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The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
FOREIGN

Vice president of China presented
his resignation.
Zeppelin route from Hamburg to
Constantinople is planned.
Gen. Michael V. Alexieff, command
er-in-chief of Russian armies resigned.
Austrians made furious attack on
the Italians, gaining ground, but were
driven back with heavy losses by a
counter attack.
Eleven provinces of China, includ-
ing the province of Chi Ii, in which
Peking is situated, no longer recog-
ernment.
Marshal Joffre has been designated
by the minister of war to continue
his work, begun in Washington, of
assisting to organize American partic-
ipation in the war.
China is now in the hands of aic-
tator, and provisional government of
nilitarists has been formed, President
Ii Yuan Hung is held virtually pris-
oner at Peking and is expected to re-
sign forthwith.
Italy's offensive in the Isonzo bat.
ties of the last nineteen days has cost
her 100000 in killed and wounded and
10000 in prisoners taken by the Aus
trian forces, an official statement
from Vienna asserted.
Details of the heroic action which
recently won a citation in the orders
of the day for George Struby an
American college man from Denver,
are revealed in the official war Of
flee citation published in Paris.
A program for the general dismem-
berment of Russia was put forward
at meeting at Essen of the newly
formed Rhenish-Westphalian branch
of the independent committee for a
German peace, the organization of the
Pan-Germans.
The Council of Soldiers and Work
mems delegates at Petrograd sent a
long statement to the Socialist parties
and central federations O. trade
unions of the world repeating its ap-
peal of March 2Sth to the peoples of
the world to unite in resolute actions
in favor of peace.
BY a vote of 453 to 55 the Chamber
of Deputies, in secret session at Paris,
has adopted a resolution declaring
| peace conditions must include the lib
Grafton of territories occupied by Ger
many, the return of AlsaSe-Lorraine
to France and just reparatsOn for dam
age done in the invaded regions.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
State Inspectors Find spuds In siIo.

otdlc inspectors = Iflu opuuS III Oios
There are 3,750,00 pounds of old po-
tatoes in storage in Denver, Secretary
o. State holland announced following
investigation of the potato situation by
inspectors of his office. The prices on
these old potatoes has been forced
down by the arrival of new potatoes
from California The secretary of
state said that there are 125 cars of
old potatoes in storage in this city.
The cars average 300 sacks and the
sacks contain 100 pounds each. Farm
ers at Greeley are indignant because
25 carloads of potatoes, which were
bought from the growers there last fall
at $1.90 per 100 pounds, are being held
in silo,' said the secretary of state.
Those potatoes still are in storage in
the silo, and will be thrown away"
The 25 carloads at Greeley represent
100000 pounds, which will be wasted.
Secretary holland will make investiga-
tions to find out if potatoes have been
held at other points in the state in
similar manner on orders of dealers.
The arrival of the new potatoes
brought down the price of the old 25
and 90 cents. Old potatoes are selling
at prices ranging from $3.50 to $5.75
per 100 pounds. A year ago at this
time the prices ranged from $z.75 to
$500. Two years ago they ranged
from 80 cents to $1.10 per 100 pounds.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
Nickerson Is Major of Artillery.

Captain Henry G. Nickerson was
promoted to be major of the First bat
TALON of Colorado field artillery. B.
J. Kempter was appointed adjutant in
the First battalion of the Second regi-
ment by. Maj. j. c. Overmyer. Com
pany l, which was brought from Fort
Morgan to the armory in Denver, was
sent out for guard duty. The COM
pany was inspected at the armory by
Adjt Gen. Frank d. Baldwin and pro-
nounced in fine condition, both as to
training and euuipment
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
Commission Urges Miners Bonuses.

Increases in wages in the form of
bonuses to metal miners in the Tellu-
ride district have been recommended
by the State Industrial Commission
following an investigation of conul-
tions in the district on complaint of
a number of miners. The increases
will probably be accepted by the op-
orators and will affect 1900 men. The
commission recommended that men re-
ceiving $500 a day be given bonus
CO 80 cents a day; that men receiving
$500 or more a day be given bonus
of 20 cents day, and that semi-month-
ly pay-days be established
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
Appoints Legislative Committee.

Governor Gunter has appointed as a
Legislative committee to consider ways
and means to finance Colorado's part
in the war program and to consult
with him as to the advisability of a
the following Legislative committee:
Henry F. May, Charles w. Waterman,
William H. Malone, Benjamin c. Grif
fifth, Prof. Arnold j. Lien, Harold
Kountz and William E. Sweet.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
Million Trout in eunnison Streams.

Since the first of May 100000 east
ern brook trout from the Pitkin hatch
cry and 100000 from the Cedaredge
hatchery, ranking from ~ to inches
in length, have been planted in the
streams tributary to the Gunnison
river.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
Miller and o'connor Pardoned.

Unconditional pardons were given
to Walter Miller and Roy O'Connor,
convicts having long sentences to
serve, by Governor Gunter, for cap
turing Harry Grant and Robert Henry.
short-timers. The latter recently es-
capped from a road camp.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
SPORTING NEWS

Officials of the Women's Western
Golf Association decided to set apart
the week of June oath for Red Cross
play.
The 4 year old Transvaal- Ethel
Simpson colt King Corin, owned by
E. l.. Baker & Co. of Lexington, KY,
won the fifth renewal of the Kentucky
handicap at Douglas park at Louis
vile by a neck from John w. Schorr's
3-year-old Broomstick colt Cudgel.
Half length back was Andrew Mil
try for the event.
Final tribute of this country to the
memory of James Leslie CLes) Darcy,
the pugilist, who died in Memphis,
was paid at San Francisco when the
body was escorted through the prin-
cipal thoroughfare to a steamer to
sail for Australia. The casket was
draped with the colors of the United
States and Australia, and there were
many flowers from various parts Of
the country.
GENERAL
Chicago Board of Trade.
\ By an order of the general staff of
the army issued at Havana the $4,000
militiamen enlisted for service in put
ting down the recent revolution are to
be mustered out.
The Russian bark Imberhorne of
1858 tons gross, from Mobile, Ala,
Norcb 10 for CraepocL Scotland uas q
sunk by German submarine on May
LIST, off the west coast of Ireland.
Tornadoes, high wind and heavy
rains through portions of Kansas and
Missouri Tuesday night caused ten
deaths and injury to many persons.
Much property and crop damage re-
suited.
Prohibition for the period of the
war was advocated in New York at a
meeting held under the auspices of
the American Medical Associations
Committee on the treatment of alco-
holism and narcotic addiction.
Without semblance of disorder
and with every evidence of willing
ness to serve, approximately 100000
Vi lNtW VI n . Sollo went " G,lAO Ie6-
istration places and inscribed their
names upon the nations roll of honor
Brazil was forced to break her neu-
tally because Germany was virtually
declaring war on all Latin-America,
according to a formal note of explana-
tion forwarded all nations except the
central powers by the foreign min
lister.
That the whole Western hemisphere
will be directly engaged in the war
before another year passes was the
statement made by John Barrett, di-
rector of the Pan-American Union in
a speech on the Liberty loan before
a mass meeting of Baltimore churches.
The police announced in New York
they had information that the head of
the German wireless system came to
this country, made plans regarding
outfits and other details through
which information was to be conveyed
to Berlin, and then departed, probably
for Mexico
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
Women Give 1896 Voluntary Taxes

A total of 1896 has now been con
tributed to the state military fund by
women of the state in payment OF the
women's voluntary poll tax.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
Railroads Ask Rate Increase.

The railroads of Colorado have re-
increase of Is per cent applying to all
freight rates in the state, effective
July /.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

June 16.-Annual Strawberry Festival
and Carnival at Glenwood Springs
June 21-22-Christian Endeavor Con-
svention at Salida
June 1S2b.-Red Cross Week.
Aug. National Convention of Afri-
can Race at Denver.
Sept. 17-22-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
eblO.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
The Gull Lake Sugar
Bush.

The old Gull Lake sugar bush,
with which the older members of
this reservation are all SO familiar,
has remained intact since the Gull
Lake Chippewas left there twenty
five years ago. The land upon
which the sugar bush is located is
claimed by Mr.. Nahum of Brain
erd, and he no doubt would sell it
to the Indians for a reasonable.
The sugar bush in question is
one of the best in this state, and
as good sugar bushes are becoming
scarce, it should be purchased by
the Chippewas. This matter should
be referred TO the next meeting of
the General Council for it's con-
sideration.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
SUBSCRIPTION: $3.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE

Those who are clamoring the
loudest for war are persons who
are not eligible for the army. We
had occasion to travel through sew
eral states recently and every
where we went We found general
sentiment to be against war with
Germany, and very strongly
against sending an army to Europe.
On every hand could be heard ex-
pressions against sending the young
men of this country to fight a war
started originally to avenge the
death of a crown prince, and so
far as the United States is con-
cerned. to prevent the allies from
becoming bankrupt 80 that they
could pay Wall Street over three
billions of dollars they have Sc.
cured from it as a loan. Personal
lv if we should deem it necessary
to advocate war, we will show our
sincerity ir. favor of it not by urg-
ing others to enlist but by enlist
ing ourself.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17

Potatoes in the cities are two
seventy-five and three dollars a
bushel; they are in fact becoming
a.luxnry. Almost everybody here
has seen potatoes sold at twenty
and twenty-five cents per bushe:.
Eggs, which used to be sold for
fifteen and twenty cents a dozen,
now bring from thirty-fye to forty
cents dozen. The farmers who
sell the eggs and have to care for
the chickens dc not get this price
for eggs, but it is the speculator
vino gets it. At that it pays to be
a farmer even if a person raises
produce for his own consumption.
1t would be a wise thing if the In
dian office at Washington would
issue orders to the superintendent
on the Chippewa reservations III
Minnesota to issue to them all the
potatoes that the Chippewas would
plapt this year, and also beans and
other staples, and use less of the
Chippewa tribal fund for the pay
ment of salaries.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17

year inquired of one of the sem
ators of the Indian committee why
the appropriation was necessary
since the amount appropriated the
year before for the maintainence
of a high school had not been ex-
pended. "What!'' said be, why
| was informed by the assistant
commissioner of Indian affairs that
the scheme had worked out ad-
mirably at White Earth.'' 1t is
therefore only reasonable to be-
lieve that the appropriation for
the electric light plant may have
also been diverted from its proper
use.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
After Forty-fve Years.

! After an absence Of forty i've
wears from old Grow Wing, the
publisher of The Tomahawk has re-
turned there, or at Barrows, which
is only three miles from the former
place, and is now residing there.
But he will not lose his interests
in Chippewa matters, and will use
every effort to have the evils con-
nected with them corrected. He
will also continue the publlca-
ton of The Tomahawk, ard will
aim to be here much of the time
during the summer seasons at least.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
Civil Service Commission
Was In Doubt, ..

1t has been learned from a reliablG lG
source that when the question as TO
whether the employees in the Chip
pewa Indian service of Minnesota
we're in the classified service or
not, the Civil Service Commission
had grave doubts about it, but al
the solicitation Of the .~lnterior De.
par5ment it''decided in conformity
with the rule estab blished ..b!y the
Indian Office in favor of the classi
fed service.
The matter has now reached a
point when the United States
courts will haF Fe to pass upon the
questions at IS Sue between the Chip
pewas and tb Indian Office, and
before the e Expiration of this sum-
mer it is hope a decision will have
been reached by the lower courts
at least Which will settle them.
The Ch.:ppewas are we'll repre-
sented IN their suit, for Attorney
Balllnger has obtained one decision
IN their favor involving 100000,
which the Chippewas claimed had
been Expended contrary to law.
and hf feels confident regarding
the final outcome Of the result Of
the slit which has just been COM
menced in relation to the employees
in the Chippepa service.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
Red Lake Indians Want
Catholic School.
White Earth Indians Should Sign Petition
Now at the Agency and ask for
Catholic School Here.

The following letter was ad-
dressed to The ToMAHAwK by
Supt. Hinton with the request
that it be published so as to give
it the widest circulation possible:
White Earth Agency,
White Earth, MINI,
May s, 1917.
To the Indians under the
Jurisdiction of the White
Earth Agency:
The following is a copy of a
form of petition sent to the Agency
Office at White Earth, Minnesota,
by the Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs, and placed therein under
his instructors, aud you are here
by notified that ali opportunity
will be afforded all who wish to
sign it to do so:
Petition of Chippewa Indians
White Earth Reservation Min
nesota, For Contract For St.
Mary's Mission Boarding
School, Fiscal year 1918.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
SIR:
We, the undersigned, duly en-
rolled members of the Chippewa
tribe of Indians located on the
White Earth Reservation, in Min
nesota, under the jurisdiction Of
the White Earth Reservation,
hereby respectfully request and
petition you to enter into a con-
tract with the Bureau of Catholic
Indian Missions of Washington,
D, c., for the care, maintenance
and education of ten 1O) children
of the. Chippewa tribe at St.
Mary's Mission Boarding School,
Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota,
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1918, to be paid for as you may
determine out of our trust and
treaty funds.
Witness our signatures at
White Earth Reservation, Mime
sofa, this. ;. day of .19-
No. No. Married No Total
census Annuity or children signed
1917. roll single for. |
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17

No matter how much money and
property the Chipwewas may Oh
tain this will not be of as much
benefit to them as good educatlOns,
and for this reason it is suggested
that all those who favor the
thorough education of Chippewa
Indian children should sign the
Red Lake petition. But in doing
this it should be borne in mind
that Catholic boarc ing school for
Chippewa Indian children, which
is located here, is the best school
in the country for Indians, and it
should also receive some assistance
from the Chippewa tribal fund.
Children who enter the Catholic
boarding school here do not have
to be coaxed to do so, and the
school is always filled to it's capa-
city. The school has been main
tanned almost wholly by the Gatho-
lie mission here, and it is only
occasionally that some of the
parents of the children who have
attended the school have given it
any assistance.
At the council of June first here,
some action should be taken by it
in favor of the Catholic school
here. i
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17

What has become of the appro-
priation for an electric light plant!
Last year the people in this village
were led to believe that the plant
would be established before the
end of last summer, but now there
is less than two months within
which the appropriation can be
available and the plant has not yet
even been started. If the salaries
of the employee at the Agency
here were contingent upon the es-
tab!ishment of the plant, it would
have been built last year in a very
short time. 1t is quite possible
that the appropriation has been
used for some other purpose than
that for which it was made by
congress. 1t is recalled that two
or three years ago an approprla
ton was made for a high school to
be conducted in connection with
the boarding school here, but was
used for purpose for which we
have not been able to learn. 1t
was only by an accident that the
Chippewa delegation that was at
Washington two years ago, learned
that the appropriation for a high
school was diverted from the pur-
pose for which it was made.
When the item for the high
school was again inserted in the
Indian bill. some of the members
of the delegation the following
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17

as to be made the subject Of criti-
cism in sermon by a minister to
his congregation, it is time that
the matter should be brought to
| the attention of the committees Of
congress on Indian affairs, for the
only effect that a charge to the In
dian office would have would be
the suppression of the facts by an
inspector like Knight.
Inspector Knight came here last
March to investigate the charges
which the delegation from this
reservation, that was at Washing
ton at that time, made at the re-
quest of members of this reserva-
tion. According to letter writ
ten to the delegation by Commis-
sioner Sells, Inspector Knight had
not found a 'scintilla" of evidence
to substantiate the charges. The
statements of reputable witnesses
who talked with Inspector Knight
show that he not only made every
effort to intimidate them and sup
press the facts, but also made false
statements in his report to Com
missioner Sells. -
Inspector Knight has already
earned an unsavory reputation
among the indians that he has
visited In the northwest, and if he
is a. specimen of Commissioner
Sells special and personal selec~
Zion of the several special inspect
ors the Indian Office was allowed
to have by an amendment in the
Indian appropriation act of two
years ago, we can only say; the
Lord help the Indians.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
Regular Aruy Rcd Tape.
sideration

The Plymaster.G .ncral of the army
eco,mmrnds tha' the force of pay
:.,estcl'S be limited 10 forty, and that
- hopes after II while to pay the
o'licES one. a month instead of once
n two months Us at present.. Here -
splendid sample Of re tape. Each
.,aymaster has TO pay of about iiT"
;,u ,!rcd men once in two months. aud
M, II clerk to help him. whila in many
argc mercantile and manufacturing
IS; ;.b,ishments Il clerk will pay twice
hat number every week. Such Il
.;rrk must read with amazcmrnt that
he paymast ars and their clerks have
reat difficulty in pcrforming their
.ni;rs. Two men paying five hundred
nrn six TINS year and then COM
),aining Of ovcrwoyk! 1t sounds very
flnny. but the humor is totally lost on
he average army officer His brain
lied VI with red tape. -~lAsIa1eIphio
I'll.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
Made It The Occasion
Of A Sermon.

In a sermon to his congregation
here Rev. Kah O-Sed, of the Epis-
copal Church, took the occasion to
openly charge that the actions of
the chief clerk at the Indian agency
on this reservation is detrimental
to this community.
When the actions OF govern
ment employe become so notorious
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
Death Of Doh-Wah-
yeanCe.

Doh-wah. .yeance, we'll known
member of the Gull Lake band OF
Minnesota Chippewas, and who
removed to this reservation from
Gull Lake, in Grow Wing county,
this state, died at the Gull Lake
settlement upon tins reservation,
last Friday night.
Doh-wah yeance was a good man
and had many friends among the
former residents Of old Grow
Wing, which is fifteen miles from
Gull Lake. He was about sixty
years of age and was born and
raised at Gull Lake.
From our earliest recollectiOns
we knew Doh wah -yeance, and the
opinion of his honesty and truth
fulness among those who knew
him was confirmed at Fergus Falls
when NJ, G. Burch and his dis
reputable gang tried to induce him
to commit perjury IN 1911, and
which they failed to do.
DOH wah. .yeance had been in
poor health since last winter, but
his friends and close associates did
not expect his early death. He
was buried last Sunday, and being
pagan he was buried under the
rights Of the Grand Medicine
Lodge, the Chippewa Indian
religion.
Now is the time to pay that
OIL bccri ptiop
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17

The Indians interested will be
given ample information, expla in
alton, and full time for consider
alton, to which end, will, p ier-
sonalIy and briefly, if requested to
do so, Call attention to the partl' Gu
lar points of the petition, and even
furnish copies of it to represeI ia
tive Indians, if desired. The time
for signing closes on June 80.
1917.
J. II. Hinton,
Superintendent.
The best schools upon the Red
Lake and White Earth resG rva-
tiuns are the Catholic schto htools
That at Red Lake has been sun
ported in part by a contract be.
tween the school and the Int erior
Department, but the Catholic
school here has received no such
assistance.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17
The T0MAHAWK.
GUS II. BEAULlEU, Publisher
White Earth Agency, Minnesota.

Entered at the POstotfice at White
Earth, Minn., as mail matter OF The
second class.
The Tomahawk., 1917-05-17

.S Now is the time to pay that
subscription.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
Why Not a Few Weeks ON
q Western Ranch This
SUMMER

lot OF ranch owners out In Wy
oming--hne. Wholesome people---havs
nxed up their homes and established
cottages and hOuse-tents near by. TO
accommodate summer boarders.
They are maxine IL a business TO
take good care OF these boarders to
furnish them with saddle horses.
guide them on hshlng. mountain
climbing and Sightseeing cxpedi-
lions and. beyond all. 10 make them
comfortable and give them thorough
ly good. we'll prepared food. Good
cheer IL the keynote, and 80 tho Gus
tom OF taking ones family and spend
ing vacation on one Of these West-
crn ranches has become very popu-
lar
We make II our business TO know
about these ranches. and are pre-
pared 70 give you the names and ad-
dresses OF many. 10 explain their
facilities and attractions. cost OF liv-
ing thera and how To reach them
most conveniently.
Its all very simple and easy. ana
for perfect rest and recuperaton. Tor
a way 20 secure n store OF health FOR
the coming year. you can't go wrong
on q ranch vacation.
Let me help you plan for such an
outing and give you all the tnforma-
tlnn needed: IN fact, make all ar
rnngements for the complete trip.
J. Francis. Gen. Pass. Agt.. C., u. n
O. r. r. SAT w. Jackson blvd. Chi
cago ADV.