| Show STONE AGE MONEY ON ISLAND OF YAP Coins That Are Somewhat Hard to Steal Tap Yap you mu may remember remell Is a tin tiny Almost almott microscopic I 1 Island si a ml that Is part port of the Caroline group roup lying between between be be- tween Guam and the Philippines An Insignificant spot lIpot of land as faras far as ns size goes It caused quite n a pother poth- poth er after the allies took It from Germany Germany Ger Gr many aft after r the war It Is valuable as n a cable station and as a n relayIng relay relay- Ing Ins point for radio and a n great many fists were shaken over rr It until until until un un- til Its status finally was wal settled This was done In 1022 hy by n a treaty signed by the United States and Japan recognizing the Japanese mandate over OHr the Island but securing securing ing to the United States certain cable right rights Nothing much was heard about Yap Tap again until about five live years Inter later lot lat er when the Immigration bureau announced that the Inhabitants of the Island were snubbing us At the time when Immigrants from everywhere every every- wh where re on the globe Iobe were wrt trying to crash our gates the haughty Yap Yap- landers Joined with the snooty folk of Muscat Nauru and amI French Tl and ami would have none of us The are now hack back In Inthe Inthe inthe the news a again under somewhat picturesque pic pie circumstances The Chase Chose National bank of New York maintains maintains main main- In Its main office one of the largest collections of moneys of the world The hearted big and their coins weren't wrent represented d and so 80 to overcome this defect the Islanders got ot tog together ther and shipped the bank a n few fe three coIns coins three specimens specimens mens of their money which Is called fel The money arrived a n day or jo ao ago practically In the form of bowl bowl- lers dertl It seems the Innocent Yap Yap- landers are also alsI a n conservative outfit outfit out out- fit tit and 1 they still sUII stick to the old Slone Stone age standards One coin sent sentis is about years old ohl Is 20 Inches In In diameter and weighs lW pounds pound It Is reported this coin has the value alue of an nn foot 18 canoe one quarter of an on acre of land or r about coi co en- i It Is said for Instance that when a n transaction Involves involves In In- too great grat a n sum to be moved conveniently the new nw owner simply Imply chisels his mark ou on his hla money noney and leaves lla It In his nl neighbors neighbor's yard until until un un- til m he can round up enough nough help to tote lote It home Sometimes the money y Is never hover moved moed and there thre Is a record record rec ree- ord of ono one coin remaining at the snore same place for more than a n century Most of the tho Yap Tap money mony Is In the form of disks of quarried lime lime- stones Some resemble millstones In shape and aud they y weigh anything up lip to live Il tons There Is I no mint minton on the Island All Mi the money mony come orne In the rOIl rough h from the Is Islands islands is- is lands and the tho the thu shape It up and anti give Ive It a 11 value aloe Discovering Discovering Dis Dis- covering limestone on Yap would be lie Just like discovering golf tro else 1 Livening Evening Sun |
