Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
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ishsd q new house, Just across from the
old day school Il has two rooms ana
q chimney and Is neatly lathed ana
plastered. He will probably build on
another room later. Harry lived IN q
house before but this IL a great I'M
provement over his old house. One o.
the boys. married some time ago, VIII
probably have the old house.
John Peet is the son Of old Pe-ta-
te-qua and his new house is near that
tof g. H. Chuck, He and his family
and his father, "Old Pete" live there
! together. The three-roomea house OF
G. H. Chuck has been built but little
over a year.
Onawat's house, which was built
about two years ago, has this fall been
enlarged to twice its former size py
George Mitchell, returned student
from Haskell. George has been legally
married by Rev. Mr.. Smith and is llv-
ing there with the old people and he is
working and Is a progressive young
man.
| William Wanatee, who has lived III
a house for several years, has repaired
his old house this fall and added an
| other room to it. Two other houses
stand near by in the same yard, one
/ occupied by John Jones. his son-in-
! law. and the other by Henry Wanates,
his son. The Wanatees are fine
bunch OF Indians and are doing things.
! Their group of houses and corn cfiss
/ look like little town, and take notice
that the cribs are fun OF corn. Is
William Davenport, who received his
education at the Hampton school IN
-
and c!canest house on the reservation.
( The floors are covered with linoieum.
Pictures ana school remnants Gone OF
cid Sac and Fox by the way are
hanging on the neatly papered walls.
William is one of those fellows VINO
keeps out Of trouble. saws wood. minds;
his own business and takes good care
of his family He has recently built on
q kitchen and made his place still
more comfortabi BILE and tlonelike.
Besides the houses which have fe-
Gently been built or remodeled few
sethers deserve mention. Joseph lesson,
who built the arst house among the
INDIANS. had his house renodeied and
an addition built on two years ago ana
had ii ali painted. He now has an
eisht-roo,n house. This with their good
barns and outbuildinzs and garage
that's what l said, CARA ge-n,ake quite
a settlement.
James PoWeshiek has lived in his
house for several years and is maxim;
plans to have ii enlarged ami fixed o. o.
as soon as possible. He has two boys
who nave been away to school ana VINO
have both been earning good wages
this summer at their trade. 1het
painted the mission building and the
old day school and worked at tnelr
trade in both Tana and Toledo. tie
has always sent his children to scnoo
and is progressive Indian.
Sam Lincoln has a three-roomed
house which he is preparing to relnode
and move nearer TO the land he
working up on the west end of the
reservation. Sam Is worker. III
has had considerable sickness of iatt
but there are coed times ahead FOL
him yet.
Among some of the others who are
living in houses are Young Bear. Johr
Allen. Alfred Keahna, John Waitona
see. Charlie Davenport, Macintosh
George Ward, John Scott. Jim Mama
sab, Old Harry Davenport Captain
Jefferson, and Jim Eagle. Several o
these have plans under consideration
, for making improvements to thei
houses The thing is getting popular
Sam Lineoln's and Jim PoWeshiek'
+ houses are the only ones now standtni
which have more than one room ant
which have not been either built neS
, or remodeled within the past tw'
, years. The ten houses built or remod
. eled during the past year contain NOR
+ rooms and more chimneys than tn
: other twenty houses which have beef
built for a longer time.
II A third of the houses on the reser
: walton have either been built or re
modelled within the past year. And GU
: slogan for the new year Is Pushetone
qua and Jim Peters in a neat littl
house of their own before anothe
Christmas.
Did you know that there are thirt
houses on this reservation Wit
shingled roofs and board floors an
2 with cook stoves in them? Almost ex
: actly one-half Of these Indians nov
), live in permanent houses and do nc
c shift about with the seasons.
2 The half of the tribe which live
:. houses during the past season hav
+ planted and cared for $50 acres {
RI crops and have raised over 1000 bush
: els of corn and $500 bushels Of oat
. while the half Of the tribe who live !
2 shacks and reed huts have planted les
: than 200 acres Of land and raised nj
over 5000 bushels OF corn and Est
bushels of oats. And II may be nc
= ticed that the half of the Indians LIN
u ing in houses have raised about tirt
q times as many bushels Of grain as II
10 half which do not live in houses, an
!, that they also raised mere bushels G
q. an acre.
n Progress is the word. The boom
% on. Come, let's Join hands, and ro
e for the Mesquakie.
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