The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23

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:. We BrattGst as sais.st ais.st the passage OF
the ~leaas Eatao fsseentained in the billy
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. : Esch, being II Ri,
14114riahdw geTf2,, which are now
pending before the Committee on In.
oian Affairs of the. House. Of Repra4,
sentatiyes. 49,. So ~ : y y
!. "A 4 ), brief history Of the issues in<
kHolHed shows Fhateby the Enablins
Act. oflS46, the State, of WISCONSIN
was granted section i s in each towns
ship which. Was not "sold OF other.
wise disposed of. for the SUPPORT SOC,
schools. The chippewa Indians seseied'
the lands ia question fo@ The United
States by treaty of 1s43, reserving
for themselves 8 j. the usual. privileges
OF occupalncy.".., q Ihe Iadians, .hayings
DECIDED ecs:ided3 not tssarennave elsewhere, tAfv
United .;StatesS by: treaty Of September
ssH, 1861, re2eededstiie lands to the
tribe fo1 tsles fefa4aandrt fii6ssfe. fif - The
sfntesa !. @ : sis4a a;.g l ls
sections sec. Ie9 IS Nithia the RESERVATIONS
/. established s 1ol ,shS treaty of s.18l4
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t.. Several tracts oEr thssfsL8ssd gsia.
Isections-l6 Of: the Bad RiwefsReserxa-
I.tion were allotted tt, ssto the members OF
the tribe in 1905, and the priviregs
accorded the allottees saof:aeutffhg sire
pine timber growing thereon. ere TEey TbEty
Stearns Lumber company as '' GRANTEES s
! of, the state soon4.afterward instituted
suits against the2. aflottses in, which
they iolafhT title; ;tto 'thc sectionss1s,v j.
The sBi1f,"H: r: '14114;3. provides fors
the. withdrawal and settlement by
Congress. Of tie litigation Instituted
by the Stearns. company in 1908
against these. allottees. The bills, FL.
R. G3S26, seth Congress, and S. $685.
t1St Congress, second session, con-
tained similar provisions. After. the
facts connected with the attempted
passage Of S. 5sS5, above referred to
were called to the attention of the
Commission OF Indian Affairs, that
official recalled his approval of the
bill which had been transmitted by
him to the Committee on Indian
Affairs of the House.
We have urged upon the Depart
nlent of Justice the desirability Of
prosecuting the cases now pending to-
final judgment which were flied by
the Ste ,rns Lumber company. SO as
! to determine the rights of the Indians
to the end that they may feel secure
I in their title to the allotted lands
within sections Is Of their reserva-
tion.. b"
These suits result in delay in MAX
ing further allotment OF the land in
question:, and afford an opportunity
to secure Legislation which would
relegatc to Congress the right.,to de-
tern1ine. the law applicable in the
contention for title between the state
and the Indians, To these lands.
, Although almost four years have
passed since the Stearns Lumber
company filed. the suits. little. or
nothing has heen done, no hearing
upon the merits of the causes have
been presented to court. and this
Notwithstanding the fact tnat the.
United States has been urging that
they be brought to trial. The attor-
rey for the stearns Lumber cont
pany advised the Department of
Justi.es the first week III December
last. that If no action was secured ia
washingtcns p. c.. within sixty days.
from that 1atc whereby the eases
could be settled out of court. that
they would lie prebared to go to tr.ai
ut tile April. 1s1 z,rstefnl Of the COURT
The. foregoing expfains,stlie urgency
with which the pending legislation ;s
sought to be approved of ~ the Com
tconfinned to Last Psge