The Coconino sun., 1919-05-23
KAYENTA NEWS

Fletcher Corrigan, who was in the U. s. army service during the late un- pleasaptness, arrived here April 30 and is now employed as interpreter by the U. s. veterinary service. Dick Mattock arrived April 29 with MT. Rasdal, an opera singer, and wife, ! to see the sights, leaving for Gallup, N. Mex, May 1.
 Donald Scott and guide arrived on
 May l, coming via Lees Ferry on the
 Colorado river, visiting the Navajo
 mountains and the country about the
 Rainbow ridge 'enroute. The guide
 doubled back on the trail May 2. Lost or stolen: One talking machine.
 Finder will do favor by returning
 same to Miss G. I. Wetheril, one door north of the post office. Mir. and Mrs. John Wetheril and
 Messrs. Reed and Scott motored to
 Gallup. N. Mex, May 8, the former two returning May 12. Freight has begun to move lately. May the Wetherils got in a load of flour; May they sent out loads of freight; May Buckbee got in 3 loads of freight and sent out 3 loads with the return teams, May 5. They also received 4 loads of freight May IA.
 Dick Dunaway and Indian aide, ar rived to fix the government pump, May 5, returning down the line of pumps toward Chin Fee, May 2. They seemed to think the pump here had been struck by seige gun.
 Ben Wetheril arrived at his home May 2 and went on to Chin Fee the following day.
 Missionary Merritt, of the Kaibito l district, is aiding our missionary, Leigh Legar, in missionary work. l visiting lately and it is hoped that 1 good results will follow. Mir. Merit | advises that construction on the new mission buildings at Kaibito will be begun about July 1. He hopes to have Mir. Legar as general manager of the work.
 George Wetheril started the ditch | construction work May with full complement of Indian help, and the work is progressing nicely. It is be- lieved that the reclamation plant can be completed in another month. Geo. M. Post and Henry Sandoval, of the Reclamation Service, arrived May II. MT. Post as engineer went over the | work of inspection and planning last Monday, returning to Granada Tues day, May 12, and MT. Sandoval re- mained to finish the apron on the dam that the flu prevented being finished last fall. MT. Sandoval halls from the of AIa IT v,l ] his home is in Albuquerque. He was working on this project when called to the colors.
 Inspector Walter Coleman, of the U. s. Indian Service, and Messrs Wal ter Rank, Bibbs and Abrams, of the Western Navajo agency, and Auto Driver Conley of Flagstaff, arrived late May 12 and remained to May IA, returning via Marsh Pass to Tuba City.
 John Strause, wife and Billie made the trip to Tuba City and return on April 29 to May 8 with a team. They report the camping fine, but were all glad to see the chimney at Kayenta once more.
 Many tourists are expected this year.
 John Wetheril has been appointed of the estate of the late Arthur Bradley.
 Julian E. Buckbee visited Tuba City May IT, where he met his daugh- ter Harriet, who has been attending the Normal at Flagstaff the past year and was on her way home. They pro- ceeded on to Kayenta May IS.
 Grass is fine in this section and the stock is doing well. The stock mans field of alfalfa is ready to cut.
 The wool season is almost over, and coy,oa of tho Iudionc arc now nlantiuU