The Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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Vinita Okla.
Friday Nov. 6
No more hot shot.
Oklahoma was arfain redeemed.
Lets see was it seventy T (rut of the
striven that Creamer was to Hive his de ar
brethren?
Roosevelt will sail fur Africa the thir-
teenth of next March t he ides (if March.
Thus the last of the continents will he
subdued.
BRYAN'S CONGRATULATIONS
Lincoln Neb. Noc. 5 Wm.
J. Bryan tent the following tele-
gram to Taft today:
"lion. William 11. Taft
Cincinnati Ohio.
Please except congratulations
and best wishes for the success
of your administration."
(Signed) William J. Bryan
RARE SIGHT IN '49
I
It is indeed a ureal people tnat can
enue in the MnijJuh: incident to a na
tional campaign and the day that it is
over settle down to the commonplace
business affairs of life undisturbed. The
American jK-ople are capable of rcat
achievements through the kind of patriot
ism that submits to the rule of the majority.
The quiet peaceable way In which the
first presidential election held in Vinita
passed awny is a splendid tribute to the
-itienship of the town.
The absence of diarfics of corruption by
the opposing parties in the Vinita election
today is in striking contrast to the elec-
tions held where whiskey money and
Itnliticnl chicanery fixes the result of nil
elections.
The agency system"was Jnever popular
in Oklahoma and the eople. when given
a chance gave it the knockout blow. Flven
the powerful influence of Governor Has
kell could not save it from a crushing and J
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humiliating defeat.
ARMIES OF DEATH EVEHVWHERt
Billions of Bacilli by Which
Surrounded.
Man Is
The school laud grab was knocked
higher than (lilroy's kite nt the election
yesterday. The people have stepjM'd into
the breach and saved the inheritance of
the school children of the state for gen-
erations to come. Neither xlitical party
had the nerve to turn it down.
The Chieftain extends condol.snce t
those preachers and laymen who wanted
to foist the miserable state saloon upon
the people of this great new state. The
rebuke administered to you in Okliih una
yesterday ought to bring you'to n sense
of your shame.
The Chieftain has always contended
and still contends that the best state
government comes from evenly divided
politicul parties. Oklahoma has no brutal
democratic majority. It will have to give
the JK-ople the very best kind "of govern-
ment Kit the republicans will carry tlx
election the next tune sure this is not
nt oil depressing. I he democratic party
will simply have to make good and that
means to give the xople of this great
new state decent government. I he cry
of "Let the people rule" will have a wider
meaning.
At no Instant In any man's life
waklns or sleeping Is ho free from
assaults by warming myriads of tiny
but powerful unseen enemies of life
thosB soldiers of death's dark
lerlona th germs or microbes of dls
ease ir it were possible to wear
spectacles of the magnifying power of
high powered microscopes we might
sen the very nlr we breathe thick with
the monstrous tdiupcs of untold bil-
lions of bacilli; and that In. or about
or upon the water we drink the food
we eat the hands we r.hake the car
straps we hang to when going to
work the clothes we wear the hair
we comb the lips we kiss the cats
and dogs we fondle the books wo
read In ghort always and every-
where the armies of death Burround
us and Incessantly make war upon
us. And not only do they attack us
from every possible exterior vantago
polut but they are also ever at work
trying to undermine or carry by as-
sault the citadel of life from within
the lines of our own defenses. Oerms
thrive and multiply In the mouth In
the nose and especially In the In-
testinal organs. Thus It can be Bald
that not only do we live In the midst
of death but that death lives In our
midst. The wonder Is not that we
are ever 111 but that we are ever well.
Michael Williams In .Success Magazine.
I lie election is over and ttiere are very
few sore spots. The government is safe
because the great heart of the American
jKHipie is right the reisiOlicau party is
so thoroughly intrenched that the jieople
will have a dillicult task to ever dislodge
it. The great patronage at the disposal
of the party is used as a parapet against
all encroachments of the enemy. Hut
when Mr. Roosevelt leaves the White
House he will in a large measure be a
discredited statesman and les tumble
from the most jtopid ir citizen to one of
the most despised will be a sorry spect;u le
for the American people. There are cer-
tain reforms to which Mr. Bryan has led
the way that are sure to eventually be
adopted and he is going down into history
as the most useful statesman that this
deration has trodumi.
If there is one thing more than another
that has contributed to the result in Okla-
homa it is too much Haskell. Determined
to vindicate himself at the expense of
the democratic party he lias exploited the
state and driven many voters out of the
party and come dangerously near turning
the state over to the republicans. Last
week his Itinerary in n sxcial car with a
group of admirers was a desperate at-
tempt to force the cople to recognize him
as the leader and vindicate himself of the
serious charges thru made it necessary
for him to resign the treasurership of the
democratic campaign committee. It wag
intended as a sort of triumphal tour on
the eve of election after which he was to
pose as the star actor in bringing about a
great victory for dennjcracy in Oklahoma.
The effort fell flat' and was like a wet
blanket on the party throughout the state.
Liberlan Ice Cream.
A new Industry In the form of an
Ice and Ice cream manufactory has
been started In Monrovia under the
proprietorship of one of the attaches
to the Liberlan commission. The ma-
chine Is of American manufacture
from the New Itrunswlrk Refrigerator
company and has a capacity of one
ton. It turns out GOO pounds (if lee and
ten gallons of lee cream dally. It Is
principally an Ice cream machine but
Ice Is such a rarity that the projector
decided to experiment In Its manufac-
ture. This Is the first effort of Its
kind In Liberia and the demand for
Ice especially for fever-stricken sub-
jects. Influenced the experiment. The
manager declares that the result has
been encouraging and will lead to the
ultimate enlargement of the plant
with a cold storage attac hed. This en-
terprise has filled a long felt need In
Monrovia especially among the In-
valids of foreign birth. The price of
lee at present Is four cents per pound
and the price of Ice cream per gallon
Is 12.40. I'nder the circumstances
this luxury Is such a treat In this
tropical region that nobody ever stops
to consider the pike.
Only Human.
"I'm down and out." said Mr. Platte
dismally. "I must move today If I
can't pay my rent and I can't. I have
no place to move to because every-
body wants cash In advance 1 have
pawned everything I have; I've no
way to get a clean collar even to take
the place of this wilted one I have a
date to take MIhs (Jot sum to the Khow
tonight and 1 can't borrow a cent
from atnbody. Id go and Jump off
Suicide pier but for one thing."
"Vnd that Is ?"
"That Is that I have a deep snd
abiding curiosity to know how a man
In this desperate condition can get
out of It I'm going to stick around
and see what happens:" Cleveland
Leader.
WOMAN'S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA
MINING CAMP.
Gold Seekers Showed Practical Appre
elation of the Presence of a
Female Made Up Large
Purse of Gold.
There were few women In the Cali-
fornia mining camps In the old days
as .a proved by the following incident
from the reminiscences of former Sen-
ator William M. Stewart: "Women
were bo scarce In California ut that
time that this was sufficient to arouse
mo uoio tamp. me ooys' as we
were called were scattered along the
Coyote diggings for a distance of about
four miles and when anything unusual
happened the words 'Oh Joe' would
be passed along the whole line. When
I saw the feminine raiment I raised
the usual alarm 'Oh Joe!" and this
called the attention of the miners oa
Ruckeye hills where I was to the
clothesline which had attracted my
notice. They gathered around on the
hill nearly surrounding the covered
wagon and Its contents. The rush of
the boys In the immediate vicinity to
Bee the wonderful sleht attrnof.ft
those farther away Bnd in less than
ten ailnutes 2000 or 3000 young men
were anxiously watching the wagon
clothesline and fascinating lingerie
In alarm the man that belonged to the
woman Inside stuck his head out of a
small tent beside the wagon. I as-
sured him that no harm yas Intended
but that we were very anxious to see
the lady who was the owner of the
clothes. This aroused her curiosity
sufficiently to Induce her to pull the
curtain of the tent aside so that her
face could be discovered but not fully
seen.
"I then proposed that we make a
donation to the first lady that had hon-
ored our camp with a visit. I took
from my camp a buckskin bag used
for the purpose of carrying gold and
Invited the boys to contribute. They
came forward with great eagerness
end poured out of their sacks gold
dust amounting to between $2000 and
$3000. I then proposed to appoint a
committee to wait on the lady and
present It. The motion was unani
mously carried and one of the gentle
men appointed on the committee sug-
gested myself as chairman. I took
the sack of gold and went within about
.10 feet of the tent and made as good
a speech as I could to Induce the lady
to cymi out assuring her that all the
men a'unit her were gentlemen that
they had seen no ladles for so many
months and that the presence of one
reminded them of their mothers and
sweethearts at home. I told her that
the bag of gold was hers on condition
that she would come out. and claim It.
Her husband urged her to be brave
but when she finally ventured out
about half way the clivers were so
vociferous that she was scared and
run back.
"She repeated this performance sev-
eral times and I kept moving slowly
bnek far enough to get her away from
the little tent so the boys could have
a good view of her. I suppose hi'lf an
hour wps occupied with her running
back and forth whilst the boys looked
on In admiration when I finally gave
her the bag with u'1 the good wishes
of the camp. She grabbed It and ran
Into the tent like a rabbit. The next
morning the wagon oxen man and
owner of the Inspiring apparel were
gone and we never heard of them In
after life."
3ENT PACKAGES BY NEIGHBORS.
Custom of Early Days of New England
Settlement.
In the early diys of the settlement
of New Knglaiio the custom of send
Ing packages by neighbors who Jour
neyed to different parts of the country
was an established one. The note
book of Schoolmaster Joseph Hawley
or .Northampton Mass. when he
started on a trip to ISoston was filled
wun such varied items as: "Capt.
fart ridge a dial and a dish kettle"
"son. Joseph speckled red ribbon
whistles buckles and fish hooks" "a
shilling worth of plumb and spice"
"two psulters a bason and a quart
pot." In "Old Paths and Legends of
the New Kngland Ilorder" Katherlne
M. Abbott says that it was the same
even as late as Judge Lyman's day;
his daughter Mrs. Lesley writes of it
In "Recollect lona of My Mother":
There were no expresses then and
so when It was known In the village
of Northampton that Judge and Mrs.
Lyman were going to Hoston and
they always took pains to make it
known a throng of neighbors were
coming In the whole evening before
not only to take an affectionate leave
but to bring parcels of every size and
shape and commissions of every
variety.
One came with a dress she wanted
to send to a daughter at school; one
brought patterns of dry goods with a
request that Mrs. Lyman would pur-
chase and bring home dresses for a
family of five. And wou'1 she go to
the orphan asylum and see If a good
child of ten could be bound out to au-
other neighbor? Would Mrs. Lyman
bring the child back with her?
the neighbors walked Into the li-
brary where the packing was going
on and when all the family trunks
were filled my father called out heart
ily: "Here Illram bring down au
other trunk from the garret the larg
est you can find to hold all these parcels!"
A little boy came timidly In with a
bundle nearly as large as himself and
"would this be too large for Mrs. Ly-
man to carry to grandmother?"
No Indeed. Tell your mother I'll
carry anything short of a cooklritf
stove."
("Another trunk. Hiram" said my fa
ther "an I ask the driver to wait five
minutes."
Those were the times when people
could wait five minutes for a family so
well known and beloved. Our driver
had only to whip up bis horses a little
faster. Youth's Companion.
The Menace of Selfishness.
Says President Hadley: "I firmly be-
Here that the selfish pursuit of happi-
ness menaces alike the efficiency of
our Individual citizens the stability of
our Institutions and the power of re-
sistance of our country to dangers and
calamities and that the fate of the
VINITA BAR SHOWS
RESPECT FOR CLIiSCALES
The Vinita bar met yesterday afternoon
to decide what action would be taken
American peop'e nay the fate of the relative to the death and funeral services
whole civilized world la bound up
with the possibility of maintaining
amid all these difficulties an essential-
ij vmisiian pr.nosopliy of life." That
is mo calm and convincing conclusion
to which he led the sober thought of
wie graduating class a message which
will not soon be forgotten but one
that is likely to suggest Its impelling
iiWvr u i a moment when it is tempor
my iaiu asiue ior selfish reasons.
The Lucky Man.
"I am going to marry your daugh
ior.
"Yes you are."
"You mean I may?"
i mean you will whether you mav
"What makes you think so'"
"You do."
"How's that?"
"You're the fifth man who hna .
ln to see me about this. None of the
wiuprs wouiu uo.
"No?"
"No they asked me for her."
The Question of a Letter.
"So your daughter has made
matrimonial alliance
Fuclmshl."
with Count
All Beggars In Egypt.
According to Richard Croker It Is
American money which seems to be
keeping Kgypt going. "Two-thirds of
the vlsltois" says Mr. Croker "I met
all around came front America and
they represented all parts of the
states. They provide the peoph. with
a living not only In the hotels but
In the streets. 1 never saw such peo-
ple for begging. As soon as sn Egyp-
tian child Is born It seems to ask for
backsheesh and Egyptians are look-
lug for money all the time."
Kept Going Automatically.
"Orcat Scott! Was that woman over
there ever silent in her life I won-
der?" "Mis. Gadley? Oh yes; once. A
burglar got Into her room one night
and fchc became speechless from
flight."
"I'll bet that even then her teeth
kept chattering." noston Transcript.
"Married in London."
"All the way to London to be mar
rled" said the engaged girl. "That la
where we are going. It seems a long
trip an expensive trip an unnecessary
trip when there are so many minis-
ters In New York aching for a chance
to perform a marriage ceremony. Yet
It Isn't such a foolish proceeding after
all. Every season more and more
American couples marry In London
home of them only ko over for the
ceremony then stiaight home again.
Nothing adds quite as much distinc-
tion to an account of a wedding as that
one phrase 'Mini led In London.' It
counts for more than the biggest
church In New York with half a dozen
bridesmaids and a safety deposit vault
full of presents thrown In. And It
Isn't nearly so expensive. Just to be
married In London with all fuss and
flurry dispensed wlih. Is a big enough
social feather to fit anybody's cap. The
trip doesn't cost a fraction of the
money that would be spent on any
New York wedding elaboiate enough
to bring It up to the level of the sim-
plest marriage celt hrated In London."
Not All Lett.
Quotations cleverly malapropos or
neatly distorted furnish half the wit
of the professional humorist. Never-
theless when such a verbal misstep
Is spontaneous there is often real
fun la it.
A young man had been out sailing
with his sister and a friend ot hers.
He did not know particularly well the
fine points of the art and on trying
to make the landing against a head
wind he exclaimed after several vain
attempts:
"Well It Is better to have luffed
and lost than never to have luffed at
all!" Youth's Companion.
Bungalows.
"Ah that's pretty!" said Mr. Snooks
looking over a number of architectural
designs. "What is that?"
"That" said the architect "is a fif-
teen hundred-dollar bungalow."
"What will It cost to build It?"
asked Mr. Snooks.
"About JS.OOO" said the architect.
Judge.
Eminently Practical.
The manager of the combination re-
freshment and music hall was grumpy
on Tuesday morning. One of the first
persons he Interviewed was the leader
of the new orchestra.
"What do you mean" he said "by
such spieling as you favored us with
In this place last night?"
The conductor was floored by the
unexpected attack.
"I don't understand." be said. "My
men played well. I'll bet a ten dollar
hat that they produced the best music
that was ever heard inside this hall.
The applause of the audience proved
that."
"That's just what I'm complaining
about" growled the manager. "They
played too well. It Isn't profitable
not to me at any rate to play too
well in a place of this klnJ. Extraor-
dinarily good music cuts down sales.
I want you to furnish good music of
course something bright and catchy
but when the orchestra outdoes it -self
people get so Interested that they just
listen and forget to order drinks. Cus-
otn fell off ten per rent. last night in
spite of the record crowd all on ac-
count of your men's expert fiddling.
Hereafter lower your standard to a
level that will not charm away thirst."
"That Isn't a matrimonial alliance "
answered Mr. Dustln star 't..
. - i a
patrimonial alliance."
Found Bees In a Stovepipe.
Incensed that their nest In a stove-
pipe was disturbed by a fire a swarm
of bees attacked Jacob Parker an oc
togenarian and his son Charles 23
years old stinging each scores of
times. In an almost hysterical state
the two walked to the residence of Dr.
J. W. PInero where they were treated
It will be several days it is said be
fore the two will be recognizable oa
aocouut of the swelling of their fea
tures.
ine rather nad started a fire In a
stove at Nlctown lane east of Old
York road. The smoke refused to go
up the chimney. The son was called.
He reached his right arm into the
stovepipe and the bees came out to
greet him. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Clearing It Up.
"To which is a man most closely
.elated." said the genealogist "his
first divorced wife's second husband
or his present w ife's first divorced hus.
band?"
' "So far as 1 can see one tie Is about
as dose as the other." .said a thought-
ful friend.
"So I should say" said the geneahv
glst. "but Hilly Powen must have fig-
ured out a difference. Anyhow when
his first wife's second husband died
Hilly went to a ball game but when
bis present wife's first husband died
he went Into mourning. I can't under-
stand that"
"I can." said the thoughtful friend.
"P.llly's present wife was on the point
of divorcing him so she could remarry
her first husband. Now that he Is dead
she has decided to stick to Hilly."
"Ah" said the genealogist.
Man of Many Accidents.
Sir Claud de Cresplgny Is arranging
a balloon race between the Valkyrie
and the Lotus and undeterred by his
many accidents will probably travel
In one of the balloons. He has had
two leg bones broken while ballooning
three arm bones smashed while hunt-
ing three ribs fractured while eteeple-
chasing one rib broken In a cab acci
dent one finger broken while riding
and two fingers fractured In addition
to having been partly scalped by a
favorite monkey.
of Louts Clinkscnles. A committee was
apiKiinted with A. A. Brown as chairman
to draft resolutions of resjvet and eulogy
of the deceased. Five of the young
attorneys A. A. Brown. G. N. Bebout
Wm. T. Rye. Guy Patten and C. Caldwell
with Pat Mahoney will be the pallbearers.
A motion was also passed that when the
next term of the district court convenes
that Judge G. B. Denison. being the oldest
member of the Vinita bar should move
that the court grant an hours time for ex-
pressions of sympathy and eulogy on the
deceased. This is an honor seldom con-
ferred upon one who is not a member of
the bar but the deceased had made appli-
cation and had the deep love and respect
of his fellow attorneys.
O. A. Butler was here yesterday en route
to Grove from Pryor Creek where he had
been to see his brother who was badly cut
in a fight Tuesday. He reports his brother
as being much better and thinks he is out
of danger.
(First Published Oct. 30 1908)
State or Oklahoma I
County of Ckak; oa
In the County Court.
In tht matter of the Guardianship of Lo-
rena jaugnerty et nl. minors. Alberta
Tucker Guardian.
(Probate No. 1431).)
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION TO
SELL REAL ESTATE.
The petition of Alberta Tucker as ihinr-
dian of Lorena Daugherty a minor having
geen presented to this Court praying that
an order be made authorizing said peti-
tioner to sell the whole or so much and
such portions of the real estate described
in said petition as the Court shall judge
necessacy ard beneficial at private Rale-
and It appearing to the Court fro in Raul
petition that it is necessnrv to sell the
whole or so much of tuiid real estate for
the purposes and reasons mentioned in
said petition therefore said petition will
be filed herein and a time appointed for
hearing the same.
And it is hereby ordered bv the Courr
that Saturday the 5th dav of Dt cemhei
1008. nt the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. on
said day thnt being a dav of the regular
October 1908 term of this court he. and
the same is apiointed as the time when
all persons interested in said estate are
directed to appear before this court and
show cause why an order should not be
granted to said petitioner to sell so much
of the real estate described in said petitiou
as is necessary
And it is further ordered that a conv of
this order be published for three success-
ive weeks in a newspaper of General cir
culation both in the county of Delaware
state of Oklahoma and in the conntv of
Craig state of Oklahoma before the hear
ing day on said ietition the first publi
cation to apix'ar four weeks before the
hearing day.
Dated this 28th day of October 1908.
Tm:o. D. B. Fkear
Judge of the County Court.
A. A. Bkown Att'y. for Guardian.
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The Land of the Free.
"There's eight nations represlnted
In this ward of ours" said Mr. Hallor-
an to his wife on his return from a po-
litical meeting. He began to count
them off on his fingers.
"There's Irish. Frlnch. Eyetallans
Poles. Germans Rooslans Greeks
and"
Mr. Halloian stopped ami began
again:
'There's Irish Frlnch Eyetallans
Poles Germans Ilooslans Greeks
an' ain't it queer I dlsremlmber the
other wan? There's Irish Frlnch"
"Maybe 'twas Americans" suggested
Mrs. Halloian.
"Sure that's It." said her husband.
I couldn't think." Youth's Companion.
Very True
I wonder there Is so much talk
rt!)out flying machines."
Why shouldnt there be?"
' Hecause It Is such a soar subject
it now."
Money to Loam
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of interest and on better terms than you can get money
anywhere else. We charge no commission and interest
is paid yearly. No interest is due until the end of the
year and privilege is given to pay loans in parts or all on
any interest paying date. You can pay the loan off at
the end of any year. We loan from 15.00 to $20.00 per
acre on good land where the security is ample so you
see we are getting most all the choice loans and always
close quickly no delays as we approve all loans in our
office and do not have to send off and have delays in
closing. Can always close loans on short notice. ' Call
to see us we wish to get acquainted with you treat you
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