The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
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MEETS WITH APPROVAL: OF THE DEPT
|appropriation For Roads Hard Pro-
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The following letter. received from,
Senroot by Mr.. Obern and submitted
. us by him for publication, gives a
umInary report Of his~work since he,
Yas here:
Washington, D. c., Jan. II, 1914.
I'm. Obern,
Odanah, Wis.
y. Dear Mr. Obern:-
f. this morning had conference
.ith the Indian Office regarding the
ad River matters and am glad to
form you that the Depaatment now
.nsents to equal division of the pro-
eds as. recommended Shy the coun-
| when l was there. l will take
up with Senators EG Toilette and
app and do not think there will be
iy opposition from them when I ex-
ain matters to them.4
AS to the matter 90 approval of
ne unallotted members of the sale
f timber, the Department agrees
hat, it will have no objection to q
revision going into the bill providing
hat before the sale is>made it shall
e submitted to the unallotted In
ians for their recommendation as to
pproval. The Department is un-
iliing that it shall be absolutely
ound by this recommendation for
1e reasons that stated to the'coun.
Il at Odanah. However, think that
the matter is submitted for their
>comm endations it will really an
yer the purpose, for that will give
he Indians an opportunity to present
lefr objections to the Department if
acre be any, to the sale before the
ale is approved by the Secretary Of
ne. Interior.
I also had up the Odanah town site
natter and 1 do not think there will
e any difficulty in securing rec
ntmendation of the Department to
he passage of the bill introduced by
Senator Clapp some years ago, with
he Objectionable provision as to
liquor being strilen out, the provision
o take it's place that the same re-
.trictions as to liquor Shall prevail to
his town site that prevail generally
lpon reservations.
Upon the question of roads, there
s going to be serious difficulty in.
securing any appropriations. The
states there are now
25 reservations making the same .re-'
puest for roads and that the total
runs into a. very large sum, much
araer than Congress would be will
me, to appropriate, that to attempt
20 secure a specific appropriation for
he Ped River Reservation would
mean q like appropriation for the
,ther "a reservations which Would be
so large an amount of money that
Congress- as at present constituted,
would undoubtedly refuse to grant
hem. / made the suggestion that
n view of this situation, that instead
II 9rying to get appropriations for
.pecffic reservations, which in tho
ight of these facts wbuld seem i'm
,ossible. that we attempt to in
.ugurate the policy of each year
making an appropriation in bulk to
Sc used by the Secretary of the In
erior in his discretion for. the build
ng of roaas upon Indian Reserva-
ions. That would mean a moderate
;um, each year and would be very
much better than nothing at all. ]
IN going to suggest TO Senators La
collette and Clapp thatthey endeavor
o secure a general appropriations In
he Indian bill of 100000 to be used
v the Secretary of the Interior for
ne building Of roads upon Indian
.esarvaticns, as ne may deem best.
successful in this, lit will surely
can that the Bad River Reservation
i'll get something each year for the
rpose of road building.
Again going back to the timber
position. the Department is going