The Vinita Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 22, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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hieftain
V0D1TI N
I. T NWfwfl03.
it mill good plc to in-
al estate.
b.i i j a
lot ild developed a lot of
ruoat everborly.
I - man In the suburbs of Kansas
;ty hd a row nf shade trees
Stolen from Ite-ore hie bouse Tues-
day before day.
New bidder developed at all
etegee of the sales now in progress
and some of ihem slopped preU
ty near the goal. '
Muskogee I aa proud of the
proepeot ol a drink of Grand rier
water a a hoy with bis first pair
of pantaloon.
Col. G. M Casey a prominent
citiien of Henry Co. Mo. well
known to all western cattle raisers
is sick an-i it is feared will not re-
cover.
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According to a Washington
dispatch "Colonel" Douglas find
it easier to write the president's
message iban to be reinstalled by
Mr. Hitchcock.
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The townsita commissions of
the Choctaw and Chickasaw na-
tiona bare been laid of) aa well at
tbjt of tha Cherokee. Available
funds have been exhausted.
"One of the beet ins of a good
town is the confidence in itt future
of its own people" said an out of
town real estate man Wednesday.
There is little prospect of atate.
hood for either Oklahoma or In
dian Territory at the present ses-
sion of eor.greea A single etate
will he a possibility alter January
1 1906.
Dick Adsraa wade a big effort
(o enlarge ou bis standing in ibis
nation ou the occasion of ttie re-
cent visit ''I Ssuaior Quay. At
Bsrtleeville the attempt was a
ratik failure.
There bat been an unusual
nuisber of applicnta for aid to
trie relief union recently. If the
association had only the cash
to relieve them it would bs ex
ceedingly happy.
The Dawes commission bit set
December 10 as the day when the
commission will consider and if
possible decide upon a plan for
tbe segregation of the Delaware
lands of tbe Cerokee nation.
J. S. Shutter had bit arm abat
tared hy a bullet last week at Iodi.
aonla wh'le resisting arre.l hut
be wat captured the arm out of)
od itt owner put In jail. lie it
accused of tbe murder of a gambler
Darned Jones.
The hardest hit yet is this
".. .. ..Thia is due to the fact
that the secretary is urging the
greatest possible haste in the
investigation." Since when
pray?
i'oker d aver or nut i. v. raw
r
lock got tbe vacant federal judg
ship of Kansas Wednesday if
tbe poker playera in Kansas were
put out of office there would be an
array of strange laces about the
federal stale and Count v seals of
government.
Tbe Muskogee 1 ima does no
intend to he outdone by lis ii fUt
ed competitor the Pbnsnii and
so hat installed two army otlicrt
a members ol Ita siaf) a captain
and a colonel Juat what the
Phoenix will do now it awaited
with anxiety b an impatisnt j uh
lie.
Joe McCoy am a u atmn ey
of the Western riis'rkl. has been
'reques'ed to reconsider hie retig
neiioo." What Clm'on H Wood
luff baa to aay in Mr Bonaparte
limit Fridev afterrion would be
tniohtv Interesting reading if so
ressible to several Indian Terri
lory government employes who
am wondetirtnB if tbey are lo
share Mr. McO?'e good forttra
If you own a town lot in Vinita
you may rest assured that it won't
get away and that it will be worth
more dollars a year hence than it
now. Thia ia more than can be
said of stocks or bondt or most
any other investment.
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Preeidenl Kooaevelt should feel
profoundly thaukful tbat Colouel
Clarence B. Douglaa baa had the
forethought and kindness ol
heart to write bia massage for him
and lo save the aunorance of read.
g it to the congress assembled
by giving it lo the newspapera in
advance.
Miaa Wood the poetoffioe da
partmaot employe who burried to
New York od the eve of Senator
Platt'a wedding with "blood In
bar eye" has resigned ber pdei
lion and moved into a fashionable
partment house at the capital. It
is likely the venerable aeoator had
to pu up.
Some have been unkind enough
to euggett tbat Colonel Clirence
Douglaa gave out a bogus inter-
view t Washington lo the effect
that he wat to write a special met.
sage for tbe strenuous president.
However the forthcoming docu-
merit will speak for itself. No one
can Imitate the style of the col
onel.
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At an author Mr. Woodruff tbe
man aeot out by Mr. Bonaparte to
take a cursory glance at tbe Indi
an territory rivaia n.ipuog m
quantity. He epent two or three
weeks here visited a ball doien
towns and it ia said baa writteo a
report of 1600 peget. Tbe gentle-
man went home Tuesday.
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And now tbe secretary of the In-
terior haa been exonerated (at
Muskogee) and the blame for tie-
lay lu delivery of the Creek deeda
put upon parlies to tbe deal. If a
way can be found to get Clarence
Douglass back upon tbe govern
ment pay roll all will be happy.
If not hit trip to Y ashtngton has
failed of its purpose.
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A 8outh McAiester colored Re
publican club held a meeting to
determine who should be indorsed
for postmaster and Invited all ea-
piranta to be present. The Capi
tal auggesla tbat the negroes would
be considered premature in taking
Such a prominent part in the post-
master fight that applicants fur the
position were publicly requested
lo tppesr before the club were it
not remembered that timet bad
changed about the while house.
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For the first time In its biatory
tbe Chieftain baa booked among
ita regular advertisera a church
The chrch la simply tbe vehicle
for spreading tbe word of God and
manifestly tbe greater ita sphere
can ne smarted me greater me
degree of aucceta likely toorowo
Its eflorts. Rev. Randolph Cook
of tbe Christian ohurcu the ad
verliser In question is not only
succesaful preacher and pastor
but appreciatei tbe value of print
ert iiik.
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For the information of non reel
dents or those not acquainted with
the lota aold it should be stated
that most of those aold last week
re fractions around the borders
of le town. This came about by
reason of the fact tbat the town
site was not laid out wiiu the
points of the compass and hence
did not come nut even with the
survey of adjacent land. There
were a few exceptions hut In moat
raset tbe lota were regarded as un
desirable from location or other
reasons. When a good complete
lot wee put up it brought a good
price bat prohtbly lest than it
would if '' for at private tale.
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The antipathy of the people of
Vinita toward one nf tbe great
railroads centering at this point is
a matter of serious regret and
bodet no good either for ihe rail-
road company or for tbe city. Tbe
presittent refu-sl to erect suitable
depot facilities ia creating a pre
judicial against tbe road Ibat is
deepsested and strong anon ( or
people. Tbe great and growing
volume of freight handled at tbis
l.oint will aooner or later be aye
tematlcally deflected to otbar
roads and nf course in turn the
road will retaliate by giving the
town black eye which it is el
reaJy doing tt lo tbat matte.
There ia rejoicing nt Musko-
goe over the first nod only
"grafting" hearing against the
Pawos commission held by C.
B. Woodruff. Nothing was de-
veloped by the hearing except
the malignity of tho entire town
against the complainant news-
papers included.
Whatever doubts the country
may have harbored with refer
ence to tho immaculate charac-
ter of the Dawes commission
individually and collectively
have been entirely dispelled by
resolution passed at Tahle-
quali by the Cherokee council.
If the commission needs any
other certificatoi of good char-
acter than the endorsement of
this body its case must be hope
less.
Visiting real est it h men think
tbe healthy sign about Vinita ia
tbe fuel (here is hi laying hack
and wailing to eutrap tbe strang-
er; thai home men are waiting lo
take all lota offered and at good
prices. Another th'ng: Having
plenty of roney outside their lota
these purohasea take tbe form of
investment! Instead of speculation.
It It certain alio the owners are
not going to let their values deteri
orate for the lack of more money
they can build a city here alone if
necessary. But it will not be nec
essary; tbere are people from all
parte of tbe country constantly
coming to vinita and we must not
tail to locate them.
Io these dayt when the tervant
girl problem U about the upper-
most one in most households any
tbing calculated to lighten the
housework ia to he considered.
Along this line electric lights count
for much but some tnbeuttite for
wood and cost for healing and
conking would be heralded with
more than moderate satisfaction
by tbe housewife who haa reached
the conclusion tbat the solution
lies in doing her own work. Gas
Is of course our prient hope and
if not natural then coal gas. With
onal aa low as five centa a bushel
t thn hank near here il seems aa
though if we are nutside theinat-
nral gas belt we are still w(ibin
reacri of coal gaa at a price which
ould make its use lessible. Who
ever will put gas into V Inlia at a
moderate price may be assured of
plenty ol consumers.
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A generation ago ibe dream of a
young divinity student wss to be
Installed rt permanent pastor of a
church to baptist marry and
maybap bury ita membership.
Now the man who spends tea
years in a pastorate and bat built
a new house of worship in Hbat
time if 'twaa required It thought
to htve accomplished bis Wurk
in that field. To atand 'still
against nature a moat potent
law and if tbe man baa broadened
and widened with hia years his
possibilities for usefulness have
grown correspondingly and a larg
tr Geld and atetion are offered
htm. If he baa reached the lenith
of his possibilities in a given field
char ge nf surroundings is im
peratively tem4nded. And an
other thing noticed by those
cbai g d wi h diec. iver.ng men i
'list there was never eo great a i
tnand fum h'g churohee h
eh'e M i v i heir preachers from
two to five tbou-atid dollars
year.
ABOUT NEWdPAl'KR 6PACK
Newspapers ssll space to ad
vertiser. It ia their stock in
trade. The merchant Bell goods
and uiskea hi profit on them. H
could not continue In business did
he not make a reasonable profit
Every article of clothing or dry
goods or groceries or wbst not
has a cih value. It est some
body komething In the fin place
Bo every line In the newspaper
repren's labor It repreeenn
capital invested and should la
paid for. Who would think nf g .
ing into a store and asking for
suit of clothing gratuitous or even
a pound ol sugar or a paper of
pini? A line In tbe newspaper l
of value or It woeM not be asked
or wanttd.
Again because one trades a
great detl at a given etort I no
d reason why at frtquent in
tervals the proprietor should umke
thM customer a present id a live
dollar S e sou hat. Hist would
not hn buaiuess. I'hn point we
am trying to make en very plain
tbat a wayfaring man ihuugo. a
fool need not err therein is thai
advertising space is valuable and
ought lo be paid for.
Favorite Family Re.rm.cJy
Frequently accidents occur in the
bouarhold which cause hnrna cuts
spraiua and bruises; (or use In such cases
Ballard's Snow Liniment haa for many
eari been the constant family remedy.
afic 40c and fl at 1'eople'a drugstore dw
ADAIR NOTES.
A Readable Collection of Items From
a Buay Town.
Avery happy we idlng uucurretl at
the home nf Mr. Fold mi Weilnrsoity
of last week. The iMppy I'miplo wore
Miss Llllle HurrLuii and Mr.lra Run-
sey. We wish good luck and umoh
happiness to these to fount! people.
Ml Gay Sklnnur and Ollie Warren
accompanied by a friend Miss Gale-
wood spent Thauketfivliig at home.
The L'.idlea Aid society Tnunksgl?-
Ing supper tie! led nearly fii. Thev
were enabled lo complete the furnish
ing of the purmnaae.
Miss Kettle Jones of Clinton Mo.
came In for a few days tin her wiy
home from AfKausaa.
Mrs. J. V. WarreiiuK.no entertain
ed the young peop'.e on Friday even
ing with a Philippine party this time
Grand pa Hrock bad quite a sick
pelt Monday.
Tne Cumberland !'rebyterlan
church will be completed by Christ
ina to ihe Sunday scLnol cao give
their Log Cabin euteitaiuuient
Christmas evening.
Ou account of poor health Ueurtie
Warren has been obliged to go lo
snutheru California.
J. K. Warieu a shlpplutf some
tine cMl! to St. Louis Tuesday.
The Preshyterisn liidie htzir will
be held In the Jone biiilnlntf neil
Monday night l)ec. 7th Itefore buy-
ing Christ maa pie-enl. visit the
baiar. The proceeds will go to the
new church.
We understand cotupatiy will snnu
begin boring for nil mi a farm close
to Inwn.
The M. E. south Sunday tchnol ar
planing for a Cnristtna tree enter-
Uliuiieiit on Chntma rv
Mr. D. S. Cuuiuilnns gave a party
S41 urrlity afternoon ti Miss Mary
t-'u inner and a nntnU'r of her Hit e
friend. All report a gond lime. Nice
refreboiei't and ganire helped to
make the evening more iili-a-ai'i-
LETTE3 f R3M PHILIPPINZS
Wonderful I'oanlbllltlea f Ibe If
Uaila IlsplBBT latter Amer-
icas In the summer of l-2 Mr. Victor IL
Olnistsd a former esKlstaut atatlstii lao
of the departmen of agriculture who
in IS'-HJ under the general direction of
Col. (now (Jen.) J. P. Banger of the
war department superintended wltb
real ebllltv and surceaa the census
of Cuba was appointed an assistant dl
rector of tbe eeniua of the Philippine
Islands. In a recent letter to the sta
tistician Mr. Olmsted writes as follows.
with reference to thois dltsant posses
sions of the United States In which bs
baa now spent nearly a year with ex
ceptionally favorable opportunities for
observation and judgment:
Thia Is a country of wonderful posst
bllltlea. Labor Is cheap and cost of pro-
duction In every direction low; and
while the native laborer Is apt to be Im
provident there ere thousands of Chi
nese here who can be employed at very
low wages and who make the best work
men. as well aa the most faithful. This
vlrpjn field will r.ot remain virgin very
long; the opportunities acr too great and
favorable remits too rertaln to be neg
lected.
The prr.pln almost universally are fa
onti!r to . mf rlean oceupailnn and gov.
rnment; thr v are more prosperous and
.-ontenteil under our honest andeiUltahlt
erirrlrih'ritton nf their affairs than
they have ever hern before; and this
notwlihf tanfMng the ravages of chol
era. the rlnderpisl thnt has killed off a
larue proportion nf the rarahao (the
work ox of '.he artrli'iilturlsts) and the
partial failure of thn rlre crop.
There are. to be sure wandering hanrfs
of "lailronea" here and there that the
government has not yet been able to
oppress but these robbers are tllmln
Ishlng rapidly In numbers and strength
and will soon he only a memory. It Is
wonderful that this should he so. when II
Is considered tbat ladronlsm haa been
an established Institution In these It
lands for centuries
Ths scheme of some of these "la.
drones" during the past two years has
been to pose as patriots revolutionists
aealnst American authority and In this
guise to force contributions from ths
p'-aeeahle Inhahltanta of the rural dis
tricts whom they terrorized and upon
the fruits of whose Indus! rv they have
lived. But their day Is nearly past and
tt Is safer for one to be In almost any
part of the archipelago to-day than It Is
to be out of doors at hlht In large sec
tions of New York city and Chlrano
The great and quick success attained
hy American methods honestly and
rTteilr srDlld In these Islands Is. I
relieve without parallel In the world
L. K. McGuffiu Ires
Thoa. T. WImer V-Prea W
Chaa II Collins At Cashier
The Cherokee
VINITA
Capital $25000 j j
DIRECTORS:
L K McGuffiu W II Darrough W R McGeorge T T Wimer L E Tarktr Jr
E N RatclifT Fred L Kelley U W Troutt Dr. Louis Bagby T F Thompson
This hank aolicita accounts and offers to depositor absolute security and the
moat liberal treatment consistent with aa'e banking
gVUHr
WE GO YOUR BOND
afcc-cral Ulnion Surety
Company
Authorlted by ths Attorney Oeneral of the Catted Htatas to sign all Bonds
payable to ths United States of America.
Administrators Guardians Receivers Trustees
Contractors Employees Tublic OlTicinls.Oils and
Gas and all kinds of Mineral Bonds.
Q. H. HENDREN Res. V.-Pres.
a KMdies i.sw omce. Vinita. Intl. Ter.
Cobo Uoiel Comer. Phone T. Tllllia liiu. a vi .
r
Owvkb Baobv. Pres. J. O. Hali. V-Pres. W. P. Pmiura. Caabler
First National Bank
VINITA INDIAN TERRITORY.
LAMALHaoooo ILl'J
Oldest and Stronjreat National Bank in the Cherokee Nation.
DIRECTORS. j
OUfHK MACBY H.F.MnfihK M. B. tKAYSfiK A. l CHUlHILL. k.ft.
UA TCUFF. W A. GKAHAM . O. HALL ti. W. CLAKK W. H. HALSRLU
Uoai Sits Canaral
V1ISS CONNOLLY
WINS PIANO
One of Vinita's Well
.Known College
Students.
The friends of Miss Srliil
Connolly a attidrnt at tho tol-
ege will be glad to learn that
she was successful in her eflorts
to secure the $350 piano offer-
ed us a premium by tho Kansas
City World. The plan was to
allow 300 votes for each daily
subscription secured and 000 for
daily and Sunday to the ladies
of Oklahoma and Indian Ter-
ritory. Miss Connolly had 147-
300 votes as against 138200
for Miss Cora Carroll of Hunt
er Okla. her nearest com
petitor. Miss Connolly is the
daughter of John Connolly of
Fairland.
Cougnirg Spall Cauaad Death.
"Harry Duckwell aged 15 years
choked to death early yesterday morn
ing at bit home in the presence of bis
ifc and child. He contracted a cold a
few days ago and paid but little atten-
tion to it. Yesterday morning be was
seized with a fit of coughing: which con-
tinued fur some time. His w'fe sent for
s physician but before he could srrive
another coughing spell came oil and
Duckwell died trout suffocation St.
Louis Globe-Democrat Dec. 1 Imil
Ballsrds llurehound Syrup would have
saved him "c 5uc and 11.00 at Peo
ples Drug Store. w
Ood Calls to Hla People
Special uire' li.es t the Haptiat
Church Ihi-ouiib this week and neit.
rt ices eci Uf mo a.m. aoit 730
p.m. lire a 1. M"iie is Haiin(ji
the pastor. C.uiie t lhee 1111 t in y I
and I ft. us have a heart iei:riiiiif tturi j
llrlnK jrour friend-; all ere welcome
"Aod the Mood shall he lo yon fur a
loken upon the buiies where ye are."
HeveTou the witness nf the blood?
L. C. Wolfr.
Paior.
Ha Found Curs
R. II. Poster. 313 S. d atreet Salt
Lake City writ's: "I have lieen both-
ered with dyspepsia or indigestion for
21 years have tried many doctors with
out lelir'i but I have found a cure In
Herblne I lecommeed it lo all my
friends who are afflicted that war a. d
It ia curing them loo. 60c at People'i
drug store. dw
fmrtMUdrmmi mfm.tmrmm aa44
tor u:e People's Dew1 Ptore.
R.McGtorge Caab.
National Bank
END. TER.
Surplu and Profits $8000
Banhlnn business.
MAGNIFICENT
CLUBBING
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$1.25.
This arrangement has
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Chieftain may obtain these
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nominal cost in connection
j
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scriptions. The "Farmer
and Stockman" is among
the best farm publications
and ousht to be a visitor
in every farm home.
Ballard'a Horahound Kyt up
Immediately relieves hoarse croupy
cough oppressed rattlinj rasping and
ilnlica t bresthlng Henry C. Stearr.s
druggist Hb'illsburg Wis. writes May
20 MH)l: "I have been selling Ballard's
Horehound Syrup for two years and
have never had a preparation that bas
given better eatisfactiun I notice that
when I sell a botl e they come back fur
more. 1 e n honestly recommend It 2-V
fOc sad II at Peoples drng store w
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