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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Washington's Feat.

A good story is told of the late vii.
liam NJ. Evarts. attorney general, sec
retary Of state and United States sena-
tor for New York. While secretary of
state he took the English minister out
for a drive on the banks Of the Pouo-
mac. They stopped to look at Long
bridge The minister said banteringly
"It A. said, Mr.. Secretary, that General
Washington threw a dollar across this
river. Rather long throw, don't you
think so?"
Well" said Mr.. Evarts, mot for him.
He threw a sovereign across the ocean
once. yoa know
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
The lwenty-second Of
February
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

DALE Is the FebruAry SKY
And bnef the midday's sunny
hoHS;
The wind swept forest seems to axh
For the sweet time of leaves and
HowerA
Yet has no month prouder day,
Nos even when the summer bsood
Ger meadows n Their freah array
Or autxAn tins the glowing woods.
For this chill season now again
Brings, IN AS annual round, the mora
When, greatest of the sons Of men,
Our glorious Washington was born.
Lo. where. beneath an icy shield,
Calmly the mighty Hudson Aowsl
By snow clad fell and frozen field
Broadening the lordly river goes.
The widest storm that sweeps through
space
And rends the oak with sudden force
Can raise no ripple on his face
Or sIacken his majestic course.
Thus mid the wreck of thrones shall I've
Unmarried, undimmed, our hero's
fame,
And years succeeding years ahall give
Increase Of hooors to bio name.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
MARTHA WAsHINGToA's WILL
Ito Removal From Fairfax cOurthoUS0
and Ito N0oovery by Virginia.

Ito Removal From Fairfax cOur4houSO
and Ito R0oovsry by Virginia.
The viii of Martha Washington, re-
Gently returned to the state Of Virginia
by J. P1erpoRt Morgan, was taken
from the Fairfax courthouse in 1862,
when that part Of Virginia was occu-
pied by Federal troops. A lieutenant
colonel OF the Union army whose head
quarters were in the courthouse found
bis men shoveling pile OF papers into
the stove to build a fire. He stopped
them and on examination discovered
the will. 1t was among his papers
when he died In 1892, and thirteen
years later his daughter sold it to the
late J. Pierpont Morgan. The heuten-
ant colonel was David Thomson Of the
E1ghty-second Ohio Volunteer infantry.
The state Of Virginia learned about
the time the will was sold to Mr.. Nor
gan that it had not been destroyed, and
efforts were made to recover it. Sew
eral years ago the state authorities
found that the will was In the posses
sion of Mr.. Morgan and wrote to him
demanding it's return. He refused, say
ing it was contraband Of war and as
such the man whose estate had sold il
to him had a right to keep it and the
estate the right to dispose of it as it
saw fit.
After the elder Morgan's death the
Daughters of the American Revolution
began to agitate for the return Of the
historic document to Virginia, and the
state itself threatened prosecution of
the holder on the ground that it was
stolen property. Mr.. Morgan replied
that his only desire was to place the
will where 1t would be kept more care
fully than was possible In Fairfax
courthouse. Virginia asked the su-
preme court Of the United States for
leave to file a suit in behalf Of the
state against J. Pierpont Morgan for
the recovery Of the will.
The state of Virginia figured In a sim
liar suit over the recovery of certain
documents, including a letter Of La
fayette and an address by George
Washington to the Virginia house Of
burgesses, when an agreement was
reached in 1912 between the heirs Of
Benson John LOSING, who held the
papers, and the state, whereby the mat
ter was arbitrated.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Animal Etiquette.

No one who is at all observant Of
the ways Of animals can have failed
to notice how gentle large dogs, like
the St Bernard and the Great Dane,
are to their smaller canine fellows. 1t
Ia rare that big dog turns upon one
Of the little fellows, no matter how
aggravating and snappy the latter may
be. Instead, he invariably treats the
small dogs antics with unruffied and
digntfed tolerance. For there is a
recognized code Of etiquette among
animals. Il you please, quite as much
as there IS among human beings. In
truth there are not q few respects In
which the animals can give points on
politeneas and Rood behavior 10 man
himself
The Simple LrN.
Many persons trying to 1--we the sim
pie life find lot OF fault with the bill
OF farA-JEdan
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19

STATUE OF WASHINGTON by SIR FRANCIS
CHANTRY, ENGLISH SCULPTOR IN THE
MASSACHUSETTS sTATEHoUsE.
the History Of the English People"
mo nobler figure ever stood In the
forefront OF a nations life" wrote
Green Of Washington
Some of the other tributes paid to
Washington by Englishmen are the
following:
"The test Of the progress of mankind
will be the appreciation OF the charac-
ter Of Washington" said Lord Brough-
am.
"An / can say" said Gladstone, lis
that / look upon Washington among
great and good men as one peculiarly
good and great and that he has been to
me Tor more than forty years a light
upon the path Of life"
Washington, the father of American
independence, was the father OF Brit
1sh freedom; also the American Revo-
luton in its reaction upon English
public life made England democratic
taught her how not to treat her colo
MES and inaugurated the colonial pol
Icy that has spread the British empire
round the world said William T. |
Stead. He advocated the erection of a |
statue OF Washington I'm Westminster
abbey.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19

In the days that tried mems souls,
when danger and death were at the
door and difficulties pressed on every
side, Washington. bonn to command, to
ride on the whnlwind and direct the
storm. discovered to the astonished world
that in the wilds Of America had been
raised hero equal to the mighty task Of
working out the salvation of his country
CAPTAIN Samuel White, 1900.
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NOTICE-Any person purchasing at the
above sale will please take notice that at
least $4,000 Cf the bid be so much) will
be required as soon as the property is
knocked down unless the purhaser is the
only judgment creditor, in which case an
amount sufficient to cover all costs will be
required, and the balance of the purchase
money must be paid in full or receipt given
by the judgment creditor on or before Mon
day OF the first week Of March court In
default Of payment the property will again
be put up for sale at next adjourned sale
and the purchaser in default shall make
good any deficiency in resale. No deed
will be offered for acknowledgement unless
purchase money be fully paid. The sheriff
reserves the right to return his writ pro
perty not sold for nOn-payment of pur-
chase money. Adjourned sale will be held
March TO- 1916, at l :15 p. m, when pur-
chasers, lien creditors and persons inter
ested may be present to protect their re-
Spective interests in case of resale.
HI. A. BOGGS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Indiana, Pa, Feb. 8, 1916.
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a British Tributes to
= George Washington

- ALLING George Washington the
greatest Englishman OF his CEN
tury," many Britons have join
ed With Americans In paying
homage to the firstSpresident Of the
United States, whose birthday we
celebrate on Feb. 90. In many. If not
all. OF the Washington's birthday feS-
1v1ties held in London by the mem
bers OF the American colony in the
Nitish capital. Englishmen, Irishmen,
Scotchmen and Welshmen have shared.
Although at first Washington was
reviled by the British as Il traitor TO
the British king. under whose rule
Washington was born. it was not long
after the close OF the American Revo-
luton and the winning Of American
independence that the British writer's
and orators began paying tribute TO
the first American"
. Perhaps the greatest of all the
praises won by Washington from an
Englishman was that penned by John
Richard Green, the famous author of
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Sheriff'S Sales

By virtue Of certain writes of Fl. Fa.
Vend. Ex. and Lev. Fa., issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas and Orphans Court
of Indiana county, and to me directed,
there will be exposed to public vendue or
outcry at the Court House, Indiana, Penn
sylvania on
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
SIDE WALKS
WASHING OUT
In Many Places Walks are
Being Broke Through
Much Repairs VIII Be Needed On Same
This SpriHr,

The sidewalks iuthe village in places are
beihg washed ot,t by the heavy lay of water
throughout and will necessitatc tie repair
ing of mary places being now washed out.
From the fact the 1vashout is occurring by
surface water shoulA heavy food of Bad
River occur reag,,y every sidewalk in the
village will be was! ed out, and the entire
work of last summer will be washed away.
The cinders placed on these walks have a
good hard surface and if not touched by
high water will be as good surface as any,
and makes nice walks. But we car evrec;
nothing more than washout Of Sidewalks
should the river overflow. which at present
does not look as though it will overflow and
only by heavy rains will this occur.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08

and seek other fields for advancement, as
they do not exist at home ip business way.
In many instances the Indian of Today
has been feeced to such an extent that he
f..as been made a pauper. No better example
exists than the condition of the Indians at
Reserve, Wis, While rich in land they
have been heeced out of their cash, it simply
has been spirited away and unite the Indian
of Today, living there has no means to start
cnltivating the rich land left. 7 his is good
example of what 'Supervision and more
Supervision has surely brought the Indian
of Today too. This government should
feel much pride in the manner these Indians
have been subjucated and brought under the
yoke "Civilization.' so-far as these
Indians are concerned, they do not care for
bill calling for their Education and Civil
ilation'' but would appreciate measure
that called for an appropriation for the pur-
pose of investigating the reason of much
money lost to them. These condition ale
what confront the indian OF Oday and more.
The Indian of yesterday was free and III
dependent but today he is a prisoner in mis-
own home, and what is the result to the In
dian +of Tomorrow is q question hare to
solve
N@TE-Next week we begin series of ar
ticles on condition Of different reservations
as we see them by personal observation.
Oar first installment vii! be "What We
Saw At Reserve and The Reason 1t Is So
We will give facts that will make you stop
and ponder. Watch for the opener, it will
show how they lost their cash and what the
government owes them today.
"EDrroR,"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
Indian Farmer Points 70 The Un-
feasibility Of Road Making
OGt of Logging R0ads--tis Own Case Cited as
A Citerian.
Odanah, Wis,
April 6, 1916.
To The Editor Of the odanah Star,
Odanah. Wisconsin.


4, regard to an article by the Government
Farmer in last weeks issue Of the Star
in which he advocates, collective effort
among the farmers on this Reservation in
repairing old logging roads.
He evidently is not aware of the fact that
all logging is done in the winter and wher-
ever possible all logging roads follow low
ground, such as creeks, draws and swamps.
Also crossing allotted lands whose owners
might at any time put fence across your
road and forever Ear vonr way. My case
may be taken as typical one.
I live quarter of mile from the main
county road, to reach same | cut and grad
ed, as the government Farmer has suggest
ed, way OUT to the main road. Last sum-
mer two adjoining allottees who cornered
between me and the main road fenced their
respective allotments and across my road
in two seperate places and further 10 leave
no false impression in my mind have posted,
where their fence crosses nv road, a large
sign which reads: KEEP OUT-NO ROAD
HERE.
The Farmer as a Government Official
on this Reserve might help in this case, dS
I understand that is what he is paid for,
namely, to help the Indian Farmer out of
difficulties. On the other hand my land
butts on section line on which line fence
has been built, now, if he in his official cap
acity will move or caused to be removed said
fence stand ready TO build another road.
| have for the last year impfored bunch
of incompetants known as the Town Board
of Sanborn for little action on this matter
but haye gotten nothing but promises not
Withstanding the fact that pay taxes upon
the land for which | seek an outlet. the
Board intimating 10 me that they must first
consult the Reservation auth before
any action cln be taken by item, such con-
sultation seems to be yet something of the
future. The Board has found time and
money, since have been agitating my mat
ter, to bnild and grade road at Bear Trap to
parcel of land owned by tae ASHLAND
BREWING CO. and whereop not even a
cotton-tail resides. But thep---It may be
some advantage TO be On the sunny side of
Brewing Co. --who knows,
Very respectfully yours
John A. Denomie.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
ACCEPTS POSITION
Z -
AT PHILLIPS
Miss Alice Eie,fy, Accepts Position is
Teacher.

Miss Alice Kielty, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. KieIty, Of this village and WHO
has been attending the Normal at Superior,
Wis, las just accepted a ,position as teach
er in the graded school at Phillips, Wis.
Miss Kieltv is young lady of high stand
ing in this neighborhood and ta!anted. She
has large circle of friends here who are
pleased at her success. before leaving to
take up her studies at the Normal in Sup
erior she was a leader of the young set here
and during her stay at the Normal endear-
ed herself to all her associates there, as the
fact that she was placed on every program
arranged there, shows. She was a hard
worker and deIgent in her Studies and being
appointed to her present position is a merit
for the work she had done, and Phillips is
to be congratulated in having added to its
society talented young lady like Miss
Kielty The parents of the young lad@ are
Justly proud over the success of their daugh-
ter as we'll as all her acquaintance in this
village.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
ELECTION WAS
QUIET AFFAIR
Wet and Dry Issue In Ashland was
Warmly Contested.

The election in Sanborn township went
off quitely and neat t-vete was polled for a
spring slectien. On only two places on
the ballot was there any opposition, one
being for treasureD~E. L. Greene being or
posed by BIun1e and the other on assessor
between Wallace Pearce and John Kuref!a.
Greene and Pearce defeating their oppon-
ents by nice margins. The vote polled for
the different offices were as follows:
For Chairman--Alex. Gingles. 104; For
Supervisors ]. Flannley, 81; Henry
Roffers, "a; For rreasurer--E. L. Greene,
79; Blume, 30; For Assessor, Wallace
Pearce, 20, John Kurella. 81: Justice of
Peace, John Peterson, 81, A. Gunderson,
81, c. D. Armstrong, Is; Constabies--
Albert DeBrayn, Is, Phil io'Leary, IS.
The taxpayers of Sanborn township are
70 De congratulated on the fact that they
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
As He Was I'm The Early Days
Free and independent
And as he is Today 'C0oped Up'' and
Suppressed what lie will be
Tomorrow?

Iwriting up this article the writer has at
tempted to place Before its readers in a pen
sketch the advancement of d fast declining
race that had predominated this heTaisphefe
since the world vas a world. In the early
days the motto was "a dead Indian was the
only good Indian Today the motto is.
or seems to he ''the only good Indian is a
suppressed Indian.
In the early DAYS of placing the Indian on
his present roofing every acceptable device
was used to free him of his heritage and the
most widely used was The securing of his
cash and has a result many ~goverliinen:
officials became immensely rich at HIS ex-
pense today he is deterrent individual and
is now hitting his stride and where once the
large pines grew are fine cultivated farms,
stocked with fine bred animals, the best in
the land This is what the Indian of today
is farmer in every sense of the word.
Our parents were the Indian of Yesterday
we are the Indian Of today aud our children
are to be considered the Indian of tomorrow,
what of the Indian of tomorrow? what is
to be lis future? What will be status with
the Interior Department. is he also to be
reckoned as the Indian of Yesterday? These
are grave questions to be carefully pondered
over by the Indian of today. While the
best education possible is being given TO
him in order that ne may take his place in
<he making OF a new race, more advanced
and more goahead individual. Will he
succeed to throw down the barriers that
at present surround the Indian of today.
We hope he will succeed in so doing.
AS things exist today for the Indian there
is nothing in store for him in his own te~-
ritory and as result he IS forced to leave
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who have refused TO pay tax on their per
sonal property charming because of being
Indians and not having title to their land
thev could not be taxed on personal proper
ty. The town is losing hundreds of dollars
yearly because prominent Indians, some of
them officers, refuse to pay personal tax.
In deciding the case Judge Grass refers
TO the United States statue, which declares
that Indians who no longer follow tribal
customs and live as scivilized beings, the
United States upon granting alottments to
them, makes thern citizens. Being citizens
of the United States the Judge says they are
citizens of the state of Wisconsin and their
property is not exempt from taxation, that
the town hasa right to collect personal tax
even through situated on Indian lands with
in the reservation.
Should the above decision hold good it
will effect all Indians in Wisconsin living
on reservations and would mean where, in
former years, they have not paid any taxes
or were exempt they will not now he com
PEELED to pay personal taxes. But we are Of
the opinion the above case is more in the
shape of test-case to ascertain the rights d
the Indians as granted TO him under Iris
treaty rights the goveverhment. Bat III
the meantime, we presume the assessor OF
this town will place valuation on personal
property of the Indian here as the decision
above would be citevisu.
In recent decision handed down by
Attorney General Owen says s'where an
offense is committed by an Indian residing
on reservation the state law has no juris-
diction, ETC. 1t would seem that these
two decisions would conflict, but the out
come will be watched with interest by all
ard in the meantime L. S. Attorney Cen
erals opinion on the matter will be asked.
If it is to pay personal tax or not to pay.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
WOODSMAN COM
MiTS SUICIDE
John CaapSh:er A Woodiaah
.Ound Hanging From Stub
Alona Sid, OF A. @. S M. R'y Near
Neirs Cann.

Last Saturday the train crew on the A.
O. & NJ. R'y reported the finding of man
hanging to an old stub along side of the rail
road track, and upon investigation bv Michael
Chicke, Superintendent If the log road it
was found to be a workman John Cafpen-
ter who had been III the employ Of Wers
camp the past winter aged about 80 or IS
years old and of French nationality About
week or ten days previous he had quit
and left for Ashland but returned on Friday
of last week. The body of the man was
found with hay wire fastened around his
neck and the erd fastened 10 the stub being
about four feet from the ground, while the
remains of tbs man were in lying position
on the ground. On last Saturday morning
Mike Chickie notified government Farmer
Doan. ;yho in turn notife, Coroner SolIie
who arrived Monday noon and took charge
oS The remains The left side Of the IN
fortunate's lace looked as thongh it had
been scratched or cut, one punctlon being
on the temple, but it was surmlsed il was
received in the moving back and forth ar
ound the stub. 1t is thought dependency
prompted the deed. Nothing, outside Of
bill of $3.75 which lie had paid to H.
Thibeault, of Ashland, was found on his
person that would indicate anyone knowing
him or wether he was married or single,
Coroner Sollie took the remains to Ashland
Monday.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
INDIANS NOT
ALLOWED
"11ty' Dry Workers h Superior Challenge
Indian Voters
Mot Allowed TO Cast
Ballot At Recent
Election There.

Challenged by ''drv'' workers Indians re-
siding il the First, Second and Tenth wards
whe have voted for years were surprised last
1'uesday when they were stopped from
casting their ballot. The action of tie
sdrys'' was result of the discovery of a
law which prevents Indians, receiving allot
ments from the federal government, from
voting.
AS result of the law score or more
Indians residing in the East End, Alouez
ael Wisconsin Point were disfranchised.
Uh;Ier the interpretation of the law they are
placed in the same position as the convicts
in tire prision who have no citizenship
Considerably agitatei by the unexpected
prt,ss aaure several Indians waited on Assis-
ta,s City Attorney T. L. Mcintosh at the
ci;, l.al where they were informed by the
ASST, ant city attorney that It was his opinion
that .',ey could not legally vote. This after
moor 81 effort was made to locate City At
to-ney Il. V. Gard and also get an opinion
fran him. Among those barred from yot-
mig are. men who have lived in the East End
all their lives and are pioneers of tksScifH
: supeFier Telegram.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08

We'cannot see why the 'dry'' workers
of Superior, Wis, wished to stop these In
dians from voting at this election as it will
really mean, If the matter is taken up, by
the "wets'' the throwing out of the election
on The ground Of disquaIifying legal voters
which the Indian really is. We believe the
''drys" have overstepped themselves
ard to the extent OF Ioosing a vic
tory they have won. We understand a
ssniliar move was on foot in Our township
of Sanbofn in regard the Indian voter, that
is had the no license question came up.
The matter is to be taken by leading men,
bers of this band to the end to ascertain if
we are foot or horseback and before
fall election these matters will be straighten-
ed out to the satisfaction of all.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
DIED LAST WEEK
Joseph Cedarroot a victum of Tub
ercuFOSis.

Joseph Cedarroot, passed away last week
at his farm home South of town after being
patient suffering for two years past, with
Tuberculosis He was born and reared in
this vicinity and had large circle of friends.
He leaves besides his wife, mother, Mrs.
James Beatty, and one brother Babadosh.
The funeral was held from the Catholic
Church and interment made in the Catholic
Cemetery.