New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1928, Page 6

- LIGHTROUSE ‘WiLL B BGNONUNENT Whole World Contribating to! Columbus Memorial ‘Washington, Oct. 12. P—The en- tire world has been invited to con- tribute of its genius and wealth to- ward the erection of a lasting monu- ment to the honor and name of Christopher Columbus. “The, great navigator's bones are to rest, while his spirit lives, in the fiisat lighthouse man has ever ralged near the city of Santo Do- miago. which he founded and later degeribed as the place where he had paseed the happiest days of his lite, That was the objcctive set before | the architects of all nations, who | were invited to submit designs for the structure in a competition un- der the direction of the Pan Amer- ican Union. More than 1,200 archi- | tects in 56 countries accepted the invitation, and a design is to be se- lected in the next few months The lighthouze is to contain the largest and most powerful beacon in the world. A structure of heroic proportions, costing about $4,000,- | 000, it will enclose a chapel to re- ceive the monument which now holds Columbus’ bones in the Ca- thedral of Santo Domingo. Provi- sion haf been made for an adjoin- ing museum to preserve priceless Columbus memorabilia. The set- ting is & 2,500 acse park, gift of the Dominican Republic. The universal appeal of the ar- | chitectural competition was brought | out in the foreword of the Pan- | American Union’s rules of the com- petition: | “To find the perfect symbol | which*will worthily represent the man and the deed to be commemo- rated the artist must seek a uni- versal point of view —his vision must include the five centuries of world history in which the discov- ery of America is the transcenden- tal fact. He must adjust his con- iception to the ample proportion of | the picture of that historical epoch in which stand forth in high relief the Renaissance, the civilization of the 8pain of Isabella, the three American civilizations, the trans- ference of the classical routes of commerce from the inland Mediter- ranean to the limitless Atlantic and Pacific and the influence of the New World in the ideological, cco- nomic and political orientation of ‘western civilization.” The competition rules were broad. and full freedom of expression was given contestants. The sole man- datory pequirements were that the memortal should be suitable to stand on a mound or terrace 40 feet high and that the height of the campleted structure should not c:- ceed 600 feet. In addition, competitors were re- quested to indicate a comprehen- sive development of the 2,500 acre tract, which will include an airport intended to make Santo Domingo a leading port of call for future West Indies air tratfic. Indian Centenarians Home for Another Year Forsyth, Mont., Oct. 12. P—"Iron Shirt,” believed to be the oldest Cheyenne Indian, and his wife, both more than 100 years old, are back on the Tongue river reserva- tion, 70 miles from here, after their annual trip to Forsyth. The venerable Cheyenne rode the 140 miles horseback, while his wife trudged behind on foot. Each year they come here t buy supplies, and this time to pur. chase clothing’ and attend the county fair. Fo'lowing the Chey- enne custom, they left a “calling card” a round, smooth stone, where they stooped each night. Illness Over, Sir Harry Sings Again for Charity Aberdeen, Scotland, Oct. 12 (M— Sir Harry Lauder, famous Scottish entertainer who was {ll recently, is 1 his old self again. At a mee of the Aberdeen Rotary club, Sir Harry was asked but vou will hae tae pay " he replied. Sir Harry sang, and as soon as the meeting was over grabbed his hat, rushed to the door yd levied toll on every departing niember. In this way he collected about $106 for & charity hazaar sponsored by the Duchess of Richmond znd Gordon. In a speech Sir Harry contradict. ed rumors that he was about to re- tire. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER GAMBIA, BRITAI RIVER DEPENDENCY Narrow Little Colony on Goast of Alrica. ‘Washington, D. C., Oct. 12—London announcements that a new governor of Gambia has just been appointed |raise in the minds of most readers the question: “Where is Gambia?" “Even when the searchers is given the clue that Gampia is in Africa, | e will find it pone too easy to lo- says a bulletin from' the ington, D. C, headquarters of the National Geographic Society. “As you run your finger down the west | coast of Africa yeu must look sharp- ly or the narrow little colony and | protectorate will escape you. They have been humorously teferred to in political debates as ‘thin llp‘.ol land in jaws of French territory. Mostly River “As a matter of fact the territory may be looked upon as mostly river | with the banks incidentally added. | And it was the economic importance of the Gambia river that brodght the region under British control. The Gambia is the only river of the African west coast up which ocean- going ships may steam for consider- able distances at all seasons. The protectorate consists of only a six- mile wide strip of territory on each side of the river, but this narrow slice of land extends approximately 200 miles up stream from the coast. North and south and far to the east of the inland end of the British zone lies French territory. “Normally, if geographic and economic forces had unrestricted Itisthe well known package It stands for high quality Mlnfih'ht'mln“fm Children like the crisp, erunchy shreds of whole wheat—makes seund teeth and healthy gums. 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The five- franc plece circulates beside British coina, and French ships have an im- portant part in the carryiyg trade tfom the river. Exchange Suggested “Because of Gambia's narrowness and the logical way in which it seems to fit into the French scheme of things in western Africa, it has been seriously suggested on several occasions that Great Britain ex- change the territory for a French patch of land elsewhere. This sug- gestion, however, has always met the disinclination of the British to abandon any part of the empire. One reason for Britain's clinging to the river is that it is zn extremely im- portant haven from which to pro- tect British shipping lines between the mother country and South Africa. “The Portuguese first explored the Gambia river, but they made no set- tiéments. Later, iu the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British |and the French were rival traders on the Gambia as they were on the Senegal @ short distamce to the {north. In 1783 the treaty of Ver- sailles recognized Britain's para. | mount interest on the Gembia and that of France on the Senegal. It is from that time that British sover. eignty dates. Slaves, Ivary and Peannts “The Gambia trade has always been a fairly flourishing The prosperity has rested successively on slaves, jvory and peanuts. Slaving, of course, tended to reduce the pop- | ulation and left the land open for swarms of animals. Ships, in' the early days, encouptered great herds of elephants ming the river. With the end of slaving and the in- flux qf tribes from the east the ani- mals have been pushed from the ter- ritory and large tracts have been put into civilisation,, Peanuts, or groundnuts as they are called looal- 1y, are grown in tremendous quanti- ties. 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