SCHOOL NOTES. J May 10th, two inches of snow! The new day school at the agency was opened 7th , inst. A fine line of confectionery and fruits at R. P. Fairbanks. Sun Rise flour for $1.90 per sack at the Richwood Roller Mills. Mrs. Robitaille has been appointed asst, seamstress, Miss Brunette having resigned Lizzie Blair has been appointed Ind ian assistant and now has charge of the dinning-room. The school band is ready to give open air concerts as soon as the weather agrees to be good. Mrs. Florence H. Herr has been pro moted from the position of Indian assist ant to fill the vacancy of assistant ma tron recently made vacant by the resig nation of Miss Fannie Boutwell. Our new gas machine arrived a few days ago and will be installed as soon as the fixtures are received. The girls entertainment given on the 3rd inst. was a success in every way, notwithstanding the elements against them. The proceeds amounted to nearly $20.00. Basket ball and Tennis games have been purchased with the money. The Indian office has decided that all Indians holding allotments and living on the White Earth reservation are entitled to school priviledges, but that full bloods and those approximating full bloods must be given perference in filling the schools. The payment of SIO.OO per capita will be made to all Indians belonging on the White Earth reservation, except Pembina bands and Mill Lac non removals, at the Agency May 22, 23, and 24, at wild Rice River May 27 and 28, and at Pine Point June 4th, 1902. U.S. Indian Agent, Simon Michelet, returned from Washington, 13th inst. As a result several improvements will be made on the reservation during the summer months. A new employees’ building, an Agent’s dwelling and two day schools, one in the Pembina Settle ment and one at Portersville, will be built. Roads will be improved on the reservation, a new lighting- plant will at once be installed in the White Earth Boarding school, the buildings at the Agency and school will be repaired, and shops and hospital at the school have been promised. The Agent will also remove the Mill Lac Indians and allot them on this reservation. The coming summer promises to be an un usually active one on the White Earth reservation and we all appreciate the active interest the Agent is manifest ingin the up-building of the reservation. He shall at all times have our most hearty and loyal support. The school band is getting ready for Decoration Day. Our school grounds will soon be in closed by a nice new fence. We are glad to know that we are to have a new team for the school. Remember that the annual celebration begins on the I3th. of June this year instead of the 14th. as heretofore. It is reported that several new day schools are to be opened on the White Earth reservation lat an early date. Miss Ida Belle Rossman of Detroit, Minn., is temporarily employed as teacher of the dayschool recently opened at the agency. We want more home subscribers for the Herald. You can’t afford to do without it. Save 25 cents and send us your subscription. Robert McArthur has been appointed Night watch at the school. Robert is quite a musician and is a valuable acquisition to the band and orchestra. E. Robitaille, has during the past month used a tooth pick for a screw on his piccolo, a pair of new shoes took him down town, looked over a new site for the athletic field, cooked fish on a kettle with a handle on, and been out fishing once —caught two fish and a frog. The school band is still hopeful ofgo ing to the N.E.A. convention at Minnea polis July 7 —ll. W r e have the assur ance that if any Indian band goes it will be the White Earth school band. This is a Minnesota school and we demand first consideration. June 3, is the day for opening the bids for the erection of our new employees quarters. This is the third time bids have been invited and we hope it will prove the charm and that the building will be completed by the opening of school in September. There are 40 pupils in attendance at the agency day school. Both teacher and pupils appear to be much interest in their work and this school is in no way different from the ordinary district school. Two or three more such schools will greatly relieve the boarding school sof their overcrowded condition. Last year there were more than 100 pupils from this reservation to non-reservation schools. There will probably be several go away this year but the establishing of the new day schools on the reservation will increase the school facilities at home and there will not be so many transfers to non reservation schools as heretofore. Miss Cook, Supt. Rice River school, and Mr. Curtis, Supt. Pine Point school, were both visitors at this agency and school during the first of the month. We are always pleased to see the employees of the other schools on the reservation, and hope they will come oftener. Our latch string hangs on the outside. J AGENCY CUM-I-GUCK. f A fine line of Ladies summer dress goods at B. L. Fairbanks & Son. Most of the farmers on the reservation have commenced to break for flax. $1.90 per hundred pounds for the Sun Rise flour at the Richwood Roller Mills. A fine line of odd pants for sale at B. L. Fairbanks & Son, at reduced prices. Ke-che-wunzh, died at the old Folks’ Home, May Ist. in the 70th. year of her age. Several of the agency boys who were employed on the Otter Frazee, returned home last week. Everything in the line of ladies hos ery and underwear kept in stock at R.P. Fairbanks. Ed. Norton, who drove the stage, be tween Detroit and White Earth, last winter, is now engaged in farming. If you want any maple sugar, the simon-pure-unadulterated-article, call on R.P.Fairbanks,he can supply you. Talking about ice cream sociables, wouldn’t it be wise to wait until the weather gets warm enough to thaw out the cream ? If you want anything in the line of gent’s haberdashery, why just step in and examine the stock of B. L. Fair banks & Son. The Fosston stage failed to put in an appearance on Thursday of last week, presumably owing to the impassible condition of the road, especially north of Wild Rice river. Mr A. A. Ledeboer, Agency issue clerk, who has been on the sick list for the past two weeks, suffering witn a complication of lung and throat trouble, is still confined to his home. If every one interested in the coming 14th of June festivities would contribute 10 cents of their payment money to a fund for the purpose of aiding efforts in promoting the success of the occa sion, this year’s anniversary would be a hummer. Messrs J. E. Perrault, T. B. Beaulieu and Paul Fairbanks composed a com mittee, appointed by the U. S. Indian Agent, to go out and adjudicate the matter of the estate of the late Joseph Martin, deceased. The gentlemen left for Pembina on Sunday morning’ An eastern cotemporary commenting on the Indian question says: “the In dian Commissioner is becoming disat isfied as to the clothing of the poor In dian, and may yet compel him ( the In dian ) to wear as many insane and health-destroying articles as we do.” —the shirt waist, corset and bifurcat ed skirt for instance.