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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-10-13
Herr Most Is to start paper to be called The Uni
yesal Strike. He will prepare the first issue out OF ia
OFFENDING MERCHANT.

few days ago of our leading citizens-an Office
holder In our thriving midst, reputable person wa,
passing one Of our white ward schools and In the ehoo
tard-on the school grounds-during intermissIun saw
about half dozen small boys ranging in age from eight
to twelve years all busiy puding away ON cigarettes He
spoke to them about II and met with storm of oaths
tsat would have done credit to sailors Who is at aut
for this condition.
We all know that when small children are filed with
the effects of cigarette tobacco smoking they become
pee's indifferent TO their studies and dlsobedent TO
their parents.
Are our merchants to blame for this shameful condi
ton and Z not who Isl Section 1856 wilson's Revised
Statutes OF Oklahoma reads as follows.
THAT il shall be a msdemeanor for any person firm
corporation 70 SELL offer 10 SELL bring into the ter
ftoFy Tor the purpose OF selling. giving away or other.
wise dsposng Of any cigarettes cigarette paper or sub
stute Tor the same; and each violation Of any Of the
provisions OF this act shall be misdemeanor punishable
% hne Of not less than dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars"
Section 2Si provides that Tie grand jury shall have
power to present indictments against persons violating
Tie provisions Of this act
Are our wholesale merchants violating our laws and
iong their part towards making cigarette ends Of the
ehoo children, or the cigarettes and cigarette pa
'ers sent direct 70 the retail dealersg
Is our law and order league that looks out anxously
or gamblers and yioato Of the liquor laws taxing any
teps looking to the suppression Of this vice that ten
INES more ruino1s aud detrimental than either the
ambling vice Or Tive liquor habty Is our school board
naeaFeHng to prevent the sale OF cigarettes and cigar
tte papers, II 50, then all is veil. Are our ministers
'oking after this esilY Can't all our merchants be in
uced to destroy their entire supply OF papers now on
andY
have boy who smokes cigarettes 30 feel Interested
Correspondent in Oklahoma City Tlmes-Journal.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-10-13

0'afehce Douglas has succeeded in having his name
mentioned as senatorial possibility along 'with some
iofty or nifty Others Some Of the names included IN
the forty or aty are those Of men who are Of true
senatorial timber and for Mr. Douglas to have his name
even mentioned" with gentlemen OF that calbre ,s an
nonor ioeed The coupling Qf the edtorsname In the
ouu'n oy some evidently inspired correspondent was
.ius amusing ana Is about as far as Douglas ambition
lor seat " congress win be gatihed However small
men nave been elected to both branches Of congress IN
certain Instances but the conditions that aided them
are unlikely 70 obtain in the new state
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Mr. Bxby SAYS that fully IS per cent OF the allot.
ments OF lands In the hye civilized tribes have been com
pieted Practically all the aotments in the Choctav
and ohickasaw nations have been made aud all excaut
about 200 tracts have been allotted in the Creek nation
The only place where the allotment work is dragging Il
IN the Cherokee nation where the question OF who
among the freedmen entitled to lands is perpexng
one and can only be settled after taking much evidence
and digging deep into the history of the claimants as far
back as 1866 This confusion resulted from change in
the law On June y, lsos, congress passed a law which
authorized the Dawes commission to enroll all freedmen
whose names appeared the citizenship roll of lsso I'm
the Cherokee nation After the commission had enrolled
large number Of freedmen for allotmens under this
act the attorneygenera rendered an opinion providing
that any Cherokee freedman who was citizen of the
Cherokee nation when the treaty of was ratified or
who returned to the nation within six months after that
time' would be entitled to allotment upon submitting
proof Of this fact To carry the provisions OF this
new ruling involves the dlncult task OF digging up ey
ienee relative to the citizenship OF persons long since
lead and Of hearing yolumnous testimony to establish
he claims Of negroes who claim to be descendants Of
hese persons There many cases OF this kind stil
'endng before the commission and which are causnc
imost an endless amount Of work
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INSULT TO THE AMERICAN pEopLr.

In New York yellow newspaper the other day there
appeared the picture Of dog The dog was thoroughly
muzzled' and the muzze lettered, Trust The
heading to that cartoon was "The Country's Safe
And on the cur was the face of the president OF the
United States
The World unhesitatngly pronounces that dog car
toon an Insult to the American people,.
1t isn't a matter OF Roosevelt at ALL lie Is human
and has his good points and his bad ones He ls how
ever position that belongs the people lie occupies
place that is the summit OF honor and dignity in this
country lie is entitled TO respect The president.
whether his name Is Roosevelt Parker or Cleveland X
part OF the best part OF American life and the man who
attempts to drag the dignity OF that high olce IN the
dirt who insults any president insults Americans. be
they Republicans Democrats Socialists or memben Of
any other political party
The Roosevelt dog cartoon Is unwise. un-AmerIcan
untrue There Is no demand Ia these United States for
That kind Of campaigning. Kansas City World.
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THE GREAT sorrnwrsr


proof Of the remarkable growth aud deyelopment
no" in progress in the great Southwest IS furnished by
The figures complied By Professor H. C. Adams on the
Increase Of railroad mileage In the United States FOR the
year 1901
Last year there were 2OI,s77 miles OF railway in the
country not including second third and fourth trucks
Sardage and sdngs Tie increase during the year vas
550 miles and one-half of the construction was IN Mis-
souri, and the Southwest M the close Of the period Gov
cred by Mr Adams report, Arkansas had 3sll miles
Kansas s799 Texas i3i4, Indian Territory 2io0 New
Mexico 2aso and Oklahoma 1881 a total Of ao,5l7 miles
Seven cent Of this mileage was laid during the year
Railroad building IN this part Of the country 4 far
ahead OF the times II make comparison with tile con-
diton In older states For example, In Arkansas there
we're on June 20 Of last year 2Go miles cf railway for
every 10000 Inhabitants In Kansas 92 In Texas as a.
In the Indian Territory 81 ls in New Mexico li6 7s and
IN Oklahoma t7Oo while there were only 1913 miles IN
Connecticut 10 In Massachusetts, aaos in Michigan.
225t Ia Illinois lois IN New York and 1916 In Pennsyl
vania.
The railroad builders have anticipated the future
The land lying In Southern Missouri IN Indian Territory
and Oklahoma aud In Arkansas and Louisiana 4 the
richest and most Fsourcefu In the United States is
forests Of merchantahe lumber and ts mines OF all the
baser metals and mrSras have been exploited 50 ae ony
enough to show the practically nexaustibe nature Of
their supplies ts adaptablity for everything that the
farmer grows has long been known and class Of lnmI
grants are swafming IN which assure for Il rapid and
thorough Development Tie population Is freer from
negroes than that Of any other Of the Southern states or
states bordering on the Mason and Dixon line Greeks
Italians Germans and those pioneer Americans who are
always 80 prolific IN progeny, constitute the overwhem
ing portion of the people seeking homes In this favored
part Of the country.
Within fifteen yeas Indian Territory viii be prosiue
ng over 700oo0oO bushels Of wheat and l0O0ooooo hush
rs Of corn each year Il viii be supplying the West with
most Of is coal and iron while the cotton crop Of the
southwest bids fair 70 be greater than all the crop pro
ueed east Of the Mississippi
The railroad men to appreciate these facts more
han do the people living hereabouts And this i prob
by The reason why there has been such great eaten.
on Of railways IN the Southwest during the past few
ear.
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As a general proposition those who are seyerest In
their criticisms Of the courts Of this country arr among
those who didn't want courts In this country IN tie inst
place few yeau ago, when The congress Of the United
States established courts In the Indian Territory the
cry went up from certain quarters that an outrage on
te Indians had been committed and that the treaties
had been violated II has been and sim Is Al great ex
pense that courts maintained IN the Indian Terri
tory but n the meantime order ilzscome out Of caos
aud tie rights Of upheld IN country n0 long ago
The rendezvous Of the outlaw and the cutthroat.
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The Muskogee Phoenix ascending out picture OF Gen
e Pleasant Porter chief of t Greek tribe OF indians
dressed In the garb Of wild hdian with blanket and
Feathers and the paraphemaa OF the primitive red man
Just what is The object OF this spectacular pose of the
old man does not appear He certainly does not repre
sent the intelligent and cultured General Porter we of
the Indian Territory all know so well and 50 fayonbly
II is to be regretted that so foolish thing has been
done ana that the great chief of the Greeks did not pre-
ler 10 appear clothed and In his right mind little
whie before General Gordon passed away he, in the
midst OF his fascinating lecture THE Last Days OF the
Confederacy, stopped short having forgotten the name
Of one Of his generals and stood embarrassed before
great audience in New York. friend of General Cor
don sitting In the hall remarked ehs is the beginning
of the end of Gordon" The wild Indian picture IS the
Of the end Of Porter
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woman Who suIksd il her husband did moi bny NJ,

woman who sulked Il her husband did not bny her
new gowns Or fashionable toggey 1T every change Of the
season. or OF fashion and who felt msused If She was
awakened before twelve O'Clock for breakfast now pro-
esses 70 DC utterly astonished that her husband has
turned out TO be defaulter TO be sure such woman
was not well posted aud had sympathy with her hus
oanus business She should have been made confdante
of and been shown the real situation But win a, that
the world will hardly hold her bameess for the mIsdee
OF her husband because she insisted upon his doing what
she should have known was morally impossible. rood
wife Is safeguard for any man. But an inconsiderate
petulant woman as wife really at the bottom of more
misery and behind more feons than would look well 10
be made public as matter Of statistical result of re-
search.-State Capital
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Tie farmer WHO has and hogs this fa Is Ia po-
sitiou to make declaration Of independence against all
tie world lie can feed his corn 70 the hogs and kin the
hogs He eau cure his meat and defy the meat trust to
90 Its worst There Is no more independent man than
the independent farmer Upon him depends every in.
dustry every profession and ever living human being
lie has conquered the earth and should rule mankind
When he occupies the position for which nature intended
him be viii come into hs and every farmer viii be
a ruler because he Is the source Of all supply
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Muskogee paper boasts that that town has pike =
II 4 means that It has anything approaching the pike at
the Worlds Fair Il certainly unfortunate aud entirely
unworthy OF boast As nasty aggregation Of fallen
women and disSoute the Worlds Fair pike stands
alone IN degrsdatiOn and shame Il is running sore on
the face Of the greatest exposition the world ever saw
Il the butt cut Of corruption tie very stack pole Of
hell Tie whole world ought 70 he ashamed Of the 81
Louis pike
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Thursday

Mr. OFT Smith has taken the field in the interest OF
the Weekly Chieftain and will visit all the principal
points in the Indian Territory especially In the Chero.
kee country in the interest Of this publication Any
courtesies shown Mr. Smith will be appreciated. He is
the duly accredited representative of the paper and viii
canvass the country fully. The intention is to largely
increase the number of readers of this popular weekly
paper
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-10-13

Tie action Of Judge GnI, in the Federal court yester
da5 in dismisslng twelve OF the regular panel Of juror
generally discussed As usaa "a curb.sione arpu
mens these who knew the least regarding the facts we're
the loudest IN Yoicing their sentiments Of criticism
These charged that snci action was unheard or They
meant, undoubtedly. that they never heard Of such
course being adopted by court Asa matter Of fact.
the dismissal Of full panel Of jurors OF part is not
uncommon. II has been done often when jurors sworn
TO decide according the aw and evidence either would
not obey or could not understand instructions judge
CHS dismissal Of the jurors occurred at 10 O'Clock An
hour OF - later the Kansas City papers Of that morning
reached Vinta containing account Of the discharge
Of four jurors bT The judge Of the district court tie
court giving no reason for rs action II IS presumed
Of course that the Judge knew what lie was about n
The local case the jurors supposed 70 accept The
evidence Of witnesses and accept tie law from the court
This they did not do either wiully or because thev
.ould not understand
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The Sunday School convention at Alton will be on
18th and 10Th Of this month"; Wednesday and Thursday
Alton getting ready TO all the delegates who
viii attend Each Sunday school should have at least
two delegates present All ministers and all superin.
endents delegates by virtue OF the offices they hold
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Whatever may be said of Mr. Bryans halfhearted
support Of Parker cannot be denied that he is entirely
consistent He would rather have Parker than Roose-
Ve but that he knows the wrong end Of Democracy is
to the front is easily dlscernable Bryan has greater
and more intelligent following than ever before and
after the election there will be some more reoganzinp
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-10-13

The Worlds Fair edition Of the Daily Chieftan was
widely distributed and every mail brings requests for
copies These requests come from a wide range of
country but largely from the ssstes east OF the Misss-
sipp There few hundred copies left and they are
being mailed out rapidly
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-10-13

The Cherokee national council viii convene in regular
annual session in the old council house at Tahequah ON
the first Monday in November The power Of the con-
Gil has vanished before the congressional enacments OF
recent years and at the present time the gathering is Of
little significance One session will finish the tribal
existence.
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Ihe Muskogee Phoenix OF today in It's alleged tele-
graphic service publishes with Muskogee date line ON
page seven an alleged Telegram telling OF tie arrest of
the yice-presdent Of bank The story was local and
told In It's own paper day or two before.
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Vow that Col Clarence Douglas has had the postmas-
ter al Mnskogee removed he mas move on to other vic
tories
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few York City has population about equa; to that
OF the state Of Texas 1t takes slO year to run
the New York City government. Texas win never be
able to catch up with New York In the way of taxation
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-30
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian

Christian
CENTRAIs-Leech and McBoaI streets;
c. r. Neel, pastor; gospel meetings be-
ning;;" p. M, why I'm a Christian .
Congregational
UNIVERSITY AVENUE-Avon street
and Sherburne avenue; Rev. A. D.
Smith, pastor. preaching service at
10:45 a. M; Sunday school at II m.
Y.P. S. G: q. at p. m. missionary
concert, 1.-The Call of Young Japan
will be given at 8 p. m.
LYMOUTH-Wabasha street and Sum-
NIT avenue; Rev. Clement C. Campbell,
pastor; service at 1880 a. M, topic.
mot Ashamed of the Gospel-the Power
of God;' Christian Endeavor meets at
GAS p. M, subject, "An Evening With
Shakespeare" led by Mrs. c. M. Pow
ers.
PARK-Holly avenue and Mackubin
street; DIR. Alexander McGregor, pastor:
morning subject, 1880, "a Review and
a Preview."
PARK-Holly avenue and Mackubin
street; Rev. Alexander McGreger, Phi.
D., pastor; morning service 10:30; Sum
day school, II; evening service, 8.
English Lutheran
MEMORIAL-West Sixth street. near
Exchange. The church will celebrate
the 3S7th anniversary of the Reforma-
ton with appropriate services both
q. IL.
the theme will be, sThe Greatness and
Success of the Mother of Protestant
ISM" AS p. M, Sunday school festival;
short address by the pastor, What Can
I Do for jesus"
Episcopal
CHRIST-Fourth and Franklin streets:
clergy, Rev. C. D. Andrews, Rev. E.
,,niob E; Madeira Sunday services; holy com
and sermon, II "a. M; sermon by
E. e. Madeiara; subject. God the
Father of Light evening prayer and
E. e. Madeira; subject, tNaaman, the
Leper.''
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH-Fuller
street, near Kent street; Rev. A. Overton
Tarrant. rector; holy communion. 8
a. M; Sunday school and rector,s Bible
class, 9:45 a. M; morning prayer and
sermon, II a. M; evening prayer
and Religion
ST. PAULS-Ninth and Olive streets;
Rev. John Wright. D. D., rector; holy
communion at 8 a. M; Sunday school
at $3.50 a. M; morning prayer at 1890
a. m; choral communion at II a. m. !:
sermon by Rev. E. c.. Johnson; choral
evensong at 7:30 p. M; sermon by Rev.
G. M P. Pridham; subject, "The Primi-
tive Order of Deacons."
ST. JOHN S-Portland avenue and Kent
street; Rev. Theodore Sedgwick, rector;
HeV. george W. omilh, aSSlSldnt rec
tor; 8 a. M, holy communion, 9:45 a. m,
Sunday school; II a. M, morning serv-
Ice and sermon by the rector; subject,
"The General Convention" s p. m,
evening service and sermon by the rec
tor: subject, "St. Johns Message.
Methodist
HOLMAN MEMORIALrCorner Bates
avenue and Euclid street; s. E. Ryan,
pastor; preaching at 1880 a. m. and AS
p. M; morning subject. How to See
God;' evening subject THE Fruitage Of
Hope
CENTRAL PARK-TweIfth and Mime
5ota streets; Rev. 3. Longley, pastor:
preaching by the pastor at 1880 a. M
and q m: s,afsseis,<~ sIihiant 1.-THE
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-30

Plant of Renown;'' evening subject, eft
deity in That Which Is Least"
GRACE-Burr and Minnehaha streets:
Edward 20 w Il. Goodell pastor; services
iS:SO a; m and 7:SO p. m; morning
cient Dream" evening theme "Per-
sonal Attachment to Personal
. Christ
FIRST-Corner Dayton avenue and West
dnn Third street; I'll. v. Givler, pastor; at
The Supremacy of Jesus" p. M,
1.-The Favor Of God" Sunday school at
= 5 S3s ths horaETp r EpwSrth Nea league
sions."
PEOPLES Pleasant avenue and Chest
nut street; Dr. Smith will preach at IL
a. m on Keeping the Memorials" and
at s p. m. on "The Question of Race
aeredity;" Sunday school at II M;
meeting, Wednesday, p. m.
Presbyterian
HOUSE OF HOPE-Exchang and Fifth
streets: Rev. II. w. H. Boyle pastor:
Sabbath school, 9:45 a. M; service at
II a. M. sermon by Rev. John Newell,
Say So; Sanctifed Uses of Tongue;"
service. p. M. sermon by Rev. Newell,
Don't Say So; Unsatisfied Uses Of
CENTRALrCedar street, opposite old
capitol; John Mayhem Fulton, d. D.,
pastor; preaching by the pastor 1920 a.
M and p. M; decision day in church
and Sunday school; morning subject,
: THE Look That Brought Tears even
ing. subject, "Neglecting the Great Sal
vation."
Spirituaiist
ST. PAUL SPIRITUAL AILIANCE,1Od
Fellows hall, Wabasha and Fifth
streets; lyceum and conference meeting,
II a. M; lecture by Miss Elizabeth Har-
low at 8 p. M; subject, Mana Social
Being"
Swedenborgan
NEW JERUSALEM Southeast corner
Virginia and Selby avenues; Rev. Ed
ward C. Mitchell, pastor; service at
1890 a. M; subject of sermon, Know
ing Our End, and the Measure of Our
Days." Sunday school at 11:45 a. m.
Unitarian
UNITY-Wabasha street foot of Summit
avenue; Rev. Richard w. Boynton, min
ister; service at IL O'clock Sermon
The Common Lott Sunday school at
19
Universaiist
ST. PABLS-Ashland avenue and Mac
kubin street; Rev. H. B. Taylor, min
lister: 1880 a.. M. subject "Perils to the
Republics" Sunday school at noon.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-30
PATENT ATTORNEYS

F. Williamson and Frank D. Merchant) ),
patent attorneys and solicitors. Main
office, 929-935 Guaranty Loan Bldg,
Minneapolis, Mimi; branch, Room 50,
Mciill Bldg, Washington. D. G.
ington attorneys can give the best serv-
ice; terms reasonable; advice free,
Beyans & Co, Patent Lawyers, Col
orado Bldg, Washington, d. c..
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-30
r. IN. NEWPORT P'Gsssr ss;;sss ssss-
An Attractive Sale Of Cottage
Lots in Ramale1 Park, White Bear

Only $50 for a lot 50x150 feet. High
ground. fronting park of five acres; fine
trees; near Lake Shore station, lake and
new electric line They would be cheap
at $500.
Mr.. Ramaley has secured these lots
from the receiver of the Germania bank
and they must be sold before winding up
the affair of the bank.
payments, appeals strongly to that class
of persons who, at the opening of every
spring, are looking for cottages to rent
for the summer months, and of which
there are not half enough to go around at
from SIS to 5000 for the season, while
most of the cottages can be built for
from $3.50 to 5000.
Then why not own your cottage in
place of renting?
There are only rs lots in this sale, and
if you wish to avail yourself of this spe-
cial opportunity to get home at White
Bear for mere song, call or address,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-30
Opportunities Are Ripe for Making Money in St Paul Real
Estate---Note the Investments on This Page
DAILY OCCURRENCE.


PLAcE-My
cALEER-I I been
reading advertisements
or the value of houses
want place. possible in the neighbohood
Mr. NEWPORT Of parts town. Of
widely varying prices
you
CALlERIs it to down.
haven't much cash handand
nf Mt IS certainly have sold
and buyer.
CALLER-Why n his
NFor the reason that
houses by method otherwise
three or four equal
as suits their is all
CALLERi house for
ten years and have saved have
to
instead OF just starting in
MR. NThee is doubt
their
don't
OF the principal in this
the balance
bousa ronc,,
cheaper than can buy build
md why
Mr. NAT LEAST ONE FOURTH A tidy little save
instance sell
equal Vue would cost $4,000
would $3.50
cAlLERBut ont be spiek ands
MR. N-Oh but the spck to
defective
exactly
CALLER-Let
$4,000
r. IN. NEWPORT P'GsssF ss;;dies Mess
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-30
cLARvoYANrs

cLARIssA LIE LONG, THE CLAIR
voyant, wishes no lady to call upon
her TO question her about the election.
for they are not reliable. She wishes
the gentlemen to call in regard to cleo
tion when they are sincere. If she had
the money she knows who she would
bet on. Don't forget to call upon her.
1t can be proved. She sees her own
future, and remember she can see other
peoples future better Is West Ex-
change ST., between iVabasha and st.
Peter.
MRS. CROSBY, TRANCE MEDIUM, IN
spirational card reading, Soc 472 Jack
son St-. Room s.