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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

When knocks on big corporations
for their heartlessness are so COM
mon, it is a relief and only everyday
fairness to take special notice of the
genuine human generosity of the Dia-
mond Match company, which at Presi-
dent Taft's solicitation has just sur
rendered its patent on the harmless
form of phosphorus for match manu-
facture. The pending bill in congress
that will prohibit the use in match fac
tories of the kind OF phosphorus which
causes necrosis of the jaws is a meas
ure that by every consideration of
humanity ought to be promptly enact.
ed. But if it had been passed with
this patent still In force, only the Dia-
mond Match company, or its licensees.
would have been able to make any
matches at all. and all the lesser match
concerns would have been put out of
business. The presidents request was
of course strong influence, but there
was no way of compelling the trust
to give up its monopoly and let its
smaller competitors live. So its ac-
ton was voluntary and is one clear
item to the credit of real unselfshness
in business.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

1--WE commit this matter to the care
of the Canadian Parliament" said w.
s. Fielding, Canadian minister Of
finance, introducing the reciprocity
agreement in the Dominion Parlia-
ment. with the firm conviction that
it is going to be a good thing for Can
ada and a good thing for the United
States. and that we will continue to
have it and maintain it not because
there is any binding obligation to do
so, but because the intelligence of the
two countries will decide that it is a
good thing for the promotion of friend
ly relations and for the development
of commerce of the two countries"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The memorial of w. w. Hastings,
|attorney for the Cherokee Nation re-
monstrating against the passage of the
Owen bill to authorize William Brown
and Levi Gritts to institute and prose-
cute suits in the court of claims in the
too late baby case," has been ordered
printed for the use of the committee
lon Indian affairs. This memorial is
an able presentation of this case and
Ought to have the effect of knocking
the Owen bill into cooked hat, This
bill cannot be urged on the ground
that it would expedite the final settle
ment of Cherokee affairs and it is cerl
tain it would not benefit the Cherokee
Ipeople.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

There died in Oklahoma one day
this week a woman whose life reached
back into time, the turbulence OF
which the present generation can have
little conception. The mother of the
James boys, FraHk and Jesse, who for
two decades were hunted like wild
animals an oyer the country from
Kentucky to California Mrs. zerelda
I Samuels, the mother or these boys
was a., remarkshie character, ;, and
motherlike neveF ldst faith and hope
In her bandit sons. Once in fight
with officers in which the boys were
engaged at the old home near Liberty.
Missouri. the old woman lost an arm,
shot away by bullet intended for
one of the boys. After a stormy life
reaching toward the cetury mark the
old lioness is at peace and was buried
beside Jesse in the old family burying
ground at Liberty, Missouri. The
mothers love. dominant to the last was
the ruling characteristic of her stormy
life.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

A new beatitude has been added to
the New Testament list. Blessed Is
the man who is too short" Not too
short in financial matters, but short
in saying what he has to say and in
not boring people to long speeches.
The writer who says his say in a few
lines, the preacher who finishes in
thirty minutes or less. the singer who
concludes with a few stanzas, the visi-
tor who don't stay all day, the man
who stops talking when you want to
hear him go on. Blessed is the man
who is too short.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The papers are printing a rehash of
a fight that took place many years ago
between Senator Robt. l.. Owen and
Col, L. B. Bell. The Chieftain man
knows all about that fight in fact he
was the referee and of course had to
see It. It took place at the old Cher
okee court house in what was then
Delaware district. owen and Bell
were the opposing council in fam
GUS law case in the Cherokee courts.
Judge Geo. w. Clark was the district
judge and the fight took place in his
court 1t wasn't much of a fight as
fights went in those days. Col Bell
|called Owen liar and the latter told
him he was another, and then the men
were fighting over small table in
the court house. Owen struck Col
Bell over the eye and the latter threw
a lamp at his antagonist, striking a
deputy sheriff on the arm and break
ing the lamp. Col Bell reached over
the table and caught Owen by the
collar of his woolen shirt and nearly
tore it off him. By-standers pulled the
men apart and the trial went on Dock
Cunningham was deputy sheriff and
being giant in size parted the men
easy enough. Everybody laughed and
there was mighty little excitement.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The grandfather clause" is still the
law in Oklahoma and will continue to
be until declared unconstitutional by
the supreme court of the United
States. The election officers who en-
forced 1t at the last election were un-
der oath to do so and could not have
done otherwise. If the supreme court
should knock it out, then it will be
time to stop enforcing it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Next to liquor the carrying of con-
cealed weapons gets more men into
trouble than any other one thing.
There ought to be law passed and
enforced that would make it so hot for
the pistol toter that guns would be
left off. The man with a gun in his
pocket is looking for trouble and
sooner or later will get what he is
looking for.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24
Renort of Rock Island.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 21-The an
nual return of the Chicago( Rock Is
land & Pacific Railroad company was
yesterday by State Auditor
Leo Meyer, the value of the road in
Oklahoma, according to its figures, be-
ing $32,746,2S6. The capital stock of
the corporation is $75.OOO,OeO with a
total bonded Indebtedness of s2O4. .sS1,-
600.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The Chieftain's proposition to plant
elms along the driveway to the hos
pital for the insane is meeting with
favor by most of the land owners along
the two routes to that institution. II
this work could be reached this sea-
son II would be long step toward a
thing that would gladden. the whole
state In very few years.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Some Oklahoma papers seem to
think there are only two men in the
state that stand any show of going to
the United States senate at the expira-
ton of Senator Owens term. The
state is certainly not so poor as to be
compelled to choose between Haskell
and Owen with no alternative. In the
Iopinion of the Chieftain the next SEN
lator will be neither of them There
are number of men in the state that
would be credit to this great state
In this high Office and men who are
clean of any taint whatever. w. w.
Hastings, Bob Williams, Jesse Dunn
or ]. A. b. Robertson would be among
the number that would make good. 1t
is time to stop talking about the
chances of Haskell or owen and look
up some other available man.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The cowboy of the picturesque days
and dialect literature has all but van
Iished, but still in chaps and sombrero
and twisted bandana he canters across
the ranges dotted red with cattle, the
feeble, law-abiding remnant of clan
that onGfsay MAS mighty The glamour,
romance and mystery OF liis calffhgl Are
Egones The lonely spaces wherein he
moved and had his being have Been
striped with steel and the silence that
lonly knew the below or stampede of
the herd or the howl of the Wild Is now
peopled with all the. discords and the
harmonies of civilization.
And now even this prosaic survivor
of pioneer progenitors is to be obliter-
ated and broncho and rider are doom
ed to gallop only along the dim, vague
courses of memory. For it is veracious-
ly written that down in Texas the other
day foppish aviator, circling in an
aeroplane, rounded a herd of cattle and
drove them to the aviation field mile
away without so much as the tinfest
moo of insubordination to mar the dis
cipline of the feat
The crowd in attendance applauded
the exhibition vociferously. Whether
they realized that another number had
been added to the aeroplane's program
of utility is immaterial; probably it
appeared to them merely as touch of
burlesquerie to an otherwise conven-
tional show. Certain it is that at the
moment of demonstration the solemn
purport of the performance was not
appreciated-the passing of dramatic
and beloved institution at the stern
mandate of ogress.-Oklahoma City
Times.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The business men of Vinita are max
ing lamentable mistake in their gen.
eral failure to attend the weekly meet
ings of the Commercial Club, The
club represents, or ought to represent
the business interests of Vinita and
deserves the attention of every man
who would do his part toward the
general advancement of the city. The
town, like the individual that ceases
to be active and alert to everything
that promises advancement soon lags
into an apathy that is fatal to further
development. To gather in the Com
mercial Club rooms once week and
discuss matters of Importance to the
city ought to be profitable and should
bring results.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

To Messrs. S'imms and Costly, the
two county commissioners who stood
against Vinita monopoly, we extend to
you our hearty approval of your wise
Judgment and far-sightedness. So
long as gentlemen of your principles
are on this important board, the peo-
pie of Craig county, on the outside of
Vinita, need have no fear of the hog
gish desires of that burg. Again, we
compliment you, publicly, for your ac-
ton in the matter of dividing the
county funds in six piles instead of
one..-Welch Watchman.
The decision of the county commits
sioners in the matter of the disposi-
ton of the county funds by deposit
ing in six banks instead of one was
not the matter of criticism or conten-
ton. The offer of all the banks was
the same except that of cashing county
warrants at par, which OF course, was
an important consideration to every
man in che county who has or may
have a.warrant to cash. Ten per cent
means many thousands of dollars to
the people of the county. The Chief
tain insists that every bank in the
county should have made the same
proposition and placed the county on
a par basis The Chieftain certainly
has no choice as to which bank should
have the deposits other than that the
best proposition should be accepted in
the interest of all the people.
The Watchman is captious and
either wilfully or ignorantly mis-states
the facts. The International Bank &
Trust company made the same offer
Iof three per cent interest that the
other banks made and went them one
better by offering to cash county war
rants at par. Every individual who
ever has to discount a warrant can
consistently charge it to Commission
ers Costly and Simms.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The price OF coffee has been advanc-
ing for several months owing, it was
asserted to the prospects for a poor
crop. Now the existence of an alleged
coffee trust has been called to the at
tention of the department of justice
and it is claimed that this is the rea-
son for the advance of 4 cents on the
Brazilian product
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

One of the most important problems
before the people of Vinita is the cas-
ing out of the salt water brought in
by the new artesian wells. This mat
ter should have the serious attention
of the people of Vinita.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

A few days ago a child was bitten
in the western part of town by dog
supposed to have hydrophobia. The
animals brain was sent to the Pastuer
Institute at Oklahoma City and pro-
nouneed an unmistakable case of
hydrophobia. More than a score of
other dogs are known to have been
bitten by the mad canine. yet little
has been done to counteract the pos
sible effects. The board of health
might very properly get busy.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Senator Lorimer made a mighty
pretty human interest" plea to be
allowed to retain his seat in the Unit
ed States senate. but the confessions
of the bribe-givers and bribe-takers are
against him.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Remember the meeting of the Com
mercial Club tonight. The interests
of Vinita are paramount and should
have the attention of every business
man in the city. If the Commercial
Club is not just what it ought to be
maybe it is partly your fault. Come
out tonight and make the meeting a
|rousing one
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The registration books will be open
before the primary election on March
81. and all legal voters who, from any
cause have not registered should avail
themselves of the privilege of regis
tering. One week before the primary
will be the time the books are open
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Russia hasn't picked anybody she
can whip lately but China is about the
most helpless victim that could, be
selected
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Advices from washington indicate
that Senator Owen has backed up on
his bill to reopen the too late baby
case" 1t is little late but We are
glad to see the senator getting right.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Uncle Joe McNeal evidently still be-
lieves in more business and less poll
tics, as he has not decided to accom-
pany Frank Greer to Oklahoma City.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

vinita water is the greatest single
asset the city has and to allow it to
become adulterated is piece of short
sfghtedness that would be inexcusable.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Oklahoma City hasn't given bonus
for state capital nor a newspaper
since Governor Haskell went out
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Today the teachers of Oklahoma are
journeying to Muskogee to attend the
annual convention of he state teach
ers' association
The body should speak as a unit in
favor of the merit system in the pub
IIfc schools of Oklahoma and also for
the dissertation of the school work
from politics.
Again, at such conventions there
should be the freest criticism of the
educational system operative in this
state. From criticism comes improve
ment The city of Baltimore has re-
Gently employed national experts to
criticize its school system.
Our educational system is not fault
less by any means. One criticism fre-
|quently heard is that it is too expen-
sive to the school patrons. Another is
that the pupils are pushed along too
rapidly for thoroughness, and some
branches more or less unessential are
OVer-empnaSlZeu.
! 1t would be interesting to see Okla
homa educators initiate a movement
urging nationwide uniformity in text
books. SO that there might be neither
confusion of principles nor eonfound-
ling phraseology. Pupils coming into
Oklahoma from other states find the
phraseology and terms of our text
books radically different from those
they have heretofore used and vice
versa. 1t would seem that much
might be gained by general uniformity
lin the textbooks and methods of our
public schools
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

There is yet time for the announce
ment of few more aspirants for the
office of chief of police.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The Legislature has not fully de-
cided to tax the people of the state TO
build Oklahoma City another railroad.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

It's funny how many women have
absolutely nothing to wear when big
sale is announced.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

| Senator Owen attempts to justify
the introduction of a bill to permit
Levi B. Gritts. Frank J. Boudinot and
Richard NJ Wolf to institute suit in
the court of claims, to test the right of
enrolment of the newborn children
upon the ground that it will expedite
final hearing of the case. This is in
deed very unsatisfactory excuse. In
other words, if citizen heard that
someone else had claim against
them, would it be to that citizens n
terest to run to him and provide an
attorney and funds with which to
bring suit upon the alleged calm? :?
That is exactly what Senator Owen is
providing for. Everyone knows that
all that these parties and their attor-
neys want is large fee to be paid out
WHAT OWEN BILL MEANS?
of the Cherokee tribal funds. Take
the prospects of this fee away and no
suit would be instituted. OF this there
is no question. If Senator Owen had
told these parties frankly that the leg
islation of congress providing for the
enrolment of the newborn children
was enacted upon the petition of the
accredited Representatives of the Cher
okee Nation, that the Cherokee ma
tional council has asked for it and that
the people Of the Cherokee nation
wanted 1t and that he would not stand
for any law providing for a fee to be
paid out of their tribal funds, no suit
would ever have been instituted.
Everybody knows that On the other
hand, the attorneys for these people
have been encouraged in the belief
that provision will be made to pay
them handsome fee if by any techni-
cality they could succeed in winning
the case against the children.
Again, how can Senator Owen
justify permitting a suit to be brought
in the name of Levi B. Gritts as a rep
resentative of the Cherokee people.
He knows that he was convicted of
forgery and that number of other
similar charges are pending against
him in the courts of Oklahoma. He
also knows that no one in the Chero-
kee nation wants either Boudinot or
Wolf to represent them; that they
are not trusted and that they are not
Representatives of the nation. He
also knows that the Cherokee nation
i is represented by national attorney.
Why should he seek to set aside the
accredited representatives of the ma
tion with such people as Gritts, Boudi-
not and Wolf? We submit that this
is a question that the senator will be
called upon to answer. The secretary
of the interior has made strong ad-
verse report against the BILL The
Cherokee people are very strongly op-
posed to and the people have been
wiring kilograms, sending petitions
and letters to the secretary of the in
terror. members of congress, protest
ing against it's passage and should con-
tinue to be aroused until the fight
against these grafters is won. Every
one who does not protest is counted
In favor of 1t.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

The love feast between the two
houses of the state legislature con-
tinues.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24
Editor

No, the burglars have not been
caught. Not yet.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Pryor is attempting to support two
daily papers, the Call and the Clipper.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24

Those fool geese that flew north last
week will have it all to do over.
The evening world., 1911-09-22
TROLLEY WRECKS
AUTO, BUT FOUR
n CAR ESCAPE
Women Are Hysterical When
Thrown Out of Machine,
but Are Uninjured.

Blind luck and wei asphalt at the
corner OF Madison avenue and One Hun
dred and Thirtieth street were all that
saved a honeward bound Joy party from
coney Island when their red touring
car and a north-bound trolley car came
into collision early this morning.
Both tho o car and the automobile
wore moving at . lively rate and each
insisted on trying TO cross In front OF
the other. A. Q result no police TOOK
the name Of MotormAn John O'Brisn OF
no. - Lexington avenue and ths Al
,egsd names and sddrssoss Of the two
man and Two woman IN he I'd auto
mobile, ChAuffSur Jerome Kennedy Cd
No. u BroaAwAy. Miss Harriet Fsokier
Of No. al Bdsscombs avenue. Miss Rose
Ciaf Of No. $50 West one Hundred and
Twelfth street. and Nchard +. ~
Of No. 200 Broadway.
The car struck the automobiles front
wheels, showed the machine thirty feet
and hurled It onto the curb. The two
men jumped and the women we're
thrown about ten feet. The automobile
was wrecked.
Policeman Minnard OF tho a One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth street sta
The evening world., 1911-09-22
LEES ACC
Of THREATENING
TO KILL HIS WIFE

PouGHKDEPsrE. sept. n-Norman
A. Lees, who 10 credited with having
caused the recent shakeup At h Mat
tewan state Hospital and has been
ono OF Harry Thaw's intimate friends.
will face city Judge spratt here this
morning on a charEe OF threatening to
kill his wife. Mrs. Lees swore out a
warrant ior her husbands arrest yes
terday. 1t was not served. but Lees
was notified by q policeman to appear
In court at 0 A. NJ. to-day,
Mrs. Lees swcars that her husband
has frequently within the last year
threatened 20 Kill her: that no has
threatened to throw her of the second
story of the porch Of the LeeS apart
msnt on Rose street. ard has said he
would have her committed to an asylum
me charges that her husband has r.
peatSdly shown her oommitmsot papers
hilsd on ready 10 b sisned IN court
The evening world., 1911-09-22
TWENTY KILLED IN STORM.
FATE OF MANY NOT KNOWN.

NAPLES. Sept. "a terrific storm
swept the Vesuvian district to-day,
causing loss Of life and great damage 10
property. Twenty persons are known
to have been killed. while tho fate of
whole families Is in doubt. Tho down
pour OF rain caused floods. rising In some
places TO the second ioor of the houses.
Hundreds Of families ran from their
homes In Imminent danger OF being over
whelmed or their escape cut of. Great
quantities OF mud and stones were swept
down the sides Of Mount vesuvius.
Eight persons wcro killed at Resina,
a town six miles southeast of this city
at the southwest foot of Mount veSu-
vius. and fve persona are dead ct Tore
de 0reco. near By ResinA. The othes
seven known fatalities oocuyped In
smaller villages