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Show 219 REPORTS ~NCERNING INDIANS IN COLORADO. I has been nccon~plisl~eads f a r as can be seen. V'hen tlle record is completed, the relationslrip of tlle different heirs of the deceased allottees can easily be deternlined. l'lle health conditions hare been re,% good. ollly a few cilses of sickness hav-ing occurred. Stoclc raising ~inount sto nlmost nothing, except raising small horses, a slight i~npro~e~neo!vl te r the Indian Don& Tip to tlke p r e~e p tti me these people hare not qdvauced very rapidly in agri-cultural pursuits. Quite a nuinber of them, but not a large percentage, have small nntrlles of land in cultivation and rniPe sonie.oats and wheat, tho most of the i r f a r~l i l lg~ 0118iSot~f putting up hay. bath wild and alfalfa. They come to the agenrg and borroll- the mowing nlnchines and hayrakes, nlth the under-standillg that these inlplements are to be returned immediately after they get thru with them. In this nxy most of the Indians within a radius of 10 miles from the agency hare rllt and raked tlleir hay with the slnall number of imple-ments n-e hare here. 'The wheat and oat harvest is very near at hand now, and \re are nrepnring to send out our two binders and agency farmers to assist the Indims in gathering tllr!r crops. In the month of September our thrashing machine \-ill be sent ont and T e l ~ i l tlh msh for them. There is n great amount of \rorIc to be done here by the ageucy elnplnyees in building flunies and keeping the Indian irrigation dltches in .repair. Only a small sum, about $1,100 was spent last year on ditch work, mostly in the em-ployment of Indians. but I believe it n'ns well applied. More mora should have been done, as I believe that at least W,000 vill be recluired for ditch \rorl; for the coming year. I regret to say th:rt their morals nre not of the best, hut I have taken hold of the matter ann hare hnd 8 or 10 couples agree to be la\rfully married n t nn early date after July 1. I informed them that hereafter they must be legally married. an their loose customs would not be tolerated. Heretofore, at the end "f each nchooi term. it has been the custom for a number of the girls aged from 38 to 17 Years, to get married according to Indian custom and then remain away front Srl1001. W? hnae hnd a tharo understanding about thin matter, and the Indiilns Promise that this custom mill cease: that they are milling to follow my advice nnd allow the girls to remain in school and not marry them off until the Go~ernulentu rns them out of school a t the age of 18 gears. Of course I will have SOlne trouble of this kind, but I believe I will have less of it to contend with enrll year. As the State courts hare jnrindiction, there is no court of Indian offenses. Practically no road making has been done, outside of a little scraping on the roads. The agency has no water system. and all the agency buildings on both sides of the river are without any kind of tire protection. Estimates for pipe, etc.. to extend tlle school water system have been submitted to your office. Our barn is about 150 yards f om the river and the horses are led there for water three times a day, causing the wasting of valuable time. If the estimates sub-mitted are approved, a. n-atering trough will be built at the stnble and the Stoclc cnnbe watered in a few minutes. hydrants put in, and the buildings will then receive ample fire protection. Buildings have evidently received no attention, except a little paint on the outside, for years, and are in a disgrnceful shape, infested with vermin: malls and paper dirty and faded, plastering almost entirely off some of the walls, , one house almost wrecked, the drug room a disgrace, and the teamsters' quar-ters in terrible shape. I will endeavor to remedy somk of these evils a t the earliest possible moment. Considerable trouble has heen caused by tKese people indulging in whisky drinlting, which I am now endeavoring to control, hut will not be very success-ful, as their, supply is mostly obtained in New Mexico; but I can control to some extent their carrying of concealed weapons, and have induced a number of them-by threatening them-to discontinue the practise. The Catholics and Presbyterians each have a church here, and are endeavor-ing to do good among the Utes. %early all of the employees are competent and willing. A school was built in 1902; caparity, 60 pupils. Scholastic population, 119, 85 to 90 of whoin should be in school. The plant should be increased to x capacity of at least 80. Enrollment, 62; average attendance, 59. The children receive a literary and industrial training, going to school one-half day and the |