for the first time since the amend
ment was adopted, we have a dry
President. For the first time the
amendment is going' to have a
chance.
The contention that the Alaska
prohibition law and the Volstead Act
are in conflict is without founda
tion. Able attorneys who have work
ed for prohibition enforcement, for
the past five years, under the two
laws, so assert.
In view of the above, the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union of Alas
ka protest against any movement
looking toward the repeal of the
Alaska prohibition law. It was never
the intent of the Eighteenth Amend
ment that enforcement should be
lelt entirely with the Federal forces.
It could have been done that way,
but why duplicate all state and
local officials with another set . f
officials from the Federal Govern
ment? Why the unnecessary ex
pense? Concurrent enforcement was
planned in the interests of economy.
Only two states are without State
enforcement codes. Why should ours
be repealed? New York repealed
hers and achieved nothing but the
reputation of being the most law
less spot on the face of any civilized
country.
Respectfully submitted for your
consideration,
MRS. MARGARET K. HARRAIS,
Mrs. Margaret Keenan Harrais,
President Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union of Alaska.
U. S. SUPPORT DENIED
20 INDIGENT INDIANS
The penalty of civilization came
down heavily on 20 old and indigent
Indians who will not be allowed any
support from the Federal govern
ment under the terms of a decision
handed down by Acting- Comptroller
General Lurtin R. Ginn.
“Where the Indian has no prop
erty held in trust,” the acting- comp
troller said, “has never lived on an
Indian reservation, belongs to no
tribe with which there is an existing
treaty, has adopted the habits of civ
ilized life ai d has become a citizen
of the United States by virtue of
an act of Congress, there would ap
pear to be no relations of guardian
and ward existing between him and
the government.”
He ruled that government money
can not be expended on these in
gent Indians. They must be cared
for by the state or county the same
as other old and indigent citizens,
it was said.
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HALF OUR STATES AND
MANY RIVERS HAVE
INDIAN NAMES
Waylyattanong might r.ot have been
an effective name for a great auto
mobile center, yet it is the one with
which we would have associated a
motor industry of world-wide re
nown had the French not left the
less jaw-breaking name of Detroit.
The Indian name is more poetical,
“where the river bends,” while De
troit, interpreted, m cans “the
straits.”
The Indians used many beautiful
place names, usually figurative and
descriptive. Surely the Mississippi is
“father of waters” and Niagara “the
thunder of waters,” Shenandoah is
the “sprucy stream,” and Suwanee
“the echo river.”
As the canoe was the favorite
Indian mode of traveling, the./ +ook
pains to name all waters, and those
designations have stuck. The Mis
souri, meaning “muddy waters”; the
Potomac, “they are coming by
water”; Rappahannock, “where the
tide ebbs and flows”; Allegheny,
“the fairest stream,” and Ohio, the
“beautiful stream.” The meaning of
Monongahela is more elaborate and
less attractive, “high banks breaking
off in some places and falling down,”
while Chickamauga is “river of
death.”
Meaning of State Names
Many states and cities bearing
Indian names derive them from these
rivers, though having no connection
with them. Amorg names whose
real meaning is disreputable is that
of Chicago. Some assert it means
“pole cat” and others “wild onion”;
neither has a particularly alluring
smell. Hoboken is “smoke”; Mauch
Chunk, “at the bear’s mountain”;
Oswego, “flowing out”, while Schen
ectady is “beyond the pines.”
One-half of the states have In
dian lames. Massachusetts means
“land around the hills.” Illinois is
the name of a tribe; Iowa was a
term applied to the Sioux Indians,
once frequenting that region, and is
interpreted as “drowsy.” Wisconsin
means a “rushing channel,” Ken
tucky “at the head of the river.” Ala
bama is “land of rest”; Wyoming,
“great plains”; Kansas, “smoky wa
ters”, and Idaho “gem of the moun
tains.” Dakota was also applied to
the Sioux and means “banding to
gether.”
Lakes bearing Indian names in
clude Ontario, “the beautiful lake”;
Michigan, “the great water”; Chesa
peake Bay, “at the great salt water,”
and Saginaw, “at the mouth,” the
name having been given originally
to the bay at the entrance of the
liver.—N. Y. Times.
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