Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 273, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1909 Page: 2 of 4
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LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
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D. M. MARRS
Editor
Vinita Okla.
Thursday Feb. 25
It is earnestly hoped the Oklalionia
flection laws will lie remedied no as
to made less cumbersome and unwieldy.
Whether Viuiu ever gels the hospi-
tal for the insane or not we will al
ways believe that It is a good place
for it.
Guthrie. Okla.. Feb. ':'. Kepiibii-
tan members of the legislature are ex-
periencing much trouble in explaining
APPARENTLY MANY IN WASHING-
TON SUCCEED IN THIS.
their vote against the sale of school lives of "Hangers-On" in the Capital
lands. Few on the minority Fide ot-
ed in favor of the bill mat has pas.M-d
both bodied.
'1 he bonse committee on revenue
and taxation has reported in favor
of the bill reducing the gross pro-
Are a Mystery Seem to Be the
Beneficiaries of a Special
Providence.
In proportion to Its population there
tion tax on coal from two per cent are probably more men who contrive
The minstrel ohow last night at th
Auditorium was attended by a well
filled house and the eutertainmen
was good. The prices popular and
every body likes some recreation
now and then. The Georgia uiin:itrels
are alright.
It is earnestly hoped tue state leg-
is Iature will enact a road law In keep
ing with the advance ideas of Oklaho
ma along otner lines. We can have
the finest dirt roads in tne world
they are properly con strut ted.
An important real estate transae
tion is taking place on the east side
John Chandler U trading his resi-
dence property one mile east of the
city limits to Frank L. Murchalter for
his home Just east of the Marrs ad-
dition. Iloth are Cue suburban homes
and splendid locations.
Moral minded rituens of Oklahoma
will rally strongly to the support of
the section of the game law that
makes It a lineable offense to dese
crate the Sabbath by hunting and
fishing on that day. It will be a sad
day for this republic? when .Sunday is
no longer held sacred.
The child lnlor law passed by the
Oklahoma legislature this week is in
advance of such legislation in most
states of the union ami Is highly
gratifying to all who have the pro
tection and proper development of
child life at heart.
It m now pniosed to organize a
civic club by some name or order to
improve North park. This Is a good
move however The Chieftain has
rather leaned toward the belief that
North park should be sold into town
lots to beautify the other park of the
ity. Hut if North park is to be im
proved intelligently we are In favor
of that.
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN
OKLAHOMA.
There has been a bill introduced in
(he legislature asking for the appro-
priation of l..o0 with which to fiht
bovine tuberculosis iu this state. That
amount of molioy with which to light
the bovine white plague in any state
is an absurd sum. The money might
be put to better use and let the state
wait until it cart afford to take hold
of the proposition and do the thing
right as it has to be done if th Plate
is to re eive any appreciable benefit
from the money expended Minnesota
is doing the most testing that is be-
ing done in the Union and there is
likely no more tuberculosis iu that
state than there is in this. Last year
the state tested officially 27216 cattle
and it cost the stftte to reimburse the
cattle owners carry ou the testing
etc. for registered cattle $174tiO and
grade cattle $27.Gor.
Jufct figure out how many cattle an
inspector would have to test before
the little $15000 would be gone and
nothing to show for it. Hy the way
Minnesota can do the testing much
cheaper than thU state because she
can do more of it. Nevertheless it is
a step in the right direction only the
appropriation is not half what it
should be. State Capital.
to one-half of one per cent. A simi-
lar report was made in the senate
committee before it was discovered
that revenue m-nes must originate
in the lower body.
Senator Fillup's new booze bill does
awav with the local agencies and per
mits of a state agency to sell alcohol
only to druggists and institutions re-
quiring its use for scientific purposes.
Justice courts were given author
ity by a Senate amendment to have.
equal jurisUiclK n witn county courts
in liquor cases. The house has not
as yet reached tne imi.
Senator Stewart the big solon from
ntlers has gone to Claremore where
he is taking radium baths for rlieu
rnatism.
Senator Warren the new republi
can member from Hughes-Okfuskee
counties refused to vote on the Hillup
booze bill when his name was called
for the first time alter being fcworn
in as the successor to Senator Hurst.
It is likely the penitentiary appro
priation will be increased to at least
3."AOOO. The house bill gives the
penitentiary only $150000 for build
ing purposes.
At least ten days or two weeks will
be spent after the expiration of the
sixty day limit. In clearing up neces
sary legislation and considering pub
lic building measures. Solons will
work for two dollars per day after
March f.th.
COOPER-SHARP TRIAL
DRAGS SLOWLY
ON
l'.y Associated tress.
Nashville Tenn. Feb. "i. hen
court opened this morning in the
Cooper-Sharpe trial Colonel I. !'.
Coopor resumed the Bland.
The line of attack by the state was
an attempt to show that on the night
of November ninth a statement pur
porting to give all ot the facts lead-
ing up to the slaying of Carniack was
prepared by outsiders without assist
ance from Cooper ana tnererore
this is evidence of a conspiracy. The
defense fought the question im h by
inch.
LEGISLATORS ARE AFIER
TRE CATTLE TICK NOW
Guthrie Okla. Feb. 27. The quar
antine department ol the stale le-
partii.ent of agriculture has finished
preparations to begin a series of
assaults o:i the cattle tick .March 1
and alterwards wilh twenty inspect-
ors. Superintendent Lryai; says that
all the inspectors laid olT January 1
will be put back on ana others en-
gaged and paid wlm me money sav
ed during the winter months by lay-
ng off as many inspectors as possiole.
The dcpirtmeiit hopes to clear sev
eral counties of the dreaded cattle
scourge thif year.
The Precise Scientist.
Gov. Stuart at a dinner In Philadel.
phia during the opening of the opera
season said tf a noted Philadelphia
scientist :
"He is the most exact man I ever
met. He believes In nothing but
proven facts. Continually he pins you
down.
"One day I said to him:
" 'Cannibalism what an abomina
tion! To eat of human flesh!
Brrrr!'
The old scientist frowned.
' 'Pardon me but have you erer
eaten of human flesh?' he said se
verely.
' 'No' said I.
1 'Well then' he demanded 'why
do you speak of things that you know
nothing at all about?"
Apple Superstitions.
In Scotland one of the Hallowed
customs used to be "eallug an apple at
the glass." That was to stand before
a looking glass and eat an apple with
one hand and with the other comb the
hair when the face of one's future hus-
band would be seen in the glass look-
ng over the left shoulder. In the
south of England an apple charm was
for each person present to fasten an
apple on to a string after which the
strings wore hung and twirled before
the fire. The owner ot the apple which
Erst falls off is declared about to be
married. As each one's apple falls off
so does the order of matrimony pro-
ceed. Single bliss is the lot of the
owner of the last apple left on the
string.
Horticulture at the Capital.
Secretary Wilson of the department
f agriculture referred at a recent din
ner In Washington to the amateur
orists ho sprang up in the suburbs
t this season by thousands.
More florists perhaps than flowers
piing up." he said.
"In a sl shop the other day 1
card one of these amateurs complain
bout the last batch of seed he bad
bought. After he tad ended his com
plaint he began to ask floral questions.
" 'Oh by the war. he said 'what is
hardy rose?'
MU' one' growled the dealer thai
iewsn't mind your pulling it up by the
roots every day to set- If It bu b
tun to grow jtV "
to live on nothing
a year iu Wash-
ington than In any
other American
city. The non-producer
who as
a natural conse- i
quence is a non-
earner is every. ;
where In Wash- ;
ingtou. He Is !
mostly in mysteri- i
ous evidence as a !
hanger-around In j
hotel lobbies Ugh j
class or low-grade i
He toileth not neither does he spin
but he has mastered the art of living
on nothing a year and living moder-
ately well on that intangible Income.
In New York Chicago Roston St.
Louis and other commercial centers
there are hordes of the well-fed well-
groomea wno live sumptuously year
in and year out without any visible
means of support; but the Washing-
ton gang who manage to eke out ex-
istence on zero income are in general
a shabby lot. Whence they come and
whither they go are equally Impene-
trable mysteries. How they live as
well as where they live are bother-
some matters to study out. When Au-
gustus Thomas the dramatist spent
several months In Washington a num-
ber of years ago for the purpose of
picking up characters and absorbing
"atmosphere" for a Washington play
he was deeply Interested In the capi-
tal's unique collection of hotel hang
ers-on. The dramatist thought the
hangers-around existence must be a
Sioomy one and yet they appeared to
nim as cheerful chaps.
' How these fellows" said he "con
trive to perennially provide them-
selves with shelter food raiment
moderately clean linen even an occa-
sional smoke is a subject that fasci-
nates me because it looks too craggy
for eluciflcation. Of course in the
matter of whisky that Is an easy one.
Any man wearing a clean collar even
:r his shoes be shined with stove pol-
!ih can get whisky. He can get
booze when he can't get a mouthful to
eat. Of all the free commodities In
the world whisky is the freest. But
how when and where they eat how
some of them even manage to keep
their trousers creased how they man
age to square themselves for being
just hangers-around I want to know
as they put It In Boston town."
There can be no question that these
hangers-around and chair-warmers are
the beneficiaries of a special provi
dence who looks after disappointed
office seekers and job-losers In Wash-
ington. They are a pathetic lot and
wear that expectant look which causes
acquaintances to extend an invitation
to "wet a whistle" an Invitation which
is rarely refused for it is written
pledge of the Washington hanger-on
never to refuse a drink. In a mar
iority of cases their acquaintances are
fought with financial not alcoholic
p.sspects in view. An acquaintance
who cannot produce- the fluid in ex-
change for a few stories is soon given
the go-by. Time to them is not
worth much but yet ft Is too valuable
o waste with men who cannot buy the
drink.
Most of these unfortunates are- men
who have lost government jobs either
on account of incompetency or reck-
less habits for exchange of adminis-
tration now amounts to but little so
lar as job-losing is concerned though
these men always charge their dis-
missal from senlc to this. It does
not take long for many of them to de-
generate Uto th type slangily known
as booze-grafters. After getting a
taste of Washington life it Is difficult
to return to their homes In the states
but with bulldog tenacity they re-
main in Washington and drift from
bad to worse until some blg-
hesrted senator or congressman
gires them free transportation home
and ' this Is the best day's
work ever
done for them.
12 ?f ffTm 0"
I'd
THE WORLD'S LEADING MONOLOGUE ENTERTAINER
AT
Christian Church March 4
BINGHAM'KCORD
Born Richmond Va. 1870. First apperance in public 1876.
From 1S76 to 1896 famous as the "Boy Orator of America. 30
consecutive years before the public. 8000 appearances on the American continent 2000 appearances
alone in the Empire anJ Keystone states. 160 appearances in the Quaker City; 58 times in the Metrop-
olis of the Western Hemisphere New York City. 700000 miles traveled since six years of age. 500
towns in Uncle Sam's domain have given him each five some them six seven and eight audiences in
repeated recognition confirmation and commendation of his unequaled artistic and natural accomplish-
ments skillful platform methods and his inimitable public demonstrations of wit humor poetry senti-
ment tragedy music melody drollery and mirth
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Dill Pickles.
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Pickles.
WE BUY AND SELL
Peoples!6tocery
Company
ILf sV J? ICP
SEE US
J. T. RAGAN & CO.
PHONE 196
Want Ads.
The rate in this column of the
Clieftain'sWantlAds. are:)
1 cent a word one issue.
2 cents a word three issues!
3 cents a word sixi issues.
Feed your teams at J. C. Gray's mule
barn. tf
Ga9 lamp globe and mantle complete-
only 25c. Dalquest Phope 200;
Bring your work mules to me it you
want to sell them. J. C. Gray. tf
Lilian
t i
Detroit Free (fcj
fross.
Youth's Modest Request.
Secretary ot the Navy Metca'f re-
cently received a letter from an active
and Interested member of a school-
boy debating society In Washington
modestly requesting a few little bits
of Information to help him out.
Here's the letter:
"Have a small school debate to pre-
pare the subject being one on which
you could give me a few strong points.
It Is: 'Is It to the interest of the
I'nited States to increase their navy?
I am on the negative side.
"If you would kindly send nie a list
3f the battleships and the cost cf
?ach and how this money could be
otherwise used to better the welfare
jf the United States and if you don't
;hink they have enough battleships al
ready built to protect the coast be-
cause they have not much commerce
to protect.
"And if yon think of any strorn
points which would be on the nega-
tive's side if you would kindly men-
tion them. I will be very much
obliged for your trouble."
At last reports the secretary u
fill in a state of coma.
FOR RtJN'T Nicely furnished room
conveniently located. See Geo. E.
Dans. tf
Two nice residence lots in Tulsa
for saie cheap or will exchange for
Vinita uioperty. (273-6;
V. M. LEWIS.
For Rent Well improved farm In the
best farming part of Craig county. Room
2 Halsell building.
Wanted Horses to. shoe. City shoer
Sauth Wilson street. E. A Wright tl
SPRING SALES
Coming thick and fast. This is the time to lay in a stock of
goods for early spring sewing. This is the time to use TUNGSTEN
LAMPS. Every color looks the same as in the sunlight. Blue green
and purple DO NOT all look alike under the Tungsten !ight nor does
red look like mud.
Sewing' Machine Motors
Don't forget the Sewing Machine Motor will do all the work and
save'all the backbreaking treadling of the machine. One-half cent
an hour for current to operate it. It runs fast or slow just as you
want.
VINITA ELECTRIC LIGHT ICE AND
POWER COMPANY
A full line of everything kept in a
first class implement house at whole-
sale prices. I can save you money on
everything. Don't fail to get my
prices before buying.. F. M. LEWIS.
Good farm teams tor sale at Gray's
Mule Barn. Cash or time.
For Sale Pianoalmost new. very cheap
if taken at once. Ethel Craig. Chieftain
office.
Clairvoyant World's Greatest Medium
Scientific Palmest Idema. This week
only. 25c. At 131 S. Scraper sL. Vinita
FOR SALE 320 acres fine farming
land. $30. ' d267-T2w36-7
Three fic east front lots close in.
fn best resident pan of town for sale
cheap if sold in next ten days. Small
lavment down and fifteen d.lars per
month. (237-6) F. M. LEWIS.
FOH SALE! Modern 10-room house
bath and all improvements. Lot 160-
t320 ft. highest elevation and best
ocation in town. Can be bought at
i bargain. Enquire of E. B. Davidson
Commercial club rooms. d267-72w36
HrsTLEKS WANTED. We wish
to get one good. LIVE agent In your
ounty to sell Real Estate on the in-
stalment plin. Some of our agents
ire clearing $1 200.00 per month. Ad-
Ir. ss The Rio Grande Valley Colony
o. 1020 Commerce Puilding Kansas
Citv Mo.
NOTICE.
A new telephone directory is being
prepared. We desire that all 'istings
ippear correct including street came
nd house number according to new
system of numbering Just completed.
For any corrections please give
game In writing or can by telephone.
PIONEER TELEPHONE CO.
Sidney Smith. Manager.
ABSTRACT
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PLUIGIG
WORK THAT STANDS
THE TEST
HINSHAW
THE PLUMBER
DON'T FORGET THE
PUKE FOOD
GROCER.
The place you get the very best
and purest groceries the markets
can furnish. We carry all the
brands of goods handled by the
Ratcliff-Sanders Grocery Com-
pany. RAINBOW CARNA-
TION and VESPER brands. We
always have Poultry Eggs and
Butter fresh from the country.
L. P. GARRISON
PROPRIETOR
LEWIS ROGERS
Leading Undertaker
AND EMBALMER
LICENSE N 161
Both PImm 24J Opaa Day a Kigbt
TV-:-1-. V.V'N
J G-GRAY
DEALER IN HE STOCK
Will buy your Mules anyday
in th year except Sunday
PH0SE 91
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Marrs, D. M. Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 273, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1909, newspaper, February 25, 1909; Vinita, Okla.. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc773616/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.