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logical interests in Boston, particularly in relation to movements for better 
factory conditions and improvements in the milk supply. It was mainly 
through his efforts that the system of factory inspection in Massachusetts 
was remodelled two years ago by the creation of district medical inspectors, 
acting under the Board of Health and having supervision of all questions of 
factory inspection. In our own section he is already known for his expert 
services extended in connection with lawsuits relating to the water supply 
of New Jersey. 

SECTION OF A SADDLE BLANKET, LENDERS’ COLLECTION 
It shows the diagonal or twilled weave conforming to the color design, a white 
and black diamond on a rose ground 
NAVAJO BLANKETS 
HE Navajo, the Indian blanket-makers of the Southwest, occupy a 
large portion of northern Arizona and New Mexico. In language, 
they are of the Athapascan stock and therefore are connected with 
the various Apache tribes to the east and south with whom, in fact, they 
are able with difficulty to carry on conversation. The Hopi, a Pueblo 
people, have their homes on the mesas to the west. 
The Navajo are the only natives of North America who have become a 
