Show p 4 A 14 V U W I 1 v A scene in la paz A PAZ IAK tile llie city ot of pence peace and L tile metropolis of bolivia stands amid nield great and majestic mountains and in a region of tile lie earth over oti which sonic of the ho earliest people trod only SO 60 miles from the coun count tryo rys capital of today llo lie the ruins ruing of universally conce concu ed led I 1 to 0 bo be dinong mans most moat and dent clent tile tho biolo whole region surrounding Boll vlas unique capital Is fro bo linnra with ago that a native nathe brain Is puzzled in attempting to conjecture ilia cro cra of prehistoric construction says william A held lit in tile the bulletin of ilia ilan american union scientists further tell ug ua that once upon a fline the alio andelin plat enit was scarcely arcely Bc more than half hair ns as elevated as today and that in lands where present gold nud and silver llo lie se BO eluded tin the prehistoric inhabitant tilled ills fields of grain gradually rising higher tind and higher with the passing of geological agam wo vu find the bolivian plate att nt at too grent nil an elevation ilent lon today for ilia alio majority of agricultural crops inn but a region of tho the earth lav jay ashl endowed by nature with almost every variety of mineral miner nl it Is near whitt what might bo be termed ilia heart of this plateau nn an lien area of miles that lint Boli vlas modern modem capital has grown to bo be a flourishing city of people ln la pai anz tie Ayn escho to uso use ilia alio lull full name adopted after tile country attained bained d its ith independence proclaimed aug 0 1825 Is riot not only unique lu in its ancient surroundings but ilia city lies go completely hidden in un on enormous canyon or vent ent in tho the plateau that in journeying thither we vo come ter very y suddenly to tho io gresia abyss alij sa and aro are held i breathless for ilia until onos ones benses tire collected and tho beauty of thu tho panorama takes tho the place of at evve and surprise this great canyon Is about ten miles long birce miles wide ido 1600 fret feet deep ouid in ili form somewhat like alko that of un on exaggerated letter U opening southward soine believe that in past ages it was the outlet of luke lake Titi caca when lien possibly tant boily body ot of vatar was ny connected wath W tile upper amazon river approaching pro aching ln la paz by any of tile three railways lending leading thither the sides of ilia canyon cannon appear to bo be almost per pel cular 1 yet engineering filkill has marvelously man aund wound two to railroads down these precipitous sides presenting tit at every ery turn it a gorgeous pan oraina tho the clear crisp air clr tho ilia woe mineral ral colorings of the mountain sides tho the red tile roofs anti and tile bright stinnes of the flip houses in the alio distance the green patches lica ot of trees treca here nud anti there the homing flowing rivulets and larger streams tho ilia snow enow co vercil diaks together with tho the gay colors always worn woin by the humbler natives combine to tonn form a pleasing and lasting picture el alto a term used to designate tho the little railroad station near tile tho edge of tho ilia canyon stands ns as al reaty noted about 1500 feet above the city while tho the latter Is feet higher than the sea la paz inz being only miles rolica froin the pacific vo tic can form nn an idea of the lie steep ellinb made by the railways in order to reach this ln in land country supplanted lucra as capital wo speak at 0 la paz its aa being tile the capital of bolivia and thereby confuse the mands of those not fully acquainted tho the facts sucre formerly called charcas Is the legal capital of tho the republic but largely large fy on account of accessibility unit anil growing globing com commercial mercial importance ln la paz became tho the actual seat beat ot of government more than 20 years ago in ili the latter city tho the president and his off official lelal advisers reside ilia nations congress meets there and it 11 Is the residence of 0 tho the foreign diplomats accredited to bolivia but tho the supreme court of the country sull still holds its sessions nt at sucre tile the between the two to cities Is about la miles illes but the more rapid growth of la pae especially ally since the completion of lie he three rail routes to the pacific seems to accentuate the desirability ot of ln paz over sucro sucre na as the capital of the notion tim coming of the first settlers Bettl cra to tile tho location where M here ln blaz now inow stands la Is enve enveloped toped in the mists of time it Is said paid however hof tover that specks of gold in the str enins that flow down from tho the mountain aides and through tile the valley were a sufficient clent attraction to draw thither the aborigines during the reign of 0 the fourth inca and in former days as n nt at present shelter was one Y of mans comforts and necessities NY gradually little huts made their ap j pen rance along the streams Bt reama and thus Chuch labo and as it was called in tuen nifa had bad its orfgen from abbot 1183 1185 to aux later the ilia spun span ish proved to bo be na AS great lovers of golden ores ns na tile tho natives and in ili 1015 1545 history Iti story records the fact that the span inird alonzo ill do and 12 companions founded the present city of lu la aliz un oil the site bite of tho the old village in the cites streets As already observed cd the canyon la in which la iaz lies iles Is IB long and itis it Is also extremely rugged and interspersed with many small table lands and mountain peaks tl tho to whole dominated by majestic rearing its banow crest to 21 feet in consequence of this uneven ness tile streets ot of alio ill city running parallel with tho ilia larger stream are anro fairly level avenida Ave idda arco aice for illus trillion while cross streets tire are necessarily short nod and in many cases elevated bated nt at ilia ends na its they approach tile bides aides of tho the canyon soule of these streets are extremely steep while others have been constructed in conformity with ilia configuration 11 of tile hsih and uro tire therefore thor eforo more or less v hiding ono of ilia cites widest and most popular residential streets lies in tile tho southeast section and la Is known lis as tile Alom efla extending half a mile along it a level course and adorned with willow eucalyptus and other oilier hantl Jollie trees shrubs and flowers nrc are also to he a seen but tho the extremely high alti ulti tudo appears to have a somewhat blighting effect upon such growth the alameda Alam edn always alas more moio or less idill mated la Is especially alive lu lit into at teru ter and on sundays and holidays when ilia elite of social and chil life tire to bo be seen walking driving or motoring along its course on passing through it picturesque gateway this popular Io pular avenue Is prolonged gli plaza concordia Concord ln and the twelfth ot of Ic december cember street to Obra obrajes jes tile the latter Is three miles distant and tho the ald over a very fair motor rond road or by electric line Is through tin an extremely pic tur esquo canyon cannon abounding in novel lews for the stranger the more am ini port lint streets are well lighted by electricity the ilia uso use of whim which has been expanding considerably lit in recent years as aa tho the motive power tor for numerous industries where murillo Is honored la blaz la is not unlike other latin american cities in providing numerous and attractive plazas plazi is tile most noted note one of the city Is that known ns its rillo so fo named in honor of tile tho hero her 0 independence pedro domingo murillo who gave up ills his life on this sacred adored spot in 1800 the torch of liberty there hero lighted however spread over the continent co nt luent and finally resulted in the independence of bolivia us as well ns its ilia sister bister nations by which she Is surrounded rounded d today in ili the lie center of this plaza stands a beautiful monument to Murl llo tho the patriot honored in tile ilic past ns as nt at present its as ono one who surrendered ufa life rather than the cause ol al the people once or twice a week a military blind band grouped near tho the monument discourses soul stirring it if somewhat airs that please strang or cr and citizen office alike na as around and around they stroll or sit comfortable on the seats benta provided for tho the public A fei few largo large trees and many var lettea of flowers suited to high attitudes altitudes ar an found in this park the buildings of la anz usually strike the stranger with interest al though many have been constructed along ilia lines of spanish or spanish moorish Ilo orish architecture tho the extremely dextre del rugged topography of the place lin hit been eon responsible for local mod licit eions and unusual features of construe con strUL tion the cathedral of la paz which has boon been building bull ding for ft a number ol of years promises to bo be ono of tho the finest and largest of such structures in all al latin america it covers an area ol 01 more than square feet and la Is it t sent beat at least people greco ivonian in ili style its great walls have now reached considerable heights and these will bo be surmounted by and a central cupola ilia former rising to a height of feet above th plaza ilami murillo Murl llo upon which tho the building fronts |