Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-14

All aboard Let's gol We're start
ing from Manila. the great picturesque.
Americanized Oriental city. and will
travel by automobile 300 mile1 to the
north to Baguio. the summer capital ef
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 win
have excellent roads all the way. The
Philippines are. In fact, paradise for
autoists. possessing $500 miles Of fine
mncadamized 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 IL seen at its
best. Here one Is impressed with the
great agricultural wealth of the Philip
pines, which represents one Of the
East's greatest producing areas, with
the advantage Of immense natural re-
sources for the development Of further
production. 1t il regrettably true that
even In the United States there Is far
from any real understanding Of the
potentialities Of the islands.
At some points rice fields. looking In
the distance like the greenest Of green
lawns. stretch away ~ far as the eye
can see. II you want color, II you
want to 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
unending expanss Of green fields. At
first you cry out In ecstacy at the
gorgeous scene. But a. you ride along,
your eyes fastened on the panorama
Of tints and colors. and with the i'm.
penetrably black Oriental night COM
ing on fast, you become enthralled.
You no longer try to expsess 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 tryingi
True, these are but impressions, but
the traveloguer considers himself tusti.
Aed in mentioning them, for they are .
part OF the trip to Basuio 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. invigorating ozone Of the tenn
perate zone. all within a few hours
line.
For mile after mile the road nov fol.
'ows 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 It ID
everlasting. Your travel0guer II nell
ther a prophet nor the son Of proph-
ct, but he predicts that one day there
viii be innumerable Philippine govern
ment owned hydro-electric plants in
this canyon We are now passing
through. Think Of the possibilities Of
such . projectl Today the trip from
Manila to Baguio IL too expensive for
he average Manila worker and his
family. many Of whom may live and
die without behoi6ins the wondrous
beauties Of their own island Of Luxon.
Think Of what . blessing L would be
to Filipino mothers and ehildren to
feel upon tbeir fevered brows the epel.
Invfgorating bressss Of the m6unfain
tops. now - near and yet % fafl With
The Philippine eovernment ownfng ita
own electric railwayD and hydro-eiec
fric p1anfD 4 Would be pouglb1o T. brjn.