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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
FORMAL OPENING
OF HIGH SCHOOL

The Vinita high school is holding
open house this afternoon for the
friends of the school, who care to look
through the magnificent new build
ing.
There were several addresses along
school affairs delivered this afternoon
among them was the one by Rev. Tai
mage on Live Issues" which will be
found in full in this issue
Tonight there will be program
rendered by the high school students.
The program will be as follows:
Piano Solo-Flossie LeForce.
Reading Nelse's Triumph Mary
Barrett
Trio = Bugle Song Mary Frank
Davis, Rebecca Winner and Berniee
Martin.
PLAYA Case of Suspension"
Piano Duet-Chouteau Brothers.
Address-"High School And It's Mis-
sion"
High School Male Quartette.
Reading = Kitchen Monologue' =
Marion Mcfarland.
Reading-"A Telephone Romance
Helen Kenreigh.
Glee Club
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21

Condemn State Board of Equalization.
Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 2l.-The democ-
racy of Logan county condemned the
state obard of equalization in the reso-
lutions adopted in the county conyen-
|tion here Saturday afternoon. The
resolutions allege that the board made
a raise of so to 1863 per cent upon the
assessed valuation of Logan county
for 1911, and made a somewhat similar
raise in other counties Of the state, "
thus increasing taxation, and the con-
vention went on record as fayoring in
junction suits to prevent the collee-
tion of he taxes. The resolutions also
condemn the great raise in county
taxes, showing that in 1907, the last
year of Oklahoma Territory, county
taxes amounted to but $4,000, where
as now they amount to $6l2,0O0.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
PEACE DOVE FLITS
O'ER WAR CAMPS

Oklahoma City, Feb 2O.-A divided
Wilson and Clark delegation from Ok
lahoma to the democratic national con
vention, one to have half of the dele
gates and the other to have the other
half, is the proposition being worked
on today for the state convention
Thursday. It is believed now that
such program will be agreed upon
for harmonys sake.
Conferences have been held within
the past twentyfour hours looking to
this result United States Senator
Gore, Ex-Governor Haskell and United
states Senator owen, the latter hav-
ing just arrived from Washington.
were each in turn closeted with Gov
ernor Cruce today and while it is not
known what actually took place, it is
conceded that harmony was the talk.
w. Il. Murray, one of Wilson's leaders
was conspicuous in these conferences,
as was Justice r. L. Williams of the
supreme court, a strong Clark man.
In this latest attempt to reconcile the
different angles for harmonys sake
lit is recognized that the Wilson men
are strong enough to attract attention
lit is said that each side, recognizine
the others strength gladly acquiesced
when the compromise was proposed.
In this Ex-Governor Haskell and Unit
ed States Senator Gore are said to have
been the leaders.
With this part of the work of the
convention agreed upon there is moth
ing more of Importance except the
election of national committeeman,
and that after all will be the big thing
of the convention with $50 delegates
and that will be enough to elect him on
1.-THE first ballot. Supporters of John
Doolin, present state fish and game
warden, declares they have now 215
delegates, and that Galbreaths cannot
muster more than III on the first bal
lot. Doolin believes he can pick up
enough scattering ones to piece out
the 80 needed, Bob Gillian of Ard
more viii come with 61 pledged to
him and these may be changed into the
Doolin camp To carry out the plan
of harmony, it is said now that Judge
Thomas II. Doyle, Of the criminal court
of appeals, a strong Clark man, will
be put in as temporary chairman of
the convention and Judge Tolbert of
Hobart. will be made permanent chair
man, Tolbert is a Wilson man. Such
a compromise, it is claimed will work
the harmony business overtime.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
The Student Citizen.

Two students of the state university
school of law who will not graduate
until June have been so highly re
gerded by the people of their home
communities as to be placed in the
race for county attorney. They are
Harry C. Kirkendall of Round Grove,
Alfalfa county and Streeter Speakman
of Wellston, Lincoln county. The first
named is a candidate on the republi-
can and the last on the democratic
ticket. Both men have made good at
the university as law students and
their college friends are watching the
race with interest.
A surprising number of state univer-
sity students and graduates who have
been away from their alma-mater but
a few years were elected to the state
democratic convention which meets at
Oklahoma City to name delegates to
the national democratic convention.
The reliance thus revealed by the peo-
pie in men so young speaks well both
for the class of students attending the
states highest educational institution
and the manner in which that institu-
ton trains its undergraduates for the
duties of citizenship. Orel Busby, a
first year law student, was named dele
gate to the state convention from Sem
mole county, and Roscoe Cox a second
year law student, from Lincoln county.
Thurman Hurst senior law was a
proxy on the Pawnee county delega-
ton and several other students went
as proxies representing various coun-
ties. Among the former students NAM
ed as delegates were Otis B. Weaver
of Ada and William French of Tisho-
mingo. .Sucn faith in men so young is
a recommendation both of their worth
and character and the training they
have received in the university school
Of law
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
HIGH School Track Meet.

That great inter-scholastic athletic
carnival, held annually at Norman un-
der the auspices of the state university
and known as the interscholastic track
and field meet, is to be even greater
this year in point of entries and in
terest than in the past. Already the
university authorities are at work per-
Ifecting the preliminary arrangements
on the broadcast possible scale and in
a short time invitations will be sent
out to every high school in the state
together with information concerning
the contests and hints to the young
athletes as to the best training meth
DDS to follow Last year 5000 high
school students, alumni of the univer-
sity and friends of clean and manly
athletic development journeyed to Nor
man to see the youngsters battle for
supremacy on Boyd field. This year
the university is planning to accom-
modate an even larger crowd. In adj
dition to the track and field events
base ball and tennis tournaments and
girls basket ball turnament are held
the entire program lasting two days.
1t is probable that an inter-scholastic
oratorical contest will be held The
meet is to be held April 26 and 27, the
track and field events being decided
on the latter date.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
"padn Elliott at University.

Dad" Elliott, one of the most popu-
lar and forceful general Y. NJ, c. A.
who works among the col
lege men of the world will be in Nor
man addressing and meeting personal
ly the men of the state university this
week Through all the colleges and
universities of the middle west FL
liott's name is known and revered and
it is said that he personally has done
as much for undergraduates as any
moral force exerted on their lives. He
is man of pleasing address and win
ming personality who in his college
days was leader in athletics and all
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
SEE WHO IS HERE
Address Given at Formal Opening of
Vinita High School, February %,
BY VIM. II. TaImaee.

| shall direct my remarks, on this
Occasion, to much needed improve
ment in the direction of university ex-
tension in conjunction with the mod
ern idea of creating in our public
schools a social center" for the edif-
cation of the public.
| In Oklahoma we enjoy the priceless
advantage Of being fairly independent
of moss covered customs and ossified
ideas in legislative and educational
matters. We can in our formative
period easily secure benefits which if
neglected now would later require tire.
mendous effort and expense to obtain
| if we could obtain them at ALL
For twenty years the New England
states have been talking university
extension" i. e. extending the advan-
tages of higher education downward
to the public schools. And the near.
est they have come to the idea is the
correspondence method or the lectures
delivered in public schools by uni
versity professors.
| The social center movement is an
excellent idea in the right direction
and aims to make all these costly pub
| lie school buildings of greater prac
| tical good to parents as we'll as pupils
| by opening them up at night for the
discussion of live subjects and fol
entertainments and debates designed
to interest the public.
Let Oklahoma seize the opportunity
which is now hers for the asking, and
secure the combination of both these
ideas and, in addition, secure a thou
sand times greater benefit than the
originators of these two ideas have
suggested.
Let us begin to use these magnificent
public institutions which now make
Oklahoma the talk of the world, for the
greater good of the entire public in
stead of standing empty and mute
most of the time and when filled at all
are filled with children and the few
youths who remain for the graduating
classes.
We never become too old to learn.
Nor to be amused. Are the fathers
and mothers and tax payers who must
toll for the support of the family dur
ing the day and pay the bills to be
forever penalized and denied further
education and further amusement
when one little remedy applied to oul
educative plan would bring these bene
fits to them free of charge?
Moreover these parents are annual
lly paying out an unnecessary bill OF
expense which could be saved then
amounting to many times that which
would remedy the defect and bring the
Education of the universities to theil
very doors.
/ I propose the following method oi
extending the university to the masses
old and young, so that all may be in
structed during life free of charges
Let department be added to oul
lstate university to be known as the
l"University Film Department" which
shall cooperate with every public
lschooI within the state, which shall
Ihave general oversight of the differ
ent branches of education to be taugh
by the films, rent, manufacture anC
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21

other activities of the undergraduate
world. A special chapel service will
be arranged that the noted visitor may
have the opportunity of addressing at
some length all the men of the uni
versity. While in Norman he will talk
with the individual men in addition to
delivering number of addresses.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
STORM KING IS
STILL SUPREME

Kansas City, Feb. 20.-Carrled on by
a forty mile wind, heavy snow storm
that swept southern Kansas, eastern
Oklahoma and southern and western
Missouri continues unabated tonight
In eastern Kansas and western Mis-
souri, the local weather bureau prom
ises snow before morning. In the
western and central sections of Kan
sas the snow is drifting fast and is i'm
peding railroad traffic
Southeastern Kansas reported eight
inches of snow. Chickasha, Lawton,
and other oklahoma towns report
heavy SHOWS
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
Cyclone Kills Eight.

Shreveport, La, Feb. 20.-Eight
dead and about fifty injured is the re-
suit of a cyclone which passed over
Shreveport suburbs shortly after 4
O'Clock this afternoon. All the dead
are negroes with the exception of the
two months old baby of A. J. Mannheim,
whose home was demolished. The
baby's body was found a block away
from the Mannheim home.
Eight Inches at BartlesviIe.
Bartlesyille, Okla, Feb. 20.-The
heaviest snow storm in twenty years
fell here today At 10 o'clock tonight
the total snowfall for the day was
slightly over eight inches Street car
and other traffic has been at a stand
still since noon
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
Worst in Years.

Dallas, Jax, Feb. 20.-With a quick
change in temperature this forenoon
when the thermometer stood at about
20 degrees, there has been rapid
fall in Texas through the afternoon
and tonight the thermometer had fallen
to near the freezing point. Many sec
tions of Texas and Oklahoma report
the worst storm in years which reached
its worst stage in the northwest sec
tions of Texas, where the ground was
covered four inches on the level at s
O'Clock tonight and still falling. The
snow is accompanied by high biting
north wind that has attained velocity
of about forty miles an hour.
Trains All Delayed.
Oklahoma City, Febf 2O-A storm
was reported general over the state,
ushered in by a So miles an hour wind,
which kept up at almost that speed
the larger part of the day, swept over
Oklahoma today. Sleet, snow and hail
alternated at first early in the morn
ing, while one of the fiercest blizzards
for years enyeloped Oklahoma City.
Trains were much delayed on all
roads and on the Rock Island it is re-
ported no freight or passenger train
will reach Oklahoma City for the next
twenty-four hours according to officials
of that road.
Although the wind reached velocity
of So miles an hour it made no record
today, as on February it reached a
speed of 72 miles. The lowest temp
erature recorded today was 27 degrees
above zero.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25
VALENTINE PARTY.

The F. o. c. will give a Valentine
masquerade on Wednesday, Feb. A.
at Pythian Hall, for the benefit of Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Church. The gen.
eral admission will be twenty-five
cents, two children being admitted on
one ticket. A prize will be given the
child presenting the prettiest valen-
tine and one also to the most comical
one. The children will have the use
OF the floor from 6 to $780, Music
VIII be furnished by the famous Re-
lance Band.
The following committee is in
charge: d. Weidman, chairman; M.
Spitzfaden, ex-officio; H. Harris. Floor
committee, Mckinley vezien, chair
man; A. Christy, L. Spitzfaden. Re-
eeption committee. R. Harper, H. Glas,
ana ]. Hughes. Mrs. L. G. Daudelin,
tickets. Refreshment committee, Mes
oames j. E. Huckins and ]. Porzler.
Mrs w. s. Slack will have charge
Of the grab bags.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25
The More important.

Betty may not be very worldly wise
but she is practical. She knows enough
to take common sense view of things
sentimental as we'll as material. So
when she listened to the proposal of
the young man she is fond of she
couldn't help saying what she did.
IF you reject me, Betty DEAR" he
urged In a final appeal, 81 shall never.
never love another. 1t will be the
end"
And If l accept you" she asked.
docs the same thing hold goodr-
Philadelphia Times.
Cooking Ham.
Ham is frequently too salt to fry
without previous preparation. Put the
slices in tepid water and let them
stand on the back of the range to
soak out the salt, not to boil, for about
half an hour. Drain dry between tow
els, then fry in hot spider.
When a whole ham is to be baked
or boiled let it stand overnight covered
with cold water.
River, Mud and Lava.
The mud moved by rivers and lava
discharged by volcanoes are great fac
tors in Transforming the face of the
earth year by year. The Ganges. in
India. carries down every year as
much mud as would make sixty of the
great pyramids Of Egypt and which, If
1t were brought in ships, would require
1900 full sized merchant vessels
laden with the mud to sail down the
Gauges every day. The eruption of
the Shaptar Jokull volcano In Iceland
in 1888 produced a torrent of lava
ninety miles in length, from seven to
fifteen miles broad and at places COO
feet deep, a mass equal to Mont Blanc,
the greatest mountain in the Alps
Louisville Courier,Journal.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25
Who Wins?

Dear philosopher" writes a CORE
sponoent, will you please settle dis
pufe Tor us? A and B make a wager
~ 70 which can shoot the most rab-
oH. The contestants take different
territories and hunt all day. At the
ume appointed they meet. A has no
nDoits at all, but B has an animal
winch proves to be AS pet cat. Who
winsY'
1 Is hard to decide this bet. In
view OF the fact that B gets not only
As cat, but his goat. we should say
suat A should buy the cove oysters
Sieveland Plain Dealer.
Who're Il Belongs.
why do they put the nations flag
~ Top OF the schoolhouse? asked the
sener who wanted to instill a patri-
ode lesson.
Iiease. ma'am." answered the head
IT'S because the pole is there
S'ncnnati Commercial Tribune.
That Was What Annoyed Him.
Ia Homeleigh-There is one thing
ut our girls-they are always self
spa Homeleigh (grimly)-Yes, they
VOC SELF possessed. I wish they'd
- s0me one else to possess them
my Stories.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25
coMING-"The Spring Maid"

'The Spring Maid" the newest OF
viennese operettas, from which har.
monious ripples have been spreading
over the country since its music and
merriment were first heard in New
York two seasons ago, comes to the
Tulane Theatre for one week begin
ming Sunday, February 4, with We'd
nesday and Saturday matinees.
The Spring Maid" is considered to
have proved itself return to the spar
kle, saucy sentiment, fun and adroit
musical accompaniment that made
theatre-goers long for the days of Of
fenbach, Audran and Strauss to come
again, and in the waltzes, stirring
marches and delicious two-steps sup
piled by Heinrich Reinhardt, they adj
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25
SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY.

Mr.. and Mrs. H E. Meyers, of No.
221 Pelican avenue, entertained in
honor of their daughter, Miss Sidonia
Aucoin, on Friday night, the occasion
being her sixteenth birthday. The
house was tastefully decorated with
palms, ferns and cut flowers. Deli
cious refreshments were served and
a most delightful time was spent.
Among those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Aucoin, Misses Edna Aucoin,
A. Lecourt, A. Horn, c. Finley, R. Gar.
land, C. Hanley, l. Daniels, E. CARROTS,
c. Dumestre, n. Brownlee, R. Haley,
s. McCord, E. Brodtman, E Aucoin, A.
judith, A. Tuft, z. Giepert, l. French,
A. McNeeley, l. Richard, o. McNeeley,
M. Kelly, M. Morrison, L. Nicklaus, C.
Wagner, |. Lang, l. Hotard, Messrs. A.
c. Dumestre, M. Brownlee, r. Haley,
]. CARROTS, W. Talbot, T. Morrison, E.
Luft, w. Ryan, T. Keenair, F. Ryan,
W. Umbach, H. Umbach E. Lefebvre.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25

spirit of Romance as the guiding pow
er. The princess f1irts that she may
teach her princely sutton who would
not be denied, a much needed lesson,
and the love duel is sufficient in itself
to hold the attention of an audience
even without the dreamy beauty of
DAY Dreams" the misunderstanding
Tilt of Two Little Love Bees" and the
rollicking How i love a Pretty Face"
that are embodied in the struggle be-
tween man and woman, each for an
expression of affection from the other.
The producing firm of Werba and
Luescher is new one and has given
guarantee of thoroughness and prodi-
gality in this production. For the
prima donna role they present Mizzi
Hajos, the Hungarian songstress who
created the piquant character of Prin-
cess Bozena when the opera was first
produced in Vienna. She will be we'll
remembered in New Orleans for her
brief stay here with the musical YER
sion of "Chantecler," in which her
saucy personality proved continuous
charm. The princely trifler will be
played by George Leon Moore, former
ly starred in Algeria" by Victor Her
bert. Dorothy Maynard plays the live
ly spring maid, and Tillie Salinger and
Jack Rafael, both well known to low
ers of light opera, Louis Miller,
Charles MacNaughton, best known of
modern English comedians, who has
been recently transferred from the
London company of "The Spring
Maid" Ralph Newman and H. A Bar
rows are others in long cast Of an
which also carries as an
important component part the great
Spring Maid Orchestra under the d.
rection of Clarence West.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25

rentage for the book is by Margaret
Mayo. author of Baby Mine" and
Edgar Selwyn, who wrote The Coun-
try Boy the lyrics by Hapgood Burt
and the music by Karl Hoschna. COM
poser of Madame Sherry"
The heroine of The Wall Street
Girl is the daughter of a man who
vas anxious to have a son when she
was born. Consequently she was
brought up like a boy and enters her
fathers Office in Wall Street to be-
com ca broker. She makes a success
of her career until she meets Dexter
Barton, a young man from the West,
with whom she falls in love. She
takes a half interest in a gold mine
proposition, which her father has turn
ed down, and later this mine saves
her fathers brokerage firm from finan
cial failure.
The music of The Wall Street Girl"
is said to be most tuneful and as usual
Miss Ring will have a half dozen
catchy songs which will be sung as
only she can sing them. Her greatest
song hits are "Deedle-Dum-Dee," Il
Should Have Been Born a Boy" Il
Want a Regular Man" and The In
dian Rag" Gus Solke, who has staged
the musical numbers, has introduced
several distinct novelties.
Harry Gilfoil has the leading r)m.
edy role, while others in the cast in
clude Clarence Oliver, Charles Govt
hold. Charles Winninger, Paul Porter,
Maude Knowlton, Florence Shirley,
and Cross and Josephine. Miss Ring
always believes in surrounding her
self with chorus of pretty girls and
this season it is said she has the most
stunning aggregation seen off from
Broadway.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25
FRANKIE BURNS BUSY.

Govern at New Haven-WiII Return
and Train Hard for Championship
Clash with CouIon on Feb. 18.
frankie Burns, ably managed by
Jimmy De Forrest, was a pleased cit
izen when he won the decision over
Johnny DAILY at the Westside A. C.
Sunday after twenty gruelling rounds.
Monday, hardly bearing a mark, he
WAS lionized by local fight followers,
Int that night he and his manager
skipped out for New Haven, Conn,
where he will endeavor to muss up
phiIly McGovern on Jan. 20.
The bantamweight championship
hattie with Johnny Coulon, which has
been arranged for Feb. IS, is the big
idea in Burns noodle. The go with
Daly was to decide who would be priv
LEGGED to box Coulon for the title in
q twenty-round contest before the Nc
Donoghville club, and Burns battle
with McGovern will only be a sort of
extra workout.
Manager De Forres,, speaking for
Burns, said before leaving that Burns
was entirely satisfied with the treat
ment accorded him here. Although
Sundays crowd was disappointing on
account of its slimness, Burns is will
ing and anxious to fight Coulon at the
Westside for the championship, wheth-
er the remuneration is good or not.
ave feel confident that Coulon will
meet his master when he takes on
Burns" declared Manager De Forrest.
Burns is the best bantam in the coun-
fry to-day, having already outpointed
Coulon in ten rounds, and frankie will
return here Feb. 1 to train hard un-
til the day of the championship con-
test. With the firm intention of wrest-
ing the title from its clever holder.
Burns will make lie pounds ring
side for Coulon without any trouble.
He will be recognized as the bantam
weight champion of the world after
Feb. IS, and will win the title right
here, where he has already won so
many friends"