Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-10

tlun. MIR. Davis gave his attention
more to the stock Improvement
ana water development propositions,
which It In believed mean more for
the Nuyaius than anything propose 1t
yet In connection with the Indian de-
purtmcnt work. MIR. PEARS CAV"
especial attention to the boarding
school AT Tuba. ana the day school
az the HOpi village. and makes the
statement that there In u great field
for future good work along cduca-
tional lines AT this place. IT In not
improbable that the next few years
viii see tho establishment Of n num-
Der Of day schools on the Western
navajo reservation. The visitors left
on Friday morning for Flagstaff, with
Mr. Hart NJ driver of tn" Preston
auto, aud from thrr" viii visit other
reservations OF Arizona.
Mr.. +. -. KTcnz, foreman FOR the
building contractors. was u FlHgslaiI
ViHitur the latter part of last week,
The first SNOW storm Of the scHsun
An unusually early one for this soc
| tion--cnmc Friday morning. and the
uicsnA hcrrHbuuts were whit" for the
grcntcr part Of the day, Almost an
inch of precipitation was shown by
the gauge.
Mrs. Crofoot, wife Of IN, nursery
man ut TUBA, has been placed tempo
rarily In churRt oF'tlic day school at
Moon Copi to IN the vacancy uccn-
stoned by tho resignation Of Mr..
pfrlfcr.
So far there has been no teacher
sent Ia take charge of ia" higher
grades OF the boarding school, and
the entire Clnss room work liz Stlll
In charge of Miss lIrnaughnn, the
primary teacher.
An epidemic Of grippe has been
manifest among the employees of the
school the pnst two weeks ana some
are not yet over the effects.
william Garthwaite. forest guard.
! who has been sent To his station at
KhycntH, spent a part Of last week nj
| ShiprOck, attending the Indian fair,
and hoped to arrive In time tn wit
ness the celebrated Fire dance OF the
NavaJos.
The snow and rain Of Friday morn
ing brought up the MOen-Copi Wash
to such an extent as To render crossing
out of the question for n dny or two
Forest Hanger Reed, with his wife
was over from Grand Canyon a few
days last week looking after mnttcrs
here In connection with the forest
service.
MIR. ]. NJ. I'm OF the geological
survey arrived the first OF last week
ana with nm indian guide made his
way out Ia the KenmA copper district
for an invest igntioU Of the rcsourcei
and conditions there.
Mrs, j. W. Francis of Flagstaff hni
been the guest for It couple OF weeks
OF Mrs. \. x. Preston,
Mr.. John Nc Keeling, clerk for tho
Preston trading post, has been ap
pointed notary public and also loca
registration officer, both OF which
appointments will be the source %
convenience to local people. who have
previously been compelled to make
the trip into Flagstaff when TeduIr
Ing notarlal work.
Mrs. G.. II. JefferIs. with her daugh
ter. Frances. and mother. Mrs. n. A
Keeling, who was visiting here from
Washington. ID. c., all left last weel
for MescaIeTO. n. NJ, where the JEFF
ferris will make their future home
Mr.. Jefferis having been recently
transferred 20 the supsrintendency o
that school. Mrs. Keeling cOntem
plates stopping In El PasO for a Visl
with other relatives.
Mr.. william 4. Sullivan, VINO wa
appointed To succeed Mr.. Jefferis a
superintendent at this place, In ex
pected to arrive very soon. lie come
from MalkT reservation. in southern
California. and his arrival has beeI
unexp ectediy delayed since his ap
pOIntment in June.
The work Of mining coal for tn
school IL to start this week and II .
hoped TO have In a good supply o
fuel before the winter gets falri'
started.
Navajo frelghteTs last week deliv
cred from Flagstaff a carload Of &c
ment 10 be- used In tho construction
Of reservoirs and water tanks out o.
the reservation The first work o
this character 10 20 be done IN IN
BOdaway district, the winter gTaElnI
ground ~ the HavajOa. y
Mr.. fra III HaIl. for two years Il