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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-18

546 in 1900, an increase OF 21S,7l9. Th'
total number Of farms operated b.
managers in 1910 was 1850. as com
pared with $3.50 in 1900. a decreas,
of 500.
The total number of farms operated
by the "all owners" class constitute.
As per cent of the whole number ot
farms in 1910 and 81 per cent in 1900;
those operated by the "all tenants
class, % per cent in 1910 and 49 pei
cent in 1900. and those conducted by
managers. "a per cent in 1910 and Ot
per cent in 1900.
Farm Mortgages.
OF the total number. 949.0S6. OF
farms operated in 1910 by the all
Owner" class. there were 702.9SS. or
IA per cent reported as owned free
from debt" while 246,04S. or % per
cent. were reported as moumged.
There were l6.26e farms for which no
mortgage report was secured. and
these are included with the farms
free from debt"
In 1900 information was secured con-
cerning the owned farm homes" At
that time 694.333, or SS per cent, were
reported as free from debt" while
1856. or II per cent, were reported
as not mortgaged. There were 4o,SS2
farms in 1900 for which no mortgage
report was secured. and these are in
eluded with the farm homes free from
debt The census bureau has no sat
isfactory information respecting the
mortgage Indebtedness on farms oper-
ated by tenants and managers.
Farms Distributed Into Size Groups.
The statement relative TO farms dis
according to certain acreage
groups shows that those OF '1s acres
and under numbered S12.S99 in 1910
and eSS257 in 1900, a gain of 74.072;
those 20 10 49 acres, 600660 in 1910
and ass. 49i in 1900, an increase Of
1e216e: those so TO 90 acres" 49,
246 in 1910 and S66,595 in 300, an
increase Of 1921; those 100 to ia
acres S7s,6Ss in 1910 and 3S7.546 in
1900. 4 ninerease Of 42.0S7; those Of
"I75 10 4ss acres" 2o4.S1I in 1910 and
175.445 in 1900. an increase Of 2S,S66;
those 500 TO 9e9 acres" 26.454 in
1910 and 24.S24 in 1900. an increase of
1880: and those 1000 acres and
over" l5.51S in 1910 and 1913 in
1900. a decrease of 1859
II is especially noteworthy that there
is an increase Of over 250.000 in the
number Of farms under 100 acres in
size. while there is a decrease Of those
1000 acres and over Of more than
1850.
Acreaee-Group Proportions.
OF the whole number Of farms. those
'I9 acres and under" formed Is per
cent in 1910 and II per cent in 1900:
those 40 TO 40 acres. 50 per cent in
both 1910 and 1909; those 80 to SO
acres" - per cent in both 1910 and
1900; those 100 to ia acres" 19 per
cent in 1910 and % per cent in 1900;
those .115 to 499 acres" 10 per cent
in 1910 and II per cent in 1890: and
those over 500 acres" q per cent
in 1910 and IS per cent in 1900
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-18

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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
lzlI|RE RARl !.
VAS R9!s0GED
SECURED INSURANCE MONEY
Annie Crawford, Morphine Flend,
4 Believed TO Have Caused the
peatkS Of Her Father, Mother :
and Two sisters.

New Orleans. La.-That Annie.
Crawford, ugly and q man hater,
poisoned four members Of her family
to collect their life insurance and
thus crafty her inordinate love Of
dress is the police theory Of the most
sensational recent murder case IN the
history Of New Orleans. This love
Of dress was exaggerated through the
fact that she Is morphine fiend.
According to a statement BY the
district attorney after the girl prac-
ticaily had been grilled for ~ hours,
she has made q partial confession
The woman she is 81 years old
lis under arrest charged only with
poisoning her. young sister Elsie, il
pretty stenographer, who died mys-
teriously few days ago. 1t seems
almost certain. however, that she
soon will be charged with poisoning
her father. mother and another SIS
ter, who died under mysterious cir
cumstances within the past Is
months, and Annie Crawford was the
beneficiary named in the insurance
policy on the life of each: The total
was only $1,750 and the police. say
the girl spent nearly all this amount
on her clothes.
Annie Crawford, through long
service In the drug department of the
New Orleans Sanitarium from which
she was discharged following the dis
appearance of large quantities of
drugs, was familiar with the action
of poisons and seemed to have work.
ed with the careful patience Of a
scientist conducting, an experiment.
Her methods sometimes were crude
but she seldom bungled.
Since her discharge from the hos
pital more than ayear ago she has
not worked, but has paid board to
the uncle and aunt with whom she
lived AT first she claimed she had
saved up some money, but later she
said she could not have kept up but
for the insurance money she received
| by the deaths Of members Of the fam
lily. In addition to being addicted
to morphine she was also eccentric.
Shesseldom ate at the table, usually
taking her meals in the kitchen.
| When young men called upon her sis
tiers she ran of and hid. Yet her
| clothes were handsome and expensive
and she lavisbed considerable sums
upon them.
| AS a result of the finding of poison
In the stomach Of Elsie, who died
last Saturday, the bodies Of the 9th
| ers will be exhumed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
NO WEDDINGS FOR THE WEAK
Or. Wiley Tells Conservation Cons
gress How He Would Fave
Things Run.

Kansas city. The establishment
OF national department Of health
was strongly urged upon BY Or. Har-
vey W. Wiley in his Address before
the National Conservation Congress,
Contrary to expectation, he ignored
his traducers and made mo- mention
Iof the recent controversy in the
Agriculture Department.
The title of Or. Wiley,s address
was The Public Health, Our Greatest
National Asset.
Weak and diseased parents, he
said, are apt to transmit not only
SPECIFIC diseases, although sometimes
so, but an unresistant organism to
their children, which causes them to
/, fall easy victims to the first invasion
tof disease realize that marriage Is
| q sentiment, and not principle, but
the power of the state to protect Its
citizens from disease may be con-
stitutiona1ly exercised before; as well
as after, birth.
Il am not believer In the starva-
ton theory of diet, nor in the hmita-
ton Of any Of the essential elements
Of food to minimum. It is g mis-
take to suppose that any exigencies
of the food market ever justify the
| debasement or aduIteration Of food,
There is no condition of Just political
economy which can be urged as an
exuse for such an action. BY what
principle Of political economy can
the practice be justified of keeping
wholesome food In storage until Its
taste has vanished and poisonous
products have been produced
THE man whose foot never
/ touches the turned soil cannot BIZ
said to be healthy. The great manu-.
featuring enterprises should be con,
! fined to the smaller places where
each workman may have a garden
and front. Cities should be re
served for exchange, and nlanufac,
ture should be rigidly excluded there,
/ from. How Infinitely superior Is the
garden to the saloon?
The farmer should be the long
lest lived of any profession, but al
/ the present time this Is not the case
/ The sewage of the farm is an un.
/ known problem. The bathtub Il
scarcely known, and the septic tanl
! is unheard Of The Agricultural col
4 leges should teach hygiene and sani
1 tation as we'll as animal husbandrJ
and plant breeding. z
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
ITALY OPENS WAR
AGAINST TURKEY
DESTROYER SUNK OFF EPlRUs


Tripqli Following the declaration
OF war BY italy on Turkey at 30 Fri,
day afternoon, the hour set ID the
Italian ultimatum for compliance
with its demand. messenger from
the italian feet which had been cruis;
ing II, 1.-THE ofing, came close in shore
and the destroyer Garibaldino steami
ed into the harbor at noon flying e
white nag. Great crowds gathered
and watched her approach. After re-
connoitering, the destroyer launched 9
boat, which came to the beach. An
officer landed. He was preceded by q
blue jacket carrying a white flag.
Turkish soldiers surrounded the
pair. The officer asked for the Turk
Efsh COMMANDER. When taken to him,
he formally announced that the
Italian deet had been ordered to oc,
cupy the town He therefore demand.
ed the instant surrender Of the whole
Turkish garrison The Turkish COM
mander replied that he was unable to
comply with the demand and
emphatically refused to surrender.
= The incident was Witnessed by the
foreign residents, i who gathered
around the Italian officer ana eheered
him enthusiastically. The boat then
returned to- the destroyer, which re-
Joined the feet. 4 r
The Arabs have held mass-meet1nga
In all the mosques and taken solemn
oath Of unity and allegiance to the
Turkish. flag ito the last drop OF
blood"
The Turkish transport Derna has
discharged 10000 tons Of ammunition
stores and Is, 900 rnauser rifles, These
have been taken into the interior, 45e
camels being used in moving the sup
plies.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
WILL REDUCE HIGH
COST OF LIVING.
Combine Effected to Eliminate
Middleman.
TO ACT AS CLEARING HOUSE
Thousands of Heads Of Families, Re
tall Dealers and Farmers Banded
Together to Reduce Food Prices,

New York. Ten thousand heads of
families, 500 retail dealers in 30 lines
and several hundred farmers OF the
Pennsylvania State Grange, have COM
bined in an association here to elimi-
nate the middle man and lower the
high cost of living While the Penn
sylvania State Grange Is completing
negotiations with the association to
handle their output, small army OF
scanvassers is enrolling hundreds of
other families in the movement and
officers of the association are negotiat-
ing with the farmers OF New York
State to handle their products also.
The association plans to act as a
clearing house between producer and
consumer, dividing between them the
profits Of the various middle men
through whose hands food commodi-
ties have hitherto passed. In the case
of some farm products, the associa-
ton finds that six midd1emen or brok-
ers have been reaping profits before
the products reach the consumer. The
/ 500 dealers in almost every line OF re
tail trade are members of the associa-
ton and receive their supplies. be-
cause Of such membership, at lower
than market rates The heads OF fam
lilies are associate members.
The 500 dealers are divided into
seven groups. Each group is requir-
ed to pay into the Golfers Of the asso.
citation percentage Of its gross re.
ceipts, varying from s per cent, for
grocers to Is per cent. for druggists
The fund thus created Is divided into
six parts, four Of which are put aside
for distribution among the consum.
ers, one part being spent for advertis'
ing and one part for administration
and operating expenses.
Each association member or head oi
a family, receives coupon from the
dealer whenever he makes q pur'
chase, setting forth the amount OF
goods bought. At the end Of stated
periods the consumer surrenders his
coupons to the association to serve as
q basis for computing the rebate
which he will receive from the profit
fund. 1t is the plan to reduce the
| cost OF living by these refunds rather
than by charging the Consumer lower
than market prices In the firs1
| instance.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
Ia Gao RIIly SUNDAY.

Wheeling, w. va. Billy Sunday
is working; for Bill and not for
Christ, said Councilman Pete Haber-
stick. who introduced an ordinance
In City Council to bride the tongue
sof the baseball evangelist Il have
figures to show that be Is the cham
pion catch-as-can soul slugger and
has cleaned up $200, 900 in fiye
years. The ordinance failed to pass,
but VIII come up at the next session
Of council
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
IL GOLD MINERS ENToMRED.

100 Rescuers Trying To Dig Through,
80 Feet OF Ice.
Fairbanks, Alaska shaft $50
feet deep in the Shakespeare placer
gold mine on Dome creek caved in.
imprisoning IA miners, mostly Rus
slams. One hundred men are seeking
y to enter the mine through an old
shaft. This is plugged with 80 feet
Of ice at the bottom. There Is pos
sibiiity that the intermediate shafts
have settled. II 90. the entombed
men probably are dead
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
Morocco Row Over.

\ Paris Premier CaillauK assured a
delegation Of brokers who called on
him that there was no question Of
further difficulties between France aud
Germany because Of Morocco, He
stated the delay in ratifying the
agreement is because of q difference
Of opinion regarding the phraseology
of the document
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Texas is to forbid the shooting OF
doves, as these gentle and beautiful
birds have been found to be destroy
ers OF pernicions weeds. The Audubon
society Is doing a useful missionary
work in opening the eyes OF the pub
lie to the great use OF birds In the
destruction Of weeds and insects and
to the consequent folly and loss In
their slaughter. This law In Texas Is
an example which other states will
doubtless soon follow in the local
preservation OF useful birds.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Paris. The Mathis Athens CORE
spondent says the telegraph official at
Vonitza, Greece, wires to the govern
ment that naval battle occurred of
Prevesa at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Italian warships belonging to the
Ionian squadron encountered q fotilia
of Turkish destroyers cruising off the
coast of Epirus The Italians prompt
" attacked the fotilla and two Turk,
ish ships we're badly damaged by
shells. They have gone ashore IN the
Gulf of Arta. +
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
". Y. Central TO Spend Millions.

". 7. Central To Spend MILLIONS.
New York.The New York Central
Railroad will spend $65,OO0,000 to re.
move it's tracks from the West Side of
the city as directed by the legislature
early in the year. Plans for the i'm
proyement were filed by the railroad
From Seyenty-second street north the
railroad will roof over the streets that
carry its tracks SO that Riverside
Park may be carried to the water
front. Below Seventy-second street
the tracks will be elevated.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
Coal and Wooa.

We have in stock at our yards Lykens
Valley Stove and Nut, free burning
white ash broken, genuine PocahOntas
lump and run Of mine. Wood sawed and
split. Hay corn and clover seed. All
orders left with the Farmers Supply
Company will be fillei day received.
Both phones. A visit to our yard vii
convince you that we have the goodswe
advertise. Thanking you for the past
patronage we are, Very truly,
John G. BURNS & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
John Smith Wed rive.

Los Angeles, Cal Five women
and there may be more are seeking
one John Smith They say they were
married to Smith. He has escaped
arrest SO far because of his name
The wives hail from the Atlantic to
st Louis, and thence to Sabinal.
Texas. aud the weddings date from
1887 to last week.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Considerable fuss Is made over the
discovery by Pasadena woman OF an
unpublished poem by Bryant. Poets
who are complaining because OF their
inability to get their poems pnblish-
ed should make note OF the fact that
there is nearly always widespread ex-
citement when unpublished poems Of
dead poets are discovered.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
Aln,u : pnsaian. nnhla,u nn,,n 800

Now . Russian noblewom comes
forward 70 add 70 the general denun-
citation Of American women BY saying
that the American husband. under the
rule OF his marital autocrat, Is no bet
ter on than a Russian serf. but the
American woman win come ont OF
this present torrent Of ohiurgation in
which she Is submerged just now. II.
there il anything u the doctrine OF
the survival Of the fittest
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
400 KILLED; 200 CAPTURED,
peposed shah's Brother Reported
Routed il Battle.

st. Petersburg. IA Teheran dis
patch says that. according to Covers
ment advices, = great battle was
fought at Nobaraa. 80 miles from
Teheran. saiar-ed-D owleh. brother Of
the deposed Shah. lost 400 killed and
200 captured, IN addition to big
guns He retired in the direction Of
Hamaian. to the west the Govern
ment troops pursuing him.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
Millions N Postal Banks.

Washington. Two million and q
half dollars was on deposit In the
postal savings banks on August 81
according to oficial computations
Just made. This was an increase Of
100000 during August. It is
estimated that the aggregate Of de-
posits September so will be $4,-
100000.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
snake Hidden III Flrewood.

Sergeant, KY Frank Hall Beaver, a
farmer, carried in a load Of stove
wood and along with It carried six
foot fattlesnaKe which he did not
notice. Az he. threw down the wood
Beaver was bitten by the reptile. He
Is dying.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
Red cross Stamps.

washington Distribution Of the
SO, 900, 900 Red Cross stamps that are
to be placed on le in all parts Of the
United Stated shortly before the
opening of the holiday season will be
made from washington Instead OF
distributing the stamps from the
headquarters of the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention Of
tuberculosis, in New York, they will
be sent from this city.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Persons who attended wrestling
matches and other bouts in the Colos-
scum of old Rome did not have field
glasses with which to combat the by
no means inconsiderable distances Of
that historic Enclosure. So the world,
after all, has made progress.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
soLp rAElR sAgY FoKs5.
Parents. Unable 70 Give Child Away,
Make Sale.

Howe, Neb After they had been
prevented from giving away their own
baby JEFFERSON Lee and his wife sold
the child. which Is months old. to
Homer Howell, ) farmer. for S. ii
order to make the matter legal. How
eli insisted that the couple appear Is.
fore q court at Auburn and sign . con.
tract giving him the custody Of the
child. The Lees have been travelling
through the state in buggy.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
NATIONAL BANK BUSINESS.
Large Gains IN Loans and Discounts
since June Z.

Washington Large gains in loans
and discounts, losses In cash and in,
.creases in deposits OF national banks
are indicated by reports to the Comp
troller OF the Currency regarding their
condition September l, as compared
with June Z.
Loans and discounts of the 1901
banks reporting reached $5,66S,411.-
073, an increase OF $52,572. 286. The
losses in cash amounted to Ssh, 1885,
702. while the gains in deposits were
$l2,00S,855.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
ARMY's FOOD HIGHER.
War Department Finds Allowance
Must Be Increased.

washington. The government
VIII have to allow more for the feed
ing Of the men Of the army owing
to the increased cost of living.
Commissary General Sharp an
nounced that the increased cost of
foodstuffs will make the allowance
per man per ration for the next year
1886 cents, against. 23.S6 ration
during the present year.
The difference In the cost of the
ration is important. The total cost
Of feeding the army last year was
$9,1Oo.000.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
PARDON FOR CAPTAIN HAlNEs.
slayer Of Annis Will Be Released This
Week

Albany, N. Governor Dix in.
formed Col Asa Bird Gardner, coun-
sci for Capt. Peter c.. Haines. who is
serving out sentence in Sing Sing
for the killing of William E. Annis,
that he has decided to pardon the
former United States Army officer.
The Governor said that the formal
pardon willsbe issued this week. Gov
ernor DIX declared that he had in.
vestigatad tho case thoroughly and
that he was convince that the facts
behind thek killing waftsnted the
granting ofsthe pardonT
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Billie Burke. after having her ward
robe soaked in the Carlton fire. ar
rived in New York to find that her
trunks had been forwarded on the
wrong steamer. Some women have
wonderful luck in advertising,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

A sidewheel steamer that will carry
5000 people is being built for use on
the Hudson river Even 1t will doubt
less be overcrowded on Saturdays
and holidays unless the authorities
watch carefully. I'm +
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

The center Of population always was
. wobbly point, anyway. and Union
vile. Ind, should be glad to lose It.
The town that has an enterprising
population in. not around 1t, is the one
that counts.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Boston Is shocked because we'll
known young man married his nurse.
Boston is the city that Benjamin
Franklin moved away from when he
started to grow up.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
NO MORE -uNrAxED SMOKERS.
Manufacturers To Pay For Cigars
Given To Employees.

CIVCII- y --7TIPEUySss
Washington, Cigar manufacturers
the country over soon will be given a
hearing by Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Cabell to work out a method
Of taxing all cigars made. including
those used by the employees of the
manufacturers. The recent order of
the Treasury Department prohibiting
manufacturers from supplying their
employees with untaxed smokes" has
created storm in some shops where
the manufacturers have declined to
continue the privilege.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05
Turkish rroopships Run Ashore.

turkish IroopeE1Ips Run Ashore..1-
Athens Premier Venizolos says
that he has received a telegram from
Vonitza, saying that Italian cruisers
had been seen pursuing two Turkish
transports with troops aboard The
troopships were run ashore by their
commanders near Preyeza.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Garry an onion In your pocket, =
says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal,
''and you will not have fits." We pass
the advice along to the, people who
are looking for European war over
the Moroccan question
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

After several years in the ministry
a Massachusetts man has gone into
the coal business. where opportuni-
ties for missionary work are not lack
ing. III
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

One hundred and eighty feet of
blacksnakes were killed by Connecti-
cut farmer In seven minutes; Now
we do not miss the sea serpent any
more.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

The New York millner who went
broke rather than bother his custom
ers with bills made a fatal mistake
when he allowed his business address
to be published
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

If New York city has the 100000
Inhabitants that the directory publish
ers suggest. It follows that a good
many OF them are outside of the 400.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

People WHO wish to drive autcmo-
>iiea in Germany must pass rigid ex-
animation before receiving their
aDecial licenses from the police.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

Boston is in receipt OF strange
and unidentified sea monster. The
thing came to the right port to. get IT.
self named scientifically.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

A New York hack driver ate 81
ears Of corn In one sitting, which prob
ably accounts for the fact that he is q
hack driver.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-10-05

StfIl. II the katydid were infaIlible
It would incur the jealousy Of the pro
fes4ors Of the weather bureau