Monday, February 15, 1954
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Oregon
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Beauty and Mystery of Mexico
Intrigue Observer from Salem
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By ADDY
SE LANE
MfcXILO CITY From Cape San
Lucas, at the tip of Baja, where
we anchored overnight and visited
the villaee on the beach, we cross
to the channel to Banderas Bay
and Puerto Vallerle.
Puerto Vallerte is the most en
chanting of the Mexican towns we
have visited. We immigrated
there. Customs officials rowed to
the boat and cleared us for en
trance into Mexico.
There are 17 American families
n town, 7000 Mexicans in the vil
lage. The streets are covered with
cobblestones and are narrow, little
uphill twists, like a 'miniature
Mexican San Francisco. The town
curves around Banderas Bav and
from our vantage point oil the
water looks more picturesque than
any place I have ever seen. It is
only a pity that the thousands of
people who live there, manv in
dire poverty, will never be able to
see from the outside the beauty
of the picture-postcard in which
they live.
On the left as we beached are
countless thatched huts, canoes
covered from the salt spray by
large cocoanut palm leaves, and
lean-tos covered with rough palms
for roofs. Then the Hotel Rosita,
1 a modern pink structure built
'nrniinri A nnlin anA a cotirl,, ni.,.ni.
. ru"v u auuuj pi i an
shore with crude hammocks and
palm trees, coral gardens and
gardenia bushes, bouganvillas and
pink hibiscus.
The owner of the hotel picked a
gardenia from his bush and saluted
me with a flash of a smile, a bow
and "Para Ud., mi bonita!"
The sun zegan to set upon the
water. There was never a sunset
like this. Gorgeous pyramids of
fiery oranges and greens, purples
and pinks all across the horizon,
with a sailboat silhouetted against
the brilliance of it. Slow plodding
burros saddled withb ricks or
bunches of wood crossed between
us and the sunset as they made
their way along the promenade.
On the far side of the village is
the poorest section. There the
women pounded clothes white
against the rocks of the river.
Children played around them, nak
ed. Bent old men approached
through the waves from their long
canoes with blocks of chickle on
their backs. They had been gather
ing the gumbase up the bay and
were bringing it to market for
export from the port. This is what
we buy from the Wrigley company.
Went to the Plaza, where crum
pled old men and women sell
strips of coconut and a red-brown
sugar substance, chewing gum and
tickets to the "teatro." This lat
ter is an open-air cinema in the
patio behind a small dress shop.
Hard kitchen chairs there they
can move around when they can't
see. It costs 13 cents in American
money to see the picture. The
night we were there the big fea
ture was "The Room Before Hell"
. . . 'only we saw Kirk Douglas in
it as "Detective Story" in the
States.
In the rainy seasons at Puerto
Vallarte, the children slide down
the cobblestone hills in big turtle
shells.
We left Puerto Vallarte early in
the morning. The hills were
smokey and tipped with a floating
fog. The sun doesn't come upon
Tucrto Vallarte until 8:30 in the
mornings because of the interven
ing hills. It became terrifically
hot during the day. And at noon
we anchored for a swim. By night
we were near Chamela Bay.
Lightning flashed beyord the low
bills that circled the bay. And
the stars sent back an echoing
staccato answer.
We were guided by the North
Star and entered the bay in black
night. The bay is considered one
of the most treacherous spots on
the western coast. Most sailing
men would not enter in there dur
ing the day. We approached it
and anchored at night. It is un
predictable and filled with un
chartered rocks. It took the whole
crew to stnno guard on the bow
and side decks, and the silence of
the night and of our tightened
breathing seemed like the taut
stretch of the drum-top. (We were
wondering if that swim and the
delay was worth entering here at
night.)
On the 27th of the month, we ar
rived at Manzanilla, to refuel and
take on water. For several hours
we had followed a white speck on
the horizon ahead of us . . . and
met the boat in person in Manzan
illa, as we anchored alongside of
her. It was a large working fish
ing boat, manned by a crew of
men headed by Marco Collini, who
is supposed to be the best fisher
man on the coasts. What a day!
I boarded their boat with camera I
and pencil, up and down the detck.
below and into the bait tanks.
Had : dinner with them in their
galley. Almost had a catastrophe
as Marco wanted to prove Jon
Hall had nothing on him. He
leaped over the side into water
that was filled with sharks and
insisted upon swimming beside our
skiff as we rowed back to our
boat. Perhaps he is better than
Jon Hall. He is a living example
cf something, at any rate . . . and
a very fine skipper, too, judging
from the respect his crew holds
for him.
And . . . intb Boco Chica Har
bor and Acapulco. I was en
chanted. A myriad of lights flash
ed, and suddenly the Vagabunda,
another escort vessel, blazed us
with its vivid blue searchlight. It !
picked up the steep craggy cliffs
on each side of the narrow channel
entrance. Small pin points of
buoys on either side of us. We
came nearer. The lights were
more clustered together until we
were directly under the cliffs. And
h'gh above the bay, a brilliant
maze of colored lights and nponle
on the top of Acapulco's brightly- '
lit world came to the railings of j
tiie large hotels and dining rooms i
to look at us sailing in. There was
a softness in the air. and a sweet
balmy breeze blew my hair around
my forehead. 1 stood motionless
for a minute. I felt something
was the end of an era. What it
was I didn't know.
Soon we were cleared in the bay
and became part of the blaze of
lights and music from high above
us at the Flamingos Hotel. The
stars above us in the sky and the
manstars from the masts in the
bay blended and we were once
again on land.
WOODBURN JAYCEES
WOODBURN A special
meeting of the Woodburn Jay
cees will be held Tuesday night,
Feb. 16. at 7:30 p.m. and the
group will attend the basketball
game at the high school between
Woodburn and Dallas in a body.
The Dallas Jaycces also will be
present for the game and a con
test in rooting for their team ;
will be held between the two
groups of Jaycees.
At the time of Cleopatra, rich
women made up their eyes by
painting the lower lids green and
the upper lids black.
A Bil Of
This-'n-Thal
Boise
("eorge
Huggins
The following intelligent conversation took place recently
near our office.
Ques.: Why did you install 1 new neon sign on top of your
building?
Because it was too large to go through the door and be
sides it would look funny inside the office.
I think it looks funny where it is. What's it for?
It was installed for guys like you who don't know that
this is an insurance office.
Whadya mean?
Ans.: Well, most people know that we represent the General
but we don t want you to contuse us trim the oenerai
Paint Corp.. General Petroleum, General Electric or
General Motors. All we sell is insurance.
Is that good?
Well, we think it's good Insurance. As a matter of fact,
we buy some of it ourselves.
Whv did you use that slogan up there SAVE WITH
SAFECO?
We had no choice. We wanted to use the world's short
est commercial: "When we say Insurance, we mean
liuggins", but it wasn't short enough.
What happens when the motor gets stuck and the sign
stops revolving.
Naturallv. the building would start going around.
Whv did vou decide to use a revolving sign anyway?
(You won't like this one. but we'll tell you anyway).
We wanted the word to get around!
Ans.:
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