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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
STATE WARDEN IS
VERY INDIGNANT
Movement May Be Started to Remove
Penitentiary From McAlester on
Account Of Appraisement.

McAlester, Okla June 25.-R. w.
Dick, warden Of the state penitentiary
was certainly indignant as be discuss
ed the report of the appraisers ap'
pointed to appraise the land sought
to be condemned for the purpose of
state farm. lie said he did not Of
ten break into the newspapers but on
this occasion the story might be pub
lished and he was ready to go on re-
cord as saying that the state would
not be held up in this, manner. that
the penitentiary wOuld be taken to
Granite or elsewhere before they
would be forced to pay Sl5O,OOO for a
farm.
The appraisers appointed by Judge
Cole went upon the land and after
ward made their report to the court.
The several pieces Of land were APP
praised at $50, Sl45 $50 aud SEQ per
acre
Mr. Dick said yesterday that the
very land appraised at $3.50. that Of
Mckay, had been offesed at 500
per acre and the owner had never
thought Of asking more, yet the ap-
Draisers found it worth $3.50 He
said he did not want to- be under.
stood as opposing the people In get.
ting every dollar their property is
worth. Nbut he does not propose for
the state to pay fancy prices and be
held up Just because it Is the state
He said when he makes his report
and shows that the state cannot ae-
quire the land for less than about
s15OOO0 there would not be a min
ute's hesitation in deciding on the re-
moval OF the prison to a place where
land could be had at what it Is reason.
ably worth.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
FAMOUS WATERS CONTEST
CASE IS NEARING END
Decided Friday and is Signal
Victory for Vinita AHOrneys---Cdse Had
Been Heard, Reversed and Decisions
Set Aside Several Times---FinGl
Decision Expected Shortly

ito the commissioner OF Indian affairs
where Commissioners Wright was re.
yersed J. " zeyely then appealed to
the secretary of the interior where the
Indian Office was sustained Then Mr..
Zevely filed a motion for review which
the department denied and the knight
VS. Water case was sent back to Com
missioner Wright for trial on its
merits The Twist VS. Waters case
was inN the meantime tried on it's
merits and Commissioner Wright de-
clded II In favor Of Twist. starr &
Patten appealed to the Indian office
where Commissioner Wrights decision
was reversed and the land awarded TO.
Eva Waters. Mr. Zeyely then appeal
ed TO the secretary OF the interior
where the case was pending on appeal
when MIR p White of Tulsa acting
for the lessees on both tracts of land
made a deal with G w Waters to con.
fess Judgment In both cases for SIP,
10000 SO that The land would be eward.
ed to Herman knight and w j. twist
and the oil companies holding leases
under knight and Twist would. ger the
land Starr & Patten earned of this
tn April ana protested and carried the
matter before the secretary OF the in.
terror and forced the lessees under the
contestants knight and Twist to
raise their price to S25000.00 and on
May 10th, 1909, the secretary OF the
interior accepted the confessions of
judgment aud awarded the land to Her
man knight and William J. Twist re-
spectively. The motions 10 confess
judgment f0r Sl2,0000O met with the
approval Of D. George Wright but were
turned down By the department and in
turning down the o6er of St2.000.0O
Assistant Secretary Pierce said he
would accept a confession of judgment
for So 900 90 for the MINOR. This sum
was quickly offered BY ] w Zeyely
fer has clients the Los Angeles .Chero-
kee OIL & Gas company ana The Alpre
aad Little Rock companies and
eer L 70 s25OOO00 vas nut up W.l.
tn is tarY Of We interior
On June Jsh 1908 a motion for
Fehearng and reyiev was filed by the
attorneys far the minor and had at.
tached TO ii the Offers Of Olympus on
company together with certified
check for S2s 10000 as a guarantee of
its good faith The motion for review
by the attorneys for the little girl was
Friday Sustained and the decision of
May 10th was reversed set aside and
held for naught and the two contest
cases VIII be decided on their merits.
4 final decision will be handed down
in the Waters ease in a few days
and the knight IS Waters case has
been Femanded 20 Commissioner
Wright for a speedy trial on its merits
This a signal victory for Starr &
Patten who have followed this case
70 Washington and have fought It out
from the beginning
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
AUDITORIUM BOND
ELECTION CALLED
Company Purchasing Bonds Has Pre-,
pared All Legal Proceedings And
No Delay Is Expected.

At d special meeting Of the city
council last nlght IN election Is called
for July 26. 1909. for the purpose Of
again voting The S2s.60l bonds for the
of the Auditorium aud Par.
ker Plaza At the last regular meeting
of tho council the bonds were sold at
par to the Oklahoma Bond & Trust
company OF Guthrie and the attorneys
for this company prepared all Of the
legal proceedings for holding the elec.
tiou and Il the bonds carry al this
election as they did at the last election
for that purpose, there will be no fur.
their hitch and the city Of Ylnita viii
own the handsome Auditorium build.
ing and one of thb most beautiful little
parks IN the state. IN an concession
worth many times the price paid
There will be a meeting of the
council tomorrow night for the pur.
pose Of receiving bids for the impfst q.
ment Of North seraper street
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
JOHN HOPKINS APPEALS
TO HIGHER COURT

Guthrie. okla, June 29.-John Hop
kins. convicted of killing his wife.
Anna Hopkins, at Lawton, October 20.
1907, and sentenced to hang on July
2, has appealed his case to the erlmin.
al court Of appeals Hopkins princi-
pal grounds of appeal are the courts
refusal 70 grant him change Of
venue and his allegation that he was
not given sufficient opportunity to
present his insanity plea
The murder Of which Hopkins was
convicted was a particularly brutal
one He and his wife had separated
after he had been sent to lail at Kings.
ton Mo. for aaaaultng her When
his term expired he followed her ana
found her At the home Of her sister In
Lawton He attacked her first with
butcher cleayer. and. after Telling
her 10 the ground With that weapon,
he prIod epen her mouth With the
handle aud poured carbolic acid down
her throat
one John Hopkins already has been
hanged for murder in Oklahoma since
statehood TIE was executed at Miami
for the murder of bis sweetheart. Lena
Craig
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
FREE DELIVERY ASSURED
FOR VINITA THIS FALL
From Saturdays Daily


Free mail delivery in Vinita not bat.
er than October is now the belief OF
Postmaster J II Butter Who has been
laboring arduously To secure such ser.
vice Inspector J. c. Lindland was
in the city yesterday and last night
and before leaving the city this morn.
ing said that he would recommend the
establishment of free delivery IA Win
ita at once. However the procedure
necessary for the establishment of the
service will require about ninety days
and that will throw the date about 0e.
tober lst
Vinita Is badly IN need Of this serv
Ice and the population of the town and
the postal receipts here are sufficient
to warrant it's establishment During
the last few months a great improve.
mont has been made on the streets and
sidewalks o. the city and still more
are In progress. so that by the FIRST OF
October the system viii be practically
complete
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
MANY IMPERILED
BY BAD ACCIDENT
Coal Tender on East Bound Passenger
Jumps Rails And Causes Great
Damage to Track.

FROM saturday Daily.
That there was no serious re-
suits from an accident to passeu.
ger train number l0S. on the
Frisco. due here At 6;3o last even.
ing g considered d miracle by an on
board that train As the train, running
at a speed of about thirty miles an
hour approached the bridge across
Cabin creek a mile and half west Of
town, the front trucks Of The coal
tender jumped the track, aud ran the
fun length of the bridge on the ties
before the engine could be stopped
Every tie on the bridge was broken
and how the other cars Of the train
stayed on the track IS remarkable
Il required nearly all Of last night to
repair the bridge and clear the track
All west bound trains We're held here
until the wreck was cleared.
The train was heavily loaded with
passengers, many Of whom walked into
town to wait for the repairs to be made
and the bus went out to the scene OF
the accident and brought Ia several
passengers.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
RlaoI,art.Roherts.

Thursday evening promptly az six
O'Clock. at the residence Of Mr. J. Y.
Roberts the brides father, on North
Miller street Mr F E Blaehert and
Miss Flora Roberts we're united in
marriage by Rev. j. E. Pershlng Of
the Congregational church The we'd
ding was simple. beautiful home
affair. No guests outside Of the fam.
ily being present Both young people
are very popular and deserYedly so.
They enter into their welded life with
the good wishes OF q host OF friends.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02

Washington, D G.. June 2S-The
famous contest over the Eva Waters
leave Of fifty acres of oil land in the
heart OF the Flatrock oil pool was prac
tically decided Friday by Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior Frank Pierce
who set aside his order OF May 10th
approving the sale OF the tract to the
Alpine Oil company and the Los
Angeles Cherokee oil & Gas company
for S25.QO0O0 The matter came up
on motion for review and final judg.
ment coupled with two offers by the
Olympus oil company Of yinita, Okla.
offering a bonus of s26 10000 and guar.
anteeing the royalty to pay $26.0O000
making a total Of royalty and bonus
guaranteed to be S52,000.00 the second
offer was 70 guarantee the royalty to
amount to $75.O0000 for Eva Walters.
The final judgment being against the
Alpine and the Los Angeles-Cherokee
oil and Gas companies The question
Of accepting one Of the offers Of Olyn-
pus oil company is to be settled within
few days
Eva Waters a seven year
old girl one sixty.fourth Chero-
kee on her mothers side and lives at
Westyille Okla She owns two tracts
Of OH lands aggregating fifty acres and
is estimated to be worth $500, 10000.
There are sixteen oil wells on the
edge Of her tract Of land producing
81 10000 worth Of oil daily. Her father
Is white farmer and the land was To-
Gated and furnished 70 the child for
allotment By Starr a Patten Of Vinita
who secured an oil lease ON the land In
favor OF Olympus oil company Of Vim
ita. a corporation. owned by G. starr
and Guy Patten of Vinita. and A. f.
Ault of Tulsa and W. T.. Ross of
Grove When the Oil strike was made
in the Flatrock pool section near Tul-
sa, r. X. KellOugh and c. S. Avery.
representing some oil men. Il is claim
ed made a deal with the father OF
Eva Waters TO confess judgment on
the thirty acres of land SO the child
would lose out for s2500o The land
Allotted 10 Eva Waters had been con-
tested Thirty acres had been contest
ed by Herman Knight Of Vinita ANA
the remaining twenty acres had been
contested by William Twist Of Tul-
sa Kellough aud Avery made a deal
with Waters TO confess Judgment in
favor of Herman knight on the thirty
acres and agreed to pay Waters s250.00
Starr q Patten learned 81 this deal
and informed Waters Of the great
value OF the land and when they got
TO Muskogee found that Commissioner
Wright had approved the confession OF
Judgment and then the attorneys for
Waters filed motion 10 set this con.
fession of judgment aside on the the
ory that the true situation had been
misrepresented to Waters Commits.
sioner Wright promptly denied this
motion and starr & Patten appealed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
SHORTY FLANDERS
BADLY WOUNDED
Complicated Case Presents Itself to
County Officers IN Free For All
Fight Sunday.
From Mondays Daily

FROM MONDAY bhlit.
shorty" Flanders is in the hospital
and Barney Lannum Oliver Scott and
DEAN are confined in the county
jail as a result of serious cutting at.
fray that occurred near Electric park
yesterday forenoon. Just who is re-
sponsible for the cutting Is a difficult
problem which the county officials are
now trying to solve The cutting was
done in free for all fight, but the
wounded young man claims the cutting
was done By Oliver Scott
The story OF the affair as related by
Scott at the jail last night, says that
the trouble started over an affair
Wednesday night. in which Dan
Bridgeman, keeper at Electric park
had Lannum elected from the park
for alleged disorderly conduct Yes.
terday morning, Scott Lannum, Dean
and Joe Reed were near the Frisco
bridge across Bull Greek when Bridge.
man started 10 dinner Then accord.
ing to Scott. the other four started to
assault BrIdgeman for his part in the
affair Wednesday night Scott says
he told the others that they could not
all attack Bridgeman al once and that
If they whipped him they would have
10 do Il one at a time This only an.
gered the other four the more, and the
fight was started with Scott and
Bridgeman pitted against the other
-four. Two OF the fellows whose
names Scott says he did not know, one
Of whom was the boy wounded. had
him down during part of the fight, but
IN some way he managed to get up
and that Flanders then started to run
and that he followed striking Flanders
two or three times. when the latter
announced that he was whipped The
two then, according to Scott sat down
70 talk the AFFAIR over, when II was
discovered that Flanders was badly
wounded Scott stayed until the
wounds were attended and Flanders
was taken home IN the cab Then he
said he saw City Marshal Wilkinson
coming for him. and he thought he
would be arrested and have to pay
fine, 50 he decided to leave town for
a few weeks until the AFFAIR quieted
down. lie went to Bueiacket. where
ne was later arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Bridgeman eorroborates SCOTS |
story as to the origin of the fight and
rs 70 the latters interference In his
behalf but says It was impossible to
.el who did the cutting as they All |
we're to closely mixed up IN the fight
He says, however. that one Of the |
)thers had tried to get to his knife and /
had threatened what he would do Il
he got TO IT,
Flanders Is la very serious condl.
lion and there is much doubt as to his
recovery
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02

FOR SALE-400 acres OF desirable
Craig county farm land All plow
land in the famous Upper Pawpaw val
ley Address the Chieftaln vlnita.
Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
VINITA WON TWELVE
INNING GAME SUNDAY
From Mondays DAILY

From Mondays Daily
The L NJ Jones team OF Muskogee
aud the local baseball club engaged lh
what Is conceded TO be the snapplest
game Of the season yesterday 1t
sportsmans park The local team was
the victor by score OF 2 to I IN the
game that ran twelve innings. Fast
plays on both sides kept the crowd Of
fans IN frenzy OF exeitmeut, In yes.
terday's game two Of the best anne
tuer teams In the state were pitted
against each other aud in the defeat
OF the Muskogee team vinita can just.
II claim the Independent champion.
ship Of eastern Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
WILSON EXPLAINS
HIGH FOOD PRICES
Says nesrth Of Farm Hauuss is caus
ing Thousands Of Acres to
Remain Idle.
BY Assoc iated Press

BY Associated Press
Washington. D. c.. June 26~-Secre-
sary Of Agriculture Wilson. who has
just returned from a trip through the
west says a lack Of farm hands Is the
chief eanse of high prices OF food
stuffs That section of the county IS
IS healthy and prosperous as ever IL
was" lie said But thousands Of
acres Of valuable and fertile land Is
lying idle because the owners cannot
hire labor The prices of grains and
vegetables therefore is bound to be
high. while meats must ALSO increase
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-02
MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS
CHICAGO EXPLOSION
nY AssocIaIed -

Ey Associated Press
Chicago m June rs The cause Of
the explosion which last night.
wrecked the telephone exchange IN the
heart of the city and did damage to
property 70 exceed one hundred thous.
and dollars. and inflicted injuries on
fourteen men Is still unexplained The
police are unable to determine whether
the terrific detornation was tie work Of
persons desiring to harm the telephone
company or another Of the series Of
bombs IN the so.called gamblers war
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

mand of j. Fillmore Flckens for duty
of 81 per cent on catnip tea, the wood
Ell nutmeg industry is forced to ask
an increase in its tariff.
"The industry has long been in a
state of decay" writes Mr.. Muskrel
Everybody who has tasted a wooden
nutmeg knows what a delicious fruit
it is; and u recent letter from the
Laird Of Skibo declares his belief that
iudicious application of the tariff
would restore the industry.
"rhis fruit has many valuable med
icnal qualities. One by-product is a
juice called vine ananias, which when
freely taken has a tendency to make
one voluble of speech, and contradict
tory of both himself and others. Give
us protection, and we can raise the
nations supply and IL surplus. for eX-
port. We can get the seed from the
honorable secretary of agriculture.
Last year he sent us some marked
corn When 1t came it was chickWeed;
but we hope when we write for wood
en- nutmeg seed he will not send the
seed Of the whisker plant.
VERY truly yours,
I'D. MU1SkRET.
president"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Sunday at the Churches.

Only morning services will be held
in the churches Sunday, owing to the
union service at the Methodist church
in the evening.
"Christian Fellowship, as Distin-
guished From All Other will be the
subject of Rev. l.. b. HiX, at the Con-
gregational. Baptism, reception OF
members, and communion, will follow
the morning service. There will be no
vesper service.
DR.. w. r. Pitner, district superin-
tendent, will occupy the Methodist pull
pit in the morning. Communion will
follow.
The usual morning service will be
held at the Presbyterian.
At the First United Evangelical Rev.
sermon.
IF Christ Should Leave Marshall
town. the first of series of three SER
mons, will be the subject of Rev.
Janaes MCGEE, at the Baptist.
At the CHRISTIAN church Rev. c. H.
Norris will preach on the Race of
life
God Will be the subject considered
at the First Church of Christ, scien-
list.
W. L. Roach of Muscatine will speak
to men at the service of the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. a. at the east court room
s. i1iay afternoon at 3:15.
Rev. c. II. Morris will preach for
the Willing Workers mission at 1910
Summit street at $50 Sunday after
room. The mission will celebrate the
first anniversary of his organization
on Sunday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

Wanted = Work in physicians Of
flee or any other office work which
young woman can do. Address Clerk"
care T.-R.
Wanted-Roomers at Leland hotel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

Wanted-Men to learn barber trade,
and take positions waiting our gradu-
ates. few weeks completes. constant
practice furnished. scholarship includes
tools, demonstrations, examinations and
diplomas. Write for catalog, Moler Bar
Der college, Chicago. Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
WHEAT CLOSES FIRM.
All EARLY Loss on the Market
Regained on Covering
by Shorts
STEADY Te'NE IN CORN
:ADY TOME IN CORN
Favorable Weath or Depressing But Vol
ume Of Trading in That Market Was
small-M oderate Profit Taking IN
Oats, Due to Weakness in other
Standardization Dull.

Chicago, Jan. Am increased move
ment of wheat from Australia during
the week furnished an incentive for
quite general selling here today, which
resulted in moderate weakness. May
opened at s107A @1.07ss, and declined
to SLOT Minneapolis, Duluth and Chi
cago receipts were 331 cars.
All the early loss was regained, on
covering by shorts. May closed firm,
AQ 1ac higher al: $1.077s.
Corn.
Favorable weather for movement,
had a depressing effect on corn, but the
volume of trade was small. May opened
at 61@613s. Receipts We're 256 cars.
A steady tone prevailed all day. May
closed unchanged, at 61A.
Cats.
Weakness in wheat and corn caused
moderate profit taking in oats which
resulted in slight declines. May opened
at Sis @51la, and fell to 81. Local re-
ceipts were 147 ears.
Provisions.
Provisions were firm and dull.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
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