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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-31

Colonel Clarence B. Douglas. longtime
editor of the Muskogee Phoenix. has re-
aligned and will leave the paper Douglas
is foreeful writer and a good newspa-
per man. and his departure will be dis
tinct loss to Oklahoma journalism.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-31

A sigh of relief will now so up from
democrats everywhere that the Haskell
West row is settled. at least temporarily
Though nothing can be said to be settled
until it is settled right
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-31

A bond issue may not be very invit-
ing proposition, but Vinita win have TO
issue bonds sooner or later to meet cur
rent Indebtedness. When the issue is
made it should cover a sufficient amount
to build high school costing from $40,-
900 to 100000.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-31

Fifty dollars is the price, said
the magistrate, "and hope. sir. never
to see YOU here again.
Never to see me here again? Why,
you're not resigning, are your
And with nonchalant laugh Toor-
ing-Karr threw crisp $50 bill to the
clerk. entered his waiting 90-horse-
power racer and set out to break an
other speed law.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-31

Why not pull off number Of the Has
kell-Flynn debate in Vinita? No more
intelligent audience could greet them any
where else in Oklahoma. Come on, boys.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-08-31

There is a right smart Of politics in
Oklahoma court decisions these days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
To Corral 100. cotton crop.

President Harvie Jordan, OF the
Southern Cotton Association. in state
nlent MADE pubic to-day says that his
association, in connection with tic
FARMERS Union, has completed ar
engagements to hold the remnant of the
1907 cotton crop.
The Farmers Union cotton CON.
panles, the statement says, in Tennes-
see, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alaba-
ma have already perfected arrange
ments with bankers in those States ia
finance every bale now held in Farm
ers' Union warehouses. Similar results
continues the statement. are being Sc
cured LOT cotton held by members OF
the Southern Cotton Association bv
the central headquarters and State di-
visions and at the larger centralized
points. PRESIDENT Jordan concludes his
statement as follows:
i cannot too freely emphasize again
the Importance of cutting down the
cotton acreage and preventing serious
crisis next winter.'-New Orleans Pic
ayune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
u'Ic .innnins Stnry

Go to church and hear the pastor in
MS pulpit large and wide, tell about
the dread disaster, that Overwhelmed
the man who lied. 1t was Colonel Ana
MAS, who in days long dead and gone.
shocked his neIghbors (who were pious)
When he put the truth In pawn. all.
ne took the truth and hauled it, through
the cinders and the slack, and he slug
SEQ II ana he mauled it, and he split
!. up the hack; so some bears came
up and ate him, at the prophets stern
c.ollmand: and the generations hate
He was cas- into a furnace, that was
Itill OF coal and wood, and he NUT
tered: This Will learn us"-(for his
grammar wasn't GOOD: in the Red Sea S
depths nc wallowed. with his chariots
arc men, TN whale came up ana
swallowed him and he felt seedy then.
Let US, therefore, shun the fable, and
tie foolish, futile lie; do the best
that VIC arc able, camp in heaven by
and by.-t,mporia Gazette.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
True Meaning OF ",Ilxpnl.p

When the REV. w. II. Applegarth.
one of the most successful workers
for foreign missions In the Baptist
Church OF America, was talking to the
foreign missionary convention in the
First Baptist Church, Milwaukee. some
weeks ago, he gave a new definition
Of 'Alizpah," which is peculiarly be-
lieved to mean "Muy the Lord watch
between me and thee when VIC are
absent one from the other"
What that really means, apl the
way it Is used lin the Bible indicates
II, Is, When we two thieves are alb
sent from one another may the Lord
look after us both that the other does
not cheat the one, 1t Is used In the
Bible when the owner of a flock or
sheep departs and leaves a friend to
care for 1t, with the agreement that
the friend is to divide the Increase.
Tho one about to take leave doubts
| tho honesty of his friend and his re-
mark is 'Mizpah,'" said the Rev. Mr..
Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
Voice of the People
1I,c i,ntni Need.
,rhn 1,i1l,na.nIa,,ninl.

Editor of The Times Dispatcl,:
Sir,--ln to-dHy's editorial page In refs
creilte TO the election you make certain
statements which are absolutely not
boine out BY the facts in tile case.
The whole tenur of almost every
speech made by Mccarthy was the
bitterest Kind or invecttye against tho
immoral class. which he. without con.
sulting Webster, invariably applied 20
all liquor interests. was at several
meetings in person, and heard tile
statements made III plain. uneauivocnl
English that he did not want The i'm
moral vote.
The facts in the case are simply
these. that our worthy Mayor had out
grown himself. Keeling back in
grand self-complacency and thanking
God that lie was not like the rest Of
men, he overlooked one important fact.
and that Is. that lie needed some other
votes besides those OF the palace
Guard g. III, PL,ACENfAN. Z
Richmond, Va, April 10, tD0S.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
Brief bits OF Science,

II the sun We're blue there would
be only two colors in the world, blue
and black; or il ii were red everything
would be red or black. In the latter
case there would be red snow. red lilies,
black grass, a black clear sky and red
clouds. There would be a little variety,
however, II the sun We're green. Things
that are now yellow would still remain
that color, but there would be no reds,
puppies, orange or pinlss and very few
of those CHEEKY hues that make the
world bright and pleasant. Besides
color the temperature of this earth
would be very much changed.-Chica
go News, ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
GLOWING SCARCITY Of HARDWOOD
The Valuable Hickory Now Disnppcnr-
ling Very RnnI,lIy,


Automobile and carriage manufac-
turers. along with the men of the al
lied vehicle Industries, are giving very
serious consideration to the question
OF the future supply of hickory tim
Der. For automobile and carriage
wheels, where strength, toughness and
reslliency are essential qualities, no
other wood has been found In this
country that will take the place of
hickory. Manufacturers says that no
steel or wire spck. has yet been found
that VIII Withstand the wear ana tear
Of the hickory spoke. and for this
rsason the welfare of the vehicle in
dustry seems dependent upon the con-
lservation 81 the hickory supply. IN
q report Of the tests made by RI. b.
tlolroyd. forest assistant. and FL s.
Belts, engineer In timber tests, of the
Forest Service, tile fact is brought out
that there is an error OF over so per
cent. in the grading Of vehicle stock,
due largely to the prejudice of the
manufacturer against the use of red
hickory. 1t is shown that In clear
stock, weight for weight, the red hick-
Dry Is as strong as the white. BY
bringing this fact to the attention nf
the manufacturers it Is hoped that
much of the hickory which was for
merly. left as waste in the woods Will
be utilized by the trade, and thus pros
long the rapidly disappearing supply
will be Obliged to conserve the pres
ent supply and take steps to guarantee
a future supply by encouraging private
planting Of the tree, whose wood is be-
coming moro precious each year.
Tribune Farmer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
Very AristOcrutic Indeed.

Sir Clifton Robinson, the head of the
London tramway system, said at n rail-
way dinner in New York.
viii not use the ears--henee our abund
ance of hansoms. This class Is nristo-
cratic. It cannot mingle with the
vulgar herd. But 1t is not foolishly
aristocratic, like the Italian countess
l heard of recently.
This lady sat In her salon III the
Corso in Rome, watching q footman
busting a collection of old family por-
traits
The footman. naturally, under his
mistress's eye, worked very hard and
: srhe countess s noted this and said
haughtily;
'Ascanio, l perceive that you are
becoming overheatcd. You may go out
side and persplre bit,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
TIE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TIE
STEEL TRUST.

THE l'OLIlllNI E.SONo"l WI
STEEL TRUST.
Mr.. tiary's recent statement to the
effect that the Presidents series OF
"malefactor" speeches had greatly IN
creased his sense Of responsibility to-
wards his stockholders was hailed by
the more enthusiastic Republican news
papers ms Il choice fruit of the Roose-
Welt reform propaganda. These APP
pcared TO forget that Mr.. Gary might
have higher duty than that to his
stockholders. We have in mind, speci.
tically, his duty TO the American people.
Mr.. Gary stands at the head of an
organization which employs nearly 9o0.-
OcO men, produces some s2.250000, 900
yearly, enjoys virtual monopoly In
its raw material. and battens on an
outrageous and iniquitous tariff. lie
might feel. therefore, obligations en-
tending beyond his board of directors.
Yet, if he does. how does he meet them!
Because of its tremendous size and of
the nature of it's output, the Steel Trust
stands close to the base of American
Industry. An active trade in its pro-
ducts, which natural concessions in
price would accomplish. would certainly
add n great impulse to the general re-
vival of business. But the Steel Trust
declines these concessions. because
there is no competition to force them,
and consumers have the privilege OF
meeting the situation as best they can.
In insisting on the same prices.
whether trade is good or bad, Mr. Gary
demonstrates at once his arrogance and
his power. In denying the laws OF
competition and of supply and demand
lie encroachcs on the field of socialism
though it is socialism not of principle
hut for revenue only. In showing no"
securely a monopoly may be established
ard how probably run, he has armed
the hands Of those who wish to see the
state do these things.
But Mr.. Gary will doubtless continue
to exercise his enjoyable privileges as
long as a kindly government lends It's
powers to enriching the few at the en-
pcnse of the many.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
Camel Better Thnn Horse.

Costing about as much as a good
great his Hfe considerably longer and
his ability t" carry Il load equal to
that OF three horses, while the fact
essary, nearly two weeks Without Wa
ter, renders him invaluable to those
great sandy stretches. He can also
go for several days with little or no
TODD subsisting meantime upon the fat
stored up In the humps on his back,
which nature seems to have provided
as storchouse for sustenance in case
or absence OF food--Geographl Maya
zine. s3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
Rhymes for To-Day
rIiE OLDEST THEME IN rItt,
tXt,t{I.N

THE OLDEST THEME IN TIE
WORLD.
M WEARY OF sitting here doDin'
Out verses that read on the blink,
want to get out III the open,
want to trot out In the Sprink.
Tie April grows brighter and brighter,
The summons sings In DER my Sill
o heavens, this grind Of writer
Is making me i'll!
j want to go riding with Maisie,
want to go boating with Jane,
pine to play tennis with Daisy,
! yearn to golf round with Elaine,
I thirst to see eyes disconcerting,
Beneath sweet M. Widow hat,
Gaze at me, hap loving, hap flirting
Or something like that.
I'd like to chase lions in Congo,
I'd like to kill snakes In Zulu,
I'll like to--and what is the wrong O?---
Turn savage In old rimbuctoo.
Id go where the mlrdcrers gather.
III sneak out with thieves when they
rob
In fact there is naught I'd not rather
Than gum to this job.
II. S. II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
HANGING PICTURES DANGEROUS.
Cause More LOSS by Injuries Than Rail-
road Collisions

Railroad casualties receive su.b
wide publicity said an insurance man
Yesterday, chat there is common be-
lief on the part. of the public that
one Is more liable to accidents while
life In the ccntines of his home
AS matter of cold fact, statistics
show that accident insurance compa-
Mes pay more losses to people who
their premises than they do to people
hurt In railway accidents.
insurance companies pay more
money to people who get hurt hanging
pictures or taking stoves apart than
they do TO the victims of headon coll
lisions. It sound strange, but it's the
truth,--l<ansas City Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
The Laughing BIRD OF Australia.

TO the outside world the greatest
ornithological oddly in this country
Is the kookaburra
In earlier times it was known as the
settlers Clock from a belief that It's
joyful paeans We're vented regularly al
morn, noon and dusk, being quiescent
through the heat of the forenoon and
the wane of the afternoon. That be-
lief has long been shattered. The
kookaburra laughs Just when the III
takes 1T, particularly when excited: and
1t laughs as readily at the violent dealt
of its Misunderstanding as it does at the
enraged settler when he falls off his
haystack. wounded bird makes a
demontacal row, which will bring al
others within hearing into the neigh.
boring tree, and these at once set ur
an echoing cackle that is repeated
again and asain.-Sidney Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17

obtrusively that Its full slgnificnncc
has not yet been appreciated. The
Civic Federation bill goes further than
any legalizcd effort has ever yet
reached towards making the President
an absolute dlctntor in u field OF ac-
tivty whose limits can as yet only be
guessed at. Under the terms of this
bill, a good trust can be discriml-
nnted from a bad trust; a reasonable
restraint of trade can be differentiated
from an illegal combination. an unlaw-
full contract can be made lawful by the
simple executive act OF some appointed
clerk acting under the orders Of the
President.
TO the public who may be pillaged
by favored corporations, to the mcr-
chant or manufacturer whose business
may be destroyed by despotic or unjust
rulings, to the whole system Of gov
eminent which, will find itself insidi-
o,isly but completely undermined 1t
will matter very little that 1t was all
done in the name Of Il President elect
ed by tho people, The most+ruthless
tyrants the world has ever known were
the simple "citizens" elected by the
people during the French Revolutions
It isn't the name that counts, but
the man and the method. II Democracy
as a vital principle of government Is
to endure. 1t must begin its struggle
at once against that Capitalization OF
power and usurpation of authority un-
der my policies" which would hardly
have entered into the dreams of Ham
i:ton, and would have been Numerically
impossible under Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
In the Profession,

School tcacher-And now that we
have finished discussing the lion and
the tiger, who can tell about the
lynx?
A painful pause Finally a small
hand is hesitatinsly elevated,
Teacher--Well, Tommy, can YOU de-
scribe tho lynn? M
Tommy-No'm.
your hand?
could tell~
Tcacher--And what made you think
Willie could describe the lynx?
Tommy-Cnuse his brothers. a cad
die,-Stray Stories.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
MERELY JOKING.
Where II was Needed.

NhtTea ~ W uS NeSUcu.
Starboarder: "rm going to buy the land
lady a. bottle of hair rcstorer."
ballroom: why. she seems to have q
good head OF hair"
starboarder: .'Oh. hers is all right. I'm
going to get her to use II on the mattresses
Philadelphia Record.
Twelve Feet Away.
Stella; Did she keep him at arms
lenEth?" $500
Bella Worse; she held him at hat
width.'--Ncw York Sun.
50 She Would Sit on That Side.
You say you had the steering wheel pu,
on tho left out OF consideration for your
wife2
Yes; I'm deaf In my right car"-Lire.
Neat.
!, Mr. snserly: DO you know, that new
Mrs Singerly: no wondcr-after the
way you've murdered it,"-Smart Set.
a Lazy Top.
What do YOU think of Johnny's mechan-
cal tOp?"
reminds me of the lilies
AS to how"
~, works not. neither does 1t SPIN
Louisville Courier journal
No Relation Whatever.
what is the strongest argument YOU can
give against the effects of hcredity?"
once knew girl who played the piano
IN fve-cent theatre. SHE married and
there was born to her child who became
a musician"
There was, therefore. absolutely nothing
more TO be said in support of the doctrine
OF hcrcdity.-ChicaEo News
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
LISTEN TO THE rELLERs


w It'll Georgia enforcing both the pro-
w hibition law and the law against pis-
tol toting. it looks as IL the tailors
IN mat state might as we'll eliminate the
mp pocket as soon as possble.-washinsto
Post. W.
There are those who aver that Speaker
cannon Is not. as Editor White calls him.
"a we. stupid. arrogant old mossbuck -
Iney say lie is under seventy and any man
under seventy is not od.-New York Mall.
The Charleston News and Courier suggests
mat John Temple Graves's new Georgia
paner be named the Lark. No II would
unse't'e the publishing business in Georgia
because all the good newspapermen would
want to get on it-IIouston Post
The leaders in Congress will do better IL
they STICK to craftsmanship: their poetry is
nc Rood.-Philadelphia Press.
It's Dem. horrid 'rrnd--Now York Mail.
Let us hope that the feeling may nor run
so hlgh as TO prevent girl in a dry town
from marrying man in n wet town evcp
thouEh ne may be personally dry.-Ch!cago
Inter- ocean.
When man has to swallow his pride and
ca' his words, he doesn't have much anne
tito for anything clse.--Nashville American.
pects to be there for the week Some Cabi
net officers could appear at their desks oc
casionally without exciting remark-Phila-
delphia Public Ledger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
10 Mayor ,rcCnrtI,y.

Editor of The Tlmes-Dispatci:
Lord Byron says:
"fle who. ascends to mountaintops will
p find
The loftiest peaks most clothed in
Ice ana snow;
lie who SURPRISES or subdues mankind
Must look down on the hate OF those
below;
Tho far above the radiant glorics
glow.
Tho FAR beneath fair earth and ocean
spread.
Round him are icy rocks, and fercely
blow
contendins currents round his naked
head
And thus reward the tolls which 10
those SUBMITS led
Respectfully,
Glen Allen, Va. J. C.
II is that brave fellows due, Mr..
Editor and with something of remorse
and n lot more of sorrow, and possi-
bly, the least little tinge of shame.
Royal Richmond will live to acknowl-
edge It. Yours mad as fire,
JOHN CUSSONS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
GOLD STOLEN ny MINERS.
Source of steady ana Very Great

Source Of Steady nnd Very Circuit
statisticians compile tables of the
worlds production of gold yearly. but
All admit that II is Impossible to give
accurate figures because not II little OF
the metal is stolen and never figures
in the return of production. In a
try of gold mining Is poorly organized
and controlled. this source OF error in
the returns of output is very impor-
tant.
Professor dc Launay, in his recent
book on gold. says that the gold in
dustry in no country escapes the evil OF
tllievcry. Gold stealing goes on
everywhere, but the extent of the evil
varies according to the country and
lmincrs.
Gold from its nature is easy to steal
and TO sell. In the 'rransvaal it Is
estimated that from 3 to 10 per cent. of
all the gold extracted from the ores
of the Witwatersrand are stolen.
The gold thief is able to steal on a
larger scale in such a country as ST.
IBERIA. where the miners are more iso-
There the thieves even venture to
tamper sometimes with work superin-
tendents, who for Il share of the pick
ings viii give favorable opportunities
for stealing. According to Mr. Lcvats
statements in his book on gold mining
in Eastern Siberia. the quantity OF
gold stolen from Siberian mines Is not
less than 20 per cent. OF the entire
output.
In 1896 1000 advcnturers drove the
mining companies and their employees
from the gold district of the Ieya
River and washed out II large amount
of gold before they finally fled on the
approach Of IL regiment of Cossacks
Not particle of the gold they mined
has been included in the figures OF
production.
| 1t was found also in 1890 that gold
INNING along the border between
French Guiana and Brazil where the
pluccrs were remarkably rich, had
| been carried on for several years with
out any supervision whatever, and no,
an ounce of the gold was included In
the Buffalo Courier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
sun More wonderful.

TT Is TGmnrkable thnt birds orc so
Intelligent. when they're SO small isn't
Club of her choicest
friend, as they walked home together
from a talk on"Our Home Birds J
YES, isn't it?" assented the friend,
eagerly, why, just think even how
very clover the little cuckoos in cue
8lSoo clocks arc, and of course they are
only little wooden ds,"-Youth's
.3ConlpauiOn,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-17
FRIDAY. APRIL II. 1908.
THE NEW YoplS CONVENTION.

New York maintains it's dominant
Mace in the councils of the Democratic
party by force OF numbers, and not by
force of intellect. The Murphy -McCar-
rem pitched battle before the vast as
scmblage in Carnegie Hall on Wcdnes-
day night was no more like dellbera-
tive assembly than the stornlng OF
Port Arthur was like peace congress.
1t was case Of rule or ruin with Muf-
ply, and though he has ruled. 1t is by
no means sure that he has not ruined.
The hiEil-handed tactics of unseating
delegates by force are the same which
Fingy Corners and Murphy used when
they sold the Democratic party TO
Hearst in 1906. with the result that
Hearst was signally defeated.
Now comes the campaign of 1908, ana
New York's forty-eight delegates are
chosen after n knock-down and drag
out fight, which showed no indication
OF that judicial and legislative spirit
which will be SO needful at Denver.
But the convention passed exceedingly
good resolutions. which were in part as
follows:
I'VE believe that the Democracy OF
the nation by the strength of its posi-
ton on questions of great pubic I'M
portance and by the plumbers and en-
travagance of the Republican party, has
this year presented to it an unusual
opportunity to return to the control OF
the government of the country. and 20
that end we believe that every sacrlhcc
which patriotism may suggest or pubic
continent require should be made by
ali members of the party, in order TO
again put Democratic principles into
lctual operation in the administration
of the affairs of the government.
And therefore, we, representing the
marty in the greatest State of the Union
a State whose electoral vote is cssentia
to Democratic victory, with no AM
mostly or hostility for any candidate
and animated only by the devotion tc
the principles of the party. call upon
the Democracy OF the country to send
To Denver in July next, unplodged. un-
fettered and uninstructed, their ablest
strongest and most representative men
to the end that out of the deliberation
and consultation of such men there may
be then and there nominated ticket
which will rally to its support the ludg'
nent. conscience and vote of majority
or the citizens of the country"
These sentiments do credit to the
theory OF Democracy, but the method
by which the convention dealt with
McCarren smacked more of personal
fight between the big leaders of Brook
lyn and New York than of u har-
1nonious and organized effort to re-
establish, the Democratic right to ma
tional leadership.