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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-10-27
All phone lines lead to Roman.
Flathead POta-
toes Prize Crop

~ON0 l. AA~ NJ W.
The farmers of the Flathead
reservation are just now engaged
in digging their potatoe crops.
Some wonderful yields are re-
ported and some Of the largest
potatoes imaginable are being
brought to town by the proud
growers of the largest spuds.
On Friday N. S. Wood brought
in several weighing from two and
a half to four pounds each. Mr..
Woods tells this story:
II was one of those who were
so unlucky as not to draw a num-
Der at the time of the Flathead
drawing, so was compelled to
wait until November l, 1910, at
which time the lands not already
filed on were open for homestead
entry. | went over considerable
country and finally decided to
take an 80 adjoining the Dixon
buffalo reserve, west of st. Igna-
titus about four miles. 1t was
ground many said was valueless,
owing to there being no water
for irrigation, but it looked good
to me.
This land was appraised at
$3.50 per acre and the Indian
price totaled $120. l got there
too late for any plowing last
year, but this spring I plowed an
acre and planted it to White
Elephant potatoes. l have al
ready sold enough from this one
acre to pay all the Indian price,
to pay for plowing seeding and
cultivation of the tract and for
all the fencing around the entire
homestead"
In the case of Mr.. Wood it can
be said that he waited a long
time before choosing where he
would homestead some of Uncle
Sans land. He came west from
New York in 1864, guiding a
train from the Missouri river
to Virginia City. He has been
over the greater part of the state
and says he was not satisfied to
homestead any land until he saw
the Flathead reservation. Part
of this crop was sold at $1.35 per
100 pounds and the remainder at
$1.00 per 100.
Another remarkable showing
was made yesterday. Hague &
LAWS, living eight miles west of
Roman, brought to town and left
at the Pioneer office three pota-
toes of the White Elephant vari-
ETY. which weighed nine pounds
10 ounces. All three of these
spuds were grown in the same
hill, and certainly this hill should
be accorded the blue ribbon.
One of the potatoes weighed four
pounds, two ounces. These po-
tatoes were planted on sod last
spring as fast as the land was
broken, the seed being placed in
the furrow and covered with the
plow. No other cultivation was
given the crop. This week they
were dug and the acre produced
more than 200 bushels, besides
furnishing spuds to eat for four
families ever since big enough
ones could be dug.
This crop was raised on land
where the skeptical ones have
said nothing could be grown un-
til after the irrigation bitches
were done and water was on the
land for this purpose. This crop
demonstrates that there is nc
better potatoe raising country in
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-10-27
Volume II. No. 26.

The Pioneer is in receipt of a
copy Of an opinion rendered by
Commissioner R. G. Valentine,
of the Indian department, rel.
ative to the status of the Indian
children attending the public
schools Of the state of Montana.
This opinion seems to have been
called forth by virtue of an ad-
verse opinion rendered by the
attorney general of the state of
Montana on the same sbuject.
From the opinion of Commits
sioner Valentine it appears that
on March 10, 1911, Attorney
General Galen held that Indian
children, irrespective Of the
status of their parents, do not
have any right to the privileges
and benefits of attendance in the
public schools of the state. I"
From this opinion Commissioner
Valentine differs, and quotes the
constitution and enabling act of
the state Of Montana to support
his theory in the premises. He
quotes the act admitting Mon
tana as astate, which says; THE
constitution shall be republican
In form, and make no distinction
In civil or political rights on &C.
count Of race or color, except as
to Indians not taxed, etc." He
also quotes the act of Feb. 8,
1887, which has reference to the
alloting of Indians, and it is as
follows: THAT upon the COM
pletion of said allotments and
the patenting of the lands to said
allottees each and every member
Of the respective bands or
tribes of Indians to whom allot-
ments have been made shall have
the benefits of and be subject to
the laws, both civil and criminal,
of the state or territory in which
they may reside, etc." He says
in relation to this matter that
"the necessary application in
each particular case will deter
mine the political status of an
Indian" That statement conse-
quently, is the gist of the whole
matter.
The commissioner refers to
certain questions asked his office
relative to the status of the chill
dren Of tax-paying Indians, and
he holds that where the parent
is a tax-paying Indian, or the
parent is a white man, that the
children Of such persons are en-
titled to the privileges of the
common schools by right. It
seems that Attorney General
Galen did not so hold.
Further the commissioner says:
with reference to the citizen
ship rights of the children of
families referred to in the three
foregoing questions, the common
rule that the offspring of free
parents follow the condition Of
the father prevails, whether the
children are born of Indian par
ents, or born of a white man, a
citizen Of the United States, and
an Indian woman, his wife. The
children ola free citizen and an
Indian who has not renounced
tribal relations takes the status
of the father and becomes a citi-
zen or Indian, in accordance
with such fathers condition.
Omitted States VS. Ward, AZ Fed.
Rep. 800; ex parte Reynolds, s
Dill. (U. 81 1914.
There are few localities
where children are debarred the
privilege of the public schools,
even though their parents may
not be citizens, the community
taking the ground that the
schools are for the benefit of
the children and not for the
benefit of the parents, and that
it is one of the larger economies
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-10-27
Indians Plan
Legal Battle

Legal Battle
The Missoula Sentinel says:
Cooperating with five other
tribes of western Indians, the
Flatheads and Pend d'Oreille
tribesmen living in western
Montana have during the present
week counseled together and ap-
pointed Harve H. Phipps their
attorney, and this Spokane law
yer is now empowered to rep
resent these tribes in an effort
to obtain all the value of money
belonging to the Indians and be-
ing held in the hands of the gov
ernment. The tribes repre-
sented are the Cayuse, Walla
Walla, Umatilla, Nez Perce, COL
vile, Flatheads, Pend d'Oreille's,
and it is expected that the Koot-
enays and Blackfeet will be in
cluded at another council. The
Washington representative is
Richard c.. Adams of Washing
ton, D. c.. who has been re-
tanned as assistant counsel.
At the Flathead and Pend
d'Oreille councils this week in
terpreters explained the plans of
the attorneys and a delegation of
five from each tribe was named.
These Indians, with their inter-
prefers and Attorney Phipps, ar
rived in Missoula this morning
to appear before Judge Webster
and certify to their action in Sc
lecting and appointing the Spo-
kane attorney to represent them
in the attempt to recover their
cash properties from the govern
ment. This certifcation was
formally made in the district
court this morning and Attorney
Phipps was authorized to go to
Washington to represent the In
dians in the latter part of No
vember.
Speaking of the attempt to ad-
just the affairs of the Indians,
Mr.. Phipps made the following
statement:
During the past week we
have prepared a memorial which
will be presented by myself at
the next assembly of congress
and make demand for the adjust
ment of the Indians claims by
the government. The Indians
at present are losing the use of
vast sums of money which be-
long to the tribes, and it is our
purpose to settle these claims for
the Indians and to secure the al
lotments which really belong to
the children of Indians born since
the regular government allot-
ment was made in the year 1907.
There are a certain amount of
awards due the tribes we repre-
sent and this we will adjust
through the prescribed process.
These awards are due under the
treaties made with the govern
ment as far back as 25 years.
Among the Indians appearing
before Judge Webster this morn
ing was Felix Barnaby, Tony
Delaware, Chief Martin Chariot,
Antoine Moiese, Charlie Michel,
Pierre Big Hawk and Alex Big
Knife. Under the 1907 treaty
between the government and the
Indians, each tribesman and
child is entitled to an allotment
of so acres Of agricultural land
or 160 acres of grazing land. Ar
attempt is to be made to have
each Indian child born since 1907
allotted one Of these tracts.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-10-27
CO-EducatiOn of White
and Indian Children

Il feel in this case that the
Honorable the Attorney General
of the State of Montana, having
all the facts and the authority of
the law, both federal and state,
before him, will see that the In
dian children, certainly of the
classes named in the three ques-
tions propounded to him, have
the legal right to attend the pub
lie schools of the state of Mon
tana, both of the whites and In
dians, to permit co-education in
the white public schools. 1t is
suggested that the matter be
again brought to the attention of
the attorney general, through
the proper channels in accord
ance with the views herein ex-
pressed.
"You will understand, of
course, that it is not the inten-
tion or desire of this office to
force the attendance of children
Of Indians in the public schools
of the state of Montana in direct
opposition to the manifest wishes
of the people; but it is believed
that if it is understood that the
same school privileges belong as
a matter Of right to the children
Of other citizens of the United
States residing within the state,
there would exist no real oppo-
sition to the attendance of In
dian children in the public
schools.
1.-The government is willing to
meet the spirit of cooperation by
paying, in the case Of non-tax
paying parents, the sum equal to
that allowed by the state and
county as per capita expense for
each Indian pupil in attendance. "
This opinion reads strange to
those of us who have always un-
derstood the matter differently.
Certainly that portion of it where
he quotes the fact to be that
"the offspring of a free parent
follows the condition of the
father" If that be the law,
then they have the right to vote,
and this certainly has not been
the practice in the state of Mon
tana up to the present writing.
Offsprings of white fathers have
not been allowed to vote in Mon
tana until after they had been
granted patents in fee to their
allotments and came within the
rule as citizens by such act on
the part of the general govern
ment.
There is conflict between the
two opinions which seems should
be settled definitely. The gov
ernment exercises wardship over
the Indian child until a patent
has been granted, and therefore
it must be subject to the regu-
lations of the Indian department
exercising such guardianship.
No matter if the parent has been
granted a patent in fee and be-
comes a citizen, such allottee is
not, until after each individual
has been granted a patent. 1t is
a queer condition and rather
analogous position viewed as it
may be. For some purposes the
|
Indian children are citizens, for
other purposes not. When it
comes to renting their lands the
department says you must first
get our consent, but when it
comes to other matters, then the
situation takes on a different
phase and it disclaims the obi.
cation assumed in others.
There is no intention on the
part Of this paper to prevent the
wards of the government attend
ing the public schools Of the
state, but it does seem that where
so much concern is in evidence
in some things it should extend
to all matters of vital interest to
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-10-27

the world and that a few years
hence it probably will rival
Greeley, Colo., and North Yaki-
ma, Wash.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-10-27

For a refreshing hot drink try
a hot beef extract at Cox's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19
AID IS PROMISED
Governor Deneen Returns
Encouraged Over Water
ways Developments.
TAFT ENDORSES HIS PLAN
Proposes That State Build Part Of
Deep Waterway and Govern
ment Complete It.

Washington, April 19.-Goyernor
Deneep announced before et2rting
for Springfield yesterday eF.srnoou
that he YVES greatly encl---Sed by
his interviews with the president and
General Bixby, chief Of engineers, re-
garding a deep waterway across Iii
nois. He intends to send to the leg
islature in few days a message urg-
ing the enactment Of the Johnston
bill, creating a commission TO repre-
sent the state in arranging plans of
cooperation with the federal govern
ment, and also the Schmitt bill,
authorizing the issuance OF 500, 0OO,-
900 Of bonds for the construction OF
a waterway and developing power be-
tween Lockport and Utica. That
part of the deep waterway is under
state jurisdiction and the state has
constructed two dams. one at Cop
peras creek and the other at Henry.
PROPOSES S-FOOT CHANNEL.
The governor proposed to the pres
an eight-fcot channel between Lock
port and Utica and remove the dams,
provided the Schmitt bill is passed
ana the IeOeFaL government VIII IN
derteke the construction Of an eight
foot channel from Utica 10 Grafton
and remove the two federal dams,
one at La Grange and the other at
Kampsville. President Taft, being
without authority TO commit con-
gress, could not say what the feder-
al government will dc, but he did
not hesitate to tell the governor that
he Endorsed his plans for waterway
Improvement with only few reserva-
tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19
The Argus Daily Short Story
What He Forgot-By Olarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Press

! He sat with bent head and knitted
brow. puzzling over the matter with a
! growing conviction that he would not
solve the problem until something
cleared away the confusion in his head
/ When he arrived home he would get
his sister Amy to prepare a bromo self
zer-nothing like that stuff for knock
! ing out a headache.
/ Old Martin admitted Dick Quintin
/ TO his fathers house. and, beyond the
/ first incredulous stare into the empty
! darkness behind the young man, he
showed no sign Of surprise at his
masters return.
| Where Is my father, Martini" de-
manded Dick as he turned his lug
( gage over to the butler.
In the library. Master Dick" said
/ the servant. throwing open the door
| OF Mr.. Quintin's spacious private room
AS the door closed behind Dick two
forms arose from the high backed
chairs on either side of the wide
/ hearth. One was his father, staring
and incredulous as Martin had been:
| the other was Amy, his sister, her
/ fair face pale and startled.
why, son, what is the matter?"
asked the elder man as he approached
/ the dazed looking youth.
Something dreadful has happenedw
cried Amy clinging to her brothers
arm. "Oh, Dick, what is the matter"
Nothing has happened" returned
( Dick, with an air of irritation. rs it
so unusual for me to return to my
fathers house?"
at is unusual under the circum-
stances" said Mr. Quintin, with a
warning gesture toward his daughter.
You must have some explanation to
effer US for your sudden return to-
night"
Dick Quintin rubbed his head
thoughtfully. Every time his hand
touched the lump raised by that blow
from the strangers suit case he
WINGED with pain. He felt great de-
sire for sleep, and he longed to throw
himself down. on the fur rug on the
hearth and lose himself in the bless
ed Inconsistencies of Slumber. He
yawned prodigiously, excused himself
and turned to his father, who waited
impatiently.. for his reply. There was
q visible strain of anxiety about the
old mans face.
Tel ne what yousare doing Down
here tonsgM. Dick" he commanded.
'swhF-why, came down to ses
Cynthia ,Dewbury,ss said Dick, relisved
attlast 10 Grd that be could remember
Why be md cohSe down.
+c5ntfia DewburyF" repeated his
father AxfBy.
'cyntn3a gDsvburyi Oh. Dick Qnin.
du..s shr4Aked Amy, shaking his arrn
v1e6fodslY. you ought 20 be ashamed
ofsyouselfe
Dick s6rd duly at them. II have
q very bad headache he said soberly.
III you'd FIX me rp a bromo I think
I'd feel better. SIS" He sank down
IN big chair and noddsd dr6wsiiy.
HHsfatha Gent ab6se skEms 3td 1ocked
cIoselT at fEa y5anz s1faAS1Aia, c1skr
GU - He bought IL looked m
IatnralIy white, md there was q heavi-
ness about EhegeYezsrhzfEa3 shtm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19
Keeping Poultry In Cities.

In Portland, Ore, there is just now
a controversy as to whether the keep
ing of poultry within the city limits
should be abolished. One side con-
tends that the more of the country
that can be transferred to the city the
better, while the other side believes
that the only proper place for domes-
tic animals and fowls is on the farm.
Older residents will remember the
successive objections which arose
when the COWS and pigs were Danish
ed from the streets, and finally the
edict went forth. against keeping hogs
within the city limits. The men Wno
had been in the habit Of keeping their
own COWS and raising their own pork
for the family larder considered them
selves aggrieved and deprived Of what
they had come TO consider a vested
right.
But the question as to whether the
keeping OF fowls in a city back yard
with it's accomplishments OF CROWN g
ROSTERS and cackling hens can justly
be cond emned as the creation of q
nuisance or a disturbance of the pub
lie peace and tranquility is a pretty
broad one. There Is no doubt, how
ever, that the raising Of poultry and
the cultivation Of gardens arc a great
aid to the poorer class o. people and
should not be abolished without due
cause and provocation. There are
many noises which, both by night and
by day, are more annoying to the in
habitants Of a modern city than the
cackle of barnyard fowls.
1t looks as though Portland was up
against very serious proposition IN
attempting TO abolish the useful and
industrious hen from its midst.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19
DeaInan Thompson.

Those who in the past saw in Den
man Thompson 8 new type of actor
and in Joshua whitcomb" and it's
successor. The Old Homestead a
new and wholesome type Of play. know
that it was the complete merging Of
the actor in the character Of his crea-
ton that surrounded him with sincere
admirers both on and on the stage.
Denman Thompson not only played
the role of Joshua Whitcomb, but he
was Joshua Whitcomb in the minds OF
his auditors and they very many. As
q drama the play lacked very much in
technique and construction, but with
its pleasant pictures of rural life in
New England. with its simple rural
types Of humanity, il carried 10 the
hearts Of all message of real human
interest and revealed a type OF sturdy
honesty and kindness that was easily
recognized by all.
The people never tired of Denman
Thompson nor his play, and that is
one of the surest indications thar IL
struck responsive chord as a devel-
opment OF distinctly American style
OF drama; one that appeals to the best
there IS IN al OF us. The truth thar
lies in pure humor has seldom or
never been tbetter. exemplifed than BY
the aged ssndAbeioved actor on whom
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19

Quintin attached himself to the fne
at the ticket window and awaited his
turn. He felt that the eyes of the
whole world were upon him, and ht
knew that this was the very proudest
moment Of his life. Suddenly he bent
down to recover the glove which had
dropped from his hand, and at the
same instant the man ahead swung
quickly around. bringing the corner OF
heavy suit case in violent contact
with Quintin's head.
Il beg your PARDON said the stran
ger as he returned Quintin's fallen hat
Il hope you are not hurt"
That's all right" said Quintin thick
y. staring daZedly at the man. Gave
me a COMPOUNDED headache, you know"
At the ticket window the man asked
him twice before Quintin gathered
himself together sufficiently to reply.
"One-Mirafores. he said. pushing
some money across the counter.
When the train pulled out he was
comfortably mapping ain his seat.
The conductor aroused him to punch
his ticket and thrust the pasteboard
IN a convenient place. and Quintin
nodded OF again, conscious that his
head was aching splittingly and that
press might go on and on forever
until 1t reached the end of the world
and then drop of into space. Quintin
did not know that these fantastic
thoughts were a legacy of the blow
he had received that evening. He knew
only two things. One was that Cynthia
Dewbury lived at Mirafores and that
his ticket bore the name of that beau
tiful residential city.
Quinin's people also lived at Mira
flores, and for years it had been his
habit to run down there every Satur-
day afternoon for the week end. 1t was
an hour out Of New York and the first
stop made by the limited express.
''Mirsfores - Mirafores!' sounded
from either end of the car, and. only
hslf awake. Quintfn aroused himself
and dragged down his suit case. got
into his overcoat. damned on his hat.
curious giances shot after him by his
fellow travellers who got of at the
same station. he left the train and
walked through the station TO the op-
posite side, where he boarded trolley
car for bis fathers house.
The car was of q obsolete type, and
as the little conveyance jigged along
the track its rocking motion accentuat-
ed Quintin's racking headache. He
had only a confused recollection Of the
of the day. but he could
piece together a few facts. the princi-
pal one Of which was that something
very unusual had occurred which had
now slipped his mind altogether. An
other matter that worried him was the
idea that he had left something be-
hind over and over again he counted
his belongings They were ca silly emu
merated-his suit easel umbrella and.
eonfound it, what was Snat other thing
which hescolld not relSember2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19
COURT HOUSE RECORD
ReaI Estate Transfers.

Guyer, White & Pope to John G. S.
Garbutt, lots and IS, block 224, New
Shops addition, East Moline. $3.50.
Harlem Cole to Moline Trust & Saw
ings bank, lots "a and IS. block 100,
East Moline. $4,000.
Karl Birkenmeyer TO Margaret F7ah-
eTty, lot 6, block 2. J. T. CampbeIl's
Sixteenth Street addition. South Rock
Island, $500.
Thomas Campbell to George ". Al
len. ct al. lot 1e. Csmpbells addition.
South Rock Island, s. 900.
Bernard E. Johnson TO Anna E. Lun-
deem, part lot {, block l, Smiths addi-
ton, Moline, s.. 500.
William G. Wul1. ct al. 70 William
P. Rediag. part SOUTHWEST quarter Sec
ton Il, II, 2w. s., 600.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19
April 19 in American
History

1721-Roger Sherman, ''signer'' for
Connecticut, born; died 1898.
1775-Beg1nning Of American RevoIu-
ton: battles at Lexington and Con-
cord, Mass. between British regu-
lars and American patriots.
1813-Benjan4n Rush, ''signer" for
Pennsylvania, died; born 1745.
1S61-Baltimore rioters attacked Il e
Sixth Massachusetts and Twenty
sixth Pennsylvania volunteers
marching to the defense OF Wash
ington-
1898 - Cuban Intervention resolution
passed congress; ultimatum to
Spain.
1906-Fires continued in San Francis
CO; many buildings dynamited
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-19
Philadelphia Record:

Pnnadeipma Record: In the Hi
nois house of representatives a strin-
gent county local option bill advocat-
ed by the ''drys" was defeated by So
nays to 60 ayes. On the same day,
by a vote OF ca to so, a bill Of the
''wets" repeating the present township
local option law was defeated. This
action is fairly illustrative OF the gen.
eral public sentiment at this time. The
people Of the country are tired Of
both extremes. The vets are too wet
and the drys too dry. There is a safe
middle ground between unlicensed IL
cense and Incorporate temperance.