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Show REPORT OF l'EB3 CWMlGSIO*E% QF INDbAN pFAIR8 17 which they haee accepted during. the ,$?@st ear in larger measure than ePer before. . The cotto? growers, are ,dering 6etier wages and are padually .extending their acreage. a@& drawing Indians from adjaeent reservations, inlarger numbers,each year, gradually build: ing up an army of dependable cotton. workers., .This recurrent em-ployment at a worth while wage enlists the interest of Indians. Beet field work is available esoh season for Indians of all ages. of vacation, hoelng and carrying on the cultivation of work in the sugar-beet:fac-are increasmg, and withln placed in new fields. One a;group of boys as follows: The boys returned Friday : all. of them look& better eared for and happier than we bave ever before seen them to be. They have much to relate about their trip and egperi?nces, and. sh~uldb e better pupils in sdhool next y?ar because they bave seen what' is being doiie elshhere. . . . . . . , . . , , ANNUITY AND PER CAPITA PAYMENTS :, ... , : . Annuity and per capita to Indians .have been made dur-ing thwyear in a totrtl sum approximaking $33,175,000, of which $29,983,000, derived from oil and gas rentals, was paid to. the Osage Indlans , of Okla'homk, and $8,19~,000,a ccruing mainly from tribal leases and timber stileS,'was'disbfirsed'to var.ious other tribes;, When not otherwise requiredby law ortreaty, it is the usual prac-tice to make per capita payments in the spring m prder to provide the Indians with funds to assist in their farming act~vltiesb, ut some-times in the fall, when necessdry to help toward their support dur~ng the wihterl I t is the endeavOr to discourage the fall payments, how-ever; and to induce the Indiani to conserve their resources and funds, thus obviating tEe necessity for aid of,thi$nature. ' . . Under the stimulus' of the ind*strial pro@@, the Indiams&re gradually.perceivilig the advantatage of,expenp?g their 'money -wisely for purposes of perinanent benefit in comiect;ion:thlierewith, p at her than for mere temporary use; ,and AeH reports indicate a gratifying advance in. this respect during'the' year. . , . . . ' :. , . . , ..; ROADS AN^,. ,:B RIDQES , . . . . . , . : . , , . , ~ ~ ~ i o ~ r i i twieoren psv ailable during; th6 year . for -rottds and bridges at the fol10:wmg places, namely :; , . ,, : ",, , , '.,, ., ; , . . . Red Lak e... Mink, $9,000: tribal :fuhds.i , : Mescalero, N. Mex., $10,000; reimbupble. . . v . . , , Wind River, Wyp;, $8,000; re:mbuwable. In addi t ikto these,:&henever. funds &uld be P ired from .the general appropriations, authority has been granted or expenditures for. such plurpoMs.. I n thisway. condderable, road work was accom-plished andat the: same time, an opportunity was afforded the In: dians to earn remuneration which you14 .assist in their. support. to this extent. . . Coopesative.r oad w ~ r kun der the Federal.h ighway act hi;.'beei continued with the result that during the year. 100.63 mires of through |
