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Public PuMo Reader Writes Dear Editor Referring to your article on the Arroyo Seco, Des Montes and Taos Pueblo ditch item: Thanks to the leadership and resourcefulness of representatives of Seco and Des Montes, for making the Pueblo officials understand of their rights and needs pertaining to the Tenorio ditch. Although the matter of old agreements and arrangements for the common good as neighbors is a foreclosed understanding among old Pueblo residents, information of this kind will be appreciated by the young- rgeneration. We all hope for news releases fany informative nature from behind the "Adobe Curtain." Thus our neighbors can see and know how we have to cater to different federal departments, bureaus and agencies to deal with our problems with our land, because we hold neither title nor deed. Therefore we are not able to deal and consider rights of others without consulting the agents of our great white father. Information of this kind will help our Spanish-American neighbors to understand the hu dreds of "whys" about us Indians.

So let's give old men who originated this agreement, not to us at the present. News-wise, you have a gold mine at the Pueblo, both historical and present now that you have the Pueblo government's cooperation about its public ity, which will do us good and also make interesting reading. Here's to good news reporting. I am only a small voice in the Pueblo here, doing 10 months time, without a chance for parole and punished, according to rules and customs of the Pueblo for being intoxicated (hie) in the reservation. A Taos News reader J.

C. Romero Santa Fe Old-Time Melodrama Inside The Capitol Taos County Road To Get Funds Dear Editor: For the first time in many years, the Little Theatre of Taos presented a wild, wonderful show to celebrate Fiesta. This has long been my dream, and 15 people who shared my enthusiasm got together and a couple of weeks of hard work, did the job. Myrt Rosen like an angel, directed one of the plays and what a howl it was! Sets were built by Binky Bassett (eight hours worth, bless Godie Schuetz, Jim Dryden and Grauman Wiksten. "Wickie" and Sandra Brannon fly WILL HARRISON SANTA Ffc Each of the state's five highway districts will contribute $100,000 of secondary road money to a 4.5- mile construction project In Taos County to be let to con- Tact this month.

The road is part of the so- called U. S. 64 Northern route should be completed around 1970 If future state administrations continue the program. The letting this month will be construction of 4.5 miles west from Tres Piedras, the first job in a 44-mile mountainous crossing to Tierra Amarilla. Three Districts In Next Project The next construction In the program is scheduled to be let to contract this fall for about five miles east from Tierra Amarilla in Rio Arriba Conty at the other end of the 44-mile crossing.

It will be paid for by $165,000 of secondary road money from each of the three northern highway districts. The contributing counties are San Juan, McKinley, Valencia, Sandoval, Bernalillo, 1 a Union, Mora, Harding, San Miguel, Quay, Guadalupe, Santa Fe, Torrance, Taos and i Arriba. 19-Mile Stretch Not in Program The U.S. Forest Service has two five-mile construction jobs scheduled on the crossing for the period between July 1965 and July 1967, and the state has programed five miles more in the 1966-67 period. This will leave something like 19 miles to be constructed after 1967 with secondary road money.

The 44-mile link is west of the Rio Grande Gorge bridge and approach roads which are presently under consluction at a created the "sandwiches" which they and Alexander Slinde wore in the Friday Parade to advertise the show (for which they captured a prize, incidentally.) Art Merrill was charming as M.C., and was joined by Bill Steinke to make music between plays. Harry Deckerhoff whipped out some unique programs. Richie and Leslie Grainger and Elizabeth and John Noble provided the beat-up vegetables to hurl at the villains, and triggered off the boos and hisses. Dick and Margot handled the soft drinks and pop-corn which the kids peddled through the evening. Winnie Berninghaus loaned us her very special chairs, and Harold Street contributed a cow-bell.

Cantu Furniture shop brought us a dandy used soft. Everybody rehearsed frantically at all hours of the day and night. Like all performances, one never knows who will come or how it will be received, so by Saturday afternoon, I was a nervous much so I forgot to arrange for a box-office collector. The curtain went up at eight o'clock, and there we were. Almost at once, I knew the audience was with us.

For one and a half hours the old Stables TAA Theatre rocked with merriment. As the last curtain rang down I was astounded to see a full house, more than half of which was comprised of tourists. As they streamed out, there were warm smiles and "thanks yous" for a lovely evening. This I'm delighted to pass on to the cast and all the good folk who helped Taos Little Theatre come through. Now we know we can do it, let's make our "meller-drammers" a yearly event at Fiesta time.

Sincerly yours, Liz Budlong, President Little Theatre of Taos, Inc. Two Bouquets Dear Editor: Enclosed is my check for $5 to renew my subscription for the coming year. 1 always enjoy getting The Taos News as I am an old resident of Taos, a 1958 graduate of Taos High and I still have many friends and relatives residing there. My former name was Connie Sandoval, I also have three sisters living Susie and and we all fight for it when it comes. Mrs.

Connie Roth 131 W. St. Louis, Apt. 201 Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Editor: We have just returned to Dallas from Taos. cost of about $3.3 million, all state money without federal ttclpatlon.

Program Aids Jack Campbell Republicans are trying to drum up a -campaign issue In the northern road Construction that is being financed in large part by areas of the state that are far removed from the route. In addition to the help that the rest of the state is giving this year for construction jobs in Taos and Rio Arriba counties, the $3.3 million for the bridge and approach roads is borrowed money that will be paid off with taxes from all over the state. Jack Campbell used the proposed road construction very successfully in the 1962 campaign when the Northern counties embraced it and the rest of the state didn't give it much attention. Highway Climbs To 10,500 Feet Completion of the final link in the new Northern route from Raton to Farmington is several years in the future, pehaps 1970 if succeeding state administrations continue the program. The construction schedule which has been set up through 1967 leaves an unconstructed section in the middle of Tres Piedras Tierra Amarilla crossing of some 15 or 20 miles.

The distance isn't known precisely because the exact length of scheduled construction jobs is not known. C. H. Muchmore, locations en gineer for the highway department, estimated the missing link at 17 miles or more. The proposed road will rise to 10,500 feet elevation.

Aimed at Helping Depressed North The Northern construction is knocking the rest of the state out of several million road money and is being pushed by the governor In the hope that it will relieve the economically distressed North, The highway department has estimated that the completed road will carry 500 cars a day, a figure that was worked up to justify federal participation in the constuctlon between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla. Election Nears, Payroll Grows Election year employment of highway workers climbed to 2, 645 during July. It's the biggest highway pay roll on record and compares with 2,369 in July last year. A record high figure that stood for several years was 2,578 on the roads payroll In November, 1960, when. Gov.

John Burroughs was running for reelection. It was first topped in June of this year when number went 2,583. Political Lawyers Stay On Payroll First Asst. Atty. Gen, Boston Witt is staying on the state pay roll at $950 a month while run ning for attorney general, and Atty.

Gen. Earl Hartley is con tinuing to draw his $1,000 month state pay while serving as Democratic campaign man ager. The state personnel law bans candidates and holders of political positions such as campaign manager from the state payroll but both Witt and Hartley are exempt from the law. Sheepherder Hays, Demo candidate for land commissioner, resigned as chief of the field! department in the land office, when he became a candidate in March. SIGN GUEST BOOK-Signing the visitors' register at the Kit Carson Home and Museum, Taos, are Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Ramirez and sons Albert, and Manuel of Bayard, N. M. Jack Boyer, director of the museum, right greets the visitors who are house guests of Mr. and Mrs.

fimilio Valerio of Ranches de Taos, Summer Business Up In Taos Despite Early Fears Of New York World Fair By JOE FULTON Taos News Staff Writer B. McColIum, secretary of the Taos Chamber of Commerce says that there is no indication that the New York World's Fair has siphoned vacationers from the West to the last and he believes that in the main business in Taos is up. He bases this opinion on visitors to the Chamber office and on the volume of mail. "We lave received an average of 50 ourist queries daily since April," he expalined, and that letters arriving now are Torn people planning fall vaca- There is considerable in- Mrs. Sue McCleery, left, and Mrs.

John H. (Jay) Slinde Know Your Neighbor Of By REGINA COOKE Sue Me Cleery, created she says, "is suited to the mountain area. There's no reas- lovely sheath dress with unus- on why these fine, handwoven ual back interest worn by Mrs. materials cannot be used to John H. (Jay) Slinde.

Mrs. Me Cleery who has been designing "High Country" clothes for the last year, finds inspiration for her distinctive apparel in Taos We enjoyed your part of the state as it had been 16 and Old Mexico handicrafts, years since our last visit. What ever the citizens of Taos do, please don't ever change your city. Always keep it as lovely as it has been 16 years ago and today. Thankfully Mrs.

W. B. McFarland Dallas, Texas Claims Graves Desecrated Dear Editor: One of the lowest and most unspeakable deeds possible was committed by a crew of "workers" from the city jail several days ago when they were taken on a detail to clean the Sierra Vista Cemetery. Instead of picking up the rubbish and dead leaves and dried up flowers in the cemetery they deliberately picked off the bouquets and flower arrangements from a number of the graves and left them bare and desecrated with only the holes in the earth where the flower pots had been. plastic flowers that I were put there on Decora- best advantage in well-styled, well-finished garments.

Under the name 'High Country', 1 am trying to create clothes in good taste and with the flair and brilliance of the mountain coun- "The weaving, In Taos people look for that 'something special 1 quality in clothes. No piece is to be duplicated." For her made-and-sold-in-Taos fashions, Sue does much of the expert sewing herself. Born at Fort Worth, she studied art in New Orleans, lived and worked in New York and Los New Manager Now At Indian Hills Restaurant Mrs. Hugh S. Pratt of Ranches is now managing the dining room of Indian Hills Inn.

She I Angeles, before moving perma- ihas had nrevinus pxnpripnrp nnJ nomlu Tone in HUM While her husband was in active duty with the U.S. Air Force, Jay enjoyed working with hospitals and thrift shops. She had also modeled fashions for Lord and Taylor, New York, and L. S. Ayres, in her native city, Indianapolis.

She is experience op-1 nently to Taos in 1962. In the'the daughter of the late Max Mrs. Slinde who is working and modeling for The Clothes Gallery, moved here in 1963 from Kansas City with her husband, a retired lieutenant colonel, and sons. Philip and Alexander. The family called Darien, "home," but during Lt.

Col. Slinde's military career lived in Japan, Honolulu, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D. and Caiifor- nia. were out tnere on Decora- 0 p. 114 ia- wuj, mumimuuiis.

one js tion Day and on Father's! had TT 8 experience op 'l nentlv to Taos in 1962 ln daughter of the late Max Dav for our dear denart 8 dlnin of of 1963, she joined BenjRecker, who had an antique 2Lt eP midwest coun club and has i Hazard in operating The Clothes shop here for Jr. father, E. B. Ortiz, were still beautiful and washed by the recent showers. They were all taken off and apparently destroyed.

God forgive the poor miserable creatures who were so heartless and bitter with their lot as to lower themselves to such a horrible deed. Let us hope that when the next "work detail" is taken there, they will be more closely supervised. Sincerely, Mrs. Herman Knight and around town. are sold.

She first came to Taos muweM coumry CIUD ana nas Hazard in operating The Clothes shop here for several vears also done personal catering in Gallery, where her creations The SUndes haye 0 building their own home iji the Taos area, but are presently living at the Bewley Ohlingei apartments, Llano Quemado. Among the innovations at 1951, buying a house with dian Hills are Sunday morning the Dickson Reeders, of Fort wunches and Sunday afternoon Worth, on the Des Montes Rim Smorgasbords from 2-6 p.m. Arroyo Seco. The Taos News PUBUSHEP EVEBV THUBSDAV BY PUBUSHINC Milt loewe, Editor Regjna CQoke, Society, Arts Entered as second to Office aos N.M., uadw fe 4 Robert J. Fauteek, General Manager F.

P. Vajdes, Spanish SUasCgJPTlON EATES Pit YEAB $iQO Qat Taos And Tourism EDITOR'S NOTE: HAS THE TOURIST BUSINESS IN TAOS BEEN BETTER OR WORSE THAN LAST YEAR? ARE HOTEL AND MOTEL ROOMS FILLED TO CAPACITY EVERY NIGHT? ARE TAOS GALLERIES SELLING ART? HAS INTEREST IN THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR TURNED TOURISTS TO THE NORTHEAST? THE ANSWERS TO THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO SUMMER TOURIST TRADE MAY BE FOUND IN THIS SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE TAOS NEWS. terest in the new Rio Grande Gorge bridge and the Highway 64 extension, generated by news Items on these two projects. Pueblo Road Business A less optimistic view of busi ness this summer was supplied by three North Pueblo Road business men. Andy Black, owner of La Pos ta gift shop, Ben Hazard, of the Clothes Gallery, and Harold Streei, of the Taos Inn state that business is off.

All three attribute the recent decline in sales to the town council's decision to remove parking meters from the west side of the road as the largest single factor in the downturn. Black said that business was up over last year until two weeks ago and he doesn't believe that the World's Fair has affected his business, Street blieves that he is los ing business from southbound Woman Is Dead Of Heart An Albuquerque woman, on camping trip near Red River died Saturday night of an apparent heart attack. The body of Helen E. Ctenj ent, 67, was brought to the Han, Ion Funeral Home where an inquest was conducted on Sunday morning by Justice pj Peace Paul The body was returned to Albuquerque (or burial following inquest. traffic because of lack of park- ng.

"Tourists don't stop in to nquire about rooms. They are swept on into the southbound traffic," he moaned. Removal of the parking meters in front of the Travelers has not affected business so far. Rex Du Bor, owner of the nine-room inn, has not had as many tourists as before, but keeps the rooms filled with regular customers and semi-permanent guests such as people on construction projects and government jobs. Kurt Ziebarth, owner of the Ideal Shoe Store adjoining the Travelers Hotel, reports that business is down this year, he believes, to the completion of several public works projects in the county that last year provided pay checks for many families.

Around the corner on i Carson road, Richard Lanser, owner of the "East and West Shop," reports his business is better this summer. "Our sales are up 20 per cent," he said. Museum Business Brisk On the same street, business is brisk at the Kit Carson Home and Museum. Jack Boyer, director, reports that nearly 14,000 people from the 50 states and dozens of foeign counties and dozens of foreign countries visited the historic landmark since the first of the year. This is an increase of 869 visitors over the same period last year when 12,971 travellers sign ed the gest book.

The number of visitors in May (2,462) were the number for April tel on the Santa Fe'road has a total of 43 rooms, 19 more than last summer before the rebuilding of the hostelry. Mrs. Terry Moynihan, wife of proprietor, states that business is above last year. W. H.

Blakey, owner of the 19 room El Pueblo Motor Lodge, on North Pueblo road, says that his business is running the same as last summer. He doesn't feel that traf- fie by his establishment is as heavy as last year as he doesn't fill up so early in the afternoon. He thinks that the Seattle World's Fair the last two years timulated traffic through Taos Charles Feuerbacher, of the Fiesta Mote on Ra ton roadi says his busjness has been spottier so far Ms sum er than last. He attributes this to the overall increase in motel rooms in Taos since last year Martha Reedj of Martha Taos Dresses, Kit Carson Road, says that her bookkeeper has informed her that her shass so far this summer is better than last year. Jerry Howell, of Jerry's men 8 clothi sh Clothlng busmess better than last ear and tnat nis new coin operated laundry in El Prado has been packed since the opening in July Sally HoweU prletor of Howe11 Cleaners rc rts her business Is considerably better than last summer and that tourists are using the quick dry deaning services in Canada led in the number of and India.

Obviously, World's Fair has no monoply on the time of foreign visitors Motel Business Up Jack Denver, owner of Taos Motor Lodge, the Blue Skies Cafe, and conductor of tours and Indian dances, is that the million people who have attended the World's Fair have not affected his business es. To the contrary, he reports that his motel business in July was 12 per cent ahead of last i wnich 33 per cent were painl ed by Mr. Reynolds." Jn the san)e Wa ij street Jour story of Taos official were quoted as saying that 8DOUt 300.000 people visited Taos during summer alonei and purchased at ea8t $moo worth of paintings i us alroost that much in In- arl8 and Lewis Th The Kachma Lodge, largest of business has increased each year since he opened for busi- in Taos on May 1, 1850. He era a gallery in Hous- 20 the Taos motels with 75 rooms reports an increase in this summer's business made possi ble by the addition of 32 new rooms that were, under cen- operators of strucu'on last summer. Edwin art galleries lineberry, the proprietor of ed.

Sooue are njew businesses china and 2j roam synj without previous, gales records. Ofld motel wuth of WWB, A tos been the ports near capacity houses most nights. new m- Witt tourist to new sales regards wiJJ set Before iunuser I.