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Show I I I Prize Saddle OnEAhibit OnExhibit On OnExhibit Exhibit EAhibit at Moabexhibition Moab MoabOn I IOn On exhibition at the MoabGarage Moab I IGarage | Garage tl this s week Is a prize saddleI saddledesigned saddledesigned saddle saddlethe designed and made by Buck Lee of ofthe ofthe I the W W- W WL W-L L L - < - .L L . ranch 12 miles m1les north of ofI ofMexican ofMexican 1Mexican Mexican Hat southern San Juan'county Juancounty Juan Juancounty Juancounty 1 I ' county The saddle was made as a . assoilds aw v.ollds vollds ssoilds . 01 Ids fair exhibit for the state stateof stateof stateof of Arizona in 1932 andas and \ was \\as as nas msured insured msuredfor insuredfor insuredtor for $5000 5000 $ Tv . Two T'so Tso ' 0 years \ were isere ere required requiredto to carve the leatherwork : designs designsand designsand designsand and one of the country countrys s leading leadingjSaddle leadingsaddle leadingsaddle saddle manufacturers estimated its itsalue itssalue Itsvalue jSaddle \alue alue salue \ at between $10000 10000 $ and $12- $12 12 $12000 $12000 $12-000 $12 12 000 $ - I 000 It has ! been shown sho\ln sho ln shonn \ at the leading lead leadling leading ing art centers of the United States Statesas Statesas Statesas ling as asell V \ well \\ell ell . elI as having been exhibited at atthe atthe atthe the most popular rodeos and round roundI roundups roundUfiS roundups ups UfiS held In lit the country in . recentI recentyears recent years There are 26 hand plC pie plCtures pietures pictures tures on the saddle representingl representmgthe representingthe representmg representing the hazards of the " , western nestern estern cow cowboy COWboy boys boy s life with scenes of buckinghorses bucldng bucking bucldnghorses buckinghorses horses tattle cattle sattle stampedes wild long longhorn longhorn longhorn ' horn steers branding brandmg scenes saddle saddleI saddlehorse saddlehorse saddlehorse I horse remudas camp scenes and arid aridmany andmany : ; many others each depleting1 depicting a page pagein pagein pagein in the history ol of the great west westThere westThere westThere There are 478 characters carved on onthe onthe onthe the saddle skirts and fenders fendars fendrs of ofthis ofthis ofthis this pictorial and his torical throne throneof throneof throneof of the old cattle king Idng of by gonedays gonedaysThere gone gonedays gonedays days daysThere There are in the world 'world ' it is said saidmany saidmany saidmany many beautiful saddles saddJes valued up upto upto upto to $2500 2500 $ but these values are de- de tie- tie detel tieteimined de-tei de tei - tel teimined mined mmed by the ornaments of sl1 sil sl1ver silyer sllver ver yer and gold set with rare gems gemsSuch gemsSuch Such vilues v'11ues v11ues vulues ' can be known for theyContinued they theyContinued ( Continued on Cln last pace page ) PRIZE : . SADDLE .ADDLI ADDLI : 0 OElIIIBIT 0\ 0 O\ O 0EXHIBIT \ . E EXHIBIT ElIIIBIT I1I IT AT MOAB 'lOAn lOAn MOABContlnued ' ( Coniinjed IContn.led IContnled Contlnued ! . from ( fiom forn filst fist page ) are tangible tanglble But this saddle getsit'1 getsit1 gets getsIt getsits It its " ' vall vah valie e a solely from the story it itteUs ittells ittells teUs tells wi \ Brich 1ch ich appeals to those thosea who wholove -a a \ - ho holove holove love the unusual The only mount mountmgs mountrags mountings mgs rags on it are heart shaped gems gemsset gemsset gemsset set in m puie pUle pure native natlve silver sliver The gem gemstones gemstones gemstones stones are of petrified petnfied petnfiedood vood \\ood ood wood \ , from fromArlzona fromArizona fromArizona Arlzona Arizona s great petrified forest and andthese andthese andthese these are few there being bemg only onIy six sixin sixin I m in all aU allBuck aUBUtk Buck BUtk Lee designed and made the thei theaddle the'addle theaddle i . ' addle doing domg the leather caivingsin carvingsin cal carvings vlngs In his Ins a o o\n o n \ .n n . n st style : , . Ie He is consideredLv considered consldered I Lv < v authorities authontles to be one of the few fewartl fewarti'ans fewartrans fewartransft artl arti'ans artians < ' ans ansho \\ho ho who -ft ft \ - ho could do such workHe workHe work fewI I He 'ab ab \ ' ah as born in the Navajo In Indian dlan dian cot country cOLntry ntry got his hlS early educa educal1cn educatrcn cducaticn l1cn trcn thiough thlOUgh through hard knocks and grew grewup grewup I up in the " wild "lId lId ruld Navajo countrs countr3 country He Hespeaks Hespeaks I Ispeaks speaks the Na\ajo Na ajo Navajo \ language fluent 1 ' amongthe amonglre amongire and ha having vmg been raised fluentI among I lre ire e a Fnmithe Inmltl\e Inmltl e prrmitite : \ people he rebem resern & rle hies re&emHes reemHes rebemrle resernhies them in m manyays many \ ways \\ays ays nays even evenma evenma I ma ntammg ntaining some of the superstl superstr tlOns tions superstitions superstltlOns superstrtions broughtdown broughtdo the Navajos ha\e ha e have ha \ e superstlI brought I ) do\\ do don down \ n through the agesIllS agesHis ages agesHis His IllS people came to Arizona Anzona in m theI theearh theearly the theearii I earii earh early das days da } s of the tern territory tory 1876 1876His His erapdfather gral'dfather graldfather grandfather ' John Jolm D Lee estab estabthe estab.lIshed 18761HIS 18761 the famous Lee Lees s ferry on onthe hlChthousands hrchthousands the Big Blg Colorado river over \ \ hich hlCh hrch thousands crossedthe of early pioneers crossed the Colorado on their . way .ay ay to settle settlenorthern settlenorthern northern southeasternUtah Arizona Anzona and southeastern UtahB Utah UtahBicks B Bicks ICI ick . s father ' " was as a 1 i ' . g1 gi gieat eat fuend fuendof fl fuendof rend rendof of the famous old \ war ar chief of the NavaJo Navajos theNavajos theNavaJo directedthe , > Hos ka mm who dnected directed Mitchelland Mltchelland the war w'ar ' party that killed klIlcd Mltchell Mitchell and Meinck Melnck Merrick in Monument vaUey valley durmg during the late Elghtleshen Eighties Elghtles when \\hen hen \ they theyi theyattempted attempted to leave there after finding findmg afterfindmg rich nch silver ore some somewhere v . here near Hos ka nml nmi nrnr mesa It mesaIt ItisBuck Is Buck Lee v v.ho vho who . ho designed and jalnted painted : andFnted andjalnted andpainted " tbe the , big pictorial plctonal road map which mapwhich weekat is being bemg installed mstalled this thlS week at Crescent Junction Junctlon On this map he has painted some 60 oil 011 paint pamt- pamt paint- - ings paintings pamtIngs of many of the scenic scemc attlac attiac atliactions attlactlons attiactios tlons tios in southeastern Utah adJacent and ad jacent Coinersdistrict COlnersdlStnct Cornersdistrict areas of the Four COlners Corners dlStnct district This Tins pictorial map was ofsoutheastern sponsored wassponsored by the civic CiVlC clubs of southeastern Utah In order that thatthe the outside world may know of the theand theoutstanding outstanding attractio andattractio and unusual natUlaI natuialattractions sg sgto attractions to beufoundl be ufoundl ufoundlIn found in this thlS little known country countr ; countryThere tothose Thel Thcie There e is no adIIlls admission lon ch chirged charged nged to those who may wish to see the famous thefamous addle saddle now on atthe display Play at the suggested Moab : Garage and it is suggest ed that lovers overs of beautiful thmgs things , a\all a all thingsaiaU thmgsaall \ themselves of this |