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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

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saloon Is the poor mans club. the
barber shop Is his library. Here he
finds magazines which give him the
latest and most authoritative intor.
nation Of the social and athletic nc.
tivities Of the universities, Could any.
thing more strikingly reveal the com.
pleraya OF our civilization or. It's inter.
dependence? The university supplies,
often .anconsciously, the Copy" Tbs
magazine prints 1t, and the tonsorial
parlor circulates It. However ] use
less to the Tariff Board. I'VE would
urge the Importance Of retaining
these articles upon the free list. z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

What did your lawyer say to you?"
He was angry and said Il 4 told
him one falsehood to strengthen my
case he would do something he has
never done before-tell the judge the,
whole truth. Judge. 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
Tennyson Patted czarlna.

Lord Tennyson used to relate a
story showing the thoughtfulness OF
Queen Alexandra. It was on the occa.
sion OF a voyage with Mr.. Gladstone
and many distinguished people we're
on board, Tennyson read "The Grand.
mother" on board because the Prin.
cess of Wales asked forit. 4
u read it, said Tennyson, .in a
cabin on deck. The Princess sat close
to me or. one side and young lady
whom j didn't know on the other. The
wind cane tl,roughran open window
and the Princess. whispered: Put on
your hat but | said ! ought. II posi-.
bic, to make myself holder than ever
before SO many royalties. 81
"she said again. Oh, put 1t ont
So I did, and heard afterwartl that
the King of Denmark's court fool, who
was In the background (they really
kept a court fool remarked: He may
be laureate, bu, he has not learzed
court Manners X. ], 2,
When ! was done the ladies prais-
ed me, and | patted the unknown OF !,
on the back by; way of reply, and pref.
emily ! found out she was the En-.
press of Russia" ~ x
Had you any talk with the Carr"
Hardly any. He said he couldn't
speak English. Perhaps heawas dis.
gusted at my spatting his wife on the
back. His head was up in the cabin
ceiling as he walked about below.
The tGentlewoman.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

tNviliis-Are those Kentucky horses
you bought scared of autos?
+ Gillis-No. Indeed. They never. no.
tice a train, either but ! can't. get
them used TO a sprinkling cart TO save
my life.-Puclt. 1! n y y Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

What's this obo,it sewing your. .un-
fortunate wives UP in sacks"
"Nethins to It, replied the Sultan
emphatical1y. = did get EN- some
hobble skirts.-Pittsburg Post. ~,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

FRESH couNTRY. GUTTER AND
EGGS; ALWAYS EATsJ; e. RREk,tlEN.si
GROCERY, 4aos MAIN STREET. X
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
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L Advised that he isSthellong;lost heir
10 a fortune OF; sl.eoo,OoOs In England,
William Proper. farmer; and stone.
mason, of Cananna,F Ct,sis building air
castles, but working as usual The
fortune said to be his Is q part of an
Immense estatel eft BY William tJen.i
nings. relative, who died 40 years
ago in England. !.
A man named Petit. who has been
arrested at Beanvals, France, as an
escaped convict from Guiana begged
In court that he might again be sem
fenced TO deportation, in order 10 Stry9
to make his escape. Il He said that his
great pastimes out there was trying to-
escape. and he had made I'VE fruit..
less attempts before he first succeed
ed. 55s
Prof lessor. ramassia, OF the UnIyer.
q. fly q padga has ~ vented and deyel.
oped a new method ofaidenti tlcationsl
based on the pattern of the veins on
/ the back Of the han This process;
4 assembling iti principle: the Well
Known Rtl, y, gekprint' systems now gen:
orally used In connection with the
TtBIset :r sylstem:of measurements, y,
said to be simpler and more elective
the diversity Of the arrang ements III
the veins being we'll night incredlblesj
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

'All the publishers In the country,
have turned my song ,doWn.'"'s
Cheer up. Think what a laugh
you've got on the fellow you stole the
music from.T Toledo Blade. 5$
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
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her money!" x. - Il
"Absolutely-l'ves seen: her!"-Lon.
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
OBITUARY.

Mrs. Mary F. Dickerson, born March
2, 1881, died November %, 1911, after
five months illness with catarrhal
pneumonia. The. funeral was held
from the residence Friday, November
"a, and was conducted by Rev. San
ders. Interment was made at the
family cemetery
The deceased was born at the old
Tucker home, on Mustang creek, and
was the daughter of w. H. and Ella
Tucker, the latter still living. The de-
ceased also is survived by sister.
Mrs. Ada Parrish, OF Okoee, two broth
ers, Dudley tucker, of Parsons, Kans.,
and Logan Tucker of Vera, Okla, and
four children, two boys and two girls.
All were present at the death.
Myself and other members of the
family desire to express our thanks to
our many friends. who never grew
tired of assisting us during her long
sickness. NAT DICKERSON.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
SUSTA|NS NEW FEE
ANDSALARY SYSTEM
Decision of Court Probably Will Result
in Bringing of Suits Against
District Clerks.

Oklahoma City, Nov. 29.-That the
fee and salary act passed by the special
session of 1910 and approved March
10, 1910, which fixed the salaries of
county officers, became effective ninety
days after the adjournment of the ses-
sion, was the holding of the state SUI
preme court in an opinion yesterday
by Justice R. L. Williams.
The decision affects all district
clerks in the state, most of whom,
through an agreement of their organic
alton, took the position that the emolu-
ments allowed them under territorial
laws governed the office until January
8, 1911, when the new officers took their
seats.
The case decided yesterday is that
of Edward E. Reardon, county attorney
of Oklahoma county, against Hathaway
Harper, clerk of the district court Of
that county in which it was sought to
compel him by mandamus to file a re-
port with the county commissioners of
the fees collected by him for August
1910. The lower court refused the
writ. The county attorney appealed.
The decision of the lower court in the
case is reversed and remanded with
instructions that the writ of manda-
mus be issued requiring Harper to
make the report.
The court holds that it has been set
tied that the act of the territorial leg
islature which tempted to fix the fees
and compensation of clerks of the dis
trict court, was void and that it was
settled in the case of Bohart ct al VS..
Anderson, that section thirteen of the
organic act of the territory and the
federal fee and salary act became in
applicable upon the admission of the
state and that since there was no law
fixing the compensation of these Off
GERS prior to the passage of the 1910
act, that act became effective as to
these officers ninety days after the adj
journment of the legislature
The decision of the court is likely to
result in the bringing of large num-
ber of suits against district clerks to
recover fees taken. In the case of
Harper it is alleged, the decision will
compel him to turn over to Oklahoma
county several thousand dollars as his
compensation was reduced by the 1910
act.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
VII Of Mandamus staxed.

Oklahoma City, Nov. 29.-The SUI
preme court has allowed the superse-
deas applied for by the attorney gen
eral suspending during appeal the op-
GRAFTON of the mandamus granted by
the district court of Oklahoma county
compelling the board of equalization to
make levy sufficient to take up about
$3,OO0,00O of deficiency general rev.
enue warrants covering expenses of
the fiscal year 1910.
The mandamus was asked and grant
ed in the lower court by several banks
which are holding 1910 warrants with
no immediate prospects of procuring
the cash upon them unless they are
refeunded or the courts order a levy
made. If the supreme court sustains
the board the plan already agreed up
on by the board for refunding the in
debtedness will be carried out.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
The Norfleet Sisters.

The Norfieet sisters began their pub
lie career at the early age of four. Civ
inf recitals in many of the largest
towns, where they We're presented with
gold medals Since that time they
have played before such artists as Pad
erewski, Schuman-Heink, Liberati.
Mickwitz, Venth. Mozenthal, Hoffman.
and Won Felitz( conductor of the Chi,
cago Symphony Orchestra, from all of
whom they have won unqualified ap-
proval. They are thoroughly develop
ed artists with finished musical train
ing and in their fifteen years of con,
cert work have never failed to please.
Here them at the Grand theatre Fri
day night.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
OKLAHOMA MEADOW CROPS
PROVE LARGE RESOURCE

Oklahoma's valuation of native
meadow products for last year is an
eye-opener in the way of a revelation
of the states natural resources for it
is not every $1,7S9,5O1 valuation of
saleable farm stuff that can be gotten
out with no investment of labor up
until the time for harvesting. Perhaps
this item represents a greater amount
of genuine profit than any other agri-
cultural commodity, both because it re-
quires but about so per cent of the
capital and labor investment required
to place any other crop upon the mar
ket and for the reason that the land
investment ties up but about one-half
the capital which land producing other
crops represents.
There are. all told, 433,956 acres of
|native meadow in the state, and this
body of natural grazing ground is one
|of the largest and finest types of that
sort of property values in the country.
The grasses are largely nutritive and
for portion of the year become the
grazing grounds of thousands of Texas
cattle, besides taking care of the Ok
lahoma herds. Last years production
of 42O,773 tons of hay, representing a
total valuation of $1,7S3.5O1, is by no
means an unusual occurrence, show
ing but a normal increase over the fig
ures for. the two preceding years. The
nutritive qualities contained in these
grasses are so prominent that every
year thousands of LATHE are prepared
for the market by range feed alone.
A splendid example of what the native
meadows can accomplish by this au-
tumn's cattle receipts at the local pack
cries.
These meadows are composed almost
entirely of class of Ian dacreage that
could ont be otherwise utilized, being
what is commonly known as brakes or
other uneven spaces inaccessible to
the hoe and plow. In listing values on
other commodities one ca nthink ef
other crops that could have been rails
ed on the same soil which would have
brought an equal saleable valuation as
the ones whicn we're raised, but not so
with the native meadow group--it rep
resents a source of wealth for which
nothing could be substituted and con
stitutes a clean-cut source of original
revenue.
The native meadow hay is as nutri-
tious in the baled form as it is in the
form of forage grasses growing over
the wales of the brake lands 1t is COM
mercially designated prairie grass
hay" and tons of it are carried at every
feed store in the state It finds ready
market at from eight to ten dollars
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
MAXIMUM RATE ON
BANK DEPOSITS
Two Per Cent Can De Paid on Daily
Balances And Not More Than Four
Per Cent on Time Deposits.

Oklahoma City, Nov. 29.-The max
imum amount of interest which state
banks in Oklahoma will be allowed to
pay on all classes Of deposits has been
fixed by State Banking Commissioner
j. D. Lankford in an order issued Tues
day. becoming effective December /.
On bank balances a maximum rate
of per cent per annum is allowed;
on time deposits for not less than six
months the interest rasA must not ex-
ceed 4 per cent per annum; on time
deposits not less than ninety days, the
rate must not be more than per cent
per annum, and on saving accounts.
when kept in separate ledger and
pass book for this purpose, not to ex-
ceed per cent per annum. The ruling
further states
Banks will not be permitted to pay
interest on checking accounts of in
dividuals, firms or corporations, pro-
vided, however this does not include
city, county. state or government de-
posits, or other public funds. State
banks will be permitted to pay not ex-
ceeding 3 per cent on the following, as
the statute provides:
No treasurerNof any city, town, or
village, treasurer OF the board OF edu-
cation of any city, township treasurer
uny, ccbno1 diotrto4 traoc,,ror l., 4t.f.
state shall deposit any of the money
belonging to such city, town, village,
the board of education Of this city.
township treasurer or school district
treasurer in any bank which shall not
pay for such money not less than 3
per cent interest on the average daily
balances of all such money in said
bank, provided such, interest shall be-
come part of the funds on deposit
This ruling applies to all state
banks, and national banks paying
higher rate of interest than herein
specified will not be approved as re-
serve agents for Oklahoma state
banks. All existing certificates bear
ing a greater rate of interest may be
carried until maturity, after which
they must either be paid or renewed
at rate not to exceed the above.
ANY state bank official. director.
or agent, violating the
above ruling. either directly or indi-
rectly, will subject themselves to such
penalty as the law provides"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
OKLAHOMA BOY CHIEF
OF IRRIGATION SERVICE

One more was added to the long list
of Oklahoma graduates who have
achieved notable success since leaving
their alma-mater when Willard Cor
ton, former Guthrie and Pawnee boy
and graduate with the Bachelor of Arts
degree in the class of 1908, was recent
ly appointed to take charge as acting
chief ofall the government irrigation
works in the PHILIPPINES. Gorton was
brilliant student and a leader while
in college and his rapid rise to success
in his profession is in line with the un-
usual promise he showed in his stu
dent days After receiving his degree
he entered the government service and
directed with ability work in the in
tefest of the reclamation service in
Montana and Idaho. He left this en-
6loyment to accept a better position
with a private irrigation company at
Richfield, Idaho, two years ago, and
continued in its service until this
month when he was offered the Phil
lipines appointment by the govern
ment at an annual salary of $4,000 Mr..
Gorton leaves San Francisco Decem-
Der 6 on the Korea" for the Philli-
bines accompanied by his wife who
was formerly Miss Catherine sarchet
of Guthrie and is also a graduate of
the state university.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01
TRUSTS TOPIC OF
TAFT'S MESSAGE
President Will Devote Annual Message
to One Subject-DetaiIs Not
Made Public.

Washington. d. c.. Nov. 29.-Presi-
dent Taft's third annual message,
which will go to congress Tuesday, will
be devoted to the trust question. /"
The message contains from 5000 to
5000 words and with the exception OF
a few references in general way to
other related subjects will deal with
the question Of industrial combina-
tions alone.
Although details of the message were
not made public, it was understood that
federal incorporation, as outlined by
Mr. Taft two years ago, will be sug-
gested again as a method for solution
of the problem. The president has in
die, ted his aversion to the Sherman
antitrust act, and from his talks with
callers last night the inference was
drawn that there is no suggestion Of
such amendment in the message.
I've put all my eggs in one basket
the president said to callers last night.
In sending an annual message to con-
gress devoted to one subject alone, the
president is establishing a precedent.
1t is usual for the chief executive to
point the need of all sorts of general
legislation and to give in brief form
the history of the past year so far as
the government is concerned. This
would do away with messages later on
when Mr.. Taft will send special mes
ssges to congress dealing with inn
portant subjects.
The president expects to discuss the
tariff in a separate message to be writ
ten after December II. The tariff
board, it was said last night, will not
be able to make its report on the wool
and cotton schedules until then and
the message will not be undertaken
until that report is ready.
Canservations, including the develop
ment of Alaska, either will be dealt
WIN III q oCp1l cbt AACooctst VI III tiACo-
sages. In addition to these sugges-
tions to congress, Mr.. Taft prepares to
send in reports of the postal commits
sion, the railway securities commits
sion and the economy and efficiency
commission and others before the u.s.
ual holiday adjournment
The trust message was finally re-
yised by the cabinet at a five-hour ses-
sion Tuesday. The meeting was brok-
en- into twice. once that the president
might go to the executive mansion to
receive the Russian ambassador.
George Bakhmelieff, and later to eat
a bite Of luncheon, prepared III the
White House kitchen. Neither inter
ruption was long, and all through the
afternoon the cabinet discussed the
various subjects.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01

the ton, and, next to alfalfa, is the
most commonly used kind. However,
its valuation of $1,7S3,501 represents
but fraction of the total wealth-pro-
ducing valuation of the native mea-
dows, most of the value of which is
represented in fat livestock of this
state and Texas.
The value of these meadows is ma
terially increased for grazing purposes
by the presence of an abundant supply
of small ponds for watering purposes.
There are, all told, 1858 of these ponds
which, if massed into one body, would
form lake of fresh water overspread-
ing 6,137 acres. They, therefore, av-
erage about six-sevenths of an acre in
size and constitute what is normally
an abundant fresh water supply for the
grazing cattle.
Finally these native meadows con
stitute the real foundation of Oklaho-
mas greatest industry, namely. the
livestock industry. 1t is said to be
very much to the credit of the farmers
of the state that they have thus utilized
their waste land brakes to build uo
source of revenue that is greater than
the combined revenues derived from
all the wheat corn and cotton that are
grown in the state. 1t would prove
expensive and Improbable to engage
even moderately in the production of
livestock with the farmer depending
entirely upon the products of the cul-
tivated portion of the farm to fatten
his cattle.
On the other hand. the advancing
tides of commerce and agriculture have
driven out the herder of the old days,
who was in practically free possession
of miles of very fine range. The pre-
valent Oklahoma method is a eombina-
ton of the farm-ranch and preserves
the intrinsic merits of the old order, at
the same time releasing all the tillable
land of the state to agricultural pur-
poses. Every farm in Oklahoma has
more or less brake land and this is
fenced off into a pasture for range pur-
poses, the balance of the land being
apportioned to the cultivation of cult
waited crops. The farmer then accumu-
lates as many head of livestock as his
range can accommodate and from
month to six weeks before he places
them on the market he usually supple
ments the native range feed with pea
nut hay, cowpeas, sorghum or some
other crop raised in the fields. This
renders the Oklahoma cattle among the
fattest and choicest received by the
various packing institutions, as we'll as
among the most economically rendered
into marketable canditions.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01

Chestertown tMd) Transcript. Now
that the state election is over all eyes
are turned towards the approaching
presidential compaign, and matters are
beginning to assume definite shape as
to presidential candidates. The Tran
script this morning announces its in
dorsement of Governor Woodrow Will
son, of New Jersey. 70 rthe presidency
We do this believing that Governor
Wilson is the strongest and most avail
able man in the country for the great
honor. and because we believe him to
be man whose craftsmanship and
high character win command for him
the confidence of the great masses of
the people of the country. The short
career of DIR. Wilson as governor of
the great state of New Jersey, has been
one of achievements in the interest of
the people. He is the one man in the
country best calculated to unite all
elements of the national democracy.
and we believe he is the man to defeat
the republican interests in the ap-
preaching great fight We know Gov
ernor Wilson personally. He was our
teacher at the Hopkins University. and
we know him tn be a man whose in
terest in his fellowmen is measured
only by his great knowledge of their
best political and social in erests. He
is plain man of the plain people, and
yet his great intelligence and fine per
ception make him the peer Of any
statesman of modern times. We urge
the formatio nof Wilson clubs in every
district in the county, and we trust our
people viii do everything to send a
delegation from Kent favorable to the
nomination of Governor Wilson.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-01

Sparks, New, Nov. 20.-The follow
ing is from The Sparks Tribune:
Our Junior United States senator,
George s. Nixon, of Reno. has just re-
turned home from an extensive tour Of
France and other countries.
And from the observation of the sen
ator he is more in love with his dear
United Stat than ever.
In reference to politics the senator
says it looks like Taft for the republi-
can nominee and Woodrow Wilson for
the democratic nomination. The sena-
tor will remain in Reno until December
when he viii retur nto Washington in
time for the opening OF congress.