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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
Local Miners Vote on Wage Scale.

Local Miners Vote on Wage Scale.
Des Moines, May 23.-Local miners
today are voting the new wage scale
agreement reached by joint commit
tee Of operators and miners and re-
jected at the miners convention here
last Saturday. Miners in several
other Iowa towns also are voting the
acceptance or rejection Of the agree.
ment.
Oficials of the miners union stated
today that the result of the vote prob
ably will not be known until SATURDAY.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
POLITICAL ADVERT sEMENT.
The Business Man In Politics
Editorial from Newton Da lily News March H. 1929

lection. A definite measure
of protection has been laid
down. A tariff board has
been established to learn the
facts. We have reached 8
scientific basis. The problem
of actual revision would
seem to be pre-eminently a
business mans problem.
The task Of amending the
antitrust law so that bust
ness men may know what
acts are legal and what lille
gal is another task for the
man of business experience.
Lawyers were able to Law
down the general principles
of the law but the applica-
ton Of the Empirical knowl-
edge Of the business men is
absolutely essential to it's
perfection.
The placing of all federal
departments on a strictly
modern business basis, the
institution of the budget
system for the expenditures
of the government, the
working out of rules for the
federal regulation Of the is
sue of corporate stocks and
securities by corporations
doing an interstate business,
the enactment Of a federal
Incorporation law and the
reform Of the currency are
all problems to the solution
Of which the man Of practi-
cal business experience is
happily adapted.
The conclusion is newt
able. The business man is the
man of the hour, especially
the business man with legal
training. Mr.. Allfree fully
meets the requirements. He
has attained a phenomenal
success in business. He pur-
sued the study of the law as
a preparation for his bust
ness career. The increase in
the value Of land, the i'm
provement of farming meth
DDS and the growth Of fac
tories has made the sixth
congressional district one Of
large agricultural and bust
ness interests. The whole
logic Of the situation die
tates the wisdom Of sending
Mr.. Allfree to congress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
POSSE HUNTING
FOR CRAZY man
INSANE MAN WHO TRIED TO EN-
TER ALBA SCHOOL STILL
At LARGE.

Abba, May ga man evidently in
sane. entered the Blue Door school
house yesterday afternoon just before
dismissal, frightening the teacher and
pupils. A telephone summons took
Sheriff W. B. Griffin to the scene and
with a neighborhood posse Of about
twenty five men a search was kept up
until darkness coming on hid all trace
Of the man. SO far nothing else has
been heard from him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
IOWA BANKERS AT.
CEDAR RAPIDS JUNE Sc

Cedar Rapids, May 23.-Prepara-
items are being made for the meeting
here June S and for the annual con-
vention OF the Iowa Bankers associa-
ton. The program was announced
today and several f1nanciers are listed
for addresses "Protection of Banks
is the subject of an address to be de-
livered by William J. Burns, the de-
tective. f
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25

Candidate Tor representative LOT
Wapello County.
AS announced In these columns some
time ago, Mr.. Gardner Is candidate
for the nomination on the republican
ticket for member of the legislature
for Wapello county. He has always
been a farmer and Is still actively
engaged In that occupation in Column
bia township. s -a
In politics. he has always been a
republican, and has at various times
served in school, township and county
offices, including two terms as county
supervisor. 80. -
Mr.. Gardner asks for the support of
the party Of his choice at the June
primary, but in any event will be
found boosting the ticket as nomi-
mated. .- -~... IT.
T.,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
Young and Kenyon
File Statements Ct
Ca m paign Bill S
i. + + = + + : + + + + = ~ =

Washington. D. c., May %
Especially - Senator Kenyon's
and Lafayette Young's state
ments of campaign expenses
were received by the secretary
Of the senate today. Senator
Kenyon's totals $1,966.2s and
Mr.. Young's 50, 451.S8. .s
Three hundred dollars were
contributed by. friends Of Sena-
tor Kenyon. Young's expenses
we're paid by the Des Moines
Capital of which he Is the
owner. Neither has made any
promise of official influence or
preferment. .....
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25

Skinned From Head to Heel 1
was Ben Pool, Threet, Ala, when
dragged over rough road; but Buck
lens Arnica Salve healed all his In.
iuries. Csc. Frank B. Clark,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25
Counterfeit Dollars

Counterfeit Dollars
buy trouble, but a genuine quarter buys
DR.. Kings New Life Pills; for consti.
patton, Malaria, headache and jaundice
Frank B. Clark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-25

Dr.Sha||enberqer
The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist. who has visited Ot-
tumwa since 1903, will be at
Ottumwa, Ballingall Hotel,
Friday, May 81, 1912.
Zone day only
and return every % days.
Office hours, a. m. to p. m.
Fairfield, Court Hotel, Tuesday,
May %.
Bloomfield, Sax Hotel Wednesday,
May 20. r. a.'-
Abba, Monroe Hotel, Thursday.
May 80. * z.s. 49, !, Z. :, 3
sigourney, St. Charles Hotel, satur.
day, June /. a,s
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
A LEADER.

The speeches OF Woodrow Wilson
are the best now being delivered. If
Thos. jefferson should walk this earth
again today, and should wish to ac-
auire for himself in the new issues
which compose the present body OF
political and economic controversy his
most helpful means would be to read
the addresses of Woodrow Wilson at
Denver on conservation aud publicity,
at Minneapolis on big business and the
boss, at Kansas City on the initiative
and referendum and recall. at the Ken
lucky Bar Association on justice and
the law, at the conference OF COVER
Nors on states rights. at indianapolis
on corporations. Governor Wilson
translates the ancient and fundamen-
tai philosophy OF the rotation Of men
with other men into terms of the era
of telephones, daily papers. universal
suffrage. and hiilion-dollar corpora
tions. His most CONSPICUOUS quality is
clearness-olearness in the use of Eng
lish words. and the still more impor
tant clearness OF thinking-an un
usual quality in day when four-hfth'
of the public men who discuss tn
sherman law know merely that the
are against the trusts but have neye
thought out for themselves whethe
the remedy they want lies in compel
tion or licensed monopoly or a con
h,nation of both. Governor Wilson
eneeches are also more temperate tha
most of the current contributions
political thought. and reflect MOI
conservative man than the picture
him created in the public mind by n
rather spectacular emergence fro
academic life into politics. II
speeches contain less of argument thi
Of exposition: they state both sid
even when they advocate one. II
raading of them is convenient al
satisfactory education for one wi
wIehes TO follow with understandil
the coming political campaign -Ffo
Golfers Weekly.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERN
mENT.

Holton. Kans.. is to vote on adopt
ing the commission form Of govern
ment January S0th, and the Signal
says in an article of some length.
"The committee has made an ex-
haustive investigation and had receiy-
ed opinions from lola. Clay Center.
Dodge City. Emporia Council Grove.
Pittsburg, Eureka. Coffeyyille, Neode-
sha. Wellington. Newton, Girard, Abi-
lene. Cherryvale, Parsons, Caldwell.
independence and Pratt All of these
cities have had the commission form
In operation from one to three years,
and it was to learn their experience
with the new form that the committee
addressed list OF questions to re
sponsibie men in each Of the towns.
"A list Of the questions with the
answers received follows
Does it increase or decrease taxa
tion? Increase. 4 decrease, .. no
cbarge 5; no answer ",
DO the people get a larger return
Tor tae expenditure Of their money
No, a yes. 19. no answer, :.
us there a general efficiency
throughout all the departments of mu
lpicipal government; that is, are al
4 nes looked after promptly efficient
Nv and eeonomieaHy?" Yes -; no.
nc sdiference, i; no answer, ..
@Bces it create interest in the mu
nieipal government to the extent tha
people take more eetive part j
choosing oficers?" No, s; yes. ~
! doubtful. 4: no answer S.
DO you find that you have a NOR
efectual law enforcement under tn
5 present than under the old form
4 government" No change 8 yes, Il
0 no. 4, no answer, Z.
e Would you advise this form (con
/ missionl in towns having municipi
! Ownership of lights and water?" Ie
d 2l: no, 4. no answer, A. no differenc
Q /.
n Just how far are party polite
IS eliminated? Politics eliminated, 1
e less politics. T. no difference. 3: |
d answer. II.
10 Would yoa at once go back to Il
g old form? If So why? II not Why
m No. q; yes. | +; no answer. 6; indiff'
ent, I.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

Congressman Davenport is urging
the interior department to make per
capita payment to Cherokees in view
of the recent supreme court decision
in the Whitmire case that struck from
the Cherokee tribal rolls nearly 1000
negroes.
The Cherokees, especially the full
bloods. are in sore need of money at
this time on account of crop failure
last year and the exceeding severe
winter. There certainly could be no
more opportune time for this money
due them to be distributed. This pay
ment would assist them greatly in put
ting out a crop the coming spring
There is certainly abundant reason
why Mr.. Davenport should succeed il
getting this payment for these Indian
people at the earliest possible time.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
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People should not be governed
wholly by sentiment neither should
they be devoid Of it, but there is loud
and well-founded protest at the treat
ment the old public school building is
getting at the hands of the boys since
the new building is finished. It is
nothing less than a spirit of yandal-
ism that prompts the Disagreement OF
that ancient land mark in Vinita. The
old building is to be sold shortly and
removed and thus put out of its misery
but to pelt it with stones, break Its
windows and paint protesque figures
on its venerable walls is like boy
striking his mother.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

The New State Tribune says: Don't
worry about the Akin bill, you ten or
twelve thousand industrious eighteen
year old boys and girls in Oklahoma
who want the benefit OF intermediate
educational institutions to fit your
selves for school teachers and steuo-
graphers and clerks and bookkeepers
and farmers and miners and mechanics
YOU are in no danger. They will be
aching mighty sight worse than they
are now when they find out they can
not convice the taxpayers of Oklahoma
that they should save at the spigot and
waste at the bunghoie The taxpayers
are never going to deprive you Of nee.
essary education for the ordinary walks
Of life just for the sake of graduating
half hundred lawyers. doctors and
other professions every year.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

Every Cherokee citizen remembers
Governor Harmon when he was attor-
ney general of the United States. When
the Cherokees sold the Strip" part
of the consideration was that after an
accounting was had, whatever amount
found due the Cherokee nation should
be paid. More than million dollars
was found due the Cherokees and
would have been paid them had not
Harmon decided against them.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

The Pryor Greek Clipper is in favor
of the state maintaining every school it
has-eyery normal school and every
district agricultural school. We are
against the Akin initiated bill. Back
ing up, ii all these schools had not
been built and the money already ex-
pended we might easily advocate
fewer and more efficient schools, but
the child is born. and we believe in
sticking to the ship. The cost of main
tanning the schools proposed to be
abandoned when narrowed down to
your individual assessment is so in
significant you would be ashamed to
oppose it on that account. Then, II
their abandonment would detract from
your common school levy or add to
your district school efficiency, it would
be different again. Taking it all
through we think it would be a very
lunwise move at this time
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
HELPING CHANGE YOUR TOWN.

There are more good critics in any
city than there are plodders to carry
out the work suggested. Not long ago
the club women of Wichita rallied at
CITY Hall to hold a viyisection meeting
ON the very lively topic: What Wien
ita Needs Most.
There were as many suggestions ana
remedies as there were speakers. This
nroyd without question that we are
long on Watchers aud short on Wor-
wers, in the three W's.
The Wichita Business Association
is hunting right now for citizens VINO
want to work for their town.
Great things can be done by people
who get together, no matter where
they happen to be. We of Wichita are
more fortunate in environment than
the people of the following episode,
hut we can work as radical a change.
| II is related by the Shop OF the
Crafters of Cincinnati in a copyrighted
article entitled Your Town-it's Up
10 You. that one of the men who Went
lto heaven was disappointed and
Ihoueht round-trip ticket elsewhere
He boarded the next express 'lolled
hack in the rich. purple velvet up
holstery of the beautiful carriage as
he rode swiftly over the well-ballasted
roadbed
Further and further down the right
Iof-way the country grew more fertile
and beautiful; the traveller looked out
lupon it all as the trees, streams, hilis
and fields whirled seemingly in the
other direction
.The train slowed down. the brake
man stuck in his head and yelled
He'll"
THE train stopped and the traveller
alignted before an elaborate stone sta
, ton On the. corner Of street outside
Ia observed a familiar figure. whici
, he recognized from pictures seen q
3 earth as being that Of Charles Darwin
.The new arrival introducing HIM
: self Darwin asked him if he had Jus
/. come down from Glory, and what h
i though of Hell and it's surroundin
+ country
at this point the two were 1oine
nv yopaire. Richard Wagner and Hen
!. rich Heine. The man from above e
It pressed surprise and agreeable di
n appointment
!: "wen. said Darwin, things wei
NOT always as you now see them
.e Hell. When we came here the eterh
lie fire you hear so much about on ear'
nf was still going. but we have th'
/ lharnessed. piped about town, ana a
now using it for cooking purposes v
n. have dug artesian wells, irrigated y
al country and rendered 1t agricultural
s. Ifertile--why. let's see, Voltaire, wasl
e. lii only yesterday that we heard OF
corner lot in Glory being sold
cs taxes? !.
4 excuse me, gentlemen, said I
no newcomer. interrupting and at
same time feeling in his vest poke
he .bse where viii find scalpers
?" hee?"
er- There you are. Any place is WI
he men who live in it make Il
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

There are two things Governor
Cruce stands for that the democracy
of Oklahoma will certainly repudiate.
AS chairman of the state equalization
board he raised the assessments oil
property in Oklahoma towns and cities
from so to 100 per cent, and he is
leading the attack on the schools OF
the state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

If the NJ. o. & G. railroad should
build 12 or Is miles southeast OF Vim
ita a good trading point will be es-
tablished somewhere that may inter
fere materially with Vinita's present
trade territory. But the way to over
come that is to build good roads out
of yinita in all directions. Country
neople like to drive on good roads.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

To be ignorant of history, biography
or science is indeed pardonable, but
to undertake to quote the Bible ana
fail is objectionable. There has been
annie evidence recently that men who
claim to be Bible students know little
Of it's great truths, its poetry and us
phvlosophy. This old book has been
lhawked az and torn by men in all walks
of life from its inception and il It was
not inspired would have long since
gone down ana have been relegated to
tho forgotten lore of mankind. Men
dispute over it and cast it back ana
forth at each other like a football but
some how it still stands the test. Mel
forget that God is everything ana mar
is nothing. The true student OF th'
Scripture learns to magnify God ahe
10 minimize man. 1t has comfortet
ten thousands in prison, on the ba'tie
field on beds of sickness and IN al
the walks of human existence. TO u.
TO measure it by the standard OF man
moor frai intelligence is pltlap!
[ weakness. It has stood mp in all ass
OF it's existence against the onslaught
I of inhdels atheists and ignoramuse'
! and is today the acknowledged teS
7 book of the centuries It has entrance
t the tired eyes Of the toilers ot tm
a world. and been held lovingly Dy 'h
r wasted hand of sickness and its mi
iestic truths have been held In sacre
e remembrance by sages, philosopher
e and students in every age oil u
5. world. The Chieftain has said th'
f. the masses do not read the Bible an
know little of its teachings and thel
It is ample evidence that the stateme'
is not overdrawn.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

In the opinion of the Chieftain there
are only two candidates before the
American people for the democratic
nomination for president Wilson and
Harmon One or the other Of these
men viii be nominated and elected.
Wilson stands for progressive democ-
racy and Harmon is backed by the re-
actionaries, the trusts, railroads, com
mission houses and combines. Demo
crats OF Oklahoma should ponder vel
these things and get in line for vii
son.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

Campbell Russell is trying mighty
hard to be the Henry Watterson OF
Oklahoma. But Watterson has retired
to his winter quarters away from rail
roads and telegraph lines.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

No matter how hot the campaign
gets this summer there will not be
renetition of the first Cruce-Haskell
campaign which for extreme bitter
ness never had its equal unless it was
the Goebel campaign in Kentucky,
which ultimately cost the governor
his life at the hands of an assassin
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
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THE WATER WAGON.


The water wagon goes its Q
way with creakings long and Q
loud When it set forth on New Q
Years Day it held a merry Q
crowd that filed the air with Q
laugh and song. with pledge Q
and noble VOW; where is that Q
gay and gladstone throng2 c
Where are those heroes now c
one passenger soon left his c
seat. hard by the bugjuice mill; {
he said he couldn't stand the c
heat. although the day was {
chill. And one, who started {
brave and bold, youth of {
princely form, said that he {
couldn't stand the cold. al {
though the day was warm. And {
one. a man of sterling worth, {
got down, aboard to roam; he {
J had to celebrate birth that
J happened at his home. And one
) announced with bated breath
) he'd have to quit the cart; he'd
) heard about the sudden death
) of his step-uncle Mart. So, one
) by one and day by day, they
) sought excuse and fed; and on
J IFS lonesome. weary way the
) water wagon sped.-Walt Ma
} son.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

yinita ranks all the towns in the
state as hay market. During the
last year nearly three hundred thou
sand dollars worth of hay was shipped
from this place
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

When Governor Cruce declared for
Governor Marshall for president that
was equivalent to saying he would be
neutral. Yet the governor is no poll.
tician.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
KANSAS CITY STOCK
MARKET.
Rickart, Correspoh'
0 0 10000 0 o 0 Q 30 Q Q Q {

Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb. o.
Cattle supplies we're short at all the
markets last week. Kansas City re-
ceiving twelve thousand head less thau
same week last year. and the five west
ern markets combined received $4,000
less than same week last year. de
crease of 21 per cent. Naturally the
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
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Vinita is, or should be interested
more in a Cherokee per capita pay
ment than any other city in Oklahoma
Here is a chance for the Commercial
Club to get busy.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

1t was not the Jim Crow law that
beat Judge hook for place on the
supreme bench. 1t was the two cent
fare decision, though the president
would hardly admit it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

This is the time for Craig county to
git busy in the matter OF building
country roads.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

There is good prospect for a Cher
okee payment of form $25 to $50 per
capita within the next 80 days. The
good Offices of Congressman Daven-
mort and Senator Owen have been IN
strumental in bringing it to pass.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

The Clark and Folk forces are fight
ing manfully to turn Missouri back in
to the republican column.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

Some wonderful straw ballots Tor
president are being taken these nne
winter days
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09

William r. Hearst has purchased the
Atlanta Georgian, one of the most ag-
gressiye Woodrow Wilson papers IN
the United States.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-09
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) A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
} God educates men by casting
} them upon their own resources.
} Man learns to swim by being
} tossed into life's maelstrom and
} left to make his way ashore.
, No youth can learn to sail his
, life craft in lake sequestered
D and sheltered from all storms,
D where other vessels never
D come. Skill comes through
D sailing ones craft amidst rocks
D and bars and opposing fleets
D amidst storms and whirls and
D countercurrents. Responsibility
o alone drives man to toll and
D brings out his best gifts
o Newell Dwight Hills.