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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
JUNIORS HAVE MANY AMBITIONS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
There are many ways in which boys
and girls can help their country. Take.
for example, the Juniors. Some of US
wish to be writer's, some artists, others
poets. We can study about these
things to which our minds turn, and
perhaps in the end write beautiful
poems, stories or paint pictures which
will help people to be happy and feel
better.
There are many who cannot do any
of these wonderful things, but every
one can have good character and
speak and act kindly to others.
There are children who now are
studying music and can only play
small exercises, and when the teacher
is not satisfied they say, "Oh, dear, |
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

were helpful and what they did and
do as we'll themselves.
Do not break the laws of their coun-
try, whether policemen are around or
not, like cowardly people do.
They must be honest in their work,
also brave and strong, and willing to
do things that are put before them to
do. They must try to stop saloons and
tobacco stands and preach against
these things. They ought to be athletic
as George Washington was; and be
healthy and polite.
Unhealthy men and women are not
so apt to get position. And another
thing, they could not hold a position
long, because they would always be
getting sick. We all want to be help
full to our country, as the wise and
great men were.
ELSIE SHILLING,
Sawtelle school, grade 6, age u.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
TENEMENT CONDITIONS
DEMAND OUR ATTENTION
Honorable Mentionl

Dear Aunt Laurie:
You ask in what way modern Aneri-
can boys and girls may become as
helpful to their country as George
Washington. There are many ways
for the person with ability to choose
from, for the country increases in
population new problems constantly
arise.
In New York and all the large cities
of our country, there are many, many
very poor people, many of them immi-
grants, living in crowded tenements.
After large family lives in one small,
filthy room, without light or fresh air,
they are forced to work for pit1fully
small wages, and even the tiny chill
dren must work for a living.
Uneducated, their backs early bent
with labor, these children cannot be-
come citizens of whom we would be
proud.
How may conditions be changed so
that there will be room for all, so that
the children may receive an education
and grow up to useful citizens? This,
is seems to me, is a question OF vital
Importance to the nation. Eminent and
capable men have worked long over
this problem, and have indeed bet
tered conditions among the very poor.
Still there remains much to be done.
A partial solution of the problem,
should think, could be found in the
broad farming lands of. our country.
Here is a chance for some modern
American boy or girl, when he or she
grows up. to win fame and the grati-
tude of thousands.
FLORENCE M. MOOTE.
S06 Whittier street. Grade All, Los
Angeles high school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

just can't play!" That is not the way
to help your country or people. Just
say, 'Wait, now; I'll try it again"
Those are the ones who will some
day be great musicians and will cons
pose beautiful music that will make
people better and happier.
We cannot all be great generals or
presidents or go through great war
as Washington did, but we can be
good, happy and kind to all.
These few that 1 have mentioned are
not the only ways in which we children
can be help to our country. There are
dozens and dozens more.
Perhaps we could not do any great
things, but we can all do little ones,
which often count as much.
With much love to you and all my
cousins. Your loving niece,
BESSIE CHAPMAN.
100 San Pedro street; Ninth street
school, grade BS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
SMALL THINGS COUNT

Dear Aunt Laurie:
If modern American boys and girls
wish to be as helpful to their country
as George Washington the girls can
join the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union, and they can send out pa
pers telling the men and boys what
harm cigarettes and liquor do
The boys can be brave and noble, and
they can be good citizens.
Doing the great things is not all of
life. Each has his own corner to fill,
be it high or low. If we cannot be
captain. general or president, we can
at least live for the best that is in us.
Our example might be the means of.
helping others. "The mouse helped
the lion" NELLY CLANELOT.
Sawtelle city school, grade g.; age III.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
GOOD DEEDS MAKE FRIENDS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The way boys and girls can become
helpful to their country is to be hon
est. true and kind to everybody. To
be honest is to do the right things.
Don't cheat when playing on school
grounds or any other place.
When our parents ask us to do any
thing we should go right ahead and
do it, not frown and call names.
We could be kind and loving to our
schoolmates and do good things to
make people think we'll of US and then
the other boys and girls will do good.
When we are in school we should be
good to our teachers and principal.
Adds SHORT.
Sawtelle city school, sixth grade. I
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
FORBIDDEN DANCE

Fiercest of all the wild orgies of the
aborigines of North America is the
fiesta which eliminates in the fire.
rance of the Saboba Indians. small
tribe living close to the Sierra Madre
dance of the Saboba Indians, a small
the seacoast of California from the
desert.
Up to last year, when the Indian
bureau of the United States govern
ment finally forbade the holding of
these fiestas, the Sabobas had gathered
every year at the base of old Mounte
San Jacinto to sing, dance and gamble,
and finally to throw themselves into a
pit of fiery coals,> roll over and over
on the burning bed. and then dance
with bare feet on the red-hot floor of
the pit.
With the passing of the Saboba
fiesta has gone out what was, perhaps,
the strangest and wierdest gathering
white men have ever seen. Even the
potlatches of the Chilkat Indians of
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

Pursuing the treasures That ride Ger the
wave.
O brave little sonny, such spirit hold fast
Twill cause you to smile when each strug-
gle is past.
No prize from life's ocean shall slip from
your grasp n
If dauntless you stand in the teeth of each
blasti
=
And, fond little mother be hopeful Of joy
No mater what calling shall beckon. your
boy
For the message divine he can always de-
clare
And ever the surplice of service may wear.
Philadelphia Record
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

Sonny is leaning against his mothers knee
Each OF them dreaming of what he will be.
When he has grown up TO be big man
Both quite certain they have the best
plan.
Mother is painting a picture with dreams,
An angelic figure in surplice it seems.
Earnestly seeking with fervor and prayer
The message of love and goodwill to de-
clare.
sonny in fancy is sailing the seas
Armed to the teeth, with a. flag to the
breeze
Emblazoned with cross bones, gold. brazen
and brave
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
wAsHINeToNs EXAMPLE GOOD

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Boys and girls should do what's right.
They should obey their parents. Thus
they may become as helpful to their
country as did George Washington.
George Washington liked his country
very much. That's what the modern
American boys and girls ought to do.
George Washington was noble
man, and did what was right, and
never told lie.
If tie American boys and girls would
help their mothers they would be use
full to their country. Boys and girls
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
HIGH AM BlTloNs

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Boys and girls may go to school and
learn all they can. Study hard and go
through college.
After a long while there might be
battle and you would enlist and be-
come general. After the war you
might be voted president and become
as helpful to your country as George
Washington was.
LESLIE CLARK,
SaWtelle~ City School, grade 6.
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country-not the kind of enemy that
George Washington freed us from, but
the liquor enemy.
/ hope that some day liquor Will be
unknown. BESSIE LUDFORD.
Long Beach. r. F. d. No. i, box 2610.
Carroll Park school, grade A6. Age II.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
AN ABSORBING QUESTION

Dear Aunt Laurie:
In one way when some boy or girl
could become famous he or she could
helm to drive out the enemy of the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
SYLLABUS Of DECISION IN
CAPITAL LOCATION CASE

ing fund, (13) empowers said commits
sion to employ engineers, architects
and clerical help at the expense of the
state and fix their compensation. (1D
empowers said commission to enter in
to a contract for the construction Of
capital building, subject to the ap-
proval of the legislature, q5l makes
an appropriation of six hundred thou
sand dollars for the use of said com
mission; to submit to the electors of
the state for their adoption or rejec-
tion at the polls, three questions, to-
wit: "Sball it (the bilD be adopted;
shall the capital be located and
"shall the capital of the state of Ok
lahoma be permanently located at?"
Zone of three certain cities, naming
them); that said question, shall it
be adopted?' prescribed by the act of
April 16, 1908, Sec 10, was omitted
from the ballot; held that said bill
was not adopted, and hence failed to
become a law; held further, that an
affirmative vote upon the question sub
mitted, "Shall the capital be located ?"
did not include an affirmative vote
upon the implied question not submit
tied, "Shall it be adopted?" held also
that as said officers were attempting
to act without authority of law which,
lie permitted would involve an unlaw-
full expenditure of the moneys of the
Estate, il was not error for the trial
court to grant the temporary injunc-
ton complained of.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF MOON
SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT

This evening there will be total
eclipse of the moon. The eclipse be-
gins at 5:44, eastern standard time
and it will become total at 6:55, be
ginning it's exit from the shadow at
'7:47. The darkest or completest part
of the eclipse will be at 1921. Even
then, however, it may not be totally in
visible, but shine with a copper or
greenish tinge, the brightest part be-
ing on the northern edge. This will
be because of refracted rays of the SUI
being bent within the shadow.
There was an eclipse of the sun No
vember 1, but invisible in this coun
try because both the sun and the moon
had set in this country before this
eclipse had happened.
On Tuesday a magnificent display
of myriad blush meteors was visible
in the early morning in the constella
ton Leo which will be found in the
northern part of the heavens. This
shower of celestial pyrotechnics, if il
may be so termed, is the same that for
centuries past has appeared in the
regular cycles of thirty three years.
In 1888 this occurrence was in its full
force in the United States, especially
in the south, and occasioned great con-
steration being spoken of by elderly
people as "the stars falling" So great
was the meteoric shower that many
people thought the world was coming
to an end The display on Tuesday
morning was not vey extensive be-
cause the greater part had passed be-
low the horizon by that time.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
PORTER ROAD HAS BEGUN
CONCERNING RIGHT -OF-WAY

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 15.-The Cherry
vale, Oklahoma and Texas company,
known as the Stubbs- Porter road be-
cause it was first promoted by the
present Governor of Kansas and State
Senator Porter of Caney, has recently
started condemnation proceedings in
the district court at Bartlesville for
right Of way through Washington coun-
ty and has filed also there a mortgage
for 20,0O0,O00 in favor of the Carnegie
Trust company Two Oklahoma
branches of the road are provided in
the charter, one southeast through the
state to Sloan Springs, Ark, the other
southwest to Geary in Blaine county.
Arnett in Ellis county and Taloga in
Dewey county, two of the western Ok
lahoma county seats that are without
railroad facilities, are expecting an inn
mediate realization of their hopes for
a road through the building OF the
Mountain, Valley and Plains railway
Financial arrangements for the build
ing of the line eastward from Cimarron
N. NJ, to Guthrie have been made and
it is understood contracts will be let
lin the near future.
Stockholders of the proposed Usage
and Western railroad have, during the
past week, bought in the property of
that company, which was to have been
sold at Billings to satisfy judgments
against it for debts The understand
ing is that the work of construction
win now be resumed, the lire TO be
built as a Katy extension through the
Usage Indian country to Billings and
Enid.
Oscar Ayres of Chickasha, president
of the Chickasha, Ardmore and Law
ton company, announces that he has
made financial arrangements to guar
antee the building of the entire 100
mile road westward from Ardmore.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
AIDED
BY COURT RULING
Attempt to Have Penalties Aesresat-
ing sso,oOO,OOo Affixed is Destroyed
by Devlsion of Judge Mccall.

Jackson, Tenn, Nov 16.-The in
dictment of the United States against
the Standard Oil company of Indiana,
so-called Grand junction concession
charge, by which it is sought to have
the assessed penalties aggregating
thirty million dollars, stands shorn of
its magnitude.
The prosecution met with reverses
in the ruling of Judge John Mccall
in the United States circuit court yes
terday as to a point of law which in
one sweep dwarfed the monetary feat
ure of the issue by twenty-nine mil
lions and in general played havoc with
the bin of charges set up by the gov
ernment
In effect was the ruling of Judge
Mccall that within the meaning of
the Elkins law governing the inter-
state commerce statutes which forms
the basis for suit, settlement and not
individual shipment would constitute
Ioffense.
In the indictment returned, it is
charged that the Indiana corporation
committed fifteen hundred offenses,
basing each of the counts on a ship
ment from the company's refinery at
Whiting, Ind, to points in the south
east, through Grand Junction, Tenn.
The evidence presented was declar
ed admissible and shows only forty
six settlements of all monthly trans
actions between the Standard Oil com
pany and the carriers named in the
bill within the years covered.
Hence, should the defendant com
pany be found guilty on the charges
now standing, the maximum penalty
possible to assess will be nine hun
dred thousand dollars
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
LARGE: AUDIENCE SEES
WIZARD or W|SELAND''

The patrons of the Auditorium met
with surprise last night. The great
er number who attended the Wizard
of Wiseland" went with the expecta-
tion of seeing rather ordinary musi-
cal farce. This idea was probably the
result of the cut in the price of ad-
mission. However large audience
took the chance and when the extra
vaganza was over the universal opin-
ion was that the Wizard of Wiseland''
was all that had been claimed for it.
The chorus was not as good as many
others that have been here, and dur
ing the first few minutes of the first
division the audience was restless, but
as the frolic progressed it became bet
ter and at the end had the audience
in a jolly frame of mind
The comedy work of Nat Phillips as
key Goldenburg was greatly appre-
ciated and it may be said that the wit
of this "son of Israel" is the life of
the show The most pleasing feature
of the show however, was the singing
of Marie Nilsson, as Rosabel Doe. Her
voice was the charm Of the evening.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
BURGLARS AGAIN BUSY
AMONG v|N|TA MERCHANTS

Burns Grocery and Pegues Drug
Store were entered last night by an
unknown thief. Burns lost only few
nickels and dimes, but about SIS were
taken from Pegues' cash drawer
Mr.. Pegues left his store and locked
up for a few minutes about nine
o'clock last night and went out to the
restaurant for bite to eat. When he
came back, the mischief had been
done. The back door was locked and
the key, which had been in the lock
was missing. The key was found in
the yard this morning.
1t was at first supposed that some
one stole the key from the inside of
the door, and then, keeping watch on
Mr.. Pegues, entered when the coast
was clear. But this morning brok-
en- window was discovered in the back
of the store. There is nothing to in
dicate whether the thief entered by
the window when he got the money, or
came back again during the night. If
he came the second time he had his
labor for his pains.
The Burns store was entered by a
window in the rear which had been
left unfastened.
There are no clues to the perpetra.
tor of the two crimes.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
Mode.Thomnson WeddInn.

Talbert H. Thompson and Miss Maud
M. Mode, both of Grove, were married
at the Cobb Hotel last evening by Rev.
A. J. Williams The ceremony was
followed by an informal reception in
the hotel parlors. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson left last night for Dallas,
Tex. Mr.. Thompson is the cashier Of
the Bank Of Grove.
The bride was formerly Vinita
girl, being the daughter of the late
Isaac Mode, who resided here for a
number of years. She has large
number of friends who wish her much
joy in her new sphere.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
PORTER SUIT FOR
RENT IS HEARD
Case Involving Rent to Building After
Stock Was Turned Over to Trus-
tee Heard by Judge Frear.

The suit of DR.. H. L. Porter OF Sen
eca, VS.. New Vinita Hardware COM
pany, Mrs. F. A. Klinefelter and
Charles o. Gibson, trustee, for unpaid
balance on the rent of the store room,
now occupied by Shanahan & Mitchell,
was heard in the county court yester-
day afternoon, and given to the jury
about six o'clock. Preston S. Davis
appeared for the defendant and Attor-
ney Bennett, of Seneca and e. M. Pro
basco for Dr. Porter
Mrs. Klinefelter, who had been con-
Quoting the New Vinita Hardware
company up to the time of her assign
ment to Gibson for the benefit of credi-
tors, claimed that she was not re-
sponsible for the rent of the store after
the stock had been sold by the trus-
tee.
The evidence showed that during the
three months for which DR.. Porter is
seeking to recover rent, Mrs. Kline
felter and the purchaser from the trus-
tee kept the store locked up while they
settled a dispute between themselves
over the sale. Both had locks on the
door, so that neither could enter ex-
cept in company with the other. But
Mrs. Klinefelter retained title to the
fixtures and those remained in the
store until it was finally vacated and
turned over to DR.. Porter.
The jury was out all night.
This morning the jury in the case of
J. K. Taylor VS.. Lewis Rogers reported
that they had not agreed. Judge
Frear ordered the entire testimony in
the case to be read over, and sent the
jury out again. In an hour or so they
come back with a verdict for the de-
fendant, and were excused by the
court until tomorrow morning.
Judge Frear returned to court this
afternoon at 1:30 to see if the jury in
the Porter-Klinefelter case had agreed.
They were still locked up and still
arguing.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
MASTERS HERE TO SOUND
SENTIMENT ON NEW ROAD

1t developed at the meeting of G. A.
Masters with the members of the rail
road committee of the Commercial
Club yesterday afternoon that Mr..
Masters was only here to sound the
sentiment of Vinita relative to the
proposition to build the Porter railroad
into this city.
Mr.. Masters did not announce his
coming for the reason that he is not
yet ready to make public statement
as to when his company will want to
begin taking right-of-way before Jan
uary l. Before leaving he said he was
much pleased by the progressive atti
tude shown by this city toward the
building of this road,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
UNDER MAYORS DIRECTION
LIGHT POLES ARE CUT

Clay Center, Rams, Nov. 16-Under
the direction of Mayor Hama of this
city, ten men, lead by City Clerk Guy
Martin, today cut down the poles and
severed the main cables of the local
electric light company in an effort TO
destroy the service OF the company.
Litigation growing out Of differences
between the city administration and
the company is now pending in the
court.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
Continued to Feed Corn.

William SHES was arrested yester-
day by Deputy Clark, on a charge of
larceny, lodged against him by J. w.
Thurman, of Westville IL is claimed
by the prosecution that Shes, who
lives about eight miles west of Vinita,
had mortgaged his crop to Thurman,
and that the crop mad been sold under
the mortgage November 1st, but that
SHES continued to feed the corn to
his stock. after Thurman had bought
it in. SHES was arraigned before
Justice Of the Peace Meredith and gave
bond to appear for trial November 22.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
Privy Council is Called.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
London, England, Nov. liking
George summoned the priyy council
to meet today, presumably to obtain
the advice of the councillors regarding
his course in the matter giving Pre-
mier Asquith guarantees to increase
the number of peers sufficiently to
support the government in it's policy
of reforming the house Of lords. This
summons brought together the leaders
of both parties.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
HUTCHINSON TO LEAVE
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

The announcement was made today
that L. L, Hutchison, for the past two
years assistant director of the Okla
homa geological survey, is no longer
connected with that bureau Mr. L. C.
Snider, chemist of the survey, has been
advanced to the position of assistant
director, and Mr. Frank Buttrom,
graduate of the state university. has
been appointed chemist to succeed Mr.
Snider.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
Built Road in a Day.

Yesterday was set apart in Mont
gomery county, Kansas to build a
model highway from Coffeyville to In
dependence. From early morning till
late last night the citizens of that
county worked upon the road. Today
the road is finished and from all re-
ports it is credit to the enterprise
of Montgomery county. The expense
was borne by the citizens and was
not paid out of the county fund.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16
ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE RATES
THWARTEO BY COMMISSION
BY Associated Press.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 16. = The
attempt of about fourteen railroads,
operating between the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers to resume the advances
in rates already condemned from Wash
ington, was thwarted today by the sus-
pension of the order announced by the
interstate commerce commission in
the Burnham-Hana-Mu case, of
Kansas City.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-16

Tulsa, Okla, Nov 16. = Incoming
passengers on the A. V. & W. train,
which reached Tulsa at $40 o'clock
last night, brought the news that an
attempt had been made at Manford,
Okla, to lynch negro for the killing
of white man at Olive yesterday aft
ernoon. AS communication could not
be established the full extent of the
trouble could not be learned.
1t is said that after killing the white
man the negro fed from Olive, in
Creek county, to Terlton, in Pawnee
county, where he was captured by
friends of the slain man. He was be-
ing returned to the scene of the kill
ing on the train when an infuriated
mob took possession of the negro at
Manford and executed summary JUS
tice, it is said.