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Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29
RAPIDS ISOLATED

The telegr> ph station at Rapids has no mail service. The Rampant mail this winter goes by way of Hot Springs. The Rapids are nearer Panama than Rampant, so the mail is held here.
 Mail from the post for Rapids is piling up and Postmaster Tiffany has it on his hands The only way the men at Rap ids will get their mail is when someone happens to go up there.
Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29
MINNEAPOLIS IS IN
 WINTER QUARTERS

The Minneapolis, which left Panama, Thursday last week, went into winter quarters at Lewis Landing, Monday. She reached there Sunday, Oct. 23, the latest date of any boat known. The Iditarod stampeders will start overland as soon as the mushing is good. It is believed portion of the freight will go overland.
Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29
WIRE FLASHES

Pres. Taft's foot is sore He is wear. ing carpet slipper.
 John Anderson, Norway's champion Marathon runner, is in jail at Chicago accused of stealing lard.
 Caruso, while lowing to an encore il Munich, Germany, is knocked senseless by falling curtain. He revives anC continues singing.
 Ludwig Peterson is suing the Wood men of the World at Seattle for $47 ,OO( alleged damages while ''riding the goat in initiation.
 John D. gives $4 ,00O, 900 to the Rocke feller Institute for Medical Research il New York. He also gives the Metho dist Episcopal church $4,O00,OO0.
 Grahame White, English aviator, cir cles the capitol dome at Washington and then landing in Executive ave- pay. his respects to Gen. Allen.
 DeWolf Hopper, noted singing come dian, and \. $. Roth, his manager, are robbed on street at St. Paul, Minn.
 Sam Hill, son-in-law of Jim Hill Great Northern, in speech at Golden. dale, Wash, viciously attacks the road and other lines, urging government ownership.
 Dan Guggenheim, returning from Eu. rope, says $200, ,00O, ,OOO invested in Alas. ka will in next 30 years return profit of $6, ,O0O, ,OOO,O00.
 The Fort Worden murder and the case of Gunner H. Holt, accused of kill ing and cremating Corp. H. E. Johnson in the barracks furnace, are argued be- fore U. $. supreme court.
 Tommy Burns, now at Portland, Ore, will be prepared to fight Langford in London within five months. He has completely recovered from his injuries
 Attel and Jack White fight Is rounds to draw in Winnipeg.
 Ex-Gov. Hughes, N. Y., takes oath oi office as judge of U. s. supreme court
 Battling Nelson wins fight with Monte Dale of Denver in third round at Kansas City.
 Monte Attel and Young killane fight in 10-round match at Kansas City.
 U. $. Sen. Deliver is dead at Fort Dodge, Ia.. of stomach trouble.
 Bill Barlow, Sagebrush philosopher, is dead at Douglas, Wyo.
 May Bailey, Danbury, Conn.,, heiress, sets society aghast by wedding family coachman, Pat O'Connor.
 Julia Ward Howe, lecturer and author, dies at Boston, aged 91.
 Frank Gould weds Edith Kelly, ac- tress, in Scotland. His recent divorce prevents marriage in England.
 Virginia Harmed given divorce at Reno from E. H. Sothern.
 Spokane churches sign petition to have theaters closed Sundays.
Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29
WOOD HAULED FREE

Bachelors who want winters wood supply now have chance to have it hauled to town free. Jack Cavanaugh says he will haul in the wood without cost, taking one cord in payment out of every cord he brings in.
Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29

Send Christmas presents of jewelry to your friends outside. George Bemis pre- pays the postage and guarantees delivery of goods sent by mail. See Bemis.
Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29
Shorthand Record.

Denver, Oct 26.-At the court report
 ers' convention the rate of 269 words minute was made by the winner of speed contest. See how many words you can write in longhand, per minute.
Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29

Have your picture taken and send it out to your relatives for Christmas Frank Klein will do the work. Leave orders at News office.
Yukon Valley news., 1910-10-29

PROSPECTORS, ATTENTION.-Jack Cav anaugh has all kinds of secondhand mining tools in first-class condition.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
GROSS REVENUE
TAX IS ENJ0|NEO
Company Claims Law Attemps to Levy
Tax Upon Interstate Commerce
lis Contrary to Constitution.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Nov. IA
restraining order was granted by the
United States circuit court here Mon
day upon application of the Wells
Fargo, United States and American
Express companies, temporarily re-
straining State Auditor NJ E. Trapp
from enforcing the collection of the
gross receipts tax against the COM
planning companies. The court also
heard arguments upon the application
for a permanent injunction.
The express companies base their ap-
plications upon the allegation that the
gross revenue law, which levies a tax
of per cent upon the gross receipts
of express companies in addition to ad
valorem taxes, is contrary to the con-
stitution of Oklahoma and to the con-
stitution and the laws of the United
States.
The express companies contend that
the law attempts to levy tax upon in
terstate commerce; that it does not
comply with the constitution of Okla
homa in that it provides no legal fund
into which the tax is to be paid be-
cause the constitution and laws of Ok
lahoma do not create general revenue
fund; that the law cannot apply for
the fiscal year which ended June 80,
1910, because the law was not effec-
tive until June 8, 1910.
The Wells Fargo alleges that 81 per
cent of it's gross revenues are paid TO
the railroad over which it operates ;
that this is not legal subject of gross
receipts taxes; that much of its Okla
homa revenues are derived from inter
state traffic and there is no way of
separating these revenues.
The contentious of the other com
panies are similar.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
MANY REPUBLICANS
ADMIT DEFEAT
Efforts of Local Republicans to Defeat
Two Democrats BY Trickery
is Exposed.

The Craig county republicans are in
the last throes of lost campaign. The
realization of this fact has taken the
spirit out of many of the candidates
Especially those younger men who are
being sacrificed on the altar of humili.
alton in order that the "old guard" may
get place at the federal pie trough
Defeat for the entire Craig county and
state ticket is already admitted, but
the showing must be made for the ben.
eft of the pie dispensers.
The republicans have exhausted ev-
cry means to bring about defeat for
the democrats, but all their false state
ments and trickery have availed them
nothing. The democracy of the king
dom of Craig" is immobile. 1t will GO
to the polls next Tuesday as unit
and the majority for the democrats
will be the largest in the county's brief
political history.
The last effort of few designing
to divide the democrats by
getting them involved in the recent
Law and Order movement has fal.
len fiat. The better element of both
parties are demanding the enforce.
ment of the laws, and the record OF
the democratic county officers for the
enforcement of the law is SO much
better than of the republican city off.
GERS that the law and order democrats
refused to fall for the bait" to get
them to support two republican candi.
dates.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
The State a BOotlegger.

The great state of Oklahoma is, it
self, a bootlegger, and peddles whis-
ky every time it gets a chance. Every
drop (perhaps) of whisky and other
concoctions seized by officers through
out the state is peddled by Oklahoma
to Kansas City and st. Louis whole
sale houses. If it is necessary for the
state to receive a revenue from the
sale of whiskey it would be better to
adopt local option and high license and
run the business along legitimate
lines. The day may dawn in Okla
homa when you will be unable to pur-
chase whisky within her borders, but
when that day comes peeping over the
hills it will be safe move for you
to reach for that celestial robe, for
Gabriel will even then be headed this
way.-From the Talala Gazette.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
ANTI-CuMAX FURNISHED
IN KICKAPOO LAND CASE

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. IA sensation
al anti-climax to the erratie testimony
of Mack Johnson and George Kishe-
ton, Kickapoo Indians in the Mexican
extradition hearing, came late Mon
day afternoon when Johnson testified
that he had been paid $29 in the last
few days here by L. C. Grimes and R..
C. Conine, two of the men Mexico is
after, and promised $500 more if he
testified properly"
Kisheton was then put on the stand
by the prosecution and testified that
he had received So from Grimes and
a promise of more to testify proper
ly." The $37, which the Indians al
lege was paid them. was handed up
to Commissioner Tibbetts in open
court some of it in cash and some in
bills.
L. j. Kearful, prosecutor, had kept
in touch with the alleged transactions
and had doubtless reserved this testi-
mony to the last. The Indians were
severely grilled by the defense but
stuck to their story
In the previous cross-examination
today, Mack Johnson undid much of
the effect of his Saturday testimony
against the defense by admitting that
he had sworn falsely in Mexico at the
investigation before Judge De La Fe-
unite, falsely at Tecumseh in Febru-
airy, 1909, in the civil cases there, and
falsely in the affidavits made before
notary public and witnessed by sew
eral Shawneeites.
He contended that he had also sworn
falsely because of fear He admitted,
however, writing a letter to Grimes
from Eagle Pass, Tex, that he had
been made to lie falsely on the other
side there. He stated finally that he
was telling the truth now
Kisheton, a Carlisle graduate, also
a chief witness for the prosecution,
admitted that he had lied in several
different hearings, and it is evident
that the defense will make some
strong points against the reliability OF
the Indian testimony generally.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
CORRECTS STATEMENT IN
REGARD TO DENVER SPEECH

Chicago, H., Nov. 1.-Albert B.
Kreitler, third vice president of the
international Printing Pressmen and
Assistants union today made the fol-
lowing statement regarding the recent
|dispatch from Denver;
Through the Associated Press, |
wish to correct statement, which has
been given wide circulation. The
press dispatches quoted me as saying,
in talk before the trades and labor
assembly at Denver, that the news
papers buildings would be blow up be-
fore a settlement would be made with
the Pressmen's union, leading the pub
lie to believe that l had been advocat.
ing such dastardly deeds.
A local publisher, made the state
ment to me that he would see his
building blow up before he would set
tie with the Pressmen's union In my
talk l simply quoted the publisher tc
show his attitude towards the Press
mems union"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
CAMERON URGES
FIGHT ON LIQUOR
School Children Of State Will Set
Forth "lniquity, Perfidy and Trea-
son" of Proposed Local Option.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 1.-E. d. Cam.
eron, state superintendent of schools.
has issued a proclamation addressed
to all county and city superintendent.
presidents of state education institu.
tions. all school teachers, school Off.
GERS and school children of Oklahoma
calling for special exercises, Friday,
November 4, setting forth the "iniquity
perfidy and treason" of the proposed
local option amendment to the consti.
tuition, which will be voted upon at
the general election next week.
Cameron's appeal is based primarily
on the proposition that the school chill
dren of the state were given a school
endowment of not less than $5,O0O,O0O
by the federal government in the Ell.
abling act and that the state should
respect the compact made in the same
act, in pursuance of Indian treaties,
to prohibit the sale of liquor in In.
dian territory or Indian reservations
for twenty-one years.
For us to accept these gifts" says
the proclamation, "and then violate
our sacred obligation to any other
part of the constitution would be an
act of perfidy and dishonor too ghastly
and appalling to think about for one
moment"
Superintendent Cameron character
ICES the proposed amendment as the
most nefarious and infamous whisky
bill ever submitted to any state in the
union" and declared that it would pre-.
vent entirely any regulation of the
liquor traffic. Local option leaders
here are taking strong exceptions to
Cameron's actions and declare that it
is an unwarranted abuse of his official
position.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
NURSE SUES FOR DAMAGES
AGAINST HER EMPLOYER

Tulsa, Okla, Nov. Mrs. Emma
Drew, daughter of late Chief Perry
man of the Creek Indian Nation, and
one of the most extensive property
owners in Tulsa, is defendant in a SEN
sational $4,000 damage suit filed in
the district court Monday by Elizabeth
Laughlin, a professional nurse, who
charges the defendant with assaulting
her with a deadly weapon, a revolver.
Miss Laughlin, who lives in Denver,
attended Senator Quay in his last i'll
ness, and has nursed many of the
country's celebrities.
That her nervous system was shat
tered and that she suffered collapse
which caused her to become patient
under doctors care for four months,
is the allegation of the nurse who
sues for $4,000 for balm Miss Laugh.
lin says that while making call at
the Drew home on August l. 1909, she
was met by Mrs. Drew who violently
and maliciously assaulted her with a
pistol, threatening to kill her, and
causing her to flee from the house in
terror.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
AS YOU LIKE It" CLUB
GIVES HALLOWEEN PARTY

ITO meet with witches you are asked,
To the haunted house, be sure to come
masked,
JACKIE o'-Lanterns and witches w.t.
mark the spot.
Be sure to be there by o'clock
The above invitations sent by the
members of the "As You Like 1t" club
were responded to by forty guests,
masked and dressed in picturesque
and grotesque costumes. They were
met at the haunted house" at the
corner of Canadian and Miller
street, by witch with a flaming torch
and were conducted to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Bebout Here they
were received by another witch and
each guest was given drink from the
witches caldron after this the guests
were taken to the B. A. Mcfarland
home and conducted to the attic, where
there was a receiving line of ghosts.
From there they proceeded to a room
decorated to represent an autumn wood
This was presided over by two small
witches who served sweet cider in
small gourds. There was also magic
camera presided over by witch who
presented each guest with a picture
of their past, present and future.
The dining room where luncheon
was served was most beautifully dec
GRATED with yellow and black crepe
paper, autumn leaves and small jack
o-lanterns. There was also quite a
profusion of small black cats, bats and
witches made of card board. Each
guest was given miniature animal
about which they were requested to
write rhyme Coffee, sandwiches,
ginger bread and pumpkin pie were
served. s@1I
Much merriment was afforded by
the guests trying to guess who their
fellow guests were. Mrs. j. E. Per
shing was awarded the prize for guess
ing the most correctly and Prof. w. G.,
Masterson was awarded the consola.
tion prize.
Altogether it was a most enjoyable
affair and the ladies of the club have
demonstrated their ability to enter
tain in most original and delightful
manner.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
ROBBERS FAIL TO GET
AWAY WITH RICH HAUL

oklahoma City, Nov. because the
door would not work on the hinges,
which had been twisted by charge Of
nitro-glycerine, robbers failed to get
the $4,000 in the safe of the Mitsher-
Leach department store. The robbers
stole $40 in cash from a money drawer
and nearly 5000 worth of silks Al
though the robbery was committed
within a stones throw of the police
station, the police knew 7nthing of it
for several hours
An attempt was made to rob the
store of the Grand Rapids Furniture
company last week. 1t is said letter
was dropped by one of the yeggmen at
the safe door of the Mitsher-Leach
company. 1t may serve as a clew.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
Craig County's Corn Yield
Willbe 2,9S6,61O Bushels

for winter feeding on account of the
corn crop being almost failure in
some sections. The big kafir corn
grain yield made this year when corn
in the same localities was hardly
worth harvesting demonstrates very
,forcibly that farmers in southwestern
and western Oklahoma would make a
surer and as good feeding crop as
corn by raising kaffir corn and milo
maize
The kaffir corn forage crop averaged
20 tons per acre as compared with IL
tons per acre for the 1909 crop. The
estimated number of tons of forage
raised this season is given at 1,190, 1893
tons as compared with 225,5S2 tons
for last years crop.
The estimated acreage of kaffir corn
raised this year is 49S,737 as compared
with 482,214 acres raised last year.
A Big Irish Potato Crop.
The statistics taken on the Irish po-
tato crop show as flattering yield
as on the other Oklahoma crops this
year, and shows that the farmer is
prepared to meet the increased cost
of living expenses by raising his own
food. The estimated yield per acre is
76.4 bushels, as compared with 54.2
bushels for the 1909 crop The esti-
mated yield this season is 1,730,S95
bushels, as compared with 1,11S,573
bushels raised last year. The acreage
this year is an increase of 10 per cent
over that planted in 1909.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
COMMISSIONER MAKES ORDER
TO PREVENT BLOODSHED
BY Associated Press.

New York, Nov, Ito avoid blood
shed in the express strike, which is
daily growing more serious here, Dep
uty Police Commissioner Driscoll gave
orders today that will prevent the dis
play of guns by armed guards the COM
panies have placed on their wagons.
The commissioner directed the arrest
of any person seen displaying gun
or revolver on the express wagons.
Trouble is reported in the stables of
both the Adams and American Express
companies. The stablemen are refus-
ing to hitch the horses to be sent out
with wagons.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
TOOK THIRTY CHARGES TO
BLOW OHIO BANK SAFE
By Associated Press.


Columbus, o., Nov. 2.-Robbers to-
day blew open the safe in the Mer-
chants and Farmers bank, at billiards,
ten miles northwest of Columbus and
took about ten thousand dollars in
gold and currency. Twenty charges
of explosive were used. After the rob
berry the men entered the stable of DR.
R. K. Francis, a veterinary surgeon
took his horse and buggy, cut all the
harness except what they stole so that
he could not follow and escaped. A
part of the stolen money was township
funds. Not long after day light today
a posse began to form to take up the
pursuit,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
WELL PLANNED REVOLUTION
IS DISCOVERED IN PERI
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Lima, Peru. Nov. by the arres
of the leaders today, the government
nipped in the bud thoroughly plan
ned revolution at Cuzzo, city of thirt
thousand. In the Departmental Cuzz
the government agents last night III
covered plot that provided for
simultaneous uprising in differen
places throughout the republic. Tn
organizers were soon in custody an
the government adopted other mea'
ures to insure tranquility. Disw,
tions iq the cabinet. resulting from tH
boundary dispute with Ecuador are b,
lieved to be back of the feeling of u
rest among the population.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-04
OWNERS OF FARMS
IN IOWA DECREASE
Census Bureau Reports Increases in
Value of Land, Buildings, Etc,
Ranging From 81 to 1927.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 1.-The cen
sus bureaus first preliminary compar-
ative statement concerning the gen.
eral form data derived from the recent
census of agriculture, as part Of the
thirteenth decennial census, was is
Isued by Census Director Durand today.
1t relates to the state of Iowa and
contains principally the results of the
census bureaus tabulation of the num-
Der of all farms and farms of specified
classes, and also gives the acreage
and value of farm land in the state in
1910 in comparison with the twelfth
census figures. 1t was prepared under
the supervision of Chief Statistician
| LeGrand Powers, of the division of
agriculture 1t is stated that the tab
ulation totals, while tentative in char
aoter, will not be appreciably changed
| by later revisions.
| Similar statements concerning the
other states are being prepared, and
early issuances of those for Indiana,
Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin may
be expected Following these there
will be others showing the same facts
for the individual counties within each
state Statistics relative to the acre
age and yield of crops, and the num-
ber of domestic animals on farms and
ranges will be next in order
These advance statements form an
other of the important innocations in
stituted by Director Durand in order
to give the public the earliest possible
use of the census data, and they ante
date, by more than six months time.
the customary publication of these
data in bulletin form at previous CEN
Isuses.
The Extraordinary Increases.
Comparisons between the 1910 and
1900 totals for Iowa show many re-
markable changes. While there have
been noticeable decreases since 1900
in the total number of farms farmers,
owners, part owners, total acreage, i'm
proved acreage, etc, on the other hand
those are greatly overshadowed by ex-
traordinary increases in the value of
land, buildings and implements, and
in the expenditures for labor which
range from 81 to 1927 per cent
From 1900 to 1910. according to Di-
Irector Durand's statement, the total
value of Iowa's farm land alone rose
from s1.256,752, 900 to $2,799,025 600, an
increase of 81 1,542, ,273,000, or no less
than 1927 per cent; the value of all
farms, including that of their build
ings, increased from $1,497 555. 900 to
S3,253, 7f90 900, a gain of $1.756,164, 900,
or 117.3 per cent; and the value of the
buildings alone rose from s240, ,S03,00O
to $454, $4,000 an increase of $21S,
1891 ,000 or SS.S per cent. The value
of farm implements and machinery
rose from $57,961 900 to $95 ,27S,O 900, a
gain of $S7,312,000, or 64.4 per cent;
and expenditures for labor from SIG,
$4,000 to $24,732000, an increase OF
$S,956,000, or 81 per cent.
1t is expected that later data will
show that the number of people EN-
ployed on the Iowa farms did not in
crease, therefore the reported increase
in the total expenditures for labor rep
resents approximately the relative in
crease in the wages of the individual
farm laborer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-13
THE {: cL (: HOOP.

It now appears that the Marshall.
town Tfmes-Republican spoke by the
book when it said that if the insur.
gents won the state the resolutions
would not be very humiliating to
Taft. The Register and. J.eade -fndl.
Gates that there is to be no compro,
mise and that the republican admins
tration is to be attacked and this in
spite of the fact that nearly every
county in the state endorsed it. Even
the insurgent counties did not dare to
slap the administration in the face in
the county conventions, but the vine
OF victory, plus the urgings of the
commander-in-chief and his staff, will
perhaps be sufficient to force the del
egates into line, even contrary to the
direct instructions given them by
their counties.
The candidates on the republican
state ticket were nominated by the
direct vote of the people and as re-
publicans we ought to respect the will
of the majority. Under any ordi-
nary circumstances we are prepared
to accept this verdict as final and to
accord full and hearty support to the
men named no matter what their
factional alignment, but if a platform
is forced UPON the party contrary to
the vast majority of public republican
sentiment as expressed in the resolu-
lions adopted by the counties of the
state, we reserve the right to repudi.
ate that platform and to stand upon
a platform of plain republicanism as