The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-27
.CASS LAKE READY TO
. FIGHT WITH FIREARMS
Newspaper Makes Daring Plea for De-
Tense Of ELVES and Property
Against U. S. Agents.
APPEAL MADE TO GOVERNOR
Chief Executive Warned That Blood
shed Must be Expected if Present
Conditions Longer Prevail.

Conditions Longer Prevail.
There are evidences that a reign
OF actual civil war impends at
Cass Lake.
Justice Frank Ives has appealed
to Governor Eberhart to interfere
with the Indian agents of the De-
partment of the Interior, who he
says, are prosecuting the people of
northern Minnesota in the en-
forcement of the liquor laws.
Cass Lake newspapers have
sounded the alarm and the Times
issues call to arms in the follow
ing languages:
Ready and Willing to Fight.
"Ever since the appearance
among us of the special agents OF
the United States Indian Depart.
ment our people, anxious to be
law abiding, have stood, almost
awe-stricken in contemplating the
atroclous acts of agents and most
of US have been .cowd' with fear
when the name of the United
States has been mentioned in con-
nection with the acts of few
marauders who have assumed con-
troll without any warrant of law.
That period of inactivity and
fear has passed and our citizens have
at last been aroused from the letha-
gic condition prevailing for many
months and are now READY AND
WILLING TO FIGHT FOR
THEIR LIBERTY as they did
when King George imposed unbear-
able conditions upon them.
J Will Bear Arms if Necessary.
Our people are now ready for the
contest; IF 1T BECOMES NECES-
SARY TO BEAR ARMS TO
PROTECT OURSELVES AND
OUR LIBERTIES EV cry
CITIZEN WILL EMBRACE
THE PRIVILEGE the Constitution
of the United States and that of
our state vouchsafes US.
I'VE are tired of being over-ridden
by gang of cowboy toughs at the
direction of the sub department of
the Interior; we have rights and we
know what they are and will main
tain them EVEN IF WE HAVE TO
FIGHT FOR THEM. - ..
/ Warns Governor of BIoodshed.
Justice Ives in his call upon the
governor for aid tells of the recent
raids made by the Indian agents
and states plainly that unless the
governor interferes, bloodshed must
result in northern Minnesota. He
pleads with the governor to put the
question up to the attorney general
of the United States as to whether
the state or the Department of the
Interior is in control of northern
Minnesota.
! So serious has become the Cass
Lake situation that Special Inspec.
tor GENTLY of Ashland, Wisconsin.
!. is in Cass Lake. looking over the
situation, particularly in regard to
the recent trouble with Agents Sero
and Davis, arrested on charges of
assault brought by A. A. Oliver, of
Walker, after his grip had been
searched for contraband liquor. Mr..
GENTLY comes under orders from
William E. Johnson, chief special
agent of the Indian department,
with headquarters at Denver.
J Approaching 4 Crisis.
Mr.. GENTLY will personally in
). spect conditions in all of the affected
, northern towns and make a report
in person to Mr.. Johnson.
The present crisis is brought about
by the governmental mandate pro.
hibiting the sale of liquor, under an
: old treaty in certain places Of the
restricted territory.
As the order now stands, several
towns will have their saloons closed
on October IS and it is on this date
that the climax of the present tense
: situation may be expected, unless
; the storm breaks before that tine,
,. Bemidji is taking no hand in the
!. uprising as the saloons here have
not been ordered to close.