The Red Cloud chief., 1885-02-13
kc1c> ~ = EI.lG.nr ,tcrtal.

hc early act les ~ th, Ear West
tn "a h resi- from the WOO Hand re-
g.rns ~ the is.is- pr.i Valley. and the
rn n" and tite.. were nj slow /
ABANDON ny The log crp'n. and adopt
ing instead the sau.0akc,i adobe hoa-cs
% their -" q ne ghbprs. The oif
SrSfc.n al hes a'c lar2S and clum~y.
tc.ng twcnty-i"ur in he, lony. twcivr
inch"s " lie. md siN inches thick, n j
=" heavy tina: both h~nds OF ia. ma on
ave "'urInycl - iii AMI pace them
thus 10 urirg the irowsl L be ia,i
i wn II Landing eaci pcce. 1h
WIS t"o un~oIkInan.ikc i"r the BRICK
layer. VIII demanded a more convcr
IcLt re-. an adoutcd u dimension
waich is .iili ia u>c. \ Trick -shaIci
pi"c: al mo'dcd earth "r clay.
,akci in thc hot sun. two and
onc-hal! in hrs thick. five inches
wide. and ten and one La'f inches long.
j. now { q common al Dbr Of ih = corn
Tx. Their, are blue adrbc-. viii =
ealcratu> cd ,bcs. aud common adonr-
tpronou ED ..ipbvs'l. Both IT,.
white and blue ADDE'S ARE ma ic fron
beds Of ella; found in the lowland
:! hc>c clay beds are more o. les m
p~~rgnaieh with AN alkaline sat. t.,
common All ,t-S ar. made from an,
lraIns or clavc: soil with sufficient nj
h-sivr properties 9 permit the piece
being banded when dried or baked. !
formerly nj hes were mad a: the ciaN 4
tcds, thus forming the alo e. ya~ds I. ,
he found e ,crywhcre lear the towns
aud villages. These dolby yar!S"
irar some resemblance to the country
hrick-yarGS % the Middle statcs, u
lack The debris If the Kiln the kiln
stacks. The plies of !u.l. an! the SHEDS
% the Ward, iha were ma Ia in ram
climates. IL snnc Of those adobe
Yards the common pud-mill of the old.
fashioned hrich-sard is occasionally
Seen. The adohcS male from clay
mixed hv Incse mills. are not consid-
cfcd nearly a strong rs those mad. In
the molC primitive way o. ,rcal,ng au |
mixing the material with the feet.
idobrs ar male at the wards n.
follows Selecting a place on the bed
of clay convenient Ia wafer. or where,
water can he obtained by a small ditch
. 4 'hing In the nearest irri ra'
u'tch. the tip soil is shovclcl away
Mnrre the clay il Ia be cNcavalei.
\ space is cleared IF the salt grass and
raboit-brush. ard lcvcIIcd for a dry
nag floor. The ''doby" maker. VI h
n boy 10 ass 81. dgs olt one Or more
Yards q. clay. forms a mound so shaped
- la soak up wateg. throws or runs
water upon il and leaves il 10 soak
over nj hi. In the morning this c ny
II MIXED by treating into RI her a si
fer mass than can BE- worked through
ami.
The dob maker then commrurc,
10 mould b, '"rcibly throwing double {
Lsnd'u> III h mui into IN, mou! :. .
lev, ling them oi with a sweep OF the .
hands. ANA pu>I ~ h. mould ru the
II who I'm ,.tlcs Is un the dr,Br
floor.
Another mould is tll,i wt,ile III.
carrier l. enjoying the ii ;, aud III on
u average day work is five hun IRE
aiobes, bat rom eight hundred { %
taou- and "A . IRE iueatly maae by rspid
n ID shiil.u workers. After being par
ia v sun baked. they are t.raed up o;
edge, a N.en sufficiently DIV srd
pi~.d IN CON enicnt PIES. 1, take
iac-e adahc> IN summer Weather. ab ,u}
u week IA !rs.
The loading. transportation. and un
loading Of tac>. ado5c> mad. 8: tl.a
yards. damages Il ar-e annie on
knocking OFT The corners AMI cdycs.
snd il IL now customary Ia have ,hcm
made VII ri the huildu-iS IN -, erect
I'd. The CLAW IS piled at a convenient
pias~. and wafer procured BY diggins
cat \ small temporary Itch.
40 aanbe- a-e always male on :
the site Where they are to Ia used. FIRE
,lu,rtly from the esr,h eScasa,ed iron j
the cellar. these are msde either b,
f,,1i or mach Ne. according 10 The guaa-
l;Gy required. They ar ussd either for
the inner side of walls ar tor division
walls. where thew arr not cxY osad -
{ e weather. In the order OF dura5ili-
~. when exposed to the weather. the
'wni,e sal !. stus DOLBY" Is all that coald I
te desired. ,
Ia cxamin n carefully the wall of \ i
hoase erected twenty nine wears arc. :
this variety shows no appre .ahie wra-. !
whine the blue adoses iniermixed in f,
the same wall are m re or less weather.
he ten and wora. ihis wall has .
southern e posure. and hiss stool h
beating n rs from the south and west }
sin e hrs, erected. In the same dwell
ing the ais facing ca aud north f,
no marks of W. a,her wear. APP ?
nearing smooth and in a. good order as f.
II but recently constructed -itaerteas
-i9ricssarsS'.
a,oiva Woman