Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-26
BY EDWARD J. CROSBY,
International News Service staff
Cnrrcanuhacnt.

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SAN FRANCtCo. Dec. 18th,
Missions q California. famed In IN,
history OF civilization In the grca,
West. AMI which sprang into cxistencc
nearly three centuries ago when zeal.
lus missionaries toIlcd northward over
~ Canine Rcal--tnc Kings Highway
ARE 10 be revived
The twentytnc missions. now de.
caying aud In ruins. which lie along
the highway from San Dicgo 20 go.
mona. will b. brought hack o. life
through the activities ~ the CalifDr.
MIA Mission Restoration Association.
which Is new instituilng movement
10 eliminate only when the last mis-.
sion has been restored In It's ancient
picturesque splendor.
Father Raymond ". Mcstros. Span.
ish diorcsan padre. who has devoted
twcnty.nine years ~ study 10 the
Spanish missions of California and 20
actual work In these historic places II
In fun charge Of the restorative WORK
under way. Leading the movement
and furnishing aid are Herbert G. Hoo.
yer. Luther Burbank. John G. Mott.
Harry Chandler. Mrs. Florcncc For
ter, Juan Camarilla. Il. NJ. Tohin.
Charles Templcton Croker. Mrs. Flea.
nor Martin and Other prominent Cali.
tcfnians Complete ecclesiastical au.
thoriiy has been given to the assn.
citation Tor whatever restoration con
struct!on thu Spanish mission archi.
tcctural authorities recommend. Titl'
60 all the mlxion properties IN held
enthusiastically.
Thus are the distinguishing mark :
In the beginning II civilization in the
western half ~ the continent Ia he
made permanent Ter pusterity. Each
u the twcnty.onc missions IN the long.
but unwavcring. chain II o. be recon
structed and rchuil, as u was when
first completed by the tirelcss Francis.
can fathers and the Indians whori
they civilized.
For years the missions ~ California
have been the topic ~ historical dis
tussslon, aud the food Tor the declNiug
tavagcs of time. ~ different periods
attempts have been made 10 rcsto'c
some of them. hut these have becn
more OF less dcsultory and there have
been no permanent results. The latest
movement. successfully conceived aud
launched. will carry the work through
TO the end. which viii be- when the mis-.
slons of III Canine Real are again
alive.
Built Over Century Ago.
The twcnty-onc mis- lors were built
between the years i7sa and 1893. aionr
q tran over four hundred miles long
That trail. 81 ~ Canine Real. as u
was known. Is siil cxistcnt-it II the
highway from san Francisco 90 S'ii
Diego But IN the eighteenth century
u was a burn path. rude almost I'M
fsUog lixahlc tracing GA the ground
To-day il l. surfaced with asphalt and
where the jogging 3alsos plddded with
their sacks ot supplies o. distant h
boring missionaries. now powerful su.
tomoblles and trucks dash along on
rubbcrod wheels. ~ Canine Real T.
s,lll the highway
Civilization dawncd Tor California
and for the great West on July T.. i16a,
when the four forccs % the ploncering
Spaniords met a; san Diego and cele'
btntcd their Successful undertaking No
sooner were the congratulations com
pieted than thr work ~ conrlfuyilng a
mission started From that day forth
California has been civilized.
san Diego was sought and discovered
by the order II the King II Spain. Jnse
d. fialyez. visitor general IN Mexico.
was given the order and In Father jun.
rero Sierra. Of the carclscnas, he found
The great missionary 81 the future
Two expeditions respectively. s,ih'l
frrm IA Cfas Tor the new lard Twe