Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-28

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the credit of the management there
was no Raging or tangoing. Mr..
Shelton announced at the beginning
that no Raging would be permitted
and those who could not refrain bet
ter join the general Indian camp on
the outside.
At $3.50 we were awakened by the
huge bell used to arouse the Indian
pupils and help generally. There is
great system at the agency and there
can be no shirking. All must be ready
for the 6 o'clock march to breakfast.
Then the different squads must be of
to their work. There is the milking,
the care Of the horses, sheep, cattle,
cial detail for each department. This
detail is changed every so often in
order that all may share in the work
and obtain the same useful knowl-
edge. There are no bitches. Every
thing is system and runs along like
clock work. Speaking of live stock,
this is one of the hobbies of Mr.. Shell
ton. In cattle the breed runs to Dur
ham. The $500 bull calf we saw
year ago has developed into monster
and the progeny of finely developed
calves of strictly red coverings at
tracted much attention. The hog end
of the stock village is worth seeing
providing you are an admirer of
Berkshires. Attractive quarters-for
a hog-are maintained and the sizes
vary from Infants" to those weigh
ing 80 or 400 pounds. There are the
bronze and the white turkeys, the
thoroughbred chick and the guinea
hen, while the sheep pens denote
pure bred line of ewes and rams. In
this connection Mr.. Shelton does not
handle pure bred stock for agency or
show purposes alone but for the i'm
orovement of the reservation stock.
The owners of either large or small
herds being privileged to purchase so
they can keep their cattle, sheep and
horses up to standard. Immense barns
house the alfalfa while an alfalfa
mill grinds the portion desired into
neal. So much in way of DEPRESSION.
Of course we could digress further
md tell about the buildings and
grounds but this has been covered in
previous years.
Saturday is spent going from place
20 place-to the general Indian camp,
back to the park where the Cortez
md Fort Defiance ball teams played
l matched game the second. The first
'aking place the previous day Cor
ez winning easily the first day but
osing the second game. But the most
interesting place is the fair building
Enclosure, about the SPACE of block
With a single entrance. This build
'ng is patterned after oriental bazarrs
Around the edge were the display of
products and Indian blankets of the
various traders on the reservation, a
iozen or more. And what display
If blankets. 1t was the finest we ever
aid eyes on and, for that matter, the
finest any one ever saw at one time.
Around the circle was one continuous
inc of blankets of all shapes and COL
,rs, the finest, of course, being CIV
IN the outside. Prices were fancy,
tco, running all the wry from dol
lar to 800 or more. We fell in love
with many blankets and at one time
intended to invest when we felt for
our pocketbook and found it flat. Es-
Inmates Of the value of the blankets
Idisplayed varied from s25,000 to
s200,000, and if we were to guess it
would be about as wild. 1t was sure
a sight worth going hundreds of miles
to see and those who had the pleas
ure Of seeing it were well paid for
the time and money it cost. Suppose
you imagine the block the Herald is
located in, the alley being the en-
trance and then a covering around the
outer edge about 80 feet deep around
the block. Then one long table in the
center of the space around the entire
distance, then partitions to the ceiling
over the tables and you can imagine
the space, all of which was covered
with blankets OF every design and
shape with rolls upon rolls piled body
high every few feet. Not only were
the tables and partitions adorned with
blankets hut the back part of the en-
closed portion, while every inch of
front space was utilized with long
narrow blankets. 1t was blankets in
front Of you, behind you, on each side
of you and every place you looked.
Underneath the tables were vegeta-
bles and watermelons, squash and
pumpkins, while ear corn abounded
every place, indicating splendid
growth no matter from what district
From a vegetable, fruit and farm
produce standpoint the. Shiprock
school easily outdistanced all competi-
tors. The exhibit occupied space in
one corner and was good to look up
on IL would take front rank with