Show 1 TUBERCULOSIS WORST FOE OF AMERICAN ABORIGINES Dreaded Disease on the Increase Accord According ng to Indian Commis Report Washington Jan stands at the head of the diseases which afflict the Indian This is the statement made in the annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs That it is on the increase it is further stated but methods are being employed by which it is hoped to eliminate the dis disease disease ease as far as possible Three hundred and three government I schools were conducted during the last fiscal year this being a net increase of Almost all of the Chris Christian Christian tian denominations denomination a in the United States have missions In the Indian country the report recites adding that the tho In Indian Indian dian office cooperates gladly Impartially Impartially and and with Increasing effectiveness with each and all The commissioner says the government in the tho person ot of each should cooperate with religious denominations In dangers which might come from prose In conclusion the report says no under existing taw law for tor leasing lensing for mining purposes tie lands of the Uie reservations that have been established by executive order There are several such reservations rich In and one asic In particular In Arizona deposits ot of stone which Itis hoped Congress will by appropriate legislation enable the IndIans to use The Jho domestic life lite ot of the Indians the sanctity and purity ot of the marriage re fa i a matter mattero of prime and should be protected by stringent laws In accord with tIm tho most advanced marriage and divorce laws among the whites The secretary ot of the interior should be given power to enforce u a purer mode ot of mong the Indians th their ir annuities when they are found to be living openly In adulterous ous eus relations 1 ord order r to handle successfully the tho many problems ot of sanitatIon and thosa thos arising from epidemics and diseases to which Indians are peculiarly blo ble legislation appropriating a sufficient i sum for lor th establishment of a medical I should be ed There is a great need for tor a leter aeter mined and systematic effort to the Indians the Industries best suited to their localities and to theIr a abilities An Industrial corpS similar in Its ad administrative administrative features to the corps above outlined should bo be established with headquarters in the tho fiel with Ith a vIew to education o of Indians male and female and Whose duty it should be to educate the tho indians In such Industries that they mIght be become come and JM t oue o j i |