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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-14
KANSAS CITY STOCK
MARKET
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Kansas City Stock Yards. June 10
Cattle buyers fired a broadside into
the trade last Tuesday that knocked
statesmen off their feet, but they were
unable to follow their advantage. It
was the public announcement that the
usual summer break in medium class
killing cattle would be put across.
whether there was any grounds for it
or not. But receipts have been running
SO light that. sick as the dressed meat
market is said TO be, there was still a
demand for all that came. at slightly
higher prices toward the close of the
week. Consumers are sa to be eat
ing eggs, fish. or anything that is
cehaper than beef, to degree that is
keenly felt by killers. But so far the
slim supply of cattle has been sold at
the highest summer prices ever known.
Tie run of cattle today is light every
where, furnishing no ammunition for
buyers, but rather placing the >situa-
tion in the hands of sellers, the mar
ket strong to 10 higher Some native
steers sold at 1910 today not quite
the full strength of the market, top
native cows bring around $500.
heifers $685., quarantine steers today
$500 to s7S5, fed westerns $500 to
1915. Five thousand stock and feed
ing cattle were bought here last week,
as compared with six thousand same
week last year Prices declined a
little. about steady today feeders at
$500 to $3.50, stock steers s4.o0 TO
$3.50.
1t has been largely drawn battle
in the hog pens for a week or ten days,
with the advantage slightly in favor OF
sellers. That side has the best of it
today little, market strong to )
higher top $7.6712, bulk $7.95 to S7.65,
Supply figures are bullish, showing a
decrease at all the markets combined
as compared with last year, but the
difference in price in favor of this year
about offsets the advantage. The most
able prophets claim ability to see
lower prices ahead.
The sheep and lamb market has
been the scene of so many horrifying
encounters recently that break of a
dollar or more last week was passed
over with slight comment. Natives
spring lambs, and Texas muttons all
got the ak, and at the finish the best
that spring lambs could do was $685.
native wethers $3.50, ewes $4.5O. and
Texas muttons Sass. The run is $500
today, market steady. and the only
change in the quotations noted was on
spring lambs, which got to $500. Goats
bring $500 to 1885.
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AROUND THE STATE.

Up TO date no candidate for the leg
islature has filed with the secretary
of state from Tulsa county
The attempt of the democratic con
gressmen from Oklahoma to have the
appropriation for district Indian agents
cut of this year has evidently met
with failure as Washington dispatches
indicate the appropriation will pass
both houses of congress.
That the socialists intend to make
an effort to capture Tulsa county this
fall is indicated in the call for conn
ty convention to be held in Tulsa for
the purpose Of nominating an entire
county ticket
Jim Sykes. candidate for the demo
cratic nomination for congress evi-
IDENTIFY has two newspapers in Tulsa
for him. The Democrat is supporting
him at present and as his campaign
manager, Bob Lozier is one Of the
owners Of the new daily, this paper
viii probably support him also.
Mrs. Augusta Alyard of Guthrie
asks an award OF $500 because two
telegraph poles were erected in front
of her home.
/ The Rev. c. E. Kircher graduate OF
Princeton Theological seminary has
been called to the pastorate Of the
Presbyterian church at Beaver
o. r. Ties, whose farm is located
six miles west of Enid, is planting
100000 sweet potato plants. Las
year he netted $500 per acre from his
sweet potatoes.
Recruiting offices in Oklahoma are
not doing much business at this time
Crop prospects are too good in Okla
homa
The farmer was pouring brown
sugar into the maple sap. I'm in {
syruptitious business he murmured
! ]. S. Hale. of Muskogee, eontem
plates launching a newspaper at Paw
huska.
Checotah proposes to build the frs
mile of state road in eastern Okla
homa.
Hobart has a Yamparika club, bu
nothing beats an elm at woodshet
seance.
Dental societies in the state are urg
ing legislation to rid the state of den
tai "quacks."
The Pioneer Telephone compan,
now operates in 81 of the 76 countie,
of Oklahoma.
Qulnlan is planning TO vote $2O,00'
in bonds for the installation of wa
terworks system,
With ereditable e erprise Chey
enne citizens purposs putting tha
town on the railroad llhp.
Nash no longer has ny black in
habitants.
| Eight men and boy.A at Alex wer'
assessed S64. prorated among them
lfor dynamiting fish.
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THE NOMINATION
Of ABE LINCOLN
fBy Frederick j. Haskin)
xI-THg FIRST LINCOLN NomI-
NATION.

The most momeEtous political gath
erlng in American history was the re
publican convention which met in
Chicago on May 16, 1860, and which
nominated Abraham Lincoln for pres
ident. of the United States. AS long
as this republic endures, its citizens
win .praise that convention for its
wisdom in selecting Lincoln as its
standard bearer. Yet the convention
which nominated Lincoln did so
against its will, preferring another
man, but bowling to consideration of
expedieney. Many of the leaders of
the then young party were not only
opposed to Lincoln but absolutely dis
gusted when he was nominated More
over, the convention probably could
mot have been induced to accept Lin
coin at all if it had not been for the
packing of the galleries with Lincoln
claqueurs who made so much noise
that it seemed that the very heavens
were crying out for Lincoln.
The admirable discipline of the re-
publican party was thus early brought
into play. The disgusted partisans of
Seward, the angry partisans of Bates.
the aristocrats to whom Lincoln was
most bitter pill--all these left the
Chicago Wigwam to meet again in
harmony at the polling places.
i The majority, perhaps two-thirds, of
the delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton of 1860 sfayored the nomination
of William H. Seward of New York,
for president This performance was
shared by two-thirds of the republi-
cans of the country. Seward was
their leader in the senate, he was
t their champion and pride their great
instructor" But Seward had been
long in politics, he had declared that
there was a higher law" than the
constitution, he had spoken Of the
"irrepressible conflict Worse even
than these, from the standpoint oil
political expediency, he had been allied
with Roman Catholic influences in
politics.
In the convention were Andrew G.
Curtin, of Pennsylvania. and Henry S.
Lane, of Indiana. They were politi-
clans and good ones, and they accom-
plished Stewards defeat and Lincoln's
nomination. At that time the Amer
ican party, the Know-Nothings, still
had great strength in parts of the
east and in Indiana. Without their
votes the republicans could not hope
to win. In Pennsylvania the republi.
cans were so timid and so sagacious,
that they had dropped the name re.
publican" and Curtin was running for
governor as the nominee of the HPeo.
pies Party"
Away back in 1888. Seward had
been elected governor of New York
lit was charged that Archbishop
Hughes, an able Roman Catholic pre-.
late, had materially assisted in Sc
wards election. 1t was known that
Seward had sent message to the leg
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-14

c. G. Vannest is out for the republi-
can nomination for school superin-
tendent of Noble county.
Foraker is sprucing up over the
prospect of another railroad-the Kan
sas. Oklahoma & Southern.
A building boom is in progress at
Bromide,
R. W. Cline is Duncan's new mayor
the third under the commission form
of town government
Wan thinl,s it is to have new de-
poisson.
Washington county is spending SILL
000 for bridges.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-14

ent were entitled to a full vote in the
convention. Then began the wrangle
over the southern states delegations
which has continued through every re-.
publican convention from that day
until this Horace Greeley, in his fear
of Seward attempted to secure the
adoption of a rule that would have had
the same effect on the democratic two
thirds rule, but he failed. The con-
yention did however, affirm the cleo
toral aportionment
The convention had fight over the
platform, once actually voted down a
proposition to reassert the truths pro-
claimed by the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and was never unanimous
on any question. The platform de-
clared against the~extension of slave
territory, specifically declared that it
was the right of the states to control
their own local institutions without
interference, and denounced the arm
ed invasion of a state upon any pre-
text whatever, as "the gravest of
crimes" This was reference to
John Browns raid. The republican
party of 1860 knew full we'll that it
could not countenance the attitude of
the extreme abolitionists. 1t was not
its purpose to free the slaves in the
south, it looked only to the issues Of
the moment, the prevention of the ex
tension of slavery to the territori 3
and to new states.
Yet today it is easy to see that the
attitude of the people of the North
which made the organization of the
republican parlg possible was essen
TALLY an anti-sl Sery attitude. 1t was
not so appareny at that time, as the.
careful utterances of the early republi-
can leaders give testimony. However.
when the republican conventio -
Chicago Wigwam chose Abra
coin as. their nominee for
they knew they had selected a
who had said: "A house diyie
against itself cannot stand. I%
fhic o ~yat
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-14
cherokee Social cIub Dance.

There Will be dance of Cherokee
Social Club members and friends in
the hall iof the club Thursday evening.
June L beginning promptly at $50.
The Noal Daigh orchestra of Parsons
four pdeces-will furnish music for -
occasion. - n
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-14

H. o. Jeffries. editor and publisher
of the Daily Advertiser at Nowata, is
held in jail awaiting trial on the
charge of numbering Mrs. Irene Co
heen, an employe of the Advertiser,
whose body was found in an open field
near that town on the morning Of
April s.
The case is now before the Okla
homa criminal court of appeals upon
application for a writ of habeas cor
pus.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-14
JEFFR|ES NAME
Is WITHDRAWN
NOwata Editor, Charged With eoheen
Murder May Lose PostOffIce
Job.

Washington, June 1.-THE Eomina-
ton of H. Q. Jeffries as postmaster at
Nowata, Okla, was withdrawn from
the senate Tuesday by President TAFT
at the request of Senator Bradley Of
Kentucky, of the senate postofiSe
committee, pending an investigation
of Jeffries' record.
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Summary.

Stolen bases-Ridenhour, Hyatt, VIII
son. bennett 2. Two base hits-Hyatt
Three base hits-Quelly Struck out
by Hall 4, by Belew 4. Bases on balls,
of Hall /. Double plays-Franklin to
Greable to B Hall Umpires-Master-
son and Houx.
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ne 80

If he could save the Union
the slaves, he would do II; -.
could save the Union by Ii freeing.
the slaves he would not free them @
that 1t was his purpose to save thef
Union. He did, and for that service
not only the republican party which !
he led, but every man, woman and
child who owns to the name of Amer
icaa, calls him blessed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-19
OKLAHOMA CONVICTS
PLAY BASE BALL

McAlester. Okla. July 1.-TWO
hundred and fifty conyicts from the
Oklahoma state penitentiary watched
"a team composed of their fellow pris-
oners play game of ball last Sunday.
At the penitentiary here there are
four ball teams. two composed of
white and two of negro conyicts. The
farm and grounds about the prison
comprise nearly two thousand acres
and there is plenty of room for ball
grounds. A team of negro players
who have defeated everything in sur
rounding cities for three seasons,
played against one of the negro teams
from the prison The convicts won
fast game by score of 3 to 2.
The day of the game Warden r. w.
Dick obtained three special cars,
which carried the ball team and $50
convict rooters four miles to the league
park. There was no disorder and
there were a few guards.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-19

board of equalization on his abstracts
of Craig county tax duplicates.
Alpha Martin, the three-year-ei,l
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Martin fell
OFF of saw horse yesterday afternoon
and broke his right arm just above The
wrist.
The Fairland Indians iost TO the
Vinita All-Star team at Electric park
Sunday afternoon by a score of II to
g. Greable and Raines were the bat.
terry for the local team.
Mr.. and Mrs F. NJ Lawrance and
son, Arthur Lawrance, accompanied
by Miss Violet were in this city yes
terday en- route from Alluwee to Kan
lsas City where Mrs Lawrance will re-
ceiye medical treatment. These pee
pie are former residents of Vinit;..
The Billiken Players will open
weeks engagement at the Grand to-
night The opening bill will be For
the Honor of a Girl" With every
thirty cent ticket purchased before
seven o'clock one lady's seat will be
given free.
C. H. Steele, grand lecturer for the
Odd Fellows of Oklahoma win lee
ture at the hall tonight. The electric
lights and fans have been installed and
plenty of ice water will be prepared
so that every one may spend com
Portable evening. All brothers are re-
quested to be present.
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tracted for the ground floor and the
upper story viii be occupied by the
Elks.
A negro by the name Of Roy Hare
was taken from the top of coach on
the Flyer this mophing. When arrest
ed he had an axe and about half
pint of whiskey. He was later fined
five dollars by Judge Williams for
vagrancy. He was unable to pay the
fine so was sent to jail.
Read Smith arrived last evening
from Muskogee for visit with Albert
Clinkscales.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-19
Crude Oil Up Two Cents.

Bartlesville, Okla, July 1.-THE
price of crude oil was advanced cents
yesterday, the Texas company posting
notice of raise to 20 cents. 1t is the
second time in the history Of the mid
continent oil fields that any other than
the Prairie Oil and Gas company has
advanced the price. Producers in this
field are predicting dollar oil by fall
Independence, Kans.; July 17-The
price of crude oil was advanced 2
cents to 10 cents barrel by the
Prairie Gas and oil company yester-
day.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-19
Want. Homestead List.

County Assessor Shelton has been
notified by the state board to prepare
a land list of Craig county showing
non-taxable homesteads- under the re-
cent supreme court decision exempt
ing certain Indian homesteads from
taxation Mr.. Shelton says it viii be
a big job to make such list and -
far as he knows there is availsble
funds 70 pay for the work.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-19

| Misses Jalie and Olivia Neville are
visiting at Adair.
Mrs. S. F. Parks and daughter. Miss
Jennie Parks, have returned from a
visit at Sloan Springs. They visited
at Muskagee on their return.
Miss Mary Roper left this morning
for few weeks visit at Atoka.
Miss Monnie Wells left on the Flyer
this morning for visit at Atoka.
! Preston Davis went to Pryor this
morning.
Miss Kate Short is here from Spring
field, Mo-, visiting Miss Helen Ken
reigh.
T. N. chitwood was here last night
from Tulsa.
Oliver Haynes came up from White
Oak this morning.
Mr.. Bailey and Mrs. Rule of Alton
were married yesterday. Jas. M. Miller
saying the ceremony.
John Dotts returned yesterday from
an extended visit in New Mexico. He
says there is not green leaf or tree
in that country.
Grant Victor and son, Jim Victor.
were here this morning en- route from
visit at Washington and New York.
Mr.. Victor went to Muskogee and Jim
went to the farm near Alton.
c. R. Barnes, the editor of the Big
Cabin Sentinel was a visitor in this
city today.
w. c. Chamberlin went to Welch |
this morning on business.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Summers, northwest of town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Will West, two and
one-half miles east of town, are rejoic-
ing over new girl at their home yes
terday.
Mrs. Joe Low is very sick with pneu-
monia.
The hundreds of Vinita people
whose enjoyment is largely enhanced
every week by the refreshing shade |
and inviting greensward of South Park
will never consent willingly to see its
care abandoned. 1t is one of Vinita's
permanent institions, and cannot be
dispensed with.
A party of Vinita people consisting
Of Mr.. and Mrs w P. Thompson, Miss
Sadie Thompson, Miss Fay Trott, Mrs.
James S. Davenport and Mr. Albert
Marks are the guests at house party
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. ID.
Pendleton in Muskogee this week. The
party motored to Muskogee Sunday
and win return to this city next Fri
lay.
Mrs. Walt Taylor, Misses Marie.
Vivian and Ell, Freda Taylor and
Master Frank Taylor arrived last
evening from Coleman, Tex, for a
1isit with friends in this city. Mr..
Taylor will arrive in few days.
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Death Of Mrs. Jenkins.

Mrs. Henry Jenkins died at about
four o'clock this morning at her home
eight miles west OF this city. after
several days illness and an operation
for peritonitis. She leaves a husband
and several children besides host of
friends in and about vinita to mourn
her death
The funeral services will be in
charge OF the Rogers Undertaking Co.
at the residence this afternoon Inter
meat will be made IN the Woody Gem
etery
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-19
ANOTHER WRANGLE
At CITY COUNCIL
Mayor vetoes Three ordinanoes-com-
mittee Appointed to Audit Printing
Bills of Past Three Years.

The city council met in its regular
mid-month meeting last night, with
all members present except Council.
man Wright. of the second ward. The
meeting last night was not prolific of
very much business, but degenerated
into another of those wrangles that
has made the work of the council al
most continual row.
The mayor returned three ordi-
nances passed by the council at the
last meeting with his veto. These
We're: the ordinance making the Chief,
tain the official publication of the city:
the ordinance abolishing the office of
assistant city clerk and the ordinance
repeating the ordinance against Sun
day amusements. This latter ordi-
nance will be submitted to a vote of
the people on August 6, at which time
it is expected that the Sunday base
ball question will be settled. The
mayor vetoed this ordinance at the re-
quest of some of the councimen. who
with the mayor, supported the meas
ure, but believe it ought to be sub
mitted to vote, especially when an
election is to be held and vote can
be had without additional cost to the
city.
resolution was introduced to the
effect that all ordinances to be con-
sidered by the council must be filed
with the ordinance committee at least
twenty-four hours before the meeting
at which they are to be considered.
The vote on this resolution was: Ayes
4, nos 8. The mayor ruled that the
resolution was lost as it required a
majority of the councilmen elected to
pass any ordinance or resolution. This
ruling caused proIongation of the
wrangle.
On motion of Councilman Campbell
committee was appointed to confer
with the printing companies of the
city for the purpose of obtaining the
best contract possible for the city
printing. The mayor designated the
regular purchasing committee to take
up this matter.
A committee was appointed, consist
ing of R. j. Wright, S. J. Campbell
and H. S. Knight to audit the printing
bills for the past three years and if
possible make settlement of the
oyercharges for printing several of the
The council takes the
view that these overcharges were mis-
takes and will be settled on proper
showing The oyercharges were the
result of an incorrect method of figur-
ing the bills for printing notices, ordi-
nances, etc. The agreement between
the city and the Chieftain and Leader
was that the printing should be done
for w cents per point line. During
the past several months the Leader
has been doing the printing and figur-
ed the rate on the basis of type used,
which made the bills approximately
seyen-twelfths more than they should
nave been. This mistake came about
through the fact that the present man.
ager of the Leader did not know that
he agreement was that the bills
should be made on the basis of six
,oint type
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(First PubIIshed inthe chieftaln

( tflrst published tnthe Chieftain,
July 19, 1922
State Of Oklahoma. Craig County IS.
In the County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Martin, Deceased, John A. Wise, Adj
ministrator. Probate No. 2274.
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
The petition of John A. Wise as ad
ministrator of the estate Of John Mar.
tain, deceased, having been presented
to this Court, praying that an order
be made authorizing said petitioner to
sell the whole or 50 much and suca
parts of the real estate described in
said petition as the Court shall Judge
necessary or beneficial, at public sale.
and it appearing to the Court from
such petition that it is necessary to
sell the whole or some portion Of such
real estate for the purposes and rea-
sons mentioned in said petition; there
fore. said petition win be filed herein
and a time appointed for hearing the
same.
It is hereby ordered by the Court.
that Monday, the 5th day Of August,
1912, at the hour of ten o'clock a. NJ.
Of said day. that being a day of the
regular July, 1912, term of this Court,
be, and the same is hereby appointed
as the time when any person interest
ed in said estate is directed and re-
luired to appear before this Court and
show cause why an order should not
be granted to said petitioner to sell SO
much of said real estate as is neces-
sary
It is further ordered that copy Of
his order be published, posted and
nailed as provided by law.
Dated this 10th day of July, 1912
S. f. PARKS,
Judge of the County Court.
Adds A. BROWN. 47.50
Attorney for Administrator.