The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 20, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 3, 1901 Page: 2 of 4
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Thousand yards outing flannel sold
by our competitors at 7c we A
t all in this sale at
Eight hundred yards outing flannel
others ask ioc a yard for it Qir
the Jumbo price is 03
Two thourand yards prints red and
blue you pay Sc and some ask 0
you 6c we sell it at u
Navajo flannels for waists sold by
others at ioc a yard in our K
hard time sale at
Quilt Calicoes large flower newest
designs worth 7$ and 8c go Rp
in this sale at . ""
Good yard wide bleached muslin the
best on earth at the price go in Rp
this sale at
Good heavy cheviot shirting regular
8c quality for our hard 7 p
time sale they go at ' 2
Choice of our entire line of heavy
cheviot shirtings the io and Q ln
I2c kind for 3u
Dress Goods.
Pacific flaneline new Persian effects
for house dresses and sacks 1 f)p
worth 15c go at I Jj
Fleeced mercerized cloth for winter
dresses easily worth 25c in 1 K
this sale at ' uo
Wool brocades in all colors double
width just the thing for those 1 K
school dresses I OK
Novelty dress goods doubld width
rich combinations of color in j Qp
this sale for only '
Ladies' Underwear
Heavy union suit an extra heavy well
made garment usualy go in ORf
special sales at 50c now t.U
Extra heavy fleece lined union suit
silk trimmed to start them Kf)p
they go at half price UU
Black mercerized accordion pleated
underskirt worth easily 1.50 QQp
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The Store That's the Friend of the Peo
Some of our friends have complained to us of the scarcity of money of times being hard. We have
goods till our shelves are fairly groaning under their weight. To make your dollars go a long
ways and to help us discount our bills we wi.ll for just one week have a genuine old time
BARGAIN GIVING SALE-SATURDAY OCT. 4 TO SATUDAY OCT. 12
Corsets.
A ladies' straight front
corset sold regularly
by competitors at 75c
we are offering them
in our- big short crop
sale at about St. Kflp
Louis cost UUo
Millinery.
A striking effect in our fall millinery
creations. We have aimed for and
accomplished some excellent effect
and the best of it is they are not so
very expensive. Advance fall styles
street hats 50c 75c and$l; trim-
med hats all elegant new $ j K
patterns from $ 1 .50 to 4 I U
Hoods Etc.
Child's nice all wool
hoods a job lot of
the best grades
worth 4 times K
the price at . . "
Ladies' fascinators
worth 25 and 1 fn
35c at 1 U
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Bargains in Oar Clothing Department.
We have this year brought the finest line of clothing ever shown in Vinita and are selling iat
. strictly shoit crop prices. We can fit you out complete at a very small cash outlay.
Men's union cassimere suits well made will
give you more service than you will
nnd elsewhere at 55.
$2
Good heavy cheviot in plaids and stripes are
worth 7.50 and 8 50 but go in this D K
sale reduced to P J
California suits best wearing garments on
the market worth 12.50 and 15.00 1 f
our hard time price is P I U
Something fine for the promised cold weather
in meltons some broken lots worth ( 1 fl
12.50 and 15.00 go at q I U
Youth's long pant cassimere suits DO Rf)
10 to 14 years for &C.JJ
Youth's tricott suits worth 7.50 at $5.00'
Childssuitf 4 to 12 years at 50c
Better suit regular 1 .50 value at $1.00
Boys' 3-piccc suits 8 to 12 $2 50 to $4.50
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Silk.
Fifteen yards changeable
dress silk for 1.50. The
quality you never pay
less than 25 ceets per
yard for; to make hard
times easy t 1 fA (
15yds for.... m 0J
Groceries.
Our grocery stock is- full of good eat-
ablesnew goods arriving every day. If
you are not a customer of ours give us a
trial order. We are exclusive agents for
Blanke's fine coffee Richelieu pure food
goods Excelsior water mills flour Your
eggs and butter are gold and silver here.
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Furnishings
Ex heavy fleece lined underwear.. 25c
Heavy knit fleeced overshirts....49c
Men's heavy duck coat 1 .00
Mens gloves 25c
Cotton flannel gloves 1 0c
Good Overalls 50c
Capes-Jackets.
Infants long coats
nicely made of good
material colar trim-
med with braid RHp
a bargain at.. ""
Infants' long coats
trimmed in Angora
goat hair and braid
go in this sale 7Rr
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Ladies' cloth cape fur
trimmed bar- QRr
gain of thesale'V
Cheviot double cape fur trimmed and
neatly bound don't talk hard 7 Kr
times but take this at V
Black plush cape fur trimmed sold
by most stores at 1 50 we of- QOr
fer it to you at UV
Thirty inch plush cape extra heavy
trimmed in fur and braid TQ PL ft
worth $5 in this sale uuu
Extra long silk plush cape fur trim-
med beaded silk lined t 1 O Rfj
worth 18.00 go at V 1 c-w
Table Linens.
Fine Turkey red table damask a gen
uinc bargain if ever one was 1 Op
given at only
White table linen beautiful pattern
sold regularly at 2? and 35c 1 Qr
we will sell it at ' UKj
G' od 20 inch crash toweling w th
7 ic.just to make your dollars u
go a long way take them at u u
Cotton crash for roller towels cheap
but worth twice what we ask O p
for it ask to sec it U2J
Dress Skirts.
Black brocadek skirt
pcrcalinc lined and
velvet bound QQp
worth 1.50...001'
Meavv home-spun
walking skirt new
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DSORIPTION PRICE.
SI.6O Por Year or 9I.OO If Paid
In Advance.
rabllibedTbaridtyt by
Tiik GuiirtAin I'UBLUnnio CoMrAMT.
I. M. MARKS Editor and rnblltlier
II. Lee Clolwoktiiv
Associate Editor.
Vxnita Ind. Teb. Oct. 8 1901.
Sympathy with the Boers ex
tends to about ninety-nino out of
overy hundred American-born cit
JtenB.
There are very few Cherokee
citizens who are not prepared for
allotment of land and the sooner
it comes tho hotter for all.
Tho talk of competition with
Vinita of some of tho neighboring
villages is amusingthougb not in
the least degree dangerous.
It should now be in order for
the governor of Indiana to sur-
render the aseassin that was ac-
cessory to the murder of Goebel
A month hence the national
Cherokeo council meelB at Table-
quau and another opportunity to
"save the nation' will present
itself.
The Kansas political imbroglio
is entertaining in the same degree
as tho strenuous effortB of a drove
of hogs to get their snouts in the
same swill trough.
The Muskogee jail contains six
Insane persons three men snd
three women. The nervous slra'.n
as to who would get the job of feed-
ing them may be the cauBe.
There are a number of territory
towns that are prospecting for oil
that would hold thanksgiving
services if they Btruck artesian
water of the Vinita brand instead.
The kind of government the
people of the Indian Territory
wunt and can agree upon is one
in which tbe ballot box has a
plaoo and is therefore free from
carpetbaggerism.
When statehood places tbe bal-
lot In the hands of the citizens of
the Indian Territory Kansas will
get a big bunch of her political
prwwnU back without thanks for
hr questionable glfis.
A delegation to Washington is
an important toplo in Cherokee
clioles. A trip to Washington Ib
01 o of the bust things the Chero-
kee govfrnment has Io offer and
onn iif (lie most useless.
Anotikii argument lit favor of
guteluwil for the Indian Territory
is 'tiat Hie Kaunas 6tHte aullunf
tii mo considering lite aiivisa-
Ju'iiy of turning liiuiuiel Dalton
on of lite) punlienllary
The death sentence was pro
nounced against Leon Czolgosz
the anarchist who assassinated
President McKiniey yeetorday
afternoon. The time fixed is
the week beginning Oct. 28 by
electrocution.
The jury is the greatest safe-
guard of tbe citizen so long as the
foul fingers of the petty politician
is kept away from trie venire.
When politics enters the jury box
justice goes out and it becomes a
menace to public safety.
When tho elective era succeeds
the appointive in the Indian terri-
ritory there are those who are
seated at the public pie counter
today who will be deader than the
mummies or the Pharoahs and
their obituaries will be writ .in
ballots.
Editor Bryan truly Bays: "No
mon in publio life is permanently
injured by the publication of a
lie" but the publication of the
truth about some of those resi-
dent in the Indian Territory
would probably result in their be-
ing bung.
The citizens of the Cherokee
Nation will not be ealiehed this
year with the ueual mob of drunk-
en hoodlums that congregato at
Tablequah and call themselves a
council There are grave matters
(bat noed tbe attention of sober
men and men of sense.
When land titles are finally set-
tled in tbe Indian Territory and
statehood is secured Oklahoma
will not be beard of much more.
The Territory is bo far ahead of
Oklahoma in point of resouroes
and general productiveness that it
will leave it in the rear like the
Kaly flyer leaves a hobo;
In the pacified Phlllipines Sat.
urday forty-eight Amerioan sol-
diers out of a command of soventy-
two were killed in action. A few
more catuelly lists like the abovo
and America will realize she is
still at war with the obstinate Fili-
pino's not withstanding the peaco
boquetB that each retumipg com-
mander Ibrows at himself.
Tho saddest spectacle of morn!
deformity and total depravity on
the face of the earth today is the
condemned murderer of the late
President McKiniey. He sits In
his darkened pell waiting for the
bour of execution to arrive with
out a friend or an apologist. Even
tho lawyers could find nothing Io
say in his defense and n felon that
cannot find a lawyer io defend him
is base indeed. lie stands do
Inched from mankind in eternal
isolation and desolation without a
virtue and without a friend. As
was eatd of Guitoau. "When ho
dies be will be an alien in hell "
One pipe line is worth ton bucket
brigades and that is no pipe dream
either.
October 7ih will ba ont of the
most important dates in Cherokee
history. On that day tho Interior
Department will either deny or
give permission for tho wholesale
looting of the national estate. If
the Cherokee Oil and Gas company
are given entry to the oil and min-
eral lands the Gnish of these valu-
able assets of the Cherokee is not
hard to see.
Senator Burton cannot be blamed
for some of the Kineas aflliotions
that have been visited upon the
territory He promises substitu-
tion for at ieaBt ono of Leland's
appointments if the territory dur-
ing his remaining days of office
does not anticipate him by being
given tho privilege of selecting its
public ollioeri. A substitution
from Kinsas would however
probably be in the nature ol ac-
cepting the lesser of two ovils
and as such acceptable.
The displays of moilis'i garments
and artistto orentions of the mil-
liners art displayed by the several
department stores at their "open-
ings" this week are splendid com-
mentaries upon the taste and en-
terprise of Vinita' merchants.
The most fastidious can find in
the home stores exactly the same
articles displayed and at the same
prioes as in the big metropolitan
establishments. The purchasers
of Vinita should show their ap-
preciation of eush enterprise by
an inoreased patronage of home
merohants.
Great stress is laid by cerluin
newspapers upon the cliango in
President Roosevelt since his ele-
vation to position of chief execu-
tive. They imply in their com-
ments that such a change was
necessary and that a softening of
bis aggressiveness was absolutely
necessary (o tho safely of the na
tion. Suoli pessimistic ideas are of
the kind that receive their impres-
sions from tho "horse teeth" car-
toons of tho man and are in entire
ignorance as to his record as a
publio dflioer. There is eomo ex-
cuse for such fool impressions to
gain credence In foreign states but
there is none in this countiy. It
Ib to say the least unseemly to
attributo tho characteristics of the
wild man of Borneo to the natlon'6
chief executive who has never yet
been found wanting in any posi-
tion he has occupied. Whatever
oriiioiems of the policy of life
party may be mado the personal
qualifications of tho executive
should bo oacred from ridiculo
until I e has bau opportunity to
prove his ability.
COiMINd EVENTS
f ho present fall nnd the coming
winter will bo full of stirring
events in the Cherokeo nntlor. and
throughout tbe Indian territory.
There is a wido spread and intense
interest manifested in the Indian
territory and its people. Never
was there a time in the history of
tho Indian oounlry when so many
Interesting events wer happening.'
Congress will meet early in De-
cember nnd tome radical legisla-
tion has been mapped out and is
now in intelligent hands in both
the senate and lover hoiue. '
The Dawea Commission is it)
Vinita now with something like a
oar-load o( records at work mak-
ing or preparing to make a roll
of freedmen entitled to share in
the final allotment. The work of
this commission has always been
full of interest and during thej
seven years of its difficult labors
here great and far reaching changes
have already been effected. The
orownlng act will be the final roll
of all Cherokee citizens entitled tp
sliaro in the last division or the
tribal property.
The national council of the Cher-
okee nation will convene on the
fourth of November. This new
council may be tbe last the nation
will ever have. The Cherokee
people are anxiously looking for-
ward to and expecting some intel-
ligent legislation along the lines
suggested by the trend of events
The next Cherokee counoll is.ex-
peoted to make history worth re.
cordirg.
Another event of importanoe will
be the convening of the United
States court at Vinita in Deoember.
The dooket both civil and crimi-
nal in very large and many noted
cotes will be ready for hearing.
The newspapers in this country
will be full of the most interesting
matter continually and every one
of the thousands who are watch-
ing this country ought to be a
reader ol one or more territory
papers fn handling this class of
news especially as pertains to the
Cherokeo country the Chieftain
has no competitors only n few
imitators. Those who want to
keep up with the stirring times
should have tho daily or the weekly
Chieftain
MINERAL LEASES
In Creek Nation Made Void
by a Department
Ruling.
COMES AS SURPRISE
To Tribal Authorities and Inves-
tors and Will Afreet all Tho
Valuable Coal and Oil Prop
erties That Hcve Been Devel-
oped in The Nation.
surpriso to tho members of tbe
Creek untion whohave made their
selections as well as to capitalize
who have invested large sums of
money in doveloping the mineral
lands ol tbo nation.
EDITORS TO CONFER
Upon Questions of Importance Af-
fecting Welfare of The Territory.
TOW.NSEND SLATED
To so the Thomas Route for "Polit-
ical Reasons."
The interior department has
just handed down a decision hold-
ing all mineral lenses in the Creek
nation thiiB far negotiated for can-
cellation. The decision is far-
reaching in its effect as it is a
severe blow to capitalists In Kan-
sas City St. Louis and other
western cities who have invested
largo eumB of money in the devel-
opment ol oil and coal fields in
the nation.
Prior to the enactment of the
Creek treaty oil and coal leasB
had been secured and' large sums
of money spent in developing oil
and ooal properties. A num ber of
valuable coal mines are now in
operation throughout tub nation
and oil wellB nro being sunk in
some localities. The operations
are at present going cvt under con-
tract with Creek cHlsona who havo
made their selections for allotment.
These selections however havo
not been approved by the Dawes
commission and probably will
not bo for tho noxt six month?..
Patents to the allottees will be is-
sued ine time within the next
year but until this occurs no indi-
vidual leases for the mining of coal
and oil are of any validity what-
ever. This announcement will be a
Judge HoscaTownsend of tho
southern dititrict Indian Terri-
tory will not be reappointed with-
out a fight. His term of office ex-
pired Satur3ay and whilo he has
made an unnsnlly good record
upon the b inch be will have op-
position. Ex-Congressman Pugb
of Kentuc'iylB a candldato for tho
place.
Thoro nre no charges against
Judge Tovnsend which Ib rather
remarhablo for a judge in the In-
dian ''territory who baa proslded
over a couit for lour years. It is
conceded on all eides that his rec-
ord is excellent and had Presi-
dent McKiniey lived there would
'oe no question about his reap
pointment If a change occurs it
will be purely for political ren-
Bons. Thero is a good deal of specula-
tion regarding the forthcoming re-
port ol tho Dawes Commission
Just -what it will contain this timo
Ib thfi subject of much conjecture
It may perhaps contain the oft ro-
poated statement that the Choio-
keen are sorry they voted down
tbe lato treaty.
Tbe commercial club of Puroell
has mailed invitations to all terri-
tory editors requesting their prea-
onco at ft conference to be held in
that city during October to deviao
means to obtain the united effort
of the pross along definite lines on
questions of importance affecting
tho welfare of the territory. It is
not to be considered a meeting of
the press association nor as inter-
fering in any way with the prerog
atives of that body but is simply
on invitation for the editors to
como together to discuss means
for obtaining much needed legisla-
tion and the correction of the un-
satisfactory conditions existing in
the territory at present.
A large attendance is expected
and it is thought that Borne plan
will bo formulated that will unito
the territory press in a vigorous
campaign for relief from the polit-
ical harriers to her progress.
JURY COMMISSION
It has been officially announce'!
In Washington that at the person-
al solicitation or President Jtooee-
velt Secretary Hitchcock will con-
tinue to hold the port folio of the
Interior department throughout
the present administration. Tho
familiarity of the incumbent with
the duties of tbo office is given as
tho particular reason why tbo sec
retary was urged to contluue in of-
fice during tbo term of President
Itoosovolt.
DAWES COMMISSION
Occupies Court House and Will Com-
mnce Operations This Afternoon.
The Dawes oommieatoL began
the enrollment of Cherokeo citi-
zens nearly eighteen months ago
air! (he end Ib not yet in fight.
j Until this important work Is
finishod thero can be no division of
land -however much it bo de-
sired. It must first be knowj)
who are entitled to share in the allotment.
In Session at the Court House This
Afternoon.
The jury commission to select
grand and petit jurors for the com-
ing term of court are in session at
thb court house this afternoon.
The members comprising the
commission are Lnn Connor of
Fairland; D. E Brown Bluejacket
and J M. Darrough Vtnlta. W.
A. Graham of Pryor Creek had
been eummonod to serve on the
commission but did not arrive and
J. M. Darrough was appointed in
his place It In supposed that Mr.
Graham did not receive his sum-
mons in time.
The commission will select six.
toen grand jurors and such other
alternates as tbo court may direct.
not to exceed nine and twenty
four petit jurorB and alternates not
to exceed twelve. Their seleo
lions will be published thirty day
prior to tho opening of court
HITCHCOCK TO nCMjuj
Continuance In Office of the Interior
Department Chief Officially
Announced.
The Dawes commission with all
their ponderous impedimenta
moved into the United States
court room Tuesday whero
they will take testimony in tho I
doubtful freedmen oases during . ?
this monti. Maj G. It. Breckin
riuge is in commanu 01 mo au- t
vanco guard who are arranging
the quarters preparatory to com- Ji
mencinc work.
Col Needles is expectod on thb j
flyer this afternoon and on his ar-
rival will take command. Tbe
cnramlslion expect to commenco
their work this afternoon.
A petition praying for executive i
clemonoy for the assassin Csocoez
is boing circulated by a Kansas-
woman Kansas never misses an
opportunity to display her gen-
iUBCB.
It would not be amiss for tho
Indian territory to petition tho
president for executive clemency
from Kansas
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