The Oglala light. [volume], June 01, 1917, Image 20

About The Oglala light. [volume] ([Pine Ridge, S.D.]) 190?-19??

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Cbttor'si Comment
ACATION time this year brings with it different demands, differ
ent responsibilities than the usual ones. Our country needs
combined efforts of each and every one of its various citizens in wag
ing the war for the freedom of the world in which it is engaged.
Some are needed on the firing line fighting the actual battles with
the enemies but by far the larger part is needed in the pursuits of
peace, in the production of the food, clothing, munitions etc. that the
soldiers must have to fight successfully. The Indians of the country
have in the past been more or less a burden on the American people.
Many of the Indians have subsisted from the American ration table
with out worry or trouble on their own part. The American people
are going to need their rations for other purposes from now on and
no able bodied person has any right to expect any help except such
as he gives himself. As the boys and girls leave school they should
remember that vacation time is not all play time especially at the pre
sent. There is work to be done that your parents and relatives may
not starve next winter. May we hope that the pupils of this school
will measure up to the demands that are about to be made of them!
The New Home of The Bureau of Indian Affairs.
he new office building for the Interior Department which, in
the basement, is seven stories high, is located on Street,
N. W., between 18th and 19th Streets, and is the largest Depart
mental structure in Washington. It cost approximately $2,000,000,
without mechanical or office equipment, and its floor space, which
is practically 785,000 square feet, is said to be surpassed by but one
other building in the United States, the "Woolworth Building in
New York City. It contains 1200 rooms, is nearly square, each side
being about four hundred feet long, and has one central and two
outside wings with wide intervening courts, affording as nearly per
fect light as possible. Nine million bricks were used in concealed
construction and 220,000 cubic feet of limestone in the exterior sur
fase. The excavating started August 12, 1915, and with the aid
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