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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-10

the rolls, and also to play upon
the cupidity of the full-bloods who
believed that if large number of
mixed bloods were stricken from
the rolls the annuity payments
would be increased accordingly;
also that if this belief could be
kept up he coullin this way in
duce Indian witnesses to testify to
anything he might suggest to
them.
Tnos. Shearman was sent
here as a special representative of
the Interior Department, and he
violated his instructions by calling
upon the tools of Burch and his
gang and inducing them to sign a
petition.
While the enrolment cases were
pending in the Court of Claims
this mai Sherman made report
with the view no doubt of preju
diciDg the court, but it had no
effect as against the respondents
as it was intended.
Mr.. Daniels, whose sympathies
caused him to be led into innumer-
Gus errors, kept up the Burch tao
tics after his initiation by Harper.
who was dismissed from the SER
vice for violation of the United
States statutes, but as the former
has also been transferred it is
quite probable that more than a
dozen suits will be tried during
the next six or seven years. At
least some reliance should be
placed upon the intentions of the
Department of Justice to rely
hereafter simply upon the merits
of each case now pending before
the master in chancery.
Furthermore, since the respond
ents have been reinstated in their
|rigbts and which they have he'd
since their births, some more than
seventy years ago, there is a gen.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-10

FOR SALE-I wish to announce
that my property in White Earth,
consisting of the lot and building
which was formerly the Chippewa
State Bank, is for sale. Address,
Mrs. Mary Perrault, White Earth,
MINI. u ". -.., ...,s,,.s.7s
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-10
The Right Has Prevailed,

Although the administration has
been somewhat tardy in its dis
position of the attacks made upon
the rights of eighty-six members
of the White Earth bands by NJ.
G. Burch assisted by a few ignor-
ant warehouses; and one mixed
blood employee, the question at
issue was finally settled last week
by decision of The Secretary of
the Interior.
No one who is familiar with the
attacks made upon the rights of
certain members of this reserva-
ton believed that the final result
would be otherwise than it was.
and all know the motives which
we're back of these attacks. -.
The plain and upcontrovertible
truth regarding the enrolment
cases was that NJ. @. Burch had
only one purpose in view when he
initiated the attack upon the
rights of the respondents, and this
was to try and subjugate B. L..
Fairbanks and the publisher Of
The ToMAHAwK, and to thus try
and prevent them, through THE
ToMAHAwK, from exposing furth-
er his despicable and questionable
methods of prosecuting the land
suits of this reservation for the
purpose Of prolonging his en-
ployment, which Daniels could not
straighten out but which no doubt
the latter's successor will be able
to do, because he has the reputa
ton of being not only a good law
yer but a fair man, and he will
rely only upon the merits of the
suits to settle them. s.ss,ss5s
After Burch's ignominous fail
ure to sustain frivolous charge
before the United States court at
Fergus Falls against B. l.. Fair
| banks and the publisher of THE
ToMAHAwK and other members of
this reservation, he Immediately
attacked their rights as members
of the Minnesota Chippewa bands,
and charged that they belonged to
the Wisconsin bands. In this con-
tention he induced, with the aid of
Special Agent Shearman, who was
sent to this reservation by the
Secretary Of the Interior to in
vestigate the matter, twelve or
fifteen persons, principally ware
housers, to sign a petition for the
''Purification of the Chippewa
Roll" and several of these per-
sons repudiated the petition upon
the grounds that it was misrepre-
sented when read to them, at the
hearings before Mr.. Shearman.
1t is hard to say now which was
the worst, NJ. G. Burch, the petit
Jogging lawyer, or Thos. Shear
man, the hypocrite.
If there had been any desire on
the part of Burch to really purify
the Chippewa rolls he would not
have confined himself to two men,
bers of the Beaulieu and Fair
banks families, but would have ill.,
Guided all of the members of these
families even those who remained
neutral in the disputes upon this
reservation and many others whose
parents had drawn script and
which was the alleged basis of his
attack upon the respondents. In
stead of doing this, he actually
got f. Duane Porter, who was
himself a scripee according to the
records of the script book, to sign
the petition against the Beaulieu
and Fairbanks families, and whose
! rights outside of being a scripee
could be questioned according to
the decision of the United States
Circuit Court in the Cakes ct al.
case.
Burch had other motives be-
sides those mentioned for attack
ing the respondents, and these
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-10

NOW is the time to pay yoLr
subscription.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-10

Entered at The POstof1ice at White
Earth, Mimi, as mail matter OF the
second class.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30
CENTURY.

Century, April 29.-Mr. Harry Nc
David Of Montgomery, is the guest Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nc
David, Sr. His many friends are de-
lighted To see him.
DR.. and Mrs. Gator have as the5r
guests, Mrs. Gators mOthur and so
sisters, who arrived on Thursday last,
to spend several days.
Miss Mary Ann Bradley Is visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. McLendon of
Canoe, Ala.
There viii be an Easter celebration
on Sunday night at the Baptist
church. A most interesting program
is promised.
Rev. w. J. Boutsrse win preach
Sunday morning at the Methodist
church Some special music has been
prepared for this service.
Gardens and flowers and vege-
tables are flourishing in our little
town. The flower gardens Of Mrs
j. r. Bradley and Mrs. Albert Nc
David are especially pretty, also Mrs
Barwick's.
Say Ellen N, how about flower
garden for your depot here.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30
NOTICE

to ladies' for spring house cleaning,
| have fine selection of 19t WALL
PAPERS in Stock and for the finer
grades the best sample books in the
city, also all kinds of wall tinting
colors, window glass. We also offer
the best of service for doing your
work.
e. B. WELLS,
Is West Government Street.
Phone IT'S.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30
TO DRIVE TICK
FROM ". FLORIDA
SENTIMENT GROWING STRONG
Err EVERY DAY-BANK CON-
TRIBUTES TO DIPPING VAT
FUND IN WALTON COUNTY.
The tick must goI

The tick must goi
All over West Florida the senti-
lent is growing.
The people are beginning to realize
more and more every day that this
section of the country isn't big
enough for both the tick and pros
perlty.
As indicating the popular trend,
the following is clipped from the De
Funiak Breeze, describing how the
Cawthon Bank, by donating $500 to-
wards the construction of dipping
watts, is endeavoring to make Wal
ton county tick-free:
President w. L. Cawthon, of the
Cawthon State Bank authorizes the
publication of the following PROPOSE
ton made by that bank to help in the
fight against the cattle tick:
The Cawthon State Bank win adj
vance $500 to construct dipping watts
In various parts of the county, pre-
ferably one in each Commissioner
district in such locations as may be
directed by the Board of County Com
missioners, until the tax proposed to
be levied by the board for tick eradi-
cation, shall be collected, on payment
of four per cent interest; that is the
bank viii donate one half the interest
up to that amount on condition that
either two of the Commissioners or
any two responsible citizens in each
commissioners district will endorse
the notes and agree to pay the inter-
est"
We haven't asked the bank, but we
believe that it will take the Breeze as
one of the two in this district and we
stand ready to sign the note.
The tick must go and this is one
of the signs Of the fact.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30
CRoMANToN


Cromanton, April 29.-We are now
realizing that summer is with Us
again.
Mrs. Maugre fell and hurt herself
severely last week, but is getting
along as well as can be expected.
A. B. Landegraf is making some
good improvements on the south
beach.
The Grand Army Corps and Ladies'
Relief Corps Of Panam City made
sortie up East Bay last Thursday
to prove their preparedness. They
made successful landing on Palmet-
to Point and captured the Mosher
bungalow with its inmates and only
relented when the cavity Of their
stOmachs were wen filled. All ap-
peared to enjoy themselves to the
fullest capacity and are very anxious
to be sent after Villa.
The auto route between here and
Port st. Joe appears to be a success.
An extra auto has been added for
emergencies.
Our saw mills on the bay are piling
up lumber, but vessels are needed to
carry it away.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30
VALUE OF FARM
LANDS INCREASING
By J. W. Crazy, Bluff Springs Florida.

The same principals govern every
phase and walk of life. The farmer
that depends upon one crop only for q
source of revenue can not be as sue
cessful as the one who practices di-
versification. This has been the case
with the southland for years. Cotton
is an illustration. The south had but
one crop and therefore, but one re-
source. When cotton failed, diversi-
fication was necessary, hence the
corn club for boys, canning and pig
clubs for girls and boys, and many
other great movements to produce
revenue for the home, for if the home
demands are supplied, then there is
surplus to dispose of, the farm is
progressing, but this must be the
case if the farmers are successful,
as every part of the farm must give
something towards its support and
the burden thus divided all along,
from the field to flower garden. We
need more farmers in the country, we
have the lands, sunshine and water
as pure as possible for dame nature
to brew.
We are glad that the county fair
win be confined to the county again
this year, and it is the duty of every
farmer to feel that through this great
movement he is being improved, and
everyone bear his share of the burden
in getting up a display, not only from
. point of prize consideration, but TO
prove our ability TO produce different
varieties Of all kinds Of valuable
farm revenues.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30

Figures showing the increase in
:. lands value, authorized by the
rrUraent of agriculture, show the
: -: North Atlantic states, 10
? increase; eastern part Of
n atrial, 8 per cent; western
pa forth central states, IL per
cev -5uth Atlantic states, Is per
cent; south central states, II per cent,
the far western states, II per cent.
Thus, we see the farm lands in the
South Atlantic section have increased
in value nearly one-fifth.
Figures are not compiled from
lands that are suitable for cultivation,
but from lands that are under fence
and are in actual cultivation, or part
ly so and this explains why taxes
have been increased on all farms and
fenced lands everywhere, and why
the price per acre has been increased
for speculative purposes, while the
producing power of the land has not
been materially increased, thus max
ing those who are actually engaged
in developing the possibilities of our
soils by cultivation, bear an unequal
share Of the taxes.
If a piece of land is fenced and
scratched over, it is said to be in cul-
tivation, but really the land is full
Of stunps and roots and can hardly
be considered in a state for cultiva-
ton. Where is the justice that makes
such distinction as to land values,
as improved and unimproved are now
exists. Is it fair that a man work
increasingly ON small piece of land
building him home, thus by his toll
and frugality showing what the soil
win produce, while only fence may
separate this little home from large
acreage that has been enhanced in
value at least four or five hundred
per cent by the development Of the
adjoining cultivated tract, while as a
source of revenue the uncultivated
lands are at the lowest values or ten
to twenty times below the prices de-
manded If purchased.
There are four principles Of taxa
ton, and where any one Of these prin-
ciples are broken, the whole chain is
shattered.
LIST. Every man should pay taxes
or contribute to the support of the
government. End. This contribution
should be so used or spent for the
good and comfort of the people, and
last, no more taxes should be levied
or collected than needed 70 defray the
expense Of the government IN a iu-
dicious and economical way for per
manent Improvement and advance
ment.
We have . great southland and as
a nation, we are making new his
tory; conditions are presenting them
selves that have to be met with care
full deliberation and thought, our leg
islation and executive departments
have problems to confront, that we
have never seriously considered, and
what actions are taken must be de-
cisive and at the same time not op-
pressiye, and the great problem Of
taxation as the means to carry out
our plans and hold our position, is
we must be progressive, yet mus
use all care and diligence SO as to pre-
vent the burden falling upon 9 few
and until 8 fair and iast value il
placed upon all property, rural and
urban, Of every class from the largest
holders to the smallest, each bearing
an equal share and al expenditures
so made as to give value received tc
the tax payers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

chronic and can't be helped and it
doesn't matter for the editor hasn't
any use for money any how. This
government has more gold in its
strong box than all the warning ma
tons of Europe combined.
The country is as prosperous as a
lemonade vendor on a hot Fourth of
July and it is going to stay prosper
GUS. It could even stand four more
years of Wilson, if it has to, and
not stagger unduly under the load,
only weave around bit.
It will progress even if Theodore
the First moves from Oyster Bay into
the White House. It would probably
wobble some but still it would move
forward. Even if the Occasional Ed
itor gets the writer's cramp the Her.
aid will come out every week.
Charley Lindbergh has filed for the
senate. Rudolph Lee says he is a
squeeze" candidate but he has filed
and Wall street has put on sack-cloth
and ashes. The base ball season has
opened auspiciouly. The sun is shin
ing. DR.. Dubois is down town again
with his mustache shaved off. Mary
McFadden is back from Germany ano
Germany breathes freer. This is q
pretty good old world after all. There
is nothing to get excited about. Keer
your shirts on.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20
THE FIXERS FIXED

The one and only redeemable fea-
ture about our present primary law
is that it fixed the fixers. We believe
it could be so amended as to retain
this very desirable feature and elm
mate it's countless faults. We are
very sure we could make it all right
if the matter was turned over to u.s.
We are confident of our ability to set
tie all public questions in wise and
statesmanlike manner-if we could
only get anyone to agree with oul
plans, but when it comes to get the
public to coalesce with our Legislative
gems we are as unfortunate as w. j
B., or the gentleman from the Sixth
district-they refuse to coalesce.
There was a time when few fix
ers could get together in room in st
Paul and fix up a ticket and a plat
form and steam roller it through {
convention and cram it down ths
threats of the voters.
There was time when congress
man could call the "leaders" of his
district together and by swinging {
patronage club fix it for anything o.
anybody, but that day is passed ant
good citizens everywhere rejoice in it,
passage.
When a man goes into primar!
booth he is responsible to no one bu
himself, his action is secret and h
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20
THE GREAT PROBLEM

l am a conglomerate conglomera.
ton of inconsistent inconsistencies.
l break mems hearts with a smile
and weep at the blood-trickle that
comes from a child's pin pricked fin
ger.
I cause men to commit murder and
make them as tender-hearted and low
able as the angels of God, cause
them to become criminals and make
them honest as the sunlight.
My movements are shrouded in
mystery. The safest way to figure
my future action is to carefully cal
culate on natural processes and then
count on something else.
l am loved for my virtues but am
loved more for my faults.
1 plunge nations into war and bring
about peace.
1 crown kings and send emperors
into exile.
l change the boundaries of princi-
palities, obliterate countries and
change the map of the world.
1 make the welkin to ring with
clamorous demands for my rights and
I already possess all the rights there
are.
1 am praised for my intellectually
but loved for my face and shapliness
I raise the devil with human ethics
and am the greatest moral force in
existence.
I cast men into the hell of despair
and lift them into the bliss of heaven
The great problem of life is what
to do with me and a greater problem
would be what to do without me.
I am the pestilential pest Of mar
and his chiefest blessing.
AM THE GIRL.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20
KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON.

Just prior to the outbreak Of the
Spanish-American war the citizens of
Danville, Ill. held a meeting and wired
their congressman, Joseph G. Can
non, "What do you advise in this
crisis" Uncle Joe wired back "There
is no crisis. l advise you to keep your
shirts on"
This advice is especially applicable
to present conditions. There is no
crisis in either our foreign or domes-
tic affairs, despite the excitable yap-
pings Of hypochondriacal malcontents.
Some American lives have been lost
by unwarrantable acts of foreign sub
marines but the daily tuberculosis toll
Of life in Minnesota alone is ten
times as great as that caused by the
depredations Of the undersea boats on
all the waters of all the oceans.
A lot of damage has been caused
our commerce and trade, and lot of
commercial patriots think this calls
for war. 1t makes dollar statesmen
madden to have their pocket books
touched than to have their fellow cit
liens torpedoed. They squeal louder
when they are stabbed in the purse by
the sword of war disaster than when
their neighbor is stabbed in the mid
riff by bayonet, yet the hens of the
country could more than pay all the
commercial damage caused belliger-
ents since the outbreak Of the war and
there are whole lot of biddies stand
ing around on one leg doing nothing
at that.
If we must have war to protect the
lives Of American citizens let us make
war on pale consumption. If we must
fight to protect us from money loss
let us charge on the idle hens.
The Presidents foreign policy, if
he has any, might be worse 1--WE don't
know how but we concede that might,
and we possibly might get poorer
executive by careful search, but we
wouldn't trade him even up for the
Kaiser, the Sultan, the Emperor of
Austria, and the ruler of Bulgaria.
We haven't got Villa yet, the get
ting is not good, but it will be darn
ed long time before he pixies across
the border and gets any more Of us.
Anyway he is dead again and that's
some comfort-if he will only stay
dead.
We admit all is not smooth sailing,
that there are breakers ahead for the
Ship of State, but we believe they will
be safely passed by good luck, if not
by good management.
Your Uncle Samuel is not busted,
foreignally, domestically or financial
ly, not by a long shot.
No other nation is aching for a
scrap with us. Our people are max
ing living and most of them are
paying their laundry bills. The only
thing they are falling behind on is
their newspaper subscriptions. That's
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20
DEVELOPMENT

The watchword of the present is
Development and it is a mighty gooo
watchword. Development Assocla'
lions are being formed in every part
of the country, meetings are being
held, newspapers are discussing the
theme and everybody is talking devel-
opment.
Yet the common mistake is that In
most cases the hind end is put fore
most, inasmuch as the general I'M
preston seems to be that development
must come from the outside and much
time, labor and expense is put forth
to get outsiders to come and develop
lis. This is the universal error of the
movement.
A wise old geezer of ancient times,
appealing to a body of slaves, pro-
claimed: Hereditary bondsmen, know
We not that if you would be free, your
selves must strike the blow"
Had he lived in this day he would
have said: Enthusiastic Developers,
know We not if you would develop,
yourselves must do the developing :"
Development, like charity, must be-
gin at home, and like charity II 1t
STAYS always at home, never amounts
to anything.
If every farmer in this vicinity were
to develop his farm to the fullest ex-
tent. made as good a farm out of 1t
as he could, instead Of advertising for
settlers, we would be making it known
that we could not accommodate any
more.
Every fully developed acre is a
standing advertisement of the coun-
try's worth; every skinned acre a
sign-board of its deficiencies.
If every merchant used every
means within his grasp to develop his
trade the increase of his business
would astonish him.
If all the people would trade in
their home town city would soon de-
velop that would excel our foremost
dreams.
But development in material
things is not the only kind that is de-
sirable, nor is it the most essential to
community welfare.
1t is of greater Importance that we
develop politically, socially, intellec,
tually, physically, morally and relig.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

iously. A developed people is a more
attractive inducement than developed
farms and one is that natural Sc
quence of the other. You don't find
buns in well kept stores, on we'll titled
farms or in we'll ordered dwellings.
The limits of self-development are
illimitable. The limits of material de-
velopment inexhaustible and the ben
efts to be derived from their exploit
tation Undesirable.
We started to write an editorial
and have written a sermon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

We are going to have a home-com-
ing week fair time and it will be some
homecoming because Sank Centre is
some home to come back to.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

Mans days are few and full of evil.
He springs up like the grasshopper
and like the grasshopper the chickens
get him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

If each mother had the training of
the other mothers children all the
kids would have to stand up while
eating.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

None of the women who lead the
anti-gambling crusades are averse to
taking chances in the matrimonial
lottery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

When a man becomes a candidate
for an office for the salary only, he
is never worth the salary if elected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

One of the congressional candidates
in this district is asking for support
on the ground that he can't make a
speech and it isn't such darned poor
ground either, measured by some
speeches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

If you want people to fight for their
country you must give them coun-
try to fight for.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-20

Senator Nose has not filed yet and
it is beginning to be feared he has
lost his filler.