Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-25
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Health Reports

Supervisor Pierce paid the Indian
School a snort visit between trains
Nos. 4 and 8 Saturday and expressed
himself highly pleased with the school
and the progress made since his last
visit. The beauty and arrangement of
the campus elicted many favorable
comments From him. Tle health OF
the pupils has been exceptionally good
ever since the school opened. With
this as a plea Superintendent Davis
had requested special authority to
carry rs or 80 pupils instead OF 80 rs
now authorized under the ruling Of
the Indian Office requiring 500 cubic
feet of dormitory space for eacn pu.
pill. The supervisor says the record
and the condition Of the school are
sue has to justify the granting of tine
superintendent's request and he will
SO recommend to the department.
on the two hundred and fifty trees
put out by tae school force during the
three years the school has been in
operation, all except ten are grow
ing. The campus now presents quite
a forest.like appearance. A Part las
been planned for picnic purposes, and
when the city commission lays out a
public highway to the schooNl it is
the purpose of the school authorities
to invite the citizens OF the city &C.
casionally, to enjoy the beauties OF
the grounds, as picnickers, and also
as guests to witness performances
given by the pupils In their new and
commod.ous auditorium.
About one-half Of the pupils and the
same ratio of the employees are taking
their summer vacation. Those re-
naming are busy calsomining, paint
ing, cleaning, ETC., preparatory to the
fall opening.
1t will doubtless be interesting to
the public to know how the pupils fare
at an Indian school, so a copy of the
superintendent's report showing the
subsistence issued and it's cost for the
quarter ending June 80, 1912, is given:
$50 lbs. dried apples, $12.37; 7 lbs.
bacon, SO; s lbs. baking powder, so;
rs lbs. barley, rplled, rs: 200 lbs.
beans, $3.50; 1862 lbs. beef, net. $317.-
Y: 26O lbs. butter, $1,000; 2 lbs. Cas-
sia, AZ; l lb. cloves, ground, .lS: 3
lbs. cocoa, .65: 100 lbs. coffee, $l2.9S;
Is lbs. cornstarch, SO; 3 lbs. cream Of
tartar, .9S; 1872 dozen eggs, $500;
$500 lbs. flour, $103.6 8; Is lbs. hominy
.43; 3 lbs. hops. 40; 100 lbs. lard,
$16.S so; 200 lbs. corn meal, $3.20; 800
gals. milk. 10000: $50 lbs. oats, roll
led, 1925; 1870 lbs. dried peaches,
SIG. s3; 400 lbs. pork, mess, 1898: 60
bu. potatoes, $47.4o; 200 lbs. p'rlnes,
$1,000; 100 lbs. rice, 1912; 100 lbs.
salt, 81; 80 gals. syrup, $1,000: 8
lbs. soda, 80; 700 lbs. sugar, $31.11
% lbs. tea, $500: 10 doz. tomatoes,
canned, 5000; 10 gals. vinegar, $3.50;
$50 lbs. soap, laundry, $50; 3 bu.
carrots, $1.20; lettuce, radishes, pie
plant, onions, as required, $11.OO; to-
tai, $952.77.
Editors Note: Since the preceding
item was written the Indian School
was visited by the heavy wind rain
and hail storm Monday evening. the
,,oofs we're blow from three OF the
buildings and considerable damage
was done. However a large force OF
employees are at work already clean.
ing up and repairing damages and
with the exception of those trees that
were battered by the hail and wine
the grounds will soon be as attractive
onh &c hnantifn1 as eVer.)