The Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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WERE PRESENT
I A Laroe Audience Witness the Lin
coln Day Exercises Given Under
theAusplces of lllinoisan
Society.
The Illinois society Rave a delight-
ful entertainment at tho Auditorium
l ist night in honor of the Lincoln
centenary.
The program as published yester-
day was rendered entire save the
ijiiartette was repeatedly encored.
Judge Henry of Terre Haute lnd-
'J) uv.il pleased the large audience with
stories and remineRcenc.es of Lincoln
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1IIU JUUgK JUUH 11. i HOUlilB Ut'liH-I-
ed a splendid oratlou entirely suit
able for the occasion. Major Cusey
in a hnppy vien spoke for the grand
army or the republic and Captain
Jiarrett and Dillie Sioims made good
fhort talks for the Confederate and
Spanish American veterans respect-
ively. The quartette was a great hit and
constated of 10. B. Davidson A. A.
Brown. Miss Mabel Gunter and Miss
4) Nettie iliggins.
A Judge Jos. A. Gill presided in a
ft manner that presented the program
J superbly. When the Illinoiaana in
the audience were asked to stand an
even one-hundred persona istood up.
VSThe Illinois society in Vinita will be
1 a social organization of no mean Im
portance in the future and is to be
permanent.
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WHAT TELEPHONE USERS
CAN DO TO HELP SERVICE.
. There are three parties to a tele-
phone call the person making the
call the telephone company and the
person called. It is not sulliclent that
ono or two of the parties do their
work properly. The co-operation of
all three is necessary.
Telephone users may help the ser-
vice. Ily consulting the telephone dirce-
'try before making calls thus obviat-
ing the many errors due to calling
numbers from memory
Py speaking directly into the trans-
mitter in a clear distinct voice.
Ily speaking the figures of a tele-
phono number when making a call;
for example 'S.U two-three-four.
ISy correcting the operator if she
repeats the number (ailed incorrect-
ly. ily holding the telephone leceisei'
to the ear until tin called party an-
swers. As a matter of courtesy the
person making the telephone call
should not oblige the called party" to
wait his convenience.
P.y answering the telephone call
promptly. If there is unusual delay
in answering the telephone the oper-
ator may report "Don't answer" to
the party calling.
In telephone operating the human
Element must be considered. The
public is human. Telephone operat-
ors are human. The hastily spoken
word and its inflection conveys what-
ever impression each gets of the oth-
er Under such conditions courtsey
both on the part of the operating
force and the public in like oil to ma-
chinery necessary to prevent friction.
"MAKE GOOD."
Cut out "if" "could" and "should."
And. start to saw wood.
You can still have the best
Things in life like the rest
Of the men who've achieved
lust because they've believed
la themselves. You've deceived.
If you think fortune comes
With a rattle of drums
And a fanfare of state
To hand yours on a plate.
That isn't the way
That ebe visits today.
You get out and rustle and bustle and
hustle;
You need all your musile for you ve
got to tussle.
Plunge into the fight.
Hit to left and to right.
And keep crashing and emashing.
Don't let up with your striking
'Hll thlnr.s meet your liking.
For Cod a pake etop bawling
Instead do some mauling.
It makes the world bitter
To look at a quitter;
Fate scowls when she sees
A grown-up on his knees.
A man with his health
In a mine jammed with wealth
''nil of unexplored lodes
Why the freckled back toada
Have the sense to keep Jumping
And hero you are trumping!
Como now strike your gait-
It isn't too late
There's no such thing as fate
Drop that foil-talk of "luck"
(Jet a grip on your piucK
And buck
lb gin
To grin
And win.
Dedicated to Vinita.
OKLAHOMA HAS MANY
j CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS.
if
I The official Catholic directory pub-
hshed by & Milwaukee Wis. firm
I gives the following Interesting Ktatis-
I tics regarding the Oklahoma diocese:
! Population (Catholic) about 33500;
1 lllshop. l; Clergy 87; churcben 120;
' colleges and academlett JO; parishes
with schools 32; children attending
k ."373; charitable institutions 4.
WIRELESS PUSHES TIDINGS
OF BATTLESHIP FLEET
By Associated Press
New York Feb. 12. A wireless
message from the tender Yankton
which is preceding the Atlantic bat-
tleship fleet on its way home was
picked up early today by the wire-
less station on Fire Island. The
message glvea the location by lati-
tude nd longitude and concludes:
"Fne weather; cruse uneventful." In
longitudinal position the ships last
night were about twenty miles south
of Azores. '
VINITA 111 SCHOOL
B FAST GUI
Bas' n Ball Team Had No Walkover
at Claremore Last Night But Our
Boys Won Score 13 to 8
Another victory bas been placed up-
up the list of the Vinita basket ball
team The game last night at Clare-
more between the Vinita and Clare-
more high (schools was a warmly con-
tested one. The score being 13 to
8 in favor of Vinita.
All the Vinita boys played a star
game making very few fouta and they
were placed at a great disadvantage
on account of the lloor.
Smith ptayed in better luck than
any of the other boys making 10 of
the 13 points.
Vinita would like very much to
play a game with Tulsa as Tulsa has
a very strong team and has never
been lftaten.
1 GOiDE IH
IS HELD IIP
Two Masked Dandits Rifle Mail Car
And Escape With Registered
Mail Pouches.
Ily Associated Fret.-. "
Denver Colo. Feb i;'. -Two mask-
ed bandits held up a Ilio (Irande pas-
senger train from the west between
Fort Logan and 1 leaver early this
morning. They rilled the mail car
and three registered pouches and es-
caped. News fi the holdup was telegraphed
to Demer and secret service men
were at oiee nciit to the scene.
Estimates of the amount of booty
secured by the robbers vary and in-
formation on this point Is very meag-
er. Ono of the pouches stolen is said
to have contained cuneney between
one thousand and live thousand dol-
lars. The bandits forced the fireman to
call upon the mail clerks to open the
door of the car w hich was done. The
mail clerks were lined up with the
engineer while ono bandit compelled
the llreman to throw out three sacks
of registered mail and place them in
a large sack. A fuciilade of bullets
kept the passengers in the cars. The
robbers forced the clerks and engine
crew to march up the track two hun-
dred yards and tnen escaped.
ADA LEADS DURANT IN FIGHT
FOR A STATE NORMAL
Cuthrie Okla. Feb. 15. Action of
the house Saturday in voting down a
motion by Pill ihirant of Durant to
take tip his bill to locate a state nor-
mal at Durant indicates that Durant
Is no longer on the organization slate
as the location ofthe SoutheMtern
normal. A large majority of .tie re-
publicans as well as all the organi-
zation of democrats voted for the mo-
tion of lluddleston of Ada to table
Durant's motion to take up the bill
indicating that Ada now lias the best
chance of securing the Southeastern
normal.
It was stated on good authority to-
day that the slate now is for only
two new normal schools on the east
side of the state one at Tahlerpmh
to be known na the Northeastern nor-
mal and one at Ada to be known as
the Southeastern normal. It la stated
by friends of Ada that twenty-three
w ith a possible thirty republicans will
vote for Ada as the location of the
latter institution and that Ada will
have the support of the organization.
Tahlequah. according to the most
reliable information is how the only
candidate for the Northeastern nor-
mal and is sure of the school if any
normals ate located.
INAUGURAL BIBLES
IRE HIGHLY PRIZED
New Volume Used For Each Incom-
ing Executive Unless Other
wise Provided.
Washington D. C Feb. 15. That
the incoming President always takes
the oath of office on a Bible and that
the Chief Justice of the United States
administers tho oath is generally
known but where the Bible comes
from is a fact concerning which the
public knows less. Tho one who is
able to give more information on this
subject than any other in James 11.
McKenney. Clerk of tho Supreme
Court who is the man who always
has the sacred book at the right place
at the right time and in whose hands
strange to say it always so opens that
the august personage who is about to
pledge his fidelity to the Constitution
and the best interests of the people
of the United States finds his palm
resting upon some passage which ia
an augury of "good for all concerned.
The purchase of the book is one of the
"perqulstes" of the clerk.
"No" said Mr. McKenney in re-
sponce to a question; "no we do not
use our century-old Bible for the
8 wearing in of presidents bit it often
happens that the Clerk supplies a new
book for the occasion it is the in-
tention that the man who takes the
oath of oilice should have the volume
as a keepsake and it generally trans-
pires that his family if not himself
set much store by it. Not. always
however nor even in a majority of
cases are we called upon to supply
a new book for it frequently happens
that the President or some member
of bis family is the owner of some
treasured volume of the Scriptures
which it is desired that ho should use
upon this sacred and important oc-
casion. "This was the case when Mr. Cleve-
land was inaugurated. He was the
owner of a small Bible not longer
than your bund and which apparent-
ly had seen much usage. His mother
had presented it to him when he was
a boy and he had treasured it ever
since. When be was consulted about
taking the oath when first inaugurat-
ed as President he stated that he de-
sired his mother's present should be
used for Uhs purpose. When the
oath was administered to him at the
beginning of his second administra-
tion the same volume which on this
occasion had been bunted out by Mrs.
Cleveland was again brought forword
and presented as the one upon which
her husband should make his pledges.
"Quite in contrast with this little
volume was the one used in ndmlnis-
toi hK the oath to Mr. McKinley. The
negro bishops Joined together and pre-
sented to Mr.' McKinley one of the
btefcest books I hae ever seen. It
was an extraordinary large family bib-
le bound in heavy morocco trimmed
it Kold and stored in a nun It orna-
mented box. I remember very Well
that I was quite fagged out from car-
rying ii to the Senate chamber and
froiu that chambber to the platform
In front of the capitol. After the Bible
had been used for this purpose I turn-
ed it oer to the President but not-
withslarding he had already received
it the donors atterwards called at the
While House and presented it with
formal speeches to which Mr. McKin-
ley made appropriate reply.
"President Roosevelt was sworn In
o'i 11 Bible which had been used for
tho same purpose when he was lnau-
guated t inventor of New York. We
had bought a Bible for his inaugura-
tion when we received word from Mrs.
KooseVelt that site preferred the use
of their twn volume and it was ac-
cordingly substituted.
"We sill have on hand the Bible
bought for that occasion but we shall
not use it for Mr. Taft. Unless he
furnishes a book himself we will get
a new one and will keep the Koose-
velt Bible on hand for emergencies
such for instance as occurred when
Arthur took the oath of office in this
city lie had been sworn in in New
York but it win" suddenly decided that
it would be safer to again administer
the oath in Washington. Accordingly
Chief Justice Waite and about twenty
other people of prominence were call-
ed very suddenly together In the Vice-
President's room at the capitol. I had
to send uptown for a book and bad
but a few minutes in which to execute
the commission. I succeeded however
in getting the book in time for the
ceremony and was one of the few pres-
ent when Mr. Uarlcld's successor was
initiated Into tils high oilice.
"We now make it a point to have
an available book on band at all time
and will probably keep the Roosevelt
Bible for that purpose."
Ill LAND
RECORDS FILED
Documents Received by State Auditor
Trapp Will be Sent to East Side
Counties For Reference.
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
COMMITTEE AGREES TO
REDUCTION OF SALARY.
By Associated Press.
Washington. I). C Feb. 13. By a
vote of five to three the house com-
mittee on the election of president
vice president and representatives in
congress agreed to a favorable re-
port on the bill to reduce the salary
of the secretary of state. A minority
report wlil.be presented to the house.
There have been some changes made
in the lower grades during the last few
days and things are working nicely.
The grade teachers are creating a great
deal of intcrebt among their pupils by the
developement of a map of Oklahoma
showing the leading products of each
county.
There arc about 15 pupils asking for a
place to be prepared for the third year in
high school next year and are wondering
how it can be dune without a new build-
ing. This is a very important matter and
needs attention at once.
The high school had a very interesting
program this afternoon. They would be
glad to have some of the patrons in at-
tendance at Borne of these programs.
The 8th grade are now getting the latin
conjugations to bring light upon the study
of their english as this cannot be done
very successfully without the latin.
Guthrie Feb. 15. The state audi-
tor Saturday received the complete re-
cords of all the lands of the Five
Civilized Tribes from tho Dawes
Commission. The records have been
compiled by counties describing ful-
ly all tho lands in each county for
the purpose of aiding the county of-
ficers in de termining just what lands
are taxable. Carl Uiee assistant
auditor stated today that these re-
cords will be sent at once to the east
side counties.
In all there are 2.p000 sheets of
the records typewritten neatly and
indexed so as to furnish a complete
guide to tho county officers. Each
separate compilation glvea the names
or every allottee of that county his
or her age degree of blood whether
new born intermarried freodman
full-blood degree of mixed blood In-
dian freodman or mixed blood minor
and so on. Opposite the name and
age of each allottee is also dated
a complete! dlscrlptlon of the land
whether surplus or homestead num-
ber of acres exact location and other
details. This is the most complete
record of Indian or any other lands
ever compiled in Oklahoma and em-
braces practically every foot of land
in the forty counties of the east side
of the state formerly Indian Teri-
tory. A large force of Dawes com-
mission clerks lias been working on
the records for over six months; at d
their compilation cost" $19000 of
which $:.0'J0 v.'na appropriated by the
state of Oklahoma and the remainder
by congress in the Indian appropria-
tion bill.
The compilation of these record.
was made necessary owing to tin:
nutneroiis classifications of allotted
lands in the Five tribes and congres-
sional legislation removing restriction
which made- certain classes of land
taxable under the law and other
classes non-taxable In the compil-
ation Is also contained the do.-dgiiiHlnu
opposite each piec of land us to
whether or not the re'-V ti.m l.ae
been removed.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
(I'utiirie Okla. Feb. 1 ."1. Supei iu-
teuilent U. W. Dick of the Oklahoma
state penitentiary has been here on
hgi.datho matters the past few days
lie sa i there are now t!4." convicts
in tile two prisons at MeAlestei and
the federal jail at Vinita. The tempor-
ary prison 2 miles from the business
district of M' AhKtei' Is about com-
pleted. A feature of the stockade is
the arrangement of barbed wires four
in lies apart along the Inside of the
bi .ud enclosure. These wires are
charged with electricity. A convict in
scaling tile fence must (time in con-
tact with the wires and the direct
current of lectrlcity while not dead-
ly will hold the man tightly until the
c 1 1 1 ' lit is cut off.
There U ii disposition on the part
of the legislature to correct the gross
production tax on coal which is now
two per cent. It may be cut to one-
half of one per cent.
"CristmiJl" Jones the republican
leader suoeeeecled in getting his fol-
lowing to work for an adjournment
Friday to enable the legislators to
visit Oklahoma City and attend the
Lincoln day banquet.
Speaker Wilaon teases the Oklaho-
ma City delegation by referring to
their to '.u as "South Britton."
Suspense over the fate of the can-
didacies for public buildings is tell-
ing on the faithful workers from the
half score of towns In the race for
various institutions. .
The Senate Friday disposed (if the
bill fixing a new schedule of fees for
the office of Clerk of the Supreme
Court.
Chicago Alderman Suicides.
By Associated Press.
Chicago Feb. 12. Alderman Jos-
eph F. Kahout aged fifty years demo-
cratic leader committed suicide by
t-hooting himself today.
FOUR NATIONAL BANKS
TAKE STATE CHARTERS
Guthrie Okla. Feb. 12 The conversion
of four national banks to state banks was
recorded in the secretary of state's ofTioe
yesterday by the granting of state char-
ters to national banks at Elk City. Sayre
riek and Viniva. each with a capital of
$25000. The incorjiorators of the farm-
ers' State bank of Vinita are: William
Little F M. Smith J F. Madison. Oliver
Bngby. W. E. Hulscll and A. L Churchill
all of Vinita.
STORM 16 RULES
III MIDDLE WEST
Temperature Hovering Around Zero
Stock Suffering In Nebbrask
-Railroads are Hampered.
By Associated Press
Kansas City Mo. Feb. 15. With
the temperature seven degrees above
zero and snow still falling Kansas
City today faced the second blizzard
of the winter Farly today tho street
cars were at a standstill and traffic
is almost demoralized. Reports today
show snow nil over tho southwest.
The weather is clearing in western
Kansas and while thero probably will
be a further fall of several degress in
the temperature though it la believed
tho worst of tho storm is over. Fol-
lowing is a reading to tho thermom
eter at a half dozen different points j
Dodge City Kansas two below;
Oklahoma City eight abbove; Amarilbi
Texas four above; Ft. Smith. Ark.
twenty two above; Omaha Neb. six
below; Norfolk Neb. nineteen below.
AT BECOME
DOMESTICATED
New Corporation Bill Introduced in
The State Senate Would Re-
move Barrier.
(Juthrie Okla. Feb. 15. Detailed
procedure by which public service cor-
porations may become domestic cor-
porations in Oklahoma is prescribed
in a bill introduced by Senator J. S.
Morris. Under its provisions every
public service corporation organized
under Oklahoma or Indian Territory
laws within three years prior to state-
hood which bas already or shall with
in two years comply with the recmlro-
ments of the constitution and thla act
and commence the work contemplated
in its charter is declared to be a do-
mestic corporation.
All railroads and other public ser-
vice corporations organized under the
laws of other states of the United
States which had complied with ter-
ritorial laws within tbret years before
statehood and received authority to
transact business are also authorized
to extend their lines upon complying
with the constitution and this act and
are made domestic corporations. The
principal condition imposed by the
act is the filing of a resolution accept-
ing the corporation provisions of tho
constitution.
Public service corporations included
under this act are authorized to in-
creases their capital stock without pay-
ing tho additional feo required by the
law passed last year.
Chicago Feb. ir. The storm w hich
has tied up the middle west Is mov-
ing eastward. In Nebraska the tem-
perature has fallen below zero and It
Is unusually cold. Cattle are suffer-
ing and the railroads are badly hampered.
LOCATION OF STATE INSTI-
TUTIONS WORRIES SOLONS
Cm (trie Feb. 1. Public buildings
otherwise state institutions continue
to occupy the attention of the legis-
lature and each clay new arrivals and
departures of lobbyists from tin c itie t
that aspire to become the Font of
some institution adds to the confus-
ion in the crowded hotel lobbies it
is highly probable that two normal
schools and one preparatory school
will be located bin no city lias yet
received a guarantee of being chcSscn.
owing to the various eopXdtmUonH
that have been made only to be brok-
en and tli possibility of Use tight ter-
minating op the lloor of both houses.
Instead of being settled in committee
rooms.
W. 8. PATTON WILL PRESENT
HIS GREATEST SUCCESS.
Malingers Duller & Pyrd take pleas-
ure in announcing the engagement of
the peculiar comedian W. D Pnttort
in "The Wockhend" for Feb. 20. Pat-
rons of the Auditorium look forward
to Mr. Pattern's visit to Vinita each
season with delight and are always
ussured of an evening's extreme pleas-
ure. Mr Patton's plays are clean re-
fined wholesome and entertaining
and his company is always composed
of ladles and gentlemen who rue ar-
tists in their particular line of work.
There is in the action of Mr. Patton
in the character of "Prof Steele The
Flockhead" a sincerity and depth of
expression that is convincing being
possessed of superior Intelligence and
sensibility his earnest and conscient-
ious efforts convince one of bis com-
plete mastery of every situation. Ills
art is nature itself. The play is a cb-
cidedly clever comedy blight and
witty and there Is novelty in its presentation
WOULD 8EIIEFIT
OKLAHOMA DDADS
Dill Introduced by Senator Gore to
Remove Restrictions From Rights
of Way on Indian Lands
lie it. enacted by the Senate and
IIouko of Kepresen tat Ives of the Un-
ited States of America in Congress
assembled that the restrictions are
hereby removed from any Indian
lands hi Oklahoma allotted or unal-
lotted which may be necessary as a
right of way for t'.e establishment
and construction of public roads and
the board of county commissioner) in
any county in such state shall be per-
mitted to acquire by purchase of con-
demnation under the laws of Oklaho-
ma nny Mich right of way for the
vm- herein mentioned not to exceed
fclxty feet in width and w henever the
land so mquired has been allotted
compensation shall be paid to the In-
dividual owner therei.'. and when un-
allotted compensation shall be paid to
ti e Secretary or the Interior for the
benefit of the Indian tribe or tribes to
whom the land' belonged.
ROBBERS CRACK BANK SAFE
TAKE $1140 AND ESCAPE
Ily Associated Press.
Muskogee Okla. Feb. J. The safe
In the First National bank of Okahn
near here was blown open by robbers
1 early today and riffled of over eleven
t hundred dollars. The bank building
was wrecked by the explosion. Flood
bounds tracked the robbers to the
outskirts of the town when the trail
was lost.
LOCATION OF STATE CAPITAL
TO RECEIVE ATTENTION SOON
Cuthrie. Feb. l.'. That there will
be some sort of state capital legis-
lation Is now com ceded by leaders in
both branches if the legislature. Mem-
bers seem to view the November votes
011 the New Jerusalem capital plan as
Indicative of the wishes of the public
for immediate action along the lines
of the 'ideal capital" plan. Wliilc
there ts considerable sentiment in fa-
vor of letting the capital question go
over to the next legislature the
friends of immediate action are in a
majority It is highly probable that
the Orahnm bill providing for a spec-
ial election next September will lie
accepted with some modification.
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We loan our own money therefore can give prompt
service. Our rates are the lowest. S'c pay the money
upon receipt of abstract showing good title. Do busi-
ness with a HOME COMPANY.
We are in close touch with buyers from the East and
can sell your farm.
List your land with us if you want to sell.
Write us for a listing blank.
idelity Farm Loan Co.
Auditorium Building Vinita Okla.
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