The sun., 1910-10-08
'BALLINGER LIFTS The LID
PERMITS SlEE OF LIOCOR ~
NORTHERN uINNESOT4.
Rut Nsa~ Must ne sold 20 the ChIppe~
indians Hands Are Playing in Moor.
head and OIhcr Towns aud the Joy
IncOanned ENtsasls To North Dakota.

neao anu Other NoNuA ana tne JOY
IncOnnRed Extends To North Dakota.
I wAsuINGroS. Oct There il Joy
unconhned in the Indian country of
Minnesota to-day over an order issued
bv X A Ballingsr. Secretary of the
| Interior who has lifted the hid thus
permitting the Introduction and sale
Of liquor in the northern part of that
State IL Is shared by the Chippewa
braves. but more particularly 10y thou
sands OF palefaces living in that great
stretch of Minnesota extending from
| the Canadian border southward 10 Mime
apolis. including that city and Duluth.
which was immoTtalized 10y Proctor
Knott Had It hot been Tor the inter
positiun OF Secretary Ballinger the greater
part Of Minnesota by an order of the
Federal Government would have been
face to face with "A condition after DC
tober IS closely approNImating absolute
prohibition Of the liquor trafic When
this order was issued hv direction ~ the
Commis-Ioner Of Indian Affairs howl-
Of rage were emitted by the whites and
the reds sat bv CLOSELY ohservant "f what
was going on
Under treaties made with the Chip
pewas of Minnesota years ago the Go,
ernment reserved the night to SUPPRESS
the liquor trafic on ceded lands which
passed into the possession Of whit" SCI
tiers Tins was done m order that the
Government might u.. IN position ~
all times tu protest its red wards from the
rim habit Minnesota settled rapidly
towns sprang mp and Indians began to
assume the duties Of citizenship They
did not lose their taste for hr.wat.r
a. they advanced in civilization and
Uncle sam found ~ necessary TO pat
checks on the sale % liauor The state
also assisted IN the work by passing
laws prohibiting the sale of liquor 20
Indians even after they had qualified
as citizens
Despite these precautions the Chip. |
pewas continued 10 imbibe and when
charged with rum they Annoved ih. /
whites IN the little towns ~ Minnesota
and squandered the funds that they
received annually from the Government
A comparatively few whites were engaged
IN the illicit trafhc Things went from
bad to worse n year or so ago, and finally |
the Federal authorities pulled out the |
old treaties that had been in pigeonhol~s !
for wears
They threatened 10 invoke the provi- |
sions relating To the introduction of |
liquor. pointing OUT that as the term |
Indian country had been construed ~ |
took IN \ large area. embracing hundreds |
ut towns and many cities In the mean
tune aloons had been closed. followed Ivy /
protests on the part u the vets aud
p.ans of praise nv the -drys
After an investigation IN Minnesota hy
Government agen's = few months ago
N. Commissioner ~ Indian Affairs issued
an order directing the closing of saloons
IN some sections of the Minnesota Indian
country and letting them run fun blast
IN other sections The excitement in
Minnesota was Statewide The Federal
Governemnt was criticised for attempting
To enforce a prohibition measure. On
IN. other hand At was commended at
gatherings of pTohibItionistS. Repre-en-
tatives ot the towns where saloons were
closed protested, asserting that u was
unfair and likewise unjust to prescribe
what amounted To prohibition - some
towns aud permit the Sale of liquor in
others
This was the situation that confronted
s..cr.,.rv R.Ibn~ ~.r vxh.n hs ra,,,rn..d 20
Washington A the head ot the Interior
Department he IL the imm--dat. superior
II IN. Comn,--ion,r nf Indian Affair.
xho ,s.u..i the order that nrovoLsd
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