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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-18
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Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb. D.
Cattle receipts last week were dis
appointment to buyers every day ex-
cept Tuesday and prices either higher
or were firm each day except Tues.
day, with a net advance of 10 to 25
cents for the week. Buyers were less
willing to pay a premium on the high.
er priced steers than on medium TO
cheap cattle, and 1t was the lower
grades that received the most ad-
vance The run Monday was $4,000
head and the market Is about steady
with the close of last week, except
that few sales of COWS were a little
lower Monday The meat boycott has
ceased to be a factor in the market.
and the opening of Lent has not cut
much figure this year IN cutting down
the demand The outlet is broader
than a week ago, and the market has
added capacity account of recent
forced small buying of killers. Prime
steers have been scarce, but one lot
sold at $74O here Monday highest
price In several weeks, top each of
the two last weeks $715. Cows of
quality sell up to $3.50, and few
heifers at 5000 or better, bulk of she
stuff at 1926 TO $5.25, bulls S400 to
$500, veals $3.50 to 5000, heavy
calves around $500 stockers 1915 TO
1925. feeders s4.25 to 1915. Some
spayed heifers from Colorado sold at
$3.50, and Wyoming feeders sold re-
Gently at $3.50, Supply in quarantine
division was very small. market in
line with natives. steers at $465 to
$640 last week, top guarantees today
1925, with several lots of Oklahoma
steers at S5.40 to $500.
Hog receipts have been running
very light, and prices made net
gain OF is cents last week, closing at
the highest point reached previously
this winter. The run was 5000 head
Monday, and the market is 8 to 10
higher, top standing at $500, highest
ever recorded at this market, and
hogs are selling at war prices today
for the first time in more than forty
years. All weights come In for the
strong prices, and seldom Is the bulk
OF sales within as narrow a range as
now. 1855 to ssS5 here today Ship
ping orders from eastern points have
been more numerous in the last week
than formerly which is an important
element Of strength. as shippers US
ually set the pace for the packers.
Sheep and lambs are coming free
", but the market shows extraordi-
nary strength. Run Monday was
1900 head, and prices are almost
steady today at the gain Of 25 to SO
cents secured last week. lambs Mon.
day were up to 1895, yearlings $500,
wethers $500, ewes s610. The San
Luis Valley In Colorado is reported
TO be about done marketing for this
season, but the Arkansas Valley Is in
the midst Of their heaviest shipping
now, and local feed lots will likely con
tribute literally balance of this
month.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-18

VIM. l.. curtis, or SailiBaW, was ~
the city this morning
7. w. Wallace came up from Pryor
Creek. last night, on business.
Wilson Smith. OF Grove, was woll
known visitor in the city today.
A. V. Davenport. Of Tulsa. was trans
acting business here this morning,
Ellis Harlin. of Welch. was trans
acting business in vinita this after
noon.
Bert Chandler returned to Guthrie
last night. after visit with home
folks.
Mrs. ]. r. Murphy and Mrs. e. d.
Nelson left this morning for San An
tonic, Texas
Mrs. j. ]. Spencer returned last
evening from a visit with relatives at
Claremore.
Mrs. Coats, who has been visiting
Mrs Johnson Falling. returned to
Adair last night
Judge Frear returned las night,
from Oklahoma City, where he attend
ed meeting of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee.
III. w. Anderson was among the
throng of visitors here from Grove.
AL Buxton had two children die Of
pneumonia last night at his home near
Bluejacket.
]. s. Davenport and Preston Davis
went to Guthrie today to attend the
State Bar Association.
Mrs. Ralph Reed returned last night
from a visit at Sapulpa. Her brother
accompanied her home for visit
here
Three boy "vags" were fined $40
each in police court this morning, and
sent to jail to serve out the sentence
The funeral of Joe Little's child.
that died at the home at Ramona, will
take place this afternoon on the ar
rival Of the train from the west at
3.55.
The Twentieth Century Club will
meet with Mrs. J. F. Gunter Wednes-
day afternoon. All members re cor
daily invited to be present.
George Palmer, said to be a fugitive
from justice and wanted in Mayes
county, was arrested here last night
by Officer Chandler, and lodged in
Jail to await the coming of Sheriff
Dallas, of Mayes county.
The members of the G. w. b. M.
Charles Bates, the young man
whose mind became deranged on the
streets here yesterday afternoon, was
last night taken to Sedalia, by Dep
uty Jake Smith He will be placed
In the Weltmer institute at that place.
entertained very pleasantly for a num-
Der OF young ladies last evening. at
the home of Mrs T. e. Englehart. The
house was gaily decorated with hearts
and valentines The hours we're spent
with games and music and delicious
refreshments were served
The social given at the home OF
Mrs. NJ. R. Chapman for the beniit Of
the Baptist Young Peoples Union,
was quite success The house was
beautifully decorated with pink and
white hearts. and the same colors
were carried out In the refreshments.
Miss Gray was awarded the first prize
for the most cleverly constructed val
entine. and Mrs. c, A. Davidson won
first prize for the most original val
entine verse. Mrs. Chapman was as
sisted by Misses Efiie McDaniels and
Frank Adkins. All present expressed
themselves as having spent most
delightful evening.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-18
(First Publish in the Chleftain.
February rs, 1900
NOTICE or SALE or REAL

Notice is hereby given that In pur-
suance of an order OF the County
Court of Craig County, Oklahoma,
made on the 10th day of February,
1910, In the matter of the estate Of
William n. Lewis, minor, the under
signed as guardian Of said minor viii
sell at private sale TO the highest bid
der fer cash, subject to confirmation
By said County Court, on Monday the
7th day Of March. 1910. at the hour
OF 1:30 d. M. Of said day or at any
time thereafter within the statutory
period for receiving bids. at the
County Court room In Craig County,
Oklahoma. all the right, title, interest
and estate of the said William p.
Lewis. a minor acquired In whatso
ever manner in and TO the following
described real estate situated In Craig
County, Oklahoma, and more accur-
ateiy described as follows, to-wit
N IL of NV IA Section 81,
Township 20 North. Range 20
East, being In all so acres, more
or less.
Bids must be In writing and may be
left at the Office of the Judge Of the
County Court. accompanied by a Ger
tilted check for one-third OF the
amount of the bid
Dated this 10th day Of February,
1910.
Guardian
BY PARKER, RIDER & BROWN,
His Attorneys eo'S
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-18
First Publlshed in the chleftaln,

ftuIuHfy To- tHIU.I
State of Oklahoma. Craig County. IS.
In the County Court.
In the Matter of the Guardianship OF
Delilah Harris, Minor; Alex J Har.
ris, Guardian Probate No.
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
The petition Of Alex J. Harris, as
the guardian of the person and estate
Of Delilah Harris, minor, having
been presented to this Court praying
that an order be made authorizing
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-18

Some Of the rural mail carriers
we're unable to make their deliveries
today, on account Of the bad condi-
ton OF the roads.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-02-18

BY PARKER. RIDER g. BROWN.
His Attorneys. 1868
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
leoend Proved True.

A curious legend surrounding
country estate in the Neon valley,
Hampshire, which has been fulfilled
with painful reality. has set the whole
countryside talking. The story con-
Germs the death at Corhampton house,
Corhampton, of Mr.. Campbell-Wynd-
ham, ]. p, who on the death of his
mother on September 8, last year, sue
ceeded to an estate around which a
legend runs that male heir will not
live over IL months after succession
Mr. Campbell-Wyndham was the first
male heir for generations. In the last
stage of his illness, Mr.. Wyndham
prophesied that he would die in bed
IL months to the day his mother
passed away, and by truly remark
able coincidence, he died few min
utes after midnight on that very day.
London Mail.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
PASSING OF PARLOR CARPET
Modern Methods Of Living Turn TO
the Rug as the More San
itary.

Modern methods of living are assert
ing themselves more and more very
day. For some peculiar reason man
always has assumed the prerogative
of supplying what he considered the
untilitarian portions of the home, and
to woman has been delegated it's orna-
mentation, but in the last few years
ideas have been changing in this re-
gard and women have become not
only the largest buyers, but the finest
judges of the necessities, as well as
the Injuries of everyday existence.
Only few years ago the height of
womanly ambition In household decor
alton or idea was a Brussels carpet in
the "best ROOM" floor covering that
was often put over a cushion of straw
and left to gather dampness, dust and
germs, sometimes for years, in the
unused parlor Anyone who has been
around at spring cleaning and caught
view OF the dirt which has sifted
through the Garnet was certainly ap-
palled at the sight. For many years
this floor covering was considered the
acme of elegance, and the woman in
comfortable circumstances who would
have had the temerity to substitute
hardwood floors and rugs for the old
fashioned carpet would have been con-
sidered as decidedly eccentric and ex-
travagant.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
High Title Denied Washington.

A friend calls attention to the fact
that Washington, although comman
der In chief during the Revolution
and again in 1898 during the French
war, which did not really happen, did
not bear the title of full general On
July 2, 1898, President Adams nomin-
ated him ito be lieutenant general and
commander in chief" This was fol-
lowed by the act of March 3. 1898. of
which the ninth section read that a
commander of the army of the United
States shall be appointed, and CON-
missioned by the style of general of
The armies OF the United States, and
that the present Office and title of
acknowledgement shall thereafter be
abolished President Adams, jealous
for the executive preogative as CON-
mander in chief, made no appoint
ment under this act and Washington
died as acknowledgement.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
Curious Properties Of Minerals.

Certain minerals exhibit the curl
Gus optical property known as aster-
ism. That is to say, they show star
shaped figure when light is reflected
from them, or transmitted through
them. This is seen, for example, In
the star stone, a sort of sapphire, and
in the star ruby. A note in Knowl-
edge describes and figures the aster-
ism of mica. The photograph OF a
lamp taken through plate of mica
shows a beautiful six-rayed star, with
six fainter radiations between. Out
wardly star mica resembles the ordi-
nary form and shows the same, phe-
nomena under polarized light. When
examined under the microscope, how
ever, the star mica is found to con-
tain fine needles of another mineral
and these are regularly arranged at
angles of 100 degrees. To these nee
dies the star seen by transmitted light
is due.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
Haunted Alaskan Island.

To the south and west of Kodiak,
distant about 100 miles, and forming
one of the Semidi group, is the island
of Chirikof, the haunted island Of
Alaska.
Enshrouded for great portion of
the time with almost impenetrable
fog, the Tanna Tribune says, this lone
ly isle is an object Of terror to the
natives, who. we'll not go near the
island. saying 1t means certain death
to invade the canny confines, and
there are few men in the far north
who have the temerity to test the
truth of the many and weird tales told
of this forbidding and barren island.
Shipmasters and sailors passing the
place assert that the agonizing cries Of
Russian exiles sent there to starve or
die of torture are sometimes heard
on quiet nights, while the clink Of
chains and the sound Of blows are
testified to In an affidavit by white
man who once attempted to remain
there for week and who lost his
reason.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
PLEASANT FOR THE TRAVELLER
Russian Method of Safeguarding Gar
Necessarily Led to Some Appre-
hension.

The late William e. Ingersoll, the
noted life INSURANCE manager, was an
authority on insurance rates.
Mr.. Ingersoll knew. the rates all
over the world" said New York man
ager, recently. 1.-THE Russian rates are
very high. Mr.. Ingersoll once ex-
planned to me, with story, why this
was
"A traveller In Russia, ne said, no
ticed that the train was all deco
rated with flags ard banners, and at
every station conapny of soldiers,
and band playing the national an
them. The traveller asked brakeman
the reason Of al. this ceremony. The
brakeman, lowering his voice, re-
piled:
u don't mind telling you, sir-but
In the strictest confidence, be It un-
derstood-that carriage in this train
has been engaged for his majesty. But
his majesty, as a matter of fact, won't
set off till this evening. Thus the plot
Matched against him may take effect
on this train, you see, and our gra-
cious sovereign will be saved
THE brakeman touched his cap
and passed on, and the traveller, sud-
denly grown pale and nervous, stared
from the window anxiously"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03

WITHIN very few weeks VIM. Al
den Smith, Michigan's junior senator,
with several other members of the Ma
tional Waterways Commission, sail for
Europe TO join their fellow members in
the city of Strasburg, after which ten
weeks will be spent investigating the
waterways systems of many principal
cities of the old world. The tour of
investigation will cover such points as
Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Paris, Ham
burg and London, where improve
ments and methods prevailing upon
such mighty rivers as the Danube,
Rhine, and the Thames, and the cana
and dykes of Holland will be in
spected. Upon their return the com
mission will continue its investigation
of the Improvements and methods in
vogue on our great inland lakes and
rivers for transportation facilities and
the responsibilities and duties of the
general government in relation there
Ia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
vlve La ErYlna Pan.

The frying pan will not be van
pushed by a single blow. II has it's
friends, and II has its sxcellencies, and
they will resent this attack upon a
housewife favorite. For to this uten-
sill we are indebted for the fried DO
tato, the apple turnover. the dough-
nut, the peach pierino. the cruller, and
the crisp bacon that lies sweetly in
it, gravy bed. thousand hands will
be raised to defend It, The first smell
of old Virginia ham, savory as the
breath of the gods. will tempt the most
abstemious dyspeptic that ever chewed
breakfast food. And there is one deli
cacy from which the world can never
be induced to part. From the earli
times of the "dominicker" down to
these capon days 1t has been the Joy
of mankind. Whatever may be charg
ed against It, whatever crimes of in
digestion and devastation may be laid
at its door, let this be set down to its
credit Wherever the name of chicken
is known, wherever good eating is
esteemed, wherever the delights of the
table appeal to the heart of man, there
fourishes the triumph of the frying
pan-fried chicken a la Maryland
Baltimore Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03

THERE were about sixty from this
city and vicinity who took in the
Gridley club banquet last Friday night
in Ionia, which number helped TO swell
the seven hundred or more banqueters
who were more or less entertained at
the function. 1t is no small job TO pre-
pare and serve supper for so large a
crowd of hungry men with appetites
made keene from an hours wait, after
the usual time for a meal. However
much of plenty there may be in the
menu if it is not served with system
and with due regard to time, the effect
on a PERSONS stomach is ''fabergasted
TO a fragile" and causes WEAKNESS of
the flesh. 1t is impossible for fellow
TO fill up on cabbage salad, pork gravy
and pickles and then endeavor to en-
JOY sandwich of mashed potatoes,
ice cream and brown bread. The menu
was good and plenty of it, but the
service was as much out of harmony
as was the clash of the Kelley Osborn
tilt
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
FATE IN AN UNKIND MOOD
Floating Money That Meant So Much
to Shabby Woman Could
Not Be Hers.

On Fifth avenue at Fifty-eighth
street yesterday morning was a wom-
an taking a stroll for her health, says
the New York Sun. She wore Paris
dress and rich furs. Some distance
behindw her was another woman shah
billy clad Out in the street was one
of those big policemen of the traffic
squad.
Almost alongside the curb some
thing that looked like green paper
was dancing about in the breeze. 1t
caught the attention of the two WON
en- and the policeman almost stimuli
taneously. Each made in the direc-
ton of it, but the woman in the furs
got there first What she picked up
was bunch of five. ten and twenty
dollar bills. She called the police
man.
Here, officer" she said, take this
10 the station house and have 1t kept
until the owner calls for it."
The policeman took the bills and
counted them. There was 1925 in all.
The stability dressed woman, who
was watching the proceedings, sighed.
How I'd like to have had one of
those bills" she said.
1t is supposed that the money was
lost by a person who had just cashed
a check at the Plaza bank near by.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
DON'T STUDY NATIONAL AIRS
American Visitor In Great Britain Re-
turns with His Feelings
Perturbed.


81 WISH" growled a man lately back
from tour of the British Isles. that
the British bandmasters would take
a course of instruction In what con-
stitutes the American national airs.
Band concerts are the rage all over
England. Ireland. Scotland and Wales
During the summer season, probably
as a compliment to the hordes of
Americans who are fiinging away gold
for their benefit, they present daily
what is generally dubbed American
national airs
think Dixie Is the national air, be-
cause they sagely observe 1t Is the
only one which Americans applaud.
The 'Star-Spangled Banner is dismal
and lugubrious enough under the best
of circumstances, but to hear the
Scotch bagpipes have fling at 1t Is
indescribable misery. The man who
wrote the Columbia hymn would not
know his own work as performed In
King Edwards domain, and even the
Kentucky Home and other negro bal
lads get touch between an Irish jig
and a Scotch wall which robs the
American visitor of any pleasure
which he might experience in hearing
songs from home. 1t may be that
British, Scotch and Irish guests on
this side of the water get as much dis
comfort in hearing Annie Laurie !
hope they do, for 1t would. establish
sort of international musical bal
ance"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
QUEENSLAND'S WATER TREES
Wise Provision Of Nature That Is One
Of the Curiosities Of the
legion.

One Of the curiosities in natural his
tory in the colony of Queensland Is
the provision by nature of a supply Of
On these roots the aborigines former
ly depended for their water for sew
eral months of the rear.
There are several kinds Of trees in
Queensland from which water can
be obtained, including three species
of eucalyptus, and the kurrajong. The
eucalypti consists Of a gum, which Is
the largest of the back country trees,
box and malice. rhe first named is
the most preferred, as yielding the
greatest quantity. This tree resem-
bles the red gum In appearance, the
leaves being a little narrower and OF
a silvery color. 1t grows chiefly on
sandy or light loamy soil and throws
out numerous lateral roots at depth
of about nine inches from the sur
face Of the ground. The position of
these roots was ascertained by the
blacks by repeatedly jabbing the
points OF spear or sharpened stick
In the soft earth at distance of about
six or eight feet from the trunk of
the tree. The soil was then removed
| with wooden shovel for some 20
feet or more and the root cut off at
either end. This was then cut up
into lengths Of about IS inches, the
bark knocked off and the lengths stood
on end in some receptacle to contain
water. In many cases the blacks used
bag made of the entire skin sf the
male wallaby. AS soon as all these
| pieces were placed ON end the opera
tor, beginning witb the first placed,
put the end in his mouth, and by a
vigorous puff expelled the remaining
water. The size OF the roots chosen
was, with the bark on, about the thick
ness of mans wris' The larger
ones being more woody and less por-
GUS, contain little or no water. The
water is beautifully clear, cool, and
free from any unpleasant taste or
smell.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
Pet Mispronunciations

Have you ever noticed" asked the
teacher in English, that great many
well-educated people persistently pro-
nounce at least one word incorrectly?
know college man who for some
mysterious reason always says tim
odity" for timidity, and he drags this
oddly into almost every sentence he
speaks Mrs. Smiths pet word Is
'predujice," while Mrs. Jones can't
help saying "guiiantic." Just listen
TO them, and you'll hear the same peo-
pie repeating over and over such mis-
takes as prediction" "circutuous,
'cupolo," etc. Some one must have
called their attention to it, | suppose,
but they have grown attached to their
way of pronouncing, and don't like to
change"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
Europe's HiQhest VILLAGE.

The highest village in Europe" is
the inscription on a post card which
shows a group Of wooden cottages on
bleak hill, with no sign of vegeta-
ton In sight and having as a back
ground a range Of recovered noun
tains. The name Of the place is Cume-
az In the Canton Wallis. II lies 2,O47
meters above the sea level, where
Monte Rosa raises its gigantic head
into the clouds" The village consists
Of four families, and the latest CEN
sus gives II a population of 26. The
storms Of spring and fall and the
SHOWS of the winter months" says the
sender of the card, make life a
dreary one. and still the people look
happy, and doubtless they are So"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
Noted WOMAN OF OLD ROME
Clodia's Salon Center from Which
Emanateo Dear Friends and
Deadly Enemies.

The salon of Clodia on the Pala-
at Baiae drew together the foremost
politicians, poets and orators of the
time-menl of the older generation
like Cicero and Matallus, young men
like her brother Clodius, the brilliant
and erratic tribune, or Caelius, whom
Cicero calls 1.-The best informed poll
tician in Rome" The burning eyes"
of Clodia, which Cicero celebrates in
his fierce attack upon her; her bril-
liant wit, her versatile character, her
skill as a dancer, her abandon and
bohemianism, her Claudian pride and
contempt for popular opinion are all
marks of that fiery southern tempera-
ment which could find no middle
course between love and hate, which
would hesitate for no scruples and be
thwarted by no obstacle.
She tired of Catullus and he poured
scorn. She failed to ensnare Cicero,
and she avenged herself upon him by
driving him into exile and taking his
property from him. She was Tilted
and laughed at by the once-devoted
Caelius, and consequently brought a
charge of attempted murder against
him and almost compassed his ruin.
Whether she deserves the abuse which
Catullus heaps upon her in his later
poems, whether she merits the epitaph
of the "three-cent Clytemnestra"
which Caelius puts upon her, or Is
1.-The Palatine Medea" whom Cicero
paints her in his defense of Cactus,
we may never know.--Scribner's Mag
azine.