The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-18
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IS B|.E..INgl DONE
FgR INDIANS
Along the Lies Of Placing
Them on SELF Sustain
ing aSis.
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By Commas oler Valentine to
the Secrs any Of the
Interior

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In attempting toput Uncle Sam y
Indian wards on susta.ning
basis, the Bureau 81 Indian Affairs.
during rae fiscal year ended June
80, 1910. fJeEt every EFFORT 10 bring
about that end, according 10 the an
nuai report OF Commissioner Robert
G. Valentine to tae secretary Of the
interior Through the efforts OF its
educational, farming aid employ
iment branches the bureau has been
we'll rewarded in its EFFORTS to make
the Indian a competent citizen Of
1.-The United States.
Wonderful progress was made dur
ing the year covered by the report
in teaching the Indians how to work
their own lands, says the commits.
stoner. Speaking on the farming
problem, Commissioner Valentine
says: The Indian service realizes
that instruction in farming is an esz
lseRtial basic part Of its present ed
vocational policy aud is, therefore,
mal1ing use of every possible re-
soprc in order to promote farming
among Indians, During the year
a number Of expert farmers were
employed to teach the indian the art
of agriculture. Declaring that the,
agricultural fair has bsen convinc-5
tngly proved a means OF stimulating
interest In farnrltig among the IN
dians by It's success among the
Grows, Commissioner Valentine con-
tiRues: The fair promotes healthy
rivalry among the Indians and fur
nishes rational basis for meeting
together, which ought eventually .toI
take the place OF the indiscrtminate
gatherings OF Indians, which are
usually productive Of great harm"
Reporting that two large railway
systems have offered to provide OPP
rortunities for school boys who are
learning trades or who are mechan-
ically inclined, the commissioner
says that "the systematic connect
ing Of the Industrial education OIL
the schools with the real work Of the,
world will mean the dawning of a
new day in Indian education, and,
from the human side, the bridging
over of that critical period in boys
life when he leaves school and starts
to work, is a service of far-reaching
Importance. sympathet:c direction
during those two or three critical
years, the commissioner goes ON to-
say, Twill mean the economic and
moral salvation of many boys and
young men"
In declaring that the health work
OF the bureau is not merely to care
for and cure those who are sick nor
the reduction OF the death rate, but
rather to Increase the vitality of
the Indian race and to establish for
1t a new standard of physical we'll
being" the commissioner says that
one OF the principal features OF the
attack is AN intensive attack upon
the two diseases that most seriously
menace the health # bhe Indians
trachoma and tuberculosis,
AS result Of the increased APP
preparation for the suppression OF
the liquor traffic, the report says,
unusually extensive operations
wre conducted covering practically
every state in the Union in which
Indians reside. During the year, .
the commissioner says, 1857 new
cases weer placed on the dockets,
1857 arrests were made, 747 indict-
ments secured, and 1885 convictions
obtained. Cases against $50 per-
sons were dismissed and % persons
were acquitted"
The commissioner says that the
bureau has been aided in its efforts
in this line by the cooperation of
the state officials. and continues:
1T is gratifying to find in a few
cases that the Indians themselves
have circulated petitions addressed
to the home city or town councils
asking that saloon licenses be re-
voked and the places closed"
Progress. says the commissioner,
/ is being made In the work OF cons
Meeting the Indian schools with the
pubiic schools, and the ASSOCIATION
,of Indian children with white chill