The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-10-25
Emmett
Girl in
TyphOOn
Miss Minnie Piphsr. Nurse ID
Naval Hospital. Teik Of Ex-
perieaces In Guam.

nis Piphef, who has been stationed
fog ie months AZ Guam. Aarianns
Islands. ss . nurse In the U. s.
Navy hospital, doubtless viii be Of
great interest 10 Index readers. The
letter is dated August !. and tells Of
her experiences when = ,yphoon hi,
that section. and also Of conditions in
that islnnd,
Guam is 80 days by steamship from
San Francisco; $500 miles west Of
Henolaia. ., is cable station on the
iins from San Francisco 10 the Orient.
There is small navy force stationed
here 20 protect the interests Of the
United States.
IL IL besu;lfui tropiesl island
about six miles side and so miles
long. shall ner~s forget my hrs; I'M
preston. The day WAS p~rfec, snd
,se water. as se catered The channel,
took on ali the shades Of green. from
dsrkes, emerald 10 turquoise. caused
by coral formations. Beyond the reef
~ss the DARK bee Of the ocean.
crowned by ~hlsecsps. while in the
distance the tropical vegetation, with
the ever picturesque eocosns; palms,
sdded last touch 10 q picture fBor~
b~S ailsel than any ] had ever imae-
in~d possihie Of nay destination.
The government hospital is sita-
A.e4 al AFsns pronounced A-gsn-yAl
sre niles from the docks. I. Is COM
posed 81 thr~s wards and one building
endowed By the late Mrs. Russell
Ssre. bet under government fuperrt- |
saon. There IL . school Of 20 nsitse
surses ~ho receive two years of = 1
thorough training that fits then for |
~ork among their own people. These i
esfs are very apt ard anxious 90
learn The majority srenk very little |
Enrllsh when ,hey first es,~r train
lag. hs, !, 10 oaly . fss rnon;hs until /
,Aey are doing uka. would be . crssdi. |
10 pupil nurses IN any hospital
The Chosnorros. or natives. of which /
there ssv some 1900 on ,As inland.
sse . peace loving people. con:cn,
sd Spanish caihedra'--foY this was
snc~ . Spsnish pesession---~as orig.
naIiy built in 1850. Daily mass 10
seh here sf;h never iess thar thou.
lsnd people. Religious pocessicns
'~pictsas old Biblical characters ard
,srnd~s are hsld during Lent. Many
Il the officers hesx say these arr very
Ike the ones he'd in Rome. Italy.
This tslspd 10 principally OF vol
anse origin and hsp beer boil, Up by
oral formations The soil Ia moi deep
nd hecaupe Of heavy rains 10 FIRE.
ore.ss washed away. Ia part Of the
,isnd some rice and corn are raiscd
Isnsnas. coscoanpts. pspayas. aili-
ntof pear, snansces, bread fruit. or
nFes and lemons grow Wild. Very
tito Of the fruit 10 cultivated. The
aitves hsh most Of the time. but only :
sr their oun use. | have never seen !,
N mov beautifully colored. Some
I them are bright blue. others blue
nd black with yellow stripes. When ;
wing for pieces Of coral. one often ]
srprtpes schools of the young 6sh. {
hsch are every color Of the rainbow.
NJ they form = beautiful picture
hile swimming about in the green
alter. y
W. arv IN the earthquake rome and
,nrce'v . night pssses that one does \
u feel . couple Of tremors. bat there /.
I've bern no severe quakes 10 caes<
rious damage sincx 1907. S
During the months ~ February and II
arch and August and Septemher, ty-
loom eccur IN this locality. The lat /,
z part af March the inland vas vie
n hv what We we're informed was q
I'D typhoo1. However. Il suited me
ID I DO not carr IN see q more srvere
e. Il raine6 IN torrents for three
~ and niehts. the heavens seemed
o9en w and the water came in q 4
rrihc downpcur. The rain was &C.
mpanied by high wind which gain
IN velocity every hour and the bar.
,eter constantly fell until the third
zht. when the wind was blowing be-
'een $50 and $50 miles an hour. G,
ees were pprooted and branches
red through the air. A part Of -
: hospital was unrcofed. So terrific RI
u the wind that Il was impossible ri
keep doors and shutters closed and ~
Fry one and everything was soaked
N water Think cf that. for three
~s and nights ard then only Q mild ba
lend Of typhooA. and you can I'D
~ some conception Of what q real ro
uret. We were rather ineonveni-
,ed for . few days. but thankful. ~
re wAs nothing wore.
me stores are quaint. most Of them "a
n9 under the dwelling houses. :.
ven one enters Il II bert to stoop ~ ~
DOOR aFu small and low. A few ~
A'thy JapaAese own the better -
isa. SoGae AmosscAns have mar
native woAsGA and seem to have r.,
spered. -