The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-08

whose young lives cluster many sad
stories of deprivation and want, but
lack of space forbids mention of only
few In this connection, we give
In Mr.. Whitaker's own words what
he says about the leader OF the band
and disciplinarian OF the home
In writing of o b Karr, Mr. Whit
aker says: He was given 30 the writ
er by his father on his death bed Oct
! 10. 1898. and received into the home
the next day. October IL. with his
| brother, Oscar. and his sister Elsie,
younger than he His brother Oscar,
is still in ghe home and Is a member
of our band. His sister Elsie, Is with
Mr. and Mrs Pannell at South Meal.
ester They are raising and educating
her as their own child and she calls
them papa" and mama" We sent
Bennie Karr, as we all call him, 10
| ChilOcco, Oklahoma, where he was
TRAINED for the position he now holds.
We feel proud of him. He Is obedienr,
great lover OF his home and delights
in helping the writer to train the little
children in the way which they should
go He takes great delight In his
first band, consisting of eight girls
and six boys and thinks there is moth
! ing like them and the writer thinks
so too. He Is now training the sec
ond band consisting mostly of girls
He intends 10 make a good band and
travel In tue interest of the home
next summer His band will consist
of twenty girls and eleven boys, con
sisting of Indians of several nations.
some fullblOods. some white and some
OF them born in foreign countries,
who range from eight TO nineteen
years most OF them un6er fifteen. Ten
OF the band girls and boys, We're givel
TO the writer BY their parents when
they passed to the great beyond. Most
of them fell into my hands while
small children from six months 10
twelve years of age.
In speaking OF Homer II. HIM. ed
itor ot the Orphan Home Mission. Ne.
Whitaker says: rg
Was received into tie Orphan Home
July 2. 1897. before the present home
Twas built We were then In a rented
lhuildipe in town He was eleven
Years old al that time His sister, Mh-
ME. and his brother, Walter, were re-
ceiyed into the home the same day,
Minnie being years old and Walter
g. Minnie and Walter are both mem.
be-s of our band Many readers of
these few lines know them Mrs Hill.
their mother is the nurse in our hos
pital with Miss Minnie Hll as her
assistant Mrs. Hill has been with
the home about ten years. She has
been mother 10 several hundred chill
dren as they passed through the
orphan Home. Many Of them call her
ma She turned her children over
TO me when she dsst went into tho
home and today she Is thankful thl'
she did
Homer ~ Hin started az the print
Ting trade In the home sent him q
the Chiloccn school IN Oklahoma n
1902. where he finished rhe PRINTING
trade In 1906. and accepted position
as printer al Haskell Institute. lhr
renee. Kansas the same year ne "a
turned home IN iuly this year ani
took up his present Murk he has Al
ways been Obedient and hos work n
faithfully to the end that he might
assist ME in getting out a magazin'
in the interest of the home and teacl
the trade % other children ia ihi
home. Ia order that fhcy may go ou
and make a living for themselves
10 our SCHOOLS and in place of civil
lzati0n. the unedueafed white cliiirei
were degrading 10 our childrer b'
said iniermariage; ! also slate,
through the prees giving a quoiaflos
Of scripture THAT M this work p'
my work 4 w1uld come 10 naueht
but II IL be Gods work, II IL hard Z