The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
Sunday, January a, 1920.
THE "FATHER" OF ALL THE INDIANS

ALTO SELLS spent Friday in Ardmore Perhaps you don
~ know Cato Sells Then here where you get acquainted
slightly Sells and has been for the past seven years m
United States commissioner of Indian affairs with headquaf
ters at Washington In this Indian country where we live
everybody should know something about Cato Sells the
father of all the living American Indians officially speaking
Mr. Sells different from the ordinary as his front
name He thinks differently talks differently and acts d-
ferenty friendly frank and fearless He has the hanu-
ling Of vast of money in Oklahoma and IN twenty-five
other where Uncle Sam has his wards and IS sad
that he has spent $4,000 of his in his seven
years office order do his work well as he knows now
and to help Indian to become better and
happier citizen Not long the Indian bureau was nVes-
tgaed Investigations at Washington, under the present
republican rule of common as to be comca
The Indian bureau investigation was like most OF the rest OF
hem- failed to find any imaginary rat that caused any i'm
agnary smell
There has been splendid progress amongst the Indians
since Woodrow Wilson made Cato Sells commissioner Inc
theory and practice Mr. Sells in his official capacity so lar
as we have been able make out that to be worth while
an erpoye of Indian bureau OF the wenysH
states where restricted Indians dwell must be missionary lie
she have the missionary spirit; otherwise te eHpioe
will be liability rather than asset Commissioner sells
himself loves the work for the Indians de loves the Indians
Not long ago he made hit with gathering OF Apaches Ill
when he addressed them by referring to myself ana
the other Indians here He has been long and so intimately
m the Indian service that has begun feel like Indian
himself he has acquired the habit Of thinking from the Indian
IVA
body connected with the Indian service to acquire.
The recent report of Commissioner Sells long synopsis
of which was published last Saturday in The Literary Digest
presents facts to show that when the Wilson administration
began the Indian dying and that now 1t Is re-
cperated that the births exceed the Deaths which was
not prior thereto that the health of the Indians has
improved very considerably that educatonay and civicay
the Indian become very much of uplifted person.
Mr. Sells native of Iowa, where in his young manhood
President Cleveland appointed him United States district at
,rney. That was Clevelands second term. TO remain
democrat in Iowa the campaign of 1896 required courage
but Cato Sells real democrat and stood the test About
fifteen years ago he removed to Texas which state has been
his home since He lives at Ceburne when he at home
though the past years his place of abode
has been Washington D. Co. from which place he has Travelled
through all the where his Indian wards need looking
after personally by the official father"
Commissioner Sells s therefore fairly neighbor of
Ardmore and this city glad him when he last
Friday pay visit to Bloomfield Academy, of many
Indian schools under his supervision,