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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last Night
Railroad Bonus Was Con.
sdered.

The regular meeting OF the Com.
mercial club was held last night with
fair attendance. More town boost.
ers than large property owners were
in attendance as usual. The railroad
bonus was swelled by reports from
members who went out yesterday and
secured many bonus notes Saturday
night there will be another mass
meeting, The bonus is going to be
raised and the railroad viii be built is
the general sentiment. There are few
who openly refuse to contribute and
the town seems to be thoroughly
awake to the Importance OF the situa.
tion.
Those who have not signed notes for
this road should not delay. An east
and west road from Denver TO Mem
phis passing through Chelsea and
Adair or Big Cabin would make Il
mighty rich.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
CLAWS CONTINUES TO
TESTIFY AGAINST BALLlNGER

BY Associated Press.
Washington, d. c., Jan 2s.-Louis
r. CLAWS, today, continued his testl
mony against Ballinger. before the
congressional investigating committee
CLAWS declared that despite the fact
that he was directed by Ballinger
commissioner Of land Offices in 1907
TO make a complete and thorough ex.
animation of all Alaskan coal land
cases, sparing no one. the Cunning
ham claims were ordered "clean list
ed for patent, less than month
thereafter On his protest by wire
and mail, CLAWS said. the clear list
ed" was revoked
At the opening Of the afternoon ses
sion, Attorney Grant Brands offered
in evidence the journal Of Clarence
Cunningham. OF Wallace, Idaho, agent
in all the Cunningham claims. which
contained this entry. Have agreed
with W. 3. Hepburn In consideration
for his services as attorney to carry
him for one claim Of one hundred and
sixty acres In the coal lands, free oi
cost TO him and he agrees to do all
our legal work In procuring titles
etc
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
WAGON PLuNeEs OVER
PREclPlcE, KILLING TWO.

Dalhart. Tex. Jan. q. - Plunging
down a hundred feet 70 the bottom Of
Blanco Canyon, and then to be burned
TO crisp with her baby, amid the
debris Of the wagon. that contained all
her household goods, was the fate Of
Mrs. S. r. Break. a widow, near the
plainstown of Flaydada, yesterday,
Mrs. Break was moving across the
country IN heavy wagon The
horses became frightened and backed
over the precipce As the wagon
turned over and over IN the descent
a stove in the outfit set fire TO the
goods and a can OF gasoline was ignit-
ed ana exploded
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
BossLEp HIT BY ENGINE
AND NOBODY KILLED
~ Assoclated 20.

Hy AssOclAted FreHb.
Andover. O.. Jan 2s.-A bobsled
carrying twenty school children, was
struck by a fast Lake Shore & Michi.
gan Southern passenger train, today
and carried two hundred feet on the
pilot OF the engine, until Il was brush
ed Off by an engine standing on a
side track. Not one child was killed
and none are thought 70 be seriously
hurt.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
soLDANl ON MEAT BOYCOTT.

Senator soldani is quoted in the
Guthrie Leader with a sensible sug-
gestion or two anent the meat boy
colt. He says:
Every time l see one of those ar
ticles about abstaining from meat and
relating how they the going to beat
down the price of foodI think OF the
steers back on the ranch; of the sixty
cent corn l have been feeding them,
and that's not ALI either" said sena.
tor Sylvester Soldani, who. with his
brother, is among the best known cat.
tlemen in the great Usage cattle coun.
try, to a Leader representative. More
than likely some Of those members
OF the meat abstinence clubs sell some
farmers family some at price thrice
what we paid for the same five years
ago.
And the ridiculous part Of the bust
ness is that the people are plugging
for the very meat trust they are sup
posed to be assailing. The big pack
ers with their cold storage houses
loaded to the doors with choice cuts
of meat can we'll afford to see a meat
abstinence society formed. When the
surplus supply Is gone and the peo
pie 20 out to get meat they will find
the small dealer went broke because
Of their boycott, the farmer has nc
cattle ready for the meat trust, own
ing all that is ready for the consumer
and all the cattle ready for the mar
ket-the average man having beer
forced TO sell at a ridiculously low
price to meet bis note at the bank
will ask and get what 1t pleases fol
the meat. These wise boyeotters vii
have busted a regiment OF small
meat dealers and caused few farmers
to put a mortgage on their farms anC
the meat trust will be found to owl
the meat, the mortgages and about
anything else that peoples boycot
foolishness brought about.
"Boyeotting is not a very good way
to accomplish reform, at least that ap
pears to be true to me. Suppose w
who have stock and have been feed
/ ing them the high priced grain anC
purchasing high priced clothing, We
hicles and staying at high priced
hotels when we are away from home
should also conclude TO return to the
primitive and agree we would pur
chase no more for one year?
Suppose we should declare tina
we would stay out on the farms ant
ranches and wear oyeralls; that the
women would get no hats: no dress
goods: that we would raise our owl
foodstuffs and that we could even dc
away with coffee and spices and tina
the cattle we could not sell woul(
furnish milk and meat etc?
Isn't It likely the farmer woulS
get the best OF the deal from th,
standpoint OF comfort? There ough
to be a right way to get at the trusts
Doctors OF trust evils are numerous
during campaigns, but to boycott is
new method for the average person
In the hitherto that has been consld
cred about the poorest thing an en-
lHghtened community could engage IN
The rancher has no easy tasl
these times. The cattle industry &
no certain path 10 riches. Il is onl.
the experienced and careful cattle
man who can figure down to the las
penny cost who can make a prof
these days. and the talk of boycott
when he has fed sixty cent corn an
paid SOS per head for cattle TO fee
makes the 'shiters' creep about. le
] me assure YOU"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
PARIS FLOODS
GROW WORSE
Conditions In arls Pltiful And Terri.
fyIng-5usiness is Practically
Suspended.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 2S When the day
broke over Paris and the submerged
provinces surrounding. the prospect
was cheerless. A heavy rain set in
and brisk breeze from the north
served to drive the food to points
heretofore untouched The boiling
waters of the Seine are still rising
at noon today, at the rate OF an inch
and quarter an hour. Everywhere
the situation is appreciably worse
than 1t was yesterday.
Today's papers are filled with pages
OF the pitiful and terrifying details.
A war could hardly play more havoc.
A city OF light has become a city OF
slime, filled with muddy waters. Bust
ness is at a standstill and the hotels
are crowded with persons who have
fled from the inundated districts. Red
Cross ambulances go changing through
the streets and soldiers are replacing
the police for sentinel duty and giving
the city an appearance Of being In a
state of seige.
Fear that pestilence will start In
the wake of the food is great The de-
yastation has now penetrated 4e very
heart of Paris. The Gorglan river and
sewers underneath the city are liter
ally blowing up the streets while an
area of surface overfowed by the
waters of the Seine, had been doubled
today.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
OKLAHOMA PRESS WILL
MEET IN ENID IN MAY

The executive committee of the Ok,
lahoma Press association completed
the arrangement OF the program for
the annual convention before leaving
here January %. II embraces varied
and interesting assortment Of topics,
the discussion of which promises both
pleasure and profit j. J. Cunning
ham, secretary OF the Chamber OF
Commerce, met with the committee
to hear suggestions in regard to the
matters OF entertainment for which
arrangements will be made later on.
The program, for a two-days meeting,
Is as follows.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
GENERAL MEDINA ACQUITTED
or KILLING AMERICANS
BY Associated Press,

By ABHOclated PreHH,
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan 28.-The
court az Mesaya, today acquitted
General Madina, Prosecuting Attor
ney salamont selvia. and other mem
bers OF the court martial, Of the re-
sponslbility for the illegal conviction
and execution of the Americans
Groce and Cannon.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
Government viii Appeal.
.sociated Press

hagua, Nicaragua. Jan. 20 THE
ment will appeal from the yer.
me lower court finding mem
bf the court martial not guilty in
kgtion with the sentencing OF
and Cannon. the two Americans
vspoused the insurgent cause.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
Twenty Japanese Murdered.
~ Associated Press

Toxic. Jan. 31-special dispatches
from Seoul report a serious uprising OF
insurgents at South Phongan. Korea.
Twenty Japanese settlers are said to
have been murdered.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-04
Program.
Friday May 20.

is as follows:
Program.
Friday May 90,
Music.
10 a. IN, Invocation Rev w. b.
Simmons, Enid
Address OF Welcome-Dr NJ A. Kel.
so, Wave-Democrat, Enid.
Response-John Goloble. Register
Guthrie.
Selection of Committees.
Friday Afternoon.
1880 p. m.-Music
Presidents Annual Address - U. S.
Russell Shawnee
Secretary's Annual Report E. s.
Bronson, Thomas.
"The Governments Treatment OF
Newspapers A. Webb,
Waye-Democrat, Enid.
"The Editors Wife"-Mrs. Richard
Jenness, Chieftaln, Okmulgee.
collection for Legal Publishing" -
Lea M. Nichols. Record, Bristow.
Subscription Clubbing Agreements"
-Ursel French, Visitor, Jett
Seeing Enid from Automobiles.
Friday Evening.
Loewen Theater-Public Meeting
500 p. m.-Music, Orchestra
Address-"The Oklahoma Editor" -
George II. Evans, Daily Express,
Chickasha.
Violin Solo.
Address-"C Country Journalism Hon.
Walter Williams dean OF the Mis-
souri, University Department OF
Journalism.
Accordion Solo-"Melodies of the
Past"-Col. Sidney suggs, Ard.
morite, Ardmore.
Saturday Morning.
10 a. m.--"TIow to Interest the Adyer-
tiser" - J. s. Leach, Enterprise,
Bartlesyille.
"Linotypes in Country ofices"-C. T..
Salter, Chronicle, Clinton.
"The He'll Box, Henry p. Robbins,
News.Capital McAlester.
practical System Of Cost Finding for
Small oaices"-F. S. r. Amos.
Leader, Vinita.
Growth OF Independent Spirit in the
Press"-omer X Benedict, Times
Oklahoma City.
Annual Poem-P Duffy, Democrat, El
Reno.
Saturday Afternoon
1880 p. m.-"The Society Editor" -
Miss Hazel Smith, Express, Chick
asha.
Question box conducted by sections:
Advertising Section = Conducted
by Frank Northup. Oklahoma
Farm Journal. Oklahoma City
Subscription Section Conducted
by G. A. Smith, Tribune, Chand-
ler
Mechanical Work Conducted by A. l.,
Kates, Progress, Claremore
Editorial-Miss Susie Shepard. Times
Altus
! Monthly Publications and Trade Jour.
nals-Conducted BY o. p. Sturm,
sturm's Oklahoma Magazine, Ok
lahoma City.
Committee Reports.
| Election of Officers.
Selection Of next place Of meeting
Adjournment.
The local arrangements for enter
tainment of the editors and theii
wives will be worked out and fully
completed by members Of the loca
press in connection with the Chamber
Of Commerce, the announcement e
be made at a later date 1t Is IN the
minds OF those having IN charge tho
local features of entertainment to give
the Press Association the greatest re
ception and most royal time of theii
lives during their stay as guests oi
the city OF Enid It will be novel
attractive, beneficial to the visitors
and Of such a character as to win the
warm friendship and plaudits Of every
editor and editress who may be In at
/ tendance.
The program itself Is one of the
best ever arranged for a meeting OF
4 the association ~ -Wave-Democrat
Z xAAeon pll lfNGEe OVER
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
SPORT ON PRAIRIES

is a comparatively easy matter for the
driver to keep right behind Mr.. Coy
ote. But that motor car must be
moving along at a lively gait. The
coyote can hump along across the
prairie at about 80 miles an hour, and
he can also do some tall squirting when
necessity demands.
In the days of coyote hunting with
horses and dogs, the wolves were
never driven to their dens. But about
an hours driving with a motor car
gives the coyote about all the running
he cares for, and he makes for his
den. But his rest is not long, because
the hunters pour some gasoline down
the hole, and the fumes soon drive the
coyote out, and the race. begins again.
Within the last month not less than
eight coyotes have been run down and
killed by the wheels of the motor cars
or shot by members of the party after
the animals had been driven until they
could run no longer.
The Kansas jack rabbit is also a
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
Boston Physician Rebukes Brutal
Driver and Takes Injured Cat
Into Drug Store.

Boston.-1t was one of those lean,
yellow cats that cringe in fear at
every strange noise, and it slouched
across Scollay square. lodging in and
out through the traffic. But a honking
taxicab crushed it beneath a wheel
and sped away, leaving the quivering
form lying on the pavement. The
driver Of a three-horse truck laughed
brutally and deliberately veered his
horses so as to crush the cat beneath
their hoofs.
You big brute. Stop!" shouted a
man on the sidewalk, running out and
grabbing the bride Of the off horse,
The frightened horses reared on their
launches and the man picked up the
cat and stepped back on to the side
walk before the astonished driver
fully comprehended what had hap
pened.
Stepping into the drug store at the
corner he went into the real and laid
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
Modern Motor Car Used in Cha.
sing the Fleet Jack Rabbit.
Coyote Is Run to His Hole, Then
Hunters Pour in GasoIine-When
Animal Energies Wild Race
Across Open Is Resumed.

Topeka, Kan.-The faithful horse is
going into the discard in Kansas as a
necessary adjunct of a hunting party
or the chase of a horse thief. Motor
cars are becoming so plentiful in the
state and they have been found so
much better in chasing the fleet jack
rabbit or driving the common coyote
to its lair or catching those who take
horses and mules from stables with
out the owners permission that the
horse is being relegated to the rear.
Rabbit and wolf hunts have long
been a common sport in Kansas. Men
would go out with horses and. dogs
and have a rabbit or wolf drive. Now
a party of a dozen men in three or
four motor car go out and make more
successful drives than 100 men with
horses.
A wolf hunt with a motor car is
about as exciting sport as any one
would care to indulge in. In middle
and western Kansas are thousands of
acres of wheat and corn lands with
out a fence. Often one car drive five
or ten miles across the country and
encounter few fences except those
around a small pasture on each farm.
Motorists can drive miles and miles
across the prairie lands of the western
half of the this state without running
into a fence or creek or gully.
1t Is not much trouble to stir up a
coyote or prairie wolf in western Kan
sas, and when the motor party sees
one the race begins. The coyote runs
IN a large circle. He does not dodge
back and forth, or zig-zag much, so it
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
ALL WANT CHICKENS
When Spring Comes Around
Mans Mind Turns to Them.
Feverish Anxiety for Poultry Is Shown
IN Kentucky Newspaper Contain
Ing Advertisements in "For
Exchange" Column.

Galveston, Tex.-When the gentle
of springtime opens the buds
and fills the mind of man with doubts
as to whether, after all, life isn't worth
living, the soul Of the average man
apparently turns to chickens. Pick
up a newspaper at random and see
how the yearning of his soul. displays
itself in cold type.
Below are some yearnfngs taken
from the classified advertisements of
a Kentucky newspaper; Kentucky be-
Ing selected as a central point from
which to view this feverish yearning
for poultry, says the News. The adj
~vertisements following were under the
heading For Exchange" and in. one
issue of an afternoon paper:
IS. G. Black Minorca eggs for com.
mon hens"
Female collie for chickens"
Good bicycle. just in need of front
tire and chain, for chickens"
Pair of ball-bearing skates and bi.
cycle with clincher tire for chickens
Sewing machine, bench wringer,
and light harness for chickens"
Full paid, $12O correspondence
school course for chickens"
Maple trees and fine strawberry
plants for Black Minorca or other
chickens" "
Outdoor brooder, eo-egg incubator
and Springfield rifle for chickens"
white Leghorn rooster for chick.
ems"
Platform wagon, push pole and
shafts, top, for IS chickens"
"Set of good buggy harness for six
good hens"
Grocery scales, capacity 200 pounds
TOR chickens OF ducks"
Party dress for chickens"
Water motor, large willow rocker,
jardiniere and artificial plant for
table for chickens"
Visible typewriter for chickens"
Incubator and brooder for chick.
ems"
Spring wagon for incubator"
Large size 1900 washer for Blue
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05

nifty" chap on his legs when it comes
to hitting a hot pace across the prai-
RE. The rabbit cannot run so long,
but can go faster than the coyote. The
rabbit does more or less short lodging,
but he also runs in a circle of about a
mile in circumference, and the short
lodges to one side or the other of the
path are simply by-plays. The driver
of the motor a keeps far enough be-
hind the rabbit to turn to either side
and head the rabbit off when he
makes these turns, and still close
enough to keep the rabbit going at
full speed. About two runs around
the circle are enough for the rabbit,
and the hunters have no trouble in
driving up close enough to shoot.
Sometimes the hunters are able to
pick up a rabbit alive because he is
too tired to run further.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
The Doctors Data.

A Howard girl who was uncertain as
to her exact age, as her father and
mother were not agreed on the year
of her birth, decided to go to the ply
sician who ATTENDED the case" He
said: why, certainly, my dear girl,
I'll go and examine my old books"
When he came back to report, he
said: II find your father charged
with a girl baby born on the 'steenth
day of April, 189-, and 1 also observe
he still owes me for you."-Howard
(Kan.) Courier.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
Only Nine Left,

Lee Wyman is an earnest advocate
of some plan under which the say
ings of children shall be preserved
for future generations to read.
"The other day, for instance" says
Wyman, my little boy was called be-
fore the tribunal over which his fond
mother presides.
you've broken one of the precious
ten commandments she said.
"'Did ~ asked our boy carelessly
like.
eyes, my boy. I've said to you
over and over the ten command
ments,' said Mrs. Wyman, and now
you've broken one of them
"'Dear, DEAR my boy said, there's
only nine left now
"And Mrs. Wyman let it go at
that
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
WHERE ROBE WOULD COUNT
Under Friendly Cover Preacher Might
Safely Proceed to Split His
lnfinitives.

II tried to get a chance to speak to
you at church Sunday" said Mrs. Old.
castle, "but the crush was so great
that I couldn't push through to where
you were." eyes, wasn't it awful?" re-
piled her hostess, as she 1ecked a bit
of dust from the Gobelin tapestry. "All
the common folks in town seem to
want to crowd into our church lately.
It's too bad they amt satisfied to stay
where they belong. How did you like
the sermon?" "Well, as a sermon it
was fairly good, but I do wish Doctor
Goodman would quit splitting his in
fnitives. I try not to let it make me
nervous, but 1 can't keep from being
shocked every time he does it." 81
never let them kind Of things bother
me, but that's where the Episcopals
have the advantage of us. If our
preacher would wear a long robe he
could split them and we would never
notice it.'-Kansas City Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
Doctor Saves Kittens Life

the apparently dead cat on the floor
! n a corner. Opening the physicians
bag that he carried. he stitched up a
deep cash in the animals side that
had been cut by the tire chains of the
taxicab. Adroitly examining to see If
any bones had been broken, he stood
it on It's feet to see if it could walk.
Unable to at first, the cat finally stag
gered back into the corner, curled it.
self up and lay quivering with fright
but having apparently implicit faith in
it's savior. u 'f
When the physician left, after rub
bling from his fur coat the mud from
the body of the cat, the reporter asked
the proprietor what the doctors; name
was.
HE wouldn't like to have me give
you his name" answered the druggist,
but that man is one Of the largest
anonymous contributors to animal res
cue leagues in New England. His
heart is as big as a washtdb." Z.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
Is, Sums Knocked Out

municipality and on the other sites
required for like purposes.
More than 260 courts and alleys,
mainly insanitary slums, have been
cleared out of existence and in their
places now stand wholesome dwellings
for the occupancy of the poor. About
$4,000 900 has been spent in this work
of demolition and reconstruction.
More than 10000 persons, chiefly
former denizens in the destroyed Sec
lions, are housed in simple comfort
and under sound conditions in these
new buildings. The operations are in
the hands Of a committee of the city
council.
The plans now under way provide
for 80 houses of four rooms each, 1873
OF three rooms and 277 of two rooms.
No single-room tenements will be
constructed. The 558 dwellings will
contain 1,4S0 rooms. There will be
a recreation ground.
The net annual tax for the hous.
ing reforms is less than one cent on
the dollar.
No such work has been attempted
in America, owing to the cry Social
1sm," which has been raised in New
York and other large cities. The Trim
ity church corporation, which is said
to have a similar plan in mind in deal
Ing with the future Of it's dwelling
house tract on the lower West side in
New York, has had forwarded to it a
full report Of the progress of the Brit
ish enterprise.
Experts from all over Europe say
the Liverpool plan for housing the
poor is working well.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05


Andalusian chickens, Golden Sea
Bright Bantams or Peking ducks"
Thoroughbred bloodhound for Cor
nish Indian game chickens"
"Rolltop desk for good brooder."
"Lady's gold watch for Black Mi
norca or Rhode Island Red pullets or
cockerels."
Novels by good authors for chick
ems"
Handsome peafowl for Rhode Is
land Red pullets."
Gold watch, open face. for chick.
ems or ducks"
Goal vase, large size water cooler
and three-burner gas stove for chick
ems"
All of which would seem to indicate
that a great and overwhelming desire
for fowls is among us, leading us to
strip.our backs and our homes, to sell
our party dresses, our jewelry and
pretty much all We may own in order
to satisfy this desire.
And who knows that some day,
Judging by these examples, the great
American hen may not be adopted as
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-05
Gentlemen Two.

Two street cleaning department
men were having an alteration as
they were driving their carts side by
side along upper Broadway the other
afternoon. One was red-faced and
bu~lbous-nosed, the typical "rummy."
The other was an ad%der-headed negro.
Both looked utterly disreputable.
Get out O. my way!" yelled the red
faced man. Don't cher know enough
to get outer der way when you see a
gentleman" I
I'm more Of a gem'men than you,
you big rum" 1etorted the negro.
"Youall drives a garbage cart, an I
only picks up ashes."-New York