Show COLONEL GORBAS gargas WORK IN CANAL ZONE the last and nd ono of the greatest of all the feats on the isthmus was waa not accomplished by the engineers it Is the marvelous marve loua work by which colonel gorgas of the medical corps corpa cleaned up the canal zone and made it possible tor for men to work there before the americans americana came tho the isthmus of panama was waa notorious as the most unhealthful place in ic the world the french diggers of the canal wore were beaten by yellow fever when the panama railroad was waa built it was said though the statement la Is probably an exaggeration that every tie in the road represented a mans man life the cities of panama and colon were MRS of filth and corruption thero there la is no yellow fever now in the canal zone and there has been none for several years malarial fever has almost disappeared the death rate Is lower than anywhere else in tho the united states or its possessions the zone Is being advertised tided as a health resort colonel gorgas did it ile he cleaned and paved panama and colon supplied them with pure water gave them sewers and compelled the inhabitants to maintain their premises in a sanitary condition ho he warred on the mosquito exterminated the yellow fever kind and has almost wiped out the malarial variety |