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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-02-26

H. R. 25, providing for a per
capita payment of $50 to the Red
Lake Indians. The passage of
this bill was resisted by Ballinger
on the stated grounds that the
funds appropriated by the bill did
not belong to the Red Lake In
dians, but were the funds of all
the Indians. When the Senate
Committee inquired into Chippe-
wa matters the members of that
Committee were convinced that
Ballinger's position was we'll
taken. When Congress convened
in December Senator Shipstead,
Congressman Wefald and Webster
Ballinger made q united effort to
secure an amendment to H. r 25
80 as to provide for q per capita
payment to all the Chippewa In.
dians, and not to the Red Lake
Indians alone. The Indian Bureau
at 6rst opposed such an amend.
ment, but later withdrew its op.
position and recommended that
the bill be amended so as to pro.
vide a payment to all the Indians.
This was promptly agreed to and
as a result the Chippewa people
secured a per capita payment.
One bill enacted into law at this
session of Congress that should
not be overlooked was the bill to
pay the claims of the old Mile
Lac Chiefs. It was Webster Bal.
linger who drew the first resolu-
ton adopted by an Indian council
recommending the payment of
these claims. 1t was the report
submitted by Webster Ballinger
in favor of the resolution that set
out the facts which ultimately
resulted in the payment of the
claims. Under the bill Wah we.
yea cumig and Ain dus o geshig
will each receive $5, 900 and Me.
ge zee will receive $500. The
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-02-26
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lodge by
the Dunes.

A Camp for little Indian Child.
ren. Write r. +. ID. No. 2.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge Of this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
college trained lady who is u
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, aud a term at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
She has rs an assistant college
trained Indian woman who UNDER
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-02-26

heirs of Go gee and Nay gwa,
nay be ke vain zee will each re-
ceive $500. No attorney is en-
titled to any fee for any claimed
services in connection with the
payments to the aged chiefs. 1t
is understood that James l. Coffey
and others are claiming fees in
connection with the payment of
these claims. If so they are not
entitled to them and not q dollar
should be paid to any attorney or
representative.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-02-26
Why the Red Cross and
Not the Indian Bureau.
bureaucracy A la Mode.)
Hoquiam Chapter
AMERICAN RED CROSS

Hoquiam, Washington
November %, 1924.
Mr.. Joseph w. Latimer,
AZ West 85th Street,
New York, N. Y.
Dear Mr.. Latimer:
Another peculiarly, pathetic ex.
ample of care given the Indians,
by the Indian Bureau came to my
attention today as Chairman of the
local Chapter American Red Cross.
Vernon d. McCrory was a soldier
in the late war. He served seven
teen months in. France with the
91st Division, 65th Field Artillery,
was wounded and, if | am not mis-
taken, received . French decora-
ton. In July of this year he was
killed at Portland, Oregon. He
left a widow, Nina McCrory. and
three children, John, age five;
Mildred, age four. and Leonard,
age two.
Mrs. Nina McCrory, the widow,
CONTINUED on 4th psge)
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-02-26
ChippeWaS' Success Due TO
Their Undying Fidelity
in Their Attorney,
Webster Ba||inger'
Every Bill Enacted Into Law This Session
d Congress was the elimination Of the
Work Of the Chippewa People Under
the Leadership Of BaIIinger.

of the greatest show the National
Congress has ever staged on Chip,
pewa matters. 1t came at the end
of a great struggle extending oyer
q period of nearly twelve years in
which the Chippewa Indians have
fought incessantly to preserve
their estate for the benefit of
themselves and their children.
The movement commenced in
May, 1918, when the Chippewa
people formed voluntary society
for their mutual protection. They
realized that their estate was being
rapidly dissipated and that unless
q halt was called, within a few
years there would be nothing left
for them and their children. They
found the Indian Bureau firmly
entranched in power and using
their trust funds to the extent of
about 100000 per ahnum to
maintain its prestige and power.
They found that powerful organi-
cations had been the benefciaries
of much of the property that had
been dissipated; that Senators and
Representatives in Congress in
charge of Indian matters but from
States other than Minnesota we're
indisposed to extend them any aid
or assistance; that the Representa-.
tives from the State of Minnesota
in the Senate and in the House of
Representatives were either in
different to their appeals, or would
not interfere in their behalf for
fear of offending some powerful
politician or political organization
in the State. They found situa-
tion that would have discouraged
men of less courage and stamina
than the hardy Cnippewas who lead
the movement.
Against overwhelming opposi.
tion the fight was started. Slowly
but surely the determined leaders
of that movement advanced. They
secured the services of Webster
Ballinger, an able and courageous
attorney in Washington. Defeat
is unknown t. Ballinger. Never
since the fight started has Ballinger
ever waivered. From the com.
mencement his motto has always
been right WILL PREVAIL,
AND THE CHIPPEWA PEO-
PIE ARE RIGHT IN THIS
FIGHT"
When the storm has been raging
with the fiercest intensity Ballinger
was more determined than ever,
and has appealed to the boys', as
he calls them, ito sit steady in the
boat" 1t would take volumns to
narrate the struggles of the Chip
pewa people under the leadership
OF Ballinger that finally eliminated
in the victories recorded during
the last Congress. The one tragic
end Of this great fight has been
the back-fire of q few members of
the Chippewa people, of whom
James l. Coffey has been the most
CONSPICUOUS. Jesus Christ had his
Judas, julius Caesar his Brutus,
Washington his Benedict Arnold,
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-02-26
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of the mucous lining of the Eustachian
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have rumblng sound or Imperfect
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be reduced. your hearing may be de-
stroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDIC Ne will
do what we claim for it-rid yo'c system
of Catarrh or Deafness c. lsed by
Catarrh.
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and concluded his statement in


IF the Government desires this
as forest reserve, why not lot
these Indians 60 into thh Court OF
Claims and prosecute their claim
for the full amount to which they
think they are entitled and let the
court determine itl Or if there is
aversion to q court, appoint
mixed commission and let it ascer-
tain the value instead of the court,
if You desire to do it that way,
Why not take some steps which
will really conserve and protect
the rights of these people2"
The House Committee evidently
agreed with the position taken by
Ballinger, as that Committee re-
fused to report out H. r. % and
directed the Indian Bureau to pre-
pare and transmit to it a bill that
would enable the Indians to secure
q determination of all their claims
by the Court of Claims. A bill
was accordingly prepared and in.
troduced 10 the House. The In
dian Bureau was opposed to the
Chippewas having jurisdictional
bill as Commissioner Burke con-
tended that the payments provided
for in H. -R. &c, H. K. ~ and H.
r. % would settle all the claims
the Indians had against the United
States. This clearly appears from
the report of the Department ON
the jurisdictional bill introduced
in the House of Representatives,
which is as follows:
Department of the Interior,
Washington, May 81, 1924
Hon. Homer P. Snyder,
Chairman Committee on
Indian Affairs, {
House of Representatives.
My dear MIR. Snyder: --a-'"E -a-'"'7 =
Reference is made to your letter
of May 2l, 1924, requesting a re-
por: Oh H. r. 9343, which would
confer jurisdiction on the Court of
Claims to adjudicate the claims of
the Chippewa Indians of Mime
sofa.
Regarding the alleged claims of
these Indians, attention is called to
hearings held at various dates be-
tween March l and 18, 1924, on
H. r. 26, H. R. 81. II. r. %, and
H. r. 6493, now pending in the
Congress. In these hearings will
be found discussion of certain
claims of the Chippewa Indians of
Minnesota alleged against the
Government which the bills above
mentioned were intended to settle.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-02-26
CURTAIN HAS FALLEN ON l0NC-DRAWN
MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA CONTROVERSY.

and the Chippewa people their
James |. Coffey.
Every bill enacted into law
during this session of Congress
was the elimination of the work
of the Chippewa people under the
leadership of Ballinger.
The claim of the Chippewa peo.
pie for their agricultural lands
taken under the Free Homestead
Act OF 1900 was conclusively es.
tablished by Ballinger as early as
1917, as will appear from the
petition filed by the Chippewa
Delegation in the Department of
the Interior that year. Ballinger
had developed the claim until it
was undisputed. Commissioner
Burke concluded that there was no
escaping the payment of the claim.
He requested a report from the
General Land Office showing the
amount of land patented under the
Free Homestead Act, and using
the report as = basis, he prepared
a bill. later known as H. r. 26,
appropriating 81, ,7S7,751.36, with
interest thereon at the rate 5 per
cant per annum from December
81, 1922, to date of payment in
full settlement of this claim. Had
that bill passed without a reserva.
tion of the rights of the Indians to
additional compensation if later it
was found they we're entitled to
more money, it would have been
in full settlement of the claims of
the Indians for their agricultural
lands. Ballinger made no objec
tioD to the passage of the bill
provided the rights of the Indians
to recover any additional amount
that later was found due them
we're reserved. BalIinger finally
carried his point. Thus the claim
established by BalIinger was in
part paid by bill prepared and
recommended by Commissioner
Burke. The credit for this pay
ment really belongs to Ballipger.
Except for Ballinger's work Burke
would have known nothing of the
claim.
As early as 1917 the Chippewa
Delegates in Washington under
the leadership of Ballinger insisted
upon the Government paying the
Indians for the lands, and timber
thereon, within the limits of the
Minnesota National Forest Re.
serve. This claim of tie Indians
was fully set out in petitions filed
by the Indians in 1917 and 1918
with the Secretary of the Interior
and vito the Committees of Con-
gress. The claim of the Indians
had been fully, established. Com
missioner Burke, realizing that
the claim could not be disregarded,
recommended settlement with
the Indians for the land and tim.
Der in the Minnesota National
Forest Reserve. These proposed
settlements we're set out in bill
prepared in the Indian Bureau and
transmitted to Congress. They
were known as H r. 27 and H.
r. %. The record shows that
Ballinger made no objection to the
passage of either DILL provided it
was understood that the settle.
ments we're not to be treated as
final. Ballinger prevailed, as the
report on H. r. 27 recites that the
amount appropriated in the bill is
not intended as final settlement
in the event it should later be
found that the Ipdisns are entitled
to a greater sum.
The record shows that when the
House Committee was considering
H. R. 28 Webster Ballinger ap-
peared before it and pointed out
conclusively that the settlement
proposod therein for tho timher IN
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However. if Congress deems it the
wiser course to refer the claims of
the Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota,
and the various bands thereof, to
the Court Of Claims for adjudica-
ton rather than to settle them by
congressional action, as proposed
by the pending bills, it is believed
the enactment of H. r. 9343 would
accomplish the desired purpose.
Very truly yours,
Hubert Work.
Thus it conclusively appears.
from the official record that the
Commissioner and the Department
took the position that the payments
provided for in H. Il. 26, H. X.
27, and H. r. % should be fipal
settlements of all claims of the
Indians against the United States.
1t is undenyable that Webster
Ballinger was directly responsible
for the jurisdictional bill, and that
it was enacted into law over the
objections of the Indian Bureau
which insisted that the payments
provided for IN the three bills
referred to constituted q settlement
of all the claims of the Indians
against the United States.
Thus to Webster Ballinger,
more than any other person. the
Chippewa people owe credit for
the jurisdictional bill.
In June, 1924, Congressman
Knutson secured the passage of a
bill through the House, known 40
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The Washington times., 1925-11-28

This is a tale of the conquest
of Ireland. They said that Ire
land could never be conquered.
Through long centuries Of strife.
Dane and Saxon broke their
lances in vain upon her stubborn
ramparts. And. now at last this
Island of Song and Story has
been conquered by one man,
armed only with smile.
Tom Meighan smiled and Ire
land fell. 1t is an interesting tale
and it harks back to a night IN
New York two years ago when
Thomas Meighan and John Nc
Cormack Were having dinner to-
gether in the latter's apartment
on Park avenue.
Said John to Tom:
Look here, you've made pic
lures in Havana, Canada, Pana-
ma and strange and sundry
places all over these United
States. Why don't you go to
Ireland to make a film? Your
ancestors came from Ireland and
they handed down to you a
splendid heritage Of Irish tradi-
ton. The Kingdom of Kerry with
fits Lakes Of Killarney has some
Of the most beautiful scenery in
the world"
And Tom Meighan sat there
over his after dinner coffee and
cigarette, listening to the tenorss
rich, musical voice recounting
Ireland's gIories, and finally he
said:
John, help me find q romantic
Irish story, one as wholesome and
fine as the songs you sing and
I'll CO."
So 1t was that Irish Luck,
Tommy Meighan's new Paramount
The Washington times., 1925-11-28
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THE CONQUEST OF ERIN,
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; starring picture, which opens a
weeks engagement at Loew's
Palace tomorrow, was unearthed
and Ireland welcomed Tom.
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Evening star., 1925-11-22

the department has other birds similar
to the turkey which it hopes can be
made to thrive in the United States.
These include South American
turkey which has plumage like that
of peacock. and the Mexican chacha-
laca, which is a near relative of the
pheasant.
Department of Agriculture records
show that turkey breeding stocks have
decreased greatly during the past 25
years. Breeding stocks in 1900 total
led $500, 900 birds. whereas there are
now around 100000 birds on farms
for breeding purposes. The industry
has graduallY shifted from New Eng
land to the Southeast. thence to the
Southwest, which is now practically
the only large commercial turkey pro-
ducing section of the country.
New England raises scarcely enough
birds to meet local demands. The dis
ease "blackhead,' a mysterious NAL
ady which wipes out whole flocks,
Is held mainly responsible for this
situation. The disease has followed
the birds to the South and has become
more or less prevalent throughout the
country.
|. An experimental turkey farm was
established recently by the Depart.
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Evening star., 1925-11-22

about 25 per cent less than last years.
The Washington market is supplied
chiefly from Maryland, Virginia, Ten
nessee, Kentucky and Texas. Vir.
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ress in turkey raising recently and is
now sixth in the list of important
turkey growing States. Maryland is
farther down the list. but considerable
numbers of birds are raised in the
southern part of the State.
There were also some imported
turkeys from Argentina on the Wash
ington market last year, so that con-
sidering all sources of supply, there is
little likelihood that stocks in the
Washington markets will be INSULT
cient to meet the local demand-at a
price.
The department experiments with
the Mexican chachalaca are of con-
siderable interest. The birds are re-
ported to be thriving on Sapeloe
Island. Georgia. where they were
placed three years ago by the United
States Biological Survey and Howard
f. CONN OF Detroit. Mich. who owns
| the preserve. Mr.. Coffin says that the
birds seem to be happy in their new
environment, though a bit clannish.
/ When other barnyard fowls incur the
displeasure of the chacha1aca. the lat
! ter retreats to the woods, surrounds
himself With q gang Of his fellows
Evening star., 1925-11-22

talk like that. Please, please don't ho
mad
Will was really terribly angry. h,lt
we made it up Al last. guess tw"
people can make up almost anything
when they're as crazy about each
other as Will and ! really are. Rui
by the time il was all over. was iuet
| limp. ! leaned back against Will ami
shut my eyes The honevsuCkle was
soft over the porch. the darkness was
still and sweet. and home was home
again. Now and then | rubbed my
cheek against Wills face his frank.
with her wise. diSa greeable laugh.
Think of not being able TO believe
what your own husband tells YOU.
Oh. the relief. the carefree. glorious
relief of knowing hat he il even a
little too honest. The depe nda bility
the heavenly comfort of a man who
has no talent for tact.
I'll bet you're glad 10 he home with
Will again. observed Dulcie the next
morning as ! ran over 10 borrow
some coffee: II was the only thing VIII
had forgotten to get. Dulcie and
Roger were eating breakfast out on
their side porch in the sunshine. Its
funny how even your husbands s faults
look good TO You when you've been
away long enough to get lonesome for
him. she went on. II declare /
haven't got normal enough VET 10
start in on Rogers table manner
again
And there in the morning sunshine
right under the affectionate eyes .:
his wife. sal Roger. dipping|his tons
in his coffee.
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