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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14
MUCH GOOD DONE
IN CRAIG COUNTY
Good Work Done BY State Men in
Craig County During Last
Week.

Last week was banner one for
Craig County Farmers Institute, and
saw more interest aroused on the sub
ject of our possibilities from an agri-
cultural standpoint than ever before
in our history Hon Hardy Dial, the
state cotton expert and Prof. Wilkin-
son OF the state A. & M. college, spent
three days lecturing to our people and
are primarily responsible for the in
terest taken They addressed good
audiences at Buejacket and Welch
on Thursday and were to have spoken
at Centralia on Friday, but the weather
made it impossible to reach there and
return in time for their engagement
at Big Cabin Friday night, so they
spoke at the latter place only. They
spent Saturday Vinita, and spoke
at the court house in the afternoon.
Mr. Dial is one of Oklahoma's most
unique characters; a successful prac-
tical farmer who has demonstrated in
actual experience, the truths he so
effectively presents from the plat
form-not "booR-farmer" or scat
ter.brained" theorist, who promulgates
some untried doctrihe-but man who
has been educated in the school of
actual experience and whole state
ments are consistent with reason,
every day knowledge and plain 'horse
sense" This is the kind of talk that
interests farmers and business men
and carries conviction to all who hear
Many Of ou rpeople have mistrusted
the value of the organization known
as the farmers institute" but If any
such are left we feel sure it is only
they who failed to hear Mr.. Dial.
Prof. Wilkinson was particularly in
terested in organizing the boys and
girls corn clubs, and succeeded in en-
rolling about one hundred and twenty
five, which appears quite creditable
for our first year when we consider
that two years since there were only
twice that number IN the whole state.
These two men, chaperoned by our
county superintendent, Mr.. Shelton.
make an excellent teSm and the insti-
tute after vote of thanks for what
they have done already, has requested
the state board of agriculture to send
them back as soon as possible, al
though ours is perhaps the least or
ganized county in the state, both these
men were so impressed with our agri-
cultural possibilities, that they do not
hesitate to say that proper organiza-
tion and agitation is all that S needed
to raise our annual production from
less than two Gas it now isl to more
than five million dollars. This means
more than three million extra annual
1y turned loose among our people, and
is far in excess of what we can hope
to gain from all the railroads ever
projected, or all the factories ever pro-
posed, and this without one dollar of
bonus or other outlay except organic
ed, united and intelligent effort on the
part of our farmers and business men.
You may doubt this statement but II
you had heard Hardy Dial you would
not, at any rate its worth the trial.
Won't you join us?
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14
TWO ACQU|TTALS RETURNED
BY COUNTY COURT JURY

The county court today is hearing
the case of John Coats, of Welch
charged with conveying liquor. This
case probably will occupy the remain
der of today's session.
Yesterday afternoon j. A. Smith and
Marion Brookshire were acquitted of
a liquor charge.
Frank Burlington, negro of this
city, also was acquitted on a liquor
charge this morning.
A. b. Cravens plead guilty, this
morning, to a charge of assault, and
was fined $25 aud costs.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14
Representative Mitchell Improving.
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., April 19.-Repre.
sentative A. C. Mitchell, of Kansas,
who has been i'll here is improved to-
day. He expects to be at the capitol
tomorrow.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14
Train Robbery in Kansas.
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOCldleu IIeSS.
Syracuse, Kans., April 1S-An un-
known man boarded the Santa Fe pas.
senger train, No. 5, as it left here this
morning and robbed Conductor Reilly
and Brakeman OLeary of small sum.
When he attempted to rob the passen.
gers Reilly resisted and was shot twice
and seriously injured. The robber
jumped off the train and escaped. A
posse is searching for him.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14
Walsh Will Ask For Bond.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo-, April II. = DR..
Hyde's attorneys will hold confer
ence this afternoon to decide upon the
future action in behalf of their client.
Frank Walsh, attorney for Dr. Hyde,
said he would make application to
Judge Latshaw for bond and that he
believed it would be granted
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14

to lift this cloud from around the brow
of the rising generation"
Speaking of the president, Mr.. Ray
ner expressed satisfaction that what
ever he does will not only be necessary
and property but, in his opinion, will
be for the best interests of the coun-
try
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14

Kansas City, Mo-. April 13.-Meager
reports today from the tornado strick-
en- districts of Oklahoma Kansas and
Missouri show that the number killed
in yesterday evenings catastrophe
may not reach twenty-five, as was at
first announced. Wire service is de-
moralized, and definite information
from many points is not obtainable. At
Bigheart, Okla, two were killed and
sixty injured. Every business house
in the town was destroyed, including
two hotels, the railway station and
school house. Those seriously injured
were taken on train to Tulsa. The
tornado swept several towns in central
and north central Kansas, killing sew
eral persons, injuring many and doing
vast damage to property.
One person was killed and three ser
iously injured at Reserve, Kans. Mrs
Fred Stone was killed when her house
collapsed there Her two sons were
seriously injured. The wind was sc
severe that it stripped the clothing
from Mrs. Stone and children. Mrs
Roy Vernon was seriously injured
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14

In tornado that swept over the
northwest portion of this county late
Wednesday afternoon, two babies are
known to have been killed, two women
probably fatally injured and several
other persons seriously hurt.
The storm was not confined to Craig
county, but, from reports received last
night and today, swept path across
a portion of Oklahoma and Kansas,
from the Usage nation on the south
and west to Lawrence, Kans., on the
north. In all, many persons were kill
ed and injured and the twister
wrought havoc to property in its
wake.
The damage done in Craig county
was in the vicinity of Hollow and the
Hudson creek country, about eight
or nine miles west of Welch. At Hol-
low the store and postoffice was
wrecked and many farm houses in the
vicinity demolished.
The home of Charles Knight, son
in-law of former County Commissioner
A. A. Barker, about seven miles west
of Welch, was destroyed and the baby
of the family killed. Mrs. Knight was
also perhaps fatally injured Mr.
knight and the three other children
were injured, but not seriously. Al
the home of j. C. Moore, northwest Of
Centralia, another baby was killed and
its mother, Mrs. ]. C. Moore, perhaps
fatally injured.
Owing to the distance from towns
and the impaired condition of the
wires it has been impossible to ge
the details of the storm damage.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-14
STANDING OF CONTESTANTS
IN BIG PIANO CONTEST

The following is the standing of the
in the Chieftain's piano
contest:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25
To Leave Lonely Cell After 81 Years

rHA.RLESTOWN, MASS.-Jesse H
~ Pcmeroy, known for almost four
decades as ''the boy murderer of Bos-
ton," and held by an earlier genera
ton to By the most desperate criminal
abnorEa1ity Of the age, is soon to
leave his cell for greater freedom in
the state prison here, after having
spent 81 years in solitary confinement.
This announcement was made when it
was declared that Governor Foss, i'm
pressed by evidences submitted to him
from many sources of the great change
in Pomeroy's character, has decided
to allow the life convict to enjoy many
of the liberties granted well behaved
prisoners.
Governor Foss will never grant
Pomeroy full pardon, and it is gen.
orally believed no other governor ever
will take such action; but to give the
man who has inspired dread in the
hearts of even his keepers ever since
the day when as a fourteen-year-old
boy he was thrust into a punish
ment" cell in the Charlestown prison,
any portion of the freedom enjoyed by
uactable convicts Is considered EVIL
dence of transformation in the Grim
fnal's makeup.
Pomeroy's greatest champion has
been his mother. now a sad faced,
white haired woman nearing her sew
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25

r. HE war department for the first
! time in many years has case OF
an alleged spy in the army. Capt.
James Watson, the army recruiting
officer at indianapolis, Ind, has in
formed the department that he holds
affidavits charging Private George
Peters with being an Austrian secret
agent
one of the papers in the possession
Of Captain Watson is an affidavit of
Miss Clara A. Dyer. She said Peters
was stationed at Fort Totten, N. Y,
in the 135th company. Coast artillery
corps. and that he was an Austrian
spy sent to the United States to obtain
the secret of manufacturing the pow
erful explosive used by the United
States government Miss Dyer as
serted she had become engaged to Pc
ters. The girl turned over number
of letters, in which he told of his
plans. Peters real name. she said.
was Count Windisch-Graetz and his
home is at Prague, Bohemia.
The country probably will keep
tranquil in the face of the report that
this Austrian spy has been examining
it's defenses and offenses for five years
as private in the army ranks. He
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25
Automobile an Aid to City Criminals

The very next afternoon the same
taxicab, apparently, appeared in
Blocker street in this city and one of
its three occupants entered a shoe
store and held up the proprietor.
Owing to a miscalculation the robber
was not successful in obtaining any
cash, but he succeeded in escaping as
did his companions in the auto.
This series Of crimes in such quick
succession has alarmed the police.
who see vast possibilities in the auto
mobile as an aid to the criminal ele-
ment and they feel utterly unable to
cope with the situation. The automo-
bile criminals, as proved in the jewel
ry store case, are prepared to com.
nit murder to protect themselves
from capture. A thing that makes the
hold-up man willing to draw his re-
volver is the ease with which he can
use his weapon without attracting at
tention. A single revolver Shot or
even volley of them in city street
attracts little attention now compared
with a few years ago. The automobile
is responsible for this. All day and
all night long, all over the city, there
are automobiles giving forth explo-
sions that sound like revolver dis
charges. Persons in the streets and
in the houses have been fooled with
them SO many times that now one
hardly turns his head when he hears
a crack like that of a pistol.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25
Corporations Find Tax Law Is Strict

"AlLE the treasury department is
~ not disposed to be unduly harsh
With those corporations which have
tailed to file their returns within the
specified time under the corporation
tax ls!w, provided the failure has not
been due to a deliberate attempt to
evade the statute, at the same time it
is not given much leeway under the
terms of the act.
That is why several bills have been
introduced inc congress for the purpose
OF relieving delinquent corporations
from the penalties of the law for the
current year. Just why there should
be so many delinquents it is hard to
understand, because this is the second
year that the law has been in force,
and the government officials think cor
porations and their officers ought to
be familiar with it's provisions by this
time
The commissioner of internal rev.
enue, who collects the corporation tax,
is busy sending out letters to corpora
tons and persons who write to learn
how they can be relieved of the penal.
ties imposed by the law. He does
not give them much encouragement. for
the statute Is stringent
When a corporation neglects to
make its return March l. so per cent
is added automatically to the amount
of the tax This cannot be RENTED
by the commissioner, because the law
specifically prescribes it. But in addi'
ton to this increase of the tax a cor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25

NEW YORK.-The automobile as an
~ aid to criminals is likely to figure
prominently in future. Out in the
west it has been used for a year or
more by the robbers Of village banks
and the looters of postoffices. Now it
has begun to figure prominently in
this city. Two weeks ago jewelry
store at Sixth avenue and Thirteenth
street was robbed of tray contain
ing some $4,000 worth of gems by one
of three men who had driven up to It
In taxfcab. The man smashed a
window, distracted tray of diamonds
and shot dead the clerk who had
rushed to the door on hearing the
noise Of the broken glass. No trace
of the criminals has been found by the
police.
The next night red taxicab, be-
lieved to be the same and containing
three men, dashed into the village Of
River Edge, a few miles from Hacken-
sack, N. j., and while severe thunder
storm was raging the safe in the post
office was cracked and the contents
taken. The villagers learned of the
crime the next morning.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25

EXPORT, r. I.-NeWport is place
~ that is consecrated to pleasure
The people who. have their SUNNI l
homes here represent the acme OF
wealth and fashion and exclusive so.
ciety III America. With the possible
exception of one or two local chart
ties with which they concern them
selves actively but unobtrusively their
sole occupation during the months
that they live in Newport is to amuse
themselves. Photographers have tried
to get pictures while the idle and
fashionable rich were disporting them.
selves on an exclusive beach, but in
every case they were detected and
their apparatus smashed. One corner
Of the beach is reserved for children
the children of millionaires
Everybody who is anybody at New.
port is ardently devoted to horses and
horseback riding or pretends to be-.
Therefore the horse show each sum-
mer means much to fashionable New
port. 1t is far more exclusive affair
than the tennis tournament, for the
latter Ia not only public but a nation
al ev*nt. The horse show is more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25
Nagged Husband Gets Laws Sympathy

DOONE, 1A.-Judge r. M. Wright Of
- Fort Dodge, presiding jurist Of this
judicial district, has handed down a
decision which is regarded as most
remarkable legal document. Coming,
as it does, from jurist who is kindly,
home loving, and a tender-hearted old
man, it is all the more remarkable.
Judge Wright recently listened to
the evidence in suit for separate
maintenance His kindly face betrayed
nothing of what was to come in the
opinion handed down.
He says that if the good Lord ever
made man who could live at ease
and comfort with the woman who was
suing he would like to see him, for he
would be phenomenon. The opinion
has been read by all attorneys in This
city and Is attracting much attention.
"A bright, capable and fairly good
looking woman" says the Judge, LAS
Obtained divorce from two husbaads
on the ground of desertion and has
two or three times brought actionr for
divorce against her present husn2nd,
based on no just ground, needlrssly
putting him to great and inexcus.hle
expense in paying costs and attorneys
fee on both sides.
Il have given this case n.,ch
thought. care and attention. and :h.ve
tried to find from the evidence &C me
way whereby l could decide IN Der
favor and award to her some m71ey
for maintenance, but l have beer un-
able to do SO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25
Playground of Idle Rich in America

select and perhaps the most peculiar
thing about it is that the horses ap
pear to take a more keen interest ir
what is going on than the persons who
oNn them.
One Of the scenes OF most brilliant
social life at Newport is Alfred Van
drrbilt's place at Oakland farm. His
garden parties are among the mile
stunes Of the summers progress.
These gatherings are undoubtedly the
finest expressions Of summer social
entertainment in America and are
most beautiful to look at. The women
in the smartest of smart frocks, the
men in summer garb, the retinue Of
servants moving about-these make
the life of the picture that is set in a
frame Of shady lawns, with tie splen.
did mansion as background. One or
two bands or orches:ras make music
that is pleasant without being obtru.
nive. Even the most rabid proletarian
could not glimpse the scene without
falling under the spell Of its charm.
Even the recreations that the New
port colony has at it's very doors pail
now and then and it is no uncommon
thing for merry party to set out for
Narragansett or nearby place where
there are roller coasters and all sorts
Of popular amusements and patronize
everything with the utmost zest for an
hour or SO. They merge with the rest
of the crowd and are indistinguishable
in their enjoyment from those about
them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25
Share Export Gain

trade, against S145, ooo, 900 in 1910 and
$481, 100000 in 1907. the former high
record year.
Meat and dairy products show a
total of about $150,000,00. against
$131, 100000 last year. but materially
less than in certain earlier years, in
which the total ranged as high as
1902 100000 in 1907 and $211,000. 900 in
1906.
Food animals show total of 3d.
100000, against little less than $12,-
100000 last year. but much below the
figures of earlier years, when the total
figures of food animals exceeded $43.-
100000 in the high record OF 1906.
Flour amounted to about $50, 0OO,Oo0
in value, against s47,50o,000 last year.
but much less than In certain earlier
years, the high record in -four exports
in 1898 showing a total of SIS, $500, 900.
In manufactures the increase in the
group manufactures ready for con-
sumption" is about $100,000,0O0. and
in the group manufactures for further
use in manufacturing" the increase Is
S4O,O00,00O The increase in manufac-
lures is apparent in a large number
of articles. Agricultural implements.
as a whole, show an increase p1
about $5,00O.000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25

1.-THE great mass of the evidence is
overwhelmingly against her, and have
been forced to the conclusion that If
the good Lord ever created man
with whom the plaintiff could live
peaceably and happily should like to
see him, for certainly he would be- the
most wonderful phenomenon in the
universe.
"She has badgered her husband
with annoyances, some of them sanall,
but all Of them humiliating to the last
degree. At the end of it all am
forced to the conclusion that the de-
PENDANT was practically driven from
home. and that he was FULLY justified
in leaving It, as life there for him lad
become not merely extremely difficult,
but impossible.
After the plaintiff had threatened
to shoot him he was justified in notify
ing the merchants no longer to extend
credit to plaintiff on his account, and
after his repeated trials he was 1nsti.
fed in packing up his little personal
effects and leaving the plaintiff ami. in
afterward refusing to go back to the
sheol he had left"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25
Spy Charge Arouses Army Officials

is fine specimen of the stable-mind-
ed spy. He gave the first fruits OF
his labors into the keeping Of q
woman.
1t cannot be conceived what Austria
wants with maps of our forts and with
rosters of our regiments. Years ago
so long in the past that perhaps no
man living remembers five had a
furry with the Austrians. A Yankee
gunboat captain, name forgotten,
threatened to blow Trieste or some
other place out of the empire into
kingdom come unless something, now
also forgotten, was doEe, and done
quick. The something was done, and
there has been no occasion since to
fear that ambassadors were to be or
dered home and broadsides were to
roar.
1t is suggested that the spy in the
ranks, whose STEADY company" gave
him away, wants to learn how to make
dunnite, our most powerful explosive.
He has been serving ut posts where
they neither make dunnite nor use 1t.
Moreover, we have well-defned
thought that the inventor of the dead
ly stuff, Colonel Beverly w. Dunn, has
safeguarded his secret. Colonel Dunn
is a veteran of thirty-two years active
service. He has thought enough OF
the country and the army to give
two sons into their keeping Private
George Peters, or Prince Windisch-
Graetz, whichever he is. has some
thing to do when he tries to undo
Dunn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25

hibited by law. Saccharin is injurious
to every one and affects children ser1
ously. Much of the carbonated water
that is mixed with the havors con-
tains lead. Such a mixture should
be prohibited by law. A great per-
centage of the flavor is made of vari-
GUS kinds of chemicals. all OF which
are more or less Injurious.
caffeine, which is being used so
generally by many INSCRIPTIONS soft
drink dispensers, should be driven
from the market by law. It's effects,
especially on young people, compares
with the effect of cocaine and NOR
phine."
Its rather a hard matter to point
to the soda water fountain where you
will get habit-producing drug or
where you will get pure soda water. I
know of number Of stores where
scrupulous proprietors sell only pure
soda water. I know of many others
where they will sell anything that
will help fill their Golfers.
1.-The only thing to do is to find
| out which man sells pure soda water
| and then stay away from the other
shops. This is not a hard job for any
one who has much respect for his
nerves and internal organs. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-25

entieth year. Although denied even
the right to see her son and having
to accept the truth Of the fact that he
was regarded all over the civilized
world as the most atrocious example
of a wanton murderer, his mother
never faltered in her faith in his In
nate goodness nor forsook for a mo-
ment her plan to gain for him his
freedom.
Pomeroy killed two children, a boy
and a girl, after treating them with
barbaric cruelty. He inveigled other
children into isolated sections, stripped
them of their clothing, tied them to
trees or upon boards and then beat
them until they were unconscious. He
delighted in sticking pins into their
unconscious forms and cut them Deep
~ with knife. When this juvenile
monster, hen~fourteen years old. was
finally run down and captured he
barely escaped lynching. His youth
alone saved him from the death pen
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