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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
CONTRACTS GALL FOR
S45,OOO,OO0 EXPENDITURE

Spokane, Wash. Aug. S--Railroad
builders representing the Northern
Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
Puget Sound, the Hartman system
and the mysterious North Coast com.
pany, headed by Robert E. Strahorn
of Spokane, are waging a competitive
campaign in Washington, Idaho, Ore.
gon, Montana and North Dakota,
which gives every promise Of attract
ing worldwide attention.
Contracts calling for a total ex-
penditure of almost s45O0O,0O0 have
been awarded or scheduled in the last
three months ami there is informa.
ton at hand that not less than $50
100000 will be added to that amount
as soon as the present work is com
pleted
Among the contracts already award
ed are the following, BY the North
ern Pacific, s22.75Oi Hartman sys.
tenn, $1O,445.O0O; Chicago. Milwaukee
e Puget Sound, s5,45O.00; North
Coast, $9.50O.00 exclusive of $4,000
600 for terminals IN Spokane, North
Yakama and Walla Walla. Wash.
Pittsburg & Gillmour Valley. s2,500,.
600 In addition, the Milwaukee road
in planning to expend s25.O0O.OOO on
branch line construction In the north.
western states.
The CHIEF battles will be fought IN
central Oregon north and central
Idaho and eastern Washington. The
Hill people are forcing matters by
sending construction crews into so.
called Hartman territory in central
Oregon, now without adequate trans
portation facilities, and the compile.
tiop Of one or. two lines there viii
open rich district and provide homes
for thousands
There is also a stiff fight against
tne entrance into Spokane Of tae
North Coast line, now recognized as
part OF an important transportation
par. of an important transcontinenta
system. This line, projected between
Spokane and Whitewater, In all 731
miles, Is a thorn In the side of tn,
Hill people, who, with others have
been successful so far in blocking
plans to give 1t terminal facilities In
tins city. where already more than
s4,O00,OO0 has been expended IN ac.
luiring station and tract sites.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
ASKS FOR OPINION
ON TERM EXPIRATION

Guthrie, Okla. Aug 5.-Mr. W. T.
Miller county treasurer Of Mcintosh
county asked the opinion Of the attor.
ney general regarding the time Of ex.
piration Of Office for county treasur
ers. Mr. Miller called attention to
the fact that January 1st. came during
the busiest time Of the county treasur.
er. and that the oklahoma territorial
law provided October the first as the
expiration Of the Office of county
treasurer Attorney General West is
OF the opinion that the expiration for
county treasurers must be the second
Monday OF January. 1911 for that is
the date provided in the constitution.
that after this date the Legislature has
jurisdiction anu can change Il II they
so VIII
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

the present rate Of Sc to S3.75 ton.
But if there are any restrictions i'm.
posed on the export of wood pulp, pulr
wood or print paper. a duty Of So
ton is added to the 1915 with the ex.
port charge.
In addition TO all this, II Canada
should persist in discriminating
against the United States in any way
in its trade relations, the president
is directed TO impose the maximum
tariff rates after March 81. The min.
imum is an additional 25 per cent ad
valorem Rnd would bring the print
paper duty up to SIS a ton
Representative Mann of Illinois
chairman Of the select committee that
Investigated the print paper matter
predicted today that the United States
would get into tangle with Canada
which would result in putting on the
maximum duties.
A"h HhNA q h0MA Will ~ up ne
said, that congress will be amending
this tariff law by next April.
The offenders of the III insist that
Canada will not endanger It's hundre,
millions of trade with the Unltet
States by mourning risk of the max
imum tariff. They hold too that On
tarlo and Quebec will repeal the re
strictions on the export Of pulp wood
But, of course, nobody knows what
Canada will do and the situation is vi
in the air The only thing certain
that the 1915 duty on print paper Il
due to the efforts of the senators from
Maine, Hale and Frye. II was merely
personal matter. These two power
ful senators insisted that they must
have this duty for their Maine con.
stituents and they got It.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
LABORERS DEMAND So
PER DAY IN FIELDS

Spokane. Wash, Aug 3-ahfee Dol
lars a day for 10 hours work Is de
manded by harvest laborers IN the
wheat fields IN eastern Washington.
where the ranchers IN ls counties viii
gather a crop OF s7,000O00 bushels
this season The scale paid in 1908
ranged from $3.50 for laborers to 81
for engineers. working from 5 o'clock
IN the morning until dusk. Farmers
say that will be the schedule this
year They do not expect 70 have
any dimculty In obtaining sufficient
help to harvest the crop. Another
situation is presented by the Farmers
Union Of Washington and northern
Idaho, which through Y. c. Mansfield.
of Endieott, Wash. member Of its
executive committee. has addressed
an open letter" 70 the mlllers OF
Washington and Oregon. in which Il
Is made plain that II the price OF
Bluestem wheat Is not at least 10
cents bushel higher than Club or
Turkey Red gain the growers win es-
tablish mills
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
Poor LO Now Driven
From American Coin

verse, they are usually on guard, but
in talking to children, faces relax and
are at their best am glad the head
viii appear on the cent, the piece of
money most familiar to the masses.
It was Lincoln who said that God must
love the common people, because he
had made so many of them / had
rather have the head on the cent than
on the $50 gold piece
Mr.. Brenner came to this country
as a poor boy twenty years ago His
father in Russia had taught him en-.
craving, but until he learned enough
English to make himself understood
he did not know where to look for
employment in that trade and turned
match peddler IN the streets of this
city. His FIRST work in an engrayers
shop brought him $3.50 a week. He
attended Cooper Institute at night to
study clay modelling When he was
able to earn $19 a week he saved most
of It until he was able to go to Paris
for a course in sculpture. He opened
a studio IN New York on his return,
and has since kept himself busy.
The Indian head. in use for more
than generation on the cent and
now to be discontinued, is to share the
fate Of its predecessor, the eagle, for
the reason that 1t is easily counter.
feited Early in the present year the
government decided on a change, but
even then it was proposed to place
the head of Lincoln on a silver coin,
the half dollar Mr.. Bren-
ner submitted bis designs at Washing.
ton The head was then assigned to
the cent.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
THIRD BILL POSTING
OUTFIT ARRIVED TODAY

The third advance car OF the John
Robinson's shows arrived today to ad-
lyertise the big aggregations coming
to vlnita Friday, August 10. It IS
known as NO 9" and is In charge Of
Nj c. Service the car manager, who
has been ahead Of the circus for many
years.
j a contracting advance agent was
here three weeks ago making pur.
ehases for the big show and picking
out the show grounds and so on, but
he wore rubber shoes and did not
make a bit Of noise, lest the route OF
the circus might get exposed to other
people who are IN the same business
and might jump in ahead of the John
Robinson shows This car Is seventy
feet long At one end Il Is comfort.
ably fitted out with an Office for the
manager, and Punch Wheeler, the
advance agent, also has an Office, al.
though he has rowing commission,
and is liable to be anywhere along
the shows route TIN circus day.
Sam Josephs is the press agent
back" with the big show, to enter.
tain the newspapers and pay the bills
Wheeler is the STORY man" and
the show keeps him posted by tele.
graph of all the news items These
men were 'born and raised" with John
Robinson's shows and their loyalty
to this "old show is unquestioned
At the other end of the car there
IS boiler, capable OF 12O pounds OF
steam. which furnishes heat for the
car and hot water for the paste. Two
long tables run through the car, up
on which the bills are arranged and
prepared for posting. Under these
are kept the stock of printed supplies
The eighteen advertisers. b. losters
and distributors who make ep the
personnel Of the crew, sleep IN the
upper berths
The work Of the crew on this car
is to advertise In the city, as the No
car devotes it's attention entirely
to the country work, Each night the
men make a report Of the number OF
bills they have put up. designating
the places. This report is sent to the
manager OF the circus, who immedi
ately turns il over to the route rider
| It IS the duty Of this official to 60
over the territory described In the re-
port and inspect the work of the men.
The bin posters get $50 a month
aud expenses. AS much as two weeks
nay = withheld from them, in case
o. the route-rlder reporting def
clepcv il their work q Lie events
d ~ enlne Is made s1om stself ~
So ale aaas
0a nlb n iha outer rider
khosa IS he tWentyfour hour mar.
one oty before the arrival OF the
show this employee makes a general
inspection Of all The work done and
sees that everything is in readiness.
He also makes arrangements for pro.
vlsioning the circus. One Of the dn-
ties OF this representative of the show
is to see that the loaves of bread. vege-
tables. etc. ordered in advance will
be ready. bes les investing hundreds
Of dollars IN other products
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

Washington, Aug 5--Lo. the poor
red mani Not only has ne been driven
from his native land, but he is also
to be banished from the coinage Of
the country, IL the demand for the new
Lincoln cents, issued today continues
at the present rate
Distribution of the copper coins
bearing the head of Honest Abe" IN
stead of that of the Indian which has
onamented them so long, was com
menced today, with brisk demand.
The cents were coined at the Philadel-
Dhia mint. but the San Francisco
money factory viii soon add to the
supply
There is now more than s16,500O00
of the Indian head coin outstanding,
and the retirement will be slow. for
the reason that banks viii be required
to pay transportation charges from
the mint, whereas the old pennies in
amounts to 500 or more, are believed
free by the sub-treasuries.
The Lincoln cent is the idea of for.
mer President Roosevelt. who com.
missioned Victor Drenner, Of New
York TO design the piece. In speaking
of his work, Drenner said
IF you viii observe the Lincoln
carefully, you will see that have
made him smiling. / wanted to show
the sunshine as we'll as the goodness
Of his life. Ny intention has been to
present situation in which Lincoln
might have appeared at his best. Fin.
ally | imagined him as talking to a
child That Is the face on the coin.
A man or woman Is natural when
speaking to a child. When adults con.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

A little alteration ACQUIRED on the
streets late yesterday evening be.
tween Marion Maddox and s. W. Bond
that caused both TO pay fine before
Police Judge Byrd. The little distnr
bance also caused 4 conflict between
the township and city officers as to
Jurisdiction. both Justice Foster and
Judge Byrd claiming the right.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

Senator Cummins. than whom there
has been few stauncher republicans,
declares there has been no substan-
tial reduction In the tariff revision and
that the party has utterly failed to
live up to its promises.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
LOEf NAN RODS BANK
At WHITE BEAR OF $500

By Associated Press
White Bear, Mimi, Aug. 5.--An IN
identified man. today, entered the First
state bank here. and held up the cash
Ter ant took six hundred dollars and
fed. An alarm was sounded imme-
diately aud half the male population
Of White Bear were soon II pursuit.
The robber was run to cover and 3
gun fight followed, IN which the rob.
ber, two puranera and a boy woye kill
ed and several others seriously wound.
ed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

hin a week vinIta has voted
D in bonds. $4,000 for a high
building. ss,OOO for a north side
i school building and $2s.O0O for
Fehase Of the Auditorium. This
eund a little extravagant. but all
hat grow and develop must
apney. Vinita has not nearly
The limit yet and Is far behind
Oklahoma cities IN the amount
bonded indebtedness.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
It4AMELEss LEolsLATloN.

NJ some 1000 items on the new
tbil and more than 2,70O of those
to the Dingley tariff rates, II
es more than the average
u or credulity to accept the state.
that the tariff has been revised
ward.
M the senate was acting in con.
Bon with the house when 1t ele-
the schedules so high the com.
lse between it and the house
appear as a victory for tariff
on, is no far-fetohed or partisan
asion
sident Taft does not claim to be
60 expert. In truth 1t may well
sld he knew very little about it,
Since hts closest friends and ad.
have all been listed with the
a privilege department, it is not
elous that he was artfully led to
pe Q party to the most shameless
Awe betrayal Of public conf.
the United States has known.
ere can be no excuse for the
nt status OF affairs. Il is sim.
case Of the barter" clique Of
bajority and the shameless lega-
of southern partisanism getting
bling 'for the boys at home
1g hands to play havoc with the
ting and consuming public. All
Mcuses piled high and defended
the 9rts OF the old war-horse writ.
pecial privilege can not convince
eople there has been the most
fon attempt at fairness.
IS never well to be severe in crit
4 the acts OF men chosen to rep
/ the sovereign people. Harsh
seldom rights a wrong or starts
eople on the right road; neither
it show the error Of those who
expected to serve the people. But
BIT be said those who knowingly
he parties to the present tariff
I'd so with full knowledge they
Serving not the people but those
Aad strayed into the capital legis
pens once more for the purpose
fting what was neither due nor
1 be obtained without doing a
tg43istice tc the general public
new law viii strike no lead for
Ferage person. It Will increase
pst Of living to the man of sal.
bring no better returns to the
applying the foodstuffs. bring
iditlonai wage dollar to either
or inskilled labor, and add
dollars to the till supply of the
benpliciaries OF trustlsm
people have once more been
ed. shouting Justify behind the
tlck reformer and his heir ap.
they voted for more cost to
nd requiring Of more hours and
sweat TO swell the already swol.
Effers of those who have made
lence of special enactments the
hg stone to unearned and un.
! wealth.
just 50 long as the republican
continues in control of govern
affairs, that long will the peo
the United States pay excessive
10 the men who have seemingly
hsed the republican national or.
ation and had the same placed
gr credit for immediate and con.
s usage.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

a drive about the city will reveal
the fact that there is lots of money
being spent for building and other i'm.
provements In short Vinita is a
growing city.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06
FLIRTING WITH GIRL
CAUSES DROWNING
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Muscatine. IA. Aug. 3.--Chas. Nc.
vey, local pugillst, while flirting with
a pretty girl on the upper deck OF the
steamer Helen Blair. leaned too far
over the rail-, lost bis balance and
was drowned before boats could be
lowered.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

There is an ample field for good in
vestments in real estate in Vinita
There is a substantial enhancement
Of values going on and ct an increas-
ing rate.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

ould take a prophet to tell lust
the result OF the county bond
d that Is to be held on the 10th
present month. but one thing
! sure the bonds ought to carry
Is majority.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

The insanity experts continue to
testify in the Harry Thaw case, but as
most Of them have been on both sides
of the case already, nobody pays much
attention to them.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

didn't land the Confederate
but the fellows who made the
or it deserve the thanks OF the
5 much as If they had won.
vinita goes after a thing the
fellow knows he has had
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

There are yet a few lingering cases
of typhoid fever in this city, caused
no doubt. on account Of non-obesr.
vance OF sanitary regulations.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

President Taft's last summer
speeches are so much out of date that
he perhaps would rather they be not
quoted
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

Deople say there was an elec.
White today. but from the IN.
hown on the street one would
@IIHuIty IN ascertaining that
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

vInita is to become a city, her
ns must lay aside some Of the
: motives and take more inter
the affairs that AFFECT the growth
s city.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

The tariff may not be entirely wha
the special interests wanted, but It 4
near enough to be acceptable to them
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

a little dIhcomforting to say
/, to go heihe at . o'clock in
ening afterE hot days work
Ind the wate Il your house cut
that YOU 4 take p bath.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-06

The way to get better water service
in vlnita is to keep hammering on
the cause of the present shortage.
---O--
1t is now up to the Frisco to fulfill
its pledges and bui,u that Harvey eat
ing house
-O--
Elections are weekly occurrences in
vlnita, even during these hot days.
-O---
The street sweeper is doing a great
work
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-12
TO PALE, THIN PEOPLE
Druggist d. r. Davis Offers to Pay for
Samose If 1t Does Not Make Thin
Folks Fat.

Pale, thin people are simply suffering
from want Of nourishment. They may
eat enough. but this food is not properly
disested, and does them no good.
Samose, the remarkable flesh-forming
food, should be used BY all who are pale,
weak and thin It mingles with the food
and aids assimilation, so that when taken
for short time Nature viii soon assert
her normal powers, and the food that
is eaten win give strength and good
flesh.
Weigh yourself before you commence
the use of Samose, and YOU will notice
steady gain. Samose is not cod liver
oil or similar nauseating connection, but
a scientific, fesh-forming food that re-
stores the thin and serawny to their pro-
per weight. and fills the weak and debil-
itated with vigor and vitality.
The woman who longs for rosy cheeks
and the plumpness OF beauty should use
Samose The man who wants TO be
strong and well and gain health and good
flesh, vii find his desires accomplished
BY Samose.
Such remarkable results have followed
the use OF Samose that Druggist d. f.
Davis il willing TO pay for the treatment
il it DOES not give the desNed results.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-12
Commissioner Ready For Ac-
tive Prosecution
HE IS FULLY FORTIFIED
By an Appropriation Of si,ooo,ooo-Be'
lieves Much Lost Land Win Be
Recovered-Large Force Of
Agents Employed.

Washington, March Unsupported by
an appropriation of 100000 by Con.
gross and with large force Of special
field agents, Commissioner bennett Of the
general land Office is making prepare
tions to prosecute in investigation into
charges Of wholesale fraudulent acquire
ment of public lands in the West by
corporations and individuals. The pro-
posed investigation is the result of an APP
peal made to Congress by former secre-
tary OF the Interior Garfield for a mil
lion dollar fund with which to recover
over Sll0,000,000 worth OF land alleged
to have been fraudulently acquired from
the public domain. Officials believe there
is reasonable prospect Of recovering much
OF this land The commissioner will grad.
ually increase the force Of special field
agents TO about $50 men to investigate
more than $1,000 cases of alleged land
frauds now in hand and to undertake
any new cases that may arise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-12
Cause for Alarm.

An elderly patient in the Tennessee
mountain region was suffering from a
malady the remedy for which the doctor
prescribed in the form Of capsules. The
old woman trusted her medical adviser,
but for medicine she evinced much sus-
picion.
Some time after she had taken the
capsules she was asked by her son how
she felt
"Porely.'
Don't you want nothin' to eatY"
me"
Soon, however. the old woman arose
from her bed and took her seat in a
rocking chair. Thinking that the atten-
ton would be gratefully received, the
son filled her pipe. and. taking live
coal from the hearth, carried both to
his mother.
Take that away son,s yelled the old
woman III the utmost fright. Don't
you know better'n TO come near me when
I've got them cartridges in me i'-Phila-
dsspkia Recurd-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-12
TO SEE wIcKERsHAM.
Government Lawyers in Oil Cases to
Have Conference.

Washington, March 12.-The officials
Of the department Of justice yesterday
again declined TO discuss what further
action will be taken by the government
with respect TO the several other Grim
iral cases against the STANDARD OIL
company for accepting rebates, now
pending in the courts for the northern
district Of Illinois. II is understood
however. that Messrs. Wilkerson and
Sims, government attorneys in these
cases, viii come 10 Washington soon
for conference with Atty.-Gen. Wick.
ersham.
"A four-horse rebate team can be
driven through the Elkins law, as i
stands now after the decision of the
United States court Of appeals and that
Of Judge Anderson in the Standard Dill
case at Chicago. An attorney who
could not protect a client from a charge
of rebating, IL these decisions are sus-
tanned, would not be worthy Of his
hire" was the opinion expressed by an
important law officer Of the govern
ment in course OF q discussion Of the
STANDARD OIL company's cases now pend
ing in various parts OF the country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-12
DOESN'T LIKE sERvIAN NOTE.
German Official View of the Situation
Expressed.

Berlin, March l2.-The latest Servian
note in which that country sets forth
that she does not desire 70 provoke war
with Austria Hungary, but maintains the
question OF the annexation OF Bosnia and
Herzegovina should be regulated by the
powers, was delivered az the foreign Office
here yesterday The impression created
by Scrvia's remuneration OF territorial
compensation is regarded officially as a
peaceful sign. 1t Is not felt, however,
that the situation has been cleared up by
this communication. Although Serva
gives assurance that she does not wish
war with The dual monarchy, the fact
remains that her military preparations
are being continued and are causing coun-
ter preparations on the part Of Austria
Hungary which daily are becoming more
onerous. Turkey also Is beginning to show
nervousness in the matter. IL il not
known here whether Servia will give a
direct reply to the Austrian proposal,
but il is thought that Austria can de-
mand such an answer and that she need
not accept this circular note distributed
to the powers.