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Show - -4- rived, and while we were still und~cided as to the eX2ct site for , tht; Mission, the Village Atheist invited us to s e: ttle on his land. His friendship has been undaunted by our dcci?ion not to take advantage of his generous invitation. A few Sundays ago he appeared shortly before Mass with five or six Navajos. "These folks was campin l over to my place last night. I give 'em som0 h~y for their horses ~nd some melon5 and things for the:msGlv8s, and they was goin' home today, but 'r told ' em this was the place for them to go of a Sunday morn in I JI He has been "fixin'" to come to a Christmas s ervice for three years. This Christmas EVL: he c&me to our !lopen house", stayed for Hidnight Mass. As hfJ stt.;,rted for home h~ called out "I enjoyt:d the mevtin' a whole lot. foUtsl Merry Christmasl" BROTHER Juniper has made a n~w stable for the Navajo creche figures, mounted on a platform l ~ rg(; enough to hold all the f1- gures,including innumernble be~s, and still luaving room for t~ three ,Commanche Wise Hen to be added at Epiphany. FEAR of erosion in the San Juan Rive~ Vullcyj~nd consequ~nt cirrying of silt into the Colorado River and into LaKe ' Mbud Lnd Boulder Dam has I t.:d tht:: Governmont to be doublr hc.rsh in the stock reduction program in this aJ.~ea. Rusul t is, our Nt. vajos can no longer support thE.:ms0lv(:s by she e p~r,; .. ising ~" lone, unless new m~thods of effici ency can be introduc ~ d. Some d~y we arc going to cnlC:Lrge 0,P this, in the! hop\..: of g,ut ting con$tructivtJ ido,"s from our friends. But onu thing we cC:-.n do c,m d Lr l.;: dOing,<:::.nd that is to buy for a fnir price Nt:cvajo bl,:LrlKcts of superior de-sign Clnd workmanship. Thl:! I'Ggulc',r m;,rkct open to them, through the local stores or trading posts, is T<;; guL.. t ed simply by poundage -- hardly an inspirlng b [~ sis for a unique tribos. l art! The trader sells to tourists if he c[,n,othervvise dumps his lead on ,a wholesaler,who distributes the produce in ways i\nown to business men. Our fri onds h8ve the opport~nity of securing rugs,or blankets,mf exceptional beauty, from us, &nd at the same time helping both the Mission and the Nr vc jo people. At the present moment we are well supplied, Rnd ccn offer i . flne selection, especi;:',lly in the sm;-ll(;r sizes. Thos l: nov:! on hf'.nd veery from saddle-pads cbout 26" x 33 11 to bl:.nk0ts sui tt'.ble for throw-rugs 4411 x 65", n.nd in pric (; from $7. 00 to ~'45. We sh":'.ll be gl.:..d to s end 2. full list of r., vc~il;," bl(;; sizes :,'.nd prices to inquirers. The N;.;,v[: jo hoghc.n which ~HH:- VIC had built on our place is serving its purpose, which is to hous(; [: numb~r of school children whose hom~ is too f ~ r to cllow th v~ to ~ tt8nd regu-l [~ rly in vvint(;r, -~~~~ .~~ ~~~r~~ ,~.~~,~ Through the s plendid co-op u r ~ tion of the U.~.IndiQn Service --on which we c::',n r::lwc.ys count, -W(.; h L,V(; ~. G,.in h:.';d c,;. threcday medic&l Lnd dental clinic. au-or [, hundr0d c r.~ s e s were trec.ted. |