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The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
The Big Issue

United States Senator LAFollette,
IN the closing chapter Of his auto
biography, which has been running
in the American magazine and
which soon is to be pubaislsed In
book form, gives what he considers
to be the one big issue now coafroAt-
Ing the AmericaA peopae. He says:
''In twenty-five years Of political
struggle have found ono great is-
sue oversfsadowing all others-the
encroachment Of the powerful few
ON the rights Of the many. An the
issues Of today arc phAses ol this
ono great question. How shall the
individual, the farmer, the worker,
and all those who pay tribute, be
set free from the unjust exactioas ol
the tariff, the railroads, and othes
forms Of oppression BY special inter.
ests?
"When Roosevelt became psesa.
dent tho total stock and boad Il.
sues Of the trusts WAS %, 704, ,OOO,.
600. Whea he turned tho countr1
! over to Taft this total had grown t.
eSl ,o72, 900, 900. 20 Per ceat d
which y water.
Tho people Of this country an
| paying dividends ON all this wateret
stock, in the form Of unnecessaril,
high prices for the things they eai
use and wear"
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25

Never again viii these men dare
to tell MS that presidential prefer
ence primaries, direct election OF
senator's, primary election laws.
and recalls Of public officers are in
stramen.s we are unfit to use and
enjoy.
The work done by the progressive
republicans WAS . work Of agitation
and education: Il WAS = work done
for the cause OF humanity, for the
lettcrusent Of vOicelexs. helpless,
undefended humanity; . work for
tho American republic In just the
same sense - WAS tie battle Of
Bunker Hin.
Further than this tlSe work done
By the progressives Of Weld county
in the past SIX months hsd = note
and favor Of religion In it. The
nsea who did that work served God
~ we'll - man. BY STRUGGLING to
l1etter the material mt Of their fei-
low men in this world BY . better
and justef distribution Of wealth.
by laws to protect women and chill
dren. In trying 20 help men 70 bet
ter institutions aud higher political
levels, they ~ truly served God rs
men who bend the knee In prayer.
And the republican organization
Of this coanty may ran rou&h-sf'od
over these men. abuse them. mis-
interpret their motives, seek to ig-
moro thcm, they can 10 more destroy
their work than tkGy can turn buck
the food ol oceans ti3e.
All over this county by speeches,
lettess, pamplale1s. editorials, the
progressive Fepabaicans have assist
cd In stirring mp tho people to
realiza&ioa that in this ~ In other
communities theeo aro two classes
Of uea-th0se who really and truly
believe b popular government and
tllose who do not. And the people
know - never before that they
sisoald trust those men who trust
them and that tfey should refuse
their coafitience to those who have
no coulldence In them. The people
this fall regardless Of party. re9arti-
Ieas Of past affiliations, regardless
OF everything but the welfare Of our
institutions Of FREQ government, are
going to vote to strengthen and to
pespetuate their institutions ana
their republic.
The weapons, thank God. are In
our hanis-<iO not doubt We shall
use them. JOHN T. JACOBS.
Greeley, Colo, July ~. 1912.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
4 Damon is Here

July -, 1912.
To the Editors and PrOprietOrs OF
The Greeley Tribune, Greeley,
Colo.
(sentlensen: l note certain Jour
nalists are encouraging politicians
to annoy you with libel suits, evil
IDENTIFY for the purpose Of stopping
political discussion in Weld county
this fall. l am sure there never Was
. time in the history Of Weld county
when canllor in political discussion
was more necessary than now. This
being the case and believing l am
performing y public service there
by, 1 herewith tender you my pro-
fessional services without charge or
expense Of any kind, to defend. In
all courts, any and all libel suits
that may be begun against you. or
your contributors, because OF publ.
cations in your journal between now
and election day concerning the adj
of public affairs or 1T
ness Of candidates for Office.
In case litigation should he SO
prosecuted that you consider
counsel necessary will
make every effort to procure such
other attorneys as may be necessary
to assist in such defense without ex-
pense to you. Sincerely yours,
JOHN T. JACOBS.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25

VET there are many aS3Arants tina.
~, comlsetent and honorable Sien
ready and willing tO accept the Of
flee ut this price.
will make b0stneas prOs,c>i-
,;on. and il it meets with the al-
,,,,,val OF the people 1t should le
considered, provided no one Is will
Inv IN do better. ~ . suggestion
under the present existing condi-
,,"ns n candidates l de~iKnate, who
smnII l,e honorable aud competent
citizens. are elected. l will Ruaral-
~. the giving for the county clerk
stin of N3.OOO tO the school fund !;
al,o the giving to the school fund
rnr the county treasurer $4,000. He
shall act rs public trustee Tor one
third the legal fees up to the time
S4,80 have been received each year
after which the regular fees will hr
collected and turned over to the
county, as prescribed by law.
One-half Of these amounts, in
cas-, OF the election OF either or
nth. Is to he paid into the public
s,hocl fund, for each Of the two-ycar
terms. and pro rated among tho dii-
f.srent districts In Weld county. the
s.ns, a. the public school fund is
Gr,eIey, Colo. July 20. 1919.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
WsId's Grand Jury

The grand jury which has been
In session in Weld county for the
nast week or two has returned one
indictment against an official OF an
irrigation company and promises
complete investigation OF the irri'
CATION Developments now under way
In that county. The move should he
WELCOMED by the people, even
though it results In temporary un'
rest in that line.
Fake irrigation schemes have
done . great deal toward destroying
Colors4Io's credit In the east and
will continue to do 80 ~ long as
they are permitted to flourish We
have an idea that Greeley has been
the home Of more than one Of these
enterprises and the grand jury will
render y service to the cntire state
II II will Investigate the matter
and put an end to the
game of rObbing poor settlers
through the medium OF visionary ir-
rixatiOn schemes.-FOst Collins Re
view.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
TIE First Range sheep

Years before European settle
ments we're established on our east
ern borders, western North America
had many OF the earmarks OF CIVIL
ization. In 1921 Spanish sheep
were landed on the Isthmus OF Pan
ANA, and as early as 1850 wooleh
cloth was being manufactured IN
New Spain. 1t was not until l1'".
however, that they were introduced
into California. Their spread was
rapid, and in 1925 we find that sew
enteen Catholic missions along the
coast owned total OF 1,OO3,9'o
sheep, and as many more were
owned by private persons.
try Gentleman.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
Retrospect and Prophecy

Several months ago q little boad
Of so-called progressive republtcans
animated by an apparent conussoa
purpose, organized and won against
an old established political orsani-
zation supported by all the posver
and prestige Of Office holders frpm
United states senator down To the
casual constable Of a justice cosast.
The men who led this fight were q
little heterogeneous political sta4.
They were made up Of few cru.
saders who were in simply from .
deep sincere belief in the principles
OF prOgressiveism-re radicals
ready to push popular government
forward nOtch-men who had
miurk Of the spirit Of the fanatic In
them but with motives As pure and
'inselfish a. those OF fanatics n
Oltien times. There were also a srw
cold-bloOtied, selfish men in tn ret
an Onice-fOr purely selfish rea.ons.
ltefore the eyes Of this latter cIase
there had to he kept constamfIv
dangling the little tin prize Of =
political office to keep them IN /.
proper state Of enthusiasm. T7,ee.
were also some sullen political n,.I,
contents who disappointed in one
faction Rrayitatesi into anotlc. rn-
revenge. There were also no,stsc.l
dreanfers and theorists, often t,s,,-n.
ing with enthusiasm. but Az inn.
practicable as a lot Of babies Ov.r
AL these different classes Of ,,,.u
VIII" made up the leaders and vork.
ers OF the prOgressives was en.t
, spirit OF fnsubortiinate ipdiyidu.Ss]~
the restlessness under dj,c,nl;na -
suspicion Of any unusual .rsIstv =
however small. which so often cs,sr.
acterizes the radical mind.
warning elements an orrnn;,.t,..r
was effected and they were he,d h..
9etiser long enough to win nm.
IItrai victory. The winning - -.
victory, considering the fons | .-S
circumstances, and nature of ~.
litical forces engaged, was , ~ ,s,,,...-
eaI miracle on small scale Snch
men as these can rarely he h.,d . -
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
why NOT?

Why not run county offices along
the same business lines a. private
and corporate Affairs are run? Do
the psopse require Of the incumbent
Of amy Office anything other than
that he shall conduct the Office hon.
estly and afithfully as their servant,
and rs efficiently and economically
as Is consistent with good business
judgment?
II the various Offices were not
very desirable why such a scramble
for them? Should one elected to
an Office he allowed sufficient held
that practically all their time can he
spent in building political fences for
continuance In office?
Are we, as taxpayers, SO interest
ed in party control Of public Office
that we should pay a fabulous price
for thee OntrOl Of the Office to helm
someone purely on the lines of good
fellowship? Do tie~e goid fell
lows help the producers to get bet
ter prices for their commodities, OF
help tie masses Of lalorers who
earn their bread by the sweat Of
their brow To better wages of
shorter hours OF honest toll?
Those who arc having q hard tine
TO pay their tAxes, and those WIN
are earning their money by hard
knocks, compare your oonditiou
with the following:
| The county q ERIK gets ~, 400 ne,
year and is allowed s<.vun assistant.
at 1880 per month, or S7.OsO pei
year.
The county treasurer gets S2,SO(
and the public trustee fees up n
$2,WDO q year. He N allowed fouy
assistants at 1895 a month, or 81.
:sSO per year.
All other Offices are prorsDrtton,
ate, except that Of county judge. The
Law provides for 5000 for his s.I.
ary, he to pay his own clerk hire
YET ne Is furnished an assistant a,
the county's expense.
County commissioners are ON.
titled to about $500 a year. .nd
they haev the entire supervision an,
management Of all county business
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
The Square Thing

The attorney general Of the
state has decided that tho laws sub
niitted to the people By petitions,
even though 1t Is known that SOME
Of TIE names in these Petati0as are
fraudulent, must be filed BY Sorre-
tary Of State Pearce In spite of these
Irregularities.
It is to the credit Of the secretary
Of state that when he made ne dis
covery that signatures had been
forged In some Of the petitions he
made the fact known 1t Oace. He
gave widest publicity to tho condi-
ti0A and Investigated ~ beot lse
cOsald. The last resort Wao The sub
uaisaioa Of tho cAse to To at1srney
II. Pcarce coald have lsps-. ~
moath shut and the osaesA pshlae
would have beoa n0ac the wiser.
The petitions were In his Office and
the secret w0uld hAvo been aafo
fraud. HIT Mr.. PcArco chose ~
course that has marked his eneire
administration 0f his 06ice. He ~
tho square thing. Whatever tho 70.
suit may have beea-
1t might be we'll for tlse delegnles
| to the state convention 70 beaR IN
mind the recoEd Of Mr.. Pearoe In
matters Of tlis kind when nOnAnaE-
ing . candidate for secretary ol
state. A cieaa record In these days
II . mighty valuable ASSET The poo
PIE are not anxious to change .
known honest and competent o9ic-
ial for ono untried. The voters o(
Colorado will hear this In mind 70
gAr1lees Of what the state assembly
may do.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
HERE'S A CRUEL ONE

The Greeley Republican opines
that 1t would hate to belong to a
party which depended upon JOHN T.
Jacobs and = few other things to
win. Up to ten days ago Jacobs was
the republican leader of the county.
The Republican should put some
sugar on its grapes.-FOrt Collins
Review.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
Editor Greeley Tribune:

Editor Greeley Tribune:
wish you would send me your
photo. as 1 am making collection
Of freak physiOgnOmies and crani-
ums. Have never had the pleasure
Of seeing you but note by the Gree
ley Republican you are a pin-head.
1 have seen both Doweu and Hansen
and II you look worse than either ]
shall place you In the top row Of my
collection. Yours etc,
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
Judge Quits Under Fire

Seattle. July 23.-United States
Judge Cornelius II. Hanford, whose
conduct on the bench has been un-
der Investigation for nearly a
month by a sub committee Of the
house judiciary committee, tele-
graphed his resignation to President
Taft. Judge Hanford gives Ill health
ms the reason for his resignation.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25

Miss Katherine Phelps has re-
turned to her home In Monmouth
ILL.,. after a visit with her brother
Charles e. Phelps and family.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25

Misses Jessie Hutchinson and
Mabel VIII OF Eaton were In Gree
ley Monday.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25
" There's Some
in the VIM
Shirts

Our Fall Shirts ,
yesterday; before 4
them Oh sale we're 90
reduce our Sulnmer s
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25

A rural mail carrier out of Ault
is going to use q motor bike in
carrying his route. y An airship is
being used in the east to carry mail
between Washington and New York.
1t would be interesting to know
what the horse may think about
such innovations.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-07-25

Our contemporary has sounded
dire warning to candidates for Oific
soon to be named by Big Mac. HI
tells 'em they had better have cleal
records for the Tribune will get 'er
II they don't watch out. All Of whic
goes to show considerable perspica<
ity (whatever that is) on his part.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21
EARLY MARRIAGE

4 young man who enters a uniyer-
sity should look ahead to the time
when he is to be married just the same
as he looks ahead to the time when he
will begin the practice of law Jour.
ualism or whatever profession he has
chosen, says the University Missouri
ian. The sooner The young man does
this, the better. or course 1t is fashion
for the educated man to wait many
years before marriage. That is one
respect in which he is inferior to the
mechanic, operative or farmer.
Often one viii hear some young man
say, Il cannot ask girl to marry me
who has been brought up 30 do moth
ing for herself, and who Is accustomed
TO have every qualification and luxury
provided for her, until can earn
enough to enable her to live with me
in that way" There are two argu
ments against this doctrine First, If
a girl is brought up In this way the
sooner she has chance to live differ
entity the better it viii be for her;
and secondly. he who loves a young
woman should consult her as to wheth-
or or not she wishes to marry him be-
iore he can earn a large income. Of
ten when a young couple marry and
The husband has only a moderate in
come. they are far happier than if they
had waited longer The wife learns
10 share the troubles Of her husband
and "a after life appreciates the good
things which he has gotten for her
and which she has helped earn.
To look ahead towards a home Of
your own with your own little child
rem should protect anyone from evil
doing and prepare him for the great
est joys Of life No young man should
tail to Keep himself pure lie should
avoid the vices. avoid the lust and
avoid the use Of narcotic or stimulat-
ing drugs. Any young man who will
fully wrones himself by leading an
improper lire also wrdngs some young
woman. lie wrongs her If he marries
her because she cannot be SO happy
with man who is impure and he
wrongs her II he does not marry be
cause he keeps her in enforced unmar
ried life.
For these many reasons, therefore
young man should look ahead te
early marriage. Joplin Globe
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21
CANNING AND PRESERVING
GONE BY.

A recent Department Of Agriculture
bulletin speaks of the decline of the
housewifely habit of putting up
stores Of preserves.
II there is such decline, a fine art
is being lost Women often remark
that it is as cheap to buy canned goods
and jellies as to preserve them them
selves. But when they put up a bas-
ket Of peaches, they know absolutely
that the very cream of the fruit has
gone into their jars When they buy
ready made. there is always the chance
that the very heart OF the fruit has
been sold, or that ii has been so di-
luted by some fiat and neutral sub
stance as to take all the tang and
sparkle out of the product
The old time array of jelly tumblers
in the cellar closet is not merely en-
ioyed at your table. Every time the
Old Man goes down to chop kindling
wood, he opens up the fruit treasury
and shifts joyously in anticipation. To
the Small Boy. the jam closet throws
a radiance Of felicity over the sorrows
Of childhood.
The woman who wins bridge prizes
and reads erudite papers before the
Woman's Club is at the front in mod
ern society, But some old time in
stinct so lives in her that she stands
humbled and reduced to silence when
a well filled preserve closet is opened
for her Inspection.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21
ORDINANCE NO. e97.

(rrst Published November 20 1912,
in The Daily Chieftain).
An Ordinance Providing for the lssu-
ance Of the Negotiable Coupon Bonds
of the City of Vinita, State of Okla
homa, to the Amount Of Nine Thou
sand One Hundred and Twenty-Five
Dollars and Twenty-SIx Cents, for
the Purpose Of Funding Like
Amount of the Outstanding Legal
Warrant Indebtedness Of Said City,
Ratified at an Election Duly Held
for Such Purpose; Providing for the
Levy Ct an Aannua Tax Sufficient
to Pay the Interest on Said Bonds
When Due and to Constitute a Sink
ing Fund for the Discharge Of the
Principal Thereof at Maturity, and
Fixing the Other Details of the Issue.
Whereas, on the fifth day Of Novem-
Der A. D. 1912, pursuant to a proela-
nation of the Mayor heretofore issued,
an election was held in said City for
the purpose of submitting TO the quail
fed electors of said City the question
of the issuance Of the bonds of said
City in the sum of Nine Thousand,
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Dol
lars and Twentysix cents for the pur-
pose Of paying the Indebtedness of
said City evidenced by warrants is
sued in excess OF the annual income
and revenue provided, as shall here,
after be approved by the District Court
of Craig County. upon an application
of said City in said court to fund such
Indebtedness under and by virtue of
Chapter III, Session Laws of Okla
homa, 1910. and other statutes; and
Whereas, as shown by the canvass
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21
SCHOOL LOYALTY.

graduate OF leading college was
talking the other day of the intense
interest created by the foot ban games,
not merely among the undergraduates,
but among hustling business men and
silver headed graduates.
Business had called the speaker into
the Office of busy lawyer, whose bald
mead indicated some degree of removal
from the days when he wrestled with
Virgil and Homer. This lawyer is the
treasure of the Athletic Association of
his college. He handled the sale of
football tickets
The ante room was the scene of a
jostling mob Of foot ball enthusiasts,
largely graduates. They were not
merely beefy young fellows few years
out of college. Many of them were
old boys who we're allowing business
papers to pile into disorder on their
desks. while they stood line for an
other chance to see the young Titans
battle on the old loved greensward.
The fine thing about all this is not
the athletic efficiency of the players.
II Is not the reereative value of sport
calling men from the sitting air of
Offices into the tingling November at
mosphere. Rather it is the ability of
an institution of learning to develop
ties of affection that bind the heart
strings of men even up to the fading
days of journeys end.
Even from the business viewpoint,
these ties of love TO an alma mater
are an asset of almost immeasurable
value. They constitute persistent
advertising force, they assure the wise
advice OF the most sagacious brains.
If the average graduate of high
school attends one Of the school games,
or is present at a school ceremony
after period OF more than three
years after graduation, he is almost
embraced by his former teachers, as
a shining and conspicuous instance Of
loyalty to a former tie.
Every school above the grammar
grades ought to have live vigorous
alumni association, that should offer
good business advice, arrange plans
for soliciting funds for endowments,
spread interest in the school and its
athletic and other activities.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21

pledged to the payment of the interest
on and principal of said bonds when
and as the same fall due.
Section 5. That copy of this Ordi-
nance signed by the Mayor of said
City and attested by the City Clerk,
shall forthwith be filed with the Clerk
of Craig County for the purpose of
levying such tax as herein provided.
Section 6. That this Ordinance shall
be in fun force and effect after its
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21
ADVANTAGE OF LIVING IN TOWN

Il left the farm to escape the dull
routine confessed an Average Man,
and now I don't have to do a thing
that ! don't want to except grind on
at my desk day after day, ride to and
fro and fro and to in crowded street
cars with the same internal Iout stand
ing on my feet, freeze or roast in a
hall bedroom about the size of yege-
tarian's grave, and list to the laments
of infants to right of me, infants to
left of me, and infants above me, in
terspersed with the sounds of intem-
perate gentlemen below and on the
east and west sides, upbraiding their
wives, and a few other little bagatelles
like that. With these trifling excep-
tions l am as free from care as a wild
gazelle bounding from crag to crag or
a prominent Kentuckian passing from
jag to jag"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21

Our amiable. but somewhat super
anuated contemporary, the esteemed
yinita Leader seems to be exceedingly
sore bcause the city council did not
see fit to give it the city printing. The
city council evidently knew what the
best bid was and 50 awarded the print
ing. This is the same bunch that
sought to build a bridge at Tahlequah
avenue some time ago. Let the CALLED
jade vince our withers are still NOV
ing
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21

passage, approval and publication in
the Vinity Daily Chieftain
Passed by the City Council of the
City of Vinita, Oklahoma. on the 10th
day Of November. 1912.
Approved by the Mayor of the City
of Vinita, Oklahoma, on the 10Th day
of November, 1912,
J. G. STARR,
Attest; A. J. GREEN, Mayor
tSEAL) City Clerk
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21

Gov Wilson having said that it
might rain the next day, a special
train of newspaper correspondents and
photographers was sent out to work
up his remark for the afternoon edi
tions.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21

Bartlesville has a sewing circle that
will make other Oklahoma towns
green with envy. One woman called
another liar and got her nose pulled,
and a fine in police court assessed
against the puller.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21

In greater New York they are chris
tening sewers with wine. Perhaps no
one knew where any water could be
obtained.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-21

An Indian and a buffalo are to be
the designs on the new five-cent piece.
Another appropriate conception would
be a dark man with a chicken