gets
mother. Mr Carol tlet.
Mr. and Mr. IVlhert llotuton
and children Leo. Arlen. Don
ald and Sharon Kae of La
Grande were week-end visitor
at the home of Mr. Iloutston'a
parents, Mr. and Mr. Leo Potts.
Mr. Chet Ethrlilge of Spo.
kane. Wash., visited last week
at the home of Mr. and Mr.
Leonard lledord. The Bedords
took her to Condon to visit her
son. Kerry Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Walton Young
of Enterprise weie Saturday vis
itors at the home of Mr. and
Mr. Dewey West. Sunday
guests were Mr. West's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beeka of Ar
lington.
Mr. and Mr. Erie Madsen
and daughter visited relatives
In The Dalle during the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. James Atkins
and daughter Joanne of The
Dalles were Sunday lsitor at
the home of Mr. and Mr. Car
roll Donovan.
College students home for the
week end Included Sharon Don
ovan and Dennis Gronqulst from
EOC. La Grande, and IVwena
West. Pat Miller. Jim and Steve
Partlow, Blue Mountain College,
Pendleton.
Cafeteria menus for Riverside
High school and Boardman
Grade school for the week of
February 14-18 are as follows:
Monday hamburgers. let t u c e.
pickles, green beans, vegetable
sticks and pudding; Tuesday-
turkey and noodles, rrench
bread, mixed vegetable and
cobbler; Wednesday ehlllburg
ers, vegetable salad, cake and
fruit; Thursday roast beef, po-
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iWritlng ftom Ibadan. Mgetlal
Mv New Year dldn I suit t-o
well School started un January
7 here, but I didn't ilt-t hai k till
the 13th. 1 sure cnj)d the hull
iIjvb wlt.i inv folks and IU k
lie wa glad to see u. too. My
Han connection didn't wotk
out very well so that's why I
was late.
From Niamey I went to Abid
jan, capital of Ivory Coast. Thai
wa the Wh, Then I got t
Abidjan for : hour U-fore my
l!lghl f I ago took off. Al
though I didn't have a visa f
Ivory Coast the custom offic
ial allowed me to go into the
city. Abidjan I Ine center I
French speaking west Atrica
and U aulte modern I arrived
In Lagos Saturday night and be
cause i'f trouble In Western
Region everyone wa traveling
by plane so I couldn't get reser
vations. I finally went by car
en the 1.1th.
Well, 1 suioe you've heard
tatoe and gravy, tomatoea,
roll and fruit: Friday tnacar-
onl and cheese, beet, vegetable
sticks and rookies. Bread, but
ter and milk are served with
all meals.
The Busy Bakers 4 II cooking
club met last Thursday at the
home of their leader. Mr. Ar
nold Hoffman. Diane Rash and
Karen Phillips made muffin,
and Winifred Kths and Cindy
Duncan prepared potato soup.
The next meeting will be Feb
ruary 10 at which time Cindy
and Glenda Moore will make
biscuits, and Helen Cook and
Winifred will prepare a tossed
green salad.
Mr. Frank Marlow spent the
week-end in Walla Walla.
Wash, visiting her aunts, Mr
Ernest Zcrba anad Mrs. A. C
Knudson.
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all the pew about Nigeria.
Were tlgh in the middle of It
here, but so far we have been
very lurky. The trouble It very
utniued with the new military
government, although an at-t-nipt
wa made on Gen. Ironsl'a
lite. There shouldnt be any
trouble for a while.
We're in.t even allowed off the
m. h.Mii rimimi It the I'nlvrrslty
rampus eacrpt for special thing.
Rljjlit now is an ci-piin
I in playing trombone In "Die
Flederiuaus." Ie Urn up ll'l I
am, for two night and we at ill
hiv ihwa tmtro iw-if iirinsnce.
All travel la banned for Amer
icans here, but w I'laved to a
full house last night. The oper
etta U quite a big production.
I'm afrarl.t to klV tiKl much
about the crlsl here now, but
1 11 write another letter a oin
a iMissible. I heard from paviti
and Doug. I got a postcard from
Athens ami they were Just leav
ing for Rome so I guess they are
in Italy now.
Have thre been any coup In
the U. S. lately?
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ttanfUkL Ortosi
a Old rasMooad
I Hickory ftmekea
Wadaaadar.
Curing
Slouch terlaa
Moatloya,
friday
Cutting and Wrapping
Locker M and lk
Will pick up twe beef at
mora tree of chesv
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