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The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

The country dealer in fighting the
parcels post. especially as proposed
as local on rural routes only, is
fighting his own best friend, al
though he does not know it. He has
not made its acquaintance. and fails
to comprehend his own. possible OPP
portunities.
Not hundred miles from Chica-
90 Is a town of about $500 people.
Ten years ago many Of its merchants
bitterly opposed the construction OF
an electric line between that place
and little hamlet of perhaps 100
people. 10 miles distant. 1t was
argued the new road would build
up another town and all the farmer
trade in that section would be lost
The inc was built, the little hamlet
has grown to a town of more than
1000 inhabitants. with waterworks
electric lights. telephone exchange
fire department and all that: and
the trade from that section with the
old and large town never was. and
never would have been, anything like
what it is today, but for the road.
Transportation facilities facil-
ity includes a reasonable cost of SER
vice-create business. A parcels
post will do the same-H. III. Wind
sor Ill the December Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
CLEARED s21,OOO,OO0 ACCORD
ING TO THE REPORT OF THE
DEPARTMENT, AFTER PAY
ING BIG LOSSES.
ONE CENT POSTAGE
Government Also Operates the Teie.
phones and Telegraph Lines, In
Addition to Carrying Letters
and Parcels.

The report of the postoffice de-
partment for theUn tied Kingdom
the fiscal year, shows a profit of
$21 100000, and this moreover after
paying loss of $5.500,000 for tele-
graph deficit, and another loss OF
100000 on its telephone depart
ment. In Great Britain all the com
mercial telegraph business, and most
of the telephone service is operated
by the government. While it i:
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Electric Fireless Cooker.

\ new automatically operated
electric cook stove employs the fire
less principle of operation. the heat
ing elements of which are Enclosed
in thermally insulated oompart
ments. and cut Off automatically
when the stoves have reached the pre-
determined temperatures for the
cooking operations required. The
stove is described. with illustration
in the December Popular Mechanic:
Magazine.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Backache, Headache, Nervousness

and rheumatism, both in men and
women, mean kidney trouble. Do
not allow it to progress beyond the
reach of medicine but stop it prompt
ly with Foley Kidney Pills. They
regulate the action of the urinary
organs. Tonic in action, quick in
results. Fred Wenzler.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
DIR. COX'S
Barbed Wire
IMMINENT

GUARANTEED TO heal without leav-
ing a blemish, or MONEY REFUNDED.
SOC and 81 LOO sizes for fresh wounds.
old sores, sore backs and shoulders, burns
and bruises. 25c size for Family Use.
DR. CCX'S PAINLESS BLISTER
is painless and guaranteed to cure
SPAWN, Ringbone, Curb, Sweeny, Splint.
Puffs, or any enlargement of bone or
muscle, or money refunded. Price Soc.
FOR SALE ev
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Eighty Years Old.

Mrs. Margaret Miller, residing at
the corner of Michigan and William
streets was 50 years old Nov. 16,
She was born In Ohio. Nov. 16. 1881,
but has been a resident Of Indiana
more than half century. She re-
sides alone. does her own nousewerk,
keeps everything in "apple pie"
order and is as lively as cricket.
Hundreds of friends hope she may
enjoy life score of years yet.
Read The Weekly Republican.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY wa

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of T0ymd medically yi % building h b ep for
purpose Thd departments m h d 500 and dental d tsssg these largest
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29

to come across. And renter with
money enough to be entrusted with a
farm, with average healtn ought 10
get ahead enough in five years to be
able TO buy small home of his own.
There has got to be a revolution of
farm methods in this country or it
will be left behind in the rush of civil
ization. Corn. grass and stock FARM
ing has proven a failure with most
men in Oklahoma. If fewer acres
were put to corn, those acres cultiyaJ-
ed by up-to-date methods, kaffir corn
and milo-maize were planted as an IN
surance crop, small fruits and berries
and garden stuff for the family main
tenaince, mixed with brains, industry
and economy, thankfulness to God and
good viii to man. times would change
and oklahoma would soon be much
sought country in which to live.
CAPT. G. S. WHITE.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
What clark said Of okIahoma.
Committee.

Eighteen years ago December Is,
1899 Champ Clark made a speech in
the house Of representatives on the
admission of Oklahoma as state.
Among other things he said:
"One gentleman here-I forget who
talks about the population of Okla
homa Territory being 'inchoate'-that
they do not know one another Let
me tell you that they are American
citizens, all; they are the adventurous
spirits of all that western country
Illinois, Missouri. Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, Arkansas and Texas, They
are the same sort of men that laid the
foundations of free government in all
the Louisiana purchase, in California,
Oregon and Texas They belong to
the class of men such as old Sam Hous-
ton, who fought for liberty at San
Jacinto, and such as Davy Crockett,
Travis and the brave men who died at
the Alamo in defense of American
freedom. (Applause) An inchoae'
population, is it? Why, sir, take one
hundred and fifty thousand American
citizens, place them in the middle of
the great African desert tomorrow, and
in less than week they viii have a
constitution and laws and be living in
peace and order under them.
(Applause) That is the distinguishing
characteristic of the race from which
we sprang. (Applause) These Okla
homa people are flesh of our flesh and
bone of our bone (Applausel They
are an honor to any country. They
are fit to have been the fathers and
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
EsTELLA ITEMS.

The Xmas tree at the Fallen school
house was quite a success. The chill.
dren rendered their parts exceedingly
well. There was an interesting adj
dress to the children by the Hon. ?. j.
|Coyne and John Corntassel All wish
ed their teacher Miss Balentine a
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.
Frank Hold and family and Dan
Speark spent Xmas with relatives at
Vinita.
Mrs. Downing's house and contents
We're destroyed by fire Saturday, sup
posed to have caught from the fire.
place.
There was dance at Albert Pas
chels and Dave Jenkins Xmas night.
Mrs. Mollie Downing had butchering
done Tuesday.
Little Goldia Hold was taken to DR..
Heron Monday for to be treated for
catarrh.
There were good many attended
the Tom Archer sale.
Miss Birdie Ballinger was shopping
in Vinita Saturday.
The Christmas tree at Mrs Hilder-
brands was largely attended.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
LATENT DANGERS
MAIL ORDER TRADE

Mail order trade in the United
States has developed exclusively on
a cash basis. This fact has proved to
be weak place in the armor of mail 4
order houses and has been a favorita&
point of attack for local retailers, Who'll
in general are very libertl in extending1
credit to their trade. They have as
sumed that the mail order business is
essentially and inevitably a cash bus
mess. Having become ac, STONED to
the business as conducted in this$
country they have assumed that it will
always be conducted as at present;
whereas the mail order business is in
its infancy and is developing with tre-
mendous speed. May it not Develop
into credit business?
An American business man who has
made careful first-hand study of Eu,
ropean retail methods suggests an an
lswer:
Then there is something else for the
retail merchant to consider In The
large centers, money is cheap. In Eu
rope it il worth only 31a to 4 per cent
Rich concerns can borrow in America {
at from to per cent. Therefore,
these great stores in London seek an
nual charge accounts all over the l
country of people in good credit stand.
ing. One of their assets in the form
of substantial good will is the mum
ber of the annual accounts" they can
show on their books.
Our catalog houses now sell for cash s
in advance. Just imagine the result
If they opened annual settlement ac-
counts with farmers who can make
good property statement! This is no
dream of the future. The system is
now in full swing in England. =
The parcels post therefore, would
not only hit the merchants in small
towns, but the bankers as well.
In the conflict between the mad :
order houses and the local retailers
the latter have many advantages i
they will but avail themselves of them.
Whatever may be the attitude of thee
local banker toward the mail order
question at present, there can be nc
question of his attitude if the mail or
der houses begin to do credit bust
ness. That would mean the elimina
ton of the local banker as well as the
local retailer. The elimination otN
either would be heavy blow to the
farmer; the elimination of both would
be national calamity.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
Christmas Thoughts.

Editor Daily Chieftain; Christmas
reflections lead us to ask when will
parents and guardians learn the inn
portance. and absolute necessity of
early training of children? By the
time the average child has attained
fifteen years of age, the foundation of
its character has been laid. The child
that has not absorbed a Christian edu-
cation at the hands of its parents, or
guardian. by this time has dismal
future before it, regardless of all the
wealth, book-learning and other quail
fieations that can be given it. Good
and evil is before every human being,
not only from his or her birth, but
through heredity possibly for hundreds
of years. Every one who has the re-
sponsibility of rearing youth, who ne
elects to feed, train and educate the
moral and spiritual bodies of them as
well as their physical bodies. is SOW
ing seeds of evil that will most GER
tainly return sooner or later to render
vengeance on them for their failure of
duty. There is no legitimate excuse
for this parental oversight or short
coming. Vengeance is mine. saith the
Lord, and l will repay"
CAPT G. s. WHITE.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
GIGANTIC SCHEME
TO FORCE OIL CO.
Big Scheme to Force Standard Oil t.
Give Seventy-Five Cents For
Oklahoma Crude.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 27.-Through one
of the most gigantic schemes ever un.
dertaken in the oil industry of this
country, the independent oil operators
and small producing concerns of the
Mid Continent oil field hope to force
the price of Oklahoma crude oil, now
bringing but so cents a barrel, up to
rs cents a barrel or more. The plan
which has had no publicity and which
lis decidedly novel in its character will
involve an enormous amount of capi
tai and the cooperation of a strong
competitor of the Standard Oil com
pany.
The proposal to fix the price of Okla
homa crude oil at rs cents a barrel al
the wells, the price to be agreed upon
by large number of the operators
who will enter an agreement to sell
their production at nothing less than
rs cents barrel for given period Of
time The period has not been decid
ed upon as yet. The aim will be to
Icontrol $4,000 70 $4,000 barrels daily
production under this agreement.
When this arrangement is perfected
it will be taken to some strong foreign
company, probably the Royal Dutch
Shell, and that company invited t.
enter the field as a competitor of the
Standard Oil company, taking as {
basis of operations the agreement
above referred to. This would assure
the competing concern of $4,000 tt
$4,000 barrels daily production, ant
would necessitate the building of {
pipe line to tide-water The neares
point at which facilities for oceaI
shipments could be secured would bt
the Gulf of Mexico.
Tne matter is now under serious con
canvassed among the prominent oper
lators. Many of them are taking a very
favorable view of it, and the man a
the head of it has ability, courage ant
Experience to carry it through, 1t il
believed the scheme is now far enough
advanced that it is assured of being ;
realty in the very near future, IL
(which event, the oil industry of Okla
homa will be revolutionized.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
CHAMP CLARK WILL MAKE
OKLAHOMA SPEAKING TOUR

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 26.-The up
dersigned has just been advised that
Honorable Champ Clark, speaker of
the national house of representatives,
will make speaking tour through
Oklahoma beginning Wednesday, De-
cember 27th, at Guthrie Thursday
night, December 2Sth, at Oklahoma
City; Friday, December 29th, at Nc
Alester; Friday night, December 29th
at Muskogee; and on Saturday, De-
cember 30th, at Tulsa, Sapulpa, and
Vinita.
Mr.. Clark, as is we'll known to the
democrats of this state, has hereto
fore in many campaigns evinced his
friendship and partially to Oklahoma
democracy by leaving his work and
complying with the request for aid
and assistance from the organization
of the democracy of this state in sew
eral of its hard-fought campaigns, and
many times his great ability and elo-
quence have been freely given to or
ganiziag the democracy of this state,
and informing and advising the vot-
ers as to democratic policies and prin-
ciples.
AS a democratic speaker of the ma
tion house of representatives he at
present occupies a peculiar, unique
and important position in the public
affairs of the United States. No man
is more capable of discussing the gov
ernmental problems, which every
voter should know - and desires to
know, than is he, and for these rea-
sons and many others, as chairman OF
the state democratic central commit
tee of this state, | desire to request
and urge that all democrats as far as
possible, and especially the members
Iof the state, county and precinct or
ganizatiors of the state, use every
effort possible tC be present and hear
Mr. Clark discuss the important ques-
tions of the day at one of the points
at which he will appear
Yours in militant democracy,
FRED p. BRANSON,
Chairman State Democratic Central
Committee
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
University Equipment Increased.

During the two weeks Immediately
preceding the holidays much equip
ment which will be invaluable in con,
ducting the work of the institution has
been received at the state university
Most of this has been in the depart.
ment of chemistry, school of law and
college of engineering Recently the
chemistry department. received be-
tween seven and eight thousand dol.
lars worth of material. A large part
of this wa sexpensive chemicals indis-
pensable for the practical work given
the students in the laboratories in con.
Inection with their class room recita.
tions. This was the last shipment of
"a foreign order placed some time ago
and most of the chemicals came from
Germany. OF the permanent equip.
ment received one of the most valu-
able articles was a balance which will
accurately detect differences of one
hundredth milligram weight. Two
new furnaces of the best type and a
big ore crusher have been installed.
Many samples of silver and gold ores
also were received, making the de-
partment especially we'll prepared for
work in assaying. For the law school
library the $4,000 shipment of books,
lis arriving. A complete set of the
Federal Reporter in 200 valumes and
valuable sets on real property, evi-
dence and procedure are among the
books being placed on the shelves of
the law library. The college of en-
gineering has received much new
equipment for both the electrical and
mechanical departments and is well
prepared to give both the practical and
theoretical work in engineering as out.
lined by the best schools in the coun-
try. The particular advantage it has
over larger engineering schools in the
east is that with the same equipment
and strong faculty the small classes
enable the student To receive more in
dividual instruction 40 10 master
more thoroughly The bfoBlems of his
profession.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
When to PIow.

Editor Chieftain: For three months
last past we have urged Craig county
farmers to break their grounds for all
spring crops before winter weather
set in. We urged that they break all
grounds deeper than they had ever
been broken before. Those who have
done so will more than likely gain sew
eral bushels more per acre than those
who have yet to do their annual plow-
ing.
Now the advice is different TO
plow ground deeper in the spring Of
the year than it has previously been
broken, will decrease the average crop
below normal.
1t makes no difference why far
mer has failed to have his ground
plowed by this date. He will pay d
penalty for the failure Just as certainly
as he would be burnt if he placed his
hand in the fire. Renting farm lands
one year at time is the cause of
more slip-shod methods of farming.
More loss to both owner and tenant
than any other one cause in existence.
There is no way that the system can
be improved The only sensible thing
that can be done is to abolish it. When
an owner offers to rent his farm for
a year he is either back number, or
he has unforeseen designs for its dis
posal. When man asks to rent
farm for a year he virtually admits
that its only a make-shift that he is
after. The whole system breeds idle
ness, slouchy methods. poverty aud
community disturbances.
The thing to do is to rent for term
of years-not less than five years; for
both leasee and lesor to bind them
selves TO perform his part of the con-
tract and should either then fail the
courts would compel the delinquent
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
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first asserted itself in the control OF
the American government. Lincoln
came when the union was about to
break the rocks of domestic strife.
And now, when greater problems
than those which confronted Wash
Iington and Jefferson and Jackson and
Lincoln demand courage and ability of
}almost superhuman character; when
from the length and breadth of the
land there goes up, as in 1860, the
prayer, God give us man," when
lplutocracy is enthroned in high places
and when the life blood of the country
is being sucked by the vampire of big
business; when greed and avarice
have been substituted for patriotism
and justice; when sporadic and half
harted attempts to right existing
wrongs only 'aggravate them; when
the nation demands again the genius
of a Washington, the faith in the peo-
pie of Jefferson, the courage of a
Jackson and the sublime patriotism of
Lincoln-at such time as this 1t
is like watching the hand of bene-
ficient destiny to see Woodrow VIII
son loom large on the scene of ma
tional politics.
Not only the democratic party, but
the nation, too, is blessed that such a
man is available for the presidency
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
BONDS SOLD TO
OKLAHOMA BANKS
List of Banks That Have Purchased
Prepared BY |. n. Nakdimen.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 2z-The sale
of public building bonds, the entire is
sue Of which was purchased from the
state by |. II. Nakdimen of Sallisaw,
is proceeding nicely and Mr.. Nakdimen
already has sold more than half of the
issue of st,75O,OOO. The bonds bear
five per cent interest, are non-taxable
and number of banks have invested
all or part of their capital in them
thus far.
A list of banks that have purchased
bonds follows:
Commercial National bank, Musko-
gee; Union State bank, Muskogee,
Okla. Oklahoma State Bank, Musko.
gee, Okla; Muskogee National bank,
MusKogee, Okla; First National bank,
Stigler, Okla; Durant National bank,
Durant, Okla; Durant State bank, Du-
rant, Okla; First National bank Kings
ton, Okla; First National bank, Kill
burn, Okla; Kenefick State bank,
|Kenefick, OKLA; Colbert State bank,
Colbert, Okla; Tishomingo National
bank, Tishomingo, Okla; First Ma
tional bank, Bokchito, Okla; Bank OF
IAylesworth. Aylesworth. Okla; Farm
ers State bank, Grove, Okla. Bank OF
lTexhoma, Texhoma. Okla. Dewey
State bank, Dewey, Okla; Miami Trust
Co., Miami, Okla; Guaranty State
benk, Muskogee Okls. Citizens State
bank Lawton, Okla; Oklahoma State
bank, Konowa, Okla; Wilkin-Halt
State bank, Oklahoma City; Bank O.
Jay, Jay, Okla; First State bank
Chandler, Okla; City State bank
Duke, Okla; Citizens State bank
Rockey, Okla; First National bank
Spiro Okla.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
INDIAN LANDS
ARE TAXABLE
Only Homesteads of Non-competen,,
Exempt, Federal Judge Rules.

Guthrie, Okla. Dec. 27.-Only tbs
Ihomesteads of noncompetent Usage In
dians cannot be taxed by the state and
local authorities, according to a led
eral court decision here yesterday bs
Judge John H. Cotteral. All the sur.
plus lands of the Osages, whethe
alienable or not, are taxable, accord.
ling to Cotterals Interpretation of ths
Usage allotting bill approved in June
1906. Three years from that date ali
such lands became taxable, says Judge
Cotteral, and therefore were taxable
for 1910, the taxes involved in the cas-
decided
Each Usage Indian, received 65s
acres of land. Under the decision all
this is taxable except the homestead
of 100 acres. This adds a total Of
100000 acres to the taxable lands Of
Usage county, aggregating several hun
Idred thousand dollars annually in
taxes.
Congress has power to make taxable
even the lands of noncompetent In
dians, and at the same time make such
lands inalienable, says the courts
opinion. The case attacking the
states right to tax was brought dur
ing September as a test. While the
allotting acts of other Indian tribes
were different, in many instances, from
that of the Osages, the Cotteral de
cision to certain extent involves the
surplus lands of all other tribes in the
state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29

mothers of the Graechi. (Applausel
Let no man, l do not care where he
comes from, assail the hardy pioneers
that go out into the wild country and
conquer the wilderness, making II
blossom like the rose. (Applause) God
bless them! They are state makers.
After awhile your children will GO
there; it may be a good while, but
finally after these hardy pioneers have
smoothed the pathway your children
will be proud to be citizens OF the
great state of Oklahoma that is to be.
(Applause).- From the Congressional
Record, Vol. 26, part /, page 274.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29
s5 Horses cremated in Livery Fires

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 27.-This is sad
Christmas week for Frank White
owner of Tulsa's. largest livery firm,
for last night his livery stable, and
contents were destroyed in a stubborn
fire that cremated ii valuable horses.
span of mules and two cows. The
loss will exceed $4,000 and is only
partially covered by insurance. The
White livery fire is the fourth of its
kind i'm the past eighteen months, and
total of 65 horses have been eremat
ed. In the Hickok livery fire las,
spring 80 race horses and fancy driy
ers were burned to death, and in -
Ohio livery and Red, Ball transfer BARI
fires II head were cremated