Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-29 | Page 5 | Panguitch School Belongs to State

PANGUITCH SCHOOL BELONGS TO STATE Government Turns Property Over to Utah to Look After Utah Ut b now owns the PanguItch school for Indians In a letter from the de department department department of the Interior at Washington received by Governor Spry yes yesterday yesterday yesterday th laud larid la d is formally turned t over overto overto overto to the state stat anti and a deed to the property will wll tie Je given RIven Ien to the state within a short I time tim The Panguitch school is near noor the town of ot Panguitch Garfield county and has been Indian school in that sec see section section tion of the state for years In 1903 dares cres were deeded to the govern government government government ment by William Cameron and on the property the government erected a school building and several smaller structures These are given to Utah with the property m It was through the influence of Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Reed need Smoot that the land was wall turned over to the state The transfer was made through an act of congress congre s son on March T j 1900 Some time ago Gov Governor Governor Governor Spry was notified that the prop property property property erty would be turned over to the state as soon as he filed his acceptance of the terms of the transfer This was done and und the government has now yielded the land to Utah through the letter re received received 4 yesterday and by the deed which will be made out later Walter Valt r has been in charge of the school for several years but wrote to the governor some time ago that he would be ready to turn over the school and the property at any time to a suc successor successor successor cessor who has been appointed and will soon take charge The school has been open to Indians and whites alike but few white children have been sent there thare th re During the past the Indian attendance has varied from fifteen to thirty the Ue scholars coming and going at Intervals during the school year Besides a teacher in the school has been hi cn the government Indian agent It Is probable the school will be turned i over to A C Nelson state superintendent dent of public Instruction and will be conducted under this department of the state The only requirement made by bythe byi i the government in yielding the land and to the state is that Indian children be al allowed allowed allowed lowed the same privileges in the school as 85 are the whites in regard to charges for attendance and in the schooling