| Show A CURIOUS AMERICAN COLONY The strangest ot of our Island posses and the most curious ot of our rev re recently acquired colonial acquisitions Is represented on the map m p ot of the broad NtH UN re style and the specially enlisted mechanics from th the Yos are nt at work repairing and the palace with o and fitting up quartets for Cor the governor As one ot of remarked however o the carpenters hammer an nails wont won t fix Iti it ought to have kept the SpanIsh hard labor with w h son here for tor two years scrubbing brushes rapidly matters are being r Still routine works work brought Into condition for tor M Originally the they were br brought to t the th Marianas ae contract laborers but found In spite or of their apparent line physique to be I c quite unfit for tor the work In fn there were over one thousand ot of them In the islands but many have hae since returned After months acquaintance with the tho Filipinos It Is now possible to make a better comparison b between tween them th and the or at Guam than was the case cafe last March Speaking generally the though of somewhat aim Im build Is considerably taller and i imore more robust than the Filipino This Is the case with regard to women woo wo men who In Guam are frequently and closely approximate to the h height lIht of the men The are also much lighter In complexion Some I If f Is pro ably to admixture I ot of od but it Is hard hall tO lY for the In S G accredIted the entire or of sin Ma l g as with only ht of Il a ot of ten thousand Perhaps ti they y dignified with the name only those thos who had and position n The rho costumes of thin people are arc very ery similar to those In the Philippines nl al although though of t course cour tile the advantages un under ler der which the ladles Indies or of Guam sutter In eing fat far more remote from shops IhO 9 and bargain counters makes itself apparent In na the plainness or of their attire Their principal adornment when arrayed In their heir best being a rosary or of b beads and but even een that tawdriness lost its Ils and was 89 exalted and dignified oy by their beautiful necks and shoulders Above all however the are aro natured hospitable ho and of good times limes under American rule Let us hope they will welt tot not be A Ackerman LI Lieutenant U S N In Colliers Week Weekly ly 3 t Y n a dot In a series of dots It develops however when whon viewed at Into a 11 considerable territory terri tor tory pled l by somewhat dunk hued American merlean citizens nB The Tho lilt Isle of Guam Is III one of a volcanic sortie constituting the group roup It I le within the tropics tropic a 1200 mile salt sail eastward From the deck of en an approaching D ship hili One nile sets sees ru rugged ged bUI barron tn in spots and heavily wood wooded wooded ed deep valleys alleys nn and a bold headland jutting out to the sea at the northern extremitY On August 10 Governor Le try Issued a proclamation by which ne he In the name of the United States State government formally and commenced the administration of the bab baby colony His IlIa assistant W E Safford U US US S N one ot of the bOlt best linguists and nat in tile the navy Is settled In Agana In a pleaSAnt little home overlooking the palace square lie has already made tome some progress prO B In acquiring the language and learning the local conditions one ot of the most promInent prom promInent ot of which Is that Agana ants approve ap approve prove ot of American pro provisions visions They rhe are very ery interesting said laid Ir Safford perplexedlY and It ItI itI I had time Id like to watch them but It its a nuisance when one is I hungry to And nothing In the house houle fit to eat The marines are now occupying reno ream barracks In n a rAther i and although thus tar far the feeling ot of uncertainty and expectation of tM the peo pie pic Is as keen ns as ever enough has be been n done to show that the wilt will Insist upon goOd order and In moral ral I at least leut among the tho leaders of the tho tto The fhe which sailed train the harbor ot of San S n Lull Luis d In d to Manila c certain FIlipinos of at bad antecedents Who were mI melting trouble The Tho first order Issued by the new governor Wan designed ned for the pro ot of the tho garrison tram from t tare e I ot of the d tI by the na nathel thel from cocoanut c toddY or tuba It makes It ft a criminal offense tD t I Ian any an s spirits whatever to Americans or Europeans who ho hate landed on the lit he heland litland land since the commencement ot of 00 Leans administration It ie Peeled that before lone or Iders derv will be Issued I por of for tor sale and direct directing dl ing In the destruction ot of sixteen tuba stilts on the Island Some of these sunil have been n licensed to operate for tor a lo long I but a way ay will be round found to cancel the licenses lI probably bl b by remitting tbd t fees Another proposition which will 11 soon be acted upon le II the return of inch of the Caroline Islanders as wish to 0 go goto goto to their th lr awn ovon home There ot of these left on the Island ot of Guam and they Are drift off very ery rapidly |
