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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17
pRYAN,s ADOPTED SON.
Young Japanese Is a Member of the
 Family Circle.

Munsey's Magazine
 The Bryan household of late years since the elder daughter. Ruth was married-has consisted of Mr. and Mrs Bryan; the son. WilliamJ.. Jr. dau Sh- ter. Grace, and an adopted son from the Flowery Empire of the Mikado. The last figure bears eloquent testimony not merely to Mir, Bryan's cosmopolitan fame, but to his good -humored phil osophy. It appears that iu Japan an aspiring youth can adopt some man of eminence as hls father, and iInmemo- rial custom compels the person thus honored to take and care for the found ling, at least until he comes to the age of self support. In 1sg6 the fame Of the Democratic candidate penetrated to the cherry groves of Japan and fired the ambition of young student.
 "I have chosen you to be my father" he wrote in effect to the Nebraskan, and will sail at once for the United states.
 The message aroused some natural tredip9t ton in the household a& Lincoln. Fathers in-law are chosen often enough without their knowledge and consent, but 10 have the responsibill- ties of percentage suddenly thrust upon one by an unknown youth of alien race is at least disconcerting. Appeals ,n thA collector of thA nnrt at Ran
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17

Alice and her Friends talked 1t over and agreed they would be much better off and feel more cheerful next morn. ing if they cut out the nocturnal Eats.
 So Hubby called cab and he and Alice started for their own Shack to- gether. she handing him several Bon quets for the diplomatic manner in which he had deported himself at the Theatre.
 After alighting from the rattler. Hubby gave Cabby Dollar and was going up the Steps when the Driver called to him:
 have given me Dollar My Legal Fare Is only 75 cents, and"'--
 Then Alice woke up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17

n k ANY years ago Alice visited MI Wonderland.
 lvl The things that happened to her
 were about as much on the to Lawson.
 If Alice had not been an innocent It, Se Ttke with Flaxen Cnrls one would De led to suspect that just before visit Ing Wonderland she had smoked a Green PHI about the size of Hickory Nut
 By counting up the years you will know that Alice is now in Full Bloom. She Is beg'nning to look a little bulky around the Shoulders and is interested
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17
= ,-s''----'Hs'''
 Cut Hia Furlouwh.

the mission field for the full term of his furlough, Rev. Dr. Andrew Watson who has been engaged in mission work forty five years, will sail today for Rev pr. Charles R. Watson, secretafy of the board of foreign missions Of the United Presbyterian church. The fath- fife in the Egyptian fieid,o And, as Dr. Charles Watson is the executive of tiiiR department the father ik employed l. the son. se
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17
Served on .oia Irsnssae..r 2

Constitution Moses D. Webber of SA- lem. Mass. Is S7 years old. He served on 'Old Ironsides' when she. still cax- guns He was born In Boston Fabru- ary i, 1920, and began his life on the sea at the age of f2. In 1885 ha er- listed in the navy and after short tern, of service on q revenue cutter he was assigned to the United States trtE- ate Constltution He retired in 1Ses married and became engineer in q GA- lem leather factory He has been Fa- tired from active work now for several years.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21

Editing Committee at
Work Today on Con-
stitution

Guthrie, March 2l-The members
OF the editing committee appointed to
edit the constitution during the recess
of one month, arrived here today
and have begun their work They
Will work with the compilation com
mittee to have the committee to have
the constitution ready to be signed by
the delegates on April 16. Joseph H.
Johnston, journal clerk, has the cons
titution complete and In shape for
the editing committee.
The stenographers are now at work
transcriblng the verbatim proceedings
Of the convention. lt is estimated
that the record will cover II, 900 pages
Of ordinary copying sheets Of an aver
age OF 300 words to a page. This
would bring the total number OF
words officially uttered during the lis
days session up to 100000 words.
Stenographers are paid 10 cents per
1000 words for transcribing, or 49,
600, exclusive Of their per diem. Ii
will take practically all summer to
finish the transcribing.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
OF BARTLESvILLE
A Large Party From There Are
Now SOjOinlng in
This City

Deputy Marshals Williams and Keel
ler arrived in Vinita last night with
six prisoners, sent here from Bartles-
vile by commissioner GIlluly. There
we're four women and two men, as fol-
lows:
Kate Gordon, thirty days. $50 and
costs, for unlawful habitation.
Lizzie Gordon, her sister, 10 days
and $40 for the same crime.
Mrs. Gordon, mother Of the girls,
bound over TO the grand jury on a
charge of introducing and disposing.
Young Caldwell and his wife, bound
over to the grand jury on a charge Of
introducing and disposing. All the
above we're from Bartlesville's motor
ious Rag Town." which the author
titles are endeayoring to clean out.
Walter Hass, thirty days and $40
for larceny.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
Attorneys Can Not Col
Iect Damages From
Inspector

MuskCgee, Mar. 12--Judge Lawrence
yesterday rendred a decision in the
federal court In favor Of the govern
ment in the suits of W. J. Crump and
J. A. Childers, who brought suit
against Indian Inspector Wright and
Agent kelsey for $4,000 damages.
The officies Of the attorneys were
closed because OF Crumps failure to
pay delinquent tribal tax. Suits we're
tried separately. The one brought by
Crum was dismissed, the Judge taking
it from the jury's hands, holding 1t
was matter of law and not OF fact.
The court held that the Indian police,
acting under the Indian inspector,
had the power to close the attorneys
offices.
In the case of Childers the judge
instructed the jury to render verdict
for the defendant Childers argued
that as his tribal tax was paid lhe
should not have had to suffer the
penalty which resulted from the
closing Of the Office. The court held
that any work Childers did was for
the firm, and that the Office Of the
firm was closed, and it was not the
intention to interfere with Childers'
business personally.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
Service Out Of vinita Will Begin as
Soon as Carriers Can Be Select
ed by Examination.

A dispatch from Washington an
nounces that the two proposed rural
routes leading from Vinita to the
east and and northwest have been ap-
proved. This means that as soon as
the examination for carriers is held
and the two carriers necessary are se-
lected the routes will be established,
1t will probably take two months or
more to complete the necessary pre-
liminary arrangement.
The route as decided upon are fol-
lows:
ROUTE NO. /.
Leaving town on the road running
north past Taylor's then turning west
across the BarreU bridge, west three
miles on this road, then north four
miles, west one mile, north three
miles, east one mile, across West Cabin
creek, south one mile, east two miles,
thru Woodley, south two miles, east
one mile, and then south four miles,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
BRICK PLANT
is SECURED.
Deal Closed Whereby vinita Gets a
Manufacturing Euterprise--O@.
GERS Selected

vile.
Vice President, e. B. Prayer Of vi
nita.
Secretary, South West Of Benton
Vile.
Treasurer, J. W. Orr Of vinita.
Mr.. West is now connected with
the plant in Bentonville as manager.
He will move to Vinita with his fami-
" as soon as the plant is moved, and
make Vinita his home.
The iplant will be located on the
Frisco, about mile east Of the city,
on seven acres of ground recently pur-
chased from the old fair ground plat.
There is an abundance OF shale there
The capacity Of the planU Is 10000
brick daily. From ten to twelve men
will be employed.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21

homa shall be from "A to As degrees
was held to be imperative by Attor-
ney General Cromwell today He
holds that the specific gravity is a
quality test over which the legisla-
ture is without Jurisdiction while the
12O degrees fash test is a safety test
over winch the legislature has juris-
diction. This decision will allow oil
produced in Oklahoma and Indian
Territory to compete with Standard
oil products in the Oklahoma mark
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21

FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE
For Sale Land and city proper
ty. T. q. Englehart.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21

The brick plant is now an estab-
lished fact. Yesterday afternoon
al a meeting held in the rooms Of the
Commercial club, The company was
incorporated, and ". A. Burks then
left for his home in Bontonyille, IN
tending to begin at oncs the work OF
removing the plant to this city. 1t is
hopAd that the plant will be in op-
eration inside Of a few months.
The name of the company, as IN
corporated is the Vinita Brick 9 Ille
company, with a capital stock OF slO,-
900, fully paid OF the stock $1,000 is
held by Mr.. Burks and his associates
while $1,000 has been subscribed Dy
the business men of Vinita. The Of
ficers of the company are as follows;
President, w. A. Burks Of Benton
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
A Gentle Denial.

c. N. Haskell, in a speech delivered
before the Young Mems Democratic
club in Muskogee since his return
from the constitutional convention,
says he will not be candidate for
any Office. He intimated very strong
", however, that, if his friends prest
the honor upon him, he would not re-
fuse to run for governor of the new
state.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
A Child Dead.

Celeste, the infant daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. White, was norm De-
cember Q, 1906, at Lincolnville, Ind,
Ter, and died March 10, 1907, aged Is
months and 10 days.
"a little one we loved is gone,
The lips we loved are stilled;
A place is vacant in our house,
That never can be filled.-Cont'd.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
on the Taylor road, to vinita.


ROUTE NO. 2.
Leaving town on the John Chandler
road, east two miles, south one mile,
crossing the East Cabin at Brackett's
ford, east three miles, south one mile,
east one mile, north one mile, east one
mile, soutl two miles to the correc-
tion line, west half a mile. south one
mile, west two miles, north mile to
correction line, west four and a half
miles, crossing East Cabin on the new
bridge, north two miles past Strout's
farm, west half a mile across Bull
creek, and SO to Vinita.
Each route Will serve ITO families.
Route No. is 25 3-8 miles long, and
Route No. 2, 254 miles.
Postmasteri Butler Is working in
cessantlygfor the improvement Of the
local Office, and anything 1t is possible
ror him to secure for Vinita will Ger
tainly be secured.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
10 Improve Parks

The ladies Of the U. @. T. D. are
making an effort to improve the city
parks, and they ask the assistance OF
every citizen, children as well as grown
people. All who arc willing to assist
them are asked to give flowers, shrubs
aud other plants, or the money with
which they can be bought, to Mrs. 0,
c. Amundson.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21

the closing of business houses, still
the day is being much more generally
observed than one might suppose.
All the banks closed at noon, and
most of the business houses followed
their example during the afternoon.
A force has been at work all morning
giving Wilson street much needed
cleaning, and this afternoon property
owners and renters all over town are
at work in their yards.
Vinita will be much cleaner town
Tonight than it was this morning.
MD@WWaTT,S HaxeI S9ahw|
Enva pRfae. BURNS. SOp0ss
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
A CLEANER TOWN
vinita People Take a Holiday
to Give the Town a
Scrubbing

Altho the agitation in favor of
cleaning up day was begun very late,
and altho Mayor Shanahan's proclama-
tion failed to specify the hours for
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
FOr CIV MarshaI

We are authorized to announce C.
A. Murdock as a candidate for city
marshal, to the action Of the Republi
can city primary.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21
KNOCKS STANDARD
Decision of Attorney General
Cromwell Makes New
Ruling.

Guthrie, March q. The section lof
the Oklahoma oil inspection law
passed by the legislature in 1908,
which provides that the specific gray
ity test for kerosene oil sold in Okla
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-21

kets
The constitutional convention
adopted clause reducing the gravity
test from the present Oklahoma test
to 40 degrees, to become effective
when the state is admitted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
Squaw as Housekeeper.

Put :, squaW i'll q }enee and she Is the neateSt of houSckeape-s. The blan. kets a,r neatly rolled and slowed away under the eugr of the tepea, leaving the center clear. Bright colorcd blanket: and fine tHr robes are spread about, and |, wonderfully beaded dance drum hangs from one of the poles. But put squaw in q house and she Is any. thing but success. Go into one of these frame houses and you will find the mattresses laid along the foo: with the whole family spra wiling there. OH. The cracked cook stove will be 1ll the middle of the floor, with anything but agreeable odors coming therefrom. Outside the bedsteads and springs will be used as chicken rooSts. But the squaw doesn't let her housekeeping shortcomings worry her. When she puts on an elk tooth robe. valued al anywhere from $1,oOO to $3,0OO, and rides to he fair or to the agency on Sunday a.s:ritlc beaded saddle she 1s 6 picture of contentment.-Denv He publican.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
The Vanishing Trick.

Into the groccr's shop walked an sc. cient iadT with slow and halt!ng tread and carrying on her arm haS- ket containing large carthcnwarc pot with lid. Placing the basket on the counter. she made various purchases, which she put carefully in the pot. and had her bill made out.
 'By the way" she said before paying this, "do you mind keeping this pot with the purchases in it until come back and pay for them. as E1ve to buy other thj4@, some distance off. and it will hc moro convenient for me to leave the things here till later:"
 This request was willingly arrndrd to, and, lifting the pot carefully out of the basket, the old dame placed ii. with an effort, in a corner; then plac ing her basket on her arm, left thc shop. Hours went by, day riprnNd into evening, and evening gave way to night. but the old woman did not return. At last the proprietor thought of examining the carthenware pot tG see If by any chance t had it's owners address upon it, and great vas his as. tonishment, not untinged with dis, may, to find that it possessed no bot tom.-London Answers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
Witehcraft In the Nineteenth Century

Most people believe that witchcraft among civilized people ended when the "Salem witch mania" ran its course and died out in the year 1892. II did as far as America Is concerned, except among savages, but In other countries the belief Tn the superstition did not die until a much later date, even if 1t can be truly said to be dead now. In France an old bcggar was tortured to death as late as 1907 on the charge of being one who "communed with evil spirits" and in Spain q witch was burned in 1908. In 1850 ill France a man and his wife tortured suspcctr3 witch to death, and nothing at all was done with them by the criminal courts on account of the lingering belief in sorccry. Four years later a witch Wa drowned in England, and in 1860 one was burned in Mexico. In 1874, 1872, 1880 and again i!i 1SS9 witches were publicly burned ia Russia, and even as late aS iS9o regular judicial trials of witches were had in Prussia, Pc land and .Austrial hungary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
Fresh Sheets at Premiun..

The woman who had just returned from abroad, where she had yisitc
 some country towns, was telling of ti}c comforts and ,li~comfortS of the Euro pean country hotel. "They have an aversion to putting fresh sheets on tho beds for every new guest, she said "and we always pulled down the be-! clothes the minute we were assigned our rooms to examine the shectS. Tel chances to one they were wrinkled and had that slept in appearance, and VIC Invariably insisted on fresh 1ne' Finally we struck a series of towns where the hotel proprietors got the best of us. for the sheeting they used was a sort of creepy stuff, something like seersuckcr, and for the life of yop you couldn't tell whether they'd beer slept on or not" New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
Circumstantiai Evidence.

Chick Bruce was famous Adiron dack guide. who accompanied Grover Cleveland on one or two of his hunting trips in those mountains. Chick left Mir. Cleveland sitting on log one morning while he went out to drive down a deer should he chance to find one. When he came back he saw his distinguished employer still sitting on the log, but with the muZZle of his gu' pointing directly at the presidential chest.
 Here" shouted Chick, "quit tha' dod gast ye. Suppose that gun had gone off and you had killed yourself what would have happened to me. Dern ye. everybody knows I'm a Re publican!"-Saturday Evening Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
YOUNG STREET CLEANERS.
How BrookIine School Children Keep .
 Neiahborhood Free From Litter.

How BrookIine School Children Keep 6
 Neishborhood Free From Litter.
 The Pierce school in Brookline, Mass has solved the problem of filtered streets ill so far as the children O. that school are concerned.
 At first an attempt was made at ab stract teaching. says the Boston Tran script, but it was without effect. TheH something practical was devised. Eacl' room held an election and selected fou' representatives for the Good Citizens club. making about fifty in all.
 These met and selected officers, di vided up the streets of the neighbor hood and assigned a portion to eac. grade, making it absolutely responsibl, for conditions in its territory. Waste receptacles were needed, and the chiI dren interviewed the assistant Supel intcndent of streets and got them.
 To keep up interest the teachers are conducted by the various squads over what they call their "beats." Healthy emulation has produced most desir able results.
 lllt ilCttlOI1l HUH iyOSSl ble contagion made 1t necessary that the children should not handle dirty papers. skins of fruit and other refuse with 'hcir fingers. so the manual train ing teacher got SoWc volunteers from the club and collecting sticks were pre-. pared for the workers
 The results of the experiment are manifest. and many favorable com ments have come in from citizens and from the officials of the street depart ment. School papers. which may casi ly be detected, are rarely found on the streets II is obSc-yn1 however. that refuse from other sources continues about the same, and ir is thought 1t will probably remain so unHl adults learn from the children or till the younger generation takes the place of the present careless one.
 Great Lauahers.
 The giant laughers have been men Shakespeare and Rabelais. I do no' regard CeryanteS and Sterne as laugh CTS. They are smilers. They are noi jolly roarers and guffawers. They arf not fat, rotund, jovial hilarities. He. are thin. lean. ironic smiles. A smile Is q diluted hugh. Sterne is a Gll!tcA RabelaiS.-JaMoS Douglas in NJ. X. T.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
Hoped He Wouldn't Grow,

A well known member of parlialre'r' was aGl! an agricultural nee; Ing in the south oI England and in th, course "f his remarks expressed th' opinion that farmers do not sufficient <, vary th'ir crops and make mistake In always sowing wheat.
 Cs1e CT ,he audience opposed to hln In polisieS asked him what crops hf would recommend.
 "Everything in turn" he replied.
 Well" said his interlocutor. "ll swcdes don't come up. what thena"
 "Sow mustard" said the NJ. r.
 And if mustard doesn't come up what thcn:'
 And 50 he went on through q whol, list of crops until. the NJ. P.'s patience being exhausted, he put an end to hi' questioning amid roars of laughter b, saying:
 "Oh. SOW yourself, and I hope yo' won't come up."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13

Birds That Beat In Their Nests
 '"The mother h:'l sat on hec eggs . the waters edge and when a preached she pushed off with her foY as though the nest had been q noaf and away ne foated calmly down tll stream"
 What yoH saw was a rare specla cle," said the nature student. "Tl, bird was grebc. the colymhus min"~ She always builds on the waters cA and her nest is always woven of aGr;:. ic plants so closely and 9rlnly that i: will float herself and her egrs Witll9: leaking. On the approach of dance the bird pushes off. Nor is she at T, currents mercy during her voya"r She uses her foot as paddle, and have seen her steer her boat-nest wit. some little deXterity round a bept, landing in q quiet cove as wc'l, say, a' the average young lady waterman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
Old Groo.

The inventor of grog. the long time beverage of the sea and of salt water literature. was Admiral Vernon. of whose coura Seous deeds at Porto Belle a lively poet has sung:
 Which when they came 10 understand hs
 was so brave a fellow.
 They did surrender. out of hand the town
 of Porto Bei!o.
 "Old Grog' was Nernon's pet name in the navy of his day, and 1t was thus bestowed: "Out on the Spanish main Vernon found that the result of giving each man in the ships company half q pint of rum day to drink neat was disastrous. His captains and surgeons Suggested to him the revolutionary ex pertinent of mixing the spirit with wa ter. In station order Vernon =p quired ths to be done. The new !iquoS gas not favorably received. and the seamen cast about for an opprobrious name for it and it's author. Now. Yer non used to wear a sroSram boat cloak: hence Old Grog.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
YOUNG TREES IN TOWNS.
Course of Real Estate Operators That
 Is Worthy of Emulation.


 It is noted in Brooklyn that few suburban real estate operators arc set, ting trees on property which is on the market for building purposes or on which tue builders themselves intent to erect dwellings,. This is So obvious ly wise policy that It is wonder only "a few" are following it, says the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Having purchased tract of land r. divided it into streets and oullulh+ lots, the wise owner will at once pIa.l trees i'll suitable places and start tilAN growing before d cellar is dug 'i,hs property is thus made more attractive and salablc, fer nothing can be muci more dreary thau a residence diStrlr without trees.
 As result C. rapid growth in polN lation ard I'iildins. the tendency is < deprive city streets of shade whlfl they have long enjoyed. The sacrifice of a noble oak or maple or elm is al ways a cause of mourning. but the slaughter goes on in the name of i'm pavement" The only compensation Is to plant and foster trees on new streets and lots. Those who perform this task diligently will earn the thanks of future generations.