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Show PL11ILCSE m iw pupils Federal and County Authorities Au-thorities Work Together in Many Ways. ASSURE MEDICAL CARE Policy Is to Make Red Men Part of Body Politic When Possible. , jH puli. y ( H c K.iv:ruirifnt ;im fjiC as jrussibli' lo miiki; tht: .Wu:ni ;iii Indian a. parr of the. hdy politic," Haiti A. K. Frank of Ibapiili, fiuporlntenvl nL jiriI spf-oiiil diburMn;,' ac-nt uf Ihe u.l-ierMl u.l-ierMl tribes of I'liih, who was in the Hiy yesterday after an -xt-mUd tour of the stale prior Lu hi di-parturv fur head- i ipia rters a I Jha pali. I "We are working IhroiiRli the cnmlH- hloiier of Indian a i fairs and the county ; mithoritk-s to carry out the plans, " said ; 'Mv. Frank. "H is plaruu-d that evry , Indian of school aso In tlie state shall hr.vo tho same opportunity nf securing, ...'hooliii? an has Uio white child in the Name .-' lidii of u. state. Tim county niithorlili'H will provide buildings. teacher? teach-er? and equipment, but the xovhi niiint will hear all the opeiisi's where the Indian In-dian children alono are coiiierm-d." Giving Indian Chance. l Mr. Frank explained that the bash; Idea Whtnd giving the Indian children an opportunity op-portunity to study side by side with the white children whm to inako Hie acquit-i-ttou of the Knjrlish lanRitHt;e cnsle-r and l ho knowlo.lgo or American principles of KovcrnmeiU a, matter of everyday Krowth and liHinin?. lie said that he hail found no opposition In t lie plans as t hey a re Indue; worked out and was confident they n mild prove a. success and t ha t -by I he end of another year school opportunities' would be provided for virtually every Indian In-dian child in the state. Mr. Frank's jurisdiction cxt ends over I he fJosluiteja, the Shosliones, the J'itites and a lew sen t tered I 'tes. in a.ll some-Ihlns some-Ihlns more than 700 and a little less than H-On. Mo paid that effort h had been made for some time to secure an acc.uia.Ui census, tint t ha t the enuniei at Ion wa-s difficult. Indians Hold Fair. Speak 1 ue "f the progress made in re-c. re-c. ut years by the scattered tribes, Air. Frank a Id t hat early in October a fair was held a I 1 ha pah a. I wliich more than sixty exhibitors, nil Indians, wore entrants, en-trants, prizes heintr given by the fruvorn-nienf fruvorn-nienf for Ihe best livestock, the hest garden, the best kept, house, the best hn by, and in other 1 ines con fnrmirca" to the regulation "old-fashioned fii.ii plan. 'There was much interest manifest and Indians came to attend the faJr from all over the country included in the jurif-d jurif-d led ion of the scattered tribes. Mr. Frank is planning to have Ihe fair held at "Washakie nest year, hut as to this no definite understanding lias been reached, Medical Care Assured. It Is also within tho scope of the gov-ornment gov-ornment plans that no Indian who re-rpilres re-rpilres it shall be without, proper medical attention, and Mr, Wank said that at the present time two Indians are helm? eared for at P'ort Douglas at government expel ex-pel use-. Mr. Frank said that the Ooshutes. more than loO of whom reside at Ibapab, were honest and Industrious, "measuring" up to l be standard of the average uneducated people in other countries. "We never lock our doos at night." he declared, "and, while sometimes we havo thought we missed something, it almost alwavs came hack." |