The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25

Number acres broken by Indians. So. 27,283
Number acres cultivated. :. ......... ITO, S47
Number bushels wheat raised. ........ AS, TIT
Number bushels corn raised. ........ 666, 43O
Number bushels oats and barley. 22l, 439
Number bushels vegetables raised. -. 376, 145
Number tons hay Observation-Disclosures. 6.572
Number cattle owned. ................ 70. 8l2
Number sheep owned. ................ e64, 1877
BY the five civilized tribes:
Number acres cultivated. ........ S14,39S
Number bushels wheat raised. ........ 1886, 424
Number bushels corn raised. ........ z, 346, O42
Number bushels oats and barley raised 124, 568
Number bushels vegetables raised.... 595, 600
Number bales cotton raised ........... 1,60O
Number tons hay cut. $4,000
Number cattle owned. 297. O4O
Number swine owned. ............... 40O28
During the year 60 boarding and ITO day
schools have been in operation among the diff
ferent Indian tribes, exclusive of the five civil
lied tribes in Indian Territory which have
by BIG teachers. The educational work of the
: bureau could have been enlarged to a much
greater extent but for the inadequate appro-
priatiens made by Congress for the support of
schools. Fifty Thousand Indians at Seventeen
agencies have no treaty school funds whatever,
and educational facilities must depend entirely
on the general appropriation for education.
Among those tribes there are at least
1000 children of school age. Reports from
schools on the various reservations are full
regular attendance of pupils, and growing in
terest in education on the part of the parents.
In compliance With appeals from neglected
agencies the bureau has made arrangements
for erecting eleven boarding school buildings
during the coming season. and for the estab-
lishment of thirteen new boarding schools.
These will be the first schools of any kind pro-
vided for the 5000 San Carlos Apaches and
Western Shoshones, and the first boarding
schools opened for 25, 900 Indians. At nine
<Hfh osr,ho <t,on vail
attended day schools have hitherto
metswith Indifferent success and m ade little
impression on the tribes among whom they
were located. The condition of the Poncas in
the Indian Territory continues to be prosper
Gus, ana they have now seventy-nine houses,
and since the first of January last over seventy
families have moved into the houses. Med
dlesome persons are still endeavoring to induce
the Popcas to abandon their present location
and return to Dakota, but the leading men of
the tribe have frequently assured the agent
that they are satisfied, and do not desire to
return.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
The annual report of the secretary of war
gives general review of the various subordi-
nate reports and calls attention to their sever
al recommendations, and details at length the
operations of the department during the year.
Upon the subject of expenditures, appropria.
tions and estimates the secretary says: 'The
expenditures for all affairs under control of
this department for the fiscal year ending June
Priated for the servlce of the current fiscal
year, $4l 1893 $50. The estimates for the service
of the fiscal year ending June 80. 1882, are
$43, 627 ,055. The estimates in detail were
originally submitted to me for 500, 429, 40, but
on revision of the same omissions or red action
were made "a follows: In the civil estimate,
S13, 585; military establishments, $25O,OOO:
public. works, sls,5l4, 1879; and in the
miscellaneous class, s25,000; making
some ees,sory y +h reductions
of interest for the year 1882 over the amounts
appropriated for the year 1881, appears in the
civil establishment the military establishment
and miscellaneous for public work. have re-
duced the estimates to accord with what I'M
derstood to be the amount required for the alb
solute necessities of the service in order to pre-
vent waste Of property and damage to the
commercial interests. Beyond such necessities
it ia submitted to the wisdom of Congress,
which may perceive that as the value of i'm
government. and as the commerce
of the country advances in growth and pros
perity, so should the appropriations to cover
expenses be apportioned. The Mississippi riv-
or commission, operating in accordance with
an act approved une %, 1879, submitted re-
port which was duly transmitted to Congress
last March, and was published by order of the
House of Representatives. That report exhib-
tied for the first time estimates Of
sn a,k. appropriation nropsnant required for
scribed, amounting to $51lS, COO, and it
awaited further consideration when the session
ceased. The commission has communicated
to me its desire to renew those estimates and
this communication will be transmitted to
Congress az matter of special Importance, not
expenditures for the service of this depart
ment.' In regard to the South
pass, Mississippi river, the secretary says: "The
permanence of this important work seems to be
assured from the fact that there has been no
failure whatever in the maintenance of a
maximum channel during the six months
ending August LIST, last. This Improvement
has opened through sands and shoals broad,
deep highway to the ocean; and is ono upon
the permanent success of which congratula.
tions may be exchanged among people abroad
and at home, and especially among the COM
rounities of the Mississippi valley whose COM
mercial exchanges float in an unobstructed
channel safely to and from the sea-
Secretary Ramsey concurs in the recommen-
daion of Gen. Sherman that Congress be asked
to give 25SOO enlisted men specifically to
troops of the line of the army, and favors the
abandonment of many small posts and the
concentration of larger forces at strategic
points. The absence OF large number of Off
recommended leading to the relief of the SER
vice in this respect.
Secretary Ramsey endorses the recommends
ton of the adiutant-general in relation to
placing the uniformed State militia upon the
same footing, in respect to its rules and FORMS
a. regular forces, and calls attention
to the necessity of providing by
legislation for the organization. arming and
discipline of the militia. The affairs of the
Leavenworth military prison, the secretary
said, have been capa6ly administered during
the year. He suggests, however, that in order
TO be entirely successful and to carry out as
far as possible the original design Of making
tho institution self-sustaining, important
measures of legislation ID necessary, which Is
the authority of Congress to apply the earnings
of the PRISON to its maintenance.
The secretary says: ssFrom personal In
spection of many Notifications referred to by