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La Junta tribune., 1908-05-02
SWlMK.

Joe Powa-s went to Rocky Ford
Tuesday on business.
C.. o. Burseil. agent at Cheraw.
was a Swink visitor Sunday.
Lee Gauger. Of La Junta. is do
ing the carpenter stunt in Swink.
George Gross attended the repub-
lican state convention in Pueblo
Tuesday.
Mrs. j. V. Yeoman went to Timpas
this week and while there filed on
a desert claim.
S. Z. Mendelson. of La Junta.
paid his weekly visit to Swink We'd
nesdav afternoon.
Us. Westfall was Pueblo visitor
Tuesday and took in the doings OF
the republican state convention.
ID. NJ. Shelton. of Kansas has a
bunch of ten fine work horses in this
burg which he is offering for sale.
Miss Alice Westfall closed very
successful term Of school at Cheraw
last Friday. and is now making her
home in Swink.
f. A. Russell. C. o. Burseil and
w. Z. Gaines, accompanied Peter
Reilly to La Junta Sunday morning
to bid him bon voyage on his trip to
California.
F. Fl. Lewis. Of Goldfeld. New.
scientific optician and expert jewel
er, is covering the town with bills"
announcing his permanent location
in the city.
Mrs. Preston La Shier, and little
son. left Thursday morning for Sa-
Ida, Colo, to join Mr.. La Shier,
who IS working for the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad at that place.
ID. M. Shelton who has ten head
of horses for sale in this city. pur-
chased residence and two lots of
"Bill" Gibson this week. and is
figuring on erecting a two story
rooming house on the property.
Sam Reberger and Frank McNa-
mara went to La Junta last Sunday
and in the afternoon boarded the
special train that carried about 400
rooters from the county seat to wit
ness the ball game between La Junta
and Las Animas.
Miss Dora Webster is once more
behind the counter in the Morris
Gaines Dry Goods store, after a
months visit in Illinois and Iowa.
Miss Webster says she did know how
well she liked Swink until she left
on her visit, and while she enjoyed
her trip immensely she was very
glad to get back to the biggest little
town in all Colorado.
Peter Reilly, the genial son Of the
Emerald isle, who has been keeping
books for the Beatty Reynolds Trad
ing Company for some time past.
went to La Junta Sunday and there
boarded the Santa Fe flyer for trip
to California to witness the display
Of Uncle Sans war dogs At Los
Angeles. Mr.. Reilly will b. gone
two months and expects to take in
all the sights Of the land Of fruits
and nowefs before his return to
Swink. His beggage followed him
the next day and II was appropriate
" labsled BY his fellow employees q
tie store. and when b. calls Tor the
sams Is ~ = sination r. VIII think
" - iiIi y y ~ - ~ : aIls1lsN "!
La Junta tribune., 1908-05-02
ssshsm.

Last Sunday. at the Methodist
church in Cheraw. occurred the
marriage Of Charles C. Brown and
Miss Clara L. Basham. Rev. Cronk
officiating It the ceremony, which
was witnessed only BY . few inn
mediate friends Of the contracting
parties.
Mr.. Brown i quite well known
here. having been ia charge q TIE
Swink schools for . number Of
ysars, and = ! young man who \
1tsallily advancing T. ~ front n
La Junta tribune., 1908-05-02
s..s.i". i" Shirts.

In order to make room for new
stock. the kintner-Potter Mercantile
Company will close out at a great
sacrifice, twenty dozen H. A. &. K.
shirts, at the following low prices:
Shirts that sold at $3.50 for sl25;
sl.75 shirts for sl.l0; $l.25 shirts
for S5 cents. These are the great
est bargains ever offered in Swink.
and you cannot afford to miss this
sale.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
Beautiful Production

Charles B Hanford, supported by Miss
Marie Drofnah and a large and capable
company. appeared al the Academy Of
Music last night in Shakespeare pastoral
comedy The Winters Tale, and il is
doubtful if ever the clever piece from the
pen of the Bard of Avon has been better
presented here by any oompanyof players.
Many times the stars and principals were
called before the curtain in response 20
long and continued applause. As is
always the case with the Hanford produc-
tions The Winters Tale was handsomely
dressed. the scenic effects being particularly
fine The dance Of the shepherd and
shepherdesses in the Bohemian scene in
the fifth act was superb Norfolk (Va)
Vireinian-Pilot Mr.. Hanford is toappear
at the Auditorium in Vinita November
ITT
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
Couldn't Scare Them.

A Denver man who rents his motor
car by the trip or hour was seated in
the machine with a friend. waiting for
business. on downtown corner the
other afternoon, when a young couple
from the country came up. II was
plain TO be seen they were bride and
groom The young man from the
country said they had Just arrived
from central Kansas and wanted TO
see Denver He arranged for the
motor car man TO take them for an
hours trip and paid the charges in
advance. The country couple took the
back seat The drivers friend sat In
the front seat with him.
I'm going to have some fun" said
the driver in low tone TO his friend.
I'm going TO run fast and scare those
hayseeds."
He ran to the east edge Of town and
then let the machine out to the limit.
Il rocked and jumped TIL the drivers
friend became alarmed.
Say he said. you'd better ease up
on II or youll kin us all
Look around and soc If the bride
and groom are scared" was the reply.
Before the other man could turn and
look the Kansas farmer touched the
driver on the shoulder
Hey, feller," he said here's anoth.
er dollar Make her run fast. will
you7'-Denver Post
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
Keeping Account.

Congressman Champ Clark has a
story Of Kansas City lawyer lately
deceased. which illustrates the diff
culties OF achieving a saving sense Of
economy.
Il had occurred TO the lawyer short
ly before his death 10 buy a memo
randum book wherein he would iot
down the items Of his daily expendi-
ture, thus enabling him to compare
notes from day TO day. and so learn
to regulate his disbursements.
The book was bought. and after the
lawyers death. his executors. going
over his effects, came across f. one
OF them. interested 10 ascertain how
far his friend had been successful III
regulating his expenses. opened the
book, only to find themselves the sole
item:
"To one memorandum book. %
cents. ILLUSTRATED Sunday Magazine.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
WITH RAPID FLIGHT
FATHER TIME KEEPS STEADILY
ON HIS WAY.
Too Slowly In Youth and Too Swift.
ly as Age Approaches, the Years
Pass Onward Until the
Appointed End.

THE eagle and the condor can Ger.
tainly fly some. but" said the man
with frost IN his hair, "they don't be-
gin to be In II with steady going time.
"You see. the eagle and the condor
have to rest once in a while, while
time keeps a-plugging right along
there's something uncanny about the
iight OF time.
"And not only does It keep going
so. but as we grow older it seems all
the time to be speeding up; going fast.
or and faster. You know how when
We were young the days seemed long
and the seasons interminable and the
years without end? While now the
mornings come and go and the weeks
fly by and the years we count with
little halt between, they go so fast;
and what with my increasing years
and the seeming quicker flight of time
as we grow older I find myself now,
for the first time in my life, In sight
OF the end; and this Is a new and
serious awakening and an impressive
sensation.
You see. when we are young. still
on the upward slope of life, not yet
to the top OF the hlll, the whole world
seems TO as yet TO come and we adj.
vance 10 greet II joyfully. and then
when at middle life we get to the top
of the hill il spreads out all around
us, and of the end we never think:
but as we go down the other slope
there comes, as | find there has come
gently to me now, time when we
realize that our prospect is gradually
but surely narrowing
ITO be sure we give ourselves every
year we can; we are going to be long
lived; not cut OFF at 20 or so or 90,
we are going to live to be a hundred
anyway, as we do not doubt; but even
so we have passed the summit, we
have lived the greater number of our
years, and we are drawing now on the
steadily diminishing remainder; and
when that idea once strikes you
squarely so that you take 1t in It gives
you something to think about.
But not to worry over. not the
least little bit. You still have your
work TO do haven't you? Why, sure,
and you find In 1t and in every breath
you draw a greater JOY than ever. Life
Is mellower and ripper and fuller OF
happiness. You don't waste time wor,
rying over trihing things. You come
to have wings OF your own now too, on
which you mount to take a wider sur
vey, to see with a clearer vision. and
you come back to your own corner
with eontentment you never had be-
fore, kinder charity
Life is pleasant on this slope. very
pleasant but do wish | could invent
some sort OF brake to check the flight
of time Talk about eagles and con
dorsl They are not in 1t for flying
with time!'
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
WEALTHY RELATIVES SEND
FOR WOODYS REMAINS

Lewis Rogers, last night sent the re-
mains of Chas Woody who committed
suicide here on October u, TO sister Of
the deceased at Northfork, w. Va A
telegram was received yesterday from
Mrs, Mcdowell stating that she was a
sister Of Chas. Woody and requesting that
the remains be sent to her Mrs Nc
Dowell's husband is a member and head
Of the Mcdowell Coal & Coke company at
Northfork The McDowell's are said to be
very wealthy and one Of the most promi-
nent families in that community Chas
Woody il is also learned was well con-
nected and had been member Of quite
wealthy family but had drifted west and
his relatives had lost track Of him.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
The Jolly Eat Man.

When YOU meet a bow-legged man
In the street. do you stop him and
ask how II feels TO walk that way?
On being introduced to a man with
face like an inverted comic sup
plement. do you condole with him on
being so homely? DO you recommend
to the sallow man sitting next you
IN a car a tonic for his liver7 AZ
luncheon do yol hint TO the puffy.eyed.
red.nosed stranger opposite you that
he ought to get on the water wagon ?
or course you don't! You would not
be so impollte You might hurt their
feelings
But when you meet fat man, it's
different Everybody recognizes him
as legitimate prey lie is butt for
jokes, subject for coincidence, an OBJ.
iect for advice Even the man so
thin that he does not know whether
II is his back or his stomach that
hurts him. takes Il for granted that
he is the fat mans ideal. and in
sists on giving him advice on how TO
reduce. Everyone imaglnes that the
fat man must be unhappy because he
weighs more than the average per
son Exchange.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
MEDICAL PROFESSION LOSES
AN EMINENT MEMBER

Dr 0. c, Amundson, aged 80 years died
at his home in this city Saturday night, Of
typhoid fever
Dr. Amundson came TO Vinita about
four year ago and rapidly made friends
and built up meritive practice in his
profession. A few weeks ago he aeeom-
panied James Title TO Chicago where
little, under Dr. Amundson's care was
operated upon, successfully, and during
his stay in Chicago the doctor took a
special course in SURGERY, and came back
and was stricken with the fatal fever.
For several days Dr. Amundson had been
in a critical condition and the end was
not all together a surprise.
The funeral services were held yester-
day afternoon from the family residence
here, and the remains were sent TO Es-
therville, Ia, the doctors old home. IL. j.
Swartz, for the knights of Pythias lodge,
of which the deceased was a member. ac-
companied the bereaved wife with the re-
mains TO the old Iowa home. TIE Chief
tain joins the great host of friends here
in sending expressions Of sorrow for the
loss to the medical profession Of this city.
and of sympathy to the bereaved family
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
stlll snsoentIbls.

lie was a nervous, fldgety young
man, and he looked with considerable
apprehension at the woman next him,
who held baby. its face covered with
a thick veil The baby gave now and
then a sharp cry. which the woman
evidently tried TO suppress.
AT last, after many anxious glances
the young man spoke
"Fiss-has that baby any anything
contagious?" he asked
The woman looked at him with a
mixture of scorn and pity.
'Twouldnt be for most folks she
said in 4 clear carrying tone, "bu,
maybe twoud for YOU He's teeth
Ing. Youths Companion
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
An old Law.

The late Albert Pell. a conservative
member OF parliament who devoted
his life TO the betterment OF agri-
culture. the prevention Of cattle dis
ease and the administration of the
poor laws, was a man of ready wit.
II is stated II q recently published
volume OF rem sciences OF Mr.. Pell
that during an erection he was asked
If he was not the member who had
made the law which commanded poor
men 10 support their parents.
NO" he raped out, that is an
older law II was written by God
Almighty on two tables Of stone and
brought down by Moses from Mount
Sinai; and az iar as / can make out.
Thomas, It is the stone and not the
law that has got into your heart. "-
Youths Companion.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06

Thousands Veit re ing Place CT
the crst Actor.

New London, Conn, has this season
new point of interest for summer
visitors The grave Of Richard Mans
field is the lure for many at nearby
resorts. In the midst of all the merry.
making the dead actor is remembered,
and persons IN automobiles. in car
riages. on bicycles and on foot make
pilgrimage Of devotion to the little
cemetery where he Is buried Every
conductor on the Ocean Beach trolley
line can give minute instructions for
finding the Mansfield home and the
Mansfield grave, and very often they
are required to furnish IT, Having
left the car line and climbed a hill on
Edgewood avenue, there still Is a
hot, dusty walk ahead on Ocean ave
nue. before the cemetery is reached,
but many a Mansfield admirer trudges
over It uncomplainingly In the
lawns of the big estate gardeners are
at work who speak but little Eng.
lish, but all know the name OF Mans.
field, and all can muster enough of
the language 10 direct the way TO the
Mansfield house and the graveyard
opposite.
The gates of the cemetery never are
locked He who will may wander
among the few headstones near the
roadside, then back to the far corner
where Mansfield lies. There is no
stone there. A double row OF dwarf
evergreens marks the boundaries of
the plot. In the center is the grave.
Il lies level with the earth. thick.
growing pansies cover 1t, and at the
head Is bowl OF cut flowers which
are renewed each day In that quiet
spot memories of Beau Brummel OF
DR.. Jeckyll, Of Peer Gynt live again,
and make the trip, even for the tray
eler on foot, we'll worth while.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06

September 4, 1908
The statement made by the Bank
Commissioner to the State Banking
Board, was as follows:
eThe International Bank OF Coal
gate was closed because its active
managing officers had violated the
state law by borrowing the following
sums, principal and interest:
"The President. seven thousand six
ty-seyen dollars
"The Cashier, -four thousand, six
hundred and fourteen dollars"
The Bank Commissioners assembled
the Board OF Directors, and demand
ed that this borrowed money be re-
placed, which, after reasonable time
was given, they failed 10 do. Had
this money been replaced these two
officers would have been removed, and
the Board Of Directors might have
elected new officers. and the bank
continued in operation. on account
of the failure 10 replace tae money,
the Bank Commissioners closed the
bank at two fifteen p. M and posted
on the door the above nouce
The Bank Commissioner found that
the deposits were thirty-six thousand
seven hundred forty four dollars and
ninety three cents; that there was
cash on hand nine thousand i've nun
dred seventy four dollars and sixty
seven cents, due from other banks
seven thousand five hundred and six
ty-four dollars and three cents.
Thursday afternoon, Friday and
Saturday suficed to completely liqui
date the affairs of the oank so far
as proving and paying depositors was
concerned The Bank Commissioner
drew on the State Guaranty Fund for
twenty four thousand, eight hundred
forty three dollars and seventy three
cents to furnish additional cash no-
cessary TO pay all depositors The
remaining amount due from other
banks and paper readily collectable
the STATE Guaranty Fun6 viii be re-
placed within thirty days Therefore
no assessment ON the secured banks
Is required
The benefit of the oklahoma Bank
ing law, in IFS regulation and close
inspection of secured banks Is fully
demonstrated In this case. These
bank officers had borrowed about
thirty per cent Of an the deposits the
bank had II they had been permitted
to continue this kind of business m-
der the old law until the bank fell OF
it's own weakness, the depositors
would probably not have gotten twen-
ty-hye cents on the dollar, but by
prompt enforcement ol tne new iaw
the depositors got all their money. and
even the stockholders viii get at least
fifty cents on the dollar
Crooked banking n Oklahoma Is not
tolerated a single day after it is dis
covered. ana the vigilance of the state
Banking Department, as required by
law, does not permit any violations OF
the law to continue long enough Ia
reduce the banks assets low enough
10 make permanent losses from the
Guaranty Fund even PROBABLE
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
FACTS ABOUT BANK
FAILURE At C0ALGATE

Now, Therefore, We, The board Of
directors OF said bank, extend to the
state bank commissioner, II. II.
Smock and to Assistant state Bank
Commissioner II. G. Schultz our
thanks and our appreciation for the
careful and efficient manner in which
they have conducted the settlement
Of this banks affairs and can specially
commend Assistant Rank Commis-
sioner Schultz for his splendid man
agement and express our entire ap-
proyal OF the bank commissioners ac-
tion in taking charge of the affairs OF
said bank at the time he did because
OF the unsatisfactory conditions and
irregularities In the management
thereof by the president OF said bank.
That a copy of these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of this meet
ing and a copy thereof furnished TO
the state bank commissioner II. H.
smock, and 10 assistant bank com
missioner, Herman c. Scnult2.
fSlgnedl JOHN CENTILlNI,
Chairman
ANTHONY SHAW,
Secretary Board of Directors Inter-
national Bank Of Coalgate, okla
homa.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06

Resolution thanking the state bank
commissioner H. II Smoek, aud the
assistant bank commissioner. Herman
c. schultz. Ia the matter of taking
charge of and the liquidation ot the
international bank of Coaigate, Okla
homu
BE 10 resolved by the board of di-
rectors of the international bank OF
Coalgate oklahoma
That Whereas. The board OF direC-
tors. boy the assistance Of Mr. T. G.
Meminger an expert aeeouutant en-
ployed for that purpose, has this day
checked cut Herman C. Schultz. as
sistant state bank commissioner for
the state of Oklahoma and received
from his hands the property and al.
fairs of said bank. and
Whereas. We find that has well
and faithfully administered the trust
reposed in him as such officer as
concerns the affairs of said bank. and
rendered an account thereof which
We lind true and correct IN every de-
tail. and
Whereas. We find the condition OF
the affairs OF said bank very muon
improved as compared with their con
ditIon at the time the said assistant
bank commissioner took charge here
Of. and,
Whereas, IL appears that he has ad
iLlstered the affairs OF said bank,
paid on all depositora and other
claims there against said bank during
his brief administration thereof, and
moreover that all expenses which
were incurred In behalf OF such ad-
ministration shows a clear profit OF
S35000, and,
Whereas. Much uncaled for eom-
ment has been INDUCED m concerning
the taking charge of said bank by the
feate authorities:
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06

There had been a small bank failure
in an Iowa town, and the bank had
gone into the hands OF receiver. The
receiver proved to be dishonest, and
had absconded with what remained OF
the funds OF the institution. Expert
detectives we're, however on his track,
and he was run down in a neighboring
state and taken back to the scene OF
his financial exploits.
Il was about midnight that the de-
tectives arrived with their prisoner
and Mr.. Collins, the principal de-
positor in the bank, and. therefore the
principal loser, was awakened at his
home and informed by telephone Of the
capture.
lie expressed his gratihcstion and
went back to bed
Shortly afterward he was aroused
to receive another telephone message
to the same effect, from a different
source
This sort OF thing continued to such
an extent that Collins grew very
wrathy; so that when he answered
the phone beli for the last time, he
was In anything but an amiable frame
of mind.
Hello. Collins. came over Tie wire
Yes What do YOU want?'
Collins. this is Deputy Sheriff
Myers. We've caught that runaway
receiver. Is there anything you'd like
to have me do, personally. in the mat
teri"
Yes" roared Collins. hang up the
receiver! illustrated Sunday Masa
zine.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
nenrIe, ths aMIdnIaht oII.a

People talk about the midnight oil
as il II had some virtue attached to Il !"
writes Or. Hale in Woman's Home
Companion. In truth, four times out
Of ave the midnight oil means over.
work, or It means thai YOU have neg.
lected some duty which should have
been attended TO before the sun went
down.
UNLESS each night RECEIVERS the
ground lost In the exertion Of the
day before, you are committing sui.
eide b. inches; and YOU have no
right TO commit suicide at all"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
JUSTICE WRIGHT POSTPONED
HEARING BIG LABOR CASE
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
Washington. D. C. Oct. 30-Notwith-
standing the efforts Of labor leaders to
have the question decided before election,
Justice Wright in the supreme court to-
day. postponed until November tenth the
consideration Of the cases against Comp
efs. John Mitchell and Frank Morrison
charged with contemptin connection with
Buck stove and Range company
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-11-06
Petty Politics

As against The above official state
ment of the Bank Commissioner as
against the voluntary resolution of
directors of the bank ana the vunn-
lary resolution of the stockholders of
the bank, thanking Bank Commission.
er Sm0ek for an his work IN connec-
tlon with taking possession Of and
liquidating the bank, you now have
The petty political effort OF the re-
mainder of the carpet baggers uylng
kick In the State of Oklahoma wHere-
IN they try 60 use a political grand
jury to disprove these oGlcial state
ments of Mr. Smock, who Is q Repub-
lieau and still holding over as Bank
Commissioner. the position that he
had filled for some time prior to
Statehood and was retained on ac-
count of his familiarity with banking
conditions. his high character and
special fitness for the place,
The public has confidence IN smock
The stockholders and directors Of the
liquidated bank endorsed Mr. smock
and IL remained only for a little petty
politics % attack him The public
Will believe that the stocRnoiders aud
directors Of that bank knew better
whether smocks action was proper
than did the machine politicians who
assail him