The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-25

I" held in tute!aye is the fashion -:
me moment. It's in the air for the
ihhinn. There are several members
or congress Of Indian blood ANA leg
lSihflnn making the Indian a citizen
IS likely to be kept before tina, body
I'LL something is accomplished One
or the leading proponents of equal
rights for the Indian. for instance.
is one who has & trace of The Lineage,
of The red man himself Robert Latham
owen. senior senator from Oklahoma
whose mother was "Narci>Sa Chisholm
OF the Cherokee Nation" As the SEQ
rotary "f the board OF education of the
Cherokee nation. United States Indian
agent for the Five Civilized Tribes
and owner and editor of ,he prri,iical,
the Cherokee Chieftain. the senator
has done notable work for the e: use
Of equal rights. The best service he
has rendered. however. Is in being
what he lS-fnr surely any one who
ha> made fortune as nm up-,o-datp
farmer is the organizer of Il bank and
has got himself elected to tn. United
StateS senate has furnished a demon
>'rati"n that he is we'll adapted for
taking care of himself
William Writ Hastings is of Chern.
kce parentage He VAS born in 1861;
IN the old Indian territory. ON his
graduation from the Cherokee Male
seminary he Went TO Vanderbilt UNI
r"r>ity. which gave him the degree of
Lib II" hecame in 1896 thr NJ
iorney for the Cherokee nation and
represented II in the winding ,,p of
its tribal affairs in Washington He
was delegate N large To the national
Democratic convention at Baltimore i'm
1912. Besides serving us a member
of the present congress Mr. Hastings
is the regular attorney for the chero-
kee trh" in all lis public relations
Charles Tau-her'y Carter was born
near foggy Depot in an old fort Of
the 'hor'aW nation, Indian territory.
He attended rs Il hoy the ChickaSaw
Labor academy near TiShimi::g 60. l.
I. He worked on a ranch as COW.
hoy for while and then hrrnme y
clerk in store Mr. Carter rose tn
high place IN the councils Of thu. Chick.
a>aws. serving as school superirten.l-
ent and mining trustee AMI Mcupy-
ing variouS other POSITIONS He IL y
director Ut HE Ar,more hank in his
home town of .>rinnre. Okla. aud
he is the member Of congress re<ponS.
ihlp for the Indian enfranrhiSe,n,nt
hill
Probably the force most 10 no rock
"ned with among III" Indians Of the
present day is the returned soldier
The Indians sent 10000 Young braves
into the army and ..AN into the navy
They proved 10 he gorgeous fighters
and brought home decorations galore
En' the main point is .ha, the army
experience of the Young men has
proved, for most "f them the most i'm
portant educational factor Of their ga
rrnr> commissioner Sells refused 4,
permit them ~ hp grouped as Indj.n>
in service units. They vnluutcereh
or were drafted as individuals and
Mere hii""a'etl rs such to comn,nies
and regiments. The result wos tim,
for year or 'w" they lived precisely
III" life of the white soldiers with
white men Tor companions These men
will never he satisfied until they ,r,
citizens.
Cato Sells. III" United States indian
commissioner. las faith in the rel,
man. He says:
THE tim" has come for disseminating
the guardianship of all cnmret.n. In