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E ViNITA
VINITA. INDIAN TERRITORY. THURSDAY A.UGUST 25 1904
NO 52
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PPY HOME
FOR PRISONERS
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17 Federal Jan i-or worm-
cm District Offenders.
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RFECT SANITATION
del Quarters Where Boys
J And Petty Thieves Can
be Separated From
Hardened Criminals
he new Federal Jatl for tiie safe
ping of prisoners who transgress
lawn In the Northern district will
11 be read? for use. It Is a model of
iltary perfection for tlie housing of
n and women. There Is plenty of
nt and air and all the compart-
tits are roomy. In the summer
ie It can be kept comfortably cool
the circulation of air through the
merous large windows and the
ick walls and cemented floors keep
t the heat. In the winter a warm
uable tempattire will be maintain-
bv radiators supplied with hot air
rman lmmee furnace.
jail Incomplete now with the
Ion of placing the bathtubs and
Meept
alt hough forty could be placed In every
one to more healthful and comfort
able advantage to prisoners than in
their present quarters.
A great advantage in arranging
the cages la that petty offenders
and boys can be separated from the
more hardened criminals.
In the basement is the furnace and
fuel room kitchen pantry prisoners
bath room store room and dungeon.
This latter Is for Incorrlglbles and is
a tank box of three-elgths steel with
stoel door solfd with the exception of
a small cescent shaped peek hole that
can be closed from the outside. This
is for the incorrlglbles and for the
purpose of disciplining prisoners who
violate the rules. At the present jail
there Is no method to punish any one
prisoner especially. ' If the Jailer ord
ers a bread and water diet the other
prisoners divide with the offender. As
they are all in one big pen it is Impos-
sible te prevent this.
The stairway to the basement leads
from the main hallway as does the
stairway leading M the upper floor
where there is another "dark celr'and
and prison rooms for tire Insane ana
for suspects not yet charged with
crime. These rooms are perfectly se
cure and provided with humane neces-
sities and comforts. One will probab-
ly be occupied by the "trusty's" or
prisoners who can be trusted to work
about the building without being con-
stantly watched. These prisoners are
lx-ked up however at the usual hour
at night. ; . .
Tlie entire building Is to be pro-
fusely lighted with electricity and
buttons are arranged so that any cell
or room can be flooded with light or
darkness at the will of the guards.
BEHIND IRON
BARS A BRIDE
THE
ft
LUXURY OF TRAVEL
DIDN'T NEED TO STEAL
Is a Belief from the Bondage
Wfclch Warps sod Confines
Our Lives.
Half tbe joy of travel consists Id meet
ing oew people. So the churlish mia
Will Spend Her Honeymoon for or tht timid womsn who .peaks never a
r ' I word to a fellow traveler misses a large
a Petty Theft Of Clothing. t th- pleasures change .ays
the very charms and virtues of those
with whom we constantly live. We are
conscious of a kind of bondage la their
familiar knowledge of us and our pact
Our best storlee are old to them; our
most thrilling adventures are matters
of course; our elothes and our manners
have ceased to excite either curiosity or
id miration. With a new listener we
shall ourselves become iew and better
talkers.
But what of the stay-at-homes? Is
there no spur for their laded pace? May
they not at least Import some novel ex
perience which shall whet the appetite
for life and its joys?
More than once the visits of the little
children sent from the bot streets of the
city for a week in the fresh country
air have proved as wholesome for their
entertainers as for the entertained. A
tired housewife has grown young as sin
In her sympathy with the delight of br
guests. A mechanic has revived a long
forgotten joy la bis tools as he explained
them to an enthusiastic boy. A clergy-
man has preached with fresh seal to
the row of eager children having their
first Sunday la a country meeting-bouse.
If we are forced by circumstances to
stay at hornet there are but few who
may not givd ourselves at least one of
the luxuries of trsvel the sight of new
faces the sound of new voices and the
sympathy with lives set In an environ
ment far different from our own.
HOTEflATIVE
FILINGS
WILKINSON'S "LOUD" SOCKS.
Crasjr Manak Rayaolda Wanted
Wear Tkaas far Style.
to
Yt She "Coonered" Bert
Chandler's Words of Ad-
vice and the Law Sep-
arated Fond Hus-
band and Wife
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NKW FEDERAL JAIL FOR TIIE NORTH EH N DISTRICT.
Comer South Draper and Delaware Avenue.
other rlumhliitf fixtures and the elec-
I trio light bulbs. A short sewer con-
nectlon Is yet to be made to the main
I eewer outlet. Rejulslt ions for tiije
necessities hate lewi forwarded to
Washington and an order for them
U expected to here dally.
The main building Is two stories
with a deep basement and the annex
while It does not show from the out-
I side or from the accompanjiug cut Is
virtually two stork's. Insomuch
j there la an upper and lower tier of
veils or cages. ' ' '
The building
Is of prtd brick
lliere are two en-
tranceHthe main approaclted from the
! front ainl a narrow doorway from the
side to be uwed as a private or night
entry. Thesewith .helr oaken doors
$ give the pa-wrby no idea of It' man
ner In which they are guaraed. As
one enters the outer portal he faoea
Javy steel bars that stop furtlier pro-
"t gress. A visitor must step to a small
window to his rlrhUresembllng a wln-
dow of a ticket office at a theatre ami
state his business to the jailer or dep-
utyon duty. if permlsslcm Jarant-
ed for lilsn to enter tl corridor or
liallway.adoor of the Iron barred parti
tlon Is optu'jd for hi passage llu-re
are two lame rooms on eltlier side of
- this liallway that will be ud as an
office dluhig room sleeping room and
" a room for women prisoners. There
Is a bath room and lavatory for the
officers of the priiou. From the guard
or sleeping rwm a panel can be open-
ed giving a complete view of the jail
proper in t! rear. .
Tlie bmad hallway leads bar k to a
solid thrce-elghlliastwldovr. lleyotid
this are the two story tiers of cage.
A wide gallery runs around the upper
tier' the doors of tlie lowrr cages
opening upoti the cement fl.Mir of a
roomy corridor or -xc rcls nm in the
center of which tlte steel cgf are
clattiped to the nsr which Is alto of
1 .suet mere are nve cages m eacn
1 tier sp(lll with only two bunks
face the front and are
! forUie confineinent of tlie Rir
I denpfirste prlMitiers vtho are thus
1'jSlght of tlie guard on duty at all
I tim". Raclrpf t ties are three Momy
I ps In each tier In which Is meant
I to ks about flfteen prljrrtr eat-)
All tl outer windows are heavily
barred.
Wlten everything Is in readiness for
the jailing of the prisoners a day will
be set aside by Marshal Darrotigt
wlten the citizens will I permitted
to make a thorough Inswtlon of the
premises.
CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Elort Will be Maa t Have Meat
Meetlsg U Visit.
Tlte local delegates to 4 he Territor-
ial Confederate reunion convened at
Cheeotah yesterday left on the delayed
Ksty train accompanied by several
gt-ntlenif-n representing the Commer-
cial club wlio will co-operate with our
delegates In an endeavor to have VI-
nlta as the tie. t place of meeting.
Captain V. j.-Iktrretl Intends tfi
presunt W. I. Davenport Jln Tittle
atwl Captain J lit. V'iiklnsonto emplta-
sIm tlie statement tie will Diaketotlie
convention that If they come to VI-
nlta tlwy will surely le well fwl. As
for hlmsflf he will explain that lie
is a new comer but is mending rapidly
In the matter of weight. Captain
. Wilkinson represents the local O. A.
II. camp.
Thomas Itard of tliflsta in full
uniform a a member of Rrlg. Gen.
Gentry's staff came to Vinlta and ac-
companied our delegates wlio were:
Jss. M. Tittle K. IT. Fraywr W. 1.
Iavenport It. A. Cy-ge James D.
YoM li. t. Cliandler Je- Ttiomas
awlJ. M. Oiuntryman.
The Commercial club have l-tsued
an Invitation in circular form to tlie
delegates from all over the territory
to roma and accept Vlnlta's hospital-
ity at the next reunion.
Tas Wear A ft am.
lnhHnclng Thumtay and lasting
throe davs there wll! be a monster
picnic field sports political s)saking
etc. at Nral Kngland s spring Ujree
in I lot KSith of AftoJL Judge Turner
smi t'restKi S. Davis are namrd among
t he oral orv The former by reiuJit
wilt rwltr "Mann Ioih" while Mr.Isvj
fc fluwn on the program for "I Stood
cm Um lirllge at the Iead o' the
Night"
"Your mind is bent on criminal
mischief; you are perverted and the
court Is Inclined to send you to the
United States Jail at Fort Smith for
twelve montlis and sentence you to
pay a fine of 1300 which served at the
rate of seventy-flva cents a day would
make vour term about two years"
said Judge Stanfleld gravely as he ad
dressed a blonde headed not utiat
tractive young woman who sat facing
him with apparent indifference.
Last Saturday afternoon I) t tar
ley a young farmer living near Cen
tralla brought to Vinlta a neighbor
girl or woman of ID years of age
named Nettle Thompson. The couple
were happy and smiling and their Joy
was clearly indicated when Iteputy
Clerk Cliandler performed the mar
riage ceremony.
The young people appeared to be
Impressed with Mr. Chandler's words
at he followed his usual custom awum
lag a back-woods ministerial sing
song tone from away down deep ami
told them how a married couple should
demean themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. Farley seemed to Iss
lieve that the clerical-looking deputy
is quail tied to tell them what Is really
what in -married 'ife. Appearances
a.-e aceitiui nowever as the woman
at least soon forgot llert's words of
advice. '
Hilling and cooing as It is saia re
cently married couple are won't) to
do. Mr. and Mrs. Farley started in a
buggy for their home. Iarkneis over
took them when they reached the
fa.? of John Frankllu near list el la.
Mr. Franklin bade them welcome and
ujion their departure next day refused
paymelit stating that his hospitality
was not a question of dollars and
Stopping at the Franklin home was
Miss Belle Blake. After the going of
tlie Farleya Miss Blake noticed that
some of he' wearing apparel was miss-
ing. Ieputy Marshal McCamish
with a search warrant went to
the Farley home Tuesday and
arrested the bride and groom after
find'.ig the clothes that liad been hid
In the cornfield by the young wife. In
court tlte testimony showed that Mrs.
Farley placed the garments In her bug
gy while the otliers were at breakfast
and her hund knew nothing of tlie
Uteft- There was a linen skirt pair
of elove. sash orifandle dress and a
calico wrapper all valued at about ten
dollars when new.
Judee Stanfleld finally Imposed a
sentence of six months In Jail upon
the woman and dismissed the hus-
band lie reviewed the case very
strongly pointing out the guilt of tlie
bride. She sat stolidly and didn't
seem to care other than to get angry
but tlie huband was very much affect
ed. Miss Blake said she could never
wear the garments again so Mr. Farley
gave her 110 and left the "duds" that
were well worn and old on a chair in
the Commissioner's court room.
Mr. Farley Is well able to support
the young woman and site was not
compelled to steal in order to supply
a want.
Dawes Commission Promul
gates Land Office Ruling.
WILL LESSEN WORK
No Cherokee not on an Ap
proved Roll Will be Al-
lowed to File on Land
Pending Approval
of Roll.
WHERE THEY MISSED IT.
Check for Baby Might Have
Doubled If It Had Only
Been Twins.
Beea
It was their first baby. The mother
was In a perfect rapture. It was an ugly
baby but she did not know it
Happy young mother! All of them are
Ue her. ;
But the fatW.had dark Hilsglvlpga.
His salary was duly two-ten a wek. ba
bies are expnv luxuries relate il-
lustrated Bits.
Her father rich but be had
frowned upon trelr union and bad het
erodox and bemiral notions as to sup
porting a son-lA-iaw besides.
Cruel bid man'. .
One day when tbe baby was about a
month old tbe father etune borne from
his office In the city and four i his wife
radiant
Sbe was not bsppv when the baby was
out of her sight.
-What is It. Jennie?" asked her hus
band gloomily for he was yet uncertain
as to the blessings cor.ferred by the baby.
He wss also sleepy.
"Oh. Cbsrlle." she chirruped. "I heard
from papa to-day."
Charitef looked gloomier than ever.
'Dop't ssv anything dear" sb plead
ed. tor sbe knew her husband's opinion
of her father. "He has heard of our
baby and tbouih he has not yet deter
mined to torsive us he has sent us
cbeck for fifty pounds for dear baby's
uVt."
At first tbe yonni hunband's face lit
uu witn pleasure men n fcauoweaj
as sin.
"Are ou glad. Charlie? ehe akd.
with a quivering lip.
Then he smllrd joyfully.
"Yes. usrllux." be whispered; "but
what a pity It mayn't twins!"
PATRIOTISM NOT ALL DEAD
The Dawes Commission has been In
session almost constantly since last
Saturday morning and there has been
a great deal of work of a routine na-
ture transacted. This has been accu-
mulating for six weeks since the last
meeting of the commission says the
Muskogee Times.
There Is one matter that Is or very
great importance to t he Cherokees. It
Is a new ruling relative to tenatlve
filings. This hits tieen abolkhed and
effective at once there will be no more
fillnits made on land by citizens who
re not on approved rolls. Formerly
It liad been the custom of the ofiloeto
allow a person who was an applicant
and about whom there seemed little
loubt of citizenship to make a tena
tlve filing on the land he wanted.
This was then laid aside until the
roll was approved. If the applicant
was tunind down on the roll then his
tenatlve tiling went into the waste
basket. The system was adopted w lien
the land oftlce was opened because
tbere wemed to le plenty of time and
It was a matter of convenience to
itreat nianv citizens living far from
the land ofilce. But all this Is chang-
ed now. The Cherokee land ofilce was
closed eight months and the work has
got to be completed by the tlrst of
next July. There is more nork to do
In the Cherokee 'and office than in
both the Chickasaw and Clioetaw oftl-
ces. and In the words of Commissioner
Breckenridge "there will not. be two
bites made of one cherry" In tlie Cher-
okee laud office any more.
Tlie new ruling made effective In
the CI lerokee land office has been In
force in tlie. other land offices from
the beginning.
Tlie ruling as adopted follows; "Tliat
thereafter no tenatlve or memorandum
select ions of allotments shall be re-
ceived at tlie Cherokee land ofilce all
applications being restricted to cltl-
xens or freedmen wliose allotment lias
been approved by the Secretary of tlie
Interior. Provided That when a i
lect Ion of land lias been made by a
cittren or freedman and the land so
selected Ls claimed by an applicant for
enrollmett wliose right to entailment
lias nut been finally determined con
test for the land so selected be Inst i
tuted by sild applicant for enrollment
as required by the Bute of Bract loe
In force In Cherokee contest cases.
"I want those socks. Watch me
plead for tliem" said Marsh Reynolds
the Insane man at tlie federal Jail who
is waiting to be sent to the Oklahoma
sanitarium. Reynolds was permitted
the freedom of the yard and was talk-
ing to some other prisoners
Casslns IL Wilkinson son. of the
Jailer who Is In tlie city on a visit
was seated In the yard conversing with
his brother. A portion of bis colored
socks showed over his si Hie tops. The
crazy man approached him and assum
ing a dignified meln gravely said:
'Young man if I was in your proud
position and wore socks and I should
meet a gentleman in my position who
liad no socks I'd take mine right off
and give tliem to him."
Mr. Wilkinson replied that his socks
were only a bluff; that they lad no
hooka."
Not content to give up the man
with tlie mainsprings In his head said:
Never mind young gentleman I
don't mind If they have no feet. I
only want to show them off for the
sake of appearance anyhow."
lie did not get the scks but was
soon Haranguing tne visitor about
tle awful hereafter In store for tlie
sinful and wicked and those whose
vanity led them into wearing colored
hosiery. As Reynolds demanded that
Wllltinson unburden hlssln-Iaden soul
in complete confession the latter
made his escape.
WUI Ik9 ?Ar.
Rev. 4. 8. Stubbletleld of this city
who Is temporarily filling the pulpit
of the First Presbyterian church of
Kansas City will return with his
family about Sept. &. Mrs. Stubble-
field's health luts greatly Improved.
Tlie reports of last Sunday's Kansas
City services announce tlt Or. Stub-
ble field's splendid effort was heard by
a large congregation.
Viit Probe-air Chseon.
Mayor lveiiKirt tne council ami
Commercial club commit tees tH-tacted
to attend the Confederate reunion at
Cheeotah and secure the choosing of
Vinlta as the next place of meeting
coupe rated together and did splendid
work. At this writing word comes
from ChccoUh that the select Ion luts
not bwn made but tlwt a majority of
t tie delegates have promised to vote
for Vinlta.
Shown ty Conduct ef Visitors te tbe
Liberty Bell at St. Louis
World's Fair.
"1 ran acros a striking object It-stoa
th other ilav that taught me patrlotUm
xn't lead la tbe land by a good drat.'
remarked D. R. Hughes an atu.rr.ejf. ac-
cording to a M&con (Mo.) report. "My
wife and 1 ere going through iht Penn
sylvania building at the world's fair.
"We approached the grating .sur-
rounding the Liberty and at the
same time e Inntinrtlveljr reacted our
hands through sad tombed It We
smiled and stepped ba k for of hen.
"Nlnetr-nlne out of 1W persons wbo
went to tbe bell reached through and
touched It. It wasn't a rsrelem. Indif
ferent sort of a touch but more In the
ay of arareta.
"Many men remove! their cigars sod
uncovered their beads as tney ap
proached. A a old lady went up wtoi
we were there and gently laid hf
wrtnUed hand uMia the tiire-worn s'.ir-
face.
"God bless )ou. dear old tall ' the
said 'this la the fourth time I bav
touched you to-day. but now I nut
leave you. Oood-hy.'
"No one laughed at her fur ths
simple reason that therrosd surround-
log the bell felt a od deal she rial I
thmit It. :
"We stood there for halt an hour Just
to the Impra-mon the bell cresiti! un
thone viewing It for the first urns.
There were- many other rurlim and In-
teresting objectu there but you rtiUy
ta peoP1 rra ovtr arui shake fcani )
alts thm ssthey did with the beU that
rang out hn lh Continental Cor. greet
declared tbe iBda-penrfmee of tbe
felted filates "way ta k yonder over a
century and a quarter ago."
PRACTICE SHOOT.
Sakfraaek Brke Twty-ie Fljiwg;
Saueer Witkeat a MUau
At the practice shoot of tlie local
gun c?ub before the traps last evening
John ftafranek broke 25 consecutive
flying saucers. Tlie same gentleman
was high gun at the twelve pair of
doubles. Tills Is the score:
Singles
Safranck 25
Han Ridetihour 17
Wilkinson IT
Trott 15
B. levlne 14
Korocgay... 12
P. l;M. f..onr
'We are going to tap tlie jugular
vein of what Is destined to be tlte
greatest oil field of the world" said
l'ryor Farley. "The CofIeyvllle
Red Fork Bartlesvllle awl other dis
tricts are but arteries leading from
t lie main body of oil under tlie prop
erty tl Coon Creek OH and tias Oo
has lea-ted near lewey."
Today I1S0m was paid in on the
stock and when the Icise lave lieen
approved the work of drilling to tap
tlie golden fluid will be commenced at
once.
Mr. Farley Ls president and tlie
Unrest Individual stockholder of tlie
company.
Tra Fer Sol.
Order trees at once for fall planting
I have Just received tlie latent plate
book prloe list premium cards etc
and am prepared to write orders large
or small wholesale or retail or fill out
orvhard contract on the "five pay
nient plan" for Stark Bro's. Nur.ery
True black Ren Iavis sold only bv
Stark Bro's. Scores of testimonial
to prove It a distinctly different va-
riety from "Gano'' and positively so
dwlded by commit tee of Missouri Hor-
ticulture Society. Orders received at
nurwrr before rush of shipping tiegln
will naturally l inure carfully filled
So make up orders witlwuf delay.
Stark Bro's give mor ptemlum trees
with orders than any other firm.
5u!edld offer on grapw a!) give loo
grape vits witn ev ry t23 onler. AH
trtler will be carefully looked after.
S Mrs. David MfKcntTii
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Raaam Aceat.
Tlie Comptroller of tim Currency
has approved the Fort Worth National
Bank of Fort Worth Texas as reserve
agent for tlie Duncan National Bank
of Duncan Indian Territory.
New Bak at Caddo.
The Comptroller of tlie Currency
lias autlaorized. the i Caddo National
Bank of Caddo I. T. to begin busi
ness. Tlte bank ta capitalized at -
ooo and Its officers will be as follows:
C E. Miller president: H Walters
vice-president; James Hudspeth. cash
ier.
RevWeJ MUag;
Dr. Watson is liolding a series of re
vival meetings at the Rolwrtson school
house three miles west of town. Tire re
will le preachmg nightly through the
week and town people are Invited. It
is a nice evening drive In the moonlight.
. KaUsseJ fh.MU.
Wednesday the Cherokee Male
and Female Seminaries and the color-
ed high school will be opened for the
term and the members of the board
of education expect a much larger at-
tetifianoe than ever before. There has
not been a testcher selected as yet for
principal of the Female seminary.
PkeMUkaMatlosl BaMtrat
Judge Raymond lias appointed as
members of the rtiarmaceutlcal board
of the territory L. Matthews of Mi
ami to serve one year F. Savage .
Hartahorne two years; II. C. Cobb
Muskogee three years; II. D. Knl.se-
ley tliecotah four years; W. X
Strotlver Tulsa five tears. Tlietioard
will coovene at Muskogee Sept?mlr
3rd.
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OU Saacl Faaad Hear Wageaer.
Tls Southwestern Oil and Gas Com-
pany's drill at work in tlie southeast
portion of Wagwier penetrated oil
and Monday morning at a dVptn of
LOT) feet. Tlie drill was sent down
Into the sand twenty feet and then
atoppel the company believing that
it liad a good enough ell well without
taking chances of tapping a fctron
flow of salt water the well to that
depth being epciallv favorable on
account of tin absence of water. Ar-
rangement are now being made to se-
cure an rxp;tt U shoot the we'l and
it Is exxctl that tills ai'.l t a n
within the twit forty-eight l.nm
Amotig a- ima or aaur
brvtight in yefUerday by Leia IV
Catale was tmm vreiirhlng "1 v
It was sold for "5 cents.
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