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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-12
MUST EARN THEIR own LIVING

Maine to End harden OF Supporting
Indian Tribes.
A matter OF unusual interest to al
friends of the American Indian is this
proposed plan Of breaking up the OF.
CARNATIONS of the Abenakis and the
Passamaquoddy tribes In Maine and
turning some 700 bounty-fed red men
adrift to shift Cor themselves, the
State to sell the real estate belonging
to both tribes and letting the proceeds
revert into the State treasury, where
this money will be added to the trust
funds-amounting to more than $780,
600 already on deposit - the interest
on both sums going to relieve cases Of
actual want among the indians. Since
the Maine Legislature created the of.
fce Of State Audi or two years ago
some $4,000 has ,een discovered in
the treasury in favor OF the Penobscot
tribe. concerning which there was no
public record available.
A small per cent of the Indians are
Industrious and thrifty; at a great
majority prefer to pass the summer
selling baskets, shooting arrow and
telling fortunes about the summer re
sorts of New England to performing
any kind of actual labor. They all
understand that the State Is under OBJ
legation to maintain them above actual
wart. Realizing this fact, such ambi.
tons as they may have as individuals
seem to fade away when a few hun.
dred are punched into reservation com
munities.
A source of trouble is found in the
Increasing Partially OF the women to
marry out OF their tribes and finc
II ties among mem pers Of the Gauea-
sian ace In making selections, the
men Of French Canadian blood are the
favorites. The result has been to pro-
duce q race that, in the AbenaE tribe
near Old Town, does not average more
than rs per cent OF Indian blood. Lit.
tie Rappooses with blue eyes and fair
skins and red heads are found plenti.
fully on the island, all OF whom, with
their fortunate fathers, are Certain OF
being supported by the State as lone
as they continue to reside on the reser-
| vation.
Although the State pays heavy boun'
ties to all Indians who will cultivate
the soil Of the farms which have been
allotted TO them, the Abenakis have
never raised enough potatoes or beans
OF garden truck to supply their own
wants for a single year.
No male Indian Us any tax, nor is
be permitted to vote at any election
save In the annual choice Of tribal
chief. They ride at half fare on the
leading railroads, they ire permitted
through general consent and long us
age, to cut ash butts from anybody's
land. They are the most persistent
~violators of the fish and game laws
known to the wardens.
To put an end to existing conditions
and relieve a situation which has be
come a burden to taxpayers, a burden
not justified by the results obtained
will be an unique and difficult problem
and win be watched with widespread
interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-12
MARKET
Changed every Thursday.
TOWN OFFICERS,

Geo. T.unec. trustee lst ward.
Jos. ". Wagner, trustee End ward.
DR.. Blezck, trustee Bird ward.
Jas A Wagner, clerk.
Joseph Skorpik. treasurer.
Sas q. Bouska. assessor.
JOS. Travnicek street commissioner.
j. e. Matuska. marshal,
J. A. Dyorak. Justice OF the Peace.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-12
ABOUT TOWN


Lubricator oil for sale. John
Matuska. 8-I2
Mr.. John McLinn visited at
Yankton Tuesday.
Bring in your eggs, ] pay cash
for them. A. ]. Novak.
]. A. Hatwan was at Yankton
on business matters Tuesday.
Window glass in all sizes can
be had at the Queal yard.
Notice. Shooting on my lake
is strictly for hidden M, j. Rada.
Miss Lille Horacek visited
friends at Yankton over Sunday.
Mrs. Vaith visited her sister,
Mrs. Binder at Yankton Tuesday.
Chef Terrence left Wednesday
for Stanley county to look up cat
tie.
Teo6l Koletzky spent the early
part of the week in Gregory coun-
ty.
| Joseph Black Bought the steam
automobile Of +. o Petrik last
week.
For a square deal good lumber
and low prices come to ]. II.
Queal Co.
Mrs. John Janda and her daugh
ter, Frances, visited Yankton
friends Tuesday.
Ptak's lumber yard handles
none but the best in lumber and
other building material.
JOS. Nj. Kocer residing near
Wagner was here Monday. Joe's
health is rapadly returning.
Mrs. Ed. Dwyer spent the early
part of the week Visiting with her
parents at Avon.
Miss Title Janda arrived here
from Wagnc. Tuesday for a short
visit with her mother.
Mrs. ]. F. Homer of Lester
vile visited over Sunday with her
parents at this place.
H. Schneider and Dan Morrison
left for the Black Hills country
Tuesday for a little outing and
pleasant trip.
R. Mkt and James Noll were al
Tyndall Monday and while there
procured a hunters license fer the
coming season.
"OLD UNDERHILL", the fines,
whiskey on earth. Nothing like
it or just so good. For sale by
M. b. Welt. f7-I
Reduced rates on binder Irvine
to others than share holders to
close out. Teo. Koletzky buyer
for Farmer elevator.
Have you summed up the ad.
vantages that a business training
brings to your Write the Yank,
( IN Business Institute for intorma
ton. 49, "
F. o. Petrik purchased a steam
engine of JOS. Black this week
TO run his brand new threshir {
machine. Frank will st art threst
ing next week. "E
A grand harvest ball will be gi
ven in the Michael hall next Nor
day, August I6. by the Tabor
band. A good time is assured te
all who attend.
DR.. Matthews, the celebrate
veterinary surgeon of Yanktor
will be in Utica Aug. 70, Lester
vile, Aug. 27, and Tabor Aug. 80
If you have a sick horse sec th'
doctor at either town on date:
! given.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
With a cheer the cavalru charocd.

With a cheer the cavalry charged.
saw a little fire s%moldering, which the
scout said had been used by those
guarding the ponies. The main camp
was ut nc great distance.
whispered commands We're given and
Cooks sharpshooters dismounted and
advanced. The regiment was divided
into four squadrons-Major Elliot was
to 90 around on the left and get in the
e Of the camp; Thompson. ON the
right, was to connect with Elliot:
Captain Myers on the right and
Thompson on the left. with Custer
and four troops in what would be the
center. Hoping for no discovery by
the foe, Custer was to gauge the time
necessary and give the signal to attack
with the bugle.
About an hour before dawn Captain
Myers troop took up the last and
nearest position. A moment before the
general was about to order the charge
sounded q rifle shot signal was heari
from n Of the Indian guards in thu
camp, and Clusters bugle sounded
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

the Indians were again driven OF. end
for a third time thoy returned at 1
O'Clock to be once mere and finally re-
pulsed. The Forsyth party suffered Sc
verely in all three Of the attacks. Eli
their horses and mules had been killed,
thus cutting off their means Of escape.
Lieutenant Fred Beecher. a nephew Of
Henry Ward Beecher, the distinguish
ed Brooklyn divine. and five of his
men, had also been killed or mortally
wounded, and seventeen men, includ-
ing General Forsyth, had been serious
~ wounded. Practically only seven
men out Of the original number were
unframed.
Fort Wallace, the nearest military
post, was a hundred miles away, and
the situation was indeed desperate for
General Forsyth and his men, without
food and surrounded by nearly a thou
sand Indians. The dead horses were
cut into strips for food, and a we'll
inside the circular b~reastworks was
dug for water. The defense was fur
Their strengthened as best it could be,
and. v e watchful, they passed four
days with no sign from the Indians
save ar occasional shot when a scout
indiscreetly Isl to stretch himself.
On the second day the horse meat
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
CLUSTERS FIGHT
AND
FORSYTHS SIEGE
ENERAL SHERIDAN institut-
ed methods of fighting the In.
BY BUFFALO BILL
M TRUE TALES WTHE P1
coFYxloxr lsoe,DY WILLIAM IcoDf

ed mcInOUS OF uSuCluS Tue III
III dams somewhat in their owl
style and continued them IN
der the most distressing conditions IL
the winter. Among his ablest and most
daring %lieutenants at the time was
General George A. Custer, the dashinl
cavalry hero Of the Army Of the Poto
mac.
His final campaign is SO strikingly
remembered that 1t is well here to give
a short description of one Of his thrill
ingly successful battles, sometimes
called "Custer's Victory Of the Washi-
ta."
General Sheridan, who was in CON-
mand Of the department., was himself
in the field. These Indians having
perpetrated many outrages, popular
indignation seconded and demanded
active retribution. The Indians nat.
urally in winter drifted southwark If
possible, and Sheridan had made a
rendezvous at Camp Supply, in Indian
Territory. a hundred miles south of
Fort Dodge. Believing that they were
in camp in concealment somewhere,
Sheridan elected to detach Custer and
his regiment and send them on a scout,
while he himself would seek in anoth-
er direction, with Camp Supply as a
base. On Nov. %, at 4 o'clock in the
morning, in a snowstorm. Custer re-
ported himself ready to march with
his usual evidenced anxiety to fight.
IN tho OGth fhn Copo53or virov ~
reached, and Major Elliot was sent on
a prospecting tour, while he crossed
the river with his immediate com-
mand. The ice was not strong enough
to bear them up, so they had to break
through It In fording the river. After
crossing Scout Corbin brought news
that Elliot had struck a trail on the
south side Of the river. This he was
sent orders to follow until night and
then to wait for Custer and his men.
Leaving the wagon train behind him
under an escort, abandoning some and
taking their pack train Of mules, a
hundred rounds Of ammunition and
stores of one days rations
coffee and hard tack and some for
age for his horses, he FASTENED on.
Troop after troop was relieved at the
front for breaking the road, and the
horses were pushed to the limit of
their condition Of safety, as the In
dams, If they were in as large a num-
Der as believed. might ambush Elliot
and his men They reached Elliot at
8 o'clock.
A council was called, and it was de-
cided to wait until the moon rose and
then to follow the Indian trail. The
rest did the command some good, the
saddle girths being loosened and the
horses given their scanty supply. With
an able disposition Of the scouts in
advance, Custer led his men, and in
about an hours ride Little Beaver ap-
preached and said he smelt fire. A
halt, and Custer and the scouts went
forward, crawled up over the ridge,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24


could not be eaten. Suffering became
intense, and sending for help was alb
solutely necessary, else the command
would perish. Jack Stilwell, a noted
scout, then a beardless youth in buck
skin, volunteered to go to Fort Wal
lace. Old Pete Trudeau, a frontiers
man. said he would go with him. At
midnight the pair crept out from the
breastworks and were quickly lost
sight Of. Stilwell decided that the
best route to take would be by going
directly ashore and over the bluff and
not to detour up OF down the river or
follow the ravines into the interior,
for he judged that the Indians would
guard these seemingly less perilous
avenues, feeling that no one would
take a chance Of escaping we the
bluff. Crawling on their stomachs and
sometimes Of their hands and knees,
three miles were covered before dawn.
They saw Indians on every hand. The
first stage of their long journey
brought them to the top of the divide
between the Arickaree and South Re-
publican rivers. There they concealed
themselves for the day in q washout,
Or head Of q draw, where the banks
had been overgrown with tall grass
and sunfowers. From over the hill
they could hear firing all day, which
told them that their comrades still
held out.
Next night they crept away across
the south fork Of the Republican, and
the morning Of the fourth day found
them on the prairie at the head Of
Goose creek. The Indians seemed to
have been left behind, and the boy
and man decided now to travel also by
day. This piece Of recklessness near
~ cost them their lives, for about 8
o'clock in the morning they saw In
dams coming toward them, and they
dropped into the grass. Fortunately
the Indians had not discovered them,
but 1T was necessary to hide quickly.
In looking for a place to conceal them
selves on the open plains they discov-
cred some weeds growing around a
buffalo carcass. Crawling to their
prospective shelter, they found that
the buffalo had been killed about q
year before and that the skeleton was
intact, with little bits of hide hanging
to the ribs in places. In a moment
they had crawled into the skeleton
with its almost %unbearable stencil.
The ~tenseness Of their situation, o u
pied with the dangers at hand, began
to affect Trudeau's mind, and he al
most broke down completely. He
wanted to shout, shoot his revolver
and leap out from their hiding place,
but stilwel' persuaded him to remain
quiet until dark, when a refreshing
drink Of water revived him, and they
Travelled on through the night. The
next day was foggy, and they travelled
by daylight without trouble. About
II o'clock. when almost utterly ex.
hausted, they saw coming out Of the
haze Of the Denver wagon road two
soldiers bearing dispatches. The cou
riers were on the way to Colonel Car
penter's command, lying at Lake Sla'
ter, about fifty miles from where Gen
eral Forsyth was besieged. Squirting
their horses, they made all haste tc
Colonel Carpenters camp, and his
force was quickly marched to General
Forsyth's relief.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Cheap Riding.

Uncle Zeke Cback from the city)-You
talk about cheap ridin'! rode twenty
niles on a street k'yar, an all it cos
me was a nickel.
Uncle Jed-Gosh! That amt nothin'
When l was thar last year l rode Il
the top Of the tallest buildin' in town
an it didn't cost me a blamed cent
Chicago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

He who has once done you a kind,
ness will be more ready to do you an
other than he whom you yourself have
cbliGed.-Folmes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Hot Stuff.

The great editor looked up impa-
tiently.
"Boy," he said, what is that rus.
thing in the wastebasket-a mouse?"
The boy after examining the basket
answered:
mo, sir; it's one O. them poems @
passion throbbin'."
"Well, pour some water on It and
then drop It out Of the window" said
the editor. 1.-The building isn't In
sured."-Kansas Independent
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
OBJECTION TO THE
STANDARD POLICY
Underwriters Pick Alleged
Flaws in Statute Enacted by
the Last Legislature

Efforts of the fire insurance under
writers to render unpopular the stand
ard form of policy enacted by the last
legislature are discountenanced by In
surance Commissioner E. Myron Wolf,
who says that the form is conceded by
expert insurance men to be extremely
fair to the companies and to the in
sured. He believes 1T will be adopted
in many other states as the standard
form of policy.
The underwriters have aroused some
feeling against the new form. which
became effective August 1 by deciding
that all riders should be inserted by
printing. They have also discovered
some ambiguity as to the size of type.
Section of the form says that no
portion of the policy shall be in type
smaller than small plea and subheads
shall be in type larger than plea
printers trying to have him determine
the official plea, but after discovering
seven sizes of small plea and three
different kinds of plea he declined.
TYPE FOR RIDERS
The wording of the different sec
tions has opened the question as to
whether typewriting, handwriting or
rubber stamps would be valid in in
sorting riders. Commissioner Wolf
holds that typewriter, rubber stamp
or handwriting may be used in section
6, providing for information regard
ing and liability of companies He
has made sthe same ruling regarding
section 9. which provides for assum-
ing greater risk. Section s, the earth
quake clause. he holds can be inserted
with typewriter or rubber stamp. AS
TO section 10, Wolf holds that the same
Interpretation may be made. This sec
ton provides for separate riders i'm
posing obligations on the insured and
limiting the liability of the insurer.
UNDERWRITERS ADVISED
Attorneys have advised the under
writers that they can put all the
riders on one long sheet, provided one
is separated from the others.
My view" said Wolf, lis that all
the riders must be on separate sheets
except that all riders which would
come under section 10 could be put
on one sheet and all under section 8
on another sheet"
Wolf has also ruled on the lightning
proposition. The companies wanted to
use rider, as in New York. allowing
fire companies to assume a lightning
risk, but he holds that a FIRE company
cannot assume lightning as a primary
cause. The companies, however would
be liable for fire resulting from
lightning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
Wright Goes to Germany

Taxicabs for Rent
At all hours. Taxicab Auto Livery Co.
S19 Van Ness ay. Phone Market $50. :
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
JAMES c. DUNPHY HELD
FOR PASSING BAD CHECK
Must Face Trial by Jury in the
Superior Court

James c. Dunphy, besides being de-
clared incompetent by the superior
court and having his sister appointed
as his guardian. was held for trial be-
fore the superior court by Police Judge
Deasy yesterday on a charge of pass
ing A fictitious check for 500 February
10 last on DR.. George Cornet, 1856
Fillmore street
The check was drawn on the United
States national bank of this city and
was returned marked mo account" All
the efforts of Doctor Cornet to get a
settlement with Dunphy failed. and
several days ago he swore to the war
rant for Dunphy's arrest.
Dunphy appeared in. court in a light
summer suit and looked well after his
previous nights debauch. He was ac-
cOmpanied by a male nurse whom he
always addressed as doctor" and was
represented by Attorney Meredith No
testimony was given for the defense
Dunphy's bonds were fixed at $1,000
and after waiting in court for over
two hours he was released on bonds
furnished by his sister.
An attempt TO converse with Dunphy
failed. When he was asked question
his male nurse interfered and said
gently but firmly. Don't bother him; he
is not TO be disturbed"
Dunphy had been arrested numerous
times for passing fictitious checks, but
the cases were always Withdrawn, as
the checks were made good by his
friends
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
BURGLARS BREAK INTO
MASONIC AVENUE HOME
Thieves Pry Window and Steal
Clothing and Jewelrv

Burglars broke into the residence Of
c. J. Handley. 1922 Masonic avenue, be-
tween 1 and 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
during the absence of the family by
prying open a pantry window and stole
clothing and jewelry valued al $3.50.
c. L. Ayes residence at 314 Rutledge
street was entered Monday afternoon
and silverware and purse containing
$3.50 stolen. An attempt was made
early yesterday morning to break into
the residence of DR.. w. NJ Byrne, S44
Eddy street, by boring a hole through
the kitchen door, but the burglar was
scared away.
The lock on the front door of ].
Peterson's saloon. 754 Second street,
was forced off with an iron rod early
yesterday morning and an entrance ef-
fected, but nothing was missing
A Swiss travelling clock was stolen
from the University of California hos
pital Monday.
Miss Anna o'Keefe, S7S Oak street,
was relieved of gold watch at Van
Ness avenue hall, corner of Fulton
street, Monday night
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
MUSEUMS MAY GET
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
Public Administrator Negotiat-
ing for Sale of Miniatures of
Nelson and Monroe
Found Hidden in Bed of InsoIv-
emf Dead Man and at First
Believed Almost Worthless

Two valuable miniature paintings,
one of President James Monroe and the
other of Lord Nelson, the famous Brit
ish naval hero, have been offered for
sale by Public Administrators Hynes to
the Smithsonian Institution and two
English art museums. The paintings
form the sole assets of the estate of
David Eisner, an eccentric collector of
pictures and furs who died about a year
ago, insolvent and without heirs.
On his death bed in a local hospital
Eisner raved about the miniatures, say
ing they were worth thousands of dol
lars. His words were first thought the
product of an unbalanced mind, but he
pleaded with one of the nurses to go to
his store in Van Ness avenue at night,
secure the pictures secretly and return
them to him, and she did. The paint
ings were found hidden in his bed.
A clerk in the public administrator s
Office offered the miniatures for sale at
$3.50. Later letter in Eisner's belong
1ngs revealed the value of the Nelson
miniature, and art critics have declared
the Monroe painting to be far more
valuable than the other.
w. Carnevalli, an Italian artist, was
the painter of the Nelson portrait. Two
others of Nelson which he painted are
In the Kensington museum in London.
The third had disappeared and had not
been heard of until it's strange appear
ance in San Francisco.
Washington Allston, South Caro-
linian, is believed to have painted the
Monroe miniature.
A lock of Nelson's hair is inclosed in
the back of his portrait. The frames
are of gold. Hynes hopes to sell them
to the museums and to repay Eisner's
creditors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
CALHOUN CASE
CONVERSATIONS

HENRY OSWALD, butcher,
1850 Union street: 81 have ex-
pressed my opinion in private,
but in my business can not make
it public. II would hurt BUSH
ness"
JACOB III. r. EIBEN, grocer:
81 could not decide both ways il
were a Juror, so 1 would hurt
my business"
NATHAN =. SMITH, barber;
"I have an opinion, but do not
insist upon giving ii. i always
agree with my customers, and
just ms strongly If they do not
have my private views as L do
with those that share my senti-
ments."
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LANG
DON: "What is your opinion re-
EardinR the immunity arrange
ments made with the super
Visors!"
JOHN Fl. HANAVAN, retired
brick layer: II favor the prose-
cuatIOn. In the matter of bride
taking / regard the supervisors
as poor men, TO whom $4,000 was
a great temptation. 1t seemed a
whole lot of money to them, and
to n millionaire giving IL 1t
seemed but a small sum-"
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LANG
DON: "DO you believe that the
supervisors, who you say you be-
lieve took money, got any from
the United Railroads."
AARON 6. LEVIN: 81 believe
they got money from the United
Railroads, yes. Still, i think
Calhoun Is Innocent"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11

STRUCK BY MoToRMAN-During disbute
as to the right Of way on Monday evening ut
Eddy and Powell streets Guy E. Clifton, motor
man OF car 174S of the Turk and Eddy street
line, climbed on wagon driven by Charles ii
Tobner and struck Tobner on the head with
controller bar, cutting his scalp. Clifton was
arrested on charge of assault with a deadly
weapon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
WILL EXAMINE STATES
FOREST BOUNDARIES
Important Work Planned by
National Commission

During the present summer all of
the boundaries Of the national forests
in California will be examined by the
local officers to determine whether or
not any of the boundary lines should
be changed
Where tracts are round upon exam
ination to be suitable for agriculture
they will be excluded, and, on the
other hand, where the extension of the
existing boundary line will include
natural forest land it VIII be extended.
Although the task is a large one the
work will be carefully DONE and it is
hoped that the boundaries definitely
established this summer will be made
permanent.