The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-31

- day, for the nigh cost OF
living encountered by tour
lists. Especially did we find this the
case in Japan. When Germans and
English composed the travellers every
thing was cheap, and even yet, where
tourists are from any other country,
no attempt is made by landlords, shop
keepers, and the rest, to gouge in the
matter of prices. But wherever goods
are sold, Americans are asked more
than anybody else, and they usually
pay 1t. The hotel man, as soon as he
discovers you are an American, will
ask you $40 day for room that is
not worth more than IS, and if you ar
que the matter to a finish you will get
the room for IS. Everything else the
same way.
Baked Beans Surprise Britons.
AT Penang we became acquainted
with the DURAN. fruit 1t is remark
able, because the more you eat of it
the more you want. At a delicatessen
here we bought American baked beans
and gave the English officers on the
vessel an American treat. They had
never eaten any before.
You may not know that Penang is
known the world over for its tin de-
posits. Most of our tin comes from
there. Both at Penang and at Kuala
Lumpur, the capital of the district, are
smelters for tin.
Our next stop was Singapore
known as the Gateway of the East. 1t
is one of the most important and inter.
esting Of the eastern cities. 1t is the
distributing and collecting point, not
only for the Malay peninsula, but for
1ndoChina and Dutch Indies.
ut was at hotel here that we
learned what bathroom attached
means in an advertisement. We read
! the advertisement, won't to the hotel
and looked in vain for the bathroom
| Upon inquiry we were shown an i'm
meDse yard, or courtway, reached by
crossing bridge from the hotel
| proper, where bathrooms were lined
up In row, and numbered to CORE
| spond with the numbers Of the rooms
THE Chinese practically own the
place aud live like millonaires, OWE
autos and have every other comfort
| Singapore is but one and one-half de
grees $50 miles) north of the equator
| Java Is only 40 hours ride from Singa
pore, but faulty boat connections pre-
vented us from going there.
did you ever hear of the travellers
tree? We saw lot of them arount
Singapore. They grow probably ter
feet high, the branching palm-likt
limbs spreading out like a fan. BY
tearing off a branch the thirsty way
farer gets from glass to a quart o.
water
| "Out next landing place was Hong
kong. The real name Of the port II
Victoria, and it is a free treaty one
no customs regulations to be gone
through with
"All through China you will fine
Hindu policemen. There are Chimes,
police. too, but everywhere the pecu
| liarly dressed Hindu seems to be OF
the force. At the time of the mutiny
1t was discovered that the Hindu wa,
a man who could take care of himsel
in scrimmage, and city management
has seemed to recognize his worth al
an officer of the peace. The Chimes,
are good people also in business, hon
est, polite, quick calculators-superio
to any other orientals we met on GU
travels.
Manila Now HealthfuI.
Much has been written about Ma
Mia, the Pearl of the Orient. and with
out participating In the political prob
lem OF what the United States govern
ment should now do with our posses
sions there, cannot refrain from say
ing that our people have wrought
wonderful Improvement on the islands
| They have cleaned them up. They ar
now comparatively healthful. All VIII,
come from eastern countries are vac
cinated before they are permitted Il
land, so that smallpox is rare and ty
phoid Is practically unknown. Their
is sewerage, good schools, a bette
moral tone-in fact no comparison cal
be made with the old regime.
like all other Americans, we wen
to Clarks, where Americans gather
and hare we saw the first soda waite
sign that had met our eyes in month
of travel We have made good road
there, and there is now plenty of ice
plant for the making of artificial ic
having been put up by our govern
nent. We mooned on the Luneta, Ma
nila's wonderful parkway. and visite
the new Y. NJ. C. A. building A MI
Tener, cousin of Governor Tener O
Pennsylvania, is In charge. The builc
ing cost over 100000.
No one who has not been there ca