Arizona republican., 1912-06-27
END 0F THE TERM
 AT INDIAN SCHOOL
ms and Other Incidents of Iet
 Week at Tuba City.

| how CH II OH the first named
 ,,o p7'i 'eu Tor their homes on
 +. parts or the reservation. while
 iiopi children from the latter TO | "' 'helr homes in the viIIape
 t the assembly hall in Tuha or,
 WeuiieSday evening the children os
 'lio ooarulng school gave an interest 1 ing program consisting of recitotio,,,.
 uiiiis' vocal and instrumental m,,sio l III charge of their teachers Mr Ron ana Mss Henaughan, and the FOOT, was well filled with white visitors wba l spoke highly of the efforts of tho | chlIdreh especially along musicoI l ines. The drilling in music was mn l oer MT. Bell and Miss MarbIe who | were rewarded by excellent work on the part of the pupils. Miss T,aura | Ioupln aided in the entertainrant l with a vocal selection. while NIisS Marble and MT. Keeling rendered .
 plano duet. MT Bjork, the retiring 1 industrial teacher, made wholesome 1 talk to the boys and girls, especially the former, with whom he has heen | so closely associated for the term iust closed. and MT Bell the princinal also made few remarks. There was no specially arranged program at the l day school
 ! The Hopi pupils who attend school at Riverside, to the number of twelve
 returned home to the Moen- -Copi vil- Lage this week, their parents having l driven over to meet them at Flag 1 staff.
 | MT. Earl Boyer of the Red Lake trading post. was down the latter part l Of last week to attend the festivities | incident to the close of school The local trading post of Rabbit X
 Preston reported an unusually stren- l uous day Friday when the Indians | were in after their children and the | sports and races were in progress. The l new building is now under roof but 1 is not ready for occupancy and the l heavy business at this time was
 handled with difficulty
 MT Charles E. Krauter, of Brook l line, Mass, who has been spending
 two weeks in this section, made a | trip to Red Lake last week, return ing in time to witness the "chicken pulp and the sports of Friday He left Saturday morning for Flagstaff, and from that point will go to San l Francisco, where his wife will join
 him in visiting coast points of inter | est. He was accompanied on the trip
 to Flagstaff by MT. L. F. Hart, chauf-
 feur to MT. Preston, who will be in
 charge of the Rabbit garage at
 Flagstaff for short time during the
 absence of the regular manager.
 A strenuous effort is being put
 forth to improve the condition of the
 road beyond the Wash before the end | nf ha funds are unavailable.
 The chicken pull Friday afternoon
 was attended by hundreds of Navajos white people. Three fowls were dis posed of in the usual manner at these
 events and this was followed by a number of foot and horse races, all of which were sharply contested. MT. & S Preston is spending his 1 spare moments-few as they are-in
 learning how to manage his new au- | tomobile and so far has been quite successful
 l Messrs J J. and Clinton Conklin returned Friday from Flagstaff. the former having just arrived from Long Beach, Cal, whither he accompanied his wife, who will spend the summer there in the interest of her health. Mir Conklin reports the safe arrival there of the latter. and states that she stood the trip nicely.
 Rev Clark of Flagstaff, arrived last | week and it is understood will devote his energies in the future to the task of evangelizing the Navajos. lie IS stopping at present at the home of
 Rev. John Butler, with whom he VIII be associated in the work.
 l Two small blazes-the first at the school for a long time-occurred dur ing the past week. The first was al the wood pile where some one had evidently discarded a cigar or match
 and ignited the field of cedar chips
 which made a fierce blaze for short time The fire hose was brought l into play and soon the trouble was over with no damage to speak ot. on | Friday evening when the large croWo | of Navaios was in evidence fire was
 discovered at the police quarters
 which were locked. The window was
 kicked out and with water and 1lrt l extinguisher the blaze was put out | If was confined to some mattresses and blankets in the sleeping quarters
 and it's origin is supposed to DC through cigarettes dropped by th'
 "saIavs" or their visitors.
 Light rains have visited this sectlof
 A few times recently but the preclpl- tation is not as heavy as it was las
 summer at this time.
 MT. Orlando K. Cook arrived Thurs
 day last from Peru. Nebraska. where he has been attending the state nor nal school, and assumed his new duties as industrial teacher, vice VIC tor H. Bjork. recently promoted t' additional farmer The latter ha
 been assigned to the road work of the reservation across the Moen-Cop 1 Wash.
 The second spraying of the schoo ? orchard is in progress in charge