The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-04-17

All aboard Let's 20. We're >iart-
lng from Manila. the great picturesque,
Amerlcanlzed oriental city, and ~ill
travel by automobile 100 miles 70 ihr
north 20 Baguio the summer capital %
the Philippines The trip can also be-
made bs train
We have ahead OF us one u the m"S'
scenic, spectacular aud thrilling auto
mobile trips in the world We viii
have excellent roads all the way The
Philippines are, Ia fact, n paradise for
au,oists. possessing $500 mites os hne
macadamixe,i roads
The first part of the trip Is through
typical small towns and then across
the central plain of Lnzon aud through
several rich and fertile provinces
where tropical vegetation Is seen az IL
best. Here one is impressed with the
great agricultural wealth Of the Philip
pines which represents one OF the
Easts greatest producing areas, with
The advantage of immense natural re-
sources for the development of further
production. II Is regrettably true that
even ia the United States there Is tar
from any real understanding OF the
potentlallties OF the islands.
At some points rice nelds, looking In
the distance like the greenest Of green
lawns. stretch away as 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 al the end of the
dying day is slowly sinking behind The
unendng expanse of green fields At
first you cry out in ecstacy az the
gorgeous scene. But as you ride along.
your ewes fastened on the panorama
of tintS and colOrs. and with the i'm.
penetrahly black Oriental night com
ing on fast, you become enthralled
You no longer try 10 express your feel
ings. You cannot. You realize that those
now fast changing. colorful master
pieces IN ihe heavens aud on the land
scape are pictures that no man can af
eauately describe nor human hands du-
pllcate 50 what's the use OF trying
True. these are bur impressions. bur
the traveloguer considers himself iusii-
hed in mentioning them. FOR they are
part cf the trip to Baguio and return.
Indeed. the gorgeous sunsets Ia an
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 invigora.ing ozone Of the tenn
perate zone. all within few hours
time
For mile after mile the read now fol-
lows the toriaous course of river. the
road living in the bottom or on the
rocky sides Of granite canyon.
The Philippines are rich in hydro
electric possibilities This power i The
cheapest power on earth. And il Is
everlasting. Your traveloguer i uci-
ther a prophet nor the son OF proph-
et but lie predicts that one day there
viii be inuumersble Philippine govern
ment owned hydro-electric plants in
this canyon we are now passing
through Think OF the possibilities OF
such project To-day 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 beholdlng the wondrous
beauties Of their own island OF LHzon
Think of what blessing il 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 50 far With
the Philippine government owning its
own electric railways and hydfo-eiec-
tric plants il would be possible TO brias
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