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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
PRAIRIE CHICKEN SOON TO
Be EXTINCT IN OKLAHOMA

Guthrie Okla, Oct. 3.-Hunters of
prairie chickens in Oklahoma this sea-
son report they are diminishing rapid
ly in numbers. Like the buffalo, the
prairie chickens in the southwestern
prairies do not seem able to with
stand the advance of civilization. This
is due not merely to their being ruth
lessly slaughtered, but to their in
stinct to seek unsettled regions adapt
edato their habits.
Four or five years ago chickens were
abundant in western Oklahoma coun-
ties bordering on the Panhandle OF
Texas, beginning in Beckham county
and running north to the Kansas line
The chicken did not range east of this
western tier of counties, save in Wood
ward and Woods counties. The few
remaining chickens are found now in
Harper, western Woodward, Ellis and
northern Roger Mills, with scattering
punches in what once was mo Mans
Land" now composed of the counties
Of Beaver, Tex, and Cimarron. Across
the line, in the Texas Panhandle, is a
good chicken range.
Chickens We're SO numerous In Ellis
county four years ago that late in the
fall it was not uncommon to see 200
and 300 prairie chickens fly over the
town Of Grand. Out In the thinly set
tied country prairie chickens were q
pest. The few farmers were delighted
when hunters appeared and encour
aged the shooting of the hardy birds
that were deyasting their meagre
crops Often 400 and 500 chickens
would rise from a single small field
Notwithstanding its stringent game
laws, enacted since statehood, Okla
homa has been unable to protect its
prairie chickens. The tragedy has beer
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
MARTIAL LAW IN
WISCONSIN TOWN
Every Able Bodied Man In Neighbor-
hood Sworn in as Deputy TO
Help Protect Village.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
Winter, Wis, Oct. 3.-This town is
under martial law, following the fight
Saturday between Sneriff Madden,
with two deputies, and the two sons
and daughter of John Dietz.
All roads leading into town are
guarded by men armed with rifles,
fearing an attack from Dietz. for the
shooting of his three children.
Saturday the sheriff started for
Dietz's cabin, at Cameron Dam. to
arrest him for shooting a man Sep
tember 7th. On the way he passed
the Dietz children driving into town
When he asked them to stop they
fired on him. The sheriff's men re-
turned the fire and all three children
were wounded. The girl and the older
brother were arrested. The other es-
capped. Dietz has treatened to come
in and shoot up the town. Every able
bodied man in the neighborhood has
been sworn in as deputy to protect
the village.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03

ations In his tour Of the west were
sincere. although wholly different
from his former official conduct"
After further giving his opinion OF
the ex-president as public man the
governor concludes:
with these views can not in JUS
tice to the good people of Arkansas
nor to myself, even in a small way, put
myself in a position of approving
either Colonel Roosevelt or his poll
cies, as | believe them to be. There
IFS always a possibility Of mistaken
Judgment in every human being, and
II later developments prove that do
now misjudge Colonel Roosevelt
shall certainly concede my error, but
until have reached other conclusions
! would not stand upon a platform
with Colonel Roosevelt in the pres
|ence of the good people of Arkansas
|if ! am required in SO doing to as.
|sume an attitude Of approval Of either
Colonel Roosevelt's official miseon
duct Of the past or his attempt to de-
ceIsse the people in the present.
The letter is free from reference te
the recently disposed OF Muskogee
town lot cases.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
NO PROSECUTIONS UNDER
CORPORATION TAX LAW YET

Guthrie, Okla, Oct There win
be no prosecutions by the state cor
poration commission against the 5000
corporations operating IN this state,
until it is certain the concerns are
deliberately trying to evade the pay
ment Of the capital stock license tax,
which amounts to SOC per $1,000 an
nually for domestic concerns and 81
per l.Jv0 for Ioreign.
The sixty days grace allowed by the
corporation commission in which to
pay the tax expired today and less
than one-third of the corporations had
paid. It is generally believed another
extension viii be granted. If the tax
is not paid the penalty is forfeiture
of charter.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
MAN FOUND SERIOUSLY I'LL
DIES At COUNTY JAIL

John coyne, who was found i'll. near
the Green hotel late yesterday and
taken to the county jail, died last
nisht stttSi an nIuess UI seYeIui hours.
The cause, of the death was appar-
emily kind Of cholera morbus, result
ing, according to the statement Of
Coyne, before his death, from eating
a lot Of green apples. Coyne had no
money and said he had become SO
hungry that he had eaten a number Of
apples from an orchard near town
and that they had made him sick. He
has no relatives in this country ex-
cept an uncle in Idaho The remains
probably will be buried IN the Potter's
field.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
MAY YET HAVE CHANCE
TO ADOPT RUSSELL PLAN

Guthrie. Okla. Oct. S.--While Guth.
rie and Oklahoma city are waiting for
the state supreme court decision on
the capital location, the New Jeru-
salem" bin Of Campbell Russell viii
be submitted to voters at the gem.
eraI election November g. This bill
provides for the purchase Of large
tract Of land within fifty miles Of the
states geographical center. From the
proceeds Of the sale OF lots, Russell
would bulls an ideal capital city, al
Of the public utilities to be owned and
operated By the municipality
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
Hobson Returns to Court.

Ed Hobson arrived in the city last
night from Atlantic City, N. J., to ap
pear In the district court here. Hob
son was charged with completely il
the forgery Of check npon Dan
Myers. for which young man named
Kelly was convicted at the iasNttern
of the district court and who is now
serving his time in the penitentiary al
McAlester Both Hobson and Kelly
were chaeifeurs and Hobson says thai
is the only acquaintance he ever had
with Kelly.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
Town Entirely Destroyed.

Enid, Okla, Oct S.-The town Of
Jet, thirty miles west Of here on the
Sana re. is reported as entirely de-
stroyed By fire Sunday afternoon. A
call for help was sent here, but there
being no extra engine here no relief
could be sent. 1t is Impossible to OBJ
tain any Information snis evening as
to the loss but it will undoubtedly
reach $4,000
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
OF VICTIMS
4 CANNOT Be FOUND
Seventeen Men Now Under Arrest on
Suspicion of Participating IN
Placing Of Bomb.
BY Associated Press.

Dy ASbOCldtCO ElShc.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. s.--It is
doubtful If the bodies of the victims
of the explosion Saturday in the Times
building will be recovered. It is be-
|lieyed they were consumed by the
flames.
The police believe that the five
men seen about the premises, we're
directly concerned in the placing of
the bomb that wrecked the building
and in constructing the time bomb,
found under the zeehandelaar home
and the internal machine. found at the
residence Of General Otis.
To assist in running down the
|dynamiters, the city council today au-
thorized the appointment Of forty ad.
IditionaI policemen, ten sergeants and
a lieutenant. The reward probably
will be ten thousand dollars Tor each
LOT the dynamiters.
Seventeen men are now in the city
liail. suspected of having part in the
crime.
The best clew so far came from the
giant power company in San Francisco
saying that three men recently pur-
chased there five hundred pounds Of
explosive, similar to that found in the
internal machine at the zeehandeIaar
home.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
BOOKER +, ENTERTAINED
BY KING or DENMARK
By Associated Press.

Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct, 81.
King Frederick today received Booker
n. Washington and eonversed at
length with him on the subject Of the
negro race. Later, as the guest oi
leading Danes. Washington motored
to Roskille, the old time capital
where he visited the school and had
luncheon. Tonight he will dine at
the palace. meeting members of the
royal family, including the queen
mother, AIexanderia. the widow Of the
late King Edward Of England.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
HASKELL DECLINES To
SFRvF IN COMMITTEE

Oklahoma Governor Tells Why He Doesn't
Care to Welcome Roosevelt at Hot Springs
Says Teddy Only Seeks Qualification of
His ,,Own Personal Ambition Believes
Hts Opinion of the Colonel is Free
from Prejudice : Although He
Doubts, He Hopes for Sincerity
mo Mention of Town
Lot Cases.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03

Miss Jessie Fatten is expected here
tomorrow from Grove. for visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F, P. Pat
ten.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-03
DEMOCRATIC DAY
TUESDAY AT FAIR

Festivities festivities Z. STATE state Fair Tuesday Ex
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-28
PLANNED
EAST OF RAPID CITY
STATE ENGINEERS WORKING ON
100000 PROJECT-TUN.
Mel PROPOSED FOR
CLARK COUNTY.
Pierre, S. D.-The diversity OF

Pierre, S. D.-The diversity of
character of South Dakota is shown
in two large projects which are TAX
ing up the time Of the State Engin-
eer Lea at the present. One of these
is in Clark county, and covers a
large drainage project, which will
cost yer 100000. The ditch will at
one place be thirty feet in depth. and
will drain a large area of swamp land
when it is completed. The commits
sioners of that county a few days ago
opened bids for the work, but on ac-
count of the figures submitted, have
decided to call for new bids. Since
that time the engineer has been MAX
ing estimates on a tunnel lined with
reinforced concrete to take the place
of the deepest portion of the ditch.
The tunnel will be more costly in
construction, but a ditch of that
width, with the necessary ground for
disposal of the earth taken out will
mean the taking up of a wide strip
of ground, and one land owner is
asking $500 for the right of way
wanted. The tunnel plan would elm
mate this expense, and would allow
the use of the land for agriculture,
which would be taken by the open
ditch.
The other project on which he is
working is an irrigation plan for the
country east of Rapid City, which will
mean the expenditure of practically
100000 before it is completed. 1t
will mean the storage Of the waters Of
Rapid Creek, but all want it in the
it is not needed for irrigation, and
holding them until they are needed.
It will take a ditch twenty-five miles
in length to carry the water to the
proposed storage reservoir, and would
mean the irrigation of thousands of
acres Of land now given over to graz
ing. and largely increase the popula-
ton of Pennington county. At pres
ent there are numerous private IT.
rigating bitches taking water from
Rapid Crekk, but all want it in the
months of crop growing, and those
on the upper reaches of the stream
get what they want and those lower
down get what they can. In the
months when the water is not need
ed for the crops, it goes to waste.
The new plan would mean the storage
Of the water in these months, and to
hold It ready for use ell along the
territory included. when 1t Is really
needed for making a crop.
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1000 INDIANS N
CATHOLIC MEETING
r
-
THIiSTY.SIX ST. JOSEPH AND ST.
MARY SOCIETIES TURN OVER
$4,000 TO BISHOP BUSCH
OF LEAD.

Pierre, S. D.-Bishop Busch, the
newly appointed Catholic bishop for
the territory west of the Missouri
river, in South Dakota, held an In
dian congress of his charges anon
the red men, at Cheyenne River
Agency, and 1t was attended by rep
res%entatives from every Indian re-
%servation j nthe state. The attend
ance reached fully two thousand, and
the congregations were as attentive
to the sermons and church work as
any could have been. Beside Bishop
Busch, the missionary priests who
We're present and took a part, Rever-
end Fathers Lindebner, Of Pine
Ridge; Grote of Rosebud, Ambrose of
Grow Creek and Bede of Standing
Rock.
The reports made by the heads of
the societies Of the church among
the Indians showed thirty-six st. JOS
eph societies and the same number of
st. Mary societies, which two turned
over $3.50 to the Bishop to aid in his
work. At the meeting there were nine
teen persons baptized, and seventy
seven confirmed.
Resolutions were adopted for a
committee of two from each society
to find out what could be done for the
benefit of the societies; giving to the
Crow Creek Indians all the rights in
the sessions of the congress, as those
which are located on the west side Of
the river; and the selection of Sam
Charger, as a delegate to the general
meeting of the federation of Catholic
Societies of America, which is to be
held in New Orleans late this fall.
The next meeting of the congress
will be held at Pine Ridge.
Pierre, 8. D.-The E~piscopalians of
Fort Pierre are arranging for the
building of a church to cost $4,000
at that place.
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CHINESE P%HEASANTS'
TO Be INTRODUCE
STATE GAME WARDEN WILL DIE.
TRIBUTE THEM JUST AS SOON
AS HIS $4,000 FUND Is
AVAILABLE.

Pierre, S. D.-State Game Warden
Bancroft is in some difficulty through
the fact that under the operation OF
the law some $1,000 has accumu-
lated in the game fund which he can
% spend, for the reason that the
act does not make a specific APP
preparation of it. The fund is larger
than 1t was anticipated would be
derived from the fees provided and
ONE of it might be expended to
good advantage. For instance, the
law provides the warden may intro
duce Chinese pheasants and other
game birds into the state and he
made preparations to do So, but can
no use a penny of the fund for the
purpose. Howevr, he has his plans
complete and is awaiting the neces-
sary legislative permission to carry
them out the coming spring. He will
start with 100 pairs Of %hpeasants
which he obtains from Washington
and Oregon and these he will place
with; responsible persons in each
county, who have agreed to take the
birds and care for them without ex-
pense and at the proper time turn
the chicks into the open.
DR.. Zetlitz. of Sioux Falls, has
been breeding the p%heasants for
some time and they are thriving and
are now occasionally seen along the
streams of the lower Sioux. Frank L.
Bramble, of Watertown, has several
covies of them but he keeps them in
confinement. Warden Bancroft says
he is satisfied that they are we'll
adapted to Dur climate and conditions
and will readily be propogated SO
that with the continuance Of ade:
quate protection they will soon pro-
vide the state with a very gamy bird.
Mr.. Bancroft is also investigating the
Hungarian partridge as a possible Inn
p~ortation as an addition to the game
bird Of the state.
The question whether or not a
sage hen is a prairie chicken within
the meaning of the law is agitating
tho warden's department. II 80, the
bird is protected and the warden
takes the view Of it that 1t is. In a
large section Of the northwest por-
ton Of the state the sage hen abounds
Ia large numbers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-28
EXPLODING GASOLINE
STARTS BIG BLAZE
FIRE IN OIL SHED OF HARu,
WARE STORE QUENCHED
by QUICK RESPONSE
OF DEPARTMENT.

Shortly after ten O'Clock last even
ing the fire department was called
out to quench a fierce blaze which
had originated in q gasoline storage
shed in the rear of the hardware
store of Peterson & Hoist. Only the
absence of a strong wind and the
quick response Of the tiremen pre-
vented a blaze which might have
wrought immense damage, as the
dry conditions OF roofs and buildings
and the danger from teh burning oil
put things in a very %precarious con-
dition. AS it was the damage will
probably no exceed 500. More harm
was done to the stock in the rear of
the alley entrance by water than by
fire. No insurance was carried.
According to statements made at
the time of the fire by George L..
Peterson, a clerk in the hardware
store, to members of the city police
and several bystanders, he was In
the oil shed drawing some gasoline
for his automobile which stood in
the alley, when he struck a match to
ascertain the amount in the tank.
Immediately there was a flash and
explosion and the shed was afre.
The small gasoline tank which was
being filled was hurled across the
alley about 80 feet. The blaze was
communicated by the exploding oil
to the frame structure where a con-
siderable amount of goods were
stored. Here water quenched the
flames after a short fight.
This morning H. A. Peterson, one
Of the proprietors, stated that the
fire had originated in the Oil shed
and from there spread to the rest Of
the property. He thought that unless
the stock was unduly dmaged by
water the loss would be covered by
$1es.
The glare of the flames attracted a
large number of people who were
still on the streets. The quick re-
Spouse OF the fire department of the
fire department to the alarm was
commended, in view Of the danger to
which the business section was ex-
posed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-28
meteor |LLUM|NES
STARRY HEAVENS
METEOR FLASHES ACROSS SKY
MONDAY EVENING, ACCOM-.
PANIED BY GLARE AND.
SOUND OF CONCLUSION.

Flashing across the heavens from
a position near the zenith to the hor-
lion in the northwest, many obsery-
ers of the skies Monday evening
shortly after ten saw what is beliey-
ed to be a meteor. The heavenly
body was apparently much larger
in size than an ordinary shooting or
falling star and diffused a bright
light which Illuminated the earth
very brilliantly.
After traversing part of the dis
lance from the zenith to the horizon
the meteor seemed to divide in much
the same manner as an ordinary
Fourth Of July rocket and several
small parts fell to the earth in north
west. At the same time this division
of the body occurred a noise was
heard corresponding very much to the
sound of a cannon being DISCHARGED
a number of miles away. The glow
which had Illuminated the heavens
during the passage of the meteor con-
tinued for about a minute, making
the occurrence of the phenomenon
doubly strange.
According to scientists falling stars
or meteors are caused by the passage
of heavy metallic or earthly bodies
through the atmosphere which en-
velopes the earth, the body taking
fire from the friction caused by con-
tact with the air particles. Meteors
have been found imbedded in the
earth shortly after their fall and they
have been found in a semi-molten
state, caused by the intense heat to
which they we're subjected during
their passage through the air which
surrounds the earth. The sounds
which were heard may have been the
conclusion with the earth or the ex-
plosion of the meteor itself.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-28

FOR SALE-Family horse and
surrey. Address lock box numbe,
ATT.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-28
ON RANGES
FORCES THE MARKET
BELLE FOURCHE MAN SAYS THE
RANCHMEN WILL SACRIFICE
STOCK BECAUSE GRASS
HAS BEEN KILLED.

Omaha, Melon account of the
long continued dry weather and the
intense heat that has prevailed since
early in June, conditions on the
stock ranges of western Nebraska,
Dakota and eastern Montana are be-
coming alarming. Although cattle
and sheep have not commenced to
die Of starvation on account of the
shortage of pasture, cattlemen and
foe masters look upon the situation
as being the most critical in years.
j. B. Welton, of Belle Fourche, S.
D., n of the leading cattle growers
in the western portion of the state,
has been in Omaha several days, and
speaking Of conditions in his section
of the country, which is right in the
heart of the range said:
"Stockmen in our section of ths
country are going to make their ship
ments early, not because the cattle
are in good condition and ready for
market, but because there is no
longer any grass on the range, it hav-
ing dried up and become as deaCland
brown as ordinarily in November.
THE railroad companies have
been asked to set in 500 cars at Belle
Fourche this month, with large num-
bers every day thereafter until we
can get our cattle and sheep to mark
ct. On account of the long drouth
We fear the winter supply of feed
on the range will be unusually ligh..
Elm portions of the range country
there has been a scourge of grass.
hoppers that have eaten most Of the
grass and verdure. The dry weather
has permitted of their Matching and
hundreds Of miles of range has been
swept bare by the insects.
"Some of our people have appeal.
ed to Secretary Wilson asking that
they be permitted to run their herds
and docks in the forest reserves
which, being high in the mountains,
have not been so badly affected by the
drouth. The request has been grant.
ed, but comparatively the eserve are
so small that this will afford but
temporary relief.
Conditions are the worst that they
have been since the west became 8
stock country, and Indications are
that people who during the mex
year eat prime beef or mutton vii
pay much more for the same than a
the present time"
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Mr.. and Mrs. Bernie Brennan came
up from Sioux City Tuesday for the
purpose OF seeing John Brennan. who
Is confined In the county Jail on the
charge Of petty larceny.
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ing supplle.. We lead in cheap prices.
The Brunswick Bake Collender Co.
t26, 42S. $50, 3rd ST. south. Mime
apolis, MINI.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-28
THIS Is THE YEAR

that shows the difference betweea
good farming and poor farming. Yea
can make and save money by studytnE
the causes for success Of our mos
prosperous farmers and applying IL
results Of their experience to your own
farm operations. The Dakota Farmero a
Aberdeen, s. D., makes q business e
seeking out and analyzing these causes
and presenting the results to its RESI-
ers. Thousands Of farmers have four
in the columns Of this great paper -
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FOR sALE.-white Shetland
pony of best disposition a reason
able price.-Mrs. George H. Barber,
Hawarden, Iowa.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

FOR Observation-Disclosures. 16O-
acre REIMBURSEMENT, IL miles from
Faith, Meade county, all plow land
$500 will buy it for short time. Krog
& schoenberger. Brushie. s. D.
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FOR sALD-0n easy payments,
bar fixtures. new and second hand
Billiards and pool tables, and bowl
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FOR sALE-One good young driv-
ing horse and one brood SOW coming
in soon. Address 8 8 care Republic
can.