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Genevieve 0
About 2200 verde.
IFIZUSTRIO.
Ur often it happens that we have become so aeoustoned
to our surroundings that we lose sight of their unusual value,
thros familiarity.
rev people in unborn county,New Mosios,stop to reflect
any maroon the foot that we have sevoral industries in our
midst that many larger towns do not have,and that teuvindoed,
of the town, the sige of ulayton can boast of.
Most of these industrlos have boon in operation amongst
us for immoral years,wnd we have %alma them very swab for granted
like the sir and the sunehine.-and teas...mut should we go to
a neighboring oounty,antlein the oourse of conversation reveal
the fmot thfit our belots were made at spinelli's,in clayton,we
cvn imagine being askod."0.-do you have a real bootmakor at
Clayton?"
Lot us imagine a visitor on one our Union vounty /*mohair
holding the following conversation with his houtt-.
041.7.11001.6or Jobn,or Pele,or suit..)'. "that's a
swell pair of bocts you're wearing —where did you pick them up?"
"These bocts?..whyrelpinelligin Clayton,made tLem for me."
"Sure snuff? Mighty fine sAeco work.And I like your
eaddle,toor stroking it with appreciative ringers.
"Tes,it's goce onesall right) Oesmoin Claytonemade it."
"Anotlier cicyton productoh?"
wyea..whyoome to think of it,this buckskin shirt is a
Union uounty product -and tLis came fries Dunn."'
few miles out troA iasytan•And-.gc-nh.-I
01* !:41Jde fiffair.this ring was
And 130 it izoes.
idn't realise 1 vas such
de by seebe,ln
yteneift•moll
gollowin4rielven m -re se ;iled 1etrjjtjom, of so of
tieun'aeus,1 ind itries fc nd in union county.
NbA:
Anon Sr1rty is prImarily n lechitect by training
,t present wIth his tiler in the lumber hue*
Court
mess A the west end -f yo# Street in u1,4tonillew Ueslos.ln
4dui‘lon ttis the younger MNageerty nanufaStures Spanish style
ti:LanIture,find mvikee two very interesting m4ohines:One of them
la c-lled by qie 3prlish people the maiticteitan4 is used to mats
wool Into yernio':he o 1-Jor is gA)rt of loon an which clan be woven
blanets or rlgssin L. rerJo style*
ri1J.U1/
Lconted on t.ii* south side ox in streetwwell toward the
a,eet ono ot block beteen iront ebc: Flret street. we find
tse CL4ton Boot 2114 shoe nospitra whose proprIstor is Tony
%"pireill, As nt n11 hospitAs,here not orly the aged tind infirm
re rept,,ired nd 1, de
gr:o4 nevobut '_beolutely new erdeOlmens
re sent tom: to t elr Aitce in the orldoto battle Ired+
tntly to a gof,d old ,,go,
t!,zi 11e1;1 l m4er of nyfln ti% -t atm be made in
leather rcoll qe r Atha' mut r Lili tdi -t -resent is in the
fcU'r of b,..t yvshpes for -len
Indu•tries.cont.
He learned Lie trtide in Itely,serving pn rantioeabjp
under Fred* Gate in Jt.Ago,tn•He begin tL;e1 trinin t the age
of 8 Airs nd filished it 1,t tLe ge of fourteen yenre nttending
school dart-z cll this period of trining.
He began 41n Xcctwstr in 1909 nd in 1916 estsblished
Vilsiness ox in own in nTton,Nsw York.nce thilt time be hmu
en contimAouslw in bu6iness for .1.im4lf except during Lis
period of scrvice 1 the 4orid ar.
Since 1927,r.Li_inolli has been in bzwiness in Clayton,
Ion Goan% Jexicc
18 l'ork has become morn in different
1L,ces Iron coast to coPut,his custotra co-tatimes ordering by
1L11,awaetimas paraoel visits for orders.)ne n recently
(vice from .;ooper,Teaws,p4ri„osely to get 1 -.is fast acaort,ibly
snod.
Ituch of lir.
0 naive boots
from 420.00 to a3b.
We wori: sontaik;t, in :Inting to order
cowbcy type;for tiee his •Iricos range
:14n's Cress al.eessmade to order,ora
priced from 417.be to.:Witsb0 per d,-Lir.one of hl a moat particular
jobs,he stAtes,is the :1• king of bt...ts fcr nwitl-. an urtifi—
dial foot.
The aKterifl Vr.bpinelli Ubeti is impvrted French Calf and
Austrt.J.in —ng-roo,wLich he by from.relt-Lle wholeaclers any..
where he con ,;(11. it.
H•AU.
At CAI second d or west of First dtre,A,on the south side
Industries.00nt.
11.
or liain Street,in iHyton,1ew Mexico,,, find the sidn "Hurness
arw addles," Here is the plhoe of business or J.H.Lealloaterala
11,4eness ndad er,whose usaluftioturinz interests are now
oonrined ohiexlj to eawdle
jea s hAb been
In -Ile ausineas over L long period of years,
,,erving A three xe.r's t4prentioeshi under Lik‘B.howell.t Lancaster
Texis.Litar,In 1609,he w3de the rirst peddle thct was ever made
in Okinhome City,Jklthoma,He wrIs-king saddles in ti, old sides.
waddle dRys,b-t rent his anUdles cre the tletern Stook Saddle
Sloe.
um 11,4m been in business for iiimself in t.;17ton sines
ltr28;meo t ia trade*hcwerer.ia frti out c I- ti:Je stEite.His prices
rnnge from 40u.00 to a9b.0 and ;4.00.00 per 'piddle e athtes that
th,1 saddle btisineiie is better rig_t -t tii2Je U. n he ever
knew it to be in piede tiJies Leiore.
wide _,noter ktatuJent flute interesting to the
aninitiAted.Veteron is ir the ,rneau siwiness,he states that
anly twiere in his exphrince heiL; i.e vcr 'Alen home oollhrs mode.
:his,he 4ue to thc fAA t t.fire hnuird is 60 great
in t'lAa p rt
or the nt;rness 4.irtg ti.1 it is bltiqini
condaoed oiear
fro .14e rc or t; t Larness making.
XNS.
Still rnother intereutln4 industry in leather is thlit
bvin4 c rried on by rch Dunn Imid his wife,Lt their home about
C rniles sou nd 3 Ales west of tl yton,}Te: !:?exioo.
4,00nt.
/sue elc ure tnicidermtkAts, iers t-nner id some
t:uly benatitui ,lacas 7,1 work F: -:e
Ac';,ce 'euoinesa•
Ilet been in Li s or -rofeuL,i6n n1 the
1,A3t tree ;irers,at _rericw ti tht.t tine it been Mottos
hcaLy witn •1414,e it tellt "t it rt e lied u self tmined
rtiet-
81* Lis ov4-; at dw n czperi-Aenting the o-ly trAning he
received wen throi we MIT 4.1-e Jonas BrotLersotr-ideroints in
.1.,enver.
sent out from their
ine Fib ut f.r years hi:A; vtudiee 'i1 life--
iorlectic Lni-xlt or Veil' wild AraiTian,oktuzlit on the trap-.
lineorA it is hAs -reatent c -re vow.in L,s cLosen work,
4!et 41a a co'kner,13 trae tc iife•just fraction of inahts
difIerelce t jt f ting chine ,f expreuBioa..ia all
it th,eu,se
o iii difference 4etween suceesx end
i 1 u:* in t. xi: t...
nwwied t heir tuxi er.4 ':.rk
,lcunti whole
aoecimelst1.-oAArAng zniat porou.Ane,eoyote.pSsirie
squirrelonhite r1,04bitod t vuy re ringtiled t.
3%111 'lore r-re,iu the L*Q t1?_e do -bie-he:rned deer
rd wm7unted hy h!;ve 1eIwuntc- warty enti..
lope,deer nnd 3cie ellthe A4 f Chime*/ looptird*
In AditVin to tLis,tLey h ye ,,lo made rugs from the skins
cl bear Hew me A tHe PAter iSeiu.7tflg Elft.2in. from nrse to
tt 11 lrotl co te,bribcrite, 0 from one black Abyesinium
Ind
lespard.from Ethiopia.
They also mount all sorts of birtlateaoh year shipping in
several dozen Oheleants from Midhigan end Iowa4Mrsaibmsg does
the bird work.
Ts a lover of animal lifetime*, tho' utterly ignorant of the
;in of taxidermyolt is a friseinnting subjeot,Vory briefly re..
viewed,the process in about as followsefor the larger animals.
%Mr the measurements are secured,. clay duplicate is Midi of
the sabjeot to be worked emoAnd here it might be interesting
to the uninitiated to add that Mr•Dunn states that if the dim..
tepee from tbe end of the-nove to the eyes is knowneall the other
measurements may be secured from thei,so uniformly so the animas
adhere to the laws of symmetry in tteir physical sot —up.
After the clay model Is complatedlotrue to the original in
muscular devil omelet and jo!rts.a chat is v -de in pla,ter of
r's. This is In three manors —one for each side and one for
the under body.
Then this pllster oast is removed in sections,and each wet..
Ion filled with strips of wet red building çMp5T end paatesla14
in,layers upon top of layers.uhen dry,they *re trimmed until
they tit exmotly,then they are pasted together,nnd the specially
prep$3red ,nd tanned skin is dut an the form. The ewes are all
artifiolal.imported from wermany.
Oil painting is used to restore the natural colors.and to
provide background for the mounted speolmensipthis being also
trisa.Qcnte
457.
Urs.Dunn's work,
besides the mounting and rug workethe .ounne olso WAIIS all
sorts of fur pleoes--moot of their work in this line ct present
being nook pleces.7hey buy their furs movtly from Ulesouri and
Laws,
In Aidition to these lines of workothey also asks to order
liqny v.irleties of leather ,rtioles.suoh he pursestbelte and bill
folds,end buoksin el.irtsejnokets,gloles ,nd conts.They use as
deoortions the olmrst lost art or Mexican hand onrving,brought
over from 3pain.In this work,the pattern is pplied to the leather
thenovith shor instrument the surface is cut.follOwing the
outline of the pf,ttern,Then the bmAgroun4 is lulmmertd down with
some allrp vtnted tool,c,bout like tho point of nail.ometimes
the 13.ound is then stined,leF:ving the rimed pattern standang
out very olecx y And mhking a beautiful piece of work.
The Dunns hnve 11 the work they on do.—hving customers
from some aeven it tea.
J:JUN BLOB.
Another .rtiert in his line is the t)roprietor of Beebe's
Jewelry jtore,whioh is loo-,ted on the Main Street of Cl,iyton,
just two doors e -u% Yirst 3trect,on tLe vruVi side.
x.,Essebe tierved four ;0 ra i)renticeship under different
jewelers,,Je4Innin!I his -cturl jeweler work in 1908.in little
Rock,Ar ntp,s.or twelve yehrs he ha condusted hio own businere.
.1In4 be' in AJJyton the pAst %Lree !:nd hAf yet.rs.
incustries.00nt.
41141111.
3esides being an eJcpert vald consoientioue repair man,gr.
.11e0be ankes jewelry to order,worlTing in pl6tinumegold nd silver.
'i.e mokes rings,pinetbrecelets rnd necklAcesoevin to ornamental
leg b nds,
,v.lieebt is n outsttilding Artist in his pertioulEr lineeend
his Qonscientioue werk leery courtesy here won him auny
friends wherever ha Ai
Most towre iVe L13eir jewelry rei4drmen.Cut ooleperatively few
,Ere fortuv:te enough to be Tibia to have their Jewelry manufac..
tured right before their eyemos tLe ultiyton people do.
k.=UR*
4orking in still different febrio,we find another 4list,
in 1.ie parson of ei.Vinnis .c'otAir,who lives two doors east of
Ziret,on th cut' aids of 4alnit Streettin 1ton,New 11exio0.
Zrs.:eotter,who is 1. nctive of Old 441xicotspecigslixes in
find 3:anish 11,740.1ework,an,:l has worKed at 1,er chosen art since
early ohillhod.She received wet of her troiring fro rl her nothar,
lter Alrfecting her work :luring five yers e,ent in tie convent
3011(7,01 at Agu s ,liantes,in. Old Aexioc,Vow,she in turn,is
vetting on her skill to her TA1n_. dauglIter jusie,who worke with
arl ,ots e ter inter rater.
The skillful I /verb of tbese two Jpenish women have urny
beutiful orla t rt ,o their credit —wetly in Mexiesn drawn
vrkitiin ct wkrk !-rid embroidery.
c,In sc,xcely tl,e infinite ptAience mei exactitude
sont.
si
41ft
t1vA h a directed these women in the setting oX Cassel beautiful
4nakin stitches.
besides the kleoes ts as made Isras1Z,ra.Lott.r Is given
privGte lessons for SoM4 fifteen ywireloand during the pest three
years has had ;.4,.).44ktalsolting project for needlework in clayten;
dlring this tabohinz; ec:Irk nu-mrous tilms for educational purposes
hwre be4r sade Tcr%cult.
ste sella to (Awls out of the stet* pointsond has denoted
several vaint-ble :Aloes to di/Toren% churches.
,41% Apx,
411, do not present %hie goAt 4uiry (mainly 80 a irk of art,
bAt ti le at last r'ither unumuil zeatureflt is leoeted on
tno mouth 41de of .Cherry tAreet,aliout y of the Week oust
a 3rd otreet,:n ;1;iyitonolcs
Here ua find t7,a f mili the owner
ci t gnnte3t17.,o' the uorZ c.t the 4441- is done by t:e
ohAl 11 ,e ro,ad redokigt4 1k: ;i4V. Co
*avi h,ve eixti1th et& ttree it,'unx. ones 1,4nd during
,ardre Lbt, the 4 ry hAs oper..ted,h,ire
ht c tise,meiing Ap to 6 or quarts
t1J1 ,stlat tm4.1
served frof-1 3 to 7 c,
f„Wo
der d!'.iy*htle t,f it 1$4 soL, 'Le ase cl inv4iids or undernour..
iteled ctidren.i1.1taettee tht Le G govto,iell 44 Xed ord..
inry cow feed,_nd net tin us ger.erAll rcrted,nre i,ept
fir just '12.at tL4 su-.Je 0oLit -4; tht ktiteep of one coasand thht
o'a sw,t tt ivii her 2i, quorte
per olays
ao
tXio- 'Axle**
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