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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
Bruira Is Socio6Ie

An unusual experience with bear
was reported by Mr.. and Mrs. Emery
Ross, who visited at Cottage Grove.
While they were camped at Lakeside
their son Lee and an uncle chased a
bear into the lake. Thinking that
they could capture the bear by knock
ing it on the head in the water they
gave pursuit in rowboat and sue
ceeded in swatting the bear on the
head. The bear mistook their intent,
thought they wanted to play with him
and got into the boat in order that
he might be more sociable and make
the play less one-sided.
The men feared that the bear
might get too rough, so they took the
bears place in the water. The men
and the bear all got away without In
iury.-Portland Oregonian.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
"Mizpah"

The word 'mizpah" means "watch-
tower" In Genesis 81 40, there Is the
story of Jacob and his uncle, who
made heap of stones which by Laban
was called Jegarsahadutha." The
story continues: "And Laban said /:
This heap is a witness between me
and thee this day. Therefore. was
the name of it called Galead; and
Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch
between me and thee when we are
absent one from another These
last IA words are the commonly ac-
copied Interpretation of "mizpah.''
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
Paid for Stolen Pecan

A pecan stolen several years ago
In the store of P. B. Westmoreland at
Mckinney, Texas, was paid for by the
thief when Westmoreland received a
dime and a letter in which the writer
asked the merchant to forgive him
the offense. The man wrote that he
figured the original cost OF the pecan
with interest from the time it was
stolen to amount to $.0947 and ex-
plained that he was sending the adj
ditional fractional sum for good meas
ure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
Don't chuckle if you put over a substitute
when an advertised product is called for.
Maybe your customer will never come back.
Ben Milford. Jr.
Fresh Answer

Sunday School Teacher-Now what
happened to Lots. wife when she
turned and looked back?
Bright Boy-It went hard with her,
miss.-Boston Transcript.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
Correct Thermometers

The fact that lot Of cheap and In
accurate thermometers used In elm
zeal work had found their way into
the market is responsible for the
movement in congress to make it com
pulsory under interstate trade regu.
Iations. to have all clinical thermome.
tiers tested and certified before being
sold.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
Suitable Name

The two girls were having tea to-
gether.
MY dear Edith" said one, "why do
you always call your mother the ma
ter?"
Because" answered Rose, "she
managed to find husbands for all my
seven sisters. London Tit-Bits.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
Children Cry for "Castoria .
Harmless Substitute for Castor OIL Paregoic Drops
and Soothing Syups No Narcotics!

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 80 years to relieve
babies and children of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diarrhea;
allaying Feverishness~ arising there
from, and. by regulating the Stomach
and Rowe.a. aids the assimilation Of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
That's a Dead Language

'Binks is an awfully hard man to
understand. I can hardly talk with
him."
Does he use too much slang?"
mo; he uses correct English
London Answers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-13
His Way

Hobbs-I hope you're not one ot
those who borrow trouble?
Dobbs-No, l borrow money to gef
out of trouble.-Boston Transcript.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25

Advertise in The ToMAHAwK
Il brings results.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennison
Wh00Iock are Guests Of
Former Carlisle Students

A large crowd attended the
reception rendered Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennison Wheelock by former
Carlisle students at the day school
building Monday evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Wheelock we're for many
years employed at the Carlisle
school and are held in high esteem
by all former students. They
have been guests for the past
month at the home of Mrs. Vince.
locks brother, M. LaChappelle.
Mrs. Wheelock returned to her
home at West De Pere, Wis,
this week, while Mr.. Wheelock is
contemplating a trip to Montana
before returning to his law
practice at Washington, D. G.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25
Fire at Naytahwaush.

A serious fire occurred on Tues.
day night of last week at Nay
tahwaush when the large govern
ment barn at that place was totally
destroyed. together with a large
amount of hay, one team of horses,
several sets of harness and other
property. The hay and one set of
harness belonged to Nick Belland,
Indian policeman in the Twin
Lakes district, while the team of
horses and one set of harness that
was destroyed was the property of
the B. L. Fairbanks estate. The
fire is supposed to have been the
result of carelessness on the part
certain parties who were seen
around the barn early in the even.
ing and who were known to be
great cigarrett smokers, it is
thought that a cigarette stub,
thrown carelessly near the hay,
was the cause of the fire. There
was no insurance on the barn,
horses or other property.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25
Landmarks Of a
Passing Race.
Concluded from 1st page)

Concluded from 1st page)
of all the North American Indians
especially the Haidas of the Queer
Charlotte islands. Certainly these
Indians we're artistic and clever
craftsmen, working their totem
poles, but dishes, ladies, charms,
musical instruments, masks and
other articles were deliberately
decorated.
They also carved ladies and
spoons out of horn. The larger
ones were usually made in two
parts, the handle being made OF
the tip of the horn of the mountain
goat while the bowl would be
made from the lower part of a
small mountain sheep horn. The
carved handles frequently illus.
trated family crests aud traditions
of the owner, in verticle sequence.
like the large totem poles. Their
ingenuity and skill was again dis
played in their making of ropes
out of cedar twigs, nets of cedar
and nettle fiber, fish of bone, tools
of stone, mats and blankets of
cedar bark, and in the building of
their great war canoes.
Carved memorial poles, very
much like the house poles, were
sometimes erected in honor of the
dead, at a distance from the actual
place of the burial and even in a
different village when only the
crests of the family to which the
deceased belonged we're shown.
One of these poles is still standing
at Skidsgate, Queen Charlotte Is.
lands. On the top of is is an
eagle, below which is raven,
wearing many crowned chiefs
hat and at the bottom q beaver
characterized by its large incision
teeth, holding a stick and the scaly
tail, on it's chest is q frog. All
these are crests of the eagle divis.
ion Of <Skidegate.
The ornamentation of these poles
was not done by means of free
hand drawing, but by patterns cut
out of stiff cedar bark to outline
the most important parts of the
conventional animal designs, such
as the head, eye, nose, chest, body,
limbs and blowhole of the whale.
Red, black and dull green powder
ed mineral was then mixed with "a
medium of chewed salmon eggs
and applied with brushes made of
porcupine bristles set in split
sticks.
At Kitwangax, one of the most
interesting of these villages. trains
stop long enough for passengers
to have a look at the totem poles,
memorial crests and walk through
the quaint Indian graveyard.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25

Population according
based figures Of the United
companying is
Taking the Of 1910 10 total
wheat barley
Since yields in
the combined by applying
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25
News of White Earth
and Vicinity.
Read The Tomahawk Adds.

FRESH BREAD every day at
the B. S. Fairbanks Store. adv.
Mat Smith of Ogema, was a
White Earth caller the latter part
of last week.
A large number of w hite Earth
residents are absent at the wild
rice fields. The crop is reported
abundant this season.
WANTED-to hear from owner
of farm for sale. State price.
Mrs. W. Booth, Box D, Hipark,
Des Moines, Iowa.-Adv.
Frank DuFour, who has been a
patient at the hospital here for
some time, was an over Sunday
visitor at his home in Waubun.
More than twenty children of
White Earth and vicinity left
during the past week to attend
the different non-reservation In
dian schools.
The many friends of Mrs. Sarah
Fairbanks, who has been seriously
i'll at the home of her daughter in
St. Paul for several months, will
be pleased TO learn that she has
recovered and is now at her home
in Waubun.
Supervisor of Indian Schools
Carter, of Washington, D. G.,
accompanied by L. f. Baum.
garten of Cass Lake, Minnesota,
supervisor of Indian schools in
Minnesota, were in White Earth
on business connected with their
duties during the past week.
While here Supervisor Carter
condemned considerable property
such as beds, etc., of the former
boarding school here. The con-
demned property, was all des.
troyed.
10 our issue of last week we
published notice to the effect
that all delinquent subscribers
would be dropped from our sub.
scription lists after October 1st
October 1st is the date on which
we must make our semi-annual
report to the postof6ce department
and we are forbidden by law to
mail papers at pound rates unless
such subscriptions are paid in
advance, therefore, after October
LIST, if your subscription has !ex
pired, and if it has you have re.
ceived notice that such is the case,
and we have not received your
renewal, your paper will be
stopped. We dislike to do this
but it is necessary on our part.
As The Tomahawk has made
definite arrangements to keep the
Chippewas, and others interested
in the affairs of the Indians, we'll
posted on all matters pertaining
to their affairs that will be before
Congress at its next session, we
urge you to send in your renewal
and keep posted.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25
The Chippewas Ger
tifCate Of Patriotism

On the occasion of the presenta
ton of the certificate of patriotism
and loyalty to the White Earth
Chippewas for their part in the
World War, and which presenta-
ton took place at the school as
sembly hall on Friday, Sept. IL,
Defense Day, as mentioned in our
issue of last week, Superintendent
Wadswortb, who presented the
certificate to the Chippewas, made
the following address:
my Friends
= During the summer of 1914
the great nations of the world were
on friendly terms. But suddenly
and with an abruptness that
shocked the civilized people of the
world we heard the news of the
beginning of war in Europe.
Important events happened
rapidly. American lives were lost
and our. country was threatened.
Seeing this we became involved in
the war in 1917. 1t was a time
that tried our hearts and souls.
And through it all the American
Indians stood up as one man in
defense Of our country. Many OF
their sons went to the front and
many of their daughters served in
the field as nurses, some never 10
return.
AS these brave young people
went forward their people at home
were supporting them and our
government in every way possible.
And of all the Indians in the
United States there we're none
more loyal than the Chippewa
Indians of Minnesota. The layalty
and bravery of the White Earth
Indians, in this connection, is now
recorded history.
Having this history in mind the
Commander-in-chief of our Army
and Navy, the President of the
United States, has caused this
certificate to be issued by which
he extends to you the thanks of
our nation for your answering
loyalty and patriotism, the splen-
did service you rendered and the
willing sacrifices you made when
our nation was in danger. The
date of this certificate is July 4,
1924, and it is signed by the
President.
Speaking and acting for our
country, under orders from our
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, l
leave this certificate with you and
l ask you to accept it in the spirit
in which it is offered. Keep it.
and take good care of it for future
reference. A duplicate copy of it
will be- framed and placed on dis
play in the agency office. The
two copies are to be held as
lasting acknowledgement by the
government of your valorous and
militant conduct and actions in
defense of our country during the.
World War. | thank you"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25
PAID ADVERTISEMENT.

Inserted by Martin j. Norby, of
Lake Park. Mimi, in his own
behalf, and for which the sum of
$40 mas been paid.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-25

PAID ADVERTISEMENT.
Inserted by Dan McDougall, in
his own behalf, and for which $40
has been paid. ......
Evening star., 1924-12-02
ARMY TRAINS BIRDS
TO DIRECT GUN FIRE
Signal Corps Will Use Pigeons as
Observers in Artillery
Practice.

Possible extensive uSe of pigeons
in directing artillery FIRE is engaging
the attention of the Signal Corps of
the Army. Observers in advanced po-
sitious release the birds. carrying
messages telling where the shells are
falling, and they are trained to fly
back to the lines This method would
be used when other channels of COM
munica ton, such as radio or tele-
phones were not available. The Ger
mans utilized pigeons to direct ar
tillery Are on the eastern front dur
ing the World War.
There are now 1900 pigeons at
various posts, in the keeping of the
Signal Corps, which has breeding
center for them at Camp Vail, y. J
The birds are retained at the various
Army Corps Area headquarters, in
the insuiar possessions and III
Panama.
1t takes from 10 days TO two
weeks, officers say. to train a pigeon
to return to it's loft and get its bear
ings Pigeons do not fly well at
night and as rule are not outstand
ing in intelligence. Difficulty has
been experienced with pigeon fanciers
in the Army, who wish to make
pigeons a major method of communt.
cation. Only one bird in ten is con
sidered capable Of flying 500 miles In
one day.
In the Canal Zone hawks constant
ly menace pigeons while In flight. To
overcome this a whistle is fastened to
the tail of the bird and as it flies
the rush of air causes the whistle &c
sound and frightens away birds OF
prey.
Evening star., 1924-12-02
Ry BUD FISHER

its ability to withstand strain, and
results to date show that 1t compares
favorably with hickory and 1t is nov
being cut on commercial basis.
Evening star., 1924-12-02

him in correcting Confederate naval
records was taken because the latter
body saw no hope Of passing legisla-
ton in Congress relating to the
work.
The decision by the daughters was
made at it's recent convention in Sa-
vannah.
The purpose of the work, Admiral
Wright continued. was to have Con-
Eress remove the stigma now hang
ing over our dead heroes, branding
them as deserters because they quit
the United States Navy and Joined
the Confederate States Navy"
Admiral Wright points out that
he had passed through the Senate
a bill removing the desertion classi-
fication, but IL was killed In the
Evening star., 1924-12-02
"a SPANISH AGITAT0RS
DEPORTED BY CUBANS
Delegation OF Workers to See
President in Sugar Strike
Situation.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, December 2.-TwentE-
four Spaniards were deported from
Cuba Sunday on the French lineI
La Fayette, making a total of 80 agi-
tators who have been sent out of the
country as pernicious foreigners
since the sugar mill strike began.
1t is announced that a. delegation
of workers from the provinces of
Oriente and Camaguey is coming to
see President Zayas to discuss the
sugar mill strike in an endeavor to
Settle it and avoid a general walk
out, which has been threatened be-
cause of the deportation of foreign
strike leaders.
Freight shipments from the eastern
part Of the island, where the strike is
in progress, have virtually ceased be-
cause the railroad workers are re.
fusing to handle shipments from the
mills.
Evening star., 1924-12-02
ATTEMPT TO SWAY JURY
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Effort to "Persuade' in Case OF
Bucketing Conspiracy Exposed
to Court Officials.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 2.-lnvesti-
gattcn into the statements of three
Federal jurors that some persons un-
known to them tried to persuade them
over the telephone Thanksgiving day
to bring in a verdict OF acquittaf at
the trial of William S, Silkworth,
former president of the Consolidated
Stock Exchange. and six other per-
sons for connection with the bucket
ing operations of Raynor, Nicholas
G. Truesdell, will begin today by
Assistant United States Attorney
Peter j. Mccoy. Silkworth and all
the other defendants except c. Peter
Owens, former office manager for the
Raynor firm, were convicted Saturday
night after the jury had deliberated
nine hours. Owens was acquitted.
The convicted men were permitted to
remain at liberty under bail until
Wednesday, when they are to appear
before Judge A. n. Hand for sentence
Evening star., 1924-12-02

A cigarette box Of Chinese cloisonne
is accompanied by a set of ash trays
In the same coloring and design.
Evening star., 1924-12-02
RAINBOW DRAINED
FOR 1925 CAR TAGS
D. C., Dark Blue ard White;
Md, Green and White;
Others Cover Spectrum.

The automobile license plates for
1873 will have a new variety OF color
schemes. \ number of the States
VIII have different colored plates for
passenger cars, trucks and motor
cycles within their borders, Louisi-
ana will have seven different color
arrangements In it's 1925 tags" the
most elaborate plan in the Union.
Cnlciais or the American Automo-
que association explain that the
a'es endeaVor to use in their plans
ioi registration plates the colors that
VIII snow best at distance, so thai
number may be more easily "taken,'
! in case of trouble.
In the following list, giving the
pans or the various States and the
District or Columbia, the first color
Is the background, the second being
the nue. OF the lettering and numer-
ais:
CoiOrs by States.
Alabama, red with white: Arizona.
copper Colored with black: Arkansas
biack with silver; California, pneu-
matic-tired commercial vehicle plates.
yellow with black; solid tired COM
inerclai vehicles, red with white
Colorado, maroon with white; Con-
he't1cut. on passenger ears, dark blue
with white: Delaware, orange with
black; District of Columbia, dark blue
with white: Florida dark green with
orange; Georgia, blue with white:
IDAHO, white with black: Illinois.
brown with white; Indiana. ivory
with maroon; Iowa, gray with black
Kansas. red with white: Kentucky,
green with white: Louisiana, for min
imum cars, % horsepower and under
maroon with white; for maximum
cars, @3 horsepower and over. gray
with red; trucks. yellow with black:
dealers, cream with green; school
plates. black with yellow: motor
cycles, gray with red; animal draw,
plates. maroon with white.
Maryland Green and White.
Maine. white with blue: Maryland
green with white: Massachusetts,
black with white: Michigan, taupe
gray with black; Minnesota, passen-
ger vehicles, aluminium with black /.
trucks, trailers, orange with black ::
dealers. robins egg blue with black
Mississippi, orange with black; Mis-
souri,, dark green with white; Mon
tana, red with white: Nebraska,
orange with black; Nevada, blue with
white: New Hampshire. white with
green. New Jersey, jersey blue with
with white: New York, yellow with
black; North Carolina. Chinese blue
with white; North Dakota. passenger
cars. purple with white; trucks, robin
blue with black; Ohio, cream with
black; Oklahoma, black with alumni
mum; Oregon, lemon with black :;
Pennsylvania, blue with gold; Rhode
Island, white with black; South Car
olina, shamrock green with white t:
South Dakota, siennese drab with
black: Tennessee. passenger autos,
maroon with white; trucks. white
with maroon: demonstration plates.
dark blue with white: motor cycles,
white with dark blue; Texas, maroon
with white: Utah, Nevada green with
white: Vermont, green with gold;
Virginia, white with blac ok; Wash
ington, white with blue; West Vir-
ginia. old gold with dark blue: Wis
consin, medium blue with yellow, and
Wyoming, white with black.
Evening star., 1924-12-02

House. He later succeeded, he adds,
in having the legislation passed by
both houses, but las It was a part
Of the appropriation bill, 1t was
killed in conference when there was
a disagreement on items of the bill"
The admiral says he expects to
continue his work for passage of the
legislation.
Evening star., 1924-12-02
HOPES TO REMOVE STIGMA
FROM SOUTHERN HEROES
Confederate Veteran Declares q. s.
c. Recent Action Due to Congress
Previous Failure to Act.

By the Associa iated Press.
ATLANTA. Ca, December I'D
miral \. o. Wright, navy depart
ment. United Confederate Veterans,
has issued statement asserting that
the recent action of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy in dis
continuing its committee to assist
Evening star., 1924-12-02
American Hickory Has Rival.

Woods found in certain parts of In
dia are likely to become rivals of the
American hickory, long preferred for
ak and hammer handles. The gov
ernment in India is making exhaus
tive tests OF the Parriotia Jacque-
montana with particular reference to
Evening star., 1924-12-02
England Has Famous Wall.

Hadrian's wall in England from
Solway Firth to the mouth of th'
Tyne, was erected in 121 A. d. by the
Roman Emperor Hadrian and added t
by Emperor Septimus Severus In 20S
It was originally 20 miles long. bu
when finished was more than 80 miles
in length. Its remains are still ex
tensive today. In the days Of th'
Roman occupation of England it wa
garrisoned by 10000 men.
Evening star., 1924-12-02

Hurry Mother! Even a fretful,
1everish, bilious or constipated child
loves the pleasant taste of California
Fig Syrup" and it never fails to
sweeten the stomach and open the
bowels. A teaspoonful today may pre-
vent sick child tomorrow. 1t doesn't
cramp or overact. Contains no mar
coties or soothing drugs.
Ask your druggist for genuine Cali
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottle. Mother! You -uust
say California" or you may get IN
Imitation fig syrup.