The Republican., 1925-05-21


ing her last years. Too late. Mother
was a teacher before her marriage;
she was always working for her chill
dren and others until the last month,
when she passed away peacefully at
/ the age of 10.
Near San Francisco l visited my
cousin and the State University at
Berkeley, then took the Coast Line
railroad south to Los Angeles, ride
of IL hours thru the Towering val
/ leys and hills of southern California.
1t is springtime here and the fruit
trees, the peach and apricot, are
blooming, while the orange trees are
still heavy with golden fruit, at the
same time their white flowers are
beginning to open.
l found Mrs. Hoye we'll and happy
with her school work in the same
school where she taught before going
to the Philippines. She missed pro-
motion because of her absence but
her salary is greater than mine was
as Div. Supt. California teachers re-
ceive much better pay than Philippine
teachers.
l shall tell you of only few of the
interesting things 1 have seen here in
Los Angeles.
First, the city is wonderful! Five
years ago when l visited here the
population was about half million;
today it has over one million people,
and in 1880 may have two millions.
1t will finally be one of the Great
Cities of the world. People from all
parts of the United States are coming
here to live; you see there is wonder
full development just across the Pa
cifc from Samar. Perhaps some day
we shall have ships sailing direct
from Los Angeles to Borongan! l
have been reading the history Of
California which tells how the Span
ish galleons from Manila sailed down
the California coast to Mexico but
never stopped here because this state
was then thought to be barren, and
was inhabited by only a few poor
Indians. Do your pupils know thru
what strait the galleons passed on
their return voyage to the Philip
pines? At San Gabriel Mission re-
Gently l saw a fine historical DRAMA
the mission Play" which presents
the founding in 1869, and the pro-
gress of the Catholic Mission in Cali
fornia. The priests in the drama were
Franciscans but they remind me of
the kind Spanish padres you have in
Samar now. When Mexico ruled
California their missions were al
lowed to go to ruin; the churches
were not so we'll built as those in
Samar.
The agriculture of Southern Cali
fornia depends upon the scant rain
fall and irrigation from the nearby
mountains. A rainy day here is rare,
an "event" noted in the newspapers;
the "rainy season" is about past with
about inches of rain, while Samar
sometimes gets 110 inches a year
| Los Angeles city has excellent water
| which is brought in an aQueduct more
than 230 miles from the mountains
: The mountain water falls are used to
= generate electricity, which is cheap
and runs most things in both city and
, county districts. l visited Signal
Hill, near the ocean, one of the rich
est petroleum districts. 1t is covered
{ with forest Of derricks for pumping
! the crude petroleum from the ground.
l Gasoline is cheap-fve gallons for a
dollar, so the concrete roads are COW
, cred with automobiles. Autos are as
common here as balotos on the Samar
! rivers.
Mrs. Hoye's brother took US on a
long auto ride to San Diego City and
) little way into Mexico at the town
of Tiajuana. This is the town Ameri-
: cans go to when thirsty for beer and
! whiskey. We had Mexican beer with
! our lunch. If the coco palm would
only grow well here our thirsty broth
, ers would plant them in their yards
and tap the buds for toba.
| One of the grand sights l saw here
: was the passing of the Ameri-
: can fleet of 106 warships from Los
. Angeles harbor on its way to Homo
lulu. The ships were two hours pass
ing Point Fermin, where l watched
them.
: Easter Sunday Mrs. Hoye and l
arose at 400 a. m, like you and l
often did in Samar when travelling,
and attended sunrise Easter services
!, in the Coliseum, a new amphitheatre
which seats $4,000 persons. By the
| use of an electric voice amplifier it
was possible for all the people to hear
! the minister when he prayed and
| preached. We remembered that you
in Samar would a few hours later be
rising and going to church. In the
T afternoon we saw the lions, tigers,
etc, in the park, and in the evening