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BEAULIEU. White Earth, May 11th, 1889. Published Every Saturday. Subscription 92,00 per year, In Advance, Kutered in the Post Office at Whit* Earth ai Second Class Matter. Local and Personal. Friday, June 14th. Are we going to enthuse Talk the matter up among one another, and, well let the eagle scream and "le 'e go Gallager!" There is no reason why White Earth could not have as glorious a jubilee on this occasion as was witnessed at the Inauguration centennial in Ne York city, that is, minus "the big drunk."- The new pews for St. Benedict's mission church have arrived and are being put in place. New York city is to have a wo men's club called the "Dorathy." Ex. They call it a bald-headed broom stick brigade in this coun try. The usual army of swallows and martins have returned from their wiriter's sojourn and have taken up their favorite haunts 'neath the eaves of the several agency buildings. O'er verdant lawn the charming, milk maid sweetly hums her fa vorite ditty, as merrily she trips along, milk-pail in hand. A The cursory chimes of cow-bells resonent at early morn and dawn of eve, glad tidings convey, there's milk in the land. [.Since the above inspiration was written our better-half insists in suhobbies, pervising the milking of the cows.] With this issue we furnish our readers a supplement containing the laws passed by the recent Leg islature. Read them over care fully and then put them away for future reference. W W Ward, an experienced civil engineer, residing at Morley, Mo., arrived here on Friday, of this week, Mr. Ward comes to do additional work on his surveys of two years ago. Children Poisoned On Tuesday, of this week, two of Mr. Pete McDougall's children were almost^fatally poisoned, as is supposed, by eating the bulbs of wild artichokes. Th two little girls were sent to carry water to their father, who was plowing in a field some distance from the house, and shortly after their re turn home were violently seized with spasms, emetics were imme diately administered, this with co pious draughts of strong coffee and warm milk, soon relieved the lit tle victims from the terrible agony they were suffering. And, at this writing, we are pleased to note that both have fully recovered from what was nearly a fatal ex perience. Ti a. Sacrifice. ff i Miss Kate Drexel, second daugh ter of the late millionaire banker, Francis A Drexel, of Philadel phia, and heiress in her own name to upwards of $5,000,000, entered the convent of the Sisters of Mer cy, at Pittsburg, on the 8t ofagency May. Th lady, through her mupointed nificent charity to our people and the princely gift, for the benefit of the Indians, of the magnificent mission school to be established at this agency, is well known and highly respected by many of our people. Th glorious nobility of a purely benign purpose and the the grand impulses which inculca ted the motives, of tranquilbeau tifulabnegation from the magni ficence of wealth and station to the solemn vows of poverty and the humble subserviency to mercy and charity, are, indeed worthy the hallowed veneration cluster ing about the shrine of th,e mar tyrs of tfie Cross. k?,'vir m$tffiZ& Would it not be a good idea-to alter the present system now in vogue in the Government board ing school, at this and other agen cy, that i*, convert these institu tions to a primary grade only, and restrict the admission of chil dren thereto, from 7 to 12 or 14 years of age, and then send them to some Normal or other schools adapted to the needs of the occa sion and established for this spec ial purpose? As, in the present hap-hazzard and one-for-all-grade system now employed in the gen eral reservation and contract schools, and where children and grown up men and women are ad mitted, housed and huddled up to gether, the result and attendant consequences arising from the per sistence of such a practice, can not be otherwise but baneful to the health and morals of youth and childhood, and extremely dispar aging to the best interest of edu cation in general. W have seen, on this very reservation, dozens of young, tender children thrust, and by circumstances, forced to daily associate with schoolmates who would have reflected more credit at the plow, nay, the house of correction ^rather than in the precinct of the school room. Es pecially has this been the case in connection with boys. Quantity rather than quality seems to have been one of the absorbing features of the late administration in the matter of its choice of school cadi dates. :J'Keep the school full," was the watch word, and in sup port of this egregious idea the agency police force were, on sev eral occasions, prevailed upon to aid in maintaining. The present system, at best, ^is mainly the results of theoretical antiquated, tedious and cumbersome, and as far as pur res ervation is concerned, no startling results have, as yet, made them selves manifest, practically speak ing, in this branch of the Indian service. Another great draw back is the inadequacy of fiends appropriated forth maintenance of these institutions. Oft' times the means are barely sufficient to meet the exigency of the occasion. What is wanted is more means, this, under qualified auspices and inculcated by a system more in harmony with the situation md whose precepts will more readily prevail upon the good will and ef fort of the student as also to in sure, by its benign manifestation, that most essential factor to pro gressive education, viz the cheer ful, co-oi^erative sympathy of the community. "L o, the poor Indian!" I is estimated that our Cherokee breth ren will realize some $7,500,000 from the the sale of the Cherokee outlet to the Government. Poor fellows, wonder what they'll do with so much filthy lucre. Within the past ten years, four Indians have been elected to the Wisconsin legislature and each have served their respective terms with credit and distinction. And we are happy to say, no body lost a scalp thereby, unless it was the opposing candidates. "The White Earth Progress' is jubilant because Tim. Sheehan has been deposed from the Indian there and Shuler ap to the position. Th Progress must have a yery bitter grudge against Tim., or else it is not very consistent in its advocacy of democratic doctrine and princi ple."Industrial Vidette. -v^Fa Experto crede Undoubtedly the Vidette editor has forgotten the grand, glorious old adage, en shrined in the book of "democrat ic doctrine," and inscribed on Lib erty's standard, of sic semper ty rannis, qua-yuck-o-chee-gaid, and gay-go-gway-tunz-zig! I that is not sufficiently consistent to dem ocratic doctrine, likewise patriotic ally holy, we'd like to jknow what is.. /*&? I&IFJQSITION MOST. BRAZEX! O'uVesteelfied cotemporary, the Industrial Vidette, Cloquet, pub- lishes in its issue of Mav 4th, an account of, what secnis to be, a gigantic and soulless scheme, by legal sharpers, whereby the Indi- ans of the Fond Lac reserva- tion, who, sometimes ago, were persuaded, as a consideration for a little legal advice, to sign a con- tract in favor of a certain law firm, and whereby the Indians would be gulled, thereby, to the tune of nearly $10,000. If the statement, as given by the Vidette, is correct, and we have no author- ity to question its authenticity, then it devolves upon the Govern- ment', as the guardian of the Indi- ans, to manifest the authority of its strong protective arm in the matter, and in such a salutary manner ss to crush the scheme, soul and body, and thus make its righteous indignation and power felt by that class of prhouls who are not averse to such scheming and damnable imposition. 6 Here- with we publish the statement, as given by the Vidette, in full: "Indian Inspector Gardiner, of Ashland, came to the city Mon day with an interpretor, to ascer tain from the Indians if they felt disposed to stand by their agree ment (so-called) with Brennan & Hutchins, the West Superior law ffrm that created all the disastrous trouble in the logging operations last winter. The agreement made between the Indians and the law firm was to the effect that, in the first place, the Indians should bear all expen ses which the firm might incur in the transaction of their (the Indi ana) business. N limit was placed on this bill of expense. Next, the Indians were to pay them a stipu lated fee of $600. Then, of the sum total which the Indians should receive for their logs, over and above $5 per thousand feet, the law firm was to have 10 per cent. The logs were sold for $7 per thou sand, and by figuring the percent age of 20 per cent on the surplus over $5 per thousand and adding thereto the $600, to say nothing of the expense account, the lawyers themselves entitled to the enormous fee of $9,100. find Such a transaction with unsus pecting and ignorant Indians by a law firm is worse than outrageous, and it appears to us, and for that matter to every one acquainted with the circumstances, that none but Hearties and Unprincipled characters would so villainously impose upon unsophisticated Indi an nature. The object of Mr. Gardiner was to determine if the Indians had understood the contract they made with Brennan & Hutchins, and ascertain whether, provided they did understand it, if they in tended to abide by it. Mr. Gardi ner met the Indians Tuesday and the matter was7 talked over in de- tail. Some of the Indians didn't understand the agreement to be as represented others understood it, and said it was all right with the exception of the expense account. They desired to hold a secret coun cil and arrive at a mutual under standing., Tuesday evening they held their council, and fixed their minds. Wednesday morning, Mr. Gardi ner and agent Young went hp to the reservation, and found the In dians assembled ready for final ac tion. They were to vote on the question of whether they should stand by the agreement or not Before voting they unanimously agreed that the expense account should be thrown out. Then the issue was, shall the lawyers be al so lowed the fee of $9,100? Mr. Young called the roll of those present, each one voting as his or her name was called, and every one of them, to the astonishment of Messrs Young and Gardiner, voted to pay that fee to Brennan & Hutchins. But this does not settle the mat ter, by any means. Th Indian commissioner must express his opinion upon it before the Indians will be allowed to act. I is con sidered almost certain that Com missioner Oberly will veto the contract, and allow the lawyers only a reasonable fee, to which, of course they are justly entitled. The contract should be vetoed, at all events.. Th action of those lawyers cannot be called direct robbery, but their demand is CoiitemptoiiKly Exorbitant,/ ahd it is not likely that the gov ernment will tolerate the practice of such imposition npon its wards. The Indians were inveigled into this nefarious scheme by three mem bers of their own tribe, whom they deputized to act for them, and the whole transaction should be coun termanded, and it doubtless will be, by the government. W are inclined to believe that Brennan & Hutchins will live to see another centennial before they secure that tempting fee of $9,100." Who Will Own the Land "In Oklahoma land wasr free! That is, it was free from 12 o'clock meridian until the sun went down on the 22d of April! No wit must be bought with a price. Th spec ulator already has his merciless grasp on this oasis, and every sale made adds fictitious value to that which but yesterday was a free gift from the Government. Land is as scarce now as it was last week. I is now all owned and labeled, and those who were left in the scramble for ciaims have set their longing eyes on the Chero kee outlet, upon which the same scenes will be enacted a year or two hence. If hall the energy were display ed by the people to break up the present system of land ownership as is exerted in Oklahoma there would be plenty of land for the landless. WiThere are tracts of land held by indiuiduals upon which an empire might easily be founded railroads own enough to present a farm to every homeless family in America. I may seem difficult to determine how this unoccupied land could be turned over to men who would make use of it and still maintain our present system of government. Bu we firmly be lieve that a tax on land values would reclaim a large portion of it. Men who are "land poor" would not hold large tracts for speculative purposes if a tax ac cording to value, were levied upon it. Th last acre of homestead land will soon be taken the last free home will soon be recorded in the land office and the homestead act, which was intended to benefit future generations as well as the present, will soon be an object of curiosity in the National museum. Where will the landless people go when the landlords own the Earth and a large portion of the sea'? N. W Labor Union.f OF VITAL IMPORT. There has been much discussion of late, on this reservation, rela tive to the "Nelson bill." ThSte seems to be a unanimity of feeling against some of its provisions viz The insufficiency of land as proposed to be allotted to each in dividual, The "common fund" plan, The unreasonable restrictions as proposed regarding the allot ment of land to agricultural lands enly, etc. W would suggest that a meet ing, to discuss these questions, be called at an early day, in order that a thorough understanding of the desires of the people living on this reservation may become known regarding these matters, that the representatives of the tribe may be better prepared to convey, to the Commission ap pointed to negotiate with the Chippewas, any modification of the bill as will best meet the ap proval of,the tribe. o'^-V- "No appointment is more favor ably received than that of Dr Dorchester, of Boston, to the su- y|| periritendency of the Indian school. J!j The position is one requiring spec- ijj ial gifts., and to the apointee is as cribed a genius for method, for tact and discretion, and these, with the personal attention he will bestow upon the work, are fea tures which give assurance of the eminent success that will crown his labors."Daily News, K,- :_" UPS*1.! '"i^rf9i Th Oklahoma craze seems to have assumed a rationel air, so to speak, and we are inclined to the opinion that, to the majority who frantically rushed thereto, it did not prove such an O. K. (la) home affair after all. Humbugs and the frivolity of fiction seems to be a most potent feature to the exis-. tence of a large portion of the 64,000,000 beings living within the bounds of this great and glorious Republic. Guess Mr. Injin rather got to the big end of the horn in this red alkali land deal. A Woman's Discovery. "Another wonderful discovery has been made and that too by a la ly in this "county. 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