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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
LAND GRABBERS GIVEN JOLT
BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE

Pawhuska, OKLA, Aug 25.--Nn Al.
legged attempt IN which alleged land
gsabbers sought to gain possession Of
,000, 900 acres of government Indian
school land at Chilocco in Northern
Oklahoma, near the Kansas line. was
laid before the commits at the hear
ing here yesterday
The school comprises numerous
stone buildings and 5000 acres OF land
and is open to all Indian children, ex.
cept those of the five civilized tribes.
The land Is valued by officials at s400,.
600, and the buildings at $500, 600. Rep
reservations were made at Washing
ton that the buildings were dilapidated
and the farm lands Of little value and
that Indians refused to send their
children TO the school.
A committee. headed by Representa-.
tive Burke. made a thorough inspec-
tion Of the place. The equipment is
said TO be in excellent condition and
the farm lands are among the best and
most productive In the state
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
DEATH CLAIMS UNCLE JACK"
MARSHAL LATE WEDNESDAY

Vinita and Craig county last night
lost. through death. one OF it's oldest
and most popular citizens, Jack Mar.
shal, known to all who have had oc.
casion to be around the court house as
Uncle Jack" Yesterday Mr.. Marshal
complained of feeling bad and said
that he hadn't felt right for two or
three days. Late yesterday afternoon
he was taken with a violent eongestlve
chill He was taken to the home Of
Charles Webb and about 9 o'eloea last
might passed away The remains Gill
be buried at the expense Of the friends
OF the deceased he having no relatives
here and having spent what he had
Of this worlds goods IN generous be
stowal of hospltallties for his friends
The interment will be made in the To-
cal cemetery The deceased was sixty
five years Of age.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
OSAGES ALSO BEING BLED
FOR BIG ATTORNEY FEES

Pawhuska, Okla. Aug 25-Testi.
mony before the committee investigat-
lng Indian lands today shows that each
OF the twenty.three hundred Usage In.
dIans are worth twenty thousand dol
lare. On a per capita basis this makes
them the richest people in the world
One attorney testified that he had
representa- twcnty-three claimants who
demanded that the government place
them on the Usage rolls thus giving
them the right to twenty thousand dol.
lars worth Of property Another attor
ney testified he had been employed 70
oppose the claims on the ground that
if allowed they would decrease the
wealth Of the tribe
Attorneys fees were paid for keep
ing the Indians off the rolls and also
for putting them on A firm Of attor.
neys testified they were to get fee Of
sac, 900 for securing for the osages
seven hundred thousand dollars. said to
be due from the government
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
RECOUNT CHANGES
PRIMARY RESULT
Rottenness Of Primary In Oklahoma
City Showing More Every
Day

Oklahoma City. okla. Aug. 25.-ln
the contest Of A. r Bender for the seat
Of Commissioner L. Lynch from the
Second district In Oklahoma county,
Lynch gained one more vote than was
accorded him In the original count.
The only contestant who has so far
gained his point is George II Mat
lack. who has a lead Of 225 votes over
Charles H. Garnett for the office Of
county Judge. The official count gave
Garnett SsS majority over Matlack
Justice OF the Peace ". II. Zwick,
who was a candidate for Judge of the
superior court. and who was announced
as defeated by the present incumbent,
Judge A. n Munden. today filed an ap.
plieation calling for a recount Of the
vote in eleven of the city precinct
boxes The county election board
granted him the recount, and also
granted w D. Cardwell, announced de-
feated candidate for the legislature. a
recount IN number of boxes.
There is no question but what the
primary election was conducted on
corrupt lines, but there are so many
rotten apples IN the democratic elec
tion barrel Il is almost impossible to
distinguish the rotten from the rot
tenest.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
BLACK HAND LETTERS
RECEIVED At PONCA CITY

Ponca City, Okla, Aug. 25.--The pres.
idents of the Farmers National bank
and the Oklahoma State bank of Ponca
City received letters Sunday demand
ing 100000 from each on penalty Of
death. The letters were almost identi-
cal In form and detail and ordered the
bankers to drop money off a Santa Fe
passenger train passing through pom.
ca City at 8 o'clock tonight.
The package containing the money
was to be dropped off the train when
two shots were fired"
The bankers obtained detectives and
bloodhounds, and with a dummy pack.
age containing only small amount OF
money, boarded the train at the speci.
fed time. No shots were fired and
there were no indications of the black.
mailers.
The letters were mailed from Bliss
Okla. The letters are penned in a crude
hand and contain many errors.
fs7 iPCrelaw NAH NTH NTH htrr
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26

rangers employed all the able-bodied
men whom they could press into the
service.
When the groups of fire fighters
were overwhelmed the camps were al
so destroyed, the clothes were burned
on the bodies of the men and the
bodies were often so charred that
searchers stepped on them thinking
they were pieces of burned logs. The
fire obliterated the trails and the
burned country is difficnlt to go through
because OF fallen trees.
With these towns out OF danger and
the settlers fled to places of safety, the
rangers were able TO devote themselves
entirely to day to the saving of the
trees. Various fires are isolated and
will die for lack of food. In Montana
gain and snow fell, checking the flames.
In Spokane today the sun shone clear
and even in Wallace the smoke cloud
was lifted. No one ventures to estimate
the financial loss for the extent of the
burned area is not fully known. A pine
tree centuries old has a value beyound
the lumber II contains and the nation
al forest has lost many OF the finest
trees they possessed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
SECOND GREAT LAND SALE
FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER

Guthrie, Okla. Aug. 23.-During the
first ten days of October. the second
great sale of public lands in Oklahoma
will commence. probably in Lincoln
county, In the neighborhood Of $50 900
acres Of lands are to be sold, consist.
ing Of indemnity, state institatlon and
common school lands and the school
land sales department anticipates the
bidding to be heavier and uniformly
higher than at the first sale last year.
Bids viii be let for $4,000 descrip.
tive pamphlets. Tuesday. by the state
board Of public affairs and with the
distribution OF this literature and
thirty days advertising, the depart.
ment viii be ready to begin the sale.
Commencing in Lincoln county, the
sale will progress through Oklahoma,
Payne and Pawnee, west through the
entire Cherokee strip and straight
south through every county in line
except Comanche, Greer and Jackson.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
RESTRAININGORD
GRANTED BY FREAR
James S. Davenport Secures Temper
ary Injunction Against Commits
sioners In Matter Of City Tax.

A temporary restraining order was
granted in the county court this morn
ing, to restrain the county commits
sioners from placing certain property
In this city on the tax lists
The temporary order was granted
on a petition filed by James S. l'av-
enport, and the hearing viii be had on
the petition to make the injunction as
soon as it can be heard in the dis
trlct court.
Insthe petition Mr.. Davenport reei5es
that certain property in this city was
assessed above the amount of last year
by the equalization board and that he
never was served with notice of the
raise in the assessment until the rec
ords had been turned over to the com
missioners and that when he applied tC
the commissioners to have a reassess
ment made the commissioners refused
to take any action.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
SCHOOL CASE SETTLED
BY SUPREME COURT

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 25.-The su-
preme court has, IN an opinion by
Chief Justice Dunn. affirmed the de-
cision Of Justice Stillwell II. Russell
In a school district case from Carter
county. The trustees OF Lone Grove
school district No. 80 had called a spe-
cial election on the question of buying
a site for a school house and erecting
a new building The proposition re-
ceived a majority vote, but J. 3. Me-
Carty, ". v. Barber and W. MeElroy,
taxpayers Of the district, brought suit
10 enjoln the trustees on the ground
that the district already had school
house and that It took a two-thirds
vote to change the location Of school
house
The evidence showed that there was
a building IN the district which had
been erected by voluntary contribu
tions before statehood, for school
church and Masonic lodge use and that
it was still used as a school, but that
the district had no title TO It. The court
held that a majority vote was suffi
cient.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 25.-It is be-
lleved that more than two hundred
persons, nearly all fire fighters, per-
ished in the Idaho forest fires. Super
intendent Weigle of the Couer d'Alene
national forest. after receiving many
reports of disaster to various parties
of six hundred employees, posted bull
letin Wednesday in his office at Wal
lace announcing the death OF ia of the
men and also stated HIS grave concern
for the safety of Ranger Joseph b..
Hahn and seventy-four men who we're
surrounded BY fire Saturday night in
the forest on the Big Fork of the
Couer dAlene river, near where an
other party lost thirteen men. Hahn
was for four years the best athlete of
the Washington State college at Pull
man, a renowned football and baseball
player.
1ae charred bodies of twenty-five
fighters were found yesterday on Set
AtI ttEEh III tH1 1Ns JUG Nbhhti9 y W.
burned Japanese dragged themselves
to Avery, Idaho, last night and told of
the death OF ten of their comrades. The
twelve men, employees of the Milwau-
kee railroad, had gone out to fight FIRE
and had been surrounded by flames,
only two men escaping death.
The RINGERS missing IN the Thomp.
son Falls country of Montana were
not heard from today SO far as is
known here.
The number Of deaths In the state
of Washington was reduced TO three
all In the Pend doreville Valley near
Newport. One Of these yletima. Mrs
Ernest Deinehardt. wife Of a rancher
was the only woman known 10 have
been burned to death IN any of the
fires It will be seen that nearly all
the dead were fire fighters. The whole
sale loss of life included Saturday aft
ernoon and night when great bodies OF
men were striving 10 check the flames
IN order TO save the various towns that
were satened The names of many
of the a I'd will never be known. The
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
MANY EXHIBITS
WANTED At JOPLIN
Resources of Middle West to Be Ex.
plotted at Ozark Interstate
Exposition.

+ Joplin, Mo-, Aug 25.--Realizing that
the Ozark Interstate exposition to be
held in Joplin, Mo, October SIT in
elusive, is intended as an advertising
medium for the resources Of the mid.
die west, the citizens of the various
cities and towns through which the
Flying Squadron passed last week ac-
corded the tourists a hearty welcome
and assurance was given in almost
every instance that immediate steps
would be taken with view of having
all portions Of the adjacent territory
represented at the big display.
The Flying Squadron consisted of
three large touring cars, carrying
twelve boosters. They visited points
in Missouri and Kansas, while one of
the cars continued the journey into
Oklahoma after bad roads forced the
others to discontinue the journey.
Other similar expeditions are to be
sent out later, while committees are to
be sent by rail to points remotely To-
Gated, but which undoubtedly will take
an interest in the exposition.
It is expected the exposition will at
tract 100000 visitors, hence the adyer-
tising value TO a community OF its ex-
hibits may be easily appreciated. From
one part of the country will be sent
agricultural exhibits. while from others
will be sent mining specimens, live
stock, fruits, etc. A special Women's
department has been organized and
women in all parts of the district will
be represented at the Woman's Build
ing. The idea Of this big exposition,
which promises TO grow in magnitude
from year to year, is to exploit In an
attractive manner the great natural re-
sources Of the country included in the
Ozark region of Missouri, Kansas, Ok
lahoma and Arkansas.
No charge will be made for displaysi
booth space, lights, water, everything,
in fact. Is furnished by the Joplin
Commercial club.
Already the exposition has received
the unsought endorsement of Gov.
Haskell of Oklahoma, who is urging
the people Of his state to take an ac-
tive interest In the undertaking, which,
as is self-eyident. is not for Joplin
alone, but for the united middle west.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
MRS. BROWN TO APPEAL
CASE TO SUPREME COURT

Guthrie, Okla, Aug 25.Mra Nettie
Brown, under sentence Of life impfison-
ment for the murder Of her husband.
T. II Brown, in Usage county on April
2S, 1909 has appealed her case 70 the
supreme court
Peter Brown. a son of the dead man
and stepson Of Mrs. Brown, confessed
70 doing the actual killing. but said that
he did It at the lnstigation and direc-
tion OF his stepmother
Young Brown killed his father with
a hoe while the latter was asleep, after
which he and his stepmother burned
the body In the campfire 70 hide the
crime.
He testified that Mrs Brown had
agreed 70 marry him and divide the
property with him. The case was tried
in Washington county on change Of
venue.
Mrs. Browns attorneys claim that
she was not given a fair trial be-
cause Peter Brown was allowed to tes-
tify against her when the case against
him had neither been tried nor dis.
missed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED IN
GRAND TRUNK COLLISION

Durand, Mich, Aug. 25.-probably
eight persons were killed and eight
others injured, three probably fatally
IN a rear-end collision on Grand
Trunk passenger train near here last
night The engine Of the rear train
plowed IFS way three-quartess Of The
length Of the sleeper, catching sighteeu
persons asleep. The fire box of the
colliding engine dropped out and 'he
coach IN a few minutes was in flames
only one charred body. that OF d Mon
treal woman was identified. The two
trains were sections OF the Montreal
and Boston express and left Chicago
yesterday afternoon. The first section
stopped for repairs and the secoad
crashed into IL
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
BOYS DID KILL THEIR
FATHER SAYS ATTORNEY

Preston Davis returned last night
from a business trip to Grove. He had
been to that place IN connection with
the preparation OF the defense Of
Beaver Chuwalooky and Chick Vann,
charged with the murder Of their
father, Chick-a-lee vann. According to
Mr.. Davis. the two boys did not kill
their father but the old man really
died from the effects OF knife wounds
inflicted by himself, in the attack on
the two sons. Mr.. Davis says that the
wounds inflicted by the sons would
not have killed a chicken. AS attor-
ney for the defense. Mr.. Davis did not
contest the preliminary hearing and
permitted both the young Indians to
be bound ovei to the district court for
trial
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
ROOSEVELT LIKES NAME TEDDY
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Buffalo, n y. Aug 25.-Rooseyelt
spoke from the rear platform to a
crowd Of railroad men at Dunkirk ~
". Il have always admired railroad
men" he said. because they have
qualities so typical Of Americans They
know how to act Independent and in
combination.
The groaning engine drowned the
colonel's voice
= can talk against anything but an
engine" he yelled as the train moved
away.
At Erie, Roosevelt addressed 5000
people.
Hello, Teddy" someone yelled IN an
undertone to a friend. The African
hunter said: = used to think Il lower
ed my dignity to be called Teddy, but
now like t."
Theodore Roosevelt pledged himself
to the men Of Buffalo today to help
them and al sinere citizens t3 fight
crookedness wherever found I'll help
you Just as | did In the past" he said
speaking to the Elllcott club, whose
guest he was AZ breakfast. lie made d
plea for the punishment Of grating
public officials and the election Of hon
est ones IN their pieces.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
INJUNCTION AGAINST cockRELl
Bv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Guthrie, Okla. Aug. 24.-By means
of an injunction issued last night
Bank Commissioner T.. b. Coekreil was
prevented from loading the records q
his office upon a Santa Fe passenger
train preparatory TO removing them e
Oklahoma City
The bank commissioner was not IN
cluded in the capital removal iuJunc
tion heretofore obtained by Guthrie
He moved his office force to oklaho
ma some days ago, but until last
night no attempt was made to trans
fer the furniture and records.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
STATE LEVY RECEIVED BY
COUNTY CLERK, R. +. NIX

County Clerk X r. Nix has received
notification from the state board Of
equalization that the levy for state
taxes for this year win be one and one
fourth mills. This Is Just one-half the
levy made for state purposes last year
The total levy on property IN Vinlta
for all purposes this year Is 23s5 mills.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26

Missoula, Mont, Aug 25,-Early re-
ports from the forest fires today are
hopeful The forestry officers now say
It is safe for the refugees to return TO
their homes along the Occur d,Alene
line OF the Northern Pacific and on the
Puget Sound railroad The exodus Of
refugees from Missoula continues. All
will be out by night.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
SO ABOVE IN COLORADO.

BY Associated Press.
Colorado Springs, olo, Aug. 25-
The thermometer registered as degrees
above zero this morning at $50 O'Clock
The coldest previous day IN August vas
Al above IN 1921
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
LoRD KENNgoY Ar NevAoA.
Associated Press

Hy AhhUNIdltu IIt6H,
Nevada Mo, Aug 25-lurd Charles
Kennedy Of Edinburg, Scotland was
one of the principal speakers at 10.
days program of the national assoeia
tion of therapeutics here As a phrs,
nologist and astronomer, Lord Kenne
dy gained a wide reputation IN Eng
land
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26

Sam Cobb has begun the erection Of
the most beautiful and most modern
bungalow IN the city on his property
on North Foreman street. The bunga-
low will be Of Carthage stone veneer
and viii cost about three thousand dol.
lars.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
PROSECUTOR WAS TOO ACTIVE.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Carlisle, N. Y. Aug. 95. The resi-
denee of James e. Plummer VAS 1yra.
mited last night and plummer was
hurled from bed. His injuries were not
serious. Plummer has been active in
the prosecution Of alleged rlolations OF
the local option law
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
OFFICERS ALLOW
REFUGEES TO GO HOME

Reports Receiued From Fire Swept Regions on
Northwest Are More Hopeful Supervisor
Weigle Says in Statement That I'D En-
PlOyeS in Forestry Service Haze Been
KiIled---BeIiefat Spokane That Many
More Have Perished-- Twenty-Five
Charred Bodies FOund---ImpOs-
Sible to Estimate the Loss
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-08-26
FRANCIS FILES ANNOUNCEMENT.

Jefferson city. Mo, Aug 25.-~nryid
r. Francis today filed his declaf...on
az democratic candidate for the United
States senate. with secretary OF state.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-12-01

friend ever asks: What will this friendship
bring to me in gold, influence and position?
But the question is: What may do for
him? A Frenchman once said: "To love
is to be a candidate for sorrow" He should
have said: sTo love is to be candidate
for self-sacrifice.
May reach that purest height; be to other souls
The cup of strength in some great agony?
So shall join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Such was the spirit of Jonathan. Who
would not love such man as was he?
The strength of this great attachment
was severely tested, and it was such as has
broken many a league of lesser persons.
Both Jonathan and David were in line for
the throne of their country. In similar
cases envies, jealousies, strife and often
death are the resultantsof such conditions.
But in this case classic souls had met and
Heaven sealed their love. No worldly
thing could make them twain. Even Saul
could not break them apart. The 'blood
covenant written in their hearts was
stronger than the Kings will. Attic new
moon feast in Saul's house David would
naturally go, but feared the wrath of the
King. Jonathan volunteered to inform
him of Saul's feelings by the shooting OF
the famous arrow. This was done, and it
told David that he must flee. They each
broke from their hiding and renewed their
covenant with great weeping; then sepa-
rated, never to meet again save once, a
year later, in the wilderness of Ziph, for q
brief communion. When David heard of
Jonathan's death on Mount Gilboa he ex-
claimed: 81 am distressed for thee, my
brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou
been to me! Thy love to me was wonder
full, passing the love of woman Thus
ended on earth this famous friendship, but
doubtless they have long since met beyond
the wilderness of the world and reunited in
a compact never to end.
What does such a friendship do for a
soul? 1t transforms the life into diviner
thing than can be either thought or
dreamed. Montaign is credited with the
saying: eff should compare all my life
with the four years had the happiness to
enjoy the sweet society of friend, it is
nothing but smok; an obscure and tedious
night from the day l lost him." Such
friends were Hercules and Hylas, Pylades
and Orestes, Damon and Pythias, whom
death could not sever.
Thus it is that friendly counsel, great
sympathy and love guide US upward to the
throne Of power, and often, at last, teach
US the greater lesson and the diviner love
of the Invisible.