The herald., 1917-07-12
Mountaineering 4,
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so, di>mouutcd AMI made u drive
"a" machines. The moving picture
machiu" and The ~.rrroptiroa are used
regularly. and >tN miles Of irrigation
canal, bring water from the nearby
hills.
~ Yet it /, Il barron place. for if
only one farm irri-a,rS. the hug popu-
lat!on Of the county hold convention
ana festival IN il, crop beds; but by
) cooperating with the homrStrudcrs,
additional fields are now being ir-
riSat"d and an era of prosperity is
setting in. Nicholas Ruiz, a former
teacher, at $1l month. made 5000
last year through the knowledge he
gained at Las MuuoS. and a higher
standard of living is inevitable
The school is not an experiment sta
ton, but college. Its extension work
cyrrtS a wide influence, however. as its
graduates emigratc 10 the fertile
plateau of Mindanao and many other
places.
After leaving Las MunoS the road
runs aS straight IL die for miles on
end. Then comes the famous Benguct
road. l. miles long. one of the finest
mountain roads in the world, over
which the sturdy automobile trucks
carry freight and passengers from the
hot plain 10 the cool summer resort.
1t was surveyed by army experts. who
said it would cost $4,000. So far il
has cost - times that amount and
frequent slides and washouts add to
the total cost annually.
PecuIiarities Of Baguio.
Baguio is not a place. but Collec-
ton of places, separated by pinecl0d
hills and lovely valleys. Mrs. McElrOy
was AT Camp John Hay, two miles
from the hotel, and the professor and
set out after dinner to find her. The
moon was bright and nearly full, the
roads inviting and the air delightful.
Here and there the lights of ram
bling residence shOne from some
rounded knoll above which the stately
pines rose in silhouette against the
glorious Southern Cross. After more
than an hour of walking and a dozen
We arrived at the corral
and, by accident. came upon the cot
tage where she was staying. After
false start and Il new start | made the
four kilometers back TO the hotel in
10 minutes.
| slept well, getting up at "A. m.
and putting on Il sweater coat and
pullin. the blankets closer around me.
Shiverin- in the Philippines. Brr-rrr!
We spent next morning selecting
horses. or rather ponies, for our trip
and visiting the dog market, where the
IgOrutcS bought and sold half-Starvcd
rmnInc> with visions OF great feast :
off the protrudin- ribs. The IGorrotcS
are about ~ much like the cultured !
filipinoS as they are are like cultured .
or cultured japanese; but |
the fact that the Igurrotcs eat dogs has |
lone as much to prejudice us against |
the FilipinOS as has the story that the |
Chinese eat rats to turn US against the !
Hell-bred Chinese, who not only do not |
1at rats, but even have Il distaSte for |
'aviar and limburger.
our first 10 kilOmeters from Baguio |
we're made in mOtOrCar on a narrow
rail. with primitive bridges and sharp
urnS. On the way we passed parties
# lgOrrOteS returning from the noun
ain metropolis, leading gaunt dogs
With cords in the middle of which a
tick was tied, or black pOrkerS with
cad reins knotted through their ears.
)ur motorCar caused no surprise. Mr..
loss. whose 13 years among the
mountain peoples makes him an au-
hority, says that the Igorrotes would |
'e surprised if the Americans did not
urprise them.
Up the Mountain on Ponies.
Mounting our small ponies, we rode
or IS kilOmeterS over high trails, then
n the hillside opposite, stood the log
ut that was To house us for the night.
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