The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-18
FINDS RED MEN
ARE LESS LAZY
Indian Commissioner Reports
That They Are Being Taught
Self Support.
RAILROADS OFFER TO
TEACH BOYS TRADES
Suppression of Liquor Traffic
on Reservations Is Declared
Successful.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-In at
tempting to put Uncle Sans Indian
wards on self sustaining basis, the
bureau of Indian affairs, during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1910, bent
every effort to bring about that end
according to the annual report Of Com
missioner Robert G. Valentine to the
secretary Of the interior, made public
day.
Wonderful progress was made dur.
ing the year covered by the report IN
teaching the Indians how TO work their
own lands. says the commissioner, The
+ agricultural fair promotes healthy RI
rational basis for meeting together
which ought eventually to take the
place of the indiscrlminate gatherings
of Indians, which are usually product
i've of considerable harm.
Reporting that two large railway
systems have offered TO provide oppor-
tunities for school boys who are learn
ing trades or who arc mechanically
inclined, the commissioner says that
''tbe systematic connectin" of the In
dustrial education of the schools with
the real work of the world will mean
the dawning of new day in Indian
education, and, from the human side,
the bridging over of that critical pc
riod in boys life when he leaves
school and starts to work, is a serv-
ice of far-rcaching Importance.
"Systematic direction during those
two or three critical years, the COM
missioner goes on TO say, "will mean
the economic and moral salvation of
many boys and young men,
In declaring that the health work
~T hnrp1n IS IN %
for and cure those VINO are sick nor
the reduction OF the death rate. but
"rather to increase the vitality of the
Indian race. and TO establish for IT a
new standard of physical well-being. -
the commissioner saws that one of the
PRINCIPAL features of the attack is ''an
intensive attack upon the two dis
cases that most seriously menace the
health Of the ADMINISTRATIONS and
tuberculosis -
As j result of the increased appro
nriation for the suppression of The
liquor traffic. the reuort saws. unusual
~ extensive operations were conduct
ed covering practically every state of
the Union in which Indians reside. -
+" During the year. the commission.
or saws, 1857 ucv' cases were placed
on the dockets, 1867 arrests were made,
741 indictments secured and l053 con
persons were dismissed and % persons
were acquitted.
''Out of u school population about
10000 (this does not include the Five
Civilizc | Tribcs) there are in school
29.ls5, leaving out of school I0.SI5. In
Finding public schools within reach of
lndI1n children there are accommoda
tions for 634+ being unused, thus leav-
ing AL for whom there would appear
to be no school accommodations. The
chief Supervisor of schools is of the
opiniop. however. that with the excep-
lion of the Navaios and Apaches, all
other Indian children can be well cared
for - schools already in existence
After saving that there are millions
of acres OF Indian lands in Indian
reservations. the report saws that thus
far about 100 600 acres have been ir-
rated; Of this number l1S,640 have
been irrigatcd by Indians and 42,0S0
by white lessees and purchasers.
1.-The government no longer looks
npon its duty to the Indians as mere.
" involving an honest accounting for
ITS trusteeshrp of Indian lands and
funds saws the commissioner ''Tt
considers the trusteeship of this prop.
erty as tho means Of bringing the In
dian TO a position of SELF reliance and
independence. where he may be able TO
accent the o~nortunutIes and respons-
bllltfps Of 4 mprIcan cItizeuShip -