Show THE NAVAJO PROJECT A tract of 52 acres of desert land exear new mexico on the san juan river has haa been ap proved and will be expended expend edl in providing farms for many of the 9 cavajos navajoa under direction of supt bupt B u R h mccray at shiprock prock all the work to be done within two years accor according dlag to the farmington times fl hustler ustler this is only the initial project of a much larger reclamation job and the land lays between shiprock prock and farmington when the atie entire plan Is completed there will be acres irrigated of which la Is in shiprock prock indian reservation having indians present plans plan are to relieve the distress dis treas among the nava los jos caused by the severe winter oil ot j 1931 32 that followed the drouth I 1 I 1 A tribal council Is to be held to ratify the governments plan 11 C Ne neuffer liffer head of the ddlan irrigation Irl gatlon service in new mexico anil and arizona where there are possibly in lans apparently wishes ito ilo tackle the job in an educational manner using this first unit as aa a demon stra oon to the indian showing him the advantage of real agriculture compared with ids gritz tig flocks on ranges that become less in value each year because of over grazing this Is interesting to san juan county ulah liali business nesa over there laures la in ures more here increase in tion at any one point in this huge basin lends ends aid and ambition to ev ory ery other diettrick |