Fort Mojave Industrial School correspondence, administrative and financial information, image 221

Many of the middle age Indians of late years have found employment on the [not legible] as section hands. For the work they get $12 per day. Their employers have told me that they are excellent service for short [not legible] of [not legible] and they will not stay longer than a month or two at a time. There are a few exceptions to this rule, not many. This road employs from 100 to 300 Indians every day throughout the year. Mr. Murphy their [not legible] [not legible] in [not legible] [not legible] every month [not legible] Indians are paid from $3000 to $12000. This is a big sum of money and renders them self-supporting. It also enables the [not legible] to dress a little better, but here the [not legible]. They [not legible] in the [not legible] old 2 [not legible]; their food is cooked and