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interesting ceremony is the fire dance,
which is believed by the Indians to have
much to do with the continued benefcence
of the sun. And it is not hard to imagine
what useless fear and foreboding would
follow the abolition of this dance, as well
as the others.
The Indians have been driven from one
place to another, and cheated and robbed
by Congress and Government officials. but
no act of injustice which has been visited
on them in the past has stirred them to so
deep resentment as the threatened inter
ference with their ancient religious Gus
toms and ceremonialS.
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has been taken
advantage of,
cheated a n d
lied to by Gov
eminent Off
Gals for sew
eral genera
tons, and has
been the VIC
tim of the stu
pi dity and
ignorance o +
G ov e rnnent
officers W h 0
were pulled up
with their own
S elf import
ance. The In
dian is n o t
skilled in the
wiles of legal
tricks, like the
w h it e man,
and he is rath-
er helpless.
The In d i a n
does, however,
have a friend
in the Ameri-
can Indian De-
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lazy, shiftless individual,
who hates to work any
more than he has to. He
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particular religious
significance and can.
not be omitted with
out danger of dis
aster.
1t will be readily
seen that the stop
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the trails to the level ground, where
they release the reptiles to the four
quarters Of the globe" >
The released rattlers are then sup
posed to go straight to their holes and
down into great cavern inside the
earth. where the rain god is supposed
by the Indians to live. They communi-
cate to him the prayers of the Indians.
and If all the ceremonies have been
carried out with fidelity and reverence.
the rains will come and the crops be
plentiful. *$s -
Every step of the ceremonies. everv
movement of the dance, has it's own
particular religious
significance and can. -
not be omitted with
out danger of dis
aster. Z$sSsS
1t will be readily
seen that the stop
ping OF religious practise which, to the
minds OF the Indians, is necessary for
their comfort and, indeed, their very
existence, must have a profoundly de-
morallzing effect upon them. Since they
Will think that no rain, or insufficient
rain, can come if they do not
carry on the dance, there will be nc
incentive for planting. Whatever will bt
done will be carried on half heart
eddy. 49,.
The other dances of which Commits.
sioner Burke disapproves have the same
religious significance and are a vital part
of the life of the Indians. The corn and
harvest dances are really Thanksgiving
services to the gods for their bounty. To
be barred from carrying on these services
of thanks would appear as impious and
wickedly ungrateful as would the shutting
of the doors of the churches on Thanks
giving to most church-goers. Still another
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which foreign visitors to London
watched the struggles and listened
to the cries Of soldiers who were
tied to trees in Hyde Park and flop-
ged not infrcquently to death.
Against Tradition.
"That corpora! punishment is dead
against the best American tradition
and the most sacred principles of
western humanity is evidenced ny
the fact, that Trcvelyan declares that
no single circumstance so excited the
American colonists against the Brit
ish occupation as the practice of
fIogging British soldiers"
Mr.. Pinchot declared that "thcrc
is hardly a modern pcnologist who
does not tell us that corporal pun
ishment is breeder of crime"
Mr.. Pinchot declared that if Flor
ida failed to act he as one of the
fraternity Of sportsmen would feel
greatly disappointed land, like hun
dreds Of others, he could only seek
other fields Of sport and pledge him
self never to wet line or fire d
shot within Florida's borders so long
as peonage survives in the beauti-
full state"
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INDIANS NOW
INDEPENDENT
Blackfect Tribe in Montana
First to Accomplish This

Aberdeen, S. d., April 2l--It is a
far cry from the tomahawk to the
hoe; from the Indian tribe to the
farm bureau and yet that is the
transformation w h ic h is bcin,:
wrought in South Dakota.
Upon the Cheyenne Indian rcser-
walton superintendent G. ID. Munro
has inaugurated new kind of or
ganization among the Indians this
year.
Recently the Indians of the Eagle
Butte district of the reservation met
and organized the Wanbli Paha
(meaning Eagle Butte Farm Bureau
and adopted constitution and by
laws Of their organization and pro
vided for local neighborhood divisions
in order to facilitate the carrying
out of the purpose of the organiza
ton
Indians of various other districts
of the reservation are interested and
it is probable that similar organiza
tons will be formed within few
days within ut least three other dis
tricts.
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"A mud settlement in Athens is
shown in the pictures above. The
Acropolis is seen in the background.
It is in this and other historic Sec
ions of Greece that the American
Red Cross is completing its big task
u aiding thousands of refugees.
Portable spray tanks are being used
oy the American Red Cross workers
IN Greece to expedite this campaign
II the organization to check and pre-
vent epidemics. By use of these
tanks, the heads Of refugees are
sprayed with disinfecting solution
20 kill disease spreading vermin.
The American Red Cross plans to
withdraw its forces from Greece and
terminate its emergency disaster re-
.ief program for the Asia Minor
:efug ees on June Both. Col. William
y. Haskell, Red Cross Commissioner
n Greece has been cabled to notify
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To See Result of Boys
Work Is TO Believe
In 1t, Dads" Find
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boys make decision of their life
and he said it was highly important
to get them as young as possible
and mould their efforts into the
best channels. He told just what
he has been trying to do among the
boys but declared that it was the
community's job and only through
the best kind of cooperation.
In z well thought out and splen-
didly delivered response, Master
Herb O'Hare told of the boys work
from the angle of one of the gang.
He thanked the Dads" for their
support and told how the various
phases of the welfare work appeal
ed to the boys Of the city. The value
of athletics as a means to keep the
bay Interested in his schoolwork
was especially stressed.
Eugene Hahn accompanied by Mrs.
Herman Scheffer gave two vocal
solos that were well executed.
Tribute to Mother
Before the address of the even
ing by George Shafer, attorney gen
eral, the audience sang tribute to
mother which runs as follows:
"How do you do mother dear? How
do you do?
Is there anything that we can do for
you?
We are filled with grub and cheer
And will come again next year. =
How do you do mother dear, How
do you Do?"
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j Obligations of sons to "dads" and
dads" to sons were vigorously and
eloguent!y emphasized by Geo. Shat
err, attorney general. He described
the interested father and the one
Indifferent to his obligations. The
necessity Of training Il boy to do use
full things in his youth was especial
ly advocated by Mr.. Shafer.
Honor Fathers, Urged
The boys were urged under all
conditions to honor their father,
consult with him upon their pro-
.blems and to take the advice flowing
from his superior knowledge and eX
perience.
Upon the program were telling
quotations presenting the need for
welfare work among the young:
"All vagabondage in the world be-
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Wolf Killed Which
Had Destroyed
Cattle Two Years

Halliday, N. d., April 2l.-White
Wolf, a mongrel believed to have
been part collie, which has been
raising havoc with sheep and cattle
focks and herds in this section, has
fallen after nearly two years effort
on the part Of ranchers to catch him.
The animal, beau brummel of the
preying tribes, almost as large as a
timber wolf, dressed in thickly
furred hide Of almost pure white ex-
cept for a grayish collar, ran at the
head of the pack which had been de-
vastating herds. Ten days ago he
was seen near the home of Charley
Burr, an-Indian on Moccasin creek
where he killed COW and calf He
returned to his kill once too often
and was shot by Adlai Stevenson,
another Indian of the territory. A
large bounty was offered by stock
men for his death.
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Appeals to FlQridans
To Go B eyOn d
Whipping Boss
CONTINUED from Page IL
victims of Florida's penal laws and
regulations"


regulations"
Leads to Brutality.
Mr.. Pinchot declared that everyone
who has read history knows that once
leasing of convicts and corporal pun
ishment is permitted "the door has
been opened to unlimited brutality.
For We cannot successfully regulate
brutality; this has not been done
and never can be done. The power
to inflict a little torture, to flog men
to limited extent and a fixed num-
Der of blows, quickly demoralizes The
man who holds the whip. 1t soon
corrupts him and drives him on to
secret and terrible excuses. Cruel
ty breeds cruelty and develops a pas
sion for it, and no matter how hu-
name the guard, boss or warden may
have been at the outset, he at length
becomes brute. And the legal limit
ten blows may we'll grow, as in the
Tabert case, into an execution by
slow torture.
Glow true this is shown by Treve-
lyan, the English historian. In his
American Revolution, he tells us that
when contrary to the custom of con-
tinental nations, England permitted
flegging in the army and navy, the
officers of our fighting services.
who otherwise were neither unjust
nor unkindly, altogether lost sight
of the distinction between severity
and barbarity.' Men frequently died
under the lash. At the same time,
the public became callous to flog-
gings. And Trevelyan describes,
with shame, the indignation with
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the Greek government of the Red
Cross intention to arrange transfer
to local authorities and charities of
the work now conducted and financed
by the Red Cross.
Judge John Barton Payne, Ma
tional chairman of the Red Cross, ia
discussing the situation, said: "The
American Red Cross in materials al
ready shipped and in other expenses
incurred to date, has expended ST.
594, 44S.21 from its disaster emer-
geney relief funds to succor 1000
600 refugees who were transhipped
to Greece with little warning. as an
incident Of the G.rIo-Turkish war.
A daily feeding program is now
reaching 100000 Of the most needy
Of these refugees. A sanitary and
medical effort Of wide scope and in
tensive nature has warded off cpl
denies which threatened. American
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WOULD MAKE
WATER WORKS
INDEPENDENT
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new plant with machinery for pump
ing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED, by the Bismarck Trades
and Labor Assembly, composed of
representatives Of all labor, organi-
cations in the City, i'm regular meet
ing assembled this 10th day of April,
1923, that we commend the City Com
mission for it's action in adopting
the resolution referred to, recogniz-
ing that in the establishment of a
municipality owned waterworks sys-
tenn, the citizens of Bismarck may
obtain an abundant supply Of pure
water, adequate fire protection, i'm
proved service and be relieved from
excessive rates.
Want Power Plant
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that we urge the City Commission
to amend its plans and specifications
for constructing plant to the end
that a power plant may be included
in the construction, thereby elimin-
ating the necessity of depending up
on any corporation or individual to
furnish power, the. consensus of
opinion being that the entire water
works system should be owned and
operated by the people for the peo-
pie.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that copy of this resolution be for
warded to each member of the City
Commission. and to the press OF Bis
marck.
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charity has prevented the refugees
and the population which received
them from experiencing disaster in
the fullest sense Of the word"
The Red Cross has been operating
in Greece for six months and Col.
HaskelPs reports from the field agree
that the situation cannot attain per-
manent solution through outside
charity. The situation is no longer
regarded as an emergency by Red
Cross officials and ample time is
being given the Greek government to
decide for itself how it will arrange
Tor the permanent care Of the refu-
gees.
The highest Greek officials have
praised the work of the American
Red Cross in Greece. King George
OF Greece said: 1T was a great work.
well carried out in an admirably or.
ganized Manner
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PARLIAMENT
TO CONSIDER
GILR'S FATE.
Asiatics. Through Ruse. Sue.
coed in Adopting Eng
lish Orphan
HAVE HER EENTTO INDIA
There She Finds FOstcr-Par.
entS Are Natives; Lives
Life of Horror
HAVE HER EENTT TO INDIA
BY NEA Service

ny NEA Service
London, April 2l.-The face of a
fair-skinned little English girl of
seven soon, will occupy the attention
of the British parliament and turn
the sober lawmakers from their de-
bates on matters of worldwide inter
est affecting the greatest empire on
earth.
And because Of parliament's inter-
est in her, the little girl, Doris
Hawker, probably will be taken away
from her black foster-parents who
are holding her at Madras, India,
and will be brought back to her ma
tive England
Here is Doris strange story:
Doris ,Was one Of the children in n
London orphanage. She watched
daily as women came, bent on adopt
ing little ones-ladies of the aristo-
cracy in their fine gowns, wi/es Of
middleclass merchants in palmer
garb, and others.
But Doris, tough beautiful
she would wait wistfully and long
for Il home with a daddy and mother.
Home in India
Then came Il bright day. An at
tcndant told Doris !; home had been
found for her. And how happy Doris
was!
But your new mother and dad
are in India" the attendant added.
"They are wealthy English people
who live there. You'll be put on
the ship today and they'll meet you
when the ship reaches port
SO Doris, ever so gay and happy,
was put on board the big liner And
the ship travelled and travelled for
so many days Doris couldn't count
them.
Then they came to strange cOun-
try, whore the sun was hotter than
it ever had been in England, where
people wore flowing white garments
and wrapped things that looked like
towels around their heads.
Her Strange Parents
Doris was the first down the gang
planks, so eager was she to meet her
new parents with whom she was to
be so happy in this strange country.
Then she met them and rccoiled in
terror.
They were dark skinned people
and seemed to have weird, foreign
atmosphere about them. When they
spoke to each other, they used a
strange tongue Doris couldn't under
stand
They were kind, but Doris was
none the less thoroughly afraid And
her terror increased when the
strange pair took her to their home
"A little; squat dwelling, surrounded
by narrow, ill-lighted and smelly |
streets.
There were no children in those ]
streets save dark skinned ones who
made faces att,Doris and shouted
words that had no meaning for her
Wceps and Prays
SO every night Doris would cry
herself to sleep and pray that she
might be returned to people of her
own kind.
Perhaps it was her prayers-but,
anyway, the news of the irregular
adoption leaked out in England. l.
aroused public Indignation every
where
And now Harry Becker, member
Of parliament, says he'll take Doris
problem before the House of Com
mons.
81 intend to show" says Becker,
that Doris foster-parents repre-
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gins in neglected childh God" Victor
Hugo"
"lf you are going to do anything
permanent for the average man you
have got to begin before he is Il
man. The chance of success lies in
working with the boy and not with
the man'-Thcodore Roosevelt.
The great annual event surely en-
phasized the motto of the evening:
"The wealth of Bismarck is i'm the
character of her sons"
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sented themselves as English people
while, in reality, they are native
blacks Of the lowest caste. She is
being held in native quarter, under
conditions unsuitable for any Eng
lish girl. | want her brought back"
And, Doris, over in Madras, hopes
parliament will listen kindly to
Becker.
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Light Co. Seeks
To Quit Service

Glen Ullin, N. d., April sl.-After
the village board had voted to dis
continue all street lighting in order
to save about 81, 800 yearly. the Han
nos Light and Power company, which
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Read our add all about Wet
Wash, or Call 6S4. Capital
Laundry Co.

S.pringtim e is cleanup
time. Leave your orders for
hauling Ashes and Garbage
with The Wachter Transfer
Co., Phone 62.
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Dance at Patterson Hall
Wednesday and Saturday
evenings.
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lights, applied to the state railroad
commission for permission to dis
continue day service and go out Of
business.
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|. D. o. f. AND REBEK AIS
All members of Odd Eel
low and Rebekah lodges are
requested to meet at |. O. O.
+. Hall at GAS p. m. Sunday,
April 22, to attend service at
Methodist Church.
}. l.. Hughes, N. G..
Dry Cleaning, Pressing,
Dyeing, Repairing. Call So.
Eagle Tailoring.
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For Dry Cleaning that will
please you. Call 684. Capital
Laundry Co.
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ROYAL ROMANCES
THE STORY or PARIS AND HELEN

: with the Queen of Sparta sailed
away across the Aegean Sea.
King Menelaus, with an army
of 100000 men and 1900 ships
proceeded to Troy and demanded
the surrender Of his queen and
treasure. But Helen did not want
to be surrendered and Paris re-
. fused. The Greeks entrenched
themselves, brought up ponderous
machines for hurting great stones,
sent a horse wrangler to the
hills to herd the fiery coursers,'
parked the chariots and prepared
for long stay. Troy was well
fortified to Withstand q long
siege.
But it grew monotonous as nine
lag.footed years dragged by. Hec-
tor hoisted the flag OF truce
and went out to parley. He eff
fected q treaty whereby a duel
between Paris and Menelaus
should determine the victory.
But an overzealous Trojan let
fly an arrow which struck Meme
laus-and the course Of history
was changed. Followed fifty-one
days of slaughter. The brave
Trojan army was annihilated; the
''god-like Hector" was tied to the
tail Of q horse and dragged round
the proud walls Of Troy" Paris.
the author Of his country's woe,
was slain by a "feathered fate"
from the CULVER Of Hercules.
BY the clever ruse of the
wooden horse the city was finally
invaded by the Grecian hordes
and the torch applied. Every liv-
ing inhabitant was slain or
carried away into slavery and the
city RACED to the ground.
Realizing the inevitable end.
and with an eye to the main
chance, Helen assisted the Greeks
and was again received by Meme
laus on the throne of Sparta.
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Syndicate. Incl.
Read about Nero and POppaea
i'm the next artiCle.)
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES
BID SURE 70 READ THEM 40 YOUR CHILDREA

She fell back into the water
several feet from where TiIly Tur.
tie was standing. SO TtIiy Turtle.
all excited. followed her. wishing
all the time she could fly.
Now / guess you see why
love flying" laughed Flying-fish.
I'm going right now up into the
air, and I'm never coming hack
again. Up there I'm sure I'll
never have enemies like / have
down here. why. If that dolphin
got his jaws on me I wouldn't be
here now. No. sir! I'm going into
the air." And shaking her fins
at her water friend, FIying-fish
sailed into the air.
But fate planned otherwise,
and before Flying-fish had gone
very far a passing sea-bird caught
sight of her, and before she had
time to drop back into her watery
home, he caught her In his bin
and carried her away.
It was q lesson TO Tilly Turtle
and all the other fish In the river
who were fond of trying to ny.
Copyright, 1912. by Newspaper FeAtur'
Service. Incl
Another Splendid Story Tomorrow.
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BY Blanche Silver.
The Foolish Little Fish.

~ LYING-FTsH, everybody in
the river called her, be-
cause. much to the disgust
OF her neighbors, she spent most
OF her time trying to fly instead
OF taking swimming lessons.
cit wouldn't be so bad If she'd
just try once in a WHILE" growled
Mrs. Perch. "But. goodness me!
From morning until night she's
forever. trying her silly wings"
Pooh! Such folks make me
dreadfully tired" grunted TiIly
Turtle, who had been watching
Flying-fish sail through the air.
III it did her any good, that
might make some difference.
But, goodness me! She'd better
spend her time to better advan-
tage. It's all right to fly IL you
CAM would love to know how
myself-but'-
Il guess I would look funny
with wings" lilly Turtle chuckl.
ed to himself. Flying-fish once
more darted from the shining
waters up through the air and
came down with a lively 'plunk."
'Just the same, I'm going to
see exactly how she does itr'
snapped Tilly Turtle, and away
she scooted In the direction Fly.
ing-fish had taken. Soon she
found her darling through the
water and called her. Don't
you ever get tired Of trying to
fly" he asked. "what good will
1t do you when you do learn
how?"
"Then I'm going to do all fly
ing and not live under the water"
replied Flying-fish. "It's a silly
life living under water when one
as well educated as I am can
live where one wishes. I'm go
ing to spend most Of my time
out Of the water. My goodness"
And up she Jumped through the
air just as an ugly big fish
darted by them.
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7 can tell You what father
thinks now
Eva looked at him, smiled. but
did not press him for his opinion.
perhaps she knew it already.
Life Is fun Of incongruities; Il
is incongruous TO see family
that has lost all its worldly goods
riding. in . Rolls Royce and halt
ing at small farmhouse iii the
country.
It was incongruous to see the
cars occupants alight and make
their way to the cowshed. there
to examine a patient COVE
The caretakers. who had never
seen the Misses King in their
lives and who know nothing OF
the. failure OF the rubber mag
nate, took this friendly invasion
much as the slum children take
the visits of those who advise
their mothers to take them to
Palm Beach to cure q cold.
Eva and Adam and Lord An.
drew and Julie and Clinton wan
dered around among the pigs ana
the bees and the chickens and
inspected the house and the gar
den and then Eva called the
astonished caretakers into the
family sitting room.
I'VE are going to live here"
she announced. II noticed thei 8
was . small house at the en-.
trance that seemed to be empty.
You can have that. =
why why stammered the
caretaker's wife.
Meanwhile said Eva, .I'ye a
little errand at the next town
and while I'm gone you, Adam
and Julie can look around and
tell me what we can do to make
this place pay real money"
Does she really mean it?''
asked the caretakeer, shocked be-
yond words.
I'm afraid she does" replied
Lord Andy" and Julie nodded. i
"And we've been here for liz.
teen years. Z said the caretaker.
TOO long" said Adam. 'Now.
then, everybody. let's obey In
structions." And they. filed out
Of the house and began ! tour OF
inspection.
You amt calculatin' to spend