Indian Reservation -Boasls Largesl Empire Wheai Field

By DAVID OANCIA

Cana lan Pres: Stall Writer

CARD TON. Alta. (AP) - The 353,000-nci'e Blood Indian reserva- tion in southwestern Alberta boasts the largest wheat field and one of the biggest piles of wheat in the British Commonwealth. but farm- ing operations among the Indians are not described as a success.

Almost 1.000.000 bushels of wheat and coarse grains lam 8" 3VH"' able storage space on the reserve.- but most of it is the result of efforts by the Blood: white neigh- bars.

A Blood who wants to start farming or ranching under the band's assistance program is re- quired to make almost no contri- bution of time. money or effort.

ON CUSTOM BASIS

Practically everything is done for him. The first thing he must do is to pick out land and have the location approved by the band's council of chiefs. The council. working with Ihdlan agency super- intendent Larry Hunter, then ar- ranges to have the farm work done for him on a custom basis.

The novice farmer is not even required to help with the work or pay to get the land tilled. seeded and the crop harvested. The cost is advanced from the band's gov- ernment-held s700,000 trust fund.

The farmer, however, gets no return on his "farming operations" until the cost of producing the crop has been paid and all grain harvested is stored in supervised bins at the reserve's farm head- quarters.

So far Indians who started farm- ing in thi sway have amassed a 3150.000 debt to the trust fund. Many of them also have bought machinery on credit but few have kept up the payments.

MANY FAILURES

In recent years about 200 Bloods were assisted to start farming in this way. About 20 are described as successful.

This is the record. despite the fact that treaty Indians are not hampered by income or land taxes,

cession duties or school taxes. There also is plenty of room for a Blood to expand his farming oper- ations. since much of the reserva- tion still is virgin prairie.

One official attributed the poor showing on the assistance venture

tbuilding houses on the reserves

to high operation costs. It was also reported that many Indian would- be farmers were tlaken for I ride" by unscrupulous machinery dul- ers who sold them equipment which could not be sold to other farmers.

The biggest grain field in the Commonwealth is part oi the G1.- 000 acres of reservation land leased to white farmers seven years ago. The operators turn over to the band a shar eof the cm!) produced and pay the band I yearly bonus on the acreage. whether the land is producing or not.

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Indians who turned from raising horses to raising cattle have on the whole been more "Ii

Rev. . E. Dewolf. principal of St. Paul's Anglican residential school. stressed the importance of a vocational training wogram for young men after they leave school to uicourage them to learn more about ranching and farming.

ll to be started on a limited sc e by the federal government this year. .Mr. Hunter said the tint .will be a two-week agricu tural school, to be conducted on the reserve some time before spring. instructors will be experts in ilflllilli and ranching iperal tiona.

If a large enough number show an interelt in this course. expecta- tions ara it will be extended to

over the subjects in more detail.

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home of Mr. and Phair, of Seal River, Cardigan North and called Emma (Mrs. Angus R. Maclfenzie). who was beloved by all, to her eternal rest.

Although in poor health for a period of years her interest in the things about her seldom waned and Christmas morning she enjoy- ed some of the beautiful gifts which her many friends and re- latives had sent. A short time lat- er she wished to rest and it was soon evident that the shadows were falling and her spirit took its flight on Decnflth at 4.15 p.m

Words cannot pay a fitting tri- bute by one who has known her and seen her beaming smile which radiated a happiness from within. Early in life she had cast her care, on her Heavenly Father and learns-cl to trust in him.

One could always tell Emma

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their joys cares or sorrows. She

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Ilwavn had the right advice. me Rght simmer. the right smile and MRS. ANGUS R. MICKENZIE poxspsgl

The angel of death visited ihcliifted onc's burden.

3' Fight something so few people

Just to be in her presence

She has many rewards waiting

ii" her”. When there was illness

Emma was called. when. death.

Ncidcnl. want or need arose, she

was always there. Emma attend 0d the sick and prepared the dead for burial She bound up the woundsoi many and fed the hun- Bry while her right hand knew not what her left hand did,

Truly. she fulfilled the statement of her Saviour "As much as ya do it unto one of the least of these W children. ye do it unto me:

it was fitting for the younger men of the setlement to be her Dali hearers as shewvas always ni- tennsted in the welfare of the young. This was proven by her fif- teen .Vcat's teaching in the district sclv is and her many years devo- tion to her task of superin' ling the Sumln) St-lmol. Many lOW grown old can look back to the lessons taught by Emma in the

It has been estimated that individ- ual Bloods will not a total of about 3100.000 from the sale of cattle this year.

Mr. Hunter described the reser- vation land as more suitable ior ranching than farming. He fell grain farming should not be ex- panded and that an effort should be made to expand ranching oper- ations.

About 4,000 cattle now graze on the reserve. but experts estimate it could support three to four times the number.

It's just as easy for a Blood to start ranching as it is to start farming. Each year the band coun- cll decides how many bred cows can be spared from the band herd and donates them in groups of five to prospective ranchers.

Repayment is easy-the rancher returns to the band herd one steer calf for every bred cow he has received until the five animals hav been repaid. The cattle are allowed to graze anywhere on the reservation, but usually whn his herd gets bigger. the rancher fences off a section for his range.

SHOULD LEAVE TOWNS

"The Blood Indians will never become ranchers or farmers if they continue to live close to town," said Rev. M. LaFrance, an oblate missionary who has worked among Indians for about 15 years.

"The government and the band council should adopt I policy of

where the Indians claim to have their land."

Nixon First Republican Choice Alter Eisenhower

By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON (CPI-Vice-Pram

ident Richard M. Nixon is regarded as the man to beat for the Repub- lican presidential nomination if Dwight D. Eisenhower steps down from the presidency.

'2-spite I hard core of opposition to him existing within his own party the boyish-looking and ambi- tious Nixon appears to be firmly entrenched as the pariy'a first choice - after Eisenhower - when the Republicans select their nan- didate ln San Francisco next August.

Tlhile there are strong arguments for and against Nixon as the party standard-bearer. he does enjoy high esteem among some of the main Republican leaders and has enhanced his prestige in recent months through his conduct during President Eisenhower's illness.

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One disadvantage cited by some Republicans is Nixon's compar- ative youth-he has Just turned 43. They say a man so young just isn't good presidential timber. But others say that Nixon has displayed a lot of political wisdom in his lic life. or those 10 years, he lpellt six in Congress-four in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate.

some element in the party also have expressed doubt as to the sincerity of Nixon's political con- victions. His public career, they say. in full of contradictions. At times, he has been for iaolatlonism; at other times. tutu ationalism has been his viewpoint. On dom- estic issues.he has ranged from conservatism to liberalism.

HOSTILITY AT HOME Another problem facing the party

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Emma was a great lover of flow-3, us nnd her garden was a haven to many. Could she have spoken, she would have been happy to agree to the sending of the basket; or flowers to the hospital for the liv- ing to enjoy since her grave could hold no more of the beautiful floral tributes.

She was born August 2, law, in New Perth, daughter of James and Ann (Richards) McLean. Her hus- bind. Alli-lus R. MacKenzie pre- deceased her by three years. She leaves to mourn two daughters. Chrinty. Mrs. Fred Keegan. Dor. cllester. Mass, and Anna. Mrs. Ciillde Pilaif. Cardigan North. also' two sons. Cotter and Arthur both of Durchester, Mass.. seven grand. children. 4 great grandchildren, a brother, Thomas R. MCLBHD, Kin- ross. a sister Anne, Mrs. Sydney Whidden, San Francisco, Califor- nia. and a nephew Joseph Allen. who resided with her.

Aficr a short scrucr at the home where tlu- iaxnrllr hymn. ”Thc Lord is ll) Shc1)hm(l' was

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It-u,.thenn0,e' he 1, we" liked by managers is the hostility towards Eisenhower, who personally se-imwn "mm? Pmy iwde” in M” leded Nixon 85 his mnmm. mate home state of California. Both 1,, 1953, mm this Wm cmy wme:Callfornia Governor Goodwin .1. weight with the rank and file of Knllhf Ind sew", WWW 1'- pm-gy d,1,.,;,,. buying the 1”; Know and. the states senior sen- year or ao. Eisenhower has given W": 1”” ""1? 5” "'3'" ”' um” Nixon more and more jobs of the dim ' 0i u” '"-9'P'"id”t- "prestige" type. such as i him to preside over the federal cabinet and the national security council, which is a sort of super- cablnet in the Eilenhowu adminis- tration.

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Powevsr. there is no middle-of the-road feeling toward the smil- ing Californian. Politicians - and people-either like him or they

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