The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-12-02

All aboard Let's gol We're start
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
autoists, 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 its
best Here one is impressed with the
great agricultural wealth of the Philip
pines, which represents one of the
Easts greatest producing areas, with
lllG uuN dhldEt VI AAllti-4loN va 4 VI al AN-
sources for the development Of further
production. 1t is regrettably true that
even in the United States there is far
from any real understanding of the
potentialities Of the islands.
AZ 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 red eyed sun at the end of the
dying day is slowly sinking behind the
unendng eXpanse Of green fields AT
first you cry out in ccstacy at the
gorgeous scene But as you ride along,
your eyes fastened ON the panorama
of tints and cOors, and with the m-
penetrably black Oriental night com
ing on fast, you become cntbralled.
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 adj
eQuately describe nor human hands du-
plcate. So what's the use of trying
True these are but impressions, but
the traycloguer considers himself justi-
fed in mentioning them, for thcy are
part of the trip to Eaguio and return
Indeed, the gorgeous sunsets I'm an
parts of the Philippines leave an inn
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 o the
crisp, inyigoratiug ozone of the tenn
perate zone, all within a few hours.
time
For mile after mile the road now fol-
lows the tortuous course Of a river, the
road lying in the bottom or on the
rocky sides Of a granite canyon.
The Philippines are rich i'm hydro
electric possibilities. This power is ,hc
cheapest power on earth And &c is .
everlasting. Your traveloguer is nci- .
ther a prophet nor the son Of a proph- .
ct, but he predicts that enc dag there
viii be iunmcrable Philippine govern /
mcnt owned hydro-elecuic plants iu .
this canyon We are now passing
through Think of the possibilities of .
such a project! Today tae trip from
Manila TO Baguio is too expensive for .
the average Manila worker and Dis .
family. many Of whom may live and .
die without behold.ug the woulr0us .
beauties Of their own island of Luzun .
Think of what blessing il would DE .
10 Filipino mothers and children 90 4
feel upon their fevered broWs the cool .
iuy.-arating breezos Of tie noun ua.n .
tops. now SO near and Sc. So far, With F.
the Philippine government owning IT'S .
own electric railways ana hglra-Hlac- f.
uic plants 1t would De- possible 10 bring ]