RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
"Queen of Navy" Is Best Shot in
The U. S. S. Idaho, enlled the "Queen of tho Nnvy," established n record
when lier pin crews tnudu nine direct hltu In 30 shots fit long range with the
very latest of tho United States navy's supordreudnnughts. She has a main
and Is fitted with the latest antiaircraft and submarine protections,
Indians Coming s
Into Their Own
X-
tf astening to Acquire Citizenship
as Soon as Competent,
Says Cato Sells.
GREAT PROGRESS IN 7 YEARS
Not Only Numerically and In Wealth,
but Also In Education and In.
dustry Individual Deposits
Show Big Increase.
Washington. Answering n criticism
n the legal status of thu American
Indian as contained In resolutions re
cently ndoptcd by tho Women's Civic
center of San Diego, Oil., Cnto Sells,
commissioner of Indian affairs, In a
lengthy letter sets forth the general
progress of the American Indians un
der his administration. Mr. Sells 1b
decidedly opposed to the withdrawal
of federal supervision over all Indians
at tills time. The result of such n step,
he points out, would be that u large
number of old or Incompetent Indians
would soon be fleeced of their prop
'crty and thrown upon the states as
paupers and mendicants, and public
protest against neglected conditions
would surely follow. "Confusion as
to the legnl status of the Indian," says
Mr. Sells, "rests largely with those
who have not studied the subject. Tho
general allotment net of 1887, provid
ing for tho allotment of lands In sev
eralty, with the amending provisions
of the Burke net of 11)0(1, made the Is
suance of n fee-simple patent the prl
i mary legal requirement for citizenship
of Indians, but also provided for tho
citizenship of any Indian by his vol
untary separation from tribal rela
tions and the adoption of the habits
of civilized life. Thu later act of
Juno 25, 1010, also provides for the
nllotment of lnnds to Indians from
the public domain with the Issuance
of n fee patent ns provided for In the
case of reservation allotments.
Become Citizens.
"Under my administration thu In
dian bureau has made spce-lal effort
to extend citizenship to thu Indians
mid prepare them for Its duties and
responsibilities, hi the declaration of
policy Issued April 17, 1017, I an
nounced that every Indian as boon as
found to be competent to transact his
own business affairs would be given
lull control of his property and have
all his land and moneys turned over
to him, after which he would no long
er be a ward of thu government. In
furtherance of this movement I In
structed the superintendents of the
various reservations as follows: 'You
aro requested to submit to this olllce
a list of all Indians of one-half or
less Indian blood, who are able-bodied
and mentally competent, twonty-om
years of age or over, together with a
description of tho land allotted to said
Indians, and the number of thu allot
ment. It Is Intended to issue patents
in fee simple to such Indians.'
"Under this broadened policy In
dians, both mixed and full bloods, nro
being released from government su
pervision as rapidly us their condition
warrants. Whenever an Indian Is
found to bo ns competent as tins av
erage white man to transact the usual
vocations of life, ho Is given a patent
fee, full control of his lnnds and mon
eys, and made a citizen of the United
States. About 225,000 allotments of
land ,hnvo been mude to Indians, and
during tho Inst three years 10,l).i(l fee-
(Simple patents hnve been issued, or
0,082 more than in the ten years pre
ceding." Mr. Sells hns gone further In this
direction nnd has taken tho position
that tho cltlzenimlp of Indians should
not ho based upon their ownership of
lands, tribal or In severalty, In trust
or In fee, but upon tho fact that they
aro real Amerlenns. Favorable report
has been made on a bill Introduced In
congress having for Its purpose tho
conferring of citizenship on all Indians
but retaining control of the estates of
Incompetents.
Says Restriction Is Wise.
, "I am fully convinced of tho wis
dom of this restriction, nnd that com
petency must precede thu control of
property, otherwise great Injustice
would follow to thousands of Indians.
In my last annual report I Mild In this
connection :
"'Of thu large number of Indians
still under the supervision of this bu
reau, it should be understood that
more than 70,000 are situated practi
cally tho same us the reservation Nav
ajo, Ilualapal, Hop! and Apache,
whoso property cannot now, nor for
many yours to come, bo wisely al
lotted. There are thousands of full
bloods and near full-bloods whose
personal possessions and prospects
are suggestive of a capacity for Inde
pendent self-support, but who arc not
qualified to withstand the competi
tive tests that would follow n with
drawal of federal guidance. To aban
don these at the point In thelrprog
ress where elementary requirements
aro shaping Into self-reliance and u
comprehension of practical methods,
would be to leave them u prey to ev
ery kind of unscrupulous trickery
that masks Itself In the conventions
of civilization.'
"Few things hnve been more ob
structive to Indluu welfare tlmn tho
professional agitator who claims the
abolishment of governmental super
vision as the salvntlon of the Indian.
"The Indians are growing In knowl
edge nnd general Intelligence. Three
fourthsf their children eligible for
attendance are enrolled In some
school, federal, state or mission. Near
ly two-thirds of their entire population
speak Kngllsh and about one-hnlf read
and write Kugllsh. Their gain In thu
use of civilized speech has been re
markable In thu last seven years.
"Too much has been snld about In
dian school graduates going back to
the blanket. Any assumption that
more than a negligible percentage of
such students are non-progressive Is
unwarranted. In some Instances
where pupils not long In school have
returned to backward home conditions
the results have been disappointing,
but by no means an entire loss. If
these boys and girls cany no m'ore
than n speaking use of English Into
homes still under the thrall of bar
baric ignorance, they have started n
lifting force and planted Imperishable
seeds of civilization. Considering the
effect of previous environment, habits
and prejudice, thu school-t rained In
Making Food for
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Commnnder John L. Cope, i-'. It. O. S., who accompanteu tho Inst Shiu'klo
ton expedition us surgeon and biologist, Is to command an expedition to tho
South polo, leaving England about the end of July. A buso will be formed and
nn attempt made to fly to tho polo by airplane. The photograph Bhows Com
mander Cope (left) and party watching tho manufacture of food supplies for
tho Journey.
Pacific Fleet
during thu Pacific licet target iiructlce,
1-J-lnch guns. The Idaho Is one of the
buttery of twelve M-lneh naval rlllw
dian compares favorably with thu av
erage white student whose home sur
mundlnns as a rulu are generally tc
his advantage.
Evidence of Progress.
"The Indian's progress Is too fre
quently measured by his garb. Wo
want the Indian to cut his hair and
wear citizen's clothes. We urge him
to live in a white man's house, but If
ho does not entirely and promptly re
spond in all of these respects it Is not
proven that he Is not u progressiva
man. Sometimes young men return
Ing from our schools to the reserva
tions resume certain outward forma
of tribal fashion ns a matter of ex
pediency or social deference to their
elders, but their activities show what
they are; their farming, their stock
raising, the homes they build and thu
way they furnish them, and their de.
sire to huve their children go to
school aro thu best evidences of their
progress.
"Thu social and domestic life of the
Indians is steadily Improving. Mar
riage by tribal custom Is notably giv
ing way to Icml rites. At present
there Is hardly more than one-fourth
the drunkenness among Indians that
prevailed ten years ago. The mis
sionary workers have been a powerful
aid and their number among the In
dians has doubled since 1000, with n
corresponding increase of churches
and church attendance.
"The Indian's Industrial progress is
especially noteworthy. Their individ
ual funds on deposit have Increased In
the lust eight years In excess of $20,
000,000. During that period they have
expended for homos, barns and mod
ern farm Implements $18,000,000 nnd
have added $13,000,000 to their capi
tal In livestock. The Indian's trans
formation from n game hunter and
wanrer to a settled land-holder and
home-builder Is everywhere evident.
Nearly 37,000 Indian farmers are cul
tivating almost 1,000,000 acres, -17.000
are engaged In stock raising, nnd their
livestock Is worth close to $38,000,000.
ThelMust yenr's Income from the sale
of crops and livestock was approxi
mately $11,000,000.
"The Indians are dependable wage
workers. Their annual earnings hi
public and private service exceed ?3,
000,000. Their number receiving ru
tlons and supplies not paid for In la
bor has decreased one-half In the Ins'
seven years."
The Wife Pays.
Bellulre, O. Two young men carry
lug Income tax blanks called at the
home of Anuuuzlo Marchesl with tho
news that her husband owed Undo
Snm $."! Income tax. She paid. Her
husband is seeking thu bogus federal
I agenis.
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fTew.1 of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
I'copl! of southeastern Nebraska
have nolvod the problem of the high
co-t of building. Sawmills hnve
sprung up In nil parts of Nemaha
county nnd thousands of cottonwood
trees are being cut down and sawed
up Into perfectly good nmlerlnJ. Far
mers are buying the lumber sawed
from thu native logs by home mills nt
$."0 a thousand and are using the ma
terial to build bams, sheds and cribs.
Several big Omaha retail stores
huve followed tho plan of tho Wunu
maker stores of New York In reducing
prices on nil stocks In an effort to
lower living costs. Prices have been
slashed by the Omaha concerns from
20 to !I0 per cent. Heads of firms dif
fer, however, to some degree, for the
net Ion, soma saying It wms brought
about by a nroak In tho market and
not due to philanthropic motives.
The stute board of equalization nn
nounced a lint increase of 8 per cent
In tho valuntlon of railroad property
,ln Nebraska for assessment purposes.
'This mnkes n valuation of railroad
property In Nebraska, exclusive of the
iPullmnn compnny, totnl $300,7-10,010,
an Increase over Inst year's valuation
,of $22,orr,-isr.
Grant Huckonbcrg, Cnss county far
mer, bngged nine coyotes on his farm,
and delivered the scalps to tjie county
clerk nt Weeping Water, and received
,11 bounty of $3 each. So far this sea
son one hundred nnd forty-one coyote
scalps hnve been registered with the
county crerk.
June 8 Is the date set for tho exe
cution of Alson B. Colo nnd Vincent
Allen Grnmmer nt the stote prison,
Lincoln. Appeal for a new trial for
Colo will be argued before the su
premo court June 7. Thu men were
.condemned for the murder of Mrs.
Yogt, in Howard county.
Senutor Hitchcock of Nebraskn,
after viewing the devastation at
Oroahn wrought by the overflow of the
Missouri river, declared he would take
tint matter up with the War depart
ment with a view of having a survey
nmdo and suitable dikes built to pre
vent a recurrence of tho disaster.
It 1b reported thnt n big terminal ele
vator will be erected in Omnha or Lin
coln in tiie near future by the stock
holders of the lfiO Farmers' union ele
vators in Nebraska, who have incorpo
rated under the name of the National
Co-operative association.
Two hundred nnd Ufty Dodge county
boys and girls arc organized Into poul
try, pig, cnlf, cooking, sewing or gar
dening clubs nnd competing for cash
prizes given by tho Scrlbner and
Hooper Fair associations and different
farm organizations.
Gene Huse, publisher of the Norfolk
Dally News, has been decorated with
the King Albert medill for services
rendered Belgium during the war. He
was In charge of the North Nebraska
campaign fur funds to aid Belgian bn
bles. The old chlckory factory building at
O'Neill, built about thirty years ago,
when chlckory was being boomed as
a substitute for coffee, is being torn
down. The factory was said to be the
lorgpst mnnufucturlng plant of its kind
in the world.
J. II. Bresson, Cinahn, was elected
commnnder of the Nebraska G. A. B.
nt the forty-fourth annual encamp
ment nt Ficmont. Mrs. Martha A.
Carmony, Omaha, was elected presi
dent of the Ladles of the G. A. B.
Twenty-seven passengers were in
jured nnd two trainmen hurt when n
pnssenger train plowed its way
through two rear cars of n freight
train on n switch at Trenton.
Tho Kearney Amusement park,
which hns become one of the nttrnc
tlons of tourists traveling over the
Lincoln highway, opened May 22.
Corn planting In tho South Plntto
territory of tho state has moved along
rapidly the past ton days and the work
Is vlrtunlly finished.
One of the largest milk distributing
companies of Lincoln unonunced n re
duction In price from 15 to 14 cents
a quart.
Club work In Dodge county for boys
nnd girls hns been orgunlzed In 18
rural schols.
Plans are being completed for a big
celebration In Hebron on July Fourth.
Becent Investigations and report
from the Miller Seed Co., Kansas City,
provo that Venango, this state, Is tho
largest millet shipping point In thu
world. Millet Is onu of western Ne
braska's big crops.
The Salvation Army is establishing
Its homo service program for 1020 In
Nebraska. In 11 counties Salvation
Army advisory boards hnve- already
been orgnnlzed and nro nctlvely co-operating
with the army in homo service
work.
Two hundred veterans of the G. A.
B representing the 2,000 who still
survive In Nebraska, attended tho big
encampment nt Fremont,
Sidney Is preparing for a bond Issue
electlou next month to vote nearly half
a million dollars for tho purposo of
extending the water, sewer, lighting
and power systems.
George Martin of Kenrney was
named president, nnd Frank Plckrell,
principal of the Lincoln High school,
Lincoln, secretary and treasurer of the
Nebraska Schoolmasters' club at its
MnnitM. I.. P.mnint
VlCUlillfc ill 11VU1VUI.
Beatrice High school won high lion- I
ors In the eighteenth annual trnck nnd
field meet of the Nebraska high
schools at the State University, Lin
coln, May 15. Tho Beatrice youths
captured first place In the group threo
competition, Lincoln finished second
and Omaha third. The group two
championship went to Wilbur, whllo
Dewltt was victor In group one. 0er
.100 youths, representing more than
thirty schools were on the track, tho
greatest In tho history of Nebraska
track sports history.
The Instances of the editor of a
weekly newspaper getting out his pub
lication regularly nnd operating a
1,000-ocre farm are rare, but II. W.
Mitchell of Clearwater, publisher of
The Becord of thnt place, has uccom
pUshed the feat for tho past 12 years.
During all that time he has produced
his weekly paper without missing nn
lsuc and nt the same time has looked
ufter his farm.
Miss Anna Yokel, recently n candi
date for the democratic nomination
for secretary of state, will sever her
connection with the board of control,
where shu bus been employed ns book
keeper for some time. Miss Yokel
nvers she wns dismissed for political
reasons, while board members lay it to
incapability.
The Masonic lodge of Table Bock
has purchased the upper story of tho
Ilulzdu block, west of . the nub, lie
square, and will remodel It to make
them n permanent home. Their ex
pectations nro to muke it one of tho
most nttrnctive lodge rooms In tho
state outside of tho larger cities.
Another Hooker county rnnchmnn
hns been urrested for complicity In the
cattle rustling ring, which has oper
ated In the district for the pnst two
years, and Investigation of which by
tho authorities led to the sentencing
of Jesse Ingram, rancher, to the peni
tentiary. . A unanimous verdict of the threo
Judges, all from other states, wua
awarded to Thomas Harrison, repre
senting the Kearney stnte norninl
school In the state extemporaneous
speaking contest held at tho school
auditorium nt Kearney.
Lincoln High school won the Am
herst cup when Its debating team de
feated Omaha on the stnte question,
"Besolved, That Congress Should Pro
hibit Strikes on Railroads Doing Inter
state Business." The contest was
held at Omaha.
The population of Lincoln, according
to the federal census, Is 51,931, nn in
crease of 10,001, or 21.0 per cetn since
1010. This Is for the city nlone, nnd
does not Include the suburbs, which It
Is estimated contain a total of 13,000
persons.
Nebrnsknns who attend the stnte
fair this fall may have to pny- an ad
mission fee of 75. cents Instead of 50
cents ns previously. The board of
managers has the matter under consid
eration nnd some uction will probubly
be token shortly.
Farmers of Gngo nnd surrounding
counties report that the winter wheat
crop Is most promising, nnd thnt with
nnythlng like favorable weather tl:?ro
should be an average yield of 18 or 20
bushels to tho acre.
Government srntlstlcs show thnt tho
per capita bank deposits In Nebraska
amounted to $302 nt the close of lust
year. This represented that amount
for every man, woman nnd child In
the state.
Charles Hyatt and C. M. Lewis hnve
organized the Holdrege Amusement
company nnd have purchased a 20
acre grove west of Holdrege for au
amusement park.
Joseph K. Ifousek, 25 years old, ele
vator boy at the Hotel Pathfinder,
Fremont, was Instantly killed when ho
wns caught In thu shaft and his body
cut in two.
Overflow of the Platte river Inun
dated the low land around North
Bend, Bogers ntid Schuyler, and cnus
cd some damage to bridges and crops
President Plntt of the Crab Orchard
bunk, which wus robbed the other
night, leports that the loss of the In
stitution "'ould not be more than $200.
A revival of political debating nftcr
the fashion of the Llncoln-Douglns de
butes of 1858 Is planned by women vot
ers of Dodge county.
The Nebraska prohibition convention
held In Lincoln last Tuesday went on
record against boys 18 years old smok
ing. Damage nt Omaha nnd vicinity
caused by tho rlso of the Missouri
river is estimated at $100,000.
City commissioners of Kenreny nro
advertising for bids on nbout 30
blocks of paving.
Bobbers entered tho Stnte bank of
Colon, blew the safe, rifled the saio
deposit vault and escaped with nbout
$0,000. This Is tho third bank robbery
In Snunders county within six months.
Tho new $25,000 hospital, built at
Lynch, which will bo operated by the
Benedlctlno sisters of tho Catholic
chnrch, will be ready for occupancy In
nbout two weeks.
James C. Dnhltnan, former mnyor of
Omnha, has been appointed -temporary
United Stntes Marshal for Nebraska
in place of T. J. Flynn, who died re
cently. A campaign Is on nt North Plntto to
raise funds to fit up n pennnnent sum
mer enmp for Boy Scouts nnd Camp
Fire girls of tho city.
Plymouth now has electric lights for
tho first tlmo in its history. Tho Julco
Is furnished by tho Bentrlco plnnt.
Several families along tho lino nro
using tho service.
In an effort to relieve tho teacher
shortago In Nebraskn, the Stnto Uni
versity nt Lincoln will, offer special
Inducements in its summer school
terms, Juno R to July 30, for former
teachers who plan to re-enter the field.
BIBLE FQPt CHINA
New Translation Has Been the
Work of Many Years.
Said to De the First Ever Put Into
the National Language of the Race,
and Almost Perfect Literary
Production.
After continuous labor extending
over more than a quxrtur of a century
by Chinese and foreign scholars, tho
nnnounceinent Is made u new transla
tion of the Bible has been completed
for the Chlnc-e people. The publica
tion of this translation at an early
date, under the title of the "Revised
Sliuidnrln Bible," Is announced by tho
American Bible society. The comple
tion of thu work will, It Is stated,
place this particular version In thu
hands of more Individuals than wero
ever reached by any other translation.
There bine been Bibles In China for
mnriy years, of course, millions ot
them, but the forthcoming Issue will
be the first translated Into the national
language of the Chinese, and It Is
claimed that it will be the most nearly
perfect literary production In thu
Chinese republic.
It will be Interesting to many ob
servers thu world over to take care
ful notu In thu years tq come of tho
effect of this translation upon tho
masses of the people of China. From
the point of view of the western
world, China Is not rich In literature.
This estimate Is not disputed by many
of the Chinese educated in America,
and' European colleges. Confucius,
when he edited what tho Chinese de
nominate the sacred canons. In tho
sixth century before the Christian era,
prescribed the model of Chinese liter
ary form, and reached. In thu belief
of his followers, the pinnacle of phil
osophic wisdom. These classics, In
cluding the works edited nnd actually
wrltt'.'ii by those who called them
selves his disciples, possibly excel, In
literary merit at lenst, the works of
any other ancient clvlllzntlon. nnd It
Is true that no other written words
have for so many centuries molded
the character, culture, morals nnd gov
ernment of so grant n nation. Th
veneration given throughout the cen
turies to tho wisdom of Confucius has,
because of the constant study of hl
philosophy, preened the langunge al
most unchanged for thirty centuries,
and set n permanent stnndnrd In tho
nation's literature. In one of tho
books of this great series, that known,
as the "Annlects" of Confucius. In
which his views nnd mnxlms are re
tailed by his disciples, there are glen
whnt purport to be accounts of tho
hnblts nnd records of tho teachings of
the great Chinese moralist. In It thero
Is found the sage's text ou altruism,
called the golden rule In Its Chinese
form, which, translated, reads: "Whut
you would not others (should do unto
you. do not unto them." Christian
Science Monitor.
The Longest Tunnel.
The longest and largest tunnel lt
the world will probubly soon be built
under the Hudson river to connect
New York with New Jersey. Thero
lire several tunnels Inrge enough for
n railroad train but the new tube un
der the river Is to be large enough to
allow two or three Inrge teams or uu
tomoblleH to run ubreust. Tho tunnel
will be much moru thnri a mile In
length and thirty feet or more In
diameter. It Is estimated that 0,04ft
vehicles can pass In both direction1
every hour In such i tunnel, which Is
moie thnn twice as many ns pass ui
and down Fifth avenue, probably tho
busiest street today In tho world. Tho
great problem of the tunnel Is to pro
vide ventilation, since tho tube will bo
3.S00 feet long between the ventllntlng
shafts. Fresh air will be forced In
and tho bud ulr allowed to escape by
an elaborate system of pipes. Boys
Life.
To Irrigate Egypt
A project for obtaining control of
the waters of the Upper Nile Is being:
seriously contemplated. Tho work:
will extend over a generation, nnd in-4
volvo the expenditure of tens of mil
lions of dollars, affecting the entlro
future of Irrigation throughout tho
Nile basin. A commission has already
been formed and consists of threo
members; an Irrigation engineer, nom
inated by the government of Indln, ns
president, nnuyi British physicist, nom
inated by tho University of Cam
bridge, and an irrigation engineer,
nomlnnted by the government of tho
United States, constitutes tho thin!
member.
Jimmy's Role.
Billy's mother heard a great commo
tion In tho yard when he wns ploying:
with some other boys. Looking out,
she snw him chasing ono of his play
mates around the ynrd, who wns mak
ing an outcrj' at every Jump. "Why,
Billy," sho called, "whatever aro you
doIngV" "Oh, I'm running a blind pig:
nnd Jimmy's playing he's the pig," was;
tho breathless reply.
Chance to Experiment.
"Our girl Is nuxlous to get Into the
whirl." "Then let her como down to our
offlco building and try tho entrance
revolving door when a crowd of mes
senger boys aro going through."
Very entering.
"Tho man who never inakps a mls
tako uever makes anything." The chap
who originated this remark was a
friend to humanity. LoulsvUlo Courier-Journal.
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