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A A EB I RA ER TR,
Bellefonte, Pa., February 21, 1919.
LO, THE POOR INDIAN!
OF THE PAST.
Canada Has Given Them Prosperity
and Robbed Them of Romance.
THING
Winnipeg, Canada.—Canada has
transformed its Indians. It has rob-
bed them of romance, but it has given
them prosperity. ;
Eagle Feather, the old Chief, cranks
his automobile in front of his farm-
house. He climbs into the seat be-
hind the wheel.
“Come on, children,” he calls, “or
you'll be late for school.”
Five happy-faced youngsters romp
out of doors, kiss their mamma good-
bye on the front porch and the ma-
chine purrs off along the road through
the wheat fields and orchards for the
little red schoolhouse. Old Eagle
Feather drives back home and does a
day's plowing.
That’s the Canadian Indian today.
Gone are the glories of the warpath,
the paint and feathers, the yelling tri-
umph of lifting scalps. You tell an
Indian only by the color of his skin
and his straight, black hair. Other-
wise he is just iike ordinary country
folks. .
“Canada has solved its Indian prob-
lems,” said William Graham, Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs of western
Caiyda. “Canada has civilized him.
“)he Canadian Indian today is an
educated farmer. He is a Christian
and goes to church regularly every
Sunday—often drives there with his
family in his automobile. His chil-
dren go to school. He makes his liv-
ing by cultivating the soil. He is as
good a farmer as his white neighbors
—sometimes a better one. Govern-
ment agricultural experts visit him
periodically. They teach him the lat-
est scientific methods of cultivating
the land. Many Indians are agrono-
mists in the highest cultural sense.
The new generation is keen to learn
and progress and become the equal of
the white men in every way.
“The richness of Canadian soil has
had much to do with changing the In-
dians. They have seen their white
neighbors taking fortunes out of the
ground with a plow and it has encour-
aged them to do likewise. Some of
the Indians raise forty and fifty bush-
els of wheat on their farms and have
snug bank accounts. If Canada was
not such a wonderful agricultural
country training the Indian into the
ways of civilization might have been
more difficult.”
The Commissioner said there was
no foundation for the common belief
that the Indians were gradually dying
out. The Indian population of Cana-
da has been increasing for the last ten
years. Better living conditions, educa-
tion and medical attention are account-
able for this. There are 100,000 In-
dians in Canada. Indians in western
Canada put under cultivation 100,000
acres of land last year. They produc-
ed 400,000 bushels of wheat. All the
Indian reserves are self-supporting.
Two thousand Indians enlisted in
the Canadian army, went overseas
and upheld their old warpath tradi-
tions in the war against the Hun.
TET
IT WAS MADE IN PHILADELPHIA
When he comes home wearing that
distinguished Service Medal, distin-
guished Service Cross or a medal
awarded to sharpshooters you can tell
him it was made in Philadelphia.
Nearly every medal that the United
States confers on the officers and en-
listed men is made in the Philadelphia
mint.
For the War Department alone the
mint is turning out forty types of
‘medals. Before Marshals Foch, Haig
and Joffre and other distinguished Al-
lied commanders received their badges
of honor they were sent from that
city to the War Department and aft-
erward to the army headquarters
abroad. The American Distinguished
Service Medal was called by Marshal
Foche the handsomest military deco-
ration awarded.
About five hundred of these medals
of bronze and brilliant blue enamel
are made every week in this city, and
after they are received and approved
by the War Department are shipped
to the camps and army headquarters
at home and abroad.
About five hundred Distinguished
Service Crosses are made in Philadel-
phia every week. Nearly six thousand
of these have gone from the Mint.
The small squares of bronze are treat-
ed rough. Under the die in a huge
hydraulic press capable at the begin-
ning of exerting one hundred pounds’
pressure the bit of metal is placed
again and again untii at the last or
tenth impression it receives 250 tons’
pressure.
The piece of bronze, now stamped
to conform with the design of the die,
is taken to a machine where the work-
men cut out the cross. The cross is
received by workmen who made for it
little bars, from which it is suspend-
ed. Ribbons are attached, and the
decoration is placed in a box ready
for delivery.
The United States Navy Medal of
Honor and various kinds of medals
which are awarded for sharpshooting
marksmanship and other honors of
seryige are manufactured at the Mint.
“Fhe authorities at the Mint in ad-
dition to manufacturing these medals
are busy with orders for 10,000 Mexi-
can Service medals, attractive bronze
discs for men who were in the Vera
Cruz expedition.
Now that the Peace Conference at
Paris has approved the award of a
medal to every man who served in
any of the Allied armies, the Phila-
delphia Mint may be called on to man-
ufacture medals by the million.
——The so-called daylight saving
plan, which was put info effect last
year for the first time and which met
with complete, general approval, does
not need any action by Congress or
any other body to make it effective
for this and succeeding years. The
Act of Congress provides that the
clocks were to be set ahead an hour
on the last Sunday of March at 2a. m.
last year “and each succeeding year.”
The daylight saving plan therefore
goes into effect automatically this
year,
MUSIC AUDITORIUMS IN MEM-
ORY OF DEAD.
Of the multitudinous suggestions
flying about these days for memorials
of war service, none is more reasona-
ble than that which looks toward the
building of great music auditoriums.
When everything is said and done,
it really was remarkable how much
the singing of patriotic music in com-
munity aided us in our scamper of
preparation for the war. The spirit
desired was born. We sang, and our
nerves tingled, and determination
flushed in us. Such music may not
have been the noblest technical plan,
but it did its work.
That splendid permanent halls for
music should be erected in memory of
the deeds of our various bodies of sol-
diery, therefore, seems not unfitting.
Practically every State, every munic-
ipality, in the country is going to do
something. San Francisco, Milwau-
kee and Syracuse, in particular, so
far, are agitating for music auditor-
iums. In a smaller way, Pueblo, Col.,
is going to install a pipe organ, in
memory of the Pueblo county dead,
in the new City Hall.
As the city nearest to us, Syracuse
is of interest, with its very large pro-
ject. The hall contemplated there is
expected to cost more than a million
dollars, and will be a great civic cen-
tre.
In addressing the Syracuse Cham-
ber of Commerce and congratulating
them upon the progressive attitude of
their city, John C. Freund, president
of the Music Alliance, said:
“No more fitting memorial can be
given to those who have died for the
cause than these structures. The day
of triumphal arches, statues and
fountains is passing. Our time de-
mands that which is vital, that which
gives service, that which is distinctly
human in its touch and in its appeal.”
If, for instance, the setting apart
of the week surrounding Washing-
ton’s Birthday for a big annual “sing”
is to go through, the use of such great
memorial music halls would aid ma-
terially in the celebration.
This year the week from February
16 to February 22 is being observed
in this fashion.
Wonders of Trinidad.
“A wonderfully momentous place is
Trinidad,” said Charles R. Toothaker,
curator of the Philadelphia Museums.
“Trinidad is 2000 miles south of New
York. It is smaller than the State of
Delaware, having an area of about
1755 square miles, yet there are many
miles of unexplored and unused land.
“Some of the largest cocoa indus-
tries in the world are in Trinidad, the
annual production being 60,000,000
pounds or more, representing an av-
erage valuation of $67,000,000. Next
to that comes sugar, the total being
$2,500,000 worth in a fair year. Oth-
er agricultural enterprises are the
oroduction of rubber, bananas, cocoa-
nuts and other tropical fruits. The
production of rubber has grown very
greatly. The rubber industry in Trin-
idad is just beginning, but it is begin-
ning in the right way.
“Trinidad is better known for the
production of asphalt than for any-
thing else. It has one of the most
curious lakes in the world—a lake of
pitch. You can go on that lake, walk
over it, and even pick up the pitch and
scarcely soil your hand. It is a very
peculiar kind of pitch.
“Geologically considered, Trinidad
is part of the South American main-
land. It is not regarded as one of the
Antilles, being an island by itself.
The exploitation of its asphalt depos-
its is very largely a Philadelphia en-
terprise. A law of Trinidad says the
deposits must be worked by British
capitalists. There is a company or-
ganized under the laws of Great Brit-
ain, with offices in London, the New
Trinidad Asphalt company of London,
but when you come down to the final
analysis it is a Philadelphia concern,
after all.
“There are about 300,000 inhabit-
ants, of whom nearly 200,000 are Hin-
doos, 80,000 negroes and 20,000
whites.”
Woman’s Eye for Color,
The entrance of chemically trained
men into the army munition plants
and dye industries of the United
States has created a labor shortage
in the laboratories of the commercial
chemist. To meet this contingency,
women are being pressed into service
as laboratory assistants. The type of
work for which the women are fitted
appears to be routine determinations,
such as silicon, evolution sulphur and
color carbon. At one leading plant
all tests are run in duplicate until suf-
ficient confidence can be placed in the
ability of the women to do accurate
work. By observing the results of nu-
merous duplicate determinations
which have extended over a period of
several months it appears that the
new co-workers are extremely accu-
rate in the use of the analytical bal-
ance. The same applies to filtering
and titration. The results obtained
for color carbon were fully as good.
In titration work the women are able
to distinguish the end points with
case. This is equally true in match-
ing colors. Their work is character-
ized by neatness and order.—Ameri-
can Exporter.
Regulations to End First of
March.
Washington.—The last of the war-
time coal regulations of the Fuel Ad-
ministration still in force will be sus-
pended March 1, if the present com-
paratively mild weather continues,
said an announcement by Fuel Admin-
istrator Garfield. These prohibit the
shipment of coal for reconsignment
and require all shippers of coal mov-
ing to tidewater at New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Hampton
Roads, to consign such shipments to
the Tidewater Coal exchange.
Suspensions of the requirements
compelling shippers to operate
through the Tidewater exchange, the
announcement said, will not affect the
continued operation of this exchange
through any voluntary arrangements
made by shippers and the railroad ad-
ministration.
It also was announced that the Fu-
el Administration would retain a
skeleton organization “ready for ex-
Coal
pansion for any emergency.”
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RAISED OWN CORN.
How American Boys in France Got
Delicacy.
You should have seen the soldiers
raising garden truck for Christmas.
The climate of France was strange to
them, as was the soil, and some of
the vegetables that please the French
palate, according to Sterling Heilig in
an exchange.
But the American buddies tock up
winter trucking with a will.
Nobody ever raised green corn down
there in winter. “Nor in summer, very
much, either,” answered the buddies.
A few natives used to raise it to sell
to Americans of Paris, but they had
never tried to eat it, though they
raised much yellow corn for meal and
fodder. Last summer the doughboys
in certain hospital truck farm dis-
tricts resolved to have the real thing.
At Bordeaux, where they were par-
ticularly successful, roasting ears were
furnished to the private car of Secre-
tary Baker when he made his trip to
France. And it was from the secre-
tary of war's recommendations. they
say that the great American truck farm
movement in France quit Red Cross
swaddling clothes and became general-
1zed from fighting front to resting
rear.
In the south of France winter is a
good deal like summer, and they raise
almost anything. Heroes of Si. Mi.
hiel were Letting that they would have
green corn for Christmas—and the
French natives bet against then.
Most of the gardeners were conva-
lescents, wounded at St. Mihiel, and
hungry for the fresh green things they
expected to eat presently. Only those
who have been deprived of green stuff
so long that they shy at tne sight of
a tin can are able to appreciate the
value of these real war gardens. For,
the fighting over, eating goes on, and,
when rutabagas that father used to
feed to the cows cost 40 cents a pound,
the food problem is clearly stated to
every man in the army.
The surgeons say the convalescent
heroes of Chateau Thierry and St. Mi-
hiel need the garden work as much as
they need the garden truck. Get the
man out, even for half a day, in the
light work of truck farming. and you
get him out of himself—and away from
sitting around hospitals, listening to
wounds being dressed and troubles
talked over. High British and Aus-
tralian neurosis authorities agree, ab-
solutely, that working the soil will
work more cures than anv other treat-
ment.
In the army farming in France many
see a forerunner of what will happen
when Uncle Sam gives little govern-
ment farms to his veterans on their re-
turn.
“We find that the American truck
farmer,” says a worker, “after he has
talked a little with French truckers
and has the lay of the land, turns out
better than the Frenchman—by up-to-
date methods. Side by side. the little
American truck farms in France are
superior to truck farms under French
gardeners in the suburbs of French
cities. It is absolutely demonstrated.”
Animals Fear Airships.
All animals are terrified by airships.
Partridge, quail and other game birds
crouch and hide, while domestic fowl
utter leud warning notes the instant
they perceive the monstrous bird of
prey. 2
The Swedish aeronaut, Van Hoffken,
while sailing at a moderate elevation,
observed that elk, foxes, hares and
other wild animals fled at his ap-
proach, and that the dogs ran, howling,
Into the houses.
While the Zeppelin III was going
from Dusseldorf to Essen the aero-
nauts on board noted that horses and
cattle galloped frantically over the
fields on catching sight of the air-
ship. »
Preserving French Treasures.
Lille is no exception to the rule that
every French center of population has
its museum and every such museum
has in it something of unique interest.
The Palais des Beaux Arts there con-
tained before the war the well-known
“Tete de Cire,” or rather, head of a
girl, in terra cotta and wax, which tra-
dition had ascribed to many artists
but without any assurance as to the
attributions. The wax head was re-
moved from the museum to a place
of safety before the Teutonic invaders
entered the city early in the war.
Considerable Kicking.
My brother, who was a private at
Camp Hancock, was told to harness a
team of mules and go several miles
out of camp for some hay for the
horses. He had never had any experi-
ence in doing farm work, but he sa-
luted and went about the task. We
knew not how he succeeded, excepting
In his next letter he informed us that
by night the mules had kicked a per-
fectly good government harness to
leathery ribbons.—Exchange.
Hopeful.
“Gadspur looks more cheerful these
days than I have seen him in a long
time.”
“Yes,” poor fellow, I hate to disillu-
sion him, so I avoid him as much as
possible.”
“What do you mean?”
“He thinks because the war is over
the cost of living will soon come down
and he will be able to live on his salary
again.”
Little Rivers Important.
In his war ode Dr, van Dyke re-
mains loyal to “little rivers.” In his
book, “Little Rivers,” he has already
made little rivers as Interesting as the
little drops of water that make the
mighty ocean. Freedom begins at the
source.
FOUND OLD INDIAN VILLAGE.
Interesting Relics, Believed to Be Cen-
turies Old, Recently Unearthed
in New York State.
Relics of an Indian village, said to
have its origin as early as 1575, have
been discovered in Clason Point, the
Bronx, according to an announcement
made by the Museum of the American
Indian, Heye foundation. The discov-
ery was made by Alan B. Skinner, ar-
cheologist of the foundation. The dis-
covery is regarded as a very impor-
tant one by the members of the foun-
dation. Research establishes that the
village was probably inhabited by na-
tives of the Siwanoy tribe, known to
very early settlers as “Snakeskins.”
The research, made through the
kindness of a trustee of the founda-
tion, has established to the satisfac-
tion of the board that the tract re-
mained in possession of its Indian in-
habitants until 1625, when it was pur-
chased by Robert Cornell, an English-
man. Cornell's family was later mas-
sacred by the barbarian tribe. During
the attack he managed to make his
escape on a Dutch ship.
Mr. Skinner was making a pleasure
trip through Clason Point, which is
somewhat of a summer resort, last
July. He noticed very large oyster
shells on a mound of sand and recog-
nized them as Indian boundary line
markings. He obtained permission
from the owner of the land to make
a search of the ground. To the sur-
prise of the searchers, relics of Indian
life were unearthed. Costumes, heads,
cooking utensils and a complete hair
dress of the Siwanoy tribe were dis-
covered. Seventy lodge sites, contain-
ing hundreds of Indian implements
and tools, were also dug up.
The collection contained crude har-
poons, fishhooks, carved tortoise-shell
cups, hodkins and decorated pottery.
Hundreds of pipes and a beautiful
mold jar were discovered intact, and
all are being preserved for public ex-
hibition when the museum open i. This
history speaks of the Siwanoy practice
of digging sand holes and placing
large quantities of food and other of-
ferings to the “Great Snake.” It was
announced at the museum that the
relics will be placed on exhibition at
the opening of the exhibit.
Opportunity Missed.
For several years it had been my
custom to make a visit on Thanks-
giving afternoon at the home of my
most particular friend. ‘This last
Thanksgiving I missed, as the family
was to attend the community singing
at 4 p. m. A few days after little
Katherine dropped in to see me and
asked “Why didn’t you come to see
us on Thanksgiving?”
“Well,” I replied, “you were not at
home in the afternoon.”
She then asked: “Why didn’t you
come earlier? Why not come for din-
ner?”
“But,” I jokingly replied, “you didn’t
ask me!”
“Well,” she replied thoughtfully, *I1
think if you had come early and hung
around they'd have asked you !”—Chi-
cago Tribune. .
Awaiting Instructions.
In a letter received from a cousin
of mine, who is a lieutenant in the
aviation service, he tells of the follow-
ing incident that happened tw a cadet
fiyer at Kelly field: The cadet was
making his first solo flight and had
been flying around the towers where
the instructors sit and observe the
movements of the solo flyers, when he
was seen throwing something out of
his plane. He had thrown his shoe out
with a note tied to it saying that his
“gun” or gas throttle was jammed,
and he didn’t know what to do. He
flew around the towers ten times be-
fore he realized that he had a mag-
neto switch on his plane that would
shut off the ignition and thus stop the
engine. He finally landed with a
dandy “thump.”—Chicago Tribune.
Conscience.
It was plain to be seen that Arthur,
eight years old, had something on his
mind. It was something that con-
cerned Christmas and his neighbor,
Jimmy, Finally he said to his mother:
“I guess I'll give Jimmy his knife
for Christmas.”
“Have you Jimmy's knife?”
mother inquired.
“Yes, I found it a long time ago.
He thinks it’s lost. But findin’s keep-
in’s, you know.”
The mother made no comment, for
she knew something else was coming.
And then her son said:
“I might as well give it to him. I
can’t use it cause he’s with me all
the time.”
the
Wheat Production.
Mean wheat production per acre in
the 15 years, 1899-1913, was 42.5 bush-
els in Denmark, 85.4 bushels in Ire-
land, 35.1 bushels in Belgium, 31.5
bushels in Great Britain, 29.7 bushels
in Germany, 20.2 bushels in France,
19.1 bushels in Austria, 18.1 bushels
in Hungary, 16.7 bushels in Roumania,
and 14.1 bushels in the United States.
Bushels of measure are taken for Den-
mark, France, Great Britain, Ireland
and Roumania; of 60 pounds for the
other countries.
Family Prayers.
Nursie—James, did you know the
angels have sent you another little
brother?
James—Oh, bother; just ziff I don’t
have enough folks to pray for every
night as it is.
His Species.
“Jims is a conceited man. He hon-
estly believes he is the flower of his
family.”
“Well, he is their poppy, isn't he?”
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