The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 106, Ed. 1 Monday, February 8, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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Noeds no introduction this season but we want to remind you that the fencing season is
near at hand and the Ell wood is Recommended by Everyone who lias ever used it. Try the
Ellwood and you will always be one of the Advertisers of Elhvood Hog Fencing. It is the
best made and. always pleases:
We are also the largest dealers in the Cherokee Nation in Barbed Wire and Nail.
Don't fail to call on us phone us or write us for above goods.
' oo a Safe General Banklna burlnt
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Yours for Fencing
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City Property Sold on Commission
V List of Salable Lots Always on
Hand Facilities for Purchasing
or Finding Buyers Unsurpassed
Ghe Daily Chieftain.
D. M. MARRS Editor
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VINITA IND. TER. FEB. 8 1904.
TEDDY'S STRAIGHTFORWARD STATEMENT
"If lam to be nominated as the presidential candi-
date of the republican party in June next it must be a
spontaneous act. It must represent the best thought of
the republican party and be the full and free expression
of that party's representatives assembled for the pur-
jjse. If I find that the nomination can only be secured
through the use of federal ruironusre and that the con-
vention will not be forme unless it is to be dominated by
otlk-eholdcrs then I do not want the nomination."
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RELATION OF CITIZENSHIP.
Vinita is suffer!; ijr from an acute attack of selfishness
and it is hindering the frrowth and the business pros-
pects of the eity. r '
For some weeks there has been a bitter strife poinjj on
with reference to the location of ft power house for the
waterworks plant. ( '
No one wants to be sacrificed of course but how an
cities be built without some sacriice' -
The voters of this city have declared by a practically
unanimous vote that a system of waterworks shall be
built and to that end s.".0H) worth of bonds have been
sold and are now registered against the city.
ThP nnh- hitch is. where shall the power house be
eaU-d a matter that other cities would have settled
without friction
Not long atfo the matter of location of the site for the
government jail now in course of construction was up
and it was deemed necessary to locate it at such a place
as rendered the residence property of some of our citi-
zens practically worthless but the jail was located just
the same.
It is a notorious fact that some of the same men who
are now so strenuously objecting to the location of the
power house near their property were the ones who were
chiefly instrumental in locating the jail.
It is purely a different matter as to whose ox is gored.
All they seem to demand is that somebody else sutler.
The power hou.se must be located and somebody's prop-
erty must suffer.
'Sow whose shall it be?-
There is absolutely no difference in the rights of citi-
zens under the law: all must be absolutely equal. There
is however a difference in the weight of obligations
resting upon different citizens. Great wealth brings a
corresponding increase of responsibility. More tax is
exacted of the man of large means. In other words he
owes more to the community.
The same rule will apply as to intelligence. The man
of brains is required to give more in the way of good
citi.'enship than the lunatic. Were this principle set
aside the right of eminent domain would be null. Ilail-
1s. telegraphs telephones and a thousand public en-
tTj.ri's would havt- to stop building. Cities could not
- buill without invoking this fundamental principle of
Sdssoreb anb Otherwise
"Teddy" and "Bat."
President Roosevelt's sporting blood continues to cir-
culate freely. Among his callers last week was "Hat"
Masterson the' well known sporting character and ref-
eree in prize fights. When "Bat" appeared at the White
House several senators and representatives were in the
waiting room. Secretary Loeb took "Hat's" card o the
president and the latter promptly said:
"Let 'Nat come right in. I am anxious to see him."
The greeting between the president and "Bat" was
free from all ceremony. It was:
"Hello 'Bat.'"
"Howdy Mr. President."
After exchanging a few sentences the conversation
turned on great ring contests which have taken place in
the last fifteen years. One of the first questions asked
"Bat" by the president was: "How did 'Denver Ed'
Smith manage to knock out 'Joe' Goddard at New Or-
leans in '2V"
"Bat" explained that Smith was in better condition
than Goddard and when he delivered the final blow he
had on more steam than Goddard had shown.
Ring contests cow punching in the west and kindred
topics were discussed for about ten minutes and .in the
meantime distinguished statesmen were impatiently
waiting in t& adjoining room wondering who was hold
ing Jhe president. .
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The president set ms to lie rather "laying down" on
machine and an indignation meeting of the republi-
t'i territorial exec it he commit lee should be called at
once to denounce the summary discharge of Marshal
Haekett of the Central district and his force. Hackett
had the endorsement of the machine and that ought to
! Hiou-h for the president. Whether t lie endorsees are
1 .:ii.t or comment is no care of the machine according
to the view taken in the case of Tom Triplett the court
cU-rk at Tahle-juah. who is at present doing a live-year
tin in t he Knifed States prison at Leavenworth. The
;;-l.ine knew of Tom Triplett s short -comings before
appointment its well as did evc-rj body else in the
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Vinita ifple don't wan! any foolishness in the way of
;.al sjuabbles between citiens. The doctrine .of hate
r.'.sT iae tio .Uf: in th" progu-v:of the city hut the
unff rworks must e forward.
This story brings to mind of the writer his first knowl-
edge of Bat Masterson and it is jotted down.
Twenty-odd years ago Bat Masterson and Luke Short
ran opposition saloons and gambling houses at Dodge
City Kans. As was the custom in the west at that time
both decided to become candidates for city marshal-as
that office always went to the chief saloon keeper. The
campaign had not progressed very far until it becr.me
evident that 'twas "whole hog or none" that the man
who lost had as well close up and that was the gauge of
battle.
But Short when beaten which was the result "lit
out" for Topeka to enlist the aid of Gov. Glick. The
governor sent his adjutant general Tom Moonlight down
to look the field over and on his report being made Luke
Short's chances for holding forth longer at Dodge City
disappeared. The officer found that there was little dif-
ference in the contestants or their allies and that as Bat
was in he had as well not be disturbed. Luke closed up
and "lenked out."
He was regarded as a smoother gambler than Master-
son decidedly genteel in appearance and those who saw
him about the Copeland hotel a week o- two while await-
ing the governor's decision would have come nearer tak-
ing him for a divinity student than a man with as much
courage as any bad man on the Iwrder but with a smaller
following than Bat Masterson.
But prohibition finally reached even as far west a3
Dodge City with the termination of the cattle shipping
industry and Bat Masterson U-eame next to the central
figures in all the prize tights of national importance
either referee or time keeper in every one in t wenty years.
A Dose of RooeveUiu.
The sensation among the federal officials caused by the
sudden removal of officers in three of the federal districts
in Indian Territory in each ca. the decapitation occur-
ring without granting the indicted a chance to be heard
brings forcibly to the very no- of every federal appointee
one inconsistent feature of the Roosevelt reign.
As republicans as staunch supporters of President
Roosevelt endorsing 1. is radical act ion on public ques-
tions the government employes in Indian Territory can
find no consolation except in the charity and confidence
of their friends.
It is a Roosevelt idea to judge Ufore trial. .The I Htiir-
las incident at Muskogee is similar to the Hackett inci-
dent at South McAlesler. In each case a hearing was
denied but judgment was rendered from which appeal
was impossible.
Over in Oklahoma a man wa snatched from the gu!-r-natorial
chair and thrown into oircurity by Roost ve't.
and an investigation of the preferred charges denied him.
A continuation of thin reckless dea'in with incn can
only accomplish the ultimate downfall of this modem
Nero. South McAlt-ter Capital.
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This is only one of the many Bargains
we are still offering to make room for our
Spring Stock.
Rocker Exactly
Like This Cut
Regular Price $2.50
Bargain Price $175
Yours respectfully
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Generally the expres-
sion is "I don't feet'half
well" though sometimes
people say "I feel half
sick." But there is no
such thine as being half
sick. The man who Jeels
half sick is all sick. As a
rule the cause of the
weak tired half sick feel-
ing is disease of the stom-
ach resulting in less of
nutrition and consrmently
in physical weakness.
Doctor Tierce s Uoluen
Medical Discovery
cures (lineages of the
stomach and other or-
gans of digestion and
nutrition. It restores
strength by enabling the
perfect digestion and as-
similation of food. It
makes half sick people
all well.
" I Miff-rr1 for four yesrs
with ii j in my ton:a h
no th-t . times I coulrtn t
wurit pr rfil" wrftrs r.
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nurd ar.i f ti Itkt a new man and I 'tjii h:yhij
.jtnti:' nU y-ur me-iicinc lo any u;u-rrr "
"Gold-n Meliral Iiom-ery" contain
no alcohol and is entirely free from
sriium cocaine ami all other narcotics.
It is strictly a temperance medii ine.
Accept no substitute for"Glien Mel-
ical Discovery." There is nothing "ju;1
is goxxi " for t!:seaset of the stomach.
The "tuiimoi Scne Is!icil .Viis-
er" one thotiin-l and t : ;ht lar;e t :irrH
in paper covers is sent frft on rect.pt of
twenty one one-cent 'tamps to py ex-
pecie of niailir-g only. Adiiresj In.
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All Winter Boots and Shops at
Factory Cost
sp Wrig'ht Shoe Co.
See
H. R. Aliller cS: Co.
For
Cranitoi'I and Stone Sidt-wa ks
Can put four si lewslks in Cheaper than
anyone else in the C'ty.
S Mm;i t ! of trtth kirn's at Walton
Lumber Co.
Don't fail to see our ftone you will find
none better and none half so cheap.
II. II. MILLER Manager
Office at Walton Lum'er Co. -
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....LIGHT UP....
The very Latest in lilcctric Lighting" Meridian J j
Lamps White Light High Candle Power Low i
Current Consumption.
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Marrs, D. M. The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 106, Ed. 1 Monday, February 8, 1904, newspaper, February 8, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc775805/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.