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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 30, 1905

Crossing the Andes in 1905 fey Winding Trails Near Their Southern End Special Correspondence of Tile Journal Mendoza Argentina October 15 1005 in this part of South America as farther north the Andean system comprises three distiuct chains the en tire mountain belt having an average width of 250 miles The easternmost Cordillera is known as the laramillos and the westernmost as the Combre The central cordillera is the highest continuous section of the Andean wall from Panama to Patagonia there be ing only two gaps between Aconcagua and Maypua distance of 100 miles where the crest falls below 19000 feet and both Aconcagua and Tupungato exceed 22000 feet Having climbed the Paramillos range we found ourselves on the summit about two oclock one afternoon at a height of 9000 feet above the sea and about 7000 above Mendoza It was bitterly cold even here the ground covered with snow and a tremendous wind sweeping over the crest but the scenery which had increased in graudeurevery hour re paid a thousand fold the toil of the ascent Mendoza appeared to lie directly at our feet so near that we could count its white houses and trace the shaded streets and

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Library of Congress1923

Image 2 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), October 5, 1923

THE NORTH MISS HERALD OFFICIAL PAPER City of Water Valley Issued Every Friday LOUIS C BARBEREd aad Pb SUBSCRIPTION150 PER YEAR Strictly ia Adveace Entered at the Poet Office st Water Valley aa secondclass mail matter Ftneim Advrtiin Rcpccntmive THE AMERICAN PRIuSs THIN OKLAHOMAS LITTLE KAISER The action of Governor Walton of Oklamoma in putting a military cen sor into the editorial rooms of the Tulsa Tribune is a final brazen as sault os liberty of the press that should arouse every newspaper pub lisher from coast to coast action to the end that we may bring quickly to close the growing grip of officials over public expression The in sidious inroads made in different states all with the same end in view getting a grip on the throat of the publisher have grown so bold that the newspaper profession must sit up and take notice if it is to preserve itself In some quarters the assault is care fully camouflaged under the cloak of reform but it is none the less danger ous Th Tulsa Tribune leading news paper of the state saw fit to criticize the conduct of the Oklahoma Gover nor The recital of the Governors activities

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