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7 i 1 y^A Vol. XV. THE TOMAHAWK. 6US H. BEAULIEU, Founder. C. H. BEAULIEU, Editor, White Earth Agency, Minnesota. Entered at the Postoffice at White Earth, Minn., as mail matter of the econd class. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 PER YEA I N ADVANC E The draft, and cold feetwith some pacificsts and I. W. W's. Little Costa Rica tells the Herr who represents Germany within her confines to get out, "Herraus". "What's your hurry? here's your hat." You can eat fish in sixty-one different ways if you will avail yourself of the Bureau of Fish eries' offer to tell you the ways. "Western States Object to Wheat Prices Fixed"Headline. THE TOMAHAWK rises to object to double tax ition in school matters but what's the use? Amunition primers, not prime. So in effect said the commanding officer of the Frankfort Arsenalseem before the House Committee the other day. Cause? A Chemical de fect. **4Sfc* Louis Faces 15 cent Milk.,' Headline. This will be hard on the babies. They will have to be double faced in "facing" the price, and the sources, whether the latter be nursing bottles or maternal founts. A German admiral has warned his countrymen that "the Ameri cans may make themselves un pleasant in this war." It looks as if the Americans were planning to do at least that. Argentine has sent Count Lux burg home for the treatment of his German measles. He had a bad case of erruption while in Buenos Ayres. Sprechen sie Deutche? Five thousand working men identified with Labor's Loyal Legion have spoken against this if taught in Minneapolis by foreign born Germans. The Seattle housemaids have unionized and demanded that Sun day cooking be abolished. The folks up in the parlor will have to be satisfied with a "hand out" after humbly petitioning at theo kitchen door." "Lady"? Argentiue has virtually echoed Mr. Wilson's words that the gov erning class of Germany does'nt stand on the same platform with George Washington when dealing with truth. And yet with blas phemous effrontry the Kaiser claims partnership with Deity. fective Page "Fraternities able to maintain Dormitories in Iowa State Col- lege." When we were a little frater, our elder brother disturbed very much out matinutinal occu pancy of our little bed in our dormitory, and the climax always c.une for both of us when the pas ternal call echoed from the regions below. Under the circumstances the little fraternity could'nt main tain the dormitory. tit l/** Justice and Fair Dealing for every Indian who desires to become a good Citizen. i Bussia has immemorially bad the reputation of "getting back" after misfortunes or mistakes. Last week matters looked ominous in the country so wont to fall and arise. Situations now seem a little more promising for the country in the throes of large and many revolu tions. May this countrj' soon find a permanent foot hold and reach the goal she is seeking. "You,-Wagh," says the Ameri can Newspaper Association over the special tax proposed on second class matter. Don C. Seitz, chair man of the association has pro tested against the "punitive taxa tion of the newspaper publishing business." Mr. Seitz says, "News paper publishers without excep tion, expect to pay full taxes of every kind and are protesting solely against proposals to visit them with a form of taxation not applied to any other business." Sounds reasonable as an argument Mr. Townly says, "sez he," "If we spent as much time announcing our patriotism as those patriots of profits we'd all starve. When we get a little practice, however, we will be able to make about as much noise, PROVIDED, we get enough for-our wheat or leather so that we don't starve." There's a string attached to Mr. Towhley's patriotism his idea of the value of wheat and leather. He does'nt at this time to be suffering from inanition, for his voice is "exceeding strong. yDwigh Jl^^iiast^^^ ie the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn^, th church made famous by Henry Ward Beecher, recently told in bis church to a large audience a story of unpar relied German atrocity. A calf's hide had been nailed to a wall to dry. German soldiers came along, and by it nailed the body of a babe and underneath wrote the words "Zwei" (two). And yet we find in this country people not only of German blood but others, still extolling German" character. Mr. Hillis had but just relumed from abroad and was not speaking at random. Eat More Fish. vkDo So says Mr. Stringer of thesubstantial United States Bureau of fisheries. He is one of Mr. Hoover's aides in solving the food problem. One of Mr. Hoover's aggressive polices is the investigation of theIndian. upper Mississippi valley between Minneapolis and the confluence of the Wisconsin river. Mr. Stringer is engaged at this time directly in this work, and he urges strongly greater consump tion of fish food, thus supplanting a degree the conservation of flesh foods. He says, "Fish is meat and has a high food value. Analysis shows that fish is as readily digested as are other meats. You counld re place all other meats with fish every dav in the year without ill effects. Eat fresh fish if you areceiving near the source of fresh fish, con sume your locally caughtfi*handlowing don't nse all the same kinds. Eat salt fish wherever you are. Write the bureau of fisheries for the receipes for preparing salt fish for the table. Salt fish are good eating if-you prepare them prop erl for the table. thatEat smoked fish, there i nothing better than fish prepar ed by this old fashioned method. Write for receipes for preparing smoked fish for the table." The Tomahawk believes this is KK^lHU JUL JUwfcJ THE TOMAHAWK good advice, and believes also the large eiting of fish would material ly lessen the expenses of every household throughout the' land by the substitution of fish for flesh at ieast once a day. The Agency authorities ought to encourage the Indians of this reservation to make a business of fishing as did the old timers, who in the early freezing season went to the lakes and camping there made fishing a business, as much as they made that of sugar making and wild rice gathering in their seasons. Their way was not only to salt, but to freeze fish, and this in large quantities, and they al ways obtained sale for their pro ducts. Hygenists say we eat too much flesh food any how, it. would be not only sanitary, but ecnomical, and last but not least, patriotic, to practice a large fish diet in these days. Praise for The Tomahawk. Law Office of 'Truth before Favor#" WEBSTER BALLINGER 1413 G. Street N. W. Washington, D. C. Sept. 15. 1917.dian Rev. C. H. Beaulieu, liditor TH E TOMAHAWK, White Earth, Minnesota. My dear Mr. Beaulieu: While I was in Minnesota I was particularly impressed with the great importance of THE TOMA HAWK to theh Chippewa peqple an4 iaofei a dVi White Earth, Becker County, Minnesota, Thursday, September 27. I9IT^^ 1 ft them in the solution of their tribal affairs. It is |the one paper de voted to their interests. It has and is performing a great work. Keep ing the interest of the Indian in mind TH E TOMAHAWK has without fear or favor impartially portrayed the true facts to its readers. Neith er position nor money has been able to swerve it from that course which it believes to be right and just from the stand-point of the Indian. I trust the Chippewa In dians will appreciate to a greater extent than ever before the great friend and benefactor they have in THE TOMAHAWK. Its support must come largely from the Chippewa Indians whose interests it is con serving and protecting, and I trust that the Indians will appreciate this and render TH E TOMAHAWK support. It is being ably edited at a great personal and financial sacrifice to yourself and is deserving of the active substan tial support of every Chippewa You are doing a great work and one which will perpetu ate your name among your people. Very sincerely your*, WEBSTER BALLINGER. Educational Orders. Below we publish a letter from the Indian Office to Superintend ent Hinton regarding schools, an nuities, eel., and Mr. Hinton's notice to the reservation public: "The attention of persons re annuities from the White Earth Agency is called to the fol letter, dated September 14, 1917, from the Assistant Commis sioner of Indian Affairs: *Referring to your letter of Au gust 15th and in accordance with Section 26 of the Rules for the In dian Service, you are hereby in structed to inform the Indians under you jurisdiction that all rations, clothing, annuities, issues or payments of any kind whatso ever will be witheld from Indian parents for or on account of any Indian child or children of school u. 3,. age who are not in regular attend ance at school." Very truly yours, E. B. MERRIT, Ass't. Commissioner.' 'In compliance with the instruc tions contained in the foregoing letter, the annuities of all children not in school when the next anthe nuity payment is made, will be witheld. Very respectfully, J. H. HINTON, Superintendent." We are always glad when we can be somewhat in accordance with the Indian office and the local ground. We of course do not know the precise verbiage of Sup erintendent Hinton's letter to the Office referred to in Mr. Merrit's, but we judge that Mr. Hinton asked for instructions upon condi tions and situations that gave him much trouble. The publicity given Mr. Merrit's letter ought to relieve a good deal of the local friction which has arisen following requests made to the Superintendent for minors funds. Mr. Hinton could' here and in other matters save himself much annoyance if he would take the public into the confidence exhibited by publishing the text of the In office letter. It ought to satisfy the public that minors funds or rather those of school age are witheld by direct order of the Indian office and that under these circumstances Mr. Hinton has no alternative in the matter. JJn,doubtedly circumataDces will IHtelP&iies here as they do every- where in all experiences. Mr. SHTT v. IETT Hinton may, if he wishes to actsend broadly, recognize that there may be good reason for a child of school age not being at school. For in stance, if a child's health precludes, the parent or guardian claiming this, the agency physician should be directed to personally ascertain facts. And The Tomahawk would say this to the public, that the parents and guardians of children should be piompt and diligent about send ing children to school. In no community is a parent or guardian permitted to be the judge about school attendance, the law requires that children from a cer tain age must attend school. The Federal government takes this ground legally and morally where there are treaty stipulations with tribes upon school matters. Another thing, the Federal gov ernment seems to have good ground for seeing that minor's funds shall not be paid to parents or guard ians notoriously irresponsible. Yet here too, when judging upon cir cumstances, responsible parents and guardians should not be arbi trarily turned down, due consider ation should be paid to the good standing of such parents and guardians, and attenuated techni cality waived. Snap judgement is always out of place, and so is pcr^ sonal prejudice. It would serve cordial entente even, if the benefit of a doubt were accorded. We hear that not only is Mr. Baumgarten of the Boarding school greatly out of favor, but that at some Day schools the conditions are such that parents refuse to ^*iwww*www ^wiww^wywMM Published in behalf of, and to secure the welfare of the Indians of the United States. Now is thetime subscription. No. 23. their children to school. In a civilized community a school board would look into the causes, and if grounds for discon tent were good the conditions creating discontent would be re moved. From Indian office to Agency office it has been too much the case that complaints are ignored, perhaps from an esprit du corps sentiment. WAR DEPARTMENT Adjutant General's Office, Washington 6. R. S. Sept. 14, 1917. Circular Letters 1917 Series No. 118 To all officers of the Gen eral Recruiting Service: In view of the fact that va cancies are reported in white cavalry regiments qualified appli cants with or without prior service may be accepted for enlistment for white cavalry, general assignment, without special authority in each case from this office. By order of the Adjutant Gen eral. W. T. BATES, Adjutant General. Copy to tho Press requesting pub lication. |NED M. GREEN. Capt. U. S. Army, Recruiting Officer, Dulutb, Minn, give space to tne We loyally above. to pay that