Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-20
INTERESTING ITINERARY.
Extensive Travels Of Rev. Harwood
the Methodist Missionary,

the Methodist Missionary.
Rev. ThOs. HarwOod returned last
night from the north. being his third
missionary itinerary made within the
last sixty days. The first was in the
south and southwest, embracing Rim.
con. Hillsboro. Deming and Mimbres,
preaching at each OF these places. and
dedicated IA church and parsonage
property at Mimbres for the Spanish
work valued at 81. o including Ave
acres Of tlllable land and n hundred
fruit trees set out. Seven OF his
preachers met him there and assisted
i'm the dedication services; thence in.
to Arizona. where he held religious
services at Silimonville and Tucson :
thence To Benson, Bisbee and Naco:
thence by stage down into Sonora,
Mexico, 40 miles to Canania, said to
be the biggest copper mine on the
continent. lie found here, as per
statement by the company. about
1000 people. 700 Americans and about
5000 Mexicans. He preached twice,
but found II hard to compete with n
dance In a mining camp. and only four
came the first night. but the next
night he had rs Americans and 90
Mexicans and preached In English and
Spanish. He says he also visited the
public school: found 1870 Mexican and
five American children. 105 in the
school we're In their n. b., c's. On his
return he met Mr.. Fernandy at Ma.
co. They preached several times and
organized a church of 10 on the So
moro side of the line.
Tue second trip was up in the Las
NnUnm ltgNEint nNaN % rlnNsAn sulA.a
he assisted DR.. Morrison and other
preachers In the dedication of the
new beautiful Methodist Episcopal
church In the forenoon and In the af.
ternoon dedicated the church for the
Spanish speaking, assisted by DR.. Nor.
rison and several American and Mexi-
a preachers The probable value of
the first named is about 80, 1000, the
second s 1000. Collections on dedlca-
tion for the first was s175, the second
s103.
The third trip a upon the Santa
Fe district. with the Presiding Elder /.
Sanchez. They spent Memorial day
at Dulce. on the Apache reservation,
where they witnessed the closing
school exercises under the direction of
the Misses Moore and Garrett. teach.
ors. under the auspices OF w, II. NJ, s.
Methodist Episcopal church. In these
exercises American. Mexican and
Apache children took part and at
night listened attentively to memorial
liscourscs OF the preachers above
named. with the pastor also. Mr.. Mar.
tinez. These preachers spent several
days Mt Dulce and at other places on
the reservation, involving a wagon
ride Of some rs miles, holding religious
services In various tents and baptiz.
ga 2S of the Apaches including 7
adults. They went out to visit the
government school house Just finished
at a cost of $40, 900. Also the water
works. where the water will be lifted
and forced up into a reservoir, when
several hundred acres OF rich land
can be cultivated. This school and
the farming industry will cost about
500, 900, but II will be a fine thing for
these Indians.
Mr.. llarwood and Mr.. Sanchez then
took train for Durango, thence stage
60 miles down the Las Animas river to
Pennington on the San Juan, thence
westward down the San Juan to jew.
ut to visit schools and missions under
Mrs, Eldridge and Miss Mary Trip
and assistants. Thence further down
the river To see the late improvements
IN bitches, farms, wheat, corn. alfalfa.
etc, by the Nayajos under the
wise and energetic direction of Mrs.
lGldridge, the field matron for the
Navajos. Thence back to Durango
and AntonitO. Thence overland to
Castillo. Cerro. Taos. Black Lakes,
Martinez, Ocate, Gallinas to Wagon
Mound, preaching at all the above
named places except Durango and
This trip involved travel on trains
Of owe 5000 miles and about ESQ over.
land, and forty m and religious
services.