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INDIANS COMING INTO THEIR OWN Says Cato SeHs. jREAT PROGRESS Hi ? YEARS _ 0nly Numerically and In Woalth, but Alto I" iducail*" ?*< ,n* ^u?try? Individual Show B?? Inaraaee. W?SBSW ??# DIMO, Cal.iCato 8iH?. ..toner ot Indian nltalrs, 1? a sets forth the general 'imber of old "r Incompetent ln<ltan8 ; be fleeced S ^ Trf. and thrown upon the .,., J?L" and mendicant., end public SF agaln.t neglected condition. ii surely follow. "Confusion a. * (h |,.. iii statu, of the Indian," .ay. $, aJaf "rest, largely with those ?h'o have not studied the subject. The Lace of >*!?-atmple patent the prt m.rv lecal req&Uaasent tor cltlnenshlp ^1^,0,^. hut^^Kled for the dtlseodtlp of any Indlpvby _W. ?*? untarv separation from tribal IjjJH SSV the adoption of JtabUs ?f civil l*ed life. The later yXTW, June 25, 1910, also provides for the> Allotment of lands to. Indians from the public domain witl\^}e of a fee patent as provided for in the case of reservation allotments. Become Cltlzont. "Under my administration the In dian bureau has made special effort to extend citizenship to J"01?"? and ptepare them for Its duties and responsibilities. In the < taxation ?N policy issued April 17, 1917< I Dounced that every Indian as soon as found to be competent to transact nil own business affairs would be given full control of hi* property and have all his land and moneys turned over to blm, after which he would no long er be a ward of the government. In furtherance of this movement I - to itnicted the superintendents of the yarlous reservations as follows : 'You are requested to submit to this office a Ust of all Indians of one-half o^ lew Indian blood, who,are able-bodied and mentally competent, twenty.onl years of age or over, 'togettier with a description of the land allotted to said Indians, and tile number of the allot ment. It Is intended to Ipsue patents Id fee simple to such Indiana,*. "Under this broadened fcOllcy In dians, both mixed and full bloods, are being released from government su pervision as rapidly as their condition warrants. Whenever an Indian is found to be as competent as the av erage white man ib transact the usu*l vocations of life,. he is glfen a patent fie, full control of his land? and mon* eys, and made a 'citizen of the United States. About 225,000 allotments of land have be^n made to Indians; ana daring tlie last three years 10,956 fee ilmple patents have .been Issued, or 1,082 more than to thfeten years pre ceding." Mr. Sells has gone further to this direction and has taken the position, that the citizenship of Indians should not be based upon their ownership of lands, tribal or to severalty, to trust or In fee, but upon the fact tliat they are real Americans. F^orable report has been made On a bill introduced In congress having for fclts purpose the conferring of citizenship on all Indians bnt retaining' control of the estates of Incompetents. ^ Says Restriction . la Wise. "I am fully convinced of the Wis dom or this restriction, and that cona* Potency iuust precede the control of property, otherwise great Injustice would follow to thousands of Indians. In my last annual report I said in this connection : M'Of the large number of 'titans ?till under the supervision of thfli b\i '*u, it should be nhdesifnod that ?ore than 75,000 are situated practi cally the same as the resefvatlon Nav ajo, Uualapal, Hdpl and Apache," wliose property cannot now, nor for years to come, bO wisely al lotted. There are thousands of fafl: Moods and neiar full-^rtooda Whoie Pttsoual possessions and prospects aufgestlve tff "^capacity for inde pendent self-support, but who are not tulified to withstand the competK the tests that would follow a wlth *?wai of federal guldwBc*. To aban ** the** ?t the point lntfcelr prof **? where elementary requirements ?haplng into self-reliance taaffttn comprehension eif practical methods,' be to leave (hem a prey to ?r kind of .unscrupulous trldtery ?at in*R)i* itself in itie conwillW * dvliuntif^ Tew things have been mora ob ?retire to Indian welfare than, the agitator who claims the J*Jlst.T!*:t of governmental super **?? *'? the solvation of the Indian., V?* ^taua.oaCfi^wlng In ^ *;id jrrnera: !atelllf?nrs. Tkres ' I rourUiH of their children eligible for | *MeWlttiJev ^ ar* wiHtlM Hi tout 1 school. federal, 4\mv or mission. Near ly two thirds of ilit-ir cm 1 1 ?? imputation speak tffngllsh ami about one half read ?*Dd writ? Kugllsh. Their gain lu the usr of Civilised h|ue?h lias he?n iv murk :il i N* In the lust MV((i veal*. -4^'Too much has been said about lu j </lau school graduates tfolitg bati to (ho blanket. Any assumption Uili more than a negligible percentage of such students are non -progressive Is unwarranted. In gome Instances where pupils nut Ion# In m-hool have returned fo backward home conditions the result* have been disappointing, but by no means an entire loss. If these boys and girls carry no more than a speaking use of Kngllsh Into homes still under the thrall of bar baric ignorance, they have started a lifting force and planted imperishable seeds of civilisation. Considering the effect of previous environment, habits and prejudice, the school. trained In dian compares favorably with the av erage white student whose home sur-. roundlngs ss a rule are generally to his advantage. Evidence of Progress. '?The Indian's progress Is too fre quently measured by his garb. We want' the Indian to eut hta hair sod wear citizen's clothes. We urge him to live In a white man's house, but If M does not entirely and promptly re spond In all of these respects It Is not proven that he is not a progressive man. Sometimes young men return ing from our schools to the reserva tions resume certain outward forms of tribal fashion as a matter of ex pediency or social deference to their elders, but their activities show what they are; their' farming, their stock* raising, the homes (hey build and the ey furnish them, and their de sire to have their children go to school are, the beet evidences' of their progress. "The social and domestic life of the Indians Is steadily Improving. jdar rlage by tribal custom is notably glv* Ins wav to legal rites. ?t_ present there Is hsrdly more than one-fourth the drunkenness among Indians that prevailed ten years ago. The mis sionary workers have been a powerful ? aid and their number among the In dians has doubled since 1000, with a corresponding Aicrease of churches and church attendance. "The Indian's Industrial progress Is especially noteworthy. Their Individ* uaifunds On deposit have increased In the last eight years In excess of $20, 7000,000. During that period they have expended for homes, .barns and mod ern. farm implements $18,000,000 and have added $13,000,000 to their cSpl t a 1 in livestock. The Indian's trans formation from a game hunter and wanderer to a settled land-holder and home-builder- is everywhere evident. Nearly 37,000 Indian farmers are cul tivating almost 1,000,000 acres, 47,000 are engaged in stock . raising, and their livestock Is worth Close to 138,000,000. Their last year's Income from the sale of crops and livestock was approxi mately $14,000,000. "The Indians are dependable wage workers. Their annual earnings in public and private service exceed $3, 000,000. Their pumber receiving ra tions and supplies, not paid for In la-l 6or has decreased one-half in the last seven yeacs." , Two CCnvfcts Escape at Rawlins, W yo., by Use of 8mall Tool? * One Recaptured. ItawUgs, W/o. ? With a needle ob tained in the prison shirt factory as his only tool, Bert Lofton has escaped from tfie state prison here. William/ Smith, his companion, was cap? Wed while trying to scale the prison wall. Lofton and Sriilth were confined to the death house cell because of their known desperate character. Lofton found that a soft piece of steel cov ered a drain. With his great patience and skill he slowly cut a hole through the steel with the needle. After re moving a pipe and a plate they crawled through the hole, picked the lock of a steel door connecting with the main corridor of the prison, scaled the tiers of cells, , cut holes through the rilate roof and dropped to the ground. In the prison yard they found a steel b|r, which ?he prisoners bent rlnto a hook to fasten an improvised rope on the prison wall. Lofton escaped, but Smith was caught by a guard. Woman Labors on 6,01 6- Piece Quilt. Saranac Lake.? In the matter of patience, the Adirondack regloh baasta a resident, 'Mi. Adalbert Ward, of Hague, who has Job** record faded to a deli cate mauve. - She has completed a bed quilt of elaborate design whtc&i- ?06 tains the trilling matter of 6,010 pieces, upon which she worked for several years. A Conscientious Psacfc. Bellalre, O.? Not only will Frits, mascot of . the central Are station, go with the firemen on their run, .but he belieVee la lire prevention. He makes a habit of extinguishing cigarette stabs aad matches with Ids paws. S^A I . * ? Ww fRlprwTPff IS? Ciaclaasti, O.^-A heavy ssfe stolen 6?b a i/oot room was fsoad fit a as MKKCILWDIKK Ri WIKK ftjpSjL HUr Tramway far Carrying Over MoubM^bm ?>ne of the world's famous aoi lal oa hie w a \ .< covers (ho stret?h of tyl luilos Ik'I ween the uii *11 Mtu i it cities Mm Malta .and Cajones. in southwestern t'otiiiuMu. In tbo near future, the corn iwny ftftW aiWM-atiiiK It will extend it .'U> mill's farther over tho #|(KlttOl,v (uoiuitaiuous, country to tho city of Mandates, (iiiVl it ?will then be the long est in Die world. FJttle atrial valours (oarsman* it tached tit the cable at tvrtaln intervals and each of theui carrier throe cargoes, or to make a seclfle Illustration, six hags of coffee. . Two hags of merchan dise constitute a <nirgo, as these JMgs are suspended from each side of the pack mules that bring Own up the nar row mountain trails to this cahlewa.v shipping termluul. Tho usual weight of each bag is about 125 lb.,? thus mak ing a. total load of 750 lb. carried hy <u single aerial wagou. Passengers are not usually carried, though some ad venturous ones Shave placed bamboo IKxles between two wagons, strapi>cd their saddles on the poles, and have ridden to t heir destination. However, they had to be positive that eaWeway would run long enough for them to reach the end of the line, or *t least stop In a high spot where fthe cable ran elose to the ground. In any event these adventurous travelers always Carried a coil of ropes -so. that rfhey could slide down If tho machinery hap pened to get wit of order and left them stranded high in the air. Three 10- hp. steam engines aro re quired to keep tho cable in motion, and whenever It Is time to attach another wagon to the ea^le. Nepes tarlly, the cableway la lri a straight inre'l^lweeif the two cities, and con sists of one endless 1 1-2 'In. steel-wire cable -that winds around enormous drums at each termiual point. As this steel wire la extremely bard and tougb, the drums are made of softer metal so that they take abfcost all tbe wear, for it IS much easier and less expensive to renew one of 'the drums than the SOrnillo stretch of cable.? Popular chan lcs Magazine. -r? FINAL DISCHARGE Notice Is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, July 6th, 1900, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return fct Administrator of the estate of Jesse A. Nelson, deceased, and era the same day 1 will Avply to the said Court for a final discharge as ?fid Administrator. .IOIIN JX NEIjSON, Administrator. Camden, S. C., June 2nd, 1920. No Other Light Car* Offers So Much ? ? ? - ;-V." ? ' ? ? ? 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