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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
TULSA CHARTER APPROVED
BY GOVERNOR HASKELL

Guthrie Ok, Jan. 7-Governor Haskell
yesterday approved the Tulsa city charter,
the first adopted in the state providing
for a commission form of government.
The charter was adopted by the people Of
Tulsa last July and has been in the gov
ernor's hands since that time.
Governor Haskell was not entirely sat
isiied with the charter, but agreed to give
his approval so as to give an opportunity
for court action to test its legality.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
DEFENSE CALLS MEDICAL
EXPERT IN HAMS TRIAL
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Fort Flushing, N u, Jan. 7--Ihe de-
tense in the Hains trial will call its medi-
cal experts today, to testify regarding
Captain Hains sanity. Justice Crane
insists that all of the evidence must be
in by Saturday night. The jury will
probably retire for it's deliberation We'd
nesday night.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
"A Texas Ranger"

Take your best girl Or your friends best
girl to see "A Texas Ranger" when it
comes to the Auditorium on January 8.
You cannot afford to miss this, the seas
on's success. Plenty Ct action for your
money. besides lots to make you laugh
and feel better for having seen the play.
and Fresh Water Jack. the hero in the
play"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
WOMEN ARE ACQUITTED
OF HUSBANDS MURDER

By Associated Press
Media. Pa. Jan. Mrs, M. FIorena
Erb and Mrs. Catherine Beigel, charged
with the murder of Captain J. Clayton
Erb, the formers husband. we're acquitts
ed today. The jury was out eighteen
hours.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
SENATOR TILLNAN'S NAME
SHADOWED IN REPORT
BY Associated Press

BY Associated FreSS
Washington. D.C.,Jan. Tin the papers
forwsrded yesterday by President Roose-
welt to the senate. giving the facts regard
ing the employment of secret service men,
the name of Senator Tillman OF South
Carolina was mentioned as shadowed.
Detectives were put on Tillman's track
a year ago, after he had made allegations
concerning the land grants of the OREGON
and California railroad company
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
Governors Budget of Recommendations Includes
Large Appropriations for Various State In
stitutions--Three State NormGls May Get
$442, ,274. o. University Would Get
$500, O1O. 40 Total Equalized As
sessment of State this Year is
$727, 7,722,5I6.OO

$24,800; board of agriculture, $l35,40O;
adjutant general. $50.25462; state
printer, S1O,l60; state library $20,962;
state mining board, $1,000; board Of
health. $33.6O0 pure food commission,
S5O,6O0; geological survey, $S4,750;
state university, $390,OlO.40; university
preparatory school. $51, ,S53.65; A. g. M.
college. $343,352; Central normal, $14S,-
490; Northwestern normal, $l46,590;
Southwestern normal, $l32,090; colored
A. & !. $l15425; insane asylum, Fort
Supply. $381,92709, deaf school, $780,
900; blind school, $4,000; Whitaker
Orphans home, $275.742. so; state print
ing, $i59.000; printing claims unpaid
approved by printing board), Sl8.491.4li
care Of convicts, $222,94440; insane at
Norman. $23s.97L5S.
The total equalized assessment of tax
able property in Oklahoma this year was
$727,722.5l6, according to the report.
Farm lands of course constitute the big
gest item in this total outside Of the as
sessment of public service corporations
The total number of acres of land report
ed is IL, ,296790, with an assessed valu-
alton of $220,745,647. Town property
is also very important item, showing
592,928 town lots, with an aggregate
value of $127 7,614,494
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07

Rome, Jan. IA Special train left here
this morning for Civitia. Vecehia, with an
American relief party, headed by Ambas-
sador Griscomb. on board.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
Prohibition Law Upheld

By Associated Press
Mobile. Ala. Jan. THE state prohibi-
ton law was upheld here today, when a
liquor license was refused in the probate
court
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-07
SHOCKS CONTINUE AT
RATE OF ONE PER HOUR
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
Messina, Jan. THE earthquake shocks
are still continuing here at a rate Of one
per hour.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
Doctor Lost His Coat Tails.

DR.. A. r. Conrad, with his wife,
has been for several days in st.
Louis attending the meetings at the
Coliseum. Sunday evening DR.. and
Mrs. Conrad found themselves shut
out. Flourishing around in the crowd
to get near, DR.. Conrad suddenly
found to his chagrin that the long
coat tails of his overcoat were fast
ened in the door when the door had
closed. In vain he called, in vain he
begged. No usher heard him.
The Imprisonment was not COM
Portable, to be standing on the top OF
a narrow step in the cold with ones
coat tails held in a wise. The physt-
clan resolved to make a. surrender:
he whipped out his pocket knife and
severed the tails from the coat, and
he and Mrs. Conrad then went home
to their hosts house. To-day DR..
Conrad is busy at a t%ailor's, or, as
he wittily puts it, "at a retailer's."-
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
NO MORE CHEAP WHEAT.
Head Of Patten Corner Predicts Con
tinued High Prices.

Chicago. - James A. Patten re-
sponded to a telephone call from a
country miller who wanted to buy a
round lot OF cash wheat. Before
leaving the telephone booth he per-
sonally sold 5000 bushels No. 2 red
wheat at $1.38, free on board cars
here, which is the highest price of
the year yet accorded for this grade.
He expressed himself as being de-
cided bullish on July wheat, believ-
ing It will reach even a higher level
before the next harvest than yet re-
corded for May contracts. He be-
1ieves all Of the new crop months,
which are now at a great discount
Under cash wheat, will have a big
rise in values.
I'VE will see no more cheap wheat
IN this country till there Is more e1-
tensive produetion to meet the grow
ing consumption demands" contin-
ued MI. Patten. II see little chance
for this Increase In production IN this
country this year because farmers all
over the Northwest declare there Is
more money In raising oats and bar
ley than putting the land to wheat.'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
The Guinea Hen.

In the line Of poultry production,
why should not Florida housewives
pay attention to guinea hens?
Their eggs are but a trif1e, IL any
smaller than those of the hen, are
Just as good eating and for use in
cooking, while the meat has a gamey
flavor that closely resembles that OF
our natural game birds, now so rapid
~ disappearing from our forests and
woodlands.
Our sQuawking friend is thought to
have come originally from Africa
country from whose dark interior we
are getting a good many excellent
things in the way of foods both an
final and plant.
Like the turkey, they are a wan
dering race; like the Arab, they like
to be let alone, to wander. only tent
less, at will in field and garden, for
aging for their daily food. If given
a wide range their cost Of mainte-
nance Is small, compared with the
more domestic kind. The mother
Instinct is small, perhaps owing to
this cause and the hatch comes out
best when the hen sits upon it, with
the proverbial patience of Job. When
young they r somewhat wild and re-
quire to be confined within close
wire netted fences with a wide board
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

at the bottom. Once on squawking
terms with their stepmothers and be-
coming familiar with hen talk, they
are said to become very much at
tached to her, never leaving her day
or night even after they are grown
up"
AS to their laying they are quite
prolific in this respect, but, like the
turkey, they will hide their nests I'M
less they have become domeeticated
by having the run of the house lot in
closure. If Matched by hens they
are apt to do as hens do and will lay
their eggs in the same nests.
The common pearl guinea has dark
er flesh than the white variety, which
is unknown in its native country, the
loss of color being an accident of do
mestication which has been taken adj
vantage of to breed a new variety.
To distinguish between the sexes is
easy for those familiar with this
fowl, but the beginner may, for a
time, be misled. The male has a bass
voice-if one may be allowed the
term for SO unmusical a creature
while the female has a tenor one.
She is the noisy n Of the species,
and alone "buckwheats" the air. the
male never using it.
Poultry, from which the foregoing
facts are condensed, says: LAS night
watches a few guineas are a perfect
defense. They know a stranger at
any time and will set up their clatter
day or night, and he is a bold chicken
thief who can Withstand their dis
eordant .screeching when he invades
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

/, used now as an excuse for the high
prices. We are making no money at
ALL"
Several other dealers said they
didn't know whether there was a
trust or not, but they were aware that
prices for all garden stuff hadn't
been SO high in a decade. One re-
suit OF the high prices had been to
force some of the small dealers out
OF br4riness.-Quitc a uumbe or stalls
In Washington Market have For
Rem" signs on them.
A member of the firm of John Nix
d Co., who are said to be largest
wholesale dealers in fruits and veget-
bles In New York City, and who have
buyers In California, Florida, Ber-
muda, the Carolinas, England and
elsewhere, was asked about the
charge that there was a fruit and veg
etable trust.
Never heard of it," he said, "and
there is n 10 such trust. II any man or
set Of men tried to corner the market
he or they would fail. There are too
many sources of supply. It is true
prices are high, but the demand is
here, and the law Of supply and de-
mand rules.
Naturally we get all we can for
our goods. My opinion is that the
Grocers' Association is responsible
for the present high prices. Long af-
ter wholesale prices have dropped,
grocers go on charging the high
prices irrespective of market condi-
lions. The consumer should trade
more carefully and not pay such
prices as are exacted. # he would
study the markets more carefully, the
grOcers would soon find it out, and
prices would be more reasonable"
Owing to the high prices ruling
for potatoes. large quantities are
being shipped here from England.
The wholesale price of Southern po-
tatoes is now around $3.50 a bag,
the tariff on each bag, seventy cents,
proving no obstacle. The steamer
Minnehaha brought in from London
$4,000 bags of Scotch potatoes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
A Pretty Kettle of Fish.

When the patient called on his doc:
tor he found the good man in a state
Of great apprehension.
i've got all the symptoms OF the
disease you have" said the doctor,
I'm sure / have caught it from you
"What are you so scared about?'
asked the patient.
why, man." replied the doctor
IT don't think I can cura THAR
per's Weekly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
r FRIENDS.

Two friends there, with the dark on their
faces, !.
Dreaming the dark away;
me left lonely, in lonesome places,
This side the Judgment day.
Three friends stood where the hfeway
There. on the verge of years;
nne was LETT with the. brokenhearted,
VI Deep in the night Of tears.
Memory now like a ghost is fitting
Here-where the Shadows throng:
Three friends at a fireside sitting;
Silence-and never song.
Three friends still! But the world
will never
Bloom with the old time light;
Glad to say, "Good-night!"
frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

There is one thing that should be
said to the credit Of the boys; they
never pretend to like people they
dislike.
There are but two classes Of peo-
pie in the world just before an cleo
ton: The angels who belong to your
party, and the devils on the other
side.
Some men will take an awful lot
of abuse to keep from paying their
bills.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
New Brand Of Night Rider Ac-
tivity Reveals Itself in Indiana.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Renters Of land
in Southern Indiana are notifying
landlords that they will not work
land on shares, and Investigation
shows that many of them have been
notified that II they till land for less
than two-thirds of the crop their
crops will be destroyed.
An organization has been formed
in Pike and other counties on the
plan OF the night riders.
Land owners have refused to rent
for less than half crops.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
It Is q Crime to Give or Take
a Tip in Washington State.

Spokane, Wash. - Advance sheets
of the new criminal code adopted at
the recent session OF the Legislature
show that it contains a strict anti
tipping law, which provides that
"every employee OF a public house or
public service corporation who solic-
it's or receives any gratuity from any
guest and every person giving any
gratuity shall be guilty OF a misde-
meanor."
This was the first intimation that
such a law passed the Legislature.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

A pup is as friendly as ac andidate
two days before election.
Every man makes q different noise
when he sneezes.
We used to think that big railroad
men were about the smartest things
that ever drew the breath Of life, but
lately we are catching them in q lot
Of fool things.
There are many occasions to say
human nature should be changed, but
you can't change it.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT
DIVERSIFIED FARMING

a poultry house where guineas are
kept.
'Guineas should not be Matched un-
til continuous warm weather has
come, say, the last OF May and during
June. The female guinea usually
does not sit until later than this. A
small flock is profitable and interest
ing."-W. e. P, In Florida Agricul-
turist.
How to Examine a Sick Animal.
First take the temperature of the
animal by placing a fever thermom-
eter into the rectum, allowing It to
remain there for three to five min
utes. The normal temperature of q
COW is 101 degrees (F~ahrenheit).
The normal temperature of a horse
is 100 degrees, sheep 101 degrees.
Second, take the pulse Of the AMI
NAL, which a be found at the an.
gle of the lower jaw bone. The nor
NAL beats Of a cows pulse is from
forty to fifty per minute and that OF
a horse from thirty-three to forty per
minute.
: Third. count the respiration of the
animal, or number of times It
breathes by watching the sides or
tanks, or by pressing the ear to the
side. The normal respiration of the
cow Is from fifteen to twenty per min
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

The common name of this grass is smooth broome grass. It is a native
OF Europe ASIA. From the fact that it is said to have cen introduced
mt his country from Ausufa-Hungary, it is often called Austrian or Hun
gar1an broome grass. It is easily distinguished from all other m
broome grassesb by its smooth usually beardless glumes IT chaf. The seed
should be sown in liberal quantities on well prepared ground. The fnrape
mad by this grass is coarse, u tit Is of excellent quality. The grass seems
able to endure drought and also withstands considerable degrees r. cold
Air-dried samples analyze about ten per cent. protein. which, makes r. o.
ceedingly valuable for feeding. # 4
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
The Best Breed.

The breed you fancy most is the
best breed for you. A mans atten-
ton to his stock makes a large score
in profit or loss in the stock business
as well as other business. II the
farmer is partial to a particular breed
of stock of any kind he is more likely.
to succeed with this than with any
other breed. C. Stribling.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
Use Hard Grit.

Grit must be hard and sharp to do
the work Of properly grinding up the
food in the crop. Gravel, as a gem
eral thing, is not rough enough, and
cracked oyster she'll is too soft.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

ute and that Of a horse is from twelve
to fifteen per minute while resting.
II the temperature, pulse or respira-
lions are found to be higher or faster
than above described, you will know
that the animal is ailing. - David
Roberts, in Florida Agriculturist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22
Take Care of Your Tools.

The value Of an implement depends
to some extent upon its term of USE
fulness. which, in turn, with its pro-
per operation, is determined largely
by the condition in which 1t is kept.
Sufficient attention to bearings or
other parts where good work and
long wear depend on oil or elbow
grease means economy Of time, money
and muscle. The best and the cheap.
est remedy for rust Is shed-room.-
w. A. 3. Hearne.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
"Wizard of Menlo Park" Perfects
Human Device

The greatest mechanical genius or
the age has scored another victory IN
the perfection of what promises to rev.
olutionze certain departments OF work
in the commercial world.
AS soon as 1t was announced that
Thomas A. Edison had, after thirty-tve
years of diligent application, perfected
an electrical appliance which would
supplant and excel in efficiency the
work of the expert shorthand writer he
was besieged with requests to know
when the business world might have
for practical use the Automatic Ste
nographer-the commercial phono-
graph. His response was immediate,
and the erection of large factories with
enormous capacities are now turning
out thousands of these wonderful ma
chimes which have within a compare
tiVel.- short time become common util-
tiles with the most progressive bust
ness institutions throughout the world,
among them many in Los Angeles. The
saving of salaries and time furnishes
the strong incentive for liberal use of
the device. and, although wonderful in
it's ability to perform human work, it
is quite simple of operation.
Had a royalty been offered Edison for
inventions of direct commercial value
it is exceedingly improbable that we
would have been favored with more in
this line. With scarcely an exception,
his inventions have been of pronounced
value to the business world, and his
discovery of the business phonograph
is by no means an exception, for it is
proving today one Of the most essen
tial and valuable aids to the business
man.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
ARREST
FIVE Washers
QUINTET OF YOUTHS ACCUSED
OF FLIRTING
POLICE DETERMINED TO PRO-
TECT WOMEN AT PARKS
Plain Clothes Men Are Detailed at
Recreation Resorts with Orders
to Arrest Those Who In
suit Girls.

If l Had Thousand Lives to Live,
I'd Live Them All for YOU sang five
young men at Eastlake park yesterday
AFTERNOON, and few moments later
they came under the watchful eyes OF
Patrolmen Browning and Bowe.
The quintet was arrested and brought
to police headquarters, booked on
charges of misdeaemanor, for accord
ing to the officers the young men had
endeavored to flirt with girls at East
lake park, and their attentions became
so strenuous police protection was re-
quested
Forest Campbell, Fred Wakefield,
George Maloo Lee Wardle and John
Fry, jr., were the victims arrested as
a result Of the crusade instigated to
rid the public parks of ''mashers."
Two weeks ago the edict went forth
the parks must be freed from Sunday
mashers, and yesterday squad OF
plain clothes men were detailed to East
lake park, with orders to Arrest any
person annoying women.
The five men arrested had been under
the surveillance of the police during
the afternoon. 1t is alleged they
walked up to girls and women and
made insulting remarks.
When brought to police headquar-
ters the young men admitted in humble
tones they had been flirting but did
not think it any harm.
They laughed and ioked and thought
it great treat toAhave the notoriety of
being arrested but when sent into the
tank" one of the number began to
cry and stated che didn't love girls,
anyway"
Patrolman Browning said the prison
ers had been annoying the women in
the park in their endeaVOrs to arrange
dates" and when the girls were rid
ing the merry-go round the youths
would persist in their persecution.
John Fry, jr., on account of his age
was sent to the county jail and will be
arraigned in the juvenile court, while
the other four were given berths at
police headquarters in order to think
over the constitution of the United
States before they appear for trial this
morning
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
LACK OF WATER FOR
IRRIGATION CAUSES
FARM ABANDO
-FOUR MEN FROM LOS ANGELES
MAKE ENTRIES
Take Up Land In Inyo County, but
When They Reach Tracts
, Find Conditions Mis-
represented

A quartet of Garvanza citizens, Rob-
ert Ruedy. w. H. McTier, A. H. Wilson
and w. J. Allen, returned last night
from a jaunt of three weeks into the
wilds of Inyo county, to which they
journeyed with a carload of hay, an
other of lumber and a third car in
which were themselves. eight horses, a
family milk COW, harness, wagons,
tools, farm Implements, etc. 1t was
their intention to build houses on the
quarter section of land which each man
had homesteaded in Mesquite valley
and to plant crops of some sort in com
pliance with the provisions Of the law
governing public land entry Instead,
they sold the hay and lumber and
brought the bovine and the rest of the
livestock back to Los Angeles.
1--WE found conditions not just as
represented to u.s." said Mr.. Ruedy
last night. 1--WE had been told that
water in sufficient quantity for irriga-
ton purposes had been developed in
went prepared to stay and develop our
land. While there is plenty OF good
water for domestic purposes to be had
within O. hundred feet of the surface,
there is not enough for irrigation, and
without such a supply the land, though
rich, is worthless.
1--WE unloaded all of our stuff, with
tion just over the line in Nevada, on
the Salt Lake road, named Gene, and
drove over to our land, a distance of
twenty-five miles. We stayed some
time there, investigating conditions,
and dug a well from which we got
splendid water for our stock and our
own needs. We then returned to the
railroad, sold the hay and shipped the
lumber to Las Vegas, where we dis
posed of it at small loss after paying
four days demurrage charges to the
railroad.
"The Mesquite valley is about twenty
miles long and ten wide, and the land
is fertile and free from alkali. Water
can be procured at distance of thirty
miles, and some day it will be brought
to the valley, but a homestead there
right now is hardly an ideal residence.
There are perhaps half a dozen families
living there, though there is not enough
water to raise anything"
Mr.. Ruedy and his partners returned
yesterday evening with their farming
outfit, and a report reached The Her
aid that they had been lost on the des-
ert and had suffered from a shortage
Of water. This Mr., Ruedy denied.