The Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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Vinita OMa. Friday May 31.
This is tho time of year to build
roads and bridges. j
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That Mexican revolution is not half
as bad as it might be.
Even the musquitos will have
hide out today in New Jersey.
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The schools are out and there are
lots of boys and girls looking: for vara-
tion Jobs.
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Col. Roosevelt seems to be beating
them to a frazzle but that is little con-'
solatlon to the democrats.
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Harry K. Thaw don't seem to be
able to convince any body that he is
sane enough to turn loose.
Worse things than the nomination
and election of W. J. Bryan might hap-
pen to the American people.
There is something wrong with the
family that have not cleaned up their
premises and added something to the
neauty or the place.
A sigh of relief should go up from
the whole country that the campaign
of vlllification between President Taft.'
and Col. Roosevelt Is about over.
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With a little over two months to .
run the Democratic derby in Craig
County is becoming interesting. At the
quarter the winners are not apparent.
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The newspapers of Nowata as. in
the midst of the Jeffries case and no
man can tell when it will be concluded
and what the verdict wlll.b. Thi3
case ought to be tried by the court.
The second day of next September
the Chieftain will be thirty years old.
It has seen the town grow from a vil-
lage of 500 to a town of not less than
6000.
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The Taft people are still reminding
Col. Roosevelt that he promised that
he would r;ot again be a candidate for
president and they are doing it with
tears in their eys.
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The old notion of public office was
not to provide a j-jb for some good
man but to provide some good man
for a job. This ia a good though: to
have ir mind when the election eouies
on.
Ex-Governor C. N. Haskell will speak
at the court house tonight and the
building should be filled to the doors.
Ladies are especially invited to at-
tend The price of beef has again gone
skyward. Yesterday beef in bulk sold
in New York at 1 3 Vi cents a pound
the highest since 1882. Vegetable diet
is stiring the American people in the
face.
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With the. brightest crop outlook of
the last several years Craig county
and Vinita are in a position to do some
booming that will result in a substan-
tial "growth. Let's advertise what we
have.
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In a little more than two months the
primary election will be held. Until
that time there will be ro ticket in
the field. The Chieftain will stamp
under the rooster when the time
comes.
Vinita should bo ready to say a good
word for any man who is ready l' say
a good word for Vinita. One map. who
is trying to mnintani a business ri
Vinita is better than a thousand
knockers.
This issue of the Chieftain contains
the announcement of J. V. Roberts for
the office of county' treasurer. Mr.
Roberts is entirely competent and
stands high among the democrats of
Craig county.
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The rain last night waa just what
the farmers of this section need. The
hard crust that had formed on the
surface has been softened and crops
have been greatly relieved. There is
plenty of moisture now in the 'ground.
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Next Thursday Is Decoration Day.
Lay aside the cares that infest the
day and pay tribute to those who are
w ith us no more. Kvery business house
in the city can afford to close for one
day in order that the dead may be
revered.
Ia MuskSee the business men or
the city stand together. The man who
doesn't patronize Muskogee is waited
oa by a emmittee that enera1Jr llne3
hra up in vmlta money is constant-
ly sent out of town for supplies that cover the -pages. Even the personal of the best among their fellows. "
are produced in Vinita. We need a columns or the want ads are not safe. The fathers of the nation realized
committee iu Vinita to see that Vinita for here appears that miracle of be- that the quality in government which
institutions are patronized. nevolence. that kind woman who. hav- they sought could not be obtained
O fund a cure when all hope was without paying its price. They there-
Forty-eight years ago Grant s great lost will send it to you free and will f0re were content to make govern-
ermy and Lee's remnant were con- at the same send your name and ad- ment complex where it might have
vulsed in battle. The fighting began dress to the quack for whom she is a beeu left simple and difficult and cum-
with Wlderness and reached Its cli- stool-pigeon. In the Christian Science brous where it might have been easy
max at Gettysburg. Tomorrow is Dec- daily all these are absent. On reading had the exceptional man been always
'oration Day all over tbU Union and its pages one realizes that printer's available. But knowing men t!;ey
many an old battle-scarred flag faded ink has been quackery's best friend knew how sparing nature is of genius
and tattered will be unfurled and the If every other religious paper would Government of the people by the peo-
blood of a nation will thrill. Shut up j adopt an advertising policy similar to'pe and for the people must be adapt-
'your office and place of business and that of the Christian Science Monitor 'ed t0 work .by taking men as they ran.
take part in the program. 'much of the support of medical frauds This was especially evident in the
0 ! would be destroyed. Probably some of tinie of Washington and Jefferson.
This is a good town. Let us get all
the good out of it we can. The wa7
to get the good out of land is to im
prove It. The way to get the good out
! of a town is to develop it. It is a poor
farm tnat lg a)1 rasture. It ought to
be worijt.d. He is a poor farmer who
j3 content to take merely what nature
'sends. He is a poor citizen who is
' billing to let the town shift for itscl'
taking only such benefits as conn
without labor. The man who is satis-
ficd to harvest merely what come3 up
have to ijVe 0Il a djt.t 0f weeds.
The oil refining plant that a being
erected at Vinita is a good deal bigger
proposition than many peopi? know
of. More than one hundred nir.i are
employed and the pay roll is above a
thousand dollars a wef k and the plant
wlil be the best Tji the state when com-
pleted and saidior e equal to any;in
the world. The present force will ie
employed for about five month? yd.
The Vinita refinery cars can be. seen
on all railroads from 'Galveston to
Winnepeg. A trip to the refinery will
be a revelation to many Vinita people.
The bucket brigade that starts for
the refinery every morning show? what
" la 'orth t0 tllis !itte cit
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Vinita has some natural advantages
that no other town In the state has
and If some other towns that could be
mentioned had them they would be
exploited In a wa ythat would pay.
The' business Interests of Vinita ought
to get together and stay together cm
every important item that concerns
the business and the growth of the
town. Patronize your neighbors and
business associates and keep your
money at home.
It is only a little more than a montn
until the city council will make the
annual estimate of expenses of the
city for the year beginning July 1.
Now is the time that the tax league
can get in some effective work. Let
those men selected to attend the meet-
ings of the council do their duty.
There are places where economy can
be practiced and the attendance at
these meetings by taxpayers lends a
good Influence in support of the mem-
bers of the council who are seeking
to reduce the c '"rent expenses of the
city.
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BUILDERS AND BANKS.
McGregor Mirror: The banks of Mc
Gregor are loyal. They will loan money
to build cement walks. Now tell us a
good reason why you shuld not build
that walk.
The banks anywhere will lend mon
ey with which to build concrete side
walks. That Is if they are good banks
like those'at McGregor. The sort of
citizens who build concrete sidewalks
are the sort with whom banks like to
do business. Did you ever know a man
who preferred a footlog to a bridge
ndle path to ard J j the .law-making branch could muster a band forces and obtaifl better high-
lot to a front lawn a ba h ; rf fence two4hIrd- majority: They divided the wayg malntain their schools to a high
to a i inclosure of white pickets ... . tWM hnilBM .
a round his house did yo uever know
a man who wore one gallus and cus-
sed the Government who wiped his
mouth on the oilcloth table cover
who let his gate hang on one hinge
who constantly .employed a sluggish
liver chewed borrowed tobacco and
wouldn't build a sidewalk in front of
H home did von ever Know a man
like that who could borrow a dollar
at a bank without giving triple se-
curity and paying top interest? Dal-
las News.
O eminent dependent for its successful The looal Ranker advances the farmer
Whatever one may think of the re- operation not on the wisdom of sagos casa t'e him over or extends a
ligiotis views and scientific vagaries the virtue of saints or the might of larger loan when he desires to buy ad-
nf tha fniwro rf i.vii. Rimormeii. hut simniv nn thp mmi tlitioual land or make improvements.
The Journal of the American Medical faitji a: d reasonable diligence of the
Association in a recent editorial in average man. All those elaborate
one particular at least they have set checks and balances show that the
a high and consistent example to other fathers realized the weaknesses of lut-
r'eligious sects. The Daily Christian man nature and the inevitable sur-
Sclence Monitor is the recogn'zed prises attending the disclosure of the
organ of this church. While it fol- faults of individuals and strove to set
lows the general plan of other dailies up a government that might continue
even the casual observer is struck at to minister liberty and equal oppor-
once by the character of the advertis- t unity no matter where in its fabric
Ing
The "patent medicine" display
and the "quack doctor" advertisement
are absent. So are the alluring prom-
ises of the git-rich-quick schemer the
promoter and the faker. One can re-
alize the part which newspaper ad-
vertisirg has played in developing the
nostrum business by placing the Mon-
itor beside the ordinary newspaper
au l comparing t'.iera page by pig hi
one tV li-s of swindler and the
faker are everywhere. Pink Pills
Woman's Friend Pure Malt Whisky
Sure Cure for Consumption Cancer
Cure- Headache Cure. Rheumatism
Cure dopes and frauds for all ills
these papers deprived of the revenue
furnished by swimmers mignt be com- migllt have been disregarded by lead-
pelled to suspend publication but this ers of transcendent ability proven be-
would only emphasize the extent toyORd a doubt and a5ove aU 8USpicion
which they were dependent for life onjof seif.geeking or unworthy ambition.
quacKerj. Yet no president in the long line has
O observed more scrupulously limita-
The mistakes usual to a presidential (tion3 which we must admit to' be gall-
campaign are being made. People an? ing at times to a man of genius and
excited over candidates for nomina-( vision than did the father of his coun-
tion for the presidency but are giving try and the author of the declaration
only slight heed to nominating for
senators and representatives for con-
gress or in state legislatures. These
are the men who will make the laws.
Chief attention should be devoted to
selecting the best lawmakers. This is
a matter of men not parties. While
political parties may break up individ-
ual character should never break up.
Nominate for national and state legis-
latures men who can be depended up-
on to frame laws in the interest of
public not pelf; or justice not privi-
lege; of righteousness not party.
Both parties in congress are equally
responsible for going back on the
people says Herbert Myrick In Farm
and Home. Both parties almost unan
imously supported the reciprocity
frame-up against domestic farmers.
While republicans advocated such
reciprocity now democrats seek to
put sugar on the free list and thus de-
stroy a new branch of farming that
would put $200000000 a year into the
farmers pocket; otherwise that vast
sum goes abroad for bounty-fed or
coolie-grown sugar. Both parties are
equally guilty of dodging parcel po3t
and thus again defeating the people's
will.
It is vastly more Important to the
public welfare to elect the right men
for lawmakers than to governorship
or presidency. Keep this fact ever in
mind.
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SAFE IN AVERAGE HANDS.
With the victory of Theodore Roose
velt over President Taft in the Ohio in this sense is simply a matter of sen-
primaries last week the most serious J timent. They forget almost entirely
public question which has emerged i that patriotism when considered 'from
since the civil war presses upon the the standpoint of fidelity to local mer-
Amerlcan people for decision. Arechants is not sentiment but one of
in nut onr trust in the machinery .the best forms of business judgment.
of republican government or in the
overmastering power of a Man of Des-
tiny? There can be no question as to the
attitude of the founders of the Amer-
ican republic. They feared and dis-
trusted men of destiny and pinned
their hopes to the machinery of gov-
ernment. As we . scrutinize the constitution
they worked out nothing can be clear-
er than that its framers were trying
with all their strength to erect a gov-
ernment which should be safe in the
hands of the average man. They dis-
tributed governmental powers. They
provided (hecks and balances. They
gave the executive a veto over the
acts of the lezislature. excent when
legislature Into two houses
luiiv-w.w . v . - ...w
who must concur in all measures to iPai conditions in the same honest light
make them effective. They made it that results In efficient township and
possible to impeach judges and bring county officials being chosen
them to the bar of congress: but the The village is the bub of the farm-
charges must be formulated in one ing community. It Is the shipping
house and the cause tried in the other point as well as the social center for
Thev gave the senate power to con-
(inu pr rpj)?tt exo(utive appointments
and made it also a sharer in the treaty-
making power one of the most impor-
tant of executive prerogatives.
All this was a systematic carefully
considered attemnt to nrovide a gov-
ambition might intoxicate cupidity
corrupt or folly render insane
Every dispassionate reader of Amer-
ican history must admit that the suc-
cessful operation of the government
through long periods has depended up-
on the fact that it is workable without
transcendent ability. The office of
president for example shaws no out-
stand'ng figure between Jackson and
Cleveland sav only Abraham Lin-
ocla; the national life broadened an?
deepened through those years when
the White House was occupied not by
political geniuses but simply by patri-
otic Americans fairly representative
Then if ever the form's of government
of Independence. They remembered
that popular government must be shap-
ed In view of average conditions.
"I went and took it and let congress
talk." "It happens at this time that
I typify and embody the great cause
which can only be furthered by sup-
porting me." Nothing more complete-
ly iforeign to the real and necessary
genius of our government can be con-
ceived than these utterances of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Nothing further from
the spirit of Washington and of Jeffer-
son can be imagined. The fathers
trusted in the machinery of govern-
ment. They had faith in a fabric
given average ability and ordinary
fidelity and patriotism and they pro-
vided for the inevitable failure of par-
ticular parts of the mechanism by
checks and balances. In this faith this
republic has endured well into its sec-
ond century. Shall we cast It aside
and permit the Impatient hand of a
Man of Destiny to work what ruin it
will upon our governmental inheri-
tance? St. Louis Republic.
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A YANKEE ANSWER.
When asked "Why do you trade
with mail order houses?" many will
answer by asking the question "Why
should we buy of the local merchants
when they ask us more than we have
to pay the mail order people?" Many
farmers think the only reason they are
expected to buy of the local merchants
is that of patriotism and patriotism
Granting simply for the sake of ar-
gument that local merchants do ask
a slight increase In prices over those
asked by the mail order houses and
even after granting such a false state-
ment to be true patriotism to the local
dealers is still a matter of good sound
business judgment. Such fealty on the
part of the farmers means that their
nearby village can continue to thrive
and remain an important civic center.
It means that the village stores can
remain the center of activity socially
as well as merchandising.
The patronage of the farmers in any
commiunity is the chief supporting
force of the loca vilIage When the
farmer8 are prosperous the villagers
are prcSperous. The residents of the
.iunr. i ....-l- .n-nmittX.c
jiu;i;t AJL f lilt 1C I It Jr t UJlSlUei . H1 l IMJIll.-
the agriculturist. The farmer is not
only able to dispose of his products in
a convenient manner but local dealers
are the ones who pay him cash for his
wares. The village is the seat of the
rost office whence the rural mail is
dispatched to the home of the farmer.
The local physician is within easy call
when the farmer or a member of his
family is stricken. The village black-
smith is ready to shoe the farmer's
horses on a moment's notice. The
hardware and the Implement dealer
are prepared with emergency repairs
for machinery when the farmer wants
such repairs and wants them quickly.
Even the local dentist is more than
caeer tn use his forcpns on an nrhinir
too Xow d the mail order houses
afford any Of these conveniences?
Whea a farmer once begins on a
new method of supplying his wants
qui ting his support to the local mer-
chants and starts sending his money
ta the mail order merchants in the
large cities he is delivering a harder
blow to himself than to anyone !se.
Take the village and the village mer-
chants away Xrom any farming com
munity and the farmer's prosperity
will drop a large per cent. The value
of his land will decrease and his con-
venient methods of marketingi will be
p iMng of memory only. Any. honest-
minded farmer who is enjoying pros-
perity will admit that his prosperity
In a large measure is due to the fact
that a thriving village is located near
by. Why then destroy this aid to pros-
perity? When the soil tiller by his own
acts does things which teud to de-
stroy or mar the commercial welfare
of his nearest village he is directly
beginning a method that will under-
mine his own prosperity.
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The constant looking back-
ward to what might have been
instead of forward to what may
be Is a great weakener of self-
confidence. This worry for the
old past this wasted energy
for which no power in the world
can restore ever lessens the
individual's faith In himself
weakens his efforts to develop
himself for the future to the
perfection of his possibilities.
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- Last week was a great week for
work on the farm. Corn planting was
about completed in this section.
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Up to last night the Neosho straw-
berry growers had shipped 262 cars.
Other shipping points in that section
had done equally well in proportion.
Great is the strawberry in southwest
Missouri.
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Representative Akin the author of
the initiated bill to strike down four-
teen of the state schools has decided
to give up the measure. It would
have been better If he had never
thought of it in the first place.
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Senator Owen Is a splendid type of
the friendly courteous fair-minded
gentleman. He does jiot view every-
thing from the same standpoint that
everybody else does. Men do not al-
ways use .the same leng in examining
public questions but all can afford
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be fair and courteous to friend an
foe. There is a wonderful difference.
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A town is in some ways like a per-
son. If it amounts to anything it must
be largely self-maie. The town thnt
drifts like the person that drifts or
the ship that drifts is not likely to
come to the right harbor. If pros-
perity Is the haven desired it will not
be reached without determination and
self-guidance. This truism has been
applied to human conduct so often as
to become commonplace and would
not be repeated here except to empha-
size the fact that it applies to commun-
ities quite as much as to individuals.
A town Is a problem like a child. It
should not be left to grow up by Itself.
Its destiny should be guided by the
wisdom of its elders. There is no
lack of elders in any town who have
opinions as to what Is wrong with it.
They are. to be found at the grocery
store the cigar store and every com-
mon meeting place. If these wise-
acres would exercise their perspicacity
in figuring out what would be good for
tfie town and then would all pull to-
gether in trying to bring that good
about the result would be such a mat-
ter of local pride that nobody would
want to talk about anything else. The
destiny of a community like that of
an individual can be controlled; the
possibilities of development and 'm-
provement are almost unlimited; and
it is not only wisdom but money in the
pocket for citizens t6 take their to'v;n
in hand and try to make it amoutif o
something. ' 7
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SAVE THE BIRDS. . j
Eight hundred million dollars is the
annual loss on crops which results in
this country from promiscuous killing
of birds the department of agriculture
estimates.
The Humane Society of Kansas City
discussed the subject at its nieeting In
the public library yesterday afternoon.
"Workingmen in this country might
earn much more if the flicker was un
molested" one member said. "Fifty-
six per cent of the insects found in the
craw of this bird are ants. Ants fur-
nish breeding grounds for the aphis or
plant louseK which destroys enormous
quantities of growing wheat in this na-
tion." So rapidly do aphides multiply that
it has been estimated that they would
cover the earth a foot deep in oac
month if they were allowed to breed
unmolested.
And the bluejay It really isn't
naughty. It often fights other birds
and sometimes kills one or two and it
may eat cherries. But a careful ex-
amination of 1800 dead bluejay stom-
achs showed that of the cherries which
those birds had eaten all were Infected
with the curculio a deadly parasite to
fruit. Bluejays often pick the para-
site off the fruft and ?. the sound
part. -
"Children s-hould be
history from tlw time
kindergarten"; Edwly
fdent of the bumane s-
The women of t.V i
it natural
enter the
eeks pres-
! said.
.av.e society
presented these facts as their argu-
ment for protecting the birds:
The stomach of a quail was found
to contain 106 potato bugs; that of
another quail 500 chinchbugs. Oae
cukoo had eaten 43 caterpillars; an-
other cukoo 217 webworms. Tha
cukoo eats continuously. One robin
showed that he had eaten 173 cater-
pillars; the robin is a worm eating
bird unexcelled for usefulness.
The stomachs of four chickadees
contained 1028 eggs of the canker
. i n
worm ia one wees a uam &muw
will destroy 10000 flies and insect3.
In one day a pair of martins will feed
2000 insects to their young.
The crop of a dove contained 7500
weed seeds.
Many birds will eat in one day a
quantity of worms and insects equal
to the bird's own weight.
Railway Business For March.
For ninety per cent of the steam
railway mileage of the United States
the aggregate of the operating rev-
enues for March showed an increase
of $12661901 as compared with Marc
1911. Operating expenses showed an1
increase of $12132394 ami net operat-
ing revenue an increase of $309507.
This increase in the total of net op
erating revenue was due solely to the
larger returns incident to an increase
in railway mileage When the returns
are measured by the average per mile
the only proper basis for comparison
the net operating revenue shows a de-
crease. The average was $306 per
mile of line for March. 1912 and $309
for March 1911. This average for
1911' was twelve and eight-tenths per
cent less than far March 1910. t
Railway taxes for March amounted
to $9576573 or $4 per mile an in-
crease of eight per cent over March
1911. . .
These compilations were made by
the Bureau of Railway Economics
fronweports of the railway companies
for the month in question that had
been filed with the Interstate Com-
merce Commission prior to May 16th.
The Civic Club colors are red white
and blue. I believe in Its colors and
I will always be true Yes I will al-
ways be true. Go to the Civic Club
dinner and get something new. The
dinner will be given in Lee Barrett's
basement next Saturday June 1st for
the benefit of South Park. Price 25c.
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Kansas City Stock Yards May 27.
The general cattle market advanced
10 to 15 cents last week but light
steers showing grass were an excep-
tion that kind being revised down-
ward 10 to 23 cents. Buyers threaten
further adjustment of values this
week on that kind. The packers are
getting a fair number of grass steers
from South Texas at $3.10 to $7.23
which they claim are killing out well.
This condition is affecting steers that
sell from $7.50 downward. The sup-
ply Is only 6000 here today market
steady to a shade higher with a full
load of prime steers at $9.25. A few
odd head brought that price last week
otherwise it is the highest price of the
year and for all time with the excep- '
tion of droves of pampered Christmas
cattle In the last few years. Iowa and
Nebraska still have some cattle and
hogs but most other territory has little
to send to market now. Chicago ha3
a good run today with buyers there In
a rebellious mood. Dealers expect a
break in middle class Teat te before
many 'weeks. Reports isay that Kan-
sas Oklahoma and Nebraska will furn-
ish more grass cattle this year than
in any recent year butr'they will not
start for a month or more. Forty ioads
quarantines came in today Texas
steers selling at $5.50 to $8.00 and
Oklahoma corn and meal fed steers
at $8.20 to $8.45 quarantine cowa
$4.23 to $3.10 Colorado pulp fed
steers $8.00 to $8.80 Montana hay fed
$7.10.
Hog "receipts overran the estimate
25 per cent today the supply reach-
ing 11000 head. Other markets were
well supplied so that buyers were-
able to continue the bear campaign
they inaugurated the middle of last
week. Trices were 5 to 10 lower top
$7.63 bulk $7.40 to $7.60. From the
Kansas and Missouri point of view
there seems no occasion for the recent
break but northern markets are get-
ting plenty of hogs. The supply situ-
ation in Iowa and Nebraska reveals
plenty of hogs now with prospects for
good runs all summer.
Sheep and lambs finished last week
a quarter higher and theyare start-
ing out this week steady to 10 higher
today. The run is 10000 today char-
acterized by a larger number of na-
tives than any time before this sea-
son largely from Missouri. Native
clipped lambs sold around $7.75 today
ewesat $3.60 to $3.73. Wooled west-
era lambs brought $9.25. spring Iambs
worth up to J9.E0 Texas offerings
are diminishing but quite a number
are still coming muttons today at
53.00 to $3.50 goats $3.00 to $3.63.
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Marrs, D. M. The Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1912, newspaper, May 31, 1912; Vinita, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc772855/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.