El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-15
NO MORE IS 4 "GOOD INDIAN 4 DEAD
INDIAN" OAGENETT CHANGES THAT

I America.
Has Solved the Indian Problem.
In the dark ages Of indian affairs in
/ the United States, when drunkenness.
/ slOshfulness and laziness were person.
ned IN the once noble aborigines. there
I was q little rspOOSe playing on the res
! erTatlon Of the indian nation in
IS now Oklahoma. That was Dagenett
/ the man who has solved the indian p-ob-
I lem by making the indian self support
| ing and thereby self respecting. To-Day
! practically all Of the indian tribes are
: employed at some useful occupation. In
[ the southwest the Apaches. CoccDahs.
4umas and NavaiOs are used on fhe
| railroads, IN the reclamation service
I protests and in other outdoor constr7lc-
llOn work. In the northwest the indian
! Is one OF The best irrigation engineers
TO De obtained In the north woods he
IS employed as p loETer for the biz Irrm-
Der camps. and a white man would die
me second day trying to do the work
That one of the big north woods indians
does IN a day and then dance all night
Just by way Of relaxation.
When the Salton sea was being Gre
aled BY the runaway Colorado. and the
Mexican labor which had been imported
nom Mexico City proved to be a sad and
expensive failure. the indians from the
Yuma reservations. under command Of
Charles Dagenett. saved the project from
failure and gave back the Impe7ial val
lev 10 California and to the country at
large. Dagenett is the little father Of
the American tribes. for he has provided
them with the means of restoring them
selves and their children to the high
level which the aboriginal indian main
tanned in America Ten wears sgO a ges
string was the full dress SCOT Of the
southwestern indian. Today he owns
his own irrigated ranch. works IL with
his sons and relstives, rides TO town in
automobiles and Is an independent. peace
ful citizen
Good Indian Not a Dead Indian.
The nan VINO SAID that a good indian
was dead indian had not met Dagenett
De is the Invest indian in America, and
be has done 50 much good that ne would
be elected president Of the United States
u the indian vote could put him tlrNre.
he has reversed the motto and created
another which reads that a good indian
is working indian, and TO prove it, he
has plC all OF the indians he can get
TO work and IS making good Indians
faster than the indian fighters of the
old DAYS did with their heap big smoke
sticks"
Just now, Dsgenett is planning to fur
nish skilled artisans for the Elephant J
Butte project. As rapidly as the trained
indian bows are graduated from the in !
dian schools employment is obtained for
them, and there are now a number of I
skilled mechanics. Dure blood indians. at /
work at the dam Mr.. Dagenett's head I
quarters are IN Denver. his home in Al I
buquerque and his territory the country I
at large. He left Fl Paso for Yuma, 4
will go from there to the north woOds Of
New York TO get the sprihp lumber
camps supplied with crews. then return
to the southwest in time to supply Ia
bOrers Tor the railroad and reclamation
service construction projects.
At Denver the supervisor Of indian
employment mas a force of steBoTaphers,
clerks and assistants who are kept at
OrlS at high speed. For relaxation from
the strain Of bossing a country full of
indians Dagenett motors over the Denver
roads He certainly is one busy little
indian.