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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

The manufacturers of the Duro, one
of the most popular cars made in Los
Angeles, in their handsome 1909 cata-
logue have a fOreword which rings
true and which the many friends Of
the car will indorse in toto. The fore
word says:
1T is our intention this season TO
market only a limited number of cars.
One reason for this is that we want to
add further to the reputation the
car made for itself last year. 1t is not
our aim to see how many cars we can
turn out in a season, but to see how
good we can make them and satisfy the
most critical buyer.
"Our company is composed of reliable
men who are in this business to make
it a life business and who, in addition
to building UP reputation as success
full motor car Makers desire the salts
faction of putting upon the market the
best light car ever made and of giving
the best value for the money.
I'VE give our cars the most rigid and
careful inspection. We are better able.
to make adjustments in our factory
than the user is after he gets the car
on the road.
1--WE believe that the automobile bust
ness is going to get down to a survival
of the fittest, and we intend to be one
of the fittest.
thoroughly satisfied. We realize fully
that the future of our business depends
upon the results obtained by the people
who own our cars. Satisfied users are
our best statesmen"
The "DurO'' is handsomely exhibited
at the show and is always surrounded
by a crowd of interested visitors.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24
ERECTED FIRST AUTO PLANT

II LWOOD HAYNES, the first man to
M build and operate an automobile
u factory in the United States, tells
with a great deal of glee of his first
attempt to run an automobile of his
own make. Mr. Haynes had planned
auto was made in the machine shop of
the AppersOn brothers.
Il went to them for the reason that
I knew that they had a shop in which
no man could enter without permission.
We kept our first machine from public
gaze until it was completed and then
took it out for trial. We engaged
some horses and started for the open
country. The farther we went the
farther we had to travel, for we wanted
to be alone. Finally a roadway was
reached where there was no one in
sight, and then we cranked and we
cranked and we cranked. The machine
started and it ran for half mile before
it stopped. That was our success, and
the horses, after their fright, drew the
car back home. We had been success
full and felt happy, and the old Haynes
Apperson company was formed at once
to manufacture the cars. The Haynes,
perfect as it is today, was the result of
our first great attempt
81 first investigated the possibilities
of steam and electricity continued
Mr.. Haynes, 'but decided against the
steam engine mainly on account of dan
ger from fire and the necessity of fire.
Quent water supply.
II next considered gasoline, and the
more 1 studied the matter the more
certain I was that this form of power
would prove most suitable for the pur-
pose.
After some time 1 found a motor
that promised at least some measure of
success. The motor was primarily in
tended for use in a boat, and therefore
of comparatively light construction.
There was practically no data at that
time to enable me to tell how much
power would be required for prope1ling
a machine over an ordinary roadway.
My purpose was to build the machine
after the general form of an ordinary
pneumatic tired bicycle.
''In order to determine the tractive
effort necessary to propel a vehicle of
this kind over an ordinary roadway
bicycle was attached to the rear wheel
of a light blackboard by means of a
spring scale and a small rope. The BIZ
cycle and the rider weighed 210 pounds.
A man was seated on the blackboard,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

The Auburn exhibit, the car which
its manufacturers advertise as 1.-The
most for the money" was the center
of attraction at the Automobile show
last night. For a five-passenger car
this machine is one of the classiest ap-
pearing machines at the show. It's
finish is of solid green, with a dark
leather trimming, which adds mate
rally to its general appearance. An
other feature which adds greatly to it
is the large roomy tonneau, which
could almost be made into a seven
passenger chassis, and yet be comfort
able for the occupants.
The engine of this car is of the four
cylinder type, the cylinders being of A.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

inch bore, and the stroke 4 inches,
rated at 24-horse power.
The valves, which are all of the same
size, are drop forged in one piece, the
carburetOr is of the float feed type,
and the transmission is of the selective
type, with sliding gear, three speeds
forward and one reverse.
The car is very strong and compactly
built, and according to the makers is
capable of carrying the motorist any
where and at any time, and they boast
that for the money it is the most thor
Oughly reliable car. on the market to-
day. 1t has one of the highest ratings
for car of its size and is very easy
running.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24
DETERMINING HORSE POWER

How the horse power was determined
on the first automobile built by Elwood
Haynes in 1903 is told by that veteran
maker.
when 1 built my first car 1 had new
er seen an automobile and knew moth
ing of the power required to run one,
and, to determine the thing, l put a
200-pound man on a bicycle attached to
a spring scale on a wagon, and record
ed the pounds of pull at various stages
of progress" he says.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

facing backward, who recorded as rap
idly as possible the drawbar pull re-
quired, as indicated by the scale. The
horse and blackboard thus pulled the
bicycle and rider for several blocks and
back again at the same speed-about
twelve miles an hour. The average
drawbar pull was about 312 pounds, or,
say, IL pounds per hundredweight. A
vehicle weighing 1000 pounds would
therefore require a drawbar pull of 171b
pounds at the wheel rim. This expert
ment allowed me to complete my calcu
lations for engine and vehicle.
1.-THE car when completed weighed
800 pounds, including a small amount
of supplies, and would carry three pas
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

And this is bit of truth l hail.
A sentence that's worth ones heed.
That the man who is always afraid he'll fail
Doesn't stand much show to succeed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-24

sengers. The truck supported the en-
tire power plant, including motor, driV
ing chains, clutches, ETC., and this was
supplemented with a light body of the
ordinary runabout buggy type
This was the first automobile success
fully operated in the United States, it's
first trip being on the Fourth of July,
1893, at Kokomo, Ind. The above illus
tration shows the 1909 model of the
same Haynes.
Many there are who are friendly bCt
few wrO are friends.
You must believe in your product
yourself before you can make anyone
else believe in it.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
OKOEE ITEMS

Dated December 80.
Miss sGambill is visiting home folks al
Welch this week
Miss Eva Rogers is spending the holi-
days with home folks.
Lucian Butler and Gordon Thompson
were in this vicinity Tuesday
Mrs. Joe Adair and child spent Xmas
with Mr.. Gambill and family.
Mr.. Mack Carselowey gave his friends a
dance Wednesday night.
Henry Crouch sold stray .hog at the
county seat last Tuesday. He bought the
hog back.
B. Burns and Clint Rogers were court
ing at Squire McCullough's today
The Burns sale yesterday was very sue
cessful, everything selling very cheap.
Mrs. A. Millikens sister has arrived
from Texas to take care of her sister dur
ing her illness.
Miss Minnie Sloan left Muskogee and
Tahlequah Sunday to visit few days.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04

Although Irish and German boys
have largely disappeared from the
ranks of the newsboys Of the city hall
district, their successors. Italian, Jew.
ish and Greek, speak the dialect Of
their predecessors, says the New York
Sun. That dialect was the result Of
the give and take mingling of the
Irish-American and German-American
accents. resembling neither. 1t estab-
lished a dialect which has imposed IL.
self upon class a language by itself
which the late recruits into the army
of newsboys acquire sometimes by
painful conscious effort, sometimes, in
the case of the very yodng. uncon-
sciously. The result is remarkable in
that the trained ear can detect among
those who speak that language no
trace of the Italian or Jewish accent,
so plainly observed in the speech of
their elders It is a fixed language,
expressive, clear and musical consist
ing of about 150 words
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
DEWEY HAS YOUTHFUL cHvM
Ten-Year-old Charlie Taft Is AdmiraPs
Great Friend.

Wouldn't It be nice, boys. to have a
real sure enough, big, live admiral Tor
your best chum?
That is what Charlie Taft, ten-year-
old son Of the Republican candidate
for president, has in Admiral George
Dewey of Uncle Sans big navy. The
admiral is Charles next door neigh
Dor. They're great chums, says the
Toledo News-Bee.
Charlie went to the Philippines with
his father just when the admirafs
fame was at its zenith, There he heard
a whole lot about the admiral. The
first thing he did when he returned
was to go down to his home and ask
for his autograph.
He got it. More than that, he won
a stanch friend in the admiral. Since
then he has visited him often, and
they've taken many a carriage ride to-
gether. About year ago the admiral
moved down town next door to the
Tafts. Since then Charlie and the
admiral have become real chums,
Charlie doesn't think half so much
of the army as he used to, and he is
disgusted with the idea of his father
being elected president.
I'D rather be in big battle like
you WERE" he told the admiral the
other day, than to be president a
dozen times. I don't think much OF
being president, anyway. If we were
to have a war do you think they'd let
the president fight? Not much. All he
could do would be to sit in the White
House and read the dispatches.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
Queer EIIIan Plant.

There is nothing under the sun quite
so quaint, so weird and witchlike as
the pandanus prairies of Fiji. The
pandanus. or screw plant, as it is
called. is most grotesque specimen
Of the vegetable kingdom even at the
best and In the early stages OF its
growth In its very young days it is
OF an extraordinary screwlike shape.
and looks as though some kind OF
hand had taken hold of its long,
swordlike leaves and twisted them
round and round Later it straight
ems out bit, and from il grow a
number OF tall wooden stilts. Its To-
liage is simple. a number of dropping.
ragged tufts for all the world like
mops. and very mournful looking.
Among these mops hang the fruit.
in shape like pineapple, made up Of
hard red and yellow kernels, woody
and fibrous, and quite uneatable from
a Europeans point of view
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
WAS A VIKING FUNERAL SHIP.
interesting Relic of the Past Dug Up
In Norway.

Recently in Norway was discovered
viking funeral ship at least 1,1O0
years old. It's mortuary chamber con-
tanned the bones of two women who,
judging from the size Of the craft and
the elaborateness of its appointments,
belonged to some noble and wealthy
family. The vessel, which is 20 feet
long and 16 feet inches broad, was
dug out of a tumulus, two and a half
miles from the shore, near Tonsberg
1t contained an extremely valuable
collection Of historic remains, inclu-
ding a four-wheeled chariot, richly
and quantity decorated, four sledges,
three of them curiously carved. sever
al beds, lintes, mill, spinning
wheels, and variety Of kitchen uten-
sils. A diligent examination Of these
has led to the conclusion that the fu-
neral ship belongs to the ninth cen
tury
Many Of the ornaments, mostly OF
carved wood, are unique. The ship
and its strange cargo, constituting one
of the most important archaeological
finds ever made in Scandinavia, after
being carefully restored, will be placed
In the Christiania museum.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04

Lord Wolseley. who used to be
known in England as our greatest
general" is in straitened circum-
stances and has given up his residence,
the Farmhouse, Glynde, Sussex,
owing to the expiration of his lease,
and the furniture and contents Of the
modest little mansion have been dis
posed of by auction. The distin-
guished soldier has received in his
time several liberal grants from a
grateful country for services rem
dered to it, but it is understood that
his lot has now fallen on rather evil
times-the more so as his state of
health has prevented him from com
pleting his Life of Marlborough. "
Still, the suite of apartments that was
granted him and Lady Wolseley at
Hampton Court palace remains at
their disposal.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
NERVES THAT STOP WORK.
odors Unnoticed After Few Minutes
-Untiring Heart.


The most easily tried nerves in the
body are the nerves that smell. They
can detect the faintest Whit of per
fume, says Stray Stories.
AS you pass in the rose garden, the
quantity of perfume that gets into
your nostrils must be many millions
of billions of times smaller than the
tiniest grain of sand But rub the
strongest perfume to your mustache,
and in a few seconds you fail to no
tice It, the nerve of smell is so quick
ly fatigued.
The heat nerves and cold nerves,
which are quite distinct from the
nerves of ordinary sensation, also stop
working very quickly. A bath that
seems quite hot when you first step
into it, very soon ceases to cause any
particular feeling of heat.
Nerves of hearing and sight can go
through an enormous amount of work.
For 16 hours a day they work hard,
and are still willing to do more.
The nerves of the heart are the
most untiring of all. From the first
dawn of life until the last gasp, they
work without stopping for one in
stant
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
FIGHTING FoRMosAN TRIBES
Aborigines Willing to Give Up Enc
mics Skulls.

Several weeks ago ten communities
of the Nan-Ow aboriginal tribe IN
the Giran province of Formosa pro
posed to the government to submit,
says the South China Post Upon this
the government gave them the follow
ing items of conditions under which
the government was disposed to admit
their submission:
/. The aborigines concerned should
hand over to the government those
skulls which had been cut off the bod
les of the other tribes whom they
killed and are keeping in their houses
according to their habits.
2. The arms and ammunition should
all be surrendered to the government.
The aborigines agreed to the former
condition, but many of them objected
to the latter, and thereupon they gave
up the idea of submission. Since then
they are again offering resistance
against the government troops. ap-
pearing here and there in the yicin-
ity of the Aiyu line "a guard line es-
tablished by the government against
the unsubiugated aborigines), but the
government troops having finished the
construction of their guardhouses, tel
ephone lines and wire entanglements,
and thus almost attaining their object,
are now chiefly paying attention to
their guard service, attaching less i'm
portance to their submission.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
FABRICS FRoM WASTE PLANTS.
Scientists Look for important Com
mercial Possibilities.

Scientists in many lands have been
giving an increasing amount OF atten-
ton to the problem Of producing from
the plant world substitutes for the
libers and fabrics now generally in
use. TO find new cotton plant or a
new fax straw or a fiber which shall
take the place Of wool or silk, or to
put among commercial possibilities a
new material from which to manufac-
ture fine paper, are among the aims.
Four inventors have recently reached
what they claim to be success, each
in his own particular search, and de-
scriptions of their products showing
how widely varying results are being
attained are printed in the Technical
World Magazine.
From ramie, nettle which came
originally from China, but which
grows well in various countries, is
made a fiber which rivals cotton for
usefulness, and has some of the
beauties of silk. From the huge cac-
tus leaves Of our American deserts a
kind OF fabric called cactus-leather Is
manufactured, which while not a sub
stitute for cowhide is useful for many
Of the purposes for which genuine
leather is used. Pine needles are also
being made to furnish fiber which
has qualities Of usefulness in cloth
making, even clothing being success
fully manufactured from it. And,
finally, the Guayule shrub has been
found to contain rubber to an ex-
tent which makes it commercially
worth farming.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
Our Real Army.

No nation ever can or ever did main
tain at all times standing army sut-
ficiently great to defend itself against
all other powers. The strength and
the dependence Of every government
is in her citizen soldiers. and is in
exact proportion to their bravery and
effectiveness. The state militia" or
national guard in our own country.
the auxiliary reserve in England, the
Landwehr and the Landsturm in Ger
many, stand behind and form the great
military reserve Of the regular armies
OF these nations.-Army and Navy
Life
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04

Senator Penrose, few days before
he set out on his hunting trip in the
Rockies, said of political movement
to a political reporter of Philadelphia:
Their words are suspicious, like
the words of wine merchant and his
wife.
This couple we're inspecting a
building on the Penrose estate that
they thought of renting. The water
was, unfortunately, poor.
Tasting the water. frowning, and
shaking his head, the merchant said:
1T would do, at a pinch, for my in
ferior wines; but how about my cha
teau and vintage wines?'
Couldn't you filter IT,? the wife
asked. Philadelphia Record
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
One on Ira sankey.

A story told by the late Ira D.
Sankey on himself, has been revived
since the evangelist's death. One day
he entered a Swiss shop and asked to
see some music boxes The salesman
graciously showed him number, but
none was what he wanted. Have you
none that play sacred music?" he
asked Why" answered the sales
man, I'VE have some that play a kind
of a halfway sacred music "What?"
inquired Mr.. Sankey. oh, these
Moody and Sankey hymns; can't i'm
agine what the people see in them,
but we sell thousands of the boxes
that play them. We have enormous
orders for these boxes continued the
salesman, from every part of Eu-
rope and then he added, apologetical-
ly, It's a matter of business you
know, with us
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
ESTELLA ITEMS
Dated December 20.

Dated December 30.
Mrs. Henry Thomas and daughter, Gym
thia, of West Cabin, visited Mrs. y. Du
shane last Thursday and Friday.
There was large crowd at the Christ
mas tree.
Frank T. Prophet and Chas. Longtail,
who have been attending shool at Gray
Horse, Okla, arrived home last week.
Wm.m.s Tooley transacted business at
Vinita Wednesday.
Ike Squirrel and wife have moved to
their farm.
Mrs. Jas. Dushane went to White Oak
last Saturday
There was quite an excitement here
Christmas. Too much booze was the
cause.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM Tooley entertained
several friends at an elegant Christmas
dinner. The guests were: j. j. Haynes
diiu Adiillyf inc OqulIlCu dlu WilCs JdlltCo
Dushane and wife, w. |. Daugherty and
wife, Miss Cynthia Terrell, Cicero Hilder-
brand Mrs. H. Thomas, Mrs. Beck and
son, A. Pascale and family and Henry
Terrell.
Misses Ella Tooley and Cynthia Terrell
were visitors here Friday evening.
Miss Maggie Falli arrived home last
week from school at Tahlequah
Ike Squirrel and wife returned home
Sunday from Tulsa
Vim. Tooley and w, l. Daugherty are
hauling lumber from Vinita
Misses Ella Tooley and Susie Luly vis-
tied Mrs W. ]. Dougherty Monday and
Tuesday.
There was a dance at Ike Squirrels
Monday night. All report a fine time.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
Carbon

"A geologist says The coal Trust
will be forced out Of business in the
twenty-first century"
What good is that going to do me
III be coal myself by that time. "-
Age.Herald.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
Reassurlna.

A lady on one of the ocean liners
who seemed very much afraid of ice
bergs asked the captain what would
happen in case Of a collision. The
captain replied: The iceberg would
move right along, madam, just as if
nothing had happened" and the old
lady seemed greatly relieyed.-Suc-
cess
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
BISHOP POTTER HAS PARABLE.
Bogus Coin the Equivalent of Unfor-
tunate's Afflictlon.

Bishop Potter did not approve OF
reckless almsgiving. Once he was
stopped on the street by a beggar as
he was hurrying home to his dinner
However, he was never in too much
Of hurry to give his time when there
was possibility Of his being Of use,
so. although he was hungry, and he
knew that a savory meal awaited
him, he stopped to listen to the man.
Whats the trouble?" he asked.
Can you help poor blind man to
nights lodgin'? ?" came the trembling
voice of the man. q haven't a penny
in my pocket, sir"
The bishop sized him up for a mo-
ment, and noted that he was a rugged
looking specimen, inclined to the Bow
cry type. One eye was closed, and a
patch was over the other. Something
attracted the bishops attention, and
he looked away for moment, and
then, turning quickly back he caught
the beggar in the act of giving near
by friend a wise wink with the closed
eye
Instantly the bishop put his hand in
his pocket and drew out bogus piece
of money that some one had passed
to him in change during the after
noon. Holding it out toward the man,
he said
III / should give you this particu-
lar coin don't you think that my aims
would just about suit your afiiction?"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
Want Ads.

Feed your teams at j. c. Grays mule
barn. II
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04
BE A REPRESENTATIVE
Of The United wireless telegraph Co.

In your home town; employees earn
ing $4,000 to $450o0 a week; you can
do the same; no capital required; ap-
ply at once. The United Wireless Tele-
graph Co., Cooper Hlds, Denver, Colo
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04

Gas lamp, globe and mantle complete
only 25c, Dalquest, Phone 200.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04

Good farm teams for sale at Gray's
barn, mules and horses, tt
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-04

WANrED--Iorses to shoe. City shoer
South Wilson street. f. A. Wright If
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-15
BENEVOLENT
TESTAMENT
MAN WITHOUT NEAR KINDRED
LEAVES $4,000 ESTATE TO PRO
JECTED CHILDREN's HOSPITAL.

Charles Bon petitions for probate of
the will of Robert William Martinoff,
in which he is named as executor and
the trustees of the Kauikeolani Chill
dren's Hospital are MADE sole devisees
and legatees. There are no heirs at
law or next of kin known to petitioner.
Martinoff in his lifetime told him that
his wife was dead, that he had no chill
dren and no kith or kin, and the only
relatives he had were distantly related
to him.
Over s., 600 will come to the projected
Children's hospital by this will, there
being real estate consisting Of Kali
mud lot valued at $500, bank re-
posts and cash in Honolulu of S646. %
and bank deposits in San Francisco of
1894 .27, making the total value of the
estate $5,120.52.