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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
CHEROKEE
INSANE OVER RELIGION

Dan Buzzard. a full blood Cherokee
Indian. is confined in the county iail
here. awaiting the action Of the county
court which will likely adiudge him
insane and order him TAXI to either
Norman or TT supply Lsyond a
doubt he Is insane He was apprend-
ed near Cove the latter part Of last
week BY i Il Flemmlng, who found il
necessary asso him with a rope. A
large cor, ss.n =. fe aud heavy axe were
taken frA hnsRn. He was entirely
nude, bg5se ris that he was Adam
and contenue~ that the Bible taught
him these things. Religion and stomp
dancing have caused him, It Is believed
to go insane. Some say he belongs 10
the Night Hawk band. Hundreds Of
people have visited the Jail this week.
and listened to the peculiar remarks
OF this man. Part Of the time he
amuses himself by preaching, then
again he viii hold a stomp dance.
Several nights he has danced until
midnight. Such a strain ON the man
with his right mind would break him
down physically. This Indian Is an
object of pity. .--Sallisaw Star-Gazette,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
EFUSED TO PLAY WITH
THE V|NITA WHITE SOx

There was a Joke on some one at
Claremore yesterday. The claremore
baseball team had booked the vinlta
White Sex for a game there Sunday.
thinking they were a white team. The
vlnita eolored team secured the tickets
thinking they we're going to play a
team Of their own race. When they
reached Claremofe. they were taken
into the bus b the driver, who had
instructions to take the team to the
seqnoyah hotel When the bus reach
ed the hotel the mistake was discover
ed and the radium water boys refused
to play with the eolored team. and also
refused to pay their transportation
back home. The White sox are try.
lag to decide who the joke was on
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
TIRED OF LIVING, MRS.
SAM YOUNG KILLS HERSELF
PitiGble Circumstances Surround Suicide of
LabOrer's Wie---Husb0nd and Wife We're
Both Unable to Attend the Needs of the
Other---NeighbOrs Had Been Supplying
FOOd---LeGUes Sucking Babe.

Of some chicken which Mr. Nix had
brought. dozed for short time. When
he awoke he said Mrs. Young had
gone into the next room, and mo-
ment later he heard the pistol shot.
He went into the room and found Mrs.
Young cllnging TO the rail- OF the stair.
way. with the revolver in her hand.
He asked her what she was trying to
do, and she is said 10 have replied
that she was trying 10 kill herself.
The bullet had entered the left side
OF the woman's breast and had missed
the heart by small margin. The
neighbors hearing the shot, assisted
Mr., Young IN getting medical aid and
in caring for the wounded woman. All
efforts to save her life were unavails
ing and she died early this morning.
During most OF the night she was
conscious, but the only reason she
would assign for her rash act was
that she was tired of living.
Through the continued illness OF Mr..
Young the family is in destitute cir.
cumstances. and Capt j. C. Wilkinson,
today made a request to the mayor for
assistance.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
TRAPP TO ENFORCE
INCOME TAX LAW
Requests County superlntendents to
send Names Of School District
otfcers--Taxes 10 Fund.

Oklahoma city, July I'm Il.
Trap, state auditor, has started
campaign to have the state law rela-
tive to income tax, rigidly enforced
and the common school fund thereby
materially increased. Mr.. Trap has
written to ali county school superln-
tendents requesting them TO send him
..le names OF the school district OH
GERS. The auditor is anxious to secure
these names that he may keep in close
touch with every school district, and
check up the assessment lists Of the
county assessors, to see that none
eligible have escaped the income tax
law. which provides that the tax on
incomes shall go to the common
school fund.
The state auditor writes IN part.
'eThe purpose for which I desire
these names Is one which vii meet
the approval Of every educator IN the
state. am sure. We have an income
tax law. the proceeds from which 80
to the common school fund. which If
properly enforced win add thousands
Of dollars annually to the amount ap-
portioned 10 the several districts Of
the state For some reasons assessors
seem 10 have to a large degree ignor.
ed this law. and It Is my purpose to
get into communication with the dis.
trict school officers and other per.
sons interested in education. in order
that their efforts may be enlisted with
mine, toward seeing that this Law Is
fairly enforced and the funds collect.
ed"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
PRIVATE PROPERTY
GREATLY INCREASED
Assessment Of Oklahoma Shows An
Approximate Increase Of Twenty
One per Cent

Guthrie, Okla. July 10.---An In
crease OF $4,000, 900 or approximate
II ii per cent of the assessed valua.
ton Of private property In Oklahoma
over the 1908 assessment Is shown
by assessors returns from sixty-one
OF the seyenty-slx counties made to
state Auditor NJ. E. Trapp The total
assessment Of these sixty-one counties
Tor this year Is s556.245. .O94, against
a total for the same sixty-one counties
last year Of s462.s4S.72i. The total
valuation of private property in the
state for 1908. sll seventy-slx counties
included, is less BY s23.Oo00Q0 than
the valuations Of the sixty-one coun-
ties reported to date for 1909.
Figured on the basis Of the 2l per
cent increase. the total valuation.
when all the counties are in. will ap-
proxlmate s633.2OO.OOO. or a gain In
private property of s11O,O00,0OO.
Alfalfa county. for an example. re.
tBrned this year private property val
usd at sle.2os, ,6s9 agcinst s13.s67 .S1s
lst year; Atoka county, s2.56S,0S2,
against si,723,S25. An increase Of
100000 is returned from Caddo
( county. Canadian county shows an
increase Of more than s5.OO0.0O0. the
returns this year being $lS.s1S5o1,
against sls.O47,1l1 for 1908.
Comanche county shows an increase
Of over $4,000. 900. or an assessed val.
uation of s14,240. AIS against s11 $780,
672 last year Oklahoma county
shows the biggest increase Of any
county yet reporting, making returns
Of s44,e9S,O67 In private property.
against ss5 ,44I.72 last year. an in.
crease Of more than S9.0OO.OOO
Only seven counties OF the sixty-one
reporting show a decrease in the valu.
alton OF private property as compared
With last year. Carter county shows
decrease Of nearly $1,000. 600. the re.
turns for this year being s1i i.2l1652.
Cleveland county shows slight de-
crease, 1908 being 96.OeS .525, and 1908
being $0.s54.247 Okfuskee county re.
turned s5.122.7e2 for 1909. against s5..
>2oa.051 last year. decrease of about
$4,000; Usage county shows de.
crease Of nearly s2,O00.OOO, which is
the largest decrease Of any county
J yet reporting. the returns for 1909 be.
Ing s5.ss2024. against s7.S2o.422 last
year. Pottawolamie and Stephens
\ sounties also show slight decreases.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. Sam Young. wife OF a laborer.
living in the southeast portion of the
city, shot herself about dusk last
evening, inhicting wound from which
she died about Ave o'clock this morn
ing.
The circumstances surrounding the
suicide are pitlable in the extreme.
Ar. Young. wife and baby came to this
city about year ago from Texas and
since that time be has been employed
on street work IN the city until a
short time since, when he became Ill
with what is believed TO be typhoid
fever Mrs. Young and the baby,
about year old, we're also III and
neither OF the parents we're able to
wait on the other. For several days
the neighbors had been carrying them
their food and giving them what as
sistance they could. Yesterday even.
Ing r. f. Nix took their supper to
them and said Mrs. Young would not
eat at that time saying she wasn't
ready to eat. Mr.. Nix also says she
would not talk but sat glum during his
visit. Mr. Young after eating lightly
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
CREST OF FLOOD
HAS BEEN REACHED
Heavy Rains in Northern Kansas Dur.
ing Night May Cause Further
Rise In Kaw.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City. Mo. July 12.-Local
food conditions are at a stand still
today. The Kansas river Is standing
at twenty-three feet. a rise OF a tenth
OF an inch since yesterday and the
Mlssouri's gauge stands at twenty-six
and twotenths feet. two-tenths higher
than last night. At Topeka, the Kan
san river reached q maximum Of eigh.
teen feet and ten inches last night, but
had shown a fall of seven inches to-
day and is now stationary. Hoayy
rains fell during the night between
Manhattan and Clay Center. Kans.,
which probably will cause slight rise
along the Kansas river within the next
thirty-six hours.
At Ottawa where the Marias pes
Cygnes is running through the center
of town the river had reached its
crest last night and has fallen six
inches since midnight.
Train service between Kansas City
and Chicago is demorallzed. Several
roads are endeayoring to reach Chi
cago by detouring trains over the Mis-
souri, Pacific to st. Louis.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
ReappOrtiOnment For
oklahoma Next Year

no more than increase normally during
1909 and the early part Of 1910, which
would make 1907 ,42s a fair estimate
for the showing In 1910
Such an increase VIII entltle the
state to seven or eight congressman,
based upon the ratio congress fixes.
A gain OF two Of three means consider
able activity for the third legislature,
which yevises the congressional lines
during the term beginning January,
1911. and the political character Of the
legislature win go fas IN determining
the character OF tho congressional dis.
tricts. Already there Is talk OF over
hauling the congressional lines on a
six.district basis, and eleeting one or
two congressman at large.
The state census Of 1908 shows that
about half Of the state gained IN popu.
latlon during the year Twenty-six
counties showed decreases. Bryan
county. one Of the largest in the state,
lost. according to the state count.
4.200 people. or about i6 per cent, as
compared with the federal enumera.
tlon Of 1907. Marshall county lost
about 1000 and Rogers county suffer
ed a reduction Of about $500 people.
Plttsbure county Increased 500 in pop.
uIatlon Oklahoma 2,t22. Muskogee
4,500. Comanche 900. Beokham 2.IOO.
caddo $500. Canadian s.40O, Garfield
2, 100 and Kiowa 1900. Logan county
had the largest increase 1902.
The percentage gains wers Is fol.
lows Adair e.i, Beaver 81, Beokham
11.0. Blaine s, caddo 81. Canadian
172. Choetaw / Cleveland 2. Conan.
che 3, Greek 4. Delaware 4. Ellis 2,
McCurtain 20. Mcintosh 1. Muskogee
lis. Oklahoma 3, 0kmulgee 16. Pitts
burg |, Pushmataha z. Seminole 3,
Stephens 2. Tillman H. Tulsa Z, Wash
ington IA. Woods /. Woodward S. Gar.
field z, Garyln 4, Grady z. Greer 6.
Harper ,. Haskell 5. Hughes Z, Jack.
son s, Jefferson Il. Kiowa II, f.atlmer
Q. Logan %. McClain 7. Grant and
Pottawatomie counties were given the
same population IN the state enumera-
ton. as shown by the federal count Of
1907.
The county enumeration shows the
white population to have increased
1886 between 1907 and 1908. and the
negro population to have decreased
lsi There was 2 large decrease IN
the Indian population, as the federal
enumerators In 1907 seem to have
found 6.57a more than the county as
SCISSORS year later What percentage
Of the increase or decrease is Of voting
age is moi obtalnable.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Ottawa, Kans., July Il Toe Marias
Jes sygnes river fell slowly today,
~, thq heavy shower here and the
gathering clouds far to ~ west have
raiscd anxious fears, N. the expert
erce Of Friday morning has establish.
I'd ne conviction among the most con-
servatlye that amy thing can happen
with the Marias Des cygnes which
has gone up and down by turns yegu-
larly. for nearly ten days. A foot rise
over the high mark OF Friday. last,
would have sent the water down into
the south Main street business seetion,
The Santa Fe has established a tenn.
porary depot in the Nelson hotel The
water at some points along the Mis-
souri, Pacific tracks is fifteen feet deep
yet.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
Malone ; ssrrows Buy Paper.

Malone & Barrows are the new own.
ers aud publishers Of the Indiana Har.
Dor (Tnd) Sentinel. Mr. Moberly. who
established the paper eight years ago.
hasirg sold out to move TO the vest.
The new publishers announce that
they will continue the policies that
have been inaugurated BY Mr. Mober-
ly and under which he has built up a
splendid business. 1T viii be our pur.
pose to give our readers a live and
aggressive paper that will always
stand for the best interests Of our city
and her citizens Western Publisher.
Chicago.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
SOUTHWESTERN HORSE
MEET IS On At TULSA

Tulsa, Okla, July r. - The drst
running meet ever held on the local
race track began here today, There
are nearly four hundred Of the fastest
horses in the southwest here for the
meet. The derby for a purse OF $500
win be run this afternoon. There are
Ave other races on the card for to-
day. 1900 horsemen from all parts
of the country are in attendance.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
nTlllarMT
IuUlhH 0IUDrNI
TALKS OF KILLING
says Hs Was Following Advice q
English As They Would Fight
Against Germans
Ry Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
London. July I0--When nhlnaefl.
the Indian student. who shot and kill
ed Lieut.. Colonel William curxon
wyllie, vas today placed on trial. hs
asked aud was allowed 70 address, lha
court.
4 DO not wish % aas amy thing Is
defense of myself" IL said. huE
simply 70 prove The Justice St -
deed maintain mat L 4 Is patriotic
for an Engllshman to light asaInsi 5
German. i they occupy shls country
then II i much more iuatlGlahle hnd
more patriotic n my case q nkhl
against tie English. who are FssDcss.
ible Tor the murder Of eighty million
Indians II the last ilfty years. ahd afa
even nor hanging and lepofs|nA those
q my coantrymen. who 40 iszs what
the English ere advising lhs|E coun-
tlsmen e 90 e me Germans
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
JOPLIN TEAM WINS
AN EXCITING GAME
IN Ninth Inning vietOrs Make Three
Scores Ana ssvs Game That
Seemed Lost.
From Mondays DAILY.

From Mondays Daily.
When the ninth inning Of the base.
bail game between the joplin White
sox and the local aggregation. open.
ed yesterday afternoon. Il was seem.
.ingly an easy victory for the locals.
by score Of to b. but in that fatal
inning the Vinita boys grew care
less. and an error In right field, two
hits and a lost ball IN center field
gave the visitors runs enough TO tie
the score aud to run the game into
extra innings The extra innings
were exciting and filled with classy
ball playing on both sides. Neither
team was able to cross the plate
in the tenth. In the eleventh the visi.
tors by o combination of hits and
errors on the part OF the locals push
cd two men across the plate. Vinita
made a strong effort to recover the
lost ground. III Raines smashed a
corking two bagger TO deep left, and
a moment later scored on similar
drive by NJ. Raines Marrs ended the
game by striking out
The local team was badly crippled
up and several substitutes we've IN
the game that greatly weakened the
game. Parks ans the two Raines were
the stars Of the locals at bat. II.
Raines got three nice safe drives out
OF four times at bat, Parks drove
out three nice singles. one of which
looked good for two sacks. NJ. Raines
had two drives to his credit and play
ed stillar game behind the bat The
other members OF the team also play.
ed. Score BY innings;
r. H. r..
Joplin 600 600 0OS 02-5 10 s
vinita .OO2 100 600 01--4 ~ S
Batteries Black and Ricei Hurst
and Raines
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
THERE WAS JOY IN
VINITA LAST NIGHT
injunction Against Joints ls Modified
But They Are still Rsstralned
From Selling Liquor.
From Frlday's DAILY.

From Fridays Daily.
As suddenly as It went on several
weeks ago. when an injunction was
secured against several places IN the
city where II Is alleged lntoxlcanta
were sold. the Id new OF In Vinita
and It Is said the joints are flourlahine
as in the days before the injunction
Judge brown. at Claremore yester
day modified the iniuncliona 50 thar
the pool hall and other places were
permitted to open. The sale Of intox
ioating liquors on the premises Is still
restrained and the sheriff has the an
thority to search the premises, and
II liquors are found the proprletors
may be punished for contempt. The
property owners under the state Law
are also liable and II It Is proven thar
liquors are being sold IN violation Of
the state prohibition laws. the build.
Ing may be confiscated by direction
Of the county attorney
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16

Guthrie. okla. July l2.-The Federal
census to be taken next year deter.
mines the number Of representatives
each state viii have in congress for
the ensuing ten years. and Oklahoma
expects to secure two Of more .addi-
tIonal members. The enumeration
viii as well form a basis for appor-
tIonment of the legislative districts and
perhaps for revising the judleial dis
trlcts on poulation basis.
People Of d state are rarely satisfied
with federal census. The work Il
necessarily limited IN time, and follow.
Ing 1t there are a multitude Of IN.
stances alleged short counts with
showings how the state Of the com
munity has been wrongfully affected.
Such feeling gave rise 70 territorial
law, which the state inherited, requir-
ing an enumeration b. county asses
sors every spring. Following the cen
sus Of 1908. however. the legislature
placed the law on ten-year basis,
making the state enumeration follow
that Of the federal government every
five years. IN consequence, the census
viii be taken IN this way: Federal,
1910: state. 1915: federal, 1920: state
1925. and so on.
Congress made the first apportion.
ment for Oklahoma when It passed
the enabling act, on basis Of the
1900 count. or 104,1S2 people for every
congressman. although seven years
had elapsed between the census taking
and the admission OF the state to the
Union. No account was taken Of the
approximate gain in population,
neither was a census taken to estab.
Illsh the number Districts m known
democratic territory. as It resulted,
contained IN some instances 100000
more people than they did In known
republican territory.
A special census was taken under
orders Of the president IN July, 1907,
to show whether the constitutional
convention had been fair and equal
IN its legislative apportionment. and
not onIy did the census bear QUE the
districts but demonstrated the state to
be entitled to seven instead Of five
congressman.
When the general census Is com
plete congress determines the number
70 each congressional district BY divid.
ing the aggregate number By the mum.
Der Of representatives to sit IN the
house. The result may vary consider.
ably. according 70 the increase In pop
ulation. and a shifting Of the house
membership, but az usual thing
nearly Al states gain IN some repree-
entation. When the ratio Is once es.
tabliahed II ia subject 70 no appeal
For seven years following the fed.
eral census Of 1900 the possibilities Of
statehood increased the population Of
the two territories 62s,7s6. Or ss.Il2
per year In 1908 the annual Increase
dropped to s1.osl according to the
county enumeration. which gave The
state only l,4l5,2s1 people, oF an a.
crease over The special census " 1907
q 81 per cent. Unless there Is =
change IN conditions the state viii DO
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16

Q. J. Lockwood and Miss h. Bow.
man. members OF the Crawford Come.
dians company, we're married at the
ofiiee Of the county Judge Saturday
night.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16

Roy FRANKLIN has returned from
lola. Kane., and has accepted 8 posi-.
tion IN the mechanical department Of
The ChIefsain. He Il : arst class
printer and \ welcome adaitlca 70 the
force.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-30

ing John Bounce money without ap- bearing to give it.
 One morning a woman came into my office and said she had heard John Bounce, who boarded with her, speak of me. She said that Bounce owed her $S7.45 for board, and she would like me to tell her if he had any property on which she could levy. I told her that MT. Bounce was a perfectly hon. orable man, but was trying to carry through certain schemes without suffi- cient capital. She left with check for the amount of her bill. A week later I received note from John re- gretting that the woman had thought it necessary to adopt such strenuous measures and assuring me that one of his irons was at white heat and he would soon call and return the amount I admired his plan of enabling me to help him indirectly.
 John never came to see me. His pride, his sensitiveness, whatever it was, wouldn't let him. One day long while after the board bill episode I received d note from an undertaken telling me that man named John Bounce had died in boarding house. A letter from me had been found in his room, and since there was no money to bury him it was deemed ad- visable to notify me. The amount re Quired was about $10O sa
 I was sorry now since poor John was gone that l had not been able to do more for him. I inclosed check for the amount and authorized call for more.- l did the latter as an ex.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-30

cuse to my conscience for not attend ing to the matter personally. I couldn't bring myself to such a melancholy duty.
 A few months later I received note from one who wrote that he had been an intimate friend of the late Mir. John Bounce, the inventor. It was proposed by several of MT. BounceS friends to place headstone at his grave. There were four men ready to contrib ute $50 each The cost of the stoneI would be $250. Knowing that I had been a schoolmate of MT. Bounce, heI had yentured to write to know if would make one of five. I at once sent my check for $50.
 A year passed. One morning I re- ceived a note from lawyer stating that John Bounce had died few days before (my hair stood on end with as tonishmenD, that MT. Bounce had left me his sole heir q wondered), that Mir. Bounce had patented a mechanical toy, and that toy manufacturing company stood ready to give $25, 5,OOO for the sole right to manufacture q grasped my desk for support).
 This wonder turned out to be real ity. I accepted the offer, and when the check was paid me my eyes filled with tears. My poor, dear Johnny Bounce had succeeded after all, but too late My thoughts were only on that genius for inventing methods by which could give him money with out wounding the feelings of either himself or me.
 NOEL WESLEY BATES.