El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10

heard OF the Igorrotes, some OF whom
were seen at the St Louis exposition
They have a number OF tribes in north
ern Luzons and. Notwithstanding their
headhuntinE. have had a high degree
OF civilization. They have farms and
grow coffee. rice and raise stock. From
reports which have recently come from
DR.. Merton Miller and other ethnOlo-
gists. OF the bureau OF science at Ma
Mia learn that these people are rap
Idly improving. They are beginning to
send their children TO school and hun
dreds Of little IgOrrote boys clad in
nothing but a cap. jacket and a string
around the waist may be seen trudg-
ing along with books in their arms
savaEes Who Are Worth $3.50.
The same is true OF the Ifugaos. an
other agricultural peop3c. The Ifugaos
have rice fields which are faced with
stone walls. The walls are built TO
hold back the earth and In some places
they are 20 feet high These terraces
rise up the hills like gigantic stair
ways, running hundreds ard sometimes
Where they begin In each little ter
race nee grows. and the land is so
valuable that the people are sruon~ the
rlSnest semi -savages Of the world
al, nelr Weaitn Is said to be about SA5.-
capita P-
The Ifugaos have their own religion
and their own priests. They think the
world Is divided into six regions. all OF
Wnicn are inhabited by both spirits and
human beings. At first they were rnuch
AFRAID OF the Americans and looked
upon them as magiciansl One time
party OF them came to Manila and Dean
NorcneSter gave each of them q pfera
Of ice and told them thar in ar,sTfcs
water became like that In winter. The
men handled the ice. and one said ~
was going to take his piece home ana
snow II 70 his fellows Ha tbera,rr,-
quickly thereafter he ves Sc, -
sneak Il out again. and look sr,viorsi,,
~0"H at MS now moistened clothing
How Une.e sam Works.
In al or the region, known as the
mountain province. headhunting has
been practically suppressed Hundreds
or miles OF new roads and trails have
been built and government exchanges
-1s-,9, zen esla pushed TO supply the
people with goods at reasonable prices
Uncle sam IS also trying to create
lIaIAeS TOT the products OF these peo-
PIE; ne has brought peace to them.
80 Is introducing various industries.
'oLLle OF tne lgorrotes and other tribes
weave beautiful mats which comr7erd
do carving.
These new. roads are bringing the
people together They are tradfng
with one another and are. in fact. en-
tering upon new life. They like our
government stores. where the sales are
made az Manila prices plus 20 per cent
and the cost OF transporta ton. and
they bring their basketwork. wood
rElhs, weapons and curious dresses |
y lHe exchanges, where they are bought !
LOT cash as curios. So far the ex- /
S,l--as es have been operated By the /
ne tenant governors. but Il is believed /
i. {. 2 TINE there viii be men appointed BY I,
e el.s 90. Ennent 20 study the local needs 4
them. so09 10
rowing Pictures For the savaees.
me government is Establishing
schools and is doing what 1t can to
LeAcn the grownups. One OF its meth
oes Is oy the stereopticon lecture. The
ottlcers show moving pictures and
otner lantern slides. by which they
seach SAM tatiOn. agriculture and IN
aGstries Of various kinds. One picture
WI oe a village in a wild state and
ssiLotHer the same village cleaned OF
uiIT One win show a hut which is
sIaooy and poor, and another a nut
u lne same size well made one pic
tlre VIII be that OF q headhunter
"neh he was wild The next
presents him in citizens clothing. and
third as an officer OF the police