The Chemawa American, February 01, 1913, Page 7, Image 7

THE
CHEMAWA
AMERICAN
ACCOUNT OF CONFERENCE
M OVEM ENT FOR S U P P R E SSIO N
OF
LIQUOR TR A FFIC
conference of the Special Officers for the Suppression
of Liquor Traffic among Indians was held in the Of­
fice of the Chief Special Officers in the Kittredge
Building, Denver, Colorado, on December 3(1 and 31,
1912, and January 1, 1913.
All of the Special Officers of the Liquor Service
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< were Present at this gathering. It was excepted that
' H ' Abbott, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, would also be
Prew nti • bUt 3t tHe *a,t nio,nent ,le was detained by important matters
in W ashington. He sent a letter to the conference urging increased
co-operation with all of the employees of the Indian Service in order to
accomplish the best results in the matter of keeping Indians and intox-
icating liquor separate.
Mr. F. H. Daiker, representing the Indian Office, was present and
participated throughout the conference, with suggestions for the better­
ment of the Service as viewed from the Office end. A splendid spirit
of harmony prevailed throughout the meeting, and each of the officers
present evinced an earnest desire for unity of action throughout the
Service
The key-note of the Conference was co-operation and results. The
following resolutions were presented and unanimously adopted-
At a conference of the Special Officers at Denver, Colorado, called by
order of the Chief Special Officer, for December 30 and 31, 1912, we,
the Special Officers present, have unanimously adopted the following
resolutions, which cover only a small part of the beneficial points gath­
ered by us at this meeting: Therefore, be it
Resolved, That, whereas this meeting has been called as an experi­
ment we express our belief and feel confident that it has been very
beneficial and profitable as well as exceedingly pleasant in that we were
enabled to exchange views in some very important features of the work
and it has given us an opportunity to become better acquainted, which
will lead to closer co-operation and more effective service in the future.
We regret very much that the Acting Commissioner of Indian Af-
fan-s Hon F. H. Abbott, was unable to be present and we wish to
thank him for making this meeting possible.
We resolve, further; That while we regret the absence of the Acting
Commissioner, we hereby assure him that we have carefully considered
the contents of his letter of December 28 to the Chief Special Officer
and we do heartily approve of the good suggestions therein contained