Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-08
Uncle Sans Ten Mile Strip. r.


,c,,,iol Correspondence Of tho Desc
...r,iebted by Frank. G. carpenter)
,NAMA--I have just had q talk
n nth Mai. Gen. George w, Davis,
,ho Governor OF our Panama pos
sosslons in his palatial residence
,,,on hill | even rode with him
q IN the gubernatorial carriage be-
VA the coachman and livery with his
D, '.. buttons, bearing the monogram,
mr. Panama canal, The carriage
he old one belonging to the French
S...,or general, which came into our
.s. As part Of our Panama purchase
horses went with It, and also the
',,,ors The livery, long blue coat
"a. nv a Panama tailor, was bought
no, Davis out OF his own pocket
as for the residence, that is the
IA home Of the man who had charge
y, me French stables, and is In sight
-, smell OF where "A hundred or so
.,.l nonles and draft mules are now
.,r,sred. It was originally intended
y. ,be corral master and his assist
,,ts but It has since been overhauled,
.,ored and repalnted, and now makes
comfortable bungalow home for the
pyernor
THE RULER or OUR PANAMA
ZONE
Every one knows Gen. Davis, He
"a, been I'm the public eye ever since
6s 1,esseps began this canal we are
rov building Born on a farm In Con-
rsrtlcut he was employed In a lum-
~, business In Georgia when the war
S,oke out but he made his way north
md Joined the Union army, He went
IN AZ a volunteer sergeant and came
an as a captain OF the regular army.
Ne had already risen 20 a colonelcy
Vhen we began our war with Spain,
and during that struggle his service
has such that he was promoted to be
brlgadler general and then major gen.
sni Of volunteers. Gen. Davis has
since served as governor Of Porto Rico,
military governor OF Manila, and he
Was Tor a time the commander OF all
Tho troops OF the Philippines. lie Is
now one OF the members OF the canal
commission. and Is also the governor
Of out ten-mile strip on the isthmus
Of Panama, with it's population Of 49,
600 newly adopted American citizens
HOW GOVERNOR DAVIS LOOKS,
Gov Davis Is now 65 years Of age,
but he is In his prime intellectually
He is az straight as one OF the royal
Palm trees not far from his house: he
sas brown as a berry and as tough as
anut He has with the exception Of a
few weeks, when ne went home on uC-
count Of the serious illness of his wife,
been here since his appointment last
February, and he Is, In fact, about the
only one Of the canal commission who
has spent much time on the ground
Ne represents the commission, and also
the government As ruler OF the zone
he has more power than any state gov
smor IN the Union, He can order any
Ge of the United States territory as
81 impedlment 10 the canal work or as
tUImental to the best interests OF his
lHe principally He has, I'm fact, the
NVers OF military ruler, and he
nliit be called the ear OF our Pana-
m pssessions
0BNEW COLONY ON THE 18TH
i MUS.
asked Gen. Davis to tell me Just
VIA, land Uncle Sam owns at Panama.
Sid he.
We have altogether about 100000
lIes BY the treaty we own a strip
eve miles wide on each side Of the
winding Panama canal, which, with the
hree marine miles at each end is
more than 90 miles long. The land is
teyery description Some Of IL IS low
Md rather marshy; other parts are
high lands covered with Jungle. Sew
.al torential rivers run through IT,
Including the Chagres, the Rio Grande,
he Trinidad and others, and its mid
ie portion Is composed OF the ragged
os mountains best known by the big
cuI al Culebra, The strip runs from
Nesn TO ocean and, in addition, we
rave several islands In Panama bay
ana the right 10 take any other land
hst may be needed for the use of the
anal"
PUBLIC LANDS IN THE ZONE.
How are the lands held. governor |
oppose they mostly belong TO the ma
lYes1"
Judge that two-thirds arc so
Nne1' was the reply. "The remains
Ht amounting to about 100000 acres,
olongs to the United States by virtue
y NE canal and the treaty. BY the
WaV with Panama we have the old
Anls that Colombia held, and by the
purchase Of the canal we have all that
le assigned 10 the French, az well as
gc@ which have been acquired from
WYE TO time by the Panama railroad,
Nlch rs you know, runs through the
wP right along the line Of the canal"
Is me land Of value for farmlng?'
ne most Of II could be so used: but
ar nothing has been done with II.
aee Is very little swamp lands, al
3usn some Is low and marshy. The
wv amos could all be turned into sugar
a,suons, and the ground higher up
sOu'l serve for raising coffee and ca
o 'he trees from which the choco-
"a, ne people" continued Gen. Davis,
az out little farming. There IRE in
te places, patches OF sugar cane
sOn winch rum Is manufactured. A
a. the Chinese have gardens, but
H,,n maturity or the inhabitants of the
IVY cultivate nothing whatever, ex-
WV g,p pong the Chagres, where some
svw bananas, Near Colon and Empire
s,a TWO ranches where cattle are raised
~. a small diaries maintained. There
4 ls a'o'uUse'her perhaps, 1000 cattle in
a., ne Chinese Of Colon and Panama
S.,, uShermen, but fash cost moro
III aN they do In the United States
cIovV are some cocoanuts raised near
i d NV Wy. winch are shipped to New York
i ,py WV , orleans don't think there is
,ra ,sserohantable timber on our land
S,y. " mere are mineral deposits they
Ns never been discovered. Indeed.
nIlp ny 'hings exported from the canal
N. rpMe eocoanuts and bananas, and
An mama republic is now charging
4 hrsIrpoort TAX OF cents bunch on all
''s0as sent out.
Wv AMERICAN COUSINS ON THE
lsTHMUS.
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