Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-29
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS AND
HEAL TIL BONDS AND ENDORSE
FRESH AIR DISEASE REMEDY

Heailu as result VI HNlilS Jul VI
DOORS
The point I am trying to make here
is that the native Eskimos and Indians
in a climate and environment I'M
equalled anywhere else in respect to
building up the human animal have
managed to contract tuberculosis be-
cause they deliberately coop them
selves up in filthy kennels. I am
speaking of CONDITIONS as 7 know
them beyond the range Of the medical
missionaries who have been working
so valiantlv In the past few years to
teach the natives how to live.
Cleanliness Basis Of Health.
II is n far cry from the glaciers of
| Alaska to the coral keys md reefs OF
the Caribbean, ana the geographical
| distance is no greater in a manner OF
speaking. than the difference between
! the habits and health standards of the
natives in the two places. I have in
mind particularly the san Bias In
| dams who live on the coast at the
| boundary line between Panama and
! Colombia,
| 7 visited those Indians n couple OF
wears ego. and / believe they might
| he called the most clearly eavages in
the world. It is soid they have not
| changed their habits since long before
/ Columbus sighted thcir strip of coast
| and they are proud of their record OF
/ never having permitted a white mar
/ to sleep ashore
Tribal Custom Observed.
! The few traders who come there are
careful 10 observe the tribal customs
ana at the present time the San Bias
I. TIL. - IyN,
stood and respected by the traders. II
on the approach of a coasting vesse
the Panamaian flag is raised over 2
village, it signifies the willingness o.
the natives to do business with The
trader If the Colombian flag /!
hoisted, it means that the trader mus
keep off. And may remark that HI
does so. The san Bias Indians are
bred true to their strain. You seen M
half-breeds there. for although thu
men sometimes ship as sailors, thu
women never leave the tribal terri
tory
Garbage Thrown in Sea.
| These Indians have their little vii
lagos on keys, or islands in the bay
which indent the coast They sleep il
hammoeks in grass huts which are al
open to the soft sea breeZes as is thu
average sleeping porch of the whit
man who is trying TO ward off tuber
; culosis. Their villages are kept scru
pulously clean. Not a bit of offal o
rubbish is to be seen in them. The tri
, bal custom requires that all such mus
be deposited in the salt water whicl
: surrounds them. y
Another law of the tribe, whicl
none dares violate, is that they mus
wash their garments once a day. A
to their personal cleanliness, they i'm
merse themselves in the water severa
times every day. 1t Is not SURPRISING
therefore that they are APPARENT
, free from tuberculosis and all othe
diseases, at least as far as a non-med
ical observer like myself could see.
, Death Turks in Dark Places.
: In every great city in America W
> have people who live at various stage
T between the standards of the Eskimo
. and the standards of the San Bla
{ Indians in matters Of hygiene. Thos
, who keep hidden from the fresh al
and away from the sunlight need I
: be shown how to win back these her
r itages of mankind both for their ow