Show womb 0 jah Y az N 0 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON DE 1110 day jayla la marci marc i the scene Is I 1 lk D a A little group of indian chiefs arrayed itt all their tribal finery la is holding a council with the rock frock coated depre senta tIves of the great white F father ather the business at band la Is a aa treaty and a cession of lands owned by y the people whom these chiefs chief a rep 4 resent the omaha indians indiana who 11 live V beyond the missouri river in that jy vast ast empire known vaguely as the great west and when the last formalities have been completed anu and the he chiefs have made their marks under the sIgna signatures turee on the parch nent ment the have ceded all their heir lands west of the missouri and mouth auth of a line running due west from depoint he point where the iowa river leaves the he bluffs retaining their lands north of t this line fora for a reservation and P 6 J DR RICHARD TANNER 71 DIAMOND that marked one of the the great state of nebraska came into being now 75 years year slater later the citizens 1 of f nebraska are preparing to celebrate t e with parade and pageant pagen nt with air circus and military maneuvers and with many another contrast between the old and the new the diamond jubilee of the Com busker stae on november bera 6 6 had and 7 T nebraskans Nebra ns as well as residents of every state la in the union will gather in omaha tor for the celebration which la Is being held there because calik omaha was the first territorial capital and ana which Is a sponsored by omaha civic interests who have co contributed n tri buted more than for ne brai braskas kiis geenty fifth birthday party it will be held in con conjunction unction with the ak ab sar ben llva live stock and corse show november ato 1 to 8 Is considered one of 0 the finest of its alta kind in 1 tl the e midwest mid west and which Is attended by stoc stockmen kmen from all parts of the united states but the treaty with the omaha indians that handed over to the white men the land which was to become this chis fertile commonwealth Is not the only event that makes this thlu benenty seven fifth anniversary celebration a particularly ticul arly arIy fitting one acquired by the united states as a part of tile the louisiana purchase from france in 1803 what Is now nebraska for halt a century vas ads a barf part of the great unorganized territory which lay iny between beti veen the missouri river ilver on the east river anthe on the south the rocky mountains on the west and the canadian boul boundary idary on n the north and over which had bail roamed for centuries the indian and the buffalo then on 4 4 1854 senator stephen A douglas introduced a bill for or the organization of fit nebraska ter eltory this bill aroused the bitte bitterest iest opposition and resulted in the kansas kanthe nebraska bill which divided t the he new territory into two territories kansas and nebraska franklin pierce who was then president close chose francl burt of south carolina for the first territorial go governor 7 einor of ne braska but on october 18 1854 two days dais after the tha new governor governor reached bellevue lie he died and thomas 13 cum icings of michigan became governor cummings faced the task of bri bringing ng political order out of ch chaos nos and one of the first problems to be se settled t was that of 0 detecting a territorial capital xie ne braska brasha city and brownsville Browns ville were all candidates for that honor but cunk chai who was a man of decisive character took the initiative and selected omaha then he set about azmi to have hla his choice ratified and after a bitter fight in which there were many charges and counter charges of 0 bribery and ana corruption omaha omaha was made the capital and a capitol caprol building was erected on the bill where the central high school now stands stand it remained the capital until nebraska became a stute on march 4 1807 when it t lost out to lincoln then a bare spot on an alkali flat as it was described by an opponent it Is not only these stirring abd vital bollt political fal events but many another thrilling incident of ler her history h is tory that will be commemorated atthe at the diamond jubilee celebration in omaha in november included tn in that history are stories ot of the the overland stage the battles between the sioux and pawnees Paw nees the flights between the indians and settlers and between the savages and government troops stories of massacres of burning burnine emigrant trains of turbulent life on a frontier and of almost unbelievable lie Ile vable hardships and dangers overcome by the brave braie men and women who built the state like all states of the western frontier Neb nebraska rasIm has had her quota of picturesque figures and some of them are aie still living and have been asked to take tahe part la the jubilee outstanding among alem all perhaps Is capt luther ir north of Colum bue bug Capt captain aln north and ills brother maj frank north were the organizers of the famous pa pawnee v nee scouts a group of indian auxiliaries who performed such valorous service for government troops in the wars on the plains while the ra railroad il road was was being bi built ailt west captain I 1 north has been characterized by authoritative historians as an the greatest of the old time scouts of america then theres diamond dick famous as an unequalled unequal led rifle shot who settled down to a quiet life of retirement at norfolk where he has haa been living for a number of years several years ago he told the surprised honie home folks that eliat the quiet well mannered man they hid known for many years as dr richard tanner was the celebrated diamond dick and he had the records of hla his prowess to back up his claims diamond dick la Is a personal friend of alm jim Da davilman Dahl lilman roan cowboy mayor who holds the record for successive sivi terms of office and when diamond dick tanner heard that thai omaha was to io hold bold a big celebration in n observance of nebraskan Ne braskas seventy fifth birthday he immediately sent a check to mayor dahlman to be added to the jubilee fund another frontiersman who will come to omaha forthe for the celebration Is parson bob or phillip IL landon lie ele was stationed nt at old fort kearney in western nebraska near the present city of kearney during several indian uprisings old chief rellow Yellow smoke the oldest chief of the tha omaha indian tribe w will it I 1 come to fornabi forthe for the celebration as a representative of th the e original inhabitants ot nebraska Sellow smokes fattier father then chief of vie was ane one of the he signers of the treaty whereby t the I 1 le indians indiana in 1854 relinquished ditl title ato to th tha e lands land snow now within the borders of nebraska white L eagie another omaha indian and descendant ant of one of the jhb signers of the government overn ment treaty will also come to omaha for the diamond jubilee celebration A number of contests with en entrants frAnts from every every section of nebraska will be one of the features of and one of the most unique of af these thesa is a young Citi citizens contest in which one boy and one girl from dom 03 la ka counties between the ages of sixteen and twenty one years will be brought to omaha during the jubilee with all expenses paid to be entered in the nebraska young citizens contest all state contestants will be winners of their respective county contests and will be judged on the basis of health personality and intelligence li gence chancellor B H A burnett ot of tho the university of nebraska Is chair chairman of this contest A spectacular pageant said to be the most elaborate ever to be ba planned in the midwest mid west will bo be presented during the jubilee tills nis pageant entitled the making of nebraska has been written by Il hartley artley burr alexander native Nebra nebraskan sUnn who is now a professor tit nt scripps college claremont calif the pageant will be produced under the direction of john T hall hal of the john 13 ilog ers company of fostoria Fo storla ohio this pageant will embody the chief h historical sf orical points in the growth of nebraska lia from the time it became a territory until today when it has baa become one of the leading agricultural states of the nation alexander Is an authority on no new braska history and has written a number of paga pageants ants norie none as comprehensive as the work in which he Is how bow engaged |