The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 177, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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VINITA. INDIAN TERRITORY WEDNESDAY MAY C. 1903
PRICE PER WEEK 10
Frost Fixed The Flies and The Garden Now Get New Garden And Field Seeds at Darrough Hdw Co's
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PROTECT MERCHANTS.
Indian Police Kept From Hosing the
Stores for Delinquent Tribal Tax.
South M'Alester I. T. May 5. At 6
o'clock this evening Judge W.H.Clayton
of the central district issued a restrain-
ing order against J. Fentress Wisdom
representing Indian Agent; O. Dana: S
Keley regresenting the In-"tta inspec-
tor; Captain John C. West of the Indian
police and other officers of the interior
department preventing them from clos-
ing the stores of merchants in South
McAlester because of their refusal to
jay the Choctaw tribal royalty. A pri-
vate telegram was received at noon that
the officers with a force of Indian po-
lice were hither bound to enforce the
warning served by Indian Agent Shoen-
feltover ten day ago. Hundreds of
excited people gathered at the depot to
witness their arrival. Notice were
served on each officer as he alighted
by Deputy Uuited States Marshal Geo-
Miller. These notices set forth the fact
that petition for injunction would be
forthcoming filed with Judge Clayton.
No stores were closed.
Federal court was in Bession but a
recess was taken. The petition by the
merchants was filed and argued for over
two hours. The petition attacted the
validity of the tribal tax owing to the
segregation of the townsites pronounc-
ed it confiscatory an! denied the sum-
mary remedy the interior department
sought to employ. The court's decision
was based on the finding of the court of
appeals for the territory in the case of
Baster akd Jones vs. Wright from Wag-
oner in which it was held that the only
remedy when refusal to pay tribal taxes
is made lies in the ordinary processes of
the courts. The defendant in the case
today attacked the Raster and Jones de-
cision quoting Indian agent regulations
and the opinion of Attorney Gcueral
Griggs in conflict and contended there
is no specific warrant for closing stores
under the terms of the Choctaw treaty
of 1S6G. The defendants contend that
the interior department wa supreme in
dealing with Indian affairs and that the
court had no right to interfere witS co-
ordinate branch of the government.
Judge Clayton held that this was not a
mere matter of construction but that
citiens were leit:$.' deprived of property
wit-hout due process of law. In issuing
(he restraining order he stated that he
would fix the bond at an amount equi-
valent to the total tax claimed to be
due K C Journal.
A Sure Thlntr
It is s-i'd that nothing is sure except
death and taxes but that is not al-
together true. Dr. King's New Discov-
ery for consumption is a sure cure for all
lung and throat troubles. Thousands
can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. Van
Metre of Shrphctdtowti W Va. says
"I had a severe case of Bronchitis and
for a year tried everything I heard of
but got no relief. One Botte of Dr.
King's New Discovery then cured me
absolutely." Bt'a infallible for croup
whooping cough grip pneumonia and
consumption. Try it It's guaranteed
by People' drug More. Trial bottle
free Reg. sires 50c and $1.00 hv
GOOD THING for LAWYERS
Government Is Compiling all Indian
Laws Into One Hook.
The goverment printing office at
Washington has just issued two quarto
volume entitled "Indian Affairs Lawl
and Treaties" compiled by direction of
congress by Chas. L. Kappler clerk of
the senate committee on Indian affairs.
The volumes contain every treaty made
by the United States with the Indians up
to December 1 92 together with
statistics of tribes trust funds etc. The
commissioner of Indian affairs in his an-
nual reports has ured for some years
that such a compilation be made for the
reason that the laws and orders relating
to the Indians were scattered through a
great number and variety of public do-
cuments making it exceedins'y difficult
to be sure that one had befce Mji r
legislation on any given ques'ijn rela-
tive to the Indians The present com-
pilation is indexed carefully and in its
general r-augemeut follows the form of
the (statutes at large.
tforlu Wide reputation
White's Cream Vermifuge has achiev-
ed a wot Id wide reputation as being th
lot of all wcrtn destrcyen' and Its
to;iid influence on weak and unthrifty
cln'.dren as it neutralizes the acidity or
sourness of the slomvch improves the:r
digestion and assimilation of food
;.;re r-ous system and
re t -;V a to health :;;-' nl
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Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Cherokee Over the northern por-
tion the continued cool weather re-
tarded the growth of all crops and
heavy front on April 30. caused con-
st ierable damage to fruit and killed
tender vegetation; wheat and other
crops looking well; cum planting
about finished: out aud coru waking
tlow growth; showers oo 29th placed
in fair condition and work progress
ing rapidly; frost damage not excess-
ive owing to lateness of season; some
cotton planted.
Over ihe middle portion with excep-
tion of showers oo 28th the weather
coutlnued generally dry and cold;
frost on 30tb caused much damage to
fruit gardens and early corn; wheat
andoataln poor condition owing to
dry soil and high winds ralo badly
needed; corn mostly a poor stand but
recent showers will benefit it; cotton
Diamine in progress; Hessln flies and
chinch bugs working on small grain;
stock doing well but grass short for
grazing purposes.
Over the southern portion weatuer
continued dry and cool with heavy
frost on 3(Kh which damaged early
cotton potatoes and garden consid-
erably; cotton plantlog about half
completed; corn all planted; wheat
and oats very promising; stock doing
well oa range; showers benefited the
growing crops; the dry coudition pre-
veptcd any great damage to the grow
ing crops by frost.
' SPRING AILMUNTS
There is an aching and tired feeling;
the liver bowels and kidney become
sluggish and inactive the digestion im-
pared with little or no appetite no am-
bition for anything and a feeling that
the whole body and mind needs toning
up. The Uouble is that duricg winter
there has been an accumulation of waste
matter in the system. Herbine will re
move it. secure to the secretions a right
exit and by it tonic effect fully restore
the wasted tissue and give strength in
place of weakness. 50c at People drug
store.
Conlederate Keumun.
Headquarter Indian Territory
Diviaiui of Unl'ed Confederate
Veteraui.
McAlester I. T. April 28 '03.
Col. John W. Jorden.TuU I. T.
Dear Colonel: I hve lcted
lha M. K. & T. K. W. the offi.
cial route via Shreveport and AL
exiiiidria to New Orleans Li. My
headquarter train will leave South
McAlester about noon of May 17
breakfast in rjbreveporl and arrive
in New Orleans about 6 p. tu en
Ihe IStb. Fare from Souid Mc-
Alester round trip 12.50 CI ars
more 814. Wagoner 813 05. Tour-
ist sleepers will be eet out al all
principal towns and etrt My 17.
The Cherokee brigade will gf via
Little Rock. Pine Bluff and Alex-
andria. All Veteran Daughters
o he Confederacy and pons of
Warana are requested to be in
rea iineM or a grand march upon
Ni Orleans May 19in Every
camp and community is requested
to send a strong delegation to the
Confederate Reunion. All staff
officials will appear in lull uni-
form for the grst parade.
By order ';( Mapch G-n'l R. 13.
Coleman co''i)nandio.
Attest: ' John vv i Gokdos
A A. Oer.iVal Chif of Calvary.
Traveling Is uftngerous
Constant motion jars the kidneys
which are X ept in place in the body by
delicate attachments. This is the reaso n
that travelers trainmen street car mer.
teamster and all ho drive very mu'.h
suffer Irom kidney distal in some form.
Foley's Kidney Cure stregthen? the
kidneys and cures all forms of.-.kidtitj-
and bladder disease. George T Ilausan
loc omot:ve engineer fima Ohio writes
'Constint vibration S the engine
caused me a great deal of trouble with
my kidneys and 1 got no relief until I
used Foley's Kidney Cure." Sold by
Sbanahan & Mitchell. dw
Marriage Licenses.
J. II. May-Mrs. M. E. Perry Vinita
Geo. HUckheid-lvie McCormlck
Catale.
John Buzzard-Lizzie Huliie Zena.
Wm. McNear-A nnie Spylu:k Sper
ry.
Sila Lorighoiie-Luzia Lwweh i
I)eev.
One fare piu 12 for tLe round tr.p
over tL Choctaw Route (U ck JItinl
yteru) to Sivanah Ga. for the
Southern Hntit Convention M.iy
7th t 14th li.du-'ve. dw
WOMEN OF VENEZUELA.
Are Model ut Dome.iJc Vlrlne and
Are Beautiful and Sntet-
Manuered. Mrs. Iioweu the wife of the Ameri-
can minister to Venezuela returned to
this country with her husband a few
years ago and has been stopping with
friends in Washington. She is able to
talk very entertainingly about the
members of her sex in the South Amer-
ican republic for she saw much of
them in Caracas says the Star of that
city.
The legation in CaraeaK.in which she
has made her home for more than a
year is full of her pets innumerable
parrots a beautiful peacock while
several monkeys inhabit the garden.
The peacock is treated as a member
f the family and feeds out of a cup
as daintily as a young lady.
"Life in Venezuela is very delight-
ful" she remarked. "I am sure that
while we would not find so many of
the luxuries of life there ashere there
is no place on earth more charming
both in the natural attractions of the
country and in the people. To live
among them is to be their friends.
The women are models of domestic
virtues and are famed the world over
for their faithfulness. Some of them
are the most beautiful pictures both
In form and feature.that one could im-
agine. I have seen many of all classes
and the more I see of them the more
I admire their beauty sweet manners
and nobility of character. I remember
one girl a perfect beauty who was
engaged to a young man. It happened
that he was arrested for some offense
and remained in prison for two years.
During the whole of the time the
young lady would not go out of the
house but remained indoors as a proof
of her steadfast affection. In fact
the ladies of Venezuela who are of
Spanish descent go out in public very
little. Most of their life is spent in
the house and in their duties as moth-
erg and wives they have few equals."
THE CATNIP MAN.
gtr.et Car Conductor Get Job
Tarkrd Onto Him Through
Being OblialiK
"It's pretty near time for the catnip
trouble to start up again" the subur-
ban conductor remarked to the othei
man standing; on the platform relates
the Detroit Free Press.
"The catnip trouble" repeated the
other man. "What's the 'catnip trou-
ble?'" "Oh" explained the conductor "out
where my ear runs catnip grows all
along the track there's pretty near a
mile of catnip out there. Several
years ago I brought in a little bundle
and gave it to one of my neighbors for
her eat. She parceled out that catnip
all around the block to all the other
people who had cats; and they tell'
me the cats nearly lost their minds
over that fresh catnip. Most town cats
you know never get any catnip except
this old dried stuff from the drug
stores. It's pitiful isn't it? I suppose
lots of nice eats have lived and died
without ever tasting a bit of fresh
country catnip.
"Well pretty soon some of the other
neighbors began asking me to bring
them a little bundle of catnip and the
thing rolled up until now I run a big
catnip business all summer without
a cent of money in 'i either. I had to
have my daught: make a list of my
catnip custtmei and I take them in
turn all .u.nnier long until cold
weather comes.
"The tory has got out on me too"
concluded the conductor looking a
trifle .heepih "and some of the other
men cail me 'Old Catnip"; and they call
my car 'The Catnip Car.' I'.ut Jiminy
1 don't care. It pleases a lot of women
and pleases a lot of cats and by
gracious I'd rather please women and
cnt" than please most tf the men I
know. Yes 1 smell of catnip all sum-nit-r
long; but ghat's the difference
it's a good ckSn smell catnip is."
Tbij Tokon Country.
Prof. Macien the veteran botanist
who has nnWie j. special study of the
Yukon cuunry is .very enthusiastic
and very emphatic in preaching the
gaspil of pro iea arability of that semi-
sretie territory. He tells us that
thre is Ti'.' reason in the world why
the T"V:-'.i should not raise enough
farm produce to supply its inhabit-
ants and gives specif'.' eases of grain-
raising f ruk-ripening and tlower-
growing to establish his' ralher sur-
prising claim. One mau he says made
S000 by cultivating a few acres of
oats. We shall probably have purse-
f.llrd visitors eoniir.g back from the
Yukon who will tell us when we ask
where they struck "pay dirt" that
they struck it with a plow and
reaped n golden harvest .of prqin
which brought fancy prices in that
irolated country. Still this cannot be
done often or for lonij as this is a
field in which competition will be easy
and sure. Montreal Star.
TrjinR Qnlck Method.
Pings What are you going to do
with that stick of dynamite old man?
Pangs I'm going to blow a poro'is-
plaster off my back. Indiann jn.! '
Journal.
we willil coni&unitug.
our special prices
on waist patterns
monday tuesday
and . P Wednesday
to appreciate these bargains you will Have to see them
they are in all the new oxfords mercerized piques tissues
and all new seasonable fabrics.
badg'ett - senders mp'ye
spectacles and Eyeglasses
SEEING THINGS PROPERLY IS
Of THE GREATEST IflPORTANCE
Defective or Failing Vision t!3sehtcarraesSdcobry.
rectly fitted when these defects are due to Refractive Errors in
the Optical condition of the eye.
I am prepared to test your vision and fit you with the proper glasses o that your eyes if de-
fective from Errors of Refraction will again be restored to the Optical condition of one that is per-
fect. Should the services of an Oculist or Physician be required I will frankly tell you so.
Solid Nickel Frame Spectacle $1.00
Solid Gold Frame Spectacles $5.00
South Wilson Street.
9sr
FRESH Garden SEEDS
OF ALL KINDS
We have just received a
New Line of S Y R U P S.
Call & Give Them a Trial
VV. I. Davenport & Sons
VINITA
MEREDITH BROS.
VeterinaryjK:
rermaneutly lixated. OOice at
Webb Bros' stables South VV ilson
street. OfEee phone S2 Residence
phone 69. Hospital tor patients d
$1 waist patterns... 69c
S1.50 waist pat'ns ..98c
52. waist pat'ns 51.44
AUGUST SCHLIECKER
INO.TER.
J. T. Payne C E.
fluskogee I. T.
Allotments surveyed in'any part of the
Te.ritory. 'Write me. dw
Jeweler and Optician
Wall Paper
Glass Picture and
Room Moulding.
We havs a bl(? stock of Wall paper lat-
est spring styles. On request wa will
cail with samples Wecalltor ar 3 de-
liver pictures. Kor palr.tinR paper-
hanirlng Tand decorating we are head-
quarters. Woodard Painting
and Dec. Co.
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your neighbor.
THE FARMERS' lws
DEPARTMENT
of farming written by college professors
and others up north' on the conditions
that don't fit Texas. It i.-t the actual ex-
perience of farmers here at home who
have turned over the soil.
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and the Galveston or The Dallas Semi.
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Marrs, D. M. The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 177, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 6, 1903, newspaper, May 6, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc774749/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.