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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06
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The governor of Arkansas will sug-
gest to the legislature that the gov
ernor be given the power to revoke the
commission of any sheriff in whose
county occurs lynching or where ex-
ecution of any kind occurs at the
hands of mob.
The Arkansas legislature has resist
ed a somewhat similar law for ten
years-ameasure recommended by the
bar association of the state providing
that when a prisoner, once in the
hands of the sheriff, is lynched, that
officer should, ispo facto, lose his affice
and that he should be made ineligible
to reelection to the office in Arkan-
sas.
1t is believed that the present sug-
gestion to leave the matter to the dis
cretion of the governor may be ac-
cepted as a compromise and that the
Legislature may adopt it as the first
stringent measure in a campaign to
eliminate mob law
It is matter worth noting all over
this country that Arkansas is going to
set the other states an example in the
matter of abolishing lynchings and
that for ten years it has been thinking
out practicable way of doing it
Kansas City Times.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06
By Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Washington, D G. Jan. 4.-Do con
tracts TO prevent "cut rates" in pro-
prietary medicines violate the sher-
man antitrust law or the common Law
in restraint Of trade?
That question was argued today be-
fore the supreme court Of the United
States. Upon the decision Of the court
is said to depend the continuation Of
cut rates" in proprietary medicines
in the United States It probably
will be several weeks before the court
will announce its decision.
The question was brought before
the court by the Dr. Miles Medical
company, Of Elkhart, Ind. A few years
ago, that company entered into certain
contracts with dealers in medicines
throughout the country. These were
not contracts Of sale, so the company
now contends, but contracts of con-
under which the dealers did
not become the owners Of the medi-
cines. but did become agents Of the
company. One Of the conditions of the
contracts was that the dealers should
sell only to certain persons and at GER
tain prices.
John D. Parks and Sons company,
- incinnati o., did not enter into a
tract with the Dr. Miles Medical
nlpany, but the latter charges the
IL Rcinnati firm with inducing others
LII did make such contracts to break
conditions concerning persons and
be. The manufacturing company
bit into the courts asking for an in
ction against the Cincinnati firm
prevent it from procuring contract
ations and from selling the medi-
|. le at cut rates.
Justice Lurton, then on the circuit
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Nineteen Hundred Eleven comes roll
ing in. There's place in 1t for YOU.
Take II. See what there is to be see }.
Do what is to be done. Say what you
should say DO not waste time ''ba'-
ancing the books" Of the past year.
They have a way Of balancing them
selves in spite Of you. If there were
profits you have them Do not squan-
der them. Reinyest them in your sery-
ice that means help to life If there
have been losses, do not stand sti'l
lamenting them. They are gone. Stop
not, even 10 bury them Was some
man laboring near you better in his
work last year than you? surpass
him, this year Say nothing about
1t, but do It, Did someone need a help
ing hand which you could have extend
ed and did not? You may have like
opportunity today Say nothing about
it. but seize It
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

That the money Of an honest. well
managed bank should be taken 70 pay
the losses of q mismanaged rival was
pointed out By the supreme court as a
weakness in the bank guaranty law
This. Of course, is lsmentable weak
ness, but Is so far outweighed By the
vast benefits 70 the depositors as to
be Of little consequence. It may have
the effect Of wedding out the poorly
managed banks and placing all banks
upon z higher plane
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06
m PROPRIETARY MEDICINE
CONTRACTS VIOLATE LAW?

bench. announced the opinion Of the
limited States circuit court OF appeals
for the sixth circuit, in which the in
junction requested by the manufactur-
er was denied. The case was appeal.
ed to the supreme court, and Frank
F. Reed and Edward S. Rogers pre-
sented a brief in support of the posi-.
ton taken by the DR.. Miles Medical
company. Alton B. Parker and WI.
liam J. SHREDDER filed brief for the
John D. Parks and Sons company.
In the brief for the manufacture
it was urged that the lower court had
erred in holding that even if the con.
tracts we're construed as contracts Of
consignment or agency that they were
void because in restraint of trade, bot3s
at common law and under the Sherman
antitrust law.
In the first place it was argued ia
the brief that contracts between a
principal and an agent were not in re.
straint Of trade, whatever conditions
were included in the contracts. Furth.
ermore, it was contended that the med
icines embodied trade secrets and
from the very nature of the articles
the owner of the secrets was entitled
to a monopoly therein.
In the brief prepared by Mr.. Parker
and Mr.. SHREDDER it was argued that
the courts could not insure an unnee
essary monopoly in proprietary medk
cines. 1t was argued that the manu-
facturer was asking for a protection
granted only to patented articles, with
out subscribing to the condition i'm
posed upon patented articles, namely
that they will become available to the
public after a few years. Extended
were presented in the brief
to show that the contracts violated
the common law and the Sherman act.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DISREGARD INJUNCTION

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. A peculiar
situation developed here yesterday
when the Muskogee county commits
sioners let contracts for roads and
bridges to the amount of $15O,OOO in
violation of a court injunction, while
Judge Mccain was out of the city The
present commissioners are republican.
The new commission, which goes in
a few days, is democratic and caused
an injunction to be issued against the
present officials, hoping to tie them
up until their time expired. The re-
publicans, however, ignored the court
order and may be fined for contempt.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

With twenty-five regular passenger
trains day on two Of the best rail-
roads in all the southwest, vinita pre-
sents an example Of the wonderful de-
velopment Of Oklahoma. Many Vinita
people remember time when mixed
train from Monet with an old faded
coach hooked on to the rear Of a long
string Of freight cars was Vinitas
train service over the Frisco The
train used 10 stop west Of her while
the trainmen and passengers shoulder
ed their guns and took a stroll through
the hills hunting Sometimes a couple
of men would return to the waiting
train With a deer or a brace Of Wild
Iuii"y 10 conform to the new sta+rc
lefa make a formal request of tho -,
OaHme court for a temporary ininno
coup II the supreme court does no+
WapC the temporary Injunction Cp+b
ira attorneys may go into the district
Ft OF Logan county on the conton
that the bill giving the supreme
GIFT exclusive jurisdiction over con
sl3 location matters is pnconstit,' H+p
lr8al. oonS'i'u-
e." "klahoma City, Okla, Dec 3O-rbo
&c OF the $4,000 demanded Of okla
thda City as consideration for tho
Be zion of the state capital here Voc
eyed late last evening, and Governor
th}kell left for Guthrie to sign tho
dofal location bill. The last of tho p
el se was obtained shortly after : a
of ng. ''OO was b
owe committee had been WORKING 81 L
dol continuously for the last twentv re
an nours. At 2 o'clock yesterday all bC
oRlo'Voo had been pledged and tho OF
fsnrces were about exhausted hrt DC
hi renewed effort the committees tW
Sht small sums which in the aeere pa
n completed the amount reonirod otl
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

In the rush Of business and the heat
of politics there is little attention paid
the fullblood Indians in Oklahoma.
These people have not responded to
the call Of civilization as they should
and as It was hoped they would The
Cherokees in the hills are not as pros
porous as they should be and the cold
winter weather finds them poorer than
ever Most Of them still own their
land but are getting little from it,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

It is said President Taft has at last
tumbled to the belief that oklahoma 5
case is hopeless and that 1t is nothing
more nor less than a southern state
whose republicanism is based solely on
the distribution of federal patronage
and where the loaves and the fishes
are not forthcoming there is nothing
doing. But Taft has always had a
poor opinion of oklahoma 1t was he
who declared the Oklahoma constitu
tion geological garden of cranks,
whatever that vague expression might
mean
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Oklahoma City has in all probability
spent more money in the forced re-
moyal Of the state capital than was
ever spent in like enterprise by any
state in the union. But Oklahoma City
wanted the capital like the Texan
wanted his pistolLwanted it now and
wanted badly. Oklahoma City was I'M
doubtedly the choice of majority of
the people of the state and would
eventually have gotten the capital
without such a tremendous sacrifice.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Newspapers and printing plants are
about the only business enterprises
that have not raised the price Of their
output While the prices of nearly
everything has gone soaring sky-ward
the same old prices prevail around the
print shop. Subscription and JOB work
are the same when it did not cost near
ly 20 much 10 run a. IT does these days.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06
officers to Hold Conference.
4y Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Wichita, Kans., Jan. 4.-The chiefs
of police and marshals from fifty Kan
sas cities and towns meet here tomor-
row in the convention of peace officers.
The chief question will be the pre-
vention of bank and postoffice rob-
berries in the state, and the best meth
DDS of capturing the robbers
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06
ks WILL HOLD STATE
CONVENTION At TULSA

Zee 'ulsa, Okla, Jan. 4.-The date of
elatil eecond annual convention of tbe
'oard bona state Association of EIks
iiciaoe held in this city this year, has
ointen n set for May IT. The meeting will
"o &C one of the most important in the
arty ory Of the order in Oklahoma, and
-nef enormous attendance is expected
"Mr. nrinoino1 mottor ~ ho tolron ~
'inilii be the amendment of bylaws, ard
n'eu election of officers. Following the
~ ~ iness session of the convention, the
1nlaiA iAegates will be given an automobile
trip through the oil fields and the city
of Tulsa, and banqueted at night by
the local Elks.
A feature of this years convention
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

II anybody has not sent Bill Murray
q dollar to start his magazine With
these cold days would be good time
to Sit down and think it over. But the
Chieftain begun printing paper way
back in the days when the wolves
howled on Wilson street every night.
and when there were still buffalo
tracks in the sand on Bull creek and
the people never thought Of making up
$4,000 to give to it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

~ the blood Of the martyrs vas
the seed Of the church. % 20 the lifeless
bodies Of the nayigators u the air who
meet their death IN falling biplane and
treaeberOus air current will remind
~ that every great cause claims hu-
man blood as sacrifice But the
genius Of man will yet overcome egery
obstacle and men will emulate the
birds successfully before the close Of
another decade
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The Chieftain VII shortly put o. a
piano voting contest that VIII BE- the
waFmest proposition q the kind ever
pulled OF in Oklahoma A $4,000
Baldwin piano has been purchased and
viii be given 10 the successful one
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06
PLAISTED TAKES OATH AS
GOVERNOR OF MAINE

By Associated Press.
Augusta, Me-, Jan. 5.-Frederick w.
Plaisted, of this city, took the oatt'
of office, in the hall of representatives.
today and is now governor of Maine,
He is the first democrat to hold the
office in thirty years or since the comA
pletion of the term of his father the
late General Harris NJ. Plaisted
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Fred Bardc In the Kansas City Times
saws II Senator owen should succeed
in getting his bill prohibiting the ship
ment Of liquor into Oklahoma, he
would deal some Of his enemies n
harder blow than the public expects.
Does this mean that there Is truth In
the rumor that certain men high In
Oklahoma Official life receive one dol
lar for every case OF beer shipped into
the state by the breweries? Would IT
not be good idea for some enter
prlsing newspaper correspondent at
Guthrie or OKLAHOMA City to print the
truth about this rumor?-Bartlesyille
Enterprise
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The commercial consumers Of gas.
that is the large consumers viii. il
course Of time have to be cut Of il
the winter time The city undoubte1-
ly has authority 70 50 regulate the use
Of gas under the franchise This has
been the experience Of nearly every
city where natural gas Is used and the
big consumers have been cut of dur
ing the cold weather months
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

That G. G. Jones and other Okla
homa boosters had TO dance to the
music of s7i 200 Tn the capital re-
moyal matter will not bring distress
10 very many Oklahoma people. Jones
is one Of the men who assured the peo-
pie that the capital would not be NOV
I'd from Guthrie until 1915. II Is per
fectly proper that these men have 10
pay the price.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The standpat republicans spent over
one hundred thousand dollars trying
70 beat LaFolIette for the United
States senate and failed. In the mean
time that militant and insistent bunch
Of progregslyes in congress have re-
organized and reyolutionized both
branches Of congress. But the high
tariff affords the standpatters a chance
TO soon get their money back
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The address of exChicf Justice Dos
Ter OF Kansas at Oklahoma City night
before last. In which he assailed the
right Of any court to pronounce II legis-
latiye act unconstitutional, bids fair
To make this years meeting of the Ok
lahoma Bar association an historical
event
Judge Dostor admits that the pre-,
eedents are against him. The supreme
court OF the United States has exer-
cised for nearly century the power
which the Kansas iurist denies But
Judge Doster Is an able lawyer, with
an enviable judicial record and his
bold argument will stir up a discus
sion which may result in the curbing
Of the powers which the court have
tended to assume in recent years.
The real seat OF government of the
United states, at the present time, is
the supreme court Congress and the
executive are really subordinate to It's
authority While IL is supposed only
TO enforce the constitution, experience
has shown that the constitution is
plastic in It's hands. No such condi-
ton of affairs was contemplated by
che trainers of the constitution. We
are heartily glad that Judge Doster
has spoken HIS opinion will find
many sympathisers.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The removal Of the old public school
building and the construction Of the
new $4,000 high school building which
Is 70 take place this year will be a
forward step in the growth Of Vinita
Of no mean importance. The old build
Ing was built In 1882 and at that time
vas source Of pride to all the people
Of y.nita which would not number
over 800.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

That the bank guaranty laws Of three
states has been upheld BY the supreme
court Of the United States means
that other states viii Be swift 70 adort
similar measures for the protection Of
6epOsitors. and eventually natiors Al
law requiring AL banks 70 protect Dc
Dositors against loss IA case Of bank
failure
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The lake a. Electric Park was frozen
this morning for the first time this
season. There are several men and
women in Vinita who took their first
lessons in skating on that pond a long
time ago. Gray hairs and bald heads
have taken the place Of more youth
ful appearance, but rather rugged
company Of boys and girls have taken
their place in this exhilerating exer-
else
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Twenty years ago the writer began
editorial stunts on the old Indian
Chieftain" With one short intermis-
sion the work has continued through
two decades, which Is not so long a
time after all We have known Vinita
and her people as only a newspaper
man can know town and It's inhabi-
tants Gathering the news and mix
ing with folks may be a considerable
grind but IL has a fascination that no
man with red blood coursng through
his veins can shake Off We have de
clared thousands of times that Vinita
was the best town ON earth, and Vinita
people the salt thereof and can prove
II II any one should be short-sighted
enough to doubt the statement. We
enter the new year with the hndest
remembrances Of many old friends
among whom we have lived for more
than a quarter of century and a
hearty welcome to all both new and
old.
II is u great privilege to take part
in the growth and development Of a
country like oklahoma The wonder
full transition that has taken place
here within the last twenty years can
never be repeated on the American
continent, but there are in all prob
ability even greater things in store
for the future. The Chieftain wishes
all a happy and a prosperous New
Year
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

will be the use of the elaborate new
EIks' home, being completed here at a.
cost of 100000. The local lodge has
nearly 700 members, the largest mem
bership in the state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

a man 10 Yonkers. Sew York, has
been paralyzed by the strain 81 reach
ing above bis head to hang pictures
On the walls Of hla home eer8ed him
right Hanging pictures IL ~oman's
Job
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The newspapers are printing 4 good
deal about what they call "sequei
70 the Jere Lillis affair in which Jafk
Cadaby cut Llllls with knife 50
far as Lllllg is concerned, there wili
1s no more "sequels"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Attorney General Wickersham b
said 10 be determined 10 have Jail
sentences imposed On the bigwigs Of
the bathtub trust But what's the use2
II win only make 1t necessary for their
wives 10 neglect their social duties to
circulate pardon petitions.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Adams cognty. Ohio. has the dis
tlaction d being the most infamous
county 10 the United States when is
CONES 10 selling votes.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Another fool professor heard from.
prof Waiter f. Wilcox says there
wont be any babies born ia the United
States after 2016 But it's safe to
prophecy that far ahead But the
man Who bets his money on day after
tomorrow can't be quite so reckless.
The short range prophet for US, every
time Wen be here 10 nominate for
the hnanias Club next day after
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Wherever the commercial Gov grazes
she must BE- MIXED In the east At
least the west and south has had 70 de-
yelop Itself and pay the east from six
To ten per cent for the cash 70 Do II
Elth.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The state ~ Arkansas refuses to
furnish even a pretty girl and a bottle
Of vine 10 christen the new cruiser
named after that state The governor
SAYS he finds no authority In the con
sdtudon Of the state for any such ex-
pendlture Does the constitution Of
that state make express provision for
cuspdora in the state Offices? II not.
we wonder what the governor is going
10 do about IT,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Nay 1911 see Oklahoma eleansed of
graft and the sniyelllng bunch d crfng
lnz sycophaats that are faEning or
Governor Haskell and ready - Do Bis
bidding.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The progressive republicans q Min
Eesota have organized for the purpose
u lining Ep the standpzt wing o. the
party. That the party could not exist
half progressive and half standpat vas
the keynote of the convention.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Natural gas ~ the finest thing IN
the world n It would leave of ,ae
habit n running iow Just at the time
when most needed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

The Gghting around Guthrie aaent
the removal u the capital makes the
Crazg Snake campaign look tame
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

7 Charlie Crezger has traded 4 seat
ia congress for the Muskogee posr0ncc
be has made q big trade from every
standpoint
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Senator Lodge's defsase q his vote
On the tzrf9 is that il was good for
SeE England The party pledges lay
~ Lightly On Lodge ss upon the prest-
dent
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

This is Henry Watterson's news.
paper creed "To print nothing Of a
man which we would not say 10 his
face. TO print nothing of a man in
malice to look well and think twice
before consigping suspect to the
ruin of printers ink to respect the old
and defend the weak and, lastly at
work and at play, daytime and night
time to be good to the girls and square
with the boys, for hath 1t not been
written, OF such Is the kingdom Of
,Heavenl"
It Is one of the best things Colonel
Wattersou has ever written or said,
and he has written oceans Of good
things. and should serve as the elev-
enth commandment OF every young
man who is entering journalism.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

TIE legislature tEzt Is noE IN ses-
sion nay Be said 70 Be TIE real thing
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-06

Many people have strained their
Becks looking W to high prices of
living
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