The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-07-12

last year through the knowledge he
gained at Las Munos, and n higher
standard Of living Is inevitable.
The school Is not an experiment sta
tion, hut II college. Its extension work
"N"rts II wide influence, however, ms its
graduates cmigrutc to the fertile
plateau Of Mindanao and many other
places.
After leaving Las Munos the road
runs as straight rs II die for miles on
end. Then comes the famous Bcnguct
road, II miles long, one of the finest
mountain roads in the world, ovcr
which the sturdy automobile trucks
carry freight and passengers from the
hot plain to the cool summer resort.
II was surveyed by army experts, who
said 1t would cost $4,000. So far, Il
has cost 40 times that amount, and
frequent slides and washouts add to
the total cost annually.
Peculiarities Of Bauuio.
Bnguio Is not n place, but u collec-
ton of places, separated by plneclad
hills and lovely valleys. Mrs. McElroy
was ut Camp John Hay, two miles
from the hotel, and the professor and
| set out after dinner to find her. The
moor was bright and nearly full, the
roads inviting and the mir delightful.
Here and there the lights of u ram
bling residence shone from some
rounded knoll above which the stately
pines rose In silhouette against the
II ~ ,.- .a--
than an hour of walking and u dozen
questions, we arrived at the corral
aud, by accident. came upon the cot
tage where she vas staying. After a
false start md II new start l made the
four kilometers back to the hotel In
40 minutes.
slept well, getting up at 2 u. m.
and putting on Il sweater coat and
pulling the blankets closer around me.
Shivcring In the Philippines. Brr-rrr
We spent next morning selecting
horses, or rather ponies, for our trip
and visiting the dog market, where the
lgOrOtes bought and sold half-starved
CANNES with visions of a great feast
Off the protruding ribs. The lgorrotes
are about as much like the cultured
Filipinos as they are are like cultured
Americans or cultured japanese; but
the fact that the lgorrotes eat dogs has
done as much to prejudice us against
the Fillpinos as has the story that the
Chinese eat rats to turn us against the
wcll-bred Chinese, who not only do not
eat rats, but even have u distaste for
caviar and llmburger.
Our first IL kilometers from Baguio
were made In n motorcar on a narrow
trail, with primitive bridges and sharp
turns. On the way we passed parties
of Igorrotes returning from the oun
tain metropolis. leading gaunt dogs
with cords In the middle Of which a
stick was tied, or black porkers with
lead reins knotted through their ears.
Our motOrcar caused M surprise. Mr..
Moss. whose 10 years among the
mountain peoples makes him an au.
thority, says hat the Igorrotes would
be surprised II the Americans did not
surprise them.
Up the Mountain on Ponies.
Mounting our small ponies, we rode
for 10 kilomcters owe high trails, then
on the hillside opposite, stood the log
hut that was TO house us for the night.
A sharp gnllop OF n few minutes
brought US 10 the ~rcsthousc nj Camp
Thirty, 30 kilomc,c rs from Baguio.
our evening meal was excellent and
the big fire was Il welcome companion.
After dinner we stepped out into the
moonlight. Someone said, "This Is
Sunday" and the revcrent answer was.
~ don't believe | ever worshlped God
more truly than today"
went out to see how my little buck
skin pony was farlng, and after he had
rubbed his nose against my hand l
left the dark stable and walked slowly
to the rough hut that was home for
the night. one great pine stood out
black and mighty against the sky In
which the last light OF day fingered.
As | entered the big room where the
men sat around the bright fire, / no.
tlced that l had been humming:
"Sow the day Is over,
Night Is drawing nigh;
Shadows OF the evening
Steel across the sky"
Ur there, on the "iong, long trail
n-winding back to the land OF my
Dreams" n song had spontaneously
sprung to my lips. II was Sunday, and
that was my evening hymn. high up
on the m|ountainside, under the stars.
Poor Hubby.
Hub Tin an outburst of enthusiasm)
You know, Mary, I'm ambitious and
want to be something great, As the