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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21
PROCLAMATION OF MAYOR
FOR GENERAL CLEANUP

Whereas, the State Convention oi
Charities and Corrections will con.
vene in Vinita on Thursday and Fri.
day of next week, April 9th and 2Sth,
and,
Whereas, there will be probably
more than one thousand delegates to
said convention from every city and
county in the state, representative of
the very best society of their respec-
tive sections; and,
Whereas, Vinitas future standing in
the entire state will be largely infiuenc-
ed by the impression obtained by these
delegates; and,
Whereas, these delegates will be
quartered in private homes and in
every section of our city, and,
Whereas, civic cleanliness is not
only prime requisite of both health
and attractiveness, but will if mani
fest in commendable degree, com.
mand approval and respect and prove
of commercial value;
Now therefore, /, o. L. Rider. mayor
of said city of vinita, hereby name.
designate and set apart, Tuesday, April
20, 1911, as a general cleanup day, and
call on all our people to join, each on
the premises occupied by him. in re-
moving from their yards lots and al
leys adjacent thereto, all rubbish and
trash, and make an united effort to
have same present the beautiful ap-
pearance with which nature has so
layishIy endowed and adorned them.
By each taking few hours time about
his own home, this will be a hardship
to none, and produce an effort of which
we will all feel proud.
further instruct the chief of police
to see that all the paved streets and
alleys of said city are carefully swept
and kept rigidly clean and that the
ordinance against throwing papers and
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21

some sort on the part of Tulsa and the
Tulsa lodge. This feature of the case
is the one that must appeal to the
stranger.
1t is said to be the policy of the
governing board to make the new in
stitution as much of Tulsa institution
as possible. The magnificent ball
room and cafe will be at the disposal
of the public on all approved occasions.
This is fine. For 1t means that the
Tulsa public will speedily come to feel
that it has direct interest in this
structure which is a monument to the
progressiveness and daring of one
Tulsa organization World.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21

Up to the present the Chieftain has
ought in vain for any plausible rea-
an for the repeal of section nine, ar
Gle nine of the state constitution.
he railroads are charging Oklahoma
lree cents a mile passenger fare,
hile just across the line in Kansas
he fare on the same roads is two
snts. The repeal of this section and
'ticle of the constitution will not be
the interest of Oklahoma.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21
ow TULSA REGARDS THE ELks

oW TULSA REGARDS THE ELKs.
The magnificent new club house ded-
ated by the Elks of Tulsa Wednesday
first of all tribute to the genius
I'd resourcefulness of that organiza-
IN, but it is also typical of the way
lisa does things. The splendid struc-
re at Boulder and Third is a Tulsa
stitution. II belongs to the Elks. but
e Elks are of and for Tulsa.
The very men who made the CON
uction of that building possible have
20 made the Tulsa of this day pos
lie. And in their club house they
We offered to the world a lasting
monstration of their loyalty to and
1fidence in Tulsa.
The new club house is admittedly
J finest in the entire southwest. Yet
re are two larger towns in Okla
ma, and many in the southwest. This
t, then, indicates superiority of
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21

refuse therein is strictly enforced.
! wish further to suggest that our
merchants and business men, many of
whom will feel the immediate benefit
of the convention, by decoration and
show window arrangement endeavor to
have their business houses sufficiently
attractive to create the impression of
that will prove last
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21

ing favorable and an unending source
OF future prestige and profit, both pub
lie and personal.
Given under my hand this 21st day
of April, 1911.
0. L. RIDER,
ATTEST: A. J. GREEN, Mayor.
City Clerk.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21

The papers are saying that the gov
rnment is trying to get back all its
1000 bills and issue smaller ones.
he government is welcome to all of
urs and needn't take the trouble to
ssue smaller ones instead.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-21

The proclamation of Mayor Rider
With reference to clean up day is both
imely and important and the people
ihould respond heartily.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
IN THE BERKSHIRES.

|Hr Telegraph t1 The Tribune.
LenoX. oct. l5.-Nearlv every Len0x and
Srockbrdge villa ls entertaining "a house
party for the golden wedding or Mr. and
Mrs Joseph H Chodte which Will be- OBJ
served bv a large reception az Naumkeag.
u Stockhridge. tomorrow afternoon.
Nr. and Mrs. Francis z Peabody, Mrs
Marie J.. Kouat and Miss Galloway who
were al the HQte, Asp.nwau. have gone TO
Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Vs. r. Peters have
gone t0 New York
Miss Rosamord Dixev Miss Constance
Folsom the Misses Civiise and Anna Alex
andre. Miss Edith Morgan and Miss Anita
Delafeld. with Francis b. Hoffman, jr..
as guide. picknicked az the top Of Bald
Mountain this afternoon
The engagement is announced iu pirshed
of Hiss Frances Cole Duttou. daughter OF
Frank vs. Dutton. and Harry D. Brigham.
Sir Brigham was graduated in 1903 from
Trinity where DEE was captain of the base
bah team
Mr. and Mrs g. W. Chambers, of Pelham
Manor. are at the Curtis Hotel
AR and Mrs Huntington Walcort Jack
SON. who have been at tine Eddy cottage for
the season. returned TO Washington to-day.
The wedding of Professor Lewis Perry, OF
Williams College. and Miss Margaret Laurie
Hunbeu daughter ot Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Eu.Ney Hu1hru. OF New York vino are at
their country place .n WilIamstowu. Will
take place bon ,le Thompson Memorial
Chapel at Williams college ou November Il.
Mr and Mrs Robert b. Barry. ir.. ot
Npw York vino have been at tho Maple
wood. u Piusde.d. have gon, to Mau.he--
ter w.
AIR and lIrs. b. 3D. Brown. of New York,
Miss Ellen 8u.lard and Miss Denny, OK
Boston and Mr. Charles h. Dana and
AHss Dana of Philadelphia. nave arrived
at tae curtis Hote.
AIR. and AIRS Alexander Sedgwicl gave
dinner az the Mansion tonight compliment
ary Co Ambassador and Mrs James Bryce
Miss Emily Tue'l.rmau win close her villa
al the end oft the month aud viii spend ,ne
winter iu Europe
air and 1irs William NJ Keunard Mrs.
A. Baker saycr Mr. and Mrs. John 4.
Thomas. MIR and Mrs T.. w. Easton. Miss
Easton and Air. and Jlrs Henry n. An
drew. OF New York. are at the Red Lion
INN. .u stockuridge.
Mrs D. A. Geer tile Misses Currau. Mrs
james j. Hrish Mr. and Mrs g. r. VII
son. vs. T Hoyt Eliot H. Holbrook Aliss
Holhrook, William Maxwell Miss j. A.
Maxwell and r NJ Adams. OF New York.
are az the Hotel AspinwaH
Mrs ~ Phelps AIss pheus. ur =.
q sludsr Dr.. Edward suuman. Alfred
suIlman. Mr. and Mrs T.. g BenAger. n
Rartholomae Mrs. D. C Dedick. Mrs 4
a. HoVet and Miss N ii Gregory. OF New
York. are at the Maplewood IN Pittsneid
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

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New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

An ostonished South Carolina school
- wrete the other day TO the
a5itor of The Columbia State" inqulr-
,ro whether there was any basis for an
assertion which he had seen I'm news
norer creditine more than half OF the
farms I'm South Carolina 10 negro pro
nrietors. The writer seemed indisposed
10 believe that such state of facts
could exist But he was assured that
the federal census reports showed that
of the 1-6.1SG farms IN South Carolina
in 1910 96GgG were owned 10y negroes
II is probably true that the holdings
of the black farmers do not equal in
acreage the holdings Of the white farm
ers. but that does not diminish tie i'm
pgtance Of the fact that rs landholders
the blacks now outnumber the whites
The marked development of the cotton
industry has drawn a good deal of for
mprly available white farm labor into
the mills ana left the negro % freer hand
as q tiller of the soil AS the latter has
accumulated savings ne has put them
into small farms. the increase in negro
holdings between 1900 and 1910 amount
inc 10 11.2O5. The Soldering effect of this
rapid increase of the negro property
owning class upon the negro population
generally can hardly he overestimated.
4 landholder is usually n law-abIdinG
and orderly citizen. He has something
ar stake in the community and is inter
ested in its material progress. If he
employs labor he feels some responsibility
for restraining the wastefulneSs and
shiftlesSnpss of those who work for him.
As the negro population gets possession
Of the soil I'm a larger measure it will
be less of q dead weight and more of a
helpful factor. 1t viii become sober.
industrious and frugal because actuated
by ambition and selfinteresr 10 cultivate
those qualities
South Carolina ought to be pleased
rather than annoyed bv tile disclosures
of the census. The negro race. too. has
% right to be proud of the striking prog
resa which il has made away from
poverty and dependence. There is plen-
~ of hope for it when. only forty-Six
wears after the close Of the war. the
former slave population of a state Ike
South Carolina can include within it's
laUks u substantial majority of the
actual landhOldprs
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

The calendars and almanacs for 1912
are beginning TO make their appearance.
As usual rhev are behind those n Eu-
rope many of which have an information
aI circulation. thanks t0 the emigration
of the last fifty years. and form a last
ING link between the old countries and
their children i'm the new.
Perhaps the first use made of the new
calendar by the average person Is 70
ascertain the days of the week ou which
viii fall our legal holidays Washing
toms Birthday. the Fourth of July.
etc.. and 10 make far distant plans
accordingly. Then he-m0rp especially
she-looks ur the days ON which Ger
tain birthdays and anniversaries viii
fall. and with this ceremony interest
in the guides TO the new year Temporal
rilv ceases Prophecies are mo- longer
usual ir GW aImauacs. although the
rural ones still continue to give the once
h0norpd warnings about this time"
The predictions of our present day
~oothsavers win bp issued later iu more
impressive form
Pending their decisions as % the fut-
We. it may not be amiss 10 glance n
moment into the past. The vpur 1912
will he one Of many historic cpntpnarips
the bireutenarv of the birth of Frederick
rhe Great. for instance. on January -
The second half of the wear viii he
-prIukled with ceuIenario~ of battles. Of
American victories at sea. of the
doughty deeds Of the Constitution. the
Wasp and the United States and of the
plowess of our privateers. At the same
time Russia viii commemorate the
breaking of Napoleou's power cu her
plains and the burning of Moscow.
Toward the close of the year South
America viii celebrate the early sue
ccsses of Simon Bolivar. tie Liberator
Spain-and England-wiL remember
WelliugtOn's successes at Ciudad Rod
rgo BadajoZ and Salamanca. and his
entry into Madrid. Lovers Of Dickens
viii pay tribute To- his memory on the
hundredth anniversary Of his birth. on
February =. IL is NOT uuiuteresting TO-
take time bv tine forelock and look into
The calendar before 10, period of actual
service begins
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

Park and 10 promote its own profits but
could not under the terms of its land
grant So it established another station
at the northern end Of Asbury Park
and stopped its sunday trains there.
This gave the Sunday travellers some
relief but not an they wanted. for the
station 40 North ASbury Park did not
contain all the express and other racili-
Ties Of the main station. and the agita-
tlon continued And now the Public
Utilities Commission has decided that
the public convenience and welfare Pc
quire the stopping of trains on Sundays
az the main station.
The legal point is raised that This viii
probably work forfeiture Of the rail
roads land The commission replies
that that is the railroads concern. that
the railroad IS bound 10 give its patrons
adequate accommodations. and dat IL
had no business TO enter into encaee-
ments which would prevent il from
doing So If the land Is forfeited there
fore, The railroad must reacquire II by
condemnation proceedings. which VIII
now. If course. be a costly matter The
question OF the right OF Ocean Grove to
maintain It's state Cf Seclusion may also
be raised. The place was founded with
the principle Of no Sunday trims. and
for itself wants that principle main
tained But another place. close by it>
side. which was founded and has been
built up i'm full knowledge Of tho pecul-
lar principles and practices Of Ocean
Grove. now demands that that principle
shall be- abandoned Its success with
That demand suggests the practical inn
possibility OF permanently maintaining
10 peculiar character for any place in
the race of the changes which come
through the lapse of time. Perhaps. TOO
it ray suggest a question as to the
wisdom OF establishing cr ar least oi
hoping for the permauence of conditions
at variance with the general customs ot
the country
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

THE TOBACCO REORG4NZ4TiON.
II is difficult as Mr. Morgan said in
the euigram recently ascribed Jo him. 10
"Unscramble aga egg. Whether the egg
has been "unscrambled" in the tobacco
reorganization viii no DOUBT have 10 be
determined by the courts. for opposition
ro tine proposed plan promises 10 De
strong and persistent To is reasohanie
fo assume that the reorganization Is an
attempt iu good faith to carry ont the
decree 0f the United States Supreme
Court since the plan was certain 10 DE-
severely scrutiuiZed, there has been every
indUcemput 60 conform 20 the law. Il
the reorganization does not restore
situation much resembling that Wu4cN
existed before the combination was Haue
that fact may be set down 10 ile uliN-
Guilty of tearing apart complex sriu1'-
ure like the American Tobacco OoHii"i
The most important business done "a
the so-caIed trust. the tobacco pusliiess
pure and simple, is to be- dlVideu o'lio'l7
four big companies which do not Iouo"
the natural lines OF cleavage III Ine lhuus-
fry. those which existed before centralI-
zarisg becan. but severaly manufacture
urgcriraIIv all the different kinds of to-
bace1 smoking and chewing, cigarettes
and cigars. The allied industries. like
Iicoriee. rnfoL snuff and the rest,
which had passed into the control of the
trust are put into the hands Of other
comuauips. ro one of which. according to
the language of the plan, is lin q dumi-
naur nosirion" within its field. All the
new companies are Independent of one an
other. 10 the extent that no one Of them
owns stock In any other. but practically
the same stockholders will apparently
own them all Nevertheless. the peculiar
vice Of the tobacco trust" control by
small group of insiders will ostensibly
at least. be broken down by the provision
giving stockholders full voring rights. If
these rights are exercised the highly cen
traIized control of the tobacco industry
that has existed since the present COM
bnati0n was formed win be q thing of
the past
AT any rate most of the objectionable
practices of combination win cease if this
reorganization goes through. rs
q result Of i- and of the moral effect Of
the Supreme Courts decisiou-,Uch prac-
tices. for example. as the unfair arta -kS
upon competitors hv means of price Cut-
ring wars and by the Use of fake iu-
dependent companies. Agreements with
foreign interests VIII cease and cove
uautS with former manufacturers who
sold ont to the trust viii bp terminated.
Competition viii have amnier oUp0rtWi-
ries These are substantial gains. hUr
tine Ereatest gain THAT viii come from
This reorganization and from the similar
one iu the petroleum trade and from the
surrender of the electric light combina-
tiou viii hp tho absolute check that is
administered to further excessive indus
trial Capitalization.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
THE NEWS THIS uoRyyG

FOREIGN strict censorship on the
Chinese telegraph lines prevented COM
municatiOn between the reyOlutiOnaries
il different parts OF the empire. troops
were being rushed southwark from
Picking, where the situation was c0usid-
cred grave. all theatres u the capital
were closed. == The Porte still main
tained It's irreCOnCIable attitude with
respect 90 italy and Trip0u. several
Neapoutan fishing boats were seized at
Smyrna. - General Ordenez was
killed while leading Spanish troops IN a
rght against Moorish tribes at Melilla.
the MOsiems were beaten off with severe
loss. == An earthquake was reported
from Sicily IN the vicinity of Mount
Etna; two persons were killed in houses
which collapsed. The Italian bat
tieship Giulio Cesare, 1880 tons. was
launched ar Genoa.
DOMESTIC.-Th annual report of the
Commissioner of Pensions showed 2S.9S3
fewer names and S3.49S.154 reduction 10
me amount paid last year. mailing Of
checks is proposed. 20 save S1O0UUOo 20
pensioners and SlS0t1W 10 the govern
meut annually. Seven were killed
and twenty-five injured iu "a collision
between freight and passenger trains on
The Missouri Pacific Railroad near
Omaha. =- Mrs T.. 3. Mclnrre, OF
Randolph. VT, was killed when an auto
mobile in which she was rlllug plunged
over an emoankmenL -- John =.
Walsh liberated ON parole from the
LeavenwOrth lhauI Penlranuary, stated
81 q Chicago interview that he would
not make another struEC for financial
prominence. == The e.. 1siastcal cele-
brari0u of Cardinal GiHhons's dual Ju-
bilee was celebrated 'r the Baltimore
Cathedral. =- Senator Bourne. of ore
gor. ln "a statement made IN Washing
ton. took issue with cardinal GIBBONS
and Archbishop Ireland about tner COM
ments or the recall. = a memorial
service f1r Airs. Eliza Wright osborne
was held ar Auburn. y. Y. = o.. b.
Rodgers. the aviator. was detained at
Tnita. OKLA. lv bad weather he eN-
peefed rn leave early this morning for
Fort Worth Tex. Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph F Choate gave "a dinner Tor
ffsv ar EaumkeaE. I'm StockhrIdge Mass"
.r honor Of their golden wedding anul-
rerssrr
rT~v-A member of the nominating
committee OF Princeton University sal1
r. name had been agreed 0u for uresI-
DOM of the university and that tne s'f-
.atiCn was The same as when Woodrow
Wilson resigned about % year ago. -
The police Ir BROOKLYN arrested five men
said tH ne members Uf q nUId-Ug gang
that recently robbed saI0oukeepor and
many patrons of the place. -= A six
teen. .e4r-nId Staten Island n0N captured
"a mad dog that had bitten rI- sister and
locked tine auIma. uu uD-I policeman
came and shot ir s. rWu-vesr-..d
child iu Yonkere died from the effects NJ
Whiskev she drank before her parents
could snatch rre bottle from rer hands.
= Dr Felix Adler said the human
race was SHINING backward Jon IT'S mora I-
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

think up admit that ho was superstitious'
but the number thirteen troubled him
Httle. as it did many others. So he and
nv sister began looking for clusters Of
thirteen. and round a number and many
other clusters Of odG number up TO forty
oae and over counting the buds as well
as the roses. The doctor talked much about
the number thirteen and then ] said
Doctor how about the thirteen states
and tine thirteen stars and stripes ana me
glorious things that nave come TO tins
great Republic of ours with the number OF
thirteen for a beginuing. and the same
number of stars and stripes
He gave a shout of Glorious. All rsHt.
That settles IL for us alH and he slapped
his hand on his knee 10 triumph over the
lucky number % thirteen.
Like the writer Of the article on 'faitn
i'm superstitions." Z was greatly injured by
The stories of spirits and spooks ana ghosts
that are busy only in the dark lt TOOK
Years to- get over the fear. but my nerves
were injured for life. D. H. W.
Caldwell n j., oct. 70, 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-10-16

4 CASE or MACHINE NEGLECT.
The application of the new election
law i'm New Jersey has offered a strik-
ing example Of the neglect or refusal Of
the political machines t0 do work which
naturally belonged 90 them which they
could have done more readily than any
one else and the doing of which would
have been precisely such a public and
party service as the organization should
perform. The failure was hy uo means
universal. bur it was sufficiently wide
spread 10 cause much public iuc0nvau-
ieuce and in some cases 90 defeat the
legitimate ambitions of candidate, and
% aunul the choice Of the voters.
The new law made radical changes in
the duties Of registry and election Off
GERS iu the obligations imposed 0u cau-
didates and in the method of voting
The county committees of the two parties
were required last spring 90 nominate
candidates for election officers. who
should then pass qualifying examina-
ti0uS before the Civil Service Commits
sion. IL might have been supposed that
these committeeman would al once sup
ply their candidates with copies or die
gestS of the law. SO that they might pre-
pare themselves for examination. Some
I'D s0s but many others did not So that
candidates came for examination iu
law which they had not read. Iu some
cases indeed the party managers actual
ly discouraged citizens from seeking t0
pleasant contrast not only WAS the law
distributed bur lectures upou it were
given and regular night schools iu it
were held
Again. moss requirements wcro made Of
candidates ig tic way of fling certain
sworn statements both before and after
tLc primaries The party committeeman
ought surely t9 have instructed them. at
aul -are their own organization caadi-
dar> concerning these obligations but
8 many cases this was NOT done and iH
uot frW tlc result was that because VI
Irregularities and noncompliance with
tiC law candidates were disqualified
after they had received au und0ubte1
majority col the r1tes FINALLY. there
WAS obviOu. need that AN VOTERS should
receive some instruction iu the Jaw. SD
thar they would be able to vote not 0uIy
inreilgenfiy but also easiiv and rapidly.
Bur in many ca>es mi, was NOT done at
al and iu consequence there were delay.
confusion anG embarrassment at the
polls. which might readily have been
avoided
Ia some counties t1e committeeman
simply neglected their duty In some
tleir failure 90 d. ir was deliberate aud
malicious They desired 10 embarrass