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The Tomahawk., 1919-10-30
Washington, D. c.,
Oct. 20, 1919.

Special to THE TOMAHAWK.-
In 1889 the then congressman
Knuse4Nelson after yearssofrefor fort
secured the enactment of q law ap
proved Jan. IA, 1889, commonly
known IS the. Nelson Act, which
was designed and intended for the
protection of the Chippewa Indians
of Minnesota and the conservation
and utilization of their property
and land. That law provided that
before it should become operative
it should be submitted to all the
different bands of the Chippewa
Ipdians in Minnesota for ratifica-
tion. The Chippewa Indians by
agreement, which was equivalent to
4 treaty with the United States,
ratified the act and it became .
binding agreement, binding alike
upon the United States and the
Chippewa Indians. 1t was . master
piece in Indian legislation and the
Chippewa Indians, realizing the
struggle the then Congressman
Nelson had gone through IN order
to obtain the legislation, felt obi
gated to him for life, and felt that
their property rights, and above all
their opportunity 10 take their
place in the great citizenship of the
country, was secure and assured.
They felt. and had right to feel,
that every aid and assistance would
be given them by the officers OF the
United States in their efforts for
self advancement.
How greatly they have been dis
appointed aud how grossly the au-
thorities of the United States have
disregarded that sacred agreement,
to the detriment of the manhood
and womanhood of the Chippewa
people, to the detriment of the
settlers upon the ceded lands and
their children, to the detriment of
the people of Minnesota as = whole,
and to the detriment of the people
of the United States, can best be
told By a simple narration of what
has transpired.
By the agreement entered into
pursuant to the Nelson Act the
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota
ceded to the United States between
Eve and ten million acres of land;
they ceded all of their lands except
enough to make allotments to the
then members of the trite. The
lands were ceded to the United
States in trust, the United States
agreeing to investigate and classify
The Tomahawk., 1919-10-30
II is a Crime Against Members
Of the Chippewa Tribe and the
Children in Minnesota, Both
White and Indians, Who are
Being Deprived Thereby Of Ad:
eQuate Public School facii-
ties, and Reared in1gnorance

Officials of the State of Minnesota
and the Nation, With the Ex-
'ception of Members Of the Min
nesota Delegation in the House
of Representatives at Washing .
ton, Indifferent to a Condition
That has Become lntolerable.
The Tomahawk., 1919-10-30

This Condition has Been Produced
and is Being Continued Solely
Because the United States Gov
ernment has Treated and is
Treating it's Agreements with the
Chippewa Indians as ''SCRAPS
OF PAPER.''
The Tomahawk., 1919-10-30

White
the lands into two classes, first,
''pine lands. that is lands chiefly
valuable for their pine timber, and
second, agricultural lands''. All
the ceded lands were to be placed in
either one of these two classifica-
tions. The allotments we're to be
made Immediately, or as soon as
the allotment work could be done,
and the Secretary of the Interior
was given authority in the event
any Indian entitled to an allotment
did not select his allotment to ar
bitrarily make the allotment in the
name of the Indian The ceded
lands were to be sold and disposed
of and the proceeds were to be
placed in the Treasury of the Unit
ed States to the credit of 'All the
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota. :"
The fund was TO bear interest at
the rste of five per centum per an
mum, one fourth of the interest
money to be used annually for
school purposes and the remaining
three fourtbs to be paid in cash
annually to the members of the
Tribe. ...
That was thirty years ago. To-
day not an allotment of land has
been made on the Red La ke Res
ervation. A forest reserve EN-.
bracing 200, 900 acres, for the pur-
pose of preserving the primavel
pine forests of Minnesota, has been
created by Act Of Congress, in dis
regard of the Nelson Act and in
disregard of the agreements entered
into Hereunder, and thus 100000
acres of virgin forest belonging to
the Chippewa Indians and which
was to have been sold and disposed
of thirty years ago, has been made
a play thing for the Nation, at the
expense Of thez4ndiAns Thus s90000s
600 acres of land on the Red Lake
Reservation, rich and fertile as any
lands in the State Of Minnesota,
that were, under the agreement
entered into in 1889, to have been
sold and disposed of and rendered
productive and taxable. are now
and have been for thirty years
lying idle and unproductive. Not
dollar from grazing or other
sources is being produced, save and
except the proceeds derived from
the sale Of timber from time to
time made by the Indian Bureau,
and the proceeds derived from the
sale of this timber are being d.
verted from the trust funds of the
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota and
placed in a fund created for the
benefit of the Red Lake Band,
which is only a small part of the
Chippewa tribe.
About 25O, 900 acres of additional
lands on the Red Lake Reservation
is now and has for thirty years re-
NAMED idle and unproductive. Not
a dollar of profit has Injured to the
Indians, the State or the Nation
during these thirty years from this
land.
During these thirty years the
about 1900 members of the Red
Lake Band have been retained in
their former tribal condition, with
out proper public school facilities
and without any substantial op-
portunity for advancement. They
have been held under an Indian
Agent with all the baneful effects
of ancient Indian tribal conditions.
With opportunity open through
the Nation to the men and women
of the Red Lake Band to obtain
employment At lucrative wages,
they have been held on the Red
Lake Reservation virtual captives.
The men cannot leave the reserva-
ton until their allotments Sre made,
for fear they will lose their allot
ments and the allotments of their
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
Hats off to the "OId Guard!

i JOHNSON will awaken the discovery that the lure of the
pat school as Lodge Penrose Knox Brandegee
has but enhce ed him making ass Of himself
Johnson know has had the defeat of Charles Evans Hughes l9
charged him Republicans have accused him
OF throwing the his because Peved by lack of
from Judge Hughes his when Hughes campaigning Cal
and more generously than the hate that they have for
the especially Of those
had tended to rnakeh him popular
Had Johnson been the that California thought he and that
considerable of the whole thought he he would have
@ y asd h ~d " sny the e'b b. a b. Deop thu
world instead of those Of the stand politicians his Preden-
dal stock would be on the rise instead of the wane
good the old guard Johnson has swallowed
They dnged the presidency before him. reminded
John Baptist Oyster Bay anything
to beat Wilson slogan he would be putting shoe that Teddy
He guPed all down; Caesar thrice refusing cOwn-in
the case of Sen Hi
WHEN all with and the smoke has
down history the hannemouth roaring country
the most boiterous of all the opposition.
OF would presidency
necessary then for the pick who less
old guard that pushed stump-tang Wilson
shelving his presidential aspirations
there be do him He'll getting
When r,r himself to be used for such
scape-soat it would be dangerous thms make
By the apparent MIR Johnson ha,
of-and that stuff.
WHEREFORE the find the California
w his chase and republican
leaders thought he had done enough kill himself and-eaps
damage they cared to have done
The en that he huTying back take the shanung
en and the equal voting hight the floor of the
hmedto keep him of California apparent poWison
There are indeed sinister evidences. of the republican, nI,vin. .o,
with than the democrats fehts
opmg @ @ @ Ps Fond e w0o , ovsb the and
and letting them hang themselves their full satisfaction
and having fallen for pndidy why Hats the old
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
Ambition Salts
Start Each Day Right With a
Clear Head and Good APP
petite in the Morning.

You can't do business right if you
start the day wrong. AMBITION
SALTS is the great rectifier OF mis-
takes Of eating or drinking the night
before II you dine not wisely. but
too WELL" take AMBITION SALTS
before going 20 bed.
In the morning wake with your
head clear. your stomach feeling
fine. your eyes bright with the
sparkle OF health and energy. Be in
condition 10 enjoy your work and do
il we'll
AMBITION SALTS is pleasant -
take. acts quickly. no pain or dis
comfort. s large bottle at Wettick's
Cut Rate Medicine Store costs but a
few cents. Your money back on the
first bottle purchased II you are nor
satisfied Guaranteed 10 he the finest
sort OF remedy for indigestion. head
ache. biliousness, constipation. acid
stomach, sluggish liver. kidney
troubles and malaria or no pay on
the first bottle purchased Drive the
uric acid from your system with
AMBITION SALTS. Make your
blood pure. Pure blood means rug
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ing. Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
The Tower of Babel
BY BILL ARMSTRONG

The discussion was about enter
tainment. The party with which we
were conversing wanted TO know IL
we weren't impatient 10 hear CALI
Curse, or whatever the name may
be. We replied in the negative and
then volunteered our own private
notions OF ideal entertainment, TO
wit
Our favorite singer-Al Jolson.
The worlds greatest actor -
Charley Chaplin.
Our favorite dancer-one of the
Hoola sisters.
The ideal type of show-burles-
que.
The best musical instrument
rattle bones.
Luc Miller has fled applica ton
for membership in The Haul Me-
Home club. Mr.. Millers application
is being carefully considered
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
WHY SOLDIERS WON'T WORK.

why don't those Europeans get down 10 work
is a question asked often by Americans indignant
az the thought that Europ is loanng" and waiting
for American vigor 10 rescue it.
Perhaps the answer is found in story told by
Philip Gibbs the English war correspondent in "a
recent dispatch. French soldier explained to HIM
why there was so little reconstruction work being
done in the devastated war zone. There plenty
men, ne admitted, but they did not want to work.
Why?
Soldiers who fought i'm the for three
or four years had many escapes from death.
They expected die. The life they now have by
iuch is what they call the BIT over 1t is
expected reward the misery OF the war
They o. not want 10 toll again 10 sweat early
and late 20 struggle. They have retired; they
VIII leave the hard work 10 those who did not
fight in tho
soldiers they lost their habit OF work. All
their ideas OF the values Of life were what fol-
lows in their retirement. There are very few who
will begin life all again and start new
career.
They are tired and they want 20 rest and 20
think OF their luck IN having lodged that death
which they expected. That is the spirit of many
1 know
So there you are. 10 may be unreasonable. indie
fensibIe But is the IHychoogical attitude 10
Zeal with and what is ANYBODY COINS TO do about
81 You md to some extent even in this country.
Ask any employer Of veterans
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
OLD-FASHIONED PRICES FOR MEALS

Striking cooks and walters in Omaha have opened
? restaurant Of their at which order OF roas,
beef potatoes, bread and butter sell for 25 cents
Pork chops with all the "hxings" including apple
sauce. take oniy 40 cents from the hungry
purse. Other staple meals such as the world re.
ioiced in before the sold pre-var prices
The union responsible for the move expects to make
fan profit although the chief idea in starting the
cafe To provide place where union sympath-
zers could instead of patrJnizng the restaurants
against which the strike made.
Cooks and walters must know something of the
expense OF running restaurant business If they
figure that they make profit the rates men
toned above. it seems to suggest undue percent
age made 10y the average restaurant keeper on his
investment.
II the hackers Of this enterprise succeed at such
prices. it should than hint to tho
eating public and the establishment OF more places
OF the kind should follow a direct result.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
The Horoscope



Under the powerful operations Of
the sidereal forces this should prove
20 De a very active and important
day. with progress and gratifying
returns New and large projects
should be developed. especially
those relating 70 trusts. corporations
or secret orders or societies. and
benefits may be expected from
those legitimate in their nature.
Changes OF any importance may
prove inadvisable. and also there 10
need for protecting the health.
With these precautions thu stellar
outlook is good. especially with
Jupiter so placed as 70 strengthen
financial returns. In social and do
nestle interests the prospects are
also pleasant.
Those whose birthday Il is have
the promise OF a prosperous and
pleasant year. though they should
safeguard the health and change
cautiously A child born on this
day will be active and energetic,
but unsettled Nevertheless il will
be popular and successful
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
ELKHART CAR SITUATION
REMAINS IN A DEADLOCK

ELKHART, Ind. Sept. 24.-The
street car situation here is still dead
locked. A conference was held Tues
day morning between officials and
employees. but was without result.
City Atty. Wilder. who left Tues
day for Indianapolis 10 appear be-
fore the state tax board TO petition
an increase in municipal taxes. said
before leaving:
IF the city should order the CONF
pany 10 operate its cars and the
company refused. the matter would
have 10 go before the state indus
trial board for a hearing. Then II
the commission ordered resumption
of servi' and the company still re-
fused the commission might order
the company franchise forfeited"
According TO Mr.. Wilder, this
might be Just what the company
would like. as il is generally under
stood that the company is operating
at a loss He added that for some
time the city has feared that the
company might ask permission to
forfeit it's lines because they are not
a paying proposition.
An increase in rates here is i'm
probable. according 10 the city at
torney. Experience has shown that
in all small cities where fares have
been raised above five cents the
companies derive no more revenue,
and often less. than when operating
for a nickel fare" he said. People
will walk sooner than pay seven or
eight cents"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
SEPTEMBER "a. 1919.
woMANs DREss-wHO IS GUILTY?

Or Edith Hale Swift of Boston made bitter at
tack upon the modern womans dress AZ meeting
Of women physicians in New York She SAYS:
The sole purpose Of dress Of the American
OF today is appeal sac does not
dress keep warm. but 10 attract the atten-
tion Of men Her sole thought is 10 seek the
newest. most extravagant styles in the stores,
using thought OF hygiene modesty in
making her choice"
Mrs Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale took issue
with DR.. Swift She maintains that:
such vanities as are found in the dress and
conduct OF American women are due to the de-
sire OF the American 10 advertise his
in the world through the medium of his
wife's possessions"
Also Mrs. Hale blaues the man controlled cloth
inc trusts:
which give women no choice between
frivolty and stark ugliness. These and womens
magazines which pose our friends and ad-
visers but ins;dious prohteerng agency
10 the same end-prOhts for men who seek 20
make money by guiding women into the wrong
ways"
What both these earnest advocates % simpler
STYLES failed that their singing words
apply only the conspicuous few. To be there
are women whose is indecent thar
nudity could ever be There also men who pre-
fer that their women should "go gay" believing
that it speaks we'll of the husbands ability
'provider" But the great majority OF American
plain sensible tastefuIiy dressed well
groomed individuals who try neither their hus-
hands purses nor their neighbours morals by their
immodest attire And the average American hus-
band would rather his wife in white shirt
waist and neat navy-blue skirt any day than in
the cloth gold costume that ever failed to
cover a womans back
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
CLASSICS BELONG 10 AL.

The agitation in the schools Of this country to do
away with the classics and sharply to-
ward the directly practical in education is in oppos
ton 10 the policy the British ministry of
struction. II is distributing pamphlets amons the
English OF all classes recommending that the class
les be given prominence in an education. The
pamphlet says.
a good half Of the finest literature in the
world they Cthe clsssics) should not remain the
special preserve OF social class 10 is for the
working classes now that they rising full
power. with more articulate expression 70
claim access to this mine OF intellectual wealth
Who can deny the soundness Of this philosophy
More than this the better standards OF literature
a people enjoys the wider and better will be the de-
veopment OF that people.
After all is the ease with which ne reads and
the class of reading which ~ enjoys which separ-
ate The educated man from the uneducated. II this
Is the age of education. the answer Is pIain-more
people must be taught TO read. and standards OF
reading mus; be higher II is not by limiting the vi-
sion OF the few but oy increasing the outlook Of
the many that the world can be made more pro
dnctive.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
PERSHING'S SWORD

Congress-, after showing a disposition
Gen. Pershing rather meanly. did warm up and give
him the titular honor and the welcome that the
American people wanted him to have. The generals
reception at Washington left little be desired.
In one respect. however. congress proved itself
rather petty 1t turned down the proposal TO give
Pershing golden sword.
Now, the commander of the victorious American
armies does not need golden sword generals
jon does not require it, and with so many honors
hesped upon him. he along without Still,
it is customary 10 present some such public token
military leader who has done particularly well
in serving his country.
Leaders of Gen. Pershns's class in other coun-
tries have received such gifts recognition Of their
work. Moreover, Great Britain. which under
special obligation TO Gen. Pershing has given
him a sword honor Can America do less?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Tom Brandon has cancelled his
semi monthly trip 10 New York, the
reason being a slight furry in the
cloak market.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
ARMY NEEDS RECRUITS.

The quartermaster and medical
departments of Fort BENJAMIN Har-
rison announce the need of men. In
these departments, men may enlist
for one year at the local recruiting
station.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

Dave Fishgrund is III with a cold,
the result Of standing out in front OF
his store with his hat off.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

cash for the same. There's only
few boys like that left.
The prince of Wales seems to
smoke a good deal for a growing
boy.
John Ellsworth is expected back
TO the brightest spot in town short
ly. J. c. has been away so long we
can imagine him going into the
oliver hotel with something like the
following conversation resulting:
Abe Frank-"Why hello John,
howareyou
j. C.-"Well really old man. YOU
have the advantage of me. ! don't
seem TO remember you"
Mr. Frank-"Oh. yes. we worked
together the first year OF the fair.
Don't you recall?"
J. C.-"Oh. yes. I remember you
now. You're in the decorating and
wall paper business are YOU not?
Your name is-dont prompt me III
get It in a jiffy-Lower-Ike Lower.
Yes. you're Ike Lower aren't YOU %
A year ago today we were being
introduced 10 the Haig brothers in
Glasgow. Scotland. The Haig boys
are OF a very peculiar family. They
all look alike and after you have
had-we mean after you have met
two or three OF them-you don't
remember whether there are eight
or three OF them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
PA pertains SEE

The trouble
with bein' a fat
doctor like DR.
Hill is. there
hain't no one
Eoin' 10 sym e
pathize with you
when you get
down sick.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

Frank Allen is in Chicago 10 at
tend the bakers convention Betsy
Ross bread viii be delivered bout
the city regardless. Mr.. Allen hsv-
ing ARA nged 10 have substitute do
his bakin' while he's away.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

a West Virginia barber died after drinking hair
tonic. what the average wants 10 know is
considering what he has to pay for hair tonic how
can any barber afford to drink it?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

DIT. Renner smiled when he signed the Austrian
peace treaty. What example for the small boy
when grmacing at the medicine spoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

The father who used TO put his hand the
hide listening the chatter OF the who puts
his foot 70 the p.gskin
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

Galveston saved by its wall What shall
be the wall of jhe United States big stand
ing army. international league?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

Jake Heckaman received instruc-
tions by wire the other day TO at
tend an important weddin' here in
town 10 represent the party sending
the telegram. Jake SEE: by George.
I would have went only my other
white coat was in the laundry and
1 couldn't possibly get il in time"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

The kaiser is sull untried and unhanged. and from
this distance ne looks safer than
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

SIPS Muslin Gowns -
Skirts, Envelope Combina-
ton, Dorothy Drawers,
Canary Drawers and Bloom
ers.
$1.75 Fiannelette Gowns
High or low neck. Muslin
Gowns. Skirts, Envelope
Combination, Camisoles.
$1.5O Corsets-White or
Pink Coutil or Batiste. high.
low or medium bust and
sizes q to 30. Many of
these corsets worth to
$3.50.
Girls School Dresses at
$500. Sizes 4 to a. in
Gingh a m. Chambrays,
Plaids, Stripes and plain col
ors-many worth to $3.95.
Girls Rain Capes at
$2.95. Red and navy only.
Sizes 6 to IA years. One
day special only $2.95.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

A man looking for trouble with q
gun on his hip. always iinds H.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

After the parade is over and all
the fuss has subsidized. we hope Alex
Arch won't have any trouble in
landing a job here in South Bend.
Wen bet Alex will accept Il.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

II as now open season for presidential candidates
and near-ca ndidates.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

We saw Gene Miller buying a new
fall suit the other day and paying [.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

The Z Knew Him When" Pershing league is now
organizing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

cash for the same. There's only a
few boys like that left.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

The prince of Wales seems to
smoke a good deal for a growing
boy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
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