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Show - BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 19 landed improvements hown as the Berger property, at San Xavier, . This will supply quarters for the agency employees with facili-ties for instructing the agency boys in farming, care of stock, etc. The Arapaho Boarding School was sold during the year, in accord-ance with the act of May 29,1908 (34 Stat., 444), and the amendment thereto of January 31,1910, which provided for the sale of the school and the land, comprising about one section, in which the school build-ings are situated. This sale has been made for the sum of $73,800, of which $25,000 has been paid in cash. Two schools have hitherto been conducted for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians near Dar-lington, Okla. ; the Arapaho Boarding School, originally established in 1872, which has just been sold, and the Cheyenne Boarding School, established in 1880. The latter is a small plant quite insufficient to accommodate all the pupils formerly provided for at both places. The proceeds of the sale of the Arapaho school, however, are to be used for the enlargement and improvement of the Cheyenne Con-solidated School. The work of building up a complete plant suffi-cient to provide for all the Indian children who look to this institu-tion for their education has been commenced and will be pushed to completion as fast as funds for the purpose become available. CONSTRUCTION. This section has prepared the plans and supervised the construc-tion of a great variety of buildings during the year. Particular at-tention has been given to the problem of introducing a uniform type of building for the service, which will, at the same time, be easily adapted to meet the varying needs of different localities. The pre-vailing type of building in the future will be a substantial one-story structure with good light and ventilation, characterized by an absence of plumbing in the basement, and with toilets and baths installed in a conveniently located annex. A special feature of the work of this section has been the prepara-tion for the service of a series of plans, specifications, and forms of contract suitable for the use of Indians who wish to erect simple dwellings, barns, etc. These plans will be a great help to the super-intendents on many reservations who are striving to teach the Indians to use their surplus funds for the erection of buildings and the mak-ing of similar permanent improvements upon their property. A good variety of plans is presented, and they are sufficiently elemen-tary for the Indians to obtain an instructive lesson in all the busi-ness connected with building operations. PURCHASE SECTION. Before the preparation of the usual proposals for supplies, con-tractors and other persons interested in bidding on Indian supplies were invited to submit suggestions for an improvement of themethods |