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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
February %. 1908 and May IA. 1908.
aud July Is. 1908.

February %. 1908 and May A. 1908,
and July IS, 1908
From December 5. 1907 to Febuaryi4.
1908. the deposits in the unsecured banks
decreased about an even half million. The
secured national banks for The same
period gained in deposits about $520.000.
State banks Call securely for the period
from December II. 1907 to February 20,
1908, shows an increase in deposits Of
S7i6749,47.
For the period ending May Il. secured
national banks show an increase in de
posits Of S645.4l3.6i.
State banks (all securely for the period
ending May II, shows am increase in de-
posits Of S2.355. 5.602I4
For the period ending May IA the un-
secured banks Call natlonaD lost in de
posits $500. .807s6
Deposits for state funds for period end
ing May IL shows a decrease Of both
classes of banks as follows.
IN secured banks, S2i.533.50.
In unsecured banks. $3.50. .9i976.
Four hundred and ninety-nne state
banks for the period ending July l5.shows
an inoreaseo Of deposits Of Ss2S.6399i
Fifty-fom secured national banks for
period ending July Is. shows decrease
in deposits of S557183.4s
This decrease it is claimed was caused
by the comptroller commanding several
national banks to stay out Of the guar
anty fund leading 70 the belief that
national banks that we're under the law
would be forced out which has since
proven true.
Two hundred and ffty-one unsecured
national banks for the period endine
July 4 s. show a decrease in deposits of
S964, 6s028
For this same period deposits Of state
funds show a decrease in both classes Of
banks as follows
In secured banks S257,s2469, in un-
secured banks S252.52910.
Total increase Of deposits in all secured
banks, December TO July reports, S4,509-
22f65.
Total decrease Of deposits in all un-
secured banks, December TO July reports,
S2.0e547714
Total decrease Of deposits Of state
funds Ia al banks. last periods Si.200.-
s0705
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
NEGRO DIES ON scArroLo.
oklahoma's First Legal Hanging oe-
CURED at Lawton Yesterday.

Iawton. Ok.-At o'clock Friday
morning the death trap was thrown
which took the life Of Frank Ford
the negro wife-murderer of Freder-
ick. Ford climbed onto the scaf-
fold perhaps more calm than any Of
the thousand spectators who witness
ed the hanging. When asked If he
had anything to say. Ford talked for
five minutes, warning other young
men to act in manner that will not
lead them TO the hangman's moose.
Ford said that he had been a wav-
ward boy and had his parents been
more strict he might have led a DIFF
ferent life. When he had finished
he asked to be permitted to smoke
a cigarette, which request was grant.
ed. When the twelve deputy sher.
iffs had the rope In place about his
neck and had bound his hands and
feet ne asked for a mirror. and look.
ing in the glahs said: 4 would
make a good picture"
When Sheriff Carter asked, "An
ready ?"Ford replied. Il am prepared
to meet my God; / am ready 10 die -
The lever was pulled end Ford drop.
ped seven feet and behind the fence
which obstructed the view OF the
crowd II was thirtyfour minutes
before the physicians pronounced
Ford dead. although the neck was
broken IN the fall.
This Is the first legal hanging in
the new state of Oklahoma, although
another negro was hanged at Okla.
homa City a few years ago under
the territorial law. The crime which
brought Ford to the seaffold was the
shooting of his wife last June with
shotgun ashotgun The details
OF the crime were told by Ford upon
the scaffold and he stated that sew.
eral times before he was taken by
the officers he had thought OF Civ.
ing himself over to the law volun
tarily, and ever since he had longed
for the time TO die
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
canton RseeIvIna Nsw RIns..

Guthrie. Ok-Adiutant General
Canton OF the Oklahoma National
Guard says that to date he has re-.
ceived for the Oklahoma militia 500
OF the new United States army rifles.
The guns are now being distributed
to the militia companies over the
state. and the old Krag. Jorgensons
being taken up and sent back to the
War Department. The new rife il
the Springfield 80 with a sight range
Of 300 yards, shorter barrel bit
greater velocity and accuracy than
the "Krags, with longer sword
bayonet The new rife possesses
the great advantage of being used
as a carbine for armed forces as well
as rifle for the infantry.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
ASSESSMENTS ARE INCREASED.
Oklahoma Equalization Board Raises
Telegraph eompanies' Figures.

Guthrie, ORA material increase
has been made By the state board Of
EQUALIZATION In the assessment Of the
two big telegraph companies ope rat
'ng in Oklahoma, according to a
tatement given out by Auditor NJ
:. Trapp The Western Union Tele.
graph Company fixed a valuation Of
$40 per mile on iron wire and $40 on
opper wire. The board increased
he valuation on iron wire 10 $50 per
nile and on copper wire to 500 per
nile, or about five times the yaua.
ion as fixed by the company. This
company also placed a valuation OF
80 per mile on poles. thirty poles to
the mile. The board increased the
valuation on poles to 5000 per mile
fhe Postal Telegraph Compnny's as
sessment was increased to $40 a
Tile.. the value OF the companys
property In the state being fixed at
1S.200 The Postal Company owns
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11

no poles IN the state. Trs wires be-
ing attached to Pioneer Telephon
Company poles
No increase was made By the
board In the assessment of the Guth.
rie street railway. the Enid City Rail-
way Company or the Tulsa Street
Railway Company. An increase OF
10 per cent was made by the boar :
I'm the assessment OF the Oklahoma
City Railway Company. An increass
of 60 and % per cent. respectively,
was made In the valuation of the
Shawnee Teeumseh Traction Com.
pany and the Muskogee Electric
Traction Company.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
csus. Of Leaves change Of Color.

When sap ceases TO flow in the au-
tumn, and the natural growth of the
tree ceases, oxidation in the leaves
takes place Under this oxidation the
leaves change to red, or, with a slight
change of the condition, 1t might be
yellow or brown. This. however, Is
only the chemical explanation. Life.
or. as we would say. vital power. has
20 bear a part II a branch is entire.
~ cut of from the main plant, no
change OF color occurs. On the other
hand. If a branch is injured. though
not entirely cut on from the tree,
change of color takes place. even II It
be midsummer In other words. chem.
tstry alone cannot account FOR the
bright colors of autumn foliage; the
mysterious power we call life has to
work az the same time.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
Furnishing a Room.

Every mother should. where II is
possible, permit her daughter to fur.
rish her own room according to her
own taste In this way a girl can find
a pleasant way OF expressing her own
individuality
Even where Il Is not convenient to
allow the daughter to do the furnish
ing, the mother can encourage her to
have the photographs and ornaments
OF which she Is fond displayed about
her room.
Some Of the pleassntest rooms in
many homes are those In which the
daughters Of the house have been al
lowed 10 show their individual tastes.
And the care and arrangement OF such
apartments have proved sources of
continual pleasure and pride TO them
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
COUNTY CLERKS AND
TREASURERS IN SESSION

oklahoma City, Ok, Sept 5.--About
forty county clerks and county treasarers
from different parts Of the state met here
yesterday to discuss conditions affecting
their work. Nothing was accomplished at
the short session this afternoon. The
sessions viii close tom0rrow.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
Short informal Meeting

The Commercial Club held an interest
ing, but short informal meeting last night
Plans for future action we're discussed
but no definite action was taken on any
prosposition.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
MAY co TO FEDERAL COURTS.
Judge Campbell Denies Injunction
Asked BY Liquor Salesman.

McAlester, Ok-Jugde Ralph r.
Campbell Of the United States Court
refused today to grant an Injunction
restraining the officers of the state
OF Oklahoma from further arrestine
A. II. Dreyfus, citizen of Kansas
City, Mo, from soliciting orders for
interstate shipment Of liquor into
the state Of Oklahoma. In refusin =
the Injunction Judge Campbell ouot.
ed at length from the opinion Of Jus.
tice Harlln in Fits W. McGhee 10
u. s., 517. and added
The Court is without Jurisdiction
TO enjoin the defendants as Officers
Of the State from proceeding TO en-.
force by criminal proceedings the
Avs OF the state, even though they
may be repungent to the Constitu.
ton OF the United States. This is a
defense Of which the complainant
may avail himself In the courts Of
the state. and II unsuccessful there
may. on writ OF error, take HIS case
to the Supreme Court OF the United
States for final decision"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
Went Too gar.

Elderly suitor-l offer you an hon
orable name. large fortune and the
utmost devotion
Mabel 0oyouslyl oh. Mr.. Grayhed.
how kind Of you,
Elderly suitor--In ADDITION. I can
say that I am In the best Of health
and that come Of an extremely long
lived family.
Mabel (coldly) Mo. can never be
yours. Please don't mention the sub.
iect again.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11

Miss Fannie Carr left this morning for
Pryor Creek where she will teach school
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-09-11
Dangerously Burned In an erolo.Ior

dangerously burned N an Explosion.
Enid, Ok, Mrs. j. f. Adams was
dangerously burned by the explosion
OF a gasoline stove. While she was
preparing dinner Friday she allied
the tank 10 overhowing. Her dress
caught Are. Physicians say her re.
covery Ia doubtful
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24


the assessed valuation of the table
properly of Elmore county. Said
Levy being divided as follows to-
wit:
STATE AND COUNTY
State Gen. and Specials, 20 on 500
Current Expense, o5 on 500
Interest 80 on 100
Warrant Redemption, 10 on 100
School General, so on 100
Road 20 on 100
Bridge % on 100
Bond Tax Sinking fund for
payment of refunding bonds
issue of 1908, II on 100
Total $3.15
SPECIAL LEWIS
Live Stock Sanitary 25 on $500
iedatory Animals, 80 on 100
SCHOOL SPECIALS
Dist. No. 2, S mills or so cts on
500.
Dist. No. 5, 10 mills or 81 on
100.
Dist No. o, 10 mills or 81 on
500.
Dist. No. g, IL mills or $.25
on $100, sinking fund for payment
of bonds.
Dist. No. 9, mills or $40 on
500.
Dist. No. 10, mills o. $ 80 on
$1oO.
Dist. No. II, mills or $50 on
500.
Dist No. II, mills or $40 on
500.
Dist. No. IS, mills or $40 on
500.
On motion the board adjourned
F. p. AXE,
F. c. SMITH, Chairman.
Clerk.
Mountain Home, Idaho, Sept. Ia, =,
1903.
Pursuant to a recess taken on
August 3rd, 1908 to meet at this
time and date the beard of county
commissioners met with members
F. p AXE and II. F. Shelton pres
ent, Mr.. ]. ]. McGinness being abb
sent account of sickness.
Whereupon the following proceed
ings were had to-wit:
The following bills we're ex-
amined and allowed and the clerk
was instructed to issue warrants
out of the proper funds in payments
OF same to- Wit:
]. n. Forbes & Co., Ltd, ball
ance due on contract price of steel
bridge across South Boise river
near old Johnson bridge site,
Sl,7O3. 90.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24

Frst-The failure of the republican party steps
electing
the republican endorse
providing publicity campaign
of the republican o he
ThrdThe failure of the republican
bank bill hypocrisy party endorsing
this reform which ignored n congress.
FourhThe passage republican congress
bill which enables speculative
actually safety
for depositors instead OF Incl easing it.
Fifth The government
all majority
a popular bill if the speaker refuses
SixthThe per living
under republican Dngley tariff wages
only nineteen per
SeventhThe of republican congress
by
publican protected
prices consumers
0 republican representatives.
opt government report
prices
NnthThe republican leaders they
factories for the difference
America abroad, but the
publican sufficient
products fifteen per and he
s
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24
AIRSHIPS FOR
THE FUTURE
Will Gross the Ocean in Eighteen
Hours says EdisOn..200 Miles
an Hour.

Salt Lake, Utah, Sept. IL
within five years airships will
be carrying passengers across the
ocean in eighteen hours, 200 miles
an hour. Aerial flight will be
commercialized in that time.
"The North Pole can and will be
reached IN forty eight hour trip.
The perfected heliocoptor will be
able to encircle the globe in a
week. 7"
These statements were made yes
terday by Thomas A. Edison, the
inventor, in the course OF talk on
aerial navigation.
Neither the aeroplanes now
owned by the Wright brothers,
nor any airship built along the
principle nor along the idea Of
the dirgible balloon will ever be of
practical use or successful CONNER
cially," he said. The successful
machine must be automatic in op-
Grafton. The human part of it
must be reduct-d d to mere nechan-
ism, as in the case of the automo-
bile and steam enigne. Otherwise
the dream of skimming the clouds
must ever remain dream.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24

has lived here since childhood and
has many friends who regret to
note that she is TO make her home
else ewhere
They have always taken prom
inent part in the affairs OF the city
anc have at all times been willing
to do their part in the upbuildfng
of anything that stood for the adj
yancemen and betterment of their
home town. Mr.. Weaver was
chairman of the village board until
the time of his leaving, and at the
last session of the legislature rep
resented this county in the house.
He has held various offices in the
local fraternal orders from which he
will be greatly missed.
Their friends wish them success
in their new home.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24
THE COAL SITUATION
GROWING SERIOUS
Goal Mines of Idaho, Colorado and WyOm-
ing Closed Down and Not a
Pound in Sight.

mer months and they should then
have laid in supply of coal.
Whether or not the dealers in
Mountain Home received such no.
tice we are not prepared to say, but
we know the people at large we're
not made wise to the situation
and in consequence they aie with
out coal. If the railroad company
was in possession of facts as would
lead them to believe strike in the
mines was emanent, they certainly
could have exerted themselves in a
small way and inserted local adver-
tisements in the papers of Noun
tain Home and the other towns
along the rsilroad system, calling
attention to the fact that people
should lay in supply of coal be-
fore the fall rush had been resumed.
We see but one alternative, that
of freezing or buying cur coal from
the 'rustlers. Last year the city
and county authorities absolutely
stopped am prohibited a continual
tion OF the illegal and illegitimatc
stealing of coal from the railroad
company as the railroad was de-
livering coal and there was no ex-
cuse of stealing it. No reputable
citizen will buy coal from the
'rustlcrs' but If we cannot get it
otherwise, if the railroad refuses to
haul it and the dealers cannot sell
it, the community must and will
buy it from these people and they
in turn must necessarily steal it
from the railroad and the authori-
ties are powerless to prevent them.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24
MINNESOTA MAN
COMING HERE
Conditions in the Ease DisCOurading
and Farmers Suffer for Want
of Rainfall.

The following letter was received
from George w. Caldwell, an at
torney at law of Minneapolis, adj
vising us in all truth that he would
soon make this his permanent place
OF abode and take up active profess
sion OF law. George will be re-
membered by great many people
in Mountain Home, he having been
here on several different occasions
a couple or three years ago. He
is one of the bright young men and
coming lawyers of the country, and
will make a legion of friends and
become an important factor in any
community that he may reside. In
speaking of the past troub es of the
Great Western Beet Sugar COM
pany and the drouth and other
causes thereof, we quote as follows
from his letter:
''If some of the knockers of
Mountain Home would come East
and take an object lesson from
Northern Wisconsin, where they
have had no rain for seven weeks,
and right here in Minnesota where
we have had no beneficial precipi-
tation for crops for over four weeks,
they might change their ideas and
think more OF their own country.
These drouths have been accompan-
led by the usual unfortunate effects
of such weather and everything
here is burned up and deao.
4 have watched corn fields burn
up under the effects of the sun dur
ing the last few weeks. If some
of the people in Mountain Home
could take a peep at the rest of the
world they might possibly upon in
trospection find little of the milk
of human kindness in their make
ups and cultivate in small mea-
sure sympathy for others as unfor-
tunate as themselves and instead of
looking to John H. Garrett for
everything in this world both good
and evil, become convinced that
providence may have little some-
thing to do with the fate of men.
Times are very hard here in Min
nesota and although there seems to
be plenty of money in the banks,
collections are hard and people
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24

fore being surveyed, but survey
must be secured in order to obtain
patent.
Another matter which came
refore the board yesterday was
the contract of the Houston Ditch
company, which was approved
This company is constructing a pro-
ject in Fremont county, under
which three will be 1000 acres of
Carey act land. The date of the
opening was not set, but the price
of water rights was affixed at S35,
one-tenth do~n and nine deferred
payments.
1t was decided that the state
would sell all state lands within
the proposed site of the Deer Flat
reservoir TO the government at the
appraised value, and that equities
upon other land would be sold for
the amounts still due the state
from purchasers.
The total amount of land to be
flooded in which the state is inter
ested amounts TO about 500 acres.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24
GREAT Is THE AMERICAN HEN.

Let us sing the praise of the
Great American Hen, who, during
the past year, may well have
cackled with pride over the pro-
duction of nearly one billion three
hundred million dozens of eggs !
Do you realize what that means?
Well, listen:
If, instead of remaining quietly
at home in Iowa, she had chosen
to demonstrate her powers 10 the
universe at large, the Hen might
have laid those eggs, each two
inches long, end to end, in con-
tinuous chair reaching 382, 818
miles up to the moon, back again,
and then more than half way round
the world for good measure-a
total of 1924 miles of eggs
Furthermore, if those eggs hac
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24

been made into one omelet half an
inch thick, that omelet would easi-
ly nave covered Manhattan Island,
an area of twenty-five square miles
An old Mohammedan legend tells
that King Solomon used to travel
through the air with all his armies
on wonderful flying carpet, pro-
tected from the rays of the sun by
the wings of a host OF birds. Now,
according to the poultry census,
there are in the United States about
two hundred and eighty millions
of chickens, guinea fowls, turkeys,
geese and ducks of the poultry vot-
ing age, which is three months or
over. If required to furnish NOV
ing canopy like that of King Solo
mon, the barn-yard fowls OF this
country, allowing only a foot of
spread to each, could shadow " a
space of ten square miles.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24
SURVEY OF 500. coo Acres

An application tor the survey
of 500, 900 acres of land lying prin-
cipally in Owyhee county and be-
tween the Salmon and Bruneau
rivers, will be made by the state
of Idaho, within the next few days.
This tract is part of the land
segregated for the immense Twin
Falls -Bruneau project, the largest
irrigat ion undertaking in the west.
Under the provisions of the Carey
act, land may be segregated be-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24

The coal situation in Mountain
Home is becoming critical. No
definite information can be had as
to just when coal will be furnished
and ss winter is coming on and not
pound of coal can be had at any
cost. the situation becomes serious
indeed.
1t is an admitted fact that the
coal mines in Eastern Idaho and
Southwestern Wyoming being alb
solutely to the Union Pacific rail-
road company and that they oper
ate them or close them down at
will. Just why the roalroad COM
pany has seen fit to close down the
mines at a season of the year when
the demand for coal is greatest is
beyond our comprehension. In an
Olmstead, he stated that it was
uncertain just when the mines
would again resume, but probably
shortly alter Laoor Day. 1t is long
since past that day and still we
hear nothing definite frvm the diff
fereut mines as to when they will
resume operations. The only ex-
pianation Mr.. Olmstead gave, when
questioned upon this subject was,
that the people in Mountain Home
and other towns along the Short
4 L.
fact that they had not taken proper
warning and laid in supply. early
in the season. He claimed that
the coal dealers in the towns re-
ceived notice that reduced coal
rate was in effect during the sum
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24
LEAVE FOR BoISt.

Mr. and Mrs. L. j. Weaver left
for Boise last Tuesday where they
expect to make their future home.
Mr.. Weaver has purchased an in
terest in the Globe Paper and
Paint Company with Mr.. Davis
and will assist in the business. Mr..
Weaver has made this his home
for nearly seven years coming here
from Indiana, and during his resi-
dence made a large circle of
friends who will always be inter-
ested in his welfare. Mrs. Weaver
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-24

seem to be unsettled as to the fu-
ture. They are awaiting election
results. This is the healthiest
part of the country ana it is made
up of that class of people that do
not fear the election of Bryan and
there is a noticeable feeling of op-
tirniSno ,,