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the thing that will best serve the Indian. Commissioner Sells makes
clear that he has all this in mind, and if he succeeds as well as his e x
perience and abilities should forecast, he will make his adminstration a
bright spot in Indian history.”
'Plie special officers for the suppression of liquor traffic among In
dians. at a convention recently held in Denver, Colorado, drafted a set
of resolutions which were unanimously adopted by said special officers.
'Plie resolutions contained the following reference to Commissioner
Sells and his work, and we are especially pleased to add to its publicity:
Be it resolved, That we express our sincere thanks to the Hon.
Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for his presence on this oc
casion. We have listened with great interest to his able address, and
his remarks met with our most hearty approval. W’e feel that his pres
ence at this time will do much toward benefitting the service and most
especially do we appreciate the fact that he is the only Commissioner of
Indian Affairs who has been present at any of our conferences. His
remarks were uplifting, encouraging and will do much to instill new
life into this service. In Mr. sells we feel that we have a Commission
er whose heart and soul are in this great work, and we sincerely hope
that it may be our good fortune to have him with us during our next
conference. We pledge him our loyalty and support, and assure him
that by no act of ours will we bring discredit on his splendid adminis
tration.”
S O M E T H IN G A L W A Y S W R O N G
We are. one and all, prone to think that the world is wobbly or out
of tune in some one thing— possible in many things. W’e fancy that
either the world or its inhabitants needs “ fixin g.'' We all are sincere
in our belief that we could fix everything just right. W’e are the best
agent in this fixing game our way is the only right way. Nobody else
need apply. And yet after all some of us may not possess all the wis
dom of the universe. There is an old saw to tile effect that “ thinking
makes it so.” Not true, at all! Thinking never gave anyone a corner
on all the gray matter, even though he may have thought that he had it.
A little success in life often proves a dangerous thing. How often
have we seen men and women who in the common walks of life were
companionable and agreeable in every way, but who, by a turn of For
tune’s wheel, were advanced in position, or in chattels and were
spoiled in the advancement. Success turned the head and spoiled even -
thing. It made the successful one egotistical and over,»earing in the
presence of his fellows and they shunned him.
Do the best you can in whatever walk you may be placed. Let not
conceit get a hold upon you and render you contemptible in the sight
of real people— those of common sense, which by the way is not so very
common after all. Try and be contented. Be charitable with your
fellows. Many of them need your charity— give it to them. The ma
jority of us want a million things, but the real necessities of life are not
so great in number. What the world needs about as badly as anything
is a people with a little more compassion for the “ other fellow ."