Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-04-12
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The L. 3. Sunday School of Eylcrs Valley
was reorganizcd on Sunday the LIST, inst
with the following officers: II. n. r. Eylcr,
Supt., J. Tresslcr. Asst Supt, ID. J B Eylrr'
Sec and Treas. G.. w. Freeze, Librarian.
Improvements to the Church nnl Cemetery
will be made in the near future.
Misses Daisy and Clara !tert of MiddIrtown
enjoyed visit among friends IN this place
recently.
The U, B. Sunday School at Dcrrlicll was
recognized last Sunday with the following
officers: Supt., s p. BussHrd, Asst. Sup g.,
G. Lanlz, Secy Miss Annie llarhau4h Libra.
rian, J. L. Wi!hldc
Mr. Charles Wlllar, of Grctnle.t. Kansas
is visiting friends about Dtci1icd his tormr r
home He is engaged IN farming in Kansas.
WANT MoRE or THE SAME KIND-Mr.
Charles Shiplcy came to this place, an utter
stranger, about four years ago. He was
| pleased with our town, bought small farm
| lying nj the immediate foot of the mountain
and at once went to work to erect for hlm-
self commodous dwelling, with all modern
con"pnienccs ; he next purchased other val
uahlc land and lail OFT through it u WIDE
and perfectly graded nvcnu. intcrscctlng W.
Main-st In doing all this ne became a large
! g loNl ntnt.,,u1 md luhIr nd
has made his citizenship Of great practical
hrnctt to our people. 1t "a to his first and
original suggestion that the change OF the
name "Mrchanicstown' is due, he having
IN this paper, nearly one year before It's
accomplishment and for this, with many
other placliCtl results are we indebted TO HIM
ard our people fully recognize the fact
The one question now remaining concern
ing Mr. Shiplcy lis E: "llas he tiushcdF' /!
| he has, he can feel that he has done well hy
ms adopted home ;i( he has still additional
projects to mature that is his affair and not
ours 10 inquire into or discuss.
What we want is more new citizens of the
| same kind be not CONTEXT with wishin. for
| them, bu; go to work to secure them.
INDIAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION,
1905 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Mich 81, 1894
EDITOR IAKIoN.--
he pro cCt to remove
| the Southern Utcs from Their present fertile
reservation in Colorado to an inaccessible
and largely sterile trac, Of land in Utah. Is
being vigorously urged in Washington by
the Colorado lobby. The arguments show
| ing that this removal is highly lneXpclent,
and that the bill providing for it should he
defeated ,haye again and again been presented
and need Only be summarized here:
LIST. The removal il in violation Ofthe pro-
| posed policy Of the Government which aims
TO settle Indians upon lands in Seye'a,ty and
to bring them as RAPIDLY as possible to IL con
dilion o! selt-support when they will no ion
ger be dependent upon the Government.
The country to which it is proposed to re-
move these lndians Is largely grazing country
while its mDunlainous and rugged character
and its inaccessihity would tend to foster
shftess aud lawless habits IL the Indians
which ought, by every means, to be discnur-
aged Indeed, one of the arguments used for
this removal is, that the new reservation
offers good opportunities .or huu,ing-pre-
cisely what the Government should discour
age.
end. The change will put the Government
to unnecessary expense in the erection Of
new agency buildings and possibly some
military supervision, an expense which is
wholly without justification, since it will
bring Us no nearer the desired goal where
the Indian will no longer be cost to the
Government but, on the contrary it is taking
us in the direction of his permanent pauper.
, ism The change is in the interest ola very
small group of land spectators who are both
orginators and advocates of 1t, while it is
clearly opposed to the interests ofthe Indians
whom we ought to civlize and to those of
the taxpayers of the country, whom we have
no right to burden in the interest Of land
! grabbing schemes.
Bird. If the Utcs can be moved from good
to a bad reservation under the pressure OF a
demand for their land, the logical result will
I be similar removal Of other Indians, with
the consequent destruction of the essential
part of work for their civilization. "A rol-
ing stone gathers no moth" and an Indian
compelled by Act ofCongrcss to move west
gathers no civilization.
BY request and in justice to Poor l.o'
give the above place in our columns; the
argument well susrains the claim that mani
fest injustice is about to be doncthc Indians,
! -ED. CLARION