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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
MAKING THINGS CONVENIENT FOB
TIE FARMERS WIFE.

A writer in the current issue of Farm
and Fireside says:
mo machine will run we'll If any
part of it is not doing well, and no
farm can run well if the culinary de-
partment is handicapped in any way
have known owners of big farms and
fine houses to have to stop the plow
to cut wood, when full supply might
have been gotten during the spring
and winter Where there are six or
more to cook for, the cook must have
an assistant, and it pays the farmer
to hire a good one all the year around.
It does not wear out his wife. whom
be is supposed to love better than a
new binder: and on wash-days, churn-
ling-days. or harvest or threshing days.
there is none of the usual hreathless,
killing rush. Every rightly regulated
farm should have every utensil that a
kitchen needs. They are cheap now,
from a fish-scaler to a double boiler.
A jelly-press. meat-grinder and other
such tools are necessary. Some kit
chens are little, cramped eoops about
ten by ten, some less. whereas the
farmhouse kitchen should be at least
fifteen BY twenty. with one end pat-
titioned OF as a pantry
Then buy your flour by the barrel.
and stock up on a full line OF groceries
once each month It will be cheaper
in the long run. If the farmer can
start to work on May ist knowing that
the pile OF cut wood will last all sum
mer. that there is coal to help out.
that there are groceries for months to
come and that his. wife has plenty of
meat and vegetables. then farming
should go on smoothly as a dream,
with meals on time, an immense lot
or work accomplished in season. with
no delays. and hired girl to assist in
the commissary department"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

There isfa great deal of news in the
newspapernbesides what is found in
the news columns"
The advertisements. too, have their
story of successes. failures. and OPP
portunities The people who neglect
this story are as poorly fitted to do
the buying for home. as the grocer
who would never read a produce re-
port.
Every merchant is often finding,
through some error of judgment. or
through seasonal conditions beyond
human control. that he must turn his
goods to cash.
No human mind can possibly esti-
mate what kind OF goods the public
will take to. The over stock often
consists of the most substantial ar
ticles, which did not sell because theS
We're not snowy enough Notes must
be paid, new goods must be put in.
Low prices must be offered. The re-
sult is profit for the wary trailer Of
bargains
The life Of the merchant is long
struggle to get high range Of values
from importers manufacturers. and
jobbers. When he does get particular
~ good values. he usually feels it bet
ter policy to give his customers the
benefit
1t is out OF the ups and downs of
the days work that the modern adver-
|tisement is created.
There are many dealers in the pro
duce market who spend thousands and
thousands OF dollars annually for tele-
phone and telegraph messages to New
York and Chicago. to get the latest
figures on grain prices They believe
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

it worth almost any price to know the
market changes a few hours or min
utes before their competitors
The buyer for the home needs SINH
lar Information about purchases, and
sic gets it for the price OF a news
paper Al lthese fluctuations, all the
exigeneies Of the merchant that con-
stitute her opportunity, all the special
finds picked up by skiIful buyers and
offered the public at low figures. are
made known and described in the news
paper.
The information thus obtained gives
you access TO the most practical means
for reducing the cost OF living The
people who watch and follow up the
bargains advertised in the newspapers
are not much troubled by advancing
prices.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
a cHILo,s VALUE.

The supreme court of New Jersey
has decided that IN that state no jury
verdict, shall stand for more than
81, ,ooO ii favor OF parents whose
child's life has been lost by the hegli-
gence or fault of a corporation. It is
explained that "as a rule children are
not objects of income. but objects Of
expense.
And New Jersey is supposed TO be a
civilized community. Let's be guilty
OF contempt Of court
The reasoning of this decision is
Irotten, and the sentiment worse.
The most precious possessions Of
all of us are not the things that bring
us money. but that take it away.
Our friendships. our loves, our very
llives themselves develop and flourish
and sweeten. not from what we get out
o them. but from what ne put into
them
The home is a matter not of income
but OF expense. yet It is the most
cherished institution on earth
The best things may not be estimat-
ed in money. but it does not follow
thar they are not werth money and
more
The child possesses possibilities
that cannot be calculated The tiny
hands that clasp and cling to every
thing tender within their reach have
the beginnings of immeasurable power
for good or ill.,
The babes heart and mind and soul.
like the soft strong tendrillssof the
vine. cling only to the staunch pas
sions and emotions and impulses that
endure. and in clinging cultivate in
us those passions and emotions that
are better than all the money in the
world.
And when, in the worlds mad rush
after money, a child is run down and
mangled, and its lift tide ebbs, and
| the little breath becomes feeble, and
the tiny pulse slips away, and at last
the precious one is still and dead, and
the tense silence of the home is brok-
en- with agontizing cries. then sor-
row is burned into the heart that no
lapse of time can soften or efface.-
Times s-Democrat
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
BRYAN IN NEBRASKA.

Rockville and.) Tribune: William
J. Bryan's course at the Baltimore
convention was Overwhelmingly in
dorsed at the Nebraska state conyen-
ton. Mr. Bryan has been severely
criticised By those who objected to
his change from Clark to Wilson on
the ground that the Nebraska dele
gates had been instructed at q primary
election for Clark But the vote for
Clark. as Mr. Bryan construed it. was
a vote for him as a progressive-not
a reaetioaary--and the instructions
we're more binding on the issues than
on the personality Of the candidate. 1t
was emiuently proper under the cir
.cumsances that the question should
be submitted to a referendum vote of
the state convention. This was OPP
posed by sir Bryans personal en-
cmies. who illogically opposed the
very thing that would prove whether
'or not he iisobeyed the mandate of
his people The speech OF Mr. Met
calfe in defense Of Mr. Bryans posi-
tion was one Of the best ever deliver
ed before a popular assembly With
such speech. not to mention the
cause it advocated. ii IS not strang
that the vote of approval was so large.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
COZ VI LosT 80 4 LILO
DOLLARS

DDELAHS.
Fruit sroweFs Of oklahoma lost
Ssooa00 this year on account Of per-
nitting their peaches to get too ripe
and Tor the further reason thar they
made no arrangements for marketing
their fruit through a central selling
agency or association.
Half a million dollars worth If
peaches routed on the ground i'll Osla-
homa this year. shall We let this hap
f pen next year2
The fruit growers Of cur state are
IN the mood to organize a state assoei-
alton They don't wish to pass through
another season Of over-producton.
With an association that is in todeh
with the markets OF the world there
can be no over-production. There is a
demand for Oklahoma peaches but we
have not yet perfected our marketing
methods
In California the pruue growers sold
their product in haphazard way and
made no money. They tired OF work
ing for nothing and former an associa-
ton. Since that time they have pros
pered amazingly; their fruit has been
graded and inspected and by being.
standardized finds ready sale in the
worlds markets at profitable prices
The onion growers of southern
Ttxas had a similar experience. Now
they have a selling agency who knows
which eastern and northern markets
are bare or glutted and can ship in
telligently. Much of tbs fruit-market-
ing of Oklahoma was done so loosely
this year that the returns about paid
the freight. Some fruit growers ship
ped their fruit to irresponsible deal
ers and had TO be content with the re-
mittance received, which was only
part of the real value of the shipment
A state fruit association would pro.
tect every shipper. He would know
that he would not get robbed as it
would be the duty Of the selling agent
to find reliable consignees.
An association statewide in its
scope would buy material early and
would instruct fruit growers in time
SO that fruit would not be permitted
TO get too ripe before being Grated.
The formation of a selling organization
would prevent loss in the future and
surely the fruit growers viii take the
matter up this fall and be ready FOR
another season.
If they wait until spring they may
not be able to find the right man TO
be the manager of the association
They can get a competent man this
fall. Since our peach crop will be
bigger next year than it was in 1912.
and since it will gain each year until
$50, 600, goo will represent the annual
output of Oklahoma peaches, why not
start the state association at once?-
Oklahoman.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

III the current issue OF Farm and
/ Fireside, the writer makes state
lmeat on the preservation Of the Bob
White" family lie says in part:
Il know that the quail family Is
rapidly disappearing all over the eoun-
itry and know the causes. II en-
phatieally state that the bird-dog is
the quaifs great enemy. have met
with some contradiction from blrd-dog
loWners, but most Of them agree with
ne that more birds ag astroyed an-
lnually hy the dogs th4n are killed
through the winter season with the
deadly automatic gun was raised
on farm born there. here in Texas.
and have grown up associated with ma
ture. The birds and beasts were my
earliest associates. Some learned
ito love. Others to hate. I have a spe-
cial affection for Bob White on ae-
count Of mis- semi domestic nature. We
had rlenty 81 quail until the advent
of the bird dog. ard now where we
used e. see thousands You can see but
one occasionally. Here is Texas the
boy who sowed the grain and titled the
soil is not allowed to trap. but the
man and the dog is permitted to XIII
twenty-five birds each day for sixty
days When l was boy, l was
successful trapper. but never caught
that many birds in one day in my life.
| am now growing old and have no
desire to trap, but fond memory brings
the light of other days around me,
and / wish to treat a boy as would
be treated if were boy again Now,
Iwant to build up a sentiment in favor
of restocking the country with quails,
and in order to do this, every dog in
the country that win hunt quails must
be restrained during the sitting sea-
son. | know that the dogs catch the
mother bird on the nest, eat her eggs
or catch her young. received a let
ter today from Mr. H. P. Attwater,
industrial agent for the Southern Pa
cifc railroad, which gave much in
formation, gathered by the National
Committee of Audubon Societies re-
garding the value Of many kinds Of
birds in destroying insects. This state
ment gives the quail as the farmers
best friend and protector. To me this
lis good as far as it goes, but want
to save the quails for the quails them
selves. Now, good friend. Join in this
campaign, and let's stop this unneces-
Isary slaughter
IF / could, I would DO away with
the bird-dog altogether. not that am
an enemy to the dog, but am opposed
to his habits The Indian had sense
enough to kill only as many buffalo as
he needed. bat when the white man
came on the scene. he slaughtered as
long as one could be found Have We
not improved enough in a century to
know better?s
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

tChieago News
a wife can make her husband do
anything he chooses,
ene drink. like one word usually
brings on another
a new broom sweeps clean, but it
soon becomes old.
Anyway. the spirit mediums seem
to have a ghost of show.
Poets are born-therefore they are
more to be pitied than eensured.
Two hours sleep is enough for any
one after it is time to get up.
our idea of an absent-minded mar
lis one who jams his specs into his
mouth and hangs his false teeth over
his ear
The reason a small boy should be il
trusted with a shotgun is because mis-
father ought to wear Ounce cap.
Another reason why we like 1
freckle-faeed girl is because we know
she didn't paint them Gu
sometimes a good lawyer is on
who succeeds in shutting the moutl
Iof the eve witness.
/ AS a general thing. the more CHI
ldren woman has. the fewer griev
,ances she nurses
Tnlie Ginger says that II she has
to choose between remaining an ols
maid and marrying man who chew.
tobacco she would marry the chewei
and then learn to chew herself.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

Nearly every. property owner IS
complaining of the taxes he is forced
to pay City taxes are almost one
half the total tax
The cost OF running the city gov
ernment of a city of this size is neces-
sarily very large. If that amount
could be reduced by $4,000 month
every taxpayer would be tickled to
death If there is a way to increase
the city's, income by $4,000 month
without increasing taxes every tax
payer would be clamoring to have it
done
A few days ago The Oklahoman pub
lished list of about one hundred and
seventy bootleggers who have paid the
government license and are supposed
" doing business in this city. Inter
views with numerous prominent boot
leggers elicits the information that all
of them claim to be paying regular
fines twice month of $26 each or a
total of $50 month Fifty-two dol
lars month for 40 bootleggers would
aggregate SS.S4O month
IN addition to the 10 who have gone
through the formality of taking out
a government license, well informed
/ persons say that there are at least
loo more in the city who haven't yet
received their license. Uncle Sam
hasn't called nthem yet, These boot
leggers. however. corfoborate the
statement of others-that is, that they
regularly pay $40 twice month to
supposed representatives of local or
state authorities for the privilege of
selling liquor If that is true these
additional 100 liquor dealers must be
paying in s5,2O0 a month more. Add
this to the income from the licensed
bootleggers and it makes total Of
S14.04O month paid in fines to some
body.
But these little monthly or semi
monthly gratuites for the privilege Of
bootlegging do not tell the whole
story Interviews with a number OF
gamblers have elected the information
that for the payment OF $3.50 month
one can operate roulette wheel with
comparative immunity. Persons who
claim to be posted on the subject state
that there are twenty or more roulette
wheels operating in Oklahoma City
II each Of these is paying $3.50 month
ii would add some $4,000 to the s14,-
600 paid by bootleggers or a total of
more than $4,000 a month which is
being paid supposedly to some one rep
resenting branches of the city. county
or state government.
In looking over the reports of the
city and county officers and those Of
the state enforcement officers we fail
to find record of the payments OF
these amounts. 1t is strange that such
an item as $4,000 or $1,000 a month
should be overlooked by any of these
officers. Perhaps the bootleggers and
gamblers are being victimized and are
paving this money to somebody that
has no connection with the officers of
the law If so the officers of the law
should see that the bootleggers and
gamblers are protected and not victim
lied out of their hard-earned money to
the extent OF some $4,000 or $4,000
a month They should arrest the par
ties who are illegally collecting it from
them.
But Just think If that money was be-
ing paid into the city or county either
wouldn't that make you rtax receipt
look whole lot smaller
Let's ask the bOotlegger this ques-
ton: Who Gets the money?"-0kla-
homan
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
For Judge Supreme Court
JOHN p. TURNER.
nEMooRATIc eouNTY TIcKEr


For County Judge
SAM f. PARKS
For County Attorney
WILLARD II. voYLES
For Register OF Deeds
". L. TRoTT
For Sheriff
L. P. sMARTT
For Assessor
VIRGIL A. KINNISoN
For Treasurer
j.. y. ROBERTS
For County Clerk
JE. MCBRIDE
For Surveyor
GEORGE AsHBY
For District Clerk
LEE r. MITCHELL
superintendent Of Schools
THOs W. SMITH.
For County Commissioner
First DistTictl
G. l. WHITE
lSecond District
". n SIMMS.
Third District
CHAS- TEENOR.
For Constable (
JOHN KIMBROUGH
j n. Walker
For Justice of the Peace lvinita)- -
ED. 4. STANLEY
". o. HALLUM
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

It is too bad that the senate has not
time to hear what Col. Roosevelt has
10 say. He has said liar 50 much il is
presumed that is all he would have
to say this time.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

Herbert Quick. editor of Farm and
Fireside. writes an interesting article
in the current issue of his periodical
on the causes that are back of the high
cost of living Following is an ex-
tract:
What We want to know is why
there are not more people on the
farms. / have Just read in maga.
zine the explanation-they are all
stirred up about it-that all the avail
able land is taken up. That is true il
fencing and owning( aud cut-and GOV.
ering is taken up. But any farmer
knows that there is room for twice
three times, as many people on the
farms as are there now heard Mr
John W Bookwalter OF Springfield and
the rest of the world read a paper on
this subject last winter. II called the
attention of his hearers 10 the rush OF
people to the cities as a great danger
TO the world--to civilization.
He seemed to miss the effect he
himself has had on this matter of the
rush of people to the cities. Mr.. Book
walter possesses from 10000 to 10000
acres Of farmland On this immense
domain there live probably from Z
thousand to fifteen hundred people
This is In Nebraska. In Nebraska. toe
lives Arnold Martin. who on twenty
one aeers makes money. besides sup
porting his family II taa lana Ovned
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

Yes the republicans nominated a
candidate for the z s. senate and
three for congressmen-at-large. but
their names have escaped as at pres
ent Maybe before the election they
wiz be better known but for rhe time
being they are unknown.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

The new postal regulations via not
effect the prompt dispatch Of anal left
at the post Office on Sunday nor mail
in transit to be worked over Il will
be made up and sent on as usual
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

A journey to the western part Of the
state reveals the fact that Craig coun-
ty is not the only dry spot in Okla
homa. There is more good corn in
Craig county than IL half dozen
counties in some other portions Of the
state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

II you must have letter on Sunday
tell her to put a special delivery stamp
on II and under the new regulations
il viii have 70 be delivered.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Fer President
WOODROW wills 9N
Fer wee President
THOMAS r. 1EARsHALL
Fer UHited States Senator
R0BT. p. OWEN
FOR msn-at-Larse-
W il. MURRAY
JOE b. THOMPSON
CLAUDE WEAVER.
Congressman, Third District
JAS. S. DAVENPORT.
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The number of vacant houses in vi
nita is not so great as while back.
AS school time approaches all theeresi-
dences in town will be taken and
there will be demand for others. The
sort OF people that are attracted by
the schools are worth while.
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) 0 o Q 0 Q 0 0 o o O 0 o Q Q c
BE MODEST.

Q Never seem to affect the
. character in which vou wish to
Q shine Modesty is the only
0 sure bait when you angle for
D praise By modesty ! do not
0 mean timidity and awkward
Q bashfulness On the contrary,
Q be insandly firm and steady,
Q know your own value, but take
Q care 10 let nobody discover
Q that you know It. Whatever
0 real merit you have. other peo-
Q pie win discover and people al
Q ways magnify their own dis
Q coyeries, as they lessen those
0 Of others.-Lord Chesterfield
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

The state convention meets next
week at Oklahoma City and the pros
pect is that there win be some in
snrging done
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

The Standard Oil company is still
giving some Of the boys trouble.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

On to Armageddon is the snort 0
the Bull Mooses.
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Congress is getting ready to adjourn
for the campaign
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

Tne Spectator must be one who has
lost his Job Vinita is cursed with q
whole pack of yelping animals Il
might Be well if these individuals
would get together and bark for their
own special benefit i is a certainty
that they do not help tie town any.
A7READER.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

Col. Roosevelt has yelled liar sS
often that no one gets excited. If he
should find a real liar no one would
believe it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

A headline b the Tulsa Democrat.
ugeg tbs dispatch regarding the invest
ieaion "a compliance with the Pen
rose resolutions says Investigate
Campaign fer q Decade Back Won
der what caused the spinal decay
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

Anyway. the spirit mediums seer
to have a ghost of show.
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Poets are born-therefore they ar
more to be pitied than eensured