Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-17
FROM BEAUTIFUL PORTO RICO
Descriptive Letter From Guayama Porto RcO-An Auto
Trip Across Summer Land of the Seas-An
American Who HOnOrs America by
His Service
BY MRS. F. E. KENYON
Dear Friends at Home:-
Guayama, P. R., No. 5, 1916.

Dear Friends at Home:-
Guayama, P. R., No. 5, 1916.
In a letter written before leaving
the steamship / spoke of meeting on
board several people who live in Porto
Rico. We learned from them many
interesting and valuable things for us
to know but to many queries the un-
usual answer seemed to be at all de-
pends on where you are located"
About $3.50 Wednesday November
lst, the island of Porto Rico could be
seen from the steamship Carolina" !"
We stood on the upper forward deck
from that time on. At distance of
eight miles the towers of the wireless
station could be distinctly seen. The
gay was perfect, the atmosphere so
clear that the deep of the ocean look
ing toward the east, seemed as blue
at the horizon line as it did near the
boat
We were most fortunate, for as
we approached the Island three of our
steamship friends, Mr. Scherr, an
American who had been at the table
with us, Mr.. Barlow, a School Super
clsor and Mrs. Domeneck, wife of the
Commissioner of the Interior, all came
to as and pointed out the places of
interest. There is a splendid Cathloic
chufch built by funds contributed by
Catholic churches in the States. The
Palace, the House of Poncee de leon
and the historic Morro Castle at the
extreme point on the left as we en-
ter the Bay. Leper Island is at the
right, a very pleasant looking place
whore the lepers are well cared for.
Words canont describe the beauti-
ful view across the bay, first there is
the fringe Of palms on a stretch of
lcwlands from which rises the sharp
ly outlined foot hills, and in the dis
tance the mountains.
We met the steamship "Brajos"
starring on her return trip to New
York and mail going back to the
States was transferred to her from our
boat Iwished that my friends might
be there too, as watched the won
derful sunset.
The old walls of the City of San
Juan are mostly in good preservation
and partly vine covered. The gardens
Of palm and flowers are beautiful, the
old buildings quaint and interesting
and the government buildings are fine
structures
Mf. Miller, Commissioner of Edu-
cation came on board and we were in
trodpced TO him by Mrs Domeneck.
We bad arranged to stay on board the
boat rather than go to hotel, thru
the advice of Mrs. Domeneck.
After dinner we went with two
ladies from New York, who occupied
a neighboring stateroom, up into the
e. L.. Il
are grouped government buildings.
The sidewalks are very narrow,
made of cement with a stone border;
the streets are paved and also mar
row-just wide enough for two auto
mobiles to pass. Automobiles seem
as common here as in the States
The shops are very attractive. The
telephone building is six stories high,
the older buildings are not high, pos
sibly' on account Of the occasional
hurricanes sweeping over the island
After breakfast Thursday morning
we were to report to the Commission
er's Office. After a short conference
In regard to vacancies in several
places, Mr. Miller concluded teacher
was needed in Guayama, a city of g.
600 on the southern coast of the Is
land lust three miles from the sea.
Mr.. Miller arranged for a government
car, a seven passenger Studebaker, to
take us for the sixty mile drive over
the mountains We started at one
o'clock in company with Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller over this road of wonderful
engineering and long time building,
the Kings Highway. Let me say
here, this ride was the most thrilling
experience Of my whole life
We whirled along past fine resi-
dences with wonderful tropical gar
dens, modern schools and other build