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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04
LETTER TO CHIEFTA|N ON
MODERN EDUCATION

Mr.. Editor, Dear Sir: I submit the
following thoughts for your considera
ton. If you think them worthy of a
place in your good paper you have
the consent of the writer, Jas. a. In
man.
What's education no how? l sup
pose the primary meaning is the lead
ing out or the development Of the
intellect.
1t may be either good or bad Is ii
worth talking, writing or reading
about? 1t surely is for civilization is
the effect of the good education.
Barbarianism is the effect of the
bad education.
No persons, save lunatics, are entire
ly without education What is some
of the evidence we see of the had edu-
cation. If you see person who would
rather do dirty, low down, mean
deed than an honorable, upright one;
if you see a person that would, just be
cause they couldn't have their way
about some little trifing affair, get so
angry as to arriginate, and tell posi-.
tive falsehoods about some one and at
the same time be professional teach
ers of religion. If you see a person
who wilfully and knowingly will do a
neighbor a wrong or take advantage
of others in any way, such conduct as
this is evidence of the bad education
What think ye of persons that delight
| in this quality or kind of education?
! wouldn want to express my thoughts
in full but will just say that persons
who delight in such conduct "are in a
sense" objects to be pittied. Such per
sons belong to the barbarian race
What little education they do possess
lis of the lowest degree, their influence
lis of satanic nature? How can we ex
peet it to be otherwise; the hearts Of
such persons is the home of satan
This quality or quantity of educa
tion is every thing else but desirable
by persons that seek the highest degree
of civilization.
Fathers and mothers do we realize
the great responsibilities that are rest
ing upon us in selecting instructors fol
our children? Oughtnt we keep oul
children from the influence of sucf
lpersons as above described? We sure
lily ought Children do not realize the
danger of such influence; they cam
realize the need of a good thorough
Ieducation or good moral training
therefore we should put forth every
effort that is within our power to en-
courage our children in obtaining the
highest or greatest degree of the bes
education that is possible to attain
(which they will so greatly need wher
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Johnnie Flenner, the Washington
correspondent of the Muskogee Times.
Democrat and the champion of ex-Gov.
ernor Haskell makes daring and des
perate attempt to launch the Haskell
senatorial boom in his Washington
budget this week. Here's how he
starts in:
Governor Haskell is at home in
|any crowd He loves to fight better
than good meal. He is mixer from
MixersYille. He is quick to act and
is usually correct in his Judgment of
men and things. He does not always
take the popular side in public ques.
tions but he acts as he believes and
nothing can switch him off Mr. Has
kell is not a polished orator but he
can drive his arguments home to any
crowd that he might address and his
statements leave no room for doubt
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

they became grown to man or woman
hood.
webster says to give children
good education in manners, arts and
science is important to give them
religious education is indispensable"
There has been and is most lament
able vast of intellect among the young
how few have or is doing justice to
their native power, how few are using
their means and talents as to rise to
that eminence which kind providence
we never prize the music till the sweet
voiced bird has flown; strange that
we should slight the violet till the
lovely flowers are gone. How very
strange indeed that we let so many
golden opportunities go by unnoticed
and unembraced, never prizing them
until they are buried in the unrecover-
able past. Young man, young lady
! get an education no matter what they
cost there are worse things in this
life than debt and ignorance is one
of them
If you have sound mindlfn sound
body, there is nothing to binder you
from obtaining thorough and prac-
tical education The service of a thor
oughly educated man or lady is in
greater demand today than ever be-
Ifore!toThe service of the non-educated
| is becoming less desirable.
Thorough practical education means
more than simply book learning, it
means at least mastery control of the
body in morals, art and science. The
success in life Of the rising generation
greatly depends on their educational
powers. Their field of opportunities
are enlarged by education. Greater
their field of opportunities accordingly
great win be the earning powers. II.
we become masters of language to
the degree that we can correctly read
and rightly divide the word of truth
It will add greatly to our religious en-
ioyments.
If we do not possess this knowledge
of language we will be dependent up
on Others for instructions and will
often be victims of incompetent in
structors with wrong instructions;
there is no hope for right proceedings.
Therefore I would say to the young,
get at least sufficient education to en-
able you to perform the necessary
duties in life thereby do justice to
yourself, your fellow men and your
God.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

The Interstate Good Roads Associa-
tion met last week at Mountain Lake
Park, Maryland, and among the many
good speakers was Director Dave Of
the Southern Commercial Congress.
Mr.. Dave said: "The south has yet a
long way to 90, but it is on the way.
When our great president last week
took almost as long to get to the bat
tie field of Bull Run from Washington
as ii took a number Of earnest and
eager men to get from, Bull Run to
Washington fifty years ago. it is quite
evident that we have much yet to do.
In this connection / may mention that
while this sessio mis- going forward the
state highway commissioner of Vir-
ginia and a number of other import
ant gentlemen are actually trayersing
the roads between Washington and
Richmond for the purpose Of establish
ing a highway that is creditable and
that will form an important link in re-
lation to highways north of Washing
ton and highways south of Richmond. .
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Washington, D. C., Aug. ?. = The
democratic program was moved up
closer to President Taft Tuesday when
the senate, by another coalition by the
democrats and republican insurgents
passed another farmers free list bill
so closely that one more democratic
senator would have left the entire re-
vision issue squareIy before the presi-
dent last night.
"The unholy alliance" as the coali-
ton has been called, massed in almost
unbroken alignment, swept aside a
host of amendments, voted down the
house measure, and then, by sur
prising concentration of strength, pass
ed a measure differing from the house
bill only in comparatively unimport-
ant particulars.
Now the bill goes back to the house
and Democratic Leader Underwood
stated that it would be agreed upon in
conference in the house.
The bill with several amendments
tackled on, was passed by the senate
yesterday afternoon by a vote of As
to 30. Previous to that the bill un
amended, had failed of passage by g
tie vote of 80 to 49, 1t was then re
iconriderad and nacced
Under an agreement to vote on the
free list bill, the senate at noon yes
lterday, took up the bill after the morn
ing's routine business was disposed of
| Senator Martin, minority leader
created a furry by demanding {
quorum, which a roll call showed tC
be present. The bill was then placed
before the senate.
Senator Gronna, insurgent republi
can of North Dakota, offered an amend
ment to strike saddlery from the bill
This was defeated without roll call
Another Gronna amendment to ado
an amendment to the bill was alst
beaten with roll call and thir(
amendment by Gronna to place Goa
and coke on the free list was defeated
So to %.
Another Gronna amendment to place
fruits on the free list was defeated
without a roll CALL Senator Bailey
then offered an amendment to striB,
meats from the free list. This, on rol
call, was defeated, Is to so.
Senator Bailey was the only demo
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04
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Democrats And Prosressives Revise
Wool Schedule.

Following up their victory Of June
2ist when they united on Senator
Cores motion to direct the once pow
erful finance committee to report to
the senate the wool revision bill as
passed by the democratic house, the
democrats and insurgent republicans
last Thursday again combined their
strength and compelled the senate to
accept the La Toilette substitute for
the house bill. by vote of 4S to 80.
The La Toilette bill as passed reduces
the tariff on raw and manufactured
wool on an average of about 33 per
cent and the insurgent leader calcu-
lates that it will save the public $172.-
100000 yearly.
Democrats Loyal to Principles.
The senate democrats voted against
the La Toilette bill when the first
vote was taken on it as they favored
the greater reductions made by the
house bill, but whe nthe house bill
was defeated by the republicans the
democrats promptly rallied to the sup
port of La Toilette and brought about
a reconsideration of the vote and fore
ed through his compromise measure.
1t is freely predicted that the senate
and house conferees will be able to
agree on a measure somewhere be
tween the La Toilette bill as passed
by the senate and the house bill, there
by giving the president an opportunity
to show whether he was sincere when
he said that the Aldrich wool schedule
was indefensible The action of the
senate has demonstrated that the con.
troll of congress by special privilege
is ended for the time at least, and
that it must look to the president for
the preservation of the right to prey
Gore And Williams Deserve Credit
upon the public.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

For mighty hunter like Mr.. Roose-
welt to be killed by huge African
lion would have in it tinge of ad-
venture and honor, and this in larger
proportion than to be bitten by a
house fly and die of blood poison as a
man in Missouri did the other day.
Aesop in one of his fables tells of a
lion that was about to die. All the
animals had taken a turn at abusing
the helpless old king of beasts. when
finally the ass came along and threw
his heels into his face whereupon the
lion exclaimed it is indeed bearable
to have all these creatures gnash upon
me but this last action of the cowardly
lass is the limit.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

The spectacle of the officers having
to hide out with a state prisoner to
keep him from being mobbed because
the governor had pardoned him. or
rather commuted the sentence does
not look good. The people of great
state should never have occasion to
take the laws into their own hands
and hang a confessed murderer. The
courts should do their duty and when
done should rarely be interfered with.
Mob violence is generally wrong and
there is something radically wrong
when a scene is enacted as was at
Oklahoma City when Governor Cruce
commuted the sentence of Prather last
Friday
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04
|ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO
CALL SPECIAL ELECTION

If any doubt was felt as to the senti-
ment of Vinita for the commission
form of government, that doubt was
dispelled today when it became known
that more than the number of sigma
lures required to call an election on
the question had been secured in less
than twelve hours after the circulation
of the petitions started. Many of the
citizens were so eager to sign the peti
tions that they came to this Office to-
day to find the petition. While about
two hundred and fifty signed the peti
tions up to noon today they were con,
tinued in circulation in order to make
the petition as large as possible.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04
FREE LIST BILL
PASSED BY SENATE TUESDAY

crat voting for this amendment.
The Texas senator then moved to
strike out the provision, placing -four
on the free list.
He did not ask for a roll call and
the amendment failed by viva voee
vote
An amendment presented by Sena-
tor Hepburn to strike lumber from
the free list was defeated without
roll CALL
Senator Bailey was the only demo
crat to vote against the farmers free
list measure.
Had Senator Bailey of Texas voted
with his party, or had Governor Hoke
Smith of Georgia, as the new senator
elect from that state been on hand
and voted with his party, the free list
bin would have passed the senate un-
changed, and could have been in the
hands Of President Taft last night. One
vote was all that stood in the way of
placing the entire issue of democratic
insurgent tariff reform Immediately be-
fore him.
Washington, d. c., Aug. 2.-Demo-
cratic Leader Underwood declared in
the house yesterday that if any demo-
cratic tariff revision bills. should go
to the president and be signed by him,
the extra session of congress will be
continued until the entire revision pro.
gram is carried through The house
asked for conference with the sen
ate on the wool tariff bill and Speaker
Clark appointed as house conferees,
Representative Underwood, of Ala
bama; Randolph, of Texas; Harrison,
of New York; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania.
republicans.
/ Washington, d. c., Aug. 2. = The
house refused to concur in the amend
ments made in the senate to the wool
bill, previously passed by the house.
A conference was asked for, and
Speaker Clark named the following
iconferees: Representative Under
wood of Alabama; Randall of Texas,
and Harrison of New York, democrats,
and Payne of New York, and Dalzell
of Pennsylvania, republicans.
The senate conferees will include
Senators Penrose and Cullom, regular
republicans; Bailey and Simons, demo
Gratis, and LaFollette, insurgent re-
publicans.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

In discussing the benefits of the com
mission form of government, stress
should be laid on the systematic way
it provides for doing things rather
than the bare question of economy. If
every department of city government
was in the hands of and managed by
a capable business man who devoted
his entire time to his department, or.
der would soon come out Of chaos
No commissioner should be allowed
to turn the business of his department
to an inferior clerk, but should give
his time and his abilities to the task
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04
ROUTE Of STATE
HIGHWAY PLANNED
Representatives cf Counties Along
Proposed Route Have Selected
Course.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 1.-The route
from Red river to the Kansas line for
the Oklahoma postal highway was laid
out Monday at a meeting of two hun
dred and fifty representatives OF the
counties lying in central Oklahoma.
Each county selected its route and
when put together the highway will
begin north of Gainesville, Tex. in
Love county, follow the Santa Fe to
Ardmore, thence run northeast through
Berwyn along the Santa Fe touching
Davis. Pauls Valley, west over the cid
Chisholm trail to Maysyille, north
through Wayne, Purcell, Lexington,
Norman, Oklahoma City, Edmond,
Guthrie. Orlando, Perry and Red Rock,
to the southern line of Kay county.
The route from there to the Kansas
line was left for Kay county to deter
mine. The Kay county delegation was
badly divided Pond Creek came with
a large representation with view of
swinging the route to the east side of
the county through Newkirk to Arkan-
sas City Blackwell and Tonkawa op-
posed. The result viii be, delegates
said, two road districts and two
branches of the road from the south
ern county line, one going by way of
Blackwell and Tonkawa to Hunnewell,
Kans. The roads are to meet again
at Wichita.
1t appears that the Kansas route is
also in doubt for letters were read at
the meeting indicating it had not been
officially designated for any point on
the southern line. At the meeting yes
terday Hunnewell, Wellington and
Winfield all in Kansas, were repre-
sented A delegation from Denison,
Tex. started movement to pick up
the Texas highway where it crosses
Red river, one mile east of the Katy"
railroad and open road through Bryan
diagonally through Johnston to Sui
phur in Murray county and meeting
the main Oklahoma highway at Davis.
Under the Oklahoma law, road dis
tricts must be formed, since there is
no authority for the state or counties
voting bonds
Governor Cruce who went to the
meeting by special invitation, said that
state conyiets would be employed and
that he would by parole or pardon re.
duce by one-fourth the sentence of any
convict doing faithful work Governor
Cruce also indorsed the north and
south and east and west highway ideas
as outlined by Commissioner Suggs
Plans for uniform operation through
the state win be worked out by com
mittee composed of ]. F. King, New
Kirk; Joseph Lobsitz, Perry; J. ]. Able
Guthrie. R. E. Brownwell. Oklahoma
City; ]. V. Askew, Norman; Dorsett
Carter, Purcell; Tom Grant, Pauls
Valley; S. H. Davis, Davis; R. E
Scivally, Ardmore; DR.. C. C. Shaw
Mill Creek.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

If our boys and girls are to grow
into really independent manhood and
womanhood we must train and teach
them accordingly. Many young peo-
pie are sadly dependent upon parents;
fact indicated in many instances by
the "do-nothing" tendency of the child
who waits for the parent to do for It..
The labor ard care bestowed upon the
child by the parent in such cases is
loving but not very intelligent. Par
ent and child become dissatisfied ard
sometimes the child breaks away from
home restraints. This merely indi-
Gates that the parent has lost control,
1t is the far better plan that parents
should lead the child into profitable
employment such as labor, reading and
study. Each case requires careful con
sideration on its own merit. 1t many
times requires reconsideration, for II
often happens that parents know the
child's character as that character was
revealed to the parent last month oil
last year, and the child today is diff
ferent being and requires different
treatment
Many fond parents look upon divore
ing the child from the home life as 8
thing of unmixed evil. But this course
is natural and the wise parent viii
look forward intelligently and prepare
the child for an independent existence
which is its natural right Failure t
take this forethought concerning eact
individual child endangers the future
of that child and in some cases those
who are finally dependent to lack o
training in the home, by those who arr
responsible for the government of th'
home This is our greatest moral re
sponsibility as parents. s.-New Educa
tion. - &sv
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

The more the water meter situation
is discussed the more apparent does
il get TO be that the people of Vinita
have been flimhammed and put to a
needless and proftless expenditure of
a large sum of money. The meters are
not only too expensive but seem to be
unreliable. The town has been stung,
deep. and under the fifth rib.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

The newspapers are not always able
tie verify every item that appears in
their columns This is more especial
ly so with daily paper. The average
news gatherer would always rather
have facts and be able to print a true
story The preacher however. has a
better opportunity to verify his state
ments from the pulpit and be able to
present facts stripped of doubt or
falsity. He has a whole week to pre-
pare his sermon and ample time to
get at the facts and there is therefore
little excuse for false statements.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Governor Cruce committed the death
sentence Of a negro, who had been con-
victed of murder and sentenced to be
hanged, to a life sentence, which he
had perfect right to do. The average
citizen is against capital punishment
any way and so the public will be fair
ly we'll satisfied.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Quiet Observer, writing in the Daily
Ardmorite. says: Il would rather be
Jack Stevens with broken nose and
disfigured face, and be able to face
the world and be able to say that
did my duty. than be Jack Beatty with
big bank roll and have pointed at me
the finger of seorn and derision and
80 through life with the knowledge
that all who knew of my act called
me a coward and held me in miserable,
unspeakable contempt Some action
by the court is being awaited with con
siderable impatience.'
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Under the leadership of the inyinci-
bic Sidney Suggs, Oklahoma is in
cubating some daring plans for road
construction. The colonel shall have
the Instituted support of the Chieftain
and we expect to see the best road
system here to be found in the United
States.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04


Mr.. Tams Bixby, now resident of
.Muskogee, and formerly a resident of
Minnesota, gave some interesting and
illuminative testimony in our columns
the other day as to the working of a
high license liquor law in Minnesota.
81 believe" he said, that back in Min
lnesota, where I came from, we have
the best law for the regulation of the
liquor traffic. 1t is high license law,
and under 1t saloons are regulated to
o nicely The law provides first for a
high license. Then it contains a local
option provision, under which any
place can vote. liquor out If it chooses.
In towns of less than 10000 popula-
tion, the minimum license must be
$500. 1t can be as much more as. the
municipality desires to make it. In
cities of over 10000 the minimum cost
of license is $1,000. Here again the
amount may be as much more as may
| be desired. There are a good many
cities and towns III Minnesota that
have voted out liquor entirely In
some the license is as much as 81, 800
Each municipality has the right to
regulate the hours of closing, whether
they shall keep open on Sunday OF
not, how many saloons there may be
in city and the locality in which they
may conduct their business. The re
suit of all these provisions is that we
Iget much better class of men in the
saloon business. It takes a pretty re
lsponsible man to get into the business
land If he violates the law in any par
ticular he forfeits the license, and the
chances are he viii never get another
one Dallas News.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Governor Cruce is being criticized
severely in many quarters Of the state
for committing the sentence of Prather
the negro murderer at Oklahoma City
Friday. From the view point OF the
governors chair the matter might be
seen in a different light. It is better
to err ON the side of mercy than to
stick to the stern and relentless letter
of the law Governor Cruce has at
least fair supply of the milk of hui
man kindness and is not to be swayed
by race distinction or prejurice While
the facts look bad to the public let us
hope the good governor has made no
mistake.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Jim Webb, at the Webb livery barn,
says his water meter for the month Of
July has registered about $500 worth
of water. If all the $50 users Of water
in vinita were paying for water in
that proportion the city could pay Off
all its Indebtedness in a short time
and it would only take a few years to
call in the national debt.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-04

Act up faithfully to your convictions; !;
and. when you have been unfaithful,
bear with yourself. and resume al
ways with calm simplicity your little
task. Suppress. as much as you pos
sibly can, all recurrence to yourself,
and you will suppress much vanity.
Accustom yourself to much calmness
and an Indifference to events.-Ma-
dame Guyon.