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(c)
sducation.
A public elementary school in San Jose village has an
attendance of 86 native pupils in grades 1 to 4.
There are
3 Chamorro teachers whose training had been completed in the
Chalan Kanoa school on Saipan. The school is housed in converted quonsets, which were adequate in ventilation. Lighting is to be improved by raising the sides of the quonsets,
(a)
Religion.
The Catholic church in San Jose is a former military
government chapel which was renovated by the villagers, and
is well-designed, adequate insize, and well-tended.
Mission-
aries from Saipan hold services on an average of twice a week,
(e)
Economic development.
The natives of San Jose village are self-sufficient in
food, with subsistence gardens and fishing as their mainstay,
Copra and handicraft production await the growth and further
plantings of coconut and pandanus trees. Instruction in farm
ing is in the form of on-the-job training of native employees
at the acreage under cultivation by the Marianas Farms, Inc.,
formerly known as the Tinian Produce Company, There is one
native—owned store in the village which was fairly well stocked,
The people of San Jose village presently have turned to
the land as the most dependable method of earning a secure
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REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIO
NAL ARCHIVES
living.
Produce is marketed through Marianas Farms, Inc.
Marianas Farms, Inc., is conducting truck garden operations on a 900 acre tract leased from the Trust Territory.
This is a commercial farming venture operated by two Americans
to raise vegetables and fruits for export to Saipan and Guam,
At the time of this inspection, aoproximately 40 acres were
under irrigation, with plantings of corn, melons, egg-plant,
radishes, onions, Chinese cabbage and tomatoes,
It is planned
to have 300 acres of non-irrigated crops under cultivation by
the end of 1949,
Weekly outout for 1949 is estimated at 70
tons. The produce is designed to supolement those items de~
sired in Guam and Saipan that are not secured from the United
States, Success of this commercial venture is dependent on
close liaison with market requirements, and more particularly
on the availability of suitable shipping.
(g)(1), below.)
(f)
Riegetitae
(See subparagraph
Rehabilitation.
At the end of World War II, there were 500 Chamorros on
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