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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Growing Younq.

Age has its beauty as well as youth,
nd We should all study the art OF
growing old gracefully, that we may
be loved to the last by those who love
us On the stage of life we have
our part to play 1t would seem that
religion has taught us better things
than Socialism and helped us to bear
and forbear. There is a great bitter
ness in the discovery that the treas
ares worshipped in our youth are at
best but clay-footed idols; yet, il we
cultivate a gentle philosophy we may
be able to forget that the years, as
they go, are stealing many OF our
best MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Home Influence on wrltlnn-

Environment has been held respon-
sible for many human frailties, but it
is only lately that it has had to shoul-
der the blame for poor handwriting
Even more than temperament and
copy books environment influences a
child's handwriting" said handwrit-
ing expert. IF he sees a fashionable
writing or a clear business hand on
tables and desks at home he will imi.
tate that unconsciously. II only an
uneducated serawl meets him there.
he, too, will scrawl, let his instruction
at school be ever so thorough"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
The Daily Chieftain IOC Per Week

Tor the great body of the American
people ever since 1870, and it is pri
marily due to the robber tariff take,
imposed by the protective tariffs or
the necessaries used, worn and con
sumed by the people. Alexander Ham
ilton said, Protection to be available
Iaust be got out of the belly and back
OF the great mass OF the American peo
pie" Our republican friends have
worked that principle to its utmost in
all their tax schedules, and every tariff
tax that they have passed has taxed
the belly and back" to the limit. and
given the greater portion of the bene.
fits to the privileged few and built
up and fostered the special interests
and classes to the detriment of the
sreat mass of the American people
lnvaroably they have promised and
those promises to the people have in
all cases been shamelessly broken and
Irepudiated. The history of the repub-
lican party has been one of broken
pledges to the laborer and farmer.
They have shifted position so often
that it is well night impossible to keen
track of them. They are like the Irish.
mans flea, when you try to put your
hnger on them they are not there In
the early days the tariff tax was i'm
posed ostensibly to protect infant in.
dustries;" then the foreigner paws
the tax; then to protect 1.-The wages
OF the American laborer;" then ito
keep up prices" now they say that the
tariff has nothing to do with the prices
on the necessities of life. They have
been driven from one false position
to another and compelled to take a
new stand but they invariably come
back with a new suggestion.
Taft unequivically promised down
ward revision before election in his
speeches and letters; after election he
signed the "All-Rich-Pain" robber tar
iff act, and at the time said it did not
fulfill the platform pledges; then.
when he went travelling some more he
said that it was the best republican
tariff law ever enacted. We will ad.
nit that is is the best republican tar.
If" and in the sole interest of those
who have and do furnish the sinews
d war to the republican camnaign
iunds' but We also say that no tariff
lax ever devised by the hand of man
was ever SO unfair and burdensome IN II
ne common people. 1t is protection I
or the interests gone mad and js 81
obviously unfair that many of the most
prominent men in the republican party /
laYe openly repudiated it. The rates (,
ire so high on everything that enters !
he belly" and is worn on the backs
\ the common people that the people
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14

There are human beings, such as
inhabitants Of the Murray islands in
the Straits OF Torres, that cannot
count further than two. But, most
surprising still, most animals possess
calculating abilities, and several have
a distinct appreciation of number. In
certain mines of HainarJt the horses
are so used to traversing the same
road thirty times that after their last
round they go to the stable of their
own accord and refuse TO take an.
other step. Montaigne says that the
oxen employed in the royal gardens
Of Susa for turning the wheels to
which the water pals were attached
absolutely refused to make more than
l0G rounds, which constituted their
daily task.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Fashions In Smiles.

Let me see. Is there anything more
worth setting down about this ex-
piring season? Oh, yes; expression
of face. A slightly puzzled look, with
the lips parted in a half smile, has
been quite popular. The baby stare
is out, and wide smiles are distinctly
demodes. A small, tired smile is al
ways correct as the season wanes. or
course, I'm speaking of those who
dare to have any expression at all.
There are lots of women (not so
young as they would like to be) who
simply Danish both JOY and sorrow,
for fear of what poet would call
Lines on fair face. It's no use
bestowing any Of ones little funni-
ments on these people.-lna Garvey
in "A Comedy of Mammon."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Big Trade In Frozen Mat

Argentina supplies 80 per cent. OF
the frozen beef and frozen mutton
consumed in Sheffield. England. Aus.
trslia and New Zealand provide the
remainder. Its use is constantly in.
creasing. Frozen meat is never sawed.
but it chopped with a cleaver. The
retailers receive the meat in quar-
ters which they chop into angular
blocks, from which the quantities de-
sired by customers are cut. These
blocks afford material for fine window
displays, and the windows of frozen
meat shops are generally piled high
with all sizes and shapes of solid red
beef.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Friday Dickens, Lucky psv.

Charles Dickens was not one Of
those who are superstitious concern
ing Friday. 1t was on Friday that
many of the good things came to him.
and it was on that day that he enter
ed upon, paid the price and took DOS
session of Gads Hill, the one thing
ne cherished more than all of his 9TH
er possessions. 1t was Gads Hill that
he had gazed npon when wee bit of
a boy, with a hope then giving little
signs of fruition, that he might live
to own 1t some day; and it was Gads
Hill whose walls he covered with mir
rors in almost Oriental magnifcence.
Record.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Didn't Conform.

We'll" said the grouchy old dad.
here is the money you've been coax
ing me for. l ought not give you a
cent but I'm doing 1t to get rid of you.
You are spendthrift, sir-a spend
thrift. But remember-a fool and his
money are soon parted" 81 don't see
how YOU make that out, guv-nor," an
swered the youngster, pocketing the
check. I've been tormentIng you for
this money for more than two weeks"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Plan Thought Out by a Mother.

In the Woman's Home Companion
there is what is called The Ex-
change 1t is department of prac-
ical household news sent in by read.
ers from various parts of the coun,
try. Following is a suggestion sent
in by mother in Michigan: Il buy
the sweaters for my children the
same color, and when the sleeves
have given out, as they always do
long before the body of the garment.
| make new sleeves of the whole part
of one sweater for the other one"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
WHAT WE OWE TO WOMEN
Ever They Have Been the Makers
of the Home and Providers
Of Comfort.

Social progress with primitive WON.
en- was stimulated and encouraged by
their relation to home life, to dress
and TO manners. We have already
alluded to the women as the authors
OF the home or shelter. II is the fe-
male bird that makes the nest, the
female mammal that digs the burrow
for her young and the female bee that
makes the honeycomb as a home for
hers. The human female more than
all the rest created her home. But
not only is this true, but she differen-
tiated the home, and all parts of the
most elaborate establishment were
instituted by her or on her account.
The first homes were cheerless
caves. Fire could not be made in
them because of the smoke, so wom-
en- sought out cave with an opening
in the rear, or rock shelter with
high curved roof When she became
a dweller in tent she searched for
the oldest wood, learned the myste-
ries of the fuel problem and even in
vented the coral to induce the wind
to draw a little of the smoke there
from and to increase her comfort.
To the women of the household we
are indebted for the oven, the chin
ney and the chimney corner, the
kitchen, the dining room, the family
room, the separate bed chamber. 1t
has been wonderful evolution, re-
sulting in comfort. taste and morality.
Otis T. Mason, "Woman's Part in
Primitive Civilization"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
From Farm Hand to Statesman

Joseph Taggart, who went to con-
gress few days ago from the second
Kansas district. began life as farm
hand. BY teaching In the little school
houses which with their cyclone cell
lars dot the plains of Kansas he
earned the money that paid for his
legal education. He came to general
notice throughout the west by solving
three murder mysteries Exchange.
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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
KNEW THE CODE HIMSELF
Former Teiegrspher Corrected tho
Error Of Two Young Men In
Memphis Hotel.

One whose ear has been trained "a
read intelligently the click OF a tele
graph instrument sometimes puts this
training to the test under strange con
ditions. An instance, which resulted
In embarrassment, apologies, and
finally in a pleasant acquaintanceship
among the persons concerned, n told
by q certain Ohio farmer who spent
his early years in the employ Of the
Western Union Telegraph company.
Some years after impaired health
had driven him from the telegraph Of.
nee to the farm, he and his wife were
spending a short vacation in the
south. While they were dining in a
hotel in Memphis two young men en-
tered and seated themselves at the
same table with the couple from the
west.
After survey Of the strangers, one
OF the youths took up his fork. and
tapping II in an apparently careless
way against the edge Of his plate
spelled out in the Morse code.
DO you think they are bride and
groom?"
Yes, surely" tapped his companion.
Just watch how soft they are"
Immediately, to the dismay of the
young men, the fork of the supposed
bridegroom joined in the conversation
with great rapidity it tapped out:
Gentlemen, you are mistaken. We
nave been married five years, and
have three children. Youths Com.
panion.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Black and White vs.. White and Black


For many years a large department
store has spent thousands of dollars
on placards with which almost every
article of merchandise is ticketed
throughout the store, and only with
in a short time did they realize the
amount of money that was being
wasted in using the white cardboard
with black lettering.
These white cards soon became
soiled and shop worn if allowed to re-
main in place any length of time. The
cards which are handled by custom
ers in bins, trays, etc, are even more
so. By substituting the black card
board with white lettering this store
has overcome this difficulty to a very
great extent. The show cards are
always clean, fresh and bright-looking
and they last many times as long.
saving the firm several hundred dol
lars in the course of year.-Busi-
ness.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
THE PUBLIC FORUM
CONTINUED From Page l.,

eussions on religious themes, as some
times carried on in newspaper col
umns, is that the issue is unduly mar
rowed II is supposed to be ques
tion of either Christianity or atheism
Whereas. as a matter of fact, there
are very few atheists still surviving.
and, among people who really think
on religious subjects, no new ones are
being made. The age of materialism
is past. Spiritual thinking is the order
lof the day Maeterlinck and Francis
lGrierson occupy the place of protest
against orthodoxy which Haeckel once
occupied, minus Haeckels bitterness.
THE question is no longer, God or no
God. 1t is between the Christian con-
ception of God, and a new conception
which many people consider a worthier
one. 1t is between the God who is
willing to see some of his children
damned eternally, and the God who
isn't. Between the God who is limited
in his presence to the temple. and the
God who dwells in every star and
flower, and every true and sacrificing
soul. Between the God who speaks
only by the Hebrew prophets, and the
God who is the inspirer Of every brave
and true word ever spoken.
Christianity might, to very good ad-
vantage, clean house. The religion
professed by the churches is not Chris
tianity; it is Paulinism. Read the
works of Calvin, and Luther, and Wes-
ley, if you don't think so. 1t is only |
within comparatively short time that
the churches have begun to make any |
between the spirit of |
Jesus, and the spirit of Paul. Jesus
prayed, Father forgive them, for
they know not what they do" Paul
said, IF any man receive not our Cos
pei, let him be anathema" Which be-
ing literally translated, means, "To
He'll with him." Jesus fought the
Pharisees all his life. Paul, the Phar-
see, annexed the Person of Jesus,
md founded a new religion, three
parts Pharisaism, and about one of
There are great many of us, who
,elieve in God, and revere Jesus Christ
md hope for eternal life, who will
leither patronize the churches, nor
ubmit to their narrow code, because
We believe that neither church nor
ode represents the spirit of the
Iazarene. Like Abraham Lincoln,
'hen we find church which repre-
ents the spirit and teachings of Jesus,
'e will join it. But there are a great
lany teachers we prefer to Paul of
arsus; and the Symposium or the !
Phaedo" of Plato, or Maeterlinck's
and Destiny" or Emerson's Z
Essays feed our souls when we have
Larved on the Epistle to the Galatians.
have meant to speak without giving 9
ffense. f.
CHARLES B. MITCHELL.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-14
Grandfather clock 200 Years Old.

Grandfather" clock 200 Years Old
A remarkable hand made clock is in
the possession of the Swedish Luther.
an 0rphanage at Avon, Mass. 1t is
one of the old grandfather" type and
consists of $4,000 pieces. 1t was made
about 200 years ago by Henry Haven
and is still running. The works are
OF wood, the case a handsome check
erboard of inlay work, the material
mahogany and white lockwood. Henry
Haven was several years completing
It. Two heavy weights and two bob
weights are the only metal in the
works. The clock was in the posses
sion of the Blanchase estate of Avon
FOR generations. When the property
was sold for Swedish orphanege the
clock went with other furniture to
the new owner.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-28
DR COUCH RETURNS
 ID MAKE HOME HERE
Feels Natural in Phoenix Again After
 Ten Years Absence.

Dr. Garland E. Couch has returned to Phoenix and opened offices at q West Monroe street. Former friends WlI know him the minute they see him for he has not changed per cept1bly during his absence, but they will possibly be unable to figure out the doctor business When he for merly lived here MT Couch had not yet made his dash into professional life all that having occurred since then but he has done so well he has no reason for being ashamed of it or trying to keep the fact a secret
 He went from here with his fam fly to St Louis where as soon as he was able he entered a homeopathic medical college from which he grad uated eventually with honor, winning i'll competitive examination, an in- terneship in the Metropolitan hospital! III New York City, it being a city institution. He served as house sur geon at the hospital for a couple of years and then in 1910 went to Mon roe, Louisiana where he engaged in private practice for a year. and q half.
 Dr. Couch says he has never re- garded his permanent home as any where else than Phoenix. He had to go east to carry out hs plans in se- curing his medical education. He went to New York because of the pro- fessional advantage offered and to Louisiana because of financial ad- vantages When the proper time ar rived he returned to Phoenix where he would rather have been all the time, all other things being equal. He expects to remain here permanently, having many relatives and riends in the city and valley.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-28

 OF DRUG STORE
Boehmer's Builds New Base ment for Stock Rooms; Also Plans Many Other Improvements Which In
 creasing Business Demand

The drug business in Phoenix has proved itself decidedly profitable and the Boehmer Drug company has realized this to such an extent that or account of the ever increasing de- mand for more floor space. it is building subterranean rooms for the Sole purpose of storing it's crowded stock. These stock rooms will afford about coo feet more floor space than is now being used on the one floor and will greatly facilitate the han ding and checking of the large stock.
 These rooms will be built in with cement and brick and will have q large elevator shaft entering on Gen. ter street, which will minimize the difficulty experienced in handling the stock at present
 The work of constructing this new basement is being done by MT rocks and he expects it to be com pleted in about ten days
 MT. Boehmer is planning several other improvements which will add to the size and appearance of the store and as soon as the stock rooms are finished work will be commenced on the enlargement of show window space and other parts where suffi- cient area is wanting now
Arizona republican., 1912-07-28
ADJUSTMENTS
THE COLISEUM

Last night was not record break Ing occasion for attendance at the Coliseum for the reason that no more records of that kind can be broken until MT. Reeves enlarges the build ing, but the patrons last night played up to the limit which is all that could be expected of them. It was a new program in all respects save one The acrObats, Dammerock Brothers, were permitted to go on with the same stunt they have been doing all week for to change it would be like sub stituting commercials for twenty dol lar gold pieces There was no room for improvement and their stay is toe brief for their comedy to become stale. Miss Teddy Martin, the sing ing favOrite was there with some new tunes and another installment of those fetching smiles that have won fol
 her the favor of the Phoenix e. ment lovers. Melville and O'Nei
 gave some more of that funny tall
 they have been holding back for tho week end, and jollied the audience with some new songs. The pictures were new and entertaining. Th' same program will be seen tOnigh and Monday with a change of every thing on Tuesday night
Arizona republican., 1912-07-28

to use every honorable means to ac- complish the initiation and promotion of said party for Arizona and to se- lect delegates to said Chicago conven- tion who will support and bring about the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt as a candidate for president of the United States at said Chicago conven- tion to be voted for at the next gen. eral election, feeling confident that Theodore Roosevelt, above all others, is the best-fitted American citizen to secure to the people of the United States their rights to rule themselves and the social and industrial justice so essential to their peace and hapPi- ness.
 J. F. CLEAVELAND, Chairman, J. l.. B. ALEXANDER, w. s. DORMAN, F D. BALDWIN A w BENNETT,
 Committee on Resolutions.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-28
THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION
Continued from Page D.

signed it, there are a great many members of the old Roosevelt clubs who though disappointed in the result at Chicago, are still republicans.
 The meeting yesterday was called to order by Dwight E. Heard. George U. Young was named as chairman and C. P Munger as secretary. MT. Heard gave his version of the Chi cago convention in explaining why this assembly was gathered w. J. Murphy spoke of comparing the pres ent time to 1861 only that instead of the liberty of four million slaves, the rights of ninety million people now hung in the balance. Pearl H. Hayes addressed the assemblage indicating that the manner in which w. II. Lorimer broke into the senate was only a bit of petty shoplifting as com pared with the larcenous proceedings of which President Taft had been the beneficiary. Robert $. Fisher de- IiVered an oratiOn of pleasing elocu- tionarv effect but only of general ap- plication to the progressive movement now extant. Claude D Jones and J. l.. B. Alexander fired a broadside each after which the meeting got down to business.
 The petition getting the party rec ognition by the state authorities was started and the matter of he selec- tion of delegates came up It was decided to select thirty from the floor giving them half q vote each.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-28
ANT EXERMlNATORS

When asked what were the best ant exterminators, Andrew Miller, Of the Owl Drug Co., told a Repub- -Hcan reporter yesterday that the best liquid killer was carbon bisulphide. and that the best destroyer for the little pests that comes in a powder form is London purple. There is q big difference in London purple. Peo- pie say they are getting the best re- suits with the article they buy at the Owl, it is Hemingway's Brand. and comes in the original sealed packages. No lampblack adultera- tion. f pound, 15c; F pound, 25o<
 1 pound package, 40c. Try it. It
Arizona republican., 1912-07-28
Fate east the responsibility of dele

Fate cast the responsibility of dele gateships upon the following named gentlemen: George U. Young, Claude D. Jones and Pearl II. Hayes of Phoe- nix No. l; J. F. Cleaveland, R. $. Fisher and George Mclean of Phoe- nix No. 2: w. r. Doheney. Phoenix No 3; Robert Hayes, Phoenix No A.; F. $ Baldwin, A. J. Peters, of Tempe; w S Dorman, Hi Morse, L. H. North, J. J. Fraser of Mesa City; w. II. Slaughter, A. w. Bennett, of Glendale; Newland Jones, J. NJ Creighton, D. B Heard, w. J. Mur- phy, of osborn; Geo. P. Brown, of Buckeye; Jesse Eyer, of Broadway; Lew Graham, of Fowler; E. s. Jones, of Wickenburg; E. O. Brown, of Scottsdale; C. E. Cartwright, of Cart wright; Bert Amator. of Meridian; c C. Greene. of Orme; George Will COX. of Wilson; b A. Millett, of Ar lngtOn.
 The resolutions committee previ- ously appointed, consisted of J. F. Cleaveland J L. B. Alexander, W. s. Dorman, F. s. Baldwin and A. w Bennett It's report was adopted. and a committee of five was appointed to arrange for the state convention to be held in the same place, Pythian hall, next Tuesday at 10 o'clock. The mem bers of that committee are D. B. Heard. J. F. Cleaveland. w. P. DO- heney, w. H. Slaughter and l.. w StilWell.
 The action was next taken author izing a county committee of one mem- Der from each precinct and the con- vention adjourned to give the dele gates to the state convention an Op- portunity to select this more or less temporary county committee