Show if Cannery aids church and citizens VU Indian Eva a Directing a program of canning for Bid Marie give James E. anions Indian people is Mary manager of the Church Ke- people uso the facilities for a few tips on how to peal welfare projects as well as for home region cannery aids Indian Cost data is provided by home extension agent Welfare assignments madei to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In the Uintah Basin Region have been much easier to fill because of a canning factory that has been operated in Roosevelt for approximately 15 THE CANERY is owned by the and since being established in Roosevelt has been used by the four stakes that constitute the Uintah Basin Welfare Thousands and thousands of cans of honey and other products have been canned ward groups to fill a welfare Use of the canning center has not been confined to church projects only Rather individuals and non-church groups have been permitted to use the facilities for personal canning LAST YEAR saw a new use made of the regional cannery when the Extension Division of the Indian directed by Mary asked for and received permission to bring members of the Tribe into the center to can foods for their own So successful was the venture last that Boender again is directing the Ute women in a more extensive program of home They have used it several times this season and have more activity i SUPERVISING the operations the past several years has been James E. senior high councilman of the Roosevelt He has acted as business manager of the cannery and has been greatly responsible for keeping it in Boender was asked by the Standard to prepare a few observations to be used as a part of this The data she has collected and prepared is listed along with more information concerning the Tribe's use of the IT PAYS TO CAN Does it pay to can your own vegetables and meats According to Mary local Home it especially when you can raise some of your own or buy it at a reasonable The question also arises as to whether It Is cheaper to can foods at home In glass or to use the local owned and operated by the where the cost of cans are and J Boender made the lowing cost comparison on locally canned fruits and commercially canned Cost of cans Peaches at per Fruit Sugar Can My cost Stor cost Pears at Fruit Sugar Can My cost Store cost Apricots fruit for picking Fruit Sugar Can My cost Store cost In comparing the contents of the it was apparent that there was more fruit and less syrup In each of the locally processed cans than in the commercial If you use glass jars in home canning the cash cost is less than it you use tin but the time required In preparing and processing the food is normally cut from 50 to 80 percent by using local cannery The advantages of home canning aren't always measured in cash profits In doing her own canning the can cater to her family preferences in sweetening and seasoning foods to suit their particular likes and The feeling of security that comes from a cellar full of canned goods equal to a nest egg in the Local Indian women have been using the cannery on days reserved for use of Tribal On September thirty-three Indian women twenty-six women canned cans of a total of 2490 Another day at the cannery the Indian women to can Shawnee director of extension work with Indians in the Washington D. C. office I was in this district September 12 and He and Brown spent four hours at the cannery marveling at the Interest the Indian women exhibited in the canning He was impressed by the fact that Mary Ankerpont had come 80 from Willow to Brown's comment isn't a finer project among the Indian people anywhere in the United |