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Show FORT HALL INDIANS RAISE BIG CROPS POCATKDLO. Idaho. Dec. IS. Accord-inc Accord-inc to a government report on Fort Kali lands, the Indians on that reservation last ; e:ir had under culti at ion .".0.") acres, mot of whieh was irrigated from a government gov-ernment irricaiion system whieh furnishes irri nation water for the Indians. The i-mps raised by the Indians were f-ornposed uf p"iaoes. sugar beets, alfalfa and gra in. The totai income from t he land u ! ibr "ult ivat ;o: i within fan resT-vation, resT-vation, tif whi'm there are 1 2 . 7 f 7 acres, was estimated by the Government hi J,",nn,00n. Of the total acreage some 77 1 2 a'-res were lparpd to white farmers. The report of the commissioner of Indian In-dian affairs Tponm mended the rebuilding of the chief laterals of the irrigating system. |