Canal Zone Life Revealed in Panama Isthmus Policing and Schools
The article describes the Canal Zone’s governance under U S control after the treaty with Panama. It covers the zone’s police force, demographics, daily order, and penalties, plus prison facilities at Culebra, and notes a new penitentiary on Chorrera Road with banana cultivation nearby. It outlines judge, jail, and deportation procedures, and details the public school system with teacher standards, salaries, and housing for staff and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounted Police
Canada
Canal
United States
Canal Zone
Culebra
Chorrera Road
Canal Commission
Panama
Canat
Colombia
Canal Zone Education and Services Report Highlights
The text details schooling for colored and white students, Jamaica teachers, transportation via Panama Railroad, and modern facilities. It notes an industrial school under construction, Spanish children schooling, and extensive support services including fire protection, water supply, sewerage, and post offices. It also covers taxes, licenses, pilots and engineers, limited liquor licenses, Marines at Camp Elliott, and a generally orderly Civil Government of the Canal Zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Gatun
Panama
Balboa
Corosal
Ancon
Culebrando
Canal Zone
Division of Public Works
Civil Administration
Tropics
Thatcher
Camp Elliott
Bas Obispo
Republic of Panama
United States
Mgh
Canal
Camp Otis
Sitka National Monument Tale of Sitka and Russian past
The article recounts Taft’s designation of Sitka Alaska as a national monument on fifty seven acres along Indian River. It recalls Baranoff and early Russian fortifications, the Sitka village history, Lovers Lane trail, totem poles, graves, and a rancherie with Sitka Indians preserving stories, crafts, and potlatches amid shifting US ownership and preservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Act For the Preservation of
Ska
Alaska
Pacife
Hrady
Elie
Baranof
Sitha
Matanof
Alapka
Sitka
Bit
Baranoff
Bitka
Boston
Barqnost
Ussan
Taland
United States
Pacific
Bea Bay
Lem Lee
D? Baranom
Taft Haa
Pacific Coast
Russia
Brady
Indiana
Hfe
Northwest
Washington
Sithka
Tar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chama Canal
Republifc
Armenica
Panama Republic
Widh
Republic
Ita Matsienanes
Rledt
M. H. Thitcher
Isthmanton Canal
Preser
Amlartinique
Veneswelis
Italy
J. P. Ve
West Indies
Zonc LS
Ancen Police
Gehoal Houve
Col JP HyPle
Cama/ Zone Police
Uged
Elt
Katalon Rok
Baranoffs
Gear
Haron Wrdugell
Siberia
Lady Prankhin
Pete
Ueavillebe
Hel
Pads Mire
Lovery Lane
Baica Tearne
Enw National Monument
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