Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 7, 1912 Page: 4 of 4
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THE PUBLIC Fillip
Vinlta May 7th 1S12.
To the Editor of tbe Chieftain:
Reversing Pope' dictum a famous
American orator once remarked tiat
"an honest God is the noblest work of
nan" Really one utemet Is Just
as true as the other. God made man
in Ills own Image at the first; and
"ian lui ever since been repaying the
compliment by making God over Into
his own imperfect likeness. The Jew
')n Old Testament times 1"1 a bar-
barous Cod because they were bar-
barians. Jesus believed in a gentle
God because His soul was as tender
and sweet and pure as a violet. We
really can never recover His concep-
tion of God except as a form of words
we say until we have grown into His
spirit. Kven according to Scripture it
is only "the pure in heart" who "see
God" j;s He really is so far as man is
capable of the divine vision. Modern
scientific thought has helved along
with the development of the moral
temper of civilized humanity to creute
:or us n new conception of God richer
no. co'iiplox and more inspiring than
any other the world has ever possessed
and tried to live by.- The question Is
often discussed whether the world Is
growing better or worse. The best
register of moral improvement or the
reverse Is the popular conception of
God. The fact that we have a more
Christlike conception of God proves
that as an average we have gained
morally and spiritually over our fore-
fathers. There are a good many people who
believe that modern science has put
God out of business. That the dis-
covery of natural law has left no room
nor use for Him. Hut as a matter of
fact science cannot take jurisdiction
to decide the question of the nature of
God and His relation to the world and
man. This is a question for philos-
ophy not for science; and philosophy
in determining the question must take
into account both the facts of religious
experience and the facts of scientific
discovery Science'deals with the re"
lations between facts which appear in
consciousness and the laws which con-
trol those relations; but science itself
confesses that it does not know the
ultimate nature of matter and still
less can it know the ultimate nature
of spirit. There may be better rea-
sons for believing in God than for
doubting His existence; I grant that
the question Is an open one; but the
point 1 make Is that science is not the
jnoK i uie question out oniy one ot
the sources from which evidence is to
be obtained.
But scientific thought Is not all either
atheistic or agnostic. Not all scien-
tists disbelieve in the existence of
God. Herbert Spencer though he ar-
gued that we could not know anything
about God yet maintained that we
must believe la an Ultimate reality
absolute in nature and being of which
everything that exists is just a mani-
festation. He wouldn't call this being
"God;" but he was really proving the
existence of God. John Fiske Amer-
ica's greatest scientific philosopher as
Herbert Spencer was England's pub
lished a few yar before bis death a more the avt of God than the Skftty of
ttle book on The Idea of Cod In the rarpatsu. it Is in Love mat uoa
Ich be contended on evolutionary forn by law. The uniLTiuity of
principles that the idea of God could Nature is the only possibility of the
not have arisen and maintained itself fr-'-edom aiid tcttllwtua! development
in the human mind If God did not exist of man. Because we know what to
Tbe critU of Christianity say that the count on we know how to go to work
Christian experience by h'ch we to adapt oursehts u her ways. If God
claim to have learned something of worked one way one day and another
God.' is all Imagination. Herbert way t!;e next day the growth of man
Si er w riting from the standpoint t would be Impossible. He would have
o? science proves that all we really no way of guiding Himself. Jle would
know about the world is Just our lm- not know what to expect. He could
pressions and our Ideas. We only real- not even think. But Nature under the
ly know what Is going on in our minds guidance and government of God sets
when we say that we saw a flash of to man the task of growing to the
llghtnUig. Whether the flash of light-'point where He can control her. In
ning happened out side of us or Inside ( the process he makes mistakes. He
of us we have no way of proving. We pays the price. But by every mistake
have Just aa much right to accuse the(he grows in wisdom. He makes error
scientist of Imagining the world as the means of discovering truth. He
he has to accuse us of imagining God.
The possibility of knowledge of any
kind depends on our trusting our
faculties. It is an old trick but an
illogical one to use philosophical
scepticism to discredit the knowledge
we don't want to accept and play that
It doesn't apply to the kind that we
want to believe.
i ne new thought of God partly in
fluenced by science partly by a deeper
study of the leaching or Jesus does not
locate' Him away from the earth in
some inaccessible Heaven. Spencer
shows that every fact In nature of life
is a manifestation of what He calls
the Unknowable. That's just his
name for God. lesus taught that God
cares for the flowers and the birds.
Not a aparrow falls to the ground he
said but God knows it. The flowers
and the grass of the field are clothed
in beauty by His power. Faul says
that in God we live and move and
have our being. We have come to re-
alize that if we are to conceive God
as Infinite we must conceive Him as
here today or nowhere at any time.
If God is not in Vinlta He never was
ID Jerusalem. If He is not in the
homo or the store He is not in the
church. Goethe's phrase is a pregnant
one; Nature is "the living garment ot
God." He Is the Artist who paints
the suusets as well as the Artist im-
plicit in the soul of the man who ap-
preciates their glory. And history as
well as Nature is the process of God.
It is under His guidance as Browning
was so fond of illustrating in many
ways that life has grown and develop-
ed from protoplasmic jelly to man and
that man has grown and developed
from savagery to civilization. Not
only "the groves were God's first
temples;" but they are His temples
still. If there is any place in the uni-
verse where you cannot find 'Cod then
it is no use for you to seek Him any-
where. The presence of God in the universe
is the foundation of the regularity and
order which the scientist expresses in
his conception of the laws of Nature.
Nature always works the same way'
because God is always consistent with
Himself. "Thus the conception of mir-
acle Is Btill a possibility; but we are
coming to have less respect for a God
who works miracles than for a God
who doesn't have to. If we are not
careful to think clearly we shall be
afraid of this conception of God be-
cause it will give room for the sceptic
to say "Then you believe the Titanic
disaster was the act of God?" No
learns to understand Nature and
understanding her is able just so far
aa he understands to master her. And
in understanding her he is understand-
ing God just as in mastering her he Is
co-operating with God.
CHARLES B. MITCHELL
KANSAS CITY STOCK
MARKET
tlJ?l3 vsit oeMkTI
MEMO CORSETS are in a class alone by reason of
theirwell-known durabil-
ity (which means economy)
and of their patented special
features. Nemo Corsets ren-
tier special service which no
other corsets can give.
Two Nemo inventions
the new "Lastikops Web-
bing" and the still newer
"Lastikops Cloth" have ac-
tually revolutionized corset-
making for they produce a
higher degree of flexibility
strength and comfort than
was ever before possible.
THERE IS A NEMO
FOR EVERY FIGURE
$3.50 $4.00 and $5.00
Each model is a specialty
which will do something for
vou that no other corset can
do. It's "Nemo Week" in Ci 406
our Corset Department and 5elf-Reoucing
we'll expect you! iastjkofs
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Kansas City Stock Yards May 6.
Light receipts of cattle here last week
and a good demand from killers was
a combination that gave the makret an
uplift of 25 to 40 cents. Fed steers
made the greatest gain particularly
medium grades which kind r.re sell-
ing higher than they have 6od in
forty years or since the reconstruc-
tion days following the civil war. Top
steers have sold at higher figures than
at present though several lots sold
today here at $8.00 to $8.70 unequalled
previously this year. The supply to-
day is between seven and eight thou-
sand head here the market strong and
active. Supply figures for the year
date at the five leading markets of
the country show only a six per cent
decrease from same period last "year
which does not furnish an explanation
from the advance of forty per cent in
values in the same time. Hogs and
sheep have Increased at the same mar-
kets so far this year over last year
which renders the explanation still
more inadequate. Evidently the con-
suming population has gained several
laps on production of meats more than
has been suspected. Distant territory
continues to send in cattle else the
shortage at Kansas City would be
much greater than it is. Bulk of the
native steers sell at $7.25 to $8.50
sugar beet steers $7.23 to $S.40 hay
fed steers $7.00 to $7.90 South Texas
grass steers $5.00 to $6.00 quarantine
fed steers up to $8.23. top native cows
$7.25 stock steers $5.00 to $6.73 feed-
ers $6.23 to $7.15.
Hog supplies arev showing unexpect-
ed volume lately the run last week
aggregating 60000 head here. Re-
ceipts today amount to 7000 head one
thousand more than the first estimate
and 13.000 are expected for tomorrow.
The Increase in supplies is common
at all the market points and the situ-
ation became top heavy last week re-
sulting in a net loss of 30 cents in
values for the week. Prices are steady
today top $7.70 bulk of sales $7.43 to
$7.65. The estimate for tomorrow here
is moderate and should it be correct
and typical of runs elsewhere as well
an upturn in prices would naturally
result.
Few sheep and lambs came in last
week after Thursday a fortunate cir-
cumstance for shippers as the market
was being undermined the last days
of the week. But the blow fell all the
harder today when the run of 13000
head consisting of 'a varied assort-
ment is selling 25 to 73 cents under
last Thursday. The best wooled
lambs only reached $9.30 today and
good clippers stopped at $S.50 fair
ones going at $7.50. Choice Texas
wethers sold at $6.10 today nearly a
dollar under last Tuesday and goats
were being hawked about the sheep
yards with small chance of selling
even at sharply reduced values up to
noon. Buyers threaten still more
punishment later this week.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
FRISCO.
North and East Bsund.
Leave Vinita
414 K. C. Meteor 1:40 a. m.
12 California Express.. 3: 43 a-m.
416 Joplin Express 9:43 a. m.
408 St Louis Limited ..7:05 p. m.
10 St Louis Meteor.. 11:44 p. m.
South and West Bound.
2 Okla City fe S. W...2:05 a. m.
413 Ok. City from K. C..3:30 a. m.
407 Ok Ciy fr K:C.-StL.9:24 a. m.
11 California Express . 1 : 20 p. in.
415 Sapulpa Express ... .8:15 p. m.
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No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
M K. & T. RAILWAY.
North Bound.
Leave Vinlta
No. 2 K. C. & S. Louis... 12:09 a. m.
No. C Flyer 6:31 p. ra.
No. 8 Parsons Bob . .....3:34 p. m.
No. 10 Katy Limited 5:37 a. m.
South Bound.
No. 1 'Texas Express 4:32 a.m.
No. 3 Texas Express 7:15 p. m.
No. 5 Flyer 9:45 a. m.
No. 9 Katy Limited 11 :28 p. m.
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o ANNOUNCEMENTS
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FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
I hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the office of County Attorney
for Craig County subject to the Dem-
ocratic primary in August.
WILLARD H. VOYLES.
FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
The Chieftain is authorized to an-
nounce Thomas W. Smith of Centralia
as a candidate for Superintendent of
Schools of Craig County subject to
the Democratic primary in August.
FOR SHERIFF.
The Chieftain is authorized to an
nounce Billy Friend a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Sheriff
of Craig County subject to August
primary.
I am a candidate for re-election on
the Democratic ticket to the office of
County Attorney of Craig County Ok-
lahoma subject to the action of the
Democratic voters at' the primary to
be held in August 1912.
C. CALDWELL.
How Popular He'll Be 8cm Day.
Ho Is six and she is five. They
are in (he came kindergarten class.
Their homes are lees than half a
block apart. They lore each other
dearly and every day he escorts her
home from school and leaves her with
a kiss. Tbe grown ups noticed all this
and there was a little teasing. Final-
ly Little Girl's mother said "I wouldn't
let the little boy kiss me good-bye If
I were you." The next 4ay mother
was at the door when Little Girl and
Little Boy came home together. "You
musn't kiss me" said Little Girl
"Mother says she doesn't like It." lit
tle Boy loked disconcerted for just
about tbe tenth part of s second. Then
-But YOTJ like It don't your he said
and kissed her as usual and trudged
along
I
New Arrival of Ratine Dresses
New Arrival of Pique Dresses
MENDEL'S -
We give S & H Green Premium Stamps
Mutt Be Either Ooee" er Bad.
"A man's mind may be likened to ft
rarden which may be Intelligently
cultivated or allowed to run wild;
but whether cultivated or neglected
it must and will bring forth. If no
uhfeful seeds are put into it then an
abundance of useless weed-seeds will
fall therein and will continue to pro
duce their kind." James Alien.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
The Chieftain is authorized to an-
nounce J. Wes. Harris a candidate for
County Commissioner for the Third
District of Craig County subject to
the Democratic primary.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS. .
I desire to announce myself as a
candidate for the office of Register of
Deeds of Craig County Okla. subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary to be held in August 1912.
W. L. TROTT.
FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
The Chieftain is authorized to an
nounce Mrs. H. W. C.'Shelton a can-
didate for the office of County Super-
intendent of Schools of Craig County
subject to the Democratic primary in
August. "
The Chieftain is authorized to au-
ounce the candidacy of ID. N. William-
son to the office of Register of Deeds
of Craig County Oklahoma subject
to the action of the Democratic
Primary ot August 1912.
E. N. WILLIAMSON.
The Chieftain Is authorized to an
nounce Robt L. Chamberlln as a can-
didate for the office of Sheriff of Craig
County subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
The Chieftain is authorized to an
nounce E. J. McBride of Big Cabin as
a candidate for the office of County
Clerk of Craig County subject to the
ction of the Democratic primary. .
Tbe Chieitain is authorized to an
nounce the candidacy of H. E. Riden-
hour for re-election to the office of
Sheriff of Craig County Oklahoma
subject to tbe action of the Democratic
Primary of August 1912. -
H. E. RIDENHOUR.
The Chieftain is authorized to an-
lounce L. P. Smart as a candidate for
he office of Sheriff of Craig County
Oklahoma subject to the Democratic
primary August 1912.
1 hereby announce myself for re-
election to the office of County Clerk
of Craig County subject to the action
of the Democratic primary of August
1912. R P. NIX.
20 Per Cent
r
on all
SADDLES
from NOW till June 1st jl
I want to make a reduction in
saddle stock and consider this tK
. best way. j
Marsha
11 Si
123 South Wilson St.
Grand Theatre
WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
3 Vaudeville Acts and 3 Reels
of Best Pictures
The Reeves Musical Co.
Vocal and Instrumental Soloists
Mme. CONSTANCE Violin and Euphonium Soloist
W. P. REEVES Cornet and Fleugel Horn Soloist
ALBA and ALIENE
With a Relect Repertoire of Classical and Popu-
ular Songs Solos Duets Trios and Quartettes
Change of Program Nightly
.The first time in vaudeville. Just off the West-
ern Lyceum of Denver Colo.
Main Floor 20c . Balcony 10c
Two shows nightly 7:15 and 9 o'clock
The Prima Donna and the
Soubrette
tor
Grand Theatre
TONIGHT
lotioii
Adults 10c
ures
Children 5c
I hereby announce my candidacy for
nomination for Congress from the
Third district subject to the Republi-
can primaries.
' . .TAMES DENNIS FLYNN.
Sapulpa' Okla
he Democratic primary In "August
1912. GEO. H. OGDEN.
COUNTY JUDGE.
I am a candidate for re-election to
the office of County Judge of Craig
County subject to the action of the
Democratic primary to be held in
August. I stand on my old platform
that of low taxes and law enforcement.
I ask the support of all voters who
view these matters as I do.
S. F. PARKS.
FOR COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE
The Chieftain Is authorized to an-
nounce Pete Coyne as a candidate for
Representative in the State Legisla-
ture from Craig County subject to the
Democratic Primary .August 6th. '
FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
The Chieftain Is authorized to an-
nounce N. D. Maxey of Muskogee for
the office of Judge of the Supreme
Court from district number one sub-
ject to the Democratic primary AuguRt
6th.
the Democratic nomination for Sheriff
of Craig County subject to the August
primary election. .
The Chieftain Is authorized to an-
lounco George W. Taylor as a candi-
date for County Commissioner for the
-secouu uisinci or vjraig uounty suo-'
ect to the primary in August.
The Chieftain is authorized to a
lounce the candidacy of ClauTS.
Shelton for the nomination for the'
office of County Assessor of Craig
Jounty. subject to the Democratic?
rimary in August. ' ?'
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR.
I desire to announce myself as a can-
'idate for the office of County Assessor
or Craig County subject to the action
W. HOUK. j
I am a candidate for the nomination
or County Assessor of Craig County
ubject to the action or the Democratic
voters in the primary to be held August
D12 VIRGIL A. KINNISON.
I am a candidate for County Com-
missioner of the Third Commissioners'
District Craig County subject to the
i emocratic primary to be held In
iiguBt 1912.
SAMUEL CI1ATTERTON
lilg Cabin Okla.
The Chieftain is authorized to an-
nounce the candidacy of W. C. AVoodall
or County Commissioner for the third
istrict ot Craig County subject to the
Democratic primary In August. :
I hereby announce myself as a enn-
lidate for the office of Superintendent
f Schools of Craig County subject to
I he action of the Democratic Primary
; Augus
The Cliieftain is authorized to an-
ounce Charles Teenor as a candidate
for County Commissioner for the Third
District of Craig County Okia. subject
to the Democratic primary in Auguft
1912. . CHAS. TEENOR.
The Chieftain Is authorized to an-
nounco the name of Geo. II Ogden as a j
candidate for County Treasurer of
Craig County subject to the action cf '
t 1912.
JAME3
F. McCULLOUGit.
The Chieftain Is autt Prized to an-
nounce the name of R. 1j. Jackson for
j FOR DISTRICT CLERK.
i I hereby announce myself a candl-
j date for re-election to the office of
D till 11 I. I 1' K III I. ill. tfllllliv. nu"j'-
' to the Democratic primary.
LEE R. MITCHELL.
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