The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-09

All dDOaFu! Let So "S iN o'tsAN ing from Manila, the great picturesque, Americanized Oriental city, and Will travel by automobile 200 miles to the north to Baguio, the summer capital Of the Philippines. The trip can also be made by train.
 We have ahead of us one of the most scenic, spectacular and thrilling auto- mobile trips in the world. We will have excellent roads all the way. The Philippines are, In fact, paradise for autosts, possessing $500 miles of fine macadamized roads.
 The first part of the trip Is through typical small towns and then across the central plain of Luzon and through several rich and fertile provinces, where tropical vegetation is seen at it's best. Here one is impressed with the great agricultural wealth of the Philip pines. which represents one ef the East's greatest producing areas, with the advantage of immense natural re- sources for the development of further production. IL is regrettably true that even in the United States there is far from any real understanding of the potentiaities of the islands.
 Al some points rice fields, looking in the distance like the greeneSt of green lawns. stretch away as far as the eye can see If you want color if you want to feel the romance and mystery of an Oriental twilight, pass this way as the rcd eyed sun at the end of the dying day is slowly sinking behind the intending eXpanSa of green fields. At first you cry out iu ecstacy at the gorgeous scene. But as you ride along, your eyes fastened on the panorama of tints and colors, and with the im- penetrably black Oriental night com ing on fast you become enthralled. You no longer try to express your feel ings You cannot You realize that those now fast changing, colorful master pieces in the heavens and on the land scape are pictures that no man can ad- equately describe nor human hands du- plicate So what's the use of trying
 True, these are but impressions, but the traveloguer considers himself justi- lied in mentioning them, for they are a part of the trip to Baguio and return. Indeed, the gorgeous sunsets in all paris of the Philippines leave an i'm preSsion on the mind of the tourist that is everlasting.
 We leave the palms and tropical foliage and enter the zone of rugged pine. We pass from the soft, incense laden air of the warm lowlands to the crisp. invigorating ozone of the tenn pernte zone, all within few hours time.
 For mile after mile the road now fol- lows the tortuous course of river, the road lying in the bottom or on the rocky sides of granite canyon.
 The Philippines are rich in hydro electric possibilities. This power is the cheapest power on earth. And 1t is everlasting. Your traveloguer is nei- ther a prophet nor the son of q proph- ct, but he predicts that one day there will be innumerable Philippine govern meDt owned hydro-electric plants ip this canyon We are now passing through. Think of the possibilities of such a project! Today the trip from Manila to Baguio is too expensive for the average Manila worker and his family, many of whom may live and die without beholdng the wondrous beauties of their own island of Luzon. Think of what blessing it would be to Filipino mothers and children to feel upon their fevered brows the cool, invigorating breezes of the mountain tops now so near and yet so far With the Philippine government owning its own electric railways and hydro-elec- uic plants It would be possible to bring