Show improvement AMONG INDIANS I 1 tim THE indian agent of the pima agency arizona dr jackson is credited by tile the star as being one of the most mos successful among that class of officials lie ho is among the papago pima and aud indians the ph phoenix arizona ga gazette ette recently had an interview with dr jackson I 1 who gives a very avery good account of the indians under his bis jurisdiction it appears from the statement that there are arc about these indians are seid sustaining and farm extensively the appropriation for school purposes and farming implements is only 1 or about a head there are no rations issued to them it is his opinion that there would be less trouble with the apache indians if they were required to work for their own sustenance there are about apaches and they receive mr lur jackson says the school at his agency is dong awell well weli there are arc about seventy nive five pupils and they learn to read react handwrite and write rapidly they have recently completed a nine nille mite ditch to the will this year cultivate acres of land at tile the agency lie ile has made a requisition for thirty nive five wagons ons which he will receive and he says that in less than six months every wagon will be taken and paid for by the indians paid in work he will establish a school on the papago reservation in a short time lie lle has succeeded in making arrangements with the railroad company to prevent the indians from riding at will on oil the cars and since the order has bebenin been in force thare has been but little drunkenness among the indians in the past ast three months indians have diet dicz died with the smallpox though the scourge has been almost entire entirely y checked |