THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
The Red Man Must Work
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policy of supporting him in idleness;
hence the adoption of the plan of al
lotting land in severalty to the Indians
and preparing them for the duties of
citizenship. It is proceeding upon the
assumption that the Indian is a desir
able personage when he gives up an
idle, roaming life, earns his bread by the
eweat of his brow like any other man
and ceases to be a ward of the nntion.
Commissioner Teupp and those of
the administration who sympathize with
his views believe in the future of the
Indian and are convinced that the best
kindness the government cap shew to
the red msn is to help him to take up
the white man's burden and cease to be
" a nomad. As the reservations are
broken up the red men as individuals
ase. allotted land ample for their sup
port, provided they make use of the
same methods for its cultivation thnt
the white man uses. In line with this
plan is what the government is doing
for the Indian through the reclamation
service. Nearly $1,000,000 has heen
expended in irrigation on the (Vow reser
vation in Mnntfinn, for which thn Crow
Indians furnished funds and the com
mon labor necessary for prosecuting the
work. About $500,000 is to be emend
ed in providing the Pimas of the Gila
reservation in Arizona, with a prop
er water supply, and $M0.0O0 has hpen
appropriated by congress for the iriica
tion of the allotments made to the TTte
Indians of the former Uintah'reservation,
and irrigation canals are heir.sr built
there as fast as possible. Among the
Zunis of New Mexico, the Shoshone and
rapahoe Indians of Wyoming and the
Bouthern California Indians similiar
work is in progress, and the labor i8 be
ing performed largely by the red men
thamselves, while thousands of others
may be found employed at white men's
work for white men's wages on the ranch
es and railroads of the vast southwest,
and it is generally admitted that, as a
rule, they make good workmen. Ex.
Additional Locals
Chemawa expects to have a regular old
time Christmas celebration.
Chemawa's boys and girls enjoyed the
social last Friday night very much.
Here we are in the middle of
December and we still have roses on our
lawns
A large number of Chemawas went in
to the Salem Opera House last Thursday
to see Marie Cahillin "Marrying Mary."
Mr. Campbell recharged the batteries
at the .office and adjusted the electric
bells, so that now the orderlies can re
spond promptly to their calls to duty.
The small- boys last Sunday econo
mised elbow grease as was . demon
strated by the condition of their shoes.
They said they tried, hut Mr. Campbell
thought it was"not a hard try.
Master .Toe Bittles is to he commended
for bringing in a packnge of tvpe and
rules which inadvertently cot into the
trash box. .Toe is a bright eyed buy and
has the making of a smart man.
John MoCush, Ceo. Williama. Albert
Garry, Walter Haight, Lewis Saunder
son, Francis Antoine, Wm. Mose, Levi
Sorter, Webster Hudson, Thos. Mulling,
Willie Friedlander, and Abel Grant were
delegates attending the state Y. M. C. A.
convention at Albany last Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday.