| Show REDMAN IS WOMANS WOMAN'S HOBBY I Mrs ci Elizabeth l Ministers i to i I Ii i Material As Well Educational Needs it i t MOTHERS TRIBE A AT T ST O 0 have havo mothered one or 01 possibly T two two tiny lives through h the strenUous siren siren- days of or early carly infancy Is a task that hint most moat women omon consider plenty but hut Mrs Irs l' l Elizabeth lIzabeth until recently recent recent- ly hy a teacher in the United States Indian service ha has th the tho distinction of or having mothered a Whole tribe of or Pluto Piute In Indians Indians In- In diane and claims tho the satisfaction of ot having Ins raised them old and young from flom a n condition bordering on the tho to a a. state where thc they consider cleanliness next to godliness and one and all 11 are heartily I In n favor of both Mrs Irs re recently resl resigned ned her hor post as teacher on the thc reservation reser reser- aHon In iii southern Utah and is in Salt Lake resting preparatory to going to n Alaska to take charge t of or orthe the Episcopal copal churchs church's mission school there She Is ia a guest at the homo home of oC the lit itt Hev Paul Jones bishop of the Episcopal diocese of or Utah while here Indians IndianA havo have become a hobb hobby with this this' diminutive little Scotch woman She Shin speaks their languages and In IH her r cl eight ht years of ot with Indian dopal do- do pal laS has been intimately cd ed with the trials ls and tribulations that besot beset poor Lo o on his native nativo heath Mrs is an ardent church woman and attributes her success s In de dealing lIns- lIns with sith Indians to tho the fact tact that by blendIng blend- blend lug Ing religious teachings with the three its Rs she he has dismissed distrust of ot her from the th minds of oe her charges and has always been regarded b by them more In ha tho the light lIht of a tr friend nd than a teacher She declared the Indian mind to be bo susceptible to teaching If IC properly approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap but adds that he can bo ho led but will not nol be bo driven en Live Lire In Isolation Our little world at she said yesterday suffered considerably because of or th the tho fact that it Is so iso Iso- The Indians there ther who ho number about are arc poor Their land is good s only for dr dry farming tanning and until recently re ro- ro- ro yielded them but little Owing to the Isolated location of ot tho reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion which is ten miles from Santa Sant Clara In Washington county they are backward and know of ot the tho ways of ot civilization civilisation When VIlOn I first went Wont among them I i I I had to begin h by teaching thom them personal cleanliness This was a hard task I had to start In with tho the bahl babies R then when I had gained tho the confidence enco of oe the tue older people cople I 1 worked on Oil them thom alon along tho the line amo lines and finally I got gotthem thorn them to clean up their homes It was Vas not that tho they were lazy Jazy but they Just lid did not know Now they are a different differ differ- ent eat people There Thero was vas no church so 80 I undertook their religious training and atal as ns there Is no doctor nearer than titan St. St George Geors-e seventeen event en mlles awn away I had hall to attend to their th medical needs also Now hoW the they have a Presbyterian church presided over h bv the tho Rev Hev J. J AV W Dorrance For Forthe tho the children about t twenty five In itt number number num num- ber her there Is a school and for tho the young youn married people I established a Mutual Improvement society T There rr Charles D D. D Wagner the Indian agent his wife and anI I were vero tho the only white people on the tho reservation Wo Yo Were ten miles from Crom tho the nearest rest whito settlement an and four eighty miles front from tho the railroad This Isolation made nado tho the work considerably harder but better times litres arc are in view for tho the Indians thero there when the tho Arrowhead trail Is built According nJ to tho the plans plaits this route will traverse tho the reservation reser and will help towards to their civilization by bringing them in closer touch with the tho world The They arc are not nol lazy but often orten aro arc without without without with with- out wor WOrIC to do Sometimes they bOCh go bO Ch elsewhere for temporary employment This year an experiment was made by growing Sudan grass and the crop was Wl surprisingly Joo good Next year a L larger harger acreage a e will be put under cul cal and It Is expected that enough will be planted to give each family about five acres There are arc not man many cattle on the reservation because there thero h has been bee een no feed for tor them but If tills this Sudan grass which will grow there thoro in luxuriance Is planted the tho Indians ns will probably acquire some tomo stock Fruit will also grow there They ralso raise some somo peaches and a few tew melons and grapes rapes But not in commercial quantities Walnuts are being Introduced introduced Intro Intro- and tho government Is taking some stops steps to boost tho the agricultural development de of ot tho the section I |
