Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-07 | Page 26 | Three-Minute Journeys

r Minute Three Journeys I By By Temple Manning Bolivia Bolivia- i In the far hills of at southern to these uplands where fled tied some sornO of tho the ancient Incas when Pizarro's men live there them swooped down upon tho the descendants of ot the earliest Inhabitants inhabitants in inhabitants in- in habitants of or the section almost isolated iso iso- and those hated from Crom their neighbors of oC Spanish blood who live in the foot- foot lands These a as the they are called rarely speak Spanish and even en those who under understand tand tho the language make no effort to speak it Consequently Consequently Conse Conse- beliefs the Quichua today hold that probably were held b by those of oC Inca days lays Interesting Interesting interesting Inter Inter- Among those beliefs are some seine esting superstitions about birds For makes anest a anest woodpecker Instance f t a n. houses nest near one of ot the Quichua there Is great fear in the hearts of oC that that believe family For the Quichua the woodpeckers woodpecker's choice of oC a home portends portends portends por por- tends death to a member of ot the family within a a. short time On the other hand the ovenbirds are home If It Ifa Ita Ifa welcomed to every a pair build a nest nearby their their nests structures structures structures shaped dome huge ar are strange e I tures of ot mud the mud the go so about dc declare do- do their dally daIly dall tasks smiling The They clare dare that the tho ovenbird brings gooc good abandoned abandoned abandoned aban aban- fortune And the this mud of the poultices poultices poultices poul poul- nests Is u used cd In making tices which are said to be a sure cure cun for tor all sorts of ailments of ot the forests anc and andopen andopen But as the birds lands flock lock to the clearings clearing where open flourish the Quichua plantations plantations planta- planta most trou troU- trou- trou sometimes the they are aro Tho Quichua haven't ye yet learned what our most up to farmers formers know that tho the toll birds take tak growing crops Is very velT small pay from for tho the good work the they do In keeping keepIn down the hosts of at bugs and worm would destroy these that without them thorn crops r the With all these fancied wrongs lives of Oc th the and the birds do to crops that not on tiDe farmer its it's strange steal permitted to boy Is nest Let WL a birds' birds or to harm a u Quichua eggs mother discover her son eon about to steal even one birds bird's ye egg egg- whom of the tho woodpecker be It even him admonish fear and she will theY the For strongly a birds bird's n ii I. that an any ono one Ill fall tall violently certain soon to to I f