The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-11-13
ENTIRE TREATY Zone
MAY Be MADE DRY ..
Orders Given Here, at Walker and At
Cass Lake Show That 1855 Docu- !,
ment Will Be Enforced.
WARNED OF Law VIOLATIONS
Protracted Litigation May Result if
Agents Go Further, Says Zoll-
man, St. Paul Lawyer.

So far as is known in Bemidji this
afternoon, saloons in only three
cities included in the territory coy
cred by the Indian treaty Of 1856
have been ordered to close in accord.
ance with provisions therein contain
ed, being this city, Walker, which
was the first to receive notice, and
Cass Lake.
This afternoon Special Agent Lar
son and Deputy Brandt left for some
point along the Red Lake line, their
destination not being known.
3 r; Warned Of Prosecution.
While only the saloons of three
places have been ordered to close, the
fact remains that the other saloons
of the 264 doing business in the
treaty territory will still be in viola
ton of the provisions Of the 1855
document should they re-
main open. The governments
order, as given here by Larson,
under instruction from Cato Sells,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in
forms saloon men that to remain
open after November 80 means that
they will be violating the treaty and
will be punished as provided by law.
Taking this point into consideration
It appears that if they are to avoid
prosecution, saloon owners in other
cities must close when those of the
three other towns do.
Make No Opposition.
The following summary of the
situation was authorized yesterday
by Fred w. Zollman, attorney for the
Brewers association:
If Federal agents confne their ac-.
tivities in enforcing the Indian
treaty lid Of 1855 to such towns as
Bemidji, Walker, Cass Lake, Bena
and Ball Club, it is likely that they
will meet with no opposition from
the State Brewers association and
the Business Mems Treaty commit
tee, of which Mayor Victor Power of
Hibbing is chairman.
Brewers Make Threat. ~.'
If Special Agent H. A. Larson,
representing Cato Sells, commission
er of Indian affairs at Washington,
attempts to extend the application
Of the supreme court decision of June
8 to cities unfrequented by the In
dians, protracted litigation will en-
sue - .-
. Applies to Bemidji.
Mr.. Zollman contends that the
United States supreme court in it's
decision in the suit brohght by W.,
E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, T. E. Brents
and H. F. Coggeshall against Edwin
Geralds, L. J. Krammer, Fred E.
Brinkman and others applies only to
Bemidji and new proceedings may
be brought for towns not in Indian
territory. " &c..
Would Affect Many Cities.
"While the language of the SUI
preme court decision indicates that
the treaty of 1855 is in force, the
court in the last paragraph Of its
opinion confines it's effect to Bemidii
alone,' said Mr. Zollman yesterday.
when the case was argued we
asserted that the effect of a decision
sustaining the treaty would include
the entire territory, and affect such
cities as Hibbing, Chisholm, Brain
erd, Grand Rapids and others distant
from Indian localities and not sub
ject to Indian yisitations.
Assistant Attorney General Wal
lace, who argued the matter for the
government, insisted that the deci-
sion of the court, if the treaty was
sustained, could and would only ap-
ply to Bemidji," Mr.. Zollman con-
tinued.
Only Inferential.
From the statement of Mr.. Wal
lace and the wording of the decision
itself, the warrant under which Spe-
cial Agent Larson seeks to close the
entire territory is only inferential.
The state should have absolute police
jurisdiction over this territory not
contiguous to Indian settlements and
our efforts will be directed towards
enforcing home rule in these sections
without interference from Federal
investigators.
Ribbon feed and hinged screen
for a new laundry mangle prevents
injury to the fingers of operators.