Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-15
QUEER EXPENSE ITEMS.

uses Tor Uncle Sans Money That Are Not
Generally Known.
Some curious items enter into +box
Pense account of Uncle Sam. AWAY
OUT IN Arizona, near the city of Flor
'nere Is ruin of the dwelling
Piace OF some prehistoric people. 1t is
o Oasa urande The government
pays a man $3.50 year to watch Casa
ahoe and see that some Chicago
areneologist doesn't carry it awav for
exhibition purposes.
secretary Gresham tried to get alono
last year with $4,000 for bringing home
tne remains of diplomatic and consular
oneers OF this country who died
abroad. In view of the probable in.
crease OF mortality among the unusual
~ large number of these patriots who
rave responded to the call of Josepb
quincy and have gone to places where
the climate is bad, Mr. Gresham asks
$4,000 the coming year for diplomatic
mortality.
Another item of close relationship to
the last mentioned is 5000 to BRING
nome the widows of those diplomats
who die abroad.
Inc vaccination of Indians is a
charge of 1000 a year on the United
States treasury.
Inc condition of Lo-the-poor Indian
Is the inspiration of much svmpathv
among certain Caucasian philanthro-
pists- The regular budget for the red
man this year reaches s6.9SI.156.61.
Next year it is expected to 90 to 81
O9S,611.44. This covers a multitude of
things which civilized people have
never thought of. For instance.
every one OF the 600 men Crows gets a
$40 suit of good wooden clothiur
consisting of a coat. hat, pantaloons,
flannel shirt, and wooden soclSs.n
Every one of the 700 women Crows gets
a flannel skirt, pair of wooden hose.
twelve yards of cotton domestic
The end of the Indian budget is not
In sight The Indian is as GOOD n
slayer as the pensioner. Away back in
1874 the government stipulated to paw
the Six Nations of New York state a
certain sum-several thousand dollars
every year, and it is still doing it,
There are annuities which have been
paid to the Senecas religiously since
1917. The Shawnees have been getting
n good round sum yearly since 1874
These and many like them are perrla-
nent anruities. Some OF them have
run hundred years. Most of them
have been in operation fifty years
They seem to be just as good for an
other century.
There are the Pottawatomies of In.
diana and Michigan. They have
worked the wife man beautifully. In
1795 they got one permanent an
nuity, which has been paid regu-
larly ever since. In 1909 they
socked it to our grandfathers
for another annuity. In 1918 the
PottawatoInies came again, and this
government agreed to pay them anoth-
er so-much-a-year without any limita-
ton of time. The fourth permanent
annuity for this thrifty tribe was fas-
tened upon the treasury in 1925. Be-
tween that time and 1886 four more
permanent annuities were added to the
Pcttawatomies' list And they have
been paid faithfully every year. They
will be paid next year and the next
after, and nobody knows when the OBJ
legation will cease. Three of these an
nuities are payable in ''silver." and sill
yer it was for the Indian all through
the war and afterward, when white
folks never saw the color of coin. An
other annuity is in ''specie;" two more
are ''in money" The other two an
nuities illustrate more forcibly
the farcial. Every year since
1926 the government has solemn
]y delivered to the Pottawatomies
fifty barrels of salt. And every year
since 1876 this government has main
tanned a blacksmith's shop with equip
ments and supplies for three black
smiths at a cost of 81, 00S. 90 year for
the Pottawatomies.
The disbursements to these Potta-
watomies, who long ago ceased to be
Indians in all but name, amount 70
s20,641.65. They must, according to
the treaties, go on forever. They are
permanent"
The Creeks have the oldest of these
annuities- 1t started in 1900 The
Chickasaws began to draw a perma-
nent annuity in 1899. The Chocktaws
We're put on the roll for $4,000 a year
rs early as 1906. Is it any wonder that
the more civilized he gets the more tie.
nacious the Indian grows of his tribal
relation and of Uncle Sans paternal-
ism?-St Louis G1obe-Democrat.
THE MAN WHO FORGETS.