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

The majority report Of the select
committee Of the senate on wages
and prices OF commodities which is
signed by Senators Lodge Gallinger.
McCumber smoot and Crawford gives
as the first reason for the enormous
Increase IN the cost Of living
Increased cost Of production Of
farm products by reason Of higher
land values and higher wages"
The astute republican politicians
who signed that report are evidently
ignorant OF the most simple laws of
political economy, or their purpose
was to deceive the senate and the
people OF the United States. DIT.
Thomas Nixon Carter, professor Of
political economy in Harvard Uniyer.
sity, says of that report: "A student
would fail to pass the Introductory
course IN economics In Harvard uni.
versity who would make such blund-
ers as are contained IN that report. -
AS to the first cause. Dr. Carter
says
This is a perfectly clear case OF
putting the cart before, The horse.
Every student Of economics knows
that tho high price Of land is not a
cause, but the effect Of the high price
of farm products. Let the price OF
farm products fall TO the unremunera.
tive level and land values will disap-
pear, for the simple reason that farm
land then becomes undesirable prop
erty Let the price OF farm products
rise still higher, and farm land be
comes more desirable end It's price
will rise stu higher There Is no
reason why land should command a
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The experience Of married couple
who have lived together for seventy
years without q quarrel possesses a
practical value which outwelghs any
amount of theorizlng, and the reasons
for the happy 1ion given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Sherwood. who enjoy this
distinction, have a wide interest. I'VE
Just loved each other and that was all
there was to It, says Mrs. Sherwood.
But the true receipt seems to be con.
tained In the husbands remark that
he minded his own buslneFs. while
she tended to her own affairs"
IN that simple policy OF non-lnterfer.
enee IS comprised all the philosophy
not only Of happy marriage but OF har.
monlous human relations in the broad.
er sense II the married adhered to
this rule there would be little marital
dIscord less divorce and fewer cases
Of domestic disagreement IN the police
courts. The very latitude OF action
which this enlightened couple gave
each other served to unite them more
closely and to avert the conflict Of in.
teresta which causes shipwreek. Theirs
was a union without a dictat9r Nr boss
Matrimony, like everything else, mas
suffer from too much regulation Cities
and states suffer from IL no less than
unhappy wives and the small boy whe
is accounted incorrigible A general ap
pllcation Of the policy Of nonlnterfer
enee which made this a happy marri
age might remove more serious causes
o, public discomfort New Yorl
World.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09
THE FAITH THAT KEEPS.

It is regrettable when names have
to be left out of a story, especially
so when there is a moral to the nara
tive and you may happen to know
the participants. But that is no reason
why a much needed moral lesson
should be allowed to go to waste. so
we will proceed. with the explanation
that It is all true except the names.
Mr. Jones Is a contractor and busy
man. He makes money and doesn't
hesitate to spend it on his family, but
he is lacking in some of the little
niceties of the cultured paranoiac. He
Yields his fork in his left hand. and
when he is pleased with his wife he
gives her a friendly slap on the back
and calls her "old woman"
Mrs. Jones never noticed his grauch.
cries until they moved next door to
the Johnstons. Then she began to
make mental comparisons, and they
were much to the disadvantage of her
husband.
Finally, she thought she could stand
# no longer and spoke to him about
1t. Jim" she said, "why can't we be
more like the Johnstons? He Is so at.
ltentlve to her that she is the envy Of
all the women OF the nelghborhood.
When he goes away IN the morning
she follows him out on the porch and
kisses him. She meets bin there in
the evening. and they go in the house
with their arms about each other. OF
course, we love each other. Jim. but
why not show it more? The best ever
get Is slap on the back"
4 never was much Of a hand for
taking on In public" said Jones. and
m afraid I'm too old to begin now.
Don't you worry" And he forgot him
self and slapped her on the back
The criticism cut a little insplte of
the thickness OF Jones' skin. For sew.
eral days there was a difference in
lis demeanor about home and be
looked across at the meeting Of the
Johnstons with a curious longing In
his heart
Then one evening he came home
with a new look In his eye. with the
tread Of a grenadier he marched into
the sitting room, struck an attitude
and exclaimed: I'm here.
Il say I'm here" he roared, "me--
Jones-your husband-the head Of the
family--the protector OF the household.
Johnston amt home. lie ran away 10.
day with his stenographer"
oh she gasped. q feel so sorry
for Mrs. Johnson" Then her arms were
about his neck and she was sobbing
You are the sweetest. klndest-"
Don't stroke me az II | were a
kitten" begged Mrs. Jones Jim,
you're the best Indian on the reserva.
tlon Hit me. bIff me a good one"
And he slapped her on the back =
Kansas City Post
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

be hoped that other democratic lead
ers win volunteer like service SO
that voters may hear able men Of the
party, The old lines OF democratic
division have been obliterated by
tlme-the healer of factions--and re-
publican disagreements on essential
policies indicate the breaking down
OF protection and the others isms that
the republican leaders stand for
Now is the appointed time for ey-
cry democrat to do his duty without
regard to any former differences of
opinion, for all are now agreed on
tariff reform and on honest govern
ment and the issues OF the present
campaign for congress.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

high price for farming purposes, ex-
cept rise in the price Of farm prod
ucts or a fall in the cost Of cultivating
the land. To say that farm products
are high because land values are high
is quite as foolish as saying a tree is
tall because It's shadow is long"
Nearly every other statement made
by the republican senators is shown
to be equally fallaeious by the minor
ity of the same committee In their
report, and the evidence they adduce
Of it's deception is from republican
sources This ignoratio elenchi of
these republican lawmakers throws
diseredit on all their statements.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09
srATE pgMoeRArIc rIcKEr

Goyernor--Lee cruce. Of Ardmore.
nant-Governor-J. j. McAles-
ter, of McAleater
Treasurer-Robert Dunlop, Of New
kirk.
Auditor
superintendent OF Public Instruc-
tion-R. H. Wilson, OF Chickasha.
Attorney General-Charles West, Of
Enid.
Commissioner OF Charities and Cor
rections- Kate Barnard. Of oklahomsi
City.
Labor Commissioner ~ Charles f.
Daugherty, OF Oklahoma City
Corporation Commissloner--George
A. Henshaw, OF Madill
President Board of Agriculture -
Thomas Bryan, OF Perry.
state Printer--Giles Farris, Of Man.
gum.
Inspector and Examiner G. A.
Taylor of Pond Creek.
Mine Inspector Peter Hanraty, of
McAlcster.
Insurance Commissioner A. Bal.
lard, Of Coyle
Clerk Supreme Court-W II. Il
Campbell, OF Ada
Supreme Court.
For Associate Justioe-M ]. Kane,
of Klngflsher.
For Associate JUSTICE. J. Dunn,
OF Alya.
Congressional.
First District-N e. Mcneil, of
Pawnee.
Second District .. L. Fulton. of
Oklahoma City.
Third District--James Davenport, Of
Vinita.
Fourth District--Charles Carter OF
Ardmore.
Fifth Distriet--scott Ferris, Of Law
ton.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

AS President Taft has seen fit to
take the partisan side in the fight for
congress. he must be content to re.
ceive partisan criticism. In his let-
ter for the republican campaign book
Mr.. Taft declares that a republican
majority IN congress Is essential to
the success Of the method of revision
Of The tarlf by separate schedules.
because the democrats would oppose
such plece-meal revision That state
ment indicates how little the presi-
dent knows about the history Of dem
|ocratle attempts to revise the tariff.
In 1892 a democratic house of repre-
sentatlves passed several separate
bills to amend theh tariff on a very
similar plan to that now proposed by
the president, but the republican
senate defeated the following bills
To put binder twlne on the free list;
to remove all duties from cotton bag
cling; to abolish the protective rates
on wool and wooden goods. As Presi.
dent Taft declared that the woolen
schedule Of the present Law Is inde.
fenslble, how can he blame the demo.
Gratis and charge them with refusing
to do the very thing they did do long
before Mr. Taft had evidently taken
the trouble TO think about the tarlff
President Taft's advisors must be a
sorry or a lazy lot to allow their
chief to make such a partisan charge
with no peg 10 hang It on.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

There are good people who, being
discontented with present day condi-
tions. think that these conditions can
be cured BY a return 70 what they call
the principles Of the fathers" IN SO
Ear as We have departed from the
standards OF lofty integrity In public
and private life 10 which the greatest
men among the founders OF the Re.
public adhered. why, OF course. we
should return to these principles We
must always remember that no sys-
TEN Of legislation can accomplish any.
thing unless back OF II we have the
right type Of national character: un.
less We have ideals to which our prac.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

But to go back to the governmental
theories OF a hundred years ago would
nothing whatever; for Il
was under the conditions Of unre-
stricted individualism ano freedom
from government interference, eoun-
tenanced by those theories, that the
trusts grew up. and private fortunes,
enormous far beyond the deserts of
the aecumulators, were gathered
The old theories Of government
worked well In sparsely settled com
munities, before steam, electricity and
machinery had revolutlonized our in.
dustrial SYSTEM; but to return to
them now would be as hopeless as for
the farmers OF the present to return to
the agricultural implements which
met the needs of their predecessors,
the farmers who followed in the
footsteps OF Daniel Boone of Ken.
lucky and Missouri-Theodore Roose-
welt In the Outlook.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The national democratic eongres.
sional committee Is having difficulty
In filling the demands for speakers
OF national reputation In the Maine
campaign In consequence of previous
engagements on the chautauaua cir.
cults. Former Governor Folk OF Mis-.
souri,. Governor Crothers. OF Mary
land and Alton B. Parker Of New
York. have responded to invitations
to speak IN Maine. and from now on
the campaign will be most intense.
Nothing shows the getting together
of the democratic leaders so well as
that Governor Folk, who Is regarded
as radical democrat Governor
Crothers, who Is the champion of di.
rect primaries and other reforms, and
Judge Parker, who has been regard
ed as representing the conservative
wing Of the party are al raising their
powerful voices IN unison for the trl.
umph Of the national democracy. The
battle for real tariff reform and an
honest effort for a reduction in the
present high cost of living. and re-
form in the extravagant national ap.
preparations which have increased
taxation higher than ever before are
now to be fought out.
As the democratic congressional
committee has no funds to pay speak.
ers, as the republicans have. It Is to
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

A whole lot Of people are wonder
ing why the republican party IN this
state is controlled by standpatters,
while the progressiyes are in the as
tendency all over The west outside Of
Oklahoma
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

A writer In the Nineteenth Cen.
tury." after a careful study of German
economies. sets forth at length the
Revolt against protection in Ger
many" He declares that Sot only Is
the tariff the mother Of trusts-no less
than 1856 OF them-but Is also respons-
lble for the rise In the cost Of living.
This article might have been original
ly written about our own situation
and adapted merely by the changing
Of names and places.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Suppose the two cent fare were
still in effect and that you had to
travel about the state all the time, as
many men have to, and that every
time you had travelled hundred miles
a man came along and compelled you
to donate a dollar outright at the
point of a gun, before permitting you
TO travel further That is the posi-
tlon In which you find yourself today
The man with the gun is the railroad
corporation and the gun Is the federal
injunction. You have the same show
ing for your dollar in the existing case
that you would have In the other.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Now let the word "insurgent' be
dropped and the word progressive
be used. It is better and more ex.
pressive. However. the distinction is
without q difference
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

After revising the tariff upwards for
years to suit the protected Interests
Il Is rather strange 10 now hear Sen.
ator Lodge call Il the 'old unscieutific
method" is Lodge afraid that the
people OF Massachusetts are for tariff
reform and are thinking Of making a
goat Of him7
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The news event Of the week has
easily been the trlumphai tour OF Col,
Roosevelt through the west, The coun.
try knows and approves Of the colo
neIs insurgency
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The beleaguered, scattered hosts Of
republicans the country over are in
need OF a rallying point and are vain.
" looking for a Moses to lead them
out Of the wilderness.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

vinita has many things 10 boost
but nothing better than It's splendid
water supply. With gushing wells OF
fine artesian water from depth Of
600 feet the town stands at the head
OF All the towns in the state In thts
respect
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Economy Is thrift Some folks get
the idea that thrift means TO get lots
of money and spend It. The real
thrifty man saves a part Of his earn
ings.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The Muskogee Phoenix screams that
the republican party has always been
the party Of progress Which end Of
the party, insurgent or standpat?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Some Of the railroad magnates ap-
pear to have been robbing the Ilil-
nois Central; no wonder they want
rates increased.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

These doahle-eoiumn editorials look
too much ike an advertisement. But
there are any number Of people who
read the advertisements.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

No one who has ever invested in
Vinita property regrets 1t. There Is
not a single piece Of yinita property
that is not worth more than It was
six months ago.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Whatever may be the result OF the
election in November, the republicans
will retain control OF the senate during
the life of the sixty-second congress,
Thirty senators complete their term
next March. Twenty.four of them are
republicans and six are democrats. To
control the senate the democrats would
have TO elect their candidates I'm thir-
teen states now represented by re-
publicans, but not more than nine OF
these states are doubtful.
What will happen in the house Is
still wrapped In the obscuring folds
OF the future. The democrats are hop
ing that the republican "insurgent'
fight may split the party wide enough
to enable them to elect a majority of
the representatives. Western republi-
can dissatisfaction with the new tariff
law is counted on to drive into the
democratic party many tariff reform
voters who are unwilling to trust the
republican party to continue It's con
troll of tariff legislation.
The "insurgent" republicans are
boasting that they viii make 1t impos.
sible for "Cannonism' to prevail in the
house. and they are joining heartily
with the democrats in denouncing the
abuses which always arise when a
party has been long in power. AT the
same tiWe they insist that they are
seeking the reform of their own party,
and resent the charge OF "stand-pat"
republicans that they are assisting the
opposition.
Whatever the outcome may be, II
Will be that which the majority of in
terested citizens desire, and the busi-
ness OF government viii continue. II
the house should be democratic, the
difficulties which will confront Presi-
dent Taft in getting his recommends
tions approved will be no greater than
confronted many of his predecessors.
Youths Companion.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Governor Haskell viii tell what he
thinks Of Roosevelt soon Ex-senator
Burton might supplement- what the
governor has to say.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The weeds were not cut but the
frost will kill them In few weeks any
way
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The Muskogee Phoenix has damned
nearly everything and nearly every
body and now wants to dam the Grand
river.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

The promise Of the republican
leaders that they will repeal the Jim
Grow car mw IN the event they are
intrusted with power In Oklahoma
may solidify the negro vote in favor
OF the republican ticket but II will
command no respect among the white
voters Of the state Oklahoma Is a
white mans state, and the Jim Grow
law is popular among the white peo-
pie of all political parties. No party
pledged by its leaders to the abolition
OF that law viii ever carry Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Uncle Tom Marcum's chip remains
on his shoulder. no one caring TO
knool 1t Of.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

President Taft wants another
chance 10 revise the tariff, up and
down
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Now viii some wise republican tell
lis the difference between an insurgent
and q progressive?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

You can't make anybody en-
ploy a man who isn't worth EN-
ploying.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

We should not let the burden
fall on the persons least able to
bear Il.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Pay more attention to your
duties than 10 your rights.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09

Don't trust the man who tells
you that change Of laws will
bring about the millennium. It's
some distance off still.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23

Court OF the City Of Detroit. m pur-
suance 81 rroceedings under the pro-
Visions OF Act J2i Of the Public Acts
OF 1888, as amended. be assessed upon
the owners aud occupants of the tax
ssSie real estate included I'M SAID dis-
trtct. in proportion, as near as my De.
20 the advantage which each lot 'r
parcel Is deemed 20 acquire ~ such
opening.
Notice is hereby given, that AN as
sessmcnt has been made upon all the
lots and promises Included IN said dis
trirt and liable 90 VI. assessed Tor SAID
IMPROVEMENT under the provisions ot
said puDlic act, and that roll Of said
assessment is now completed, and viii
remain az the Asscssors Oihcc. in the
city % Detroit, Tor twelve days from
the date of the hrst publication OF this
notice. that is from the date hereof un-
til Dec y, 1910. Tor the inspection OF
all persons concerned therein, and that
the Board OF Assessors viii meet on
the 2nd day or December. 1910, az 10
o'clock n m. at their office in the city
Hail and viii remain Ia session be-
tween the hours OF 10 a. m. and IL IN.
on SO IA day. and during the same hours
for three successive days thereafter,
90 hear any person or persons desiring
10 object 10 any assessment so made.
and to review and correct the same, II
correction thereof be found necessary.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
BY JOHN c. NAGEL.
$3.50 President.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
NOTICE - STREET PAVING
ASSESSMENT.
ROARD OF ASSESSORS OFFICE,
Detroit, Nov 81. 1910
Paving Notice No. 1857.
COPLIN AVENUE.

IN Anthony Budermap. Anthony
Burkhard'. Henry c. barton. ALDER,
Collins T.. &. Campbell Emil ]. che
not. Mary \ Durfee. Mar! Ferris. Lucy
II. Gale. George -. Gran. Jennie Ilasn-
ms, George huebner Edwac3 j. Ne
bel, Bertha Ptermiger. Ernest IL Perry
Albert y. Palmer. Edward H. Palmer
Thomas y, Palmer. William Il. Reod
Theodore a. Re4ct. Charles Schweitzer
Louis Sauer. Louise StrengsOn. f.. Syl-
vcster. William NJ Souiliere. john
TigChon. Charles r. Trombley. WIN
hanson and Radcliffe. Ralph y. Wilkin-
son. William IA Weber. Frederick War
dell, Frederick Weiland and 10 al
other persons owning, occupying, 81
otherwise Interested in any OF the lots
and premises fronting on Coplin ave
nue.. in said CITY of Detroit. within thu
limits hereinafter mentioned.
The Common Council of the city OF
Detroit. having ordered so much a.
Coplin avenue. from the north line OF
jefferson avenue 10 the south curb line
OF kercheval avenue. TO he graded and
paved. notice is hereby given that an
assessment has been made upon all the
lots and premises fronting on said
Coplin avenue, and liable u be assess
ed for said Improvement under the pro-
visions of the city Charter. and that
roll OF said assessment IS now com
pleted. and will remain at the ASSESS
ors' Ofhce, in the city of Detroit. from
the date hereof until Dec 6. 1910. for
the inspection Of all persons concerned
therein.
BOARD or ASSESSORS.
BY JOHN &. NAGEI.
cod President