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Show SALEU (CHEJIAIVA) SCHOOL, OREGON. This is the largest and best equipped school in the Northwest, and during the past year the plant has been improved. The school farm contains 345 acres and is usually productive. Extensive and varied fruit raising and agricultural work can be carned on successfully, and in view of this it is recommended that more tlme be devoted to farming, dairying, and horticulture than is usual at schools. where the climatic conditions are less favorable. Each boy showmg an aptitude for a articular trade is encoura-g ed to fit himself to follow ii for a livelihdod. The girls do not receive sufficient frajning in the duties pf house-keeping, especially cooking and dairying, but the superintendent stated that he hopes another year to have his buildin-gs in such condi-tion that more atiention can 6e given these subjects. This school was industrious enough the past year to make about 1,000 yards of rag carpet which, besides adding materially to the f11~- nishing of the dormitories, afforded practical instruction that will enable the irls to make their homes more comfortable and attractive, and it is f oped that other schools will give their pupils similar instruction. The water system is inadequate to supply the needs of the school, and the construction of a number of cisterns that can be used during what is known as the " dry season " is a necessity. The open-air treatment for tuberculosis has been put into practise at this school. The patients are kept in tents Xl aced in the orchard, and the seemed happy and contented among t 6 flowers and bees. An e8ort was made to carry out your instruction in regard to com-mencements, and the.superintendent hopes another year to have more practical demonstrative work. SILETZ SCHOOL, ORECON. The attendance was regular, including practically all the children on the reservation between the ages of 6 and 14. There were about 60 children in the school, and these, with one qr two exceptions, were full bloods. The class-room work showed decided improvement, and the pupils took a special interest in the outdoor agricultural work. The matron's department, under the supervision of a half-blood In-dian woman, was especially well conducted. A majority of the Indians on this reservation s eak English, live in fairly comfortable houses, keep good horses, an 2 are able to trans-act busmess with little assistance. A great deal of land remains to be cleared, tho much of the inherited land has been sold to the Danes and Norwegians, whose thrift and economy offer good object lessons, to the Indians. These Indians are so well advanced in civilization that it would seem practicable to conduct a day school on the site of the present boarding school to accommodate the smaller children. The larger children could be transferred to the Salem (Chemawa) school, which is only a day's drive from the reservation, where facilities are af-forded for giving advanced training. |