y.
Jt-LY 24. 1941
[Graham
tribes” C osta
In A L etter
'‘W orld’s Finest C lim ate”
Pafft Five
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*' no b a n k e t.
season. W ith the aid of crow bar ¡.¡2 ,5 f l u S° sorry for the Poor to plant and produce anything
more than enough for the few.
shovel and m achete in willing*
J * by g,rl‘ for whom we
hand, a t th e end of three hours X ? * ?° bUt litT,e; as no m«l»- On the south side of the bay we
found a sandy beach, and in the
‘we find ourselves in sight of the ,u or.
an? kind was available shade of a large tree we stopped
ocean at El Coco; a few houses even rhinb ** had failed to long enough to eat before contin
here and th ere were strung alone 2 !
,nk anv might ** neces- uing on our way, as we can’t
about a mile of beach.
. ? ln thls kind of place. We tarry too long for today we must
A park in g place is soon found ^ 7 ^ * ^ { ^ Uc“
sta rt for home.
n e a r fresh w ater for washing
—
hearts
The three of us walked along
" e gave them some food the
purposes, and ju st a short dis
the
beach, everything was quiet,
tance from the ever pounding next day. and made inquiries as! and nothing to disturb the scen
to
the
cause
of
such
poverty
in
a v cs
waves..
ery except a few birds and some
the pickup was idle during o u r
stay at El Coco.
Just outside the little city and
across a bridge we found a good
cam psite n e a r the river and pre
pared for our last night out,
before reaching home. The m orn
¡m'd from Iast u'eef'
more or j iroad we met two trucks
ing found us m aking fast work of
iny leave»
to market, loaded w ith
breakfast a fte r w ashing in the
river Reds were soon rolled, ev
suggesuvf [peanuts. The grower gets
erything deposited in its place,
the ?,. fe cents gold a pound, the
and we w ere on the road again,
g a sate» F L r mvs near 20 cents.
only to m ake two brief stops
came, w e c ro s s b r i d g e ,
>
nt w n^
R the
e side of the road,
road. | I a n *. e ^ - ^ ^ X ^ a ^ " , b ____
~
* chattering monkeys. The monkeys before noon, one for drinking
le Ancient ttf bv handy.
| and dusty> especially the past
around Culebra bay are black w ater and the o ther for a sack
1 to fora* t u p the road we see a flv e h o ,u rs; So. u e proceed to dis- n s kind. U e were told th at the with long yellow hair about the of oranges.
man didn't like to work. As the!
*y wished
as if anxious to pose of the dust in the stream people put it. he didn't like to, faces, and hack of the necks.
D inner time found us a t an o th er
. certain place before then to replenish the inner man. 'swing the machete." The result* The two countrym en m aneu river, a fte r fording we stopped to
vered the boat fa rth e r along the rest and eat. W ith dinner over,
tnely ha*
Seeing us they stop, and seek rest in retirem ent. The was pitiful.
beach and pulled up again, f o r ! were on our way as fast as the
l°nng and hft: 'Yes. but if is still next day being Saturday, our
A nother sight but not h e a rt
x>d in
and can’t get through day of rest, there w asn't any rending. a grey pet monkey of they were near another tu rtle road conditions were perm issable.
[nonier A months from occasion for stirring too. early. above average size seen here, nesting ground; two nests were Having seen this on the trip
)'. through
j,.:: try it again.” There E ut even a place of rest becomes showed ga>at attachm ent for his ound, and their eggs prom ptly over, we had no trouble to reach
removed, and they we embarked. home.
,...w
a their party, th
ree r^stless as the advancing light
cities aaj
business m e n - 0' d a' reveals an inviting wide owner. Not wanting to be away We made all the possible speed
Ten p. m. found us thankful
hers,
all
from him at all.
the wood
with no traffic interference, for for a safe trip, the privilege of
| Jose. Mr. Comstock ac- sandy* beach w ith various kinds
fes. Thia
Sunday morning at precisely! the place from where we started. seeing some of the interesting
with one of them, I and colors of fish, shells, and oth-
eparatioD
AJ1 quite jovial-stimu- er in terestin g things. One of 3:50 central standard time, we The going was rougher than the I things of Costa Rica, and a place
rudely a*
awakened
by w
what
out and off from the I " hlch U as oxen pulling large were ™?e,y
aKe"ed by
hat calm of the morning, but noon for a good night’s rest. Buenas
even-day affairs, g e t- ! ogs out in*° the ocean until
tb ° ugh was the <;hlIdren shak- found us landed safely and well. Noche.
»ppearing
’
w a te r w as up to the lead oxen’s ? g lhe caf l? wake us UP- A , A ftera noon meal and some
ant) and
nose. Then they
thev would ta
tako
tho e I e w . seconds
*eeonds brought us to a hasty preparations we sta rt back
j j •
*u
(nose.
k e th
Miss Ruth McAdams and Miss
> of Myr- ■ I--, b aided
in ie P1 eP - j jead oxen off> and keep on m , realization that we were expen over the road we had, coming in. Lois Oh m art of Portland are
a beauti-
supper and bed mak
e sam e m an n er till the log ■‘‘¿,c’nK for the first time the We reached Liberia in the eve visitors at the M. W. Rose home.
I wife was appreciative w th as
out fa r enough to float l Shak‘ng of an earthQuake. There ning and our first concern was
J. J. G allagher, who just re
[rwnlight because, if the
They w ere then maneuvered hv
by lsn 1 an>,h *ng funny about it brake fluid, which was obtained turned from two weeks spent at
: too close, she w’a n te d
to a a ia
launch
fa rth e r out, either, as that violent rocking at an oil sation, and in due time the Seaside hospital, to many a
rit. and not be taken by boat
.
'
doesn't induce peaceful sleep, i we had our brakes operating. We gatew ay to heavy, is glad to tie
.asshe might if it w ere W <le
" e r e lifted out of
ng rest,
Sunday evening Mr. Comstock had driven all afternoon without back in God’s country. Joe says
the
w
a
te
r
by
crane,
and
placed
(ewer, we were not dis-
•hich he i
made
arrangem ents with two of any, as it had leaked out while his health i s much improved.
in
position
on
the
launch.
One
h the least by a n y th in g
ides in
the countrymen to take him. Udo
good-sized
log
took
12
oxen
to
| ’han the small th in g s
iection.
Neihaus, and myself by rowboat
move out.
► w insist .and even-
b meen
several
miles to Culebra (snake)
T hat was a day to be rem em
|-race to get in and
: at 8 p,|
bered w ith emphasis on the re Bay. Monday morning we were
in
awhile,
but
we
a
ll
when
member, for old Sol was out awakened near 3 a. m. by those
k
the «
looking for "tender feet” and i were were making the trip for
kfast of fried eggs, bread, found
two. Mr. Comstock became Usand *n that hour ,he group of
, bananas and cookies is
five were pushing out into the
I of. and we soon, pack up in terested in watching some very deep. Taking with us food and
p
re
ttty
,
sm
all
blue-yellow
banded
I
.
,. . .
tv >n as we m ust reach
ME
fish, an d a
'
n-tide. T he
got he w as
of the co u n try are «itn’c rov-
abodes (I’ll not ca ll th e m s u n s la y s
I '
sm a ll octopus. He for- h ' a e r - W,?? ' Wf C SUPP
a, «.«-level where the ,hc, ,,n p As ' he m,,rnln* waj ,
„„«ii.,
i.. .. The
t ,
my
re
a lly burn.
con- cool
,
, I , wore
.
- ., cru ise
, r coat, a n d . -
I
k ....
u
t
.
j
i
found
a
te
r
in
the
dav
it served'
,,
.. .
,
...
by the roadside, green sequences burned feet and legs
Guest
* 'equally well to keep out thei
it
is
very
painful;
couldn't
i cattle, and the c o u n try
isdale 1
piercing
rays
of
the
sun.
w ear shoes for two or three days.
re and there.
In Me i
By 5:30 we beached the row-
( a man on a horse. wre My back burned through a thin
n.
w
hite
shirt,
next
time
I’ll
weal
boat
on the opposite side of the
Rand inquire re g a rd in g !
with - j
more.
bay and crossing a narrow neck
Ito next town A fte r f e w 1
? attach
if land which continued out a
M any co coanut tree s and plen-
ícense,
calculations he says i t
mile
...
it.
i-
-
. m
ile o or r n m o o n ri, , found
m in i n a i tu
u i rtle s '
.
.
,
. . .
I '.me. We ask him w h a t t> of nuts, the cheapest th ere ot
office
t i
,
xi.
re tre a t. The larg e tu rtle s com e
<m,\
place
I
Know
less
th
an
oc
•
,
,
,
.
.
.
' time, foot time, horse
lorgan i
in during the night and deposit
for the I
turned:
lUthers
rioN
I
Aside
car time. He assures us apiece (U. S. Money).
th e ir eggs in the sands fa r enough
rest the dav was back th at the w aves do not
m
ade in
a . , certain tim e I fro m « a 4 i little
j
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„
D o t K.
1 1 1 ct I
lilt
H
\ t >
< a < >
ijv
w .e find ,n time ll,a t M » " ' aking in the sights of a h„ ,h(.r , h(,m Th(,lr , rar|is
fight. Seldom do we ~P>cal beach. Monkeys; various
, hrp(. fep, wj<1
“'ho measures d istan c e kinds, su e s ano colors of birds wag a (Jistinft m ark as if lheir
I ther method th an tim e, iom the large expert Pelican t ransrnjsjson was dragging
fisher to sm aller birds of inter-
quite
wise
in
f way
we « find
v
mu
a a y y a a r rd
u
i nt* turtles are q
u a e
w iw
is*
three orange trees <fd th e w hite heron among them
(O hide their eggs. They
fruit looks good, so we! One experience of that day ¡dig out a central hole, then
Purchase 250 for 36c bas lingered a long tim e: a case I small mounds are made around
S Money) and a lucky of poverty, result of laziness. A 'th e edge to mislead those who
Htwas, because it helped m an of about 40 came to us, like tu rtle eggs. But the country
: •' from getting too telling he was unable to find men have learned th at they lay
[•••• »e camo ) ack to the w ork of any kind, had a sick their eggs in the last hole, and
® on th e follow ing Tues- baby, and was also in need of their tracks are too plain to be
misleading. A long slender sfick
»e again packed up food.
about
four feet long is carried
Wply about the sam e
If such was the case of course
we w anted to help. So Mrs. Com by the egg searchers. With this
probes
in the sand
where
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— -- he
- >ck we find ourselves stock, Udo Neihause (who speaks he *<•—
A few stops are m ade both English and Spanish) and thinks the eggs should be; much
-A.S reasons and every m vself went dow’n to see the as one probes for a mole s run-
J '"op the pickup is sur- family. We found a deplorable way—a sudden easing on t h e
f curous youngsters. situation. Some poles supporting stick reveals the nest,
14 gazing at us as if a th atch ed shed roof, about 101 Only tu rtle eggs are down two
- strange v animals
i in
, a a feet square. The baby girl of feet, and even a little more I
P"' Pickup has a good Perhaps 10 months rested on the watched as one nest revealed 114
top and heavy gal- m iy aemblence ol
B* niej aaj often they find
^•inch mesh on sides ’ tied to g eth
around - a tur-
in er).
erj. The
1 ne m other blind 200. Die covering
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egg - :s a ‘ very *' tough m em brane
that can he lock- in
' one eye. three naked
’ ' boys.
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Pickup is used to haul and 12, abdomens distended, us- —the eggs are thrown in one
cause (w
UJ\| | to
VO th
10«
i w orm s). i Only
n
. one - sack. 400 of them, and handled
rorn • m I arket
e ual vauac
m ade s e - iconkin8 utensil
a five-gall'>n much as one would handle po-
r
r , r< is a oast kerosene can, and all the food tatoes. h it non»- broke
’
' they had w as II
' PX'
Lberia we head west to- Aside from the clothes the m other perience. we took our boat and
^wiall town called S ar- had on- a11 of her possessions ¡started to make a tour of the
'
r
, rhout too w ere contained in a paper c a r-jin n e r circle of the hay
going
L
bi nk- to st<)D ton. th a t once had contained can-1 ashore in places u h< re shells are
(
indar th e ni>d m llk shipped to M ate mi r- I lentiful. The shore n ot producing
chant
■ 3V, !
" s Place we
Back in 1910 in the Republic
► • "a , °np ' lock- H ere of H onduras. I saw a family mov-
'
’he dis- ing from one I
to another.
L 'pY *’ rr nutes by the wife had an oya (something
|,L 0 E
” h v i - sim ila r to a la rg e crock» on h er
i f rr‘ari w
-npassable head. T h e husband carried a
otU'5 °r
con- blanket, and between them a
Sa.’d fbe>’ thought medium size pig was trailing,
*
’•
! gru n tin g his disapproval over a
I
and find g o in g ! long journey. However, this poor
all th a t w ,s w an.rrt. nur k w t -
men rowed out to place w’here
many and varied conk shells w ere
visible from the boatside. One
of the men made several visits
to the bottom in about 12 feet
of w ater and brought up some
nice shells.
Very few homes a l o n g the
beach, not enough energy devel
oped in the few who dwell there
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