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Show additional land was needed for school purposes, and he replied that a tract immediately west of the school had been chosen by Irrigation Engineer W. H. Code as a site for the irrigation system of the school. On Jnly 6 the Department directed that there be withdrawn from the military reservation and reserved for Fort Shaw School irrigation purposcs a tract containing 4,364 acres, which adjoins the school farm on the west and is described as follows: Beginning at corner No. 1 of the Fort Shaw Indian School tract: thence west 208 chains to the western boundary of the Fort Shaw Military Reservation; thence north 33" 15' west 174 chains tollowing the western boundary of the said military reservation to the northwest angle of the same; thence north 64" 15' east 54.50 chains along the northern boundary of the military reserva-tion to a point due west of corner No. 2 of the Fort Shaw School tract; thence east 256.50 chains to said corner No. 2 of the Fort Shaw School tract: thence south 167.70 chains to eorner No. 1 of the Fort Shaw School tract and place of beginning, containing 4364 acres, more or less. By Executive order of Jnly 22, 1905 (which will be found under " Executive Orders ") , the President directed that the entire military reservation, except the 9,363.5 acres set aside for the Fort Shaw School, be placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition by him under the act of July 5,1884 [23 Stat. L., 1031. The school tract was also placed under his control, "to be held in reserve for Indian school purposes." THE INDIAN EXHIBIT AT THE PORTLAND EXPOSITION. Like the other exhibits in the Government Building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, the Indian exhibit consists largely of material selected from the St. Louis Exposition. But at St. Louis only the schools and tribes within the area of the Louisiana Pur-chase were called on to contribute articles, while at Portland Indian tribes throughout the United States are represented, especially those west of the Rocky Mon~tains. The preparation and installation of the exhibit were assigned to Supt. Edmin L. Chalcraft, of the Chemawa School, and the follow-ing description of its contents and arrangement. is taken from his , report: The greater part of the exhibit is devoted to industrial and literary training given pupils in the Indian schools and in showing their ability to take up the yursuits of our own race. A few articles representing native arts and crafts made by Indian pupils were also sent in. The schools and agencies represented are Phoenix, Fort Mohave, Fort Puma. and Fort Apache, Arie.; Hoopa and San Jacinto, Cal.; Grand Junction and Southern Ute, Colo.; Fort Lapwai, Idaho; Haskell, Kans. ; Seneca, Ind. T. |