Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 June 1920 — Page 10

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QSAGE INDIANS ELECTING NEW LEADERTODAY , ... —— Also Chosing Council That Will Help Distribute $50.000,000 Oil Lands. VOTE ON THREE TICKETS rAWHTBKI, Okla., June 7. —Most significant of all elections In the annals of the Osage Indian tribe Is that which is taking 1 place today when a chief and a council are being chosen for a twoyear period beginning July 1. Xhosg whom the electors choose will j bare a voice In the distribution of $50,000,600 and in the leasing for oil and gas purposes of more than 1,000,000 acres ■ of Osage lands. Every man 21 years t©f age may vote, i The amount of land he owns or the income he receives has nothing to do with the franchise privilege. The short and simple fact is that every man, woman and child of the Osage na- i . tlon who own* a share in the tribal assets, accorded by government decree or inheritance, has an income this year In excess of $12,000. Three tickets have -been nominated. , One of them as originally chosen in mass meeting contained only the names of fullhloods, and it was called the full blood ticket. Later, for harmony's sake, the ticket was amended so that it contained the t times of iwo mixed bloods for membership in the council. The other two tickets are mixed blood tickets. DIFFERS VASTLY FROM WHITES' VOTE. The contest is in few respects like that! of white men In a national campaign. There are no paramonnt Issues, no ' platforms, no large expenditure* of money. S© far as Is knowns *v*ry nomine* of every ticket favors the extension of the trust period of the Osages from 1931. Honors are the chief concern of the Osage. Every man of them knows that the whole world knows how Independently rich they are. Oil production and the greatest lease bonuses in history have made them Internationally famous. The distributions of office-holding favors enters into the campaign. The greatest featnre Is that of management of the affairs of the tribe. In a nutshell, It Is the business of efficient government. While the department of the interior is largely business and governmcn'ai manager for the Osage#, it Is not arbitrary or dictatorial. ltatbcr is it a' mediatorial guardian. No other Indians have a mightier voice before this department of the government There arw ignorant fuilbloods among them, as in all trißes, but the educated fuilbloods and the mixed bloods are in the majority. These know how their estates shoiild be managed. ’ * The Osages have not been reservation Indians. They bought and paid for these lands with their own money. LANDS WORTH 00,000.040. It Is estimate! that the lands of tho Osages. comprising 1 .•V'o. n OO acres, are worth $400.'>00.000. which means that the potential wealth of each shareholder in this vast estate 1* about $300,000. x It Is not surprising, therefore, that intelligent. patriotic men of the tribe want to have a voice in the affairs of their nation. Hen e the chief significance of the j election. The fuilbloods have nominated as their candidate for chief, Arthur IlonnicSstle. an educated young man who has fought for the honor of America. He is interpreter for the tribe before the # agency at Pawhuska and the department of the interior. He is a big strapping fellow with a fetching smile, who wears clothes, shaves and exhibits haircuts after the fashion of the well-dressed American. Really he Is the thinking machlnp that creates the stuff that most fuilbloods think. He assimilates the white man's ideas, lie knows what the Ideals of the fullbloods ought to be. Lo-iis Itigborse 1- nominee of the fullbloods for assistant chief. The original list of nominees for council mem!*ershlp consisted of Joe Shun-Kah-Mom-I.ab of Hominy, Simon Henderson of Grayhorse. Kah-Wahhotest of Cray horse. Luther Uarvev sos Hominy, Kre<! Lookout of Pawhuska, Wab-Sho-Sh:>h of Hominy. Perry King of Gray-ho-se and Mnh-Bhali-Ket*b of Pawhuska. Recently at Pawhuska the fuilbloods held a three-day mass meeting at Grayhorse to place two mixed bloods on the ticket. They were to take the place of Luther Harvey and Mo-Shah-Kctah. ' LAST FI Ll.ltl.OOlt END£i> TERM IN 1916. Chief C. W. *Brown, whose term expires June 30, was elected two years ago on tae mixed blood ticket. The last fullblood chief was Robert Ashezah - lire. who served ip the term ending June SO, 1910. The inaugural ceremonies and festivities scheduled for July 1 r . Pawhuska give promise of discounting all former occasions in wealth of regalia, richness cf color, lavishness of expenditure, imprcsslvnoss <.f settings and in dignity of the administration of the official oath and attending ceremonies. Nearly every man, woman ndn child of the tribe will be present. In the mat- • tr of dress, transportation, equipment and pocket change no such gathering CTer hqs been held in the history 'of the aborigines of the American continent. Arthur Bonnlcastle says there are many politicians among the Osage Indians. Campaigns before this have credited a much higher temperature and given the orators opportunity of v displaying their choicest wares. John Faliner, whom some have said is the greatest man of the tribe, and who, in fact, is of Sioux extraction aiwl an Osage by adoption, is reputed to be the greatest liviug Indian orator. Choice morsels bC speed flow from his lips like streams of nectar. THEIR CAMPAIGN IS BILENT ’ONE. Another orator, and no mean politician as wfell. Is S. J. Soldcni of Ponca City, I 'Fho was a member of the first state seni ate in Oklahoma. L He is one-quarter Osage and three--quarters French, his grandfather harming married into the tribe while the Osage-s were yet huddled iu a reservation at St. Louis The campaign has been conducted : through the instrumentality of silent^if prolonged mats meetings. Osages journey en masse to these conventions like white politicians to a county convention. In them what oratory is let loose is for the edification only of the partic- I alar faction or clan. Voting In the general election is by ballot. The names of those eligible to vote are taken from the official records of the Indian Agency and placed in the hands j of the judges of election. None is allowed in the room during the balloting save the judges and clerks, i One or more electors may vote at one time. Next day the council canvasses the returns and proclaims flie tes^lt. The r-eord are sent to the secretary of the interior, and he announces official cognisance of the result, taereby, lj the aba*Ri*e of contest*, approving ,ta* * ■ 'J

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CHAPTED LV. He fumbled In hi* hip pocket—and found nothing. In startled unbelief, he turned it inside out. It was empty. From his vest he drew some change/ Then, in a sort of panic, he began fishing In all parts of his clothes. Meagerly —one at a time —he drew out four $1 bills. His lips tightened, but he contrived a rueful little smile and a casual tone as he murmured: “I must go to the bank." And as I remembered the great roll of bills he had drawn from hi* now empty hip pocket only ten days before, a sudden chilly doubt assailed me—how long could Jim get money from a bank Into which he was putting none? "Here, desr, we'll share and share and share alike." he said, offering me three of the bills. "Oh, I don’t need it, dear. I've plenty for today, and if there were any sudden call, Neal would let mo have"—Jim's face darkened. ‘‘Anne, you didn't mean that —so I won't let It ljurt me. I can't have you borrowing from that boy. Take these.” He tried to put three of the bills into my hand, but I shook my head In earnest protest, and fairly snatched my hand away. Finally, when I saw that It hurt him to have me refuse, I accepted two of the bills. “Babbsie!—Sister! Come on and give a fellow a good morning kiss,” came Neal’s voice through the door. *‘l wish that boy wouldn’t call you Babbsie,” Jim said, iritably—but I knew that this was only an outlet for the unhappiness it had caused him to

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kave me see how little money he had. Neal grinned up at me with the same warm-hearted affection he had shown back In the days when he was a toddling 4-year-old and I was "big sister Babbsie” ail of Sand in the dignified third grade at school. ‘Hello, Sis -do yob still kiss a fellow before his face is washed?" cried Neal 'gaily. \ f I sat down on the couch b?y his side and buried my fa'-e in the wayward curls that hadn't yet been smoothed back. How I longed to sob out some of my worry and uncertainty. But I knew that Jim would come Into the room in Just a minute—aud besides, I didn’t want to give Neal cause for asking difficult questions. He came into the room, greeted Neal with a brisk "Good morning," and hurried away without kissing me goodby. For a second Neal scowled angrily, then the twinkle came back Into his eyes, and he let the Incident pass without comment. While Neal dressed I did up our bedroom. When I got over to the bureau, there on the pincushion, with a penrlhended hatpin thrust through it, was n dollar bill and crumpled against it a slip of paper on which was written: “The lion’s share for you, sweetheart — you’re more than my better half.” I crushed the bill in my hand and set my lips to the words Jim had written. Again I wanted to cry and dared not. My boy’s generosity tortured me ©yen while It made me proud. My Jim—James Hunter Harrison, exlieutenant of the American flying forces -

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was out In the city hunting for work — and in bia pocket there were only two one-dollar bills. Had he more than that in.the world? Would he find work that day?—Copyright, 1920. (To Be Continued.) LAST NIGHTS DREAMS —And What They Mean— DID VOU DREAM OF SHIRTS? Asa general proposition the mystics look upon a dream of a shirt as a favorable omen, especially If you dream that •you are wearing a clean, new garment of that description. But the general signification is according to the oracles modified thus: if you dream that you are taking off your shirt you soon will have a quarrel, or at least a serious misunderstanding, with someone of your friends, which misunderstanding will, in all probability, be due entirely to your own lack of good nature or to some Inconsiderate action on your part. As .to a torn shirt seen In a dream the mystics are at odds concerning the interpretation; some saying that It means disappointed hopes while other* assert as positively that such n dream fortells pleasant eurprises in store for you. Still others declare a . torn shirt to he a most positive omen of good luck. To dream that you are searching for a shirt which has been lost, or mislaid, is a warning to look jvell after your buetness affairs nr you will have much trouble In straightening them out. A cotton or a linen shirt signifies more real comfort and happiness to tbs dreamer than a shirt of silk, though the latter means an Increase In wages or Increased profits In business.—Copyright, 192a

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When to Leave Don’t imagine that an Invitation to have luncheon with a friend is an Invitation to spend the day. Rome years ago when women entertained each other at luncheon it was taken for granted that the guests were expected to remain the rest of the afteruoon, leaving possibly about 5; often It was arranged to play cards after luncheon. However, times have changed, and now It is customary, even among women of leisure, to leave after a luncheon engagement before the afternoon is far spent. ‘ If you have accepted an Invitation with a friend in business to have luncheon, remember that then you should rr.rt as soon as luncheon Is over, unless It has been arranged beforehand to prolong the meeting. After a dinner engagement it is cus ternary to be more leisurely. One may accept other invitations after a luncheon engagement, but it is certainly not customary to expect to attend nth cr evening parties after a dinner Cubage ment. To be sure, among certain fashionable folk who live in a whirl of social engagements. people some times do go to balls after dinner parties, but for the average person a dinner date is enough for one evening, and unless it is part of your host or hostess’ plan to attend kome other entertainment following the dinner it would be rude for you to do so.—Copyright, 1920.

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