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Show 26 REPORT OF THEI COMMISSIONER. OF INDIAN A P F A ~ S vents the United States Indian Superintendent in charge of these old scouts from securing a copy of the roster for the purpose of iden-tifiwfio~ th rough a study of the names and the questioning of the Indians through an interpreter. . . FISHW ITHIN ms~~vATIo~~.-Duritnhge year this bureau hascoop-erated with the United States Flsh Commission in the restocking 1 of many of the Indian-reservation streams and lakes with fish for the benefit ,of the Indians and .the general public. On a number of Indian reservations fish formsan important, part of the subsistence 1 of the Indians. On a few commercial fishin reaches considerable to the tribe. . , propoftions and brings large receipts to the in fi.v idual fishermen and 1 FORESTRY Ext,qsive sales having been made on a number of reservations dur-islg recent years, it has been the pollcy during the past year to re-strict offerin s of timber except where' the economic interests of a particular trge of Indians clearly demanded its sale, OF randitions were peculiarly favorable for a sale at advantageous prices. Thus, on the Klamath Reservation.in Oregon only three small tracts were dffered, namely, the Big Spring, the Cherry Creek, and the Kawum-kan Bend Units., The prices received foryellow pine on these re-spectiye uiits were $6.36, $6.11, and $5.07 per thousand feet. For small. units of medium quallty these were considered exceptionally high prices. About 20,000,000 feet of yellow pine lying south of the Xavajo River within the Jicarilla Reservation in New Mexico, was sold at .$3.60. Sales from individaul allotments mere made on vari- ;us reservations, ( ~stat isfqctory pries. The total amount of timber cut under contract from Indian lands during, the fiscal year 1925 was 460,000,000 feet and the total stumpage value of such timber ww $1,858,000. The n?t proceeds of such sales are placed to the credit of the various tribes or of the individual owning allotments from which the timber is cut, and are then available for purposes beneficial to the Indians. The funds thus derived have done much to improve living conditions among the Indians and to afford them capital as a foundation for economic success. The winter of 1923-24 and the spring and summer of 1924 marked a period of exceptionally light pr~ipitationth rou hout the Cascade and Rocky regions. For instance, a$ the Warm 8 prings Agency in Oregon the precipitation between January 1, 1924, and September 20,1924, was only 1% inches. Anticipating an exceptionally danger-ous fire season special preparations were made .in April, 1924, and through constant vigilan~e and effective orgamzatlon the dama e from forest fires on Indlan lands was held at a low figure. 'Ife funds expended in the es tabbhme~otf lookout stations and strategic telephonic eonqections will nqt.be fully effective without a force of men trained and properly stationed for the prompt suppression of incipient eonfltlgrutiona. On October 5, 1924, .the large kwm'ill that had been operated on the Menaminee. Indian Reservation since 1908 was burned. This re-sulted in a substantial loss, especislly on account of the almost com- |