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Show 9- rne lighting, .'-ater and sewer systems are good but heating frame build Lags in this" eTiTnat e"AT it h stoves makes the danger from fire very great. gwo large frame barns and a machine shed Were destroyed by fire recently.. The origin of the fire will probably remain a mystery as the fire broke out at midnight when no one was supposed to have visited the barn for sij or seven hours prior to that time. fhe buildings burned so rapidly nothing could-be done to check the flames and the principal efforts were centered on saving other buildings in which the employees were successful and for which they are entitled to credit. government Li76 Stock. 10- Twelve horses and four mules are used aa the Agency and sub-stations for riding, driving -and general work. •Uniis seme of the horses are getting old they are serviceable and are W-eli taken care of. fnere is one cow kept for use of the hospital. Use of Depot e. 11- There is considerable agitation over peyote at "vthis time as Superintendent Unsafe has caused the ar- ' rest of Sam Dons Bear, the peyote leader, on a charge of,- (I) Dane, (2) Violation of the UAann Act, ;nd he has been indicted by the Dsderal krandjury and will be tried during ths rail term of federal court at Salt Lake City. 12- Che use of peyote appears to be confined chiefly to certain districts as follows. Dew Indians in the .'•hiter-ocks district in the north part of ths reservation use it while those living in the south part of ths reservation near Dragon, Utah are reported as the heaviest users. «.rhiie a number living near the canter of the reservation around Handlett and Myton and on. Indian Bench also use it. 1,3- The Indians pretend that it is a religious cus- . torn and that they worship the "great Spirit'' in their •aayote lodges. |