Show MID OCEAN LETTER VERY interesting MISS PORTIA OLSEN WRITES OF HER experiences WHILE IN MID KIM concluded from last week the road was bordered on oil both boll sides by beautiful trees and there is vegetation as far as one cain till see sec wo we passed through one or two little villages on oil our wily way to agana tile the lints huts of tile natives natt t tire are built on oil four pt posts which elevate the hut froni the ground about fairce or four feet tile the lint hut consists of not more than two rooms and through the doors I 1 could see board floors and just it a few fell pieces of would bo be furniture the roofs are of dirt and willows the natives are not bad looking aud aid ahn men wore overalls and sandals and the wamen women wear it mosquito bar waist and a trailing bright calico skirt most blost of if the natives both nien men and women were barefooted agatin is a pretty little town with streets sh acts about half as wide as aa our streets at home all and ini ini clean lit in the venter center of the town is a large plat of grass shaped oblong which is called tho alm I plaza laza of course is an all army post at agana and ami around this plat of grass gras are built the officers quarters and tho the most important places in tile the town including the officers and ti tle e citizens club tile the gov erners mansion the postoffice post office and tile the old church ive vc first stopped at the ons club and allot had lunch which was served after american style as as much as possible after luncheon we went over to the is 1 hurch which is the most noted ancient tiling thing in agana to see it ans built in 1699 and the money to build it with was donated by the alie queen of austria at that time life hie church is large and looh quaint and old from froin the oil kiib jide but they are arc remodeling the inside and thero was nothing to see their religion is und and in ill one end belld was tile Out holic platform I 1 took a picture of the church and some bells on oil the outside outride which used to bo be in tile the church we then walked over to the alie hospital li through the grounds which arfi are very beautiful and modern around tile plaza on oil the plaza they play baseball and there is a line hue tennis court a band stand and a band stand will and a childrens play ground wo we were only in agaba about two hours bours alie car came up and took us back to I 1 purchased a it coco allut mid a little souvenir basket and then we got in in the launch and return returned ud to the thomas the file principal exports of guam guain are cocoanuts cocoa nuts find and copra tile latter ninde made from t rum corni coral it was warm but 1 suffer any from thereat the heat tile governor governo riB is the bis big man on oil tile the island he rules everything the americans have done wonders in ili civilizing the place and the natives there are several grade on oil tile island and a high school in agana I 1 saw a shark in tile harbor arbor li it was about eight feel long but lit it look that largo to me file from the boat there are arc twelve autos in guam and they leave lave an all electric cle etric light acdan and an ice plant it is a very pretty place but it is so terribly isolated these trans port boats fire arc about the only ships that ever strike there him mid and thy only cam p once a month wo we loft guam saturday noon nud and it was great to fee our one old boat around and isail out of that pretty harbor I 1 forgot to toll you yon that alii 0 o we voi varo in quam tareo german navy officers also there in ii it a little sort of launch the J A meri catis arrested them and ore are still holding them in ill ens custody tooly until they tind lind out their busi ness liess wednesday dep Dea 2 we are just entering the philippine islands becan see beautiful green islands far a head of us as ah well Q as right beside us ila we tire are still three hundred miles front t roin mull alan ilu and it will taky take us its until tomorrow iti afternoon to get there but we ail bo be in sight of land fruin from now flow on oil if you T to look 0 it at a map of tile the philippines Philippin cs on oil will see sec that the first island to the west is called samar Sa inar then you will notice a i small inland 9 just off tho coast of that island called balag island 11 we enter tile alio elands inlands at balag island inland and you can call easily tract our course from thorn to manila this ila liar been such a beautiful trip more like it a biting trip than tin till ocean voyage not n bit of rough water and the weather perfectly grand it is a beautiful lay today I 1 oil am beginning to feet feel perfectly safe on oil 1 6 nil the big OC it itis is su 80 hig big really it makes the land in the world seem inferior I 1 have taken one or of tile longer bonge tt trips in ili the world without seeing land eo BO they toll JoU me inc |