Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-10-18
INDIAN EDUCATION.
COMMISSIONER MORGAN VISITS
 PHENIX.
A Large Indian school to Be Establish- ed---Suggestions Made That It Be Placed In This Valley in
 stead or Nc Dowen.
Phenix Republican.

Hon. J. T. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with his wife, came m on yesterdays train and, as his visit was ill reference to a matter which is of great importance to the citizens of the Terri tory and especially to this valley, a com mittee of citizens, composed of Acting Governor Murphy, T. W. Hine, E. Irvine, II. IT. Logan Col William Christy, N. A. Morforl, c. F. Ainsworth, G. II. N. Luhrs and a Republican reporter, called upon the Honorable Commissioner at the Lemon Hotel.
 In an interesting interview General Morgan recited the object of his visit, which was to establish an Indian re- formatory school The Government, he said, had appropriated Sl5,OOO, with which to make additions and repairs or the quarters at Fort Mcdowell, lately abandoned as n post.
 There were last year 10000 Indian pupils in attendance upon these schools and they had proved themselves in every sense eminently it for citizenship and susceptible to schooling and civilization. A school at Carlisle, Penn., was cited, where there are over 75O pupils and last year they earned by their own hands for the Government $l6000 They make adopts at almost any kind of labor and are employed in Southern California in the making of raisins at which work they give perfect satisfaction.
 It was suggested by the committee that the people of the valley would much rather see the school located nearer Phe- nix for mutual benefits
 The school would have the advantage or civilizing influences from association, and there was already water to be had for the immediate improvement of the premises necessary to the object of the school whereas at Fort Mcdowell much expense and time would be entailed be fore water for irrigation purposes could be developed. And in turn the city and country would derive certain benefits from the school. In few years our llnds, now being so extensively planted with fruit trees and vines, would give em- ployment to many of the pupils in the different departments of service conse- quent.
 General Morgan informed the commit tee that the expense of such a school was about Sl67 per capita per anuum and a school of 200 would cost the Government annually about S33OO0 and other ex- penses iu the way of building, etc, would make the cost about SjO0O0.
 Mir Logan thought that there would be no trouble in securing a membership of 50O thus obtaining greater results.
 Many suggestions of an interesting nature were made and assurances were given by General Morgan that if the citizens would take proper action towards the donation of tract of land, suitably located. near the city, that he would be pleased to make recommendations to the Department, if matters were as he had been advised and believed, which would facilitate the establishment of the schoo and the interests incident to it.
 Governor Murphy later took the Com missioner for a ride around the city. He will leave tomorrow morning for Fort Mcdowell, returning Sunday afternoon and expects to start for Tucson Monday morning. visiting the Pima school at Saca ton on the way, thence to the San Carlos reservation.
 General Morgan is an aiable gentle man and impressed those who called upon him ns man of distinguished character