Promotion of Elmo F. Miller on January 16 from the position of agricultural extension agent at the Colville Indian Agency, Nespelem, Wash., to the job of superintendent of the Northern Idaho Agency, Lapwai, Idaho, was announced today by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay.
Mr. Miller, Who has been at Colville Agency for the past three years, entered the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1941 as farm agent at Cheyenne River Agency, Lame Deer, Mont. and in 1947 was moved to Nome, Alaska, as administrative assistant. He was born at Nephi, Utah, in 1914 and graduated from the Utah State Agricultural College in 1939.
In his new position, Mr. Miller succeeds Frell M. Owl who transfers on January 16 to the position of superintendent at the Fort Hall Agency, Fort Hall, Idaho.
