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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

Every form of distressing ailment
known as piles originates internally.
The real cause of the trouble is in
side. Manzan is put up in collapsible
tubes with nozzle. so the medicine can
be applied where it will do the most
good, and do it quickly. If you are
suffering with piles you owe yourself
the duty of trying Man Fan. Sold by
Brunt q Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

A little leaflet recently prepared I'M
der the direction of the department Of
agriculture and issued from the public
roads division states that Of 1915
miles Of public road in the state Of
New Hampshire 1,175 are surfaced
with gravel and 118 miles with stone,
making total of 1,293 miles Of i'm
proved roads, or about per cent of
the total.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

1t is as true Of people as of animals
that the disadvantages Of poor heredi-
ty are usually coupled with an unfa-
vOrable environment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

That arrangement of fellows work
is wrong which only allows him to
have on his best toys for his wedding
and his funeral.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

In addition to consuming a supply
Of fodder which is otherwise largely
wasted, sheep turned into the stubble
field destroy vast number Of weeds
and weed seeds which usually come to
hasty maturity after the grain Is cut.
1t would be worth while borrowing
your neighbours flock in order to have
this job done.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

The lad that is welded to a cob pipe
at fifteen seldom If ever afterward con-
tracts any other alliances that are
worth q continental
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

The ordinary community in the corn
belt does not raise kids enough to tend
a beet crop.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

That is level headed farmer, whose
finances will justify II, who has learned
the lesson of taking life's comforts as
he goes along to the point Of buying a
two seated automobile and taking his
family to town to attend church on
Sunday. 1t not only provides treat
for the wife and children and enables
the horses to take a needed rest, but
adds to the opinion which he holds of
himself as social and economic factor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

The 1900 tons of Chicago sewage
which Is daily turned into the Missis-
sippi was held by the court which re-
Gently tried the case brought by the
city of st. Louis for damages to be
more than Offset by the 100000 feet
Of pure water from Lake Michigan
with which it was mixed-in other
words, that this mixture was purer
than the run of Mississippi river water.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

The C. NJ and st. p. railroad is this
year experimenting with new plan
for the destruction of grass and weeds
along its right of way. 1t consists Of
a weed burner carrying long kero-
sene torch which extends the entire
distance between the rails and to the
grass line on either side. II the device
proves effective it will accomplish the
work that is now attended to by vast
army of section men the country over.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

Secretary Wilson of the department
Of agriculture lately expressed surprise
that some of the farmers Of the coun-
try had not gone into drug plant cult
walton. The United States last year
bought $64,OOO,OOO worth of drugs and
dyes, and he states that nearly every
dollars worth Of 1t could have been
secured from plants and weeds grown
in the United States. Camphor, which
is now SIPS per pound and gives prom
ise of being 81 next year, Is controlled
exclusively by Japan. Camphor trees
grow and will do well In the warmer
sections of the south. Licorice, which
Is imported to the value Of 100000 to
$1,000,OO0, will grow as far north as
Pennsylvania, while paprika pepper,
native of Hungary; belladonna.
wormseed, poke root, golden seal and
number of other native weeds may
be cultivated with greater profit than
many of the staple farm crops, as the
demand for them is steady and con.
stantly increasing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

Among the annual weeds that are
giving many farmers In the corn belt
trouble this year are the smartweeds
which got the upper hand as a result
Of wet spell which hindered cultiva-
ton at a critical stage. Once rooted
the ordinary corn pillow fails to dis
lodge them, while they are usually too
tough to be cut by the surface or knife
cultivator. They are best cleaned out
ty hand where the area covered is not
too large.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

Bulletin No. 100 issued by the Ken
lucky experiment station Is devoted
TO a description and some account Of
the so called cabbage snakes, a panic
over which did the cabbage growers Of
the country serious damage year or
so ago. They are described as spe-
cies Of worm, white, cylindrical and
having no trace of ordinary organs Of
locomotion or sense. The author states
that the cases of sickness caused by
them were without question the prod
uct Of the heated Imagination of some
newspaper reporter, for, while the
worm itself may not be pleasant to
contemplate. 1t is by no means pol
sonous.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

A mellow and golden old age. an
estate which we all prize and love and
hope some day to attain unto, Is merely
the harvest time of lifelong cheerful
ness. kindness and sympathy. While
these elements are to an extent inher-
ent in the soil Of human nature-tem-
permanent and disposition-the harvest
blessing from them can be greatly In
creased by painstaking care and Guilt
walton, line of endeavor that is at
once inspiring and accompanied by
most satisfying results.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-01

Congress has lately appropriated
100000 to import bugs which will de-
stroy the gypsy moths, which were
brought to this country some years ago
IN an experiment to determine whether
they would produce silk. They didn't
pan out for the purpose mentioned
worth cent, but rather began to de-
YOUR the trees Of Boston. Later they
spread through Massachusetts, and the
other New England states. The dam
age which has been done by them is es-
timated at millions of dollars.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17
ESCAPE {.
From vinita Fedora.
Jail in Darrough's
Four Years


Marshal w. II. Darrougb las just
completed a report showing the ar
rests THAT have been made SyNhis force
for The four years Of his
term that ended July /, 1906
1t shows that 2,664 prisoners have
been received in the federal jail here
by Jailor Wilkinson Of whom l,O44
served jail sentences and 6l0 were
sent to the penitentiary.
The most creditable feature Of he
report IS that there have been in the
entire four years but seven deaths m
jail. One man died from gun-shot
wound three from consumption, two
from spinal meningitis and one from
malarial fever Not one prisoner
has escaped from jail or from the
custody Of the m arshal in the four
years.
There have been 2,4O6 convictions
ia the four years, and 999 cases are
still pending OF these arrests, the
principal crimes have been: larceny
$40; murder,.Sl rape, Is; forgery 23;
disturbing religious worship, 43; har-
boring criminals, Is; fugitives from
Justice. 30; arson, liz: gaming 81; in
Producing and disposing, 1856; larceny
and receiving stolen property, A; ag-
gravated assault, 55; adultery, 81; dis
posing Of mortgaged property, 36; dis
turping the peace, 81; false pretense,
65; wearing weapon, IS; robbery, Is;
yagrancy, A; burglary, 80; introduce
ing liqucr2l2; cutting timber, 2s; em-
bezzlement, l3; fornication 81; insane
27: perjury, l6; contempt Of court, 25;
carnal knowledge, "a; assault to kill,
l6s.
During the past fiscal year 1921
prisoners were fed one day, three
meals, at a cost Of S5, 049, ,33, or a little
more than cents per prisoner per
day Under the old contract, with
meals costing I2l cents per prisoner
per day, the cost would have been s9,-
o743l, a saving Of s., ,O24 9s under the
new system.
In the past fiscal year the earnings Of
the marshal were 81, 7s6.25. The best
features Of the report are the remark
able record Of no escapes during four
years, Of only seven deaths in that
period, and the remarkably low cost
Of maintenance under the efficient
management Of Jailor Wilkinson
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17
NEGROES PLAN
A BIG PICNIC

The colored people on Grand river
in the vicinity Of Island ford are ar
ranging to combine their forces this
year and give the biggest celebration
onthe 4th Of August ever held in that
section Of the Cherokee nation. A
number Of prominent speakers have
been engaged for that date and an
effort will be made to get Governor
Frantz, Of Oklahoma, as one Of the
speakers. Among those who have
consented to be present are Col J. B..
Turner and Prosecuting Attorney
Stanfeld. Heretofore the crowd has
been divided between two picnics,
one on each side OF the river on the
same dates. but this year the warning
factions are getting together for one
united grand and triumphant cele-
bration.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17

Mass Meeting Appoints
Committee to Help
With Census

The mass meeting called to consult
with Judge Gill regarding the taking
Of a census Of the second recording
district was called to order by the
Judge in the court house at 1870 this
afternoon. There we're represent
atives present from almost every
township ia the district, showing that
much popular interest has been
aroused.
The judge made short address in
which he stated that the work Of the
convention would have nothing to do
with the creation Of counties or cf
delegate districts The creation OF
the districts, lie said, would depend
altogether upon population He de-
scribed briefly hts plan for ascertain
ing the population through the post
masters, and Judge Clayton's plan
for securing the Information through
the assistance Of volunteer enumera-
tors appointed in ass-meetings. He
said he had decided to call the people
together IN each district ii order
that they might begin at once 70 take
an interest in tie work Of the crea-
t0n Of new state
He decried any suggestion Of
peftisanship at this time, saying that
until the constitution is adopted ey-
cry man, regardless OF politics, should
work unltediy to make here a c0nsbi-
tuition without reference TO any party,
put with an eye to the good Of the
whole people,
lie then called Tor nominations for
chairman, and he himself was NOM
mated by T. +. McKane Of Centralia
and elected by accamation Il
N. Williamson of WEIGH was elected
secretary.
On motion Of f. S, u. Amos a COM
mittee Of eight was then appointed TO
select two men from each township
TO take a census of the township in
which they reside. The committee
consisted 5f W. J Forbes of Grove
Matt Telin Of Alton, f. H. Brady Of
Welch, d A. Wilson Of Bluejacket'
Joe SeQuichie Of Chelsea. Mr.. Conk-
rifiht and Il. T. McKane of Centralia.
and L. S. r Amos Of Vinita.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17
Executive Committees
Met Yesterday in
Guthrie

&. A. Davidson returned this morn
ing from Guthrie, where he and other
members Of the executive committee
of the Republican organization Of this
territory we're the guests yesterday Of
the Oklahoma executive committee.
The two committees did not ANAL
gamate. The Oklahomans, however,
will be the guests of the Indian Ter
ritory committee on July 81 in Bar
tlesville, and it is possible that some
steps may then be taken towards con-
solidation.
The Oklahoma organization voted
to hold congressional conventions in
the first, second and fifth districts on
August %. This is as early as they
can possibly be held, for the Oklahoma
law requires that thirty days notice
Of any primary must be given. The
primaries for tile election OF delegates
to the county conventions will be held
August 2l, the county conventions to
select delegates to the congressional
conventions on August 25.
The adoption Of this rule is a Nc
Guire victory. He and his friends de-
sire an early convention in order that
he may be nominated in the first dis
trict before any concerted opposition
to him can be worked up
The fifth district lies partly in In
dian Territory, and the Oklahoma
plan cannot be carried out there un-
less the Indian Territory committee
men at their Bartlesville meeting de-
eide to cooperate in the Mcclure
plan for early conventions.
The Indian Territory committee
will hold banquet the night Of July
30 in Bartlesyille, at which Governor
Frantz will be the principal speaker.
On the next day the question Of the
date for the congressional convention
win be taken up. Governor Franbz
will be the guest Of the Vinita Com.
mercial club either the Saturday be-
fore going to Bartlegyille or the Wed
nesday thereafter.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17

murders to their string And there
will probably be others before they
are caught, since that seems tc be the
purpose Of those who are stirring up
trouble down around Tahlequah
Marshal Darrough, when seen this
morning by a reporter was visibly
cut up. 81 throw up my hands he
said, broken-heartedly. II had hoped
to be senator from Oklahoma, but /
see now that my whole political
future il ruined. ! had thought 1t
was my duty to do my best to capture
those for whom have q warrant, but
it seems / was mistaken Ny whole
life has been wrecked
YSpeaking seriously, he said, 4
have one hundred men il jail here IN
Vinita. Each one Of them has just
as good a story to tell as s told for
tile Wickliffes, There is no guilty
man, If you listen to his story. Bnt
can't listen to what they have to say;
have to arresu those for whom
have warrants That's All ! care to
say"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17

for man to excel his fellow men, is
a system that the enlightened people
Of this age would not for a monent
tolerate; ands proceeding from his as
sumption that it is the aim of Social
ism to destroy the individual, DR.. Dix
on had no difficulty in showing that
in so doing the nation itself and all
civilization would also be destroyed.
DR.. Dixon insisted that we should
be extremely careful lest in advocat-
ing some seemingly innocent reform
we fasten the fetters of Socialism
upon us unwittingly. AT one point,
having been applauded fora particular
lY telling hit against the insidious ad-
vance of Socialism under pretext Of
the enlargement of the powers Of the
central government, he exclaimed,
"Ah, then / am glad to see that you
lall intend to vote the Democratic
sscket-"
For it cannot he denied that it is
the Republican party that has done
most to breed Unconscious Social
lists. The foundation of the Demo-
cratic party was that the state should
not do what the individual could do;
the doctrine of the Republican party
has been always more or less paternal,
and, to that extent, socialistic, for, as
the speaker pointed out, every time
the state takes upon itself any Of the
functions hitherto performed by the
individual, 1t is by just that much
|ceptralizing and increasing its powers,
and taking away from the opportuni-
ties Of the individual.
DR. Dixon admitted that there are
tremendous injustices in the present
industrial system, and that these do
more than all else combined to make
Socialists. He said these injustices
must be corrected, but did not say
how it could be done. He asserted,
too, that no Christian could be So
cialist, which will doubtless surprise
such Socialists as J. G. Phelps Stokes,
Owen Lovejoy, Joseph Medill Patter-
son and other young men whose lives
are being spent in doing the same
kind of work among the poor and per-
secuted that Christ did when on
earthH
But, whether one agree with all the
speaker said or not, one has to admit
that there has been no better speaker
on the Vinita platform than Or. Dix
on. He spoke for an hour and q half,
until 1880, and could have spoken an
hour and a half longer. Earnest, elo-
quent, winning in his personality, SUI
premely convinced Of the righteous
ness Of his cause, DR.. Dixon charmed
all who heard him, and will be wei
come here whenever he returns, and
those who heard him last night hope
it will be often.
Ralph Bingham gave delightful
entertaiDEent this morning toa large
crowe Moo that has been heard
here has so thoroughly enlisted the
sympathy Of his hearers as Mr. Bing-
ham. He scored one Of the biggest
hits of the entire Chautauqua.
This afternoon Sam Jones is speak
ing. 1t goes without saying that he
has big audience, and That he is
throwing it into them' in the good,
oil d-fashioned way.
This evening Kokichi Morimoto
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17
AFTER ST. LOUIS
ICE COMPANIES

st. Louis July II Circuit At
torney Sager today filed suits against
the Polar Wave Ice s. Fuel company
and the Merchants Ice g. Coal COM
pany charging that they have been in
a combination in restraint OF trade
and to fix and maintain the price Of
ice. Judgment against each company
for ST., 400 is asked as fines for TIA
days during which it is alleged the
Illegal combination has been in ef-
feet. 1t is also asked that the chart
ers Of the two companies be declared
void.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17
HARGIS is
NOT GUILTY

BeaJtyville, KY, July 1.-THE jury
in the Hargis and Callahan trial re-
turned a verdict Of not guilty today
after being out seventy-two minutes.
The cBse has been one Of the most
fought battles in a Ken
tucky court. The men were charged
with the murder Of J. B. Marcum.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17

will deliver his illustrated lecture on
Japan. Many Of his views are mo-
tion Ipictures, and all are charming
works Of Japanese art.
Tomorrow there will be a lecture in
the morning at lO;30on Daniel Among
the Politicians of Babylon. "by DR.. M
M. Parkhurst. At2:3O Thomas Elmore
Lucey, the poet-actor-author, will
give one of his delightful entertain
ments. In the evening, Frank II.
Camel will deliver an illustrated lee
ture on "The American Small Boy"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17
ARMISTICE
AGREED ON

Washington, July IT, The state
department received dispatches today
from the City Of Mexico, Guatemala,
City and San Salvador indicating that
all the powers involved IN the Central
American war are willing 70 agree
upon an armistice, which VIII prob
ably go into effect tomorrow evening
No further engagements have been
reported. The officials have no Sd
vices concerning the report Of heavy
losses 81 Hfe
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-17
LECTURER SEVERELY
SCORES SOCIALISM
Frank Dixon Says Socialism IS Grow
ing Rapidly and Is the Country's
Greatest Danger

Those who attended the session Of
the Chautauqua last night were treat.
ed to an exceptionally fine program.
The lecturer of the evening was Paul
M. Pearsonof Philadelphia, but Frank
Dixon, who had failed to arrive in
time for the afternoon lecture, was
also present and delivered his address.
The people we're privileged, therefore,
to listen to ''double-header, as Mr..
Pershing called it, participated in by
two Of the very best speakers who
have been heard here.
Prof. Pearson was billed to speak on
Plantation Days" but at the last
moment changed his subject and
spoke on James Whitcomb Riley. 1t
was one Of the most entertaining lee
lures listened to in the big tent Prof.
Pearson has an extremely melodious
voice, perfectly fitted by nature as a
medium for the recitation of the
sweet verse Of the Hoosier poet The
lecture consisted mostly of selections
from Rlley's works, both poetry and
prose, but was interspersed with COM
nent that enabled one, to secure new
insight into his life and character.
Or. Dixon followed Prof Pearson.
He was introduced by w. II. Korne-
gay,with whom he went to college back
ia North Carolina.
Dr. Dixon spoke as had been an
nounced, on 1.-THE Man Against the
lass, or the Perils Of Socialism" He
Is perhaps the foremost anti-Sociafist
lecturer on the American platform,
and 1t would be hard to find anywhere
Ia more gifted speaker than he His
voice is music itself, his manner per-
suading, his language always the
right word in the right place, and he
has a gift OF sarcasm unsurpassed
It's not the rough, rasping sarcasm Of
a Sam Jones; it is playful humorous,
velvety; you laugh and it is not until
later THAT you find you have been
laughing at yourself
In the doctors opinion the gravest
Danger now confronting the American
people is the peril Of Socialism. 1t is
dangerous not so much from the num-
Der of its openly-avowed adherents,
Though they are increasing at sur
prising rate, as from the the number
cf unconscious Socialists, men who
are drifting towards Socialism with
out realizing it.
In beginning his lecture he differ
entiated Socialism and Anarchy, the
latter aiming at the total destruction
Of all government, the former having
for its aimythe Capitalization in the
eovernmeft OF all the forces Of pro-
Nucuion. The only thing the two have
ih common is the desire to make men
equal. Between Socialism and An
archy stands Democracy, which alone,
adopting the good features Of each an
tagonistic system, is able to preserve
ne individual
For the speaker insisted that it is
the aim Of Socialism to destroy the
individual, to subordinate him to the
government, to lose him in the mass.
He quoted no authority for this state
ment, but upon it he nevertheless
based his whole argument.
OF course a system that would be
the means of destroying individuality.
OF removing altogether all incentive