El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27

some polishers and painters. There IS
also tailors shop and large print
Ing establishment There is an eXecu-
ton yard. where the murderers are
hanged. The garrote has disappeared
Our Penal Colony at IWahlg.
One OF the most remarkable Of all
prisons is the penal colony at Iwahig,
made uD Of life prisoners, murdererS
and others who have been sent there
as a reward for good conduct at Bill
bid. This is on a little island adjoining
PalaWan. 1t consists OF a reservation OF
go square miles occupied by prisoners
who are engaged in manufacturing and
farming. These convicts govern them
selves. Tie only Americans connected
with them are their superintendent,
c. II. Lamb, and an agricultural expert
brought in to teach them to farm They
elect their own afficers and make their
own laws. They have jury trials IN
which the vote Of the majority cOnTicts.
although the superintendent has the
right Of veto. Such of the convicts as
break the laws may be flOgged or sent
back to Bilibad. The cOnvicts can marry
IL they wish and they may bring their
wives and families to live with them,
There are now ~ women in the COLI
ony. and six marriages have occurred
this past year.
Each Of these convict farmers has his
own separate holding. He does his work
on the shares. half Of the crop going
to the prison and the other half TO
him. The cOlOniSts raise their own meat.
They have beef cattle, consisting OF
crosses between native cows and Indian
bulls. They have also a fishery
The colony IS now going into cocoa
nut raising and it has already set out
So, 900 trees. This will not only render
It selfsuppOrting. but will enable it
TO turn in e great deal Of money TO the
support Of other prisons on the Is
lands.
Gen. Edwards tells me OF visit he
paid last year to IWahig. He was roWed
from his ship to the shore by & muir
al -
derers acting as the family servants
OF the governor Mrs. Lamb is the only
American woman on the island and
she has two little children Her cook
The Health Of a Nation.
A great deal OF Uncle Sans work has
had to do with the health Of the Philip
pines The Islands are being cleaned
up and the cities worked over Manila
has new sewers, which cost ABOUT Two
million dollars, and IL has a water sup
ply brought in from the head waters
OF the Mariguina river which are held
voir there contains hundreds OF mil
lions OF gallons, and Il IS fed BY a Wild
mountainous region where the water
is pure.
The mosquitoes are being cleaned out
OF Manila and otherWhere. The canals
have been dredged and the meats filled
up, and parks nave taken their places.
New hospitals have been built. ana
only for the Christians. but for the
wild men as well We have doctors
connected with the leading tribes, and
the saVages, instead OF making sacri-
fees to pacify the spirits OF disease,
are now coming in for castor oil. liver
pills and surgical treatment
A Campaign OF Health Education.
A campaign Of health instruction has
been undertaken and doctors are going
about with lantern slide lectures show
ing the dangers OF disease and how 20
prevent il. Hygiene Is taught in the
public schools. There are training
schools for nurses, and a hospital for
the insane, which now has 500 inmates
There has been a great fight against
cholera, and the rats have been slaugh-
tered TO wipe out the bubOnic plague.
The bone piles OF the cemeteries have
been taken away and the dead are now
buried according to law.
The islands have an anti-tubercu-
lOsis society. which IS waging a war
against consumption. This institution
has the aid OF the government and IL
viii establish tuberculosis camps and
OF such patients. The bureau Of agri-
all animals which have tuberculosis,
and a quarantine has been instituted
against the Importation OF diseased cat
tie from Australia.
A great deal has been said about the
health OF Americans in the Philippines.
Uncle Sam is keeping track OF that mat
ter and the death rate is now less than
six 70 the thousand, which is not one