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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

dian Affairs shah be to make Of the Indian q
self sustaining, self Respecting American citizen
Just as rapidly as this can be brought about,
and in order to bring this about 1t win be nee
essary TO revise our educational program into
one Of practical and vocational character, and
to mature plans for the absorption CT the In
dian into the industrial and agricultural life Of
the Nation"
We have been working ever since to trans
mute that Declaration of Independence for the
Indians into actually. We have made sub
stantia1 progress There were more than 5000
employees of the Indian Bureau who had to be
imbued with the spirit. Some we're I'M
fitted for the work of making the Indian eco
nomically self-sufncient. They had to be
shifted to other work replaced.
There were hundreds Of reservations and
tribes to be considered and dealt with in diff
fsrent ways. The Indians in Dakota were in
different circumstances, for instance, from the
NaVajoes. The latter occupy a reservation in
contiguous parts Of Arizona, New Mexico and
Utah that has an area OF approximately IS 600
square miles-about the size of the State of
West Virginia. In times past they have had q
million head Of sheep, besides horses cattle
and goats. Yet they furnish problems for the
Federal Government.
Some Of the Indians need education that win
fit them to make living outside the reserva-
lions. Others need educa ton that viii enable
them to make use of the resources of the tribes
in the way Of land, timber and water Many
need health care, for there are two great
scourges that decimate the Indians: Tubercu-
losis and trachoma
Is there any use in attempting improvement
Is the Indian capable Of advancement?
The answer to both questions is an en-
phatic "Yesi"
THE Indian cannot be made into successful
imitation of the white man. But his own
abilities and talents can be successfully de-
veloped-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

Consider the case Of George La Vatta, an
Idaho Indian boy who grew up on the Fort
Hall Reservation. After leaving the Govern
ment boarding school he lapsed into idleness
Tor several years. Doing nothing finally be-
came tiresome, 50 he applied for work at the
Union Pacific Railroad shops in Pocatello.
Idaho. The foreman didn't want to hire him
because he believed Indians were naturally
lazy and would not work. But finally George
was given job with a mop, cleaning up the
shop.
When George had proved that he would
work he was given a job as machine helper.
He became skilled machinist and served 10
years in the shop. He brought other Indian
boys into the shop-and they made good. His
success attracted our attention and he was
made placement officer in the Indian service
to bring together Indians and the jobs they
could perform He is finding work that the
Indians can do-and they are doing it.
DIR. Erl Bates, formerly with Cornell UNI
versity proved in practical way the agricul-
tural capacity of the Indians In New York
State, who, by the way, are not under Fed
eral supervision. Mohawk Indians developed
fine dairy herds; In six years the Tuscarora
Indians OF one county, starting with $50 fruit
trees, developed orchards with more than 1900
trees. Dr. Bates believes in making the Indian
a better red man rather than imitation
white man. We have borrowed him from the
university to assist the Government in working
out practical educational program for the
Indians everywhere.
In Minnesota fisheries association composed
exclusively of Indians-Several hundred of
them, many of whom spoke only the Indian
tongue-marketed in a single year q million
pounds of high-grad fish with profit to them
Of 100000.
A large group of Indians were successfully
trained to handle the machine drills In the
building Of the gigantic Coolidge Dam.
In Pittsburgh and Detroit boys from Indian
training schools are doing technical and shop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Platinum VaIue Increases

platinum, highly priced because Of its COM
parAtive rarity. q value enhanced by its
employment in higher-priced jewelry, has be-
come even more important to industry and IN
many Of its most important uses no substitute
can be used
This precious metal is one of q group closely
allied IN physical properties which make them
unique as q group among metals. The others
In the group include osmium, iridium. ri1odtum,
palladium and ruthenium. They are all gray
tsh white lustTous. highly resistant to corrosion
and what is most important, highly resistant TO
heat, melting only at very high temperatures.
Platinum Is, of course, the most widely used
OF the group, with palladium second and
iridium third The latter. however, Is second in
importance because of It's use in alloys with
platinum. A survey Of the platinum situation
recently made by the Bureau Of Mines reveals
that $1,000 troy ounces Of platinum are used
every year in the manufacture of jewelry and
the amount 50 consumed is increasing each
year.
For many types of jewelry an alloy of plati-
mum containing about IS per cent OF iridium is
best suited because Of ITS extreme hardness.
This hardness permits a more extensive engrav-
ing OF the jewelry. This same hardness, how
ever. makes the alloy less suitable than pure
platinum, which is more ductile, for settings OF
gems which may have to be reset from time
TO time
The use of platinum in electrical work is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

more or less common, the metal being found
exceptionally efhcient for contact points in
various types Of apparatus.
The chemical industry finds platinum highly
useful as q catalyzing agency, one of those
mysterious substances which by their presence
cause chemical action without actually taking
part in the action themselves. For an example,
nitrous oxide gas and oxygen when passed over
heated platinum wires, become nitric acid yet
the platinum energies from the process I'M
changed and mdiminished. In the manufac-
tIHe Of sulphuric acid by the contact process
between 100000 and soc, 900 ounces of platinum
are now in use.
Iridium, because Of its extreme hardness is
used as tipping material for fountain pens
and Is also employed in the manufacture OF
particularly sharp surgical instruments.
Prior to 1914 Russia was the principal source
OF platinum, producing up to 100000 ounces
yearly Since that time, however, the produc-
ton has changed, according to the Bureau OF
Mines survey. Colombia, South Africa and
Canada are rapidly increasing their output and
are bidding fair to I'LL the shortage left by the
collapse Of the Russian production to the $4,000
or so ounces turned out yearly at the present
time
What little platinum is produced In this
country comes from California, oregon and
Alaska and this LITTLE could hardly be mined
on a profitable basis If 1t were not obtained as
by-product of gold mining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

work Of the highest character in electrical ana
automobile manufacturing plants.
In Colorado the Government advanced some
Ute Indians money for . start in sheep-rais-
ing The Indians made a profit of $4,000 the
first year, with an estimated profit of $4,000
the year following
These are mere random examples of the Ca
pacity of Indians for improvement and advance
ment They are practical proofs that these de-
scendants Of the or yinal Americans need not
always be wards or stepchildren Of the Nation.
The beginning Of the new era for the Indians
was evidenced by the creation a few weeks
ago Of what term a human relations"
organization In the Indian Bureau. We have
separated the work for human advancement
for education, health and agricultural training
from the property problems of the Indians:
the irrigation and power projects. the forestry
work, the legal and accounting administration.
We have secured from Congress appropria-
tons that viii provide adequate food for Indian
children in the schools Better still, we have
secured money to hire the kind of teachers
who viii teach the Indians to become self
reliant and self-supporting
We are securing the cooperation of State
and local authorities so that more Indian
children may attend public schools. Thus they
win become a part of the community life
enjoy all the opportunities for work and happi-
ness that the community offers when school
days end
Sick and disabled Indians on the reserva-
tons and elsewhere are being given nursing
and medical care and they are willing to
accept the benefits of modern medicine.
Young Indians and older ones too, who
want work OF the reservations are being helped
to find jobs through placement bureaus we
have established in the West.
We are getting rid Of the bureaucracy which
sometimes made it necessary for Indian
a Western reservation to wait a couple of
months for permission from Washington to
draw enough from his guardianship fund to
buy suit Of clothes and pair of shoesI Yet
we are Strengthening the safeguards against
fraudulent dissipation of tribal resources and
Of individual Indian funds.
Under Charles j. Rhcads, Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, and Assistant Commissioner
J. Henry Scattergood, the whole spirit of the
Indian service has undergone a transformation
The new spirit carries with it convincing
promise of just and humane treatment for
the wards Of the Nation.
More than that. 1t carries the promise that
the bureau win try to work itself out of
existence within generation by educating the
Indians to become Free independent, self
supporting people
That is the era for the Indians which
is just beginning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Dairy Farm Prot7ts.

ONE of the most difficult tasks that hav0
faced the Federal dairy expert is to con-
vince the average dairy farmer that he ought
to put his herds on basis paralleling the
piece-work basis of industry.
COW is to many farmers and not a
producing unit which loses its value when the
yield fails below the cost of production The
up-to-date farmer keeps charts on all the cows
In his herd. 1t takes a bit more time, but
these charts carry the secret of the success If
any, that the dairyman attains-.
The charts show the daily yield of each COW
and the butteTfat test made twice a month";
These two figures, together with the feeding
figure, soon tell which COWS producers and
which are boarders in the herd. careful
Weeding-out process, eliminating the boarders,
will soon raise herd to an efficient basis
AS soon as a COW is MIXED the yield is
weighed before being dumped into the cooling
watts and q small sample of the milk is taken
to be kept in bottle containing preservative
for analysis every Is days The total milk at
the fixed price per 100 pounds plus the differ.
entails which may be allowed for excess butter
fat over q given basis for payment viii indicate
this figure minus the cost of the feed given the
COW viii clearly indicate which cows in the herd
are worth while.
With as simple a system as this available,
still many farmers decline to make the effoAt
and 60 on with the yield of few fine indi-
viduaB in herd offset by the losing yields of
cows better fitted for the butcher than the
dairy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
GreaterSnoqC Geese Protected.

ONLY one known flock Of greater snow geese
- is still left in this country and these birds
are being given the most careful protection
both by ofhcials Of the United States and
Canada through the action Of the migratory
bird treaty. This lone flock spends its Winters
in North Carolina and Virginia, where local
game wardens give it protection.
With the coming Of Spring weather in April
the birds feel the urge to go North and usually.
ny directly northward until they reach the st.
Lawrence river. Here they turn northeast and
follow the river to a group Of small islands,
where every year they stop OF for a few days
to rest and feed. While taking their "breatherS
they are under the care Of the Quebec mount
ed police, who send patrol to the islands.
Hunters in the past have taken an unfair
advantage Of the birds through resort to
canouflage. The stream at this season is
usually full of floating ice and the hunters,
dressed in white and riding in white motor
boats approach close to the hocks before the
birds realize~that an enemy is at hand. Be-
cause Of the rarity of the greater snow geese,
particular pains are being taken to perpetuate
the flock and perhaps bring about an increase
which win later permit hunting of the birds
Other birds found on the islands with the
greater snow geese are the Canada goose, brant,
black duck, pintails, mallards and teal&
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14
,,,,or is III at her

,,s a. H. Wegner is ill at her
a this week. ua,,,, Cor !.
home eel s Rider left Tuesday for a
eds a,, visit IS ME- r. and Mrs. J; B: Ralph sl,
Dg RIichland on May 1S' a o&os
boy. :, plum of Spokane, was guest
k Mr and and Mrs. Dean Adams on
MONDAY ono Margaret Wendell Of Hover
!. MIS- ! sp,atient at the Bechtol SAM
taI nun Fra McManmon was q
ME. MlS' n Walla Walla Monday ant
s fraoor and evening -. -
erh snna Marie Mueller was OUT OF
..t0oI Tuesday on account OF De-
scnO n with summer flu: !.
ing Th =. ". C. T. U. will meet at
Ins Kennewick Tuesday after
nUsei Nav 10, at 2 o'clock -,
n0 Miss Leone skeen spent TUESDAY
-.a Ids' with her parents in Rich
, nlgas ;ncidently it being her birth
anu n The family gave her birth
a asy dinner Inn and all its trimmings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

The Horticultural club met Mon
day at a one O'Clock luncheon with
Mrs G w Sherk, 715 Avenue A
Mr.. and Mrs. Burd Hazzer of La
Grande, Oregon were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen K.
Jones. ...: - i. IL. BIZ. ). 1t
Mrs Earl Terrell left for Sc
attic Tuesday morning, where she
will visit friends and relatives for
a few days -.
Miss Enid Rider left Tuesday
for Seattle where she will spend a
two weeks vacation visiting rel
atives ~ s- as
Carl Cady drove to Spokane Sat
uh,day and spent Mothers Day
with his mother and other rela-
tives.
The meeting of the pear grow
ers of the district has been called
for next Tuesday night at the
Highlands club house to select a
delegate to attend the grade and
pack rules conference the follow
ing week in Yakima. All growers
are requested to be present.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

, ee# i S
Mrs. T. Hopkinson will continue
her music classes thruout the
summer at the u. j. Aldrich resi-
dence. ss....z..- .-.
Mrs. Chester Durdle spent the
weekend in Waitsburg at the home
Of her brother attending a family
reunion. a. .ss.s s
j. Kelley DePriest, former
postmaster at Kennewick, who
now operates an insurance agency
at Yakima, was in town the first
of the week on business. ~ :
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold White
more and family left Saturday
morning for Spokane, where they
spent Mothers Day with Mrs.
Whittemore's brother and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bartlett. T
j. H. Gravenslund, of Clatskanie
and who for years was Kenne-
wick's photographer, is in Kenne-
wick this week visiting his son,
Wilmot and family while attend
ing to his property affairs.
One, of the suits for recovery
of damages on a spud deal with
Gleason's, Inc. was awarded dam
ages to the extent of Sc, in the
Superior court at Prosser last
week. The other case received no
award.
The addition to Eichner's Tin
Shop has been succeed this week.
The completion of this work adds
greatly to the appearance of the
structure. Other improvements
about the establishment are also
under way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Barter of
Portland spent Tuesday visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen X. Jones at
their home on the Highlands
While on their way to spend
months vacation in Missoula, Mon
tana, with relatives.
Lee Lampson, who stopped off
in Butte on his way from the east
this week, reports that young Geo.
d. Peters has been transferred
from assistant general manager
at the Butte office to manager of
the Oklahoma city office.
Mrs William Lortz and baby
son left for her home in Chelan on
Saturday after spending two weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. III.
B. Terrill, 805 Alder street. Everett
and Miss Nova Terrill accompanied
her home and returned Sunday.
Mrs Gladys Kelso and Mrs. Joe
Buchanan entertained Wednesday
evening with 8 tables of bridge and
a kitchen shower honoring their
sister. Miss Harriet Hudnall. The
honors at bridge were won by Miss
Leota Byrd and Miss Winona
Rushton.
Next Sunday the local club will
be hosts to the intercity meet,
comprising 16-man teams from
Pasco, Walla Walla and Dayton
Waitsburg. The first game of the
series was played in Pasco recent
ly, and the Kennewick team took
second place at that time. With
the advantage Of familiarity with
the local course, which has this
week been moved. the locals should
stand good chance of scoring
hiph
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r. II. Giese of Lind spent Mon

X. III. GleSe OF Lind spent Mon
day visiting friends in Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Barbee were
hosts to four tables of bridge for
the pleasure of Miss Harriet Hud-
nall and William Linden, whose
wedding is announced for May 20.
Honors went to Mrs. Don Thomp-
son and William Linden, consola-
ton to Miss Garbula Thompson and
Walter Ottomeier.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Brownell and
family drove to Pressed and spent
Mothers Day with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Brownell.
Everett Sherk came down from
Spokane Saturday evening and
spent Mothers Day with his moth
er and sister. Mrs. G. w. Sherk
and Miss Beatrice.
Guests of Father Arthur Joda
at the Catholic parish house over
the weekend was Rev. Joseph
Stang, of Chewelah and Rev. Geo.
Nelson of Prosser.
c. +. Denney and his bridge crew
for this division of o. w. r. N.
railroad arrived Friday and will
be stationed here as headquarters
Tor the next two months. 49, az
Mrs. Joe Buchanan and children
of Toppenish are spending the
weekend with her father and sis
tiers, N. M. Hudnall, Miss Harriet
Hudnall and Mrs. Gladys Kelso, on
Washington street. =. ", =
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Gilmore and
two children of Wapato spent Sum
day here visiting friends. They
were former residents of Kenne-
wick, where Mr.. Gilmore conduct
Cd the jewellery store. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

Mrs. Harry Linn entertained at
her home Wednesday evening at
two tables of bridge for the pleas
ure Of Miss Eva Leibbrand, honors
going to Leone SlSeen and Lillian
Crowley, guest prize TO Eva Leib-
brand. Refreshments Were served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-05-14

The girls All Canning club will
sell ice cream and cake at the
Legion dance Saturday night. The
proceeds will go to help defray
the expenses of a delegate to the
annual state Al club camp, which
will be held at Pullman in June.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Why do we sleep? Why must all animals sleep7

Why do we sleep7 Why must all animals sleep7
Those questions can be answered by another.
Why do you recharge your electric battery? In sleep we
do for bodies system which is the electric
battery of the body what charging does for the battery made
of metal in automobile
We all living beings sleep because in waking hours
up power that mysterious replaced and
restored the recharged" while sleep unconscious
In infancy sleep is the greater part Of life new born
baby will sleep than eighteen hours out OF
growing child should sleep at least ten hours day. and
very young child not less than twelve hours.
that allow young children to sit up late because
they WANT to- for any other unjust to their
children.
man in his prime needs eight hours sleep In spite OF
all the nonsense that has been talked by great as
Napoleon and Thomas A. Edison.
often those great deceive themselves to the amount
Of sleep they really take w
They think there is something admirable in sleeping little
which false You might just well think admirable to
charge your automobile battery insufficiently.
In old age five four hours sleep are enough
for the old age living slowly the machine
life gradually running down. use less nervous energy
and require less time to replace what we have used
It has been suggested but not proved, that some insects
ants for instance without sleep. may be that IN
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
MOllycOddling Criminals

This newspaper has recommended that the Police Depart
ent Of Washington persistent proddng of local criminals
Of gang and rackerg tendencies and to continue that line
until they too tired Of the processes to remain here
former District Commissioner does not like what he
smoycodde tactics of the Police Department and likewise
advocates strong-arm tactics.
That word mollycoddle will remind of former Presi-
dent Roosevelt who first used in way attract national
attention That about the strongest word of contempt the
late President had for inactive and nane officials do
nothing of any sort.
And in being reminded of the late President will not be
brash say that of recent crimes had occurred
back in the days when Roosevelt the White House he
would have called in the District Commissioners and ordered
that police force make rush cleanup ob by whatever
processes deemed most effective.
Rackeeering and gunmen organized crime, products
Of years later than the Roosevelt regime but the fighting
spirit of Roosevelt would have been aroused existing
crime conditions.
There nothing to stop policemen from making things
not for local bad and They may be released
when arrested but they be arrested again and again They
be kept busy hunting bondmen and in appearing in
the courts that they will not have time to commit crimes
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

osophy, sociology, ethics and
medica. Which is pure piftle.
Obstetrics may fill the census
report, but it does not bulge
the brain.
If it takes an earnest Scien'
tist a lifetime of study to de-
termine why babies have tummy
aches and tantrums, how can
a young, ignorant mother &C
quire that knowledge in a cJu-
pie of uncomfortable hours in
a maternity ward? She can't.
She must learn about tummy
aches and tantrums exactly as
other students learn about them
through training and study.
Why Should She Bother
But the chances are she
won't learn about them at all.
For with everyone telling her
that She's the Most Wonderful
Thing on Earth, why should
she bother to increase her store
of knowledge?
AS al consequence, mothers
are onS pf the worst menaces
civilization has to tackle. They
have the softest racket on
earth and are able to use it
most viciously. And the brutal
mother is not the most vicious.
The spineless coddlers and the
super-efficient despots do far
more harm. But the whole
tribe are SO entrenched in SEN
timentality that the mere sug-
gestion that we Investigate"
homes and mothers, as we now
investigate factories and execu'
tives brings shrieks of horror.
So Dear Mama goes her way,
MISUNDERSTANDING out in
competents, misfits and neu-
rotics-filling our. jails and
asylums and streets.
The Real Task
And right now it's about
time for someone to mourn:
fully remind me that "b ave
mothers go down into the
shadows of death" It's ad-
mitted they do. And some
times it is a very dark shadow.
BUT HARD AS 1T MAY BE
TO HAVE A BABY, 1T ISN'T
A PATCH ON THE Diff
GUILTY OF SUPPORTING
THAT BABY FOR THE NEXT
TWENTY-ONE YEARS. know
for I've done both. Mama
may face a shadow for a few
hours, but Dad rassles with 1T
for the rest of his lifetime.
Yet no one goes around pin
ming medals on the old boy
just because he's a papa.
All of which means simply
this-that mothers, like otlIer
workers, should be honored
when and if they deserve it. :.
AND BAWLED OUT PLENTY
WHEN THEY DON'T.
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