The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1926, Page 14

AGE FOURTEEN \ RANCHER GETS | FIVE MONTHS mhandle Cattle Man Clings to Old Pipe Despite Sud- den Wealth This is the last (Editor’s : by Charles M. Hall N three arti P atest oil field in the world is; lieved to be developing. na modest way. He} able herd of tle for the simple e land in the terribly valuable Mr. Whittenburg raised ith varying su prospering ildly in good years and skimping | lightly in bad ones. inhandle. : Further, they found oil on—or nder—Whittenburg’s barren acres. The cattle were shooed off to the |sentatives. ockyards. Fifty gaunt derricks | re raised where they had grazed pe lines crossed the rolling prai- 8. Quarters were hurriedly built house workers. Worth $40,000,000 And now Whittenburg has be- een $40,000,000 and $60,000,000, ar. His land, which five months pt be bought now for $40,000,000. But all of this has changed the n not a bit. He is still a famil- figure on the streets of Pan- mdle towns, smoking the same d pipe he has enjoyed for years d apparently almost unconscious his wealth. Because his health is not perfect, has his son, George, handle the usiness. George Whittenburg, ho has a wife and 13 children has ioved from the ranch to a very odest home in Amarillo. They ed in a hotel for a while, but one hild caught the whooping cough d another fell down a flight of irs; so they got a home of their Mrs. Whittenburg says they may e a trip to Florida or Califor tt that they will buy a ran pmewhere in Texas and resume he business of raising cattle, Her nddenly acquired wealth pleases chiefly for one reason—her ¢ n can be given good educatior In marked contract ‘to this sud- tion in 19 c ithe title to this land and my con- . A. Whittenburg was | 17", ed to a mittee Indian lands in northern D: \° tu cattle 'rore the sub-comn ques jman, und the de ae willing t And then they found oil in the | formatio this subj o was just a cattle range could | cents pe! . by those who were factors in sam (CREEL RELATES EARLY HISTORY OF | Teese fE BISMARCK TRIBUNE setting sun,” and after the treaty| was concluded in the main essen- PUA ECR SANTO trae ate " * @MTURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1998 . Hy OLD BUT’ RUGGED Bi fe ctows BANANAS Junction City, Kans—John_ Seott, i tials-they said that they might get TURTLE MOUNTAIN REGION IN NORTH sctree"Ssey"desifed permission to (By H. M. When inspecting Mountain Chippewa Indian re a retrospective v of the contention of nection led me to add to my report of the vents his vast ter written it led to the! tor ave the honor ( of y ¢ , c ’ questing t irs, to give to the unceded | { nt Creel is now in the! om leave of absence, and would loubtedly cheerfully appear be ttee upon a to that effect from the chair- rtment is very have him give such inl is in his power on| The letter was addressed to Hon. R. F, Pettigrew, house of repre- Trip Cost $3,500 I went to Washington on the above mission in the winter of 1882, and before leaving for Washington, | a large meeting of settlers on this disputed land was held at Lamor- eaux postoffice at the east end of Devils Lake, where a resolution was ; unanimously passed to pay me 50 re by each settler when he made final proof if I suceceded | in opening up the land for settle- ment, and to have all future set- tlers do the same if possible. This agreement if carried out would en-| title me to approximately $4,-| 750,000, as most of the land is proved up. It needless to say that I never received one cent, nor did I ever ask for it. The trip cost me $3,500. Most of my old friends of those stirring ear lays are gone and with them the old Ingians who; once hunted over this vast domain. It is a great heritage that future generations will receive, and I trust that they may faithfully and most loyally cary on the great work that initiated years ago, not only the white people but the Indians, come good and useful citizens, It is well record events inci- dent to the settlement of a sta and to this end Fsubmit the follow iz to future generations that th en affluence is the story of W. H. lolmes. Holmes is the pioneer perator of the whole Panhandle Id. But riches dodged him con- stently, and he is only now bring- pg in his first well, after ha: pent $48,000. Real wer, seems to be heading his at last. One remarkable feature of the Id here is the “shooting” of wells increase production. By explod- a charge of nitroglycerin inside well production can be jumped om 60 barrels a day to several Most of this shooting is done by ne Tex Thornton. Thornton is a heerful, sunny chap, but he flirts ith death oftener, perhaps, than other man in America, ‘o begin with, he carries many warts of nitroglycerine about in cans, loaded into his fliver. A of just 28 pounds will explode ; charges, and the roads are tty rough. Tex is, of necessity, driver. x ‘ He'll Only Miss Once — In. shooting a well he simply nds a can of nitroglycerine down he shaft to the required depth and plodes it by dropping a weight it—or by use of a time fuse. is is easy except that sometimes he flow of gas sends the can back p again and tosses it 10 or 15 feet p the air. Such cans Tex must h in the air, for if they hit he ground they would get that B-pound jar and Tex would visit eral. widely paparsted parts of at once. But Tex catches hem—at least, he always has so He will never miss more than His most exciting days was hen two cans came back up at ce. He caught the first, slipped nd fell, and just had time to set it D carefully before reaching up nd grabbing the other. Probably never before in the his- ry of the oil business has there na field that gave such bene- to the small operator and small pany. The territory is simply vast for the major companies corner. zhey only. buy snogh “protect themselves in case o! discoveries. eed and Closed - Cars Change Autos Increased speed jd closed, cars which in the car have given ile manufacturers a problem uction, ding to and non-amplifying | would have passed with good ma- help solve the prob-| jority, but some fool member from! ity are now ,con: ¢|}too low down on calendar, unani-' may know the history of thei and, ing the many trial: hardships that the early settlers to endure, make them more and faithful to the duties of their everyday life now and in the future. In nection with the this band of Indi: (Chippewas) it might not be out of place to re- ew their history and struggles to sh themselves in this coun- try ds my connection with this contention since 1880, It should be teresting to anyone interested in this subject. Surveyed De In 1880 an off alry on detached service as en officer for the Ft. Totten Military District, I surveyed Devils Lake. The fine agricultural lands | north and west of this lake attra ed my attention. On inquiry why it was not settled I was told it was Chippewa land. I wrote to the Hon. Geo, W. Mannapenny, my father’ commissioner of indian affairs, as to the status of this land, and re- ceived from him a long letter on this subject. Later after corr ponding with Senator William Win: dom of Minnesota, also Hon. F. R. Pettigre delegate from Dakota Territory in the house of represen- tatives, later was a witness before both houses of congress on the proposition to open up this land for settlement, believing then, as I do same. Under letter dated Feb. 14, 1882, from Hon. H. Price, Indian com- missioner to the Hon. secretary of interior department i nar-| the I north to Stump rt on} 7 now, that these Indians claiming | this land had no valid claim to! $40,000,000 IN Dakota AND CHIPPEWA INDIAN BARD that the land could be. opened up or Teller wi ented to him, and he susta in my position. The bound nd in question we low: mmencing at Aspen Ts- und or Poplar Grove on the Shey- nne River south of Lake of the Stumps tump Lake, pr nce north- H. M. CREEL east to headwaters of Salt River, now known as Forest River, thence due north to the international boundary line, thence west along said international boundary line to La Roche Percee, (Rock with a hole in it), west of the west branch‘ of Mouse River, thence south by west to Gunshot Sound headwater of La Riviere Couteau (Knife River), thence in a southerly direction to Dogs Den (Maison Du Chien), thence east to west end of Devils Lake, thence along south short of id lake to eastern extremity of Said lake, thence in a southeasterly direction to Aspen Island, point of beginning, containing 9,500,000 acres ef land. My position was sustained, and July 4, 1882, it was decided to open this land by executive order (proc- ). jam: Withdrawn From Settlement On December 21, 1882, a tract of land in the body of land just refer- red to by me, situate in the vicinity of Turtle Mountains, 32 miles from who have had every ihcentive and|north to south by 24 miles by east also aid by the government to be-jto west was withdrawn from. set- tlement by executive order, with the view to secure land upon which the te;Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians—so-called—might be sever- lly located either upon tracts al- ady improved or settled upon by individual Indians or upon lands to be allotted. March 29, 1884, an executive order restored to the pul domain all the above tract just cited as ved for the Indians except + later amended rder under date of , 1884, substituting tow € -Shell’s Band at the ti HUNT on lands LYING NORTH AND WEST OF DEVILS LAKE. That it was never thought, hinted or suggested during the time these negotiations were pending that these Indians had, or presented any pxecttive one claims to the ownership of the land west of the boundary of the lands they ceded, Claimed Land Because They Had Hunted There ‘ Mr. Wheelock also claimed that Governor Ramsey, due’ to lapse of time, was mistaken as to some lat- ter. statements made by the gover- nor relative to the claims of Little e the treaty was effected in 1863. In my mind there is no doubt but what these ndians having on various occasjons hynted on the lands in question after reflection and knowledge of ies of other tribes of Indians, name- ly the Cut Head (Parboxi Santee Sioux Indians, and the Fort Berthold Indians and the Poplar Creek Sioux, finding there were no Indian claimants to this vast terri- tory in question thought it would ve a good thing to lay claim to all these lands simply because at in- frequent intervals they had hunted over same and due to great distan- ces from their original habitat in Minnesota had established’ semi- permanent camps at times in the furtle Mountains to obtain shelter and fuel, perhaps at the time doubt- ful if their claims would be recog- nized. Indians other than these Chippewas might have with equal propriety laid claims to these lands, nee they had already been provided or. In view of the foregoing in my opinion the title was not “imper- fect,” but absolutely void. How- ever, at the present time all tl a closed chapter. The old Indians of former years as well'as their white compatriots have passed over to the great beyond. ‘ ‘WEARS HOBBLE London—A business man, walking hobbled through Leicester Square, at- tracted quite a crowd recently. The wearer explained that the hobble was the invention of a young naval of- ficer and that by its use walking and running are accelerated 25 per cent. The hobble is merely an elastic strip. * _ White gold became popular in the jewelry trade about six years ago, al- though it had been seen occasionally, for many years previously. the eastern and northern boundar- | * (Issued by H. 0. Herbrandson, agricultural statistician, (Grand Forks.) . North Dakota (western) — Not in many years has North D: a experi- enced such dry and windy weather as was experienced during the month of May, 1926. Fortunately during the last week of May.and t few days of June, some Yain was received which wi ve great benefit onthe range grasses that we being reported short in all counties. Up to this time feed has been plentiful, although the water holes were becom- ing low when the recent rain3 re- lieved this situation, Cattle and sheep are in good shape. South Dakota (western)—Ranges show much improvement since late May rain, but central sections need more tain. Shortage in water supply has been relieved. Hay crop shorter than 1. Calf and lamb crop shows ¢: percentage. Not much wool or lambs contracted. Montana—Ranges excellent with ae cline in eastern third of state general improvement in other sec- tions. Cattle and sheep in excellent condition. Calf crop very good. Lamb crop best in years, shearing well under way with the limited amount of wool sold. Western Livestock And Range Report Livestock and ranges in the range country continue in unusually good condition, with a large lamp crop, good prospects for a calf crop ac- cording’ to the monthly livestock and range report issued by the United sion of crop and livestock =k Ranges Ranges in the southwest are the best in years and the supply of feed in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona promises to be good throughout the summer. Pastures in Oklahoma have improved, but dry conditions in west- ern Kansas and Nebraska have held down the supply of grass. Ranges in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado are reported excellent with ‘good prospects for summer feed. The dry situation in the western Dakotas, Rastern Montana and northeastern | Wyoming was relieved by rain late in May but is still short on moisture. CONDITION, cee 1, first) ranges RANGE AND LIVESTOCK REPORT JUNE 1 || In the region west of the Continental Divide, Idaho reports need of rain, | while on the high ranges of Oregon and Washington short snow fall has lout the supply of moisture. Feed |prospeets in Utah and Nevada are jexcellent’ but rain wi be’ needed \later for summer ranges. California are very good with good |prospects on high summer ranges. The condition of the ranges is placed lat 95 per cent of normal compared twith 94 per cent last month, 86 a year ago, and 84 per cent two years ago. ‘ Cattle Cattle in the western country are generally ‘reported as in good to ex- cellent condi: Cattle wintered in good shape and spring feed. has been good so gains have heen above average. In the southwest cattle are in the best shape in years with pros- pects of the cattle moving during the summer being in unusually good flesh. The calf crop to date has been above average except in a few places that were dry last season. Local demand for stock . cattle much stronger than a year ago with prices considerably stronger. The con- dition of cattle is 95 per cent of nor- mal compared with 94 per cent last month, 87 per cent a year ago and 90 per cent two gene ago. ry é ep Sheep conditions in the west are most :fayprable,. ewes wintered in good: shape and weather conditions have ‘been very favorable for lambing. The lamb crop seems to be very large and with good feed the lambs are making a rapid growth. Lamp con- tracting has been rather limited with a few of the more desirable feeder lambs being contracted around 10 cents. During May wool sales were limited following considerable selling earlies. Wool prices have generally ranged from 30 to 35 cents with slightly higher prices in Texas. ‘Cons siderable wood will be consigned un- less buying becomes more active. Summer feed prospects for sheep are very good. The condition of sheep and lambs is placed at 99 per cent, teh same as last manth. compared with 95 per cent last year and ‘95 per cent two years ago. 1926—100—NOMAL Lye anges Cattle Sheep id 2 rr S 8 S ry E} = #82 8 8 & ° ° Pare es, me 3 ge eccie -ere at ai 2 meee) eee eek oe See) North Dakota (western. 78 84 86 84 ag 90° 89 «(93 South Dakota (western. 83 83 89 689) «(90 92 90 O84 ea 0. 103 te 105. 101 104 104 106 path t fei te Ae 95 I 98 101 101 99 «104 Ot ie Sens ay 94 87 99 Agricultural Statist Warrensburg, Mo.—The gardener at | the Teachers’ |b Nbv of raising bananas. school greenhouses he also has pro- | supp “uct igs, oranges, lemons and | unaided, grapefruit. farm, College here has a who was 101 years old on May 20, In the|started to get his supply of fuel by felling a large tree, He operates a small truck next winter's A Clean Motor is a MORE Perfect Motor The Penetrating Vapor of the AIR MIST SYSTEM Flushes out every particle of Dirt and Grease . and makes your motor look like new and last longer. ‘ DRIVE IN TODAY and have your motor cleaned—your money back if , you don’t think it’s worth it. Lahr Motor Sales Company We Service Speedometers (any make) Storage Batteries Electric Generators Starting Motors GOODYEAR TIRES EXPERT VULCANIZING Accessory Service Station First Door North Lahr Motor Sales Co. 162, north range 70 w. f R. 71 west, which const the present reservation, of Turtle Mountain Chippewas. Under the treaty of December 3, 1902, approved October 8, 1904, this band of Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indians was granted besides the tion of two townships above funds and privileges tl allottees on the reservatt townshi| and in kota, to clair of charitable donations. doubt, however. | Defining The Western Boundary 1863, made at Red Lake Riy Minnesota, Oct |Ramsey and As the interior, he said in pa have the honor to acknowledge the receipt by your reference for re. port of a letter dated Dec. 29, 1881, from Lieut. H. M. Creel, of the requests that he may be advised expedient. The object of the writer, Lieut-) enant Creel, apears to be to secure legislation fooking to tht extin- guishment of the Indian . title; (which he claims is very imperfect | at best) to a vast area of country! lying in the northern part of the; Territory of Dakota.” (It failed to pass because it was| + mous consent being asked and North Carolina tacked on a rider, which prevented consideration at id many changes are pi weer. senstrurtige to these irements. Cre rays, hat ape of the results y aracteri: e the “iased body ‘and the higher Sighways’ ie. the. growing Wetarity of the six-cylinder engine "tha low-priced field. : e Fi 0 Neb.—Weston Wiswall lent two nights for stealing a automobile. Wiswall . Mr, fed, Pinaily Mes, ‘Wis- her husband missing; found. that time of this bill.) Took Lunch With President Arthur Failing to secure action on a bill: penn this land for settlement I en in company with Senators Plumb and Cockrell, and Represen- tative “Sunset” Cox, a classmate of my father’s, was fortunate enough to take lunch with President Arthut ‘at the White House, after luncheon T told bim that as he had extended my leave of absence over the head of the general of the army 20 days, I had failed in securing this that I had a brief which xpressed status of the land claimed by Little Shell’s Band of Turtle Mountain | Indians, of said commission, after- or of the St. Paul Pioneer ress, that when the Pembina and | wards ‘Red Lake Bands of Chippewa I ‘dians ceded all their right and title army, addressed to Hon. William 'to certain lands situate in the state Windom of the senate, who, in re-!of Minnesota and Territory of Da- ferring the same to the department, |kota defining , this athe western boundary of ich was the eastern boundary of whether any action touching the ‘said tract of land that § was try- land therein referred to is desirable, | and if so, what legislation would,'they in in the view of the department, be | boundary; by inference acknowledg- ‘ed it to be the western boundary of ing to open up for settlement, that western i, authority to file on vacant government land free of charge to them and still share in all tribal same as mn proper, ting of two aforesaid named also received $1,000,000, urn this band of Indians irst cousin, and former jceded all their right and title to any land in the state of North Da- This closed the contest as of this band, and in the -i future any moneys appropriated by congress for these Indians will be purely gratuitous and in the nature That they jmust have some aid before they can become self-sustaining there is no I have always contended, and still maintain, that under the treaty of old crossing of for life — Prince Albert is cool as a dip in the lake. No matter how hard you drive it, you never burn out a bearing. Itissweet = * as a check in the morning’s mail. Fra- grant, . too, like fresh-picked flowers. TWO months ago, I would'have told you that I was pretty well satisfied with my smoking tobacco. I didn’t know Prince Albert then! Gee, what a lot of tricks I missed without even knowing it. Never 400] Lmcteq B.A. be sald sverywhere tn tidy 00 all lands to which they made claim. At the time of this treaty in 1863, Little Shell’s Band of 371 Indians was in Pembina county, Dakota Territory, within ceded land. Lit- tle Shell also signed. this treaty equiescing in the terms and object ‘or which it was negotiated. _ For some time it had been the intention to consolidate these In- dians and it was expected that Lit- tle Shell’s Band would remove to ‘ White Earth reservation, where one jtownship was bought for the Pem- bina Band of Chippewas, and, still remains as such, except that these| ‘| \Indians others on this reserva. tion have been disposseased of most of their holdings through the Clapp act. More land on this reservation was obtainable for the allotment of| | this Pembina Band if required,- Mr. Joseph A. Wheelock, secre- tary of the commission that = | tiated the 1863 treaty above pe red to, came out in a longs eaitariat in the St. Paul Pioneer when T was Prossenting. tay claims to! secure the opening of the 9, acres of land, tating in Little ‘Shells Bund; coded af tena] 's A all land: not, reserved by them “weat ta the|that when thi . re : ° 2. 4 p> Roary Eeedlcgerred r= mind. I’m making up for lost time now. Fragrant in the tin, and fragrant as you _ Sit spotgnmeinentt top, dee My jimmy-pipe is working double shifts. smoke it. Real tobacco, I tell you. * Semaned bythe Prince Albert prone I load up the minute breakfast is cleared away and hit it up from then until “lights out.” That’s one of the fine things about Prince Albert. You never _ , tite of #t. Each pipe-load: tastes better : than the last, if such ‘a thing is possible. me, why don’t:you try Prince Albert? I know I'm set for life now. ' Pil guarantee you'll be glad'you did. Maybe you think you are all set in the matter of » 1 wouldn’t stop — there. Because, if you. haven’t smoked P. A., your best bet is still to be collected. On my says, and that of millions like —no other tobacco is Vike itl, .