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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
ASKS $4,000 OF BROTHER.
oklahoman Alleges in Suit That
Property Paid For by Father
Was Diverted.

Tulsa, Okla, Sept 5.-Charging that
Fred e. Turner, his brother, broke
faith with their father, John E. Turner,
and had a piece of property decided to
himself which the father paid for, and
expected to have decided to him, are
some of the charges by Clarence w.
Turner in suit for $4,000 damages
against Fred E. Turner, instituted in
the superior court today.
John E. Turner died in 1898, soon
after this transaction had been made,
and Clarence w. Turner claims he
decided this particular piece of prop
erty to him. The damages he seeks
is the present market value of the
which is one of the best bus
mess corners in Tulsa.
The Turner'S reside in Muskogee and
are among the wealthiest people in
Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
BIG INDIAN
LAND SALE
Returns From Washington And Will
Proceed at Once to the Sale of
Unallotted Indian Land.

! Muskogee Okla, Sept 6.-J. George
Wright. commissioner to the Five
ICivilized Tribes, returned home from
Washington, Thursday For the past
two weeks Mr. Wright has been in
conference with the secretary of the
interior and other officers of the in.
terror department, relative to work in
eastern Oklahoma, and d complete
plan of campaign for the coming year
was decided upon.
Among the first matters to be dis
posed of will be the sale Of sixteen
sections of timber land, which was
provided for by a recent act of con-
gress. There are 1OSOO acres of land
IN the sixteen sections and it is con
sidered the most valuable timber land
in Oklahoma. The land will be sold
at Hugo on November II, one-fourth of
the purchase price to be paid in cash
and the balance in two years.
1t has also been decided to sell S15.-
900 acres of unalloted lands in the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. This
land is in twenty-five counties and the
sale of it will start on November 12.
and will continue from day to day in
the different county seats until COM
pleted. This will practically close the
sale OF unalloted Indian lands in Okla
homa
No provision was made at Washing.
ton for the re-offering of the timber
lands of eastern Oklahoma. This land
was offered some time ago and bid in
by few big corporations, but the
sale was set aside by the interior de-
partment.
The surface coal lands will be offer.
ed for sale later in the year The ap-
praisers are still at work and just as
500 mas the appraisement is complete
and the report is confirmed the land
will be offered Nothing has been
done in the way of selling the coal or
mineral rights.
Mr.. Wright says that there will be +
no changes in his department and that
the work for the ensuing year will be
carried along the same as usual.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
sPAVINAW ITEMS.

The M. o. & G. bridge across Grand
river at Yonkers is completed and
there is force of 200 men at work
on the bridge at Pensacola. There is
only one more bridge to build, the one
across Spavinaw and then the gap can
be closed shortly
G. q. Williams, who bought the Bum
garner farm has found a good speci-
men of lead on his farm.
The teamsters are hauling the bridge
timber for the Spayinaw bridge.
There are two prospectors here
searching for mineral Prospects are
good for a big lead and zinc mine as
soon as the new road is complete.
Mrs. George Bullen who is visiting
in Chicago has bought her a fine bun
dog and has written her husband to
come and help her home with the dog.
Cleye Johnson is building a $500
residence at the new town of Strange
on the M. o. & G. There are several
stores already in and more coming
Mr.. Smith, son-in-law of D. f.
Clarke has gone back to Kansas CITY
to take up the railroad business again.
His wife will follow later. Mr.. Smith
was express messenger on the M. X.
& 7. from Kansas City to Denison.
when he quit to try Oklahoma farming
nine months ago. He says he is nine
months older now and if the Katy will
give him back his job at a hundred a
month there will be no more farming
for him
The woods are full of campers from
Vinita and other towns taking their
summer outings.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
STATE CAMPAIGN
IS ORGANIZED
Funds Will Be Collected For Both
National And State
Campaigns.

Oklahoma City, Sept. 6.--At organ
lzation OF the democratic state cam
paign committee today the following
were elected:
| }. Y. Newell, Jennings, chairman of
the speakers bureau; Luther Harri.
son, chairman of press bureau: Chas.
|. Stewart, editor of the Enid Morning
News, assistant chairman; ]. H.
Strain, Wann, chairman of the organ
ization and finance committee: Dave
FraWley, secretary of the state COM
mittee, secretary of the campaign COM
mittSc; Duke Stallings, Durant, assist
ant secretary. Herbert l.. Bolen, chair
man of the committee, presided and
was given authority to name members
of the subcommittee State Chairman
Harrill and nearly al 1.-The committee
men attended, Ex-State Senator J. Fl.
Strain of Wann was named a mem
ber of the committee by Congressman
James S. Davenport.
The committee will endeavor to
reach an agreement with National
Committeeman Galbreath as to the
gathering of campaign funds, the state
committee believing this work should
be done by single organization and
not by two finance committees work
ing. Funds collected by the Galbreath
are for the national cam
paign. The state committee also needs
funds for the state campaign.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
ALFAFA ACREAGE
IN OKLAHOMA
Present Crop Estimated to Be Worth
Seven Millions.

Oklahoma City, Sept THE book
tngs on the outbound movement of al
falfa from Oklahoma this season on
the Santa Fe, Rock Island, Katy and
Frisco railroads sum up grand aggre.
gate Of $500 carloads as against 642
carloads for the similar period last
year. an increase of 2,-5S cars, or 322
per cent. Most of the outbound move.
ment in this item has found an outlet
through the gateways of Kansas City.
st. Louis, Chicago and Memphis, while
a respectable number of shipments
have been distributed through the Job
bing territory served by Denver and
Ell Paso.
This not only is the heaviest move.
ment of the kind ever recorded in the
history of Oklahoma traffic operation
but denotes the largest percentage in
crease over the previous year. At
conservative estimates, Oklahoma
commerce has been enriched to the ex.
tent of $5,OO0,O00 by the alfalfa har-
vested and sold so far this year, and
there yet remains some thirty per cent
OF the total yearly output to be cut
and placed on the market
By the time the late atumn frosts
stop the harvesting, the state will have
received a gross revenue in excess of
$7,OOO,OOO from the hay, if the previous
ratio of production holds good.
1T is conceded that this years enor
nous production will place Oklahoma
in third place in the list of alfalfa pro-
ducers. Previously the production
here has been exceeded by six other
states, but the present year has been
so decidedly successful that three
states have been jumped and the out.
put so far is exceeded only by that of
Kansas and Nebraska.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
Clarinet Player For Band.

Mr. Roy Brooks, who is now an
actor with the Fred c. Stein Stock
company, has signifed his intention OF
coming to this city to live. Mr.. Brooks
is a married man, twenty-eight years
of age and will endeavor to get a posi-.
tion as clerk or bookkeeper. He will
fill weeks engagement with the
Stein company at Tulsa next week,
and then return here. He is also a
splendid clarinet player and will be a
valuable addition to the vinita Com.
mercial Club band.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
SOCIAL LEADER sLUGGED.
Mrs. Kirk Connolly ef Tulsa Attacked
While on Horseback Ride And
Severely Beaten.

Tulsa, Okla, Sept. 5.-That she was
jerked from her horse and beaten un.
til unconscious by a masked man and
a woman was the tale told by Mrs.
Kirk Connolly. She is the wife of a
prominent citizen, and is a social lead
er. She was discovered bleeding and
severely injured in a bunch of weeds
in the southwest part of the city at a
late hour last night.
Mrs. Connolly was horseback riding
when attacked. She said she was not
robbed and what motive there was for
an attack is a mystery.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13

follow
When General Nelson Miles came 10
command the soldiers in the district
the Indians were under the leadership
of Natchie, the chief, but the influence
OF Geronimo. the medicine man. was
so great that Natchie's place was al
most an empty honor. Miles selected
Captain Henry W. Lawton, afterward
a general, who was killed in the Phil
ippine campaign. to capture the crafty
Geronimo. He started with two troops
of veterans. taking trail that at its
beginning was broad and plainly mark
ed Then followed the most remark
able pursuit in. the history of Indian
warfare
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
TULSA BOOZE
IS DESTROYED
4 Large Lot of Beer Destroyed, But
No One Claimed lt-6ottIes
Were Broken.

Tulsa, Okla, Sept 6.-That tn,
United States officials are in deaC
earnest in their recently inaugurateC
crusade against the bootleggers was
proven again Thursday when Deputy
Marshals John Moran and Bowman
forced their way into the Oil Exchange
and the Turf Exchange, two notorious
South Main street resorts, and destroy.
ed approximately $500 bottles of high
grade beer, the approximate value OF
which is $1,000
Nor did they stop there After fin
ishing up with the booze at the Turf,
Moran hastened up the street to the
other place and assisted Bowman in
breaking his find. Then the two went
up to the room above the Oil Exchange
and with an AK Moran had secured to
force an entrance to the storage room
at the Turf, smashed literally into
kindling wood a valuable mahogany
bar.
Instead of taking time to pour beer
into a sewer as has been the custom
in the past, they smashed the bottles
on convenient floors of cement.
No one was arrested at either place,
1t seeming that the owner of the con-
fscated liquor did not care to claim
proprietorship.
Moran encountered some little diff
Guilty in getting in at the Turf Ex-
change. Someone saw him coming
and proceeded to lock the door to the
booze store room. He was not to be
thrown off, however, and before they
could realize it he was back, armed
with a heavy ak, few blows from
which splintered the door
A good natured gambler who was
standing nearby when Moran started
his heart-breaking work of smashing
the bottles stepped forward and offer
ed his services as a helper. They were
accepted. 1t was the general opinion
of all who witnessed the sight that the
gambler would make a number one en-
forcement officer, judging from the ex-
pert method he used in breaking those |
bottles
The Z. S. officers intend to go after
every one of the big booze houses as
s~ickly as they get to them.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
RECORD YEAR
IN MINING
IN OKLAHOMA
Mineral output $45, 5,ooO,oOo in 1911.

Mineral Output $4,000, 900 in 1911.
Norman, Okla, Sept 6.-Compila.
ton of statistics fthe mineral out
put of Oklahoma during 1911 is almost
complete. The work is being done
under cooperative agreement between
the United States Geological Survey
and the Oklahoma Geological Survey.
The work of compilation is not quite
complete but the total value of the out
put will be over $45, 100000. This is
greater by about SO per cent than for
1910. D. w. Ohern, director of the
Oklahoma Geological Survey, says
this exceeds the most sanguine ex.
pectations. Because of the severe
drought, building operations were al.
most at a standstilI during large
part of 1911. There was also a de.
preston in the lead and zinc market.
1t was expected therefore, that there
would be a marked decrease in the
output of building materials-stone.
clay and gypsum products. and Port
land cement-and in lead and zinc,
but the decrease was not so great as
was expected. Oil showed a marked
increase, totaling s26, 100000 as against
$19,O00,000 for 1910. The value of gas
increased $6,75O,OO0 as opposed to
$3,4O0,OOO for the preceding year. In
spite of the inroads made on the coal
industry by cheap gas in the coal re-
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
GUN TOTER AND
REVOLVER LAW
Sullivan Revolver Law a Boon 70
Crooks Magistrate Says.

New York. Sept. 7.-Magistrate
Frederick House, one of the foremost
authorities in this city on the ways of
the gun toter" and the criminal has
issued a statement where in he de.
nounced that part of the Sullivan ere.
Yolver law" which deters law abiding
citizens from procuring arms for home
protection. The Sullican law the mag
istrate says, is the finest piece of leg.
islaton in favor of the crook that has
happened in decade.
1t is difficult to conceive how the
originator of this law expected it to
be effective in taking murderous wea-
pons out of the hands of criminals"
the magistrate says. "The startling
list of murders, robberies and hold.
ups an dthe unprecedented gun-pIay
OF ganksters in the city's streets prove
that the criminal classes have grown
bolder than ever under this type of leg.
lslation. The only thing this law has
accomplished is to disarm the law
abiding citizen and to advertise to the
crook that he will find ready victims.
There is a popular misconception
that the Sullivan law is a new law. II
is not The only essential difference
between it and the old law is that it
has disarmed respectable citizens that
did not need to be disarmed and that
it has made convictions for gun tot
ing by criminals more difficult than
ever 1t is the finest piece of legisla-
tlon IN favor of crooks that has hap
pened in a decade.
There are tens of thousands of re-.
spectacle business and professional
men in New York City who have actual
need of revolver in their offices. in
their stores and in their homes. Under
the Sullivan revolver law this need
has grown more than ever. But no
respectable citizen is going to subject
to the annoyance and the in
1ignity of going on the rack before a
police official to swear that he is of
good character and to pay money for
he proud permission to defend his
ife, his home and the lives of the mem
'ers of his family. He prefers to take
chances with the crook and the
crook knows it and attacks boldly.
There is a sharp distinction be-
ween permitting law-abiding citizens
o procure firearms for home protec-
ion and between laws that encourage
gun toting Laws against gun tot
ng' without a license cannot be made
90 stringent, so long as the punish
nent is made elastic enough to fit the
lrst offender who merely slips up and
0 come down like trip hammer on
he hardened crimina lwho needs pro.
racted retirement.
AS for the law-abiding citizen. he
hould be encouraged and not dsscour-
ged from procuring arms for home
rejection. Compel every citizen buy
lg a pistol to sign his name and the
ate of purchase in a dealers register
nd permit him to carry home his re-
Oliver on the date of purchase in its
riginal purchase package. The more
espectable citizens are known to be
rmed, the greater the deterrent of
rimes and robbers, burglars, thugs,
rocks and criminals"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13

glon and notwithstanding the depres.
sion in manufacturing industries. the
coal output increased to S6.29I 900. as
against $5,S00,O0O in 1910. Asphalt
showed a phenomenal record reaching
$4,000 as against $65,OOO for 1910.
This is taken to mean that the state
and the southwest in general. is Just
awakening to the fact that our asphalt
is better than the imported.
1912 Will Be Record Year.
The Oklahoma Geological Survey
says 1912 viii liar exceed 1911 in the
mineral industries. one stone com.
pany says it has on hand now contracts
to keep the plant busy a year The
increased price of lead and zinc has
put new life into the Miami district.
With the price of oil going up, the
operator can afford to carry on bus
mess and already several new oil and
gas fields have been opened up. We
are now beginning to conserve our
gas and this will give up an enormous
asset.
Great Record For II Years.
Statistics show that the value of
our mineral products has increased
from $4,OOO,OOO in 1901 to $45, ,OOO. 900
in 1911, an average increase of nearly
100 per cent
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
The chase on Foot.

Day after day the ceaseiess chase
continued. The men soon found them
selves in country where horses were
useless Then Lawton said he would
walk them down. The walk began and
pluck and endurance were pitted
against Indian craftiness. Weeks
passed. Men dropped fainting in the
hills and their comrades passed on.
There was no time to delay. They
were left to find their way back to
the reservation themselves.
Then word was sent to Geronimo
that the soldiers did not desire to
fight, but wanted to talk to the In
dians. Geronimo's council opposed
the conference, be lieving the white
men treacherous, but Geronimo went
into his tent, pulled down the flap and
mixed medicine. 1t told him the con-
ference would benefit his people. So
one night the pursuing soldiers heard
a faint hail and an Indian stood before
them. He was worn to the bone, but
dauntless. He said his chief would
talk to the white man, but would talk
to him alone. His camp was some
miles further on, but the messenger
offered to guide soldier to it. Lieu
tenant Gatewood volunteered, and
after a conference with Geronimo,
took the chief to Lawton, who receiv-
ed his surrender.
Geronimo's band was removed to
Florida, where they died in large num-
bers in that strange climate. They
were taken then to Alabama, where
their lot was no less disastrous, and
finally they were taken to Fort Sill, |
where they found abundance of good
food, good climate and perfect free
dom under military supervision.
Geronimo was elected chief of the |
renegades when they settled in Fort |
Sill, and he held sway over them until
his death
The members of his tribe sought his
advice in matters of love, war and fl
nance. He lived in a tepee on the hill
side north of Fort SILL and to this
lumble house of state journeyed all of
he tribe at different times, seeking
light.
His Victims Unnumbered
He charged them for it and grew
'ich. He took charge of any tribal
money that fell to their lot and paid
t out as he wished. He cost the gov
more than 1 million dollars
n giving chase to him and his band,
o say nothing of the hundreds of
ives he destroyed He himself de-
Jared that he did not know how many
White persons he had killed.
He hated the white men to the end.
lie made several attempts to obtain Ii
is freedom, as he said it was his de- II
ide to die in the Arizona, the land of '
is freedom. But he was denied it.
Each family on the reservation was T.
iven strip of land to cultivate. And :
rom warlike savages, the Apaches 7
ave become peaceful farmers. The \
fthe Geronimo band have c
0 further desire to go on the warpath. !,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
THE CREEOE
MINING DISTRICT
Report Issued on the Geology And ore
Deposits Of the Region-Has Pro.
duced 37,5oo,ooo.

i The geology an dore deposits of the
Creede mining district, Colo, are brief
ly described in a preliminary report
published by the United States Geolog.
ical Survey as Bulletin 53O-E (an ad.
vance chapter from Bulletin 53O). by
w, II. Emmons and f. S. Larsen.
/ In the eighties the upper portion of
the valley of the Rio Grande was a
route of transportation between Wagon
| Wheel Gap an dthe fourishing mining
camps near Silyerton and Lake CITY.
This route passed very near the pres
ent site of Creede and nearer still to
Sunnyside, small camp about miles
west OF Creede. Some of the Argo-
nauts halted on the way long enough
to prospect the steep mountain slopes
along the valley and, finding encour-
aging indications, located several
claims. There is no record of anv
new discoveries from 1866 until Aug
ust 1889, when N. C. Creede. Il. r.
Naylor, and G. L. Smith located the
Holy Moses mine on Campbell Noun
tain. The following summer Creede
located the Ethel and C. F. Nelson To-
Gated the Solomon claim. The mining
district that was formed was called the
King Solomon district; it is east of
and nearly contiguous to the Sunny.
side district.
When it became generally known
that Creede had sold an interest in the
Holy Moses mine to d. H. Moffat. of
Denver, prospecting was renewed with
great vigor, and in June, 1891, several
prospectors from Del Norte discovered
the Last Chance mine on Bachelor
Mountain.
The railroad from Wagon Gap was
extended to the district in 1891. and
the first train arrived at Creede on
December 16 of that year. 1t is cred. |
IDLY reported that the town housed
10000 people in the early nineties. The
district has been producing almost con.
tinuously since the advent of the rail
road, and the daily tonnage in the nine
ties was large. During some of these
years silver was at very low price
out the mining operations were profit
able nevertheless The production has
ieclined somewhat in recent years. and
n 1910 it was $1,O36,2S6 The total
production of the district is estimated
1t $97,5OO,OOO.
Conditions are stated to be favor
Ible for cheap mining Fissure veins
n the volcanic rocks, containing gold.
silver, lead, and zinc, are nearly every
where of good width and have been
ubjected to very extensive fracturing
md crushing, so that much of the
york has been done with pick and
shovel. One of the largest slopes
we're milled from the bottom without
blasting or breaking the
re. At present all the stopping is done
y hand. Owing to the fractured con
ition of the rock the miners find their :
ibors lighter than in many neighbor-
lg districts.
A copy of the report may be obtained
rec napplication to the Director of
ne Geological Survey, Washington. D.