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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

throws handfuls OF corn from n basks
by her side. She spriokles this with
water obtained by dipping her hand IN
a gourd holding this precious huid-for
woter is treated like milk In our country
md is never wasted. This mass the
tortilla maker rolls up and down on the
mortar board. crushing II as she docs
80 with a sandstone rolling.pln. When
OF the consistency Of meal she pats IL
into small, thin cakes and II there ia a
child present. md there always L. she
hands Il to the little one, who continues
TO 0attcu Il between hands that are to,
often dirty. II is then placed on the iron
slab over two or three pieces Of charcoal.
which arc cherished carefully. The tor
tlllas are turned with the hands and when
brown are eaten like bread OF used 10 dip
up the frijolcs or bsans which boil 10 a
pot placed with It's side against the IRE.
These arc common roadside sights. Even
the better class OF McXicans, who are par
tcular In the preparation OF food. seldom
cook over anything but brozier, and
only on rare occasions learn 10 make cake
or pies. II is tho life OF the people thnt
interests most ia this country. with it,
Italian blue sky and ia tropical green. II
IS the poems who really constitute Mexican
life. As a rule, they are small Ia stature
nud they do not live 10 bc old. This is
partly due 10 the Immense burdens they
cnrry and 10 unEanltnry lives In fact,
II 10 an exception 20 SEQ a white. haired
Mexican. and when one does be Is
strillng object. h.s dusky skin foEmlng
marked contrast TO bis gray locks. As
elsewhere, tho soul al the artist ls de-
lighted. md thrfe are few countrlcs thai
can give moro material FOR brush md pen
ell Beside the artistic old adobe house.
with their fronts o. green. blue rcd or
white. II seems impossible for the average
Mexican 20 bc awkward Unconsciousiy
be assumes graceful attitudes. whether
wettiug bis lbs oveT toe counter ut
puque shop or hawking bis wares lle
never huTries and he IS pleasing In his
movements. though bis clothes b. ~ tNe
scantiest npd his torn sombroio ls
stretched ont ln hls hands for stray
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
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enough to have foot covering. md In
his hand he wlelds n long quirt with
which he lnshes the mule.
The Mexican mule IA a remarkable oul.
NAL. bomely but faithful. and once start
cd seems as lonth to stop ms IL was un-
willing 10 so before starting into action.
Over the narrow streets goes the cRr the
women peepiug at IL from behind the
barred windows Of their homes and the
driver alternately blowing a tin horn,
calling out ''Audele. audcle" and sh-sh-sh
TO his beast. This last peculiar sound.
made through the teeth, IS so common IL
Mexico that the very mir seems 1lled
with t. II IS also used TO "shoo' q per
son out Of the way and takes tbe place
OF orr get up" BY some secret under
standing II is oomprehcnded by the mule,
who gets up" either by going forward
or backward.
There are FIRST and second class cars.
as on the railroads, though tho latter 90
one extreme further aud furnish third
class coaches The fare Is very little
about three cents n mile in the first-clnss
and after the conductor sells the tick
cts innumcrable collectors appear TO punch
country where lotteries are so prevalent
and gambling so common the street cnr
tickets In many places nre lottery tickets.
and pnnted notice on the back OF these
slips suggests that It be kept to see II
II does not draw something. Many pco-
pie watch these numbers. aud others
make prncticc OF collecting old street
chr tickets and noticing the numbers
when the lottery takes place az the begin
ming OF the month 10 this land Of con-
trasts familiar sight Is the funeral car
with raised dais and catafnlquc beneath
q canopy supplemented by cross, These
funeral cars ore painted black or white,
and di1cr 10 decorations and consequent
expense Sometimes the funeral car Of a
poor person has no decorations. the black
cnsket exposed 10 view is without dow
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

II is generally agreed TINT the cultivo-
tiou OF plnenpples Offers the best oppor-
tunity to the white settler. The indus
try is comparatively recent In Its birth,
but has already grown to Important dl-
mensions. There are about a dozen can
neries in the territory and approximately
5000 acres devoted to the fruit, The
total output is 1900 tons. valued at
1920 600. Tho industry Is mainly con
Quoted by small corporations. but about
: per cent OF the pineapple crops IL
roised by independent japanese
For many years IL hos been believed
that coffee has had It's days In Hawaii
and TINT the Islands nrc not adapted TO
les best growth. Prolonged experiments
hnve proved that previous failures were
due TO improper methods OF cultivation
and injudicious selection OF locations for
planting. With better knowledge the
industry Is revlvlng aud bids fair to cx-
paud TO considerable proportions. About
$500 acres are now In bearing trees. pro-
ducing a crop Of about l 800 tons. valued
nt 100000. The berry Is of excellent
quality and Is beginning 20 he favoTably
regarded In the markets OF the mainland
The small capitalist with some knowledge
Of coffee culture may ind good Geld
for bis efforts I'm Hawaii
Great expectations are entertained OF
tho sisul industry in the Islands The
plant requires lIttlc woter and will grow
we'll on stony ground Tint can be turned
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water lily, and oil growing from a cen
tral root II yields q pulp from which
pol the foyorlte dish Of the Kanakas is
mnde.
One OF the chief obstacles TO the
establishment OF small farms in Hawaii
y the high price OF lands A large pro-
portion OF the eultlvatsble lsnds f. In
privnte ownership. having been acquired
10y favored American and British fom-
HES through royal grants The Bishop
Estatc owns nearly 10 per cent. OF the
entire land nrea OF the islands The
sugar plantations have acquired the best
tracts on all the islands Little is TO be
had upon the windwurd side, aud on the
lceward side the necessity OF irrigation
prccludcs the location OF the man Of
moderate means. The government is
constantly Offering public lnnds In small
subdivisions. but the best Of these op-
pcrtuuiues are quickly seized by resi-
cents OF the islands. who seldom culti-
Vate them. but contriye to cvadc the
requirements OF the Homestead Law and
sell out as soon as they obtain title
Renting IS out OF the question for the
white farmer. Ho could not pay the
price that the Cbinaman Willis or SO
an acre-and make living
A solution 10 these difficulties seems to
hnye been found 10 the project OF the
national government to reclaim certain
sections Of the public land. II Is pro-
posed 70 employ the Reclamation Service
in this development. and It Is believed
thnt the venture VIII meet with the sue
cess that has attended all the projects
OF the bureau In the regions OF the West.
When these homcsteads are offered TO
our mainland farmers there should be no
lock OF applicants for them. Hawaii has
many unsurpssssblc attractions for the
home-scekcr. There Is no better climate
In the world. The educational facilities
arc excellent. The settlers on these
tracts Will form American communities.
Transportation facilities Will be assured
TO them, and their aggregate production
Will be sufficiently important to command
the attention of shippers aud buyers In
short where individuals aud small groups
have foiled a compact community OF a
few thousand may succeed with ordinary
effort
Tho settler in Hawaii viii hnvo no
difficulty In finding desirable crops to
mise. The land Is suited to the growth
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TO no other account. There aro exten-
siyc wostc lands 10 Hawaii which can
be made 10 yield crops of ssnl without
irrigation or fertilization. Tho Hawaiian
hber is especially excellent in quality
and commands 4 higher prlco than the
best product OF YucatGn. Several small
mills orc engaged In extracting the fiber
and constant improvements are being
made In tho mechanical devices for the
purpose. There nro about 10000 acres
Of land In the territory capable OF pro-
duclng slsal. but OF little value other
wise. This area II devoted to tho plant
would produce 10000 tons annually.
which. at six cents pound, the current
price Of 6isal, would aggregate $4,000. 900
IN value
The experiment station has carried on
n series OF tests FOR several ycnrs past
IN connection with tobacco. The con,
clusons reached Indicate good prospects
for the successful cultivation OF this
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Ventilating Fans May
ProveDangerous.

n HE French government assumes now
Il odnys n most patcrnni Interest In the
V welfare and general health of It's
working people So the government not
long ago ordered two officials 10 study
the actions OF vcntilntinC fans In big
factories md other establishments where
many worklnEmen were crowded TO
gether and brcathed air that was sup
piled largely by big machine fans work
Ing through giant ventilOtlng apparatus
These gentlemen have reported back "a
the French cabinet that In most Instances
the fans used In French factories bav,
not only no utility for the good Of the
worRmcn. but that on the contrary. they
create In the premises where they nrt
placed a yerltablc whirlwlnd that raiser
constantly s cloud OF almost lovislbI,
dust. which In Itself Is injurious 20 the
human lungs They also add that where
one workman e suffering from tuber.
culosls the ycntllatlng fans spread tho
contneion Of these germs ns perfectly as
II they hnG pecn invented for no other
purpose.
These officials claim ia their govern
mcnt report that oil fans should be abol-
lshed that do not draw their air supply
entirely from outside the building and
high nbovc the street level. Also they
recommend that the apparatus be so per
fcCted that the worklnCmcn arc pro
tectcd from dust by 6ltcrs that strait
the air currents of all dust before II
ia permitted TO enter the working roomI
OF the factory mill or big store.
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Science Now Declares Stupid Children Are Deaf

any time on account OF illncSs.
This means. say the French school
physicians. that when a child breathcs
through tho mouth that It's nose IL stopped
up by disease aud that the child not only
suffers from deafness. but also from III
ness due 10 Improper breathing apparatus.
Also the vost majority of school children
put down as bad or az stupid are really
suffering only from the stupid neglect or
their parents and guaedians who have DOT
yet learned that when a child II forced
10 breathe through the mouth II has only
one chance of SUCCESS in life agnlust ave
chances held out TO the lucky child that
can breathe in the manner nature intended
that f. through both uostTils iu the
human noses and not through tho month.
which naturc regards as exclusively Tor
eating sud t0lkiug not Tor breathing.
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V0 HEN President Taft meets tho
A n Ii President Of Mexico this month
IA "a 81 he win not only shake hnnds
SeF3H with o wonderful man. but
With one who has ruled nj
most continuously since 1916. Pornrio
Dl05 IS capable man. md his presi-
dcucy m Mexico has been conducted in
such why that tho country hns steadily
progressed. Few kings and no presidents
hnyo held n more consecutive record than
Daz. md. though he has his enemies AS
well rs friends. be stands head and shoul-
dcrs above other Mexican politicians. lie
has been in favor of cduepting the masses.
hns encouraged foreigners 10 make in-
vestmcuts. had built rnllronds. established
manufactures aud brought his country 10
a place where IL IL receiving recognition
from the rest OF the world. Americans
think that his protrnctcd rule. while II
might not havo served 10 our country, Is
Just the thing for this Southern land.
where nothing Is done as In the United
States
The Rio Grande is small stream. yet
once across It nnother world dowDs on
the American One dollar OF our money
If worth TWO uollAtH IN heAi'ah hvHNss
and oil railroad measurements arc kilo-
meters Instead of miles. One never buys
a yard OF goods ia n store. but a meter.
which eaunls yard and tenth This
seems odd enough 10 the Americana
but It Is the street cars that interest him
the most It seems lneongruous to sec
trnm car. outlquatcd though 81 may be,
passing through narrow. precipltous
streets Of places that autedate Colurn-
bus advent. Tho tracks arc Irregular
and nluc times out Of ten the car. which
may be a secondhand one brought down
from the states." Is mule car
driven by q man who II dressed In rags
with a torn sombrero on bls head and
faded zerapo thrown nrttsticnlly over his
left shoulder. ON his feet be wears
leather sandals. provided he is fortunate
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to taste the national dishes. and unless
be is fortunate enough to be invited to
the home OF a Mexican OF the upper
Gloss. and they are very exclusive, be
must take his chances as to where they
are prepared. Tortillas are a favoritc
dish. as common as our bread. Women
make them by the roadside, 10 empty
cars and in their kitchen; no place seems
too inconvenient and the process never
varies. These small cakes resemble our
pancakes. They are made OF ground
corn and winter and baked 1at on small
pieces OF sheet iron over n brazicr. The
tortilla maker usually koeels on the
ground nud has before her q small In
clined mortar OF sandstone The part
near bcr body is higher than that rest
Ing on the ground II looks like a
sandstone washboari. and on this she
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

dressed in rags and tattcrs. dnd pleasure
IN life. Sometimes In the TERRA cnliente
or hot country the children run nround
with no clothing. Fortunately. these
people desire less than those OF the Same
station IN life In the States; they orc
not filed With ambition 20 become rich,
and they accept unquestionabiy many con
dItlons that VIC would rebel at. Their
voices are low and pleasant and the
street calls, with which the air Is nlled.
are musical and command attention.
"Gorditas de horuo." calls the vendor OF
hot cakes, and in answering notes comes
-Tomau nucsf" or "wu you have putsf''
but no sane American wants TO buy them.
The street vendors arc dirty and the flies
oongregnte In millions about their wares
on the other hand, everyone who goes
20 the land OF white umbrellas desires
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

guest ls shown bis room and II be agrees
To stay his name. with tho number OF his
room added. Is entered on huge blnck-
board which nils one side OF the Office
wall. The proprietor from then on pays
little attention to his guest, who must
not expect TO have pen Ink aud paper in
his room, but must write any mlssivc in
the Office. and who receives his key from
a man who. after once seeing bin, Ia as
unfaillug in his recognition and ia giving
the correct key as the major domo or
hats at the door OF a hotel dlniug-room
In the States Sometimes mall is left
with this Individual, but more often IL Is
thrown on the desk Of the proprietor for
anyone To pick out at bis discretion.
Locks and keys are an innovation and
the mnn cbnmbcrmaid. who Is also hall
boy. ncwsboy and bootblace. usually Of
fers 20 show the newcomer how 20 lock
the door with every appearance OF i'm
parting valuable Information.
one can get q comfortable meal IN the
large Mexican restaurants because the
head walter usually speaks English.
Whether the menu he In French or
Spanish. he approaches and IN an obse-
Quious manner says In Americana
I'VE have so and so. ''fhc spaghetti *
very uicc today" or asks the guest 20
point out what he wants on the bin OF
fare. This he jots down ln Spanish and
hnnds 10 the waiter. Unlike the quiet
OF our well-ordercd establishments,
great sputtcrlne aud talking goes on
continually between the major domo and
bis subordinatcs, nnd when the language
Is not understood one bcnves o Sigh OF
relief 10 sec them nn1ily resolve into
smiles. md the Wild gestures and biesiug
sounds cease. In many OF these places
smoking Il permitted. and though the
McXlcnns are extremely punctuou-, never
druiu o. glass or neglect 10 say Cracks"
md are roiltc iu many little ways yhat
wc neglect Weilbred men win smoke IA
tho main body of The street car
They are nnppy people. these ncishbors
oi our.- and oven the lower classcs.
though yuulcucd With poverty aud
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weed OF universal demand. II Is be-
hcved that there ore about OOo acres
Of land suitable TO tobacco in tho terri
tory. II is not safe, however. 10 recon-
mend tobacco growing IN Hawaii to the
small capitalist MS yet. The right kind
OF lond will probably he costly and the
experiments have not yet been carried 10
the point of determining with anything
likc precision the cost OF cultivation.
This. like vanilla. Is one OF tho products
that the farmer may experiment with to
possible advantage,
Only such crops have been noticed as
mny be rnlsed by the man with small
acreage and little money at his com
mand. They nrc sufficiently numerous
and diversified to Insure success with
ordinary labor and intelligent method
Throughout the entire country the dens-
ity or the population is n little over 25
persons TO each square mile.
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oAUa1cNAy 6zzlaLa8, AanaI1I1

E4hA X. +. H NEWELL, director OF
81 M "a tho United States Reclamation
III Service, after 90 extensive In.
II 81 q yeStgntion OF conditions In Ha.
wall, made obout a year ago.
oppressed himself 10 his Official report as
follows: The supreme need Of III,
Islands from the viewpoint Of the ma
tonal interest is that of Increasing the
number OF citizens owning homes upon
the land. The relatively great propor-
Ion Of laborcrs who are not citizens
nnd the fact TINT there Is such small
nomber OF citizens who arc landowners
and who bave been brought up under
democratic institutions. forms a source
OF weakness. Every possible effort should
be made by public and private interests
10 put upon tho land the best obtoinable
men, who Will live upon small farms.
cultivatc the soil and become indepcn.
dent. self-respccting citizens. This need
has long been recognized; many attempts
10 remedy 1t have been made. but most
OF these have not been successful. owing
to variety of reasons"
II must be confessed that conditions IA
The past hnyc not been favorable to the
settler with small mems. IL be secured
land contiguous to 4 sugnr estate be
could readily dispose OF his output to the
uill Mt fair profit. but the almost in
variable outcome wns the acquisition OF
bis property by the company In case he
devoted his holding to coffee, pinenpples
or any one Of the scorc OF crops that
IGay be successfully rolsed on Hawaiian
soil, he experienced difficulty 10 trans
porting his product and 10 marketing II.
To such an extent was the interest of
the islanders centered In sugar that until
recent years little attention was paid TO
anything else, although Il is a fact be-
youd dispute that many other forms OF
agriculture yield handsome returns even
though carried on In a small way.
Practically nll the farming that ls car
red on In Hawaii depends upon the Chi.
nese. The Knnakns ore ovcrse 20 ogri-
cultural pursuits md have even ubau-
doned the cultivation Of taro to the
Chinese, who also extensively engage In
uuck gardening. Taro was at one time
the chief source OF the native food sup
ply. and at the present IS largely CON
sumed by them. II is n plant with six
OF eight tall, thick stems, each sur
mounted by broad lenf. Ike that Of
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

n ECENT reports made by the eminent
K scientists 10 charge OF watching the
~ health conditions In ParisiRn schools
declare unquoilnedly that nearly all the
children Iaarkcd down as naughty pupils
VI poor scholars are actually sufferers
from deafness. The physicians claim that
these dull scholars and inattentlve stu
dents are really the victims OF desfaeS'
and breathing through the mouth
This amounts 70 saying that the nasal
passages Of tho children are more or less
clo-eed With diseased tissue and that
their dulucss and lack of interest In their
school work is really cnused by the TACT
that thcy are unable To hear well what
l. tnugbt 10 them.
Ot 400 pupils 10 one school the ply 81
clans made elaborate tests and carefu"y
leeE the statistics tbus gathered. ln o
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

strRte the dangers Incurred from cows
Infected by natural method. The facts
given as 20 the possibility Of human IN
fcction from the diseased COW are most
alarming
None OF the COWS studied gave opy
signs OF disease that could be detected
without some spccial scientific invcsuga-
tion- The most important practical dis
covcry wns absolute proof that the dirt
aud nlih iu badly Kept stable contained
tremendous amounts OF Tie germs. More
over. n was shown that tady Kept
stable invariably turns ont milk objected
With the dirt from the stable Itself
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

per cent the breathing was healthy, 10
% per cent the breathing was bad and
10 the last 20 per cent the nose was
actually plugged up aud the children
were forced 10 breath exclusively through
tho mouth. or the children 40 were dcac-
or tho children who bad good hearing
and breathing apparatus only one IN dve
had poor mark 10 school. while Of the
children who brcatbed through the nose
tAo out OF three had bod mark add
were put down as not studying or as
being stupid al their books.
Finally the physicians found thnt in
these 400 students selected at random
tuo-tbirds OF al the children who ~ere
said 70 BE- stupid we're Ia bad heolth.
white 10 children who brcathed properly
through the oozc only one 10 n'e bad
been uarked ou .hc school books ns io5lus
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

y HREE royal commissions have re-
II ported 20 the British government on
~ vurious phnses OF the tuberculosis
dnnger since 1901 when Koch mnde his
nrst pronouucemcDt concerning -he ter
uble possibilities contained 10 animals
suffering from the disease, one royal
British commission reported In 1904,
another ln 1901 called she Sccond ln-
tcrim Rcport and the ;hird and '7st ~
port WIS made public ais year
This third interim -cport details The
work and observations OF a dozea n The
most famous EoClhh physicians The
work consisted ~ attempting 20 dcmon-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
Dangers in Animal tuberculosis.

In other words this result Of two years
hard work by some or the host-known
scientists IN England proves ono I'm
portnnt fact, namely. that tuberculosis IN
COWS is 100 times more dangerous 10
milk consumers when the diseased COWS
are kept IN UDsanitag stnble-. Naturally
enough the Important recommendation To
the British government by the commits
sion IS a dcmnnd Tor instant nnd severe
revision Of sanitation laws over stables
where COWS are housed This II expected
to result iu new aud scientific superiisioa
over COW stables throughout the entire
LaItcd Kingdom.
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