El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-20

, dusty travellers who suddenly come in
to the agency for the first time.
Death Rate Decreased.
But to carry out this plan the work
of several wears was required. One
of the first things that needed TO
be done was the installation of mod
ern sawmill. Timber was CUT, 4umDer
was sawed and seasoned ana the Work
was begun. A great part OF TINS work
was done by the indians unaer the
superintendence of American Ioremen-
Thus were they taught carpentry, ma
sonary, etc. Finally the pant Delng
rebuilt and mOdernly equipped win
electric lights, telephones, water sys-
TEN. etc, the results began to show
themselves The younger lndlans were
being better educated, and, because OF
better housing and sanitary condi-
tons. the health of the Schoot chlII hh
before that time had been frlghtful,
was greatly reduced, and conditions
generally were improved
Uniting the Tribe.
To fill the dwindling ranks due to
depletion of the tribe as Wen as 10
helm the community generally when
the new school buildings were nm
fshed. Mr. Carroll was Instrumental In
having restored to the tribe a portion
of if that had been driven off during
tba fighting days and that had lived
anart for many years, and also OBJ
tanned authority for the school TO De
thrown open to children in that sec
ton who. though not living on any
,eservat ion. were really of indian de-
scent. thus giving opportunity Tor edu-
cation to a large number OF chlIdren
who would otherwise be without IT,
Through his efforts also, arrange
ments have been almost completed Tor
another portion of the tribe, known
as the Geronimo band, held as prl-
soners Of war for many years at Fort
Sill, Okla, to be brought TO Mesca-
Iero and reunited with their klnsmen:
An idea may be obtained Of what all
this means TO the community as well
as to the indians when 1t is stated
that the government proposes to APP
propriate 100000 for the removal ana
installation of these indians IN their
Besides advancing the indians and
developing their interests as far as
practicable, in the way of farming ana
sheep raising especially, Mr.. Carrou
inaugurated a system OF leasing thelr
surplus grazing lands to cattle COM
panies. fencing off large tracts as re-
ouired The money derived from this
course, running into thousands of dol
lars annually, is partly divided among
the indians and partly used for the
purchase of farming machinery, blood
ed stock for breeding, etc, for the use
of the members of the tribe in com
mon.
But of all the good work Mr. Car
roll has done in the community. there
is none for which he is better known
than for his road building Under his
administration, the indian reservation
a beautiful spot in nature, has been
virtually transformed into the dream
of FL Pasoans, a national park The
road from TularOsa clear across the
reservation. a distance OF about 50
miles. is a delight to automobilists,
while the new road, II miles long,
connecting the agency with Cloudcroft.
makes it easy to make the run over
from Cloudcroft and return in day
with several hours to spare seeing the
sights If Mr.. Carroll had done moth
ing else during his incumbency than
to build these roads. the work would
have stood as lasting monument to his
untiring energy and zeal
Mr. Carroll is a Georgian by birth
as is also his charming wife.