Hefferman Now In The Philippines

HEFFERMAN NOW IN THE PHILIPPINES

Charles Dwyer, the marble man, has received a letter from J. W. Hefferman, D. V. S., who last summer had his office in Benz's livery barn on S. Ashley Street. It is dated Manila, P. I..  He says he is well but it is uncomfortably warm. "Well, l arrived at San Francisco the following Monday after I left you. I have seen some very nice sights along the railroad. On Sunday morning I had breakfast at Ogden, Utah. Later in the morning we passed around the north side of Salt Lake, so we got a good view of it. After leaving Ogden I saw nothing of much account, but mountains, until I came to Sacramento, Cal., where we stopped 30 minutes for breakfast. That is a beautiful city. I had two days in Frisco, and while there witnessed the Carter-Wolcott fight. On October 16 we sailed on the U . S. army transport Thomas. We had a very rough voyage nearly all the way. On the night of October 21 we had the most terrific storm I ever witnessed. It blew us 150 miles off from the scheduled route. I thought every minute the ship would go upside down. It was impossible to stick to the berth. Nearly all the passengers were terribly sick. I was not sick, but thought some of my past deeds and future prospects. After leaving 'Frisco we did not get sight of land until Nov. 7 when we passed some of the Ladrone Islands. There we saw four volcanoes, one of which we were quite close to. On Sunday morning, Nov. 10, when I got up we were in sight of the north coast of Luzon and got a good view of the city of Aparri, a place of 100,000 inhabitants. We did not lose sight of land again. We sailed along the west coast through the China sea until we entered Manila Bay. About 10 o'cluck Monday night we were anchored in the bay, three miles out from Manila. On Monday morning the health officers came on and examined us and vaccinated us all before we could land. They then took us ashore in small launches. I have not been assigned yet, but think I will be sent to the province of Leyte, 250 miles south of here. There were 400 passengers that came over on the transport. The crowd consisted of teachers, stenographers, typewriters, doctors, preachers, printers and mechanics of all kinds. Five were U. of M. graduates.

The time passed very pleasantly. There was something going on every evening, such as dances, concerts and two prize fights."