Show TRIBE IN DESTITUTION Commissioner Sells Orders Measures Measure o of Relief GREAT FALLS Mont Oct 23 A A hundred thousand pounds of ot beef beet an equal amount of or flour and a ton or so each of or oatmeal and condensed milk will Ibe be be bought this winter by the agent of ot I the tribe in northern Montana Authority for the purchases has been 1 Issued by Cato Sells commissioner of In Indian Indian In- In dian affairs who says Reports have reached me of ot destitution destitution destitution tion among full blood blooded cd Indians of ot the reservation originating from fromI I the extreme drought and sever winters prevailing In that section for the last I three years which caused the failure of ot otI crops and loss of ot Ih live e stock throughout the Northwest I When I visited the reservation early I in August I found a serious winter outlook outlook outlook out out- look and detailed an experienced and dependable representative with instructions instructions instructions to make a to house-to-house canvass canvass canvass can can- vass Ho lIo found conditions requiring prompt action to prevent prospective suffering suf suf- fering While the usual amount of ot subsistence subsistence ten tence c has been purchased in view of ot conditions conditions con con- on the reservation 1 immediately authorized the purchase pure of additional supplies I also directed the transfer from Crom Yakima and other schools of a large amount of subsistence supplies clothing and bedding That there might be no delay in receipt of or supplies theo thee superintendent was vas authorized to buy in open market a a. sufficient amount to meet needs need To the extent that funds and supplies are available every has been taken It It Is not our purpose to encourage the now fast vanishing ration rallon system butto but butto to the extent of or our resources we will not nol permit suffering among Indians who for I any reason are unable to provide for I themselves the necessities of life I |