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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03
eaIveston's Growth.

The Galveston News In its Sept /,
trade edition, says:
The port of Galveston is served by
S5 steamship lines in trade with
foreign countries and fiye coastwise
lines. having the best New York serv-
Ice Of any port on the gulf or South
Atlantic
The total number of vessles entering
and clearing the port during the year
was 1872 having combined tonnage
|of 4,507,20 net tons, an increase of
1913 velles and a net tonnage of $780,
991.
The end of the grade raising is in
sight. The stupendous contract will
probably be finished early in January,
when approximately 12.O0O,OOO cubic
yards of filling will have been placed
inside the seawall
Work has been started on the cause
day connecting Galveston Island with
the mainland. This structure will cost
s1,5OO,OOO
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03
FROM HER WORTHLESS LAND
Laughter Whom Father Meant to Dis.
inherit VIII Ultimately Make
Many Millions.

A big coal-mine deal in which the
Browning mines at Pocahontas. Va.
were last week leased to a Baltimore
nan recalls the romantic story OF how
Col. John S. Browning came to be
possessed Of that value property.
which has already netted him and his
wife clear S1,000.000. to say nothing
Of the royalty they are still to receive
on every ton OF coal mined and on
every ton OF coke manufactured from
those mines. a Bristol (ya.) dispatch
to the indianapolis News says:
Jim" Browning. as he was known
his Young manhood, married Miss
Ollie Hodge. 4 daughter of a wealthy
farmer, who owned hundreds OF acres
of rich land in Tazewell county, and in
the fertile section known as Burke's
garden.
The venerable father objected 10 bis
daughters marrying Jim Browning.
for some cause but she dsregarded
his wish and married Mr.. Browning in
spite of the protestation cf her father.
The irate father was not in forgiv-
ing mood and so when it came to max
ing his will he took matters into his
own hands and manifested his disap.
roval OF his larghters course by ex-
cluding her from his will
It was a sore disappointment to Mrs
Browning. but she bore # without a
murmlu A few years after this will
had been written il was discovered
that cheap. unsightly piece of noun
tain land had been overlooked and not
disposed of in the viii.
BY the advice OF an attorney and
friends. and feeling that it might not
be well entirely to ignore his sighted
daughter as old age crept upon him
and his head was growing white. the
old gentleman bequeathed her this ap-
parently worthless holding up among
the crags and powders and scrdbby
7ines Of the Appalachian crags and
peaks
Later the aged father of Mrs Brown
ng died. no doubt feeling that he had
lone the ungenerous part by his
laughter who had been omitted from
the original will upon purpose. But |
nee that time this land has proved |
10 be Q treasure Of unsurpassed value. |
being one Of the most productive coal
veins of the entire Pocahontas region. |
And now Mrs. Jim" Browning, who /
vas to have nothing as the price Of her
with Jim" Browning. Is
worth many more times all that Is rep
in the possessions Of all other
members Of the family.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

FISH-Cat, Halibut, pickerel, pike
and oysters. Saddle Rock Restaurant.
Tom Gray of Chelsea visited friends
here last night.
Holland Clark returned last night
from Muskogee.
John H. Gibson was here this morn
ing from Grove.
R. w Cain, of Rogers, Ark, is here
on business today.
George N. Carloch was visitor here
today from Centralia
Lowney's chocolates. 10 to 65 cents
per box. Post Office news stand.
Robert B. Ross, Of Tahlequah, was
a visitor here today.
d. S. Lucas was here today from
Hudson, on business.
j. W. Coats of Blueiacket transact.
ed business here today
Deputy Jake Smith was at Big Cab
in yesterday afternoon.
Garrison has a new electric coffee
mill it grinds your coffee just right.
G. H. Bennett of Wagner. was here
last night on business.
Sacred Heart Institute will open
Tuesday, September Z.
S. A. Sailors came down from Miami
asst night on business.
A. L. Churchill returned from Kan
'as City this morning.
John Anderson was in the city from
Pryor Creek last night.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

Room and board for two gentlemen
or three ladies'. Five blocks out. CAN
al S25 South Miller or phone Black
Az. so
W. H. stallsmith is quite seriously
III.
A. c. Hall went to cheIses this
morning
Joe Stallsmith is expected this even.
ing from Galena, Kans.
Miss Matte Sexton OF Adair is the
guest of Mrs. w. E. Whitaker.
Attorney W. H. Kornegay went to
Parsons last night.
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Get a Post Card Album.

1t is a popular thing now to make
collection Of post cards. II you want
a handsome post card album. just
send the small sum Of 25c to pay for
The Kansas City Weekly Journal to
your address for ONE YEAR and you
win receive a handsome Album free.
The album is ski inches in size and
will hold 90 cards. The album is hand
some and beautiful in finish and de-
sign For the small sum of 25c The
Weekly Journal viii be mailed to your
address for ONE YEAR and you viii
receive the post card album as a pres
ent Address
THE KANSAS CITY WEEKLY
JOURNAL. Kansas City, Mo.
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BODY IDENTIFIED AS
HELEN FLORENCE DIXON
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Denver. Col, Sept 3.--A woman s
body. which has lain in the morgue
two days. unclaimed. was today iden-
titled as tbst Of Helen Florence Dixon,
the former political orator and very
prominent eighteen or twenty years
ago. In the early nineties. when the
populist party was a power IN Colo
RADIO. she was one of the leading ex-
ponents. On the stage she was
known as Helen Florence. The last
ten years she has lived in seclusion.
Her death is believed 70 have been
suicide. due to despondency.
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0 0 o o o 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0
. LOCAL AND PERSONAL

5000 600 90 90 Q
J. j. Robinson was at Chelsea to
day.
Jim Webb drove to the country to-
day.
John crutchfeId was at Ketchum to-
day.
Robert Hill is here today from Clare
more.
C. NJ. Brown was here today from
weIch.
Red Star -four has no equal for
bread. Garrison.
H. F. Smith went to Tulsa this
morning.
F.E. RObb came up from Muskoges
last night
Miss Ina Clement is here from
Pierce City
c. P. Dunham Of Adair was a vinita
visitor today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

Garfisons.
l. j. Miles, Of Tulsa was in the city
on business this morning.
J. w. Swarts came over from Chel-
sea this morning on business.
Sheriff H. Il. Ridenhour made a bust
ness trip to McAlester yesterday
Major H. G. Cusey went to Alton
this morning, on Indian business.
There are other good flours but none
as good as Red Star Garrison.
w. M. Duncan of Tahlequah is visit
ing his aunt, Mrs. H. w. c. Shelton.
V. A. Kinnison of the register of
deeds office is on the sick list today.
! Morris Knight returned last night
from business trip to Kansas City.
Prof Downing. principal Of the high
school came in yesterday from Troy,
Mo.
Mrs. H. G. Sunderwirth of Aldrich,
Mo-, is the guest Of her sister Mrs.
Tolliver.
Any coffee will be better ground on
an electric mill. Garrison has one.
N. S. Waldorf, p. e. Robinson and
j. s. Farbrough, were here today from
Big Cabin.
Mrs. L. L. Crutchfield returned to-
day from a weeks visit with relatives
in the country.
f. M. Crowell was here this morning
en- route from Pryor Creek to his
home at Alton.
w. Houk is expected home this even
ing from a trip to Chicago and other
|eastern points.
Miss Miriam McGuffin will leave
Sunday for oxford, o., where she will
attend school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Patten returned
last evening from visit to the oil I
fields near Tulsa.
w. B. DePue returned from Pryor
Creek last evening, where he had been
on legal business.
Grover Webb and sister, Miss Lurina
are expected home Sunday from
visit at Kansas City.
Miss Willie Haynes, who has been
visiting relatives here, returned to
White Oak this morning.
Harry Bagby, Harold Steffy and Mr..
Settler left this morning for an auto
mobile trip to Kansas City.
Fred Galloway was at Wagner yes
terday searching for the prisoners,
who escaped from the Jail here yester-
day.
Miss Mary Anderson of Durant, who
has been visiting friends here for a
few days, left this morning for Oswe-
go, Kans.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Sanders left last /
light for the east, where Mr.. Sanders :
will buy goods for the Sanders-Wright
store.
w. Harris and H. w. c. Shelton
we're out to districts number 55 and ,
z. yesterday, examining sites for new
chool houses. q
c. A. Brown, a former reporter on +
he Oklahoma City Times was in Vim
ia today, en- route to his home at /
itch Hill. Mo. {
Edgar Burlington returned last night n
rom a trip to Seattle and other west 2
IN points. Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Buff
ngton will remain in Colorado for d
ONE time. 4
IN
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Golden Gate conee ana Red star
four the best Garrison.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

j. w. Swarts came over from Chel-
sea this morning on business.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

Sheriff H. u. Ridenhour made busi
ness trip to McAlester yesterday.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

1. j. Miles, Of Tulsa was in the city
on business this morning.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

Major II. G. Cusey went to Alton
this morning, on Indian business.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-03

Edgar Burlington returned last night
from trip to Seattle and other west
ern points. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Buff
ington will remain in Colorado for
some time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24
aERANk. PRQuIY,s SPEECH.

# -a1lll" Prouty, spoke to the Search
light Club last evening on the real and
ideal in politics. If any man in Iowa is
supplied with information and gifted
with power to speak to this subject S.
r. Prouty is the man. He has been in
all the great political fights that have
stirred Iowa for the last thirty years.
He knows the real of politics and real
ICES the ideal. Prouty carries body
Scared from the gashes of political
warfare and bears the marks of the
stilletto of the political assassin. Still
warfare has not made him cruel nor
political and personal attack quenched
his spirit or made him cautious or
even polite. He is one of those satisfied
to fight for his convictions and to suf-
fer for his ideals.
So last night he told the Searchlight
some inside history of Iowa politics,
of what has gone on in the
oubliettes of politics in this state and
others. OF how men who dared to have
and craved independence of
thought and freedom of action have
felt the bastinado and been strangled
by the bowstring at the nod of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24
THE HORROR OF KIDNAPPING.

What must be the distress and mem
tai agony of a parent whose child has
been stolene Who can measure the
mothers suspense and anxiety of soul
or the fathers forebodings and fears
1t is generally the petted boy or girl
the idol of the home. if not the only
child, that is kidnapped. Sleepless
nights follow Meals remain I'M
touched. Household duties are ne
elected. Everything is changed and
sorrow presses like an incubus over
all. The parents move about like
phantoms of the night. Staring eyes,
blanched faces and bent forms tell
tragically of the terrible burden they
bear. All interest is conferred upon
one subject, the effort to learn tidings
of their lost child or to discover
some trace of him.
And no other agency known to de-
signing and mercenary men so appeals
to the paternal purse strings as the
=
demand for ransom for kidnapped
child. The boys father may be a sor-
did miser, a man to whom charity or
philanthropy have no meaning, man
in fact whose money is his god, yet
in such straight he becomes as clay,
to be manipulated at will by his tor
mentors.
1t is remarkable, however, that par
ents of stolen children take the matter
SO seriously as to often almost de-
prive them of reason. For few kid
mapped children come to harm. Their
captors treat them well, as a rule.
Their purpose is not to punish but to
extort. But, fully realizing the condi-
ton they have caused in the alarmed
and sorrowing home, they play the
game to the limit In rare instances,
that of the late Charlie Ross being one
of the most notable on record, alb
Quoted children have hopelessly disap-
peared, but the almost invariable rule
is to restore the stolen property when
a satisfactory sum of money is forth
coming and it can be done without
risk to the captors. Hence there is
usually no real cause for distracting
worry. could the parents but reconcile
themselves to the situation. Neverthe-
less there is greater rejoicing in the
stricken household when the little one
is brought home than on the return of
the prodigal son.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24

caiiphs of machine autocracy and made
clear that this struggle must be in
terminable, that real citizenship must
oppose the selfish and the designing If
governments whether of states, or ma
tons or municipalities are to be adj
ministered equitably for the many and
not selishly and greedily for the few.
1t would be we'll to remember one
thought which was the entire lesson of
the address. The bad man, the wicked
man. the CRATER and the knave can
never administer government properly,
honestly, faithfully The citizen and vot-
er who shuts his eyes to grave moral
and mental social and business OBJ
Equities when he elects men to repre-
sent him must expect such representa-
ton as he votes for or permits 9TH
ers to elect while he stays at home and
in the high grass 1t all comes back to
the individual voter His responsibility
is first and last. If he elects the kind of
men who distribute privileges to vio-
late laws as a reward for political
fealty, laws that other citizens must
obey and desire to see enforced, he
gets a bad government, selfish gov
eminent, wether it is national state
or city representatives that are
in question. There is no great good to
be obtained without the expenditure
of energy, no battles to be won with
out personal enlistment and the per-
sonal danger that such enlistment car
ries.
We all know it. Prouty told us moth
ing especially new as to our duty and
the responsibilities of citizenship. But
he presented the picture of a man in
the flesh, happy, healthy. prosperous
and bold after more than quarter
century of battle for what he believes
is just and equitable for all people in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24
Joker IN THE LUMBER SCHEDULE.

An example OF the jugglery which
has been going on in the framing of
a tariff revision bill by men who do
not believe In tariff revision is con-
tanned in the lumber schedule. Free
lumber has been demanded by the
country in the interest of home build
ers and home renters who have be-
gun to be pinched by the constantly
advancing price of lumber. 1T has also
been urged by the men who can see
that the forest supply of the country
is doomed to destruction unless new
sources of lumber can be brought into
action. yet the tariff bill comes out
of committee with a joker which pur-
ports to give these great public In
terests half loaf while actually Civ
ing them a double cross.
Tt is best explained by the National
Forest Conservation League, Differed
by prominent statesmen, lumbermen
and manufacturers as follows:
Dear Sir:
The lumber schedule of the bill the
ways and means committee has just
reported is a profound disappointment
to the lumber consumer.
While the duty on rough lumber is
reduced from 81 to 81 the duty on fin
ished lumber in all forms is left so
high as to remain prohibitive
Rough lumber owing ITO transporta-
ton charges can not be imported into
the United States except where water
transportation is available.
Consequently the reduction on
rough lumber is of no benefit whatever
to the farmers and other consumers in
the great interior country.
Finished lumber can be imported be-
cause of the saving in railway rates
as compared with rough lumber if the
tariff permit it, but as proposed it
does not permit it.
About 90 per cent of the lumber
shipped from a mill by rail goes thru
the planning mill before it is put on
the cars.
About the same percentage of the
lumber sold at a retail lumber yard
is planed or finished in some meas
ure. That is to say, the ordinary con-
sumner of lumber buys finished lumber
almost entirely.
And the lumber schedule as drafted
makes 1t impossible for him to get
this lumber from abroad Therefore,
he will he entirely dependent on do
nestle supplies as before.
This is the kind of revision that
may fool, but will not benefit.
Every congressman who wants to
help his constituents to get cheaper
lumber should insist on free lumber,
both rough and finished.
Failing in that he should insist that
finished lumber which is what his av-
erage constituent buys shall not be
taxed more than rough lumber, which
is what the average constituent does
not buy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24
Looker-On In Iona

Agona, March 24-Readers of the
F.-R. VIII remember a special from
| Davenport. giving an account of Mr..
August Dlllig's experience with the fe-
male members of his family and the
letter he wrote at the time Mr.. Dillig
Is stu here running the Thorington
Hotel, and doing so with hired help
entirely Independent of his wife and
daughters, who are in Davenport en-
ioying Society" they so sadly missed
here. Mr.. Dillig has taken a position.
put his foot down so to speak, that if
followed by other heads of families,
would end much of this club business
and society foolishness He says plain
ly, Look at what they do in Daven-
port. They go Ito the card club, the
car fare Is ID cents, the prize costs
something, then afterwards they must
go to the cafe and spend Is to 90 cents
for Ice cream and nonsense and when
they do this thing every week and
sometimes twice a week. 1T costs much
money in a year. I'm getting along all
right. hain't I? Don't l run a good l1o-
tel? They can stay in Davenport and
play cards and eat ice cream land
much abused husbands" is formed the
first president
Sometime ago in Grinnell at one Of
the club meetings. the sleeping car
question came up for discussion. Sew
eral of the speakers waxed eloquent
over the outrageous prices charged
and the tipping practice and custom.
And then came reply from a MEM
ber present that seems to cover the
situation. Said he, YOU meaning the
public. "pay these prices because you
are willing to. If You do not want to
pay such prices. why not ride in the
tourist sleeper as l do. / went to
Colorado and slept and ate and
breathed just as well as You did and
saved $40 by SO doing" And then he
touched UP" one of the speakers
present, by saying, ITS all very we'll
to- love the dear people and all of
the time preach the doctrine of equal
ity and human brotherhood, but / no.
tice when you go to Europe you don't
mix with the storage crowd. and first
class cabin is what you have. Ride
with me in the tourist cars and then
you'll know the people, rather than
the moneyed class so much condemned !
these days by lecturers and writers"
And this, while much to the point, only |
half tells half the story. One Of the big |
trunk lines crossing Iowa is today adj
vertising extensively, "Take the Limit
ed Company train for California, and |
ride in clean cars" Here's q virtual
admission that some cars are not cleaa
1t explains why the well-to-do pay ex
ira and ride in clean cars. And this
that advertises clean cars also
has clean depots.. Many of(us go to
their depots an hour ahead of time be-
cause the waiting room is cleaner than |
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24
Topics of the Times.

Almost any senator would give his
place in q street car to lady but ne
ddraws the line at his seat in the gem
erably assembly.
There is something about tariff re
vision that reminds of hard knot in
a shoestring.
Almost time for the cornplanter and
the baseball mask.
The legislature is after the school
frat" with a slipper
And now an American, Burbank. is
to reclaim the Sahara desert by means
of the spineless cactus. Are we to
.banist1 the deserts from the maps of
the world?
An eastern writer says that the sup
ply and purchase of canned goods is
the direct road to socialism. Seems to
have managed to get socialism and
dyspepsia mixed in his mind, doesn't
he?
II might be good policy to have new
half soles While waiting for the lower
prices of shoes resultant on removal
of tariff on hides
80
When we find members Of congress
lining up for necessary reforms with
out asking whether it is a party meas
ure pure and simple congress will
again become the school of high states
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24
China to Take a Census.

China is about to take census Of
the uncounted millions within her Dor
ders. The state department at Wash.
ington has received copy Of an impe.
rial edict issued in accordance with the
program for constitutional reform di-
recting an enumeration of individuals
and families within the empire. The
returns for the census for families
must be completed by 1910 and for In
dividuals by 1912. All Chinese living
in foreign lands nust be enumerated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24
AIDING EDUCATION.

This is an era of school building in
Iowa. 1t is a poor town that is not
either just beginning, just completing
or planning a, new school building. By
a vote of 119 to a. Waverly has just
ordered a $4,000 bond issue, for the
purnose of adding wing to the high
school building. There is no other ex-
penditure which yields such results,
and there is no other way, in which
the public funds can be spent that
meets with the approval of so large a
majority of the people, as when public
funds are expended for educational
nuruoSaS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-24

the hotel office. All this is mentioned
to tell some railroad superintendent
why the Iowa man going to Chicago
takes the A. b. C. railroad rather than
the X. Y. u. line. The fares the same
the time the same, the seats are the
same, but the cleanliness and the lack
of it are not the same.
He was a hard working, successful
travelling man. Making about $4,000
year and not laying up cent Wife
and family spent it all. All he got out
for what he ate on the road Well, one
day the train he was on met another
on the same rails and there was a
widow in Somehow. Nice funeral. The
firm sent flowers and a carriage for the
bearers. employees of the house And
when all was over it was found this
sensible travelling man had $4,000 life
insurance and 100000 accident insur-
ance all payable to his wife. Now, The
firm for which he had travelled SO long
knew the wife was a thigh flyer" a
society woman" or. to state it plainly.
spendthrift: and so they offered the
widow to take this 100000, give her
stock in the company and profits as
they accrued, and allow her to draw
5000 a month for living expenses. and
at the end of each year to balance up
accounts. They did this really to pre-
vent her wasting the money. Did she
do it? No. sir. She took the cold
cash, 100000, bought some nice clothes
and the whole family Is now touring
Europe" And this travelling man, now
wearing a halo and keeping the books
for st. Peter, looks down and still is
glad the folks are having good time.
All Of the above is true story. the last
sentence or two possibly excepted.