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Show 18 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTENOR werc awarded free trips to the national congress at Chicago. The canning clubs prepared 6,000 quarts of fruit and vegetables and the sewing clubs made over 4,000 garments. There was a large increase in attendance at such activities as State club camps, short courses, achievement days, club tours, eto., at which many of the Indian f children gave demonstrations. There was also a noticeable increase I and improvement in the exhibits at county fairs. Indian boys and girls who have been in clubs since the work was started are now taking their places as local leaden, and a number of them serve as presidents of their clubs. Except within the remote reservations, the Indian boys and girls belong to the same clubs as the white young people. I ( The work is financed by the Indians themselves. Besides the direct J benefit to the children, club work has brought about increased industrial activity on the part of adults through its ever-widening influence. f ANNUITY AND PER CAPITA PAYMENTS Annuity and per capita payments made during the year aggregated $19,915,994, of which $17,322,369 derived from oil and gas rentals, including interest, was paid to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma and $2,593,625 accruing from leases, land and timber sales was disbursed to various other tribes. ROADS AND BRIDGES Appropriations we~ea vailable for road work during the year, ac. fol ows: Red Lake, Minn., tribal funds- -----..----------$9-,00-0 ----------------- Fort Apache, Arie., tribal funds. -.-------...------35-,00-0- -------------- Mescalern, N. Mex., reimbursable- ---...----------9-,00-0- -------------- Wind River, Wyo., reimbursable- ----------------6, -00-0 -------------.---- Total.---------.-_--------..-----------.-.._.----------..- 59,000 During the year 100 per cent Federal-aid projects for through roads on Indian reservations were built or approved for 116.41 miles involv-ing an expenditure of $1,883,901, making a total of 650.78 miles and an aggregate expenditure of $7,084,330 for standard highways on Indian reservations without cost to this service. LAW AND ORDER It is d33icult to maintain law and order within Indian reservations since the Federal courts have jurisdiction of only the eight major Indian crimes enumerated in section 328 of the United States Crim-inal Code; and as the State courts have no jurisdiction, this leaves the other felonies and all misdemeanors to the reservation courts of Indian offenses, which can not deal with them adequately. Legisla-tion is needed to extend the laws of civilization so as to apply to |