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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
NO RESIGNATION
/. DECLARES HASKELL
Rumor That Judge Robertson Has
Tenoeret Resignation as Member
of State Capitol Commission.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 27--
Judge J. b. A. Robertson, member Of
the newly appointed capitol commits
sion, Is said to have handed In his
resignation to Governor Haskell
Thursday night
Judge Robertson, who is now in
Chandler, refused either to affirm or
deny the report wher talked to over
the telephone by a reporter Friday at
noon.
Where did you get your informa.
tion?" the Judge asked.
Upon being told that the reporter
was not at liberty to diyulge the
source. the Judge said that he had
nothing to say.
Would you care to deny the
story, Judge?' ne was asked.
4 have nothing to say, one way or
the other
According to the informant of the
reporter Judge Robertson has asked
that his resignation take effect at
once.
Gov Haskell, talking over the tele.
phone from Muskogee at o'clock
Friday afternoon, said that he had not
received Robertson's resignation
Thursday night as he was in Mnsko-
gee then
Il know that there was some diff.
Guilty IN the commission over the
choice Of officers said the governor
''hut when they came to me with it,
] told them to settle the affair among
themselves ! supposed that they had
done so
III Judge Robertson has resigned
because OF any small friction in the
commission, | am sure that the mat
ter viii be adjusted IN the end.
Reasons for the resignation cannot
be definitely assigned. but It Is said
Robertson wanted TO be made chair
man Of the commission, and was
piqued because that honor went Ia
Tate Brady OF Tulsa. It is also said
he wanted 10 pick another location
for the capitol site and that when he
found bis ideas we're not In harmony
with those Of the other two members
his resignation followed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
OSAGE LAND SOLD
FOR A PITTANCE
Mixed Breed Usage Testlfies to Selling
4e5 Acres Of Land for s372-case
is Typical Of Many Others.

Pawhuska, okla. Aug 26.--When
the committee appointed to inyesti'
gate the Indian land affairs assembled
here il was discovered that the Usage
Indians had been made the principals
in many financial transactions. Some
OF the transactions are to be called to
the attention Of congress, For 495
acres Of land Steward Choteau, a part
breed Usage Indian received in actual
cash 1912. He testified
"on March o" said Choteau, who
is 2s years old. 81 received certificate
OF competency allowing me to manage
my own affairs, as regards to my part
in the tribal lands. Five days later
Sands got me to sign a deed TO 100
acres. for which he was to give me
81 600. He kept $1,000 to pay him for
some furniture and buggy ! bought
for him. Ten days later he called me
up and said ne wanted to buy SEQ
acres more
IN the meantime borrowed a
small sum Of money from him, SO he
gave me 1912 for SS5 acres and kept
the rest 1872 is all the cash ! got for
495 acres. never asked how much the
property was worth, but left Il all to
Sands. lie knew all about Il, so ! left
il 10 him"
Mrs. Reward, a part breed Usage,
mother OF Choteau, testified that she
protested to Washington against the
issuance Of certificate of competency
TO her son, but the certificate was is
sued and the land was sold without
her knowledge She said
THE case taken is typical of many
Others in which the Indians disposed
OF their allotments, apparently with in.
difference as to how much they re-
ceived."
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
aovefnor a Muskoaee Home.

Muskogee, Okla, Aug 27.--Gov
Charles n. Haskell. accompanied by
MRS. Haskell. arrived in Muskogee
Friday from one Of the numerous
state capitals. and az once went into
conference with his attorneys, Judge
C. B. Stuart of MoAlester and Orville
n Smith of Guthrie. at the governors
apartments at Che Turner Hotel
steady stream Of callers trailed
in to see the governor ali day 10 pay
their respects and the executive ex.
pressed his pleasure az being back.
Gov Haskell never looked better but
refused 10 discuss politics
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
SHERIFF CAPTURES SUPPLY
FROTHY THIRST QUENCHER

There is no Joy In the camp Of the
thirst mongers In Yinita this afternoon
for the sheriff and his deputies have
made the frothy beverage scarce and
hard 70 get. In raids since yesterday
noon the officers have captured about
120 gallons Of whisky and twenty bar.
rels Of beer. These captures were
made OF goods shipped 10 what the
Officers consider as persons engaged
in the illegal traffic in wet goods. The
intoxieants We're placed IN the coun-
y jail along with the numerous cases.
casks and barrels Of whisky and beer
captured in former raids.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
RAILROADS APPEAL FROM
ORDER OF COMMISSION

Guthrie. Okla, Aug 26-An appeal
from the order Of the corporation com.
mission reyoklng the order permitting
railroads TO charge penalties against
persons who get on trains without tick
cts insofar rs the order applies to roads
charging more than tso cents a mie
was taken TO the Oklahoma sapfee e
curt by the Santa ~ Rock Island,
FsWco enc Iron MounIai railroad com
pauies.
The railroads allege in te- lppeal
thgr the rder is unreaa ndbla. rotalin.
tory and diseriminates against The road
charging more than two oerts per mile.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
-FOUR DEATHS RESULT OF
misunderstood ORDERS

sedalia, Mo. Aug. 26.-In the Mis-
souri, Pacific wreck near Blackwater,
four men were killed They are L. II.
Kenyon. engineer Of Kansas City; d.
q. Finley engineer, Of Jefferson City;
G. FL Roth, d brakeman Of Jefferson
City. and George Taggart, a fireman Of
efferson City.
Two other members of the crew were
injured The wreck was a collision Of
two freight trains this morning caused
by misunderstood orders.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
Two nanks consoIIdate.

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 26.-The Dn-
ion State bank was organized here
Thursday and took over the Alamo
State bank The capital will BE increas-
ed from $4,000 to 500. 600. The new IN.
stitution opened its doors today w.
G. jackson Is president Of the new
concern and T ]. Collins, formerly Of
Toronto, o.. cashier Leo w. Bennett.
former president OF the Alamo, resigned
to accept place on the capital com
lisslon at Oklahoma City.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
TEXAS COMPANY TO BUILD
LINE TO BARTLESVILE

Tulsa, okla Aug 26.-It was an
nounced today that the Texas company
will begin the immediate construction
of an s-inch pipe line from Tulsa to
Bartlesville and that contract has
been signed to handle the product of
the Central Fuel company beginning
September l. This necessitates the
loopin of the Texas company's eight
inch line from here to Dallas, Tex
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
penIed Voc. He Wants pannass.

weleetka. Okla Aug 27-Suit was
filed by r D Hines a negro. yester
day against " D. shauenber and j.
n Jones asking 5000 damages because
he was denied the right Of suffrage at
a recent election held in Weleetla
The suit is backed by men high up
IN republican circles, and will It IA
claimed. be carried TO the higbest
court
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
PINCHOT SAYS FIRES
ARE UNNECESSARY
Critical Period of Fire Is Psssee-At-
tention Is Turned to Missing
Fighters.

washington, D. c., August 26.--Gif.
ford Pinchot, in statement today,
says the loss of life in the recent for.
est fires is unnecessary. The disas-
trous results are traceable to unpre-
paredness. He scores the members OF
congress vino opposed the forest APP
preparations. The forests should be
equipped with roads, telephone lines
and more rangers, he says
Men in congress like Heybourn of
Idaho and Carter of Montana made
light of the efforts of the forest service
to prepare for just such calamity.
They have, in effect, fought on the side
of the fires
Spokane, Wash, Aug 26.-If the
stories of men who returned from the
! st. Joe country Of Idaho are to be be-
heyed, the loss Of life along Big Creek,
a tributary of the st. Joe river was
appalling and the dead In Idaho alone
will number more than 200, even II
Ranger Joseph b. Helm and his fifteen
men are safe,
All estimates Of the financial loss
place It at over $2OO00,0oO mostly in
timber
Among reported casualties are the
following;
Two lumbermen say they saw -
ty.two Italian fire fighters burned
death on Big creek
A party of Austrian laborers report
the death Of seventeen Of their com
rades.
The loss of twenty-seven American
llaborers, who enlisted in Missoula, is
ANNOUNCED by their surviving compan-
ions.
Supervisor Weigle has given up hope
for the safety Of Ranger Joseph B.
Hahn and men on the head waters Of
the St Joe river last Saturday A
lreief party has secured in vain the
whole country where Hahn was last
seen. Rangers f. A. Ferns, at the
head Of a still larger party on the St
Joe, is safe
The forest service announces the
loss Of twenty-seyen men on Big creek
and II may be that these are a part Of
the nlnety-five dead reported by their
comrades in Spokane today.
II is supposed that the twenty bed.
les found on Bitter Root creek, near
Avery, are those Of settlers.
Twenty-four bodies found on Seller
lcreek are those of forest employees
I1he forest officer In Wallace Is unable
to give out the names Of the dead but
il is thought that most of the men
We're newly hired for the fire emer-
Igency and their names are not official
ly recorded
The loss of life in the fire country
took place mostly last Saturday and
lsunday, when gale famed smoul-
dering embers into great fires and
drove flames through the mountains
with the speed of express trains. Civ
ling defeated fire fighters no chance to
flee for their lives. The weather today
is calm and cool and the fire even
where left to itself, is travelling slowly.
The attention Of the forest service Is
centered upon the missing men and the
larger fires are being left 20 them
selves.
None Of the towns in Idaho and
Montana are IN danger and the critical
period Of the fire Is passed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
Attorney Lost an Arm.

Muskogee. Okla. Aug 27--Attorney
j. E Wyand while out hunting near
this city Friday evening. had bis left
arm so badly torn by the accidental
discharge Of his rifle that amputatlon
was necessa and Il is not thought
he VIII recover lie was returning
home when the accident happened
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
Governors Daughter to Be Actress.

Guthrie. Okla, Aug. 2G.-Miss Jane
Haskell, IS years old, daughter of
Gov. C. n Haskell. has left for Gin
einnati to begin her studies for the
stage expecting to become a member
of some theatrical aggregation during
the present winter Miss Haskell was
q student OF the Northwestern Nor
NAL school at Alya last year
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
Was Eight Hours in Water.
BY Associated Press.

DY NHd1TIdIFN TTtHF1
Sedan. Kan, Aug. 26.--The two.year.
old child Of John Burch. a farmer, fell
In the eistern here today, The mother
held the child's head above the water
eight hours, tin her husband found
her, She collapsed and is dangerously
M The child is safe
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
oeneraI etrIke caIIed h spaln.

Bilboa. Spain Aug z6.-The Work
mems Federation today proclaimed a
general strike throughout Spain, to be.
Gin next Monday
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02

building instead should be erected and
the citizens have been requested to
give with sufficient liberalty that this
might be done. Nearly every one has
done so and want a brick building, but
some have not yet responded to the
gratuitous workers in behalf Of a great.
er vinita. Some. Of course, were real.
" mprepared to give
Several other sites than at the brick
plant have been considered and the
most favorable ones were on the Katy
at the old stock yards site and across
the Katy from Dan Warren's hay barn
About a half acre Of ground to one
acre could be had at the old stock yards
site at a cost Of from 81 600 to 81 500
while three acres could be had beyond
Warren's at 5000 and as every one
consulted considered the latter location
equally good the committee purchased
the latter site of Mr. C M Mcclellan,
To secure the site at a cost of 5000
pay $500 freight and erect brick
building, It will cost from $4,000 to
So, 500 and It will thus be seen that
from s45O to 1000 more should be
raised.
There are a good number OF persons
who have not contributed at all. many
of whom have not been seen, and It Is
respectfully recommended as follows:
/. That an additional soliciting
committee of three be appointed to
make further canvas for funds.
2. That building committee oi
three be selected Immediately with full
power to act
3. That in view of the club beinl
without a secretary that a special fna
nee committee be appointed
Respectfully submitted,
4 w. B, DePUE,
G. w DAY,
SAM FRAZEE,
/. D. DALQUEST,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02

The going Of the congressional com.
mittee to the land Of the Osages to in.
yestlgate leases. allotments, etc, should
develop something with more ginger in
It than was found in the land Of the
Choctaws and Cherokees, The Usage
story is less sordid for the reason that
the Osages are more plutocratlc than
many OF their racial kinsmen
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02

A bit of important news overlooked
at the democratic convention at Okla.
homa City was that the campaign plat.
form wholly ignored a citizen Of Ne
braska named William Jennings Bryan.
There was a time. however when Mr..
Bryan was quite the rage IN democratic
conventions IN Oklahoma
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
- Ar
c. w DAY,
SAM FRAZEE.
!. D. DALQUEST,
/. p. GARRISON.
e. n. RATCLIFF.

special Committee on Location Of
Woodcock Plant.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-02
OKLAHOMA NOTES.

oklahoma City's new boulevard will
cost $4,000
90
Muskogee is growing musical as well
as rich and expects to have a season of
grand opera next winter by company
that travels IN its own special train
-O--
The first bale of cotton marketed IN
Comanche county this season was
grown by " j Trousdale and was sold
at Temple. Trousdale was paid Is cents
a pound and was given purse Of 500
-O-
Carter county farmers are planting
pecan groves The trees cost $3.50 each
and twenty-five are planted to the acre
I X. Darden. n farmer near Ardmore,
gathered So worth of peeans from a
single tree last fail
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05
GRUESOME FIND.
Peter G.. Burt Uncarths an Old Dagger
And Bones on Ninth East.

while excavatlng for a house near the
corner OF Tenth south and Ninth East
Thursday. Peter q. Burt CLERK In the
office OF the superintendent Of the utan
division OF the oregon Short Line rt,I-
road. discovered. under an old Tree, lhe
bones OF what appears TO have been M,
man skeleton and near by cug up an uln
dagger from which the handle mad long
since mouldered away.
"rhe bones were found In the roots or
a great mulberry tree" said Mr. Burt To
The News For three days ] had been
digging away at this old stump, tho
diameter Of the trunk being nearly two
feet. Where l ran across the bones was
about two feet below the surface. Nli'n
/ first saw the bones l thought they
must be those OF some animal, or that
a dog had buried them there, and they
were considerably brusen up before |
discovered an old dagger sticking m che
ground. point down. about two feet from
Where / Uncovered the bones Then I be-
came Interested and examined the bones
more closely and found ! had what ep-
pear to be two hip bones Of grown hui
man being The dagger liz about eight
inches long and Is OF a copper colure1
metal The handle has rotted away,
leaving a loose rivet IN the metal which
had no doubt held the two sides Of the
handle In place.
Il loft word with Dr. Morton, who lives
near by TO examine the skeleton I'm
going TO do some more digging there TO
see what can ind. but believe the BODY
has been I'm tho ground 80 long that all
the smaller bones have entirely DIS
Q appeared"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05
SNYDER CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPT TO OEFRAUD
"ecci'er OF the Crescent Manufacture
Ing Company l. Accused of
Acting in Bad Faith.

In am aflldavit which was brought be-
fore Judge G.. W. Morse this morning.
j. >. Snider receiver OF the Crescent
Manufacturing company. was charged
WIN bad taith and attempting to de-
fraud creditors In selling the plant. MAJ
chlnery and materials for his own
profit Or, Snider took the stand in
ms own defense and declared that no
mad carried on the business OF the COM
pany In the interest of the creditors
ana made such sales that he believed
To be To- their interest.
Dr. Snider was appointed receiver at
the request Of w. j. Birch and other
creditors ~ the company who filed suit
asking for a dissolution Of the company
and the payment OF its bills by the
stockholders. The company was en-
gagged In the manufacture of collins and
had plant valued at 10000
Mathew Coleman. a tailor and under
taker Of Murray, was the chief witness
AZ tho hearing this morning. He in
vested $1,000 in the company and
charged Snider with bad faith After
the company went 10 tho wall aid
Snider was appointed receiver. Cole
man alleges that Snider came to him
with proposition 20 reorganize the
company He told Coleman. the wit
ness testified that A. b. Irvine. an
attorney, had the reorganization Of the
company I'm hand and that the assets
could be- sold for a small figure and a
new company formed 90 carry on the
business Coleman declares that the
plant was worth 5000 and the ma
terials valued at $3.50. Snidcr did
not secure enough money for the sale
Of the plant. and he asks that the trans
action be set aside as fraudulent
Tho hearing Of the case was con.
tnued until Saturday morning. when
Il will probably be concluded and TAX
en- under adyiscment by the court.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05
CROOKED ANSWERS TO
STRAIGHT QUESTIONS


In the examination papers handed In by
applicants for the position Of teacher In
the public schools arc round some unique
answers. state supt. a. G. Nelson has
compiled few from the papers in physi-
oloEy. which he and stan of examiners
have recently cullcd over and marked
Many or these questions are taken from
the papers OF applicants who have grad
uated from universities aud colleges
Some OF the examiners would rather read
over the papers than go TO picnic and
as d general rule thc Physiology papers
futnisn srist ~ laugnablo things
The following iist WAS compiled from
lNc pap # OF about ~ applicants VINO
TOOK the examination last month for POI
siuons iu the public schools of the state
this yrur.
Hcmorrhagc ls aux In the blood OF
animals and occasionally tnan.
teacher should keep his room 60 per
cont 10 10 is older students 10 isn't Just
air th'y need. but good fresh, soft afr
"hicN makes goo iell lika morning
glory whom among H. teachers should
watch Tor r. north breeze. IL being good
for the uourishmont
Lime is good for man and chickens.
'h.thens needs 10 60 repair shell OF eggs
and man needs % 90 repair weak mem
bcrs of the stomach
TO exercise the muscles OF the chest
inhnle air. nrst loo one n0strn and exhale |
Mumps Is an Information IN the throat
end Jaw ana is infectious and viii |
Trchinao are small cells in the stom-
Hch.
a lenturrhage is n growth on the body |
usually iu the stomach II breaks out /
ana is worry painful
Organic matter ls matter supplied hy |
! no several organs OF the body while |
inorganic matter is "a matter which is /
waste material
a femur is the function of the skin
Ihichiudcs are the small muscles In |
8 uur ear "
I'rlcHfdium is"ho function OF health
liemorrhagc is tho outer skin
water ls 90 'd1mpen our body.
ls used '"''
Thoras-tho cavity IN the allmensary
canal
n "a child has attended school that
w "a disease; he should at once be re-
''N'" ana an the other pupils exposed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05
SIXTY YEARS OLD,
BOTH SEEK DIVORCE
Somewhat Uni1ue Case OF Connubial
Cross Purposes Figures In the
District Court.

Both about so years old, both having
been married before and both WIN
grown up children, Edward Rishton
and Elizabeth Rishton are two of the
earliest August divorce patrons OF the
Third district court, the man bring
ing the action on the grounds of de-
sertion. as il appears that the wo-
man has babe him last good bye and
gone to spend the rest OF her natural
DAYS under the roof OF some OF her
married children, The couple were mar
ried August 8. 1902. and It is alleged
Mrs. Rishton deserted him July IL, 1903,
because they could not get along well
together. They had lived in Salt Lake
for 10 years.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05
CONSERVATION PROBLEM
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Secretary CaIIbrcath say, It win he
Center of Interest at Mining
Congress Meeting.

Conservation schemes which eastern
people have tried To porpetrate upon
the western part OF tho country will be-
the chief topic of discussion of the
coming session of tho American MIN
ing congress at Los Angeles Secrc-
tary j. A. Cauhrcath, Jr.. declare tnat
the subject is attracting more attcn-
tion I'm the west than any other that
has come before the people In long
time. Further than that the congress
win also go into the bills recently in
PRODUCED I'm the senate on power,
water and mining rights, which in
stead of lettering the mining industry
only seek 10 hamper a.
Mr. Callhrcath is in the city for
few DAYS calling on the members OF
the mining congress relative to tho
program and discussions that Will be
had at the meeting.
Mr. Callhrcath declares that II the
people will only get together and
frame uP platform that VIII mean
conservation Of resources along more
practical lines he believes there viii
be no trouble whatever. II is under
stood that the east wished 20 do
something for the west and in doing
so had spilled over badly
The two bills that are now before
the United states senate II IS declared
viii badly cripple the mining indus-
try as well as the coal land, water
power and mill sites.
From the mining mans point Of
view even TIE Pickett bill was a det-
riment instead OF bettermcnt.
Through It's terms II Is declared that
mining is badly hampercd II Is de-
clared that II creates a monopoly in
stead Of decreasing them. The dis
cussion Of the conservation question
viii take up two DAYS Of the congress,
wednesday and Thursday.
other discussions which will come
before the meeting are mining invest
ments. the oil industry. uniform min
ing laws ana the increasing Of the use
of silver.