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island. the result being that Jamaica has
adopted more modern methods In grow
ing and shipping
< banana crop begins to mature in the
early spring months. This means a mi
grafton to the tropics of the importers
experts. and from that time until the
entire crop has been gathered the plan
tations and wharves present busy
scenes An inspection of the crops must
be made before the experts enter upon
any contracts. This is made upon native
ponies the trip often taking up three or
four days in making a. comp. etc survey
Of the plantations. the contracts are
then drawn and signed.
Two or three weeks later the cutting
begins. Each planter secures his labor.
obtainable mostly at 80 cents a day. All
of the field hands are natives. used to the
dampness and heat found among the
thick stem of a bunch of green bananas
with an ordinary knife he will scover
what a d fficut task 1t is. But the cutters
have been born. as the saying goes. w tn
a machete N their hands. and 1t is mat
ter of only few minutes for them to
"shin" up the stalk and. with a peculiar
drawing stroke strip thetrees OF their
half dozen or more punches. The ordi-
nary laborer catches the punches as they
drop with a deftness that guards against
crushing. and marches off toward the
cars In waiting.
Heat and particularly a high, humid
will ripen green banana in
one to two weeks after it is severed from
the mother branch. Consequently, there
is no time lost in hustling the precious
carloads from the interior to the docks
Not many years ago they were trans
ported by cart or. on the backs OF native
hurros This reoul,ed a day or more. At
the docks they were loaded by hand, a
force Of natives forming an endless Inc
Of men who passed from dock to steamer
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was in boxes: some in kegs. He got IL
down in the cellar. but that did not ease
his mind.
To have $26.61o in your cellar when your
cellar has stairway leading to the
street, and everybody in town knows you
have that money, and that it is in your
cellar. and everybody in the county is
going to know it within twenty-four
hours and everybody in the state within
forty-eight and everybody in the United
States is short of money and eager to get
some, is enough to make even head
strong, obstinate and resentful-of -dlcta-
ton man like ]. Svenson pause and Won
der whether he is not getting little
more trouble than he bargained for
One thing had to be done Immediately
Mr. Svenson saw. That was to paddock
that cellar door. then nail 1t down, then
spike it down and then pile all the junk
it would bear upon it. But even the Sc
curing Of the outside cellar door was not
sufficient The treasure had to be guard
ed every minute. There was nobody
more competent to guard that silver mine
than was Mr.. SvenSon. So. getting SIX
shooter and an ample supply OF cart
ridges, he went into the cellar and tried
to make himself comfortable.
1t takes a real philosopher to enjoy
himself in the cellar of a hardware store.
All the philosophy allotted to the Sven
son family had been disposed of before
John Svenson was born. Ordinarily the
hardware man had p enty to keep his
hands, feet and his mind busy in his
business SO sitting in chair In the
cellar with his six-shooter in his lap was
rather slow. The creaking of pianks as
the clerks moved about above or as peo-
pie came in and went out of the store
began to irritate him, especially as 1t
appeared now and then that somebody
was laughing-laughting at his expense
probably.
Being a man of steadfast purpose.
however, Mr.. Svenson did not bulge
until it began to grow dark In the eel ar
Then he went to the head Of the stairs
called his chief clerk. gave instructions
to him to arrange for one of the men to
remain on guard that night with his en-
ployer and also asked that Mrs. Svenson
should be Informed that he would not be
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(:ETHER-"

her Silk Crazy Quilt she Would divide
with Angie on a $3.50 Basis. And when
ever Angie got ready to sleep on
Piece of Wedding Cake she would
pinch out a good stable Hunk for Lib.
Each Girl kept Nightie at the Other
Girls House. and long after they had
retired the Inmates would hear snoth-
cred Giggles. interspersed with Frag-
ments of what He said to Her and what
She said to Him.
The Period of their Adolescence was
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Whenever Lib got new Patch for
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Copyright. 1912. by George Ade.,
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before Lib and Angie had another
chance to get away by themselves and
fill up on Oolong and cautiously exhibit
their Wounds.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-11

hewers
water \
We |
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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
Revival at Grand.

There was a good crowd out last
night, for a Monday night crowd, to
hear Evangelists Mcintosh and Phil.
lips. There were four conversions
and five accessions TO churches in
vinita, with large number of re-
quests for prayer.
Or, Mcintosh preached with power
and raped some of the evil things in
Vinita hard. The s. rlng under the
direction and leaders Up of Soloist
Phillips was excellei I. The help civ
en- by members of the choirs of the
different churches of Vinita is very
much appreciated by those in charge
Another piano has been secured and
Prof. Alvin Roper will play for the
services. One hundred singers are
wanted, to be on the stage at 1920 or
as soon as they can arrive. Come
early to get the best seats.
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WHAT EDITORS SAY OF WILSON


nor he proposed to be governor and
would not recognize that they came
into power with him with the right to
control and direct him. But Smith and
Nugent did not believe Wilson meant
it. Other men said the same thing
and then had shown themselves due
tile. The trouble with Wilson has not
been that he has been deceitful, but
that he has not been. A re-reading of
the letters he wrote and the speeches
he made prior to election shows the
hollowness of the charges that he sud
denly became a progressive"
A word to the political managers
whose hearts are torn by encounter
Ing base ingratitude. 1t is no longer
safe to assume tnat the candidate who
says he will consider public interest
first is liar and hypocrite The fell
low may mean it and may dshonor
your private drafts when you begin to
draw them.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
The Deadly Sin.
New York Evening Post. J

New York Evening Post.)
BY at least a dozen dispatches
which appear in some of our anti-Wil-
son contemporaries today is the gov
ernor of New Jerseys presidential
boom solemnly inferred Politicians
everywhere, it is reported. are up in
arms Like Colonel Watterson, they
have senses" reflections" and i'm
pressions." that he public will not toll
crate a man who was so unkind and
ungrateful as to answer truthfully a
question put to him by an editor, and
this in an "austere" manner. Auster-
ity in politician is, of course, dead
ly sin; and as for frank truthfulness
in candidate-but why touch upon
anything so delicate under the very
shadow of the Ananias Club? Now Is
the time to brush away Governor VIII
sons entire record as New Jerseys ex-
ecutive-that marvellous unhorsing of
the bosses who for generations had
carried the state around in their vest
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
okIahoma,s Agricultural Future

Washington, d. c., Jan. 49, = Hon,
Benz. Hennessy, secretary of the Ok
lahoma state board of agricultural to.
day notified the Southern Commercial
Congress. that he will address the
fourth annual convention, at Nash
vile, in April. He will prepare for the
volume of proceedings statistical
comparison of the agricultural condi-
tions of Oklahoma in 1860 and 1910,
and in brief address give the views
of the progressive men of Oklahoma
regarding "Oklahoma's Agricultural
Future" His statistics and speech
will come in the division of the pro-
gramme, The Souths Agricultural
Recovery" and will be associated with
similar papers and speeches from each
of the southern states.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
The Backer as Owner.
(New York Globe.)

James Smith, Jr., has not yet been
heard from, but the other Jersey James
does not conceal his views. James r.
Nugent of Newark, chairman of the
democratic state committee until he
bumped against Wilson, does not hesi-
tate to say that the Watterson- Harvey
statements confirm him in the opinion
that Governor Wilson is a monster OF
ingratitude.
Wilson has fallen out with Smith,
with Nugent. and with Harvey, and
the three make a common complaint
against him-that he accepts favors
and support and then does not repay.
1t is about the gravest personal charge
that can be made against man. If
true, the American people do not want
Wilson for president.
But it is to be noted that no one
who is conceded to have the public in
terest at heart has fallen out with Gov
ernor Wilson. Smith and Nugent are
politicians of the business type. They
are of the class that believes that any
man who pretends to be patriotic is
necessarily hypocrite. Harvey has
not created the impression of being
fanatically devoted to the public in
terest. 1t is most significant that
Woodrow Wilson cannot get along
with hackers whose understanding is
that politics is played today as it al
ways has been-that is, by men being
true to personal obligations to friends
rather than impersonal obligations TO
the public. This is the Croker theory,
the Murphy theory, the theory of
every machine politician from the
time of julius Caesar to the present.
The sin of sins is not to be loyal to a
friend. If request from this friend
collides with your conceptio Of pub
lie duty, then suspend your conception
of public duty.
Not the slightest doubt IS to be en-
tertained that Wilson, either by man
ner or words, told Smith, Nugent, and
the rest that if he was elected COVER
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
New York yNorld.)

When Col. Harvey, apparently over
come b yGovernor Wilson's austerity.
put the direct question to Governor
Wilson whether the support of Har.
per's Weekly was doing him an injury
and received from Governor Wilson
the cold reioinder that it was, was
both surprised and shocked. Henry
Watterson.
The World is surprised too. But we
cannot bring ourselves to say that we
are shocked.
For a presidential candidate to tell
an influential supporter more than five
months before the nominating conven-
tion and over nine months before the
election that his support is no longer
desired is surprising.
For man to tell an intimate friend
that his loyal and long continued work
in his behalf is no longer a service but
an injury is painfully unpleasant.
But We can see nothing shocking in
giving this frank answer to a plain
question. Presumably Col. Harvey
wanted the truth when he asked the
question. Presumably Governor Will
son believed he was telling the truth
when he answered.
"Ingratiude!" arises the chorus of
Governor Wilson's shocked opponents.
We should be far from shocked even
If We could discover ingratiude in Gov
ernor Wilson's position.
Ingratitude is one of the rarest vir-
tues of public lie. Gratitude" is re-
sponsible for many of our worst poll
tical abuses. Upon gratitude" is built
every corrupt political machine; upon
gratitude is founded the power of
every ignorant and unscrupulous boss;
in gratitude" is rooted the system of
spoils, of logrolling, or lobbying. Lor-
inner was elected by gratitude y
Payne-Aidrieh bills are passed for
gratitude Hartman campaign funds
are raised for gratitude. The great
majority of the voices which are de-
nouncing Wilson'S ingratitude are the
voices of machine politicians, chief
among whose stock in trade is this
gratitude"
No, what we need in public life is
a great deal more of discriminating in
gratitude. Such 'ingratitude' as gave
Charles E. Hughes the confidence of
the people when he opposed the boss
let's who had helped to elect him; such
"ingratitude" as gave Governor Will
son himself the applause of the people
when defeated for the senatorship
Jim Smith, who had helped to elect
him.
Governor Wilson may or may not be
the wisest choice for the presidential
nomination. But his gratitude or in
gratitude to Colonel Harvey will not
be the paramount issue in the Balti-
more convention
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
FREEDMEN PUT
OFF TRIBAL ROLL
After Ten Years Decision Ends Hope
Of Participation in The Big
Grab.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 20.-Be-
tween two an dthree million dollars
was saved to the Cherokee Indian ma
ton Monday when the supreme court
or the United States denied fifteen
hundred freedmen the right to partici-
pate in the distributing of tribal funds.
The case has been pending for near
ly ten years in the various courts and
this decision overrules the opinion Of
the court of Gains of year ago, which
provided the enrolment of the freed
men.
The freedmen were refused enroll
ment by the Dawes commission, but
the court of claims reversed this when
the case was tried in the federal
courts.
The court also vindicated the auth
ority of the secretary of the inteior to
strike names of members from the tri-
bal enrolment after giving due notice
of his intentions.
1t was held that the Kern enroll
ments are not final on tribal member
ship questions.
Now that the freedman case is out
of the way, Representative Davenport
intends to take up with the depart
ment of interior at once the question
of per capita payments. He will ask
that each member of the nation be
paid $25 per capita out of the nations
fund now in the hands Of the govern
ment The funds, Representative Day-
export declares, are badly needed by
the Indians at the present time.
The supreme court is still consider
ing the so-called newborn baby case
and an opinion is expected within the
next few weeks.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
That Whiskey Burglary.

Chief of Police Chas. Goodpaster in
forms the Chieftain that the story of
the taking of the liquor away from the
station Saturday night as printed yes
terday was considerably exaggerated.
There were only 43 quarts taken and
three of these were found back of the
Lewis implement house and there is
good prospect that the whole batch
will be located. The whiskey was
stored in closet in the city clerks
office, and the building was entered by
breaking open a door on the east side
and two inside doors were broken in
order to reach the liquor The parties
who got the goods undoubtedly knew
where it was stored. Night Watch
men Reed and Olson were on duty.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30

pockets-and all the political princi.
pies for which he has so ably contend.
ed. The insult to Harper's Weekly
ought not to go unavenged. Shall not
the democratic party rise in all its
might and say so at once? Jim
Dahlman of Omaha, Jim" Smith and
Jim" Nugent, exbosses of New Jersey
and doubtless other Jims. are of the
opinion that ii ought to. SO why de-
lay? Let us put Wilson on the shelf
at once. and take up with somebody
who will be agreeable to everybody.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
Birth Of a New Town.

Fort Smith, Ark, jan 30. = Work
has commenced in laying out the town
site of Watts, Adair county. which is
to become a division point on the Kan
sas City Southern railroad. Graders
and teams are now at work and as soon
as the shops are built the division
point at Stilwell will be moved to
Watts, The new town. is about eight
miles from Sloan Springs, Ark and
about an equal distance from Stilwell,
OKLA Deeds transferring hundreds of
acres of ground to the townsite COM
pany have been placed on file at Still
we'll
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30
okIahoman Gets Contract.

Fort Smith, Ark, Jan 90.-Tfre
building committee representing the
state university has awarded the con-
tract for the new educational build
ing to be erected upon the university
grounds at Fayetteville. The contract
was awarded to j. w. ROBBERS OF Clare
more, Okla, at a bid of $3S,000 The
furnishings will cost $4,000. The
structure will be completed by Septem
Der I. Thirteen sets Of plans were
submitted.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30

nearer the centers Of population and
markets. If the government should
haul much merchandise at rates re.
gardless of distance, there would be
little inducemeht for a factory to To-
cate or establish a branch in the west
or south. Factories would eongregate
where labor ana power are cheapest.
The proposed system, he believed, was
protection to home industries" re-
versed to destruction of home indus
tries.
Parcels post, he said. lis the enter
ing wedge of government ownership
and socialism" 1t will neeessitate
large increase of force and equipment.
Its chief advocates have introduced
bills providing for government opera
tion of transportation lines, including
public highways, "at lowest possible
rates regardless of distance If the
limit be increased to eleven pounds,
why not HOO pounds? 1t has been
said that eleven pounds is the weight
of gallon of whiskey, jug and con
tainer.
Advocacy of government entrance
into express-carrying business is nat
urally followed, he said, by socialistic
demand for its ownership and opera
ton of telegraph lines, telephones,
railroads, coal mines, etc. Individual
ism, initiative and self-reliance would
disappear under such paternalsm and
bureaucracy Government conduct of
business is more costly and wasteful
than private operation Regulation.
not operation, should be bad
Many factories are moving out of
the large cities to towns and smaller
cities where living conditions produce
improved types of citizenship. he argu-
ed, and parcels post would stop this
movement of decentralization 1t
would blight the efforts of live indus
trial organizations for town develop
men+ For the government to place
the products of factories well estab-
lished in old-settled communities into
the markets of the central west at the
same price as charged to local indus
tries, many of which are new and
struggling for a foothold, would re-
buke the pioneer spirit and punish
local enterprise.
He did not believe this to be true
function of the United States govern
ment Ours differs from those of the
old world in its encouragement to lib
erty of thought and action, equal and
exact justice to all. Local merchants,
he said, should likewise be allowed to
retain the advantages nature and lneir
own efforts and expenditures had Civ
en- them of their local markets. For
the government to deprive them of
these, he believed, would be class leg
ieslation. Agitation, which it was as
sumed came from the farmers, really
came from retail mail-order houses.
Though the voice might be that of
Jacob, the hand was that of Esau To
be progressive" toward socialism is
not real progress, he claimed; but We
should seek the "old paths" and op-
pose further entrance by the federal
government into fields Of private en-
terprise.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-30

J. N. little announces meeting
of the Confederate Veterans here next
Saturday at p m.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-01
SEASON
ON CHICKENS.
Iowa Nimrods Can OIL Their shoot
ing Irons for Three Months In n
diligence IN FavorIte
PsstIne.
GAME IS PLENTIFUL
Reports From over the states Are 10
the ERECT That Year Has Been
Favorable for Prairie
Chickens.
GAME IS PLENTIFUL

Exit the fishing tackle and make
ready to introduce the dog and gun
to the out of doors sporting fraternity.
The open season on prairie chickens.
the Iowa nimrod's favorite bird OF
prey, begins today, but there is not
likely to be much indulgence in the
slaughter as the opening day comes
on Sunday. But tomorrow the nim-
rods of the state may be expected to
make the welkin ring as some plump
chicken answers the call OF the skill
let.
A synopsis of the Iowa law govern
ing the killing OF game birds III this
state, follows:
You can hunt pinnated grouse or
prairie chickens between September
4 and December 1; woodcock between
July 10 and January Il; ruffled grouse,
pheasant, wild turkey or quail be-
tween November / and December 10;
wild duck, geese, brant rail. plover,
sandpiper, marsh or beach bird be-
tween September / and April Is.
You cannot shoot or kill quail on
the public highway.
You cannot kill or attempt to XIII
any game bird from any water con-
veyance except as propelled by oar
or paddle.
You can not hunt or shoot from any
boat, canoe, contrfyance or device on
any waters of the state between sun
Set and sunrise.
You cannot kill any elk, deer or
goat at any time.
You can not shoot for traffic. or
shoot or kill more than twenty-five
birds, game or animals except ducks,
OF which you can have fifty.
You cannot sell game, birds or AMI
mails, dead or alive.
You can not take, ship or carry out
OF this state any Of the birds, game
or animals named.
You can ship within this state, BY
making proper affidavit, not to exceed
one dozen game birds. in any one day.
during open season. but not FOR sale
or profit
You can not use swivel gun or
any gun except as is commonly shot
from the shoulder.
You can not hunt upon the enclosed
or cultivated lands OF any person
without owner, occupant or agents
permission.
You can not kill any Wild song
birds or other birds except game
birds at any time.
You can not take or kill any Mon. |
golian, ringneck, English or Chinese
pheasants until October /, 1915.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-01
HISTORIC POTOMAC
SCENE OF REGATTA
Three Hundred Of the Crack oarsren
OF the East are in Washington
to Compete in Regatta.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31-Threa
hundred crack eastern oarsmen are
here for the annual middle states re.
gatta on the historic Potomac River
course Monday. sixty-four crews from
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York.
New Rochelle, Washington and other
eastern cities are entered. Seventeen
races are scheduled
Interest in the regatta centers IN
the senior singles, between Tom Ro,,,
ney, OF the Ravenswood Boat Club
Long Island; Louis Steel OF the Arun-
dels, Baltimore; G. w. emith, Of the
New York A. c.; George Allison OF
West Virginia, and John Kelly Of the
Fespers, Philadelphia
The Maths, Philadelphia; Ariels
Baltimore; Undine Barge Club. pb,,a.
delphia; Arundels, Baltimore, and
two Potomac boat club crews from
Washington are entered in the senior
eight cared event.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-01
ATTELL DECLARES
HE WILL, E
Former Champion PASSES THROUGH
Chicago Enroute TO New York
to Meet All Corners.

United Press Leased Wire Service i
CHICAGO. Aug. 3i.-Iooking the
picture of health and declaring that
he has fully regained the vigof ana
snap which made him famous as the
grand old man, of pugilism before
Johnny Kilbane OF Cleveland wrestled
the title from his grasp In Los Ange.
les, Abe Attell passed through Chi.
cago today enroute to New York
where he declares he will meet =,
corners. Attell was barred from
Gotham by the New York state box.
ing commission six months ago for
Fighting an Indifferent battle. Abe d
matched to meet young schroeue 4
New York. -
Just let me at Kilbane.o sa,d a.
tell. He caught me off my euara a
Los Angeles, but what I'll do Il Nm
the next time we meet will Ia !
pity" 49, ps