Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-04

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earthquake and win be for some
time, as it has a good harbor and al
industrious and wideawake people.
We next went through the inter.
esting Inland Sea of Japan, through
the many islands where we could Of
ten see the vapor rising from a vol
cano that was smoldering in the tor
of these mountains that constitute the
islands of southern Japan. We had a
pilot through all these passages who
knew all the dangers of their navi-
cation and they surely presented a
wonderful sight to the traveller with
their lighthouses, THEN fishing boats
and the irrigation of their steep hill
sides on terraces built out of rock
and earth and watered by man pow
er.
Then to the muddy waters of the
Yanste as they colored the sea for
miles before we reached it's mouth
and up the river for II miles to
Shanghai, the Venice of the Orient.
AS we went up the Yanste at
night 1 saw the fishermen using the
same method of decoying fish as they
do in the Mediterranean by placing
floating torches in the water, and
thus l thought of the smallness of
our little world and of the brother
hood of man.
Shanghai, the free city of the
Orient and policed by the British, is
wonderful city of some three mil
lion inhabitants and very cosmopoli-
tan, it being like New York in hav-
ing a section for every country and
every race. 1t has grown more than
any city in the Orient since 1 was
last there and presents a Kaleidoscope
of color and a panorama of scenes.
One finds the architecture of south
ern Europe, Moorish, Corinthian,
Doric, and Ionic combined with the !
more ancient work of the Chinese,
and these are presented in a wonder
full medley of color and form that
charms the eye and brings to ones
soul the mystic sense of a desire to go
to sleep and live forever in this won
derland of Sing Hop Dreams.
/ secured a car and Joe and 1 visit
ed all the places of interest in the
city, went out to the Temple of
Buddha and through the twelve
shrines but did not climb to the top
Of Bogoda. The most interesting
shrine to my fancy was the one with
100 images and each one represent
ng some human concept of the at
ributes of the soul in love or passion
Is shown in ones face, and the ar
list surely was inspired for one could
lot look at them but know some
,lace they too did pose for this pic
ure before the great tribunal where
IL our hidden thoughts are known.
We also took a trip up the river
through the agricultural part of this
alley where hundreds of thousands
f acres are cultivated and every
hing is done by hand power and by
nan. Joe thought it strange and ,
sked why not have horses to plow {
he land and harvest the crops. I
sked him if they did what would the |
thousands of men and women do who !
re making a living, although it was
oor, by performing this work now (
nd he saw the problem as it was. He i
DO was interested in the big mounds
I earth in every field, with some
mes three or four points on them, :
nd when 4 told him of it being a c
urial place, he asked how soon E
ould the whole country be covered St
nd | thought it a pertinent ques-
on too. We visited the academy up s
le river and the experimental farm n
nd came back tired but happy in \
le new and wonderful things we !,
ad seen. 1t is worth ones while =
stand on the docks and watch the c
,oHe Iongshoremen carrying great
ads on their bamboo pole and on a N
OF while they chant strange dirge T.
at sounds like Tho, we, hi, no" S,
i'd to this music they keep time f
18th their step. :,
l could write a chapter on Shang- d
Ii and cover but trife of its Won n
RS. but we will go on to Hong p
ong. our next stop. Hong Kong is ~
Gated on an island at the mouth OF -
e river and directly across from
igon, a Chinese city that has the M
cks where we land and go to Hong W
ing by ferry. 1t has a very fine q
d we'll protected harbor and n
ind old Johnny Bull had plenty OF ST
election by land and sea to care LIZ
r his interests. Many are under 81
e wrong impression when they AZ
ink Hong Kong is an English pos Pa
ssion. She only has a 100 year
Use on the island. A crafty Eng Nj
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