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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
BIG PROBLEM IN FUEL
HALF THE COAL IN MINES LEFT
THERE INACCESSIBLE.
Peat 6oss of Country, However, Con
tain Billions Of Tons That
Can Be Utilized in
the Future.

One Of the most serious problems al
the present time is due TO the fact
that on the average nearly so per cent.
Of the coal in the mines is left either
in or at the mines and is inaccessible
for the future generations.
For example, according to Casters
Magazine. in 1907 approximately 400.-
100000 tons of coal we're left in or
at the same mines from which the
4S0, 0,000.000 tons were taken.
To stimulate the possible use OF
various grades of fuel and safe and
successful methods of mining much
material at present left In the mines
are some of the problems OF the Unit
ed States bureau of mines.
Problems of combustion are being
carefully studied by means of sta.
tionary boiler plants, house heating
boilers and a long combustion cham.
beT; proper classification and relative
prices for Goals by means of specifica-
tions and purchase by contract, and
more economical use and utilization OF
fuels heretofore not regarded as adapt.
ed to such purposes by means of bri-
quoting. coking and producer gas
plants.
Among these fuels is peat, samples
of which have been used in the making
of producer gas. The use of peat for
domestic purposes in European coun-
tries dates back several hundred
.roorc h,,t 4ho 49, opst,ya da,-a1oD,nant
in methods OF mining and utilizing
peat has been largely within the last
ten years At the present time in
many of the European countries peat
is large source of power develop
ment through the aid of the gas pro
ducer and engine, and the utilization
of the peat hogs is becoming general
Some idea of the extent of this de
yelopment may be had from the state
ment that Russia alone mines annual
ly over 100000 tons of dry peat
1t is estimated by the United States
geological survey that the bogs Of
this country contain approximately
SSS,000,000 tons of dry peat com
mercially available At market value
of SO per ton for machine peat bricks
this represents over $3S.600.000 900.
The Canadian government is carry
ing on extensive researches relating Il
the use of peat as this fuel is found
in very large areas In Canada.
The cost of preparing peat for the
market is comparatively small Re
liable figures are not available for the
United States. For one locality il
Sweden, visited in 1908. coal cost sS.7i
per ton, and peat, delivered on the
operating floor, so cents per ton.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
AIIene Excessive Assessments.

Claremore. Okla. Nov 2s-The
county commissioners are in session
TO hear the complaints Of the various
citizens whose property has been as
sessed beyond the actual cash yaiae
by the state board of equalization. \
great portion Of the property, especi!-
~ in the city and towns of the county,
was assessed at its cash value and
over and then the state board raised
it 80 per cent The constitution CT the
state limits the power of the state. to
tax property at more than the actual
value and therefore the reduction will
be made, owing to the failure Of crops
in this county The commissioners
have extended the time for paying tht
first half of the taxes until March
1912.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
England Copied FROM America.

The American system OF letter.
grams is responsible for an innova-
ton which has been recently put into
operation In England By the postof-
fee authorities by which the advans-
age OF the delivery of letter on Sun
day is secured at the expense Of 3
trtfing fee. It is simply necessary to
write on the envelope: ITO be tele-
phoned on Sunday" and adds an extra
half-cent Of postage for every 30 words
or fraction thereof Then the postal
clerk at the receiving Office calls up
the person addressed by telephone and
conveys the message without leaving
the postoflce. II enough postage Is in.
cluded. the same message may be de
livered by telephone to number Of
different parties IN the same city.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
.ELKS OBSERVE MEMORIAL
DAY ON NEXT SUNDAY

Next Sunday will be observed as
memorial day. by the Benevolent and
Protective Order Of Elks. throughout
the United States. Once each year the
Elks gather to pay a tribute to the de-
ceased members OF, the order, and the
iirst Sunday in December is designat-
ed as Memorial Day, or for the lodge
Of sorrow, for the Elks The service
in Vinita will be observed at the Epis
copal church next Sunday morning at
10:30. Rev W. II. Talmage, the new
rector of the Episcopal church will con-
duct the service and deliver the mem
orial address. The members Of the
Vinita lodge an dali visiting Elks will
gather at the Elks hall at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning and march in body
to the church. This service will be
open to the public
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
ESTABLISHING = Reputation.

"If knew how to go about It,
would have every dog In my store
tried before Judge and jury for as
sault and battery" said the animal
dealer. Unless he was convicted and
executed | could get about three
prices for him.
Every time dog is hailed to court
on the charge of having bitten some
body l attend the trial and take part
In the reception the beast holds after
his acquittat A dog that has enough
class about him to precipitate law
.uit couldn't be bought for love or
rloney. but If his master wished te
se him he could do so a dozen times
3ser before leaving the courtroom.
Even II ii has been proved that
.Ae dog does show his teeth once in
while there are people willing to
&e chances just for the sake of own.
ag a dog that has so much charac-
er Selling dogs being in my line,
laye studied up good many ways TO
hveriise, but trial by jury is the best
NY so far discovered"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Athletic League Proposed.

a movement which promises a reFo-
luton in the management Of southwest
ern college athletics was set on foot
recently by Prof. John C. Futrell Of
the University of Arkansas when he
proposed a new intercollegiate ath-
letic association comprising the state
universities of Oklahoma, Arkansas.
Texas and Missouri and the Oklahoma
and Texas state agricultural and me
chanical colleges. 1t is proposed to
make this organization on par with
the southern and Missouri Valley foot
ball and general athletic conferences.
The proposed union would mean much
for the schools involved in that i
would draw them closer together in al
their relations and sympathies. Ath-
letlcally it would mean the creation Of
number of important football and
other athletic contests of annual oc-
currence which would come to attain
the same prominence in the southwest
that the Missouri Kansas, Wisconsin
Minnesota and HarvardYale football
battles do in their respective confer
ences. The schools mentioned are al
of high standing, fairly even as to ath-
/ letic strength, and in such close prox-
I unity to each other that the venture
should prove a great success financial
ly. Already Oklahoma holds annual
contests with three of the other schools
and has played them all at various
times in years past. The conference
iif organized, will include baseball,
track, tennis and basketball as well as
football. An oratorieal association
might be formed in conjunction. 1t is
said that both Arkansas and Texas
favor the formation of such an associa-
ton. While Oklahoma has taken no
action in the matter it is realized here
THAT such a conference would tend to
Introduce system and stability into
southwestern athletics, eliminate the
law eligibility rules favored by some
institutions and give the Sooner teams
a greater degree of credit for the vic.
tories they were successful in winning
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
DID NOT KNOW HIS VOICE
New Clerk Was snuhbed When He
Took Robert Blossoms Order
for Oats.

Robert Edeson, who lives out at his
place on the north shore of Long Is
land pretty nearly all the time he is
not touring the country. does prac.
tically all the buying for his stable as
well as his house
In fact. he telephones orders SO fre
ouently 10 the grain and feed store
for supplies that all OF the clerks
know the sound Of his voice and
hasten to fill the orders without ask.
ing who IT is that is talking. A new
clerk some time ago. however, quite
upset the usual order Of things and
vas nearly upset himself in conse-
quence.
II chanced that oats were needed in
the stable, and Mr. Edeson. after his
usual fashion, called up the feed store
and without waiting to give his name
said:
Send me over ten bushels of oats
this afternoon. please and then start
ed to ring on
Suddenly be heard 8 voice at the
other end of the line.
who for?" said the voice.
THE motor boat. Of course,
snapped back Edeson.
The oats arrived all right, but not
until the clerk had enlisted the aid OF
the telephone girl and traced the call
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Riddle-5erry.

Last Wednesday, Mrs. Anna Berry,
of this city, and c. A. Riddle Of Vinita,
were married. The marriage took place
in Claremore, and the happy couple re-
turned to Collinsville an Immediately
settled down as though nothing had
happened. Mrs. Riddle has been here
for three or four months and is the
owner of the Wonderland Theatre. Mr.
Riddle is from Vinita. He was in the
real estate business in Oklahoma City
for a long time. and it was there that
this romance had its beginning. Mr.
and Mrs. Riddle will continue to oper-
ate the Wonderland. will make Collins
vile their home, and after a short
time, Mr.. Riddle will engage in busi-
ness here. The Times extends con-
gratulations and wishes them WE'LL
Collinsville Times.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
ALREADY WAS GOOD WRITER
Amusing Story Of Frank II. Spearman,
the Author, and His Young
Son.

An amusing story is told Of Frank
H. Spearman, the author OF Robert
Kimberly" of the shock he gave one
Of the brothers Of st. Mary's college.
Oakland. Cal. Mr.. Spearman sent one
OF his boys there TO school, and, the
boy was a great favorite with one
of the brothers who was noted for his
penmanship. and for his ability to
teach 1t. He prided himself on turn
ing out the best writing pupils OF the
west, and he thought that Spearman
was one of the best Of these.
One time Mr.. Spearman was talking
to him, not knowing that he was the
teacher of writing. He said, IF there
IS one thing that l do want 1t Is for
that boy to be a good writer"
But indeed he Is a good writer,
the brother began
Il want him to be clear, forceful
writer none Of your little fancy pen
pushers"
Upon this the mild hammered broth
er rushed to his desk, and brought
back some specimens of young Spear
mans hand writing. He was In q
great furry Of excitement. He wa
used only to compliments.
Mr. Spearman looked surprised foi
a moment, and then he began to laugh
OH" he said, Il don't care about hi!
penmanship. ! meant that want hin
to write good English"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
HOW He OBTAINS PIN MONEY
Farmers Husband Tells Hls Methods
Of Persuading the Hens 70 Lay
More Eggs

Like most farmers husbands am
compelled to rely on the chicken and
egg money to dress myself. as my
wife puts all the cash into labor-saving
machinery for every place but the
kitchen. This was borne In on me
early in my married life. so carefully
studied means OF increasing the lay
Of my barnyard friends.
In the winter time I always wear a
pretty lace shirt and carry a palm
leaf fan when feed the hens. This
apparel I have found completely de-
ceives them into thinking 1t is sum
mer, and they lay accordingly.
In the summer it takes but mo-
ment for me to slip into my nearplush
ulster and wind a bright red tippet
around my neck while scattering their
corn. This is important, for 1t makes
them think 1t is winter, and hence
summer, and insures a plentiful sup
ply of eggs.
/ have observed they do not seem
to care whether these clothes are the
latest style or not. so generally wear
my third best. In addition to these
simple little devices always sing to
them. "Therell be hot time in the
old town tonight" at all seasons oi
the year.
BY faithfully following this plan foI
the last seventeen years have man
aged to save enough money to buy 6
perfectly stunning pair Of lilac haren
rs.-McLandburgh Wilson II
4 New York Times.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Tulsa Hunting Club Organized.

Tulsa, Okla, Nov. 2S.-For the pur-
pose of leasing land establishing a
game preserve. and importing and
propagating all kinds of game of the
finned, furred and feathered tribes
that propagate in this country, about
sixty prominent Tulsa sportsmen have
organized the Tulsa Hunting Club. A
state charter has been secured and al
ready about 1000 acres of land has
been leased in the bottoms of the Yer
digris river near Catoosa, S. G. Grain
ispresident and H. c. Walkley, secre-
tary-treasurer of the club.
A modern camp will be built on the
preserve and boats installed on the
lakes. Wild rice which is one of the
principal foods Of wild ducks and
geese, will be sowed in the lakes and
streams of the preserve. Telephone
service will connect the camp with the
oity of Tulsa, to enable the members
to keep in touch with private and bus
mess affairs while out camping.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
HE HADN'T BEEN SWIMMING
Technically, Little Waldo Told His
Mother the Truth, for He
Couldn't Swim.

These lovely days usher in the sea
son when such conversations as the
following are to be heard in every
other household:
Waldo, have you been in swim
ming
NO, ma'am."
Waldo, told you that the water
wasn't warm enough. and you prom
ised me that you wouldn't go. But
your face is cleaner than I ever saw
II. Waldo, even your ears are clean.
Have you been In swimming!"
mo, ma'am."
Waldo, your stockings are on
wrong-side-out and you seem to have
lost your undershirt. Your shirt
clings to your body. Dear, you have
never told mamma a falsehood. and
1t would break her heart IL you were
to begin now. ask you again-have
you been swimming?"
mo, ma'aml"
And the little hero always tells the
truth. He may have Jumped of the
dock into shallow water few times,
, and he may have padded around in
| the breakers all the afternoon, but he
hasn't been swimming. For it is com
mon knowledge among the fellows
| that Waldo can't swim a stroke
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Lona schooi Hours.

The Austrian minister has issued
4 decree denouncing the long hours
nforced in the schools OF the empire,
mounting in some cases to 45 a week.
lis would have seemed a very mild
egime 10 some old time pedagugues.
Scotland mp to the middle Of the
sixteenth century usual school hours
en- from a m tin p. m. with
Two breaks Of an hour each. Sons
clcols opened an hour earlier and
Forked so long as daylight lasted. No
Iteration in the hours was made on
saturday, and even on Sunday GER
in amount of work was done. The
holidays were restricted to day at
Candlemass and at Whitsun and q
fortnight in the autumn.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
prooram For Municipal Meeting

Tulsa, Okla, Nov 2s.-The program
of speaking and sociai events OF the
second annual convention of the Okla
homa Municipal League to be held in
Tulsa, December 18th. will be an
nounced in few days. A. F. McGarr,
ex-mayor of Muskogee and president
of the league, is in Tulsa now conferr-
ing with Mayor L. J. Martin of this
city and arranging the program for the
meeting. Some of the most capable
speakers on municipal affairs In the
west will address the convention, in
teresting pastimes and entertainments
will be arranged for the delegates. and
it is expected that practically every
county and many Of the important
cities Of the state viii be represented
as The. assemble.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Strict Sabbath Observance.

A story of strict Sabbatarianism Is
told By one OF the old chroniclers IN a
life of Richard de Glare, earl of Glou.
cester One Saturday In 1860 a Jew
of Tewkesbury fell into well on the
earl's estates. and out Of reverence for
the day (the Jewish Sabbath) would
not allow himself to be drawn out.
The earl proved equally punctllious.
and on the next day (the Christian
Sunday would not allow his servants
to labor in rescuing the Jew. On Mon.
day morning they found him dead.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Twice Close to Death.

An unpleasant adventure recently
befell a Bavarian officer who was
taking observations above the fortress
Of Ingolstadt. Germany, from cap
tive balloon. A sudden and violent
gust of wind snapped the mooring
cable and carried the aerostat up and
away at a dizzy speed. The officer.
who was alone in the car. attempted
to empty the balloon by means Of the
ripping cord, but could not get this
to work Meanwhile. he had been car
ried to an altitude of 1900 feet and
was beginning to feel the exhausting
effects of This rapid change of eleva-
ton Realizing that his situation was
desperate. he exerted all his powers.
and managed TO Chamber up to the en-.
velope and slash hole in it, where
upon the balloon descended even more
rapidly than it had risen. When near
the earth he was again in imminent
peril but he made jump for it and
had the good luck to be caught b. the
friendly branch OF tree. Relieved Of
his weight. the balloon shot UP into
the air again and was soon lost to
sight
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01

Ostriches are credited with a pc
euliar appetite for glass and ladies'
hatpins, but woodcock just sold in
a Paris shop has run them closely.
The customer who bought thMe birds
asked to have them opened. and to
the surprise OF the shop assistant one
of them had four Lebel cartridges in
its stomach The bird was carried
with much precaution to the police
station. together with the cartridges,
and the authorities are wondering
whether they are faced by new
phenomenon that might interest nat
uraiists or whether it is merely q
packers practical Joke.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Emerson on Civilization.

The civilized man has built coach.
but has lost the use OF his feet. He
is supported on crutches, but lacks so
much support OF muscle. He has a
Geneva watch. but he fails of the
skill to tell the hour by the sun. A
Greenwich nautical almanac he has,
and so, being sure of the information
when he wants 1t, the man IN the
street does not know star in the
sky The solstice he does not OBJ
serve; the equinox he knows as little;
and the whole bright calendar of the
year is without dial in the mind. His
Libraries overload his wit; the in
surance Office increases the number of
accidents; and it may be a question
whether machinery does not incum.
Der; whether we have not lost by
refinement some energy, by Christi
anity intrenched in establishments
and forms. some vigor of wild virtue.
For every Stole was Stole, but In
Christendom where is the Christian
Emerson.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
MatehIess.

when Edwin Gould cok up the
manufacture Of mstches even years
ago" said a New York banker. his
friends were a good deal amused. and
many Joke was eracke3 at Mr.
Gouid's expense.
4 remember one June day, at on
open-air lnncheon at Tuxedo, a superb
four.in-hand dashed round turn Of
the road and We ali looked up from
our strawberries TO admire.
That is Mr.. Gould's team, said
some one. Who is drlving?'
Mr.. Gould himself. a lady an,
swered Doesn't he look striking on
the box9'"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
No Daily chIeftaln Tomorrow.

On account of tomorrow being the
annual Day of Thanksgiving, and
legal holiday, there will be no issue
of the Daily Chieftain on that day. If
the digestive apparatus of the work
ing force is not impaired by too much
turkey, the publication will resume as
usual, on Friday.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
CHIEF INSPECTOR
TELLS OF THEFIS
Relates Sequences Of Ninety-six Post
Office Robberies During Year ~
Oklahoma.

Bartlesville. Okla. Nov. Is -Ihat
the way Of the transgressor is hard ap-
pears to be verified by the report Of
chief Postofice Inspector Joseph p.
Johnson. whose territory includes Ok
Iahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, who in
AN interview given out Monday told
of the sequences OF ninety-six post
Office robberies in Oklahoma.
He relates that. since July I. 1910.
.bere were ninety-six Offices robbed, in
which twenty-five safes were blown
and sIo.SS0.f2 was stolen. OF which
$s.43l.Il was in stamps.
During the same period Nebraska
had fifteen robberies. three safes were
blown and two had been unlocked BY
the postmasters and we're opened with
ont the aid of nitroglyeerine. The
total loss to the government was
s1.725.O7. of which sl.l1S.15 was in
stamps.
During the same period in Kansas
the robberies totaled seventy-nine and
twenty-seyen safes we're destroyed by
dynamite. The total loss of the gov
ernment was $3.50, Of which s7,S7l
was in stamps.
This makes the total number OF rob
berries 100. in which fifty-five safes
were ruined by the explosion of nitro
glycerine and $22.376.O9 was taken, in,
cluding $14.92S.26 in stamps. For
these robberies fifty-eight persons were
arrested and all are either serving
sentence in federal prisons or waiting
trial.
At first glance it looks as though the
business of robbing postoffices would
be pretty lucrative, but careful an
alysis OF the facts discloses the op
posite as the true state of affairs.
The ninety robberies, while nettinl
the "yeggmen" s22,S76.Os. only aver
aged s117.75, of which $3.50 was il
stamps. leaving balance of s3S.25 il
money as the average wage of the mer
probably three in each case, who risk
ed death or Imprisonment to gain tn
pittanee-a trife more than $40 apiece
from which the expense of automobile
or other means of transportation mus
be deducted.
This gain must be greatly reduced
however, as in the case of stamps tn
robbers rarely average return
more than 10 or Is per cent on tn
stolen property. In the first place th
total of the fence" is at least 25 or
per cent. Then the loss from th
stamps stricken together when burie
or hidden away, sometimes for month
at a time, son the average of 40 or
per cent.
Consequently, it is safe to say tha
during the twenty months covered b
the figures of Inspector Johnston tn
several robberies on the average di
not net the robbers SIS each per rol
berry, while the punishment will a
erage about three years for each !
gained pretty stiff price to pay. p
sides the safe-blowers sentenced an
awaiting trial. bankers and pawnbrol
ers have been convicted as receiver
OF stolen goods and punishment heay
in years and the disgrace has bee
visited upon them.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Wasted PITY.

How sad It is 20 see those human
derelicts sitting on the benches OF q
city park"
Don't offer them your sympathy up-
III you are sure they need It"
Why not?"
Il once condoned with an cid chap
thought was human derelict and
.ound out later be was worth $1,000
l00f
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
Elre pamaoes MlII Al cheIsea.

1t is reported here that the Caulk
nounced that the next monthly sales
ed by fire early today The cause of
the fire could not be learned. About
one hundred bushels of corn was burn
ed and damaged by the fire, making
the total loss about $500. which was
covered by insurance.