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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
cuIprIt Behind Prison Bars Probably
For Life.

A negro, 25 years OF age, nam
cd George Shelton, giving his post
Office as Adsir, was placed in jail
here Thursday foisa criminal az
ssult made upon Mrs. Geo. W,
Taylor, Tuesday merning, The
woman is the widow Of An old sol.
der who was killed near Chetopa
a year or 90 ago by his horse fall
ing with him. She lives across
Grand river, in the vicinity Of
Judge Clarke place. and it wac
there the crime, most bru 81 one,
was committed. Shelton made
his escape but WAS pursued by the
neighbors and caught IN The West
settlement. Talk Of violsnee was
INDUCED in, bu' it Is wholly un
called Tor.
The man i 10 the strong grip
of the law aud II the Identification
is positive. aud il is understood d
such IL the case, 1t il hardly to be
doubted that he will never again
see a days liberty. Courl will
convene at Nowaia Monday next
aud the ends Of justice warrant
tbjs man'a imm ediata trial
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26

top, orchard grass and clover
will prove the most desirable
for pasture. Timothy alone for
the hay market and timothy
and red clover mixed, for hay
for home use will give the best
satisfaction, and very little blue
grass added in the fall or after
other grass has got started, in
the pasture grass.
f. w. STRoUT,
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
An Eut.,ualnat,

Dudley Ellis Il one OF the enthusi-
astic park improyers and II everybody
ownirR property as near the park as
he would contribute as generously as
be offers TO, there would be no excuse
for delay or for scfimplnR
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
TEXAS WONDER.
Hairs drsat Discovery.

One small bottle Of the Texas Wonder,
Hail'a Great Discovery, cures all kidney
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs
rheumatism and all irregularities Of the
kidneys aud bladder in both men aud
women. regulates bladder trouble 10
children II not sold By your druggist,
will be sent By mail on receipt Of 81, One
small bottle Is two months treatment.
Or Ernest W Hall, sole Manufacture,
p o Box 62o. St Louis. Mo Sold by al
druggists and shanahan s. Mitchell. =
Read this
St Louis. No, Dec I. I90I-Dr. "
Hall. Dear Sir; have used one bottle o.
the Texas Wonder, Hall's Great Disco.
very, for kidney and bladder trouble |
weighed l6o poanis when began using
Il; today / weigh 10 pounds, and I fee
better than have In twenty yeas. aue
cheerfuliy recommend II to the public
Respectfully. T W SMITH, 27za Olivs
street Sold By all druggis. and shana
ban & Mitchell.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
MILITIA ORGANIZATION.
Enllstments not so Brisk as Desired
or as Should be.

While muderaie progress has been
made 10 raising Vlnita's quutaof men
for the Iudlah Territory militia, the
company is uot yet iul, and enlist
ments are desired. As soOn as a few
more names are secured a meeting
will be held and an organization
formed by election II the company
officers. Dr. Joseph Piuquard has
been commissioned AZ mai1r aud in-
spect0r general, the document being
issued by Ira L. Reeves, bfigadieF
general. commanding. ana Herbert l..
wlneland, adIutaut general. A bill
has been introduced 10 congress "a
Place The lnaian Territory militia
upon the same footing a- that ~ the
varluus states, aud " that + done the
government vill defraY all expenses,
including per diem, % the annual eu-
cam pment, uhieh Is realiy military
schUoi oi several weeks Duration Ii
!. worth the ahiie ii auyuf nur Young
men to join this Vinlta company anr
M8j. J. q. Turner will be glad 70 far
nlsh any particulars desired.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26

Cannon is right He isas rveni
Of Congrese. which is the servant
Of The people There eau BE- no
ssrs IN . republic Even the cbisl
executive IL servant, nos MASTER
The people rule -Kansas City
World.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
LTIvATED
GRASSES.
New ExpedientS
NecessaryfOrhay
and Pasture.

thescultivation Of tame grasses
but with the allotment many
farms are left without any grass
land or what is called hay
meadow. There is no question
but the native prairie grass is
far better for this country than
any tame grass we can culti-
vate, but once native grass is
plowed up it is lost. For this
reason native prairie grass
should be carefully preserved
as it can never be replaced by
any tame grass that will prove
as permanent and valuable for
farm uses. But where tame
grasses have TO be substituted
| might give some experiences
that may be Of value to persons
who have to make a hay mea-
dow and permanent pasture. |
don't believe there is but little
soil in the Cherokee nation adj
apted to the growth of alfalfa.
II parties wish to experiment
with this grass I,would advise a
limestone soil Of great depth,
not subject TO overflow. The
land should be put in a high
state OF cultivation by harrow
ing half a dozen times the same
as for all other grass seed. The
best results for alfalfa is to sow
the seed in the month of Sep
tember, about 90 pounds to the
acre then harrow once lightly
and roll. A roller is indispen-
sable in getting a stand Of tame
grass. By sewing in che fall
the alfalfa gets a start Of the
weeds in the spring, but | should
advise these experiments to be
confined to very few acres.
For a hay meadow | would
prepare the land same as for al
falfa and when the hay is for
home use | would use timothy
and clover: about 6 quarts OF
timothy and 4 quarts OF red
clover, sowed in April, with one
half bushel Of oats, per acre /;
should be lightly narrowed or
brushed in and rolled. The
oats can remain for protection
as weeds appear they should be
cut with moving machine.
For permanent pasture
mixture of grass seed seems tC
produce the best results-foui
quarts timothy. four quarts req
clover, one pint white clover
one half bushel orchard grass
one peck red-top.
OF all these pasture grasses
orchard grass and red-top ar
tie most desirable. Many but
ter making farms consider red
top pasture far superior TO an,
other grass, but it should b.
mixed with other grasses a
above. And blue grass see'
Is also recommended to be ad
ded TO the above mixture o
permanent pasture IN august
after the above has been seede'
in April, about one peck cleal
blue grass seed per acre. j
this climate blue grass is yer
unreliable but with a stand
affords a splendid food for hog
and cattle. TO run hogs on
meadow great care should b
taken TO keep rings in thei
noses, as otherwise they wi
devote their time to hunting 70
the tender grass roots thus d
stroying the plant.
Timothy affords a very poo
grass for pasture but it make
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08
She Saved CtIac

In 1893 Miss Jennie Creek Of Mill
Grove, Ind, saved a train on the
Panhandle railroad from falling
through a burning bridge by taling
off her petticoat and using it as a
danger signal to warn the engineer.
Her presence of mind earned for her
well-deseryed renoWn, and the many
people who know her by reputation
as well as her personal friends. will
be sorry to learn that she is very i'll
of a complication of diseases, and her
recovery is despaired Of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08
Wireless TeIegraphy in Paris.

In Paris it is proposed tc establish
a central station, from which wireless
telegraphy will be used to transmit
the news to subscribers in different
parts of the town. The SOciete Fran
case de Telegraphie Sans Fill has been
organized with this end in view, and
the experimental stations which have
been installed in different parts OF the
city appear to work satisfactorily.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

hlnet"hths of it. ninety nine hun
dredths Of its To be set down as
aGesta Christi deeds of Christ, re.
suits, direct or Indirect, of Che spirit
OF Christ working through his dis
ciples and reaching out To the ut
most borders Of the world The leav-
en is Working Standard.
VI. j. Savage, d. D.. says in the
Christian Register: "Thc source Of
nearly all the evil and unhappinoss
Of this world is solhshness. We
know il, bW We still keep on being
selfish, We SEQ that The worl,
might be made ideally beautiful If
only tAe people would live msclfsh
lives, aud yet We keep on being self
ish. We strive after The things that
viii minister to our Immediate sat
isfaction. and hate people who get
i'll our way and hinder thc attainment
Of those things. md SO we keep
on and the world jars, and is unhar-
mGnious, and is darkened and IS mis-
erable; and we wonder why God has
not made things moro fair, whom it
is we ourselves who are marring the
purpose of God which we can plainly
see.
4.
J. II. w. Stuckenbcrg, d. D., Ill
Mon talk of seeking substitutes for
religion and overlook the substitutes
which exist and flourish. Thus we
have theology in place of religion;
Written Geeds instead of faith in the
heart the church with its eceIesasti-
cism and sacerdotaism as a substi-
tute fer the kingdom of Cod legality
instead of Christian morality; for
maliSm of worship, and aesthetics as
substitute for ethics. Men can not
:. iura God and Mammon, bat they
do acthrone Jehovah and place Nam
mon on the throne,
IL.
Walter II Walker, D. D., has this
Ia II" Standard: THE Christian life
i lel of limitIess possibilities We
AVE but entered the Kings country.
We have not yet possessed ourselves
OF the land. TO Che richest expe-
iienens Of divine Grace many Of us
arc utter Strangers And as a con
soqlenco ~e are but Little better than
spl.tual raupcrs We know almost
nothing Of the joy and the peace that
fig'@tfully belongs to US We have
never Leheld the beauty and the ex.
celIcncy of Cur Lord and Savior, Je-
Gus Christ And so we need to pray
for closer vision.
Sc.
sea..hcrs from The East and the
West recently discussed the question:
Does the pulpit lead, or is il led?'
The conclusion reached was that
sometimes it leads, but that very Of
ten it is led. It's efforts to please
and gain favor tempt it to strive az
ter conformity with the prevalent
views OF the congregation, with pub
lie opinion and with the dominant
sentiment of the denomination
Homilctic Review.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

law protecting the public along the
line | have suggested. 1t affords an
opportunity for one Of the lawmakers
of jefferson county to have passed
a bill that would prove of great value
The legislature has passed bill
which provides for the examination
Of doctors as TO qualifications to prae-
ice Iheir profession. The bill pro
yiaes a board CT alopaths to examine
alcNaths. board OF hCmeopaths to eX-
anime hOme0pathS. and a board Of c.
lecties to examine eclectics. but the
cSto0paths must be examined by one
Of tle three boards named. Now, |
don't have any personal knowledge
of the virtues of the treatment of dis
ease Ny the alopathic methods. bu'
judging from what | have read and
what have been told by those who
have raceif ed the treatment. I am sat
sGc hat it will do nobody any harm,
f i l!0es NO good In fact there are
fimes when | believe | would prefer
he r}.bhing treatment to the fearful
lose which my fayorite alOpathic NJ. d.
nrescribes for ne. don't believe any
man with a watch needing repairs
would take it to a blacksmith or
would take a horse to jeWeler to
have it shod, hence the utter alb
surdity of having an OSteopath eX-
amined by an alopath, homeopath or
an eclectic | am not the champion of
any special theory of treating disease.
When | feel the need of a doctor |
always call upon or send for an alo-
rath Ali | care to see in leglsla-
ton is a fair deal Osteopathy is not
a practice of medicine or a practice
of healing by the internal or external
application of drugs, hence it can not
be classified under the head of doctor
of medicine with the alopath, homeo-
path and eclectic, and provision
should have been made for the exam
ination of osteopaths by compet-
ent board composed of osteopaths.
Now. we all tore our shirts when
tie antitrust bill was introduced into
the Legislature, because it would force
all the insurance companies to with
draw from the state and leave us with
out protection to our property from
the destroying elements, and we kept
on making rents in our linen until
the judiciary committee of the senate
gave the insurance clause of the anti
trust bill a Knockout blow. We all
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

/ tinue to fill the alleys with boxes and
! sweepings from the stores. People
rake the leaves from their yards and
cast them into the cutters, which OBJ
structs an already poor drainage On
the premises of some of the hand
soonest residences in the city are fill
thy barnyards and outhouses in poor
ly kept condition. When the people
are too careless to look after those
things necessary to their own health,
the authorities should do it for them.
This city needs TO be kept much
cleaner than it is kept
Speaking of society matters re-
minds me that there are young men
in this city who cut quite sWath
IN the society Of the creme de la
creme who sometimes play other
stratas of society. l happen to know
of a social function or two which did
not occur on West Fifth avenue Or
one of the other ultra IA ashionable
streets at which one or more of these
young fellows Of the uppertendom
we're present The local papers print
ed accounts of these affairs in their
society columns. but in the list of
those present. | observed the abb
sence of the names of these young
men. My curiosity, Woman-like, got
the better of me. and | asked the So
ciety editor of the Graphic why these
names were omitted, and the reply
was that it was done by request of
the young men themselves. When
asked if he knew why such requests
were made he replied that they asked
it because they said they didn't want
their associates in the upper crust
to know that they had attended So
cial affair given by common folks
| have nothing but contempt for such
fly young ducks" They have no
business at a society entertainment
given by common folks and | am
Of the opinion that the common
folks" are not at all honored by the
presence of these young fellows
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

said that we We're bound to have in
surance. and it is possible that the
legislature may permit us to- continue
having it, but it seems that we are
content with getting insurance on
our property regardless of it's cost to
us. We some times kick on the rates,
but we seem to never get ready to
do any of those things so necessary
to be done to secure lower rates. The
city council permits any kind of
"shack' to be erected and if they want
it removed after it is built they pro-
ceed very nicely Till they go up
against a permanent temporary in
junction and then the whole proceed
ing stops and the shack" remains
unmolested There is now in the
course Of erection a wooden shack
in the rear of the build
ing at 119 Main street, within a
stones throw of the courthouse. Such
buildings can not be otherwise than
detrimental to valuable adjacent
property. Just so long as the city per
mits the erection of such buildings
and is denied the right to remove
them by permanent temporary in
functions insurance rates are going
to be high. The insurance companies
are not to blame wholly for high rates
in Pine Bluff Ne; not by a great
sight.
Sam Jones says it's the "hit dog
that holers.' Judging from the
bowling | have heard, that club which
the Graphic threw among the retail
grocers must have hit several of them.
Hit 'em again, as | want to assure
you that the public is enjoying the
fur whether they ever enjoy cheaper
coal oil or not.
The first people to settle in new
country are not usu9dhy 'AS oiiS'
to stay through the various eyolutions
of development which bring the high
est stages of production and prosper
Gus community. After the brush has
been cleared away so as to drive out
the game. the original settlers move
on to other wilds to conquer. These
people are very necessary in blazing
the way for the higher order Of civ
ilization They are succeeded by a
class who till the SOIL build
rail fences, log churches, inetitute
| "deestrick skules," spellin' bees and
fddljn' doncoe These are also nee
(COrtinued on Page Twelve.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08
This Jockey Holds the Record

Rausch ttI California jockey
OF
jockey
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

| want to register another kick
against the worthless dogs in this
city. In the section Of the city in
which ! hang out there are 400 OF
these Worthless CANNES, and | think
there must be something like 1000 III
the city, and | want the city author
tiles stirred up on this question un-
til they will do something to lessen
the number OF dogs. am heartily i'll
favor Of improved streets. Bat if We
can get rid of the dogs in this town
by giving up improved streets, | am
in fay II of going on with the kind
of streets we already have and get
rid OF the dogs. Spend every dollar
Of the money proposed for streets IN
crusade of dog determination. It is
said that every dog has his day, but
in my neighborhood the dogs also
have their nights. They come after
the day watch is over and permeate
the nlSnL 5 Quloluue Will ,Ddl AS, Acipo'
howls and whines, and have contin-
uouS hot t-foOting ND and down the al
leys. What we need is an official dog
catcher to put in about three months
of good work in Kidding the city OF
| what has become a great nuisance
| have made a kick on this dog ques.
! ton once before. and | hope | won
| have to keep on kicking without get
ting any results. | am going out On
a dog-killing mission myself if the
| city authorities don't do something
In some states there is law
which prohibits the placing of chairs
or other distractions in the alsles
Of theaters or other large audltorl
ums. 1t is a good law, and while there
is no such law in Arkansas, the man
ayers of the onera houses should not
hermit the obstruction of the aisies
In case of fire there would be STAN
pede and the distractions would great
w impede the exit of the people. ane
would be the means of such crush
that many would be injured. think
the present legislature should pass
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

Notwithstanding all the talk that
has been done against it, all that has
been printed in the newspapers
against it, as we'll as some kicking |
have done myself, observe that peo-
pie still toss rubbish into the streets
and alleys. Banana peels are thrown
on the sidewalks for the people to
step on and fall. The merchants con-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

(Cortinued on Page Twelve.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-08

law protecting the public along the
line have suggested. 1t affords an
of jefferson county to have passed
bill that would prove of great value
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-15
THE PROFITS OF PROPHECY.

A law suit has forced from John Alexander Dowe,
OF Zion City fame, the acknowledgment that in his work
of snatchng brands from the burning he has amassed
something like several millions Of dollars. The
earthly representative of another belief that antedates
Doweism by few years merely has found the work
saving souls equally remunerave and in her old
age quite safe from the ntrusons of that unpleasant
embodiment Of poverty, the wolf. - g
o5 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation
and snare wrote prophet of an earlier age to one OF
his followers But the modern prophet is apparently
able enjoy great riches without succumbing to tempta
ton or without being ensnared by any of Satans inge
devices While building for themselves mansions
in the sky, they think it rreconcifable with their
teaching to construct imposing brown stone mansions
down below. Fine cloth and sashes rather than sack
cloth and ashes clohe the bodies of these latter day
prophets.
Among the black tribes in darkest Africa, the man
who can make the other ribemen believe that he is
bowed with supernatural qualifications finds no dltt-
Guilty in ruling them And strong personality easily &C
composites this certain class of white citizens differ
greatly from the primitive blacks. 1t is to their
personality and their knowledge of human nature
that the modern prophets their and their mil
lions Dowie spoke with the voice of one having
thority which quite sufficient reason for large
number of people to rise up and follow him.
Compared with these modern prophets, the prophets
of earlier times had distinctly hard time of it. They
denied themselves and suffered untold ardshps carry
their message of comfort to the people Their reception
was nearly always chilly and frequently painful These
latter day prophets send word that they have
and the people in droves to receive from the
porch of the brown front The prophet of Dowie
ism must be judged by the profits of Dowiesn1. And it
is curious that the very thing which apt repe
the world will appeal further proof of greatness and
special fitness those of the people who be fooled
all the time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-15
BLUEBEARD JUNIOR.

One Samuel Herbert Dougal, yesterday hanged IN
London England was credited with the murder Of five
wives Unlike Buebeard senior Mr. Dougal did not put
his spouses out of the way because their curiosity annoy
ed him. He killed them because they were his wives.
tales of Mormon privileges reached him not Mr. Dougal
found himself five different occasions confronted by
condition rather than by theory How to wife
No I in order to provide place for wife NO. was
a problem that vexed him before he we'll within the
twenties He solved the first problem with poison and
that time had solved four others by various means
that have included pick ak, bare fists and a
jack knife 10 7eu =o5 or
The argument may be adduced that five wives would
be enough provoke any to murder but 1t must be
remembered that the wives not thrust upon him
and that always before he had put end to the old love-
he was furnishing up his best suit of clothes that he
might something of figure in the eyes of the new
This might suggest that he of high ideals IN
the matter of marriages, seeking their attainment by
murder but unfortunately the facts in the do not
prove anything of the kind What he sought each time
in the new wife was not ideal but what he himself
called "a tidy sum of money" That he invariably found
this and an intelligent spouse besides is curious fact
that must provide the moral of Mr.. Douglas story.
His wealth and azure beard gained for Bluebeard
senior his wives But this Bluebeard Junior
possessed neither of these charms Nor did he have
sinister of which is said to invariably
make hit with the ladies. He plain in appearance
and unassuming in manner But five loved him.
Which brings the moral that the unaccount-
able and that feminine intuition not what is cracked
up to be.