The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 301, Ed. 1 Monday, October 22, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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VlNITA OKLAHOMA MONDAY OCTOBER 22 I90(j.
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COURIER OF THE WORLD'S NEWS AT YOUR DOOR EVERY EVENING
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BY DECEMBER FIRST
pager Preston Who Was in Vinita
yesterday Says His Company
arry Out Terms of Contract
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reslon of Die gas com-
iuita Sunday with the
ho is to lay the pipe line
r they drove over the line
fCoodys Bluff . Mr. Pres-
i that there has been some un-
Hftd unavoidable delay in
Hip approval of the secretary
Bor to the right of way
fthe pipe line but that he
.secure trie secretary's ap-
le middle of this week.
as City contractor who
esterday lias taken the con-
he laying of the pipe line in
I s or 21 days from the time
If. He has a force of 300
h will be brougt he-re as soon
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as the right of way is approved and
they will work incessantly from that
time until the line is CM.ipleted. Mr.
Preston therefore still assures the
people of Vinita i hat they will have
gas by December 1 as approved in the
contract between the gas company
and the city.
After the approval of the secretary
of the interior is secured te the right
right of way it is believed there will
be ho further delay. Most of the
fourteen cars of pipe ordered some
time ago have arrived and been un-
loaded so that the material for the
work is on hand. All that remains to
be done is to dig the ditches and lay
tha pipe.
NDSOME PARK
sen Planned in Connec
tion With the New
Auditorium
jard of directors of the audi-
company met this afternoon
Jeeted a bu'lding committee
ting of Oliver Bagby chairman
Orr and L. W. Burlington.
.Parker who has been looking
hings most of time up to the
b will be out of the city hold-
irfc for the next few weeks. The
of the Warren & Lewis build-
been commenced and as soon
structure is out of the way
iwork on the construction of
litorium will be commenced.
Frisco landscape artist has per-
tthe plans for the park. The
irium is to face south on Illinois
near Wilson street and the
ling pool is to be In the rear
building between it and the
station. East of the auditor-
nil be a park containing a
lin band stand and other at-
ons. On the east of this park
long the Katy right of way a
pay has been left from Illinois
e to the Frisco station. ear
risco platform and outside the
jroper the Frisco will create a
ime monogram in flowers at a
of several hundred dollars.
It is supposed that the Katy will im-
proved its part on the right of way
east of the park and plant a Katy
monogram similiar to the one to be
planted by the Frisco.
FARMERS ARE
ORGANIZING
The farmers union organized at
Centralia Saturday the 13th is in a
flourishing condition. There were 22
charter members and rive more were
initiated last Saturday. At the next
meeting which will be held at 2
o'clock on Saturday the 27th it is
believed that there will be a number
of others ready to join. .lohu Katcliff
is president of the union and he is
hustling for members.
GILL HOLDING
GOORT TODAY
Judge J. A. uill is on the bench of
civil court today. He is presiding
over several cases in which Judge
Parker is not permitted to sit as he
was engaged in the litigation as
counsel on one side or the other be-
fore his appointment to the bench.
It is expected that Judge Parker will
again hold court tomorrow.
'he Fair
E. W. StryRer
fargains in Flannels Underwear
Hosiery Handkerchiefs
See Our Millinery
!
Ninety
Kso nable
Ue Fair
Aillir)ery
Reasonable
Frisco Section Foreman
Struck by Freight
Sunday
Alonza Crabtree section foreman
on the Frisco was instantly killed
Sunday evening near the Hull creek
bridge. Crabtree who is foreman of
the east end Frisco section gang had
been out at Albia with his crew help-
ing clear up the wreck there. He and
his men had about reached Vinita on
their return being but a short dis-
tance east of the Bull creek bridge
when they were over taken by a west
bound freight. They miscalculated
the speed of the freight and it was
upon them before they could get their
car off the track.
The men of the crew all jumped
and saved themselves. Crabtree. how-
ever instead of jumping endeavored
to pull the handcar off the track. Be-
fore he could accomplished his pur-
pose the engine struck him and he
was instantly killed. His body was
terribly cut and mangled. He was
brought to Vinita by the freight
crew.
The dead man was married and
leaves a family lie has lived in Vin-
ita for some time.
SHOT WHILE
OUT HUNTING
News has just been received in Vi-
nita of a serious shooting accident at
Echo last Friday. Bill Yoakum and
Bud Dawson were out hunting squir-
rel and Dawson went back of the tree
to drive the little animal out where
Yoakum could get a shot at it. As
the squirrel appeared. Yoakum shot
but in some way he hit Dawson. The
load of buckshot struck Dawson a
glancing blow on the right breast and
made a very serious flesh wound from
which Dawson will recover however
unless blood poisoning intervenes.
One shot passed entirely thru Daw-
son's windpipe. Both men are mar-
ried and have families.
Screws Hold Ties Best.
Railroads of the world are con-
fronted with the problem of the tie
supply and many plans for prolong-
ing the life of the tie or finding some
substitute are being investigated.
At least a partial solution seems to
be In the use of screws instead of
spikes in laying track. When these
are made use of in laying new track
the life of the tie is greatly pro-
longed and apparently useless tie
may be made to do renewed service.
The part of the tie which gives way
in use la that immediately under the
tracks where the slight movement of
he rail cuts into the fibers of the
wood and where the spikes holding
the rails in- place enter the tie. The
wood may be sound at all other points
but because of its weakness where it
is desired to drive the spikes It is
necessary to throw the log away.
Luxurious Traveling.
One of the most luxurious railway
coaches ever built has been com-
pleted in France by King George of
Greece. It is 45 feet long and con-
sists of two bedrooms with dressing
and bath rooms a study lined with
book shelves a magnificent drawing-
room and a dining-room in which ten
people can sit down to dinner. The
rooms are hung with silk tapestry
and the furniture is of mahogany and
oak.
Signals for Engineers.
The Raymond-Phillips system of
automatic signaling between the sig-
nal box and the cab of a locomotive
has been tried with success on the
lines of the North Staffordshire Rail-
way company England. The system
ft arraascd to give a visual and audi-
ble signal in the cab of the engine or
any other portion of the train and
simultaneously to repeat such signala
in the signal box.
Railway Assessments.
Railways nowadays are considered
to be the legitimate prey of every local
assessment committee and although
they have in many cases conferred
a great benefit on the comihmity :ini
opened Bp i":' ' isil
facilities i ' e 1 :
most (BOW '
efs than 6 ' ' ': "l"
munity- ' J-
Light College Team
Held Vinita Players
Oto 0.
The new foot ball rules were tried
out on Saturday afternoon on the
Wiliie Halsell campus gridiron be-
tween the college eleven and a select
aggregation known as the Vinita
team.
Captain Duke of the college handl-
ed his team in splendid style and tho
his team was greatly outweighted
they made their first downs repeated-
ly but were weak on runnin? back
punts.
The game was largely a punting
duel the college being the gainers.
The Vinita team lostthirty-five yards
penalt les inflicted for off-side play and
and unnecessary roughness.
Prof. Duke demonstrated that his
brand of "mixture" is a superior arti-
cle. The game ended 0 to 0 with the
ball in the center of the Meld.
'The Vinita team played some good
individual ball but had no team
work while the light college team
got into the plays quickly and exhib-
ed tine training. The hne-up:
vinita. w. B. c.
Bufflngton. RI'. Hunkaplllar.
Clark. KT West.
Moore. K (1 Chandler.
Walker. C Hugh McClure.
Ironsides. L t i Gregory.
Gatewood L T Hogue.
Hunt. B E Lewis.
Adair. Q B Prof. Duke Capt.
Campbell. R H Haynes.
B Chandler L 11 Tyler.
Campell(cap) F B Marks.
Time: 15 minute halves. Beferee
A. M. Etchen. Umpire Will Meeks.
Linesmen M. Harris and Chandler.
Timekeeper W. McClure.
AWOKE ON PILOT OF ENGINE.
Tossed from Wagon Seat by Locomo-
tive but Mac Safe Landing.
Sleeping as peacefully as a babe on
the seat of his farm wagon as his old
horse ambled slowly along William
Johnson had a surprising awakening.
From the midst of dreamland he found
himself clinging to a pilot of a
freight train's locomotive with the
wreck of his wagon about him.
Johnson's sleep had progressed
sweetly until his horse homeward
bound started over the Pennsylvania
railroad crossing at Trenton. N. J. A
heavy freight train was close to the
crossing. The engineer saw the sleep-
ing man and slow moving horse and
sounded his whistle loud enough he
said to awaken a graveyard. John-
son slumbered on and the horse re-
fused to quicken its pace. The en-
gine hit the wagon lossing Johnson
in the air and when he came down
he landed squarely on the pilot. He
was wide a awake then and excitedly
clutched the headlight. When the
train was stopped and the frightened
engineer ran up to look at the sup-
posed dead man Johnson exclaimed:
"What did-you want to wake me up
that way for?"
The horso was uninjured and put in
its free moments eating grass on the
roadside.
MAKE EXPERIMENTS IN FUEL.
Illinois Railroad Officials Experiment
in Use of Fine Coal.
Railroad officials in Illinois are mak-
ing a study of the use of fine coal for
freight and passenger engines and It
Is probable that a test will be made.
Statistics show that a large amount of
fine coal is wasted at the mines and
if it can be used for stemming thou-
sands of dollars will be saved annually
by railway companies.
For soft coal the problem of getting
useful fuel out of the finer grade is
more difficult and it has been attacked
in a number of ways. With coking
coals It is easy to use the fine coals
mixed with the lumps in tho coke
ovens and thus obtain good quality of
fuel In the form of coke. Another
method on which a large amount of
experimental work has been done Is
that o' brlquetting and so far as the
mechanical operation is concerned a
number of successful machines have
been designed and are in uae in this
country. The cost of making bri-
quettes is. however the principal ob-
jectionable feature and it Is largely a
NOW ALL COMPLETE
Committees for Fairbanks Reception
Ready for Tomorrow-Campaign
Be Lively Hereafter
Tomorrow is Fairbanks day. The
trai' i bearing the vice president and
his party will reach Vinita on the
Frisco from the west at 7:25 p m. if
its on time and Chairman Victor of
the executive committee promises
that it will be. Immediately on his
arrival here the vice president will be
taken to the school grounds where
the platfoim from which he will
make his speech has already been
erected. He will be escorted from
the Frisco station to the grounds by
a procession of which the principal
feature will be 500 men with torches
The Republicans have been doing
some pretty lively campaigning al
ready but with the coming of the
vice president there will be a. whirl-
wind campaign inaugurated. L W.
IlullTwho wii) speak here tomorrow
afternoon will spend two days Wed-
nesday and Thursday in this district
under the direction of the local com-
mittee making speeches probably at
Centralia Big Cabin and other points.
Friday night W. !. Robertson will
speak in Vinita under the direction
of the local committee. Mr. Robert-
son is under the direction of the
speakers bu -aii of the territorial cam-
paign comnui ree and ha been doing
effective worn i liruout the territory.
Captain G. s. White marshal of
the day requests all those who desire
to participate in the parade tomorrow
afternoon to form on Miller street
In front of the school house at U30
o'clock. This parade la especially for
those on horseback and in carriages
but evurybody is invited to partici-
pate. The parade vill march down
Canadian avenue to Second street
north on Second street to Illinois
avenue and west on Illinois avenue
to the school grounds where at 2:30
the speaking will begin.
In the evening all those vho are
to take part in the torch light parade
will meet at the Frisco depot at 7
o'clock to await the arrival of Vice
President Fairbanks' special at 7:25.
As soon as the special arrives the par-
ade will move down Wilson st reet to
Canadian and west on Canadian to
the school grounds where the vice
president will speak.
BLIZZARD
NATIONAL
WEATHER
COLORS
Kansas City Oct. 22-
weather prevails today ID
Kansas the most severe tins
season for many your-:
stefcdily for twelve hours
traffic delayed and all wires
Ellis lost this afternooo.
-Blizzard
western
clme of
Snowing
Hallway
west of
New Bullet for the Army.
The army will soon adopt the new
bullet which was recently tested by
several of the target experts at the
national rifle meet at Sea Girt and
found by them to be satisfactory. In-
stead of the rounded point of the pres-
ent bullet it has a long straight tap-
ering point and is also about one-
third lighter weighing about 150
grains. The new bullet has a greater
velocity up to 2000 yards a greater
energy up to 1400 yards a flatter
trajectory up to 2000 yards and a lit-
tle better accuracy up to 2000 yards.
The new bullet will require a sllshtly
different firing chamber In the rifle
but this can be readily effected in
pieces now under manufacture and
the necessary changes cun be made in
the pieces now in use with compar-
atively small expense.
The members of the decorating
committee for Fairbanks day are anx-
ious to see the business houses and
private dwellings of this city appro-
priately decorated in honor of Vice
President Fairbanks. Only a few
months ago President Roosevelt was
received here with open arms by all
the people and a few weeks ago the
people of this city ari l vicinity paid
a glowing tribute to Hon. William
Jennings Bryan and now comes Vice
President Fairbanks and the people
are requested to decorate regardless of
political affiliations.
A GRAND
SUCCESS
Only Eight Chief Justices.
It is interesting to note that since
the beginning of the government there
have been only eight chief justices of
the supreme court. John Jay served
from 1789 to 1795 six years; John
Rutledge of South Carolina served
during 1795; Oliver Els worth of Con-
necticut served the five years from
1796 to 1801; John Marshall of Vir-
ginia served 34 years from 1801 to
1835; Roger B. Taney of Marylanu
served from 1836 to 1864 28 years;
Salman P. Chase of Ohio served from
1864 to 1873 and Morrison R. Waite.
of the same state from 1873 to 1888.
.hen Chief Justice Fuller was appointed.
Pond Creek O.T. Oct. 22-( Special 1
The Fairbanks trip a grand success
with iargc attendance.
Dabkouchi
'Ikey and Abey."
Edward R. Salter's new musical
comedy entitled "Ikey and Abey"
presents a plot which materializes
many comic possibilities in hilarious
style and I is said to keep the audi-
ence in continual laughter and ap-
plause frr-m start to linlsh. The piece
is presented in three acts and many
amusing climaxes and absurd situa-
tions follow each ouher in cuch quick
succession that the interest is not al-
lowed to tiag for a single moment.
New and taking specialties are intro-
duced and the musical program has
been arrauged to ?uit the popular fan-
cy. "Ikey and Abey" will be present-
ed at the opera house on October 25.
In Saving Money the Start is a
Very Important Part
When the habit of saving is once firmly rooted the
results of saving will manifest themselves.
MD7 persons say it Is no use to start a savi ties account at the bank
because they can savo so little. If you can save but little you
ought to be the more auxious to save by persevering ycu will pres-
ently be surprised at the amount of your savings
A bank account Is a grear iiHo to the saver. It puts system into
his saving.
CheroKee National Bank
Of Vinita Ind. Ter
Tie Store I he St
at Let Live Prices
utilization of fine bitu-
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McClintock, R. M. The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 301, Ed. 1 Monday, October 22, 1906, newspaper, October 22, 1906; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc774457/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.