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And now abideth these three; Land, Labor and Organization and the greatest of these is Or ganization. A visit to the Ship rock Indian school examplifies this to the highest degree. There a desert spot has been converted into a veritable garden in the short space of six years and all this done with Navajo Indian labor that was as raw material for such work as could well be imagined. Of course it was efficiently directed and there is where Organization comes in. Sociologists might well find a lesson here when they are study ing the immigration question, for if so-called pauper labor can contribute to the advancement of civilization as it has done at Shiprock, we have nothing to fear from such labor. Provided, with a big P, it is properly or ganized and directed. In the two years since we vis ited the school, there has been a wonderful change. Great fields of alfalfa have been planted, corn and cane fields have been extended and the vegetable and flower garden area increased. The efficiency of the native labor has been noticeably improved and the buildings also. Sunday morning the Editor his wife and son Lyndall, and Miss Bessie Pennington left for Shiprock.. At noon we had reach ed Harry Baldwin’s place and there took lunch and looked over or rather into the finest cellar in the county, built as it is in the solid rock of the Hogback. Of course as the entire crowd were tee-totalers we did nothing but look into the cellar. We met Harry Pierce here‘who is helping Mr. Baldwin this winter. We reached Shiprock about three o’clock and the rest of the evening until supper time was spent in looking over the build ings and grounds. ‘Before we started however on the tour of the grounds we took part in a big melon feast. There were over 600 melons placed on the lawns in systematic order and carved and handed to each person. All was in perfect or der. Some of the watermelons weighed as much as fifty pounds and the flavor was fine. In the preserving rooms are 600 gallons of canned fruits, large amounts of dried fruits and vegetables. They have put up about 850 tons of alfalfa and are engaged in putting up 1,000 gal lons of sorghum. We attended the services in the evening and was surprised at the bible knowledge, shown by the students. They answer ed all questions pertaining to the lesson without hesitation. While this work is being done a systematic course of experi ments in grasses, fruits and veg etables is being carried on that will in time be of inestimable value to the people of this valley both red and white alike. One of the most notable things at Shiprock is the absence of flies. There are few screens used on the buildings there and they are not needed. Cause? Oledniness. This shows what could be done at Farmington or elsewhere with proper sanitation and care. We believe that Superintendent Shelton is doing a work that will live long after him. He is most ably assisted by Miss Loomis the penal of the ‘beset cape and ‘the ohne farmer. ‘a a short time the mesa nort
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Farmington Times Hustler
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Thu, Sep 19, 1912
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