Logan Republican | 1903-04-21 | Page 7 | Baby Carriages for Indians

Baby Carriages for Indians. This is tho season of tho year whon tho Indian chiefs como in from tho reservations to seo tho Great Father. Thero aro a scoro of them in tho city now. A group of half a dozen standing on tho curb watching an automobile recalled to somo Texans who were passing tho story Colonol Bill Sterrett used to tell about tho man who went into tho Indian territory terri-tory to sell baby carriages. Everybody said ho was crazy. It was admitted that thero was a flno crop of babies in tho territory, but no ono could seo what tho squaws, who were used to packing their offspring off-spring on their backs, could do with baby carriages. Still, orders began to como back, first for dozens and then for car loads and finally Sterrett went up to investigate. in-vestigate. Ho went Into ono of tho Indian villages. "And I'll bo dashed," said Colonol Bill, "If I didn't see a dozen big fnt Indians sitting In baby carriages, all scrouged up, whllo tho squaws wero pushing them around. Tho baby car-rlago car-rlago man had mado tho Indians bo-Hevo bo-Hevo that baby carriages wero tho right kind of pleasuro rigs for tho roblo red men." Now York World.