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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-11

EVERY SUBSCRIBER who is in ar
rears to the Morning Union or Even
ing Statesman will receive a valuable
kitchen utensil by coming to this Of
fce and paying what he owes. This
offer holds good until April Is.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-11
Incipient Blaze,

The fire departments were called to
Second and Birch streets at 11:50
o'clock yesterday morning by a small
Hazc which resulted from defective
aue The flames were eXtinguished
with a garden hose before the depart
ments arrived, and little damage was
done
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-11

The discovery Of tns North Pole. by DR.
Frederick A Cook. flashed ali over ths
world. has only slight bearing on the
accompanying picture, excepting from
the fat that when DR. Cooks story is
told In full it will be learned that dogs
similar to these aided materially In Civ
ing 10 .ameriLa tie long sought for honor
which men OF all nations have' for years
been diligently striving to reach -@
These dogs are called hueGies by the
white men. and nlalamutes" by the In
dams Six OF these dogs are ca FRIED with
THE Alaskan company which comes TO
next week While musk
les are accustomed to intense cold. The
Alaskans dogs are rapidly becoming ac-
oustoined IL this climate In every .ity
where the attraction plays a cool spot is
sought for them
For the last three years-these dogs
under the direction of William Brady
who drives them across the stage SIX
times in the course of each performaAte
given OF The Alaskan carried the
United States mail from Nome Alaska.
to Cnaak HECK a distance of $50 miles
Two weeks were spent in making the trip
and. save for two road houses. every
night was snent in a cold camp a.
Two months ago these dogs were
shipped in a refrigerator car from Seat
tie. Wash. to Chicago. The car was iced
at the beginning of the trip. but the
amount was gradually decreased In order
TO make the change OF temperature more
gradual. Upon their arrival each dog
was clipped Of a. part Of j;.s far TIE
dogs have been suffering a great deal
with the heat. but as soon as the told
weather comes they will be themselves
1gain-so says their driver Brady
They we're .Crr' and raised where the
Temperature IS usually 20 degrees below
zero. They are praised very highly by
Mr.. Brady. for It wess with these same
dogs that he won second prize in the all.
Alaskan sweepstakes for dog teams. This
race WAS more than ESQ mites in length
Many dogs died from the effects of lhe
race after they mad finished it Tie
girls Of the company nahe great pets of
these dogs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-11
JEFF FEELING FINE.

RoWardennan Training Camp,
April 11-Jeffries chopped down
a tree today for an appetizer
! for breakfast and spent the
: forenoon in the gymnasium. He
Planned to do light boxing this
p afternoon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-11
DOGS USED IN THEOALASKAN G
BREED THAT DR.. COOK DROVE

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-11

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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The acquittal of Hattie Leblanc, the
little Canadian girl who has been on
trial for murder in Massachusetts, was
a foregone conclusion The Judge s
charge left the jury practically no
other alternative. The evidence seem
ed to point to a deliberate attempt on
the part of the real murderer TO use
the girl as a scapegoat. But one re-
Election occurs to us as comforting
thought as we follow such case
from day to day in the newspapers. 1t
is the exceptional which constitutes
news So long as the newspapers
feature such facts as those in the Le-
Blanc case, it is our evidence that
honesty, chastity and kindness are the
rule, and that humanity is sound at
the core.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16
SHER|FFS WILL URGE FEE
AND SALARY AMENDMEN

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. IA
Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs from thirt'
five counties are in session at the Lee
Huckins hotel in an effort to draft
bill which shall amend the fees an
salary bill in such a way as to permf
sheriffs to pay deputies better salaries
The bill is to be presented to the le!
islators at the regular session.
E. A. Pierce, sheriff from PottawS
tonne county is president pro tenn q
the meeting in the absence of Pred
dent George Noble of LeFlore countj
who is detained because of illness.
c. Carter of Tillman county is secrl
tary.
The convention worked Tuesday 0
a section of the bill providing -
deputies shall secure fees in misdi
meanor cases, whether defendants al
convicted or not.
Following are the names of tn
sheriffs who have registered: F. I
Carter, Tillman county; E. A. Pierc,
Pottawatomie; William Ellis, Puss
mataha; Charles Worley, Garyil
George D. Walker, Grant; Geora
White, McLain; Sam Campbell, Ga
field; William Gates, Stephens; M. \
Tate, Kingfisher; Jesse Phillip.
Atoka; ]. M. King, Hughes; Jir
vans, Roger Mills; M. B. Lauthai
Grady; John Harrison, Pittsburg
Clipper Hamilton, Bryan; Buck ca
rett, Carter; B. R. Rayburne, GarviD
Tom Smith, Pontotoc; Jack Spain, ON
lahoma; j. e. Long, Wagner; ]. I
Murphy, Coal; S. E. Southerlant
Blaine; Jasper Nelson, Greer; John +
Bailey, Jackson; G. H. Cope, Bee
ham; R. w. Murphy, Logan, G. G. Vii
cent, McLain; Fred Lawrence, LsA
mer; Barney Davis, Custer; ]. w. IN
Cune. Mcintosh; ]. L. McGeh@
Noble; Clyde Smith, Kingfisher; Jof
c. Lewis, Grady; c. C. Marshall, Paa
nee; D. J. Tatum, Pittsburg; l. ]
Sales, Cleveland; John Malone,
Logan, and A. C. Nicewander, Nobt
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

President Taft is said to be some
what disgusted with the people for
paying so much attention to the men
suggested for supreme court vacancies.
The supreme court of late has become
the dominant factor in the conserva.
tive resistance to proposals for reform
Under its Interpretation, the constitu-
tion has been erected into an almost
insuperable barrier to the popular will
We are inclined to lay the blame on the
court rather than on the constitution;
and believe that the president should
appoint judges with bias in favor OF
progressive ideas and popular govern
ment.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The majority of the Ballinger-Pin-
chot investigating committee has plas-
tered the secretary over with such a
coat of white wash that his friends
won't know him. No more than we
expected. The committee was appoint
ed with that end in view. Except for
the influence the investigation may
have on public sentiment, the whole
thing has been a useless and expensive
farce Now let Ballinger get out, and
Taft appoint some man to his place
whose honesty won't need to be certi-
fled.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Toronto, Canada used to be the
model town of the western universe
from morality standpoint. You
couldn't hardly get a job as a street
cleaner without certificate of church
membership. Loyal Torontonians us
ed to brag of their city in terms which
would lead some people to think that
they were hearing about the New Jeru-
salem But recent advices from the
Canadian shore indicate that Toronto
is rapidly becoming civilized. The
local street railway company put on
PAY as you enter cars" and Toronto
smashed them. Yes, iterally-smash-
ed them. Hurrah for Toronto! Next
news we expect to hear is that the
twentieth century has been discovered
up there.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The action of the senate location
committee at Oklahoma City, in de-
claring for adjournment of the special
session unless a satisfactory guaran-
tee for capitol building is immediate
ly forthcoming, is a most encouraging
sign. The legislators are beginning to
stand up to the governor, as the SUI
preme court did. If the spirit of revolt
spreads, the despotism of Haskell in
Oklahoma may yet give place to a
genuinely republican government.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16
CONTRACTOR SHON1RD'S
HOME BURGLARIzEO
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
John Shonard a contractor, who
lives at No. 421 North Wilson street
had his house burglarized last night
but is chuckling this morning over the
fact that when he went to bed he had
only a dime in his clothes.
Mrs. Shonard woke up during the
night and saw light in an adjoining
room She supposed that her son had
just come in but when she didn't hear
him moving around, she investigated,
and found him fast asleep. Mr.. Shon-
ard, when awakened by his wife, found
that his clothes had been taken from
the bedroom into the adjoining room
and the pockets rified
Nothing of value was missing ex-
cept the dime. Mr.. Shonard followed
the trail of the burglar to the door
thinking he might possibly have drop
ped the ten cents, but he was a bur
gla- of the kind who kept whatever
he got, and Mr.. Shonard's search was
unavailing. He is thinking of offer
ing a reward for the return of that
dime and no questions asked.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16
Putnam Interests Submit Bond for 1910, OOO--
Proposition 1900 Acres and Promise of Free
Building---May SerUe to Prevent Deadlock
--Many Senators Will Oppose Putnam
Site Euen With Bond on Account of
of Distance.

and accessible to the people or non,
at ALL" said he. /.
Ell Reno made proposition to bot
houses yesterday to furnish 300 acre.
in the heart of the city, 200 acres al
joining the city, a twenty acre trad
as a capitol site and 100000 ~
bonus, and to put up bond of 500
900 that the land donated will yiep
the state $1,5O0,OO0 within two year,
The following joint committee wa
named to prepare for the inauguratioi
of Governor-Elect Lee Cruce: Senate
Goulding, Thomas, Williams, Nc
Mechan, Newell, Colville and Potter
house, Barnett, Miller of Muskogee
Edwards, Rexroat, SheareT and Cam
bell.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
has been enthusiastically vindicated
by the republican majority of the COM
mittee of inquiry, and quite as en-
phatically condemned by the demo
cratic minority of the same body. An
independent report presented by Rep
.resentative Madison, republican
from Kansas, was also submitted. 1t
lis unfavorable to Mr. Ballinger. 1t is
now UP to congress to decide which
view of the secretary it desires to ac-
cept
The public, having long ago made
up its mind on the case, is not likely
to be aroused to a state of great ex-
citement by this outcome of the in
quiry. Mr.. Ballinger says that he will
not resign, and it is not likely that
the republican majority in congress
will join in forcing his removal. The
whole matter has therefore resolved
itself into a question of political ex
pediency, and the president evidently
feels that he can afford to take what
ever risks are involved in waiting fol
the possible future vindication of his
much criticised secretary.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Kansas City, Kansas has commits
sion form of government The politi-
clans have found they cannot boss the
present mayor and commissioners, and
are planning to elect their own candi-
dates next spring There was good
deal of sense in Pope's maxim What
e'er is best administered, is best" And
efficiency of administration depends
on whether the administration ARA
on whether honest men or politicians
choose the administrative officials,
Eternal vigilance is the price of hon
est government. The politicians are
on the job twelve months in the year
When the people quit playing at poll
tics, and work at it as the politicians
do. good government will be in sight
Until then we shall be at the mercy
of the boss" no matter what form of
government is prescribed by law
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The drouth in the southwest is be-
coming serious. In southwest Texas
and eastern New Mexico, cattle have
been on full feed since October l. The
pastures are as bare as Wilson street
and feed is being shipped from Okla
homa to these southwestern ranches.
Unless abundant rains come soon
there will be a tremendous loss of cat
tie by starvation in southwestern
Texas
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The decision Of Secretary Knox to
return Porter Charlton, who murdered
his wife in Italy, to that country for
trial, will be almost universally ap-
proved by thoughtful Americans. 1t
was claimed that he ought not to be
surrendered because Italy refuses to
surrender Italian subjects who have
committed crimes in America and es-
capped home But under Italian law,
the criminal can be punished in Italy
for the crime committed in America.
There is no such provision in our law,
and Charlton if not surrendered to
Italy. would have gone scot free.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The growth of population in Okla
homa for the next decade will be large
.ly in the country That does not nee
.essarily mean that the towns and cities
of this new state are not to continue
to grow, but the country is to be de
veloped and only a meager per cent of
its fine agricultural lands are under
the plow The next decade will see a
family upon every available farm in
the state and with such settlement and
development will come a growth that
will again lead all the states.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Good business" said Woodrow Viii
son at Chicago last night. rests on
the community's interests" That
sounds strangely to our modern ears,
doesn't it? But that is only one of the
elementary principles of ethics which
have been well nigh trampled to
death in our mad rush for the dollar.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The Oklahoman evidently forgets
that it promised for Oklahoma City a
free capital building to cost one mil
lion dollars. The deadly parallel
would be a good thing for the papers of
the state to print at this time. Okla
homa City offered the capital free to
taxpayers of the state and everybody
but the Oklahoman knows it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Early Christmas holiday shopping
seems to be the order this year
throughout the country The matter
has been taken up in the large cities
and has spread over the country The
rush of holiday shopping has been an
awful strain upon trades people as
well as those who purchase. Don't
wait until the last moment to do your
Christmas buying but do it now.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Whether the capital is located per-
manently and the matter forever set
tied or not, ct this session of the state
legislature the people of the state
know that there has been a terrible
shaking up and unnecessary turmoil
and all is ehargable to the unwarrant-
ed and unusual action of Governor
Haskell.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16
COLLEGE FARCE PROVES TOt
Be REAL LAUGH PRODUCE

A college farce" proclaimed the az
vertisements of "My Cinderella Girl
which was presented at the Auditori1f
last night and a rich riproaring fans
was what the patrons saw and hearS
AS laugh producer last nights az
traction has had few equals in Vinisx
Notwithstanding the adverse criticiSI.
of the erudite dramatic critics of th'
Muskogee papers. OF course tha'
were those present, who thought H.
show was fruit of the sour variety bT
to those who attended expecting -
see jovial college frolic, the shGb,
was all to the good William Norrfq
as Tom Harrington, the captain 8
the Siwash college baseball team, wa
the best fun maker of the present sea
son at the Auditorium. His humoroT
white lies" used to extricate fgoR
various ludicrous situations in Whlcl
he found himself, was appreciated Dl
the fair sized audience. All Of lhS
other characters we'll portrayed th{
fun side of life in many of the colleges
OF course the situations had to- p
overdrawn to make them so funny px
as no plot was attempted and thssl
merits of the show were based euare
ly upon the comical situations, -
Chieftain pronounces it a spl -
farce, we'll presented.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Oklahoma, City, OKLA, Dec. A.
Senator Roddie introduced resolu-
ton this morning In the senate pro
viding that the capitol building be To-
Gated on the site offered by l. NJ. Put.
nam, who submitted bond of 1870,
900. BY this proposition the state is
offered sixteen hundred acres with a
promise of building to cost 81, ,500,0 ,00O
to be erected free of cost to the state
This proposition was sent to the cap
itol committee with instructions that
they report this afternoon
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Many people just now have grave
misgivings as to what Governor Has
kell will do after he goes out of office
whether he will continue to give trou
BILE or not. These solicitous souls
should possess themselves in peace
The time will come in few days and
Lee Cruce will be governor of Okla
homa, not only in name but in fact
it is hoped.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The refusal of railroad engineers
to arbitrate their demand for increas-
ed wages, puts them clearly in the
wrong. When one side in a labor dis
pute is willing to arbitrate, there ought
to be authority somewhere to compel
the other to agree. The public stands
to lose by a strike, especially a big
railroad strike, which ever side wins.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

We are believers in states rights,
bat when a North Carolina judge de-
clares the federal law against the
white slave traaic an unconstitutional
interference with states rights" We
think the principle IS stretched to the
limitand q little beyond
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Chicago fathers object to their boys
being taught to sew. When our trou-
sers buttons have torn loose, with no
female friend at hand to relieve our
distress, we have wished we had learn
ed to WELD the weapons of the seam
stress.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

A southern democrat appointed chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States by a republican presi
dent who halls from Ohio. The millen-
mum must have come in without our
noticing its arrival
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Theater-goers will see a show at the
Auditorium tonight that seldom comes
to as small a city as Vinita. This is
the smallest place in the itinery of Ok
lahoma that "My Cinderella Girl" will
show. 1t is one of the best shows on
the road
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The state legislature may now say
with Bob Meigs of Tahlequah. who
once in the old Cherokee council at
the hour of adjournment after stormy
and fruitless session said: Gentle:
men we have done our duty, we have
washed our hands in the clear streams,
We have done nothing"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The United States senate has found
Senator Lorimer of Illinois innocent
of the charges made against him. This
may have been intended as rebuke
to Col. Roosevelt for refusing to dine
at the same board with the senator
who was then under charges. But
Ballinger was also found to be inno-
cent.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

1t is now promised that President
Taft will announce his supreme court
appointment Monday We hope SO
This supreme court business is getting
almost as monotonous as the late la
menter Elkins-Abruzzi incident.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

In the opinion of the Chieftain no
particular blame should attach to
County Attorney Brady on account of
the failure of the indictments in the
liquor cases at this term of court. A
law that has not the backing of a
healthy public sentiment is generally
a dead letter any way
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Just now while nearly every city in
this state is suffering more or less on
account of water famine. Vinita has
an abundance of good water. not river
water, but the finest of artesian water
from more than 500 feet below the sur
face AS an asset the unlimited water
supply here can scarcely be estimated
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The offer to let other towns into
the capital location contest did not
meet with single response. There
was no sense in the proposition to be-
gin with.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Our prophecy is that unless Putnam
City is selected for the state capital,
Governor Haskell will not allow the
LEGISLATURE to select a site. He said
he was in the fight to a finish and
there is abundant evidence Of it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The United States senate has at
last discovered that the people wish
TO elect their own senators. 1t seems
probable that constitutional amend
ment providing for direct election OF
senators will soon be submitted to the
state for ratification. The world is
moving, friends.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The construction of fire escapes for
the old wooden building. known as the
public school is so apparent as to
hardly need mentioning. but a fire
would mean the death of a number Of
children.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

Putnam City seems to be in the
down and out class. It's beginning of
the end for Charles Napoleon Haskell.
He may come back from Elba, for a
little while. but it will be only to meet
Waterloo
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The report of the chief mine in
spector of Oklahoma shows a daily
production Of crude oil of 135,000 bar
rels. There are ten oil refineries using
10000 barrels day Not bad show
ing for a state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

And now a photographer claims TO
be able TO photograph the voice. Let
US hope that the art will be speedily
and widely put into practice. Perhaps
photograph would cure some would
be singers who have been imprevious
70 every other kind of hint.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

SO far as is known the upper house
of the state legislature have the best
of it. That is TO say the upper house
voices the sentiment of the people of
the state to greater degree than does
the lower house.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

The Tulsa World contains an ac-
count of raid on hotel in that city
which had been selling liquors. The
reporter must have been dreaming.
They don't sell liquor in Oklahoma.
There is a law against it,