The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-31
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DR.. c. E. COULTER RECEIVES LET
TER FROM SON, HAlVOR,
Experiences on Board Transport
Thomas-Visits Americans
In Guam.

The following interesting and vivid
account of trip to the Philippines
aboard a United States army trans
port has just been received by Dr..
c. Z Coulter from his son. Halvor'
q well known and highly popular OG-
den boy:
Aboard Transport Thomas.
oct. e, 1909.
We arc out on the ocean with a
smooth sea, fresh breeze and the
log just lifting
have just finished a good break
fast, for which | acquired keen ap-
petite by a brisk, walk OF about fif-
teen laps around the slippery upper
deck.
Mother is flat on her back in her
berth, with a feeling that any move
would be move for the worse.
Coffee and toast has brought her
a few notches nearer normal, and she
expects to be up for lunch
We are living three together in
stnte-rooms so small that we dress
one at a time to avoid the confusion
OF putting on each others clothes be-
fore discovering the mistake.
We sailed promptly ut noon yester-
day.
Hundreds came TO say goodbye to
their friends. The visitors were al
lowed on board the vessel until about
fifteen minutes before sailing time.
1t was solemn moment TO mother
and I when the last ones had crossed
the gang.plank, and nothing remained
<,ff
AS the big vessel started to move
the Filipino band on board began
playing Home. Sweet Home to the
time OF a solemn chant Ye gods.
was mad Nothing would have given
me greater pleasure than to have
climbed over the rail and throttled
every man Jack of them-confounded
heathens-to have no more heart than
do such a thing at such time Moth
er and other women were in tears
and | envled them their woman's priv
ilege of letting their feelings leak ou,
and escape.
October 9th
We are now nearly twelve hundred
miles from San Francisco and feel
ing fine. Mother has been well and
In good spirits ever since the second
day.
The ocean has not been very rough
SO far, but It takes very little to mak7
this tub work up tremendous roll
| For the last two mornings | have
awakened TO see the sea as smooth
as a body could wish. but with the
| old ship rolling so that without chang
ing my position | could see the port
hole nlled alternately with sky anC
water.
October 18th.
We are due to arrive at Honolulu
early tomorrow morning. and might!
! glad we will be to get on land again
The weather is becoming yery
warm.
Latitude 13 deg. 80 min n
Long. 1i0 deg. 81 min. E..
Oct 81, 1909.
Dear Dad,
We are ploughlng across the hom'
stretch. having left Guam night be
fore last. We stayed at Guam iron
Tuesday evening till Friday evening
for there was large amount o
freight TO be unloaded at that place
The only vessels which stop regularl,
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imuortant an event for the inha6I
tants was our arrival The inhabI
tnnts consist of about $1,000 native
and 200 whites Including the tw
companies Of United States marine
The Island Is much larger than
pected, being about twenty-five n
Wide. II is entirely OF coral 10
ton, and little iron is the only
eral found on the Island beside
limestone of which 1t consists.
inch OF it is covered with
growth. The rain descends y
showers about six times
the air is continually humid
with heavy odors OF decays
tion.
The ship had to anchor ~, ~
miles out from the small
OF Pitl and In order q w
Wednesday morning wel I.t
this stretch OF water in l'l ,
the keel scraplng botf
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