Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-14
FROM PINE RIDGE RESERVE
Kyle, South Dakota,
Nov. 9th. 1907.

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Every young man and woman in
Audubon county should invest one
cent in postal card and write the
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, d. c., asking for a copy Of
"Manual Of Examinations" which
will then be sent free of change.
AS the government does not adver-
tise, many people are not acquaiated
with the chances offered, and though
there are great many more appli-
cants than positions, still there is
"always room at the top" 1 desire
some of my younger friends IN Iowa
to get acquainted with the PROPOSE.
tien and l would be glad to see some
of chem enter the Government Ser
vice. From personal experience /
am now able to say that is offers
many advantages and that they treat
you right.
Even if a candidate fails in his
examination, he will learn something
while studying up and his next at
tempt may be more successful. Ac-
cerding to statistics, many applicants
fail on account of broken English;
for example, should anyone happen
to write ssyoa was" or "was you"
that alone would probably kaock
him clear out of the box at once. To
pass Of course does not nean an ap-
peintment, but some idea can be
gathered from the fact that in 1905,
three thousand and twenty seven APP
| plicants presented themselves Tor the
Clerk Examination, one thousand
two hundred and eighty-six passed
and two hundred and twenty-five
were appointed.
OF the physicians on this reserve,
one has been twenty eight years in
the Service, one fourteen years;
among the forty EIGHT teachers, one
has taught thesameschool for twenty
years, one for twelve, and the good
results obtained by not interfering
with the work Of able teachers should
be lessen to our public schools in
rural districts. The Indian children
write beautifully and correctly.
True, they have ten months OF
school each year and if a child is alb
sent, mounted policeman is ordered
to the home to make inquiry whether
the child has been to the doctors
Office, or holds an excuse on accouN,
of sickness, end if not, the child i,
taken along on the saddle il
necessary.
Everything is furnished on liber-
al scale, we get large supply Of
drugs, are furnished good horses, and
two and one half tons of hay with
three thousand pounds of grain pei
year per horse, besides fifty acre
pasture. The government pays g
man three hundred dollars per yeal
to take care of the horses aud office
act as driver when | 30 desire and
make himself useful in other wavs
Those who have no professional
training fitting them for examina.
tions as engineer, pharmacist or thu
like, | would advise to study up the
qualifications required for the pesi
tions as teacher, observer or weathe,
bureau. The teachers are paid six
handred dollars year, free quarters
and use of fifty-one acres If theil
wives desire to help they usually can
get three hundred dollars year. In
the weather bureau a man begins
with seven hundred and twenty
dollars year.
In March 1904 / was appointed
Act. Assistant Surgeon in the Marine
Hospital Service, and ordered to
Douglas, on the Mexican frontier but
as the salary did not quite suit me,
decided to remain in my present po-
sition. | would be much pleased tc
learn of some OF nay younger friends
entering the Government Service.
| repeat that you will not repent it,
l.. SLAMBERG