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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
CANNON IS SILENT
NO TIPS AT CAPITAL FOR THE
OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS.
PRESIDENT is ONLY HOPE
Ledbetter Will Advise Convention
to Place Entire Responsibility
on Republicans.

Washington, May 2l- The Demo
cratic delegation from the Oklahoma
constitutional convention tried in
vain today to get some information
concerning what the department. of
justice thought of the constitution in
its present form and what provisions
must be eliminated for 1t to pass the
president,
1.-THE bars are higher here than we
anticipated finding them, said w.
A. Ledbetter, head OF the delegation.
"If the president turns us down we
shall 60 back TO Oklahoma and advise
the convention to take such action as
will put the responsibility Of defeat
ing statehood entirely upon the Re
publicans.
About all the advice the delega-
tion will get, " said a high official of
the government, lis to go back thome
and tell the members Of the constitu-
tional convention to perform their du-
ties as patriotic American citizens,
instead Of partisan politicians.
Speaker Cannon came in tonight
from New York. Relative to reports
connecting him with an alleged
plan ito keep Oklahoma out Of the
Union, he would say nothing.
~ am not going to talk about the
Oklahoma statehood situation" said
the speaker. 81 have no responsible
ty as to the constitution,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
TO HELP OKLAHOMA PRESIDENT TALKS
LEADING DEMOCRATS OF COUN-
TRY TO LEND AID.
twenty WILL TAKE STUMP
Hearty Support of the Constitution
by the Congressional Democrat
ic Committee.

Washington, May 2l-A statement
was issued today by Charles A. Ed
wards, secretary Of the Democratic
congressional committee, pledging to
Oklahoma Democrats the hearty sup
port of the committee in the political
campaign in the new state. The
statement follows:
The Democratic situation in what
will be the new state Of Oklahoma is
eminently satisfactory and / firmly
believe that we shall win a signal VIC
tory there next August. / make this
statement after conference with j.
B. Thompson, chairman of the Okla
homa Democratic committee Mr..
Thompson is here for the purpose Of
consulting with the officers Of the
Democratic Congressional committee
and the national committee concern
ing the campaign in Oklahoma.
He reports the Democrats there in
fine fighting shape and determined to
win all along the line. | have assur-
ed Mr.. Thompson that his committee
and the demands of Oklahoma will
have the heartiest and most enthusi-
astic support of both the Congression-
al committee and national committee
in their fight to elect Democrats at
the polls as we'll as in their fight to
have their constitution approved.
Acting under instruction from Chair
man James Griggs, l have talked with
leading Democrats Of the country and
they will be active in this fight for
Oklahoma. have sent to the state
committee of Oklahoma a list of about
twenty of the leading Democrats of
the House of Representatives, who
have agreed to take the stump in
Oklahoma and be in the thick of the
fight from start to finish. Every man
who believes in justice, believes that
the constitution lately framed by the
Oklahoma convention ought to be and
will be approved. There are no bets
ter or more intelligent citizens in
this Union than those who reside in
that great new commonwealth. /
make this statement advisedly from
personal acquaintance with them and
no people have been done a greater In
Justice than they by being refused
statehood so long. To deny them now
what they most desire would be
nothing short of a crime, that crime,
applying TO the 200, 900 school
in that state.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
HILL SAYS REPORT INJURIES
THE BANK AND VINITA.
SHORTAGE WILL Be LOCATED
Bank Still Has Confidence in It's
Unfortunate Cashier--Recover-
ing From Mental Trouble.

In speaking of the alleged shorta ge
IN the accounts of the Vinita Nation
al bank, that has been published
in several papers Davis Hill president
Of that bank said this morning that
these papers had done the bank and
Vinita a great injury as the state
ment were not true.
Mr.. Hill said that when the bank
examiner was here last Thursday, a
shortage had been discovered but that
was never $4,000 and that IL had
nearly all been checked up He fur
ther stated that it was his opinion
that the entire amount would be
found In short time. The bank re-
grets that Mr.. Quillian, the cashier Of
the Institution should have fallen in
to such a serious condition of mind,
but still has implicit confidence in
him. The cashier, who is said to be
ia a temporary stare of mental insta-
bility, is recovering and it is believed
he will be able to straighten out the
affair in perfectly satisfactory man.
ner.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22

six thousand Texas sheep and goats.
The quality of the fed stuff was more
mixed than usual, and the prices de-
clined slightly for the week. Run to-
day is 5000 head, market strong, wool
ed lambs $3.50, clipped $7.45, clipped
yearlings worth s6.35, wethers s6.15,
ewes s5.7 IS, wooled ewes $3.50, yearling
around s7.OO. Some Texas wethers
we're taken to feed lots last week at
s4.75 to $500, and common Texas ewes
and wethers at $3.50
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
Notice. Singers.

The committee in charge of the
music for Decoration day are very
anxious to make this event onegof the
greatest in the history Of Vinita, and
to this end, invite and urge that every
person in Vinita who can sing, shall
be at the Methodist church on Thurs
day evening at so'clock sharp, for the
purpose Of rehearsing for that occas-
sion. Show your patriotism and re-
spect Of the day by attendance at
this rehearsal for the services on
Decoration day. BY order Of Com
mittee.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Kansas City Stock Yards, May 2O.-
The quarantine supply last week was
eighty-seven car loads for the week.
Receipts of natives fell down after
Tuesday of last week, and the market
began to improve, closing the week
with net loss on quarantine steers of
10 cents, while cows remained steady.
The supply Of quarantines was heavier
today, at 73 cars, and the market
steady to strong. Top steers in quar-
antine sold today at 1910; bulk of
steers, s4.4O to s5 10, including some
light steers from Texas at the former
price. No grass Texans are here to-
day, nor none last week outside of
some common sOO-lb. steers at $3.50
and Gamer COWS at So. so to $3.50.
Cows Esold at 1925 to SO. IS today,
bulls 1910. On the general market
prices Of bulls and COWS are the feat
ure, holding up remarkably iwell, and
the strength is likely to continue till
the advent Of grass stuff in large num-
bers, which unfavorable weather con-
ditions has delayed two or three weeks
later chan was formerly figured on.
Veal calves sell in the quarantine di--
vision at AIS to $3.50.
After Thursday of last week hog
prices began to strengthen, in spite of
the fact that total supplies aggregated
81, 500 head for the week, heaviest
week since December, 1901. The net
loss for the week was only IL cents per
hundred, heavy hogs losing more than
this, lights less. The run is u, 900 to-
day; market steady with the close of
last week. Top, se45; bulk Of sales,
s6.27f to s64O; heavy hogs selling at
s6.25 to s6.32i. Considering the heavy
supply, the market has shown phenom-
inal strength, and packers are free
buyers all the time. High corn has
brought in good many hogs, but the
earmarks Of panic, quality running
extra good for the season and weights I
up, 2l1 pounds being the aver
age for last week.
Mutton supply last week was only
q, 900 head, which included five to
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
BOND IS APPROVED
FEDERAL UNION SURETY COM
PANY ACCEPTED.
AMEND SCAVENGER ORDINANCE
Council Passes Stringent Ordinance
Against Boys Frequenting Pool
Halls.

The city council met in regular ses-
sion last night at the city hall with
all members present except Alderman
Crutchfield who was absent on account
Of sickness. The meeting was char
acterized by considerable push. May
or Parks urged the rapid disposition
Of the business of the council.
For years this city has been troubl-
ed by promiscous dumping by those
who haul the garbage away from the
city, and the council amended the
scavenger ordinance, compelling all
refuse to be hauled to the city dump
ing ground under the supervision Of
the city scavenger All carcasses Of
animals must now either be burned
or buried. The council intends to
make this the most desirable city in
the new state and realizes the neces-
sity of looking out for the sanitary
conditions Of the city. A heavy pen
atty is made for the violations of this
ordinance, and the police and scaven-
ger are instructed to be very rigid in
the enforcement Of this law. The
passage of this ordinance is very pleas
ing to the residents of the suburbs
who have been bothered by having
all kinds Of refuse dumped near their
homes.
Another commendable act of the
council last night was the passage Of
an ordinance prohibiting boys under
eighteen years Of age from visiting
the pool and billiard halls of the city.
Under this ordinance the proprietor
Of pool hall who allows minors to
play games in his place, as we'll as the
boy must pay the penalty. In the
past this has been one Of the worst
evils of the city, and it is great
source OF qualification to know that
under the present efficient police
service this is to be stopped.
The bond Of the international Bank
g. Trust company for S25, 900 with the
Federal Union Trust company of In
dianapolis, Ind, as bondsmen, was
approved. The above was one Of the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
CHARTER ISSUED FOR
100000 RAILROAD

Guthrie, OKLA, May PA charter
was issued yesterday to the Empire
Railway company with Sl5,00O 900
capital stock. The route Of the pro-
posed road is 500 miles long and is to
traverse Oklahoma, beginning at the
Usage nation, Indian Territory, Colo
RADIO and New Mexico. The principal
business Office will be located at Kan
sas City and Granite, Oklahoma.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22

successful bidders for the deposit Of
the city funds, and whose bond was
rejected at the last meeting of the
council.
There were a number of requests
for street improvements, Ed Lee be-
ing present asked for some work in
the north part of town. All the re-
quests were referred to the street and
alley committee with instructions to
act.
Col. L. B. Bell, who has been alb
sent from the city since his elec-
tion was present last night and took
the oath Of office as an Alderman from
the Third ward, and participated in
the deliberations of the council,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
CFirst Published May %. 1907
Notice Of Marshals Sale.


Northern District, /. r.
Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a writ Of Fieri Facias (or executon), dated
May 13, A. d. 1907, issued out Of the District
Court Of the United States for the Northern Dis
trict Of Indian Territory, on judgment rem
dered In said court, on the 3ist. day Of May, A..
d. 1905, In favor Of b. Il. Gump company and
against Samuel Rycroft, Hannah Rycroft and j.
d. Crockett, have, on this 10th day of May, A.
d. 1907, levied upon the following described real
estate, situated in the Northern District, Indian
Territory, to-wit
Lot Three (s), in block Fifty-one (5l), in the
town Of Fairland l. r., and all improvements
thereon, consisting Of one Roller Flour Mill and
all appertenances thereunto belonging,
and that will accordingly offer said real estate
for sale, at public vendue to the highest and
best bidder, for cash. on the 6th day OF June, A,
d. 1907, at two o'clock r. M, ut tho front door
of the United States court house vt Vinita, j. Il.
Dated Vinita, !. H., May l6, A. D. 1907
WILLIAM H. DARRoUGH,
U. S. Marshal Northern District Of Ind. Ter.
BY 0. d. Neville. Deputy.
d. H. Wilson, Plaintiffs Attorney
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22

If any one mas any doubt as to che
virtue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they
need only to refer to Mr.. A. H. Stimp-
son, of Willimantic, Conn.,, who, af-
ter almost loosing hope of recovery,
on account of the failure Of SO many
remedies, finally tried Foley's Kidney
Cure, which he says was lust the
thing' for him, as four BOTTLES cured
him completely. He is entirely we'll
and free from all che suffering incl
dent to acute kidney trouble. A. T
Owens. m
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22

r. Arguith, Lewis Gerster, Clay
Brown, A. j. Walker and T. b. Down
ing arrived here last night from Bur
lington, Kan, on prospecting tour.
They we're guests at the Cobb today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
inherited LAND LISTED FOr Sale.
Listed for sale May 20, 1907, bids t

Listed for sale May 20, 1907, bids tC
be opened July 10, 1907.
CREEK NATION.
No. 92. Allotment of Frank Sewell,
deceased: ST of sw4 and sw4 Of SCI and
set Of set Of sec 10, tip 7, n, range 9, 9,
160 acres.
No. 93. Allotment of Tayoposka,
deceased: Ne4 of sw4 and nj of SCI &
SET of SCI of sec l6, tip 7, H., range 8, g.
100 acres.
No. "a. Allotment of Sophia Hario,
deceased. 81 of sw4 Of sec. II, tip On,
range e. so acres.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22
SENATORIAL CANDIDATE
WITHDRAWS FROM RACE

Oklahoma City, Q. T., May22- Brant
Kirk yesterday announced his with
drawal from the race for the nomina-
tion of United States senator on the
Democratic ticket on account Of the
heavy expenses required to make the
campaign.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-05-22

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
and colds and lung trouble rs
NOT affected by the National Pure
Food and Drug law as it contains no
opiates Or other harmful drugs, and
we recommend it as safe remedy for
children and adults. A. 2. Owens. no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-14
Morgan, the Constitutions st.

Watt T. Brown of Ragland who was in Birmingham yesterday, said:
 ''The death of Senator Morgan is calamity. He was a great statesman, and best of all a strong and honest man. In December, 1905, in company with a friend from Birmingham, l visited at his house in Washington. He expressed full love for Alabama and for the nation. Said he: I may live longer than some people ex- pect. I want to get into the Senate cham Der and for time puncture certain canal projects; to tell the nation of it's danger and to be instrumental to some extent in the work of insulting an admiration and an observance of constitutional preroga- tive.
 This is an automobile age. and the constitution of the United States is run up and down Pennsylvania avenue at rapid rate by the President dropping one by one of it's provisions to suit the oc- casion.
 The Hepburn bill is an abrogation of state constitutional right. It simply means federal control and no regard for state rights in the management of commercial or industrial interests. To illustrate my position in the premises let me state that in my early practice of law I was ap- proach for employment as attorney in case, the object of which was to annul a will. I examined the matter and found that there was no solvent estate. There fore, when you ask my views as to state control of railroads I want simply to say that the state Is not in 1t if all the pro visions of the Hepburn bill prevail. IT the national constitution supercedes and annuls the state constitution we are with out remedy. My judgment is that each state should be founded upon laws as un- changeable as that of the Medes and Per sians, and that changes should be made impossible in state and in nation, except by the will of the people Conflict be- tween state and nation should be no con fict at all but within state authority. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-14
TAxIMETERs IN CABS.

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 Father Knickerbocker last week re- ceived his first lesson in the use of the taximeter cab. Most of the cabs which ply the city streets are now provided with the taximeters or cash registers, and this foreign or imported way of paying your cab fare automatically instead of by dis pute is most successful. Until last week when the taximeters were placed in hacks New Workers were not familiar with the system. The New York Transportation company which has for a number of years operated electric cabs in the city has fitted several hundred taximeter in- struments to it's storage battery vehicles and put into effect a new tariff schedule known as the "taxlmeter cab tariff" These cabs are stationed at the Long Is- land ferries, and as the instruments are fitted to the cabs the new system will be extended throughout the city, Before this is accomplished the same company expects to receive its first shipment of French gasoline cabs and this taximeter, known as "cosmos," will be fitted to the stylish little gasoline vehicles. which are fast and capable of travelling far into the suburbs. This device, a German instru- ment, resembling street car fare regis ter, is attached on the right side of the drivers seat. By looking back through the hole in the cab the customer may see the taximeter and watch Its movements. Upon approaching one of the taximeter cabs the customers observe that the face of the dial Is blank and that a little red flag made of metal is sticking straight up word vacant" When the customer en- gages the cab the driver turns the red flag down the face of the instrument indicates charge of 90 cents. This Is the tariff for the use of the cab for one mile if the cab is immediately started; or half an hour if 1t is kept standing. While the cab is running the taximeter is operated by flexible shaft which connects 1t with the wheels of the cab. When the vehicle is standing the taxmeter is run by clock work within itself. Thus the customer is charged 30 cents mile if travelling and 1 H an hour if the cab is waiting. Extra charges are shown also on the face of the
 instrument. The sum of 20 cents mile is charged for cabs called from the cab station and a charge of 20 cents is made for carrying trunk. Handbags are car ried free and the driver Is supposed to ring up or turn up all extras as soon as 1 SimOneSeS acrost fhe state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-14
Senator Pettus' Tribute

Senator Pettus' tribute to the col league he has lost is brief, but it comes from his heart, and it shows how deeply he deplores the death that all men mourn.
 He speaks of the dead Senator as one who was accurately informed who was never accused of any departure from honorable conduct. He did not entertain a thought of graft, and he studied all questions exhaustive1y and indefatigably.
 To these great qualities should be added the powers of expression. He could either by his forcefuI and elegant pen or by his powers of speech express what he had gleaned from many fields or had thought out in his study Some have said he spoke too often or too freely, but his words were ever words of wisdom, and he did but give utter ance to a well-filled mind.
 And he looked Senator, too. His straight, commanding figure, and his strong, handsome face made him a Senator that every eye in the gallery sought This made him widely known. This added interest In his weighty words. He seemed a figure out of the past-out of the days of Calhoun, and Clay and Webster and history will certainly assign him a high place among Senators. Not soon will we look upon his like again. Not soon will any state have representative who is in all respects master Sena- tor tni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-14
MODERN COUNTRY GIRL.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The old fashioned country girl of fiction, the girl with the rustic woodland air of poetry, the unsophisticated girl of the imagination of sophisticated city folks has disappeared and in her place is a highly intellectual maiden to whom rusticity is a matter of psychological analysis and unsophistication a sociological problem. As the country girl is in so many cases a college girl new value has been given to country life. To her ''the meanest flow CT that blows can give not only thoughts that lie too deep for tears but can also af- ford opportunity for the use of a knowl- edge of botany. She understands the physiological value of sunburn and the chemical constituents of fresh air She talks learnedly about soils and subsoils, and has ideas about the rotation of crops, She may be discovered coming through the rye,' but, ten to one, her interest is in the quality of the rye rather than in any amoroqs wayfarer, and should she meet the song hero 1t is likely that she would ask his opinion upon some agri- cultural question rather than his sym pathy for her loverless state.
 There is no doubt that in the future one must look In the old songs and romances for the old time country girl, but in real life would any one dare to prefer the bushes of unsophistication to the pale cast of thought?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-14
MT. RooseveIt's Radical Policies

In his addresses before the National Editorial association and at the Geor gia state building at the Jamestown exposition this week the President pre- sented a radical platform of undoubted weight and popularity. Briefly speak ing, he wants to retain government ownership of all public lands bearing coal, oil or gas. He desires to retain in government hands all grazing lands in the Far West. He hopes to see the law abolishing contributory negligence maintained and strengthened. He wants a graduated income tax, and he also wants progressive federal in heritance tax
 He explained at length his views upon an income tax and an inheritance tax. He evidently believes an income tax can be devised that the supreme court will not repeal. The last income tax act was repealed by vote of five to four, but the times have changed and that rate may be reversed. "A graduated income tax" says the Presi- dent, would be a desirable permanent feature of federal taxation"
 But in his desire to have "the swollen fortunes" bear constantly in- creasing burden of taxation, he looks first of all to progressive inheritance tax. He wants one of the French sort, rather than one like those of England, Germany or Switzerland. In France the tax is, say 2 per cent on inherit ances from $25,000 to $100,000, and 5 per cent on those from $100,000 to $200,000, The higher rate will apply to the amount above s1Oo,ooo only, and so on up. Tn this way a point could be reached in Rockefeller or William Waldorf Astor inheritance that would be 100 per cent, and yet it would leave a suficiency to the heirs.
 The President does not believe In large inheritances, and he is especially opposed to inheritances coming from persons residing without the country @+ The Presidents plan trespasses closely upon that of William Jennings Bryan, and the question is, who is to carry the Presidents programme into law? The New York World thinks it indicates a desire on his part to be his own successor, and it certainly does ite sons have accepted it.