1922 Industrial Survey of Joe Hill

"Joe has had a Patent-in-Fee for his own land and has probably sold it or mortgaged it, which amounts to the same. His wife's own allotment is now under lease. The land on which they are living is inherited land, which they have about 1/2 interest in. The acreage is inadequate and the arrangement is unsatisfactory. Joe has not applied himself very well in the past, but he now seems to give some promise of trying to make a farm, but we cannot expect him to exert himself, especially on this inherited land largely owned by other people. I plan to get him the lease on that land or some other until such time as his wife's land is available and then try to get them to locate on that where they can have a permanent home and feel that they are working for themselves. Their children attend the public school and they seem anxious for them to do so, realizing the advantage over purely Indian schools. In reference to the grasshoppers, in this case and others, I know that very much could have been done by the proper use of poison for 'hoppers and potato bugs and many of the Indians did use the poison, but some who suffered the greatest loss were those who did not stay at home and the 'hoppers had no hesitancy in taking possession of their gardens even in their absence."