THE CIIEMAV
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Captain' W. A. Mercer, superintendent
of the Carlisle Indian school, has tendered
his resignation, to take effect upon the
appointment of his successor' Weekly
Review.
As a comment on Indian education we
would mention the fact that two of our
graduates have been very successfully
conducting different departments in this
school. Miss Rose Sickles, who holds
the position of assistant at the hospital,
has been in full charge there for several
months this year and has been found
capable of caring for the sick and in
jured to a very satisfactory degree.
Weekly Review.
Observer Perlev in this Dec. weather
report shows that we had 20 clear days,
3 partly clear and 8 cloudy days. The
minimum was 8 below on the morning
of the 30th. There were 41.2 inches of
snow and .45 of an inch of rainfall; He
remarks, "This has been a good month
for man, beast and bankers". Weekly
Review;
Owing to contagious disease on the
reservations, the pupils at a number of
reservation boarding schools were not
given the usual Christmas vacation.
Weekly Review. ' .
Special Agent Thomas Downs is
temporarily in charge at Seneca School,
pending arrival of Superintendent iva C.
Deaver, transferred from Yuma. Week
ly Review.
The gymnasium has recently received
a fresh coat of paint, which lends much
toward making it one of the most
attractive places of its kind we have
seen. Here the pupils meet each Satur
day evening for their socials; and here
also, have been played a number of good
basketball games this season, between
our home teams and visiting teams from
nearbv towns. Indian News.
A AMERICAN 9
Albert Payne, a member of the Jun
ior class, will play left forward on the
Juniors' basketball team. The Arrow.
Mr. Lyman Evans gave an excellent
address to the students Sunday after
noon. He expressed the need of self
reliance. He said that the teacher opens
the door, but the student must work
for the knowledge himself. Sherman
Bulletin.
The Ute trouble is being settled ap
parently in a peaceful manner. A doz
en or more of the children have been
placed in the Cheyenne River Agency
school -some over twenty have enrolled
at Rapid City, and a large number of
the able bodied men have gone to the
Black Hills to work on railroads and
other public works. Ex.
A delegation of Omaha Indians will
soon go to Washington to try to con
vince Congress that the government
owes . them a large sum ofrmoney for un
fulfilled treaty stipulations. The Ogla
la Light.
Mechanics, artists, and all kinds of
skilled labor are in demand. He will
win who has his trade best learned.
The man of skill is always in demand.
The young man who would be sure of
employment all the year round in "hard
' times" as well as in times of prosperity
must know how to do something thor
oughly. It is well to get an education.
A thorough educational discipline will
make you an abler man. But educate
for some particular object. Chippaway
Herald.
Washington, Jan. 7. The United
States supreme court today upheld the
right of the Indians of Fort Belknap
reservation in Montana to the waters of
the Milk river, claiming it is theirs by
treaty. Henry Waters and others sought
to divert the water for commercial pur
poses. Ex.