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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-26
Grand Jurors

The list from which the Grand
Jury will be made ap as follows
Ito appear December 20:
II. p. Wellborn, Will Clements. Ira
Sturdivant. Gordon Tomlinson, c.
w Roberts. John Stanley. o. l..
Jones, Allen Warren. Joe Strayhorn.
e. d. De Shazo. John Erwin, Pete
Ragsdale. Harry Harlin. A. F. Shaw,
Jesse Fuller, l.. II. Shoemaker.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-26

Mr. ]. II. McClinton came over
Sunday from Abilene to spend
few days at business. He says he
doesn't notice much change h'1e
since he went away.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-26
NcFarInn,l.Pcttit

Judge w. S. Adamson officiated at
his office Tuesday evening at the
marriage of Mr.. W. A. Mcfarland
and Mrs. Nealy Petit, both of Fisher
cQunty.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-26

], b. Weaver has been living out
on Route 2. east of town but has
moved in no~ 70 g more conven-
iert TO school.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-26

NJ. and Mrs. JW. A. Farmer and
daughters are here from Fort Worth
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-19
INDIAN STATUS NOT
CLEAR BUT HE CAN
VOTE IF He WISHES
Suffrage Has Not Interested
Redmen But Some Were In
duced to Vote for Taft in
1912; Favored Dry Law.

The status of the Umatilla Indian
is subject for wise heads to ponder
over. According to an opinion of the
bureau of Indian affairs the tribes on
the reservation are citizen Indians
ana thus are entitled to vote. But as
citizens they are under all the rules
and regulations placed upon Indians
and must obey the laws made for
their guidance and direction. In short,
the Umatilla reservation Indian is
citizen and yet he is not citizen.
bal laws to govern them, the Indians
come under more regulations than
their white brothers. Some of the
laws, however, do not apply to them,
for no Umatilla Indian has been
Known to pay either an income tax or
an inheritance tax. Incomes of some
of the natives are known to be with
in the tax paying class, while the in
| he1itnce of quarter section of wheat
land would be sufficient to cause the
| Inheritance tax commissioner to hold
out the hat.
AS citizens the Indians are not al
lowed to have charge of their own
| funds except in certain cases, yet they
may vote provided they register and
| elect to go to the polls. Suffrage
among the Indians has interested them
very little, but one or two occasions
l,Ax
the polls in any large number.
IN 1912 some one put the Indians
on to a "hunch" to vote for Taft for
president and many ballots which
wore counted had no mark on therl
whatever except the cross after the
names Of the Taft electors. When
prohibition came up for vote before
the state went dry in 1916, many of
the Indians went to the polls to vote
FIR prohibition, the two missions hav-
ing influenced them to help the move
ment along. AS rule the Indians do
not exercise their franchise.
AS citizen Indians the men of
fighting age were obliged to serve the
United States in the great war and the
reservation sent 46 men to the colors,
Again, in their capacity as citizens. the
Indians are able to go before the state
or federal courts to take actions at
law, but as citizens they dare not over
step the dry law in any particular.
without more serious consequences
than to their white brothers.
Some of the advantages of citizen
ship are thus seen to be enjoyed by
the natives and others not so much
enjoyed. The draft of their men for
military service at first did not seem
exactly right to the Indians and then,
again. they are more than compenst-
ed by not having to pay taxes on in
comes and inheritances. The citizen
ship status of the Indian is a hybrid
affair and a middle ground between
the full citizenship enjoyed by the
whites and the lack of citizenship |
some indians have,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-19


the reservation. who were at that time
In camp near the old agency and they
Immediately Joined the few troops
there In pursuit OF the Bannocks.
I A small battle was fought on ths
reservation. Sumpkin relates, but the
Bannocks made good their getaway
and were not overtaken until they
reached the Starkey Prairie. Here
another battle was fought and about
half of the Idaho Indians taken cap
tive. These captives we're brought
back to camp at the agency while a
few of the Indian scouts pursued them
to see that they did no further dam
age In the oregon country.
.s"Major Connoyer was agent at the
time this happened the old Indian.
Sumpkin, said as he recIined In his
tepee one day this summer. "He told
Us to leave the fight to the soldiers.
but we tel dhim the chances were too
great. We could not sit by and see
the cattle belonging. to ourselves and
our white friends killed by warning
band and we would not leave 1t to tho
soldiers as the major asked. After
we had declared we wanted to assist
Umatillas Are Peaceful
The Indians of the Umatilla reser-
vation have always been lovers OF
peace, Captain sumpkin told his in
terviewer and for that reason their
men were willing to fight a defensive
fight against any breach of the peace.
From their earliest settlement on the
reservation they have been friends
with the white people, both In this
county and elsewhere throughout
Eastern Oregon, Pendleton. La-.
Grande, Wallowa, have always been
friends with the Indians. he said. and
he expressed the kindest regard for
all the whites.
wherever we have gone among
white people. we have been treated
as friends he said. "On hunting
trips to the John Day or as far as
Baker people have asked where we
were from and when we told them
from the Umatilla reservation we.
have been given the best of treat
ment"
1t was this bond of friendship be-
tween the Umatilla reservation tribes
and the whites which prompted tho
defense of the Indians against the in-
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
A Strike in Spiritland.

Patience Worth, the NEST prominent
member of ouija union No. ! Of the An
Gent and Honorable Order of Spirits, has
quit work in New York. Whether she
will call the other spirits out in a sympa-
thetie strike remains to be seen, Patience
has lest her patience, if not her worth,
She ia offended by something Prof, James
Il. HYslop, of the American Society of
Psychieal Research, has said or done, The
professor has been employing some non.
uniea spirits, perhaps, or has violated
union rulea. A boycott has been declared
and Patience is trying to tie up commune
cation with New Workers. until Professor
Hyslop comes to terms.
Patience had A working arrangement
with Mrs. John II, Curran, of st. Louis
and turned cut a lot of messages in prose
and poetry and even has Feserted to yers
lihre. That'a pretty good for a Puritan
maid who had a New Mngland conscience
when in the flesh $50 years ago she roamed
around in Massao husetta.
Having completed its work of inrestiga.
ten in regard to the steel strike, Senator
Kenyon's committee might turn its atten-
ton to this new phase OF labor discomfort.
IL the euija board message production IA
to be curtailed this country will be in the
deuce OF u plight.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
MUST BE MELTED IN TOWER
Only Way City Of st. Louis Can Get
Rid Of Bell Which Renders
Structure Unsafe.

.L-
The two-ton bell which hangs In
the tower of the city hall has made the
tower unsafe, but the bell is SO large
1t would be dangerous to try to take
it down, SO 1t is to be melted right
where it is with a~cetylene blow
torches, such as are commonly seen
in use by workmen repairing car
tracks, says the st. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Building Commissioner McKelvey
pronounced the tower unsafe rs long
as the bell remains, because the steel
supports have been corroded. More
over he said. an attempt to lower the
bell would be very dangerous, there
fore the decision to take it down a
bucketful at a time.
The only time in recent years that
the bell has been rung was the day Of
the armistice celebration. 1t was rung
when the building was constructed in
1904. The bell cost about $1,000. The
expense of removing 1T will be about
81 800. 1t is six feet high and four
feet in diameter at the base.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
M. Gomperso on Direct Action.
From the Springfield Republican.

g" SH6n4oS sCGS:SSV
The position of the America. Federation of Labor, which means
the responsible organized labor movement of this country, in support
Of the basic principles of democracy upon which the commonwealth
rests is impressively set forth BY President Samuel Gompers IN 9
pronunciamento on direct action which is being distributed
among the labor unions. Here arr some passages from it:
Once the policy Of direct action is embarked upon by body large
enough to exerta justified influence in the affairs of thu country, thu political
structure is brought fac to face With a situation which may lead to conse-
quences of reaction of the most critical character
What is meant by direct action is this: In he event that the majority
at the ballot bx goes against given proposition the minority may.
by suspending work in a vita industry, compel the nation to reverse tho
decision Of tn majority n accedet to tn will of the minority. 4##
It is he conviction OF III American people, IN specifically Of h Ameri-1
can working people, that political democracy. as we know 1T is the best form
off government yet devised, that it must not be- endangered, and cannot bel
endangered without entaIing the most serious consequences to everyone.
The destruction of thu democradcp political structure by directs action would
inevitably lead to chaos nut of which g could note emerge into the restoration
OF order without first restoring the political structure that had been DESTROYED
Mr.. Gonpers is addressing particularly, no doubt, those emotional
individuals. and groups within the ranks Of labor who are attracted
by the destructive philosophy and teachings Of the syndicallsts and
their political kin. He has been fighting them for a generation, but
never more vigorously or with more reason than now. Faith that
in this republic the peoples will expressed at the ballot box will not
be thwarted ana. that it can and will accomplish justice is at the basis
of the policy which has guided the development Of a vast labor organ
ization consistent with the security of the state. That this policy is
menaced by Revolutionary radieaism there is some reason to fear. It
would be worse than folly to increase the menace by indiscriMinatc
confusion of conservative leadership, militant as it may be in the
industrial field, with the forces Of destruction against which it is
opposed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
Riots BY Rioters.

From the Dearborn independent.

From III Dearborn independent.
Good Americans who have been alarmed over race riots in differ
ent cities, who have feared a long continuance and wide extension of
such outbreaks, may take comfort from the report OF Coroner Hoff-
mans jury in Chicago.
The finding, in substance, is that some bad white men killed a
number of negroes, and some bad negroes killed some white men.
And the great mass Of both races killed nobody and harmed nobody.
Tie jury reached this finding by the aid of one striking fact
Nearly all the. black men killed by white men were robbed. Nearly
all the white men killed by black men We're robbed.
We all know that crusaders do not rob their victims. Soldiers
do not loot their enemies. Men aroused to vehement race passion do
not express their passion by picking dead folks, pockets. So whatever
element Of race feeling may have been aroused in individual breasts
in Chicago, it did not find its vent in thuggcry. The crimes committed
during that outbreak were regular crimes committed by routine
criminals.
The finding of the Chicago jury should rouse both races to
recognize their common enemy. The enemy is not the man with a
different color Of skin, bur the man with a different hue Of soul
There was always room for more than one race in America. Even our
WARS with the Indians We're not natural struggles, but strife fomented
by bad red men or bad white men. If it were merely natural Cor
white men and red to fight they would be fighting yet. If it were
merely natural for white men and black to fight they would be
fighting all the time. In fact, we all rejoice in our natural peace, ant
should post guards against the peace breaker, the rioter who makes
riot.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
Enforce the Law.

from the Beattis Times.
The assistant secretary of labor, Louis
b, Post, has punched a hole in the plan
to round up and deport preachers of sedi=
ton in the Pacific northwest big enough
for a boisheyist army to march through:
IN q telegram received in ttis city he
announced, in effect, that an overt act
would have ta be established before the
department would consider a defendant
had made himself liable te the act of Octo-
Der 10, 1915, under which deportation pro-
eeedings may be- conducted.
Yet, this act specifically provides for the
deportation Of 'aliens who are members
of our affiliated with any organization
that entertains a belief in, teaches or adj
Yocates overthrow by ferce or violence Of
the government of the United States; or
that entsrtains or teaches disbelief In or
opposition to all organised government"
Wl'st mare Law ;s needed than this?
The act expressly makes liable to de-
portation aliens who arc members of any
organization advocating overthrow Of the
government by force.
Tts JaeFs saet of membership in such an
organization seemingly was considered by
the men who drafted it as an overt act"
Must the eeuntry wait until alien preach
eFs of seditleh siss, with arms in hand, to
overthrow the government before 1t will
move Ia ffstset itself?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
Importance Of Little Things
From the Wall Street journal.

It's the little things that count in life: That's why the child is
taught Little drops of water and similar jingles. Fortunes are
made by little savings; fortunes are lost through triflng leaks. What
is smaller than the throat OF the insect world! Yet, what Is greater
than the aggregate wealth insects drain from the country? Take,
for instance, three of the most insignficant-boll weevl, cattle tick
and fever mosquito. An infants finger could crush them, yet they
have changed the social and economic Welfare of the south.
The boil weevil has put some states out of the category of important
producers Of cotton, has doomed seas and cotton to extinction, and
every year costs about $20o,0Oo,O0o. Since 1892. it has destroyed
II, 100000 bales Of cotton, or more than the present crop.
The tickle has prevented cattle raising in 100000 square miles Of
country ideal for live stock. But for it, the south would be teeming
with cattle, and 50cent steak and $18 shoes would be unknown. 1t
drains more than $1oo0oo,ooo a year from the country besides untold
millions in secondary costs. There are 100000 acres Of swamp
Landslide breeding places of MISUNDERSTANDING of feyers,
which cost the country dearly.
These are but three of the list of insect leaks which in the aggre-
gate cost the country, according to semiofficial estimates 81, 100000,
900 a year. Their activities only show the Importance Of little things.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
Saved by a Senator.

From the New York Times,
According to a sympathetic dispatch,
Senator James D.. Watson 'hreka down
the barrier of secrecy when he informed
the members OF the American club of In
dianapolls Of a terrible danger e%yerhnng-
ing this country. The Carranza govern
ment, he divulged, Ia about to deliver
Mexico into the hands Of roveiutionists
who have been organized by the Russian
soviets. Mexicans and Russians arc to
attack these states and overthrow our re-
public; but the aggression Will not CONS
from tho frontiers, as might DO supposed,
but from q center of disaffection in Colo
RADIO. The senator tells Us that in Colorado
Is to be set up the first soviet governs
ment, allied with Mexico and Russia, and
that an army Of 10000 men will set forth
From Colorado to conquer the rest of
America for bolshevism. All this is to
happen within three or four weeks, and If
rier Of secrecy we might have been easy
victims.
Mr.. Watson acted with tha caution be-
coming one who possessed su6h a secret.
He asked the newspapers to say nothing
about II, presumably fearing that puhlica-
ton would impede the concentration Of
loyal troops; and as to the eeneer of Soviet
propaganda. he would say only that Il was
"a certain city" This la net vary definite,
but merely by saying that 1t eon,ea from,
q city tEs senator %exculpates his home
town OF Rushville and leaves the other
municipalities of America to point tho ac-
cusinE finger one at tho other. No doubt
the obnoxious city will be tntar by storm
ss soon as Colorado han been paelfied,
hut Fle3ven knows what might have hap
pencil IL the senator had not impaired his
dread secret to the American Club of
Indianapolis.
Quick Watson THO naediei;
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
YOUR COLD IS EASED
AFTER THE FIRST DOSE
aPape's Cold Compound" then brsais
up q cold In Z few
hours

MtETEs tEH.EZfr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Relief comes instantly. A dose taken
every two hours until three doses are
taken usually breaks up 4 severe cold
and ends all the grippe misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages in the head, stops nose running.
relieves the headache. dnllness, fever
ishness, ~sneezing, soreness and stiir-
ness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snufiing! Clear your ~congested
head! Nothing else In the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold
Compound" which costs only a few
cents at any drug store. 1t acts with
out assistance, tastes nice. contains no
quinine-Insist upon Pape's!-Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
The Little House.

All, it's home, dearie, home, that my heart
turns to forever
A little house. a bit o green upon a quiet
street;
White curtains at the windows, and a red
bloom peering outward;
And the clicking o. the kitchen tiles to
my own happy feet.
Ah, its home, dearie, home. and the sing
ing O. the kettle,
And a table spread at evening timo
awaiting there for YOU
Tho early lamp oil lighted, and the fire,
burning CHEEKY
And a soft wind blowing inward from
the sweet world wet O. dew.
And listen, dearie. close beside. a baby in
q cradle,
A-swinging low-a-swinging low-Q'm
singing for him, dear)
Just a little song O. loving, like the south
wind to the roses
cts evening time. and home time, and
he Will soon be here"
Grace Noll Croweil, in Contemporary
Verse.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
Acid Stomach
Makes 9 Out OF 10
People Suffer

Iseetors declare that more than 10 non
e|;;Rnic diseases can be traced Ito Arfd-
fstarsach. Starting with Indigestion. heart
burn. be1ching. feod-repeating. bloat. sour.
grassy stomach. the entire system eventually
becomes affected, every vital organ suffering
IN some degree or other. You see these VIC
Tins ct Acid-Stnmach everysst fssre-people
who are subject TO nervousness. headache.
snsomnia, biliousnoss-people who suffer from
rheumatism. luinbago. s%ciatica and aches and
pains all over the body. 1t Is safe to say
THAT about 9-people out of 10 suffer ITO some
extent from Acid-Stomach.
If you suffer from stomach trouble or.
even il you do not feel any stomach distress;
yet a-e weak and ailing, feel tired and
dragged out. lack pep and enthusiasm and
know that something is wrong although you
cannot locate the exact cause OF your trou-
ble-you naturally want to get back your
grip on health as quickly as possible. Then
take BAToNIC. the wonderful modern rem
edy that brings quick relief frorn pains OF
indigestion, belching. gassy bioat. etc. Keep
yonr stomach strong. clean and sweet. See
how your general health iraproves-how
quickly the old-time vim. vigor. and vitality
Get a big soc box of EAToNIc from your
druggist today. 1t is guaranteed to please
y1u. II you are not satisfied your druggist
will refund your money.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
A Champion at Last,
From the Topeka CAPITAL.

Fuel Administrators Garfieid:s stand ssF
the Fights and iatarests of the u~norganized
public in the coal settlement is the first
that has been made by the government
SIMS iaii is any ST tiss Industrial f;fFiaa,.
iiss t:,at iaVs ss;esH: Ssttisnssa.s here
%tofore. wartime arrangements and adj
JUSTIN ents. price fixing, wage fixing and
profit fixing have psaH Raads to SUIT thu
~saFieHs eisEassts in ths iH6ustsiss sen-
aernsd. fhs pubic; HSiiieil pays the bills.
field strilses a teY note. The piiblic is not
90 iaI.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
THE MAKING OF
/ A FAMOUS
EdEDICINE
: -
How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
! Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.

A visit to the laboratory where this
euccessful remedy is made impresses
wen the casual looker-on with the reli-
ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
which attends the making of this great
medicine for wo1nan's Ills.
Over $50, 900 pounds of various herke
are used annually and all have to be
gathered at the season Of the year when
their natural juices and medicinal SUBJ
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensii slnd tank that comes in
contact with the medicine is sterilized
and as q final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine Is pasteurized and sealed
in sterile BOTTLES.
1t is the wonderful combination Of
roots ard herbs, together with the
skill and care used in its preparation
which has made this famous medicine
30 successful in the treatment OF
female Ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use OF
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Con-
pound which we are continually pub
Gshing attest to its virtue.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-11
Logs Set Afire by Friction.

The curious spectacle of great logs
set afire by friction of their rapid de-
scent in a long chute was witnessed
recently in the mountains of Washing
ton state. Logs of exceptional length
were needed for special waterfront
piling, and could be found only at n
great height. The chute down which
the cut timbers We're slid was over a
mile long, and the big sticks attained
a tremendous velocity. One that
dumped the track on the way, shat
tered a 24-in. oak tree in its course,
without material damage to Itself
Popular Mechanics Magazine.