The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-10
TUBERCULOSIS /
INDIANS FOE
COMMISSIONER TELLS OF RED
MANS NEEDS IN HIS
REPORT.
KILLING HUNDREDS NOW
Valentine Declares Indians Should be
Allowed to Use Valuable
Properties Allotted
to Them.

Washington, Jan. tuberculosis
(which afflict the indian" This IS the
statement made In the annual repott
iof the commissioner of Indian affairs,
iThat it is on the increase is further
lstated, but methods are being en-
Iployed by which it is hoped to elimi.
nate the disease as far as possible.
Three hundred and three govern,
|ment schools were conducted during
1.-THE past fiscal year, says the Wash
lington Star this being a net increase
Iof twenty-five, Almost all OF the
Christian denominations in the
United States have missions in the
Indian country, the report recites, add
ing that the Indian office co-operates
gladly, impartially and with increas-
ing effectiveness with each and all.
1.-THE commissioner says that the gov
Iernmont, in the person of each en-
ploye, should cooperate with re-
Iligious denominations In avoiding the
dangers which may come from
lpreselyting.
The report says:
To Open Up Mines.
There IS no authority under exist
ing law for leasing for mining pur,
poses the tribal lands of reservations
that have been established by ex.
apptiyo OrIor rrhara ,ra ea,.o,.,l ,,,5h
reservations rich in minerals. ana
one in particular in arizona contain
ing large deposits OF tufa stone,
which ii is hoped congress will, by
appropriate legislation, enable the III.
dians to make beneflc;ai use OF.
"'The domestic life of the indians,
the sanctity and purity Of the mar
riage relation, is matter OF prime
importance and should be protected
| by stringent laws in accord with the
most advanced and best marriage and
divorce laws amang the whites. The
secretary of the interior should be
giyen power to enforce a purer mode
| of living among the Indians by with.
holding their annuities when they are
found to be living wrongly.
IN order to handle successfully the
many problems of sanitation and
those arising from epidemics, and dia-
eases to which Indians are peculiarly
susceptible, such as pneumonia, corr
sumption and trachoma, legislation
lappropriating a sufficient sum for the
establishment Of medical corps
should be enacted
There is great need for a determ-
| lned and systematic effort to teach
the Indians those industries best suit.
ID to their localities and to their
| abilities. An industrial corps similar
| in its administrative features to the
medical corps, above outlined, should
be established, with headquarters In
trial education Of the Indians, male
land female, and whose duty it should
be to educate the Indians in such in
Idustries, that they might become self
respecting and self-supporting
The commissioner also wants the
allottees Of ladian lands secured il
the matter of payments made to the
Treasury on account Of the sale, cut
ting or removal of timber to theil
lands He declares that the lndla,g
have incurred long delays and loss 0
money heretofore in instances of this
character which he hopes to see rem
edied by a change in the law
The Indian service is regarded b,
Commissioner Valentine as primari'
educational.
A Great School,
1T is great ouft6cr in-doo
school, he says, with the emphssi
on the outdoor The students in thi
school are 100000 individuals, ranf
ing in age from babies at the breas
to the old men and women Of tn
tribes, and with range of character
istics which Is indicated by no on
fact perhaps better than that thes
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