The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16

Lucien Burlington and W. P. Phil
lips are business visitors in Musko
gee
Chas. Hartman returned this morn
ing from visit in Kansas City anC
ST Louis
Mrs. c. W, Poole was here this
morning en- route from Chelsea tC
Muskogee
f. NJ. Probasco returned this morn
ing from his farm in northwestern
Arkansas.
J. c. 5unch has retWned from the
Grand river country near Ketchum and
Pensacola.
n. L. Roberts was here today from
Joplin, representing the Kansas City
Paper House.
Mrs. Sudie Berry went to Grove this
morning to take care of a typhoid
fever patient
Emmett Raye was here over night
from Okmulgee returning to that place
this morning.
Miss Leona Robinson left this morn
ing for few days visit with friends
at Seneca, Mo.
Ed Lane was in town yesterday aft
ernoon from Russell Creek, en- route
to Wyandotte.
Misses Lurella Shinn and Sarah
Cundiff were visitors in this city yes
terday from Miami
Robert Lee returned this morning
from Kansas City and was in this city
short time going to Adair
The small buildings on the Gunter
lot formerly used as lunch rooms are
being moved today to give place to
the new building
Through Gus Muropulos S. L. Wallen
has purchased the Ralph Reed resi-
dence in the southwest part of town.
Consideration $4,000
]. W. Shonard went to Miami this
morning and will put in a bid for the
contract of installing the Ottawa
county dipping watts.
Judge Denison sends the Chieftain
card from Monte Ne, Ark, represent
ing stone bridge with the message:
"Still for stone bridges"
Mrs. Hudgens and daughter return
ed to their home in Kansas City this
after visit with T. B. Hall
and family near this city.
DR.. O. J. Byrd is here from Fairand
and says work on the M. o. & G. rail-
road is progressing rapidly. Steel is
being laid both ways out of Fairland
Frank Lake of Pawnee, an old time
friend of D. M. Marrs was a visitor
here today. Mr.. Lake is connected
with the school land department Of
The state.
The official count for state officers
will not be made until Thursday at
which time the full returns win be
made. Some of the candidates are so
close that it will take the official count
to determine.
Clair Gillert, young man who is
an employe at the asylum, was in
lured this morning by brick falling
from the second story of one of the
buildings and striking him on the
head. Dr. Neer dressed the wound.
Carl Martin and Valley vann, the
negro boys arrested for stealing BIZ
,ycle was returned to the police court
rom the juvenile court and fined ten
iollars by Judge Williams. The fines
were paid by the boys parents in |
Chelsea.
Chief of Police Chas. Goodpaster re-
,eived a telephone call to be on the
ook out for OBJ. Ersher, who escaped |
rom the state penitentiary at McAles-
er yesterday, together with descrip-
ion of him. The convict was serving
! nine year sentence for grand larceny
convicted in Pittsburg county.
]. H. Winner of the Vinita Jumbo
tore, was at Welch yesterday, making
lnal arrangements for opening the
lew Welch Jumbo store, September.
The new store is to be branch of the
1inita store and run on the same Or
er--a clothing store for men, and viii
Ie under the management of Sam
,riscoe, who is now with the store in
his city.
Two negroes by the names of Sylves-
er Reed and Eddy Martin who have
cen working as porters at the new
'uffington hotel got in a "spute" on
he east side last night which resulted |
4 cutting fray in which the negro
1artin received serious cut across
he face with a razor. Reed then fled
rom the city but was arrested in Bax-
er Springs, Kans., this morning