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Show PAGE II NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 1950 PLANS: We are ready to drill an artesian well as soon a& we get the last $500. This will assure adequate water for domestic and irrigation purposes - should pay for itself in four years of creps, if not in less. THE ONE YEAR that the River water stood by us we were able to raise virtually all the vegetables we needed for the year. If we can get the well drilled there seems no reason why we should not be able to do that every year; not to mention the hay field which should yield four cuttings with proper irrigation - yet this year we did not get even one cutting. THE ONE-ROOM INFIRMARY in the East wing has already been in use, aIr though the building is unfinished. On a recent trip to Fort Defiance ' we took a woman (whose father is in the sanatorium now) tor x-ray, which . showed her badly infected. Dr. Pijoan collapsed her lung, but, of course, there is no bed available. So he let us take her home, and we are giving her strepto-mycin as regularly as possible. We badly need a small hospital for just such cases. Most of the designated offerings recently have been for this purpose, and we think it will be safe to allow the McGimpy ba.ys to go ahead with the masonry part of the building w~ile they are here - "even if it takes some time to get the floors, windows, root, and doors in. Lest our friends raise eyebrows at the , thought of a- doctor-less hospital, be it known that the project has the enthusiastic approval of State and Federal medical authorities, and of other physicians who have seen our work here and know the conditions under which we must work. THE COWBOY AND INDIAN WAR goes on. So far there has been no bloodshed, and we hope it will remain "COld"; however, there has been a steady migration of Navajos to the north bank of the River, and beyond. As we understand it, the Navajos have "drawn first blood" in the legal battle, by the refusal of the judge to hear the petition for an injunotion. However, the Cowboys are appealing to Washington, and there is no telling how matters will come out. The grazing service continues to serve trespass notices on the Navajos who graze on federal land, and they continue to send the papers to their lawyer. We hate tc tell our Hoppalong Cassidy fans that this is the wayan Indian War is carried on, but it is so. FATHER LIEBLER needed some surgery,- so that was cared for on Sept • . 5th at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake. Then he went East; and after a few days' rest began a month of lectures to various parishes and other groups from Boston to Omaha. Encouraging reports are still coming in ot people and congregations seeing Missions for the first time as essential to the Christian scheme of thIngs. Soon after his return, Brother Juniper started on a similar project in the Middle West. As we go to press he writes of enthusiastic responses wherever he goes. SCHOOL AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S, too, is in full swing, with record attendance and enviable achievements. Helen is happy in having Nancy Sturges to help. The clinical work, too, is greatly helped by the addition to our Staff of Esther Bacon, R.N., who takes many burdens trom Catherine Pickett's weary shoulders. Newton Darling puts in heroic days from dawn to dark at both indoor and outdoor work. Brother DaVid, we regret to say, has left us for the comparatively restful life of the Air Force. Latest arrival is Ruth Paterson who is making herself more than useful in clerical work, which was getting Fr. Liebler very down indeedl |