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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

One of the most beneficient laws
ever passed by any legislature, and
one that is the pride of the people OF
Oklahoma. is the state bank guaranty
law. When this law first went into
effect its enforcement was bitterly
fought by many of the old-line bank
ers in Oklahoma Taking the lead in
this fight, and going into the courts
to nullify the law, was Joe McNeal, OF
Guthrie, present republican nominee
for governor. The official record
shows that McNeal did more than any
other to judicially kill the bank guar
anty law of Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

The republicans of Oklahoma are
progressive after all. In thirty days
they have progressed from the stan
dard of Theodore Roosevelt to the
standard of Jas S. Sherman. Thirty
days ago a conference of republican,
leaders was held in Oklahoma Civ
to discuss the possibility of getting
Roosevelt to make three campaign
speeches in Oklahoma. They promised
to meet him at the boundary with
flags and bands and great eclat. But
circumstances have changed their
plans. The flags and bands and eclat
are for Stand Pat Sherman. If Roose
velt should by his own election, oI
otherwise. invade oklahoma. the re
publieans would meet him at the Kan
sas line with clubs and stones and
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23
MoMuRRAY,s CHAMPION.

The Oklahoma City Times (republi-
cam is at once the chosen and self
constituted champion of McMurray
and Hamon grafters, grating and
graft. The Times editor seems to
think that his bosom friend Hamon is
as spotless as an angel and has been
terribly outraged because his bribe
was refused. He seems to think that
Senator Gore is of all public servants
the worst because he refused bribe
and protected the Indians,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23
nd me off sonth of Tulsa.

Put me off south of Tulsa,
Where McMurray got a boost
Where there are no ten command
ments,
On the road to Robbers Roost
There the little children prattle-
Sign their names at age of four;
There they give away their birth
rights
Had not heard of T. p Gore.
u. p. r.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23
People More Determined
To Control Their Resource

and loud how they planned to
power coal and lumber to the pei
at practically cost, and in the next
terance they told US how they
posed paying no small share OF
governments expense from the e
ings of the national resources Of
western country.
"The action Of the supporters
Pinchot gave us the greatest war
to believe that we were right in
position taken by the delegations
the western states, in which ISL
cent of the country's natural resot
are located.
"The eastern conservationists
us to bear the cost Of govern
while the profits from our natura
sources flow to the federal trea
Let them first turn over to the &c
ment the revenue they receive
their mines and power sites.
1--WE believe in forest preserY
land reforestation. We also be
the states should participate II
benefits of their water powers.
constitution gives us these right
1.-The Pfnchotian demand is that The
eral lands, where the water
Isites are located, should be witbd
and leased for the profit and a
pleasure of the United States 90
Iment.
There seems to be some mis1
standing as to the position take
those who advocate home contr
our great resources. From TIM
memorial there has been str
between the people on the one
land the reigning power of the tina
. interests on the other as TO who
control our local affairs and resol
This is the same fight over again
people of the west believe the!
. competent and qualified and S
have complete jurisdiction over
tiers within their own states"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

The Chieftain will pass its 2Sth year
tomorrow. September %, 1882, the
Weekly Chieftain printed its initial
number and has continued without
intermission ever since which makes
the publication about the Oldest busi-
ness institution in the city.
When the Chieftain began its exist
ence Vinita was town of about 600
population. was a distinctly western
town. No one but Cherokee citizens
could own property or engage in busl'
ness. The town was the terminus OF
the Frisco and had mixed train out
of Monett once every "a hours.
The paper has seen the transforms
tion of Oklahoma from wild range
country to a prosperous and populouS
state with a future that no man car
even guess. TIC have taken part IL
the development of this great state is
privilege worth all it has cost.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

Under our system of excessive pro-
lection, government extravaganza and
the cost of living keep pace. AS the
government raises practically all of
its revenue by taxing things eaten,
worn or used, the consumer pays his
pro rata of government extravaganza
every time he buys protected article
at his local grocery, dry goods or
| furniture store
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23
CRUCES PITHY PARAGRAPHS.

When | am elected governor of Ok
lahoma want it thoroughly under
stood that Lee Cruce will be COVER
nor.
In politics I am an optimist.
You cannot cast your ballot by
proxy
Government of and for the people is
only possible so long as we have gov
ernment by the people.
We will deserve just as good gov
ernment as we demand
The slogan of more business and
less politics" is often the battle-cry
of the trusts.
McNeal stands firmly planted with
the standpat element of the republi-
can party.
The Oklahoma constitution stands
forth as the model constitution for
progressive government.
Education is the implaeable foe to
oppression in all the earth.
The democratic party has given Ok
lahoma the best educational system
ever devised.
The farmers OIL this republic are its
defenders in times of storm and stress
and make possible its unparalleled de
velopment in times of peace.
When elected governor I shall sur
round every honest man and every
honest corporation with the protec
tion of our laws.
A thief is a thief, care not where
nor how he operates, and all thieves
should be imprisoned.
The per. capita cost of state govern
ment in Oklahoma is the least of an.
state of equal size in the union.
Government by the people is i'm
possible with the election crook a
sway Put him in the penitentiary.
McNeal is the tool of the railroad
and made affidavit in their favo
against the two-cent rate.
The laboring man has more prote'
tion under the constitution and st;
tutes of Oklahoma than under the law
/ lof any other state in the union.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

Increased expenditures in the first
year of the Taft administration, over
the corresponding year of Cleveland s
last administration, amounted to S575,
$4,000, or over 120 per cent. This
occurred under the much-heralded
Taft policy of "cut-to-the-quick'
economy, recently repudiated in Maine
and Vermont
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

Whether Oklahoma adopts local op-
tion and high license or not there is
one thing certain, the present condi'
tion with reference to the sale of liq-
uor must not continue. The Chieftain
would prefer no saloons for this city
but would rather have limited mum
ber of saloons than an unlimited mum
Der of bootleggers.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23
FIRST WEEKS ENROLMENT
LARGER At UNWER|

Norman, Okla, Sept. q. - Ei
ment at the university of Oklal
showed a total of 542 when ths
fee of the registrar closed N
night. This is very material inct
over the showing at the close d
fourth day in past years and evef
dication is that the one thousand
will be passed when enrolment :
pleted and the attendance of theI
mer school added.
Last year at this time the re
showed that 502 applications ia
rollment had been filed The tot
the close of the first month was
nearly 100 higher than it had
been before. Already there is /
crease of forty and the fact tha
| few of the old students have \
their cards as yet makes it plainI
parent that all past records of al
lance will go glimmering beforI
Showing of this year.
/ Never before have so many stu
iswarEed the old campus and hal
1.-The athletic field where the sd
lare hard at work during the oYl
lweek of the T9f0-f91l school yea
never before has such enthusiast
Iexuberance of college spirit been
Iifest on all sides.
By day the campus and the
dors hum with the students, oil
new, discussing the opening of j
the class scrap, which by the wal
the most realistic ever pulled off
and making dope on the chand
Bennie Owens moleskin maraI
1t is the consensus of opinion
Varsity will be stronger this yeaI
ever in the past and when thd
drawn yell of the breacherites
the t0csfn of war as the opI
lines go rumbling and crashin!
the first football game of the
season that yell will ring out
charged with the confidence rnl
school has a winning team.
AS usual the fraternity housI
the centers of social activity
+ rushing season is decidedly
strenuous than last year and 4
: freshmen are being plunged
: round of social gaiety which W
r tinue its mad, unending whir
l they cross the bridge and cast
: for life with one or the other
/ many national organizations q
/ ed here.
Oklahoma is most fortunate
( roster of Greek secret societies.
admission of the local Phi Deli
E ma into the strong Pi Beta
e tional sorority saw the last q
I frats and sororities at OklahonH
I school now has FIVE national
: tiles and three sororities and tn !
pleasing fact connected thereT
) that all of the ten nationwide q
/. ations are among the very strI
d The local chapters are all mn
l. tablished and of the highest So
n the general observation being
g there is not weak Greek OH
p ton in the school. Those fral7
d represented here are Sigma Nu'
Il Alpha, Kappa Sigma. Beta Tn7
II Sigma Alpa Epsilon. The sOH
G are Pi Beta Phi, Kappa AlphN
and Delta Delta Delta.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

1t is not at all easy to advocate
open saloons for Oklahoma or any
where else. The only argument one
is able to offer is the intolerable con-
ditions that prevail where the boot
logger has full sway. The nastiest
way to handle the liquor problem is
to turn it over to the bootleggers.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

The Georgia convention, in ratify-
ing the nomination of Ex-Governor
Hoke Smith. who recently won the
gubernatorial nomination at the prim-
airy. suggested him for the presidency.
And why not? In 1900 ana 1908, when
ever Mr.. Bryan's nomination was sug-
gested the corporation papers OF the
east insisted that the nomination
ought to go to the south. Why not
give the south chance now? Hoke
Smith is from the south. He is a big
man. too. He was in the cabinet; he
has been governor and will be COVER
nor again. Why do the corporation
papers not boom Smith? Why? Well
Just read the following from his speF"A
at the convention and you will see
He said.
The great corporations in Georgia
must keep out of politics. They must
not be allowed by hired political
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

1t is hard to understand why men
continue to operate railroads and ex-
press companies, From the statements
of their officials they are running a
business without profit Freight is
carried at a loss and the passenger
service is a mere accommodation to
the beloved public conducted without
gain, and the express service is a con
slant drain.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

The indictment the public holds
against President Taft and the party
in power is that a revision of the
tariff downward was promised and the
promise never fulfilled That is the
direct cause of all the trouble with
the insurgents
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

II seems plainly apparent to think
ing men that the powers that be" do
not intend to let the congressional
committee that has been investigat-
ing the Pinchot- -Ballinger case make a
report prior to the November election
because they fear the result the "ex-
honoration" may have on the fall cleo
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

President Taft started out by using
the official patronage at his disposal
to help the stand-patters and now ne
has gotten tired of that and will make
an equal division.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

AS fast as the days go by the defeat
of one or more standpatters is record
ed. yet men like Uncle Joe McNeal
hold out.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

In one of his set speeches during his
recent tour of the west, Col. Roose-
velt said that one of the dangers that
menaced this republic was violence.
The violent man is always an element
of danger to the community and to the
individual. The man that seeks to
take the law in his own hands will
eventually run amuek.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

No good newspaper man would
make the mistake Governor Haskell
made in answering Col. Roosevelt. The
answer should have been crowded III
half a column. The man who can get
his say in five or ten lines gets read
ers by the hundred where the long
winded fellow gets nothing.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

Lee Cruce stands pledged to fair
and honest primary and general elec-
ton law Joe McNeal stands pledged
to return to the old election law
existing prior to statehood. Under the
present law the republicans have rep
resentation on the state county and
precinct election boards. Under the
old law the democrats had 40 repre-
sentation whatever When the two ter
ritories were divided in constitutions
districts the dividing was done by
three republicans, the democrats be
ing refused all representation. When
every election official was a repub
lican.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

rotten eggs. They have progressed"
all right They would rather see the
devil on the stump in Oklahoma than
to see Theodore Roosevelt making
campaign speeches. And to them ana
their prospects it would mean the
same thing.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

The recent overwhelming victory OF
Senator LaFollette was a clear-euT and
direct reputation of President Ta.t
by the people of Wisconsin
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

Now that President Taft recognized
the insurgents may be some Oklahoma
republicans will sit up and take no
tice.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-23

Even Governor Haskell is tired OF
holding Office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17
OLD RESIDENT OF COUNTY DEAD
Albert Bisbee, Formerly of Green
Mountain and Beaman, Passes Away.


Word received by friends in Bea-
man tells of the death at Melrose,
Mass, of Albert Bisbee, former resi-
dent of both Beaman and Green
Mountain. Mr. Bisbee died at his home
in Melrose of heart failure, at the
age of 80 years.
Mr.. Bisbee was born in Springfield,
VT. Oct. 26. 1929 He took as his wife.
at Derby. VT, March II. 1852. Harriet
L. Goodwin, who died Aug. 9. 1892. Mr..
and Mrs. Bisbee came to this county in
1852, and broke prairie land for farm
near Green Mountain. They lived on
the farm until 1881, when they moved
to Beamah. Here Mr.. Bisbee engaged
in the lumber business, and later or
ganized the first bank to be established
at Beaman. This he sold in 1893, a
year following the death of his wife.
In 1900 Mr.. Bisbee married again,
his second wife being Mrs. Julia Whit
comb of Vermont. Shortly after their
marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Bisbee went to
Melrose to make their home. The Sec
ond wife survives, as do also four sons
and one daughter Willis Bisbee one of
Mr.. Bisbee's sons, was killed in an ac-
cident on Jan. 13. 1887.
The funeral was held Thursday from
the Methodist church at A-elrose, Rev.
Mr.. Rucker officiating. Interment fol-
lowed in Oakland cemetery, services at
the grave being in charge of the Odd
Fellows, of which Mr. Bisbee was a
charter member.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17

ing Of the murder. He learned that
there was a train out of here at 5:24,
and this would have been about the
time the men would have got thru with
their work and made their getaway.
What Might Have Been Done.
Naturally the officers regret exceed
ingly that the information has come
to them at such late date. Had the
word been in the possession of the Of
ficers on the night of the murder there
might have been some chance of MAX
ing arrests, or at least the east-bound
trains on the Northwestern could have
been searched at points east and all
suspicious characters found on the
trains taken into custody to await fur
ther developments and possible identi-
fication by the boy who is believed to
be the only person who saw the men
leave the boarding car.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17
LEGRAND WOMAN DIES.
Mrs. Mary Anderson Succumbs to ALL
ments of Old Age.

Mrs. Mary l.. Anderson, aged 81, an
old settler of LeGrand. died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. H. c. Her
bert, in that place, at 1880 o'clock
Sunday afternoon of general debility
and ailments due to old age. Mrs. An
derson had been in failing health for a
year, and for two months she had been
confined to her bed.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Warm
land, Sweden, March %, 1928. She ac-
compared her parents to this county
in 1870. Mrs Anderson and her hus-
band came to LeGrand in 1870, where
they continued to live until 1886. when
the family moved to Chase county, Ne
braska While in Nebraska Mr.. Ander-
son and the two children died. and Mrs.
Anderson returned to LeGrand in 1902.
TO make her home with her only
daughter, Mrs. Herbert.
The funeral will be held from the
Christian church of LeGrand, Tuesday
morning at 1890 o'clock. Rev. Mr..
Kendall officiating. The body will be
buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17
CENTRAL IOWA RETAILERS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING IN THIS
CITY JAN. 20.
SESSIONS TO BE HELD
AT ODD FELLOWS HALL
Annual Banquet Will Be Held at the
Pilgrim in the Evenins-A. G. john
son, of Dubuque, President of the
Association. and C. E. Greet, Of Ell
dora, Secretary.

The annual meeting of the Central
! Iowa Lumbermen's Association will be
held in this city on Wednesday, Jan.
26. Officers of the association are pre-
pairing for a good meeting of the re-
tailers of this section, and a large at
tendance is looked for, not only among
the retailers and members of the or
ganization. but by representatives of
wholesale and jobbing firms of the
northwest.
The meeting will be held at the Odd
Fellows hall, and in the evening the
annual banquet will be held at the
Pilgrim. The banquet will be served
beginning at 9 O'clock
A. G. Johnson, of Dubuque, is pres
ident of the association; w. G. weart,
of Cedar Falls, vice president; Andrew
Rath, Ackley, treasurer and c. E.
Greet, Eliora, secretary, The directors
are Warren Brown, Waterloo; G. D.
Rose, Dubuque; c. S. Bennett, Clarion;
J. NJ. Jungle, Minneapolis: d. E. Baker,
Traer; c. A. F'inkbine. Des Moines;
c. w. Chapman, Waterloo; George S.
Lane, Webster City; F. H. Henry, Belle
PLANE.
ton. has been spending the winter in
California. and expects to reach home
next Friday. He will return to Cali
fornia early in February. and remain
for the rest of the winter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17
STOMACH DISTRESS SIMPLY vANIsHEs

tons of undigested food. water brash.
nausea, headache biliousness and
many other bad symptoms; and. be-
sides, you will not need laxatives to
keep your stomach, Liver and intestines
clean and fresh
If your stomach is sour and full of
gas or your food doesn't digest, and
your meals don't seem to fit, why not
get a 50-cent case from your druggist
and make life worth living? Absolute
relief from stomach misery and per-
feet digestion of anything you eat is
sure to follow five minutes after, and,
besides. one case is sufficient to cure a
whole family of such trouble.
Surely, a harmless, inexpensive prep
aration like Diapepsin. which will al
ways, either at daytime or during night,
relieve Your stomach misery and d.
gest your meals, is about as handy and
valuable a thing as you could have in
the house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17
GROWERS AND FARMERS

The Western Grocer Company Mills
Desire to Contract for Tomatoes,
Corn, Cabbage and Pumpkin Before
Feb. 1-Chance to Make Big Money
on Small Acreage.
Growers and farmers desiring to con-
tract for 1910 acreage on sweet corn,
tomatoes. cabbage and pumpkin should
see us at once. We have leased one
large farm for five years and if on
Feb. l we have not secured contracts
on acreage sufficient to fill our 1910
requirements we will lease for cash
rent additional land to protect our
pack
Our policy has been. is, and always
will be, square deal to every one.
We are here to stay If you want to add
the above items to the profita BILE things
you may grow on your farm year in
and year out now is the time to get
busy for if we are forced to lease land
We are tied up for from three to five
years and you are out of it. When we
sell over two million cans of Mar
shalltown grown products before they
are packed, as we will do this year,
we either have to deliver the goods
or settle. This is why we must know
by Feb. l whether we can contract or
if we must grow our own. If you wish
to contract or have land to lease phone
No. Z or call at our new plant; ask for
E. G. Mossman, superintendent can
ming department.
WESTERN GROCER co. MILLS.