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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-10-03

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new commonwealth II a thing o
the past. Victory FOR one polIt
lcal party means disappointment
10 the other. At present tbs
rooster crows while the agile re
adjusts her feathers.
The new state Of Oklahoms
has a great future She is des
tined 10 be ono OF the foremost
states In she union. Her broad
sweeping pralrles, her fine agri
cultural. lands, her rich mineral
and timber resources are capa'
BILE OF producing unlimited
wealth; her citizenship Is some
thing Of which we can justly bc
proud while her statesmen arr
destined 10 take an active part in
the affairs cf the nation.
TO have stability our state
must have purity IN politics,
government and society This
can only be done by honest bal,
lots and honest living II men
are not honest with themselves
they cannot be expected 20 be-
honest with one another Ev.
cry good citizen should condemn
the underhanded methods adopt
ed by all political parties in 10.
nuencing the honest ballot as
long as such practices are In.
dulged we cannot expect honest
results
The greatest privilege : state
can confer upon men is the right
OF elective franchise. No man
can vote an honest ballot II he
allows any force 10 influence HIM
In the course OF duty. whether
that influence be through money,
liquor, party or race prejudice,
II man fails 70 vote his inner.
most convictions because OF such
influence he fails 10 do his fnll
aaty a. a good citizen.
The separate clause, relative
10 the sale Of intoxicating liquor
IN The new state. was an impor.
tant factor in the last election.
Each Of the great parties agreed
that prohibition was not a polit
cal pat d moral issue. which Il
correct, but many a good candi
date owes his defeat 10 TIE fact
that be failed to state clearly
and definitely hIs position nela
live % this matter
True, prohibition Is a moral i
Tue bat the people Of any CON
nonwealth have the right 10
ynox where their candidates for
,osiiions OF trust stand on such /
questions. 1 fair question de
Ierven an honest answer Men
Ihouid be honest with them !
II q man honestly Be
ieves that the saloon OF sale OF
utoxieation liquors promote
TODD citizenship and that a
trunk man Is As good or safe a
itixen drunk ~ when sober. he
houid 50 vote aud 50 speak.
'ut i he believes the reverse 70
e true. heshould 50 state aud
peak No good citizen will 10.
eutloually iniue bis neighbor
r his family
Il has been said the law pro
hitting The sale Of intoxicating
quors cannot be- enforced. /
Prohibition, Or any other law. IS
aeetiye only 10 proportion 70
ue number Of lood citizens who
clip 10 enforce III
When men vote their honest
ouvletions. irrespective Of par.
or prejudice. we viii az once
ave a wonderful reformation in
government and society.
yhen every good citizen Of this
reat commonwealth shall DO
is honest duty We viii have
appy homes and the greatest
tate in the American union
THos. Il. LosEY.
Atoka, |, T. Sept Il, 1907.
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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-10-03

Read Bryans article on the
Oklahoma Victory IL this IS.
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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-10-03

Cblekasha is 10 have a new
81, go packing house plant
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Everybody can now begin to
make new set of resolutions for
the coming year. Each of us
should aim to make them good
ones-a set of resolutions that
will have an uplifting tendency,
and which, by the way: Will gain
the respect Of those whom we most
honor. Surprising that the shade
of Andrew jackson, seventh presi-
dent of the United States, should
guide our pens while we were
drawing up these resolutions.
What would be his first rule? It
would read something like this:
"By the eternal gods! Hence
forth [ shall be an honest man!'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

saw that it was all up with the boy
unless we could get the ropes to him.
We ran along the bank shoutin' COM
mands, but he was swept along Eastern
we could run. Just ahead was a bend,
and Tom hurried toward there hopin'
to be able to throw rope, but in less
time than it takes to tell it we see the
roam turn over in midstream. The
next that we saw of them was the roam
floatin' round the bend. Jimmy had
disappeared.
"For three days we rode up and
down along the river. On the second
day one of the boys come across the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
Dew Years EoIiday.

The was no work at the prison
on New Years Day. The custom
airy holiday privileges were ex-
tended by permitting the men to
congregate in the dollhouse corri-
doris. At half past eight the men
were unlocked from their cells and
marched around the yard for a few
moments, after which they wentto
the dollhouse corridors. The mo-
ment the gong sounded to break
ranks everybody began wishing
each other a Happy New Year. To
the newcomers it appeared rather
strange that mon situated as we
are could greet each other in such
a cheerful, breezy way. After they
have been here awhile they, too,
will realize that it is better to be
happy than discontinued.
While the men were enjoying
themselves in the dollhouse, Band
master Burchard's musicians we're
stationed on one of the top gal.
leries and gave a continuous per-
Torrance. Everybody seemed to
think the band is the thing nova
days, and it was the object of many
complimentary remarks.
At half past eleven the men
marched to the diningrooms to
partake of a holiday dinner. In
the afternoon each man was per-
mitted to write an extra letter.
The following is the concert pro-
gram:
March-"SOldiers of Fortune" ..... ..... Boyer
Concert Waltz-"Dream Grip. Harlem
Overture-"Kings Lieutenant. ........ Durand
IntermeZzO-'My IdOl". Arnold
March-"Canadian Club" Huff
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
Prison Population.

The number of incoming and
outgoing prisoners was about equal
this week. There we're five arri-
walls and four discharged.
The population of the prison is
7O4, distributed as follows: First
grade, 556, second grade, 1876, and
third grade Is.
The last register numberi is 2O31.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

For the information of new arrivals
and all others desiring to send The
MIRROR to friends we wish to say that
the privilege will be granted by COM
plying with the following rules: Write
out your own name and register num-
Der and send to this Office with name
and address of person to whom paper is
to be sent. Each paper must be kept
clean and folded in the same manner as
1t is when you receive it and placed in
your door every Fridsy night. All IN
mates are requested to comply with this
order whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

roam, fifty feet or so from the bank of
the river and dead. The bride was
gone and the saddle Embossed, which
showed that the boy had tried to give
the horse show. The next morning
the waters had receded and we found
Jimmy. In his death grasp he held
the bride reiEs, the bit had caught on
"a stump and held him there, else no
one can say where his body would have
been found. Well, we made a rude
coffin, dug grave on Sentinel Butte,
buried the boy, and next day proceeded
on the roundup"
Here Harris paused and Adams
asked: "Did you say that the boy was
buried on old Sentinel ButN? And
did his relatives turn up?"
"The company made inquiries, but
couldn't learn more'n that he was sail
in under an alias, an was probably
from Boston. He was mighty fine
chap, perhaps, like many another, a
little reckless. Be that as it may, old
Sentinel Butte guards his secret and
past, if he had them, as it does his
body.
"This happened when the elements
were raging, as tonight; that's how !
come to think of it. Seeing you're
drowsy I'll postpone the entertainment
till the next time I'm reminded"
ERID,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Guard Humphreys had the mis-
fortune to drop his watch down
the sewer in shop K one day re-
GENTLY. When he heard it drop
he began to whistle, but it did
not stop. It kept right on going
Unto the pipe). Hereafter Mr..
Humphreys will attach cable to
his super" and thus avoid the
services of three plumbers to re-
cover it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

The following dispatch appeared
III the Twin City papers last Mon
day: F. Fl. Hamilton, formerly a
reporter for the Minneapolis
Times, died of pneumonia Satur-
day in San Francisco. A few years
ago he figured in a tragedy in
which Leonard Day was killed at
the West Hotel in Minneapolis.
He resumed newspaper work two
years ago on the San Francisco
Examiner and was employed there
at the time of his death.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03


Bank where the river is about
ten feet wide, as clear as crystal,
and cold as ice, and then some
colder? Well, they who have
not been there have missed one of
natures most beautiful scenes.
The mountains appear to be only
a short distance away, but IN real
ity they are many miles. The
mountains are covered with snow
on their tops, with green and gold
down on their sides, and "Big
Chief" the tallest peak in sight,
with a cap of silver, (causeo by
the sun shining on the SNOWY
stands like big sentinel over all.
There is ranch located down
in the valley within sight of all
this splendor. It is owned by
friend of mine. I was working
there one summer with Hank
making hay, when I first got &C
quainted with Apply. Who's
Apply? Why [ will tell you.
Apply was the best hunk of crow
bait that ever loped under sad
die. He could do anything but
talk and he could do that in his
own way. I will tell you how l
came to meet him. We were
stacking hay in a corral one day
when Billy the boss came out
there with a chunk of paper.
Listen to this, he says: "Mr.
William Witzel, you are invited
to attend a dance at Anderson's
ranch. Be sure and fetch Hank
and his side-kicker.''
1--WE will sure co." says Hank.
EDO tell! Who's boss here?
We don't ride sixty miles over on
the Marias to a dance and leave
all this hay down." says Billy.
Then Hank and I tried to make
him see the light. I guess he did
see it finally, because when we let
up he said we were going. We
left the ranch early next morning.
Well, we had been riding several
hours when I saw a small cyclone
sailing along just ahead. 81,
Hank, what in the blazes is
that?' I asked.
'That," said Hank, sis the best
cayuse in the state of Montana.
Nobody can catch him, as he is the
swiftest bunch of hide and bones
on four legs; he is an 'appylau-
cian,' spike-tailed Arabian"
easy Hank" says I; "break it
up. Don't try to use such Ian
guage, as you might get hyster-
ical and we will then mise the
dance"
"Well," says Hank, she is
kind of roam; he has got two wall
eyes and stump of a tail, and just
a small name. That's what we
call an appalachian hereabouts.
He was the prettiest horse I
had ever seen. "Bub,'' says
Hank, ride towards him and per-
haps you might get close enough
to rope him." 1 rode within fifty
feet of him and then he flew.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Mr.. Smith, Of Saltwater, for
merly guard at this institution,
was added to the guard force re-
Gently. Mr.. Smith took hold of
things as tho he had been away
but a few days.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
Ne and Ny Chum Apply.

~~~
You couldn't fool him; he had
seen cowpunchers before. We
rode on to the dance, and had
good time, too. Was you ever at
a cowboy hop? No. Well 1 will
tell you. It's the most "orny6ed"
kind you ever saw, with high
heeled boots, spurs and all. Some
of the cowboys are as graceful at
dancing as cub bear is at pick
ing it's teeth. They will trot
around on your "cornfeld," and
then walk around on your upper
lip if you protest. I got away
alive and no more; slept in the
saddle all the way to town, and
when 1 woke up some Of the boys
from the Lazy F had me turned
upside down shaking me out to
see if I had enough money with
which to buy smokes. They then
tackled Hank, and they earned all
they got.
While they were fighting Hank,
Bill caught hold of me and led me
over to the corral. Doggone my
orney hide if they didn't have the
"appylaucian" in there. They
caught him in a couley that had
but one end, then roped him and
brought him to town. Now, I'm
not Dragging, but I can ride some,
enough to hold my own anyway.
Well, the boys threw me into
the corral, gave me my saddle and
the best lariat in the outfit, and
told me to rope, saddle, and ride
him. Of course I tried to beg of,
but it was no go. They said I
had to ride or stay there until I
did. After hard battle, I finally
mounted him and started around
the corral as fast as he could go.
He got part way around and con-
cluded he would stop. 1 kept
right on going, and tried to make
the rest of the circuit alone, but
the fence got in the way, or I
might have been going yet. I got
up and tried him again. He was
the best bucker I ever tackled.
I held him down for nearly an
hour and I am sure he was as
ready to quit as [ was.
The boys were leaning up
against the fence passing remarks.
"Stick to him, kid" Bill would
yell; then he would have spasm.
Hank was black in the face from
laughing. The horse gave in after
a while and I rode him around so
the boys could see him step.
Apply and I got to be the best of
friends. We used to sleep under
the same blanket when on round
up, and you can bet your stack
that wherever I went, the horse
went, too. He took me thru the
worst snow storm it has ever been
my luck to meet up with. Ididn't
expect to get out alive, and I made
up my mind that, if he saved me,
we would be chums for life. That's
why we are chums, Apply and I.
1906.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
CHAPEL Service.

The following is the program of
the service held in the chapel
Sunday, December 3Oth, Rev. s.
j. Kennedy officiating:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
Wise and Otherwise.

3-By G. A. Y.-G
Never kick man when he is
down-unless you are dead surehe
will never get up again.
Mustaches are becoming as
common in and around the cell
house as brides in June.
What do you imagine, ny dear
boy, you and l will be doing q
year from todayp Neither of as
can even make fair guess.
No human being was ever erea-
ted, but that he could do some
one thing we'll. The chief diff
Guilty most people experience is in
finding their proper vocation in
life.
The year 1907 is upon us and
has, like all it's predecessors,
brought it's millions to the rapids;
none of us know what of veal or
woe the new year has in store for
us, and it is we'll that it is so.
Life is too short to scrap, fight
and accumulate bunch ofenemies
who pass you by with neither word
nor look. Just imagine how you
would feel if you and your enemy
should suddenly be transferred to
the new Jerusalem, and set to sing
ing tenor in the heavenly choir,
and that you both had to sing out
of the same book! Get together,
and sweeten up, before it is too late.
L was agreeably surprised week
or so since to find among my ex-
changes copy of the st. Louis
Mirror; it seemed like meeting an
old friend, and revived memories
of our friend A Kser Ben, who
swore by William Marion Reedy
and Willie Hearst. [ am under
great obligations to my smiling
friend on the third gallery for SO
kindly remembering me.
I was reading just recently of
carpenter who stopped driving a
nail when the noon whistle blew.
It is needless to say that this man
will remain only a roustabout
board butcher with an ear ever
open to the call of the dinner horn
to the end of the chapter. A man
who is interested in his work has
mighty little use for clock.
Working by the clock, because
you are compelled to work, is the
incarnation of slavery.
Napoleon told his soldiers that
each one carried marshaps baton
in his knapsack, the inference be-
ing that no matter how humble
ones place was in his army, ability
and devotion to duty would entitle
him to promotion, even to mar
shalship, but this country goes
Napoleon several times better.
Only the other day Oscar Straus a
Jew, VINO few years ago carried
a pack on his back and peddled
thru the South, was appointed
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
in President Roosevelt's cabinet.
ICortelyou who was stenographer
a few years ago, is now Secretary
of the Treasury. There is in this
country always room at the top
for the man who possesses energy
and brains.
There is no fool like an old fool.
An old chap down in Oklahoma
who possesses more money than
brains wanted young wife. He
found a sixteen-year-old girl who
would marry him for a bonus of
$1,000 to be paid her mother, and
the purchase of certain house,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
CHURCH NOTICE.

Service in the Prison Chapel at nine
O'Clock every Sunday morning. Pro-
testant and Catholic service every
alternate Sunday. Rev. s. j. Ken
nedy, and Rev. FIR. COrcOran chap
lainS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

March-"COllege Life" ............. Orchestra
Doxology ...... 49,. Congregation
Invocation Rev s. j. Kennedy
Gloria. Congregation
scripture. .R0V. 5. j. Kennedy
Hymn-"I Need Thee Every Hour" Congregation
Prayer. ......... Rev. S. j. Kennedy
Quartet-"Sleep Thy Last Sleep" Flagler 80.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Members of Choir
sermon Rev. 3. j. Kennedy
IntermeZzo-"A Bird of Paradise" Matthews
................... Orchestra
Hymn-"My Country IT'S of Thee", $685..
............ .............. ..... Congregation
Benediction. .................R Rev. 8. j. Kennedy
March--"The Breakers. Orchestra
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Mr.. Lewis, recently soldier at
Fort Smelling, was assigned to duty
as guard last Saturday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Guard Husting returned from
his furlough last Tuesday morning
and is again in charge between the
Oatas
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Twenty additional shields we're
placed on the spinners in the Irvine
plant so as to insure perfect safe
ty to those working about them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

The Board of Pardons will hold
it's regular quarterly meeting next
Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

| O'Clock every Sunday morning. Pro- II
| teStant and Catholic service every III
| alternate Sunday. Rev. s. j. Ken
needy. and Rev. FIR. Corcoran chap
/ lains. II
LOCAL NEWS.
Steward Coles was in st. Paul
last Saturday on business.
The Board of Pardons will hold
its regular quarterly meeting next
Monday.
Mr.. Lewis, recently soldier at
Fort Smelling, was assigned to duty
as guard last Saturday. -
Guard Husting returned from
his furlough last Tuesday morning
and is again in charge between the
gates.
The occupant of cell 619 would
like to exchange the Motor World
and the American Inventor, for
Modern Mexico.
Charles M. Mcclure, agent for
New Zealand binder Irvine fibre
concern, spent the day as guest
of Warden Wolfer last Monday.
Twenty additional shields we're
placed on the spinners in the Irvine
plant so as to insure perfect safe
ty to those working about them.
The following transfers were
made during the past week: 345
to 1884; 612 to cot 6; al to cot 7;
10 to GAL; 176 to cot s; 1874 to hosp.
Miss Mary Strangl, ofSt. Cloud,
Mimi, Leone Stocking, of Lisbon,
New York, and Mr.. T. G. Stock
ing, of Saltwater, passed thru the
institution last Friday morning.
Twenty-one prisoners we're &C.
cuping cots in the dollhouse cor
ridors last Saturday. However,
there are still few vacant cells,
but these are for incoming prison.
ers.
The titles of the papers to be
read at next Sundays meeting of
the local Chautauqua Circle are as
follows: "Race Prejudice" ''The
Formation of Thought" GLOW
Money is Made and Destroyed"
and "Wells Street, It's nhabitants."
Representative John Zelch, Of
Washington County, contemplates
introducing bill in the legisla-
ture to establish state fish hatch
cry on the site of the new prison.
Evidently there will be proviso
incorporated in the bill forbidding
the prisoners from raising suckers.
The funeral of Mr.. j. S. Glen
non occurred last Friday morning,
and it was one of the largest held
in Saltwater for some time. As
q tribute of their esteem to the
departed, the officers and guards
of this institution presented to
the bereaved family to lay upon
the casket beautiful floral de-
sign entitled, "Gates Ajar."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Charles M. Mcclure, agent for a
New Zealand binder Irvine fibre
concern, spent the day as guest
of Warden Wolfer last Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

The occupant of cell 6l9 would
like to exchange the Motor World
and the American Inventor, for
Modern Mexico.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Miss Mary Strangl, of st. Cloud,
Mimi, Leone Stocking, ofLisbon,
New York, and Mr.. T. G. Stock
ing, of Saltwater, passed thru the
institution last Friday morning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
LOCAL NEWS.

Steward Coles was in St. Paul
last Saturday on business.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Twenty-one prisoners were &C.
cuping cots in the dollhouse cor
ridors last Saturday. However,
there are still a few vacant cells,
but these are for incoming prison
ars-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

The titles of the papers to be
read at next Sundays meeting of
the local Chautauqua Circle are as
follows: "Race Prejudice" ''The
Formation of Thought" GLOW
Money is Made and Destroyed, )"
and "Wells Street, It's Inha bitants."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

The following transfers were
made during the past week: 345
to 1884; 6l2 to cot 6; al to cot Z;
10 to GAL; 176 to cot 8: 1874 to hosp.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03
j NJ MY R AND.

CONTINUED from page one.)
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-01-03

Representative John Zelch, Of
Washington County, contemplates
introducing bill in the legisla-
ture to establish state fish hatch
cry on the site of the new prison.
Evidently there will be a proviso
incorporated in the bill forbidding
the prisoners from raising suckers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-28
QUEER NAMES USED IN CHINA,
Much the Same Idea as That OF the
North American Indian.

I'VE Chinese said the law student,
give our children queer names. Our
girls. for instance are not callod
Mabel, Jenny or Matilda, but Cloudy
Moon. Celestial Happiness. Spring
Peach or Casket of Perfumes. Our
boys get less delicious names. Boys
are made for work and wisdom rather
than for dancing and pleasure, and
their names show this, as Practical
Industry Ancestral Knowledge, Com.
plete Virtue, Ancestral Piety, Discreet
Nalor To our slaves we give still an
other set of names Yes, those dear,
pathetic little slaves of ours. some
girls, some boys, who do hundred
various little tasks about the house.
these lowly creatures have names like
Not For Me, JOY to Serve, Your Hap
piness and Humble Devotion
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-28
TODAYS PLAYS
AT OPERA HOUS[
PAUL GILMORE IN "THE WHEEL.
OF LOVE" WILL GIVE TWO
PERFORMANCE MATINEE
AND NIGHT. vi

Paul Gilmore with a strong com
pany will hold the boards at the opera
house this afternoon and tonight IN
''The Wheel of Love-" Admission at
matinee, Is and 80 cents. Children %
cents. Night, $3.50. s1.00, IS, 80 and
25 cents. The new Gilmore stellar
vehicle is in three acts, the scenic in
vestiture of which is very handsome.
The audience is carried during the ac-
ton from bautiful Lake Hopatcong in
New Jersey to the Rosebud Ranch in
Texas, tarrying on the Isle of Man.
haitian en- route. Mr.. Hobart's best
brand of humor peryades the comedy
and all the characters are given clever
lines to recite and an audience fol-
lows these with close attention be-
cause they are out of the ordinary.