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American Indians Are Staging A Come-Back Figures Slum I'd/inliitii'ii f.tiiniiii; Sh nilily and lUv l\ftl Mail Is \i> Li'!i;:fr ti Ittncr imil II urriur. lint n I si 'fill l> ii rhvr anil (,uod i.ilizftt Washington, October 21# ? Like I his old friend, the huftulo, the Amer-1 lean Indian is making a come I back. Figures recently punounced I by the Bureau of Indian Affairs I show our American Indian popula- I tion is now 344.3ij3, a gain of 1,14 4 over last year. fl "Not only last year, but fur thirty I years, the red men have steadily been 1 gaining on their death rate." says a bulletin from the Washington D. C. I headquarters of the National Geo- I graphic Society. "Today then* are six Indians per 1 square mile oti reservations which I comprise an area not much smaller I than that of all New Kngiand. Ac cording to the h?-st est I ai a ten avail- I able there was an average of only I one Indian for every three square I miles when white people first came I to American shor**.*. If only two- I thirds of the United States were oc cupied by red skins at the present reservation population rate, there | would be 12,000.000 Indians in the United States today. Aboriginal Population Snuill "Massasoit gave the Pilgrim fath ers corn, but the fact Is that Maswts olt and his kith and kin lived for the most parts by products of the . chase. Deer, buffalo, bear, and rabbit Were their pork and i7e?T7 and berries and nuts were there pota toes. Even verdant America could not support an intense population - living In?thin- fashion. Th? total, Indian population at the time Co-1 lumbus landed at San Salvador Is ?et at about 846.000. If all the tribes, from the Pacific to the At lantic, and from the Gulf to the Oreat Lakes, hud assembled at one great meeting. they would have made up a community not so large as Detroit and only a few thousand greater than Cleveland or Boston. "White men's guns decimated aome tribes, disease, dissipation and epidemics which came with the white men spread death morn surely. Small-pox epidemics swept through ! the western tribes three times be tween 1781 and 1837 with more fatal result than the influenza plague of 1918. A peculiar fever killed * 70,000 Indians In California and Oregon In one year. By IS80 the Indian population represents an in crease of nearly 100,000 in thirty years. Richest Group On Knrlli "One American Indian tribe today Is the richest people on the face of | the earth. Beneath the lands of ; Osage Indian trj'jo in Oklahoma oil i was discovered. Their wells proj duce $00,000,000 worth of oil annu ally* and Uncle Same, who handles the business for his n 1 brother, distributes to each member of the tribe from $10,000 to $ 12.000 each year. In 1922 more than 29,000.000 barrels of oil wer produced on Osage lands. Partial adaptation to the white' man's way and care hy L'ncle Sam are responsible for the increase In Indian population. The redman may atlll be a hunt r. hill the visitor to a reservation will find the red skin useful as well as noble. He is often t* rancher, dairy farmer, girdener,, weaver, pottery maker, ruginakeyM poultry raiser, typist, bookkeeper, miner, lumberer, guide, and lie even clips coupons. I Two Hundred Tribes Salvaged ! "Out of the ruin of Indian civiliza tion more than 200 tribes have been salvaged. These tribes are lodged on nearly 200 reservations varying from tiny ranclierles In Cal ifornia to the great Navajo reserva tion in Arizona and New Mexico' r larger than the State of Maryland. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Is their guardian. It is a government by Itself, having a cabinet of six commissioners, and undertaking all encompassing activities typical of which are a probate court, trust company, public roads commission, orphan asylum, town buildinK. and operation of a philanthropic asso ciation, bank, and employment agency. "Recently the red man once more daubed himself with garish war ,palnt, dressed himself in oil his feathers, and hit the war path. Tlfe path led to Hollywood and the In dians broke Into the movies. l'ncle flam gave permission for the Shos honl and Arapaho tribe* of the Wind River reservation in Wyoming to go to the movie city to be used in the making of pictures. Gelfand*s R e 1 i s 1i and Mayonnaise at all good grocers. Just Received A New I>??t of ;!; GOLD MEDAL, ballards and X TECO BUCKWHEAT f and PANCAKE X FLOUR X Fresh I 'egetahlet and fruits % J. W. Shann?'iilioimo & Son PHONE 1S7 Opera Star Forms Her Own Company FLORENCE MACBEVH To tie of royal blood and a famous o<>rra ?tar it not enough fur Florence MacU-th of the Chicago operatic forces, who hai now become an im prcsario, -formed her own company and is planning to tour tb? United States with the opera "The Secret of Suzanne." Other women before her, like Mary Garden, have achieved distinction by directing an opera com pany. By promoting the company in which she will be the principal factor, Miss Macbeth has gone further than ?her contemporaries Present Portrait Judge Montgomery Exercises To Be Held Tuesday "Morning In Supreme Court Chambers In Raleigh Italeigli, Oct. 20.?A portrait of the Into Judge Walter A. Montgom ery, unsocial*1 Justice-of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1K!I4 to 1004. will be prosmffd to the State by the late jurist's family with Appropriate exercises in th?* Supreme Court chamber at 10 o'clock Tues rilay moriilnu. Thirston T. Hicks. Henderson at torney, will make the address of nn-Kentation. Mrs, Montgomery, j widow of Associate Justice Mont gomery; Dr. Walter A. Montgomery, professor of Latin at William and Mary Cnllegi', a son; and Miss lletsy Montgomery, of Ilalelgti. a daughter, arc expect# d to attend, besides a Mill TIKES Oliltli'ld hlid Michel In ? Ih< beat tire* for tlie inone) in\e*ie<l. Economy Tire Co, A BATTERY rtint will crank your car Win ter iiihI Summer FOlt $16.00 i iliarcil and t fiuomthln |>rlre PHONE 497 Itntterie* i liarcd ami relmilt at reasonable |>rlre*. number of citizens of Raleigh and 1 from out of town. The iKirtrait recently was com pl? l?'d by Ccbhard, of Washin&tou. I). C. Jnd;:e Montgomery was born ? at Wuri'iitou, North Carolina. Kebru ury 17. hlj. As a lad of hi y?*r? ! ?? cnliiit.'d in Company K? North Carolina Cavalry, the army o? 11:?* Conf* d? rary, and fouuht for th? cause of tlm South dtirinu the War Between the States, in which lie par ticipated in many of the major bat tJen and received two wounds. After the war lie *tudi?d at War-' ronton Academy. In 1KC7 he waa_ admitted to the bar. For several years he practiced law at Memphis.I Tennessee, but the r*??t of his life wan spent in North Carolina. ?V vacancy occuring in the Su pieuif Court in 1891. Juriue Mont gomery was.ylected to fill it. In l*i)6 he was elected to a full term "t elulit iears. NEW FALL STYLES AKKIVING DAILY Owens Shoe Company lllntou Uuildlng rcr 71 S'cars the name Studcbaker has stood ?cr the best in trans portation, value and t^?a!5ty of product 1924 MOOEL3 AN ^ PRICES-f. o. b. facto SPfeClAi.SIX factory L.I.M 51X ~1 5pIc5m.SK BICTBT i tr w b 4" H P T'.uru w i WJ O PUI ) 9 S i'aupr*Pi (J H-m )UJS Coup* (S-Pka.) ? 1 ITS issn 5 Pw. , 119 ' W B. 50 H P. 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Try the experiment? make a baking from each? convince yourself. You will find the baking made from flour and baking powder far more attractive in appearance. It will raise higher? retain its full food value and taste better. For best results, do not fail to use Calu met, the Economy Baking Powder, and a reliable brand of plain flour. Just think of it?the sale of Calumet is times as much as that of any other brand. It contains only such ingredients as have been officially approved by the United States Food Authorities. It is pure and sure. You save when you buy it?you save when you use it. PACKED IN TIN -KEEPS STRENGTH IN FOR HIGHEST MARKET PRICES t \ Ship COTTON To i f WINBORNE & CO. !; NORFOLK, VIRGINIA \ [ 5 r. Tliey pay drafts for 90 per cent on cotton to he j: nold on arrival and 75 per cent if to he stored. !] Try The Advance For Job Printing HEATERS AND COOK STOVES This season our li"e of stoves is larger than ever, better than ever, and the various designs in Heaters and grates are s"re to please. We carry the well known Columbian and Loth Heaters and (he Great Magic Ranges. OUR PRICES ARE SATISFACTORY QUINN FURNITURE COMPANY The "Q" In Quinn Stands For Quality
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