The Coconino sun., 1927-02-25
TUBA CITY

Miss Bette Jean Stiles celebrated
her birthday on the 18th by having a
party for all her friends at the sta
ton. All had good time and wished
her many happy returns.
Miss Mary Mae Stiles and Miss Vir-
ginia Laury are i'll with mumps but
are getting along very nicely.
Miss Anna Mae Roberts has been
i'll with chicken pox but is now much
better and able to go outside the
house to play.
Miss Jessie E. Van was confined to
her bed with flu for several days last
week but is now back to work and re-
ports that she is feeling much better.
Mr.. Womack of the u. S. irrigation
service arrived at Tuba City on the
evening of the 10Th enroute to Kayen-
ia to locate the trouble with the well
at that place, which has apparently
gone dry or very nearly so.
E. H. Hammond, district superin-
tendent of the Indian SERVICE is still
in our midst as he has been unable to
get to Kayenta on account of the con-
dition of the roads.
The roads from Tuba City to Kay
enta are so muddy that it is practically
impossible to get over them with a
car. On the last trip of the mail
truck it took the driver 20 hours to go
the 70 miles that he usually covers in
five or six.
The roads from Tuba City to the
Gap and Red Lake are also very mud
dy due to the steady rains that lasted
until Friday night of last week, but
few days of sunshine will dry up
the mud and make them again pas
sable.
The weather at Tuba City is very
mild and things are coming up in the
various garden spots around the viii
lage, j. e., garden stuff that was left
in the ground over the winter, such as
carrots, onions, parsley, parsnips, etc.
The road gang reports good prog
ress on the new Cameron-Tuba City
road and that they are now camped
at the Petrified Pumpkin patch about
eight miles from Tuba City.
Jack Peasants and Walker nj. Gier-
hardt celebrated their birthdays on
the 22nd at a party given in their
honor by Mrs. Peasants. 1t ended in
a dance.
The children of the Western Navajo
school have been having quite lot of
influenza, but DIR. S. T. Campbell re-
ports he is making progress in get
ting the disease eradicated or that he
is at least holding it down so that
there is no increase in the number of
cases.
The employees of the reservation en-
joyed moving picture show OH the
10Th. There was also a picture and
entertainment by the pupils of the In
dian school on the evening of the 21st
in celebration Of Washington's birth
day.
Mrs. Gust Al. Seltz, who sprained
her ankle last fall, is getting along
very nicely although she is still ull-
able to use it to any great extent ard
has considerable pain in it.
DR.. Bass, travelling dentist for the
Indian service, expects to finish his
work among the school children and
employees here this week and will go
to Kayenta and thence to Leupp.
/ Work is progressing nicely on the
new sewer system and when this is
completed living conditions at Tuba
City will be very greatly improved.
The Hopis of Meencopi village went
to Oraibai on the goth for the annual
bean dance on the 21st. The bean
dance at their own village will be held
shortly after their return.
Frank Reid and George Bancroft,
stockmen on the Western Navajo re-
servation, left the morning Of the
22nd for the Botawa country at the
junction Of the two rivers to develop
water and dig cistern for the use Of
Mr.. Bancroft, who will move into the
government house there in the near
future, on official assignment.