IN 001 THEIR
WASHINGTON. July 22. The deeds
of Indians who have enlisted in large
numbers in the military service are
hardly more inspiring than those of
th»- women and children left behind.
This is a partial account of the* an
about one third of the Indian reserva
vations when the “Great White
Father" in Washington called to the
tribes and races inhabiting this land
of freedom to rise in its defense.
Reports received by Cato Sells, com
missioner of Indian affairs, from
about one third o the Indian reserva
tions indicate a total Red Cross mem-;
bership of close to 20.00*1, contribu
tions in money amounting to more
than .*.70,000. and further donations of
thousands of hospital garments and
knit'* cl garments and knitted articles.
Th;.; : not a full measure of the real
man's generosity, however, for the
reservations do not house many In
dians. including tin* more wealthy,
whose charitable* activities arc* listel
with tin* general population
Resorting to methods of the white
men to raise money, the Omaha tribe
recently held an auction for tin* Red
Cross which netted $2.'»0n, including
$300 for a prize goat.
The bo>s of a school in the* North
west gathered 2,oot) pounds of sphag
num moss for surgical absorbent pads.
Some 4(Hi Christmas boxes were re
ported, which is incomplete, as nearly
all of th** 120 hoarding schools have
service flags with stars ranging in
number from a few to two hundred,
and the pupils of these schools are.
very mindful of their soldier repre
sentatives. One of the larger schools
reported a “students’ friendship war
fund." with $750 on hand and twelve
war savings societies. This school in*
four weeks bought 1,000 thrift stamps!
and fourteen baby bonds
On a small reservation far north. |
where the winters are long and severe!
and the Indian must struggle for the
necessaries of life, more than $1 per
capita for every adult was paid in
cash for the Red Cross and other war]
relief purposes. In the* Southwest,
where the parched desert gives scant
returns and sheep-raising is the chiefj
means of support, many of the In-'
dians have each promised a fleece of!
wool for the Red Cross, and the super !
intendent plans the experiment of,
spinning this wool and knitting it into
socks, sweaters, etc., by the Indian
women.
In a Montana district, wnere me
Indians arc nearly all full-bloods, they
voluntarily held meetings and each
one who has a growing wheat crop
nromlsed to donate one sack of wheat
for war relief work On another res-j
creation, where the Indians are veryj
poor and have little ready money, they
donated an abundance of handsome,
bead work and other curios to he
sold for the lied Cross.
One of the smaller schools in Okla
homa reported a Junior Red Cross i
membership of 17tl. being the total en
rollment of the school.
The superintendent of one of the,
larding schools for girls of the five'
eivili/.ed tribes in Oklahoma declared j
the girls are deeply interested in all|
war work, and respond readily to re-,
quests for additional garments. The
very small girls knit up the scraps
of yarn into refugee caps, afghan'
squares, etc. Also they utilize the,
scraps from the hospital garments,|
making quilt blocks. Larger scraps.
are used for small underskirts for the
refugees Gun wipers have been cuti
by the hundred.
From a northern Minnesota reser^
vation, where it is believed the first
Indian Red Cross - auxiliary was ,
started in the spring of 1917, the pres i
idem of the auxiliary writes:
"The auxiliary numbers 4X. and
and this from a community of less'
than a hundred adults Some of these
women have walked to the weekly!
meeting place ac ross the ice from tho j
old agency when the temperature was:
■jo degrees below zero They have
, ed on hospital shirts and socks
•■.j leu: d to knit 'h \ a: lolls gar
looms just as their wh'tc sisters of
lie cities have done
"O. evening recently an India''
. ml ' ; wife. KiIn- "v, nleen t ib s
c: ■.as to the hoe ,, III,, tr, a
iii * -) lid inquired about 1 In 01 le
ice ,l sue. ile " oman hringln her del
la, ,,r ; kership aylup I want '
, 11-> sietking for my country
l ail .inrv F' 'i I JicVe fill til
' ,a;„| spirit which ('resident Wilwui
and o'1:1 r Hate men fore <’0 as a P
• It of ttlf • • ' ill I i 'Ril -l'dldly e' '
emplified by the Indian.
GERMAN PROFITEERS ARE
EXPOSER IN REICHSTAI
NEW YORK. July 23.- A nev
method of profiteering in (Jermun;
was disclosed in tin1 rcichstag r<
ccnfly when the Socialist deputy
Meerfdd, declared that private con
tractors were making millions fron
government contracts for the inami
facture of door knobs to replace tic
metal knobs seized under a recent or
dcr of the dcrmaii government.
UNIQUE WILLIS SOLD
AT AUCTION FOR S3RI
LONDON, July 23. The "last will
of Alexander Selkirk, the original o
"Robinson Crusoe," was sold at ant
lion here recently for $3,00. The wil
begins: “Being now hound out on ;
voyage tit sea, and calling to mind tin
perils and dangers of the seas am
other uncertaintys of this transitor:
life
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Madam Volva will give scientifli
from 7 p. m. until 10 p m., ovei
card readings for a short time only
Hegg's store
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A new stock of 2">fl and 30-calibei
Newton rifles for your Inspection a
the Northwestern Hardware Co
RAILROAD TOWN
WILL INCORPORATE
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. A committee has been appointed at
the new railroad town of N'onana to|
formulate plans for Incorporating the
town It has long been the consensus
I of opinion among residents of the
j thriving Interior city that the town;
j should be incorporated, so Unit prop
erty owners night have a voice in it*
i management, and for this reason the
commercial club is taking the proper
, steps to bring about incorporation.
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Winifred Swanberg in Charge
It
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on i at sumpiii' i.Iso i* slid on los trit
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Hour ter de soJera.
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AWAKE
?
To the fact that the
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DAILY TIMES
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By advertising in its
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Cordova and the Copper
River Valley.
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Club House founded In 190S
hr Episcopal church Open
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