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Show 2,-Stollsteimer desirable now that the surroundlng country,you say, i s rapidly f i l l i n g up with whites. You also say that Ignacio, t h e i r chief, promises that if t h i s request be gran ted, to s t a r t a farm there and to induce his people to follow his example,and that he .would consider i t a proof that I was his friend and considered his people worthy of special care. Before I can i n t e l l i g e n t l y act on your recommendation yon must inform me what the distance is to the point where you think of establishing t h i s depot; what the necessary building would cost;how you pro-pose to'make i t secure against theft, 9-:C.;how you propose to transport the supplies to i t ; a t what rate you could secure the services of a competent clerk to a t tend to it,^0.?:C. money loft for the balance of the fiscal year,-about $250.- and you will be incurring additional risk by p I"* fi ^>: ajiv oo":" i i-^rs-V le ni:°»r!t:it'v pf S".I,.::JHO£> fc»r v*vic. |