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Show IN OALIFORNIA AND COLORADO. 415 : cent e n , 17; average attendance for 1902, 63; a v e w attendance for 1903, 69; per cent gum, 10. I am grateful tothe O5ce and thek&.ployeesof the school forassktancein making the work of the year aucmmfnl:. I have the honor b be, very respectfully, C H AE.~ SH ELL, . . . . - . Supintmdtrt2 and Special Disbursing Agent. - The COHHIBSIONoEiB I NDIAANPP AI~. - REPORT OF SCHOOLS AT RIVERSIDE AND PERRIS, GAL. IN~LSACENO OLR, IVEREWGE,a l., Scptembw 10,190S. SIB: I have the honor to submit my report for the Riverside and Perris schooL4 for the year 1903, vie: Average attendance for the oombined schools was 436; enrollment, 554. The ear was an eventful one in many ways, as the organization and equipment of anew scKoo~ necessarily rendered the conditionsvery di5colt to handle. Lack of funds to secure needed equipment made it essential to curtail the number of employees, furloughing some and transferring othere, all of w* gave the school some unpleasant notoriety; yet with all of the.dl5culties we maInFmed the school work throughout the year and really aeco~npltahedp o d and effectme work. The farm has been well handled during the past season, furnishing the schwls with ample vegetables and farm products. The outing systemwas a sueeeas from the start, over 250 pnpils seeoring advantage of w e . The m t of the plant as it stands is shout $175,000, and with the S95~MX) now available will in- the e5ciency and ~ p a c ~ptf y, m e s othat 600 pu 11s can be mmmodated. Wt h sho for boys tra~ntngb uzld~ngf or grls, and we8 arranged. farm industrial buildings, te school ;ill he in good shap for practical training. A- -t ~-P e rris we k e ~atb out 100 of the smaller pupils, and outside of the echoolrwm ~ hut little inxtructi6n was given. I thank the o5ce for its liberal and strong support. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hnawoon HALL, &cpainl&t. The COXM~~SIOONBE IRN DIMA ~AI R B . REPORT OF SCHOOL AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. GRANJDU NCTICOOLNO,.. .S m.t embw 10. 1908. 818: I have the honor to transmit my thirteenth annual report of the Grand Junc-tion Indian Training School, it being the report for the 5cal year ending June 30, 1903. ~ emr a l . ~ i o emev last annual r e~o r th ere has been a dwided improvement in the general appearahce of the plant; due larp?ly lo growth of treea wd ahruhbery and the applirabon of paint. The yard plan has been more extensivrly workml out, a-t-a-d -f-m .m- n r l s rm-m:, n-~v~ iew--m int looks well ap to walk and drives. \Pe were -- unfortunate in erowlne lawne&aas. Whether the ~ ~ u s ulaatel, c~ol~d s pring caused pnuw wnl to &t in tiie grojnd or whether the fault sa*;n the sel-.l 1 ha\.? I8em nnablr to determine, but only about I0 per cmr oi tllc seed gernoirlatrd; this will .nc. r.r.l.s.i tate doino tlbr work of srrdine aeain. .Uotaitlrstandi~~the at thc vcar h a been the onlv &e of its kind in thekn;wn history of rand-Valley.,. the' general results have closely ap roached the best we have e v i known. - Indostrial work.-dile the industrial work as a whole is subject to the &me criticism I- m- ade last Tear. to some extent it h a b een imnroved almost throuehout. ~ ~ ~ -~ ~~ ,~.~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ This work suffered some in the carpenter sho , o&ione6 by changes in attespts to -re e5cient employeesand the lack of empToyees in the shop. On the other hand, the industrial work ii the kitchen and dinidg fwm made a d&dedimprovement. litarsry work.-The litersry work of the year was more 88tXacbry throughout than durine the nrevious vear. Water &3 asderaae.-?here hasbeen 'no improvement in the condition of either wawr c.r sewer mrtcTns, ex8vpt that plnnx for new systems have k ~ 1 . r rd widrd upon a ~ asl, me dwds and contnlrta har t hr,*n drawn and hi led l<,okinru , the ioruvni-iug of the cnecution of the plana. At present we are dcxyd by lack of signature to |