Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-09-07
LETTER FROM THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Soldering in That Parkway Country. Another NOahs
Ark...'Nother Gibralter, Too. Fighting The Mos
quito Mexico Folks Invited Over For Visit
BY REX s.DUNCAN.

but / believe she has been inactive
for 10 years.
Looking toward Manila you see
Mt. Ararat, also an extinct volcano.
Now this is not the famous noun
tain referred to in the Bible, where
Noah's Ark rested after the water
|, had started to recede. Altho of the
same name, and of large fiat place,
There is a story told every month
there is a boat each month-about
this moutain. AS the transport,
from the States, sails into Manila
Bay some one says. ooh! see Mt.
Ararat" OF course everyone rushes
to the side of the ship and someone
tells the story. Its like this" says
one of the ships crew to a bunch of
recruits. "On that mountain is
where Noahs Ark struck and stayed,
and If you do not believe me you can
see the big dent made by the Ark
where she struck" This mountain is
easily seen on a clear day and the
DlS ueUL Is very HOIlCedDl6.
Each level has movie show. AS
a rule. in the States, movie shows at
the different posts or forts are free
to enlisted men. Not so over here,
we pay a peceta for ticket A pc
ceta is 20 centavos or ten cents in
Z. gold. We have a different show at
each theatre, and each show gives
two performances, as it were. We
can spend pleasant evenings in this
manner or go to the post library,
= where you can read good books and
all the best State magazines and
newspapers.
We have several good boats run
ming daily to and from Manila and
may go over any time we care to. 1t
is very easy to get pass to go hunt
ing. There is an abundance of deer,
wild hogs and chickens. Hunting is
very good on the Isle of Luzon, altho
have never hunted any over here.
= know from a reliable source that
: the hunting is good and l hope to GO
: over some time next spring. l want
to see the natives more than any
thing else. A friend of mine, while
hunting over there, came to a Negri.
}, to barriO or town and had the ex-
: perience of talking to an old fellow
. native, who was on exhibit at the
Fair in st. Louis in 1904. He was
very much surprised to hear one OF
. these natives habla or talk to him
: in the U. S. language. He did MOI
y speak English very we'll.
e There are many monkeys here anC
. the old fellow gave my friend a lit
tie one. but the little fellow got ava,
from him
u saw my first gorilla few month,
ago. 1t was on exhibition on tn,
l. ISLE 1t was caught in Borneo ,
q few weeks previous and brought her,
Tor exhibition. Borneo is only ,
Few hundred miles south of her,
and altho the climate is nearly III,
n same, the poor gorilla soon died
living about two months in captivity
$ IL was very rare specimen however
- being over six feet high and havip,
arms nearly as long as the ordinar,
i man is high. The body is on exbi
d Dltion in Manila now, / believe.
q There are, believe, AZ varietie
II OF the mosquito. frankly state tina
'e there must be at least 43 varietie
d on the Rock. We sleep with mos
% quito bars over us every night
Papers and letters which we re
r ceiVe over here are on arrival q
l. least a month old. We do not car,
a ior that' however, as we soon get
q month behind with our news an,
l. the next news we get is inst a
l. much to us as your dailies are I,
st you We get some important new
II via radio every day.
e The rainy season is on. Has bae,
,r raining now for over a week and
guess 1t will rain a week more h,
re the looks Of things. Too bad yo,
lie tolks could not have a part of mi
a ram. We sure have a plenty an,
" some to spare with pleasure. I live,
d IN Portland, Oregon, for seve,
h months and soldiered at FIT. Worden
r wash on Puget Sound, for tw,
lie years The people of the Northwes
1t speak of their rainy season, but 7 ga
# they only have p fog as compared 4
> 'ne rainy season over here. Tn
6 rainy season is welcome, because
n brings relief from the heat of tn
s past few months.
l. hope all who read this lette
20 rom the Philippines will enjoy
d ana some day may have the opportu
8 nifty to see this country. either a
e missionaries. tourists or soldiers, 10
e It is well worth the price. nay m
I price by staying in thio coun4. ~