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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
DERIVATION or DOLLAR MARK.
Has Long Been Subject Of Discussion,
and Many Are the Theories
Advanced.

The origin OF the sign 5, as repre-
senting the unit Of our money sys-
tenn. has long been the subject OF
discussion and not little doubt Il
has been yariously accounted for, the
derivations generally advanced being:
l. A combination Of the letters u.
is. After the adoption Of the federal
constitution these initials vera pre-
fixed to the federal currency. and, ac-
cording to many who have given
study to the subject, the two letters
we're simply run together SO as to
make the magic s. the loop Of the y
disappearing in the operation.
2. An adaptation or modification Of
Sfs. once used to denote piece Of
eight reals, or as a dollar was then
called, piece OF eight.
3. A form OF II. s.. which was used
to mark the Roman unit OF money.
4. A contraction Of p. and S.. used
In Spanish accounts to indicate peso,
dollar.
8. A device formerly seen on the re-
verse of Mexican Pillar dollar, "a
Spanish coin), representing the PIT
lars Of Hercules. connected by a scroll
displaying the words Plus Ultra.
6. A contraction OF the Spanish
"fuertes." thard), to distinguish the
silver. or hard. dollar from paper
money.
In all OF these cases it must be ad-
mitted that there is no little specula-
tion. and up to this time there Is ne
prospect that the question will ever
be definitely settled The student Of
the subject can take his choice. and
doubtless will be able to find some
kind OF authority for any one Of these
diverse explanations
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
CALDWELL'SV VISIT
CAUSES TROUBLE
enforcement Attorney Al okmuisss
When Judge Holds Attorney
Responsible Fer Article.

Okmulgee, Okla. Sept 25. = State
Enforcement Attorney Fred s. L4Au
wen was in the city yesterday. Mr
Caldwell, although interested gener
ally in the liquor cases pending in
the county court nov in session, is
not interested beyond the fact that
he is being engaged in behalf Of the
prohibitory law and viii take no ae-
tire part in the trial Of the cases. He
called on Judge Alexander and stat
ed that complaint had reached him
that the court had accepted bond for
the release Of persons charged with
violations OF the liquor Law which
were hardly sufficient. Judge Alexan.
der denied knowingly having done 50
and invited him to 90 through the re-
cord Of cases and satisfy himself as
to the matter.
A somewhat heated and spirited
coloquy took place between Mr. Cald-
well and Judge Alexander when the
latter took the other to task for an
article purDorting to speak in behalf
Of his department which appeared in
Lawton daily Of some months ago.
The article was an interview given
by one Leforce whom Caldwell had
sent to Okmulgee as detective. In
it the statement was made that Judge
Alexander had granted one Crabtree
new trial at the last term Of court
on the fiimsy pretext that the party's
initials had been given wrong in the
indictment. This the Judge branded
as lie unqualifiedly and declared he
understood it to be done as part
of concerted plan TO discredit him
before the state.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
WICEERSHAM CAUSES
EMBRY'S RESIGNATION

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. p. - United
States District Attorney John Embry
OF the western district of Oklahoma,
quit his $4,000 per annum job rather
than obey the interfering command Of
United States Attorney General George
w. Wickersham and dismiss land
fraud indictments against Carroll W.
Gates, Los Angeles millionaire.
Gates is under two indictments in
Oklahoma for conspiring to defraud
the government of thirteen quarter
sections of land in Harper and Wood
ward counties.
Matters were only awaiting the
trial of Gates, who was duly arrested
in his Los Angeles home. when the
Roosevelt administration ended. Dale
& Bierer of Guthrie, filed a motion to
quash the Gates indictments. basing
their motion on the decision of Judge
Marshall In the Haskell town lot
cases at Tulsa, in which it was held
that the grand jury was irregularIy
drawn.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25

Atoka. Okla. Sept. 23.-committees
from the Oklahoma Coal belt counties
recently named al the Coalgate meet
ing viii visit the Choctaw and Chick
asaW Legislatures next month and ask
them to name committees 70 assist En-
drafting bill for sale Of the segre-
gated coal and asphalt lands OF the
two counties. 1t is believed that legis-
lation which the Indians and the white
settlers agree upon viii be fayOrably
received by congress.
Indians attending the Coalgage meet
ing early this month favor sale Of
tho property, but before anything can
be accomplished action Of Congress is
necessary.
The segregated area embraces about
500.O0O acres. conservatively valued at
$40 900. 900, and enough land, it is esti-
mated for 10000 people While the
Constitutional convention was in ses-
sion the idea Of Oklahoma becoming
tue owner of the land was favorably
looked upon, and the State appointed
commission to investigate the propo-
sition and report the feasibility Of
State purchase. Owing to the impro-
bable value of the segregation, the
commission was unable to make re
concentrations, and since the state has
been understood as being off the list
of buyers. The Federal Government
will not buy. and the President and
Secretary of the Interior is opposed to
sale to a syndicate as a whole 1t is
probable that the committees bill will
call for sale of the surface land in
tracts to not exceed 160 acres Of agri-
cultural land to each family who must
be actual settlers. The Government
would be expected to protect the IN
derIying minerals by fixing the me-
thod of acquiring any part Of the sur
face for use in mining operations. Sale
OF the land is favored on the partial
payment plan, and rendered for tax
alton Immediately after the initial pay
ment The convention committee be-
Iieye this to be the best plan, and
through which the Indian tribes will
receive mere money and get it quick
er than any other.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
NEW SOUTHERN RAILROAD
THROUGH OKLAHOMA


Guthrie. Okla. Sept PA charter
vas issued from the Office of the sec
retary Of state yesterday to the salIi
saw. McAlester and Southern Rail
road company which proposes td
build a line $50 miles ia length from
sallisaw, the county seat Of sequoyah
county. 10 a southwesternly direction
through Sequoyah. Latimer and Pitts
burg counties to McAlester. crossing
the Midland Valley and # smith and
Western roads at right angles. thence
from McAlester south through Pitts
burg, Atoka. Pushmataha and ChOc-
taw counties 70 Honey Grove, Tex,
connecting with the Katy railroad al
that place. The estimated cost Cf the
road is $1,000 900. The company hss
a capital stock Of 100000. The in
corporators are J. z. cayanaugh. w.
p. Freeman. Milton J. Smith. William
Hayes Fuller and Andrew 3. Ring
land, all Of McAlester.
The principal business Offices Of the
company win be located at McAlester.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
FILLING OUT MEAT PLATTER.
foung Housekeeper Explains How
She Roas Tragic Situation Of
Its Terrors.


10 soulg housekeepers were coM
airing notes n don't know" said
-e, What I should ever do II Il were
7t Tor an invention Of my OWE which
As shorn MANY a tragic situation Of
tsrr0rs when ny husband br0Ughf
ONE an unknown man without warn
sg. Many time X has been a qnes-
N Of having enough TO 60 round. but
le real horror OF the situation lay IN
le fact that there was just enough
hen you included the extra guest
on know how mortified you feel
chen there are Just so many pieces
whatever the platter contains, and
ou have to dole them all out and
there is absolutely nothing leftg Well.
~ invention does away with that.
1T is very simple You hunt out
anything you can find in the ice box
i nay be some fragments Of meat.
a cold sausage or two from breakfast.
Ia few bones you are saving for the
puppy or a bit Of chocolate pudding
from the children's anything
will do. You place it carefully in the
center Of the platter. cover It nicely
with gravy, parsley and general trim
mings. distribute the real things
around it or at the side OF it, and
there you arel Nobody notices it es-
|pecially. It has the general effect of
the genuine. and 1t lends the neces-
sary dignity and amplitude to the
course.
Don't ask me what would happen
II any one insisted upon a second help
Ing. being misled by the apparent opu
lence Of the dishl 1t never has hap
pened. II may be that they are re
strained by some occult influence with
which my mind is charged on these
and so far | have been Sc
cure in my deception"
Which reminds me-" quoth House
wife Nc 2, "of luncheon gave once
upon time. Each plate was to con-
tain dainty chop. some peas, potato
chips and a stuffed tomato. had
told the cook to be very, particular as
to nice-loolking, ripe tomatoes, for ]
knew 1t would help make the plates
pretty.
THE plates we're duly get before US.
and was about to sinklmy fork into
a succulent morsel when bit Of pa
per under an end OF my chop caught
my eye On 1t was scribbled In
Cooks own hieroglyphics these
words: Don't jabb it hard. this amt
no tomatter. they Civ ont. Katy. She
had improvised the thing from bit
of the children's red pinwheel paper.
carefully sewn together and stuffed
to match the others"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
HOW BOYS WITH BEST CHANCES
ARE SPOILED At COLLEGES.

When a young man who has been a.
lowed for eighteen years to take al.
ways the line Of least resistance, and
to put the emphasis Of his efforts on
seeking excitement instead OF doing
hts work. enters a college which takes
its functions seriously, one Of two
things happens. II be u badly spoil
ed, ha Is dropped. II he has back
bone enough left 70 escape that fate be
wastes dcbhsiderabie part ot his col
Iege eoufse before he gets hammered
into him, By humiliation, some realiz-
ing sense. OF what education Is and
what college is trying to do.
That numbers Of students come up
to our colleges with this attitude and
habit is evident indeed, the arrival
every year Of many new students who
have this. attitude and habit is the
chief obstacle TO college education
1t is rather rare to find student
In college who wants to leave IT, The
honest pleasures Of good comradeship,
the glow Of the mind and sense OF in
tellectual vigor which follow even
such slight ability to hold oneself 70
an intellectual routine as is compar-
able to the will-power needed to take
a cold morning bath, the sense Of be-
ing initiated into class which Is re,
garded AZ distinguished from the rest
OF the nation by special opportunities
10 develop InteIIigence-alI these ap-
peal irresIstibIly to ingenious youth.
Few students OF college, however used
to taking always the line Of least re-
Instance, can help feeling that their
college course is a privilege But
what any college student can help
feeling, what numbers Of them do help
feeling for a part OF their course. is
that privilege means duty They start
out to treat the curriculum as II ii
we're continuous vaudeville They
pass the necessary examinations just
d6 lutt ottAft u ttthtt ~utNnun1 lAty
cannot get in without il. They APP
pIaud anything that is strong enough
TO compel a hearing. or amuses mind
willing to be interested II 1t is not too
much troublel but they do not hold
their attention to what they hear with
the purpose OF getting all they can
ont OF it. They wrnt the kernel Of
every science without the trouble OF
cracking the shell
And the students who have no grip
Oh themselves are. unless all signs
fail. chiefIy from the homes able to
give them good start in life. The
boys in most danger OF being spoiled
by being permitted to take an attitude
toward their opportunities which
makes the fibre OF their minds slack
twisted. and destroys the tough elias
ticity OF their wills, are the boys with
the best chances. From Are We
Spelling Our Boys Who Have the Best
Chances IN Life?" by Prof Paul van
Dyke Of Princeton. in the October
Scribner
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
Extremely Dry Weather.

Several Kansans were talking Of dry
weather IN the state in the earlier
|days
Il drove through a western county
"a number Of springs ago" said one
of them, and 1t hadn't rained fc- a
long time
Pretty dry, isn't it2' yentured to
IA native.
Bet your boots It's dry. he re-
piled See that old SOW over there?'
Il old him was looking az her
Well. he went on. 4 had tc drive
her down 10 the creek, three niles
away and soak her for three days be-
for she would hold slop She was
r~irhfy dry. ] tell you
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25

Altogether there are some 5000
acres devoted To pineapple cultivation
in Queensland. giving yield Of some
thing like ten million pines a year.
Two crops are gathered during the IL
months. Most Of the owners Of the
plantations started without capital,
and are now reaping about $3.50 an
acre net profit II is an industry from
which returns are quickly obtained.
Fifteen months after planting the
grower Is securing his first crop. Next
year he should double his crop. be-
cause. like the banana, once the pine
apple has borne fruit the stalk dies
down. and It's place Is taken by one
or more suckers. which, In their turn,
fruit and die A cider Of remarkably
fine quality can be made from the
fruit
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
Worlds Busiest street.

The shortest and busiest street in
the world is Mansion House street,
London. 1t is only about 500 feet
long. and runs between the mansion
house. the official residence Of the
lord mayor. and the Union bank Of
London. and everything and every
body that passes between "the city
which is the ancient section OF the
metropolis. and the rest Of London
have to 90 that way. Not long ago
policemen we're stationed to count
the vehicles. two on either side They
we're relieved every hour. because
counting is very tedious work and acts
upon the nerves. One set OF counters
reported 1882 vehicles. another set
counted 1866 and the other two re-
lays reported totals between these
two extremes.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
Thounht II Would Tickle.

Don't you want your nice bread
and butter, Anne?" asked her father
according to the Delineator.
Anne shook her head.
Its a shame to waste such nice
bread and butter continued her IA.
ther. I'll eat it myself"
Anne watched the process with big
eyes and a look OF expectancy on her
face. Finally, when the last mouthful
had disappeared, Anne asked Papa.
aid it tickle?"
Ticker asked her father. Why
no; what do you mean?"
4 thought it would tickle, sand
Anne 1t had long hair on it,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
ORIGIN OF THE RESTAURANT.
May Re Said to Have First Appeared
In England About the Time Of
Shakespeare.

In primitive times. the only places
IN London where the public could be
entertained with food had been the
cooks shops. The famous East Cheap
was a great thoroughfare down which
he stalls Of the butchers alternated
with those Of the cooks You chose
a joint at the flesh market and you
carried il next door to be cooked for
YOU by a certain hour II you wished
for wine. you must bring that with
YOU. for the cooks sold no liquor. al
though they seem to have provided.
as time went on. more and more OF
The natural accompaniments OF meat.
such as bread. vegetables and pastry
This habit continued until well into
the reign Of Elizabeth. and so long as
such an inconvenient custom pre-
vailed there could have been no real
comfort for any citizen who chose to
dine abroad. He must have had as
much trouble with porterage and bas-
kets as a country party has to-day at
a picnic. But about the time that
Shakespeare came up to London re-
markable change took place in the
customs Of the town, and the practice
Of public hospitality and entertain
ment was singularly facilitated. The
nature Of this change lay in the sud
den development Of the tavern and
the consequent withdrawal Of the
cookshop. The worshipful company
Of Pastelars, as the cooks we're called
ceased to enjoy the monopoly Of pro
viding hot meals.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
Emancipated..

zone thing we are proud OF in our
boarding house is that we treat each
Joa. Ter as a member Of the family
Ih-hum?"
Yes when may we expect you to
send your things oYer?"
"You need not expect them. Mrs.
Ienpeck always treated me as a mem
Der OF the family and now thar she is
lead pine for something different
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25
To Draft Bill for Sale
of Segregated Lands

Secretary Ballinger Of the Interior
Department will be in Oklahoma soon
to investigate the coal as well as the
oil proposition the whites and Indians
have to make
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25

Mamma What's the matter with
Fid0?
Tnmwie-Oh J was playing with
ry soldiers and he came in and In.
sis.ea nnon licking the whole army
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25

Stock of merchandise for land. For
information. write r. A. Leavitt,
Vinita, Okla. 33-45
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25

FIsH-Cat. Halibut. pickerel. pike
and oysters Saddle Rock Restaurant
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25

Large shipment OF ladies' street
hats arrived. Mendels.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-25

House to rent Phone s7z. IT'S
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-30
COMPLAINING WITNESS IN
SIM CASE BECOMES ANGRY
Refuses to Answer Questions Until
Court Threatens - Defendant Ac=
cused of Assault Dismissed

. Angered because the counsel for the
defendant started a line of questioning
which he did not like, George Staehle,
complaining witness in the case against
j. H. Sim, charged with assault with
deadly weapon, became so stubborn
In Police Judge Roses court yesterday
that he refused to answer the attorney
until the judge informed Staehle he
either would respond to the interro-
cations or go to jail.
The charge against Sim grew out of
the attempted murder of Mrs. Staehle,
whose throat was slashed with a razor
the night of October II. After investi-
was arrested on suspicion of being the
person responsible for the attack. In
connection with this case Staehle is al
legged to have made derogatory remarks
concerning Mrs. Sim. After the latter
was discharged from custody her hus-
band who at that time was absent,
returned from Nevada and was told Of
the affair.
Sim is alleged to have obtained a
shotgun and attempted to kill Staehle.
Friends of both sides were present in
police court, and after Staehle left the
stand Elsie Staehle, his 12-year-old
daughter, testified. She was unable to
say whether or not Sim had attempted
tc shoot, and declared he had not ut
tered a word.
AS Staehle had fired one shot at Sim,
which struck the latter in his clothes.
and there was no evidence to show that
Sim had attempted to shoot Staehle,
Judge Rose dismissed the case.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-30
To Retire Rear Admiral

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Rear Ad-
miral r. r. Ingersoll, member Oh the
General board of the navy, will be
placed on the retired list next Saturday
on account of age.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-30
COMMITTEES NAMED
FOR EASTERN MEETS
COMMERCE CHAMBER HEAD
APPOINTS DELEGATES
Chooses Men to Represent Los An
geles at Rivers and Harbors
Congress and Civil Service
Reform League Convention

President Booth of the chamber of
commerce yesterday appointed the fol-
lowing delegates TO the National Rivers
and Harbors congress to be held in
Washington December s to 10: w. G.
Mendenhall, James McLachlan, Frank
p. Flint.
To the National Civil Service Reform
league to be held in New York city
December and 10 President Booth APP
pointed George IL. Maxwell and Frank
lin Gregory.
The glad hand committee will meet
Monday to take up the matter of an
excursion to Imperial valley Saturday
December IL, to attend the county fair,
and incidentally to celebrate Cotton
day. The chamber is anxious to enlist
a sufficient number of its members
to Join the excursion, as San Francisco
sent quite a delegation to the fair last
year. The fair itself is worthy of a
visit to the valley, and in addition to
this there will be the opportunity of
visiting a cotton field in California.
Chamber members have seen the prune
orchard orange grove and beet fields
Of Southern California, but this is the
first opportunity ever offered to see a
cotton field.
President Booth has gone north to
hid the honorable commercial commits
sloners of Japan goodby, as they leave
Tuesday, November 80. He will be
Joined by George III. Stewart Tuesday
morning, and these gentlemen will at
tend a meeting of the associated cham
bers of commerce and assist in arrang
ing the Chinese trip to be taken Under
the auspices of the associated cham
bers in April.
Several OF the members have ex-
pressed a willingness to join a dele
cation to visit Ventura Saturday.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-30
CHARGE RAILROADS WITH
UNJUST DISCRIMINATION
Interstate Commission Says Through
Rate Must Be Given on Freight
Carried Partly by Electric Lines

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-Before
Referee James Brown of the inter-
state commerce commission, Seth
Mann, attorney for the traffic bureau
of the local merchants exchange, ar
gued today the railroads of this state
failing to give through rate on
freight carried for part of the distance
ON electric lines, were guilty of un-
Just discrimination.
The specific case before the referee
was that of the Southern California
Sugar company against the Southern
Pacific. Salt Lake and Santa Fe.
The company ships it's products over
an electric line to the main line of the
railroads and thus far the lines have
refused to grant a through rate on the
sugar.
Attorney Dubrow for the Southern
Pacific maintained his line was charg-
ing the extra rate until spur track
could be installed to the sugar rae
tory.
This is the first of several cases
which will be brought before the com
mission to determine whether or not
the railroads will be compelled to make
Joint rates with electric lines.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-30
THIEVES STEAL JEWELRY
FROM THREE RESIDENCES
Many Articles of Value Fall Into
Hands of Burglars Who Were
Busy Here Sunday Night

Three burglaries committed in vari-
Gus parts of the city Sunday night
were reported to the detectives yester-
day.
O. II. Kiefer of 432 West Thirtieth
street reported that during the alb
sence of the family his home had been
entered by means of prying open a
rear window, and pair of opera
glasses, a stickpin and various other
articles of jewelry of the aggregate
value of $94 were taken.
A watch, a neck chain, several rings
and other articles of jewelry valued al
SIS were stolen from the home of Lee
W. Collins at 1916 Burlington avenue
The home of Albert McCurley, 104f
West Eighteenth street, was entered by
means of a pass key and various arti-
cles of jewelry, valued at $44, were
taken.