Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-21
RAYMOND, CANADA.
HOW CANADIANS HANDLE
UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS
Especial Correspondence, ,

RAYMOND, Albetra. Canada, Jan. IA
Natures period OF rest is on now in this
latitude. and to quote one OF our local
pocts, Neither grass nor grain is grow
Ing; streams that flowed are not now
flowing: but our winds are stnl a-blow-
Ing. This pretty well describes existing
conditions here. The winter thus far
has been mild except for few dnys OF
~ degrees below zero wostthcr. but gen
orally speaking It has dropped but little
below the freezing point our sympathy
goes out to people living in those lau-
tudes of perpetual spring where their
thermometers have been registering 10
degrees below zero.
Cattle and horses on the ranges here
are doing extremely well there being
thousands OF the former In prime beer
condition.
Farmers an 4 rule are resting easy
with capacious bins filled with whoat
that Is advancing daily In price, com
mandlhg now close to 20 cents per
bushcl,
ono OF the periodic homestead allot
ments has Just closed at the local Of
nee, and land that lies from 20 to %
miles from railway was thrown open
for entry, For two days before the
opening men were In line to get first
choice. and by the time entries could be
made there were over Loo popIc In line
some of them being women with chill
dren In arms. whiting to make entry OF
a homestead. Most OF these homeseekers
are from tho states. there being thou
sands coming from across the limo to
nnd homes and prosperity in this mag
nlneent country There como oc-
casionally some undcslrableS from
the states. however, among them
being the half breeds from the big
reservations In Montana, who have been
preying upon horseowners on this side
OF the line Ray Knight has just re-
turned from Helena where he was cnll-
cd 10 give evidence against a half breed
indian who has been feloniously and
the horses of the Knight Sugar Co.
and VIM II. Mcintyre of Salt Lake, who
own ranches along the boundary between
canada and the states. The method en-
ployed TO acquire ownership of another's
property as practised by this particular
malice prepense" is to change the brand
so that II resembles one he claims 10
own. Tho casc was sufficiently good 30
that eNtradltlon papers are being await
ed that he may be brought into Canada
for trial. y short time since a gang of
these half breeds. led by IA white man,
stole horses and saddles from surround
ing ranches, went TO town on tho
Great Northern railway, held up a gen
eral merchandise store. and then mnde
their way toward Great Falls Mont
Crossing the Missouri, which they did
DN swimming tnc lcauer was drowned,
tho balance of the gang being captured.
One OF them who turned states evidence,
was sent UP for only 3 years, tho 9TH
erS receiving sentences of 30 years each
The Canadians have a way of cscnp-
Ing much OF the trouble Indian agents
In the states have with their wards in
this way: When white man hero mar
rics an Indian woman he must take his
wife and establish her somewhere else
than on the reservation: while in tho
states whon white man marrles an In
dian woman he and his become wards
of the government and entitled to all the
privileges and emoluments in anywiso
appertaining TO a full blooded Indian.
There is Just the difference In marry
Ing on or marrying of the reservation
Indian agents are all agreed that In tho
half breeds there develops all tho vices
with almost none OF the virtues OF tho
full blooded Indian. which makes them
a much moro difficult problem to solve
The chances are that when this particu-
lar breed" comes over tho line, should
he be convicted his relatives may kiss
him goodbye until their reunion occurs
In the happy hunting ground. as his SEN
tence will likely be made long enough
so that his funeral obsequics will be
held from the place OF his incarcera-
ton.