Show WOMANS HIGH POST miss reel director of all government indian schools Is best paid employed of her sex on rolls of undo uncle sam daughter of choctaw chief raises chickens washington during the first days daya 0 of the big upheaval in the department of the interior secretary ballinger sent out orders to practically every department under his control that more work and better work should be done in the future in iia issuing his orders the secretary of the interior did not overlook the women employed emp loyes of tits ills department and miss estelle reel superintendent ot of indian schools was notified no tilled that she must spend more time in the field the mention of aasa reels heels name by the secretary of the interior brings to mind the fact that she la Is the highest paid woman in the government service drawing a salary of a year she was appointed to the government position in 1898 and is an authority tia on every tribe of indians in north america that women are equal to government positions of extraordinary importance has been proved in the case of miss reel although she Is a native of illinois miss hiss reel has spent the greater part of her life in wyoming she served as district county and state stata superintendent of schools in cheyenne wyo but before she obtained the last position she was compelled comp elleo to overcome enormous opposition I 1 the politicians that part of the country were not anxious to see a woman in the state and every A I 1 I 1 miss estelle reel obstacle was placed in the way of her election finally it was pointed out that the the state superintendent teA deaf to auction ort oft certa certain lri tract tracts sf df goi govern ertil ment lands to prospective lessees lessels les sees and that this could not be done by a woman miss alias reel said that was a small matter and that she was equal to it she was elected to the office finally and later proved her ability as an n auctioneer by successfully carrying out this part of the state superintendents duty alsa aless reel speaks none ot of the lan ian grages of the over whom she has control control but has been signally suc BUC in her administration she has schools aggregating an attendance of pupils in addition to these students there are 2423 employed emp loyes of whom are indians under management this branch of its service costs the government more than a year and alias reel Is the administrator of the appropriation she Is an experienced horsewoman and in the course of the year Is compelled to ride hundreds ot of miles on horseback and tn in stage coach to the various reservations many of 0 them being groat great distances from the railroad and only accessible in this way miss reel heel Is a skilled politician and has participated actively in several prest dennial campaigns she Is it a line fine speaker and has not only appeared many times on the stump bathas but has cast her vote at the polls out in wyoming i where women have that privilege there la Is a beld at washington for yemen women to assert their ability and independence in the world of achievement and miss illes reels caso case Is by oy means the only one where a woman has proved liet her claim to recognition her work the indians Is reflected in the accomplishments of the girl nio ho la is not in the employ of the indian gourn ment but who lives in washington of miles away from froin her peoples home out on the pini fis sophia lyn la is the daughter ot of a choctaw chief and la Is a princess of her tribe but she alveo here in a modest little home at sixth street northwest the back yard of which has been converted into a poultry farm farin and one aas more than three hundred prize winning comb myown Us leg horns which havedon have wort blue ribbons in madison square Squaret I 1 garden arden boston baltimore mo re and practically every other city la in the east where laret poultry exhibits are held |