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��How the Pueblo Indians Celebrate Their Thanksgiving

EACH year the Pueblo Indians who inhabit the two terraced, clay com- munity houses which rise tier on tier to ~

the height of five stories at Taos, New Mexico, celebrate the festival of San Gero- nimo Day. In the morning, races and dances are held; and in the afternoon, In- dian clowns climb a thick pole, at the top of which hangs a dead sheep, vegeta- bles and other food. The one fortunate enough to reach the top lowers the pro- visions to his com- panions, as the ac- companying illustra- tion shows. To climb this pole at all re- quires true Indian agility.

This Autumn festival is not so much a tribute to San Geronimo as a thanksgiving to the bountiful sun-god for the harvest that has been plentifully sup- plied. A great many tourists visit Taos and attend the pic- turesque ceremonies, which are held on the last day of Sep- tember. There is not sufficient room to shelter them in the primitive little town, so they have to travel to the adjacent town of San Fer- nandez de Taos, two and a half miles distant. Here the canny Mexican popu- lation stages a celebration all its own, to extract from the travelers what loose coins they have.

��Pueblo Indians climbing a pole to get the provisions which are attached to the top

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Non -Flying Air Service Needs Radio Men; Opportunities Wide in Range

RADIO amateurs, the Government wants you. It needs radio operators in the aviation ser- vice, not to fly but to receive messages airplanes send back to bases. Any rail- r o a d telegrapher, youths with elemen- tary electrical knowl- edge, those already acquainted with wireless, and of course men with more advanced ex. perience are all possi ble candidates. A training camp has been established at Camp Kelly, San An- tonio, Texas. The course given, extends over a six- to eight- week period, and em- braces primary pow- er circuits, secondary power circuits, con- densers, oscillations, radiated currents, ether, received waves, receiving cir- cuits, detectors, wave meters, instru- ments, and in the final weeks requires students to take radio apparatus out in the field and com- municate with air- planes under actual flying conditions. Radio repair men and mechanicians are also trained. Col- lege graduates with technical education are eligible for non-flying commissions. Additional information may be obtained by addressing the Chief Signal Ofl^cer, Washington, D. C. Applicants are en- listed as privates and remain as such until assigned their proper places in a squadron.

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