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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

The total purchase of cross ties in
1907 exceeded those Of 1906 by 0,S65,
57S, or nearly so per cent. The in
crease in hewed ties was 40.S89, ,543, or
52.S per cent, while the increase in
sawed ties amounted to 9,976,0S5, or
|99.4 per cent Hewed ties formed N
per cent of the total in 1907
In 1907 about 2s,557, 600 ties were re-
ported as purchased for new tracks
This item includes spurs, switches and
sidings, as well as actual extensions
Of the roads. Of these nearly 19,722,-
900 ties were used for this purpose by
the steam roads, amounting to 1877 per
cent, OF the total purchases by these
roads. The balance, or over s,Ss5,00O
ties, or nearly 40 per cent. Of The total
number Of ties purchased by the cleo
tric railroads we're for new tracks.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24
CONCRETE N RAILROAD woak.
Reinforced Telegraph Poles Are Sup
planting the Old Wooden Ones.

In continuance of the declared policy
Of MANY railroad systems to provide
agains. timber scarcity. some lines
west Of Plt,sburg have completed and
placed in experimental service a line
of concrete telegraph poles through
New Brighton. Pa lis construction
followed a series Of elaborate experi-
menis which have. been conducted dur
ins the last two years.
Owing 10 the fact that wooden poles
are constantly becoming more expen-
sive aud more dihcult to obtain the
companies in 1906 began TO test the
value Of concrete as a substitute for
wood Fifty-three reinforced concrete
poles were set up A year later they
were Swing entire satisfaction and
showed no evidence of decay.
According 70 the experiments made
so far il is thought that concrete tele-
graph poles viii last for many genera
tions. thereby doing away with the fre-
luent changes necessary with wooden
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

older wOrlImeD are, in some cases, a so
admitted. This work has now passed
the experimental stage. In the night
schools attendance by apprentices is
compulsory regular three.year
course Is mapped out. Including arith.
metic elementary mechanics and me.
chanical drawing The Omaha public
library has established special
branch az the shops. containing books
on mechanics and engineering. 10
which the men have free access. The
boys take great interest in their work
and advance rapidly AS soon as they
inish the course and are properly quail
ned they are put at more responsible
work This school proved SO success-
ful that another has been opened by
he company in its shops al Cheyenne.
a similar apprentices nigh, school
is maintained by the Oregon short
Lihe al Sparks. New under supervis-
icr OF a professor from the Safe uni
ve-sity A feature of this school Is
ihe time credits allowed to The boys
tMA IIAA1AUtAi aAtNM0AAt" anu IfiVtl&t ltt-
teresL This credit amounts to 30 days
for each year. and is applied on their
amrenticeshlp For Instance. an ap-
prentice having taken -four years tut
,ioa and having received q credit OF
20 days for each year. can complete
o four years apprenticeship in three
years and eight months. receiving his
rating as iourneyman four months
earlier than otherwise In its trans
poriaiion department the Oregon short
Line trains Young men as hrakemen
under the care Of experienced crews.
The students are drilled IN the meta
DDS Of handling trains and are required
10 study the rules and regulations Of
the operating department Their prog
ress is carefully watched. and when
proficient they are recommended to
The trainmaster by whom they are
thoroughly examined before qualify
ing as reEuiar brahenea Although The
sofvice Of these young men are net OF
much value while fhey aie lea ng
the business. the .ccrG--y pays 81 f.l
sufficient wages % support them dur
ing their apprentice hi9
The expenditures bv the c'muanics
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24


mission who testified this afternoon
the arbitrary formulas OF the roads
are farce and thai under their APP
portionments the Interstate business
is netting the railroad astounding pro-
fits, which the experts found after
trayersing every road In the state dur
ing the past two weeks, declaring that
eighty-fiye per cent Of the total freight
business over the lines was delivered
within the state and the same porpor-
tion was found to be true as to the
passenger traffic.
Auditor Nay admitted upon cross
examination that the records upon
which he based the figures as to pro-
portionate cost Of operation of inter-
state and intrastate business did not
show in detail how many car loads
Of interstate or intrastate shipments
were made during the period named,
the relative cost of transportation,
nor less than carload shipments, and
that the figures were computed with
out his having any actual knowledge
Of the freight conditions in the state
but were based upon the lump sum
Of revenue derived.
Leading Lights Here.
Among other general railroad au-
ditors here attending the rate hearing
are A. Douglas Of the Frisco, st.
Louis; w. L. Seelig Of the Katy, St.
Louis; Neal Doran Of the Orient, Kan
sas City; J. w Koontz Of Santa Fe,
Topeka.
Among the general attorneys for
The roads present are: Frank Hager-
man Of the Katy; Mr.. Dunlap Of the
Santa Fe, Chicago. The division SUI
)erintendents Of a number Of the roads
ire also in attendance with their
Jerks and stenographers making an
aggregate OF between fifty and sew
snty-fiye railroad men at the hearing. |
The traffic men Of the various COM
nercial clubs in the state and the spe-
.ial experts appointed by the ccm-
mission to examine into the records Of
he Katy. Santa Fe and Midland
7alley roads for the rate hearing
It st. Louis In December are also in
Ittendance at the hearing and assist
ng the state In tearing to pieces the
testimony offered by the railroad ex-
,erts. Some Of the experts Of the
Kansas railway commission are also
lere which will doubtless last a few
lays The railroads we're given an OPP
,ortunity by Chairman Love this
morning to take each order up separ-
Itely and introduce evidence to the
fleet that the rates were coniiscatory,
nut they frankly admitted that they
lid not come prepared to make that
lind of showing.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24
Good Work Of Enalnesrs.

by the presence Of mind Of the re-
spective engine drivers what threat
ened TO be a terrible railway collision
at Barnetby, near Grimsby, one night
recently was reduced to a compare
lively trivial mishap. A light engine
had been allowed TO get on to the
main line in front of the Great Central
Continental boat express for Grimsby
through a slgnalman's error The
driver of the express seeing a collision
was inevitable applied his brake, while
the driver Of the light engine increased
his speed in an endeayor to keep
ahead The trains, however met and
both sets Of buffers were smashed,
but strange to say not single pas
senger was injured London Mail
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

These figures include meals on the
shin ttansportaions Manila 10 Kobe,l
Tsufuga 70 vladlvostok. London to
New York and San Francisco to Ma
Mia
II one did not have, as Mai. Ahern
had. the privilege Of going by Ameri-
can government transport from San
Francisco TO Manila for about one dol
lar a day. meals included. the cost
o. the trip would be about $3.50 more.
Even then il would be about enough
for trip around the world. aud far
cheaper than the one taken in SO days
BY Phireas Fogg Jules vernel Of Inn
perishahle memory.
The trip 10 Trans-Siberia from Vlad-
ivostok 10 Moscow .26l miles for
sl55.S5 first class-is about the cheap
est FIRST class railroad travelling in the
world on a regular ticket for an ordi-
nary trip
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24
The STRANGE PsyehoI0ay q .Fear


For instance there was Conductor
George D. Porter of the Jersey Cen
tral, who went rushing across tracks
and platform at the Jersey City sta
tion with dinner pail, lantern, cap and
little red tin dickey box in his hands
In great haste one summer day. The
footboard Of a switch engine which
crept up behind unheard because Of
the din in the station struck him in
the legs. Through some strange in
terposition of Providence, instead of
throwing him down to be ground I'M
der the wheels. it either threw him. or
by some strange reflex action too
swift for the memory to record,
caused him to leap on the platform,
where he sprawled unhurt. though the
contents of his dinner pail were scat
tered over the dirty platform
Upon scrambling to his feet, Conduc-
tor Porter and the engineer nearly
came to blows: and the quarrel was
based wholly upon the loss Of the
lunch Exchange.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

The Great Western railroad, Eng
land, is famous for its express trains,
During the season of transatlantic
travel, there are three expresses which
run daily from London to Exeter, a
distance OF i7s 2-S miles, without a
stop. III three hours, al All average
speed Of Just under So miles an hour
A fourth express makes the same run
at an average speed Of 5c l-S miles an
honr. il is not unusual for the total
Load back of the tender and expresses
10 reach 400 tons,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

for the education OF their apprentices
is fully warranted in their estimation
BY the more eflcient work they will
get. the saving Of time and material
due to higher proficiency. and the as
surance that on completion Of his
course Of study the apprentice will be
competent mechanic From Wei
fare Work on American Railroads."
by William adenkel, in the American
Review OF Reviews.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

p0leE Mincn Importance fs aiso az.
tached TO the increased strength Of the
new poles, which hold the strain Of
the line. even in curves. without any
brace
The poles are OF graceful proper
tions. being about 80 feet long. IA
inches in diameter at the bottom and
six inches at the top Their general
appearance Is particularly pleasing on
account of the uniformity in size,
shape and color
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

State OF Oklshoma, County Of Craig, -
i, Robert " Lee Cashier Of the above named
Bank. do soleuply swear that the above state
ment is true. TO the best of my knowledge and be-
Lief, 80 help me God RQBT- E.Lgl., cAshisr
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd
day Of Nov. 1909, Seal ". E. BELL,
Justice Of the Peace.
Correct Attest
BYRD BALLISeER,
J. W. ORR,
Directors
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

is one Of the most
i,npor.ant PROB.
lems with which
the railroads have
TO deal. A nuln-
ber OF the com
panies have ac-
cord ingly estab.
lished systematic
courses OF study
for their young
men to which the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24
AROUND THE woaLD FoR 500,
Major Ahsru Tells What ne Spent on
. elobe-circIlno Tour

Maj George p. Ahern, who has re-
turned to Manila from trip around
the world Rnd across siberia on the
y ans siberian railway says that the
actual cost Of the trip is less than
5000.
This was his itinerary and its cost:
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

OF proposed amendment to constitution
X. ". c. A. relative 70 executive board
an aqther matters. Will be made on
November 30. 1s5-1S4
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24
TRAINING THE BOYS
4cW RAILROAD APPRENTICES
kRE TUToRED.
.cea ls 20 skfprf Sufficient Supply
Of TraIasa E;hrlOyes 70 Do
tire NessAnary wcrk
Of Roads.

Owing to the lack OF skilled me
ehanics the education Of apprentices
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

Ennrmour PaN RoII al RaIlroads.

~ v ~ 77-77 77F N ~ N
The pay roll of American railroads
amounts to billion dollars a yeas
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24
cara on An1erIean LInea.

A census Of The railrQad cars Of The
country shows 100000, Of which 80.
900 are passenger cars
Large Army in Railroad Shops,
American railroad shops employ $780,
900 men eaFnipg $500, 100000 4 year.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-24

ATBIG CABIN

IN the State Of Oklahoma at the Close Of buai-
ness Nov, TO- 1909,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
NOVELTY IN LACE INSERTION
Simple Arrangement by Which Plain
Dress Can Be Made Into Orna-
mental Affair.".

Lace insertion with both edges dis.
playing little scallops appears on some
of the Swiss evening dresses. and,
what is more, in very snowy outlines.
On one dress of Swiss this lacs fea.
tured the bretelles over the shoulder.
The two long pieces meet at the waist
live, where a belt holds them down.
at they extend in two straight pieces,
size by side, to the hem. A lace band
en&trcles the dress at the hem and
knee lines.
Vide laces with plain edges are made
t. produce jacket lines on the one-piece
dress. This arrangement is worth
mentioning, since 1t really makes a
plain dress a very ornamental affair.
The straight lines from shoulder to
hip line outline coat edges. At the
extreme edge they form. points, ex-
tend straight across the hips and
make a single point at the back. The
front empiecements pass over the
shoulder, form V-shaped yoke. then
one single portion of the lace extends
to the edge Of the coat, down the
back seams. A tucked band of the dress
material crosses the coat at the point
OF the yoke in the back, passed under
the arms and is placed under the lace
and over the bust. A narrow strip
OF insertion holds the insertion to-
gether at the lower ends of the
front. This dress is made with
Dutch lace collar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
HIS MOTHER | / &c,
L|vESS.|N A SHED
MlssoURlAN QUOTES SCRIPTURE
IN EXPLAINING ACT TO HU.$ :
NAME OFFICER.
HER HOME IS A MERE Howell
Aged Woman, Sick, Says She 10 Too
Old to Deserve Much Attention.
Son 10 Owner Of Electric
Light Plant.

Kansas City, Mo.-The Humane SO.
ciety of Kansas City will try to bring
Mrs. Mary Screechf1eld from the out
house in which she lives in Lees
Summit. Mo-, to Kansas City and
place her in a hospital here at the ex-
pense of her son and grandson. M.
and L. Screechf1eld, owners of the
electric light plant in Lees Summit.
F: E. McCrary. agent of the society,
said:
"The Humane society, acting as the
agent Of public opinion, will consult
the attorneys of the society at once
and learn If it is possible to have the
case of Mrs. Screechfield taken up by
the probate court.
"Our sole aim in this matter is to
see that Mrs. Screechfield has proper
care and medical treatment. She is
86 years old. The agent of the soci-
ETY. who went to Lees Summit reports
that her condition is pitiable in the
extreme. He reports that there is EVIL
dence that her son and grandson will
not care for her as this society be-
lieves a woman Of her age ought to
be cared for"
To justify himself for placing his
86.year:old mother in an clubhouse in
his yard, screechfield quotes the
scriptural text, Therefore shall q
man leave his father and mother and
shall cleave unto his wife,"
Upon complaint of persons in Lees
Summit, Edgar Warden, officer of the
Humane society of Kansas City, went
there.
A newspaper man went with the hui
name officer and with him interviewed
the aged woman. Great maple trees
shade the white cottage of the
Screechfields. Upon the front porch
are rocking chairs with soft pillows
and in one of these Mrs. Screechfield.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Tan Shoes Popular.

Tan shoes are more worn this sum.
mer than ever before, perhaps because
they are commonly considered as cool
er than black. For country wear thew
are more suitable and show the dust
of walking much less than the black
shoes.
Black buckskin and suede and gray
suede are also much worn. There is
an especial dressing for suede shoes,
and after it has been applied and be-
fore the shoe dries a coarse hand
brush is used to brush the nap of the
shoe the wrong way and restore the
original slightly rougnened surface.
These shoes are more porous and
therefore cooler than the glazed or
finished feathers and do not wrinkle
in the way the others do when they
are slightly large; as they should be
for comfortable summer wear:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
The Oriainal4.

; Theodore Hallam, one OF Kentucky's
most able lawyers, was often provoked
to evaporation by the play his friends
made on his name. Hallam had borne
illusions without end to the middle
Ages" Unconstitutional Law" and the
rest of it, when one day in Washing
ton he was introduced to Gov: Hogx
Of Texas. ,.n~.. 81 .-~. -.
+ Italian? Hallam?" the governor
aueried. Are you the original?'
mo, Gov. Hogg," replied Hallam.
Are your"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
The MercifuI Man.

A pleasing sight in the recent hot
spell was the driver of an ash cart,
carefully brushing the ashes and
CRIME of his horses coat with a soft
feather buster. This was preliminary
to watering and cooling the animal.
After he had his horse thoroughly
cleaned he sprayed it as carefully and
gently as mother would battle her
talcum powdered baby.
A long time ago it was written:
1.-THE measure that ye mete shall be
measured to you again" When that
man is in need of tender mercies they
will be awaiting him, pressed down
and running over"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

piece embroidery or lace. has a
shaped piece Of embroidered material
arranged at each side: If preferred,
this piece might be covered in figured
or chene silk.
A wrapped seam is made down the
outside Of each sleeve, trimmed with
buttons put on in sets Of threes. d.
rectoire sash of nauve satin is worn.
Beehive hat of straw and chiffon,
trimmed with a jet button and an al
grette.
Materials required: yards 46
inches wide, h-yard lace, yard satin
~ inches wide; III dozen buttons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

wife of the manager Of the electric
light plant, was sitting.
"Yes," she said, my mother-in-law
lives here, but you can't see her. She
is not presentable."
"That's exactly why we wish to see
her," said the officer.
Behind the white cottage in the
back yard is shed six feet wide and
eight feet long, hardly large enough
to be termed doghouse. It has a
narrow door and one window two feet
square, beside the door. This window
was closed tightly. The officers saw
at the back end of the structure a
low and narrow bed. Upon it lay a
woman with hair white, a wealth of
it that stood up from her forehead in
a great pompadour.
Inside the hut the air was hot and
heavy. One garment of calico chung
to the body of the aged woman. She
held out thin hand and smiled,
my son." she asked, shading her
eyes with her other hand and peering
beneath its palm. my son, is that
come to see me? cant see well
in here"
The officer bent over her. mo. I'm
not your son. I came to see how you
are getting along. Doesn't your son
see you every day."
mo, not often; he's busy, you
know"
do they take care of you pretty
well?" asked the officer.
Eyes, pretty we'll. I've got so old
it's no use to take much care of me
now," she answered.
Don't you suffer from the heat?"
It's awfully hot In here"
Eyes, yes: awful hot. That's the
trouble; it's too hot. It's hard to
breathe in here. And I'm too weak to
even leave my bed. If could onlv get
out once in WHILE"
do you suffer any pain?"
Eyes, suffer all over: my head and
all over my body: it's the rheuma-
tism, guess"
Don't you ever have a doctor?"
mo. never. I'm so old it amt much
use doctoring for me. won't be here
long, anyway. At my age a doctor
couldn't be much help"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Midsummer Fashions.

Black panama hats are among the
midsummer importations, anu these
nave much the appearance aud tex
ture OF Leghorn. Perhaps the smart
est OF the very late millinery are the
straWs in red-brown "a cinnamon
shaded, which are trimmed with black
These hats are especially affected in
comparison with rough tussor and
heavy linen suits. With such suits.
too the fashion is growing of wearing
shoes to match them. Some shoes of
the more brilliant colors are positive
ofenses in the street, where they are
most inappropriate.-Har Bazar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Indian Boy Kills Seven Wolf Cubs.


A lucky little Indian boy, IA years
old, killed seven wolf cubs all in one
hole in the cleft of rock on Bear is
land. Lake Temagami. There is q
bounty of SIS per head on these an
imals.
Mr.. Harry Woods. the genial fac
tor Of the Hudson's bay company, in
an interesting letter to Mr.. Parkinson
relates the incident. He writes that
the necessary aff1davits were sent on
to Ottawa and the boy has received
a check from the department for sos.
Only recently man out for a walk
near Fort William killed five little
wolves and got SIS bounty.-Sarnia
Canadian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
To Make the Curiosity JUG.

Get two quart jug or larger, If
wished, and gather enough nicknacks
and trinkets to cover it. Take somo
putty, roll out to the thickness Of
half an inch and place around the
jug. Then put on the trinkets, press.
ing them firmly into the putty. The
more you have, the better the jug will
look. When all is well hardened give
coat OF gilt paint and you will have
something odd as we'll as ornamental