Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 2, Hammond, Lake County, 19 June 1917 — Page 7

Tuesday. June 19, 1917

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Former European Travellers Find Rival to the Mediterranean; Marvels of the Cool Table Lands of the American Tropics; Magnificent Old Spanish Architecture; Strange Prehistoric Ruins; Modern Capitals Humming With Activity Are Among the Unique and Novel Sights of the Picturesque Countries Fringing the Caribbean Sea.

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By HAMILTON M. WKIGHT. jon a mule to the "Cincinnati" coffee The splendors of the universe, the j P'antation.elevation 4,500 feet. Three

plories of the world are this year unfolded to American travellers in the

hours more and you reach an eleva-

tion of 9,500 feet. For hundreds of

picturesqu wonderlands that fringe the Caribbean sea. But it is a new world in, a new universe that they find. No more marvelous ehanges of climes, scenes and customs can b imagined than thos which greet the tourist, business agent or seeker after health who, from the snow and rigors of ( an American winter, plunges into the luxuriant semitropical environment that character

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her zenith. It is a r.ew chapter from a new book. Modernly equipped buildings, broad paved streets, pure water systems, electric lighting systems, movies, theaters, automobiles, and good hotels are features of the LatinAmerica of today. With an observance of sanitation and new standards of hygiene, the cities with their all year out-door life are among the healthiest in the world. And the Caribbean has its temperate zone. The beautiful table lands and mountain regions form almost a half circle rimming the Caribbean sea upon the south and west. In the hijrher reaches the air is cool, even cold sometimes at ni?ht and you will

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covenei. ins snow-capuea sierras to be seen from the Santa Marta foothills, nearby, are taller than the

loftiest peaks of the Alps. Irl a short '

day you can nde from Santa Marta

miles extends the glorious panorama of the snow-covered Sierra Nevadas of South America. Some of these peaks reach heights of 1,800 feet or more. Here is a vision for Americans well worth seeing. The Colombian foothills abound with flowering

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temperate plateaus, as, for example,! the elevated tb!e lands of Guate-hand!

mala and of Costa Kica. the Switzer- easilv and cheaDlv than the Mediter

land of the American tropics. Nolranean was reached by tourist3 hemore wonderful railroad journey in i fore the war. Ope may reach Cothe world can be had than that from i lombia in a little over a week from Port Imon across Costa Rica to San j New York, stopping at Jamaica and ose. the capital city. From a luxuri- the Panama Canal on the way. Get ant prof usion of troDical growths the . aboard a steamer and try a trip to railroad ascends often by mile-hisrh the American tropics. Finest aceomcanyons to the balmy table lands, j modations mav be had. The MediterFor miles and miles one revels in thejranean steamers could not excel Hories of a virgin forest at its best. them. Take a United Fruit boat, for Tho line. 103 miles in lenfrh, was ' instance, ore of the "Great White bui3t by an American. Mr. Minor C , Fleet." the largest fleet of steamers Keith, a groat constructive executive ; flying the American flan:. The hoat3 in the development tf the American j are. literally, floatine palaces. They trocics. San Jose, the canital, is a I are huilt psneciallv for tronical

modern ritv. e'vition .800 feat. A travel. T'neir snac.ous cabins are . Cartacrena is crowded with machines, the minimum 56. .8

feature is the Teatro Narional (Na-; COoled with refrigerated air. Fine a ! Santa Marta. a short distance' Thus it is in the American tropics tior.al theatre), a gem of architect-, la carte meals are included with the! along the Colombian coast, is the ' Americans are more and more findure. modelled, in part, after the -ticket and by many routes, the : oldest city still standing on either of j ing new roa!3 of interest. Whether Grand Opera House in Paris. It cost j steamers of the fleet reach practical-1 the American continents. In age it it be in the capitals with their archinesrlv Sl.000.000 in eo'.d. Guatemala ; ly every port along the Caribbean ! is excelled only by San Domingo in j tectural monuments of old Spanish City, the capital of Guatemala, has asea. Jthe Dominican republic on the Island ! rule, amid ancient ruins, as the oH population of 100,000. It is five thou- i The American tourist finds that of Hayti. No town was more pil'aeed ; evidences of the Mayan civilizatioi. sand feet above sea le,vel. Its climate the sloRan "See America First" may ' hy pirates. And between Santa in Guatemala, or in the busy sea is fine ann varies little throughout wen inri-:de the tropical Americas, ' Marta and Cartagena is Barranquil-: ports which cre ;n c.'nie touch witn the year. . disro-?ord by Columbus and his fol- i !a. the hustling export city of Colom- the United States, the Caribbean And these countries are iear at i lowers. Here at Cartagena, once i bia, located in the delta of the mighty i lands exert a-, irresistible lure.

Magdalena river that flows northward for 1,000 miles through the great republic. Giant dug-outs burned hollow from huge trees and capable of carrying a score or more of

Ore reaches them far more .' called "Queen of the Indies," fortified ; persons, sail tne river and iagoons

by King Philip II of Spain at a cost Keai oeuying sans, swarms of $59,000,000, a fabulous sum in! lazy crocodiles lie sunning on the those days, one finds the finest ex- j sand banks. Flocks of parrots and ample of a fortified city of the b "antly colored birds that both seventeenth century to be found in sinST and whistle are seen in almost the new world. Founded in 1533. j every woodland and thicket, once was it sacked by Sir Francis Compared to New York in summer Drake. Behind its heavy walls that ! time the Caribbean lands are cool, face the water on three points of the j The mean average temperature compass, rise its great churches and ; throughout the West Indies at sea picturesque public ecif.ces, tinted in ! level is 7S.8; the ma'ximuir. 87.5; the pink and blue, and brown and pale! minimum 70.8, a range of 16.7. At vellow and r'-eamin? under the bril-i 5,000 feet above sea level the mean liant tropical sun like pome mystic average is 2.4, cooler than many city of the far Orient. Here. too. is i city offices. The maximum at this heird the hum of the auto, for ' elevation is 6S.8 degrees Farenheit:

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Announcement of Campaign in the City of Hammond, Beginning June 18th, Ending June 25th.

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IN THE UNITED STATES . HAMMOND'S. ALLOTMENT $25,000 Headquarters of the Finance Committee in Charge at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce Rooms

We Must All Do Our Part and Do It Immediately

The citizens of our city have already in mind and heart the realization of debt and duty we owe to humanity. The community has shown it by the number of our young men and boys that have volunteered their services in this war and are now on their way to the front. Wc must show it with our contribution of dollars to back up the work in caring for them and assisting those in need. Excuses and evasions won't do; if others can sacrifice their health or lives, we certainly can sacrifice

and contribute our money. Let us do it in this way by pledging a monthly contribution for one year, let us start with this tremendous work before our armies begin to fight and be prepared. Pledge cards can be secured and information be obtained at the Campaign Headquarters, Hammond Chamber of Commerce rooms. 1 The first in the defensive wall should be, aside from the quistion of military service, contributions to this fund. THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS

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