The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-22
FAREWELL BANQUET
GIVEN SUPT. EGGERS
Continued from pses one,

agency force, and C. L. Marshall,
editor of The Herald. All respond
ed with appropriate remarks, and
comment on the sterling qualities
of the citizen and federal official
about to be lost.
Mr.. Egaers Responds
Supt. Eggers was called on and
responded at some length in a
most interesting speech that
touched in a frank ap5 intimate
manner on many phases of the
duties of a superintendent on the
Fort Peck reservation, and his re-
lations with the white citizens. He
warmly reciprocated the kindly
feeling expressed by the proceed
ing speakers. Mr.. Eggers lacks
but a few years of the age of re-
! tirment from the government SER
vice and he said that in all his
experience he had never found
more loyal support and coopera-
ton from a town than from the
businessmen of Wolf Point. He
deeply appreciated it, especially
as it was a condition not to be
fodnd in all towns on the reserva-
ton. What he had done had been
done from a sense of duty and in
the fulmillment of his oath of Of
flee. No special credit was due
a man for doing his duhy, he said.
Officials Need Support
The Fort Peck agency job was
recognized, Mr.. Eggers said, as
one of the most difficult in the
Indian service, and he had needed
the cooperation of the whites and
that his successor would need the
most loyal support and coopera-
ton the business people and white
citizens could give. The speaker
laid much stress on this point.
He was gratified with the
steady progress made by some of
the Fort Peck Indians in their
farming operations. Thousands of
acres of their fertile land are now
producing crops and taking its In
dian tillers in the direction of self
support. The problem of training
the Indian population of the Unit
ed States for self support through
farming their lands or other in
dustry is one of the biggest be-
fore the country, and presents it's
self for solution to white citizens
as well as to the federal depart
ments. This great problem was
responsible, he believed, for the
changes and shifts now being
made in the Indian service. A vast
amount of sharp criticism has APP
peared in magazines and papers
of various sorts, in recent years,
of the management of the Indians
by the Indian and other respon-
sible departments. While MUCH of
this criticism came from unin-
formed and misinformed writer's
it had had effect. Now, with a
distinguished educator and college
mar at the head of the interior
department, the speaker said, it
seemed IS if a new policy was
about to be established in the
Indian department. Formerly, ex-
perience in the service was the
basis of making appointments.
Now it appeared to be education
and training, especially in agri-
culture.
Welcomes Change
Mr.. Eggers was formerly sta
toned in Oklahoma and says he
likes it. So far as the change of
location was concerned he well
coined it without regrets except
for parting from the good friends
he had found here. His duties in
his new station at Shawnee will
be easier and more pleasant than
they have been here.
In conclusion, besides reiterat-
ing his appreciation of friendship
and pleasant relations, the super
intendent said he had a message
to leave with the people of this
county and section.
Deplores Lawlessness
He said he had worked in sew
states but had never lived in
a part of the ciuntry where there
was so much disregard of both
the laws of the country and the
Of God. He said it was a bad
condition and one which if not
overcome would retard the pro-
gress of both races. Mr.. Eggers
spoke earnestly and plainly and at
some length on this subject. He
said that what he had done to
enforce the laws had been done
in the line of duty. He had found
many opposing his efforts, a few
even in Wolf Point. These re-
him as a fanatic on the
of liquor law enforcement.
But he did not care what they
JAILED him. He had given much
to the matter and was
convinced his policy and attitude
vas sound.
This report necessarily touches
only the more important and in
.eresting parts Of Mr.. Eggers fine
address.
AS the party broke up each man
present shook the hand Of the
mast Of honor and uichnd him