The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-12-04

SUITS Vi llildu LADOT OUIlilS Ilt wear DN lnUldLb
exclusive of the five civilized tribes Of the In
dian Territory
Number ot acres broken by Indians. ....... 1929
Number OF acres cultivated ................ 17O.S47
Number of bushels of wheat raised 4l5,777
Number of bushels OF corn raised ....... CO, 4}O
Number Of bushels Of oats and barley raised 222 49
Number OF bushels OF vegetables raised. 376.l45
Number Of tons Of hay cut................. 56.5T2
Number Of cattle owned ............... 1882
Number Of sheep owned. sS4. 1877
By the five civilized tribes:
Number of acres cultivated ............... 4.395
Number OF bushels Of wheat raised ....... 1886, 424
Number of bushels of corn raised. $40, 042
Number Of bushels Of oats and barley raised ia ,55
Number Of bushels Of vegetables raised 49,. 500, 600
Number of ba.es of cotton raised. LOCO
Number of tons Of hay cut................. 1900
Number of cattle owned. ................. $1,000
Number Of swine owned. Observation-Disclosures. 4U. $50
During the year sixty boarding and one
hundred and ten day schools have been III
exclusive Of the five civilized tribes IN the
Indian territory, which have been attended by
over seven thousand children, and taught by
SIC teachers. The educational work Of the
bureau could have been enlarged to much
greater extent but for the inadequate appro-
prjaticu5 made by congress for the support OF
schools. Fifty thousand Indi Ms at the seven
teen agencies have no treaty school funds what
eve, aud educational facilities must depend
entirely on the general appropriation for educa-
ton. Among these tribes there are at lem seven
thousand children Of school age. Reports
from the schools on the various reservations are
full of encouragement, showing increased and
more regular attendance Of pupils, and grow
ing interest IN education on part OF the parents.
In compliance With appeals from neglected
agencies the bureau has made arrangements for
erecting eleven boarding school buildings dur
ing the coming season and for the establish
mont of thirteen new boarding schools. These
will be the first schools of any kind ever pro-
yided for the eight thousand San Carlos ApaChes
and Western NhOshoues, and the first boarding
schools opened for twenty-five thousand IN
dams, at nine other agencies, where small,
nrcgularly attended day schools have hitherto
met with Indifferent success and made little I'M
preston on the tribes among whom they were
located. The condition of the Poncas III the
Indian territory continues to be prosperous.
They have now from seventy TO ninety houses,
and since the LIST Of January last over seventy
families have moved into those houses. Med
dlesome persons are still endeavorlDg 70 induce
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.
TIE WAR DEPARTMENT.
WARRINGTON, November 21.-The annual re-
TOrt OF the secretary OF war gives q general re-
view of the various subordinate renOrts, calls
attention to their several recommendations and
ment during the year. Upon the subject Of ex-
pend,tures, appropriations and estimates the
secretary says: 1.-The expenditures for all af-
fairs under control of this department for the
fiscal year ending june 80, 1870, were S39, S24,
773. Congress appropriated for the serTice for
the current fiscal year Sal 993. $50. The esti-
mates for the service Of the fiscal year ending
June 50, 1892 are $40 81, 055 The estimate
in detail were originally submitted to mo for
S62, 429, 40; but one revision Of the same onis-
s1ons or reductions were made as follows: In
the civil establishment, S13, 5S5 military
establishment, $3.50, 600; public works, SIS, 514,-
1873; and in the miscellaneous class, sos, 900;
making a total OF rcylsOry reductions of
SIS, 500. ia. Some increase III the amount IF
the estimates for tie year 1882 over the year
1881, appears IN the civil establishment, and
miscellaneous. For public works / have re-
duced the estimates TO accord with what I
understand to be the amount required for the
absolute necessities of the service; in order TO
prevent waste OF property and damage to COM
mercial interests Beyond such necessities it
is submitted that the wisdom OF congress may
perceive that as valuable improvements sur
round the realty Of the government, and as
the commerce Ofthe country advances in growth
and prosperity, so neutrality-suspicious. to cover
expenses be apportloned. The Mississippi
River Commissioners, operating IN accordance
with an act approved June %, 1879, submitted
a report which was duly transmitted to congress
Iusl nhlCil. Anu WIS JuDllsutNl Ny OIutl bl tut
house of representatives. That report exhibit
ted for the first time estimates Of the apprOpria-
ton required for the works of Improvement
therein described, amounting TO 50, 113,G00
and it awaited further consideration when the
session ceased. The commission has cOmmuni-
Gated to me its desire TO renew those estimates
and this communication will be transmitted TO
congress as Of special impOrtance-nOti included,
however, IL the annual estimates OF expendi-
lures for the service of this department"
In regard to the south paas, Mississippi river
the secretary says: The pernanency OF this
important work seems to be assured from the
fact that there has been 10 failure whatever in
the maintenance of q maximum channel during
the SIX months ending August 9. last. This I'M
provement has opened, through sands and
shoals. a broad, deep highway to the ocean. and
Is one upon the permanent success of which
congratule ions may he exchanged among peo-
PIE abroad and at home, and especially among
the communities of the Mississippi valley
whose commercial exchanges float in an unob-
structed channel, safely to and from the sea-"
Secretary Ramsey concurs in the recommen-
dalton of Gen. Sherman that congress be asked
to give %, 600 enlisted men specifically to troops
OF the 1ne Of the army. and fayOrs the aban-
donment Of many small posts and the coneen-
tration of large forces at strategic points. The
absence of large number Of officers from the
regiments IL alluded to, and action recommended
looking 10 the relief Of the service In this re-
spect.
s. cretary Ramsey endorses the recommended
ton Of the adiutant general II relation to plac-
Dg the unif orned militia noon tie same foot
ing in respect to its rites and forming az the
regular forces. and calls attcnt on II the
necessity of providing by legislation for the
organization, arnlIng and discipline cf the nil
itia.
The affairs Of the Leaveuworth military prs
on, the secretary says have been capauly man
nged during the year. He suggests, however,
that IN order TO be entirely successful and TO
carry out a. far 8s possible the original design
Of making the institution self-sustaiDlEg. an i'm
portland measure Of legislation l. necessary.
which !s the authority Of congress 70 apply the
earnings of the prison to it, maintenance.
The secretary says: :" From personal inspec-
ton Of many of the fortifcatons referred 20 by
the chief of engineers, am aUle 10 emphasize
his recommendations and t-G to state that
their incompetent and defcnceless condition p
discredita Die to thu country. Judging from TIE
history Of all other nations and TIE experience
Of our own. tbs United States viii, nctwIth-
standing our traditional roticy, End iteelf
sooner or late- az war 1Itt 2 mari
tine power WheE thaf VA comez
I viii come suddenly. There vii Re no time
after It's declaration - construct iefensas.
either fixed or floating. Gtb.1 nations hayr5
been for some years and 5rc now constructing
arnor up to five feet IN thickness and armed
with titled guns weighing up to one hundred
tons. carrying shot of tons weight, fired with
little short Of quarter Of ton Of powder, Il
i feared that the country does not appreciate
the fact that after declaration Of war q few
DAYS. or even hours. might bring these great
.u0iues of destruction 70 orr csest5t mar ~.