Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-02-23

all summer had her time from 1.3O to
| 800 a. m. We have a good water
system and electricity, even the tint
est log cabin using that whenever it
is located where the power extends,
for kerosene or coal oil ,eas they cali
it here is very expensive. The County
Public Library is located here. We
have an American Legion and I. o.
o. F. Lodge and a Rebekah Lodge,
several Literary Clubs and a Com
merical Club.
The largest industry is farming
which includes herding and we have
a meat packing establishment, tan
ming factory, grist mill, and cream
cry. Bee keeping is also quite an in
dustry. Here they extract the honey
from the comb before shipping it in
stead of having it as we do in the
little frames. This is very interest
ing process. The honey cells are de-
capped with a steam heated knife
The large frames are then placed in
an extractor which looks like a tin
barrel and which contains revolv-
ing rack holding four large frames
in a vertical position. The velocity of
the rack removes the honey from the
comb and it is then strained into six
ty pound cans, hive of bees usually
making about a can and half.
Father has eleven stands and l
thought it would be fun to help eX-
tract SO 1 went out to the honey house
with them but the most [ did was to
cover my clothes with honey and my
face with bee stings.
Another great industry is the min
ing of bituminous coal which is the
principle fuel used, as the scrub cedar
is about the only tree used for fuel.
During the Christmas recess one of
the coal men took us (the seven
teachers here at the home and Vieva)
in his car seven miles into the foothills
to his mine. It was just opened this
summer and as yet is only hundred
and fifty feet underground but we
were much interested in the mine and
process of production.
We have been on but few trips as
most of my time after I came was in
summer school but in the fall we
miles from here to the Ute Indian
Fair. Fort Duchesne was formerly
the headquarters of soldiers kept
Indians in subsection but is now a
part of the great Indian Reservation,
where many of the Indians have
large farms or else live in the various
towns in as comfortable homes as we.
The Fair began with a big parade of
about five hundred Indians. Most
of the papooses and old squaws rode
in trucks drawn by government
tractors but some dressed in Indian
costume rode beautiful horses as did
the braves who were gay IN war
paint and feathers. They had sew
eral of their dances all done to the
most wierd music and cries l ever
heard. The costumes were many and
almost all of such gay colors. The
men wear hair parted and braided
down their backs. They had a very
good exhibit of farm products and
fancy work done by the Indian chill
dren in the schools on the reserva-
ton. /
I think that by now you must be
moving around your chairs and look
ing at the clock, so l will bring my
long letter to an end. Some day per
haps l can stand in your midst and
tell you more things of this great
Wonderland of the West, where God
speaks to man through His marvel
Gus works, these grand old mountains.
How many times as look at them
think that "the strength of the hills
is His also" and it is so comforting.
I sincerely hope for the Club a pros
porous and interesting year and send
you each my greeting.
Very sincerely,
s.. Mildred F. Downey.