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VINITA CRAIG COUNTY OKLAHOMA. SEPTEMBER 17. 1909
NUMBER 14
CIICH HIES II
IS HIS BLUNDER
Architect Who Drew Plans For High
School Writs Statement of
Deal With Board.
PROGRAM FOR TftFT
DAY IS APPROVED
The following statement was recclv-
ed from Kobe;! J. Cht rch. Thursday
which is self explara' ry:
To tbe Editor of tb Jaily Chieftain:
Dear Sir: Allow - ie to call atten-
tion to ono of your Mitorials appear-
log in the Issue of: September 14 in
which you say: '"j ho blunder of an
architect." should 4 t defeat perman-
ently tbe will of th people of Vinita."
I quesll in the vat ty of the charge
and fci f o purpose t to doing allow
me to 11 som points which aro
List -y
A . i time of the exhibition of the
- I plan for high school" In tho
i-idowa of Tho Leader and on tho
walla of ;b Farmers' State bank the
supposition was that tho suggestion
of the Commercial Club would be car-
ried out viz. t) erect a $75000.00
building.
On June 2nd in the pagea of your
valuable paper you report tho accep-
tance of plans for a J5S.000.00 build-
Again tho pans were completed
when tho architect wt-s informed that
ibis lapt amount uv.st include the
riiri)it.hiiig. li; another word the
school is cut 'o $D2.)00.00 although
tour rooms have bee l added In the
basement.
Before leaving for n necessary vaca-
tion the fact that tho building must
be changed to bring Jt within the funds
provided wan d.'scusRed and some of
tko cjiatirca were written down at
that time. Tie l.angea in no way
took away uny jo.e.essnry portions of
ih building. For Instance the terra
tta could bo removed and other ma-
larial ured in It s place the water table
lowered to tbe top of the basement
wicdows using brick in some places
instead of stone etc.
Luring tho vacation several days
w ;. ! t In tidying how besLwlth-
ut taking away the needful parts to
roduee tho prlc? of tho building.
About this tine o letter was received
to tho effect that "one contractor had
etirtol that the building could not
bo ejected for less than $98000.00.
r.bia was discredited at the time of)
thj opening of the bids by another
offering to build it for $20000.00 less.
At tbe same time i. e. the opening of
tho bids the architect presented tho
M?r..spnry changes for bringing the
building within the required suru and
further that a mtractor stood ready
to erect the building when the changes
had been nmle for the sum of $51800.-
0 or $200.00 le;-8 than tho amount al-
lotted and to i ive full and nufileient
bond for the ( .ilfiliment of Ills con
tract-
Mr. 1'dltor. tue plans were prpared
; .mi ii.i '.ti' ; as to sizes of rooms
t . i. ' by our Buperintemi'iit of
!. I ; p.h-sod in by our board
.r i .: .: .aid to bring it vithin
ih r iu.icil amount these plans can
t. (i iiif f.) j st as well as another
and much injury saved
i. 1 com rr tl. both financially and
"
'' Yo . Muly
( UOU'T J. ClU'ItCll
. wt'tlt-; ti.ls letter tho archl-
cx has conferred with the above eon-
4 factor and he is ftill willing to stand
y las cgreer.n'iit and erect tho bulbi-
ng with the changes proposed by the
rMte t for tbe Hum stilpubited. viz.
t rjiKoo.oo.
Seattle Wash. Sept. 13. Many te'e-
gramft have been exchanged between
President Taft's secretary and the Al-askan-Yukon-Paciilc
exposition man-
agement and the program as approv-
ed by the president has been announc
ed. It provides for one afternoon of
recreation.
As announced tbe program whim Is
subject to change is as follows:
Wednesday evening. September 2'J
tbe president will arrive and will be
met at the King street station by a
special committee of exposition stale
and city officials and escorted to the
Washington hotel.
Thusday September 30 Is Taft Day
fat tho exposition. The president will
leave the hotel at 9 a. m. escort 'd
by tho officials of the exposition "nd
prominent citizens to tbe exposition
grounds. He will inspect the various
buildings and partake of an informal
luncheon at the New York state build-
ing." At 2 p. in. the president will
address the people of the state of
Washington and the northwest In the
natural amphitheatre. At the con-
clusion of pie exercises in the natural
amphitheatre tho president will viiit
the Pay Streak see something more of
tho exposition and then return to nis
hotel in time to rest and dress for
dinner at 7:30 in the Washington state
building.
Friday October 1 will be spent m-
formally by the president in viewing
the city and in recreation. Friday
evening lie will leave for Tacoma. Tho
exposition management will provide a
number of special features for the Jay
of President Taft's visit such as spe-
cial musical programs special illumi i-
atlons and fireworks.
PITS DETWLEO STORY i
II BELOp DBM
JAY IS THE VICTOR
Associated Press Correspondent on Board
Roosevelt Many Navy Olhcers are Against
Peary Ahmiral Schley Sides With Dr.
Cook Peary Reaffirms His Denial that
Dr. Cook Visited the Pole Declares
He Can Prove Statements.
HUME STORE
CHANGES MAUDS
J. M. Mahoney And Henry Knight
f.y out Frazee-Howner
Compan.
L5y Associated Press.
Battle Harbor Labrador. Sept. 14.
"I nm tho only white man who bus
ever reached the north pole and I
am prepared to prove it."
This statement was made to a rep-
resentative of the Associated Press
by Commander Peary in reply to a
question on tbe Peary-Cook controv
ersy. The Associated Press tug
Douglas Thomas arrived here jester
day and trie correspondent at once
boarded the Roosevelt and greeted
Peary.
"i have already stated that Dr.
Cook has liot leen to the pole. This
I reafllnu and 1 will stand by it."
Peary stated that he would not dis-
cuss the detaJis until Dr. Cook issues
a full authorized statement and that
while the story may not be made pub
lie for six months.
By Associated Frets.
New York. Sept. 14. The develop-
ments in the north pole controversy
today contain arguments in favor of
both Commander Peary and Dr. Cook
Tho oft repeated charge that Peary
made uso of Cook's stores is denied
by Herbert L. Uridgruan secretary of
tbe Peary Arctic Club who asserts
that instead of appropriating his
rival's stores at the Annatook Peary
only "saved" them after they bad been
abandoned by Rudolph Franeke
Cook's steward who had been left in
charpr of them and who became
physically unfit to remain longer In
the north. On the other hand Cook's
supporters have been quick to seize
upon tbe intelligence that only one
Eskimo rear bed the pole with Peary.
Dr. Cook
Willi him.
savs lie bad two Fskimos
New York. Sept. 14 With Cook
bonic'un! bound and Peary now in
touch With correspondents tho two
swelling streams of conflicting affirm-
ation ru now centered in this city
and already boiling over. Comment
and criticism lack nothing of the prev-
ious acidity and rather gain than lose
volume.
Tbe previous a.ssiuuition that Peary
would have the United States navy
solidly behind him Is not borne out
in a letter from Rear Admiral Schley
retired made public today by Captain
D. S. Osborne secri'taiy of the Arctic
Club of America of which Ojk Is
member. Tbe letter runs In part as
follows: "I like Cook's attitude im
mensely in this unfortunate unneces-
sary and unwise controversy lie cer-
tainly has been dignified and manly
in the stand be has taken in this mat-
ter." After a meeting of the executive
committee of the Arctic Club of
America last night It. O. Slobbens
its chairman gave tbe dub's attitude
on the controversy:
"The Arctic Club of America" he
said "has nothing to do with the con
trovers v over the discovery of the
pole. All that the Arctic club rec
ognizea ia that Cook fs the discoverer
of the pole and Peary reached there
Our only desire is to honor the dis
envorer. The Arctic club wil present
to Cook a gom medal two and a half
inches in diameter showing in has
relief Cook standinjt on ton of the
globe waving the Stars and Stripes.
Culhrie Okla. Sept. 15. The town
of Jay located in the foothills of Dela-
ware county which won out in the
election for tbe relocation of the coun-
ty seat won two points in the contest
caso of drove vs. C. N Haskell et al.
Justice Dunn handed down an opinion
In favor of the Jay supporters that
the petition for issuance of it proclam-
ation by the governor for the calling
of an election for relocation of the
county seat did not necessarily have
to contain tbe names of the towns
to be voted upon. The court also
holds that although the notices were
not properly posted in the county as
provided by law the election was
legal in that respect because all the
voters had knowledge of nnd partic-
ipated in the election
Tho drove supporters maintained
that there was not such a place as
Jay but the court held to the con-
trary and that the location was well
known over tbe county several public
picnics having been held on the
townsite which had been platted but
a short time prior to the election. The
court held that there was conflicting
testimony as to whether the sup-
porters of Jay had offered a court
house site for the location of the
county and whether they bad bribed
tho election o'Ucers by giving them
deeds to lots. The court grrits to
the Jay supporters the privilege of
referring this question to a referee
fiA bindings it they so desire.
HALSELL'S V1EW0F
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Vinita Man Advises Men in Corn Belt
to Hold on to Farms And
Leave Canada Alone.
PMEEIGSik
THE COUNT COURT
Another businenn change In Vinita
of considerable importance was con-
summated Friday when Oms Frazee-
Hosmer Hardware company was old
to J. M. Mahoney Henry Knight M.
r. Knignt ana a. rv. rieree. tu and Stripes twice at the north poie ; ensigns were hoisted- toward noon
hardware business however will besnl(1 Matthew Henson Comnianc'er ! from tent poles nnd tied with lislt linen
owned and managed by Henry lvnignt U)t)(rt xvaryV negro lieutenant
and J. M. Mahoney. The new flrm jan(j the onlj utu.r civilized man ac-
V ill be incorpoited for $10000 j (()raiUK tc pearv who ever reached
Ha'tle Harbor Labrador by Wire- awoke nnd I found tbe commander al
less Telegraph by way of Cppo Ray ready up. There was only wind en
NT. F Sept. 16. "We. hoisted tbe Stars 'ough to blow out the small flags. The
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Henry Knight ana Manoney eacu uik-;Uh po.
iur $4900 of the stock and U. I.
Knight and S. R. France each taking
$100. The formal transfer will!
occur the first part of next week.
Both Mahoney and Knight are
young men and well known in Vinita
and success in this new venture Is pre
dicted for them. Mahoney has been
with tho Frazee-Hosmer company for
several years and Is a thorough hard-
ware man. Knight has been in busi-
ness in Viuita for several years nnd
will prove n valuable member of tho
new company. With the change Mr.
llusmer will retire from biiines$ In
Vinita.
lleusou f;ave to tlie Associated Press
last night aa ac count of the one night
'and two days hf and Commander
J Peary and four Kskimos camped at.
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Topeka. Kan;. Sept. IT.. Suit was
filed In the T'nited Slates court '
.yesterday by I4! lational banks i-nd
forty-one statt b nks asking an In-
junction against J. N. Dolley i;Wte
'bank commissioner to prevent them
from enforcing tbe bank deposit guar-
Kiity law. Among other things the pe-
tition asserts that th4mnU ginvaitty
law conflicts witli the foui t i'i
amendment of the constitution; that it
ih contrary to the laws and voustifci.
tion of the stale of Kansas; that thle
. is a disci Iruluatlon against the bai.?
who have only been in business I yc("
and that the law gives 'Le s'.ate a
'.light to carry on an Insurance iii-
wiilvh is thus um:.n:-titutii'"il.
The suit today was signed by Cln
ter I. J ong. John L. Hunt and J. W.
ih Jt. J. Wurom-r and .Job".
' ! t i i nn Is
WOULD MAKE FAKE
REPORTS CRBIAL
Trust Company Section of American
Bankers' Convention Hear the
Report of Committee.
Meed v
By Associated Press.
Chicago III. Sept. IT.. When the
trust company section of the Ameri-
can Rankers' Convention met today
tbe committee 'on protective laws re-
ported that it's efforts to protect the
word "trust." to provide for eflh lent
st ite mijtei vihiun and to place in tbe
category of crime the circulation of
false reports of tho bank's condition
K ul been particularly active-.
-Vvcr.tci.ii states ituiudltu: Kaunas
l.uve already enacted suitable legis-
lation and m : I ! i. r H'.iteH m e
jinv coiifiitlei leg similar law. The
p.' Hent general la of Missoui is held
t b'j adequate protection but Okla-
homa and two other states art mid
to conMidiT f-iK b netiu Ui ' :
!0 degrees North Latitude. Henson
personally assisted In raising the
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I American iiuk anu ne mu me r.niwiuo.i
in an extra cheer for Did Ulory in the
LVklmo tongin- lie said
"Having spi'iit '.ighteti years with
Commander IVrry and a considerable
part of that time in the Arctics" said
Ileusiiii "I have acquired a knowledge
of the dialect of the Northern Creeii-
htiwl I'sii lr.i( whu nn iliulil v nre Kit-
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perior to any other. A is commonly
known to travelers in the far not!)
the Fskinm entertains a itrange pre-
judice towjird any tongue except one
and It is therefore neceHsary for suc-
cessful dealing with them to .-tinl
their un.writtcii Intignage.
'We arrviej nt the pole Jut before
iuiun April t; the party consistiriK of
the commander myself four liklmos
md Jliirtj six doKs divided into two
efachnicnts ecpial in number and
traded renpe lively by Commander
tcary nnd myself. We had left the
1ft supporting jiarty nt 87 degrees 0'!'
ii'jintes where we separated from
Ciptain llartlett. who 'a as photograph-
ed by the commander. Captain liirt-
lei regretted that he did not have a
Hrjish t!an tct erect on the Ice at this
Bpo. so that the photograph rnijsht
shoi thts ns the faithest north t
whithe bani'er oX Piitaln had been
advar. ed-
'i k-pt a personal diary throughout
this 11 "Hi d.ol across the ire fie) U.
Our fi tak on reaching tb- pole
to buiiltwo Igloos as the v. i . User wd
hazy .td !r vei.t. cl taking ac iir?e
i4r.i-r ;Jotis to eolilil'lil the (listatlCe
ravfuVfiom Cape Columbia. Having
-cmpl-?d the snow houses w I--.i
liniier wUlch in luded tea B;ad on
i ur ;ii -'d Hove iiiiit then HHred to
rest tl i"' ' ' Piutf one night at the
Nona T't'e.
We had iigured out the diatRnce pretty
closely and did not go beyond the pole
The (lags were up about midday April
7 and were iwt moved until late that
evening. The haze had cleared awny
early but we wanted some hours to
take observations. We made three
close together.
When we lirst raised the Atie Mean
(lag its position was behind the IkJoos
which according to our initial observa
tions was tbe position of the pole but
on taking subsequent observations ti c
Ht.irs and Stripes were moved and
placed KjO yards west of tbe lirst pes
Hon. tne uincren.ee Hi the observa
tions being due perhaps to the niov:
ing lee. -
"When the Hag waa placed. Com
mander Peary exclaimed in KiiKli.sh:
'We will plaint the Stars and Stripes
at the North Pole.' In the native lang-
uage I proposed three cheers which
were given in the Kskimos' own ton-
Rue. Commander Peary hdiook hands
all around and we bad a more liberal
dinner than usual each man eating
as muc h as he pleased. Tbe K.-iumos
danced about and showed great pleas-
ure that the pole at hint was reached.
For years the L'skiiuos had been trying
to reach that spot but it was always
with them 'tiquelgh' whic h translate!
ti"-ans 'get so far and no eloHer'
j lu-y exc laimed in a chortu 'ting
tin) ill kettsber meaning 'We hi. e Rot
theie at last.' "
ibnson who reached the fart. .est
north w ith Peary three years no s ild
that conditions were about th i:ie
at the pole as elsewhere In the r.tl:
cin le All was a solid sea of l witn
a two-.poi leacj or open wat -r tw-.i
mibi from the pole. The K-kiiniw
who v ent along on the lira! lap. wei-e
Oc tal) Krlntrwnh Ouznu'c h'i and .-;g
loo lie two first named b Inn brith
ets. ' 'oinmaiitler Peary took photo-
iRrapliM or iiemam utnl tin1 u.Kimos
waiviip Mars. and clieerlnu. Contimi-
liK lib 'Jory HetiMui said :
"Tl.el-IH.it Is ubsolutel) untrue that
1 did not co to I'.e iMde. ' went the
Whole (IM.Ulce side !y Hide with tbe
ci..min:inler ainl Just rs far as be did."
;. ! '.. I ffui be Vncv- (bat'
Jury Decide Adverse to Cherokee
National McComb Case Now
Being Tried.
"Whenever you want to see bi
things just go out on tbe coast conn-
try and up Into Southwestern Canada '
This remark was made by W. Ti. Hal-
sell banker and ranch owner of Vin
ita Okla. who has just returned from
a trip to Seattle and Canada. Mr.
Ilalsell owns lands and cattle In sev-
eral places in Oklahoma as well a-
in Texas and Is interested lu many
banks in both states. He ia a heavy
shipper to these yards and bad in a
trainlond of cattle yesterday. "Up till
the time I started out on tbia trip"
continued Mr. Ilalsell "I had never
paid much attention to the study of
geography. So when 1 jot up there in
Canada I found that to be an immense
country. Wo would run 100 miles in
places without seeing a half dozen
houses and that right through a fair
ly good lboking country. I saw the
great cattle districts up thore. They
seem to raise ft good many cattlo in
places but they do not Boeni to get.
tho prices that wo do. There la about
9 months winter and the balanco ef
tho your Is subject to frosts and an
occasional snow storm. They raise
small grain and potatoes which grow-
there to perfection in the phftrt season
Tift irritated district in our own
country in the far northwest luok
mighty desolate. liven in the green
spots and places where they do some
'. ruling they have drawbacks in the
a n-of early frosts und the like. That
Way has some of the smoothest
f0U'1!y Vrs 1 ever saw. We have
but compared
The Jury in the case of M. B. H.
Stuart vs. the Cherokee National bank
in the county court Thursday after-
noon rendered a verdict giving the
plaintifT Judgment for $2C8. This was
a suit for recovery on a draft on
which it was contended a mistake of
$50 had been made.
The case of the Staver Carriage
company vs. Kllgore & Jonoc former-
ly of White Oak was heard and tho
Jury rendered a verdict for the de1-
fendant. In this ease the carriage
company had taken a note from the
firm of Kllgore & 'Williams on ac-
count. Later Jones bought Williams
and Kilgoro's interest. The carriage
company set up the contention that
Jones had accepted the responsibility
of the note. The jury however de-
elded In favor of Jones
This afternoon the court la bearing
the case of John McComb vs. John
and Kd Couch to recover money paid
on nn agricultural lease. Tbs case
will probably bo finished this after-
noon and the court will then take up
tbe criminal docket. This docket is
composed principally of whiskey
cases and a decision In one of them
Is likely to affect all.
I ...u frtn time to time
...l wuv ? .-.- . -
iiuu home Kotr-
X'uintry
with those fellow o lnn(;rSi sKinK
mere amateurs and W Jn Kh(jrt l
tho whole situation ut owng R
should think the rna.n v. tho con)
good farm here anywhere t '
belt bad better bold to it anuv - '
great west and Canada alone. rvan-
sas City Journal.
P. Thompson who Is representing tbe
defendants in several canes filed a mo-
tion and it was granted to quash sev-
eral of the indictments on the
ground of Irregularities in the filing
of information from which the indict-
ments were drawn. Tho law provides
that tho person filing the information
must do so from his own personal
knowledge and not from hearing or
by aflldavits unless the amdavits are
attached to and made a part ef tbe
Information. In a great many of the
cases the sheriff filed tho Information
from statements made to htm and ro
nfildavits were filed with the Inforrve
tion and on this technicality ner-ily
all of the pending cn es wi re and u -being
dismissed. In one case tb
state vs. Pearl Fennel the Jury t
last term found the defendant gull'.!'
nnd a new trial was asked for w is !i
tbe result that the case was dismU-.?. l
today. Tbe court will be occupied
with three eases for several days ' .
CASES DISLIISSEO
Oil TECHNICALITY
Irregularities In Filing Information
Set Up as Grounds For Quashing
Indictments.
The county court Is busy with the
many whiskey cases on tne hoc-
ket. The cases were taken up Satur
day afternoon and the court has been
ruing motions to quash tbe indict
ments In many cases. Attorney
CONDUCTOR ON MISSOURI
rJi.ir-. AIIIIIT r I M I -
I!y Associated Press
Atchison Kans. Sept. 1! Janm .?
Kelley a condmior on tbe MIsr-A.it
Pacific railroad for twenty two v
commuted suicide today. lef-su- .
ency and II beaJth is assigned ) '
cause.
FOBEfGNER HELD FOR
is. uiiE's r;.oE3
ome on board did not want him ti go
to the pole if they ( oiild preven it
lint he knew that before he stalled
lee ji!-o said that be saw peary write
ti records which were left in the ice.
The i.-.iiin- et who were with him with
the except'")! "t Ouziuitiecah under.
hUmmI t;!!b;h and one of tnem could
count a hundred. ' .
'"At the pole" () Itihiied lieDSoM
"we could see no cipe.Vbtud and Ve
went no d!nty"ce f ' e.Vid the f!a:s.
The lc near tbe ijbos vva at least
ten feet high and the flam we''' placed
on a lu.mmoc k twenty f. f 1
llKt!
By Associated 'less.
Pittsburg. Kans.. Kept. It; - - Hent
Williams' n Syrian va ui rested here
today on suspicion of kl.owiiie -ton..'-
thing of the murder of Mrs. Nellie
Luke In tills city on August 5! T'
authorities are ke'p;u Wiilii'!. lu
dostt eouli.'seiuent and no one s 'H r-
initted to see Mid. William." .lab'.
tains bis nuei. -h . I ' l-c . t
fcom tbe Kunsa4 slaf : r;. n
parol..'
at 1. o.: '-:
r.r.u'd late.
vhei'v lie was
Tb' re gular payday of the l-
svrtem haw bn cbat'r ! fi !.
Cath to the Kdh ot c-a-H iuoi ib
the euiployea in Vinita now '
;...v five days e' via r t' a i iu C
id
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