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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21
y LILLIAN SPEARS BICTCLE
REPAIR SHOP.

Repairing wLeals Of al kinds
putting in new Drank hangers, &c.
&C., is my specially. Don't bother
with old hangers, come to Spears ADD
get them at reasonable prices, also
tires and other sundries, Second
hand bicycles bought apd sold. l
now have on hand 10 second hand
bicycles, good as new. In addition
to bicyle repairing, / do repairing OF
all kinds, and hrn TIE only man Ia
town who repairs Racyclee. =
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Tho Rev. Irl 4. Hicks Almanac
for | 9l2, 'hat gue-dinn AEsel 10 a
hundred Thousand hcmes, ia now
ready, Not mauy are COW wiling TO
ne without it and The Reg. ri T..
Hicks Magazine. WoHD AG;D f2onE.s.
Tbe TWO are only oH& DoIAAe 2
year. The Almanac il, $50 postpnjl.
No how G or office Hknnid fail &c arr:i
for them, to WORD AND Wcni;s prg.
LISTING co. 220l Locust 81, Saln,
Louis, No.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21
TIE KEYSER, MOOEEFIELI
AND PETERSBURG
Sv'AGE LIIzFl

Runs daily except Sunday. Persons
wishing to trayei in the direction
mentioned will find it crest con-
venieace ard very chesp-the round
trip only So, and the distance bein Z
TO eithor place and BUCK, 81 m,ps
Persons ;raee!ing it once, viii nevrr
forget the kindness Ok tne proprietor
Mr.. George Shauk.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Mr.. Lewis Ford xas In 10 see us
the other day. ard his appegrsnca
Inclined ua TO the bolisf that he is
enjoying good health, lie also told
us that The recent District ContAr-
erce, which met at Front Royal Viz.
einia, bad g,anted bin license as a
local preacher.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

|, W. Shelton bas opened al up
to date grocery apd provision store
in the Wolfes Building, Corner Mar
tin and Raleigh SITS, His prices ARE
very reasonable, and DIS treatment
TO ali customers as nice as can be.
Any one needing Thugs in his line
will do well TO call and see hro.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

The Bookkeeper OF Ste nogTepaer
who bias the recommendation OF the
Mountain State Business College,
Parkersburg, w. Va, can always
secure employ ment. Write today
FOR their SO page Catalogue.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

The Weas Virgins Ministers end
Deauouo Union will convene at
Kesrneysv'le On mex. Saturday and
Sunday. a large crowd il expected
TO be in attendance, ard all Regular
Bapsjets il this section are lookin .
forward 10 'be meeting Of the Union
with much pleasure.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

WanGcd-Cosiaorc.itau M~ra2ine
requlres the services y! s -ap@eaec-
tative in MartinsDorg 20 !ock sitter
subscription renewals ARD 10 extend
ciicu'ation by epcciai methods wLich
have proved unusually successful
salary and commission. PREVIOUS
experience daGitsbie hui r>t 2seen
tia. Woo" time o. spare ;,,no, Al
dress, viii, references, II. C. Camp
bell, Cosmopolitan EiaGa 1889
Broadway. New York Citv.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

The EoeDezeF Memorial Bapsiet
Church COZ areee:ion held al enter
'ainmens a, Spears Hall on Thurs
day evening. 1t @ea both enjoyable
aud prof able.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

The corporate authorities Of the
city Of Martinsburg. are having the
streets sprinkled with oil. This is
being doue for the purpose Of settling
the dust, and while the oil may chow
its value in the future, housewives
are loud in complaint OF this new
departure, saying that ,ha oi! which
sticks to tho shoes, will ba carried
into the houses AID ruin their car
pets and mat;inHs
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Mre. PEN broke Gathers two ill.,
tie boys huve been quite sok during
The pass week, but they ore rapidly
recovering under the ekillful treat.
men' of Or. George W, Bsyljs, Mar.
sinsburR's new physician.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Mieses. Emma Becks and Lena
jenkins, TWO young ladies of Shen
aDdoah, Virginia, are spending some
time IN our CITY as the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Rhodes Warrick and family
al their bone CD Samuel Street,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Mrs. P. r.. Fletcher, and her two
little dsughtcrs, Dorothy and Eliza
beth, have returDs d TO their bone in
this city otter pleasant visit Of a
week or SO 10 friends aud relatives ia
Washing ton, D. G.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Mr.. Obsrles Motep, The popular
jsnisor ~ the Old National Bank
went hunting the other day, and it 10
Tumored that he bad 10 send TO town
for eurrey 30 come 10 the country,
and bring BIN aud bis game home.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Al 4. X. Usnmllls Merchant
tailoring bliahUpn,, ladies and
gentlemen can have their suits made
look new by having them cleaned
and pressed. Give BIN q call whom
needing any tbing 10 bis line, sEa be
oonvin ced that what we say 10 sbso.
)usely true.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

"Fonr doctors had given ,ae or"
writes Mrs, Liusa Ct2,nec, OK Acocc,
La, sand ny cbi'dren aad all ms
friends were ioot;ing jc5 ne 70 d..
when nv con iueisIe0 EAST ! use
Electric Bl.ters. did 81. and ,ne2
have doue Me worl1 os good, /
will always pIoise thesu." Ij'eotr!c
B!t'ers is a psioeleas blessing 10
women troubled With &ajnsing ono
dizzy ape|ls, hackache. head4c4e,
weakness, debility, constipation or
kidney disorders. Use sheu. sad
e"In oep health, strength apa vjscr,
They're guaranteed &c o4..siy or
money refunded. Olly SOC az ali
druggists.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21
Entered In Post Office ut Nsrtinsburg
". Va. as Second Class Matter

Wsnted-Honess Virginia girls
(Colored). for good homes. Address
Mrs. @. Murphy, IT'S Union Ave.
Altoona, Pa.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Rev. r Il Thompson, the we'll
known Charles Towu songster and
preacher. addressed the congregation
OF Dudley Free Baptist Church ell
doy last SUNDAY.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

A reilly vii be neid by Ebenezec
Memorial Baptist Church on Sunday
at which time special tffors will be
mode TO raise one hundred doiiers.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Little Clula, the ,nGpgeat obiid Of
Mr.. and Mrs. james Roman, is Slow
~ recovering from q sc we're attack Of
typhoid pncnmoniu.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Apple picking is me order of the
day now. and hundreds of men ere
thus employed, and are making good
wages
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

The editor is vlsIung tsiende sud
relatives 10 The Wes' Virginia wilds,
cod i, 10 sofe guSsajng shat be ia
having rovsl t'tG"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

Mise VHg:nis NeIie, OK BerkeleY '
Springs. bas been tee house guest OF
Miss Virginis Oliver during The
week.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

/ Ten year Coz" bin 1ion Distrib-
utjun Certificate OF Membership,
@s devised by the American
Workmen Fratcrnal Insurance.
Company, Of Washington, D.
G, one Of the most liberal.
strongest and reliable fraternaL
institutions in the field. For
further particulars see
D.H.y. JORDAN, GIN. ACEN7W.VA.
NoNM 9, X. =. BUILDING.
CHARLESTON, - W. VA.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-21

SAVED HIS MOIuEu'S LIFE
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A Imam &C.

iuG REV. IRL f. HICA ; 1911
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
RENTAL PROBLEM CONFRONTS
NEXT STATE LEGISLATURE

Oklahoma City, Sept 9.-Figures
taken from the records of the state
board of public affairs show that the
rentals for state departments in Okla
homa City amount to $4,000 per month,
or 100000 a year This does not in
clude light, electric fans and other in
cidental expenses of maintaining the
quarters of the stete departments.
Up to the present time the citizens
committee of Oklahoma City has paid
5000 to apply on rentals for the state
departments. This comes out of the
81 900 fund subscribed by citizens of
Oklahoma City for the payment of rem
tails, attorney fees and other expenses
incidental to the capital removal from
Guthrie to Oklahoma City. The rem
tails for quarters at Guthrie while the
departments were housed there
amounted to $12,500 a year, including
lights, heat, janitor service and all
other incidental expenses connected
with maintaining the offices there. The
citizens of Oklahoma City stand
pledged only to pay the rental for the
state as long as the $71 900 fund lasts,
and out of this amount several thou
sand dollars in attorneys fees must
be paid.
If a special session OF the legislature
is called the matter of rentals in Ok
lahoma City probably will be consN-
cred in connection with other capital
legislation. If no special session is
called, the state will be confronted
with the problem Of getting money to
pay rentals for Quarters here after the
fund provided by citizens OF Oklaho-
ma City is exhausted
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15

favor of a more stringent enforcement
of the laws against the sale of drugs
1t is also claimed that so per cent OF
the cases Of blindness are preyentable
and that large number of the cases
.of deafness are due to hereditary
causes which are also preventable
which suggests other possible sub
jects of legislation.
All of the results Of these examina-
tiens. with the recommendations
drown from them. the to be embodied
in report to the legislature and the
governor. In framing these recon-
mendations Dr. Mahr expects to call
into consultation the dean of the uni
versity medical school and the presi-
dent and secretary of the state medi-
cal associations. in addition to all of
the physicians who assist in making
the examinations So far as is known
here. no other state board has ever
attempted an undertaking of this sort,
and the report which is to be made in
connection with it should be one of
the most valuable documents on the
subject of public health ever put out
by any department.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
ASK TEXAS GOVERNOR
FOR HAMILT0N'S FREEDOM

Oklahoma City, Sept. 9-After six
years of freedom, following his ad-
mitted escape from the Texas state
penitentiary, where he was serving a
term for burglary, Walter Hamilton, a
laborer, is under arrest here, while a
petition to Governor Colquitt of Texas
has already been drawn, asking for
the mans pardon or parole in view
of the exemplary life Hamilton is said
to have lived since his escape.
The first signers of the petition were
members of the police force, who say
Hamilton has a good record here.
Hamilton has been living in Oklahoma
City under the name of Jack Rogers.
He found employmtnt here, he says,
married and started life anew.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
WESTERN STATES TO SEEK
CONTROL OF WATER POWER

Spokane, Wash. Sept. 9.-Manufac-
turers' organizations, commercial
clubs, chambers of commerce and the
residents of the western states will
be invited by the Spokane Mining
Mems club to join in a movement to
determine what rights the federal gov.
ernment has in the water powers OF
the commonwealth west of the Mis-
sissippi river 1t is planned to carry
the question to the highest court, il
necessary, in an effort to gain control
for the states of the water powers
within their boundaries.
l.. X. Armstrong, secretary of the
Spokane Mining Mems club, who pre-
sented the plan at the last meeting of
that organization, announced today
that the campaign will be launched in
short time with a view to bringing
the matter to the attention of the
country.
''We believe that in trying to main
tain control of the water powers of
the western commonwealths, the gov
ernment is violating a specific pro.
vision of the constitution of the United
States" he said. Before the consti-
tuition was signed the various states
zealously guarded their own right to
control all waters and water powers,
which were not distinctly outside of
the domain of any one states, and this
right. we think, the states still have.
"The water powers are an inexhaus-
tible source of wealth to the states
and communities in which they are
found and should be developed for the
benefits of those districts. The oil
which is used largely by the railroads
in the western country is a decidedly
exhaustible natural resource and so
also will the coal supply one day run
OUT but water power will last for
ever, and if properly developed it will
suppy electrical energy to operate the
railroads, mills factories and mines
of the entire west"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
CONGRESSMAN DAVENPORT
FAvORS EXTRA SESSION

Oklahoma City, Sept 9-"If | were
governor of the state l would convene
the Legislature in extra session for the
purpose of redictricting the state con
occasionally" said James S. Daven-
port of Vinita, member of congress
from the third Oklahoma district who
is here on legal business Il think
the democrats should be permitted to
make the districts, and am sure if the
republicans were in the legislature
with a majority and there was a re-
publican governor in Office, that party
would be given the opportunity we
now seek, Personally, | do not care
how the districts are made, but from
a viewpoint of the party we should
not tarry."
Editors continue to register them
selves against the special session idea.
Out of fifteen letters coming to the
governors Office Friday ten were
against it, two in favor and three did
not express themselves
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
GOVERNOR LEE. CRUCE
ARRIVES At WASHINGTON

Washington, D. c., Sept. 9.-Gover
nor Lee Cruce of Oklahoma arrived in
Washington yesterday from Richmond
Va, where he attended meeting OF
governors called to discuss uniform
taxation. He is accompanied by Mrs
Cruce and their daughter. Today the
governor goes to Spring Lake, N. j..
where he will participate in a confer.
ence of governors. He says that he is
opposed to the democrats of Oklahoma
committing themselves to a presiden-
tial candidate and that he should favor
an unrestricted delegation from that
state to the democratic national com
mittee
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
NO HOPE FOR BUILDINGS
TO Be COMPLETED HERE

Oklahoma City Sept 9.-There is
little cnance that the buildings now
partially erected for the state hospital
for the insane at Vinita can be com
pleted before the appropriation made
by the legislature OF 9O9 for that pur-
pose expires.
In an opinion to the board of public
affairs the attorney general held yes
terday that any portion of the appor-
priation made for buildings at Vinita
by the act Of March 27 1909 which
remains unexpended on September 27,
1911, or two and a half years from the
date of the appropriation, will revert
to the general revenue fund nd can
not be expended except pursuant to a
new appropriation.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
AMUSING HORSE ACT.
Pant mime Story Enacted BY Company
of Hungarian Stations.

A remarkable act with Barnum and
Bailey's circus is that of a company of
Hungarian stations from the London
Hippodrome. They walk into the arena
and enter the ring on their hind feet
The ring is set to represent a road
side inn. One of the horses is the
landlord A second horse enters for
food and a nights lodging. The land
lord is very hospitable, taking care Of
his guest elaborately After supper
the boarder goes to sleep in his chair.
Mine Host wakes him, lights a candle
and shows him to his bed Morning
comes an dthe landlord raises a din
with the breakfast bell The guest
lifts up from his bead and listens with
disgust at the thought of getting up
so early Then, like a schoolboy of
the lazy age, he flops over and goes
to sleep again. The landlord comes
in and takes him by the ear. The
guest starts a row and there is a
fight. To the rescue of the tavern
keeper comes a third horse. dressed
as the county constable. The unruly
lodger is hustled off to Jail
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
Starr Case Gees 70 Jury.

Muskogee, Okla. Sept. 9.-The Pony
Starr case at Eufaula in which Starr
is charged with stealing cattle. went
to the jury Friday night at s o'clock
The next case on the docket is that
OF Joe Davis. also charged with steal.
ing cattle.
starr and Davis are close friends
and were together when they killed
the four men in the riot at Porum.
Since the court ordered all the fac
tionists disarmed there has been no
of trouble between the feud-
lists. The sheriff makes all persons
entering the court room submit to a
search for weapons
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
Graduate of Cupid's School.

Spokane, Wash, Sept 9.-Mrs Mar
shall Z. Athey, who was formerly Mrs.
Leah d. Shane of Kansas City, Mo,
a post graduate of Cupid's correspond
ence school. is ready to relinquish her
degree after sixteen days of married
life. This is evidenced by an action
filed in the Spokane county superior
court, Mrs Athey declaring in her com
plant that she is utterly disappointed
in her newest husband, for the reason
that he did not furnish her with the
luxuries of life Mrs. Shane came to
Spokane on August IA. accompanied by
her sixteen-year-old daughter and was
met by Athey and his seventeen-year-
old daughter, following a courtship by
correspondence extending over period
of four or five months Mrs. Shane
and Athey were married the same aft
ernoon and lived together happily for
a week, when the bride took an inyen-
tory of the community assets, Athey
was a good provider for the necessi-
ties of life, she concluded. but not of
the luxuries to which she was accus-
toned and suit for divorce followed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
SMITH-GOROON BATTLE
ATTRACTING ATTENTION

Considerable interest is being Show
in the boxing contest next Friday night
at the Grand theatre between Bart
Gordon and Jake Smith. Both fighters
are training faithfully for the mill
and both are confident of victory
Gordon has much the advantage in
experience and will probably rule a
favorite, although Smiths hackers
contend that Gordon's punishment will
have no effect on Smith The resul.
of the fight depends on the ability of
Smith to assimilate the jabs ana
punches of Gordon long enough to get
in a good wallop, that he says viii
send Gordon to dreamland.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
Will Investigate Conditions
At Various Institutions

/ Oklahoma City Sept 9-Dr ]. C
Nahr state commissioner of health
+, is organizing force of medical ex.
aminers for the purpose Of making an
Investigation Of health conditions, in
the state institutions, and within the
next ten days will start in on a per
sonal examination of everyone of the
5000 inmates in the penal, corrective
and charitable Institutions maintained
by the state of Oklahoma. The ex-
animation will be exhaustive. cover
ing not only the general health, but
all physical defects and any indica-
tions of disease.
To assist him in these examinations
DR. Mahr has selected DR.. John w.
Riley of Oklahoma City and Dr. w f.
Wright of Tulsa, both of whom have
been successful in public health work,
as we'll as having a wide experience in
the general practice of medicine. A
specialist of the eye. ear. nose and
throat will also be taken to each in
stitution but differaalt men will be
selected for the different examinations
from the cities most conveniently To-
Gated with respect to the various in
stitutions.
The examination will start with the
orphans home at Pryor, taking up in
turn the blind school at Fort Gibson
home for colored orphans and defec-
tiyes at Taft, penitentiary at McAles-
ter, insane asylums at Norman and
Fort Supply, school for the feeble
at Enid, industrial school ut
Pauls Valley and reformatory at
Granite. 1t is expected that the en-
tire round will occupy about one hun
dred days time.
1t is expected that the examination
will show that many of the children
in the orphans homes are suffering
from minor physical defects, which
their parents if alive would take steps
to have remedied and that the state,
which is acting as their guardian,
should take similar action. In con-
nection with the penitentiary and the
reformatory, some interesting devel-
opments in regard to the relation be-
tween disease and crime are expected.
1t is alleged that 80 per cent of the
patients in the insane asylum are
there as result of the use of mar
cotics, and if that fact is shown to be
true it would be a strong argument in
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
JENNING IS PRESIDENT OF
POSTMASTERS' ASSOCIATION

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. Hi Jennings
of Claremore, was elected president
of the Oklahoma Postmasters Associ-
alton, which closed its annual conven-
ton here Friday noon. II. S. Bochus
of Duncan was chosen secretary treas
urer, and the following vice presidents
We're selected, First congressional
district j. A. Felt of Hennessey; sec
ond district. Charles Watson of Eel
Reno; third district, ]. A. Kirk of Bart
lesville; fourth district, L. c. Hysmith
of Wilburton, and fifth district. Cash
Cade. Jr., of Shawnee. At the request
of Postmaster Ed Arnold of Holden
vile, that city was selected for the
1912 convention.
The resolutions heartily indorse the
actions of President Taft and Post
master General Hitchcock looking for
ward to the placing of all postmasters
under civil service. and also the Hitch
cock economy plan, the postmasters
pledging him their assistance in this
regard 1t was voted to send copies
of the resolutions to Taft and Hitch
cock
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
What The Directors Say.

We, the unsigned directors and
stockholders of the Woodcock Manu-
featuring Company of Vinita, Oklaho-
ma, desire to say to the public for the
benefit of Mr. J. c. Woodcock. that the
article entitled Woodcock Swats
Vinita, appearing in the Vinita Lead
er of this city, published August 81,
1911, does great injustice to Mr.
Woodcock We desire further to say
that Mr. Woodcock in all of his deal
ings with respect TO this company and
to the citizens of Vinita, acted in good
faith and n all fairness and has full
filled his obligations in every respect in
establishing the above named plant in
this city and we regret that such re-
Election has been cast upon his char
acter by the above entitled article as
we deem such publication wholly un-
warranted and without foundation
C. w. DAT, President.
JONAS AGIEE, Director.
+. n. RATCIFr.
NJ. F. KNIGHT.
BUTLER & BYRD
l.. d. DALQUEST.
(Not a stockholder)
D. S. WARREN.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
Great onnortunIty.

It is worth while crossing the coun-
try to see a great exposition; II is bet
ter worth while when you can see Two;
but when one can see some OF the
greatest natural wonders in the world
at the same time. and the wonderful
Pacific Coast as well. all at greatly
reduced rates. it's an opportunity no
one can afford to miss. That's why
the railroads are already preparing &c
handle millions of people in 1915.