| Show missionary writes i from papette from far off papette Pa peete talita bahit Ta Tali hit tl w which aich has mail service far worse than that by pack mule car earner carriell which a few years ago brought some fame to boulder utah comes the following letter from melvin mclvin D christensen 1 I would like to thank you tori for i sending the reaper to me ine I 1 r ref ef j appreciate reading the news of richfield and vicinity especially when I 1 am so far away when one first comes wi within thin sight of tahiti h he e is is i somei somewhat surprised to see such high moun bains rising out of the ocean As s he draws closer he sees the green palms begin to show and the island appears completely covered with green foliage As the ship gets closer one is able to see the city of papette stretched the water front once in inside aide lie little harbor one sees the shoreline covered with small ships and boats and a few pleasure yachts to one side is a large tin fh hd d used for storing copra the meat of the coconuts after they are arc dried in the sun I 1 I 1 papette Pa peete is a city of approximately people the city extends th thee ce miles along the water front with the harbor ind and business district about in the cn ter of the city the business dis tact and the merchants are nearly all chinese one bets a pretty good idea of what china would be like by just going through the business section of papette Pa peete the islands are low flat t islands usual usually ay in a circular form a narrow strip of land with a lagoon inside most of them are of coral rock the only products raised are the coconuts and a few breadfruit it the country one learns to like in these islands but the people are arc a kind lovable folk thy hy h dont seem to be able to do enough for their friends they would go without to give us clings I 1 was on one island where te fe f e chips call only about three or four our tin times es a year and we ran out 7 of f food the natives would get gel ash various other species of sea 1 lc and coconuts and always saw we ad food whether th they ey had ay a y or no not things like that rik ri k one love these dark skinned people of the south sea islands |
