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Show FRANK M. CONSEE, supervisor of Indian schools: Fort Hall School, Idaho: This school is located about 12 miles from Blackfoot, Idaho, on rhe Fnrt Hall Reswvation. Theplant is in need of a nomber of repairs. b~ut -a a.n new rhool is contnrnnlated in the heart" with these Inhanr remntlv ~~ ~~ ~~~~0 ~ ~~- ~ ratified b*. Conereas, it would Lit be advisable to make more outlavthsn nec&- sary for <resenfemergencies. The moral tape of the sohool. is very good, the domestic department was con-ducted verv satmfsctonlv. the hterars denartment was verv- -e wd. and the mdus- trial train<ua tor the bofs was creditible: The most ihyortsut incustrv for the boys is that of stock raisiu*.. Tnore is an abundancn oi warer tor irrigation, the soil is fertile, and I havo not seen a bnrter srock farm at anv reservn:iun school. Abour 15 miles of wlre fence have boon bn~l ft a iuclosp rile farm. 2nd thcre i+ good pastore and hay land. The school this year tilled up rapi~llya, nd by The en81 of September there were 16n ~=-=n--n.. i la. T- h~e cl-ns~.. of clrlldran at nrrsent lcoks encouracine. nearlv d l hnieiuc ~ ~~~ ~~~ - ~~ ~ fnll.bloods. al tbou~hI should like tohive seen a number %;be old& boys aria girls transferred tosome nonreservation school for a term of three years. - Lemhi Agency school, Idaho: This school is located at the agency, about 60 miles from Redrook, Mont., the nearest railroad point. There were in attend-ance when the sohool wasinspected last December 37 children. These are ration Indians, and the agent finds that occasionally stopping the issue of rations to Indians who refuse to send t h e~crh ildren to school has a g o d effect. Too much stresscan not belaid upon the necessity of having a good garden, wherean abundance of all kinda of vegetables raisedin this section of the country shall be grown for the school. This is a, small reservation, containing in round numbers about 100,000 acres, with only about 3,000,aores that can be placed under water by snitable ditohes. The total population 1s less than 500. Fort Shaw school, Montana: This school is located about 27 miles from Greab falls, Dlont.. the most accessible railroad ~oint. The farm contains about 5,OM) acres, with I t ~ mlk*of feI!:e, and is located along the Suu River bottom. l'rac-ti<: ally sl. thev,,ontrg from whish this 8chool is expeetad M draw pupils is cepe. ciallv adapted lo ~tockm isanr. i~ndI consider ritock raibine one of the most imnor-tunr; udnirries lor rlrese bo i The farm. as it now in, d l support a herd of hour X u head of ~ : ~ r tolneX nr favorable conditions, but if i t were enlarger1 to tsko in :al.our 3.uUO acres addirionai Ian11 aherd of 1.UUOhead could be raised with but little more work. The attendance January 4, 1901, wae 330. In the literary department the work was conducted in a satisfactory manner, and the domestio department as a whole was well managed. In addition to the regular farm work for the boys details were sent to the manual training, carpenter, blacksmith, tailor, and shoe shops. .The general tone of the school was gwd. Fort Peck Agency sohool. Montana: This achool is locatad at the agency,on the Great Northern Railroad. The reservation, located in northern Montana, is 80 miles long and 40 miles wide, and adapted to stock raieing. The attendance at school upon inapectiou, January 24,1801, was 195. The present slte was formerly a military station on Po lar Greek. When the military oamp was abandoned a few years ago the boiljings were appropriated for school purposes. A water and sewer system was recently constructed, and two brick dormitories were erected. b:.locstion at the reservation is czmpukory. and thr Indians are camparativoly friendly to the h~ho~,l.althonq1b a maafo in sa ngthat vergfew of the older foll-bloods a.ould d u e rhoir ivhildreu in school if trevdid not lleliese it n ueces*itv. |
