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Show REPORT OF COMMI8SIONER OF INDIAN -FAIRS 21 superior methods employed by white farmers in their neighborhood and desire better homes and more modern farming equibment. It is also reported that many of the younger generation are ing clencal and mechanical positions in the cities and towns of Oklahoma in competition with their white neighbors. PROBATE ATTORNEYS. FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES The beneficial work heretofore perfoped by the robate attorneys in eastern Oklahoma, former1 Indian Territory, % as continued to yield good results to restricte8 1ndians of the Five Civilized Tribes and Quapaw A encies. These attorneys advise and assist the Indians who are m nee 8 of guidance in business or legal matters and who seek their aid in matters relative to guardianship,.administration of estates, transactions of various kinds concerning them inherited and restricted property, and advise them regarding the conservation and use of their restricted lands and funds. The Indians consult these attorneys who examine witnesses, prepare cases for the courts, and conduct these cases to final conclusion. The attorneys prepare leases and other legal instruments for the Indians, examine the validity of legal ininstru-men& submitted to them, and aid in lacing minors in schools. The entire amount of money actu a8 y saved by these attorneys to the Indians duing the year can not be definitely stated in dollars, but it is known to be considerable. In the report for the prior year statistics were given showing the number of cases handled, amounts of money involved, and other data, but ths need not be repeated as the work which has been accomwlished is wmwarable with that of the preceding year. PUEBLO LANDS BOARD Mention was made in the report for the preceding year of the status of the work of this board established by the act of June 7, 1924, to quiet title to Pueblo lands in New Mexico. During the year reports were pubmitted upon the pueblos of Isleta, Picuris, and San Juan. The act of March4,192B (45 Stat. L. 1638), appropriatedM7,132.90 for Picuris, $7,684.50 of which amount is made avadabIe for thepur-chase of 118.567 acres of land for the use and benefit of these In&ans. The amount appropriated is to repay them for damages sustained by reason of loss of land and water nghts. The board found that the pueblo of Isleta had sustained damsa f es of the character indicated amounting to $3,218.21, and that the an Juan pueblo had sufTered losses amoupting to $29,090.53. Pay-ment of the amounts due these pueblos will await appropriations by Congress. PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES Concerning procurement of supplies for the schools, agencies, and hospitals, fancy merchandise is not purchased nor required, but stand-ard grades believed to be in every wa satisfactory are bought for the servlce, for the Indian boys and gir9 s, and dependent adults. The qualitT , of the food supplies in many lines is the same as of that bought for ot er governmental branches. Difficulty has been experienced, |