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fc I V" I S* 55' i- fe s^* C^BS03PS PKAJRMACY. DfUOIT. M|Ng. Bnif Chemical*, Pftttttt nf41eitts( 49iMAit|0H&stta will rewtvl*row|rt Attention, r"^.^ 'I-, tf, Quay-yuck-o-ehee-gaid, VOL. 1. 7$ Progress. Que, H. Beau lieu, Theo. H, Beaulieu, Publisher. Manager. ta. A WEEKLY STEWSPAPEH de- voted te the interest of the White Earth Reservation And general North western News. Published and man aged by members of the Reserva tion. Correspondence bearing on the In dian questionproblem, or on general interest, is solicited. tfv Subscription rates: $2.00 per an num. For the convenience of those who may feel unable to pay for the paper yearly or who may wish to take it on trial, subscriptions may be sent us for six and three months at the yearly rates. All subscriptions or sums sent to us should be forwarded by Registered letter to insure safety. Aideress all communications to THE PROGRESS, White Earth, Minn. THE PROGRESS JOB WORK AND Printing Establishment All kinds of Job Printing, suth as Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Blanks, Cards, Tags etc., solicited Wg^Pgarrpnted and Satisfaction Indians Away From Reservations, Not long since, Gov. McGill re ceived a message from a settler, vrhos. name has now escaped us, oomplmnrng of Ind.an. away from that they are a nuisance, guilty of the United States rather than state to interfere, forwarded the complaint to U. S. Marshal Camp bell, who returned the sams to the State executive as a matter out side of his line of duty, at the same time offering a few words which have both a kind and a sensible ring. He views the disposition of the average settler as too harsh, too prone to adhere closely to the let ter of the law. He regards the disposition to visit vengence upon the Indian away from the reser vation, as unjust when placed par allel with the indifference mani fested regarding the white man's trangression of the law which pro hibits the sale of liquor to Indians. He is of the opinion, that if seme of the righteous indignation were directed by the white com munity against the transgression within their own circle, more good could be accomplished than by the effort to restrain the Indi an from wandering. We heartily approve of this sen timent. We think that if indi viduals and county officials would exert themselves more in combat ing the nefarious traffic, there would be less complaint of depre dation. One thing we can posit ively assert, and the indignant correspondent of Gov. McGills, may here take a note of it, that not one in a thousand of tho Indi ans in this state who are away from their reservations would commit any trespass if not under the influence of liquor. We mean personal violence or trespass against the private possessions of any individuals. We grant that any Indian might transgress game or fish laws but this he does unknowingly, or with out realizing that any harm is done. Accustomed to shoot game and catch fish when, where or how he wili, he knows of no rea son why he should be prohibited. Does any one believe that indi viduals of the white race are not daily doing the same thing Such transgressions will occur it is right that they should be re dressed, and the transgressor pun ished, be he white or red, but let us hear no more of this silly blus ter, "shot gun policy," etc., etc. We have an impression that this fierce advocate of the shot gun The Indian Right and Wrong, offer him and his ilk: when an Indian encroaches upon yot, leave just as ydSi woul any person whatever his color, and if he refuses remember the law of abatement lies not in your hands, but in the State re member that forcible measures of abatement are susceptible of legal ,""WK h14 these truths to be self-evident, thatAiji, MKN are oreatetl equal that they Jvja\, J.-, are endowed by their CrenCor with certain attmoniSA Aim to tinalienable right* that among these, are I.tVB, LUIKKTY, A *KH PUBfttUr OS* HAP- "'"d iiNRaR"-tooclartttiou of Independence, July 4th. 1776. re a res Th policy would be the last one to papers and dog whose bark IB the loudest is the least dangerous.* indeed place the deadly weapon in the hands of his wife and retiring into the cellar from thence await results* We have this advice oa their resemfaon. He eompUuu tnritean and wflUbjeel to'ifl^ flnd att ga act of depredations, that if the executive fails to act the settlers must resort to the shot be your duty Mr. Settler, but act gun policy. The governor think ofdepredations/'etcand asserts becausse i has theh A ZIGZAG CONUNDRUM. ^iT^T put it individually into effect: *the collected, and all wero eagerly gropinir in the mud. "Ah, here it isl" said the gentleman, He might Etching a sigh of relief as he picked It up. It WA3 a half-smoked cigar. 5f "That cigar cost me ten cents," said the gentleman. Then Hie silence became- so great tlnit the roar of the street could be pluinly heard.& Sun* "A higher Civilization: The Maintenance of Law and Order.*1 WHITE EARTH AGENCY, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY. SETEMBER 15,1888. fcrft m6Mur 6 th stttt iU-i. ai, -ii. MJB we- now, in ms oui agoW1 enforoe bty wit ing the matter within the province often wrong in fact as well as in powenrd tvoi redress. Do what you conceive to within the bonds of law. You are morals. You often have no worth ier motive in driving away an In dian from land or water that is not your own merely from motives of private interest. Providing he has an agent's permit to be away from the reservation, he has as much right there as you. We are glad to say that there are hundreds of settlers who are not of your way of thinking, and who treat the Indian when they come in contact with him as wor thy of the same consideration as he whose skin is white, and there fore we honor them as we despise you. PueKle to Tlifl Auitrallun iloomernnqr a SelentlHo Men. Scientists have in vain studied the boomerang to discover the socrot of its curious flight. It is against all laws of gravitation that an object hurled into space should return to tho same spot from which it was cast, as it itMmpo* sible to explain the eccentric action of a curved ball. The boomerang is all tho more marvelous when we consider that the savages of Australia were first to use it and to apply the peculiar properties of its form. A Gorman scientist found that there were larger and smaller boomerangs. The larger ones are slender crescents, plain on the lower side, rounded on top, pointed at each end and sharpened toward the edges. The lower end is cross-grooved to aid in holding it. The careful manner in which the savages manipulated the weapon, trying its shape, testing its qualities and scraping it down, is significant of the importance they attach to its having exactly the right curvature. The wood of which the instrument is made is an extraordinarily heavy Australian iron-wood, and the only tools used in making it are sharp stones and pieces of glass. The smaller boomerangs are bent at an angle of forty-five degrees, but a,i'e in other re spects conformed to the larger ones. An exhibition of boomerang-throw ing revealed a degree of strength in the natives which was in astonishing contrast with the thinness of their forms. They took the weapon in their right hand, with the flat side down ward and the concave side forward, and with a run and a shout, threw it by a short jerk about one hundred yards up into the air. It flew away in a straight line, then turned to the left, and returned in a curved line back to tho thrower, whirling around constantly and whizzing unpleasantly. The curve which the weapon de scribes in its return is not a screw-line or a spiral, but is more like a figure 8. The savages seemed able to control their instrument, even when wind in terfered to complicate its course. Once the projectile went astray, and coming in contact with a gentleman's hat cut it off as cleanly as a razor would have done. Popular Science Monthly. Recovered His Property. :o'f A gentleman crossing Broadway near Cortlandt street, while getting out of the way of a heavy truck, dropped something, and immediately began an anxious search for it "Must have lost his watch," said a passer-by, joining in the search. v.^i- mi PCKet in nanersn., finullv wtti uaA THE POET WHITTItrt. &&S8: A Mtrtted Tribute to III* Nobility of Char. W AIi. Thd Whole country and the whole English reading world united in their tribute of honor and esteem to the good Quaker poet, John G. Whittier, on his eightieth birthday. Whittior is an old man whose work is done, \AU the an tagonisms of his prime .are long since forgotten, and alj the asperities of his early work have long since lost their bitt6rno89, and now, in tho benign peace of his old age, he sits as it worn in tho warm chimney corner of a Na tion's regard, the most venerated figure, perhaps, in the whole land. Mr. Whittier has no.fmily of hisftownrtont now, in his old towa seek iidua 1 idling family goes out pedyle.of He holdsregarpleasant A NEW PRAIRIE TOWN. Its Proprietor WAR Promt of I and Wanted to Get a Railroad. We were running a preliminary line for a branch of the Santa Fe railroad through Morton, one of the oxtrenn western counties in the State, whei one day about noon, after we had trav eled across the country for what 1 should judge to have been eight or ten miles without meeting a living soul, man with long, matted hair and with nothing nn but pants, shirt and i broad-brimmed hat. rode up astride a mule. He looked quite seedy, as you Eastern people say. His face and hands were almost black with dirt, which had evidently not been disturbed for many days. "After dismounting and saying 'good morning' he asked me what we were doing. Running a line for a railroad,' said I. 'Then you are going too far to the north.' ,.--t) 'Why so?' "-t. 'If you continue on your present line you will miss Prairie City by about two miles, and, of course, you don't want to do that.' I told him I had not been aware that we were so close to a city. large is itP' I asked. oo S A \W i" the place of granW in the Nation's heart. 'Thft wide-spread fooling of ivgard for Mr*-Whittier is not duo entirely to tho faci that ho is a poet and the pos sessor oi a great literary renown. It is due, in a largo degree, to tho con viotion, which his whole life lias served to strengthen, that lie is a good man a plain, genuine man of homoly vir tues, a man who, to the best light within him, has done right. There have been greater poets and broader thinkers than Whittier who have been lesser men than he. There have boon men in this country of greater origin ality, of keener wit, of greater literary accomplishment*, but there have been few whose characters have been built upon a firmer rock-bottom basis of sturdy worth than bin. Then, again, Whittior pos^ossM that inevitable attribute of groat minds modosty. There is something about true greatness that is always self-dis trustful and perhaps the surest evi dence of greatness in a man in his own unconsciousness of the fact. Whittior possesses this unconsciousness in a re markable degree ami for this reason the world is the more willing to accord him that mood of honor that is, by him self, unclaimed. He has often been called "a man oi the people." There is nothing weak and literary about him. Tho learnt*: affectations, the self-conscious vanity, the spirit of caste and coterie that de form the characters of so many literal*.* people seem to be entirely unknown -Whittier. Tho learned polysyllabica. dignity with which so many eminoni authors invest themselves, never freez the trembling visitor at Whittier'n homelike home. He is as plain as farmer, and makes all men his neigh bors. This is the style of man who en dears himself to thoughtful, sturdy men. He has followed Charles Dick ens' advice to boys much beyond the period of his boyhood^ and has "juv. done all the good he can aud not made any fuss about it." It is not necessary here to speak of Whitrier's poetry. His best poems are known by heart to the lovers of Ameri can song. His works will be critically dissected and discussed by learned lit erary specialists for many generations. But the poet's contemporaries do him best service in testifying to his no bility of character as a man.Yankee Blade. i 4How v'.': "Well, it isn't so very large yet, but it is growing fast Then, as you would be the first company to build a roau to it yo would have monopoly the freightuand passengea business quite a ciwd had ltl yUU wuu ull unve a monouoiv which isn to be sneezed at *How many dwellings, manufac tories, mills, etc., has Prairie City?1 1 asked. 'Wall, it hasn't any of them things yet, but she's grow in 'What the deuce have you in that city, if you haven't any buildings?' 'Wall, sir,' drawing himseif up tc his full height, *I have named the town and have brgun to dig a well, hain't that 'nufiT "--Philadelphiatfews. *Ur 'i'l 4 ,S y& \s- _*- \K\ i"^ ~4 ^tr*^ that indosorilwiblo G. 1 rS l9 r i Jj' v" i-^&tth. V-iA r"*~i *V^V*^^"y' "_~Nsapsg v&~ A. g: NEfV F/Rff/% -DEALER NK- Dry Gods, -Groceries, Provisions J- Boots & Shoes, Hardware. Everything Pirat-Class, and at Astonishingly Low Pricei, Car-odds of New Goods Arriving Every Day. Come Early. WHITE EARTH AGENCY, MINN, 1888. SPRING AVKOUKC1I1CBNT BLJLNDING SMITH DETROIT MINN. HARD WAR EI Tinware, Cockery, Glassware and Lamp. BAKER'S BARB WIRE, JOHN DEE I PLOWS, HARROWS 1 jj*.--'~ TlME. TIM E. ^y. TIM E. JlIME. .EMI IME. FRANK M. HUME,' DETROIT, MisxrxsoTA. 1ft SI^^Ag ^kjtr- DBALEB Clocks, Watches and Jewelry. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. WHITS EARTH Benjamine *'sBro.' Orders, if left with Caswell, at Fairbanks & Stor will receive prompt at tention. 4tf NO. 46. C. M. CAMPBELL: t*V ^7 J-# JK w:^-^ :tyfS "f^- ^DEALER IN $^.3&Qi MENS AND BOYS CLOTHING, r-f AN Furnishing Gooods. J# WY.S2 V"' 1 J-T-'-id *=$ *sS#*Sfll 1888. ,.'^1 THE B1IT lM lit* HrtM. AND CULTIVATORS, cokPLETB Liiri OF ^ir. c, CARTRIDGES AND GUN SUPPLIES. FISHING TACKLE, etct 25m2: |3T Mail Orders will fieoeive Prompt Attention. '-kvP '^SSs .02 lM SHats, Caps, Gloves, Trunks, and Valises, LADIK8 CHILDREN'S UNDKBWKAB. MAil Orders will Beceive Prompt Attention. B*j*-Next Door to BarberFShop [18m6]