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Show j VAIN SEARCH FOR WEALTH ! i ; Spanish Priest Braved Death In Terrible Form In Quest of Fabulous El Dorado. Although separated from Mexico by the Rio Grande only; Texas was not colonized by the Spanish until the end of the Seventeenth century, says John Chapman Hilder in the Ladies' Home Journal. Prior to this time there were two important voyages of discovery dis-covery in the North, but such were the difficulties and so great the distances that they ended in failure. The first notable expedition into the vast unknown un-known country that we know today as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas was the amazing journey of Fray Marcos de N'iza, between 1539 and 1541. He was sent by Antonio de Mendoza, then governor of New Spain, to seek seven fabulous cities, tales of whose wealth had reached Mexico City via the Indians. In-dians. These stories were corroborat-j corroborat-j ed by one Cabeza de Yaca, who bad ' been shipwrecked on an island off the I Texas coast and who, gaining the mainland a year later, only to be seized by Indians, finally escaped with three companions and, after years of wandering through the wuds found bis way back to his own people. I fir, 0,i inni'iuir T, a l,nS l.AO.'H nnvfl,. plans would be just the thing for many farms. It has all the conveniences conveni-ences of the city dwelling, all the comforts com-forts that make an ideal borne and all the features that are needed in a j farmhouse. Moreover, it deviates from the hide-bound tradition pertain- ! ing to farm home architecture. It j eliminates the great waste of room j which is so often found in farm homes j tnd which means so much extra and j unnecessary work for the farmer's i wife. There is as much drudgery con- nected with the poorly and improper- i ern cities intrusted, with turquoise and paved with gold and silver. It was these that Mendoza expected Fray Marcos to find. Accompanied by a negro who had shared De Yaca's experiences, and by some friendly Pima Indians, the brave friar ;our-neyed ;our-neyed through Arizona to the Zunl country. Stories of the treasure he might expect to find increased in promise as he progressed. But suddenly, sudden-ly, when he thought himself within easy reach of the promised land, word came from ahead that his advance guard had been murdered by hostile Indians. Lacking support, moral or material, the friar became discouraged ! and returned empty handed to Mex- ico City. ly constructed home as there is with ' an inefficiently designed dairy barn, j Unless care, is shown In the arrange- i ment and size of the rooms the house- wife will find herself burdened with a mass of onerous work that could just ' as well have been avoided. With an attractive home like this ! on the farm the boys and girls have ' a real recreation center after the ; tasks of the day, a place where the family can gather and enjoy the leis tire moments in real peace and com- ' fort. This charming bungalow farm home has six good-sized rooms and a sleep ing porch, also a washroom, which has come to be an essential room in the modern farm home. It eliminates the tramping through the kitchen by the help after their day's work. Tin I l'Tc-'linJ I ! li.iliil ; I fLOCft U.p- a'PlAN ! v - - - g exterior of the house is quite pleas ing with its broad siding, asliesto shingle roof and quaint colonial en trance of white. There is plenty c: window space to make the room light and airy. The entrance leads into a small re ceplion hall which opens on one side Into the living room, on the other into a bedroom. At the far end of the reception re-ception hall is the stairway leading upstairs and to the cellar. The living room is a large room, 21 feet C inches by 13 feet, with triple windows on two |