The Chippeway herald. [volume], April 01, 1902, Image 4

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THE CHIPPEWAY HERALD,
Printed monthly at the White Earth
Boarding School by Indian pupils.
Subscription
Address al! communications to “THE
CHIPPEWAY HERALD,” or 0. H. Lipps, Supt.,
White Earth Boarding School,
White Earth, Minnesota.
Entered at the Post Office at White
Earth, Minn., as Second class mail
matter.
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
In this issue of the Herald we print
a circular letter in which the educa
tional policy of Indian schools is fully
and clearly defined. We hope that the
patrons of the White Earth schools will
read this letter carefully. Complaints
are frequently made by the parents of
Indian children that they do not have
enough school-room work and that they
are required to do too much industrial
work. The Indian office in Washing
ton defines the educational policy to
be followed in these schools and it is
the duty of the Agent and Super in
endent to carry it out. When an In
dian child is placed in a Government
boarding school it is with the distinct
understanding, always, that the child
is to receive only one half day school
ing and the other'llalf“day must be spent
in the industrial or domestic depart
ments. This is the law and we must
obey it. It is thought to be an excellent
educational policy by a great many
very able educators throughout the
country, not only for the Indian youth
but for their white neighbors as well.
The thing for us to do is to make the
very best possible out of our school
system and cease finding fault with
the Government schools. There are
thousands of white boys and girls all
over this land that would be only too
glad to have the opportunities that the
Government boarding schools afford.
Blessed is the one half that knoweth
not how the other half liveth! We are
often more fortunate than we realize.
NEW AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
The Chilocco Beacon has donned its
new Sunday clothes, “growed consid
erable,” changed its name and has
come forth as bright and cheerful as
a summer girl when love and hope
first mantle on her glowing cheeks.
The name of the new magazine is
The Chilocco Farmer and Stock Grow
er, and is the organ of the new Indian
Agricultural College at Chilocco,
tainly “slings a fluent quill” and says
Oklahoma. It is full of well written
editorials and bright stories and in
literary make up it is unexcelled in
the Service. Brother , McCowan cer
a great many good common sense things
about Indian education. Under the
caption “Our Greeting,” he says:
‘ ‘For years the superintendent of this
Institution has believed that there
should be at least one school
established where proper and
practical training in economical
farming, and its kindred subjects could
be given to Indian youth. Indians love
outdoor life. They have been hunters
and farmers since time was young.
25 Cents.
The Pilgrims found great field of corn
when they landed on bur shores.
All Indians have land. We expect
them to farm it. Yet, we establish
schools for training teachers shoe
makers, carpenters, etc. and neglect
the farm and stock. Chilocco has an
8600 acre farm. It is the intention to
make every acre of this ranch produce
its full share of profit. One hundred
acres is now being prepared for
gardening. A new orchard of forty
acres is being set Out. Ten thousand
assorted grapevines will soon be plant
ed. Some 2000 acres will be devoted to
wheat, which will be sown, harvested
and ground ipto flour on the place.
Corn, oats, alfalfa, cane, peanuts,
sugarbeets, brqom-ccrn etc., etc., will
be produced. The students will be
taught theoretically, practically, and
economically the best methods of
production of all. Farming and
gardening by irrigation will be es
tablished at once.... \
The farm will be stocked, as rapid
ly as possible, with fine stock of the
best breeds: Jjtei-efords, Durham, Hol
sfeins and Jerseys; Berkshires, Po
land-China and Dtirocs; Percheron,
Clydes and mules. Poultry of all kinds
will be rised in large quantities. The
object is to combine profit-making with
training taught by actually doing
every little detail Of the business.
Students who want scientific instruc
tion in soils, fertilizers, methods and
business farming are invited to come.
Pupils under ten or twelve are not de
sired.
The hearty cooperation of reservation
school superintendents and agents is
requested. The capacity of the school
for the fiscal year, 1903, will be about
700.”
We hope the most sanguine expecta
tions of the new management of this
school and Journal may be realized, and
that the present Superintendent of
Chilocco may live to see the literal
fulfillment of the Scriptural injun
tion—-
“And they shall beattheir swords into
plow shares, and their spears into prun-
ing hooks”—and their war clubs shall
be turned into base ball bats and potato
mashers.
Long live Chilocco and the principles
she proclaims!
THE CHIPPEWAY LANDS.
Washington, March 26.—Indian In
spector McLaughlin has returned to
Washington with the treaty negotiated
for the cession of part of the Red Lake
reservation in Minnesota. It will be
sent to congress in ten days or two
weeks with Secretary Hitchcock’s ap
proval. The treaty provides for the
cession of 256,152 acres of agricultural
land for which the Indians are to re
ceive $1,000,000 or at the rate of $3.90
per acre. Of this, $250,000 is to be paid
in cash within ninety days after the
ratification of the treaty, and the bal
ance in fifteen annual installments of
sso,ooo.—The Thirteen Towns.
As the plan popularly known as the
“Oklahoma lottery system” will be
adopted in the disposal of thenewly ced
ed Red Lake Reservation lands the
following brief synopsis of the method
used at that sale will be of interest.
Registration. -At the time appointed
and at numerous booths erected for the
purpose, each person desiring a claim
appeared personally and upon the de
posit of a fee of SI.OO his name person
al description and P. O. address was
placed upon a card was inclosed in a
plain envelope. The registration oc
cupied fifteen days and the last man
had the same chance as the first so
that there was no disorder or fighting
for precedence. ■
Drawing.—Some day later when all
arrangements had been made, the
envelopes containing. the cards were
publicly mixed a,nd shuffled and all
placed in a revoling box where they
were further mixed beyond any possi
bility of recognition. Young men
under age then drew from the box a
number of envelopes equal to the num
ber of available claims and each en
velope was numbered progressively
beginning with No. 1 and then publicly
opened, the name and number being
recorded by the clerks and the news
paper men present.
These lists were at once published
and the parties notified by mail.
Entry.—On the day of entry each
person holding a number entitling him
to a claim presented himself at the land
office and beginning with No. 1 each
selected the claim he desired providing
it did not conflict with previous selec
tions. As each claim was chosen it
was marked off on the plat and no
further entries were allowed on that
piece of land. The claims selected
were protected by the government and
no contests were allowed except for
fraudulent entry or, subsequently, for
abandonment. Several squatters con
tests were begun but all were turned
down. —Thief River Falls News.
“This ‘Gates Ajar’ design is a
handsome one,” said the tombstone
man. “It is just what I want,’’said
the widow. “He never shut a door in
all our married life without being
told.” —Indianapolis Journal.