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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11
AIRSHlP LINE PLANNED.
Machine Will Make Round Trip From
Africa to London In Twelve Days.


Africa to London In Twelve Days.
An airship feet with accommoda.
tons rivaling those of the finest mod.
ern steamships will shortly be operat.
ing between Pretoria and London,
making the round trip in twelve days
il the expectations of company just
organized here are realized.
The announcement of the enterprise
is contained in recent iss,le Of the
Transvaal Weekly, which says that
some Of the most influential men in
South Africa are financially interested
and which gives details regarding the
plans. quoting Mr.. Heinze, a German
engineer and the inventor OF the air.
ship that the company is to use.
Mr. Heinze states that as the result
of years of study and experiment he
has evolved an airship that can be
controlled in all sorts of weather and
steered as easily as motor car. OF
course the essential details are not d.
vulged, but the following particulars,
supplied on the authority Of the in
ventor show that in the matter of ex-
pectations Mr.. Heinze in nowise lags
behind other potential conquerors Of
the air.
THE movements and soaring of the
machine will be in every way similar
to those of birds, and it will respond
readily to the rudder and elevation con.
troll" he says. ut will carry from
twelve to fourteen passengers. The
ship is In some respects larger than
that Of Count Zeppelin. 1t will be
about 30s feet long, the center 45 feet
in diameter; the balloon will contain
in volume $4,000 cubic feet of hydro.
gen. and the machine will have a lift
ing power of 10000 pounds, the ship
itself weighing about 10000 pounds.
The vessel will be driven by COM
pressed air worked by four motors,
each having 100 horsepower"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11
PLAY BY M0ONSHlNERS.
Melodrama Made Out Of Events That
Sent Them to Prison.

Meloorama Made Out o. Events hat
Sent Them to Prison.
A Jail for theater, the cells for
dressing rooms and the corridor for
the stage form the equipment that the
federal prisoners in the county Jail at
Frankfort, Ky, practically all of them
moonshiners, are using in rehearsing
a play that will be staged when they
are free again.
The play is called "The Moonshin-
ers' and was written by Sam Shep-
pard, who is accused Of selling liquor
without a license from the federal
government. He conceived the idea Of
writing the play and rehearsing it. to
occupy the time until the date of his
trial.
The actors have met with such sue
cess in their rehearsals that they have
determined to put the play on the
stage as soon as they are released
from Jail, says the Washington Post
They are to meet in Corbin on Dec.
to have their last rehearsal before the
opening of the season in the mountain
towns. The courthouses will be used
as theaters, and the members of the
troupe will not be far from home in
case they get stranded.
The plot of the play is laid among
the hills of Harlan county. The first
act opens with lot Of moonshiners
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11
Training Bank Employees to Shoot.

AS the result of the crime wave that
has swept over Massachusetts. with its
accompaniment Of murders, burglaries,
holdups and robberies, the Shawmut
National bank, one Of the largest In
Boston, has equipped shooting gal
lery In the basement of its building,
and every employee is required to take
his turn at target practice for half an
hour daily. Automatic guns are fur
nished every employee, from messen-
gers to bank cashiers, and the EN-
poyees are sent off in squads for their
practice which is under the supervi-
sion Of the chief watchman of the
bank.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11
BURBANK'S BRITISH RIVAL.
Evolution Of Oat Plant Astonishinaay
Accelerated by Lancashire Farmer.

NSSStSI AeVe ~ -e'SSs''S ~ "'~ss
Some of the achievements Of that re.
markable horticulturist. Luther Bur
bank, in southern California seem to
have been rivaled In England by a
Lancashire farmer 1t is said that on
Cartons seed grown near Warrington
a single oat plant surpasses by several
hundred cereals any plant ever grown
in the world. 1t is the product Of
twenty-seven years practice Of proc.
ess called accelerated evolution" and
has been obtained by crossing a high
ly developed oat with certain varieties
Of wild oats which have an incalcula.
BILE capacity for generating seeds.
BY these means the Lancashire
farmer obtains yield of 100 bushels
an acre, something over twice what is
considered good yield in other parts
of the country. So practical has this
process been found that in thirty years
the yield Of some crops has been com.
pletely doubled. and 1t may reasonably
be expected that a similar increase viii
take place within the next thirty ysaHA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11

heart and rests it most II the weather
is hot when bed is sought, the first
thing that happens is that the clothes
are thrown back as soon as sleep
comes on.
Consequently the left shoulder Is
exposed to the cold air of the small
hours and gets thoroughly chilled. The
result is this epidemic of nOninfec-
tious nt-rheumatism-and that
is why in ninety-nine cases out or
hundred it appears in the left side OF
, the neck and the left shoulder.
People should not sleep with closed
windows. but they should take care
that no portion of the body Is exposed
to chills"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11

sitting around still. drinking the
white whisky and playing cards. Dur
ing this act every detail In making
moonshine whisky will he exhibited.
A spy discloses the still to the revenue
men, who raid the place, and the cur
tain falls amid revolver fire.
The second act deals with the burial
Of mountaineers who were killed in the
moonshine raid. While the OK cart
hcarse is absent in the rehearsals.
there is a place for it In the play The
mountain preacher, who never con-
delnns the making Of moonshine. be-
cause the moonshiuers contribute to
his living. has his part In this act and
sings the funeral dirge, while the men,
dressed as women. gather around the
casket to mourn.
The thi-d act deals with the chase
of the revenue men after the moon
sinners. Some of the moonshiners are
captured and marched into a court
house. The daughter of the mountain
judge pleads for their release. Her
beauty impresses the revenue men, es-
pecially a young member of the party.
and while she engages him in con-
versation three of the sinners make
their escape. The session of court
breaks up in disorder, and in the last
scene the young woman, rife in hand,
leads the moonshiners in battle with
the revenue agents. who are finally
routed, and she gives her hand to one
Of the bravest of the sinners.
In the fourth and concluding act OF
the play the spy is captured, and the
moonshiners hold court and sentence
him to death. He is hanged as an ex-
ample Of what will happen to moon
sinners who give information to reve-
nue. men,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11
STREETS GREAT FEAT
Diamond Star Held on to Ball
Dropped $50 Feet.
WON ON THIRTEENTH TRIAL.

Plucky Catcher Accomplished Feat
Many Experts vainIy Attempted
Sphere. Dropped From Top of Wash
ington Monument, Was Five ane
Three quarter Seconds Falling.
From little window only a few
feet below the top of the Washington
monument at the national capital
there dropped the other day baseball
such as is used by the big leagues. 1t
curved, twisted, squirmed and then
with thud and an impact that nearly
knocked the daring recipient down
landed in the padded hand of Charlie
Street, an American league catcher.
When that insignificant looking
sphere had landed Il feat long consid-
cred impossible had been accomplish
ed and Street was heralded as the
first man who had ever caught ball
thrown from such height-550 feet.
The impact against the pitchers mitt
is estimated at 200 pounds. The ve-
locity In the last second was tre'
mendons.
Street used the ordinary catcher's
glove.
only few men, who had been invited
to the test There was Street himself
standing sixty feet away from the
base of the monument. Around him
clustered Preston Gibson, newspaper
proprietor and clubman: Ganley, left
fielder of the Washlngtons, and Nc
Bride. shortstop.
Far above this little group. In the
tiny window that looked like dot on
the monument, stood another man
He had ten baseballs with him. He
constructed Of two little planks sort
of runway, down which he was to roll
the spheres.
There was no warming of when the
first ball or the last one was to come
hurtllng down to Street. He didn't
have the advantage of the usual sig
nails from the pitcher. All he could dc
was to stand there. eyes like Sits
hands held out. head up. waiting.
He knew that before him such
giants of the diamond as Buck EW
ing Paul Hines, Charley Snyder and
Malachi Kittredge had stood In that
same spot long ago and made gallant
but futile attempts to capture the base
balls that swished and sank down
ward faster than any express train
wiggling as if they had st. Nitus
dance, now being swept this way by
the wind, in an instant forced in an
other direction, always erratic, al
ways battling.
Street stood on the north side OF the
monument. Suddenly Ganley sang out
..Here she comes!' Street saw the
ball-a tiny dot against the sky, Ihe
wind whisked it to one side. Street
shifted his position. 1t took just nve
and three-auarter seconds for the ball
TO hit the earth thirty feet from him
Again came whistling, errat1c ball
If plunged far from the catcher. Sew
on other spheres shot downward, ana
vet Street might as well have been Il
mile away.
Rail No. II came closer to the man
below, and he had his gauge lhe
twelfth ball hummed almost into
streets hands. 1t touched the tips OF
his fingers, and from the impact ne
, knew that If one of the missiles hi
! his head 1t would be good night foi
! him.
! Gritting his teeth at the thought tna'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11
Esperanto Books For Blind.

Esperanto booKS FoT oIIHu'
The Esperantists have decided to pub
lish books in Esperanto for the blind
and to prepare proper exhibits to give
Information relative to Esperanto.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11
4 -tabliShed 1873
ate Court Sessions.

.I- PROBATE COURT FOR
.H F->EN all he held. a.
.HfF ##ss
Ia. i,lfsuus1n oi the second
... sui thr ht-t Mondays Of
BOO ltHH tffItsrr.
frs at,rnu1u oi each Of the
q Noudays oi April and
tHr hr>t saturday Of each
slrf De- held al any place in
.rf Hffut
..tIic- -sed 60 D. ". wymau.
.aHI Will receive prompt at
.Us Rr ". bLAEE, IrDGE.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07
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 tour through this state in 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 to be deranged
and Mr.. Cole says she is not fit to have
charge of the children. On returning to
Kansas City. MIR. Cole says he viii prose
cute two women to the full extent of the
law, as he claims them to have been the
main cause Of breaking up his home and
causing Mrs Cole to commit a criminal
act
Mrs. Cole is of medium height, feet
8 inches; age AZ years; black hair, three
gold teeth in front upper jaw, A photo
graph Of her has been left at this Office
for identification. The three children are
Josie, IA; George 10; Leo s.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07

lature from Craig county. He told the
people to not forget that the only way to
return him to the United States senate
over Dennis Flynn was to assure a demo-
cratic majority in the state legislature.
AS Mr. Gore was on his way to Tulsa,
where he spoke last night, he had only
short time to speak here, but his brief re-
marks met the approvalOf the large crowd,
and upon his conclusion a cheer rent the
air that was sufficient to give the sena-
tor a knowledge of the high esteem in
which he is held here,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07
Ordinonce No. 420.
(First published Sept. 30. I9Os.l

" hoA RADAAoAA~0 1SPA' ~ AOOOsJ
An Ordinance approving the Engineer S
final report on the cost of grading, paw
ing, curbine, guttering and otherwise
improving Canadian Avenue, illinois
Avenue and Wilson Street.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of the City of Vinita, Oklahoma:
Sec, l. That the report of the Engineer
for the City of Vinita, Oklahoma, on the
final cost Of grading, paving, curbing; gut
tering and otherwise improving Canadian
avenue from the house track of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railway company
to the east side of the alley in Block 40,
one hundred fifty feet west of Wilson
street; Illinois avenue from the west line
of Scraper street to the east line of Thomp-
son street; and Wilson street from the
south line of Canadian avenue to the North
line of Delaware avenue, filed with the
clerk Of the City of Vinita, Oklahoma, on
the 29th day of September 1908, be and
the same is hereby ratified and approved.
Passed by the City Council of the City
of Vinita, Oklahoma, on the 29th day of
September, 1908.
j. c. STARR, President of the Council
Approved by the Mayor of the City of
Vinita, Oklahoma, on the 30th day of
September 1908.
S. F. PARKS, Mayor.
Attest:
G. P. FoGLE, City Clerk
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07
FANlOoN'
G. P. FoGLE, City Clerk.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
First Published September 20 19O8.)

Notice is hereby given, That in pur-
suance Of an order of the County Court of
the County of Craig State of Oklahoma,
made on the 18th day of September 1908
in the matter of the estate of BENJAMIN
M. Caldwell. minor, the undersigned, as
the Guardian of the said Benjamin Nj.
Caldwell will sell at private sale, to the
highest bidder the following real estate
subject to confirmation by said county
court, on Monday, the 28th day of Sep
tember 1908. at 10 O'Clock a. m. at the
Office of the County Judge in said county
of Craig, all the right. title. interest and
estate Of the said Benjamin M. Caldwell
minor, and all the right title and interest
that the said estate has, by operation of
law, or otherwise, acquired in and to all
the certain lots, pieces or parcels of land,
situated, lying and being in the county
of Craig and State of Oklahoma, bounded
and described as follows. and upon the
following terms and condition, to-wit:
The NV Ia Of the NV IA of the ne IA of
section rs, township "a, n, range 20. east:
and the sw Ia Of the NV IA Of the ne
IA OF sectionrl8, township "a n, range
n e.
All the bids must be in writing. sealed.
and filed with the Clerk of the county
court on or before the above named date.
The sale will be for all cash down.
Dated the 18th day of September 1908.
John j. Caldwell, Guardian
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07
HOLLOW ITEMS

Dated Oct 6
u. S. Mahew and wife went to Cen
ralia Saturday.
J. H. Ward went to Vinita Friday on
business.
There was big meeting and basket
dinner at the new school house on Fayette
Wards land Saturday.
Mr. Bob Mount has his wire that was
stolen from him, and the ones that stole
it are reaping their reward.
G. v. Ward and family are visiting
at the oil fields near Alluwe, they are
visiting Mrs. Wards father, Joe Brown.
F. S. E. Amos of Vinita, spoke at
Grant Mound Saturday night.
Mrs. W. Smith visited relatives near
Welch last week
W. E. Foster is haulingcoal
]. S. Brown, the medicine man from
Vinita was here last week.
Henry Grubbs, butchered COW last
week.
Mr. Lacky spent Friday in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Foster and family
went to Edna. Kans., Thursday.
T. Houseman's child has been quite
sick.
Miss Ophelia Goad is quite sick
Henry Grubbs had fine mare cut on
the wire
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07
WHITE OAK ITEMS

Dated Oct.
/ S. A. Mitchell shipped cattle to St
Louis yesterday.
! r. D. Mitchell is visiting his oldshome
in Chicago.
Misses Edna Harrison and Florence
Bane Sundayed here.
Mrs. Vim. Tygar of Vinita visited Mrs.
Miller Sunday.
Jesse Harrison spent Sunday here.
Prayer meeting was conducted here
Sunday night by Rev. Butler.
Messrs Simmons and Kilgore were in
Vinita Saturday night.
Miss Maud Rafferty, of Vinita visited
here Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Hanks, who has ibeen very i'll is
some better.
Eek Head and Porter Hale left for
WelIston Okla. Saturday
Misses Mayme Sweatman and Della
Newcomb called at the Hampton home
Sunday evening.
Eldie Shearheart called on Miss Myrtle
Littrell Sunday evening.
Misses Elvie Iittrell and Maude Rafferty,
called at the Rafferty, home Sunday.
Misses Willie Haynes and Hazel Shear
heart left for Welch to attend the carni-
val.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07
SENATOR CORE
Continued from page ID

Continued from page ~
demonstrated the fact that six of the
eleven panicS had come under republican
high tariff rule, and that the seventh had
come just two months after the republi-
cans had gone out Of power, and showed
that the high tariff republican admins
tration was the direct cause Of that
panic.
Senator Gore then made few remarks
in behalf Of the candidacy of F. N. Rat
cliff for representative in the state legis-
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-10-07
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
All Calls Promptly Attended 10 Day
or Night. Onice In McGeorge Bldg
Phones: Res. l4S, ONCE 233.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-17

For several week company of civil
engineers have been employed in sur
veylng pipe line aero IS the southern
section OF the county, in the VIC nifty
of Bunker Hill. II has been giyel out
that the pile wall be used in ibe trans
portation of Natural gas from the gas
fields of v est Va, TO Washington and
Baltimore. The survey is not only be-
ing made but the right Of way Is being
purchased MS they go, hence there
seemed 10 be no doubt Of the construc-
tion Of the line. We are told that the
company is paying at about Doe per
rod for strip about 6 feet wide. Ihe
line will pass through the mountain
at Harpers Ferry and it is certain that
there will be line run TO this city.
Then Martinsburg will take a jump.
Natural gas will bring all sorts of
manufactures which make town.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-17

Ira W. Patterton, abou' 20 years old.
a clerk in the Congressional Library,
at Washington, was drowned in the
Potomac river, near Washington June
ton, on Saturday afternoon while
bathing. lie came from Washington
in the morning to spend the fourth
with the family of Arthur Shreeve.Af-
ter dinner, in company with Dudley
Shreeve and another companion, he
went bathing Off Heater Island. He
went beyond bis depth and sank and
did not again come to the surface. His
companions tried hard to reach him,
but i'll vain. The body was recovered
soon after the accident. He was a son
of John Patterson, of Delta, Wis,
where his body was shipped on Sunday
afternoon.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-17
Not For swisher

Charleston, July 13.-Theodore AL
word of ParkersbuIg, superintendent of
the West Virginia Anti-Salcon league
when approached by newspaper man
concerning the republican mixup a.
first refused to talk. When pressed
however, as to his attitude toward the
regular republican ticket since the
adoption of the plank favoring local
option and the submission of the con-
sri -utionaI amendment SAID:
swell there is one thing sure and
that is that the Anti-S aloo-i league is
not for Swisher. 1 cam OF see how we
can support, even though he ran on an
absolute prohibition plank the man
who one year ago deserteda local OPP
tion bill and last winter prevented the
submission Of the amendment
Asked further as to whether or not
the Anti Saloon league would support
.Scherr as an independent candidate he
replied that il would not.
Further than this he would say moth
ing except to reiterate his declaration
that the temperance plank in his plat
form would not secure for Swisher the
support of the Anti-Saloon league.
why ne declared temperance peo-
pie of West Virginia have no use for
him and that's putting it mild"
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-17

During a keg party on the banks of
the ruscarora creek in the vicinity Of
the Is. 4 .. roupdhouse on Monday
evening last Walter Palmer and irwin
Brown got into an altercation during
which Brown cut Palmer long CASH
across the abdomen with his pocixatI
knife. With some difficulty Palmer
made his way 70 the City hospital
where DR.. Oates sewea him up insert
Ing At out . dozen stitches and be was
later taken to his home. Isrown 49,
capped though the police gave him !
Anfpse csiase
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-17

DR.. Bruce Geyer, who has been AZ
tending the dental department 81 the
Maryland University, At Baltimore
for several years has graduated with
the degree Of Doctor Of Dental surgery.
and who appeared before the state
board OF dental surgery at Hunting
ton, w. w. last week has received his
certlflc tie and Is now qualified dentist
In this state. The Dr. has many friends
here whotender TO him most cordial
congratulations and who wish him
success In his calling.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-07-17
BRYAN ana Kern.

The great democratic national con-
vention at Denver came to close on
last Friday by nominating Mr.. Bryan
for President on the first ballot by an
almost unanimous vote and then nom
mating MIR John Kern, of Indiana,
for Vice president.
The public is so we.lacquainted with
Mr.. Bryan that we need not say any
thing OF h m, but his running mate is
not 50 we'll known outside of his ut il
as Mr.. Bryan and may need some cons
ment.
John Worth Kern was born in Alto,
Howard county Indiana, Dec. 80, 1919.
His forefathers were virginians. He
taught school and then studied law
and wac graduated In law before he
was of age. In 1884 he was elected re-
porter Of the Supreme court ofhis state.
For two terms he served in the stae
senate and was for several years city
attorney in indianapolis. In 1900 and
again in 1904 he was the candidate on
the democratic ticket for governor and
on each occasion he ran from ten
thousand to twenty thousand ahead
CT his ticket. He is not rich man but
he is ali excellent catnpaigner aud is
especially strong with The labcring
people.