Popular Science MontJily 



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. 



Maybe you have special needs. Write to the editor about anything within the 

 scope of the magazine. He will be glad to help you. 



