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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-09-25
HAVE ODD NAMES.
TOWNS IN THE UNITED STATES
sINGULARLY AFFLICTED.
Not Far from Dan" 70 FBesrshsba
and But a Short jog Between
whisky Buttes" 70
Seven Devils"

The names of some towns in ths
United States probably cause their IN
hsbttauts considerable vexations when
awav from home. These names have
certain. peculiar meanings in everyday
talk. and as soon as they are mentioned
they are apt 10 prompt troublesome ques-
tions by funmakers. says the New YORK
Tribune.
For example. the man from Alone
XIV might have to explain to q stranger
living in New York how he could 90
business If he were the only inhabitant
and how the excise laws we're enforced
II ths bargseper. the topper. the police
man aad the magistrate we're all one
and the same. and. il case there we're
more than one person in Alone. i al
were bachelors and old maids.
Citizens Of Lonely. 3 G.. and Lone
some. Ky. would encounter much the
same sort Of questions, and al o.
course would finally be asked II they
were once jersey commuters
II man hailed from AffEity. n. c.
be would naturally be supposed TO Be
married. and his home life an unpunctu-
+ sted chapter OF bliss. He would be e1-
( oactea 10 wear as wide smile IS the
{ citizen Of Joy, or Happy. Tex, Or Para
/ disc. Col. with a temper as subdued as
! the inhabitants Of Purity. MINI
/ What would happen. however, II the
nan from AFFINITY should meet a man
/ from Peace. Ala. would indeed be prob
4 IematicaL They might. after the fash
lon OF some westerners. boom the mer-
/ its Of their respective towns With such
4 ardor that at least these representatives,
Of Peace and Afinity would come 80
I blows.
They might at last develop as much
+ disrelish for each other as the citizen of
I Cream. Wis. who should chance 70 taks
dinner with a citizen Of Caviar. y. J.
On the other hand. they might become
I as chummy as the townsmen Of those
three towns. In the states Of Colorado,
Il Oregon. and West Virginia. which 81
4 bear the name Of Crook
II be said be was from sod0m. O., he
4 could hardly expect 10 join the New York
II police force and fnd things congsniaL
II he was a native Of Lax, Ala. or Bind
Bay. La. on the contrary. his duties as
. metropolitan bluecoat might prove
Fl congeniaL
Il II he said he was from sodom- o. hs
would most likely be told that bis oEz
i town must need his services more. i
i he replied that It didn't he might hs
recommended to Try 70 get q position
\ in Pluto. Miss.
Near the Greene river. In kentueky,
and several miles south q Lewiston
there Is a town By the name q Pig u
& has never been recorded in any histor1
Of the United states whether The char
acteristlcs Of the people 81 Pig are an
different from these q the people g
Laub. I'll. or Chickies Pc IAis 4
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-09-25

certainly 70 be regretted
Should a woman from Big Foot Tex.
or Antiquity O.. advertise for a hus-
band. II is safe to say she would not get
ss many answers as 3 woman from
Beauty. W. Va.
The man who hailed from jug Ala,
might have more dificulfy IN beng
elected to the white house society
than his contemporary from DRY Town,
Cal
The native Of Magic, Ala. would no
doubt be welcomed BY certain Wail
street officers. where a citizen from Faif-
play Wis. would fad the door shut
should the woman from Alamode. Mo-
or Fashion. Ca meet a woman from
Jaysviile. o.. the tzo might get into
such a controversy that At the end they
would both Be believed 70 Be natives Of
L0oneyville. y. y.
The citizen cf Fosset- Ore. unlike the
citizen from Quick. Neb would 10 doubt
/ feel very much al home ii Philadelphia.
4 and for much the same reasons the rep
ressntative from Fact kan would find
/ q cougeniaf atmosphere il Boston Veg
etarians should 90 to Grass. S. D.
A jury made UP Of men half Of whom
were horn IN japan. 30. and the other
half in Russia. y. T.. would be pretty
sure 10 disagree At any rate they
would not call in a man from Jingo,
Tenn for peacemakeT.
seouid the girl from Leapyear, Tenn,
/ become dissatisfied with things al nome
( there IS little danger Of her settling in
Bachelor. Mich. Neither would the man
from Langor. Minn- think Of moving
% Jump. o.
A mar may travel from Dan TO Beer
theba- nowadays. and think il a very
short journey. There is a Dan IN Ken
tucky and a Beersheha over the line in
{ Tenressee. Neither IS the trip from
4 London 10 Pekang a long one in the Unit
81 States. Ohio contains both a Peking
and q London. and It IS not long Jour
ney from Whisky Buttea. Mont, 10
seVen Devils Idaho.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
EUCHRE PARTY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Entertain in
Honor Of Miss Mary DeLana.

Mr. and Mrs. d. II. Wilson enter
tained euchre party at their pleasant
home last evening in honor
Of their guest, Miss Mary DeLana, Of
Marysville, Mo.
The party made up four tables Of
six each and the ladies' prize, China
plate, was woM by Mrs. r. l. Blakeney
and the gents prize, acopper paper
knife, by Lyle Orr. Mr.. and Mrs. o.
L. James favored them with some ex-
cellent music. Refreshments were
served.
The following persons were present:
Messrs. and Mesdames j II Butler,
r / Blakeney. J w Sanders, J B Tur-
ner, j w Orr, c A Davidson, G S
Avery, James DeLana, Mrs. Soper,
Misses Franklin, Mabel and Maud
Miller, Goodykoontz, McClelland,
Messrs. Lyle Orr, Harry Mitchell,
Tom Byrd, Edgar Burlington, r NJ
McClintock.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
A ROUSINC
CLUB MEETING
What Must Do to Keep Pace
With Competitors.
SLEDGHAMMER SPEECH
What Vinita Needs and How
to Get II a Strong Appeal
to Owners of Surplus
Lots TO Part With
Them.
SLEDGHAMM MER SPEECH

The Commercial Club met last night
and the best and most enthusiastic
work OF any meeting this year was
accomplished
A feature Of the meeting was the
sledge-hammer speech by the president
Of the club, Seymour Riddle. Every
sentence wasa strongpoint and driven
home with plenty Of force. Mr.. Rid
die is perfectly at home In the presid-
ing officers chair, and II the members
Of the club will take OF their coats
and follow his leadership we will, as
he said in his remarks, accomplish
something feel that thrill which comes
to the individual who succeeds.
Mr.. Riddle further stated that If
Yinita keeps pace with her wide
awake competitors the Club must see
to ii chat real estate changes hands.
He said no town could forge to the
front by holding property. Strangers
will not locate In town where they
are not permitted to buy real estate.
This revelation Of the actual facts
uncoyers startling condition, yet it
is true. The real estate dealers Of the
city were present and added their
testimony to the above fact, stating
that when they approach the large
real estate owners Of the town for the
purpose OF getting them to list their
property for sale the dealer is informed
that the property is not for sale-not
even az a good price.
Think OF ii! Certain individuals ia
vinita who own from ten to seventy
five lots each absolutely refusing to
place a price OF any kind on even
part Of their holdings when a stranger
comes IN from the states. It's another
case u the dog in the manger. The
dog can't eat the hay and won't let
the OK eat.
You can't expect man who owns
but one lot, and occupies that as a |
home, to sell, thus placing himself III |
the same predicamentof OF the stranger
Public sentiment is a formidable |
weapon in any community. Let every
member OF the Commercial club, Of |
the Cherokee club, the lodges, the
newspapers, the ministers Of the differ
ent churches, the laboring man, the
merchant, the banker and the ladies
not be afraid to talk out inImeetin -
and thus bring tremendous pressure
TO bear in this matter. It's the key
10 success.
Suppose you own twenty lots worth I
$3.50 each; that's 5000. What the
club pleads Is, sell ten for $500 and
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04

keep the other ten, which would in 3
short time be worth $4,000, and thC
ten you sold will each contain a neat
cottage or modern dwelling, and we
will have more taxable property by
the Change, consequently your taxes
on the property you still own will be
lessened and you will have the So, 500,
'to boot"
Messrs. Watson, Elliott and Whit
more, Of st. Louis and new commers,
became members OF club and made
Short pointed talks when called upon.
They were heartily welcomed by the
club
A delegation from the Delaware In
dians in the person OF Messrs. Davis,
Ketchum and Others waited upon the
club and asked its cooperation in the
matter Of stopping the appropriation
of money due them, now going on in
Washington, and the club took prompt
action by appointing a committee,
composed Of Messis. Rogers, Barrett
and Tarlton to do the needful.
The committees appointed we're
made aware Of the fact that no shirk-
ing would be tolerated by the presi-
dent, and if report is not forthcom-
ing at the next meeting after being
appointed, said committeemen may
expect to at least be courteously lee
tured.
President Riddle wants the names
Of twenty-five more prominent real
estate holders and business men to
appear on the roll Of the club at once.
The dues are only SL00.
A committee composed of Messrs. Wal
len, Rarrett and Ramsey were appointed
to secure a larger hall, as the hall last
night looked like peck measure trying to
hold bushel Of groceries at ten cents a
peck.
The Commercial club stands for all
that is needed in the town. 'The spirit
is fne," but we want your help. We
don't want your sI2. 90 year half as bad
as we want your influence and your
at the club. Try and get
enthused; we have the energy, we have
the brains, we have the grit, we have the
natural resources, we have talent, and
thank God we have the opportunity to
make a good town II we have only got
the win power to take of our coats and
60 10 work.
Let's set our stakes and work to them
Few men can accomplish much without
an ideal to work up to. There is more
than one way to kin eat than choking
II to death ON bread and butter If we
can get sidewalks for instance, a-la-Ar- |
kansas-law. Let's put down the side
walks, anyway, and live like our more
fortunate neighbors in the states. II we
can't move the mountain, we can move
10 the mountain.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
A Destructive Fire.

To draw the fire out of a burn, o.
heal a cut without leaving a scar, use
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A spe-
cific for piles. Get the genuine. J.
L. Tucker, editor of the Harmonizer,
Centre, Ala, writes: II have used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve in my
family for piles, cuts and burns. 1t
is the best salye on the market. Ey-
cry family should keep it on hand.
Sold by Peoples drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
STATEHOOD
BILL is DEAD
Passed Away Yesterday In The
Presence of The Confer
ence Committee.
KILLED BY A CANNON
StrangIed to Death in The
House of Its Friends.

Statehood is dead, at least for this
session. 1t was victim Of the house
conferees, who had plotted to kill the
bill. Speaker Cannon delt the final
blow and will receive a great share Of
the blame.
Like the Siamese twins, we were
linked to Arizona and New Mexico
and to seperate us meant death, and
when the Arizona New Mexico annex
died, there was no chance to save
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, con-
sequently they met from time to time
and allowed the bill to die a natural,
yet untimely death.
Senator Bailey made strong fight
to save it, but his assistance came too
late. He lays the blame on ESenators
Teller and Blackburn and will retalli-
ate on them at the next session.
Here at home, tie people, as a
whole, are glad the fight has ended
They had become tired Of the spar
ring that has been going on for the
past TWO months, between senators
and members of the house.
A few boomers who have looked
forward to statehood as their only
chance Of financial salvation, have
become discouraged and are emigrating
to Canada and elsewhere, but the sol
id and substantial citizens and home
seekers are here to stay, realizing that
statehood will come sometime and
they will be ready to receive it when
it comes.
Yes, they'r going to leave this coun-
try, they are going on the cars; they
have hitched their little wagons to
the smoothest kind Of stars, they have
sold their rights and chattles and are
badly down in mouth; they going from
the country, to the north and to the
south. They will leave artesian wa
ter and Peruna far behind, fos tie
land of greener pastures, where the
waters turn to wine. And their pock-
cts now are bulging, for their i'm
proyements they have sold, and they'll
blow their little fortunes in an anx-
ious search for gold, where the
swamps are fun Of serpents, and mus
quitoes full of tunes, and the climate
full Of ague and the people full Of
prunes. They are going from the
country, they are going of in style,
and the real estate agents will absorb
their little pile.
They'll be coming back to locate
when a year or two has flown; we
shall know that they're approaching
when we hear them weep and groan,
they'll be coming back to settle, and
they'll all be fiecked with flies: they'll
be coming on the hog tiain, They'll Il be
coming on the ties; they'll be coming
sore and needy, full Of oaths and woe
and bile, and they won't look like the
farmers that are going now in style;
and the fatted calves won't perish to
relieve their doleful dumps, for the
calves were not intended to refresh a
race Of chumps
Still the wise men face the music,
and they'll stay right where they are,
and do not hitch their wagon to an
immigration" star, for they know at
the next session, statehood sure, is
bound to come, and we mention this
in passing, we win put up no more
'mun."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04

The Home Missionary society Of the
Methodist church will meet at the
church Tuesday, 3 p N, March T. All
members are requested to be present
as it win be the time to elect officers
for the year and Important matters
will come before the meeting.
H. H. WATSON. Pastor.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
The Best cough syrup.

S. L. Apple, ex-Probate Judge, OF
tawa, Co. Kansas, writes; "This is
to say that 1 have used Billiards.
Horehound Syrup for years, and that
l 90 not hesitate to recommend IL as
used" 25c, 50c and sl.O0 at Peoples
drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
Invaluable for Rheumafism.

- have been suffering for the past
ew years with a severe attack Of
rheumatism and found that Ballard's
Snow Liniment was the only thing
that gave me satisfaction and tended
to alleviate my pains. March a, 1902,
John C. Degnan, Kinsman, Ills. 25c,
SOC and s1O0 at Peoples drug store.dw
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
Masonic Meeting.

Vinita Lodge No. A. f. and A. n.
will hold regular communication
this evening at 7:30 O'Clock. All men,
bers requested to be present. Visit
ing brethren cordially invited.
AUGUST SCHLIECKER, w. NJ.
J.H. BUTLER, Secy.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04

The rain this morning put a damper
on Saturday business.
w. r. and Geo. F. Badgett are in
Joplin today on business.
Jackson Bros sold 400 bushels Of
seed oats to the Snyder Elevator COM
pany, Of Pryor Greek. 1t is being
hauled from here today in wagons.
Garden seed at Frazee's. 115-tf
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-04
FoIey's Honey and Tar

Cures coughs and colds.
Cures bronchitis and asthma.
Cures Group and whooping cough.
Cures hoarseness and bronchial
troubles.
Cures pneumonia and la grippe. Sold
by Peoples Drug Store. DIV
Arizona republican., 1905-12-20

the curtains of Solomon. Congress ought not to place itself in the atti tude of trifling with the affections O such a winsome and unsophisticateC damozel.
 Moreover there is an element O. danger in such trifling. Arizona ha. her friends Far be it from us to in timate that congress stands in i'm minent danger of assassination; it is sufficient to point out that AriZona's admirers are souls of fire and children of the sun. Their tempers have bser filed to a hairtrigger petulance by senatorial contumely and lcng neglect Last winter they were stung to the quick by the proposal to slice off part of Arizona and add it to Utah. This winter if Arizona should be injurious ly treated, revenge may supplant pa tience as a virtue in the passionate hearts of ArZona's friends. For they are under a strain.
 Here, for instance, is Col. Fremont F. Wood, of Naco. valued contributor to the Post, an AriZonian of valor and sure aim, what is even more to be feared, a poet. His attitude at present is one of forbearance. Of willingness to give congress another chance. Bat
  may discern the seething fires. Osten- sibly ar apostrophe to Arizona. Colonel Woods poetry is in reality a dark hint to congress that the strain must not be continued to the snapping point. He suggests chaos and things accurst: 70 Arizona Thou tawney, thorny
 land
 Of devilish things and blazing sand; Where things most choice and things
 accurst
 With equal plenty are disburst;
 Where best on earth, and all earth'5
 worst
 Have marshaled here to here disband And gloat with Chaos on the sand If this is not a friendly nudge to congress we mistake the occult mean ing of Colonel Wood Yet he gees still further and faster:
 70 Arizona! Thou eternal land of won
 der,
 Creations choicest, richest geologic
 blunder!
 Thou well may'st knock at state
 hoods gate
 And take the sovereignty of statei The world applauds thy stately thun~
 der.
 Seeing the awful strain you're under Here, then, is distinct and formal notice that Arizona is under an aw- full strain. and that she may well take statehood, if the gate of statehooi is not opened unto her. If the American congress knows when the danger line is reached, it will declare it's intentions towards Arizona, or incur the risk Of hearing plainer language from Colonel Wood, of Naco.'"
Arizona republican., 1905-12-20
ARIZONA POETRY
 NOT AT THIS TIME
HoW One of the Territory's Cham.
 pions Has Seen Diverted.

In the various struggles of this ter ritory to break into the union and to keep out of it. the Washington Post has always been Arizona's consistent friend. It has lately been devoting much valuable editorial space to show ing the injustice of the presidential or der and to advising congress to let Ari- Zona alone if it does not want to be the lesser half of a state. The ar guments of the Post have bean pro- found and earnest and vigorous, leav- ing no doubt of it's sincere advocacy of the rights of the territory.
 But the other day it printed an edi- torial based largely on the poetry Of the territory and there is more than suspicion that the Post was not in deadly earnest. A well meaning citi- zen has set one of the champions of Arizona to laughing at a time when there is need of seriousness. It would be we'll for those Arizonians who have poetic instincts to wear muzzles until the present crisis has passed. The poet is capable of deadly harm at this juncture. Ordinarily he is harmless; he, is, it is true, always liable to excite gentle laughter if not derision by his ridiculous efforts to soar but or dinary times laughter wouldn't hurt. These are not ordinary times, and just now when the Post should be busily en- gagged in hammering the territory's enemies at Washington, it is tempted 10 drag the literature of Arizona to the front and poke fun at it as follows:
 No man having his share of the bowels of compassion can fail to yearn with Arizona. The hour of her des- tiny approaches. She stands trembling. waiting, fearing. Is she to be forced into an odious miscegenation with New Mexico, or is she to be crowned with sovereignty as the sunburnei but beauteous little sister of a glorious sisterhood? Congress will face this al- ternative, and Arizonas fate is in its hands. Let the lawmakers remember that. while Arizona may be dusky, she is comedy as the tents of Kedar and
Arizona republican., 1905-12-20
FAIR PREPARATIONS
 {? APPROACHING A CLOSE
The Down Town Office is to be Closed
 Today.

Superintendent Clark of the fair yesterday received information that he could expect today from Prescott, free of freight charges by the railroad com pany, the big block of granite to be used in the drilling contests at the fair ground during fair week. The granite was secured by Frank Wright the Yavapai county commissioner, from II. M. Hartsten, the owner of the Prescott quarry. who kindly donated the big stone to the purpoaes of the fair.
 Superintendent Clark will today close the down town office of the fair and move it's furnishings to the fair grounds which will hereafter be head quarters for fair business.
 Several items were given out yes terday concerning the amusement fea- lures of fair week. One is the an- nOUncement b:y J. B. Alexander who has charge of the amusement features of Indian day, Wednesday. that he eX- poets on that day, that there will be 5000 Indians present to participate in the exercises and their enjoyment. IL will he one of the feature days of the fair and of all days the one the tour ist will most desire to see if interest cd iH tie re2! native Arizonian both savage and civilized. There will be Q great variety of Indian sports that will be interesting both to the natives and to the whites.
 The carnival company is preparing for great things for fair week It is engaged in overhauling the properties and painting them up and preparing for new start in fife. It is also ar ranging for the adding of some new features to it's aggregation of shows. The carnival will give both day and evening performances the evenings be ing devoted entirely to carnival and other Hassayamp attractions.
 Announcement is made of another feature of The Hassayamp. It is known as the mechanical city. It will not be a funny show but only an ex- hibition of mechanical genius.
 Probably the greatest novelty will be Q flying machine. The management of the fair has been in correspondence with the Golden State Flying Machine company whose headquarters is in Los Angeles. Yesterday the manage ment wired Commissioner Packard who is now in Los Angeles. to close the contract with them. That he will do so $ not definitely known but un- less something unforeseen occurs he probably will. This is said to be a flying machine that flies and it is ex- pected there will be daily flights. Be- tween times the machine will be in tent for exhibition.
 There will be the usual high dive among the free shows offered by the carnival company and which though not new thing is always one feature that attracts, the diver being a wo- man.
 Arrangements have been made with Sheriff Walker for the proper policing of the grounds at night.
Arizona republican., 1905-12-20
METALS.

New York, Dec. 19.-Copper was higher in London. closing at e79 los for spot and &78 17s Sd for futures. Local situation unchanged, no sup plies of consequence being available this side of April delivery. Lake and electrolytic quoted at S1S.5Od190O and casting at $1S17@1S.6215.
 Lead was 2s 6d lower at G16 IFS Cd in the London market. Locally lead was quiet and unchanged at $5.35@ 6.10.
 Spot advanced ten points to $6.55O O 6.65 in local market while the price remained unchanged at e28 12s Cd in London. Solver 655s. Mexican dol lars. 5OA.
Arizona republican., 1905-12-20

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