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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02
Thirty-Four Pieces of Land Allotted to CherO-
KEGS We're Advertised and Brought Brought
Bids From All Parts of Country---Two
Tracts Sell for More Than $1,000
Each Chicago Man Successful
With Three of Six Bids.

26.3O acres in Mayes county, sold to
D. H. Kinzer, of Ketchum for $50, the
appraised value.
Lands of Sarah Towser, nee Rain
crow, NE IA of Sc IA; less LIP acres
NJ, X. & T. R. R. of Section Z, Town
ship 2S north. Range 81 east. 46Ne
acres in Craig county, sold to Dan
Hillegas of Welch for $1,245.
Lands of Lizzie Blair, Sc IA of NV
IA of Section 33, Township % north,
Range q east. 40 acres in Mayes
county sold to Frank Uto, of Pryor
for $3.50.
Lands of Ned Dreadfulwater: SE
IA of NV IA of Section 25, Township
20 north, Range 1S east. 40 acres in
Craig county, sold to w. T. Duncan, of
Edna, Kans.. for $481.
Lands of Jack Teekahlanneesky:
NE IA of NE IA of SW IA and E II
of Sc IA of NV IA of Section 8,
Township 25 north, Range 22 east. 80
acres in Ottawa county, sold to s. G.
Victor of Muskogee for 5000.
Lands of Rebecca Hilderbrand, nee
Rogers: SW Id of SW IA and the
w 1-2 of NV IA of SW IA of Section
g, Township rs north. Range 19 east.
go acres in Craig county, sold to L. c.
Wagner of Chicago for 1901.
Lands of Annie Longtail: IL of
NE IA of NV IA of Section Z, Town
ship 25 north, Range 20 east. 20 acres
in Craig county, sold to oliver Bagby
and John S. Thomason of Vinita for
$5O1.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The Epworth League of the First
Methodist church of Oklahoma City
has just passed resolutions declaring
that "the enforcement of law" in that
city, for several years has been an
insult to common decency." Same old
complaint. And that complaint will
continue to be heard, just so long as
law runs ahead of public opinion.
Whether we like it or not, ours is a
government by public opinion, and not
.of laws, and law is powerless to create
public opinion. So long as the ma
1ority in any community desire liquor,
so long will state wide prohibition
continue to be breeder of lawless-
ness.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Kansas City sure is getting moral
No turkey raffles allowed the night
before Thanksgiving. And they say
outlaw scenes are to be banished from
theh moving picture stage. Now let
the city council prohibit the baseball
boys from stealing bases and put pant
alets on the bare limbs of the trees
and there1l be no need for the saint
in Kansas City to die. But say, won't
the old town be dull!
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02
CHEAP SCHEME FOR OKLAHOMA.
IIOIO I IIFO clIIU uNI
| BUY AT HOME.

vi EAT ONTEWG run ONGAT1OmH'
The proposed capital removal bill
which the Oklahoma legislature has
been convened to extra session at Ok
lahoma City to enact may be a wise
and judicious measure, but at this
short distance from the new state it
looks pretty dubious.
The people of Oklahoma voted to re-
move the capital from Guthrie to Okla
homa City upon condition that the lat
ter city would furnish grounds and
buildings for the capitol Now it is
proposed to locate the capital not
within Oklahoma City, but at Putnam
City, eight miles away, and the ex-
pense fund is to be realized from the
speculative sale of lots in and around
Putnam City.
It appears that the administration
bill is perfectly acceptable to the real
estate men, but that it is obnoxious to
the other business interests of Okla
homa City, and, indeed, it should be
Oklahoma City cannot afford to com
mercialize its pledge to the people of
the new state and it would furnish a
capital location within that city. Nor
can the state itself afford to reduce the
capital removal question to a mere
lottery in real estate values
Oklahoma and its principal city
should both take a part in the move
ment for a new capital The matter
has been left to the politicians hereto
fore, with the result of an embarrass
ing and demoralizing situation for the
rich young state.-Kansas City Star
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Fines for illegal liquor-selling in an
Ohio town were kept in a separate fund
until enough accumulated to build an
electric-light plant The light was
turned on a short time ago. A sewage
disposal plant is to be built next, and
then the streets are to be paved, un-
less the liquor-sellers decide that their
business is not profitable enough to
continue to pay the fines.-Youth IS
Companion
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Commenting on the late elections,
Senator LaFollettes Magazine drives
a home thrust into the Sage of Oyster
Bay in this language: mo progress
sive leader, however popular, was able
to make the progressive vote subser-
Went to any party. Wherever attempt
ed, thousands of pregressives withheld
their votes in disgust or cast them
for democrats as a rebuke and warn
ing against any attempt to compromise
the progressive cause"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Hon. Arthur j. Balfour, the leader
of the conservative party in England,
has hitherto been considered as a man
of portentous gravity of thought, but
he has suddenly blossomed forth as a
humonist We have been wondering
where we could find a successor to
Mark Twain. Balfour's latest joke
qualities him for the job. He says that
the House of Lords is the last remain
ing safeguard of the popular will in
DR.. Charles F. Aked, pastor of the
England.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Everything is quiet in Mexico, ac'
cording to reports Diaz has at least
gotten control of the telegraph wires
American capitalists, interested in pro
noting Mexican enterprises, declare
there hasn't been much of any trouble
any way. Evidently Diaz is still! stand
ing in with "the interests and the
Interests" with Diaz. If there should
be any friction between the two, there
would mighty soon be cali for Amer
ican boys to shed their blood in Mex
leo to protect Wall Street money. KeeI
your eye on New York when Mexico
is mentioned. The real capital Of that
republic is down at the tip of Man
haitian Island.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Lloyd George calls the suffragettes
"mewing cats" They do more than
new. They scratch. But seriously, the
spectacle of an aged man of Augustine
Birrell's culture and standing being
mobbed and maltreated by band of
ladies" is enough to anuseate one
American women are conducting their
campaign for the suffrage in a decent
and dignified manner, and they will
be voting when their English sisters
are still breaking the peace
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Andrew Carnegie Gays he pities the
son of a millionaire. Our first impulse
is to smile at the statement, and
cynically declare that we should be
perfectly willing to be the victims Of
Andy's compassion. But come to
think of it, Andy has good deal of
reason on his side. The view from a
mountain summit is worth more if
you have climbed for it than IT, is il
cog-wheel railway has carried you
up.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Seventeen of the thirty-four tracts
of allotted lands advertised for sale
by Cherokee allottees, through the In
dian agent was sold yesterday. There
were no bids on seventeen tracts but
upon the other seventeen there were
twenty-seven bids. The lands sold, in
most instances, brought fair price
upon their valuation.
Upon the eighty acres of Sarah Tow
ser, nee Raincrow, near Welch, there
were three bids, the largest number
on any one tract. L. c. Wagner of
Chicago submitted bids for six of the
tracts offered for sale and was sue
cessful with three of the bids.
The following are the lands sold:
Lands of Cornelius Crittenden: NE
ia of the SW IA, Section 8, Township
26 north, Range % east 40 acres in
Ottawa county, sold to L. G. Wagner
of Chicago for $1,241. ~,
Lands of Thomas Bull, Lot II, Sec
ton 81, Township 90 north, Range 21
east, 1850 acres in Craig county, sold
to F. w. Sanderson of Ashmore, ILL.,,
for $141.
Lands of Sarah Walters, nee Sinner.
son: w IL of NV IA of NE IA of
Section 23, Township 25 north, Range
% east, 20 acres in Ottawa county,
sold to Samuel Fletcher, of Boise,
Idaho, for $3.50.
Lands of John Liver: SW IA of Sc
IA and SW IA of NV IA of Sc IA
of Section %, Township 29 north,
Range 18 east, so acres in Craig coun-
ty sold to NJ B. Marshal of Chicago,
for $500.
Lands of Nancy White, NV 1904
acres of Lot /, Section 5, Township
26 north, Range 20 east, in Craig coun-
ty, sold to Fannie e. Marks for $110,
the appraised value.
Lands of Ona-oo-so-we, north PLOT
acres of Lot 2, Section 2, Township 25
north, Range 81 east in Craig county
sold to F. NJ Crowell, of Alton for
1902. The appraisement was 5000.
Lands of Adam Ridge, S 1-2 of SW
IA of SW IA of Section 20, Township
25 north, Range 20 east, 20 acres in
Craig county, sold to Davis HILL OF
Vinita for $410.
Lands of Ella Tucker, NV IA OF
NE IA of Section 81, Township "a
north Range 81 east, 40 acres in
Craig county, sold to L. G. Wagner
of Chicago, for 1901 This was one
dollar above the appraised value.
Lands of Anna Ridge, E IL of w IL
of NE IA of Section 81, Township %
north, Range q east, 40 acres in
Mayes county, sold to James B. West
of Vinita for $500. The appraisement
was $4OO
Lands of Oo-Ti-Yah Weavel, E Is
of NV IA Of NE Ia; NV IA of NV
IA; SW IA of NV IA of NE IA; S
1-2 of NE IA of NV Ia, of Section SO
/ lTownship 20 north, Range Is. east. 6(
acres in Mayes county sold to John P
Thomas of Adair, for $3.50. The ap
praisement was $500
Lands of Baekwater Walker: Lo
Z; east 14.6O acres of Lot of Sectior
Is, Township 20 north, Range 81 east
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The democratic party is still on trial
in Oklahoma. A majority of 10000 in
state that casts as large vote can
easily be wiped out. The party is given
a great opportunity to demonstrate
that the voters made no mistake in
entrusting il with power. 1t will re-
quire conscientious application, wisdom
and patriotism on the part of those en-
trusted with the administration
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

1t does look as il the governor
would make good in the legislature
fight for the location of the capital.
But the end is not yet. Success in a
wrong cause is more likely to be fatal
than failure in right one Whom
the gods would destroy. they first
make mad"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

A noted temperance worker an
nounces with great rejoicing the cap
ture of the state legislature of Illinois
by the local option forces at the re-
cent election 1t should be noted that
those who advocated the same proposi-
ton in Oklahoma were denounced as
enemies of temperance. Or. Shields,
the superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of Illinois predicts that this
local option victory will place that
state in the front rank for temperance
Legislation,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

If ,Governor-E Elect Cruce wanted to
stay out of the capital removal fight
he should have simply stayed out.
There will be no side-stepping allowed
and Cruce has laid In supply of trou-
BILE that will last him during the four
years of his administration.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

j. b. Lister, representing the sanitary
and moral prophyeaxis movement in
this state is now in our city and will
lecture in the public schools This
movement has a broad scope for its
object for the betterment of social con-
ditions Because of ''prudery" or false
modesty, evil conditions exist that are
sapping the vitality of this nation. Mr.
Lister begins his work by lectures in
public schools regarding the cigarette
and match habit by boys of tender
years. He has endorsements of his
work from civic organizations of many
of the cities of Oklahoma as we'll as
pronounced endorsements from school
superintendent and boards of educa-
tion in every city where the work has
been done Superintendent Masters OF
the Tulsa schools, says: His work
was of the very best and was present
ed in such a manner that it got hold
of the boys at once and they were
very enthusiastic in doing away with
cigarettes. 1t is fact that the cigar
cite habit has decreased wonderfully
in the school this year and know that
much of it was due to Mr. Listers
talks" Such commendation as this
should give assurance to success for
the work in Vinita.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley predicts that
the time will come when progress in
health" will be an item on which
pupils in the pubic schools will be
graded. A sensible suggestion that!
Why should the boys and girls be
taught anything and everything under
heaven except how to take care of
themselves?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

What Theodore Roosevelt has done
for the republican party in the nation
C. N. Haskell is doing for the demo
cratic party in Oklahoma With q
bare 10000 majority at the last elec
tion the democrats may expect the
fight of their lives at the next election
unless Haskell is eliminated.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02
THE HOME PATRONS CREED.

The following is the creed of the
Fort Smith Retail Dealers association
1t is good enough to deserve editorial
comment Cut it out and read it now
and then.
| buy at home.
Because my interests are here.
Because the community that is good
enough for me to live in is good en-
ough for me to buy in.
Because l believe in transacting bus
mess with my friends.
Because want to see the goods.
Because l want to get what ! buy
when pay for it.
Because my home dealer carries
me" when I run short
Because every dollar spend at home
stays at home and works for the com
munity in which I live.
Because the man I buy from stands
back of the goods.
Because sell what I produce here
at home.
Because the man | buy from pays
his part of the town, county and state
tax.
Because the man | buy from helps
support my school, my church, my
lodge, my home.
Because when i'll luck, misfortune
or bereavement comes, the man l buy
from is here with his kindly greeting
his words of cheer and his pocketbook
is need be.
Here live and here l buy.
BUY AT HOME.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

1t is reported that President Taft
Intends to nominate Charles II. Hughes
To the chief iusticeship of the supreme
court to succeed the late Chief Justice
Fuller. The appointment will occasion
little surprise. but some regret. Mr.
Hughes. while at the bar never made
any startling record as a lawyer. He
was not considered in the same class
with men like EIihu Root. Joseph II.
Choate. Paul d. Cravath. Victor Mora
wetz and James u. Dill. AS governor
of New York state he proved entirely
acceptable in the long run. to Wall
Street and "the interests" Before he
left New York for the supreme bench,
the railroad attorneys were enthus-
iastic in his praise. Mr.. Justice
Hughes is a clean man personally and
believes in honesty according to the
rules of business as she is played; "
but on the great issue of the day. be
tween the people and the big corpora
tions. there is every reason to believe
that he will be found on the side OF
the corporations TO put the matter
in plain English. the president is In
tending, if reports be true, to put a
second or third rate corporation law
yer into the seat of John Marshall
Roger B. Taney and Morrison r
Waite. We can't .help wondering II
he would have done this had Cover
nor Hughes not been figured on as 6
presidential possibility in 1912.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The Kansas City Journal is very hap
.py over the final coant of the Missouri
vote, which shows that the republican
state ticket was elected By pluralties
ranging from 1000 to 1000. Demo
crats in Gloom" is the emphatic head
line over the announcement Not a
bit of it. The democrats are not hogs.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Now the bankers claim that the
bank guaranty law is unconstitutional
because it discriminates against the
banks which fail to comply with it.
We thought that was what laws were
for.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The police president of Berlin has
declared war against the long protrud-
ing hat pins which are SO conspicuous
a feature of recent styles. And here
in America the women won't be salts
fed until they can vote! .es ssls4a
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

So Jim Harris is going to draft an
honest election law for Oklahoma
Can men gather grapes of thistles or
figs of thorns? Nay verify Jim Harris
wouldn't know an honest election law
if he met it in the road.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Vinita is fortunate in being located
at the northeast gateway of Oklahoma
and in the best part of the state, and
also that It is nearly 200 miles from
the capital location scramble.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Rockefeller church." in New York
City, will make himself solid with the
ladies if he keeps on his present
course. He has just declared the SUI
periority of women's clubs to mems
clubs "A mans club" he says, "is
for personal ease, good cooking and
good company. The womens clubs
in this country, so striking feature in
our national life, are organized for
work But then, Doctor, you ought
to take into account that, in order to
give the ladies leisure for their siren
uous club life, the men have to work
so hard that when work is over per
sonal ease, good cooking and good
company are just what they need.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

There is a vast difference in the
views of Governor Haskell and the
supreme court of the state anent the
capital removal proposition. Will the
turn down the court or the
governor. which?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

1t now transpires that that famous
interview of James ]. Hill predicting
another panic was fake. But it gave
the calamity howlers a chance to dilate
upon the hard times coming.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The German socialists are denounc-
ing Kaiser Wilhelm for his divine
right" speeches. All. what's the use?
The kaiser enjoys making such
speeches, and they don't do anybody
any harm.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

We wonder if the people of this
state have it clearly in their minds
that Governor Haskell does not intend
to locate the capital at Oklahoma
City? Putnam is outside the corporate
limits of Oklahoma City 1t is about
eight miles from the business center
of Oklahoma City. The location of the
capital there is opposed by many of
the business men of Oklahoma City.
Such a location would be directly con-
trary to the real but imperfectly ex-
pressed wish of the people Of the
state, who voted for Oklahoma City.
But what does all this count for with
Haskell? THE state? 1t is myself.
said Louis XIV of France. But when
it comes to running things with high
hand, the governor of our state makes
the grand monarch's record look like
a seven-spot high against four aces.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

When a supposedly high class news
paper deyotes its leading editorial to
abuse Of Judge Ben Lindsey of Den
YER the antagonism of that journal be-
comes an honor
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02
HONDURAS AGAIN HARASSED
BY REVOLUTIONARY FORCES,
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
San Juan, Del Sur, Nicaragua, Now
29.-Atlantic ports of Honduras and
the department of Comayagua have
been captured by revolutionists, under.
the leadership of former President
Bonilla. The government forces sent
to retake the territory have joined the
army of the revolutionists.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Oklahoma has produced little of
pretty much everything found any
where in the world hitherto and win
now bring out a crop of real live in
surgents.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The threat to remove some state in
stitutions II members failed to ratify
the capital removal move on the part
of Governor Haskell has the earmarks
of the demagogue.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Not every minister is as thoroughly
acquainted with his subject as the
dominic who was arrested for forgery
at the close of sermon on "The De-
ceitfulness of Sin"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

When Judge Raymond offered that
$1,000 for the state capital he showed
that he had a practical conception of
the way to get it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Well Senator Carter of Montana is
evidently not to be appointed to the
supreme court. Thank you. Mr.. Pres
ident
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Anyway, we are glad that Lee Cruce
instead of Charles N. Haskell, is rep
resenting Oklahoma at the congress
of governors.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

There is a man in Oklahoma City
who wants a war with Mexico. Well,
let him have it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The weather man at Kansas City
predicts an. early end to the drouth.
Isn't that prediction trife late al
ready?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

One billion more cigarettes eonsum-
ed in the United States in the last
year than in the preceding one.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Why should any white man eovet the
honor" of being the champion bruiser
and bully Of the world?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Just how far the state legislature
will allow Governor Haskell to drive
ii under whip will soon be determined
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

The ministers Of Knoxville. Tenn,
are the latest to take up the night
against the big hats. Success to them.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02
Editor

A prima donna says that work Is
the key to beauty. Nix. Editors are
homely lot
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Thank God, Governor Haskell
doesn't own the supreme court That
lis the one sign of promise on our po-
litical horizon just now.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

1t is reported that some of the
ladies clubs in Oklahoma City are
moving toward the establishment of
an art museum. 1t is well that in
building the new states future, we
should make provision for culture and
refinement as we'll as material sue
cess. And that reminds us. Vinita
ought to be ashamed to be without
anything in the way of a public lib
rary. Somebody ought to get busy
and keep busy! 1t is sheer nonsense
to say that this city cannot provide
and maintain library. There are
plenty of live, useful little circulating
libraries in towns of half our size.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-02

Yesterday was the day the gobbler
got gobbled