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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
TAFT TO PLAY GOLF
ON WESTERN TRIP

Spokane, Wash. Aug 24.-Golf on
the shore OF Hayden lake in the heart
of the Occur d'Alene national forest
reserve. in northern Idaho, is one Of
the items on the cards for the enter.
talnment Of President Taft by the
chamber of commerce and the people
of Spokane during his stay in this city
on his transcontinental tour Another
feature will be genuine western din
ner. such as would warm the cookies
of the heart of his predecessor The
menu win include mountain trout,
caught on the stop wild duck and
grouse and yenison and bear steaks.
also the choicest fruits and vegetables
grown in eastern Washington and ore.
gon. north and central Idaho, western
Montana and southeastern British Co.
lumbla, which compose the Inland En-.
pire of the Pacific Northwest.
The presidents special is due to
reach Spokane at $3.50 o'clock the
morning of September 2s, and at s
o'clock President Taft and his party
will breakfast in the hall of the Doges
with Frederick T. Goodall, president
and trustees OF the chamber of com.
merce. Mayor Pratt. Judge Edward
Whitson Of the federal court. Con
gressman Poindexter and Postmaster
Edris. This will be followed by an
automobile drive through the resident.
ial district to the Civic center. where,
at 10: 80 o'clock, there will be parade
of military and civic and fraternal or
ganizations, including representatives
OF 100 orders.
It is expected the president viii
make a speech in an amphiteheater to
be erected at the foot OF Monroe
street bridge overlooking the Spokane
falls. Arrangements are being made
for the accommodation Of $4,000 per.
sons. Afterward there will be a
luncheon, at which the chief executive
will meet prominent residents of the
Inland Empire and the northwest. A
trip to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, throught
the Spokane velley, will take up part
of the afternoon. It is also likely the
president Will address the people at
that point, whence he will journey to
Hayden lake in a special train for
golf and dinner, returning to Spokane
at night to continue his trip westward
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27

New York. Aug %. - Edward II.
Hartman. genius Of finance, leader OF
men and master builder OF railroads
came back to the United States yester-
day. while the financial world stood
on their tiptoes in anxiety and ex.
pectancy, He ,came back as he left,
on June /, last, a sick. tired man,
seeking health.
Last night, surrounded by his fam.
lily and physicians at his summer home
at Arden-on-the-Hudson, he has begun
the after cure" which he needs after
.Ae eneryating baths and dictate
treatment he underwent at the Aus.
uian resort Sad Gastein
How long he will remain IN Sc
clusion, how long 1t will be before he
resumes the active direction of his
vast railroad interests, depends solely
upon his health. He arrived yester-
dey, feeble, face gaunt and voice
weak
"And have come home he said,
lor cure and not for work"
Many great Americans have return
ed to their country under extraordin-
airy circumstances but never has there
been more remarkable homecoming
Of a private citizen than e. H. Harri.
mans.
Great stock market operators paus-
ed as his ship drew near, the stock
market itself marked time, and the
industrial world turned It's eyes sea-
ward, as II were, eager for a glimpse
of the man whose illness abroad has
furnished much material for stock
market rumors.
Contrary to expectations, the finan-
cier did not leave the Kaiser Wilhelm
II. down the bay. but remained on
board until the vessel docked at Ho-
boken. Then, after being assisted
ashore, he boarded a Southern Pacific
tug and was taken to Jersey City,
wnere he was again assisted to his
private car From there the trip was
quickly made up the Hudson to his
mountain home at Arden.
Although he flashed ashore brief
message of optimism at the reerost
OF the Associated Press and converted
for a time with interviewers after the
Kaiser's arrival at quarantine, It was
not until ..e had been placed com
fortably in his private car that Mr..
hartman talked freely about himself
Ibis health and his hopes of early
recovery. Then, reclining on a couch,
pale and enfeebled. with bis usual op
timism and tenacity of mind. he talk
ed to the newspaper men before leay
ing,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
GROWING a Vicious HABIT.

The habit OF growing Is too common
with ali Of as Every little thing that
happens thai don't Just suit our IDEAS,
causes as 10 slt up with a growl. This
is the case with the best Of US.
There is a class OF people that may
be properly called growlers. II the
sun shines, they growl. and II It is
cloudy they find cause 10 growl. Moth
inf suits. They grow rat on growing.
Crops are never large enought to suit
hem.
This Is q very unhappy condition TO
be h. The world Is full Of good things.
The sun shines. the birds sing, the
rains come. seed time and harvest
never fail, and yet with all these bless
ings we have the growi
A pleasant sunny disposition cures
good many ills. and makes the world
go along more smoothly. If you have
troubles. think about them as little as
possible and feel thankful they are no
worse.
One-haif Of our troubles are imagin-
ary and do not amount to anything.
"As man tbinketh. so he is" Then
the better way is 90 think right and
you viii be happy.
SO argues the editor OF the Sterling
Bulletin and this paper Is In hearty
accord with his sentiments
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 25.-Over one
ffth OF the ad yalorem taxes In Okla.
homa are paid by the railroads, accord
Ing to figures compiled from the books
of State Auditor NJ. +. Trap, which
show that the total taxable valuation
Of the railroads of the state is approx
lmately sl75,OOO,O0O, while the valua-
ton Of all property in the state sub
Ject to taxation is 1864, ,172,152.
AS the state tax levy is 21a mills,
that means that the railroads will
pay in state taxes alone s4S7 500, not
including county, township, municipal,
school district and special taxes, which
form by far the greater part Of the tax
burden.
II Is estimated that the states
revenue from direct taxes levied on
the railroads this year viii more than
cover the general revenue bill and pay
the salaries Of all the state officers
and department with money to spare
Oklahoma county leads all Of the
counties OF the state as TO the value
of its railroad property, which is yalu-
ed for taxation this year at 1929, sos
Pittsburg county stands second with q
valuation of s5,S21 ,564 and LeFlore
county third with taxable property
valued at s5,65O,933. -Four counties OF
the state, Cimarron, Beaver, Harper
and Roger Mills, have no railroad prop.
erty at all. while Delaware and Dewey
have only a very few miles each.
The counties with railroad yalua-
tions in excess of s1,OOO.OOO each, in
addition to tLy three leaders, are;
Adair. 1903. .795; Alfalfa, $S.6s7, ,9oS;
Atoka. s2,5SO.5S2; Beckham, s43S.s6O
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
RECORDED IN ITALY
ny Aagoelated preaa.

BY Associated Press.
sieua, ltalty, Aug 25. heavy
earthquake was felt throughout the
province Of siena at i;2s o'clock this
morning Practically all OF the houses
in San Larenzo were destroyed or
badly damaged Many persons we're
injured. The quake was felt most sev.
erely within radius OF twenty miles
from here. Considerable damage was
done at Bueno Con vento. Several
houses collapsed and one person was
killed and several persons injured at
Monte Aoni
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
FEARING CANNIDALISM
MOTHER BROWNS -FOUR

Victoria D. c.. Aug. 25.-Few tales
Of the sea are more tragic than that
brought yesterday. by the steamer
Makura, from Australia, Of the wreck
OF the Norwegian bark Efroi. which
struck Middleton Reef June IS Only
hve OF a total Of twenty-five persons
were alive when the steamer Tofu
took them on. so emanclated from
thirst and starvation chat they had to
be carried
The Makura brough. a detailed sc.
count of their vain efforts % find wa,
ter on the reef. their unsuccessful
search for cache Of provisions and
a life boat, maintained there previous
to 1882, and which the sailing dlrec.
tlons stated still existed ard their
final abandonment Of hope an6 sub.
sequent delerium Captain Ander.
son and the second mate were drown.
cd while building rate. Aaderson's
wife and children saw him disappear.
and finally after eight others had sue.
sumbed and the remainder were weak
from starvation, the captains vito
drowned her four children under the
impression that the Ave survivors
were planning to resort ia canaibal.
ism She followed her children into
the waves
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
Three New Banks.

Guthrie, Okla. Aug. 24.-Three new
state banks came into the fold Mon.
day, making total Of 646 Of these
thriving institutions.
Those new ones chartered and auth
orized are. The City State Mangum.
capital. $4,000; T, s. DeArman. pre-
sident; Percy Cornelius. cashier
state Guaranty Bank. Geary. capital
$4,000; John II. Dillian. president; c.
". DIlIlan. cashier A conversion Of
the First National bank OF Geary.
The Merchants q Planters. Of Ada.
$50. 900; c. II. Rlves. president; D. II.
Mason. cashier
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
D. H. WILSON
Professional Directory
Railroads Pay Une-r nth
of Ad ValOrem Taxes
ATTORNEY ATLAW

Blaine. sS.527.122; Bryan. $3,075,S19;
Caddo, s3,527 1886; Canadian, $685.
1872; Carter, s1.7Sl .059; choctaw. ST.
0O4.0O0; Cleveland. $l,06c,s42; Coal,
y2, ,sS7 $40; Comanche, sl,649,S0O;
Craig, s2,723,226. Creek, s2,5e5.7i2;
Custer, s2.550.054; Ellis, $1.s1S,4S4;
Garfield, s5,596.6s9; Garvin, $2Oe4.-
600; Grady, s4.5sO,sO7 Grant, 1892
694; Hughes. sS,252.569 Jackson, ST.
7l6,730; Johnston, s2,2S4,307 Jeffer-
son. 81 sos. .SO6; Kay. $4,3sS,s06; King
fisher s1.666,531; Kiowa, s3,4566,SOS;
Latimer. s2,266,55S; Lincoln, s3,Sl2,-
SAC; Logan, $4,114O24; Love, $780,
339; Major. $2.O51,54s Marshall, $685.
900; Mayes, $3.50; 1866; Murray, 81.
739,445; Muskogee. s4,633.S01; Nc
Lain, s772,672; Mcintosh, 1892. $40,
Noble, S2,653.7S7; Nowata, $1,407 502;
okmulgee, s2,O45, ,466; Usage. s4,477,-
693; Ottawa, s2,150.6OO; Pawnee, SS,.
2OS,75O; Payne, s2,6SO,3SS; Pontotoc,
81, 1853, ,7S9; Pottawatomie, $5,O1s,9OS;
Pushmataha, s1.92O,642; Rogers, 3d.
3S4, ,962; Seminole. s1,9O9,2Si; sepuo.
yah, s2,52O,22O; Stephens, S1,24S,SS2'
Texas, s2,52s,52i; Tulsa, $S,11S,664,
Wagner, s2,OO7,54O; Washington. ST.
93s ,562; Washita, $l,669,SO2 Woods,
81, ,393 .S74; woodward, $1,s14,949
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
A generous offer to the sick
of Vinita and surrounding
country.
DR.. r. S. Lynn
SPECIALIST
AT Rooms II and IL Scott Building.
OfIces nOw open
for reception Of patients

In order TO prove TO the public his ad-
vanced and scientific methods, the Doc
tor win give one months services free
medicines excep'ed) to the frs so per-
sons applying tor treatment. This offer
Is open to all. and no one is too rich or
too poor 10 accept il. for IL Is his orixinal
method Of getting his treatment before the
public quickly
II you are sick or afflicted in a"y way
this Is certainly an except nal chance to
Get the best treatment from a Specialist
whose ability Is unquestioned. All
chronic, deep seated and complicated and
special diseases of men and wom-n and
children treated. Hundreds Of ladies have
be n treated and saved from surgical op-
erations by DR.. Lynns' successful treat
ment. Men by the score nave been
cured after trying all the worthless rem
edies and appliances. The Doctor has
proved his ability to the satisfaction Of
them all.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
Diseases Of Men Treated

By the latest and most scientific meth
DDS MEN ONE To ME Il Ii not
necessary to give a long list of your
troubles. Consult me, can and do treat
you successfully
The Doctor treats catarrh. Eye. Ear
Nose and Throat troubles. Bronchial and
Lung Trouble. Heart Complications Liver
Spleen. Stom ch and Bowel Trouble. Kid
ney and Bladder Disease. Rheumatism.
He 'dache, Sciatia Spinal Troubles, and
Rupture without the use Of q knife Piles
Fistula and Rectal Troubles without the
knife, Asthma by the most successful
treatment known.
All diseases of women. Special dis
eases Of children. II you are afflicted in
any way the Doctor extends to you q COR
dial invitation to consult him free Of
charge and find out your exact condition.
Remember his generous offer One
months treatment free (medlcines ex-
cepted) to the first so coses applying for
treatment.
Office Hours: $50 a. N. to ~ a., I
to s ?. N. Epenings and Sundays By
By appointment.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
UNIVERSITY NAY CLAIMS FEES WERE PRINCIPALS NOW


will soon conclude that a dweller In
"a world Of reality needs something
very different from this idyllic Miss
Nancy journalism II he reads his
daily paper with any purpose at ali.
II must be 70 get a picture OF the
world he lives into lnd what he Is
'up against" as a citizen Of the pres.
ent times. And unless he prefers to
have his homestead In a FOOLS para
disc, be certainly does not want his
daily picture Of human society to be
falsified with a dillettante censorship
that makes It a different world from
what e Is. AS long as the world is
actually a world Of sin, he needs 70
have the sin reported 10 him. so that
be may not misunderstood his age.
The demand OF sane common sense on
daily journalism is not therefore for
a false report Of the way the world
wags or wabbles. But it is demand
for falrer report than the average
daily paper Is giving today-a report
that shall not exaggerato the evil and
shall give an equitable prominence to
the forces which are overcoming the
evil. The true complaint against the
typical American newspaper Is not
that It is unlike The Monitor but that
IL is diamentrically and totally unlike
that II goes to the other extreme
Somewhere between the two win be
the location OF the ideal newspaper Of
the future. Chicago Interior.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
LAND OF NOD" TO
Be HERE IN FALL

Samuel e. Rork's massive produc.
ltion of the musical extravaganza. THE
Land Of Nod" will occupy the stage
of the Auditorium on October 18th.
and in view of the fact that It was
one Of the biggest hits here last sea.
son, It viii undoubtedly draw capacity
business during It's engagement. 1t is
a production whose novelty of char
aeter drawing and stage Punishment
lstlnguishes Il among its eontempories
No such personages have ever before
been introduced into stage work, and
they are 80 sklllfully arranged that
any suggestion Of artifclalty has been
overcome. "The Man In the Moon. +"
and his wife, Rory Rory Alice" "The
Sandman The Weatherman, April
Fool "Welch Rarebit, "The Jack Of
Hearts" and his parents. "The King
and Queen of Hearts have brought
into rational iuxtaposition. The com.
edy IN THE Land of Nod is Of the
spirited wholesome kind. which is en-.
Ioyed By all classes The production
as 20 scenery, costumes and other ef
feets. Is massive and beautiful and
the general ensemble is unusually
complete aud effective The cast is
still headed by Knox Wilson. who viii
be seen in his original part OF April
Fool Neil Mcneil and Anna Nc.
Nabb are two prominent members of
this seasons east
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
PETITIONS GOVERNOR
FOR SPECIAL ELECTION.

Guthrie, okla. Aue 2l.-Townshio
No. North and "a West, located In
Beckham county. has petitioned the
governor 10 call an election for the
purpose Of voting upon the proposition
Of detaohing the township from Beck.
ham county and attaching It to Greer
county.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
WAYS or READING a NEWS
PAPER.


II you are an optimist you can find
i plenty IN any days paper to sustain
and rationallze your hopeful view Of
things. Complaint Is often made that
the. newspapers hunt for the bad
.hlnga tho world does and take cog.
dxance only OF such good deeds as
hrust Themselves upon the journal,
mtic gaze. That criticism. IL true at
sall. is applicable TO very few OF the
newspapers Take the ordinary one.
one which strives 70 make a faith.
fal. impresslonistio picture OF the
world day by dag. and you will find
three times as many items of hopeful
as OF depressing import. This fact
would prove. IL Il were really true
that the newspapers hunt chiefly for
the bad things. either that as news.
astherers they are less efficient than
they imagine. OF that there Is 70.
markable scarcity of favored mater.
IL,
rlare. has grown up a cult, made uD
"a ms4 who have cultivated them.
selves hto a state Of constant miaan-
fhropy, who bemoan 'the newspaper.
reading habit The utmost eonees
sion 10 be wrung from them Is that
the newspaper Is necessary nuisance
Il Is not improving. they complain
the reading Of i Is mostly waste OF
time. ard, what Is worse, Q practice
that tends to bring about mentai de.
terioratipn
All OF which Is essentially not true.
The active mind will find few boots
IN the largest library that give a
atronger stimulus 10 thinking men
than the ordinary newspaper The
ordinary newspaper is not the ex.
position OF theories. but the display
Of the stun Of which theories are
made It Is not finished thought but
DO raw material 20 be shaped and
fabricated BY Thought Il Is the re.
cord OF mems doInga. record which
IN one dag not only oompasses the
whole nealm Of motion. but presents
motives In combinations OF almost N.
n.nite variety. There Is more OF hu.
man comedy than Baizac's lusty mind
could have conceived in ten times the
span OF his life.
For the mind OF fertile imagination
there Is no browsing ground more In,
gitlng than the newspaper. Il will find
material for its fancy. whatever the
mood The newspaper has q hundred
texts for sermons. as many sugges.
lions for philosophical meditation ex.
etments for is numor and inspiration
Tor rs curiosity in all that pertains
10 art and science Read newspapers
too mueh2 The fact Is few of us
read them enough -ieastwlae not stu.
dlously enough II We read newspa.
pers with the same mental energy that
We ordinarily give 60 book we should
own more opinions and borrow fewer
The man who would develop The pow.
er 81 vigorous, independent thinking
can make the newspaper Of prime
service. Il Is undigested food Of the
highest alimentary strength Dallas
News
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27

Il q man really would like TO have
a daily paper from which oil crime
stories are omitted. he can get Il now
10 the Christian Science Monitor That
paper leaves out not only crime but
all news Of human pain and misfor.
tune. There are no accident stories.
Il might On this account be good
apor for young children 10 read
rllculafly IA view OF the fact that
the present a least Il Is kept re.
.arkably clear Of any direct Chris.
liu Science teaching. But the
ronn man who reads The Monitor
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27

There are very few places In the
state Of Oklahoma where liquor may
be legally sold. In very few places
the dispensaries are running but to
no advantage to the state or to the
cause OF temperance. The most earn
est advocates of the Billups bin have
quit urging its benefits,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
WILL ATTEMPT TO BREAK
RECORD MADE BY PAuLHAM,
By Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Rheims, Aug 26.--ln an effort to
break the worlds record for prolonged
flight In an aeroplane. made my Paul.
ham yesterday. Lefrbyre In a Wright
machine with a tank holding ninety
llters Of fuel Will make a flight this
afternoon
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
THREE KILLED IN WRECK
ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

BY Associated Press.
Bakersfield Cal, Aug 25. Two
brakemen and the engineer were kill.
ed when a freight train on the South.
ern Pacific railway was wrecked early
today, on the steep grade near Mo.
iave. The train ran away when the
breaks refused to work
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27

Craig county is suffering a severe
drought Of no small proportions. but
as a matter Of fact will raise more
corn and oats than ever before in
it's history.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27

Now when viii the Commercial club
resume work It Is little use to keep
up the expense Of an organization
without something is accomplished,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-08-27
RAILROAD KING IS
HOME A SICK MAN
Hartman Declares He Has Come
Home For a Cure And Not
For Work.

New Work, Aug. 25.--E H. Harri.
man was resting quietly at his home
at Arden-on.the.Hudson this morning
and had not been disturbed at H.
O'Clock.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-10
Nc. KnOepfIer Coming.

Mr.. }. L. Knoepaer, of the
Louisiana State Board of Agri.
culture and Immigration, accom-
panied by Rev. Louis VOss, will
visit Bayou Sara and st. Fran.
cisville, next Monday.
In a letter TO Chas. Weydert,
Mr.. Knoepher says: "The object
of this trip is TO visit all the Ger.
mans in and around Bayou Sara.
We wish TO gain as much infOr.
nation as we can about these
Germans and also some photo,
graphs of their homes, churches,
fields. etc. We are going TO com,
pile a phamphlet about them in
order to encourage future Ger
man immigration To Louisiana.
These gentlemen will be shown
every courtesy while here, and
will no doubt feel disposed to dc
something to secure desirable
German immigrants for West
Feliciana.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-10
Public Speaking.
coming.

Hon. Frank N. Miller, presi'
dent of the State Game Commits.
sion, and Hon. Amos L. Ponder,
the Commissions attorney,
will speak at the Court House in
St. Francisville, on Tuesday
evening, 8;15 o'clock, The OBJ.
ject of their visit is to acquaint
the people of the parish with the
work of the State Game Com,
mission. Every body is cordial
ly invited to attend. The lee
lures will be illustrated with
stereopticon pictures which will
be of especial interest to the
children.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-10
REGISTRARS Marriage.

a pleasing surprise was the
marriage of David A. Riggs and
Miss Ethel Marks on Friday af.
ternoon, July 2. at the Methodist
parsonage in Baton Rouge, the
Rev. Mr.. Henry officiating. 1t
was a very quiet wedding indeed
the only witnesses being the
brides brother and sister, Mr..
Frank Marks and Miss Belle
Marks, and the bridegroom's cou,
sin, Hon. Fred Grace, state regis
trar. The bride was simply at
tired in a blue lingerie gown, but
as she is a very handsome girl,
illustrated the fact that beauty
unadOrned is adorned the most"
After the ceremony, they came
up to Bayou Sara, remaining un-
til Sunday afternoon, when they
returned to the capital, where
they are guests of his family.
Later, they will go to Vaudeville
where he expects to get a posi-.
ton.
Mr.. Riggs is well.known and
very popular here at the brides
home, being long in the employ
of the Cumberland Telephone
Co., and more recently that of
the JnO. r. Irvine Co. He is a
fine young man, and hosts of
friends join US in wishing him
and his fair bride all happiness.