The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-28
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THIS morning awOke to the
crackle of resinous knots in
the great fireplace. The air was
cool and bracing. Outside, the
breezes stirred the giant pines whose
mastlIke trunks reached high into the
air Ill a vain attempt to look over the
l,OO0-foot cliff against which our log
resthouse nestles in a bed Of ferns,
writes Maynard Owen Williams to the
Christian Herald.
We are on the mountain trail OF
Benguet, In northern Luzon, in the
Philippines, resting In resthOuse
which deserves the name. ROughlng 1t
In northern Luzon is what Irwin Cobb
would call "de luxe" Rich, flavOry
oyster stew, fricasseed chicken, tender
peas, sweet potatoes, tea, blueberries
and hot biscuit and honey are all we
have had for lunch, but we had all we
could eat, and the Filipino cook Is the
best cook and the tidiest housekeeper
In the Philippines, which Is going some.
To appreciate the cool shade of the
lofty pines and the clean, rustic charm
Of our pine palace of repose, we must
shoot back to Manila and begin our
trip by auto In the delightful cool Of
morning.
Several men with whom I had ex-
pected to have interviews were either
out of Manila or in the hospital, and
things seemed to be moving In circle.
Then, one morning, read that Direc-
tor Of Education MarQuardt, Prof. Il.
NJ. McElrOy Of Princeton and others
were to make a tour Of inspection of
the schools in the IgorrOte and IfugaO
districts north of BaguiO, and l pro-
ceeded, as automatically as possible
to "butt in."
We are travelling in the wilds, where
l few years ago head-hunters made
gruesome collections. There are
pythons here and Wild boar and other
game in plenty, none Of which l have
seen trace Of as yet.
Motoring on Fine Roads.
1t Is ten hours by auto from Manila
to the summer capital of the Philip
pines at Baguio, 175 miles away anC
5000 feet higher up, where blankets
are needed in summer.
For so kilometers from Manila thu
big seven-pasSenger car in which Mr
Miller, his twelve-year-old son, Pro
fessor McElrOy and myself Travelled
rolled luxuriously over the tint
roads through towering arches Of co
conut palms, mango trees and hr'
trees (Which become Il mass OF rec
blossoms) over old Spanish bridge
and modern concrete ones spanning
shady, curving streams in which der
ricklike fishing nets rose above tn
boats, which lay idly at anchor in tn
warm radiance of the morning light
We passed thousands Of nipa hutS
with matched roofs, built up on Silt
so as to keep them dry in the heav
rains, and to afford shady retrea
for the razor-backed porkers with lon
snouts like their wild ancestors, an
the spindly legged game roOsters wit
shiny plumage, slender necks an
heads, and boastful crowS-the sport
ing animals Of the islands.
In every town there Is a Catholi
church, it's. steeple topping the vle'
and it's whitewashed or calcimlne
walls crumbIing through the ravage
of time in humid climate. Farthe
, on. towns are fewer, and the hea
beats into ones face in hot gust
while the baked fields seem almoE
! barren, except for cogOn grass
weeds. For miles we did not see
house, and the only sign of life wa
} the wavering rush of crowded motto
, cars, which dash by at frenzied spee'
After passing a toll bridge, which co
lapses when the rainy season lhakt
!, heavy bamboo rafts necessary, W
| turned aside from the main road an
: visited the North LuZon Agriculture
: college at Las Munos.
i Teaching the Natives Farming.
The school is not show place, bV
j @ workshop, and it's director, Mr.. Mo
: graduate Of the University Of Wi
5 consin, is working with ideas rath'
I than expensive equipment. Tuitic
. Is free, and each boy earns his foe
d by working at productive labor at tt
Il rate of three cents an hour, with mea
l. costing four cents each. The boys n
I only build their own buildings, b
S have set up machine shop with
discarded traction engine. which co