Show PROGRESS EDITOR iss S interesting LETTER A ON BOARD s 9 PRE WILSON in ill route to los anodes angel nov 20 1928 mr air vanco vallee wilson editor ot of tile the progress fillmore Fill moro utah doar dear mr air wilson allson and friends in malllard county to me this trip is 13 so much like american life seeing and doing something some thing every minute and on oil this trip there is so BO much to 0 o see and do that accounts for me not telling you of my delightful trip to lo new york by way of automobile before leaving I 1 had a little chat with the editor with regards to travel in general and especially sailing upon the seas ile he told of its his trouble in getting his so called sea legs I 1 can call now tell him that I 1 have played mighty liard hard that hint game difficult tor for we westerners to catch on to that of seasickness sea sickness my nd vico vice Is ro io those who should like to play it is keep it down now about a few points of 0 interest the first one that ot of havana cuba from the sea as we glided gilded up to it early in the morning it presented visions of romantic lovlin ess first one could see with almost dazzling whiteness the buildings surrounded by beautiful tropical foliage tile the billes going and coming the grim guardian fortresses on oil the head lands and the interesting old morro castle 1597 although such a sight is is very different from froin tile the one columbus saw I 1 could not help but remember his borlis words that human eyes never beheld a more beautiful land being so close to the united states it of course is very cry modern but in contrast to this modern life the city has retained many of its ancient narrow and decre decrepit pid structures four centuries old this quaint combination of the old and shenew the new seems to bejto bea ae a parl of the charm of alavana havana our university was a guest of tile air s havana and the cut cub I 1 shall never torget forget foret et t the e kindness and friendly way in which they treated us while visiting the various buildings at the university a young cuban law student asked it if I 1 would like him to show me about the campus I 1 was only too glad tor for such a chance ire he could talk some english and I 1 assure you that I 1 spent two very profitable hours with him since my visit with him I 1 paye have won evered just what could be accomplished it if only people knew each othey other better after our wonder wonderful fuI visit in havana berset sail across the spanish main alain famous in song and story I 1 often thought of the romantic times that some of my old historical friends had upon these waters such euch as captain kidd henry morgan araie drake balboa we arrived at cristobol early in the thel morning when there it does not lake long 9 to see sea just what uncle samuel Is doing down in tills this part of the world leaving leaving Cristo cristobol iol ilio tha ship soon co comes mes to tile tho galun locks those these three locks locka take one up 85 reel feet to gatun galun lake the largest artificial lake in the world wonderful indeed was this 23 mile over tills this lake soon we found our little selves slipping clipping by that giant culebra C cut at I 1 cant give you an all idea of its size but it looks as it if they had moved a mountain about tile the size of 0 pool fool creek peak in millard soon we were dropped down to the sea through the pedro miguel and miraflores locks we stopped at balboa named after the first white roan man to lice the pacific ocean from rom tills this section this city is very modern built and controlled by the united states slates near balboa Is the city ot of panama founded iu in a settlement which replaced the tha still more ancient city of old panama whose melancholy ruins are near by J just ua think that through old panama onh once owed the silver treasuries ies 0 of jete JJ re 5 te yucas Iii ibias as until that famous but ruthless old pirate morgan sacked and destroyed it in 1571 after this educational visit to balboa and old and new panama we set our sail towards california following the route of cabrillo who in 1542 started northward to discover california wo we were also in the waters in which sir francis drake proudly sailed and the rom antic waters that henry dana celebrates in his book two years defore before the mast alast at california we will avill stop to drink of the spirit of california thence to a new old world the orient respect respectfully trully burns burn L finlinson |