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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16
sod Words and ButtermIIk.

A soft answer turneth away
wrath and increaseth your share
Of land; but grievous words stir up
anger and reduceth your allotment
to fifty acres.
A fairly authenticated story
comes TO as from the Illinois river
country When the Dawes com
mission sent the land appraisers
out to settle the right OF each indi'
vidual in the vast Cherokee estate
they came upon an old gentleman
who had a fine river bottom farm.
The sight Of the boy appraisers
angered the old gentleman and he
ordered them off the premises with
many threats Of dire consequences
If they returned. They went next
to an equally fine adjoining farm.
The owner met them with the glad
hand, gave them a gourd Of cool
water from "the old oaken bucket"
aud jug OF buttermilk from the
springhouse and rest under his
elm tree.
In the fullness Oi time the man
Of the soft answer and bullermilk
found to his surprise that most OF
his fine farm was appraised at 90
cents per acre.
The man OF the grievous words
was equally surprised to find thai
all nf his land was graded at $3.50
per acre
Behold how great q difference In
your inheritance a soft word and
a little buttermilk maketh.
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the committee tina. proposed the
bill for allotment, 1 lnust say that
this 10 matter that every senator
should consider very seriously
III would like to see every In.
dian In this country ae stubborn
about this matter as | am; and IL
they were so, we would be here for
twenty-five years hence. The
committee that presented this bill
are too much air&id. They are
afraid, and will not acknowledge
the fact that we are the owners of
the property. As far as | am con.
cerned as senator from Illinois dis.
trict, acknowledge the fact that
! am owner OF go much Of this
property as lie my share in com.
mon with the people of the Cher
okee nation and II the people will
stand out as | do against parting
with the title TO The common do.
main of the Cherokee nation, and
be as stubborn about the matter as
l am, the nation is good for TWEEN.
ty.fve years more"
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Things We
Like Best
Often disagree with Us

Because we everest OF them. Indi.
gOstion followG Bus there's way 20
escape such consequences. A dose Of q
good digestant like Kodol win rellvs you
80 once. Your stomach IL simply TOO
weak to digest what you eat. That's all
indigestion is. Kodoi digests the food
without the slomaoh'a aid. Thus she
stomach rests whllvthe body IL strength.
snsd By wholesome food. Dieting IL un.
necessary. Kodol dlgests any Kind Of
good food. Strengthens and invigorates.
KodoI Makes
Rich He'd nI00d.
Prepared only By II. O. Dnwrrr a 90, Chicago.
Tbs q hotile contAinaaM times the 100. siaaI
A W. FOREMAN.
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REPULsIvE FEATURES.

Blackheads, pimples, greasy faces and
muddy complexions, which are so COM
mon among women, especially girls at q
certain age, destroying beauty, dIs6gir-
ing and making repulsive features which
would otherwise appear attractive and
refined, indicate that the liver is out Of
order. An occa sional dose Of Herbine
will cleanse the bowels, regulate the
liver and 50 establish a clear, healthy
complexion. SOC at Peoples Drug
Store.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16

When Sandow poses and the niunciea
ridge his back ard knot his arms, we
think We have hefoEc us the very secret
Of strength In those emagui6cent muscles.
But We havcn't. Starvs Sandow, o..
what Il practically the same thing, let
him Be dyspeptie, and hla muscle would
soou fail. Strength b made fron food
properly digcstsd and azsimilz1ed, and
no man l. stronger thar his stomach, BE-
caase when the stonnaeh ia diseased d.
aestion and assimilation are imperfect
Dr.. Hefcs'a Golden Medical Discovery
eurca diseases Of tho elnanacla ard other
eFEans oi digestion aad nutrition. It
enabiez the pef1zeb digestion and assin1.
iission Of food 70 that The body l. nour-
lzhsd iuto perfect heailh and strength.
Il bad what my physlclaa called Indigestion.
He ave me medicine fnT lha trouble but Il d.d
saa ~ asad. writes Mr.. W., n. wefts. II VIII
-. y. {; = wtsls % pt. fsIea I'd stated
szznic ruiss, ! cafTied oat tze4e alhzss could
baanhf Hix bottles Il hia sgsIdeu Medieai nis
earEfy' ana comnzzn<ed taking n. 4 ffu dasz
later noticed > gFezt chaass. rell lIke nsV
Aeilcai Discovery. ] auHszza greatly eith pain
II aomnaE. my NERVES Hfeazk8 AZ .FnnsdoWHs
wam VERY thin Ia heah, hat SOW can &At HEALTHY
I'D aiesp aood = nisits
Dr, rierce'a Common Sense Medical
Adviser i sent l1se on receipt q stamps
70 pay expeuse Of mailing 0HiT. Send
twenty enc 3ne-ceut stampe foE the pa
nerc1ve1ed book. or thiffy-one stamps
II the clolh.h0and volume. Address
Df. K. Y. Pierce. Buffalo. n. Y.
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70 Cure a Cold N One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
cts, This signature -,
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Summer Tourist Rates Via the M
X. e. TRY

Effective June lst. Summer Tourist
Tickets will be placed on sale at
greatly reduced rates TO summer re-
sorts In the north aud east. Ask
nearest katy" agent for informa.
tion, or address,
GEoRoE MORTON, G, p. A., ST. Louis.
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Cheap Colorado Summer Rates

Commencing June lst, the Burlington
Route makes remarkably CHEAP round
trip summer rates 10 Colorado and Utah
resorts-Denver, Colorado Springs. pu.
eblo, Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City.
The daily rate is about half rate, except
from July lst 10 10th, when il Is even
less than half rate.
CHEAP TO MINNESOTA RESORTS
Daily, commencing June lst, only one
fare, plus f2.00, for the round trip TO ST.
Paul, Minneapolis, and all the beautiful
Minnesota localities.
CHEAP TO CALIFORNIA
July lst to 10Th, only $3.50 from St.
Louis; 5000 from the Missouri river tu
California and return, and from August
Ist 10 iith sill less rates of s47.50 from
ST Louis and $500 from Missouri river.
Only sli.00 additional IN August fot re-
turn via Puget Sound and northern
routes through Billings or st. Paul.
ROUTE FOR SUMMER TOURS
Make inquiries Of Burlington agents
for rates, routes, etc. The entire west Is
embraced In the scheme OF cheap sum-
mer rates during 1908. Describe your
proposed trip to us. It will be a pleas
ure to advise you fully.
L. ". wAKELY,
l.. ]. BKICKER, Gen. pass'r Agt.
T.P.A., ,s23 Main st. st. Louis, Mo
Kansas City, Mo.
+. c. SHARON, S. W.p.A.,
s23 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Churchill AZ sulphur /.

a Washington dispatch says
that Inspector Churchill, Of the
interior department has returned
to the Indian territory on bust.
ness connected with the Sulphur
Springs reservation. He recently
completed the appraisemsnt ol
the improvements on The 600 acres
owned by -iheHgovernment, made
under permit. aud constituting
part Of the town Of sulphur. Be.
fore the money could be made
available to pay for the improves
menis, the auditor Of the treasury
declined to audit the vouchers IN.
I'll the government Was furnished
official evidence tba, improve.
ments are exempt from taxes leg.
fed by the town council Mr..
Churchill returns to obtain this
evidence, whereupon the govern.
ment will pay for the improve
ments and remove them 10 &C.
cordanee with It's policy to make
Sulphur Springs a place Of special
attraction.
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naughty Douglas, editor Of the
Phoenix, defender Of the push and
by the sympathy OF bis friends
and his promise TO resign in thirty
days Colonel(Y) Of the Second Reg
iment OF the V. NJ, crawls out
from under the wreck and hurls
the following choice assortment Of
billingsgate as our undefended
front:
RAM, LAMB, SHEEP OR MUTTON.
The plaintive bleat OF the Lamb
is again heard from the west, in
the vicinity OF 0kmulgee. Lamb
thinks he runs a newspaper at the
Creek capital, and frantioally
fights the fleeang phantoms to
convince his exchanges that this
is true. When he becomes full
grown and his head hardens. the
cavity where his brain should
be will be better protected, the
joint water therein, which fills
the space usually occupied by
gray matter will not be subject to
80 many alleged mental disturb.
anoeB.
Now by the sacred beard OF the
great Tams B.xby, what have We
done Co deserve such chastise.
ment7 Have we, even in our sleep
disclosed the fact that Douglas
was elected Colonel OF the second
regiment Of ~. NJ by virtue Of
bic promise TO resign in thirty
days and his assurance that he
only wanted TO play soldier for
political purposes and to bolster
up bis record under fire? Mol aud
we shall not.
Was it because we chose to ex.
plain to the public that he was
fred from Office by reason Of his
incompetency and not on account
OF his official foltenness2 Mol
surely not, for the Secretary has
since confirmed our opinion.
Obi the bitter, bitter humilia.
lion to think that only yesterday
we made solemn agreement
whereby We were pronounced one
and insspsrable and you were then
our bonny bride. Obi scalding
weeps Of bitter, bitter grief. Now
you hava given il away that our
head is not all bone like yours
and We shall have TO meet the
"lafter" Of our friends.
But Clarence ws took you 'for
better worse, drunk or sober
we shall not advertise the TACT
that you have ltf, our bed aud
board We shall cling to you and
forgive your ialis We know your
weakness aud can lUrgive. We
know that those hOrrid men threw
you down hard aud you must be
sore They made soapegoat and
monkey u you.
No, Clarence, we shall labor OH,
keeping your secrets secure. W.
shall carry them locked In our
bosom even II 1t makes us hump.
backed. You will forgive us II
we enioker when the boys call you
"Colonel" but We shall try and
keep others from hearing Us. Aud
Clarence, when you have gone the
gait aud al of your friends have
passed from you like summers
dream, our arms shall still be
open TO yon aud when you get
thrown down hard aud you see
stars aud your ears ring, come and
lay your aching head upon our
manly bosom aud We will plant
warm, passionate kiss upon your
auburn ringlels aud softly murm.
er "COloneI And when those
tin soldiers demand Jour fsaig.
nation 10 thirty days and insist
that you promised upon the honor
Of colonel, we shall help you
deny Il. We ahall denounoe
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thea When you are in trouble
Clarence, command us. Until
then fond farewell --0kmulgee
News.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-30

tions and numbers Of the distinguished
sons of the state. Colonel Judson wv.
Bishop, colonel of: the Second Minnesota.
chairman of the state commission, made
an eloquent address. Other survivors
made stirring speeches and the monu-
ments were accepted .on behalf of the.
government by the late General Fuller
ton himself a survivor of the caInpaign-.
The. Minnesota commission which was
in the main responsible for these beautiful
and magnificent testimonials was COM
posed Of the following veterans Of the.
|abttles:
General Judson w. Bishop, st. Paul:
chairman.
Captain w. r. Beatty, Mankato.
+ Captain "A. H. Reed, Glencoe.
Sergeant Thomas Downs, Minneapolis.
Captain William Hotchkiss. Preston.
Sergeant w. A. Spaulding, Minneapo.
lis.
These men aided greatly in the task OF
accurately marking the history of these
battlehelds- And 1t. was a task for the
park covers almost fifteen square miles,
and in addition Chattanooga Itself is al
most a part of the reservation. Numbers
of the metal tablets and mounted cannon
i tell the story of the city's participation
| in the battles and the long siege.
And within the shadow; of her spires are
| the two military cemeteries where lie tho
victims of these fatal fields. A thou
| sand. score! In that green and beautiful
| place from whose highest point there
| floats the bonnie blue flag, the flag they
died to save, are It's men registered from
Minnesota Above each one there stands
a simple stone and each. one shares in tho
honor the nation gives its heroes.
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Looking east from Crest road may be
seen the site of the old mission which
gave the Ridge It's peaceful name. Hun
dreds of Indians were taught the lessons
of Christianity and the : long hill was
named for these good missionaries. How.
curious that it should so soon become
celebrated for one Of the greatest battles
of the world! y8
At. Rossville the drive drops down a
gentle slope to the old state road of Geor-
gia, the La Fayette, and thus on Georgia,.s
haIlowed ground we enter Chickamauga.
Minnesota Was Prompt.
After the conception of the National
Military park at Chattanooga and Chicka-
manga, Minnesota was the second state
to appropriate funds to $perpetuate the
glory of her troops and the very first
state to erect her monuments. These are
five in number and they stand where the
fighting was fiercest. : Tho claiming but
two organizations in the campaign. the
state is surpassed by none in the artistic
beauty of her testimonials.
On the Reeds Bridge road. near jays
Mill, where the battle opened ON Saturday,
Sept. 10, 1868, is a magnificent monument
| to the Second regiment, Minnesota in
fantry. Carved in bold relief are the fig
ures of two stern soldiers as they pre-
pare to load and fire upon the advancing
| foe. Here the Second repulsed four sep
arate attacks, and tho it lost severely,
held its position until orders were re-
ceived to withdraw.
1 The Minnesota Battery.
| In the Viniard field, crowned by a
cannon ball, is a glistening shaft in honor
of the Second Minnesota Battery. Light
4 Artillery Veteran Volunteers. The seal OF
the state in bronze ornaments this col
umn too, and the inscription reads:
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+ BIZ ZELL1s ARMSTRONG,

mand of the battery and it's six guns
Henry w. Harder and Alexander Kirke
were second 1ieutenants and efficient Off.
GERS. The Battery served in .Carlin's bril-.
.gade, Davis division, MeCook's corps.
Where surged the battle with its vary :
ing fortunes, now to cohorts of Blue and
now to lines of Gray peace and beauty
reign. Again the tramp of cavalry and
the heavy boom Of artillery break upon
the silence but only In drill and mimic
war. The Seventh regiment United States
cavalry, and the Third artillery are here,
eneamped in their white tents and they
lend a. picturesque variety to the scene:
The Seventh is Clusters old regiment,
Tho not an officer or enlisted man now
with the regiment is Of Clusters old COM
mand the men are proud of the regt-
ment's record The Third artillery is also
a famous organizations The government
is building million dollar post close by
Chickamauga. and the tentsswill shortly
be folded away and the troops quartered
in their permanent barracks.
An Acorn Capped Shaft.
The Lafayette road is the main drive
Of the park. From the Wizard Field
it rolls smooth highway past positions Of
absorbing historical interest, past monu-
| ments of marvellous beauty; one of these
| is eGorgia,s commanding tribute;, an
other is Wisconsin's tall dark column sup
| porting a huge star; East of the road is
the Kelly Field, scene of a hot contest
as is proved by the large number of testi-
monials that stand about it,. Here many
regiments fought and suffered and here
too, as at every battle-scarred point or
Chickamauga's ground, Minnesota die
valiant service.
A massive pile of granite shows the loca-
ton of the Minnesota regiment in the
forenoon Of Sunday the goth. Almost the
only ornamentation on the monument is al
acorn, symbol of the Fourteenth army
corps. carved in relief, evidence that this
regiment was part of Thomas grand ole
organization
No Minnesota stragglers.
| But on Snodgrass Hill that point where
! the last desperate resistance was made
i where. Thomas gained his title 1.-The Rocl
/ of sChickamauga," stands a group III
bronze not excelled in all the park Her,
4 too the Second Minnesota covered itsel
I with glory. Colonel James George wa
in command and nobly did the regimen
obey a. noble leader. pom the bronz
panel set in the face of the pedestal i
"a brief history of the achievements o
the Second In shining letters are thes
significant words taken from the repor
of the regimental commander:
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Christening a Railway.

Engineers are, as a rule, sternly utfit@
tartan but there are occasions on which
they indulge in sentimental PRACTICES
One of these occurred the other day on
the completion Of the first transcontinen-
tai railway in Africa. When the plate-
laying gangs from Buluwayo and Sails
bury, respectively, came within twenty
chains Of each other telegram was sent
to the contractors and engineers, who at
once arrived on the scene The rails were
joined and two engines proceeded slowly
toward each other from each SIDE At
tached to the drawhead Of the. engine
from Salisbury was a bottle OF cham
payne and as the two engines met "a
was, broken. and the new railway was
named in the orthodox manner. The Por-
ter Steam Heating Plants have always
had the name of being the best heating
plants on the market. Economical, dur
able and practical. Particulars cheerfully
furnished on application. w. F. Porter q
Co., SCI Second Ave. S.
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,"Clashed the hot steel to kiss the cannons
Shells hurtled high to heaven, and the streams
Blushed into crimson, and the shrapnel tore
It's devastating way!"'
Craven! deep in the granite panels are
the names of the deadly

Craven. deep in the granite panels are
the names of the deadly
KILLED NOV. rs, 1863, IN TIE ASSAULT OF
MISSIONARY RIDGE.
Sergeant John Wester man MAJ Company B.
Ppivsts Riaeis Be Crave Crave Company Company G.
Private Samuel Loudon, Company Il.
Private George F.,Lamphear, Company e
Private Phietus S. Barnett Company X.
Private Christian Casmer, Company K.
OF seven non commissioned officers in
the color guard, all ,but one were killed:
or wounded; the color lance was cut off;
by a fragment of a shell and the field
torn out of the coIors by another.
Colonel Judson Bishop was the gallant
commander of the 1876 men Of the regiment
who were engaged in this notable fight
Companies F and G were absent upon de-
tached service. Colonel Judson Bishop
served as chairman of the state commits
sion in charge of the work Of erecting the
Minnesota monuments.
Leaving the belong place, the drive fol-
lows the crest of the hill to Rossville Gap,
ancient seat of Chief John Ross, for fifty
years the leader Of the Cherokee Ma
ton. His old home still stands. Chatta-
nooga, in the reign Of this distinguished
chief, was but Ross Landing" The lit
tie hamlet finally chose the Cherokee word
for Eagles Nest" and as Chattanooga
is known to all the world.
From Crest road the Significance OF
Chattanooga can be plainly seen. for on
every side rise the marvellous mountains
that inclose her. All along the drive the
view is magnificent and unparalleled. TIC
| the west the city, with her silver smoke
from furnaces and factories, successors tc
the musketry and guns of the armies OF
the north and south. Lookout mountain
towers a great monument Of war with its
record Of three fierce battles above the
clouds; for long ere the pale face, CLAD
in blue and gray, warred pitilessly upor
Its rock-strewn sides, painted warriors
strove to hold their own against Johr
Sewer and hts followers in the hunting
shirt and homespun Of Tennessee.
And before these. fights, whose stories
are set down in history, there must have
}been many battle between contendins
tribes for the possession of Lookout's bolt
Epromontory. Even now arrow and spea
heads may be found despite the depreda
tions of the relic-h hunter.
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officers, Colonel James George, Lieutenant
Colonel Judson w. Bishop, and Major

officers, Colonel James George, Lieutenant
Colonel Judson w. Bishop, and Major
John D. Davis.
. A brave and beautiful young color
bearer holds high the beloved starry BAN
ner as tho prepared to defend it forever:
A fainting comrade leans against him in
the last agony Of death: On the right
kneels another soldier Of the Second,
gazing forward, eager to savenge his com ,
panionts mortal wound These young
heroes in the magnificent group. of solid
metal are faithful types Of the men of ,6S.
No monument within the park has the
ever present kodak so often Ieveled at its
bronze perfection. And no illustrated
story of Chickamauga is complete with
out a picture of this artistic Minnesota
monument.
Surrounding it is large group of me-
MORALS to the many regiments which
made this hill so famous. Here is the
monument to the Thirty fifth Ohio, whose
gallant Lieutenant Colonel Henry v.
Boynton is the father of the park and the
president of the commission in its con-
troll. Here the regiment is recalled whose
commander said to General Thomas: Sir,
we can hold this ground until we go to
heaven from it, And many of the brave
fellows did seek their heaven from this
blood stained hill.
From the crown of the historic point
rises tall observation tower, seventy
feet to it's upper platform. From this
may be gained a wonderful view of the
entire battlefield. The location of the
Minnesota monuments may be seem. while
many Of the fields are honored by. the
pyramids of cannon balls which an i'm
partial government has raised to the
memory of the general officers, whether
union or confederate. who fell in the bat
| tie. On this ground they number foul
on either side. The federal generals wht
/ fought their last fight on these hills ant
dales and have these pyramids built tt
their honor are: Philemon P. Baldwin
Hans c. Heg Edward A. King and VIII
/ liam H. Lytle, renowned for his poem
81 Am Dying, Egypt, Dying; while Pres
ton W. Smith, Peyton Fl. Colquitt, james
M. Deshler and Ben Hardin Helm fel
while wearing the gray In this battle Q
brothers. Five Of the twenty mine state
4 whose sons were here had troops on bot
sides Tennessee, Maryland, Kentucky
j Missouri and West Virginia.
The Dedication Ceremonies
1 THE Minnesota monuments were dedi
i Gated with appropriate ceremonies Sept
lis, 1896, just thirty-two years after tn
battle which they commemorate. Their
I were gathered here in honor of the oc
casion many veterans of the organiza