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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03

deficient public service.
Would any court of equity hold that be-
cause some ilhaved members of the family,
say, has been ostraszed and ignored by the
balance of his kir. he therefore loose his
hereditary rights in the parental patrimony
The County Board, bs its action OF i'll
structing its clerk ta forward the County,
phvsician's report to the Indian bureau at
Washington, hts very properly put the
whole subject up to the federal government
and it rests with its Indian service 10 give
the whole situation from it's early beginning
to the present condition of things, full
an 1 fair investigation; aad if, as no doubt
such investigation will show these Vieux
Desert Indians, OF Citizens, as you please,
have been imposed upon and practically
forged into their present deplorahle condl-
sion, by fault or neglect of the federal gov
of -ectifymg the wrong thus brought about.
This ''citizen' talk we hear much about
to any investigator, is. rather more bluff
than fact and has little relevancy to the real
Issue here. 1t is true, the .eYigencies of
local politics, with which those of us who
keep their eyes open to current events are.
fairly familiar, have engineered some. o.
these "citizens" to the polls and they have
voted, SO far as this maybe called voting,
but it such electoral farce constitutes citi-
zenship, in any proper or legal senae, than
any bum hee!er or BALLOT box stptfer, such
as we have had exempli6ed in those recent
Indiana and Illinois election revelations can
manufacture 1'cii.4sass inore expeditiousiy
than any court of record and justice. The
less said about these citizens and how
they became such the better.
The facts in nut shell here are--that
these Indians were, and are still, wrongly
deprived of their rights and benefits as guar
anteed them by the government and for this
they stand responsible and convicted in the
eyes of the nation for thus committing such
greyious wrong against people whose
rights they have guaranteed TO protect and
safeguard and have, appointed themselves
guardian over.
Gogebic tax payers should not be called
upon to establish special poor service, and
its special and extra expense in such mac
cessible locality, for these abandoned and
neglected reservation outcasts. And the
representatives of these taxpayers, our board
of Supervisors. cannot be expected to sim:
ply follow the say-so of some Indian agent
here, hence have properly prepared the way
for thorough inquiry by the powers high
er up at Washington (Bessemer Herald.
y. t.. esT5 A-s,s+N tt...
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03
Need The Assistandc OF It's Quad
ian
How Much Longer Is This TO Continue Indians
Rights Must Be Recognized.

From the inception OF American govern
m:nt the Indian, his status and treatment,
has been one Of the serious problems o.
contention in our internal aft ,:rs. and while
s4n:imentality AMI emotional expiJiants
h,vc done lis share. our Ii,isn policy will
not app-sj 10 the future historians as any
thing 10 brag over, IL fact, the decline.
f.l! and final extenction of poor Loo, will
read as sad, though less heroic. .. do the
pages of Gibbons Rome.
And Gogshic Courty, to he in the lime
Ii sht it seems has thrust upon it AL Indian
prohlam, less in magnistule of course, yet
equally complicated as to its cause and effect.
Some two months ago the coantv poor
authorities were startled by "a long tale of
woe from the federal Indian Agent at Bar
aga relative to the conditson of certain In
dians, alleged also to he 'scitizens" camp
ing, or squattng, as .he case may be, at
lake VieuxDesert AS in duty bound. our
county authorities took cognisance of the
complaint and that the conditions of these
Indians, or "citi.ens'' (for our. federal
agent seems to insist that nomadie Indian
and citizenship 60 hand in hand) Is decided
deplorabe, is fully established. y
And yet, it becomes proper to- inquire
where the responsibility rests for this con-
diti IN as founl, and which seems to have
existed, more or lesa., for generations hack.
Long before any Gogebic County was
thou sht of, this vieuxDesert region was
known to the early iur dealers and timber
scouts as the ont-of the way rendezvous for
''b ID Indians, and some equally bad white
men as weli.<whom their respectave tribes
on. .reservationsein this Upper Michigan and
Wisconsin hal practically expatria,ed and
as eutcasts forced to .cek their shelter with
this isolated retreat ~A.rhe very name in
proper French -VieuxD escrt. literally tran
slated in view OF the desert, tells its story
as most appropriately coined by some French
spe king hahbreed among its victims.
Why did not the Federal Indian service,
through its local agents, attend to and pre-
veat this brutal practice OF forcing bad
off the reservation TO live or starve as best
they could. And whether it did or not,
the now victims have hot lost their rights
in tribal benefits under anv true conception
of American law.
Wrong, even though long endured ol
acquiesced in, is wrong just the same.
To hold because OF direlection or indiffer-
ence of a guardian, such as the federal
government has constituted itself over the
Indian; his ward shall suffer in the bene6,
of the pa,ernal estate, is in this case but
opening eadeer to conversion and fraud
by those intent upon their own profit from
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03

SCHOOL OPENS
NEXT MONDAY
Big EnroiIments Of Children In Al
= Grades Expected.

On Tuesday, September 7th, ST. Mary's
school begins her thirty-third year. This
institution needs no commendatioi.' The
fact that her former pupils return from the
CITY to finish her course, shows plainly that
good things are appreciated .alang educa-
stional lines as well as elsewhere "A NUM-
Der of Mary's Last year S eight grade
pupils will return for ninth grade work.
Lorence Kelly, Of Duluth. Cecilia Grove.
Lillian Denomie and Sam Deloney, of our
own town being among the number. Mar
garet and Rose Geegan have also returned
from, Austin, MIMI. for the same reason.
This fact speaks loudly in favor of the edu
cational progress af our people, for some
years ago the boys and girls of Odanah
thought they were too old to go to school
when they had reached the age Of fourteen.
But there are still some parents who do not
realize that the loss of days school in a
child's life is almost incalcuable. others
still who think half days are of no import
ance whatever, forgetting that half days
make days and that days make weeks; still
others think it best to try every school they
hear of. The proverb: IA rolling stone
gathsrs no moss has no signihcation for them
After some years they wcnder why none Of
their children have not become teachers,
lawyers or doctors. If parents could or
they rob their children of by permitting
them TO miss school for anything but trnly
serious reasons truant officers would becon e
thing of the past, and not only would par
ents see that their children attended school
school five days out of every school week,
but theg would take some interest in their
home studies as we'll They would look
upon teachers as benefac,ors of the human
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03
WILL EXHIBIT AT
STATE FAIR
Wisconsin Reservation To
Have Agricultural Display
Supt. Daddy. Of Red Cliff, Reservation
VIII Have Charge Of DlspIsy.

On September 1s TO IL. we will have An
exhibitat the Wisconsin State Fair from
this reservation, Agent P. S. Everest in
forms us that a similar exhibit will be made
fro every reservation i'll the State and m.ll
be in charge of Superintendent j. w.
Daddy, Of the Red Cliff Reservation.
Space has been granted this exhibis in the
Stare Agricultural building with a specia
Aoor space This is the first time exhibit,
of this nature have heen made AT State
Fairs and shows that the Indians are co"l-
~ to the fair as farmers. The exhib
{ ON his reservation will without douut be
be as good as any sent from other reservat-
ions and of course, we axpect to get awLy'
with .ome of the prizes. 1t was only a few
We ,rs back when such a move could not
have tatcn place for the Simple reason there
were no farmer, from which to secure ex-
hibits, but today we hay: just as fine farms
as can be seen in the Northern Wisconsin
and hope with the aid OF Congress in secur-
ing road appropriation to have. many more
y
far homes and as good as is located on
the Ashland road. - Il
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03
lHE SOCIETY OF
AMERICAN INDIANS
VIII Meet At Lawrence Kansas
This Month
indians From Every Part OF The Country Are
Invited .@3@:

lady who 10 an attoruey-at-lAw; Arthur c.
Parker, Secretary of the Society, State
ArcheoIogist of New York and Senaca,
VIM. ]. Kershaw attorney, and a Menom-
inee Indian; Charles E. Dagenett, US.
Supervisor, Peoria and DR.. Carlos Mon
ezu,na, an Apache, of Chicago. The bra n
of the race will be at Lawrence and like
wise its heart, for it takes time and monty
and patriotic spirit TO draw together the,e
red men of many tribes. Everyone PAYS
his own expenses, unlike many convention
delegates.
The subject of the discussion AT Lawrence
will be s'Responsibility for the Red Man.
The Society will seek to determine how fax
the Indian should now be responsible for
his own affair, and It will seek 20 obtain an
opinion as TO what degree the government
is responsible for the failure of the ''Indan
policy and to what extent the state,
government and Indians themselves Can
contribute to bertering the conditions of
the race.
There will undoubtedly be warm debate
on the subjects of the reservation system"
the Indian Bureau ''Leasing of Indian
Land 50 "irtemperadce and the "Indian
School system. Muehstim will be de-
voted to the problem of citizenship. Oddly
enough the legal statues, of the Indian as a
race has never been determined, and an In
dian travelling across the country may be a
federal ward in one state. citizen in another,
ward of the state in another and have no
status whatever in another. The Indian al
Lawrence is going to insist that heH be al
lowed by congress to know who and what
he is.
One Of the outcomes of the Lawrence
conference will be Proclamation b, the
President of The Society of American IN
dians of a holiday known ~ "American
Indian Day" day to be strictly observed
by all Indians and by students and friends
of the race. Congress may be asked to
recognize the holiday. -,
Among the leaders OF the Society ar:
several prominent Wisconsin Indians Hon.
VIM. ]. Kershaw of Milwaukee is vice
president and Dennison Wheelock of Yves,
Depere is the attorney. ~
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03

race, and mutually cooperate with them in
everything concerning the welfare of their
children, then the Gollen School Age will
have dawned and in the meantime let the
present generation help pave the way.
Would you work for God, would You
work for Christ, would yon work for your
country, would YOU work for humanity
God in bis wonderful providence has brought
l,isawork and laid it down at your very
doors; it is in your home; it is in your tami-
~, it is in the school which j our child al
tends. 'fs
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03

Once again the Indians OF the United
'tates are gathering their forces for great
BLEEDING Kansas" has been
hosen as the state on which the red men
lescend and lawrence, the home of John
brown, will be the city of their visitation.
hey will come subtly armed for fight in
.ehaif of their national rights and for their
l,sponsibilities as American men and
',men.
United their old time councils or raids
ron settlements they will come as college
d professional men, as teachers, farmers,
ofessors, congIessmen, scientists, editors,
|,.rks and stockmen, armed with facts and
III intellectual weapons only. The scene
Itheir council Kansas University, where
II be held the annual Conference of the
A.iety ot American Indians, on Sept. ,2sth
A.h 4s~.s. m ,f'''r
Iost o. the leading Indians Of the country
members of this organization and with
sm are enrolled as associate members
,dreds of prominent citizens, both men
| women. Six college presidents are
ssociate Indians and editors, army men,
lcators, scientsists and plain citizens by
i,res and hundreds are backing mp. the
.iety of American Indians in its fight for
Fl.ter conditions for the red race. The
ciety has no connection with the Indian
rcau in Washington, although. it has
ladquar,ers in the Barrister EBuilding,'
ashington, where it watches the move Of
ngress and other bodies that control In
n affairs.
4 So successful has the Society been in ar
sing the members of the Indian race that
received the warm commentator OF ex-
.sideut Taft and its delegations have been
lrdially received at the White House by
esident Wilson.
I The Indians who are coming to Lawrence
! the end of September are such men and
omen as, DR.. Cherries A. Eastman. the
ted Sioux writer, Rev. Sherman Coolidge.
.ssident of the Society of American In
ans, 4 full blood Arapahoe; Hon. Charles
Carter, Congressman from Oklahoma,
Chickasaw; John Oskison' one time as
,ciate Editor of Golfers, = Cherokee;
/ farie L. b. Baldwin, brilliant Chippews
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03
A. G. Starr Hears from Walsh.

A G. Starr, the fast little second sacker
received letter this week from Ed Walsh,
of the Chicago, White Sox i'll which he
sends his best regards to. JAKE The "Big
Moose" has not forget his little Indian
"pal'' and always finds time to write 4
hine.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03
We're Married ct Duluth.


Mr.. Matt Mourich and Mrs. S. d. Den
omie. both Of this village were married at
Duluth last week. Mr.. Mourch is engineer
on the A. O, & M R'y, while Mrs. Den
ome is the proprietor of the hotel Dcnomie
They stole a march on their many friends
and qui,ely slipped away and got the knot
tied. We have not as yet smoked Matt
Better come across. Their will make thet
home in this village.
Fl. A. Greeley transacted business in
Ashland this weeks
day afternoon:
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03

VIM. Soulicr and sister Miss Anrie, at
tended the funeral of their grandfather.
A. Soulier. who died at Bayfield, this
week,
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03
IN Line WITH = /.
MILITARY MOVE
Will Attempt to Organize In
dian Militia
Movement Started For Such Al Or
sanlzation ThrOt shout Country.

Movement is on foot looking 70 the end
for the organization Of national Indian
Miiitis, throughout the country to be main
.tained by the government and if it is sue
eessful will mean the drilling for service
about $50, 600 Indians. 1t is the idea to
each year TO have this body Of men meet the
the same as the State Militia for 10 days,
and receive Instructions ffom army men
This move is in line with the present Mil
itary move throughout the country and will
be of great value to the Indian. On each
reservation one company will be orgarized
and equipped.
While no credit has been given the In
dian for his patriasm still he is always ready
TO fight 70, old glorv. It Certainly will be
a move that if successful will be taken UP
by the Indian eagerly.
Vic Walker transacted business in the
County Capitol the first of the week.
Ed Day was in the Garland CITY We'd
nesday afternoon. s.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03
Card Of Thanks.

We wish To thank tie many friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted us in the
sickness aud death of our son and brother
and for the beautiful flowers sent.
Mrs. Mary Brauregard
and family.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-03

Rev. ]. w. Halliday was in Ashland the
irst of the week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

Bingham dresses for school wear at
Vaughan's.
To Rent-Electric vacuum cleaner. C.
n Kenyon & Co.
The regular monthly meeting of the
trustees of the Barre City hospital will
be held in the school commissioners
room Wednesday evening at o'clock.
Regular meeting of Jumpers. boxers
and derrickmen, No. so, will be held in
Foresters' hall Tuesday evening, April 10,
at 1880. Per order Corresponding Secre-
tary Thomas Holder.
The advance sale of tickets indicates
that large number of Barre people
will take advantage of the opportunity
to see and hear Alton Packard Saturday
evening, April IL, at the opera house.
All are beginning to realize that Alton
Packard is not cheap vaudeville artist,
but one of Americas foremost sketch
artists. He simply illustrates rapidly on
a large scale the work which he does
in his own study to amuse thousands
through our leading newspapers. All
who are selling tickets are asked to re-
port at the Baptist church Wednesday
afternoon between the hours of $3.50 and
$50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-13

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-13

LEFT HUSBAND WEDDING DAY.
That Was 10 Years Ago and Woman,
Now Is, Wants a Divorce.

| Rutland. April l3.--Married at tn,
age of 10 years. when she was still il
short dresses and wholly ignorant of tn,
ways OF the world, Ruby +. Merriam
| Hayden told a strange story in Rutland
county court yesterday afternoon in
asking Judge T.. l.. Waterman for the
annulment of her marriage to Jane,
Sumner Hayden, whose whereabouts are
at present unknown. Mrs. Hayden has
been living in this city for the last
| 10 years, since her being united with
Mr.. Hayden, but with the exception OF
n few days directly following the cere-
mony she has never seen her husband
| Furthermore she told the court she had
never wanted to see him and they have
never corresponded. After hearing
the testimony of Mrs. Hayden and Mrs.
Charles Beebe of the town of Rutland,
by whom she has been employed for the
last five years, the petition was grant
ed.
In telling her story in answer to ques-
tions put by her counsel, Attorney b.
l.. Stafford. Mrs. Hayden, who is now
only Is years old and good looking, said
she lived with her mother at Bridgewat
er Corners. Mr. Hayden came to the
village and at the end of two weeks,
during which time he paid considerable
attention to Mrs. Merriam, the girls
mother, il was suggested by the mother
that the girl, then but - years old and
Mr.. Hayden be married. He was about
40 years old according TO the testimony.
Up TO this time his attentions had
been directed more towards the mother
than the daughter. but in spite Of this
fact, Mrs. Merriam and Mr.. Hayden
day and secured the marriage license,
the mother signing the necessary papep
giving consent TO the ceremony.
Miss Merriam and Mr.. Hayden
drove to Woodstock on the following
afternoon and they were married. ON
the way back home, Mrs. Hayden left
the carriage in which they were riding
and walked 10 the home Of her uncle
and aunt and there she says she learned
for the first time the seriousness Of her
step. She returned 20 her home but had
nothing whatever TO do with Mr. Hayden
and soon after she came 10 Rutland and
since then she has never seen or heard
from her husband. She told Judge Wat
erman she did not understand what she
was doing when she consented 10 the
marriage and she told the court her &C
lion was advised by her mother, who IL
now said 10 he living in Bethel The
girls father died before she was born.
Mrs Charles Reche on the stand told
of the good reputation Of the Petitioner.
She has been in her household for five
years
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-13
ENTERTAINED ON ANNIVERSARY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eliakim Bigelow of Stowe
Married so Years. AZ

Stowe, April l2.-Mr. and Mrs. Eliakim
Bigelow gave reception at their home
on West Branch yesterday afternoon in
honor of the 50th anniversary of their
marriage, which took place at the home
of Mrs. Bigelow's parents, Captain and
Mrs. Ebenezer Barrows, in Morristown
April II, 1865, Rev. Mr.. Cox of the Meth
odist Episcopal church performing the
ceremony.
Mr.. lAgelow, who was one of the 10
children of Jonathan b. and Relief New
hall Bigelow, was born in Conway. Mass,
in 1910. In 1852 he went to California
by way Of the isthmus, which was crossed
by steamers up the Chagres river and
the remaining distance on foot. He
passed two years and q half mining for
gold in Colorado and one and one half
years in farming in Permisso valley, near
San Francisco, returning by way of the
isthmus, then crossed by railroad in 1856.
He returned to Stowe in 1858, entering
the employ of Lascherus Zachens Handy.
In 1859 he married Mr. Handy's daugh-
ter, Miss Sarah Jane Handy, who died
in 1854, leaving three children, of whom
Miss Mary J. Bigelow, teacher in Sa-
teacher in the Franklin, N. H., Orphans
home, survive. Mrs. Bigelow was born
on the Wilkins farm adjoining the Handy
farm in l84l, and spent her life previous
to her marriage in Stowe and Morris
town. Only two of their children sur
vive, Miss Anna l.. Bigelow, who resides
with her parents, and Miss Susan A.
Bigelow for Is years teacher in the pri-
mary department of the Stowe graded
school. Their oldest daughter, Sarah r.,
died many years ago. son, DR.. Edwin
T. Bigelow, a graduate of the University
Of Vermont Medical college, and for sew
eral years practicing physician in VOL
rott, died in 1905. Several other children
died in infancy.
Mr.. Bigelow has been a successful
farmer and is a philosophical citizen
and much respected. He represented
Stowe in the legislature of lso4-ls95. A
large number of friends and townspeople
and fellow members of Mortified Noun
tain grange attended the reception.
Among those from ont of town We're the
daughters, Miss Mary Bigelow of Salem,
md Miss Addie of Franklin, n. H.. w. X.
Bigelow of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
?. Bigelow of Middlesex, r. +. Barrows,
Mr. and Mrs j.. G. Barrows and Miss
}ele Barrows of Morrisville The Misses
3lyira, Gale. Mildred Gale and Daisy Ma !
room served refreshments. Many gifts !
II gold were left as testimonials of re-
pect by those present. A poem was
written for the occasion by Mrs. Mary /
\. Jenny of Stowe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-13

Special laces and hamburgs at the
Vaughan Store.