Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-24

attend to the milking, changing shifts
every so many months. We were
especially interested in the dairy
heard of short horns with a recently
imported bull costing $500, the gov
ernment extending every opportunity
of improving the breed of the Indian
cattle. This is not only the case in
the dairy herd but in the breeding of
horses, sheep, hogs and poultry
While the Indian boys are taught the
advantage of improved stock and
shown how to handle and develop
, same, the schooling is open to the
grown-up Indians who come from all
| over the reservation for instruction
| and they are 3tten given the Use of
pure-bred males. Thus the nerds #
| Mexican sheep are being greatly i'm
proved and many Indians are keeping
cows for butter and milk, something
unknown few years ago. The horse,
COW and general stock buildings are
| models of cleanliness and the feed
ing pens roomy. The agency acres
grow several hundred tons of alfalfa
| which is cared for by Indian labor.
AS fine corn as one can find in Kan
sas or Nebraska is raised. Recently
one of the latest alfalfa mills was
added and by grinding the alfalfa
big saving is made as stock eat every
particle of the meal and do much bet
| ter, convincing the writer that if the
farmers of this southwest section
feeding from so to 100 head of stock
each winter can save big money by
investing in mill which is easily
handled.
The Indians are shown the advant-
age of rotating crops. During the
sumr,er tons upon tons of vegetables
! are canned for fall and winter use.
This means big saving for the gov
ernment and at the same time serves
the Indian youth good purpose.
While we were at the agency about
twenty girls were canning and drying
sweet corn. The orchard is supply
ing the needs of the school to large
extent in both fresh and preserved
fruits and in the course of a few
years there will be large surplus.
Taking it all around there will be
no point on the Spanish Trail Grand
Canon highway that will prove more
interesting to the tourist. In the first
place the Indian is always an inter-
esting study and Shiprock agency
will be an eye-opener to the people
generally. In fact, very few Colo
RADIO people realize what the Shiprock
school means for the Indian.
There will oe no dull days for the
tourist traversing this route. Leaving
Pueblo the grandest scenery in the
world is encountered over La Veta
pass and the range of mountains be-
tween the San Luis valley and Pa
gosa Springs. Then at Pagosa are
the springs as famous as those of
Hot Springs, Ark. Arriving at Du-
range the tourist, can take a side
trip to Silverton and Ouray and see
wonders that are not equaled in
Switzerland From Durango to Ship
rock choice of two routes will be
offered, one by way of Aztec and
Pennington and the other by way Of
Mancos, the Mesa Verda National
park and Cortez, it being the inten-
ton of the Montezuma county peo-
pie to place the road between Cortez
and Shiprock in good condition. AL
great many people in Denver and in
terror eastern points may not want
to go farther than Shiprock and they
can go one way and return another,
and from Durango have two routes
to Denver, displaying new and diver
sified scenery from time of leaving
until returning home.
This article is for the purpose of
showing the tourist the value of Ship
rock as point of interest, leaving
the real workings of the school to
some future issue. We have permit
ted the natural attractions of this
southwest section to remain under
cover altogether too long.