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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
MANUFACTURING RADIUM.
An Attempt 10 ne Made 10 Produce
II In This Country as Well
as In Europe.

1t Is not yet certain that the rare
metal radlum. discovered by NJ. and
Nine. Curle two or three years ago can
be put 10 any useful service besides
furnishing a substitute for an X ray
tube. One OF the kinds OF radiation
from the newly found element resem-
bles that which Rontgen first observed.
and which physicians are employing In
their fight against certain diseases
The great beauty Of radium is that Il Is
no very powerful that a small bit OF II
will do what a eumbrous tube IL now
used for Being exceedingly costly At
present, 1t Is not likely to be in great
demand. and Il will probably never
dlsplaee tbs vacuum tube Stili. partly
. for medical purposes and partly be-
cause great many chemists and other
scientific men viii be tempted 10 ex-
pertinent with Il for time. there Is O
need for a moderate supply Hence #
Is gratifying TO know that the attempt
10 produce Il commercially is 10 be
made in this country as we'll as in Eu-
rope. says the New York Tribune
Radium seems 70 have been found
only in association with uranium. which
accounts for the doubts entertained
aboutits being distinct element More
over. II Is found there In an almost IN
conceiyably small proportion. Tons Of
ore IN which there r. little uranium
and still less radium have been worked
over by the Curies IN order to obtain
the latter. AZ first their raw material
was found in Europe An immense
quantity was afterwards shipped to them
from America Utah Is one of the places
where this ore ab0nnds. A factory that
is 10 be operated In Buffalo viii also
utilize the same deposits.
These we're first discovered, n is said.
by prospector who was looking for
gold and silver They found a. peculiar
mineral IN Grand county that excited
their curiosity. When a sample had been
taken BY an expert assayer. he reported
that Il contained no precious metal.
Stephen T. Lockwood. OF Buffalo. heard
of these deposits. and learned that they
contained uranium. associated with
vanadlum. iron. copper and barium.
Having read that radlum had iust such
a eompanlonshlp. he staked ont a claim.
and then had further examinations made.
This suspicion that rodIum might exist
IN thu Utah beds was confirmed. This
ore Is called carnotite. and the extrac-
tinn Of uranium from Il Is said TO be
easier than from pitch blende. the COM
mon source Of that metal As the proc
esaas required for the fine separation Of
radlnm from uranium are costly and
dlfhcult. An additional reason is afforded
for Ita high price
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
IN THE ROCKIES.
strIkes and splinters the Rocks
Amidat che Awful Detona~
ttonS Of Thunder.

II the reader OF this rambling letter
has never been In mountain thunder
storm at an elevation OF 1000 feet or
more, he has missed an experience that
will doubtless. should he ever pass
through Il. add several gray hairs 10 his
head, says a Colorado letter To the Pitts
burg Chronicle-Dlspatch. To ;se a
thunderstorm back east held no special
terrors, and frequently l have been out
In such q demonstration without feel
ing any especial nervousness Up here
on the Rocky mountains things are diff
ferent, and confess now 10 live in awful,
Rbject terror OF thunderstorm. espe-
cially al night In my tent suffer this
terror Notwithstanding the fact that
SO far the storms have In every instance
except one gone around or beneath us
without even raining enough 10 wet the
ground But II Is the going hfound and
beneath" that gets into my nerves. In
the first place, imagine what II Is TO be
one and one-half miles nearer rip-roar-
Ing thunderstorm than one Is at Pitts
burg There you have occasional flashes
OF lightning; here II is one continuous.
dazzling awe-inspiring performance.
The lightning strikes, too. for It Is no
uncommon thing during storm to hear
the rocks spllntering and cracking where
one especially vigorous bolt has landed.
Add 10 this nerve-racking exhibit the
most awful detonations Of thunder that
you s.n imagine and "straight-blow-
ing" wind that sometimes makes the
flaps OF your tent play ragtime mel
ody, and you have some idea OF noun
tain thunderstorm. The thunder ia
worse than the sound Of a mighty battle.
II bangs up against the mountain side
and reverberates and rolls of into one
ear-splittlng concusslon after another
until you. lying qualyng In your tent,
fully believe that the next boom" wik
split mountain and valley in twain and
land you in China or some other sea-
port town.
lay one night and with chattering
teeth counted Ave digtinct thunderstorms
come up 10 the edge OF the plateau on
which my tent stands and each time
20 through with an electrical perform
ance that would give Tom Edison a
dumb agie. and through II all not a
cupful OF water fell on my tent. Later
on in the night. when had about re-
galned something like my usual majestic
calm OF mind, II began 10 rain steadily
and the thunder and lightning didn't
even whisper They had doubtless gone
on down the canyon, soaring some other
poor tenderfoot half out Of his wits,
These electrical displays are not SEEM
ingly much dreaded by the people who
live in high attitudes. They comforting
ly declare that n tornado or cyclone Is
unknown IN the mountains. But some
times these mountain storms 10 on
through a canyon 70 the foothills and tho
plains Then there Is something doing.
One such destroyed over 500 900 worth
OF property In the valley below us few
nights ago.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
CHELSEA NOTES.
An Interesting Collection Of News
and Gossip.

Leonard and Lon Smith are up
from Sapulpa visiting reiative..
Mrs. N. NJ. Smith Is 10 ST. Louis
buying furulture for her uew home.
Mrs. Q W. Poole is 10 vinlta visit
Ing and having some dental work
done.
Q. w. Poole aud W. j. Strange aec
Ia Springfield attending the Shriners'
conlaye.
The w. G. II. US gave another one
OF their successful suppers last Friday
evening.
Newt Scudder Is able TO SIT up for
awhile each DAY utter six weeks at
tack Of the fever.
Mrs. DR.. Morrison has been quite
sick for week but at present writ
ing Is conyalescent.
Miss Alice Danneuberg left Sunday
for st Louis 90 enter the hospital for
medical treatment.
Mrs. G. L, Lane spent last week Ia
Kansss CITY, taking 10 the carnival
aud seeing "Ben-Hur."
Mrs. M. Strange left Thursday for
Mexico after several months visit
with the family OF G. j. Strange.
Mrs. John Drake returned Saturday
from 1T, Gibson where she had been
20 attend the funeral Of her niece.
O. v. Rogers is up from Claremore
visiting bis daughters. He expects
his son, VIII, nome soon from South
Africa,
A party OF Pennsylvania capitalists
are here for several days looking over
the oil fields. They are guests Of The
Cherokee on & Gas Co,
W. G. Milan and son Jim returned
Saturday from Texas where they bad
been on a business trip, aud as a side
issue took In the Dallas fair.
1t was the good fortune Of the Em.
broldery club TO have for their hostess
last week Mrs. G. W. Poole. The test
OF What good observer woman Il pro
voked much merriment and proved
Miss Ida Seudder and Mrs. DR.. Bone
the most efficient 10 that line.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22

when pain or irritation exists on any
part Of the body, the application Of Bal
lws' Snow Linimenl viii give prompt
relief. ''It goes right 10 the spot. said
an old man who was rubbing It IL, 10
cure his rheumatism. c. r. Smith,
proprietor Smith house. Tenahs, Texas,
writes: i have used Ballads Snow
Liniment IN my family for several years
and have found IT TO be fine remedy
for all aches and pains, and recommend
Il for pains IN the throat and chest. 25c.
soc and 81 % at Peop'e's drug store. "
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
POLITICS IN PORTO RICO.
Feeling Runs So High Thut Members
af oprostnR Parties Refuse
20 speak.

Politics Is not 20 much q question OF
principle as Of human nature. Men are
divided into political camps not exact
~ because they have different WAYS OF
looking at public questions. but because
combatlveneas and mutual opposition
are natural 70 them II there are no real
questions 10 contend about they invent
them. and strife may wax Just as hot
over those factltlous issues as over a
controversy involving the most impor-
tant principles OF policy, says the Mex
ican Herald
These facts are illustrated Just now
in Porto Rico Political feeling runs 70
high that persons belonging 10 opposite
parties do moi speak to one another. and,
whep they have 70 meet on public oeoa-
siona. can With difficulty be prevented
from coming into collision. What is the
difference between them1 A name and
nothing more Stop There II another
difference. but not one Of political prin-
clplea. II IL which Of the two shall hold
certain Offices and draw certain salaries.
These differences among the better
educated IN the island extend down 70
the lower classes. who have the Yagueai
idea Of political Issues Of any sort. but
who. on account Of their ignorance. are
eaalIy Impressed and made 10 bslievs
that their adyefnariss are BAD lot
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
BURGLARY AT ALTON.
Proprietor Makes Discovery But Is
Run OFF with a Gun.


The store Of Walker s. Livingston.
at Alton, was entered by burglars
some time after midnight Weunes-
day aud about $500 worth Of goods
taken. Mr Walker had occasion 70
20 into the store at that time OF night
and surprised the robbers. but they
had nerve enough left 70 run him OF
With gun.
Word was telephoned to watch the
night trains into Vlnlts. but nothing
came ~ II. There were only two
Alton passengers and both OF them
we're known 70 Marshal RldenhDur,
IL Is believed more than probable
that the parties belong az Alton, OF
II Dot, and they make their escape
from the town, II must he by other
means than the railroads.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
FILING TO RESUME.
That Is Latest Word From the
Land office.

The report is that a letter vas re-
ceived 10 this city Friday from Com.
Observation-Disclosures containing the
information that the Cherokee land
office would open again Tor illing IN
about ten days. This will be welcome
intelligence 20 a good many Of our
people, but there Is manifest desire
90 the part NJ eihers 70 delay lilIrr
as long as possible.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22

Mf. Owen Dunn, Of Benton Ferry. W.
Va. wriless ~ have had kidney and
bladder trouble ior years. and Il became
70 bad that I was obliged to get up At
least a dozeu times = night. never re-
ceived any permanent benefit from any
medicine until / tried toley'a kidney
cure. After using two bottles am
cured. sold BY shanahen &allteheii. d.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22

A fee Of our leases which We are oaeFl is
for aaies
$40 acres near Flnita. also Improved. slth
farm and meadow lands.
800 acre farm aad ranch.
Also several smaller Improved farms
We can oifeF these for Ave years At lesa
than their value Call and sea us II later.
eattd.
Several COED properties on the east side.
a. reaznnalie prices.
uoud building lots On the usst side.
Good houses and lots On north side.
~ acre plaafation n Mississippi.
i0l ceres n Peoria nation, l. +.
70 acres aaF uaffHaaas Mo. tor aMaN "a
trade faF Nlnlle properly.
campb au-marts aeai sstate ca
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
Afew speelal ofterlnRs.

Lot ieaxi6o fest, west Illinois avenue.
Also ether desirable properties and paeant
xestmeut.
Splendid bargain Ia 4 close IN lot isaxIsol
new house With Eve feams, closets. uaHfry
etc. aHa good large hafh, VIII OFFER this
FOR y feE days 1t big hargain.
Also = farm IL Arkansas 10 exchange for
Niulta property.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22

# tIIt kuFVIHIlluHt aIlVuIu
start out to find how many
times Vinita has BEEN hsld up"
it has only to find how many
times she has got any govern
mental consideration.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
Campbell-Marrs Real
Estate Bulletin.

II you want 20 rent or sell your houses
list them with us. aud Il sou wizh 70 rent OF
hny housc csme and see as.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22

What did you contribute TO the
shower for Miss Honeymoon the other
evenlnFg''
eAn umbrslla. Indianapolis Jour.
nsl.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
CHANGE OF ENGINEERS.
W. A. Potter Succeeds W. ID. Legg at
the Light PLANT.

W. d. Legg engineer at the electric
light plant, takes charges 81 the Par
sons Ice aud light plant Monday 10 a
similar capacity. He has been at
South McAlester a day or two this
week assisting 10 some Improvements
on the electric plant al that place.
Mr.. Legg is succeeded at Vinita by
W. A. Potter, Of Cvffsyyllle, with
slater Mcclure still 10 the position OF
assistant engineer.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22

When you take Gfove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
plalnly pfinted nn every bnttlo show
Ine that ~ u simply iron and Qnlnine
ia i tasteless Furnl. No cure, no pa
Soc W
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
QUESTIONS TO
BE ASKED.
vinita S Contribu-
tion Is To Be
ASCertained.

II is given out by those on
the inside that among the ques-
tions which Mr.. Bixby and his
associates on the Dawes Com-
mission will be asked to an
swer are the following
How much money did the
town Of Vinita, in the Cherokee
nation, Indian Territory, have
to put up to secure the estab-
lishment of the Land Office at
that place from Jan. /, 1908, to
May 1, 1908 ?
How much money did the
town of Tahlequah, Cherokee
nation, Indian Territory, put
up to secure the establishment
of the Land Office at that point
after May /, 1908 ?
Did the members of the
Dawes commission confer with
the Secretary of the Interior as
to the advisability of their be-
ing interested in a land and
trust company in Indian Terri
tory, for the purpose of dealing
in lands and personal property /?
How many trust companies,
to your knowledge, are at pre-
sent engage in buying, renting
and leasing lands in Indian Ter
ritory?
How do the agents of these
trust companies manage to Sc.
cure leases from the Indians?
Is it true that agents of the
trust companies bring the Indi-
ans to the Land Office in largs
numbers, and are successful in
having them file on lands with
out any serious delay?
What means has the Dawes
Commission adopted for ascer.
tanning whether the indians
who make application to file OF
lands have any legal or right.
full claim to the improvements
thereon2
How long, in your opinion
will it take the Dawes Com.
mission TO complete the allot.
ments Of lands in Indian Terri
toryg
What is the average monthly
expenditure of the Dawes Com
mission?
How much real estate do you
own personally in Indian Ter.
ritory?
How many leases have the
trust companies in which you
are interested in Indian Terri
tory2
How many mortgages have
these trust companies in Indi
an Territory
Is it not true that each mem
ber of the Dawes Commission
belongs to some trust company
How much real estate dc
these trust companies own in
Indian Territory.
How many mortgages dc
they own2
How many leases do they
holdY
Is 1t not true that some oI
these companies,in advertising
after mentioning the names Of
members, called attention q
the fact that they belonged &
the Dawes Commission?
What was the purpose OF thi:
advertising2
II the government shoulC
start out to find how many
times Vinita has BEEN 'hsld up
il has only to find how many
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17
The Policy of Legal Delay.

The Vanderburg Circuit Court at
Evansville has begun the trials of
eight men said to have participated
in the recent riot. Mr.. Clark, at
tOrney for the first OF them, man of
some prominence at the Evansville
bar and in the politics of the county,
began the timeworn tactics of delay
by first demanding a change OF venue.
This was very promptly arranged by
the appointment of special Judge,
and the next demand was for a con-
tinuance. And when this was denied,
Clark Immediately grew angry and
declined to have anything further to
do with the case. 1t is the policy OF
legal DELAY that gives the participants
In mob violence the only shadow of
excuse for their conduct. 1t is we'll
to have Clark out of the case, and 1t
would be much better If lawyers that
can put up no better fight than an
effort to wear out the state were out
of the criminal practice altogether
indianapolis Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17

DIR. Hughes. president of DePauw
University, addressed the Methodist
conference at indianapolis Thursday
argued that teachers and preachers
should study public questions.
1.-The college man." said DR..
Hughes IN the course of his remarks,
lean not live on education in the alb
stract. The voting statistics Of Mas
SachuSettS show that in the factory
towns on election day, more men go
to the polls than in the college towns
Shame on college men that this is so.
l believe that if the political caucus
comes On the same evening with the
prayer meeting the Christian ought to
leave the prayer meeting and 60 to
the caucus. 1t is the duty of every
healthy man to go to the polls and
vote.o
He said that a man might walk
among the stars intellectually and yet
wallow in the mud morally. Higher
education and Christianity should be.
be said, combined, adding that In
every great religious crisis God has Sc
lected an intellectual and an educated
leader.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17
A Danger of the Time.

Don't you think the modern wO-
man is in danger of getting SO busy
she has no time to be kind?" asked a
sweet old lady the other day. "We
hear SO much about making every min
ute count and always having some
work or course of study for splre
hours and systematizing our activities
that there is no room left for wayside
kindneSSeS. We get so tremendously
absorbed in our own affairs, SO self
centered, so intent on not missing
anything that is going on that we pass
by a thousand little gracious acts that,
if we had been living so years back in
stead of now, we shoyld have thought
of. 1t isn't only the lame, the halt
and the blind that need our love.
There are hundreds who never fall by
the way or ask publicly for the cup OF
cold water, who yet are perishing for
lack OF it. / think the old fashioned
woman had the apvantage over the So
called new woman in quicknesS OF
sympathy and responsiveness. -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17
WILL SHEAR OFF TITLES.
Indiana Guard Likely to Be Changed in
West Poin'. Ky.

When the Indiana national guard is
settled in the imitation war game at
West Point, KY, the last of this
month, it is going to be so shifted
that it is doubtful if anybody in the
state will be able to recognize it.
Word comes to the higher officers
of the guard that there will be gen.
eral shaving off of their titles in Ken
and the troops from Indiana will get
nearer to an actual war footing than
they ever we're in believe war
time. Tbs is to be a part Of the
game at West Point; to show state
guards-mcn how things are done by
the United States regulars.
Quartermaster General Oran Perry,
who was genuine colonel of the civil
war and who knows about feeding SOL
diers, expects to have good deal to
do with making the Indiana officers
and privates of high and low degree
comfortable while in the camp. He
says the Indiana soldiers must take
with them the equipment that they
would be expected to take were they
going to real war. This means that all
officers and privates must leave their
usual camp gewgaws at home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17

The Winamac Republican has sold
a quarter page Of space for one year
at regular advertising rates to the
prohibition party Of Pulaski county.
The prohibition party Of the county
has a committee to prepare matter
for the space. along the lines they are
interested in. The Republican will
have no part In the editing or arrang-
ing Of the matter IN this department
of the paper, the contract giving the
purchasers the right to say what they
please and they take the full response
bility for whatever they may say. No
body ever heard Of the prohibition
party purchasing space in democratic
paper. They seem to think there are
no temperance men in that party.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17

An important question has just been
determined by the state and it affects
the farmers more than other classes.
Attorney General Miller has just in
formed the state auditor, In response
to an inquiry that Farmers Mutual
companies cannot insure churches and
school houses against fire. Farmers
mutual fire insurance companies are
organized under the farmers mutual
law, and the question bad arisen In a
number IL instances whether proper
ties aside from those directly connected
with farms could be insured. The at
torney general says that the statute
describes specifically what sort of
property may be underwritten, and
school houses and churches are not
included.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17

Senator Beverages assurance that
there will be no radical legislation on
the currency question was in harmony
with President Roosevelt's statement
in his Labor day speech that what
ever is advisable in the way Of remedial
or corrective currency legislation
and nothing revolutionary is advisable
under present conditions-must be
undertaken only from the standpoint
Of the business community as whole. "
This statement undoubtedly met with
the approval Of the bankers, for most
Of them are intelligent and cOnserva-
tive and believe that our present cur
rency system is good enough to last a
long time without tinkering.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-17

Policeman Max Glasgow, Of New
York, began about two years ago to
work upon system" which would
enable him to beat the race track
bookmakers. He started upon his
scheme after seeing his first race and
winning his first bet. The amount
that the policeman took from the
track after his first investment was
not large, but it was enough to make
him banker for more. Wherefore he
began to work out the details of his
system" For the purpose OF finding
out all about the racing and book
making business he put in much OF
bis time and all of his earnings at the
track. His first winning appears to
have been also his last.
He went on with brave heart, how
ever, knowing that in due time he
would get his system" perfected,
and then the bOokmakers would have
to suffer. Finally the finishing touch
was added. The system" was work.
ed out. Then they took Policeman
Glasgow away to lunatic asylum.
There be is az at present "skinning'
the bookmakerS and showing how
they can be beaten at their own game.
Meanwhile his wife and little children
are living on charity.
Glasgow's case merely shows the
folly of wasting time and mental
energy on systems" that are 20 de-
prive the proprietors of gambling
games of their gains. If man must
gamble away his money let him save
himself trouble going and betting it
in the usual way. The deadly upas
tree is no more terrible than the "sys-
tenn" by which the bookmaker and
his fellow artists in the fleeing line
are to be beaten. Generally there is a
chance or two in a thousand for the
fool who merely goes and bets; but for
him who gets to figuring on ''sys-
tenn" there is no home. When the
system" bug first begins to work
send for the dOctOr.-Record Herald.