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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

If there ever was time when the
Commercial Club should be busy it is
now. New people are coming in on
every train and every effort should be
put forth to locate them. Encourage
the purchase Of land on which homes
will be built and farms developed
With a thrifty family on every so
acres of land adjacent to Vinita we
will have growth that will be rapid
and steady. There are several lines
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

Every democrat rejoices at the in
roads Col. Roosevelt is making upon
the old guard of the republican party.
The disintegration of that time-worn
party means good to the country.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30
New Machinery is Arrivino.

The first car of machinery for the
new light plant has arrived and is be-
ing unloaded. This car consists of the
smaller parts. The dynamos and en-
gines will be shipped later. Manager
Lahman said this morning that they
hoped to have the new plant in run
ming order before the winter months
come
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

is no constitutional bar TO the freedom
of the ballot, even in OkIahoma, and
the voters viii soon begin to demand
good government instead of demo
cratic or republican success.--Kansas
City Star.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The dominant wing of the republi-
can party is progressive and what
there is left Of the stand-patters would
not cut much ice in any state in the
Union--except Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The rolls of attendance at the
schools show above 1,200 children in
ancy in the school census of last
June. We have more people than any
census has ever shown.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

A tear-stained little woman was
given her liberty from the Kansas
penitentiary at Lansing, Kansas, yes
terday after serving a nine-year sent
ence for killing her rival in a love
affair Jessie Morrison has suffered
much and is now broken old woman
in the prime of years and the scoua-
drel that wrecked her young life is d
free man. Such are some of the un-
qualities of life.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

Conscious participation" in those
town lot fraud cases against Cover
nor Haskell must be shown. or
course whatever Haskell did that
could be construed as wrong was ut
terly unconscious.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

w. J. Bryans refusal to support the
democratic nominee for governor Of
Nebraska is evidence that even party
leaders can afford to be Independent.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

Saratoga is about the busiest place
in the United States today and Nc
Alester is probably second Two very
strenuous men are in the lime light in
these widely separated places.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

A much more inspiring theme thar
politics may be found in the long
lines of teams on every road hauling
the product of the country into Vim
ita these fine fall days.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The small boy has easy access to
the bootlegger when he wants to buy
whiskey. There is absolutely no pro-
lection for anybody under the pres
ent regime.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The man who is afraid of local OPP
tion and high license for the reason
that the saloon element might dom
mate the politics of the city evidently
wants to dominate some himself.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The old guard dies hard, but it dies
all the same. In Kansas and in New
York the new nationalism is triumph
ant
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

After all the knocking Vinita is the
cleanest and best governed city in
Oklahoma. We have good order and
life and property is as safe as any
where in the state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The breach in the republican party
is now about complete. The insur-
gent wing has grown from a little
cloud the size of mans hand to a
storm cloud that obscures the whole
heavens.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

Mrs, Ella Bailey. wife of George
Baileyaedied this morning after sew.
eral weeks illness of typhoid fever.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock from the
Catholic church. - a-f
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

3 The people of Pryor Greek are ask
ing why Judge Brewster carried a gun
When man carries a gun he doesn't
wear it as an ornament but to shoot
somebody with.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

Muskogee is the first Oklahoma city
to start a conscience fund, and prob
ably the one that needs it most
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The republican party of Oklahoma
has always placed the dollar above
the man.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

Liberty and learning march shoul-
der to shoulder to the conquest of the
world.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The standpatters have secured Mrs.
Bellamy Stoyer to help subdue Col
Roosevelt.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

Secretary Ballinger is making good
the old saying that republican office
holders never die and seldom resign.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

The Guthrie Capital is trying to per-
suade the democrats of the first con-
.gressional district to vote for Bird
Mcclure. A hopeless task however.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-30

of business in Vinita that are not over
done and there is therefore room for
more business men with capital.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
BUILT ON QU1cKsAND.
Remarkable Piece of Engineering on
Chinese Railroad.

Remarkable Piece of Engineering on
Chinese Railroad.
The most remarkable piece of en-
cheering on the Pekin-Hankow Rail-
-oad, China's iron backbone, is Yellow
liver bridge. Outside America it Is the
.argest of its kind In the world. 1t
measures almost two miles from end
to end and is constructed entirely of
steel. There is no stream which shifts
Its bed more than Yellow river. 1t is
called China's sorrow, and is said to
have changed Its course no less than
nine times within the past 20 centu-
ries, each time choosing a different
mouth by which 1t enters the sea. At
the last great flood, when the waters
,orsook their bed, many millions were
drowned
The bed of Yellow river is of quick
sand, SO deep that 1t was impossible to
use any masonry in constructing the
bridge. Steel tubes were sunk In place
Of the ordinary concrete pillars and
these were Joined together BY steel
bands. There are eight of these steel
tubes. each of which goes so feet down
Into the bed of the river. Other steel
tubes extend down from 33 to 45 feet.
The arches Of the bridge have a span
If 65 feet, where the current ia strong
EST, and of SO feet in other places. The
steel piles, or tubes, have been filled
with cement to give them strength,
and rock and stones have been sunk
around their bases to solidify their
foundations.
The stones were first dropped down
into the river without any support and
we're carried away by the quicksand.
Later mats made of the branches Of
trees, bound together with wire, were
let down around the piles and the
stones dropped upon them. In this
way tons of stone have been moSred
On such RATS about each pile and they
have made the bridge an firm as
though the piles were bedded in con-
crete. The bridge was put up in q
year and a half, and on the opening
day train of 81 cars passed over 1t
without causing perceptible vibra-
ton.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Faithful to His Trust.

l was waiting near the elevator In
the factory building for my friend to
come down when | noticed a small boy
sitting In one corner of tbs hall hold
ing large, thick sandwich. He eyed
the sandwich lovingly for a long time
then he carefully lifted off the top
slice Of bread, took ou. piece Of dill
pickle, ate 1t, and replaced all as be-
fore. In a few seconds he again re-
moved the top piece, extracted piece
of pickle and piece Of meat and re-
placed the top. Again and again the
performance vas repeated until all the
pickle and almost all the meat were
gone. the sandwich. however, appear
ing intact as at the beginning.
why don't you eat UP your sand
wich and not pick at It In that way?"
I asked the boy, with some curiosity.
why" he answered. looking up
with great innocence, 1T ain't my
sandwich. Woman Home Compan.
inn
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

A feature of tie winter season In
Quebec is a competition for the best
snow statue to be made in Dufferin
terrace, directly opposite the Chateau
Frontenac. Snow lends itself admir-.
ably to modelling, as several success
full statues made in past winter car
nivals In Canada testify. 1t Is prob
able that one of the three judges will
be NJ. Paul Chevre, OF Paris, who is
the sculptor of the Champlain statue
on Dufferin terrace. M. Chevre Is
spending several weeks in Quebec at
the chateau. The Chateau Frontenac
offers . purse OF $50 In gold to the
sculptor OF the best snow statue and
two other prizes, each OF S25 In gold,
are offered by business firms
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
KASPARILLA

This sterling household remedy has
long been recognized as the best and
safest Blood Purifier, the most successful
prescription for spring humors and such
disorders of the blood as boils, pimples,
pustules, b1otches, sores and cutaneous
.ruptions. Kasparilla is admitted to be
he best remedy for that lack Of energy
and the peculiar debility so prevalent
Turing the close of winter and the opening
IF spring. For arrangements of the di
gestive organs it is natural corrective
operating directly upon the liver and ali
lsentary canal, gently but persistently
stimulating healthy activity. Its
beneficial influence extends, however, tc
every portion of the system, aiding in the
processes of digestion and assimilation Of
:ood, promoting wholesome, natural
appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad
breath, irregularities of the bowels, con.
stipation and the long list of troubles
directly traceable to those unwholesome
conditions. Kasparilla dispels drowsi.
ness, headache, backache and despond.
ency due to inactivity of the liver,
kidneys and digestive tract. 1t is q
strengthening tonic of the highest value.
the BEST SPRING MEDICINE
Hoyr CHEMICAL Co. Portland, Oregon
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Thief Proof.

Some years ago a well known Lon
don solicitor, recently deceased, sue.
cessrully defended man charged with
burglary, and few days later there
came by post valuable gold hunter
watch, with an inscription to the effect
that 1t was a gift from a certain Lon
uon society. presumably of doubtful
practices. Years afterward the So
!lcltor had the watch stolen from his
waistcoat pocket, but it came back to
MIN by post with letter of apology,
stating thst I'VE never rob one of our
pals. London Answers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
PhysfOiOgicaI.

"Efiie," said Margie. who was labor.
lously spelling words from first read
ef, "how can / tell which is ID and
which Is a 'b?'"
Why replied Ef1e. wisely, "the
d has its tummy on its back
Bits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

An aeroplane developed by Japanese
army officers is said to maintain a
speed OF sixty eight miles an hour tor
considerable distances. the best that
mas yet been done in the history Of
aerial navigation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

Macduff had amputated Macbeth's
head.
Il didn't mind his talking to me as
II were an old hen," explained Mac
duff; but couldn't stand his hideous
profanity There's already too much
sf 1t on the stage!"
Feeling that he had done his dutv
ae then took a layoff.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
More Sugar scandal.

The Grocer's Wife-Ach! no, my
child, We cannot to de beach go in de
winter; but ven de customers have
went away, you may take your iddle
pail und shofel and play NIT de granu-
lated sugar" "-Harper's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

Editor-Miggles, that was a good
idea Of yours to interview the sausage
manufacturers as to what theysthought
of the wholesomeness Of a mixed diet
1t was regular inspiration.
New Reporter-Er-no, Mr.. Bumble:
the idea was exclusively my own.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
The Way She Dressed Him.

What do you want to be when you
grow up9" was asked Of small boy
by the visitor.
"oh.- said he, II want to be man,
but think mamma wants me to be
@ lady."-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

A large railroad in Brazil will send
four mechanics to the United States
each six months to serve In the factory
OF the concern from which the road
buys its locomotives,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

You often hear people say OF sick
man: His will power Is keeping him
alive" Nothing in It. When you can't
get your breath, will power won't keep
you alive.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Never Runs Down,

Bacon-Why doesn't some budding
genius build clock that won't run
down.
Egbert-Why, how could he?
Build 1t on the principle of the gas
meter!"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslows Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Spring Humors

Come to most people and cause many
troubles,-pimples, boils and other
eruptions, besides loss of appetite, that
tired feeling, biliousness, indigestion
and headache.
The sooner you get rid Of them the
better, and the way to get rid Of them
and TO build up the system Is to take
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Hoods SarsapariIIa

The Spring Medicine par excellence
as shown by unequaled, radical and
permanent cures.
Get 1t today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets known as Sarsatahs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

The fashion of very sheer over-dresses
or tunics, combined with heavier materi-
ais, is exceedingly pretty, if used in good
taste. @
The sketch shows a rose foulard,
polka-dotted in black, and having tunic
of black chiffon, the hen being embroid-
cred in rose, as is also the vest.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

How do you keep your razor
sharp?' Easy enough. I hide it
where my wife can't find it."-Cleve-
Land Plain Dealer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-30

This is the newest and choicest of all the State
Street Additions and presents unequaed opportunities
and inducements to investors and home builders.
Come out and see the property any day. Take the
Murray and get off at the Granite Stake House.
visit will convince you better than anything we might
say The rich fertility of the district the excellent car
service and the incompatible view all speak for them
selves.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-11-17
OIL LANDS NEAR COAL.
Deposits in Alasks Believed to Be
Extensive.

Seattle President Taft's order with
drawing Alaska oil lands from settle
ment was not unexpected, being in line
with the administration policy of
restoring all Alaska coal lands to the
public domain and letting congress
legislate for their disposal. The oil
lands are in or near the coal fields.
Gushers were tapped in the Katalls
coal fields and coal claims now cover
the oil land.
Clarence Cunningham, who located
the famous group of coal claims that
figured so prominently in the attacks
on Secretary Ballinger, went to Alaska
to prospect for oil, and Indians showed
him the enormously rich coal areas.
The oil deposits of Alaska have not yet
been thoroughly prospected, but are
believed to be extensive.
In the sandstone and shale beds of
the Yukon and Koyukuk valley, heavy
seepage of oil has been noted, but no
effort has been made to segregate the
land, from the government domain for
exploitation.
A lake covered with oil has been
discovered within the region about 300
miles north of lKotzebue sound, and it
is believed that good gushers could
be found here at shallow depth.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-11-17
Witness Turns the Tables.

Samuel Kalisch tells the following
story of famous lawyer he knew sew
eral years ago: This lawyer" said
Mr.. Kallsch, had fashion Of brow
beating every witness that came on
the stand for the opposite side in the
case. Once he was examining rather
meek looking man who steadyfastly re
fused to give plain answer to any OF
the lawyers questions. At last in re
plying to one question the witness an
swered that he was unable to say eth
er yes or no.
"Now, that is a ridiculous answer,
said the lawyer. DO you mean to tell
me that you could possibly ask me a
question to which l could not answer
yes or nor
"Well,' said the witness, as he lean
ed forward and looked at his tormen-
tor. will you please tell the court. by
answering yes or no. If in your esti-
nation you are really as stupid and
foolish as you look?' Newark Star.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-11-17
GENERAL NEWS OF NATIONAL HAPPENINGS
TAFT is OFF TO PANAMA.
Leaves on Cruiser Tennessee for
Visit of Inspection,

Charleston, S. C. = President Taft
has sailed for the isthmus of Panama
to get in personal touch with condi.
tions along the big canal. President
Taft visited the isthmus just before
his Inauguration in 1909, but since
then various executive and engineer.
ing problems have arisen, and congress
must soon frame legislation as to rates
of toll, form of government, the regu-
lation of the sale of coal, the DISPOSE
tion Of the Panama railroad and many
other things. The president expects
to make various recommendation re.
garding the canal at the coming short
session of congress.
Mr.. Taft sailed on the armored
cruiser Tennessee, with the cruiser
Montana as convoy. While officially
known as cruisers, these vessels have
the general proportions of the battle
ships of few years ago, although they
could not stand up very long against a
modern Dreadnaught.
Both cruisers have a speed of 22
knots and will make the trip to Colon
in four days. Mr.. Taft expects to be
on the isthmus four days and is due
back in Charleston November %. He
will stop over few hours in Richmond
on the 23d.
President Taft's special squadron is
under the command of Rear Admiral
Staunton, with the Tennessee as flag
ship. Admiral Staunton, Captain
Quimby, of the Montana, and Rear
Admiral Ford, commanding the
Charleston navy yard, we're at the de-
pot to greet the president when he
arrived. The members of his party
were driven to the home of Mayor
Rhett for breakfast. Later the presi-
dent reviewed groups of white and col
ored school children.
Mr.. Taft went aboard the Tennessee
launch at the custom house wharf
AS he made his way up the starboard
gangway of the big gray cruiser his
flag was run up and he was received
with ruffie of drums blare of trum-
pets and all the ceremonies accorded
the commander in chief of the Ameri.
can armed forces.
The president is making a purely
business trip to Panama and accom-
panied only by his brother, Charles P,
Taft, Secretary Norton, two aides, q
physician and stenographer.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-11-17
Poisoned Wine Kills.

Vancouver, B. C.-Four Frenchmen
engaged in drinking bout in a house
in the Fairview section of Vancouver.
Their port wine disagreed with them,
and when the police were called to the
house after midnight they found one
man lying dead beside table on which
was half-emptied bottle of port that
is thought to contain strychnine. Two
others were almost dead from the
effects of the liquor and were taken to
a hospital, where they are critically
i'll. The fourth man had disappeared
and the police are seeking him.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-11-17
LUMBER CUT GAINS.
Increase for Whole Country "a Per
Cent in Year.

Washington-The lumber cut in the
United States during the calendar year
1909 was A., ,585 million feet, board
measure, as against 33, 324 million feet
in 1890, and 4O,256 million feet in
1907. This was an increase of 34.2
per cent over 1907. The output of lath
and shingles during 1909 was S,7l2
million and 14,945 million respective
ly. The increase in the production of
lath in 1909 over 1908 was 24.S per
cent and over 1907 1.9 per cent, while
the corresponding increases for shing-
les were 23.4 per cent and 26.4 per
cent.
This information appears in pre-
liminary comparative report covering
1909, 1908 and 1907, which was trans
mitted to Census Director Durand by
Chief Statistician William M.
Steuart.
The substantial increase over the
two preceding years was general, few
of the Individual states showing a de-
creased cut. The figures show con-
spicuous increase in the cut of the
Southeastern states, including all those
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from
Virginia to Texas and Kentucky and
Tennessee.
The proportion of the total lumber
cut of the country contributed by New
York and the New England states did
not vary materially during the three
years, being 9 per cent in 1907, SO
per cent in 1908 and 7.5 per cent in
1909.
Although the wood pulp industry
continues to make heavy and increas-
ing draft upon the supply of spruce,
this tree still practically shares with
white pine the place Of first impor
tance among the lumber timbers of
this region. In 1909 its contribution
to the total lumber cut of this group of
states was 28.8 per cent, while that
of white pine was 31.1 per cent.
The relative Importance of the Lake
states-M Michigan, Minnesota and Wis
consin-in lumber production continues
to decrease steadily, as the supply of
white pine stumpage grows less.
The Pacific Coast states, with an
output of 1873 per cent larger in 1909
than in 1908, and 2.2 per cent greater
than in 1907, nevertheless, contributed
a smaller proportion of the total cut of
the country in 1909 than in either of
the preceding years, the per cent for
1909 being 1915, for 1908 16.2, and for
1907 l6.8. Douglas fir was far in the
lead, as lumber material in these
states during the three years, the pro-
duction from this species constituting
68.1 per cent in 1907, 66.1 per cent in
1908, and 68.5 in 1909. 1t contribut-
ed 1872 per cent of the total production
in Washington in 1909, and 1922 per
cent in Oregon, while redwood formed
1876 per cent of the total output of
California.
OF the total production of lumber in
1909 soft woods supplied 93. .875 mil
lion feet, or 76 per cent, while hard
woods contributed 10, 693 million feet,
or "a per cent. Soft woods contrib
uted / per cent less of the total pro-
duction in 1909 than in 1908 and 1907,
in each of which years they formed n
per cent Of the total.