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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
PAINTER SEARCHES
FOR RUNAWAY WIFE
Kansas City Man Here on Tour
In Search Of Wife, Who De-
serted Him.

Frank Cole, a painting contractor Of
Kansas City Mo-, arrived here last night
on a tour through this state Ia search Of
his runaway wife and three childeen. He
has been on this search since September
2 his family having disappeared Septem-
Der /, presumably with some other man.
Mrs Coles mind is said 10 be deranged
and Mr., Cole says she is not fit to have
charge Of the children On returning to
Kansas City, Mr.. Cole says he win prose-
cute two women to the FUN extent Of the
law, as he claims them to have been the
main cause Of breaking up his home and
causing Mrs. Cole 10 commit a criminal
act
Mrs Cole is Of medium height, 4 feet
3 inches, age ~ years: black hair three
gold teeth in front upper jaw A photo
graph Of her has been left al this office
for Identification The three children are
Josie, ID; George, 10; Leo, s.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
police Methods il india.

A jewel was lost By rich Komati.
II was found In the possession Of
Mohammedan Two policemen Of the
station seized II from him and pledged
It and obtained a loan from local
merchant Then another policeman
was asked to search The house Or the
merchant. and before the search was
effected the merchant gave IL to him
With present as bribe not 70 haul
him up before the court Between the
three policemen sum Of about so
rupees was looted from one or the
other Of the dishonest and aYarIcious
merchants Then arose d split among
thege policemen and their comrades
about the division OF the spolls, and
they are now blinking as to what
course 20 adopt and whom to charge
and what oifense to charge with The
people are losing all confidence In
these men-Mysore Standard.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
THE SAW0Rs OF THE COUNTRY

He may not be a leading citizen He
may aot set bis name ia the papers He
may not participate il political caucuses.
and be consulted as to the county nomi-
nees. He may not have d big balance in
the bank he may be just common.
ordinary every day plug citizen, but when
ever you see a man whose children run 10
the gate to meet him ard throw up their
little hands to clasp around his neck and
their lips pursed for the parental kiss,
whenever you see a man whose wife comes
10 the door in anticipation Of his c0ming
bet your money on that man. That is the
fellow upon whose shoulders rests tine
future Of the republic that is the man
with The heart Of gold. that is the man
who fights the counuys battles and who
saves the country in the hour of triat
The battles for liberty were NOT fought
BY those who wear purple and fine linen
Liberty was not established BY kings and
potentates and emperors. But al the FIRE
sides, the babies fought these things out
There Is not d man alive who does not
live again III the daily goings in and com
ings out Of his babies, There is not
man with babies whose whole course Of
fife is not guided By those babies There
is not a man alive whose heart is not
touched by the suffering of childhood By
lts little sorrows by its tribulations which
10 not amountto much ia the sum 81 daily
t0iI ID men b1t which are real and serious
things ID the lale folks tAud il Is tie
comm0n man who knows and understands
these things the man 81 The farm the
man ID tile coal mines. the man III the
factory che man III tie office struggling
with lbe books These are the sayiors 0f
the republic through their children At
last rle children are The republic became
il aiteftime they are ~ control the desu-
nies II Tie republic The ireside is tie
altar of liberty And the mothers knee
i TIE place where The battles are fought.
TULSA Democrat
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
EVERY COUNTY TO
Be REPRESENTED
Tulsa County to Have Special Train
to Big Democratic Meeting
at Oklahoma City

Guthrie, Okla, Oct s-Practically every
county in Oklahoma has sent assurances
that their various democratic clubs win
be represented at the monster democratic
rally to be held at Oklahoma City next
Friday October 9th.
Letters and telegrams received here
state that the democratic clubs are pre-
pairing to make the event an unusual
demonstration Of loyalty to Oklahoma and
her governor, who is under attack from
President Roosevelt and William r.
Hearst and other boiling democrats.
Even from far western Oklahoma dele
cations are being organized to swoop
down on Oklahoma City Friday Up in
Tulsa county, where National Committee
man Tate Brady resides. special train
Is being talked of to accommodate the
crowds going to the big rally Governor
Haskell has made arrangements 10 be in
Oklahoma City Thursday night and spend
all Of Friday attending the State Fair and
THE various meetings of O political nature
70 be held during the day AT night he
will deliver the principal address Of the
evening at the Convention Hall. This
viii follow the torch light procession plan
ned BY the Bryan and Kern Club Of Okla
homa City
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

Suppose you had On deposit $4,000
beins al the wealth .youIpossessed. and
fear entered your heart a. 70 the.solvency
u that institution ~0uld you wait for the
guaranty fund. or would you.withdrau
your deposit
THIS supposisious proposition i taken
from the paper read 81 Festns ] Wade
before the convention of thesAmerican
Bankers Association 1t Dener We have
selected this. not because il Is especially
easy 70 answer but because il Is fair
Illustration Of the shalIowness. sophistry
and banality d Mr Wade entire reason-
ing From beginning % end his spaper Is
utterly wanting m breadth d view and
depth of research Il lacks thought this
paper II Mr Wade Il is superficial Il Il
vapid
But lei Us take festus Made's hypo-
theticai deposit Of $1,000 II that vas
the entire wealth 81 the depositor let Us
set Mr. Wades dubiety 1t rest by assur-
ing him that under such circumstances
the deposltor would do just what Festus j.,
Wade would do Withdraw that money
lle would not wait for the guaranty law
to reimburse him
but suppose depositor had all his
money deposited in a bank about the sol
veney 0f which no fear entered his soul.
And suppose he awoke some morning to
learn that the bank had failed Don't
you imagine it would be vastly oonsolng
70 that delositor 20 know that his money
was not lost 10 him; that under the bank
guarantee law provision had been made
70 meet just this kind of case, and that,
without burthening anybody or any insti-
tuition. this otherwise fetal loss to him has
been avoided Imagine. if you can, the
SENSE Of security and confidence such an
experience must create among the depos-
itors Of the bank that failed Joplin
Globe
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
ROMANCE MORE IN THEIR LINE
Factory Workers Criticism Of Louisa
M AIeott's Great Story.

IN q conversation about books which
the author az The Long Day had
with TWO Of her workmates at a boz
factory. she spoke enthusiastically
OF Little Women" and told them how
she had read IL four times, and that
she meant to read Il again some day.
Little Women" was unknown 10
them. but their curiosity was reused
over the unheard-of thing Of any.
body ever wanting TO read a
book more than once, and they
pressed her to repeat the story for
them. This she did with great aecu-
racy Of statement. and with genuine
pleasure TO herself at being given an
opportunity to introduce anybody to
Meg and 10 and all the rest Of that
delightful March family.
When she finished, Phoebe stopped
work and Mrs. Smith looked up from
her labeIpasting, saying why that's
no story at all"
Why. no" echoed Phoebe. that's
no story-that's just everyday hap
peniugs I don't see what's the use
putting things like that In books I'll
bet any money that lady what wrote
II knew all them boys and girls, They
just sound like real, live people; and
when you was telling about them
could see them as plain as plain could
be-eouldn't you, Gwendolyn?'
Yep" yawned Gwendolyn, undis-
guisedly bored
but I suppose farmer folks likes
them kind OF stories" Phoebe gener.
ously suggested They amt used to
the same styles Of anything that us
city folks are. Youths Companion.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

Van Blbbef, fresh from the wedding
sat over cool and kissing drink in
the club window.
She rejected you once. didn't she
old man." De Peyater asked.
Van Bibber snesred At the memories
Of the June bride which his friends
question evoked
"she only partially returned my af-
fection. he murmured
"0nly partially returned your affec-
tlon2 What do you mean"
II mean what / say Van Bibber
bitterly answered She returned
All the love letters. but kept all the
laWelry."
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
RECORDED THE TRUTH ALWAYS.
Wordsworth's Poetry Set Against His
Failure as Correspondent.

Word worth, except BY virtue Of ons
quality, was not remarkable ats a let
ter ~~'ter His happiest moods we're
those frances OF thought and mount.
lngs Of the mind which came to him
when wandering among the hills or
seated upon some old. gray stone The
act of penmanshin was always a dis.
tress 70 him: In his elder years he was
troubled with inflammation Of the
eyes. and he often dictated his letters
He could chain his mind to record
facts. but 70 do 80 implied a state OF
servitade He cared little for the let
ters Of great writer's. and expressed
a wish that his own might de de-
stroyed He had no pleasant malice
eager to escape from the tip of the
pen. such as Horace Walpoie had lie
had no bubbling mirth which will not
be- repregged like that Of Lamb He
could not engraye an exquisite yignette
for a friends delight and his own, Ike
Cowper His pen was not an etchers
needle. nor dagger to stab. nor a
sword to cut. nor a hobby horse on
which To canter. But to set over
against all this Wordsworth could
write the truth, and the truth he In.
varlably wrote.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
lacking the aEar for Music. .

lie bears great loss and sorrow
who has mo ear for music" Into
one great garden of delights he may
not 20 There needs no flaming
sword TO bar the way, since for him
there ia no gate called Beautiful
which he should seek to enter Blunt.
ed and stolid be stumbles through
life for whom its harp.strings vain.
II CULVER Yet. on the other hand.
what does he not gain? lie loses
the concord Of sweet sounds, but he
is spared the discord of harsh noises.
For the surges Of bewlldering har-
mony and the depths of dlssonant
disgust, he stands on the levels OF
perpetual peace Gail Hamilton.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

In the sense in which Sir William
Harcourt remarked We are all social.
lists now" Il may be said that all An.
gio.Indlans are believers in swadeshi
While all reasonable AngloIndians dep.
recate tho senseless agitation and
the unsound economics Of the extrem.
ist advocates Of swadeshi principles,
they are all anxious 10 assist that
natural development Of indigenous In.
dustries and the creation Of new ones
upon which the future prosperity Of
the country So largely depends Pic.
neer Mail
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
ECCLESIASTICAL FOLLY.

The kind and character Il the resolutions
passed II the Presbyterian Synod II Guth-
rie last week anept tle Billaps bil indi-
Gates boz easily tie clergy j imposed
upon and h0s utterly impractical the
ministry is ii matters II politics 4 feN
politicians among he preachers u any
denomination ean generally lead the
whole body into ridiculous situations and
excesses
That % staid and ultra-fiehleous 3 gath
erine ii i Presbyterian Synod could be led
blindfoldod into the tacit endorsement Of
Governor Haskell. Who il Just nov busily
engaged III brushing his own skirts, Is al
most beyond belief The editor d this
paper Is democrat ard Presbyterian
which may Of may not be d strange Of
unusual combination. but he Is both from
mate and Unborn principle. But even at
the great risk 81 falling from grace, we
finally persevere III the belief that the said
Billnps bin Il d delusion and d snare and
that tie resolutions Of the Synod bespeaks
Che folly of a great ecclesiastical body
rushing into the breach to save an exceed
inay smoothe politician from an unfottu-
nate situation
Haskell. like Roosevelt is riding. booted
aud spuned over the people and demand
inp support aud endorsement from every
element from The ignorant and vicious 60
tile groomed and froeked representatives
II Che kingdom that is not Of this world
When i man holding il fat job the gift
II Haskell rises IN his place and declares
his allegiance q his benefactor eharit.
able church and i more charitable public
may excuse the oftense but to So out and
attempt to line up a whole denomination
In such defense il shameful
Has the Presbyterian body laid aside
sword and fasot aud martyrdom through
glorious history only % take up the petty
quauels of petty partisan politics Is
this the fruit of centuries of struggle ai
lis wreath u thofns o. diadem Of glory
Nay, let The church yiudicate Gods tutl
against error and show the faith that il
Ii her IN some other way
The Billups bill has given Us what w,
never had N the darkest days Of terrific.
rial misrule and Of appointiYe govern
ment II has given as the saloon without
license Or Tie protection Of law, It hat
given is Wild beast MOI chained an,
muzzled but turned loose untcttered b
law. Ii tear and dev0ur us. We ask anl
fairmnded man ia amy community il
eastern Oklahoma If there Is NOT mor,
liquor dispensed illegally under the Billup
bin than ever before il all The history d
this country
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

This year wall be q record breaker in
more than one particular il the present
gait Is kep, u 70 the ead ofn Tie h'st
half oi the year vas 5al in business
way but TIE latter half promises ID NAL G
up for the same by an increase Is basi-
mes. that viii more than overcome the
deficiency III the matter % street paving
and public improvements iu Ninita il viii
have more to It's credit thaR amy ten years
Ia les history
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
PRAIRIE FIRE DESTROYS
SEVERAL HAY STACKS

A fire that started on the Frisco right
Of way Just east Of town swept the coun-
try for more than a mile south, this
afternoon. The brisk north wind famed
the blaze among the dead grass and In a
short time the whole prairie seemed
afire No damage was done to the farm
houses in the path Of the flames but sew
eral stacks Of hay we're destroyed.
The most damage was done on the
Patton place, where George Seigel had
recently stacked a lot of fine hay The
fire was still burning 81 press time and
extent Of the damage could only be es-
timated.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
DEADLY WATER in THE DESERT.
Mistake Made BY Travellers In Arid
Wastes % the Southwest.

One or the chief dangers OF travel
ers IN crossing such dreary and arid
wastes as the far famed Death valley
In Nevada arises from ignorance as TO
the character OF the infreuuent pools
or water along the route" said II Fl
smallsy, a mining engineer Of Denver.
The tenderf0ot growing faint under
: blazing sun, Will want to quench h!a
intolerabls thirst when he comes to a
shallow hole, whose water. clear as
crystal. seems absolutely pure lie
can with difficulty be restrained from
drinking II by some experienced com
panion. who knows that one draught
will probably cause serious II not fatal
Illness. This water, for ail its seem.
Ing purity and clearness. Il loaded
with arsenic, and many man has lost
bis life By its use
"Curiously enough, the only water
In the desert that Is safe to drink Il
foul looking and inhabited BY bugs
and snakes When you come 10 a
muddy pool, on the surface Of which
insects are disporting themselves. how.
ever repulsive It may be both to the
eye and palate. you may drink II With
impunlty, despite its looks. as a man
will who IL crazy with thirst produced
BY burning sands and merciiess san. -
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

How Is IL here since prohibition eame
into etIectg asked a puileess visitor the
other day Why. bless you, it has never
come into effect, there is more liquor sold
under tie Hillups bin than ever before In
all the history Of this country
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
COMPRISE TWO CITIES IN ONE.
Life of the Roofs = Distinct Feature
of Italian Towns.

There stll exists iu Italian cities a
lie Of the roofs that is distinct and
Characteristic, and Of which the mere
foreigner and tourist is entirely un.
aware, Particularly is this the case
In Florence Mount to the top floor
of one Of these grim. big palaces stand.
Ing In some gloomy, sunless street
often approached by a stern. forbid
ding doorway and dark, steep stairs
and you will hold your breath with
wonder 81 the surprise that awaits
you. For here before your eyss
strssehes an unfamiliar city. a red.
and-green city of vide expanse and
varying attitudes, a city no less Rrchi.
tacturally beautiful than the one you
hare left below. and enliyensd too,
most Unexpectedly by verdure
In the very heart of the city, on its
topmoss apex. there ii no trace Of
CRIME. the air ia pure and wholesome
Indeed, its hrsezes are charged with
no small suggestion Of sea and noun
tain breath As for the smoke one
would expect to fnd hanging above
the roofs 81 q dsnsely populated city.
IL Is conspicuous By its absence, and
only At the hour Or meals does some
faint blue column rise for the briefsst
space into the atmosphere Century.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

TIE vote on November 3 ia Oklahoma
win not be an Endorsement Of Haskell
any more than d rebuke to the president
for buttiue in II will. however, be a little
Of both. But down deep the fact remains
that il is simply and unalterably a demo
cratic community
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
Careless Writers.

some noyelists don't know what
they're talking about Here's one who
speaks ol i girls raven hair
What's wrong with it2'
All wrong Ravens don't wear
hafr they wear feathersl STRAY
Stories
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION TO
SELL REAL ESTATE.

The petition Of Silas Elliott, as the ad-
mlnistrat0r Of the estate Of Edmond
Bridges. deceased, having been presented
to this Court, praying that an order be
made authorizing said petitioner 20 sell
the whole Or 50 much and such parts Of
the real estate, 50 described in said peti-
ton, as the Court shall judge necessary
and beneficial az public sale And il ap-
pearing to the Court from such petition
that il Is necessary TO sell the whole 0r
some portion Of such real estate for the
purposes and reasons mentioned In said
petitlon therefore, said petition viii be
filed herein and 0 time appointed for hear
ing the same.
And it Is hereby ordered by the Court
that Saturday, the 7th day Of November.
1908, at the hour 0f 10 O'Clock a. nj. on
said day, that being day Of the regular
October, 1908 term Of this Court be-, and
the same is appointed as the time when all
persons interested in said estate are di-
rected and required to appear before this
Court 70 show cause why an order should
not be granted to said petitioner to sell 81
much Of the property Of said decedent as
is necessary
And il Is further ordered that q copy Of
this order be published for four successive
weeks IN newspaper Of general circula-
ton within the county Of Craig
State Of Oklahoma, before the hearing day
on said petition to sell
Dated the 7th day of October. 1903
THE0 d. B. FREAR.
Judge Of the County Court
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

Mf Roosevelt Is n0t d candidate f0f
president screams republican paper
not nov but wilt " ID 1916 acerodine io
Young Nics
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
Lester Tignor Wedding

Miss Stella Lester and Mr.. Albert Tig-
nor we're married yesterday afternoon at
the parIor Of the Gem Restaurant BY
Justice Ed + Foster. The bride and
groom left on the evening train for Jop-
lin where they will visit few days and
viii then return to Vinita 70 make their
home.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

Do you consider your nerve Is
sufficiently steady 10 FL you for an
air ship NAVIGATOR
Well I've been out In a canoe with
nervous fak girl"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
BANK Note

First Director new cashier
don't seem to take any interest IN the
business.
Second Heavens; you
don't want him to clean up everything.
do your We ought TO be glad II he
takes nothing but the principal
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

saY ~ yoa knox ee are emae %
have tW0 dsys fair ii yinita 0n the
goth and 2lsi 81 this month II begins
tu hook ghat Way
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

what viii The program ut the edu.
ealIonal convention at Ocean city EN-.
braeaaH
Il don't know, but If aGl consulted
say all the pretty teachers
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

Wonder why Taft don't show Texas a
little respect by going down there Cog d
few speeches Texas is a mighty big
state and ought 70 command d Little at
tention. and It may be added that ii is
about as likely 70 30 republican as Is
0klahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
COMPTROLLER FORMING
DISTRICTS FOR EXAMINERS
BY Associated Press

By Associated Press
Washington, D. G.. Oct 8.-Comptroller
Of the Currency Murray announced today
that he would put into immediate action
a plan for the formation Of eleven districts
81 the national bank examiners with
chairman In charge 81 each division. at
each Of the following cities: Boston. New
York. Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Nashville,
Chicago Minneapolis, Kansas City, Fort
Worth Denver and San Francisco
The chairman in each Of the districts
viii compile quarterly reports 70 be sub
mitted 10 the comptroller from the reports
Of the examiners covering the states tn
each Of the lists
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09
AFreak Rose Bush.

W. r. Wilson. the president Of the
Huntingdon tpal borough council
has an oddly at bis home on MIfnin
street In the form of a perfectly white
rose blooming on a rose bush which
has borne only red roses and on which
eH the other flowers now blooming
are red.
The rose is j. climbing rambler and
about eight feet from Che ground up
the side 81 the house die one perfect.
Is White rose Inns grown, standing out
prominently among tha red ones sur
rounding IT,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

Oh November 3f5 1908 we democrats
want i bank guaranty Law assured by the
election of Bryan-see
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

TIE proposition 20 sell che school land
has been lost in the maze Of the political
dance
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

The power Of the big stick i being put
Il The final test
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

The sheath gown season is over and
vas all too flsetiag
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

Blind Tom Core has o cincb on the sem
atalal t0ea for the next six years OF longer
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-09

A square deal is sometimes the ching
Ia be dreaded