Hungry Horse news., 1948-06-18


isfied nor fooled by our evasiv
flowery answers to naturally cleal
questions, nor was little John 0
our acquaintance.
He was to hand in to his tea
cher home-written paper OF
some subject regarding his ia
mily history. While at the tasl
that evening and anxious to be out
at play, he asked his mother: Mo
Their where did I come from p
Said mother: IT was out walking
in our lovely flower garden one
morning and I found you in the
heart of a fragrant dewy rose.'
Asked John: Mother, where did
you come from ?" Mother replied
Grandmother found me in the
heart of a beautiful tulip"
Grandmother was then quest
Toned: Where did your mother
find you?" And, grandmother an
swered: IT wasn't as fortunate as
you and your dear mother, for they
found me in a head of cabbage"
John looked at both of them in a
doubtful way, wrote little, and
. went out to play
Said Granny: Let's see what our
little rascal has written" picked
up the paper and read:
'Dear Teacher: It appears that
I have the distinction of being the
first male of new order of HILL
man beings, which I shall classify
as rosariou-c abbageous. Anyhow,
as nearly as can ascertain, from
otherwise truthful forebears, there
: have been no normal relationships
in my family for three genera
tons"
Yes, there was an intoxicated
Indian in M. City Saturday" but |
why advertise that fact to all of
Flathead county and why try to
stigmatibe the entire red race with
the wornout illusions drunk, de-
graded redskins" mo good Ind
ians," etc?
The facts are: This particular
Indian was drunk when ne arrived
in M. City, where, he, to the credit
of our bartenders, obtained no Ii
quor. Then, too, this specimen =
and he was no more disgusting
than a soused white man-does
not represent the Indian popula-
ton of the northwest, where there
are thousands of Indians who are
sober, Industrious, honest, good
folks. How about the thousands Of
Indian boys and girls who were in
the service, and the lawyers, doc
tors, clergymen, teachers, nurses,
artists, ETC., whose parents dwelt
in teepees are these 'low, degraded
folks?" 1t so happens that due to
a heritage of which I am proud,
that I'm on the agency roll as an
Indian, and I am decent, honest.
sober, and law-abiding. Therefore
my resentment Of falsehoods and
twisted facts. Selah
Mrs. D. H. Morris and daugh-
tiers, Agnes and Betty Ann, Char
10, arrived Tuesday to spend a
week with the Earl Hollingsworths
Mrs. Morris is Mrs. Hollings-
worth's sister.
Janet Hollingsworth returned
home Saturday from Roman where
she spent the past 10 days visit
ing relatives and friends.
Mrs. Tella Loman and son, Ray,
Roman, visited friends in M. e..
a few minutes Saturday. They edit
the Roman Pioneer and were here
on the western Montana press as ,
ISOLATION tour.
Duan Byrd, while at work for ,
the rangers Tuesday, had the mis-
fortune to badly cut foot with
an axe,
Frank Griffin, formerly of Mis- )
soula, has established car lot,
also an ice house across the high
way from Rex Chefs garage and
shop.
Pat Mcclure, Cut Bank, shopped
in M. City and Columbia Falls {
Saturday.
Our good friend, Benny Hull
Wallace, Idaho, who has been vi
sting NJ City acquaintance this
past week, went to work for the
Coram rangers Monday. Ben is
the son of the late, beloved pio-
neer DR.. Hull, Roman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Nelson of
the Montana Hardware, Roundup,
visited Mr.. Nelson's uncle, L. F..
Thompson, Friday.
"Ah, me-" sighed mother por-
cupine as she gazed at her new
offspring, what is one thorn in
the flesh when compared to thee,
my living, GULLY ball of needles ?"
Gilbert Burland and Barney Dry
er are doing carpenter work for
General Shea Morrison.
Jim Mcdowell is finishing the
interior of his house at the tip
top of Greene Heights.
Charles Moody and family, Ro-
nan, were Sunday callers at the
Earl Hollingsworth home.
Mrs. Sigvart Johnson, who has
been a patient at the Whitefish
hospital is home again.
Viola Chef has been very i'll il