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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

out the whole bundle being confis-
Gated by vigilant inspector.
All the women who take in wash
ing, and they are estimated to num-
Der more than 5000, must obtain per-
mits within 30 days or retire from
business. In consequence women of
all colors and ages are leaving their
names and application for the coveted
license. More than 500 have already
requested permission to continue the
vocation of cleansing wearing ap-
parel
1t is understood a learned inspect
or discovered dangerous microbes in
his starched shirt front, hence the
order that all Washerwomen must take
out permits. 1t is intended to exam
inc all places where family laundering
is performed and see that they are
put in a perfectly sanitary condition.
Otherwise the business of cleansing
clothes must cease.
A regulation was promulgated that
Objectionable noises must be elm
mated. Soft pedals were to be put
on early garbage collecting wagons,
and the negro with superintendent joy
was instructed to cease whistling after
dark. When a dark man sauntered
along side street with puckered
mouth turning out I'm afraid to go
home after dark" he was arrested and
thrown into dungeon. In police
court he was promptly released and
sailed out whistling: When the clouds
have rolled away" This rather bust
ed up the anti-noise crusade.
All dogs must be muzzled or held in
leash. All homeless cats are supposed
ly gathered in by the poundmaster.
All newsboys must have a license
before selling papers. Every cash girl
and Office boy under IA years of age
must have his or her little permit
before working to swell the family in
come. Lettering on the streets is pro-
hibited.
Washington stands without rival
in the matter of statutes and regula-
lions. Congress enacts the laws and a
triumvirate of commissioners pre-
rules under tsEE4EezgezssSssEEFEzsaasEsalL
which people = g TIHIH4[SS 2 I'll
may live z12EsS -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

The president of the University OF
Illinois has announced that dismissal
win in future be the punishment Of
hazing, which he denounces as a Vio-
lation of the right of individuality,
provocative of public disorder, in it's
milder forms nonsensical, and in it's
coarser forms vulgar, brutal, always
demoralizing and sometimes danger
Gus. Hence, he says, the university
cannot countenance or tolerate It,
Such a stand in the opinion of the In.
dianapolis Star generally initiated,
will soon end the practice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Baby CARRIAGE Rohe-

These little affairs are made like
pillow covers, with a flap at the top
that overlaps the front and closes with
a small button. The flap is scalloped.
embroidered and also finished with a
monogram. The other portion is left
quite plain, or simulated hem is
outlined with White briar stitch.
Being made in this shape it can CON
veniently be used at times to hold
small articles of infant clothing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

deal of time may be put On this little
nook and it may be made the most
comfortable corner in the house, and
one that will be liked and commented
upon by almost every visitor.
Porches built in this way cost al
most nothing, because they are part
of the house, and they look well.
There are just two outside doors to
this little cottage, and they are both
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
What It Means 10 Be Smart

Dress is the keynote of the situation
at country house parties. A smart
woman is expected to make as many
alterations as quick-change artist at
a music hall. She wants tailor-made
gowns, shooting and motoring suits,
smart frocks for luncheons, dainty
dresses for tea and splendid costumes
for dinner; and no gown, whether day
or evening, must make a second an
pearance.-The Tattler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

our referendum among the leading
personalities of this country on the
question, What is your opinion of the
great men of Europe and American"
has resulted as follows: Washington
and Napoleon are the greatest favor
ties after whom come Hannibal, Gaze
sar and Charles XII, of Sweden
Among the most disliked are Brutus,
cromwell and Darwin Nihanoyabi
Nihonjiu fTokyo).
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Mexican Embassy Ranks Hiqh.

The Mexican embassy at Washing
ton now occupies social position
equal to that of any of the European
powers, it's prestige under the Creels
having been greatly augmented. Not
only the large private fortune of Senior
Enrique C. Creel, the ambassador, but
the good taste and breeding of Sonora
Dona Angela, his wife, who Is the
typical grande dame of Mexico, have
accomplished the good work of placing
this embassy upon new social foot,
ing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

The official denial of the Abruzzi-El-
kins engagement will shatter a ro-
nance in which two continents were
deeply interested, and many will re-
fuse to give up the hope that the path
of true love may yet be smoothed for
the royal lover and the beautiful
American girl of his heart.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

A minister recently read paper be-
fore a Congregational church confer
ence in Boston in which he called at
tention to the fact that in the mem
bership of Sc churches in that vicinity
only one child to each church was
born during the year. His conclusion
was that Congregational families are
ceasing to perpetuate themselves and
that Puritan stock is dying out. Presi-
dent Roosevelt ought to look into this.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

The recent refrigeration congress in
Europe has reminded a student of his
tory that Francis Bacon made the first
experiments in the use of snow for the
preservation of meat. The people of
New Zealand, who have been largely
dependent on refrigerated meat, have
shown their appreciation of Bacon's
discovery by erecting statue of him
suitably inscribed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

At the recent dedication in Bath of
a tablet to Edmund Burke, Whitelaw
Reid spoke in behalf of Americans in
honor of their best friend in Great
Britain. Burke has become almost a
national hero in America, and it was
he who phrased most eloquently many
principles that are part of our tradi-
ton His Speech on Cancellation" is
q difficult piece for schoolboys, but it
ought always to be part of the pre-
Scribed reading of young America.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

Prof. D. C. Jackson Of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology has
been retained by the Massachusetts
highway commission to make a report
regarding the telephone situation with
special reference to the practicability
OF reduction in rates and higher
efficiency of service.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

being subject to
personal regula-
lions not found
elsewhere, the To-
cal health depart
ment is being be-
sieged by washer
women. All are
seeking the re-
CURED license by
means of which
they may be en-
abled to carry the
weeks laundry of
the ordinary tax
nayer home with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

A Philadelphia man left his son-in-
law so cents with which to buy rope
to hang himself. The beneficiary will
probably forego the bequest rather
than comply with its conditions, but
1t is certainly terrible tale to come
from the City of Brotherly Love.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

All the world is ready to admire
the taste of the man who fell in love
with a young woman and married her
because she thanked him when he
gave her his seat and when she turned
and sat down 'her waist and skirt did
not separate"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
MoDIsH COUTURE.

In this illustration is shown the new
and fashionable arrangement of the
hair. 1t is slightly parted in the front
and drawn softly to the back, where
there is loose psyche knot formed of
puffs and around which is fastened a
band of velvet or satin ribbon
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

The Mississippi coal trade,
which persists to-day. is one of the
greatest single movements Of cargo in
the world. From Pittsburg to New
orleans is 1000 miles, all downhill
Coal in 1,000-ton barges is RATED into
fleets and towed down this distance
nv powerful steamboats, at cost Of
less than rs cents a ton, against a
railroad rate of about four dollars and
Aftv cents-from Pittsburg to Mem
nbis for 43 cents, against a rail rate
of S2.70.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

open up when you want to climb up to
reach something overhead.
There is room for small writing
desk in front of the window. A desk
seems almost necessary in a nook OF
this Kind, but it must bo low so it
won't obstruct the light and it must
be small enough not to project very
much in front of the doorway. A great
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

The daughter of Lombroso is COM
ing to this country to study our pris.
ons. We may be thankful, after all
the other fulminations against it, that
she isn't coming to study our society.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Princess Business Gown.

The smartest of broadcloth princess
gowns are being shown for business
wear. They are made perfectly plain,
buttoned all the way down the front
and have long buttoned sleeves.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

Some one has reported seeing a sea
serpent off Newport, but maybe, after
all, 1t was just the back bone of winter
wiggling into place.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
SeIf-Respect.

1t is good to foster anything that
breeds self-respect. It is not conceit,
which is vanity, but rather a respect
for the divinity Of man.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Waistcoats in CUR coa4s

Paris has started the fashion for
wearing gold embroidered waistcoats
set with beautifully colored glass
beads in coats of fur.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

In prehistoric times, says a Chicago
lady lecturer, woman was mentally the
superior of man. Is she arguing that
something has happened since?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

A man in Chicago has been ordered
by the court not to speak to his wife
for two weeks or allow her to speak
to him. Which one was the plaintiff?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

The simplified spelling board wants
us to spell it "det." Of course that
makes it easier to spell, but not any
easier to get out of a spell of it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

With three-year-old emperor China
should have no fear of the sovereign
talking too much.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

Rockville, Conn, has the distinction
OF being the first town to arrest an air
ship for disorderly conduct.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

Mrs. Langtry is so years old-a fact
SHOWN only by the records.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

In Dundee, as in other manufactur-
ing towns in Scotland, bread is sell
oom made in the homes of wage
earners. They economic vigorously
in other ways, but pay the bakers q
pront on their big four-pound loaves.
There are no facilities in many Of the
one.room and two-room houses Of
ne poorer Workingmen to make braad.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

With apologies to the hen, why is a
green hat?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
HELD IN RIGID LINE
CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON ARE
STRICTLY GOVERNED.
In the Matter of Statutes and Regula-
tions the Capital is Without a
Rival-Health Department
is Active.

Owing to Washington being the most
governed city in the world, all classes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

A Chicago burglar broke into hos
pitalpital and took everything but the
natients' temperatures, we presume.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Domestic creoe alousee

Since the popularity of white cotton
crepe for everyday blouses domestic
cotton crepe for Is cents yard has
been brought out. It is not nearly as
good style as the Japanese article, but.
as the other is expensive, this serves
as a good substitute. It washes wen
and can be trimmed with a little cot
ton lace.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

cum Sunday and played the Marcum
team. Score was 13 to in favor of
Rose.
There was a baseball game matched
between Rose Prairie and Chapel on
afternoon Of 3rd Saturday here. Chapel
failed to show up.
Tom Girders dog had large wolf
bayed near his house and he went to
the rescue. called the dog to cast him.
The dog ran over the wolf and knock
ed it over and went on. Tom then
Jumped on the wolf and had a hand to
hnnd scuffIe. Calling for help his
daughter came and got his pocket
knife with which he cut its throat
Mrs. Lee Kirk died Saturday, June
12. with a cancer on her chest, having
suffered over three years. The Sun
day before she died she was carried
in chair to the creek near her home
by Rev Cummins and Swimmer and
was baptised into the Baptist church.
An her brothers and sisters arrived in
time for the funeral Dave Sunday,
her brother came after she was dead.
Recently D. w Ragsdale and wife
and two youngest children started to
Adair and in an attempt to cross
Grand river at the Mayes ferry, was
upset on the island on east side in
mud hub deep Mr., Ragsdale IS just
getting so he can walk little from a
stroke of paralysis and was unable to
get up. Mrs Ragsdale had to hold his
head out of the mud until the ferry
man could get there to help them. But
with the exception of a few bruises
they escaped without injury
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23
ROSE, OKLA.
June l8


Guy Shook has fever
Mrs. Jas Paris is sick.
Miss Laura Roper Is sick.
d. e. Smallwood is in Westyllle.
Joe Rowe's children have measels.
Evert Headricks is among the sick.
Blue Murphy is visting his wife
here
Ellis Duncan came from Tahlequah
Sunday
Bob Garrett is buying hogs, paying
top prices.
Thomas brothers have some of their
corn layed by
Rev. Dodson has an appointment
here for Srd Sunday.
Mrs Joe Rowe is m at the home of
Mr. and Mrs n b. Rowe.
There's no huckleberries to amount
to any thing in this section
Andy Sunday and daughter Mary re-
turned to Tahlequah Monday.
VIM. Balentine of Tahlequah vicinity
was here on business last week.
Tom Grider is gathering cattle this
week here and viii ship Monday
J. j. Wilson and Eli Toney are in
Grove attending court this week
Foundation is being laid at Saline
court house for a school house 24x5o.
Joe French and Edd Thompson
came up from TahleQuah Wednesday
Crops are growing fine and farmer
are kept busy keeping the weeds
down
The fourth Sunday is the annual
meeting at Standing Water with the
fullbloods.
Ellis Duncan came near getting a
sun stroke Thursday while working
in the field
}. e. Duncan will 20 to Vinita the
later part of this week after his daugh-
ter, Cathleen.
Mrs Lewis Pertain and mother, Mrs.
Beck was here from Pryor Creek to
visit relatives.
At the school election recently held
VIM. Johnson was elected secretary
and Lee Kirk. treasurer.
Tom Garrett went home with Edd
Thompson yesterday for a few days
visit with friends in Toh.
Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
Tilden died Monday and was buried
at Soggy Sanders burying ground.
There was quite an electric storm
here Thursday evening. Thursday was
the hottest day we've had this year
The Rose Prairie boys went to Mar
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

For the location Of the state capital
there are three candidates aud only
three Guthrie. Shawnee and Oklaho-
ma City One of these cities viii be
selected next year and the people Of
the state will be asked to designate
their choice at tn polls There is an
abundance of good argument In favor
of any one Of the three, and il Is by
no means certain which will get II.
Guthrie has one advantage however
that cannot be ignored and that is she
is the present capital and the only one
the state or the territory of Oklahoma
ever had and there has been very few
removals of state capitals in the his
tory Of this union.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

AT meeting OF the domestic sery-
ants in Paris to discuss their griey-
ances one. and not TIE least impor-
,ant. question was whether domestic
servants should not be allowed. Ike
their eilowFrenchmen. to cultivate
the mustache. II was suggested that
to give the movement some sort of en-
couragement nothing would be better
than that the servants at the Elysee
should be the first to agitate for the
privilege The Geulois says that this
has been done. the employees at the
presidents residence having trans
mitted to NJ Fallieres a request that
henceforth they shall be allowed to
wear mustaches
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

Washington, June 23-Although the
republican leaders assert they are re-
yising the tarih upward. not for the
benefit OF the manufacturers, but "a
protect the American workingmen, nc
statistics have been offered BY any
republican thus far to show Iabors
actual benefits under the high Dingley
rates.
Noting the lack OF information on
the subject. Senator owen Of Okla
homa. submitted figures showing these
important facts.
That in the textile Industries labor
received % per cent Of the value Of
the gross product in wages in 1890,
only 2O.s per cent in 1900, and but 1875
per cent in 1905. In contract to the de-
crease in labor reward, clothing which
could be bought by the consumer in
ss6 for 1880, cost s2O1O in 1907.
That in the metal and metal pro-
ducts industries labor received 20.4
per cent Of the gross product In 1880
and 12.7 per cent in 1895; metals cost
ing sl3.23 in 1896 cost s17.52 in 1907
That In the iron and steel industry
labor received 24.9 per cent in 1890
and 221O in 1905. leather industry pol
per cent in 1890 and 1875 per cent in
1905: paper and printing industry 26
in 1890 and ZIG in 1905; liquors and
s. in 1890 and s.6 in 1905
clay and glass 1913 in 1890 and 27.1 in
1905
That breadstufs costing $l0.5O in
1906 cost sls16 in 1907; meats costing
S7O5 in 1895 cost 1854 in 1907; other
food costing 1888 in 1896 cost 1882 in
1907; miscellaneous items costing
s13.52 in 1896 cost 1925 in 1907
Look over the wonderful tables /
have submitted said Senator Owen,
showing the profits Of the various
Of the country by
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

Divorce is a remedy for evil rather
than an evil in itself declared Chief
Justice Emery OF Maine. in a recent
address. Marriage he defined as a
civil institution. established by law
for the benefit Of man. and he sug-
gested that the divorce laws could be
perfected in three ways-hrst. by
granting no divorce until husband and
wife had lived apart for a year; sec
ond. by publishing the suits in the
daily papers. third, by giving the
court authority to delay hearings. II
necessary. 50 that they cannot be
rushed through as is sometimes the
case now New York Tribune
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

some strange ana unaccountaDIe
things are done In the name OF Bo-
hemia," said the Bohemian. The
other night at q club the engagement
was announced Of an artist and a
writer, who is q widow. At the same
time the writer was exploited at the
club. The book was lovingly dedicated
to her dearly beloved, much-mourned
and yer-to-be-forgotten departed and
illustrated by the artist husband that
Ia to be-"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23
times changes In Venezuela.

Venezuela received its musical
name from the early Spanish resi-
dents. who saw a res mblance tc
Venice In the sites OF the inland cities
The llanos, or bleak plains. on which
the llaneros live precarious life
have largely changed their character
since Humboldt saw them. Then
these great plains of grass supported
innumerable herds OF cattle: but civil
war led to the destruction OF the
beasts to feed the insurgents. The
llanos are now rapidly becoming a
potential source of timber
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23
Senator Owen DenOunceS
Robbery of Consumers

groups Of industries. Remember the
enormous stock-watering operations
shown by Moodys Manual and by
Poor's Manual and the corporation
statistics OF the last fifteen years. and
then consider what it means when this
water capital on food products pays
.16.4 per cent interest. with a fairly es-
tlmated profit. considering water. Of
% per cent. on textiles. Of u per cent
which. when fairly estimated would
be "a per cent: on iron and steel, of
l0.5 per cent, which would PROBABLY
be 80 per cent if water was excluded; /;
on lumber, Of 1877 per cent. and prob
ably OF nearly 50 per cent; on the in
dustries Of leather, 1875 per cent. when
IL should be three times that; and so
on all through the list.
These tables necessarily include a
multitude of companies whose profits
are reasonable and just in every re-
spect. who are not monopolists. who
are doing business on a fair competi
tive market. so that the profits Of mo-
nopoly are the special profits which
swell this total to a high figure, and
which stand above, and far above, the
averages which are given.
when there is also taken into con
sideration the facts that on a physical
valuation these corporations would not
have probably one-third of the capital
invested which they pretend to have
by their capital stock; when it is re-
membered that under the head of sal
aries and miscellaneous expenses and
other artful methods of bookkeeping
the earnings of these monopolies are
being used and concealed and being in
vested in various forms of property,
it is no exaggeration to say that the
earnings are probably three times
what they appear to be on the face of
the census reports"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

The power Of the American press as
exempllfied in the action Of the U. S.
senate in the matter Of reduction Of
the tarif on print paper is exceedingly
small
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

Col. Roosevelt is not synonym for
everything that is cOmmendable in
American politics, but his presence In
the United States senate at this time
might have a salutary effect on the
Aldrich crowd
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

The town Of Claremore will pave
several blocks Of the business portion
of the city with asphalt or brick. Paw
ing is the best investment city can
make
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

Craig county. and every other coun-
ty in the state ought to have a county
engineer 10 superintend the construc-
ton Of bridges and roads. II we are
to spend $4,000 Of the peoples money
in this way It ought to be done in the
best possible manner
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-23

A prize fight is a poor thing to bet
on any way The CIaremore lawyer
who stood by the ring side and gave
up $4,000 because the wrong man got
licked Is case in point. II Is also veri-
fies the old adage that a fool and his
money are soon parted.