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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
THREE KILLED IN RACE
RIOT At BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, Ala. Oct 24.-F'rank
Harrison, a negro who Sunday killed
former Deputy Sheriff Thomas Cooper
of Northport, Ala, Monday killed
Deputy Sheriff Brown Horton and a
negro and wounded Deputy Sheriff
Hohmby and another negro near San
ders Ferry, Ala. A posse is on his
trail
Mondays fight occurred in wild
spot in the lower part of Tuscaloosa
county. Twelve members of the War
rior Guard, military organization,
have joined the posse chasing Harri-
SON. 1t is feared he will be lynched if
caught.
Harrison's dispute with Cooper was
over saddle. The latter had no
chance to defend himself
After the first killing Sheriff Palmer
telegraphed to Birmingham for dogs
and by night the hounds were placed
on the track of the negro,
1t was before daylight Monday when
Deputy Sheriff Brown Horton was shot.
He was struck by bullet over the left
eye. The negro then took to the
bushes and fired at everyone who
showed himself.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
pispensarles Asked to Settle.

Oklahoma City, Oct 26.-In the
neighborhood of $4,000 is due from for.
mer local dispensary agents, according
to books in possession of the state en-
forcement department, which the state
is endeavoring to collect The state
and all local dispensaries were abolish
ed by an act of the third legislature.
and at the time the organization went
out of existence, about twenty local
agencies, all that were in operation.
none had made full settlements. There
was not time the department was
checked by the state examiner and
inspector but that shortages were
shown in local agencies, either through
loss and damage of goods or thefts of
goods. Notices are going from the
state enforcement officers office ask
ing the remaining local agents to set
tie
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

In an address at the democratic ban
quet at St. Paul on June !, 1911, Joseph
W. Folk defined his idea of democracy
In these words
Democracy is a religion; the re
liglon Of brotherhood among men and
of equal rights for all It is religion
that would demand more of the Cold
en- Rule and less of the rule of gold
in government and in our daily lives.
1t would not array class against class,
but would protect the rights of all by
having each respect the rights of the
other. 1t would not attack wealth
honestly acquired. but would wage
unending war against the privileges
that produce tainted riches on one side,
and undeseryed poverty on the other
side. II would protect property rights.
but would recognize the fact that prop
erty rights are best protected by pre-
serving inviolate the public rights 1t
would not combat men. but the evil
that men do. 1t would seek as rem
edy for existing evils. not less govern
ment for the people. but more govern
ment by the people 1t would place
conscience above cunning, and the pub
lie good above private greed. 1t would
not offer man an advantage in the
shope of a subsidy or bounty, or pro
tective tariff enabling him to make
money at the expense of his fellow
men, but it would assure him that il
would give no one else such special
privilege over him. 1t would guaran
tee TO all an equal opportunity to live
and labor and enjoy the gains of hon
est toll.
"This is democracy as I understand
it."
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
Oklahoma Best in World.

Oklahoma City. Oct 25-Marie
Woodson, superintendent of the farm
demonstration section of the state
board of agriculture, has on exhibition
the loving cups, medals and premiums
won by the Oklahoma exhibit at the
dry farming congress held last week in
Colorado Springs. One of the cups
was given by the board of trade of
Lethridge. Alberta, Canada, for the
best bushel of wheat An exhibit from
the Garfield county demonstration farm
near Enid, won this, being pronounced
as the finest wheat in the world In
the competition was Argentine Repub-
lie Brazil, Canada, and all of the Amer
ican wheat states Elements deter
mining the prize were weight, color
and size of grain.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Rad (Val Advance: Some folks are
fearful that there is truth in a report
that a syndicate is financing Woodrow
Wilson's boom for the presidency We
know of no reason why progressives
should not supply funds to carry on an
educational propaganda, and then again
we know of no reason why they should
We doubt if very much of campaign
fund is needed TO make Wilson presi-
dent The Wilson boom was spon-
taneous and came from all parts of the
country at once. Progressives reeog-
nized that here was a man who had
both the inner vision and the outer
view-a student whose studies had
made him a progressive. And with
this Wilson combined qualities which
made him eminently available; the
qualities which incurred the support
of the large unselfsh, thinking class
a very large respectable class which
does not think much for itself but is
wise in selecting those who shall think
for it: a poorer class which almost in
tuitiveiy recognizes its genuine energy,
fearlessness, and finally achievement
which lifted him out of the cloistered
into the robust class of field workers.
A generation does not develop many
men who combine strength and the
practical and constructive ability with
theory; who also are able to success
fully appeal to nearly all classes. vii
son combines charm with astuteness;
honesty with sagacity He is never
disingenuous.
We know of no better evidence OF
the ability of the people as whole to
choose rightly than the readiness with
which they recognize their true cham
pion in Wilson
Funds? Who wants funds? Pro
gressives are like missionaries; zeal
GUS propagandists! revivalists; the
apostles of a cause They but ask the
message and are fervent in its spread
Wilson's campaign would take care
of itself should not a cent be spent
and couldn't be kept down if all the
trusts invested all their capital in it:
suppression.
The people are getting into the
saddle.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The town OF Big Cabin is having a
corn carnival today that is attracting
lots of attention and much favorable
comment. The display of grain, yege-
tables and stock is said to be one of
the finest exhibits ever shown in Craig
county. Big Cabin is in the midst of
one of the best farming sections of
the state and has always been a good
trading point.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
ROSEBUD LAND DRAWING
OPENED TUESDAY MORNING.

Gregory, S. D., Oct 24-The Rose }
bud land lottery will open today. On
the choice of one of the little girls wilG
rest the decision as to who will be ti@y
owner of the richest quarter section
of land in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge
reservation. The drawing viii begin.
this morning at 10 o'clock in the Grands
opera house and the two girls will Sc
leet the names of the first 1000 win
Iners from the huge pile of envelopes
which will be scattered over the floor
of screened platform erected esnacs
tally for this event.
Which of the two girls viii have th4
honor of drawing out the first envelope
will not be decided until the morning
of the drawing and then they will draws
lots and the one winning the right will
be led within the enclosed platform an
select fortune for the individuaN
whose name is in the first enevlop's
will not be decided until the mornin}
of the drawing and then they vii
draw lots and the one winning tlfs
right will be led within the enclose
platform and select fortune for tb
individual whose name is in the fiIs
enevlope she picks up After the fir
name has been drawn the girls wi /.
alternate in choosing the envelope
until 1000 have been selected aftys
which the regular clerical force
Judge Witten's Office will finish til
drawing.
The girls who will draw the hr !
1000 numbers are Virginia Fostef
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Don Fost
of Dallas, and Dorothy slaugh9
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II.
Slaughter of Gregory. One girl ~
chosen from each town by Judge WRtY
ten in order that no i'll feeling wo41
develop from the selection. Y
The drawing will continue for thrt
days. There are over 5000 claims<l
be awarded to winners. a
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

After listening to man standing on
the corner damning the town, Miller,
of the Belleville (Kan) Telescope sat
down to his old typewriter and knock
ed off the following: ''The town
knocker, the disturber, the chronic
kicker, the trouble maker, the small
individual who goes about scattering
discord and contention in his commun-
ity, should be branded what he is: an
enemy to his community and wart on
the face of the earth"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The necessity for a first class hotel
was never so urgent as it is now. The
railroad facilities of Vinita are unsur-
passed by any other town in the state
and If decent hotel accommodations
could be had. seyenty-five TO one hun
dred travelling men would stay in Vim
ita every night and many of them
would make Vinita their home. There
are now twenty-five regular passenger
trains in and out of Vinita a day, and
on the 18th of November the Frisco
will put on two more, one each way,
which with the two local trains on the
Katy that carry passengers viii make
a total of twenty-six trains a day. With
such railroad accommodations the
necessity for a modern hotel becomes
imperative
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
Postmaster Held For $500 shortane.

Fort Smith, Ark. Oct. 25. R. f.
Fuller, postmaster at Kiamichi, Push
mataha county, Okla. was arrested at
that place Wednesday by United States
Postoffice Inspector Acheson and Sher-
iff Stephens of Pushmataha county.
charged with embezzlement. He was
taken to the county Jail at Antlers to
await hearing. Fuller is charged
with being short in his accounts to an
extent of $500 in his June report. 1t
is said the government discovered the
shortage many weeks ago.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The Methodist conference at Guthrie
adjourned to attend ball game. which
goes to show that preachers have about
as much red blood coursing through
their veins as any other like number
of we'll fed men There is certainly
nothing wrong in bunch of clergy
men going to ball game and yelling
with the rest of us. On the other hand
the minister who don't get down or up
among his fellow men is missing a
great opportunity to influence them
for good
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
WALSH DIES AFTER
GETTING LIBERTY
Taft And Wickersham Charged With
Death of Banker BY Failure to
Arrange Parole Earlier.

Chicago, H., Oct. 24.-John r.
Walsh, former head of the Chicago Ma
tional Bank, died at his home here
Monday He lived only nine days TO
enjoy the liberty of his parole from
the federal penitentiary at LeaYen-
worth, Kans gained by the continu-
Gus efforts of his friends, since his in
lcarceration of one year, eight months
and twenty-six days. Death was caus-
ed by myocarditis, an inflammation Of
the muscles of the heart.
The banker was "A years old. Mem.
bers of his family attribute the i'm.
mediate cause of his death to his i'm
prisonment and charged President
Taft and Attorney General WickeS~
sham with responsibility in failing to
arrange the parole earlier.
They wanted the last ounce OF
blood" said Orville E. Babcock, son.
in-law of Mr.. Walsh
"Who do you mean by 'they'?"
president Taft and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham," he replied.
I'VE presented them with state
ments by DR.. Frank Billings and Dr..
Joseph A. Capp, stating that Mr. Walsh
was dangerously i'll and that further
confinement meant his death. They
ignored these medical statements, and
his death resulted from the long de-
lay in obtaining his release"
Mr.. Walsh entered the Leavenworth
penitentiary in January 1910, to be
gin five year sentence. His health
began to fail After his release he
was probably further weakened by a
twenty-six mile automobile ride in the
cold from the prison to Kansas City.
Mr. Walsh was convicted of misap-
propriating funds from the bank for
the use of his other properties, all de-
positors were paid in full.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. =,
Mary L. Walsh. three daughters, Mrs
L. Blake Baldwin, Mrs. Orville E. Bah
cock, Miss Mary Walsh, and the two 9
sons, John w, and Richard w. i.
Mr. Walsh was born in County
Cork, Ireland. and came here more
than sixty years ago. From a news-t
paper peddler, he developed into larger
newspaper dealings, gradually acquir-
| ing funds until he gained place iMa8
bank. Thence he fought his way up1
ward Finally when his other proper,
/ ties demanded more cash than he had.
Walsh was charged with drawing
money from his banks for their use. In
1907 the Chicago National the Equity
able Trust company, and the Hove Saw
ings Bank, all controlled by Wals6, e
closed their doors and he was indicted
He was found guilty and December
8, 1909, was placed in custody of al
United States marshal He remained8
at home, until the last legal step "
prevent Imprisonment was taken, and
he entered the prison over a month.
later d
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Norman f. Mack, chairman of the
democratic national committee, says
that the only way to promote a poIiti-
cal campaign nowadays is to advertise
in the newspapers.
He says: Il would spend fifty per
cent of all the campaign fund should
ever run a campaign again, would en-
ploy this method for it is the only way.
The gumshoe plan is past and news
paper advertising is the keynote to
success"
All of which shows that Norman has
a level head
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Oklahoma City is facing a problem
more serious than any other OF the
multitude of troubles that confront It,
in the matter of water supply Okla
homa City is the largest city in the
world without water and the larger It
gets the more serious becomes the
situation. 1t will cost some millions
of dollars to get an abundant water
supply for Oklahoma City but the peo-
pie may as well address themselves to
the task as it will have to be done
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Governor E. W. Hoch, of Kansas,
was right when he said: Prohibition
in my judgment is the only logical at
titude of the government toward the
liquor traffic. This traffic is either
right or wrong, good or bad. If it is
right and good it should be as free as
the grocery business. If wrong and
bad it should not be countenanced bv
law"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Those who argued that the Harvey
House would be OF no local benefit TO
Vinita are mistaken. as about twenty
five people are employed there and
spend their wages in Vinita The
Harvey is the largest consumer of ice,
water and gas in the city It would be
the part OF wisdom for the Commercial
Club to try to induce the Frisco to
add a hotel to the Harvey eating
house.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
OLD OCTOBER.

Old october's purt' night gone,
And the frosts is comm on
Little heavier every day
Like our hearts is that away.
Leaves is changin' overhead
Back from green, to gray and red,
Brown and yellow. with their stems
Losenin' on the oaks and ems:
And the balance Of the trees
Gettin balder every breeze
Like the heads we're scratchin' on
Old october's purt' night gone.
l love old October so,
I can't bear to see her go
Seems to me like losin' some
Old-home relative, er chum-
Pears like sorto' settin' by
Some old friend at sigh by sigh
Was a passin' out O. sight
Into everlastin' night!
Hickernuts a feller hears
Rattlin down is more like tears
Drappin' on the leaves below
love old October so.
Can't tell what it is about
Old October knocks me out
l sleep well enough at night
And the blamdest appetite
Ever mortal man possessed
Last thing et-it taste the best,
Warnuts. butternuts, pawpaws,
lies and limbers up my jaws
For raal service. such as new
Pork, spareribs, and sausage, too.
Yit, for all there's somepin' bout
Old October knocks me out.
James Whitcomb Rile
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Bird Mcclure in a lengthy inter.
view in Tulsa paper tells of the loy-
ableness Of Taft and classes him with
lincoln and Mckinley Before the
constitution Of this state was adopted
Mcclure stated from the platform that
If the constitution was adopted and
the democratic ticket elected that land
in Oklahoma would be as cheap as it
was in Mississippi The constitution
was adopted and the democratic ticket
elected and land in Oklahoma has gone
up steadily
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The man who has the temerity to
say the state is spending too much
money on education will stir up trou-
bic for himself but that large
amount is being wasted OH the schools
would not be far short of the truth
The people will stand more gouging
IN the matter OF schools than for any
thing else. It is popular in Oklahoma
to want to have the best schools of any
state in the union that is commendable
and is withal lofty ambition. but it
does not justify waste of funds.
There are too many state institutions
and in some sections there are too
many local schools.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Senator LaFollette is unpopular with
the standpat wing of his party but
that same wing will not be able to elect
Taft nor anybody else without La
Follette's support.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Governor Cruces talk about a low
state tax levy, etc, is blame poor con-
ISOLATION for the business men and
property owners in towns whose as
sessments were raised thirty and fifty
per cent by the governors state board
of equalization. The state levy, wheth-
er high of low. cuts but little ice. It's
the excessive local levies that hurt
and the state boards raise in the valu-
ations mean an enormous increase Of
the tax burden over that of last year.
Valuations made by the local equaliza.
ton boards were already out of reason
in many instances and the action of the
state board in raising them thirty AMI
fifty per cent means that taxes this
year will be a sore burden and that
the responsibility for this injustice,
whether right or not, will be placed
upon the head of Governor Cruce aad
the members of the state board Of
equalization--Wap Press.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The water famine at Oklahoma City
continues to grow more and more ser
ious with no definite solution in sight.
Il is earnestly hoped some plan Will
be devised whereby water can be sup
piled.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Bishop Quayle started a kissing bee
over at Guthrie that is liable to cause
embarrassment Each new church Off
cial was to stand up in front of the
congregation and be kissed by his wife
and no provision was made by the
fellow that was so unfortunate as 70
have no wife.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Omer K. Benedict has begun the
publication of the Oklahoma State
Farmer published at Oklahoma City,
the first issue of which has been re-
ceiyed today 1t is a semi-monthly
publication devoted to the farming in
terests of the state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

A triangle Of wild geese southwark
bound passed over last night follow
ing in the wake of Aviator Rodgers.
but making fewer stops and farther
bound. How these strange birds can
find the way with each recurring sea
son thousands of miles without chart
or compass is one of the great mys-
teries of nature.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The talk or organizing Champ
Clark club is a little premature. Let
the democracy of Missouri settle upon
its candidate as between Folk and
Clark before anything outside the state
is done
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes.

No speaker who has appeared here
ever more completely captivated his
hearers or gave a more suggestive and
inspiring message.-The Daily Demo
crat, Summerset. y. H.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The most desirable juror empaneled
in the Hyde case up to the present is
a man who never reads a newspaper
Ignorance is bliss, and there is every
encouragement for the cultivation of
ignorance.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

More business and less politics may
be the republican slogan next year,
and it might with equal propriety be
the shibboleth of the democratic hosts.
The candidate that finds a way to get
along with fewer men on the salary
list will have an issue that ought TO
win
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

The Daily Chieftain comes very near
reaching every individual that spends
money in Vinita 1t reaches the city
and the nearby country together with
the towns in all this section. AS an
advertising medium for the local trade
it never fails to make good
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Governor Wilson is thought to have
started too early on his presidential
campaign, but it must be remembered
that there are 15.OOO0 600 voters to be
shaken hands with, saying nothing
about the babies to be kissed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

over in Ottawa county when they
don't want their cattle dipped by the
meddlesome tiekinspectors they blow
up the dipping watts with dynamite.
The California courts are beginning to
try a man for being too handy with
that explosive.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Vice President Sherman thinks the
adoption of the recall in California a
slap at the president. But the presi-
dent has done a good deal of slapping
and ought to be willing to give and
take
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

A careful perusal Of our esteemed
Tulsa contemporaries leads 10 the be-
lief that the raiding Of joints and the
arrest and prosecution OF bootleggers
in that hourishing city is an industry
only second to the oil and gas bust
ness as a revenue producer, remarks
the Shawnee Herald
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

What a pity it is that Haskell and
Owen have deferred announcing their
candidacy for the United States SEN
ate until next spring There are so
many good chances passing these days
for such announcement.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Judge Stewards opinion of the grand
father clause reads like that of law
yer who had already received S12500
out of the $500 appropriated to de-
fend those indicted for its enforce
ment.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

he Chieftain force wore Cruce cam
paign buttons through two campaigns
and never dreamed that they were not
paid for
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

Most men who refuse to believe that
a big fish ever swallowed man have
no trouble in believing that a little
money turned to a man
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
Cover up that flower bed.

". r. Hearst has returned 70 the
democratic fold. which probably means
that he is sure W. J. Bryan will not be
a candidate for president.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27

1t looks very much like the demo
Gratis this time would be able to pick
winner in the presidential timber men
toned