The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

Last weeks montanian contains
the follosing: There is. d threat
ened war, so to speak. between the
Choteau and the Dupuyer school
districts. The causus bell seems
10 DE dispute of children returned
last August oy the clerk of the
latter district. He reports 275
children. This includes the breed
children on the B.a.kfees reserva-
tiou, some forty odd, besides sew.
eral who are not even resi- leafs OF
The state and quite nun Der. OF
other children whr1are residents of
the Chotsau district and whose
names appe~r upon both reports.
The matter has been reported to
Miss Bean, the couuty spfxsriuten :
deaf, by the trustees aKd Is now
beng Investigated. The Dupuyer
trustees claim that the boundary
Of their district embraces the res
ervation, and that the children of
all those who nave white fathers
there are entitled to enrolment {
upon the census report. This is
disputed by The Choteau ooardr
A list of children in attendance: al
the Oupuyer school shows 30 pupils
enrolled, with an avera g atten-
dance of 20. but not one of the res
ervation children ATTEND school
there. Just what is to come of it
all remains to kesseen, a. it looks
like an injustlee 70 the other
schools Of the county to have Du-
puyer get the the benefits of All
appOrtionment from children whose
education is provided for bv the
federal government, aud who d.
not attend the Dupuyerr Schools.
The laws Of this country provids
that IA Indian woman who mariies
white man, citizen Of the omit
States, by that act Of mar iaye be-
comes . citizen of the county, and
il she receives any benefits of tri
bal relations with the Indians 1T IL
simply because the treaties betweer
the government and tie Indians
contain provisions to that effect
Therefore if the white mati aud til.
lndian woman-are citizens Of thi'
country their children ifaly Their
oe, are en- Titled to all the right
and privileges the children of an,
other citizeas may enjny. Th
oou ndaries Of Dupuyera aschnol dis
trict.includes the entire Blackfee
lsreservatiou. That being the cas-
the only aaissaka ma.ie by the. .clst'
Jt this district was, ia notideludiu
snAhis report the names OF ever
oreed child ia that poction Of th
county. The siagle fact thate~th
corson IS educating his legit
mate Iadian child, at EGsr|isIe, :
the expense Of tneS goyeru }nea
does notprove that tits legitlmai
child has no righ, 10 attend th
school at Choteau. The school. J,
there for him. II his parent {
i guardian desires to send him els'
where to sc6ool it cuts no Ggai
with the Choteau school board.; =
I The most important duty of
savings bank is to encourage econ
omy among our people, and there
by u5sson1y add to, the wealth .
the state but to the comfort an
future welfare of aepositors.
is for this purpose, that the stat
has established systsmsof saving
banks, just as it has schools
educate the young, hospitals
care for the sick anl asylums
protect the unfortunate. AS we
might the schoal cease to educat
the hospital fail to care for Il
sicksand asylums neglect to recei
|, the unfortunate as for a savin,
bank to cease. encouraging the sa
! y z
ing OF the small sums ~ttat those
moderate circumstances are able
set aside forfuture use. No sa
D ings bank should refuse deposits
this kind, however much ditiicul
r it may have in Prolitably investi'
X them uhOwever u = acu %
o expense and labor ml' '@e 'oy>.
# incurred ~ should Il fail in tn
e. respect it has faileds6e aeeomp:i
$ the chief end for (Which create
!. ]aItFis the.dnty OF the banks not on
q to receive deposits .loft this scia
a chat are offered but they should,
!, every method that may sugge
itseit .eucosrage them aud th
e fulhIl the purpose 'tor which esta
lishee These wordssmight y
~ be used as a p ea for the estabis
ii ment ot7postal saviags banks
- order to encourage economy