Show INDIAN FRIEND HONORED BY A buckskin hand beaded vest made by the indians of the reservation er was mailed saturday to prisident A W tony ivins at salt lake city as a token of tho the esteem in which he la Is held by the tribe tho the vest Is made of tine fine deer iskin which was waa taken this tall fall hand tanned by the squaw ot of I 1 foster bh charles arles who also did the bead work on the back la is embroidered a chieftains head bead la in full ceremonial regalia and above are the words tony ivins ht ho no cheat and shey wita on each side of the front Is a steer head and below the ivins brand an uncrossed AI A I which he used when in the cattle business in this section the armholes arm holes neck and pockets are bead decorated in indian designs making the vest was an outgrowth of traditional respect which borders onto worship tor for their reverend friend had and defender tony ivins for 15 years or more they have been recipients of christmas gifts from the church leader and were desirous of showing in a material way the reverence in which he was held A few months ago poster foster chariand tony Tully hash acknowledged leaders of the tribe went 0 o john C denson benson foreman of president divlus ranch in bull valley and asked for or I 1 suggestions 1 mr benson benso n conceived the ider idea of the vest and assisted them in designing it according to information secured from pioneers when ivins was a young boy it was the custom for youths to have made bows and arrows in the cost construction construction ruction and purchase of the weapons he became very well acquainted with the in hans and a mutual respect and friendship was built up As ri young man he was instrumental in securing a government ap appropriation for the purchase of the conger farm on santa anta S clara creek for the indian reservation and was appointed appo lifted the first government agent there one of the most important things ho he did which was waa largely responsible for the great success he made was making them work at legitimate occupations cupat ions and seeing that they were fairly paid for all services service s rendered ills his absolute honesty built up the reputation which has become troxil lional tony ivins he no cheat after ivins left for the mexican mission in about 1880 the indians made up a song about him which th they y chanted 4 night long st thrle dances tony ivins he no cheat he give indians indiana lots of meat 11 and then in almost a wall no more melons conger farm for they 1 believed that without wi phout ivins their crops would tall fall this last phrase no more melons conger farm they wanted embroider ed on the vest tor for they believed that the melons have never been so fine since ivins departure it was pointed out by mr benson however that melons do grow now on the conger farm but bt the older members 0 of the tribe replied sadly no more men like tony ivins washington co news kenneth cherrington Is now employed at the texaco garage |