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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
W .WCA[ENDlT MADE DE-,
''F6R'l FOR OURl Il TERN
It, Eastel

,in;. ounsolida i Cou,
while he was. receive
ffice and completely e. II.
recommending the dis
ontests. From this dec bicb ind;,
were taken to the comud u;ll
e general land office an,1o11 town
ecretary of the interior, lt court :,
'rd's decisie ar;od 80 t,,e
III 1888 nc said, and tNr.
T.ers on I'd, Glowing ordSt1.
tSe"here' January 10, 1872 Pacif
was nau> Rock Island & iantin,
Rail- 'ne olation of quar-,
law. Oei9 ar Iarri
4s2 r Fe''in Wilson and Will
son burgIan office. a
SS1. Char>d -er retaii y
dealer x.
45S. zackey / enan' Jr.' bur@
post Office. =
S67. S. D. Knox, umOer depree
ton.
1882. c. A. Finley, paber depreda
ton.
413. Joe Edge, timber depreciation
42O j. W. Newsome, tii'ber depr
dation.
422. R. B. Short, timbs, dsu lei,
ton. NJ.
444. Harvey Davis,
opium.
Tuesday, January H. ~
457. Frank Collins and G. y
burglary post Office.
sos. John Prophet, int toou'
liquor on Indian allotment.
5O7. Dave Dushane, introdscl
liquor on Indian allotment
506. Bert Wheeler, introd if
liquor on Indian allotment.
494. Virgie Smith, Leslie Clacl az
w. H. Mofford, passing forged o0i
cation of United States.
479. Vernon Hill, mailing nom
able matter.
432. James Bacon, ex-under cor
Office.
Wednesday, January 10. 1s...
4SS. Jim Field, larceny ma IT
pos
4S0. oim Field, larceny md 1ro
post office.
4S6 Bert NJ Davannort larcei
mail.
442 w p Torrons nso . mail
defraud. ~.
469, w. A. Buchanan relat liq,a5r'
dealer
476 Charles w Marion ana 7dward
Cheaves mailing non.moiloh,o natter
400. w. P. Mcdowell, embezllemeh
misuse stamps
-.uIhursday, January 10, 1e1I
4o7. Gordcn Rice. mailing '
mailable matter.
439. Thomas H. Wright, falsely i'm
perSonatlng off1eer.
291. Thomas H. Wright, falsely i'm
officer.
493 George Crump, Jr., Geo 8,
Yargee, falsely impersonating Office
495. Clay Title and Mike Gabberf
intimidation of witness.
496. Otis Title and Clay Title, re
tail liquor dealer.
502. Henry Holderman, retail liquo
dealer.
500. Charles Whitesides, retail
liquor dealer.
500. Henry Raines, retail liquo
dealer.
59S. George Kessler, retail liauo
dealer.
Friday, January 20 1911
497 Frank Cipson, 4etail liquo
dealer.
499 John Price, retail liquor dealer
SOL w. ]. Johamcrson, retail liquo
dealer.
Bonds conditioned for the appear
ance of defendants before the Unite
States court in the above cases, requir
attendance of such defendants upo
said court at Muskogee, Oklahoma, q
the date when herein assigned fo
trial.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM ]. GREGG,
United States Attorney, E. D. Okl
D., ND A NrIY 7
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
GRANT VICTOR CELEBRATES
ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION

S. G. Victor of Muskogee, entertain
ed the annual Christmas family reunion
at his home Sunday and Monday, and
brought the party by automobile
through Vinita to Alton today.
R. D. Victor of Gravette Ark;
George Victor of Ullen, ILL.,. Mrs.
Frank Victor of Alton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Marrs were the guests.
Sunday was the sixth anniversary of
the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Marrs,
which took place at the home of Mr..
Victor, so they were jollied to the
hearts content of the rest of the party.
Mr.. Marrs returned home last night.
This morning the rest of the party
motored from Muskogee to Mr. S. G..
Victor's farm near Alton and are plan.
ming hunting and fishing trip for to-
morrow.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
To the Editor,

To the Editor,
Dear Sir; One of the near neigh
bors of Louisiana, it would be remark
able indeed, if the young and progress
sive state of Oklahoma should fail to
realize her opportunity in the holding
'of big worlds fair at New Orleans.
Many valuable citizens of this brand
new state whose progressive people
have blazed the way to important re-
forms in politics and in social prob
lens, have gone to Oklahoma from
Louisiana; hence there is a kinship
existing between the two states which
makes it natural for the older state to
rely upon the support of her younger
sister when important concerns are at
stake.
New Orleans is now making an eff
fort to secure congressional recogni-
tion in the fight she is making for
the exposition to celebrate the COM
pletion of the Panama canal. All the
logic of the situation is in her favor;
she is 1000 miles nearer the center
of population than San Francisco is;
she is the gateway leading to the val
ley that will furnish the greatest
amount of American commerce that
will pass through the canal she has
Ia tri-weekly steamship service to the
Isthmus, the voyage requiring but four
and a half days, while San Francisco's
steamship service makes the voyage
one way in twenty-one days; she is an
average distance of more than 1900
miles nearer to all the cities of the
United States than San Francisco is
all of which means that the American
people can attend an exposition at New
'Orleans while it would be out of the
Question for them to do so were 1t held
at San Francisco.
If an exposition be desirable at all it
must follow that it should be located
where the people can attend it, other
wise no matter how much money
might be spent on the enterprise it
would be doomed to failure. This
means that the Panama exposition
should be held at New Orleans.
Located here it would afford Miss
Oklahoma the opportunity to be in
troduced to the society of the world
and to show the miracles that may be
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Kinship Existing Between States Causes Louis.
lana to Look to Oklahoma for Support
New Orleans is Making Effort to Secure
Congressional Recognition in Fight to
Secure Panama Exposition---Its Con-
ceded to be The Logical Point

wrought in a short time by a people
united, aggressive and fired with the
proper state pride and the determine.
ton to excel
When the legislature of the new
state shall meet January 3rd, 1911, it
would be handsome thing to do,
should the first measure written on it's
statute books be a resolution endorsing
New Orleans, and requesting the SEN
ators and the representatives from the
young state of Oklahoma to support
the measure locating the Worlds Pan
anna Exposition at the southern metrop-
oils.
Will you lend a kindly hand, Mr..
Editor, in this direction through the
editorial columns of your valuable
newspaper?
Thanking you in advance for the
courtesy of your columns, beg to re-
main,
Fraternially yours,
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR,
w. C. Chevis.
New Orleans Worlds Panama Ex-
position Company.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
v|N|TA MAN WILL
60 To CALIFORNIA
After Eleven Years of Successful Busi
ness Life Here Sam Frazee Has
Sold All His Property.

Within the next two weeks Vinita
will lose one of her most prominent
business men and town boosters-Sam
r. Frazee, whose term as manager of
the International Bank & Trust COM
pany will expire on January /, next.
Mr.. Frazee with his family will go to
Riverside, Cal, to make their perman-
ent home.
The last vestige of property in this
city, owned by Mr.. Frazee has been
sold. About a month ago he sold his
bank stock and converted all but his
residence property into cash. Yester-
day he sold his residence to a David
Haage, wealthy land owner of south
ern Kansas. He will give possession
in two weeks. Thus Vinita will get
another good family to recompense for
the loss of Mr.. Frazee and amily.
While the new family will find warm
welcome in Vinita it is with much
regret that the city loses Mr.. Frazee
and family.
Mr., Frazee came to this city from
northern Missouri eleven years ago,
and engaged in the hardware and
furniture business. For years he was
manager of the Frazee Hardware &
Furniture company, which later be-
came the Frazee Hardware company
and still later the Frazee- -Hosmer
Hardware company. Then Mr. Frazee
sold his interests in the hardware bus
mess to the Sunny-Pat Hardware com
pany, and became manager of the In
Iternational Bank & Trust company,
which position he has filled for the last
eighteen months with much credit to
himself and the bank.
/ Mr.. Frazee has always had a long
iing for the sunny cline Of California
and the change in his business affairs
has made it possible for him to realize
his hopes In all Of his ventures il
Vinita, Mr. Frazee has been more
than successful and his friends pre-
dict the same success in his new field
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
HUSBAND ARR c7f On
CHARGE MADE BY WIFE

Charles Night, of Bluejacket, is in
the county Jail on the charge of adul-
terry. preferred by his wife Edna
Nigh and is to have trial before
Justice of the Peace David Meredith
tomorrow afternoon.
Nigh and the complaining wife are
both young people. She was a native
of Bluejacket, and married Charlie
two or three gears ago Their life to-
gether was broken by ieriods when he
deserted for a while, according to her
story, until at last he left her finally
about six months ago and took refuge
from matrimonial infelicities in the
sunhower state.
Mrs. Nigh has been working lately
in Alton and Miami Not very Ions
ago she says she began to hear rumor'
that Charles was back home, and was
not alone and uncontrolled. At las
she got definite word that he hat
brought back with him from Kansas
another woman and two children, ant
was living with them at the home nea
Bluejacket, where she had once livet
with him.
On vengeance bent. she sought AS
sistant County Attorney Mackey, ant
went with Constable Frank Lee L
IBluejacket Saturday night looking 70
Charles. They found him, and al
rested him on a warrant which Justic
Meredith had issued.
Charles was brought up before Jus
tice Meredith yesterday, and pleade
not guilty. McGary and Swartz hav
been retained for the defense, The
say the case will look like cat of al
other color when the other side
told. It isunderstood that they Wi
claim that Charles got a divorce i
Kansas and legally married the We
man he brought from there.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
cruee Hears Bankers, Plea.

Ardmore, Okla, Dec. q. = A com
mittee of state bankers composed of
Ed. F. Johns, Chickasha; ]. w. Orr,
Tulsa; G. ID. Davis, and Harold Wal
lace, Ardmore, called upon Governor
elect Lee Cruce Monday to lay before
him changes they desire in the state
bank laws. Mr.. Cruce agreed that the
state banking board should consist of
bankers and promised consideration of
other suggestions.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
GOVERNOR TAKING HIS OWN
TIME TO SIGN BILL

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 27-It
is uncertain that, according to report,
the state Offices will be removed from
Guthrie during the holidays. A story
sprang up here to the effect that Gov
ernor Haskell intended to sign the cap
ital bill a one minute before II o'clock
Saturday night, so that work could be
begun on removal of the offices from
Guthrie, and also to defeat any move
that might be made as to injunction
proceedings. This the governor dis
credited when the report was mention
ed to him, and followed by saying that
the capital bill would not be signed for
two or three days yet.
The governor is waiting for all the
details incident to the pledges on the
part of Oklahoma City to be closed
lup. Deeds must be transferred and
signatures of people not living in the
city are to be secured, and when this
is all done, the governor says he fully
intends signing the bill.
Ar.4o what action the supreme court
might take in the matter of an applica
tion restraining the removal of the
offices from Guthrie is to be seen
Chief Justice Dunn has been in con
ference with Governor Haskell here
frequently within the last few days
and it is given on good authority tha
Ihe, Governor Haskell, and Governor
Elect Cruce agreed on the proposition
of the state erecting a new building a
a cost of 100000 to be placed beside
theh high school building, used las
summer for state offices. This will b,
used in addition to the high schoo
building for the offices when they ar
removed.
1t is agreed that when the state i
done with the new addition it is to b.
, turned back to the city board of edu
cation at whatever cost it has been t
the state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
.PERSHING breaches HIS
FAREWELL SERMON HERE

Rev. J. f, Pershing preached his
farewell sermon as pastor of the Con
gregational church on Christmas morn
ing, and announced that DR.. A. X.
Wray the pastor-elect would occupy
the pulpit New Years day.
The congregation was large. Many
of the people were in tears during the
concluding portion of the service.
Mr. Pershing's sermon was informal,
!! Thoughtful and tender in spirit. He
said that the church had not taken
advantage Of 33 1-3 per cent of its op-
portunities to do good, but he took his
share of the blame for the failure. He
spoke strongly against the idea of
merely preserving the church as an
institution, saying that if the church
people would get the spirit of Christ
in their hearts, and labor with might
and main to make the church of real
service to the community, church fin
ances would cease to worry them.
Christmas solos were rendered by
Gaylord ~ Bebout and Miss Higgins
After the sermon, Mr.. Pershing thank
ed publicly the people in the church
and the community who had been help
full to him and the church during his
ministry He mentioned the Chieftair
by name. The service closed with the
singing of, "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
TRUTH BROUGHT ONE man
HIS GOVERNMENT JOB

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 27.-When Theo-
dore Roosevelt was president he was
asked to appoint a certain man post
master in an Oklahoma town. The
applicant was a good man, but for sew.
eral years had drunk more than was
good for him. About year before he
asked for the postoffice. however, he
stopped drinking. When his candid
acy became known the applicants po-
litical enemies filed charges in Wash
ington that made him appear to be a
most disreputable character.
Dennis Flynn was then delegate in
congress from the territory of Okla
homa. He was at he White House
one day and was told by President
Roosevelt of the charges that had been
filed against the man Flynn was sup
porting.
/ "How about these charges, Dennis? ?"
the president asked.
81 don't believe they are true" an
swered Flynn, "but I'll write to the
man himself, and let you know what
he says"
j Flynn wrote the letter and in due
time received an answer in which the
applicant for the postoffice said
There is a lot Of truth and some
falsehood in these charges. The truth
is that at one time | drank all the
whiskey | could lay my hands on, anG
if there was brand that | missed
sampling it was because I never came
across it. But the further truth is tha
stopped drinking more than yea
ago, and never again in my life do
expect to touch it. If this letter loses
me the appointment, let it slide"
Flynn transmitted the letter to Pres
ident Roosevelt. Several days later tn
president was shaking hands with
: number of Oklahomans who had calle,
at the White House on official bus
ness. Finally he came to Flynn and
turning to the other Oklahomans
said:
Dennis has asked me to give a post
office to one of his friends, agains
whom charges have been filed. l al
always pleased when man tells m
the truth. l was lately compelled t
deprive a man of his office because h
t did not tell me the truth about hi
/ past. Here is frank letter froI
5 Flynn's friend in which believe tn
truth is told. 1t gives me pleasure
r say that l appointed him postmaste
this morning in his town"
The president had the letter in HI
! coat pocket. Since that time the pos
master has made good every day
0 the year.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Marshal Shot Ranehman.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec 27.-John Park,
10, an employee of the Dawson ranch,
near Talala, thirty miles northeast OF
Tulsa, is dying as the result of a bull
let in the back of his head John Fal.
ton, city marsh / of Talala, has been
arrested charged with the shooting
Park is allefed to have been riding
up and down the streets is a bolster
Gus manner.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
THREE TRAINMEN KILLED
WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 27.-The
train known as the Red Hummer,
on the Chicago & Alton, which left
Chicago last night for Kansas City,
ran into a freight train at Farber, Mo-,
today. Three trainmen were killed.
They are B. Davis, passenger engi-
neer; NJ. ]. Crabtree, passenger fire
man and II. NJ. Flora, freight brake
man. No passengers were injured the
officials say The passenger train
struck the caboose of the freight,
which failed to clear the main line in
going on a switch.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Mr.. HaIseII Entertains.

AS has been his custom for man
years, w. e. Halsell entertained nun
ber of his friends Christmas day. Nor.
than one hundred gentlemen were
present and partook of the good cheer
presented by the genial host Mr.
Halsell has moved to Kansas City bu'
Christmas brings him back to Whit
to observe his old time custom,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
DETECTIVE AFTER
SHER|FF'S SCALP
Craig County Officer Receives Anony.
nous Letter Signed "U. S. Gov
ernment Detective"
Sheriff Ridenhour this morning re-
ceived the following letter through the
mails:
County Sheriff,
Vinita, Okla.

Vinita, Okla.
Gentlemen: Did it ever occur to
you that whiskey was sold here and
with your knowledge? Well that will
only last few days more and you
will be held personally responsible.
Yours for business,
u. S. GOVT DETECTIVE.
Mr.. Ridenhour is looking for the
author of that letter and if he can be
found there may be other develop
ments. The sheriff says that if the
author is really a detective he should
have come to him, and If he will pro-
duce evidence to prove his statements
he will have willing ally in suppress
ing the sale of booze.
The letter was written with an indel-
ible pencil on the Cobb hotel station
cry. 1t was mailed in stamped en-
velope, on which was written on the
blank lines in the return card, ''U. S.
Secret Service" The sheriff is in
vestigating the matter and hopes to be
able to force the unknown to show his
hand.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
ARGUMENTS BEGIN IN
OKLAHOMA RATE CASE
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
st. Louis, No. Dec. 27.-Arguments
in the Oklahoma rate case, in which
the railroads are trying to have the
state of Oklahoma enjoined from en-
forcing the reduced passenger and
freight rates, began in the United
States circuit court of appeals here
today. The suit is brought against the
corporation commission of Oklahoma.
The constitutionality of the commits.
sion is attacked
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Hyde Appeal Reset for Argument.

BY Associated Press.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 27.-The ap-
peal of DR.. b. Clarke Hyde, convicted
of the murder of Colonel Swope and
sentenced to life Imprisonment, was
reset for argument in the supreme
court today for January 20. January
3 was the date originally set for the
arument.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
AVIATOR AND PASSENGER
KILLED BY THE fall
By Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIATED Press.
Issy Les Moulineaux, France, De
2S.-Laffort, the aviator and M. Pola.
a passenger, were instantly killed whe 4
the formers machine fell from q
height of fifty feet today Laffort W.
preparing to start for Brussels, in corr
petition for the aviator cup offered as a
prize for fight with a passenger from
Paris to Brussels, and return. A big
crowd saw the accident.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
POOR CAR SERVICE
LAID To POLITICS
Good Government Forces Declare
Railway Officials Seek to
DiSCredit Administration
MANY LATE TO THEIR WORK
Corporation Heads Maintain the
Regular Schedule Enforced
and TroIleyS on Time

The new city ordinance regulating
the speed of street cars went into eff
feet yesterday, and as a result of the
SLOW time on a number of lines where
new schedules were observed in ac-
cordance with the regulations there
was great deal of dissatisfaction and
complaint among the patrons of the
car companies.
The new ordinance, effective yester-
day, prescribes that cars shall run not
to exceed twelve miles an hour in the
downtown districts, and not to exceed
twenty miles an hour in the outer &dis-
tricts. This caused many persons to
be late to their work yesterday, and it
was charged by officials of the Good
Government organization that the cars
We're purposely running at a speed
considerably under the maximum speed
prescribed by the new ordinance, in
order, it was claimed, to disgust the
people with the law and reflect on the
present city council which adopted it,
hoping thereby the people would be-
come aroused to such anger that at
the councilmanic election next Thurs
day they will revolt against the Good
Government administration and vote
for Houghton and Healy.
This was denied by officials of the
Pacific Electric and other railway
companies who were questioned re-
garding it, The railway companies
denied that any Of the street cars, so
far as they knew were run at less
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
DUNLOP URGES ELECTION
Of REFORM PARTY DUO
Gives His Reasons Why Voters
Should Support Whitfen
and Stewart

George H. Dunlop of HOLLYWOOD
president of the Los Angeles Good
Government central organization, yes
terday issued a statement of reasons
why Frederick J. Whiffen and George
H. Stewart should be elected by the
people of Los Angeles to fill the two
vacancies in the city council in pref
erence to Barney Healy and Doc
Houghton. The three principal rea-
sons cited by Mr.. Dunlop are:
because their character and
ability qualify them to be valuable
public officials.
2-Because Mayor Alexander and
the present city council are giving
Los Angeles a successful non par
tisan city government and deserve
an Endorsement from the voters of
Los Angeles by having two council
men elected who are in sympathy
with the administration, rather
than two who are opposed to it.
3-Because the present city ad-
ministration is energetically seek
ing to put into effect the plans of
the citizens of Los Angeles for the
development of a municipal electric
plant as a part of the owens river
enterprise, and for the development
of a great municipal harbor at San
Pedro. In it's effort to accomplish
these two great enterprises the city
administration is being opposed by
a combination of private interests
heretofore often dominant in our
local politics, but not SO with our
present city administration. The
Southern Pacific railroad and the
electric companies of this city of
themselves form q powerful local
combination, but they have influen-
tial allies all across the continent
and in the money center of New
York city. In the eyes of these
allied interests any municipal own
ership of public utilities should be
discouraged, but successful NUM-
cipal ownership, with all the brill
liant prospects possessed by these
two great enterprises of Los An
geles, must be defeated at all haz-
ards. Therefore every effort is
being made to discredit Mayor
Alexander's administration. Its
small mistakes are exaggerated
and its great successes minimized.
We of Los Angeles, however, un-
derstand the situation as it is and
will stand by our municipal enter
prises. We will not vote to place
in the council two men who had so
little appreciation of the future of
Los Angeles that they voted to give
away the river bed franchise, and
to whose business judgment we
would not trust our private affairs,
but will vote for Mess1s. Stewart
and Whiffen, whose business judg-
ment takes equal rank with their
personal honesty.