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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1934)
m i- HAM l 'I I K O N U 1.1 RESTFU L. A N Y W A Y A ft rf you |*t a w j to ■ alien! man. C r o s s in g the A n d e s f< " Eve r-P o p u la r o » . a F s ha la p r «lly fair company. P flira rif» Xocrplftl ns Almost Intlifl|»rns;i!»lf* 1'nrt of tlir lV r-D innrr Hour Offer 1 iulc HiHirullir* in Their Preparation. K Laying the T rana- Andean Cabla. fn | »r »l tf S a ilon a l O * o e r »r h ie Sectety Waehtnrtan. D. f t — W X i *erree. HE Andes, rooftops o f the W est ern hemisphere, have frequently stirred the Imaginations of engi neer*. The building of early Spanish trails across these mountains was among the feats of colonial days; the Trans-Andean railroad was one of the outstanding engineering achieve ments of Its time; and more recently the laying o f the cable that links A r gentina and Chile by voice added an other chapter to engineering progress In South America. Braving ice. accident and avalanches. North American and Chilean engineers, by sheer strength and persistence, dragged the heavy cable np and over the freezing, wind-swept mountain passes, blocked with drifts for months each year. Deep snow here causes frequent s’ ldes, or avalanches, before which even the stoutest poles are as wheat straw in a Kansas cyclone. So. to keep the cable from being swept away, workmen dug a ditch many miles long, over the higher Andean wastes, and burled the cable In It Near the tiny hamlet of Las Cuevas, on the Argentine side of the Andes, the line reaches a point 12AGO feet above sea level. By contrast the sub marine telegraph cable off the roast of Chile rests on sea bottom In 21,000 feet o f water. Dangerous and difficult though these lonely Andean passes are. stubborn man baa long used them In his rest less transit across South America. Tolling on foot or shouting and aton ing their lazy llama pack trains, na tive races of long ago traveled the worn trails that parallel the winding Aconcagua river, up ever-narrowing canyons, nnder cliffs, and along the edges of dizzy precipices. In the glittering days of Spanish viceroys, when the king of Spain ruled much of South America through his agents at Santiago de Chile, pack trains and soldiers used these same Andean trails to reach Tuctiman. Cor doba, and ancient Cuyo conntry. T •| it o f cowled monks. Then you stoi at Puente del Inca, a strongely formed natural bridge which give* the district Its name. Just beyond this bridge. If the day Is clear, you can glimpse great Aconcagua, highest mountain In the American, whose snow capped peak ruha the sky 23.080 feet above the sea. Christ of the Andes. At (.as Cuevas the westbound train crawls Into the mountain side from Argentina to emerge on Chilean solL Over the bill through which this two- mile tunnel runs Is laid the telephone cable; and. If the day he clear. Just at your train emerges In Chllenn sun shine you can look up at the hilltop and behold that famous peace monu ment. the Christ of the Andes. Far below, though still at 9.00U feet elevation. Inca Lake is set among the peaks. Still descending, your train creaks, squeals, and winds In and out among mountains of Infinite majesty, dignity and distance, rattles over bridges that span roaring cascades, to emerge at last Into fertile, green val leys of Chile. In clean, safe, steam heated tralna. this la a fascinating trip. You may sit comfortably at lunch and look out through plate glass windows at one o f the world's most astounding panorsm as. But you merely see It The work ers out there along the track. In skat Ing caps, ear muffs and mittens— the engineers on snowshocs and the crew driving the rotary plow against the drifts—they not only see but they feel and smell the Andes. And they bear the voices of the high passes, the hiss of the snow snd shriek o f winds around the crags, the roar of avalanches. Down the smooth, steep, snow-cov ered slope o f one mountain, plainly visible from the train, an avalnnche slides. Countless tons of rock dirt and snow, coasting straight down from the very clouds leaves a long, perpen dicular s<-ar. "What Is that funny trail down the mountnln side?" asks a soli taire player, looking up from his cards. No one answers. To save their cable from these slides, the telephone engineers burled it In the rocks all the way from l.as Cuevas, on the Argentine side, over to Juncal. In Chile. Broke Off From Spain. In these same bleak passe, where the big cable now carries spoken words, once echoed the shouts ot San Martin's famous "Arm y o f the Andes.” when Chile and the Argentine more Safety Comes First. than a century ago. wrested Indepen “ When we picked out the route for dence from Spain. For much of Its length cable paral laying our cable over the Andes. It was not with the view o f keeping close lels the well-known “ rack’’ railroad crossing the Andes. It took years to to roads and trolls,’’ said an official of build tills difficult railway, whose max the American owned telephone and telegraph company. "What we sought imum grade is 8 per cent. wns a path that would give the cable At Mendoza, on the Argentine side of the Andes, you leave the standard the most shelter and minimize the dan track and transfer to narrow gauge ger of breaks from avalanches, land coaches. For several hours a locomo slides or earthquakes. "But always we had to carry the tive of the "adhesion” type draws the train. Finally when grades grow steep heavy cable on the last lap of Its hard er, your engine crawls on the toothed Journey up steep mountains and over rails of the “ rack” system. As you cliffs, to where we had blasted a sunk climb slowly higher and higher, tun en wav for It. Only picked men could stand this tremendous physical ordeal. nels and snowaheds Increase In num We chose only those who had worked ber and length. Vegetation disappears T o make this trip In June or July, for years In high altitudes. Even the which la midwinter there, la to see blasting and digging of our cable's un the Alps o f South America In all their derground path over this roof of the glistening glory. Sometimes snowplows world, a ditch many miles long, was precede your train. In July, i«ao. a back breaking task.” «cores of passengers were delayed Once the Andes separated Chile and many days at each end o f the Trans the Argentine not only physically and Andean line, waiting for 25-foof drifts In a commercial way hut also formed to be cleared. Cp I d these passes re a harrier against Intellectual, social sort hotels have risen, and holiday and artistic relations. Now. hy this seekers come from Valparaiso, Santl cable, friendly Intercourse Is easy; nod ago, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo for not only can Santiago talk over the winter sports. One even sees soldiers Andes and across the far pampas to training on skis. busy Buenos Aires, but by a M mile Winding ever upward, the road runs cable under the great Hlver I'latfe she 1 In the shadow o f Mount Tupungato. can talk to Montevideo. In Uruguay, 21,550 feet high, and past an odd rock snd from there on by radio telephone formation known as "The Penitents,” to Europe, the Rrltlsh Isles, and tha from Its resemblance to a procession United States. Canapes only a few years ago we were asking each other how t«» pro neutu-e tha word, and mo* they are an accepted part of every woman's food program. They add entertain Bieut as a ell as savor to the half hour before dinner snd everyone eu Joys looking at a tray of attractive rsnapes. a« w ill a* »ailr-g them. They take time to make, and dia appear In a moment, but I think they repay os for our effort when we see our flo a ts apprec ate them so much I find that the easiest way to make them la to cut the crusts from the leaf o f bread and to spread It length wise with flavored butter I'erhap* 1 will use ketchup or pimiento hut ter for the A n i allea, u r k o v ) buttar for th* next, watercress or parsley butt>*r for the third, and cheese for t •• a# « rostra color as well as flavor. I then' rut these larga atlcaa loto tinnir lengths squares, diamonds and rounds, or oe f j i l o u i i y with fancy ruttar« I to mora Interesting simias, t arrange them on ■ dump elotli nnd t> eu gar nt»h each one with a different combi nation of contrastiti.; garnishes. 1 have the garnishes ready thin a aa o f plrklsav grsaa pappar« and pimiento«'*, or altees of anchovies. Bluffed oil ves and hard-cook «d r,-.;« ■i need egg whites amt strained egg yolks, tiny frap eis) birdary# onions a n i lobster claws. I take Just a few moments to arrunge these garnishes In simple designs, tin live Anger length stripe 1 may put tn overlap ping row of Stuffed olives, or the aame around the edge of s round. The strips of green pc|>per can t«e erosaci) or arranged tn a «;mp:e de algn — tha egg »decs put In the cm ter. th# egg whites, » e ll seasoned, used as au edging, the egg yulks to aprlnkle In the center or around the edges. Just the h-usi change of ar rangrmrnt will moke every esnape Individual. I S M t l M I I use with these a simple canape-Just spread with butter and sprinkled with chat Bey or some other mixed pickle There Is also another sort of rs »a p e Wbteh makes a fbod "rat < at the tnble. Either bread, tossi or fried bread Is used as Its foni latlon and It Is spread first with a flavored butter nnd then covered with slices of tomato, cucumlier and hard boiled egg. and garnished with mayonnaise. Stuffed olives sllce<l, or sliced ripe olives or truffle*. A h<>t inn- room T ld « Is cr.iape Is also delirious, made by satitlng the mushrooms, ar ranging them on the bread and c.v «rin g with a muahrooui, and a allce o f grilled tom;ito may t>e pul under the mushroom. Ho met lines a more elabe.rste canal*- «n<-h a* saimon e.;gs, for which 1 am giving the reci pe, Is used. Another Interesting combination Is made of In Hired an chovy fillet* or cl..... . spread. You may like to u«c small baked toma toes on toast and cover them with a cheese sauce. A stuffed egg gar nlshed aitrortlwdy is another »ug gestlon. Stuffed raw toniatov-s »ir allies o f gri-v-n pepper stuffed with cheese, garnished wrlth plmlento«-*, 1* another savory choice. I ro/.en chec««- cut Into squares, served on s slice of tomato or a bed of shredded let tnrp Is snolhrr suitable apprtl/er. t'rab or lobster salad on a t>v-d of cucimiliv-rs 1« another suggestion for a cold ranatie. This should lie served on buttered bread and gar- nlilied with green pepjiers or capers. We certainly have gone intp h fur ther In our ennape preparation than the dictionary—‘‘A slice or piece of bread fried In butter or oil. on whlrh anchovies, mushrooms, etc., are served ” Tomato Surprise Canape. ( to m a t o e s 1 c u p ch o p p e d c e le r y 1 p- • -1 * cream eheeffb \ cup chopped nut« o f top and Inserì through ■ allt In thls a small letture leaf, lo repreeent S handle Piace oli Irttuce leavrs and 1 serve wtth mayonualse or frnvch dresslng, whlchcvrr Is prcfrrTcd. S h r lm p Canape. kilt rhopprd pan e) vv.th ere» ed buffer, and «premi oli small aqoarrs i of bromi. Top wlth e shrlmp. and fili center wlth »rasoned mito ed egg yolk and pimento Give Your Hair ^Aciv J ie a u ttj Quieti Mesi. 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To go ha k to thè ts-glnnlng of thè tneal, If thè night la wartn. a chi lievi ciani or tornato Jtilre cocktail wlll Ivo refreshlng At all druggaU' — BETTER ,4f .Ml l>riij* Storei W .«.M «.*v < - IW w I v - s V lev Fvss bask r > cento. '■» cup capers or chopped oil»«# Lettuce u f i | A « f ^ i p j f k rrlwf for r ì »*! TU AAb Um. UfwHmrn Only lV 8kIn six firm tomatoes nnd place In fpfrlgerotor. .Mix celery, id..... nuts and capers together, adding tie tnato pulp taken from tomatoes Too VtlualtU thoroughly rhllled. Before scoop flood link I* seldom displayed on Ing out tomatoes cut off small piece the bargain counter. FO R Quick, Safe Relief For F.yet Irritated By Exposure To Sun, Wind and Hunt Cornucopia Canape. Toast brrad, rut In finger lengtht. sprrsd wlth uutyounal*« sud rhopprd egg yolk. Folti a sili# of drlrd beef luto a cornucopia, dii «U h onlon srs sollevi creai« riverse. and lay un toast, i