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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

Women don't want to boss their hus
bands, but they dearly love to have
the men act as if they did.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

We have committed the Golden Rule
to memory. Now let US commit 1t to
life.-Markham.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28
In Actual Practice.

IT'S love that makes the world go round
That's something of joke.
Experimenting ones have found
It makes the world go broke.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

There is plenty Of fun going on III
the world. Hustle forth and annex
your share.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

1t is as hard to make a man believe
being so.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

The reason why there are no bald
headed women is because they have all
neen baldheaded men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

1t is all right to be conceited, but
don't let any one convict you of it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

Pride in our own achievements
should not include contempt for that
If other people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

You can't hold on to your friends il
they have to do all Of the holding.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

Don't bother about the bore; he is
Gsed to the cold shoulder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-04-28

If they must
C b o o S e, girls
would rather be
fashionable than
pretty.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
vlNlrA r. r. o. NO. ).

Wheat and oats are getting ripe
here.
Johnson LandHum has purchased a
new buggy.
J. j. Rogers has been hauling corn
to Vinita this week.
A. A. carseloNey bought a vat and
IS dipping his hogs today.
HucklebeFFles are reported to be
ripe and very good crop
Miss Kate Zimmerman Of Vinita
visited here Monday and Tuesday.
School district No. 81. has at last 10
Gated their building site on the Camp.
bell and Goforth farms.
Mrs a. R. Brecker and children
from wichita kans, are visiting rela.
tives here tor several days.
At tae school meeting last week.
tour mill tax was levied and Joe Rog
ers was reelected treasurer
Turner Mitchell gave a farewell din
ner at the Mitchell house Sunday They
ieft for Washington the next day.
Some boys were arrested on Cabin
creek last week for hunting squirrels.
on another fellows land. Not very
good Idea.
sunday school at Carselowey school
IS progressing nicely, several new
members recently. 3 o'clock D. N.
every Sunday.
= v Carselowey says there is
niue better than million and a half
dollars worth of property in township
number s. Including the railroad. That
I almost as much as some counties
had last year.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
Commissioners Takes Issue
With Kansas Bankers

Guthrie. Okla, June 5.--In view ol
the unfriendly criticisms and com
ment in regard to the address Of Bank
Commissioner Dolley delivered at the
convention of the Kansas Bankers
association in Wichita. Kans. May 26
1909, A. NJ. Young. bank commissioner
was asked for an expression In re-
gard TO that part of his address which
says "the objection to the Oklahoma
statute is that 1t is practically an un.
limited tax law It pledges the entire
assets of every bank to guarantee
every other bank in the state, II en-
courages speculation, the starting Of
unnecessary banks by spectators and
irresponsible people, the payment Of
unsafe and ruinous rates of interest
to secure deposits and believe for
these reasons their guaranty fund will
prove TO be insufficient and improper.
ly guarded and their system will bring
disaster" The Kansas Bank Deposl-
tors Guaranty Law has carefully OBJ
Waited all these objections.
Regarding the above Commissioner
Young expressed great surprise espe-
rially that every statement made was
absolutely foreign to the truth Under
1ur law the assessments are limited
% one.fifth of per cent with a limit
n any one year to per cent, hence
he charge that II is an unlimited tax
aw is false Again he says that It
pledged the entire assets of every
,ank TO guarantee every other bank
n the state There isn't one single
hing in our guaranty law that justi
les such an assertion on the part OF
Ar, Dolley.
He further states that 1t encourages
peculation, the starting OF unneces.
airy banks by spectators and ire
ponsible people, the payment Of un-
afe and ruinous rates of interest to
ecure deposits. It is a eeli known
act that no man or set of men are
ermitted to organize and operate
ank in this state unless they put at
le head of IL men who have sue
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
Memphis Does Honor to
Confederate Veterans

Memphis, Tenn. June 7.--Bedecked
from head to foot with gay bunting,
with the stars and bars OF the con.
federacy entwined around the stars
and stripes of the federal union, Mem
phis stands ready to receive the hosts
attendant upon the nineteenth annual
Confederate reunion. the advance
guard OF which has already begun to
arrive. Local heads of committees
are expecting fully 100000 visitors and
arrangements have been made to take
care of such a vast host.
The first OF the uminaries of the
lost cause TO arrive was Gen. II. A.
Tyler Of Hickman. Ky. who arrived
Saturday and Immediately took up
headquarters at Hotel Gayeso.
The company Of veterans who left
Los Angeles several days ago. arrived
Sunday, making the first Of the or.
ganiaed veterans to put IN an appear.
ance
Gen. VI. L. Cabell Of Texas. com
mander in chief Of the trans-Missis.
sippi division Of veterans. arrived sun.
day preparatory TO setting the final
seal upon the arrangements for the
OF the veterans.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

and Saturday, June 18th is set as the
day on which the board will hear OBJ.
jections. II any to the values as fixed
by the board
Barnes Pipe Line, return value 1909
SlO,4s0.S8; assessed value 1909. ss4.
$500.
Bartlesyille Gas q OH company.
return value 1909, slS.s2056 assessed
value 1909, s1s7005.OO.
Bellevue Gas & oil company. return
value 1909, s900S1t assessed value
1909, s34. 4.77500.
The Duquesne OH & Gas company.
return value 1909. s2.372.32: assessed
value 1909. 4s.25400.
Indian Territory Illuminating oil
company, return value 1909, $40 66s..
30; assessed value 1903 1891 1881 90.
The Minnetonka oil company. re.
turn value 1909, $t4.64297; assessed
value 1909. sli5.999.00.
The assessment of large number
OF public service corporations. gas.
light Ice and water companies. the re
turn value Of which aggregated si82.
2lS7f, was considered.
The committee reported that the
same be assessed at s330.445. an the
report with q few slight notifications
was accepted.
ahe total proposed value OF property
included IN the report was s7.Osi. .g7i
The valuation on the same property
last year az fixed by the board was
t5.7lOA6s A very substantial in.
crease In valuation.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
THE TULSA wAY

Saloon keepers IN Muskogee are
bowling because they have to pay one
hundred dollars a month. Here they
pay that much and are glad to get II
because of the protection Aud Il can
be stated aud that with entire truth
that the saloon keepers OF Tulsa get ait
they pay for and some trimmings
Muskogee ought 10 send a committee
over here and get some lessons in up
TO date high moral regulation Of the
liquor trafiie which allows corrnptinR
the police force Tulsa IN this re.
apeet has the most unique system In
the world.-Tulsa Democrat.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
Board of Equalization
Adopts Committee Report

Guthrie. Okla, June s.-At meet.
Ing of the state board Of equalization
held yesterday a report of the com
mittee composed of Chas A. Taylor
and NJ +. Trapp, was adopted after
slight notifications
The schedule for the assessment OF
pipe lines was AZ follows For ten
inch pipe s4992 per mile: eight inch
pipe sS,279 per mile; six inch pipe 81.
0ls: Ave and hve-eights luche pipe. ST,
22l; four inch pipe. si.2i5. throe inch
pipe, 1896; two inch pipe one inch
pipe $l2i"
The Prairie Oil and Gas company
was raised ten per cent. and the Texas
company fifteen per cent. iwth the
exception OF the pipe line
The Gulf Pipe Line company. ex.
eept pipe line. was raised fifty per
cent.
Part second, Of the report was as
follows.
We find tnat the properties OF the
oil and gas companies named be.
low are returned at a ridlculously low
valuation, as compared with their net
earning capacity, as shown by the re.
turns Of their property for 1903. and
for this reason we call particular At.
tention Of the board TO the facts. and
ask their careful consideration Of the
same"
The companies with their return
value and the value as placed BY the |
board Of equalization is given below !
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
THE CORPORATION NEWSPAPER.

THE CORPORATION NEWSPAPER.
William J. Bryan IN his lecture.
The Price Of Soul. al Kansas city.
Monday night had the following to say
OF the interest controlled press. which
is indeed pertinent:
The corporation has entered the
field OF journalism until now the con.
.scienceless eorporationowned news.
paper instead Of molding public senti.
ment In regard to right and wrong.
merely sees that the blind public
hears all good and nothing bad about
the gasping company which backs the
sheet You cannot tell who the stock.
holders are These papers usually
are anonomous or of unacknowledged
ownership They are owned by rail-.
roads and franchise holding corpora.
tions
The corporation pays the editors
70 chloroform the public while It IN
its greed picks the public pocket You
cannot tell when you read an editorial
how much It cost 20 put Il there for
reading It's the same way II the
news columns The paper Is paid to
distort the news even Editors on
such newspapers have told me Of be.
ing compelled to write editorials they
did not believe in. May the time come
when the soul question will enter the
newspaper business and when an ed
itor viii refuse 10 write lie no mat. /
ter from whom II comes"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Of corporations Of Senator Lodges
own state the official figures covering
the capitalization, surplus, net earn.
ings and dividend rates OF large
number of Massachusetts, mills. lie
did the same with fifty cotton and
WOODEN corporations Probably no
public man since Henry Fawcett, who
became postmaster-generaI IN Glad
stones cabinet In 1880 after having
been sightless for twenty-eight years.
has possed 50 infalllble a memory.
The senate has frequently had a
taste Of Senator Cores wit during the
tariff debate No one has punctured
more relentlessly the shams and falla.
cies of Senator Aldrich and the stand.
patters. In the sharp give and take
Of standing fight no senator today
Is his equal Modest. studious, keenly
alert and faithful to his principles. he
has never wavered or been seduced.
rs so many democrats have been from
he true course Of honest tariff re.
'ision.
II there were more conscientious.
'lear-headed democrats like him In the
enate his party would merit less con
empt throughout the country because
I the conduct Of It's representatives In
Vashington.-New York World. Fri
ay. June 1.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

The three days Of the reunion be,
ginning Tuesday. will be memorable
ones for the fast thinning lines OF
grizzled veterans. Before the sun sets
tonight the men who stood In private
ranks and the men who led them IN
many bloody fight during the civil
war will again be reunited IN happy
brotherhood
Gen. Clement A. Evans, commander
In chief of the veterans. will arrive
today and this afternoon Adjutant
William Miekle. chief of stan of Gen
eral Evans will be also quartered in
the city.
With the veterans will come a small
army OF beauty and grace-the spon-
sers and maids of honor. who will
add that effect to the picture, where
appreciation fails of words.
The floral parade on Tuesday viii
be one of the most elaborate of the
kind ever held in the south, accord.
ing to the assurances Of the commit.
tee having It In charge and the pa.
rade OF the veterans on Thursday will
be the feature Of the entire gather.
ing The program viii be wound up
night with a ball for the
sponsors and maids Of honor
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
a KINDERGARTEN TARIFF LESSON

tSenator Aldrich, Senator Lodge
and few other prominent republican
leaders now declare that the republl
can platform did not promise down
ward revision OF the tariff.)
What was the chief issue in the
campaign for the republican nomina
tion for the presidency?
Tariff revision.
What was the leading element of
strength in the oondidacy OF MIR raft
who secured the nomination over a
number OF rivals?
His stand for revision. and especial.
ly his specific declaration for down.
ward revision.
Why did the party, through It's pat
form, promise the country tariff re-
vision?
Because public sentiment and econ.
omic conditions demanded revision.
Was not the demand for tariff reyis.
ion, manifested in every part of Tie
country, necessarily demand for
downward revision?
II was without a doubt
Was not the promise of revision
therefore, even without the specific
mention of direction. a promise of
downward revision?
Unquestionably II was.
Was not the promise 10 make the
tariff approximate the differences be.
tween the cost Of production al home
and abroad promise OF lower duties
Il certainly was,
In the making OF the present tarin
bin has any respectable effort been
made by either the senate or the houae
to ascertain the differences
between the cost of production at
nome and abroad. or to use such dlf.
'erenees as general basis of new
schedules, according 10 the explicit
promises Of the PLATFORM
No.
What name would YOU give to the
lttempt of party leaders to repudlate |
he promises of their party and to deny
o the people what the people were de- /
iberately led to expect?
Treaehery.-Kansas City Star
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Secretary Barrett OF the state board
of agriculture has espoused worthy
cause In his recent advocary of the
protection OF birds Oklahoma is tie
home OF a great variety of the most
beautiful specimens of the feathered
tribe, some Of which are songsters, and
the thoughtless destruction OF these
birds should be prohibited. The man
or boy who will wantonIy kill one OF
these harmless birds lacks an essent.
tai attribute 20 human kindness and
love OF nature.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

/ lcessful banking experience. AS to the
starting of unnecessary banks II il
only necessary to say that in every
instance the commissioner has re
fused to approve charters unless thor
oughly convinced there was room for
bank. Since January /, 1909, some
thing like 30 applications have been
refused. a record that even the comp.
ltroller of the currency has never
equailed.
Referring to that part of his address
In regard TO the paying of unsafe and
ruinous rates OF interest by Oklahoma
state banks IL win be recalled that
the national banks of the state have
been paying very much higher rate
.of Interest than the state banks which
necessitated general letter by the
bank commissioner Co the national
banks Of the state notifying them that
they could not be permitted to act as
reserve agents for Oklahoma state
banks where they were paying
great rate of interest than state
banks were permitted to bay. Under
the ruling of this department state
banks are not permitted to pay inter
est ON checking accounts or on certih-
Gates of deposit where left for less
than 80 days, per cent II left 80 days
and per cent If left six months and
longer.
Much of the new guaranty law Of
Kansas was copied verbatim from the
Oklahoma law and in the opinion of |
Mr.. Young as well as eminent finan.
ciers, who have made study of the |
subject, the weakness of the Kansas
law lies In the fact that they did not
Incorporate all of the Oklahoma Law.
II is absolutely astounding that Mr..
Oolley the new bank commissioner
u Kansas, would attack our guaranty
aw, much less make statements that
ire not only misleading but entirely
aise and 1t can only be accounted for
n either his ignorance of our guar.
lnty law or desire to discredit It.
leither of which our law makers are
esponsible.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
NORMAL NOTES.

e .
The enrolment on the fourth day is
thirty more than on the fourth day last
year
The lecture for the normal next
week will be on Banking and Bust.
ness.
The attendance at chapel at 1880 is
always large, most of the teachers be.
ing present.
Much Interest is manifested by an
the teachers present and great deal
Of work is being accomplished.
The normal manual training class
under the instruction OF Mrs. Mary
farrell is making rapid progress.
About thirty new teachets have
been enrolled this week, which brings
the number higher than Il was any
time last year.
an otliee has been fitted up at the
high school building for the benefit
q the teachers attending the normal
This gives them place where they
can write letters and attend to other
business affairs.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
SENATOR GORE or OKLAHOMA.


seldom, n ever before. has a legls.
lative body Witnessed SO remarkable
a feat as that performed BY the blind
senator from Oklahoma during the
tarin debate Wednesday. IN rash
moment Senator Lodge had east doubt
90 some OF Senator Cores statements
n regard to the large earnings Of Ger.
tain cotton and woollen mills OF New
England
knowing from personal experience
how unscrupulously figures aud facts
are often cited in a running partisan
discussion, the Massachusetts scholar
may nave felt entirely safe In challeng.
Inc the statistics given offhand by /
man deprived of the use Of his own
eyes lie misiudged his opponent. De.
pending solely upon his memory Sen.
ator Gore covered his protectionlst
critic with confusion By repeating In
detail from the report OF the bureau
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

The night sessions Of the Cnited
States senate have failed to unseat the
standpatters. Many are now realizing
the republican meaning of tariff re.
vision.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

The county commissioners have
started the red tape for special cleo.
tlon for the purpose u deciding wheth.
er or not Craig county has $cj, 100
court house and $4,000 worth Of new
bridges. There Is campaign to be
made In order for the bond issue 10
carry and Il Is up to vinita u make
this campaign A campaign Of edu.
cation will greatly reduce the opposi.
ton an dthis town cannot afIord not TO
have the true conditions set square.
ly before the voters.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

\ comparison of the amount paid
for rents on inadequate quarters for
the county offices with the small ad.
vance necessary 20 create a sinking
fund for the bond issue. will convince
any unpreiudiced mind Of the practlc.
ability Of building court house In Vim.
ita The taxpayers Of the county
should realize that 80 long as they pay
rent they are getting nothing 10 show
for their money while If they were
paying that money into the sinking
fund they viii be paying rent to them.
selves
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Every business man in Ninita should
attend the Commercial club nesting
Friday night. and lend assistance "a
the work Of organizing a county fair
association. There is no one thing
that will bring the country and town
closer together, than real live coun-
ty fair. at which the farmers may
have an opportunity to contest for
premiums on every kind of farm pro.
duee The good farmer takes pride
In the stock and crops he raises aud
viii take advantage Of the opportunity
10 display them.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
TuIsa's New Bank Opens.

Iulsa, Okla. June 10.--The Bank of
oklahoma, Tulsa's eighth banking Ii.
stitution. opened for business yester.
day. i Is capitalized for $50 900. with
.. r. Mccullough. former banker Of
faWnee' president. and A. E. Brad.
snaw' cashier Of the old. City National
bank. rs cashier.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Alas for the self-satisfied. He who
Is without aspirations Is poor indeed.
For life consists In realized unrealized
ideals, and he who has no unreallzed
ideals Is already dead. and knows It
not-Lyman Abbott
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11
New eank a. ruttle.

Guthrie. Okla, June 10. = A new
state bank to be known as the oklaho.
ma State Bank Of Tuttle. with a capl.
tai stock Of $4,000. was authorized
yesterday by A. NJ. Young. state bank
commissioner.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

CraiG county should and will have
a fair this fall. Let vlnita overlook
no opportunity TO make this fair the
greatest event OF the year.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Please call and see D. S. Warren
before buying your harness. fx nets
buggies, wagons, binders. mowers and
All kinds Of hay tools. We pay no
rent therefore We can sell cheaper
than those dealers who pay biz rent
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Vinita can AFFORD to spend money
TO give the farmers a chance TO show
their produce Get behind that county
fair plan
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Keep on urging the movement for
good roads IN Craig county
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Boston, Mass, June 10, 1897. My
Dear Mr.. North; am unable to 20
TO Washington and have no one TO
look out for my interests there but
yourself, and depend upon you. OF
course, Messrs. Aldrich and Dlngley
win do what they can, but | depend
upon letting them know what | need.
| depend upon you. Dress goods,
yarns and tops. Yours truly-Wm.
Whitman.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

The lid has been on so long In Vim.
ita that the water wagon broke down
on the streets this morning.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Last week LaFoIlette was absent
from an evening session Of the sen.
ate. sending word that he was sick
Penrose charged that he was not sick
but was comforting with yellow jour.
nailsts. In reply the next day LaFol-
lette said that he could not account
for the whereabouts of the senator
from Pennsylvania, without violating
the rules Of that body.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

These hot days make the busy man
think Of vacation time
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Driving clubs are growing popular
In Oklahoma towns. Why not organ.
ize one in Vinita?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-06-11

Washington, d. c., June 20. 1897.
1t is lucky ! was here. and just In the
position | am. II has given me a
whole day to work on the matter and
get 1t right; and with Aldrieh away
there is no one on the committee who
knows anything about it. But Allison
and Platt, trust me, and I expect they
viii both agree to what | have asked
went over the matter with them last
evenings. N. ID. North.