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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23

year; the tax payers got the benefit
of accumulated interest on sinking
fund last year otherwise the levy for
sinking fund last year would have
been at least five mills. These amounts
to be raised for sinking fund are fixed
for years to come With a twenty
five per cent deducation in valuations
the rate must necessarily be higher
in order to get the amount required for
the general expenses of the city
What might appear to be mislead-
ing and no doubt many are misled
thereby is that ten per cent is added
to the amount needed for all purposes
in the city so that the law requires
the levy to be made so as to raise an
amount ten per Gene greater than that
needed so that when the taxes are all
collected there will be room left to
figure that the city could lose on ac-
count of failure to collect taxes ten
per cent and then have taxes collected
sufficient to meet the city's demands
In case this ten per cent is collected
it is carried over into the next year
and reduces the amount required for
the next year just that much
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
WEST WILL TEST
THE LIQUOR LAW

Oklahoma City, Aug. 17.-Attorney
General West has agreed to cooper
ate with the attorneys for the Santa
Fe railroad in the case brought by J..
l. Brown in the federal court for the
western district of Missopri to compel
the railroad company to accept for
shipment consignment Of bever-
age known as sTokay"
It is planned to make this a test
case a sto the character of so-called
temperance drinks which the railroad
companies are required to accept for
shipment into what was formerly In
dian Territory under the decisions of
the federal courts which made that
absolutely dry territory.
The assistance and cooperation of
the state has been asked in order to
show the court that it is not merely
controversy between a carrier and
shipper, but involves public ques-
ton, which is of interest to the state
and nation.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23

only s7S5.69 according to his expense
statement. Daniel is charged by re-
publicans in the third district with
having far exceeded the limit in the
matter of expenditures in his cam
paign. He is reputed to be very
wealthy.
Joe B. Thompson, one of the three
nominees for oongressman-at-large on
the democratic ticket, spent s1,47O.15;
Leslie p Ross, one OF the defeated
candidates spent s42S.5O; Robert E.
Echols, who was also defeated, spent
$1,194.07 and William NJ. Franklin
spent 81. 1896.
In the second district race Judge ].
]. Carney, who was nominated by the
democrats, spent s72S.75; James s.
Ross, defeated candidate, spent s71S.-
az. James Dennis Flynn, who was de-
feated for the republican nomination
in the third district, spent s2S4.5O.
James N. Lindsay, republican can
didate for representative, fourth dis
trict Oklahoma county, spent nothing.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
EXPENDITURES ARE
MADE PUBLIC
Senator Robert L. Ovens Campaign
Expenses Totaled s2,4ss.-state-
ments Filed.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 1T.-One hun
dred or more expense bills have been
filed with the state election board by
candidates for nominations in the
August primary. The amounts ex.
pended range from nothing of value
as sworn to by j. Luther Langston,
candidate for the socialist nomination
for congressman-at-large, to $2,822.54
as sworn to by C. N. Haskell, who
was defeated for the democratic sena.
torial nomination by Senator Robert
i. Owen. Senator Ovens expense bill
shows that he expended $2,439.49 His
account is itemized and shows that
there were expended for the Musko.
gee headquarters s99S66 Oklahoma
City office s61S.77, travelling expenses
$529.O6, printing $19S.
HaskeIl's statement showed that he
paid for stenographers $3.50. railroad
fare and hotel expenses s296.20, ex
press. telephone and telegraph $21t.
12; c. A. Skeen, expenses. $2S; s. K
Gordon, printing, 5000; postage s11O
newspapers and printing s1,4SS.22.
E. T. Daniels of Tulsa. candidate foi
the republican nomination for repre-
sentative from the third district, spen
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
THREE COUNTIES
ARE STILL OUT
owen Now Has 31,s45 Lead over
Charles ". Haskell.

Oklahoma City, Aug 15.-Custer
county's primary vote reached the
state election board today, leaving
three Counties Oklahoma, Payne and
Kiowa--to be heard from on the Unit
ed States senator's race The seventy.
three counties heard from give Owen
a lead of S1,S45 over Haskell ,as shown
by the boards revised and tabulated
figures. Ovens vote was 1885 and
Haskell's 1851. With seventy-two
counties reporting on the republican
race for United States senator, Dick
erson has 11,6OS, Jones 7,949, Parmen-
ter 5000 and Perry S,425.
Thirteen counties failed to report
votes on the oregon plan for electing
United States senators. In sixty-three
counties the affirmative side received
106,148 and the negative 1864. The
board today made the first tabulation
on the four leaders in the democratic
race for congressman at large, the re-
ports embracing all the counties re-
porting on senator. Murray is high,
with 35,457, Thompson is second with
29,S14, Weaver third with 22,92S and
Branson fourth with 20,993
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23

the fifty per cent raise by the state
board had been certified to the coun-
ty clerk, and therefore the levy was
made on the assessed valuation after
the increase had been added to the
original assessment.
You also state that We levied
.S4,252.23 excess of what was allowed
by the board. The law requires that
the board add ten per centum to the
amount allowed for delinquent taxes.
The excise board revised the city
and school estimates and reduced the
city estimate $2,17769, and reduced
the school estimate $S,2S6.OO. The tax
payers of Vinita remember that at the
last election they voted to build a
bridge across Bull creek at Sequoyah
avenue at cost of 100000, and to
purchase equipment for the fire de-
partment amounting to $2,6O0O0. The
city authorities can not build bridges
and buy fire wagons, etc, without
money, and if the people do not want
to pay for such things they should
vote different.
The excise board will again be in
session the 9th day of September
1912, and invited you and any other
interested party to examine the esti
mates carefully in the meantime and
then offer such suggestions to the
board as you deem proper. We have
power to reconsider those estimates
and if any one can show the board
where they can make a further reduc
ton. without Gripping the schools
and city government, | am satisfied
the board will gladly make the reduc
tion. for one desire to make the
levy as low as possible
Respectfully,
C. CALDWELL,
] County Attorney
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
TULSA WILL HOLD
AUTO RACES
Track at Fair Grounds to Be Com
pletely Fitted For Thrilling And
Dangerous Races.

Tulsa, Okla, Aug. 1.-THE track at
the fair grounds will resound on Sun
day afternoon with the roar of gigan-
tic racing automobiles instead of the
thudding hoofs of flying thorough
breds. Tulsans will have for the first
time in the history of the new state
an opportunity to see some of the fast
est racing creations ever designed in
cylinder battles with master hands at
the wheels-with drivers of the cali
bre of Louis Disbrow, Joe Nikrent
and Richard Ulbricht handling their
mounts, taking advantage of every
slight chance and flirting continually
with death. The gigantic Jay-Eye-See
with its. 290 horsepower, the Simplex,
Zip, the fastest dirt track car in the
world, and the mighty Case Bullet, su-
preme in the 300-inch class-these and
other speed eating machines viii be
shown, for the opening races of the
year in Oklahoma. The drivers who
will compete in the local contests are
en- route from Galveston, Tex, to
Elgin, ILL.,, where they have been en-
tered in the greatest of the American
road classics, the Elgin national road
race, for a purse of $4,000. The Elgin
races will be held on the last two days
of the month.
A Buick and National, both locally
owned, may also enter the races. The
owners of thes ears feel that they are
fast enough to defeat the professional
races in the open event. An interest
ing program of motorcycle races will
also be staged.
The six racing cars, which will ar
rive from the south this morning, will
be on public exhibition at the New
State automobile garage, 116 South
Boulder.
The track is being placed in the
best possible condition for high speed
work. Frank Lowry, manager of the
races, arranged yesterday for the en-
tire surface to be scraped and rolled
and the speedway will be sprinkled
early Saturday morning with solu-
tion of calcium chloride, which will
lay the dust. The top rail of the in
ner and outer fences will be removed
and every precaution to safeguard the
lives of the daredevil pilots viii be
taken.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
FrIsco Nay Use Gulf Line Route.

Muskogee, okla, Aug. 16.--It is ru-
mored in railroad circles here that the
Frisco line is negotiating with the
Missouri Oklahoma G Gulf in regard
to a transportation agreement which
will allow the Frisco to route its
through trains from Fairland to Hen
ryetta over the Gulf line 1t has been
known here for some time that the
Frisco is dissatisfied with both of its
routes from Kansas City to Denison,
Texas, as both are full of heavy grades
through large portion of the state.
One of them is by way of Fort Smith.
Ark, and down through Hugo and the
other is by way Of vinita, Tulsa, Sa-
pulpa and Okmulgee. II the arrange
ment is made, it will greatly increase
the shipping facilities of Muskogee.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
WOMAN DRINKS ACID.
Mrs. Hanna Hall Spent Forenoon Tell
Ing Friends of Intention.

Springfield, Mo-, Aug. lS-After
spending the entire forenoon calling
on her friends, telling them Of her in.
tention to commit suicide, at o'clock
this afternoon and bidding them all
good by. Mrs Hanna Hall, is years
old, drank carbolic acid In her home.
She was dead at exactly the time she
had set. Members of the family had
been watching her and tried to knock
the bottle from her hands, She drank
the poison while running and fell
dead
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
THE CITY's FINANCES

The assessed valuation of the tax
able property of the city of Vinita for
the year ending June both, 1912, was
$3.50. $1,000; the assessed valuation
for the present year ending June 30th
1918, is $3.694,295.OO. The net amount
needed last year for general purposes
was s22,363.51 an dthe amount for
sinking fund for last year was s10,-
051.00 for which levy was made as
follows: SS mills for general pur-
poses and "a mills for sinking fund
Under the city contracts and outstand-
ing bonded Indebtedness the amount
due to be collected for the sinking
fund last year was $1S,319.56 but the
interest that had accumulated to the
credit of the sinking fund on account
of deposits in banks, etc, was used to
Offset a part of the required amount
for last year and the tax payers got
the benefit of same and after these
things had been figured off it only
required that s10,O5100 be raised for
the sinking fund last year by taxation
hence levy of 2.6 mills was suffi-
cient for the sinking fund and interest
fund last year but this year the tax
payers will not have the accumulated
interest of past years to help them
out hence the amount needed for sink
ing fund and interest to meet the
city's outstanding bonded obligations
this year is $17,S72.96 and it requires
five mill levy to do this. The law
requires that ten per cent be added
to the estimates of net amounts need
ed in order that after the taxes raised
by the levy have been collected there
will be sufficient to pay the net amount
required The law contemplates that
ninety per cent of the taxes assessed
will be collected
Last year the balance on hand from
previous years was only $67S.33 and
this year the city starts off with a
balance on hand of $2,764.50 The net
amount needed last year to be raised
by taxation for general purposes was
$22, 2,36351 while the net amount need
ed to be raised this year by taxation
for general purposes is $22,9O6.35; in
addition to the general expenses of the
city $4,000 will be spent in adding
water services; this is charge for
fire hydrant rentals the proceeds to
60 to adding water service extensions
The people have authorized the build,
ing of bridge on Sequoyah avenue
across Bull Creek and $2,6O000s for q
new fire wagon and hook and ladder
wagon.
The assessed valuation of the city
was approximately twenty-five pei
cent higher last year than il is thii
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
BELIEVES INDIAN
AGENTS ARE SAFE
Congressman Mcclure Says Senate
Will Block Democratic Scheme
Agents Are Necessary.

Tulsa, Okla, Aug 17.-That the &C.
ton of the house democrats in en-
deayoring to cut off the appropriation
providing for eighteen district Indian
agents in Oklahoma will be defeated
by the senate is the opinion of Con-
gresham Bird S. Mcclure, First dis
trict of Oklahoma, who was in Tulsa
yesterday. Mr.. MCGUIRE believes that
the agreement of the senate and house
|conferees cutting off tn appropriation
will be fought and defeated in the
senate and will so back to the house,
where the appropriation will be ulti.
mately approved
Mcguire fought for the appropria.
|tion in the house and in his speech in
favor of it showed where outside OF
Oklahoma there is superintendent
or agent for every 1900 Indians, while
in Oklahoma there is only one agent
for $4,000 Indians, thus making il
necessary to have district agents each
with more Indians under their care
than any other agent, in order to pro,
tect the Indians from the grafters who
make it speciality of getting the land
Of the Indian for little or no compensa,
ton.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
The Excise Boards Levy.

Editor of The Chieftain:
notice that you take exceptions to
the levy of the excise board for the
city of Vinita an dthe city schools,
and say that surplus should have
been left in the treasury as starter
on account of the fifty per cent raise
last year by the state board of equaliz-
alton. In the first place ! desire to
say that the excise board does not
make the estimates nor do the mem
bers thereof make the expenditures
Furthermore the excise board last
year did not make the levy until after
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
Grove Ships Eighteen Car Loads oi
EIberta Peaches.

This section of the county has prod
ucts other than corn, wheat and oats
to sell. During the past week eigh.
teen cars of Elberta peaches were
shipped to Leavenworth, Kans., Mil
waukee, Wis, Chicago, Pittsburg, Pa
and st. Louis. Beside this shipment
there has been something like 1000
bushels of peaches sold at the or
chards surrounding Grove. Up te
Tuesday night, w. e. Ross had ship
ped IA cars and VIII Clark A. part
of Mr.. Ross shipment included
peaches grown by w. /. Jones on hi:
Edgewood farm, just south of the pub
lie school building. AS near as W.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23


Bartlesville, Okla, Aug. 16.-Be
cause Of the dismissal of district
Indian agents and other federal EN-.
ployes in eastern Oklahoma, the suit
recently brought against Harold L
Lannom, wealthy Bartlesville oil man
by Akey Ulteeslxy, an Indian girl, seek
ing to recover $4,000 in oil royalties,
of which she charged Lannom defraud.
ed her. will be dropped and it is not
probable that the prosecution of Ian.
nom will be carried further. Upon the
discharge of District Indian Agent
Dunnagan and D. II. Bynum, United
States attorney, there will be no one
to prosecute the case.
Eight hundred other suits, which
Mr.. Dunnagan was preparing to file
questioning the title on as many
pieces of valuable oil land in northern
Oklahoma, will also be dropped
The Indians of eastern Oklahoma
are greatly incensed at the action of
congress in dismissing the agents,
who protected the Indians and their
affairs. One final effort will be put
forth to induce the senate to retain
the thirty Indian agents.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
WRITER PEDESTRIAN
HERE TO-DAY

From Fridays Daily.
James ]. Mccormick of the repor-
torial staff of the San Francisco Chron.
icle, the reporter of the pedestrinal
perclivities who is making the $500
mile hike from San Fransico to st.
Louis, passed through Vinita today en-
route to his destination.
Leaving the Golden Gate city on
April 1st last, he had covered 3,1S5
miles up to the time he reached here,
leaving but 315 more to be made, with
the final time limit for his arrival at
st. Louis October 1st. While in town
he called at the Chieftain Office and
gave an interesting account of his
pleasant little stroll.
The walk is being made on wager
of $1500.00, the conditions being that
he cover the entire $500 miles on foot
within six months and that he travel
at all times without script or purse. 9
That he will win his bet is foregone
conclusion, as he is now a month ahead
of his schedule.
In the course of his long hike, Jim
Mack, as he is familiarly called, has
traversed a great variety of country.
Leaving the fertile valleys of Califor-
MIA, he crossed Arizona and New Mex
leo, walking over bleak sand deserts
and cactus plains to Texas, entering
that state at El Paso. Coming east
from that city he passed through the
last remnant af Texas once wonderful
cattle country to San Antonio. From
thence he followed the Victoria di-
vision of the Southern Pacific through
the new vegetable and fruit section of
the Lone Star State and entered the
great corn and cotton belt near Hous-
ton. From there he came north
through Dallas, Sherman and Denni-
son and crossed over the Red river
into this state on the line of the Katy.
Since then he has, to use his own
words, been coming through what
seemed to be almost one continuous
farm Of corn, cotton and hay. And
say" he continued, q have never in
all my life seen such prospects for a
bumper crop as you have staring you
in the face right here in Oklahoma. If
you people are not prosperous, it GER
tainly is your own fault, as old Dame
Nature has certainly done more than
her share in endowing you with rich
lands and prolific crops
Mccormick is short heavy set
man, about SO years old, and bach
elor with a merry twinkle in his eye.
This is not his first long hike, as he
has been for years varying his roper
torial duties with an occasional long
walk. He also INDUCES in the pas
time of writing magazine stories once
in while, being known among maga-
zine readers by his soubriquet of Jim
Mack"
He left for his destination rejoicing
in the fact that he was alive and able
to indulge in the dissipation of long
walks, expecting to reach st, Louis
some time during the early part of
October
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
JUDGE PARKER
LAID TO REST

Business in all lines stopped in vi
|nita this afternoon, while whole city
paid last homage to one of her most
beloved citizens, Judge Luman F. Par
ker, whose funeral occurred at the
family residence on North Foreman
street at 2:3O O'Clock.
Judge Parker died at st. Louis Tues
day night, following a sickness lasting
several years, during which time,
knowing death was inevitable, the
judge prepared his affairs on this earth
for that bourne whence no traveller
returns.
No citizen of Vinita was more loved
and respected than was Judge Parker
He came to Vinita several years ago
and welded the daughter of one of the
Oldest families of the Cherokee coun.
try, Miss Hail. A short time
later he began the practice of law and
from the very first was successful. He
had an undying love for vinita, which
in large measure was reciprocated
by the citizens, who elected him
mayor, an office which he filed with
much dignity and credit. It was dur.
ing his administration as mayor that
the first street pavement was laid in
Vinita. This improvement consisted
of the paving of the intersection be-
tween Wilson street and Illinois ave.
nue., where at that time an artesian
fountain adorned the center of the
street intersection. The building OF
this fountain had also been the result
of the efforts of Mayor Parker.
A few years later he was appointed
associate justice of the federal court
for the northern district of Indian
Territory. Here again he made rec.
ord as an able and just officer and won
a lasting place in the heart of every
member of the bar. During his term
as judge came the break in health and
ever since that time he has been a
sufferer from malady whose only end
is death. However, he remained cheer
full unto the end. For time he en-.
gagged in the practice Of law in the
firm of Parker e Rider and later un.
der the firm name of Parker, Rider &
Brown. Continued i'll health caused
the dissolution of this firm several
months ago, since which time the de,
ceased had devoted his business ac.
tivities to the Parker-Wise Investment
company and the Farmers State bank
of which he was vice president, hav.
ing been elected to that Office last Jan.
uary
During the years of his failing health
the judges love for Vinita increased
and there was never time, unless his
health prevented that he was doing
something for the civic improvement
of the city. To his efforts is due the
acquisition of the beautiful park just
east of the Grand theatre, which was
named Parker Plaza, in his honor His
last gift to the city was the sanitary
drinking fountain at the corner OF
Illinois avenue and Wilson street.
Although the inevitable summons
has come to Judge Parker and while
his body has been taken from our
midst, yet will his spirit be with us
forever and a whole city for genera.
tions will cherish his memory
A large number of out of town peo.
pie came to attend the funeral, as
Judge Parker had wide acquaintance
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and other
states.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23
r. M. Anderson Dead.

F. NJ. Anderson died suddenly at the
Thomason hotel at $40 today of heart
failure. Mr.. Anderson had resided in
Vinita several years and was an archi-
tect and builder, having recently COM
pleted the New Burlington hotel He
leaves wife and many friends in
Vinita. He was So years old.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23

The Daily chieftain until January
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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-06-14
Doubtful Guccesa.

Much excitement was caused few
weeks ago in Calcutta by a particular.
ly insanitary and evil-smelling tank
suddenly changing to perfumed one
giving off the refreshing smell oil
lemon.
To the natives this portended the
coming of great Indian goddess, who
would arise out of the water; so the
pilgrims gathered in thousands to
have their sins washed away and dis.
eases cured A guileless youth also
had been selling this holy water at
five rupees per bottle, which Is equal
to 6s 3d.
But soon afterward 1t was discov.
cred that large consignment of es.
sential oils, belonging to a firm OF
perfumers close by, had got smashed,
and afterward leaked into the tank
The natives now feel rather uncom.
Portable at the thought of having
drunk the dirty water. 1t is to be
hoped that they will know the smell
of holy water next time they meet
near a perfumer's work-Answers.