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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
No Resistance Offered by
Imperial Troops or Sol
diers, Who Joined Invad-
ers; Occupation Peaceful.
CONSTITUTION is
SUBMITTED TO THRONE
Document Provides for Per-
petuity Of Manchu Dy-
nasty, but Restricts Priv
ileges Of Rulers.


senal and the native city of Shanghai
were taken over by the revolutionists
late this afternoon. No resistance
was offered by the authorities or such
Of the public as remains loyal. It Is
expected that WI Sung, at the mouth
Of the WI Sung river, and ten miles
north Of Shanghai, and the up-river
forts will fall tonight. tits confident
" believed that Marking and Ching
Kiang will be captured by the rebels
tomorrow. l,Jt
Some of the foreign warships land.
ed marines In this city before the reb-
els took possession. Foreign volun,
teers were called out and have taken
every precaution to protect the CON
cessions 1t is reported that the reb.
els at Kiuh Kang have seized the
British tug boat Sampson t.
It became evident early in the after.
noon that the revolutionists proposed
to, assume control Of affairs there In
short time although 1t was not
thought they would occupy the arsen'
al before night. AS the day pro.
gressed the revolutionary flag was
4 hoisted over all the buildings In the
vicinity OF the arsenal and thousands
wearing on their arms the white band
insignia OF the constitutionalists, gath.
tornd IN the atneata @$ ~ -SSs
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
HAD NEVER BEEN TEMPTED
Delegation Of Citizens Looking for
County Treasurer Decided Can
didate Was Too Honest.

Upon certain occasion an emf.
nent citizen was approached by a
delegation OF other eminent citizens.
the leader of whom proceeded to say
Friend, ii must be known TO thee
that we have had dishonest men in
office and the taxpayers have suffered
loss thereby?"
Truly, the facts have come to my
ears" was the reply.
I'VE would further state that we
are a delegation looking for a new
man to fill the position Of county
treasurer"
And in me you will find an hon.
est one.
THAT is to say, thee wilt not
graft?
mot the value Of cent"
There wilt be much cash to
handle"
But It will be safe with me-"
And there will be const mt tempta.
TONS"
But | shall Withstand them all"
Hast ever handled public funds?"
mo, but again assure thee OF my
honesty"
Friend" continued the speaker for
the delegation, thou art honest be-
cause thou hast never been tempted.
We are now losing about ten per
cent. by graft. Let the office be
given to an honest man and he'll
either take all or none, and the
chances are about even UP. We will
pass on!"
Moral-The honest man Of today is
the rascal of tomorrow.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
M0SS TO RECLAIM CONTINENT
Apparently Trivial Object That ls LL
able to Change the Face Of
the Earth.

Agencies apparently so trivial as to
be almost beneath notice have chang
ed, and are now changing. the face
of the earth. For instance, so com
paratively Insignificant form Of veg
citation as moss may not only affect
the aspect OF the landscape, but may
powerfully assist In giving new char.
acter to a continent
One of the surprising results Of
scientific investigation In Greenland is
he indication of the wonderful work
NOSES are performing there. Where
glaciers have ceased to advance, or
lave become dead" various species
OF mosses have found foothold on
hem, and gradually over spread them
With a mantle of green. The amount
of vegetable matter slowly deposited
by those Greenland mosses is so con
siderable that it has been suggested
that this deposit will be Of great i'm.
portance in the future of that strange
land.
1t is known that in past geological
age Greenland was not the dreary, ice.
sheeted continent that 1t is today, but
a beautiful land, almost tropical in ap.
pearance in some respects And If,
in the future, geological or astrono.
mical causes should bring about a re
turn to the former conditions, when
Greenland was really green" the
rich stores of vegetable matter now
accumulating there through the growth
of MOSES amid the ice will give
wealth to the soil Of the regenerated
continent.-Harper's Weekly.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
AS IT WORKS IN REAL LIFE
Usual Experience Of Man Who Starts
Out to "Show" the Folks
Back Home.

In the American Magazine Eugene
Wood writes on Hunting a Job IN
lie Wicked City" 1t is extraordinary
in its observation and humor. Many
Of us have been through what he de
scribes. Following is an extract:
You pack your trunk and start for
the Wicked City. There are lots OF
jobs there True. there are lots OF
people looking for them, too. But
then, genuine merit, is bound to sue
ceed. and that's the kind you've got,
the sort with the yellow label on il
and genuine blown in the bottle.
Yoall work like the very dickens, and
save mp your money, and get rich, and
teen you'll come back and show 'em.
YOu'll just show EN-.
You'll show 'em. Yes, you will
You can't show EN- in Johnnycake
Corners. Some day when you've got
so many millions of dollars you don't
know how many you have got and
yuur name is in tie papers as often
as Chauncey NJ. Dspew's used to be.
you go back home en- a visit and, one
day, just for cod, you stop and see
he man that fred you. First thing
ell say is, Nothing today and when
YOU convince him that you aren't ped,
ling anything, and tell him your
came he'll say, Oh yes. he remembers
YOU, and come to find out, he isn't you
out your cousin he remembers. And
after you tell him with much detail
what house you used to live in, and
our mothers connections and ALL he
says: "Oh yes. Why, certainly
snow you like book. Well. how s
hings with you? Who you workin'
or these days?' You'll show EN-"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
okLAAoMAs edesTs lNsuLrEo

Intelligent zeal in the enforcement
of law is admirable But there is a
point to which officers of the law may
go that exceeds the bounds of reason
and decency and this point was reach
ed in Oklahoma City the other day
when the private car of a delegation
of hotel men from Denver was enter
ed and ransacked in a search for liquor.
These strangers were guests of the
state They had come to attend the
meeting of the MissOuri-Kansas Hotel
Mems Association and were entitled to
courteous treatment. The officers of
the state who forcibly entered their
private car and turned things upside
down in their hunt for liquor found
none, but they would not have been
justified in their boorish action even If
liquor had been found.
True friends OF prohibition are not
their homes and then search him. But
that is exactly what these oficious
officers did to the visiting hotel men
in Oklahoma City. To treat every
stranger as a suspected bootlegger Is
not compatible with common hospital
ity The dispatches say that the Wis.,
itors were indignant at such a recep-
tion, which reflected upon their
sobriety and offended their dignity
And no wonder. Has the time come
in Oklahoma when every stranger who
arrives in that state must stand and
have his pockets turned inside out up
on the order of some petty official who
has more zeal than brains?
II is just such foolish and unreason-
able exercise of authority as this that
keeps many people away from the
support of prohibition 1t may be
against the law of Oklahoma for man
to have concealed weapons about him,
but would the officers enter a private
car and violate every sense of decency
in an effort to find revolver? Why
is the prohibition law singled out for
such fantastic exhibitions of official
authority City Journal
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
The UNIVERSAL REMEDY.

He used to take drink of whisky
when he was feeling gay and frisky;
and when his health was out of plumb,
he tried to heal himself with rum In
fiery days of mid-July, he tried to cool
himself with rye; when winter storms
began to toot, he warmed himself with
tangle-foot. When children came to
cheer his home, from tankards tall he
blew the foam, and when friends died
he tried to drown his grief by pouring
bugjuice down. Whate'er the crisis or
event, ii called for Spiritus Frument.
And when this picked guy was dead
in that old town he painted red his
poor, sad, weary heartsick frau must
put a mortgage ON the COW to buy a
misft box of pine in which her old
man might recline And while they
laid the stiff away out in the church
yard, cold and gray, the men who kept
the grog saloons, with diamonds on
them in testoons. were selling booze to
other chumps, who took it for the dole
ful dumps, to keep them cool. to keep
them warm, to shield them from the
wintry storm, for any reason or ex-
cuse foolish mortal can produce
WALT MASON.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
sHIRT-BUTToNs FOR TEETt
Ingenious Old Woman Tries HeI
Hand at Little Home
Dentistry.

Shoe-button eyes are frequently
seen on the woolly dogs, cats anC
other animals sold for toys. penwip
ers and pincushions, but shirt button
teeth worn by human being are 6
decided novelty.
The only set ever made Is worn By
an old woman living In Pittsfield
Mass. Finding herself unable to buy
new set OF false teeth she was
driven by necessity to make them
She had worn for many years gold
plate, relic of more prosperous days
This plate bore only four teeth, two
on each side In course Of time her
remaining front teeth fell out and she
decided TO try her hand at little
home dentistry With infinite care
and trouble she drilled eight tiny
holes in the plate by means of which
she firmly attached four white bone
buttons of the proper size to it with
strong linen thread The "makeshift
teeth" as she called them, were .
SlSdl suCCesst anu Mheu Hltei 'h piaSS
in her mouth 1t took a second glance
to tell how they differed from the or.
binary dentist-made molars. AS the
edges of the buttons wear away With
use she turns them upside down
When one is accidentally broken Il
is easily replaced, as she keeps q
srOck of hone buttons on hand for the
purpose.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
GOVERNMENT SALE OF INDIAN
LANDS.
Absolute Title Given.

The unallotted lands of the Chero-
kee Nation in Oklahoma will be sold
at public auction to the highest bidder
at the following terms, times and
places without any minimum price or
| limitation as to the amount which can
be purchased by any individual, ex-
cept that not more than 160 acres of
land, classified as agricultural, can be
purchased by any person, including
that purchased at any former sale of
Cherokee lands:
Delaware County, Grove, "a tracts,
December 2; Sequoyah County, Salli-
saw, 20S tracts, December 4; Adair
County, Stilwell, 1913 tracts, December
s. Cherokee County, Tahlequah, 21O
tracts, December 6; Muskogee County,
Muskogee, IL tracts, December & Nc
Intosh County, Eufaula, q tracts, De-
cember s; Nowata County, Nowata,
3 tracts, December s; Rogers County,
Claremore, 16 tracts, December s.
Mayes County, Pryor, tracts, De
cember 8; Tulsa County Tulsa; l
tract December 9.
Terms are 25 per cent at the time
of sale, 25 per cent in six months and
so per cent in 70 months, with per
cent interest Payment must be made
in the form of draft or certified check
payable to J. G. Wright, Commissioner.
Upon full payment being made at any
time decd viii issue. Immediately
after approval of sale certificate OF
purchase will issue and possession be
given, but the cutting of timber, OF
drilling, or mining for minerals there
on will not be permitted until full pay,
ment of purchase price. Right is re.
served to reject any or all bids.
For information apply to the com
missioner to the Five Civilized Tribes
lMuskogee. Oklahoma or any of the
District Agents as to the lands within
their respective districts. Lists of
these lands have been prepared by
counties, showing the terms of sale
and the description of the various
tracts. 1t will be impossible to furn.
ish each inquirer all of these lists
and it is suggested that persons de
string such information specify the
locality in which they are interested
Blue prints of Delaware, Sequoyah
Adair and Cherokee Counties, show
ing the location of the land to be sold
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
An Immense Flower.

The largest of all the flowers Of the
world is said to be the Rafflesia, ma
tive of Sumatra, so called after Sir
Stamford RafIles. This immense flow.
er is composed of five round petals
of a brickish color, each measuring a
foot across. These are covered with
numerous irregular yellowish white
swellings
The petals surround cup nearly q
foot wide, the margin of which bears
the stamens The cup of the Raffiesia
is filled with fieshy disk, the upper
surface of which is covered with pro-
jections like miniature COWS horns
The cup when free from its contents
will hold about twelve pints. The
flower weighs about fifteen pounds
and is very thick, the petals being
three-quarters of an inch.-Scientifc
American.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

Dr. E. Trumbull Lee, writing in The
Presbyterian Banner touching his oh.
seryation of the working of the recall
in the state of Washington makes the
interesting and unique suggestion that
on a recall petition the same parlia.
mentary rule ought to prevail that Gov
ers the motion to reconsider in a de.
Lucrative assembly; that is. the mo
ton must come from the winning side
Or, Lee suggests as an application OF
the same principle that no petition for
recall should be entertained unless il
is exclusively signed by persons who
voted to elect the man whose removal
is proposed. If 25 per cent of the citi
zens who voted a man in are disap
pointed in him and want him out, there
seems to be in that fact a pretty good
implication that he has not made good
But without that restrictions the min
ority can easily keep stirring up parti
san trouble endlessly.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
BEDOUIN IS SMALL EATER
Ho is Active and Martial, Yet He
SubsIsts Easily on Very
Little Food.

The Bedouins are most alert and
military race, and yet 1t is an undoubt-
ed fact that the quantity of food usual
ly consumed by the greater part OF
them does not exceed six ounces a
day. Six or seven dates soaked in
melted butter serve a man whole
day, and he esteems himself happy
when Re can add small quantity Of
coarse flour or little ball Of rice.
In 1779 an Englishman describes the
Russian grenadiers as follows: "They
are the finest body of men l ever saw.
Not man is under six feet high
Their allowance consists Of eight
pounds of black bread, four pounds
of oil, and one pound of salt per man
for eight days" In 1854, when the
Russians surprised the world by stand
ing against the attack of the Allies,
on the bloody battlefield of Alma,
were found dead Russians with their
provisions in their knapsacks, and
there provisions were black bread
crumbs in oil"
DR.. Hamlin, who has resided more
than twenty years in Constantinople,
says the Turkish porters in that city
eat bread made from flour scarcely
bolted. fruits, curdled milk, of which
they are very fond, rice cooked with
some other vegetables, and about
twice a week little meat at dinner,
which they eat soon after sunset They
never drink any sort of distilled or fer
mented liquor Onions and garlic are
largely consumed by the Turks.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
Elnht for womsn,s RIahts.

The Era club of New Orleans has
decided that If women are not admit.
ted to the medical school of Tulane
university for an uninterrupted four
years course the club will defray all
legal expenses incurred In having the
question passed on by the courts. II
required several years hard wort
for the Era club to get the doors OF
the medical school of Tulane opened
for women students, with the result
that the first two years are now oper
to them
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
Danger In Back Collar Button.


A British scientist has just been
pointing out the dangers Of the high
collar in connection with long back
collar button, which, through weight
of the clothing on the back of the
neck, may be leaving the imprint deep
In the back of your neck.
In the first place the tall, stiff col
lar, which almost universally is too
tight, cuts off a certain amount OF
blood from the brain. Many persons
who are brain workers will recall the
disposition to loosen the neckband
before settling down to some hasd
study. 1t is an indication of an inter-
rupted blood supply to the brain Gel :.
Worse than this, however, the =
enlist is telling us that this lons
shanked back collar button, under
pressure of the tight collar or from
weight of clothing around the neck,
may be exerting dangerous force upon
one of the most sensitive portions Of
the spinal cord. The me3ulla of the
spinal cord is secondary only to the
brain itself. Injury to It may paralyze
the nerve centers which control the
breathing apparatus.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
mixed History.

A university student who was be.
Ing examined in history wrote;
Queen Elizabeth rode white horse
from Kenilworth through Coventry
with nothing on. and Raleigh offered
her his cloak" Another wrote: The
gods of the Indians are chiefly Mo
hammod and Buddha, and in their
spare time they do lots of carving"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
Bismarck and Coffee.

Among the coffee drinkers high
place must be given to Bismarck,
says the London Chronicle. He
liked coffee unadulterated. While
with the Prussian army in France
he one day entered country inn
and asked the host if he had any
chiccory in the house. He had, Bis.
marck said We'll. bring it to me,
all you have The man obeyed and
handed Bismarck a canister full OF
chiccory Are you sure this is all
you have?" demanded the chancellor.
"Yes. my lord, every grain" Then,
said Bismarck, keeping the canister
by him, "go now and make me pol
of coffee"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
SILL In tie Runnlnn.

Twenty years since we last saw
each other? Your daughters are all
married, suppose
"Yes, all but Freda, the eldest. she
is waiting a little longer "-Fliegerdc
Biaetter
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
A Great Convenience.

you have placed all the large her
ries on top!"
YES" replied the affable dealer
THAT saves you the trouble of hunt
Ing through the box for them"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
The Difficulty.

The First Norker-Manne born be
plowed! D'ioo mean ter say If me an
you come into a bit o. splosh We
couldn't keep our ends up with these
ere docks and people?"
His Doubling Friend-Oh, we should
be orlright; but our missuses'd give
the game away, yer know.'-Ths
Sketch.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

The rank growth of grass on account
of the late rains make the danger from
grass fires more dangerous than usual
this season. 1t behooyes every farmer
to see to it that his fences. buildings
and other Improvements are properly
safe-guarded. Tne recent frosts have
so killed vegetation as to make whole
fields like tender and a fire would be
very destructive.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

found a strange colored hair on her
husbands coat the other day has been
afraid to say a word about it, says
Asa Converse. She wears so many
different kinds of false hair herself
that she is afraid that possibly it
might have come from her own wig.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

Billie Sundays sermons are now
taking the place of the baseball news
in metropolitan newspapers
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

There is a vast difference between
being a progressive and merely an
"aginer" The progressive insists on
going forward while the man who is
"agin" everything won't go at all.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

J. X. Carselowey is on the road in
the interest Of the Chieftain. both
daily and weekly This is the time Of
year when renewals and subscriptions
should come in in large numbers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

Even China has began to make
progress.
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papers that pay out about $500 week
in wages that is all spent with Vinita
people. A Harvey eating house that
employs an average of % people, who
spend their money in Vinita.
1t is the county seat of Craig county,
one of the richest agricultural coun-
ties in the state of Oklahoma.
Vinita has one of the best public
school systems in the state with an
average attendance of more than 1000
pupils. Has two great trunk lines of
railway. "a regular passenger trains
day
It is the greatest hay market in the
state.
Has the largest department store in
northeast Oklahoma, the Sanders
Wright Mercantile company.
An oil refinery located here, manu-.
featuring all kinds of products Of
crude oil, and employing dozen or
more men at good salaries.
Has a machine shop, fully equipped
and turning out a high grade of work
Pioneer telephone, local exchange
over 700, with rural phones.
Free mail delivery.
Three rural mail routes.
Postal savings bank.
Elevation above sea level 702 feet
County seat of Craig county.
Population 5000.
Federal court town for eastern dis
trict of Oklahoma.
Has 40 miles of concrete sidewalks.
Has a fine system of water works
and sewerage.
Has an abundance of the finest ar
esan water in the state.
Thirty-five miles from Missouri line,
twenty-eight miles from Kansas line
Asylum for insane, state of Okla
homa.
Has ten churches.
A brick plant, making high class
building brick, and employing num-
Der of laborers
Is the best horse and mule market
in the state, with the possible excep-
tion of Oklahoma City.
Three elevators, where cash is paid
for all kinds of grain.
Six to ten hay buyers, paying the
highest market price for hay.
Three wholesale produce and com
mission houses.
One of the largest wholesale gro
ceries in the state.
Sacred Heart Institute, splendid
Catholic school
Automobiles.
Schools
Number of teachers, "a.
Number of pupils. 1,165
Physicians
Four drug stores.
Several clubs,
Five police officers.
Assessed valuation Of property.
$4,6O0,OO
Area of city, two square miles.
Water works (owned by city,.
Electric light, ice and power plant.
Four parks.
L. S. Jail.
$50 gas consumers.
Lawyers
Preachers.
Up town Western Union Office.
Hotels
Restaurants.
Opera house.
Police Judge.
Three factories
Postoflice receipts, $500 per month,
Two miles of paved streets.
-Four livery barns.
Five dairies
Brick plant
Nursery.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

will be furnished upon application to
the undersigned upon the payment of
fifty cents for each county in the form
of draft or postal money order
]. G. WRIGHT,
Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes.
Muskogee, Oklahoma, October Is,
1911.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09

A WellsyiIle, Kans., woman who