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Show 366 REPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS IN UTAH. WOBT OF BUPEBINTEXDERT OF YAXKMA BCHOOL. ~ -.~-..- -.-,- -- -* -"-". There are two c~hureLesL~pi seopabnd~ Presbyterian-near the school, where the pupils are taken twlee each Sabbath for rell ious teaelling. The water supply of the Bchaol is taken &om the Missouri River by a steam-pumplng plant and pumped into two l a r ~ est orage plants. From these tanks the water is dis-tributed to the school and agency. The pressure is suffielent for good are protection. The system Is in good working condition. The sewer system seems to be in good condition and is working all rlght at present. This ~ehool is nlcely located on the east bank of the Missouri River 14 mlies from Wagner our nearest railroad and telegraph station. The buildinss are ik fair condition, but nee$ oainting and some reoairinc. To the buildi in is of the schobl plant should be added an oil house for storing coal oil, and a hag house built to accommodate 50 or 15 hogs. I believe much good was done for the Indian youth durlng the year, notwithstanding the drawbacks we had to contend with. DAVIDU . BB~TTWS. ~dmtendmt. REPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS IN UTAH. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PANGUITCR SCHOOL. [Shivwits, Paiute, and Kaibab.] ORTONU, TAH,Ju Zu 31,1906. The fiscal year 1906 has been one rather discouraging in several ways: First, . the buildings failing us, we felt quite sure of being able to enlarge the present brick building making room for our present number at least, but on securing bids found the Price beyond our available funds. Second, the children went home for their vacation, and a number of them having permission to assist their parents in gathering pine nuts, failed to return until the early winter closed up the passes and made return impossible until after the spring floods; some of them did not return here until June. This caused a small average attendance. Third, the health of the superintendent has been such as to make it difficult to perform her duties satisfactorily, and the school languished. Other empioyees also sufering from ill health, until the advent of new blood (employees), which has revived 11s all, and we are finishing the year with flying colors. Our closing exercises, with the industrial features, were a credit to the school and a delight to those who witnessed them. The Indians have had more profitable work recently than at any previous time in my administration, but the Shivwits lost ail their early crops br the terrible floods in the Santa Clara Valley last spring. The Kaibab are ven des- |