The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-07-09

Am aboard! Let's gol Were start
Ing from Manila, the great picturesque
Amerlranlzed oriental city, and VIII
travel by automobile 200 miles 10 h'
north to Baguio, the summer capital ot
the Philippines. The trip can also be
made by train.
we have ahead Of US one Of the most
scenic, spectacular aud thrilling auto
mobile trips in the world. We will
have excellent roads all the way. The
Philippines are, in fact a paradise Tor
autoIsts. possessing $500 miles of fine
macadamized roads.
The first part OF the trip is through
typlcal small towns and then across
the central plain of Luzon and through
several rich and fertile provinces,
where tropical vegetation is seen at its
best Here one is impressed with the
great agricultural wealth Of the Philip
pines. which represents one OF The
rast's greatest producing areas, with
the advantage Of immense natural re-
sources for the development Of further
nroduction. II is regrettahly true that
even in the United States there is far
from any real understanding Of tie
potentialities of the Islands.
At some points rice fields, looking in
the distance Ike the greencst of green
lawns. stretch away as fag rs the eye
can see. If you want color, II you
want 10 feel the romance and mystery
Of an Oriental twilight, pass this way
as the red eyed sun at the end Of the
dying day is slowly sinking behind the
unendlng expanse of green fields. At
first you cry out In ccstacy at the
gorgeous scene. But rs You ride along,
your eyes fastened on the panorama
Of tints and colors aud with tie i'm
penetrably black Oriental night com
ing on fast, you become entiralled.
You no longer Try to express your feel
fngs. You cannot. You realize that those
now fast changing. col0rful master
pieces in the heavens and on the land
scape are pictures that no man can adj
equateIy describe nor human hands du-
plicate. So what's the use Of trying!
True, these are but impressions, but
the trayeloguer considers himself jrs-i-
fed In mentioning them, for they are q
part of the trip to Baguio and return
Indeed, the gorgeous sunsets In all
parts Of the Philippines leave an i'm.
preston 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 invigoratlng ozone Of the tenn
perate 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 nel-
ther prophet nor the son Of a proph-
ct, but he predicts that one day there
VIII be innumerabIe Philippine govern
mcnt owned hydro-electric plants In
this canyon We are now passing
through. Think Of the possibilities OF
such a projectl Today the trip from
Manila 10 Bagulo is too expensive for
The average Manila worker and his
family, many OF whom may live and
die without beholdIng the wondrous
beauties of their own island of Luzon.
Think of what a blessing 1t would be
10 Filipino mothers and children TO
feel upon their feyered brows the cool,
invlgOrating breezes Of the mountain
tops. now so near and yet so far With
the Philippine government owning It's
own electric railways and hydro-eIec-
tric plants It would be possible TO bring