Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
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At Shur",h. y. NJ. the northern
aucnr, Of The Nayai" lndans Agent
". r !lrlluu has succeeded IN prov.
INK the wonderful agricultural possi-
pitrr- ct lh, san Juan VALLEY
Nj. Shelton hlt been ~ rhnrgr 81
the NaNaIus about eight years. After
n,lug located u wear AZ FnlulngI"u
hr established the san Juan dG"nrN
1T Shururk. ihlrtN-iyr miles west.
Ihr pltr" takes It's nam" from u
great ruck which rises h3oO feet
from the plain, nud which when
yi,wrd u"m certain points. locke
like a .hrp under ull ~ll.
rhr san Juan agency ~ lordi"d On
10 vld" ia Ia the rNrr valley, The
Indians called the place beautiful.
uud"r-Ihuaru itunwuuds ana II merits
tins uurti, name. Here Mr. shelton
has buu up mode" agency, Win
substantial hrirN school buildings,
dormiturtrs, mess han, shops ana
.,upluNrs' quarters Most of ih"
landings iur" u great rorlHnEl",
.hIurd u, giuni rutl"uw u'iils lirnud
.,urm walks connect all the huilh
tu..-. and "Sidourru 81 ia" agent - ca.
.I,uIIsr are Io he seen uII every hHud.
In.rr are about ,0U children Ia th"
.. hood. nuh The agent hus succeeded
900 overcoming the Indians natural
prru:di,r against education lu such
ai extent inm man, NaNaIu children
iuu AVA, nom thrii distant homes
uu the reservation tu attend schUnl
ll Shiprurl
Il
under cultivation N the san Juan
ngru,,. most 81 ~" niriu WORK. h"lng
done hy ihu indian children und"r
direction eft guNrruIuuui experts Hn :
uudcr general supervision OF lh"
agent himself, 1hr finest wtl"rm"l
nnS ana ountaloupcs A." raised ~
great prOlusiuu. seventeen hundred
wutcrmoluns were gathered At on"
picking" 10y the school children last
DctubuT. TwcuiS-fiyC hundred pounds
81 sweet corn we're dried last season
There IN u beautiful apple nud peach
orchard Just coming into bearing.
Forty acres are IN alfalfa. ana there
Iy a large vineyard which yiclts Ecv-
.rral varieties Of grapes In the greatest
pruIuHiun Seven hundred aud fifty
gnlluns ur sorghum were made last
season.
Iu urdrr 30 test The agricultural
possibilities Of san Juan county, Mr.,
shelton IN experimenting with many
varieties uf foreign plants, TIA" seeds
being furnished by the department 81
agriculture. rig trees do we'll, und
II IN proposed 10 experiment VAN
date bearing palms, iinmh"u unh
rcssfully grown, fancy varieties nt
bprrios, Including IA" new wonder
berry. have Dcon grown Ia great pro-
fusion, In fact, thrr" seems To he
No limit Ia the things that can ho
gruwn In the sunny san Juan, ANA
Mr. ShGltOns model agency rs worth
- visit, II for no either purp0s" than
iu have the agricultural possibilities
at northern New Mexico fully dem
uurrHtcd
\ greenhouse In maintained at
Shiprurk, aud several large flower
gardcns are kept blooming outdoors
during The summer months. These
uutdnur gardens are maintained until
late ia OrtUbrr, owing TO the latenesA
OF the lrosts In this favored region,
and the Indian children take great
pride In Keeping them In perfect con-
ditlon and In experimenting with new
varieties
Mr., shelton liz supervising the con'
strucllon OF n large ditch, which
takes water out of the San Juan few
milee, below Pennington, and which
RflIf water 5000 acres at mesa land
IaaiQlaIRE the agency. IT. Ia his plan