Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-10-25


WIN. JENNINGS BRYAN.
For Vice President,
ADLAI STEVENSON.
Alton bought over 10000 bush
els OF corn last week
Bryan has concluded his cam
paign in New York making in all
sixly-five speeches.
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The territory Of Arizona has
more than doubled in population
in the lac, ten years.
Chelsea now sports two news
papers, the Commercial being the
latest candidate for public favor.
II is generally thought that the
strike among the Pennsylvania
miners will be settled this week
aud work resumed.
Senator Hanna has visited Lin
coin, the home OF Bryan, and &C
oording to the republican papers,
iuined things topsy-iurvy.
Smallpox is starting in early
this season. The Wewoka court
has been called of on account OF
it's prevalence in that section.
The dressmakers Of Minneapolis,
Mimi, are on a strike for more
wages. Wouldn'tit be a joke II
the bootblacks would walk out
come time?
The semi.annual meeting Of the
eighth annual session of the Okla
hona Territorial Medical associa-
ton will be held at Oklahoma
City November 10th.
From the way apples are COM
in fruit gathering time must be
here. There is a tendency to
gather only the best in many
orchards and let the inferior speci-
mens 90 to waste.
Don't worry about the corn crop,
it is large enough to take care oi
itself, and there will be cobs enough
TO make pipes enough for the
whole world so that every smoker
can have a new one at least once
week.
jacob Bodoviiz, the Ardmore
merchant who was ej ected from
the ChicKasaw nation Monday by
Captain Jack Ellis under orders
from the interior department, re-
turned the next day and resumed
business at the old stand.
The way the Frisco people are
fixing up the road east from town
looks like business. The Frisco
will soon have not only more miles
of track in the Indian Territory
than any other road but will have
the best roadbed ever seen in the
west.
The Wagner Record tells Of
servant girl finding genuine dia
mond in the craw Of a chicken
The chicken came from Melvin
and the Record says the classi'
hills Of Fourteen Mile creek may
contain diamond fields equal t
those of south Africa.
Along with the wood and Goa
famine there is even a worse ont
in prospect for Vinita. After th'
adjournment of the Methodist con
ference that is coming next weel
there won't be yellow-leggeC
chickens enough in Vinita to feeC
a church mouse.
The sentiment of the people o
Vinita is almost unanimously il
favor Of waterworks for the town
With an abundance Of good watei
flowing right out Of the heart o
the city there is no good reason
why a system Of waterworks coulC
not be had at an early day.
While the subject of water work
is up for discussion it might b
well to remark that nothing bu
the best will be satisfactory. NJ
cheap makeshift ought to be al
lowed. If good service is expect
ed and the ruinous rates Of in
surance is TO be oheapened VI
must have water with pressur
sufficient to throw il over the tall
est buildings in the town.
Extract from Dennis Flynn
speech, as reported in the Con
gressional Record: "Where th
buzzard lhhyes, where the ho
winds blow, where there is a gen
eral cussedness, shiftlessness an
lsEiness, there you will find th
populist," Flynn now denies tn
utterancs, but says he only calle'
fha ,onuliat laaders huzssrda Tn