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Show 22 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDLAN AFFAIRS however, in keeping cereals and fruit, particularly through the sum-mer months, and on occasions this class of merchandise has been damaged by heat in transit. These difEculties are being obviated by changed methods of procurement. Continued emphasis has been placed on the need for careful inspection of deliveries and when expert assistance has not been obtainable within the service it has been pro-cured from other governmental units or from the outside. Com-modity specifications are constantly being revised. Deliveries of food, wearing apparel, and other articles were more promptly made during the year than at any time since the World War period. Nearly all necessaries were on hand when the schools opened. , The service is indebted to the Bureau of M i , the Bureau of Standards, the Bureau of Public Roads, the Bureau of Animal In-dustry, the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Chemistry, and other branches of the Government for their assistance and technical advice in the procurement and inspection of supplies. BIBLIOGRAPHY In resl onse to frequent requests for information there have been compile a number of bulletins or pamphlets relating to Indian life, customs, history, popgation etc., which are now available for those who desire, as shorn m the lollowing list: Primitive Agriculture. Bibliography-Lagends. Bibliogra hy History. Arts and?nd&tries. Indian Religion: Indian Missions. Education of the Indiana. Colonial Population. Bibliography-Indian and pioneer stc IndianWars and Local Dieturbancee. American Indian in the World War. Cliff Dwellings. Indian Leeende. I for , ohildren. Indian ~Gsic. Indian Citizenship. Indian Home Life. Indian Population, by States, Agencies, and Tribes, for the Preceding Year. Indian Reservations. Peyote. CONCLUSION In concluding this report it is deaired to express on behalf of the Indian Service our appreciation of the interest and woperation of yourself and other representatives of your department in the Indian work. Sincerely yours, C. J. RHOADSC, MnmiaSiOner. The SECRETAROYF THE INTERIOR. |
