VOL. 10. FEBRUARY 14, 1908, MO. 34
A 4 Square Deal" for all Classes,
The town of Dallas, situated near
the eastern line of Tripp County, and
even now bidding fair to control the
opening of that county as Bonesteel did
that of Gregory County, is in many ways
the ideal of the border town.
It is but little over half a year since
the townsite was unbroken 'and " virgin
prairie; now it is the terminus of a rail
road, a busy market place and the home
of a live hundred population that is rep
resentative of much that is best in our
American citizenship,
Last month when it became necessary
for Major Kelly to 'make the payment
of the Ponca Indians at Dallas, owing to
the presence of those of the entire dis
trict at thai place, the Commercial Club
insisted upon closing all drinking and
gambling places for two full days.
The same Commercial Club has inaug
urated a co-operative policy for the leas
ing of Indian lands in Tripp County
that form a part of its natural territory,
that while designed to add to the ad
vantages of Dallas5 is none the less to
be, in its effect, of much- benefit to
those Indians who control - allotments
within such territory.
If allotments that are now unoccupied
and unproductive in every way can be
secured to enterprising lessees for such
a length of time that they will improve
them by breaking, fencing, etc., it will
mean a great increase of values attach
ing to such property and also mean
that those allotments will be made ready
for Indian occupancy much m o r e
quickly than could be uone in any oth
er way, '. ; '
Many evidences are given of a sense
of fairness, on the part of Dallas, citi-
ssenp, toward their Indian neighbors,
which because of its rarity is the more
com in end aide and appreciable by t he
Indian' f . ionds, ;
Thero .'is a large element among our
Indian population, whose every inclina
tion tends; toward individual and racial
betterment and who are capable of
appreciating to-the fullest extent any
policy of iairdealing that is extended to
them; and those whose sense of fairdeal
ing extends "even to the Indian" can
in no sense b6the losers. -New Era