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RED LAKE NEWS A newspaper devoted to the interests of the Red Lake Chippewa Indians. Semi-monthly, Sept. Ist to Jnly 15. Subscription Application made for entry as second class matter September 1, 1912, at the post office at Red Lake, Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to RED LAKE NEWS, Red Lake, Minu. ANNOUNCEMENT In this our first number of the RED LAKE NEWS we wish to announce our selves as devoted to the interests of the Red Lake Reservation Indians. We solicit the good will and assistance of our friends. We desire every progressive Indian man, woman and child on the Reservation to feel a personal interest in the success of the pa per—your paper. Our columns are open to anyone interest ed in Indian education and uplift. We intend our paper to be a means of in ter-communication. Our Reservation is twenty-seven miles wide by forty miles long. A timbered country and little traveled. Most Indian families have some member who can read. Therefore the Red Lake News should be a means of interesting communication. Local items will be given much space and each issue will contain some message con ducive to the public peace, order and health. TUBERCULOSIS COMPOSITION CON- The following students won prizes offer ed for the best composition on “The Cause, Prevention, and Treatment of Tuberculo sis.” Eva Caswell, Red Lake 5ch001........15t Laura Standing, Red Lake School 3rd Eva D. Day, Red Lake School 3rd Russell Win, Cross Lake School 3rd Florence Hardy, Cross Lake School. . . 3rd Archie Fairbanks, Cross Lake School.. 3rd Grace Kingbird, Cross Lake School. . . .3rd Accompanying each prize was a personal letter of congratulation from Hon. Robert G. Valentine, commissioner of Indian af fairs, in commendation of their work. We hope to publish these compositions from time to time during the coming year. BOOST THE FAIR. Anton Doehle, financial clerk at the Ag ency, visited in Bemidji Aug. 22nd and 23rd. Part of the oats crop has been harvested at the Agency and the second crop of alfalfa has been cut. Roy D. Stabler, an employee at the Red Lake School, left for Nebraska on Aug. 20th for a short vacation. Joseph C. Roy, the Ponemah merchant, stopped off in Red Lake Agency recently on his return from a trip to Bemidji. A unique and successful operation was recently performed on George Sumner by the government physicians at the Agency. A piece of skin was removed from back of one ear and grafted into his eyelid. .75c a year TEST. LOCALS. TWENTY DAIRY SUGGESTIONS SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SANITATION THE COWS 1. Have the herd examined at least once a year by a skilled veterinarian. Prompt- ly segregate animals suspected of being in bad health. Never add an animal to the herd until certain it is free from disease, particularly tuberculosis. 2. Never allow a cow to be excited by fast driving, abuse, loud talking, or un- necessary disturbance; do not expose her to cold or storms more than neces sary. 3. Clean the entire body of the cow daily; hair in the region of the udder should be kept short by clipping. 4. Do not allow any strong-flavored food, like garlic, cabbage, or turnips, to be eaten, except immediately after milking. Changes in feed should be made gradually. 5. Provide fresh, pure water in abundance, easy of access and not too cold. THE STABLES 6. Dairy cattle, wherever practicable, should be kept in a stable, preferably with- out cellar oi storage loft, where no other animals are housed. 7. The stable should be light (4 square feet of glass per cow) and dry, with at least 500 cubic feet of air space per animal. It should have air inlets and out lets, so arranged as to give good ventilation without drafts or air on cows. 8. The floor should be tight and constructed preferably of cement; walls and ceil- ings should be tight, clean, free from cobwebs, and whitewashed twice a year. Have as few dust-catching ledges, projections, and corners as possible. 9. Allow no dusty, musty, or dirty litter, or strong-smelling material in the stable. Haul manure to field daily, or store under cover at least 40 feet from stable. Use land plaster or other absorbent material daily in gutter and on floor. MILK HOUSE 10. Have a light, clean, well-ventilated, and screened milk room, located so as to be free from dust and odors. 11. Milk utensils should be made of metal, and all joints smoothly soldered. Nev- er allow utensils to become rusty or rought inside. Use them only for hand ling, storing, or delivering milk. 12. To clean dairy utensils, use only pure water. First rinse the utensils in warm water. Then wash inside and out in hot water in which a cleansing ma terial has been dissolved, and rinse again. Sterilize with boiling water or steam. Then keep inverted in pure air and sun, if possible, until wanted for use MILKING AND HANDLING MILK 13. Use no dry, dusty food just previous to milking. 14. The milker should wash his hands immediately berore milking, and milk with dry hands. He should wear a clean duck milking suit, kept in a clean place when not in use Tobacco should not be used while milking. 15. Wipe the udder and surrounding parts with a clean damp cloth immediately before milking. 16. In milking be quiet, quick, clean, and thorough. Commence milking at the same hour every morning and evening, and milk the cows in the same order. 17. If any part of the milk is bloody, stringy, or unnatural in appearance, or if by accident dirt gets into the milk pail, the whole should be rejected. 18. Do not fill cans in the stable. Remove the milk of each cow at once from the stable to milk room. Strain immediately through cotton flannel or cotton. Cool to 50 degrees Fahrenheit as soon as strained. Store a* 50 degree Fah renheit or lower. 19. Never mix warm milk with that which has been cooled, and do not allow milk to freeze. 20. A person suffering from any disease, or who has been recently exposed to a con- tagious disease, must remain away from the cows and the milk. Two copies of these suggestions, which have been adapted from those of the Bureau of Animal Industry must be posted in conspicuous places in each cow barn. Superintendents will be held accountable for their observance. R. G. VALENTINE, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. WITH