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not in the least retard them from
assuming that they know it all and
trying with might and main to stir up
oil the muss they possibly cam"
In order to set the public right as
letter issued by Indian Commissioners
Burke, we reprint the full text, which
is, as follows:
A MESSAGE
To All Indians.
Not long ago | held meeting Of
snperintendents missionaries and In
dians, at which the feeling of those
present was strong against Indian
dances, as they. y.are usually given, and
against so much time as is often spent
by the Indians in display Of their
old customs at public gatherings held
by the whites. From the views of
this meeting and from other informa-
ton, ! feel that. something must be
done to stop the neglect of stock,
crops, gardens and home interests
caused by these dances or by celebra-
tions, pow-wows, and gatherings of
any kind that take the time of the In
dians for many days.
Now, what | want you to think
about Very seriously is that you must
first of all try to make your own liv-
ing, which you cannot do unless you
work faithfully and take care of what
comes from your labor, and go to
dances or other meetings only when
your hoBoe work will not suffer by it.
II do not want to deprive you of de-
cent amusements or occasional feast
days, but you should not do evil or
foolish things or take SO much time
for these occasions. No good comes
from your "give-away custom at
dances, and it should be stopped. 1t
is not right to torture your bodies or
to handle poisonous snakes in your
ceremonies. All such extreme things
are wrong and should he put aside and
forgotten. You do yourselves and
your families great injustice when at
dances you give away money or other
property, perhaps clothing, a COW, a
horse or team and wagon, and then
after an absence of several days go
home to find everything going to
waste and yourselves with less to
work with than you had before.
/ could issue an order against these
useless and harmful performances, but
lI would much rather have you give
them up of your own free will and,
therefore / ask you now in this letter
/ to do so. / urge you to come to an
understanding and an agreement with
your superintendent to hold no oath
erings in the months when the seed
time, cultivation of crops and the har-
vest need your attention and at other
times to meet for only a short period
and have no drugs, intoxicants or
gambling, and no dancing that the SUI
perintendent does not approve.
If at the end of one year the reports
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to fool the, white people into attend
ing and spending their money among
the Indians. Some declared the
"squaw dance' was pretty much on
the same order, where free sexual Ii
cense prevailed for several days
throughout the village.
The affidavits above referred to are
regarded with mixed feelings by re-
Rsponsible white men who have lived
among the Hopis for years-iaen of
the highest integrity. They are
amused at the evident attempt to
make immoral practices once admit
tedly prevalent but now obsolete q
present cause for attempt to have the
dances discontinued. And they are
indignant at what they feel to be the
real motive behind it ALA narrow
minded attempt to take away from
the Indians their innocent amuse-
ments the same as they would, If
they could, stop all dancing among
the whites. One Of these men said
recently to a representative of The
Sum-: s
'The man who got these affidavits,
| suppose. was man named Sweet.
(Which was the case.) This man was
on the reservation in an official ca
9acity several years age.
| He was not a bad chap, at all, but
was narrow-minded and higoted. He
said then that ne would never rest
until he put a, stop to the Indian
dances. He was warned that such a
course would have an exceedingly bad
| effect on the Indians, taxing away
| from their pleasures with nothing to
give them in return.
"I know immoral practices did exist.
Some Indians did things they should
not, Just as some whites do. But they
| have discontinued these practices.
can take you to many responsible men
| who know the facts who will tell you
as I do that these affidavits are un-
flair in that they attempt by inference
| to show that the dances are now fol-
lowed by immoral debauches. They
are not.
.As for waste Of time in the dances,
/ the Indian men return to their work
after they are over just as promptly
as the whites do from their festivities.
| "The whole trouble is that there are
lot of associations and people fond
of meddling In other peoples affairs
and making the whole world over to
their own pattern The Indians af-
ford them an opportunity. They know
really nothing about the condition of
the Indians but knowing nothing does
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$50 yard pony race on roam; Paul
Tssaw winning second with his sor-
rel
Then came a couple of boxing bouts.
The first was between Bob Curry of
Pitman Valley and Jack Morris of
Williams for four rounds. The first
round was whandinger, but the boys
hadn't been tuned up as to wind, con-
sequently the second and third rounds
were heap tanner. In the fourth
they came alive and turned in the
rest oj: their wind. Both showed good
knowledge Of the game and put up a
good scrap. With some training to
bolster up their wind they would make
things hum for any good fighter. The
fight was decided draw and the
money divided. They earned it.
Paul Moritz of Flagstaff took on a
young cowpuncher of the Garland
Prairie country. Paul had all the
best of it, but the cowpuncher was
game and had an cold hayrnaker wal
lop7 that would have cleaned the
boards if he could have placed it adj
|vantageously.
Tom Wagner and son, Tosnmie, won
the horseback contest from Bill and
John Morgan and thus became
champions of Coconino county
The big dance with splendid music
followed and even a whole lot of the
old folks stayed to wind up the day
properly.
The absolute guarantee of Grey,
Grey, Tissaw, Perkins & Co., that
there would be no rain on that day
was carried out to the letter. Just
what stand-in that crowd has with the
rain-maker no one knows, but they de-
livered the goods, even though there
was slight grumbling overheard at
about noon over to the northwest.
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to Bryan. Each time Bryan acknow-
lodged the introduction in the same
way Then Adlai Stevenson, vice
presidential running mate with w. J.
B., took Swinnerton back and intro
duced him to ''our peerless leader"
Bryan came up through his milk.
Haven't met you before 2" he
asked.
"Seyen times in the last hour, the
creator of Little Jimmie" replied.
81 am always glad to be introduced
a great many times to great men.
Eventually Jim Creelman, the jour-
nalist, introduced Jimmie to Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan again assured him of the
honor he always felt in meeting news
paper men. "Se," Jimmie confessed,
II realized that I had failed to regis
ter with Mr.. Bryan and thus failed to
become acquainted through him with
the other great men of the world"
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which / receive show that you are do
ing as requested, shall be very glad
for / shall know that you are making
progress in other and more important
ways, but. if the reports show that
you reject this plea, then some other
course will have to be taken.
With best wishes for your happiness
and success, am,
Sincerely yours,
CHAS. III. BURKE,
March 28, 1923. Commissioner
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|. A man awakens from a sthree-year
sleep and asks for chew. Was this
staged by the American Tobacco Co. =?
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Spring fever is usually attended by
some sort of rashness.
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GARLAND PRAIRIE GORGE
WINS MANY GARLANDS

Continued from Page one)
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Give The Sun your Job Printing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-16
Charities and Corrections

The hearing before the judiciary
committee Thursday afternoon on
the act presented by Representative
William f. Brewster of Dexter to re-
place the Board of Charities and
Corrections by a single commissions
err, drew a large crowd and was
warmly contested.
The first speaker in favor of the
act was Representative Franklin d.
Cummings of Portland, who stated
at the outset that he realized this
hearing would develop quite a lot of
personal feeling and he thought he
might give it a turn to avoid that.
and that if it was found that the
trouble was largely due to the sys-
tenn then the system should be
blamed.
Il have no words of condemnation
Tor those who compose the Board of
Charities and Corrections" said Mr..
Cummings. He said he thought the
fault was with the system, that the
members of the Board receive no
salary and therefore cannot devote
thelr time to the work. Therefore.
they are obliged to depend upon the
Held agents who go about the State.
Ihese Held agents the speaker COM
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Teaching Constitution
Continued from Page One)

nent or opponent. but would vote for
it if it was reported favorably by the
committee. Speaking of his mem
bership on the school board Of Lew
iston for the last year, he said that
he had been looking into the matter
of insidious propaganda in histories
which tended to reflect upon the
deeds of valor of the men who found
cd this country. lie said that he had
failed to find any OF this in the books
in use in his home city, but he
thought that the teaching Of the
Declaration of Independence should
be included in the act. in order to
counteract such propaganda if it did
appear.
The Lewiston representative held
| in his hand n list of the histories
which have been condemned in some
cities as containing the propaganda
to which he referred. and he re
marked that DR.. Thomas, like himself
wished to scotch the head Of that
snake as soon as it appeared i'll
Maine"
within the last few years" said
| Mr.. Holmes. there has been an or
Ganized effort to belittle the deeds
of the heroes of the Revolution in
the interests of the international
| mind-not the American mind. When
Lord Northcliffe returned from his
| trip to the United States he report
| ed that $150,000 was available for the
purpose of creating what is termed
the international mind in America.
! 1t is a very real and pressing danger
! Not long ago there appeared in
one department Of the Maine Histor-
Z "A n Of h,f
| kind of teaching--that We American
people have been taught the wrong
kind of history all these years The
| writer wanted to give the impression
as | view it, that the Revolutionary
| War was simply a quarrel between
certain English gentlemen. instead OF
a war between two great people over
a fundamental principle.
| The teaching of the Declaration
of independence in our schools will
| give the reasons for the separation
of the colonies from Great Britain
| ana II that document is explained in
! diligently to the children it will off
set the propaganda which DR.. Thorn
! as fears may have crept into the
| State of Maine"
is this propaganda in the inter-
! ests of the League of Nations or is
| it just pro- British?" asked Represen-
tative Mark A. Barwise OF Bangor a
member of the committee.
| 1T is pro- British" was the reply.
How are they going to get any
| thing out of il? ," asked Mr.. Barwise.
| i don't care to state. If | did,
would make long speech here. l
VIII say. however, that every time a
| young American accepts Il Rhodes
.1l,n 1,,. l.,
| plan which Cecil Rhodes had i'm mind
when he created those Scholarships. :"
! No one appeared in opposition to
| the act
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ROUNDS IN TILT WITH
PORTLAND MAYOR OVER
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION

Representative Edgar Il. Rounds of
Portland and Mayor Carroll s. Chap
lin of that city clashed Thursday aft
ernoon at the hearing before the
committee on education on an act
amending the revised statutes and
providing for the transportation of
pupils who live on islands where
there are no secondary schools and
from which regular transportation
lines are established.
rms act makes it mandatory to
provide transportation for high
school pupils. and while it would be
a general law if enacted. it would ap-
ply almost wholly to Portland. Mr..
Rounds appeared in favor of the
measure and Mayor Chaplin in OBJ
position.
Mr.. Rounds presented 4 new draft
OF the act, i'll which there was a
slight change of the wording, and in
speaking for the amendment. he said
that a year ago last spring the trans
portation for island pupils were TAX
en- away from the steamship and
ferry lines, but kept, so far as trolley
lines We're concerned. Two millions
was invested in two high schools for
the city, he declared, and within four
or five miles of these schools were
about SO pupils who could not attend
unless transportation were provided
for them. Such transportation for
scholars had been furnished from
1890 until about a year ago when it
was cut off by the mayor
The mayor had stated that there
was no appropriation to continue this
transportation, but Mr.. Rounds said
he had investigated and found that
the city paid for more than $4,000
tickets purchased from the Cumber-
land County Power and Light COM
pany and had taken it out of some
other appropriation.
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! Hnck!ey of Cumberland. a member
| of the committee.
| Not all the criticism replied Mr..
| Cole.
! Under the proposed law couldn't
! or wouldn't the commissioner have
| the same opportunity to be extra
| VACANT and couldn't he have as ma ny
| field agents or investigators as the
| present board?'' asked Senator
| Hnckley.
The commissioner would be I'M
der orders from the governor le-
piled Mr.. Cole.
Don't you suppose that perhaps
the governor might disagree with
his appointee,' asked Ex- Senator
Reynolds.
II do not think So" replied Mr.
Cole.
Sometimes governor disagrees
| with his council" remarked Elk -Sen-
| ator Reynolds.
That is matter of common
| knowledge said Senator BuzzeH of
Waldo. the chairman of the commit
| tee, amid laughter.
The Opposition
Judge Reynolds, one of the new
members of the board, the first
!
had failed to find as vet, whit lie
had been searching for. and that was
some of the weak points in the work
of the board. The newspaper re
ports, he said. had given but two
OF the cases which had come III for
criticism and he would like to have
something concrete to show that the
hoard had not been functioning as il
should
When Judge Reynolds announced
that Mrs. Grace A. Wing of Polt-
land, acting chairman OF the board,
would be the next speaker, she took
the floor. but before she could make
! any statement, she was subjected to
quizZinS regarding the over6raits
OF the board by Representative
George c. Wing. Jr., of Auburn. a
member of the committee.
Mr.. Wing quoted from rercrts
to show one overdraft of $500 900
and another of more than $4,000 for
the year ending June 80. 1929.
What is the present status Of the
board in this respect he asked.
i understand" said Mrs. Wing.
that we have used up the money
appropriated to July, /. 1928. This
was brought to the attention vs the
council yesterday and today We GOT
more money. From now on we will
/ have to draw from the contingent
1und and get our money from week
to week"
Asked if they had ever operated
within the appropriation, Mrs. Wing
replied that during the carly yea1s
OF the board they had. but the work
kept constantly increasing.
Il am willing for you to spcnd
money" said Representative Wing.
but as member of the BODY that
raises the money. I think a State
department should keep within its
stipend"
10 you as member of this
BOARD feel that you should absolute
~ disregard the appropriations of
the Legislature and get money as
you can from the Governor and
Council?" asked Senator Fredc lick
w. Hinckley of the committee
My real attitude Is that With mr.
pressing needs. we would he glad
ior the Legislature to give us moro
money! said Mrs. Wing.
Mrs: Wing said that she was no+
referring to the children in State in
s1Nutions, but to the 1910 which
were cared for by the board and
W. M.ieh had been formerly cared for
ny tne chlidren's aid organizations
me board. she said, felt that thev
nad oeen appointed by the Legisla.
.ure 10 40 a definite job. If the
people 1eit that it was best to make
chanee they had a right to: that
was TIC boards attitude on the right
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Gannett Seeks
Game Sanctuary

Guy L. Ganrsit n Augusia ~
before the inland fisheries ans
committee asking that Gannes'e
he made a game sanctuary. H|
planned that this PARK inciusa
acres owned by William u. VI
stretching from Western syenue Y
Hallowell line and also aionf 's
road to Hnllowcll. Its owners
to preserve everything on u III
wild animals there were efeA''
turbed by hunters and oec
after rabbits. He asked the
make a close time on hunting ~
that the birds and animals me-
protected. IL was open 10 W
for park purposes. although ~
owned. A plan Of the PARK ~m
Mr. Gannett with the conimH'~
one appeared in opposition. ~
Representative Gillespie o.
bcmps appeared for an appM1
of 5000 for the screening Of
bemps lake.
Representative Ludgste OF
conducted the case for the sseV
priation asked for a feeoins
for fish at tho outlet OF W
pond. rcnohscot county -
ylaincd that the nearest NO."
were at Enfield and Carloou =
there was great difficulty IN
the pond from small FISH if'
les so far away. 49,
Zenas l.. Harvey of MI. 'n,
missioner Parsons OF the h
and game department. ana -
Jones of Augusta spoke IN la'"
resolve. -
Representative Palmer y
Falls appeared for an appr'mt.
$3.50 for screening Pleasant 10"
land Falls.
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Powers of Long Island. N. y. The
funeral arrangements have not yet
been made. t~

Powers of Long Island. N. y. The
funeral arrangements have not yet
been made. $-
The following ladies', who make UP
a sewing club. Mrs. Adelaide OrdWay,
Mrs. Lille Jones. Mrs. Maud III.
Avore. Mrs. Gertrude w. Buchanan,
Mrs. Jennie S. Philbrick, Mrs. Har-
riett A. Gledhill, Mrs. Helen l.. Mer-
rIl, Mrs. Mary c. Stinchfield, went to
Waterville Thursday and were guests
for the afternoon of Mrs. Edith Dyer
Steward. A delicious picnic dinner
was served upon the arrival of the
guests and the afternoon was pass
ed sewing and socially.
The annual planning meeting of
the ladies' branch Of the Farm Blu
reau which was to have been held in
st. Adams, Wednesday, was not held
because of the storm and the bad
travelling.
The annual planning meeting of the
Cornville local of the County Farm
Bureau, which has been twice post
poned, will be held today If the
weather and travelling conditions per-
nit The meeting will be held at the
town house and will be an all day
meeting. Both County Agent c. A.
Storer and the home demons traitor,
Miss Marion G. Hare, will be in at
tendance If the meeting is held.
Mrs. Everett Burnor left Thursday
for Bristol, Conn, where she will
join Mr.. BurnOr who has employ
ment there. lf they like, they plan
to move their house furnishings there
and make their home in the future.
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krumbled and ready to serv ~, =
be used in the most delightlm, ~
products without in any way ~
its regulatory value. Try nsS j
or mullins or griddle-eakes ~ =
Kellogg Bran. Recipes a"T
on each package. 7
KeRogg's Bran is iatichsS !
for health g sake as q Cereal,
time with hot milk. Others
sprinklcd over hot or coIc "a
Another way is to mix !. n
cereals just before serving ri
also be cooked with cereal. 80
case add two tabiespoo...I;;
Kellogg's Bran for eacn =, ~ !
chronic cases as much with ~
Kellogg 3 Bran is sold ,Dy y !.
and is supplied in indivlau .Jlss
at first.class hotels and
for It at your restaurantl
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Daniel Gilman

Daniel Gilman died late Thursday
afternoon after being i'll since last
Saturday. Mr.. Gilman, who was
about IS years of age, was born in
Brighton and was the son of Leon
ard and Elvira T.amas) Gilman. Mr.
Gilman has resided in SkowhcSan
nearly 40 years. BY occupation he
was a farmer. but for number of
years he has driven truck team for
his brother. Scott w. Gilman. He
drove the horses which were USED on
the fire engine and roomed at the
Engine hall where nc was taken i'll
and died. Mr. Gilman was a Inem-
her of the Golden Cross. He has
been twice married. The first wife
was Blanche Powers and the second
wife. Marjorie Cunliff. He is sur
vived by one brother, Edmund Gil
man of Scion and four sisters, Mrs.
Mary Longley. Mrs. Ida Stafford. Mrs.
Della Irvine. all of Scion and Mrs
Esther Porter of Madison. and two
step children, Mrs. William Siynp-
son of Oakland. Maine. and Carl
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pared to walking delegates in con-
nection with labor matters.
The members of the Board must
naturally take their information
from these agents ard must rely
upon their Judgment" said Mr.. Cum
mings.
Il believe that the Board has too
much authority" he declared 1T
should never he 50 arbitrary that it
is an absolute electorate and that Il
child shall be put where nobody
knows where it is The speaker de-
clared his belief that we are getting
too many bureaus and that if we
Keep on we will be us bureaucratic
- Imperial Russia.
Representative Brewster, who of :
fered the act, stated that he thought
the board is too large to function
properly. He said that he had one
complaint which had been brought to
his attention and that he had talked
with members of the Legislature who
knew of other cases in complaint
against the board.
Mr.. brewster was closely cues
tionN by ex-senator l.. G. Reynolds
Of South Portland member of the
Board.
with the field agents. the office in the
State Blouse. or with the members
! of the Board?" asked Judge Rey-
nClds.
Il should Judge with the field OFF,
GERS" said Mr.. Brewster
Mr.. Brewster stated as one Of his
-~arGumcnts that one cannot always
place his finger on the board, and
when questioned by Judge Reynolds
about this. replied that he knew of :,
case in which the board had refused
to function. He said that he had
written to the head of the board.
Whom did you write to-" asked
Mr.. Reynolds.
MI. Bagley," was the replv.
Judge Reynolds questioned Mr..
Brewster concerning statements
made in newspapers that the board
practiced cruelty to children. Mr..
Brewster said that the statement was
wrong.
The next speaker in favor of the
act was Representative Aaron b.
Cole of Elliot. chairman of the Cole
committee appointed by the SOth
LEGISLATURE.
Mr.. Cole spoke of the establish
ment and growth of the Board large
~ through the efforts of Hon. Robert
L. Whitehouse of Portland. who was
appointed chairman of the Board.
He said that he believed that the
board is too expensive as it is con-
Quoted at present., and that he be-
iieved that the Governor should have
the appointing power as he does in
other State departments-the ap-
pointing of the secretary of the
board. He said that there is a grow
ing feeling against the board and the
way its work is being conducted.
tx Representative Cole said that
ne could see no reason why the hoard
of charities and corrections should
send out investigators more .nan
| once a year.
'Why this department has too
many investigators" continued Rep
resentative Cole. "These Investigators
are eating up the money which
should go to charity. In ether
words. there is too much overhead
in this department. The party to he
appointed commissioner in place of
me present board would be subject
to the orders of the governor" 't
could you say that all Of the
! criticism of the board OF charities
ana corrections is that the Le@is1a-
! tlre gave this board TOO much money
and too much power" asked Senator