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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
GOVERNMENT SALE OF INDIAN
LANDS.
Absolute Title Given.

The unallotted lands of the Chero-
kee Nation in Oklahoma will be sold
at public auction to the highest bidder
at the following terms, times and
places without any minimum price or
limitation as to the amount which can
be purchased by any individual, ex-
cept that not more than 100 acres Of
land, classified as agricultural, can be
purchased by any person, including
that purchased at any former sale of
Cherokee lands:
Delaware County, Grove, "a tracts,
December ?; Sequoyah County, Salli-
saw, 20S tracts, December 4 Adair
County. Stilwell, 1913 tracts, December
5; Cherokee County, Tahlequah, 21O
tracts, December 6; Muskogee County,
Muskogee, II tracts, December Z; Nc
Intosh County, Eufaula, 21 tracts, De-
cember s; Nowata County, Nowata
3 tracts, December 8; Rogers County,
Claremore, 16 tracts, December 3;
Mayes County, Pryor, tracts. De
cember 8; Tulsa County. Tulsa
tract, December 9.
Terms are % per cent at the time
of sale, 25 per cent in six months and
so per cent in u months, with per
cent interest. Payment must be made
in the form of draft or certified check
payable to ]. G. Wright, Commissioner.
Upon full payment being made at any
time deed will issue. Immediately
after approval of sale certificate Of
purchase will issue and possession be
given, but the cutting of timber, or
drilling. or mining for minerals there
on will not be permitted until full pay
ment of purchase price. Right is re-
served to reject any or all bids
Tor information apply to the com
missioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.
Muskogee, Oklahoma, or any of the
District Agents as to the lands within
their respective districts. Lists OF
these lands have been prepared by
counties showing the terms of sale
and the description of the various
tracts 1t will be impossible to furn-
ish each inquirer all Of these lists,
and it is suggested that persons de-
string such information specify the
locality in which they are interested.
Blue prints of Delaware. Sequoyah,
Adair and Cherokee Counties, show
ing the location of the land to be sold,
will be furnished upon application to
the undersigned upon the payment of
fifty cents for each county in the form
of draft or postal money order
J. G. WRIGHT.
Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes.
Muskogee, Oklahoma October 10.
1911
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
Favored to Taste.

TITS the insects" complained the
amateur gardener. They destroy all
my radishes, and, try as | may, I
can't exterminate them" BEST rem
edy | know" said the friend. is to le !.
salt between the rows. Never beel
known to fail" We'll" said the
friend, when next they met, and d!l
you try the salt on those insects ?"
Yes replied the other, and the
next morning the little beggars were
pulling up the radishes, dipping them
in salt, and eating them by the
re!"-Ideas.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
Mixed History.

A university student who was be
Ing examined In history wrote:
Queen Elizabeth rode white horse
from Kenilworth through Coventry.
with nothing on, and Raleigh offered
her his cloak" Another wrote; THE
gods Of the Indians are chiefly Mo-
hammod and Buddha, and in their
spare time they do lots OF carving"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
lnvestIaatIna q Milo AHaIrs.

Tulsa, Okla, Nov. l7.-Attorney J.
II. Stolper for Miss Kate Bernard. ok
lahoma's active commissioner of cor
rection and charities, has started in
Tulsa, an investigation Of the mis-con.
duct Of handling of minor Indian af
fairs ia eastern Oklahoma Two cases
Of alleged defrauding Of indian minors
by their guardians were DUPLICATING
several prominent men.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
Whistle to Dodge seras.

These are the days when icebergs
worry the transatlantic steamship
sklppers. Il isn't pleasant to run along
through a fog on a murky night and
smash into one Of those floating noun.
tains Of ice The liner captains have a
way of finding ice that at first strikea
the landsman as curious. When it IS
suspected there are bergs in the neigh.
borhood the whistle is kept going Il
there is an echo the navigator slows
down and keeps a sharp eve out, fer
echoes don't grow in the open ocean.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
Gather pandellors for the Llx.r.


You ought to be fair as the dawn
with your name and don't blame you
for wanting to cure your muddy"
complexion. but don't ask me for
remedy to take inside" unless you
mean the eating Of green vegetables.
From what you say your liver is prob
ably at fault TF TO increase its ac-
tion BY taking Epson salts every
morning. or. If these do not agree with
you, try small dose of castor oil at
night. Eat spinach twice a week or
get up early like your namesake and
go out and gather dandelion plants
and cook them as greens" There Is
great revival Of the old fashion Of
eating them now because OF their
medicinal properties and they are cul.
tiyated in greenhouses for the city
markets. They are served as salad on
the tables of fashionable hotels. As
you live in a small town, you should
be able to get them.-Woman's World.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17

Lincoln Center. Kansas. has obtain
ed a place on the map and become
known to people who did not know
there was such a place But II had to
tar and feather reputable young wo.
man 70 get fits notoriety and would far
better remained Far from the mad
dening crowds lgnoble strife" than 10
have become known By such means.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
Piano Buyers.

See J. d. Lindsey at Thomson Hotel
ed call up Phone $50. am selling the
Lindeman, Decker Bros. & Hoffman
pianos. Which are high grade instru-
ments at live and let live prices. rang.
ing from $4,000 to $4,000, cash or
easy payments.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17

President Taft has a fashion Of but
ting in when the tight is hopeless or
perhaps when interference is not wise
The latest and perhaps unhappiest ex-
hibition of the presidents weakness
wss the Endorsement OF Boss Cox and
his ticket IN Cincinnati at the last
election Cox and his outfit were de-
feated and the president has placed
himself in sorry contrast 70 the man.
ful fashion In which he denounced
Cox four years ago. The people Of
Oklahoma have never forgiven the
president for saying the state consti
tuition was geological garden Of
cranks" what ever that might mean.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
A Parlslan Rnosevelt.

A rich resident of Paris, with a
view 10 checking the decline in the
birth rate. has left under his will
$1,000 to every head of a family in
the neighborhood where he resides,
VINO. having been married within the
i've years preceding his death. shall
have eve children living.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
The Retor. Literary.

Manager-Say, you ought to know
Your lines In this musical comedy by
tois time Why are you continually
referring to the libretto?
Actor-You ought not to criticize
my delivery OF my part I am speak.
ln5 by the book.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
If She wInked.

Set down! Set down!" said crosa
crabbid old man as two saucy little
urchins stood up in front of him at an
entertainment. Il can't see er wink"
Aw, go on!" cried one OF their. ri
she wiaks well tell you" ard re
"9'ned where they stood the rest o.
a evening.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17

Many Of us have held that the
dreamy haze, the red sun and the
charm of October have meant Indian
summer" But now, to dispute this
theory, comes an aged Methodist
preacher, who travelled In the early
days through southern Indiana and
Illinois on his circuit ride. He says
the old, primitive settlers gave him
this tradition.
In the pioneer days the early set
tiers felled the forest built their cabins
cleaned their patches and planted their
corn and potatoes, and in the autumn
the women watched the clearing and
the men stood by their guns, ready TO
attack the Indians prowling about TO
steal the ripened corn and vegetables
In early November snowstorm
would come, driving the Indians off
to their villages and wIgwams. max.
ing 1t no longer necessary for the pio-
neers to watch for them But after
this wintry storm there would come a
spell of warm November weather and
the Indians would again return to for.
age upon the cearings, and the sturdy
settlers were again on the watch with
their loaded guns Hence these warm
days, bringing back the Indians. we're
called "Iudfan eump,or
Accordingly, Indian summer comes
after the first snowstorm Ii November.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17

The First Norker-Manner born be
olowed D'joo mean ter say If me an
you come into bit O. splosh we
couldn't keep our ends up with these
ere docks and people?"
His Doubling Friend-Oh, we should
be orlright; but our missuses'd give
the game away. yer know..-1'he
Sketch.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17
Limited Vocabulary.

Does Mrs. Pitcher talk interesting
ly of her travels abToad?"
Well. I'm afraid not. Her descrip-
i've powers are limited to saying that
Venice is just grand and Paris too
~harming for anything.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17

The fifth article in the constitution
Of the state Of Maine. which prohibits
the manufacture and sale OF intoxicat.
ing liquors, remains a part Of the
states organic law. having been sus-
tanned In the last "resubmission" cam
Daign by 75S majority. This is the de-
cision Of Governor Plaisted and his
council after hearing the explanations
of the election clerks in the four towns
where the first returns we're. by some
mistake reversed. Inasmuch as Gov
ernor Plaisted has been out and out
for repeal, his willingness to admit
the corrections that reverse the re-
suit at first reported in favor OF the
liquor men Is very much to the credit
of his judicial fairness.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17

All complaints or delivery shonlo
be reported to the Circulation Depar1
ment. Phone A.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-17

Muskogee, Oklahoma, October 10.
1911
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
MANY VIRGINLANS IA
WILL SEE BATTLE
Throng From Charlottesville to Arrive In National Capt.
tai Tonight-Arlington Hotel Will Be Southerners'
Headquarters-Big Celebration Last Night.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va. Nov. IT,
The University of Virginia football
squad, about forty strong, accompanied
by a squadron of coaches, members Of
the faculty and a party of rooters, will
leave here this afternoon over the
Southern railroad for Washington,
where they are scheduled to meet
Georgetown In the big game Of the year
tomorrow.
The party is expected to arrive at
about 8 o'clock tonight and go direct to
the Hotel Arlington, where they will
be quartered during their stay in the
Capital City. The team will be fol-
lowed tomorrow by another party of
rooters. who will come down in great
numbers to witness the combat A spe-
cial train that has been chartered for
the occasion is expected to bring in the
neighborhood of 900 passengers to the
scene of battle. The trains will leave
Charlottesville early tomorrow morning
arriving in Washington about IL O'Clock
Then the big parade up Pennsylvania
avenue, that has been feature in the
preliminary celebration throughout the
history of the big game, will follow.
The men will assemble in front of the
Peace Monument and headed by the
famous Stonewall Band of Stanton, that
has been secured at considerable ex-
pense, will march the entire length of
Avenue, making their presence felt
with lusty cheers and songs. They will
march to the Arlington Hotel. where
they expect to meet the Virginia team
and listen to short speeches from the
cheer leader. coach of the team, and
several members Of the faculty. At
about 1890 the rooters will be allowed
time for lunch. A half hour later they
will assemble again and continue the
march over a prescribed route to
Georgetown Field.
the students/ literally toSk possession of
Charlottesville. They marched through
the streets Of the little town and reused
the whole community with the explo-
sion of fireworks and practice of their
songs and yells.
The followers of Virginia here. almost
to a man, seem to be confident that
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Another Shift Made
In Navy Backfield

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Nov. 17.-Notwith-
standing the brilliant dodging and end
running OF Nichols, who has played at
right halfback on the Naval Academy
team for the past ten days. his light
weight appears to be bar to his be-
ing regarded as the regular occupant
Of 'he position, and the coaches have
made another shift which restores the
backfield to the same shape II was a
month ago. except that Gilcnrst H.
playing quarterback instead of Sowell.
McReavey has been moved to right
physical shape, is at his old place at
at left half make up the backfield as
1t will start the game against Pennsyl-
vania State tomorrow and In all prob
ability enter the Army game. To COM
plete the team Overesch, the best man
the new fourth class produced, has
been placed at right end. He Is a pow
erful defense player, and gets down un-
der kicks as we'll as any end on the
squad.
Weight and experience are the dis
tinctive qualities of the present back
field. McReavey weighs 1S5 pounds, and
Captain nalton I75, while Gilchrist and
Rodes tip the scales at about 10 each.
All of the four have had much expert
ence. both at the Academy and previ-
ously.
Herman Olcutt. one of the most sue
cessful coaches in the country. has
agreed to spend next week with the
Navy squad.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Game Postponed In
Basketball League

Tomorrow nights basketball game be.
tween Epiphany and Ingram lin the
Washington City Basketball League has
been indefinitely postponed. The man.
ager of the former quint has requested
that the game be played on some other
date. December 10 has been decided
upon as the date for the Rosedale.
Ingram game.
At a meeting OF the Washington
League the teams were assigned to their
proper classes In Class A there will
be seven teams. namely, Y. NJ. c.. A..
Epiphany, Carroll Institute, Memorials
Yankees, Ingram and Rosedales. Glass
will be composed of the Rebels, Car
roll Institute Reserves, Y. NJ. C. A. Re-
serves, Epiphany Reserves, Rosedale
Reserves and Memorial Reserves. The
weight limit in Glass b has been fixed
at l40 pounds
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
big Four Championship
Hinges on Tomorrow's
Game At New Haven.
PROBABLE LINEUP.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Nov. 17.-De-
spite n forecast which Threatens cold
weather and rain, early prospects are
that the greatest crowd that ever gath
erei en- Yale Field will witness to-
MOI rows game between the football
squads from Yale and Princeton.
The championship CT the big Four
for the playing season Of 1911 hinges on
the game, If, indeed, there is to be a
real championship team this wear. IL
the Priuceton eleven conquers, the Tiger
undoubtedly will GO back to Jungle
town the uniisputed champion, with
Victories over Harvard and Yale. and
with single defeat and only two tie
games chalked UP against II.
Should Yale win she Will have TO beat
Harvard nsxt Saturday week to claim
the championship. but Yale men arc
confident the Bulldog will humble the
Crimson. ~ g."
1t was the prospect Of the Zig Four
championship that added SO much more
than usual interest to tine conflict. The
$500 seats in the Yale Field s;acds
were bid for two weeks ego, and II is
impossible now to secure seat for the
contest.
The Princeton team will come up 10
Bridgeport tonight and will spend the
night there, journeying up to Now
Haven Saturday morning.
The advance guard already Is here
from Princeton and none too optimistic
over the Tiger chances. The Jungle
beasts have failed utterly to show the
virility of attack SO essential to scor-
ing. The Princeton line, though unable
to make gains. nevertheless has showI
itself capable of stopping an opponents
rush. and It Is upon their defensive
ability that Princeton followers bast
most OF their hope. They believe thu
game will resolve itself Immediately into
a kicking contest, for they do not be.
lieye either of the teams will be able
to adv ance the ball on straight liLS
Both yale and Princeton are vel
equipped for kicking. Captain Howe /,
perhaps the best drop-kicker on tho
gridiron today and there are not many
who can get away longer spirals thai
young Walter Camp, jr., whose splendid
playing in the Brown game has wor
him a place on the team.
Princeton, too, is we'll fixed in III,
kicking department. Dewitt has shown
marked Improvement IT getting hi
kicks away under fire and has beei
drop kicking goals from the 40-yard lin'
and at really difficult angles.
The ends necessarily will play a grea
part in kicking game and the teams
are nearly evenly matched IN this de
partment.
Both Yale and Princeton plan to us
large number of subs tomorrow. 1
Is said more men will win their letter
| tomorrow than in any one game OF re
cent years.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Army and Navy and George.
town Preparatory
Clash Today.
PROBABLE LINEUP.

The Georgetown Props will battle this
afternoon on the Friends School grounds
with the eleven of the Army and Navy
Preparatory School for the prep school
championship of the District, and the
contest promises to be one of the bes,
games of the interscholastic-. gridiror
season. The two teams are evenly
matched as to weight, and have been
coached by men experienced in the
art of football--Gargan and Newberry--
which fact insures thorough knowl-
edge of the game
The Army and Navy team will pre-
sent practically the same lineup as
they did at Alexandria, when they over.
whelmed Episcopal High % to 0. John
Jenkins, the mainstay of the martial
back field. will be depended upon to dc
the big part Of his teams gaining this
afternoon and. judging by past perform
ances, will be a hard man for the Hill
top Props to stop. The rest of Coach
Newberrys team is in prime condition
for the battle and confident of a vic
tory
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Short Ticket Supply
For Army-Navy Game

WEST POINT, N. Y, Nov. 1.-THE,
army allotment of tickets for the
Army-Navy game was mailed yester-
day to the subscribers, and there has
been such a demand that in every in
stance 1t was necessary to cut down the
number asked for. With 800 at their
disposal, something like 1900 were re-,
quested, and those who got half the
number requested may consider them
selves lucky. Even the cadets usual
allowance was cut down, and the cadet
who happened to have spare ticket is
a very popular gentleman.
The Army headquarters in Phnadel-
phia will again be the Bellevue-Strat-
ford Hotel. sl.
Wood, last years right end, who had
decided not to play this year, and has
all fall been coaching the third eleven,
got into the game yesterday at end!
The Army has number of good men
for the place, but Wood has had more
experience than any of the rest, and
will greatly straupthen the Soldier Hne
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Georgetown Fauoed Light BengSouerners ArDe 7oqun Tonight
GeorgefoSvn- Virginia Facts
Time-Tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.

Time-Tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Place---Georgetown Field.
Gates open at / o'clock.
Reserved seats on sale at Spald-
ing's and Whites.
Georgetown section in west stand;
Virginia's on east stand.
Probable crowd-By far the larg-
est since the teams cammenced
to meet annually.
Probable condition of the field
Heavy.
Weather forecast-Warmer.
Betting-Three and four to five,
with Georgetown favorite.
virginia's headquarters-The Ar
lington.
virginia's student cheering Sec
ton reaches here shortly before
noon, with Stonewall Jackson
Band, from Staunton.
Seating capacity-Exactly twice
what 1t was last season.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Pittsburgh Will Play Penn
And Michigan Next Year

Pennsylvania and Michigan will be
on the University of Pittsburgh's sched-
ule next season.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Harvard Not Sure of
Defeating Dartmouth

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 17.-Har-
vMd will not enter tomorrow's game
against Dartmouth with auy too much
confidence. The New Hampshire team
on fuke field goal only. And Prince
ton defeated Harvard y to G. Dart
mouth is conceded to have one of the
strongest teams. on the gridiron this
year, and the coaches realize that the
Crimson will face defeat unless a lie .
cided brace is taken.
Much attention is being given TO the
work of Parmenter at center and
Storer at right tackle. Roth men arc
showing up well, ar1 will be used in
those positions tomoi row.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Snow Stops Practice.

HANOVER, N. H.. Nov. l7..-part-
rnouth,s gridiron stars made an effort
to have their last practice before the
Harvard game yesterday. but there was
SO much snow on the field that after u
to call II of.
The snow did not prevent the student
body from having their usual ce,ehra-
tion to mark the close of the practice
dummy went up in flames Practically
all of the students Will witness the corr
test al Cambridge Saturday, for the
faculty has announced a holiday from
Friday noon until Monday morning.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

this morning by both Spalding's and
Whites. the demand for tickets Is un-
precederted While the capacity of the
stnnds hrc been exactly doubled since
last November, the indications today
are tina. every seat VIII be occupied
when the tcarps come on.
While the Georgetown stand thus far
has teen the most popular among those
who are buying in advance, Virginia
will have a throng in the east stand
who will join with the 80 students who
arrived in the morning to support the
their team has goo.l lighting chance
There has been considerable difficulty
in completing the list of officials be-
Cause of counter engagements by the
men who were agreed upon earlier in
the week.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Exeter and Anuover Have
Turned Out Many Stars

Among the famous football stars
turned out by Exeter and Andover
academies in the East are Jim Hogan.
Dudley Dean, Hopkins Millard, Tad
and Howard Jones. Every team repre-
senting Harvard. Yale, Princeton. and
Brown has one of two of these acade-
mics men,
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Thomson Won't Play.

ANN ,ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 17.-With
the annual football struggle between
Michigan and Pennsylvania only forty
eight hours away. word was received
late yesterday from the fullback, Bot
ties" Thomson, from his home in Cad
lilac, Mich, that his brother had died
and that he would not return to Ann
Arbor for a week. The announcement
caused gloom throughout university cir
c.es. Meek pra:ticeI in Thomaon's place
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Practice In Mud.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, n

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, Nov. II
-.Lehiah Field was stil a sea Of n;ud
and slush yesterday, even after the
freshmen had spent the entire morning
in scraping off the snow, but the great
need of scrimmage practice settled the
question as to the use of the field. The
wet conditions gave the men a long
looked for opportunity of handling the
pigskin on a wet field.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

their favorites are going to spring a
surprise on Georgetown Field tomorrow
They have promised to back the team
to the very end with cheering such as
has not been heard in the Capital City
in many q day.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Out for Season.

Minnesota's actions In ruling Captain
Pickering of that team out of Satur-
days game means that he'll stand a
poor show of appearing with the team
for the remainder of the season.