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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
DREAD DEATH COMING
FEAR DEEPLY IMPLANTED IN Thu
HEARTS OF ALL.
Some More Effected hY Loss Of Honor,
Visit to Dentist, or Bank
ruptey, but Few DeIiber-
ateIy End It All.

Probably the first thought OF every
reasonable man In reading the dreary
details of the disaster to the Titanic
was: What would have done in the
same circumstances? Probably his
second bore the hope In all humility
that If such circumstances should arise
for him he would behave without too
much of the awkwardness OF panic.
Only fool would haphazard predic-
tion OF his conduct In the face of q
peril SO unexpected and attended by
the terrors OF midnight and the sea.
1t is no discredit to the human race to
say that cowardice is gift from the
devil which has been impartially dis.
tributed among mankind
Every man who thinks at all Is
afraid of death. He may be more afraid
of something else. or loss OF honor.
health or money or going to a dentist.
or, like the man in Pickwick, of life
, without buttered mullins. but he
chooses death only as bad alterna-
tive for a worse. If he Is not afraid OF
one thing you may be sure he is afraid
Of another. $500 saal8FYs VA 'ffTTs
A man will go up to the clouds in q
balloon who wouldn't go down into
twenty feet of water in submarine.
4 steeplejack may be afraid of dogs
and lion tanner of riding in an eleva-
or. We know a man who has made a
great reputation for GOODNESS under fire
battle, who gibbers with fear when
or he has the stomach ache One
nan fears fire. another burglars, an
9ther railway trains, another measles.
Conduct in an emergency depends
N many things besides those abstract
qualities known as 'cowardloe' and
ourage.' A man Is apt to act calmly
21n his surroundings at the time the
eozil presents Itself, are customary
IND familiar, when his nerves happen
5, se sound. or when he has time to
96.tate on his action and weigh care
i its consequences.
cain a man may be persuaded to
me or glory, as the case may be, by
10 example of his neighbor One per-
-an afflicted by bIinGlng fear may turn
, huudren men into panic stricken
mpb or he may convert them into a
throng of heroes through their very
horror OF his conduct And one man
no has established his moral equillb-
rium quickly can instantly convey for
itude to the others. Courage and
owardice both like company e. P.
Junne in the American Magazine.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
WILL STICK TO WATER WAGON
No More convivlal Times for Boston
Man, After an Experience In
Rhode Island.

The confidential clerk of a Boston
financial establishment, who is noted
for his scrupulousness, explained thus
to party of friends the other even
ing why for two months he has con-
fined his convivial exercises to the
consumption of buttermilk, apollinaris
and other innocuous beverages
'Ishit II up pretty strong one week
In March he said "and when | came
to | was in Providence. broke. hadn't
the heart to wire home for money, and
set out to walk the forty-four miles
between me and Boston. got lifts
from farmers and slept in barn one
night, ana the next day got along as
far as Stoughton l was passing a
humble home in the woods when |
smelled corned beef and cabbage
cooking. | simply couldn't pass that
house without eating.
"Resolved to send the housewife a
dollar II she fed me, made known my
almost agonizing hunger. She prompt
ly set me down to the best tasting
meal had ever known and | was
working at it man fashion when the
young hopeful of the house, about 4
years old, began a dismal wailing
Keep still, Mikey, said the mother, or
I'll have the bum ate you ! felt a
lump in my throat that stopped the
passage OF food for more than min
ute. | then realized as | hadn't be-
fore just what my spree had done to
my appearance,
"Mikey Immediately checked his
grief and was maintaining perfect ST.
lence when his mother addressed me,
saying, II Mikey cries again you'll ate
him, won't you, Mr., Tramp would
If you'd wash him, answered I've
been on the wagon since
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
HITHERTO STRANGER TO FEAR
But Now He Had Run Against Some
thing That Caused His Nervs to
Forsake Him.

7 came, sir, in answer to your adj
rertisement. You said you wanted
TO employ a man who was total
stranger to fear"
Are you brave man?"
y am, sir. | have given proof OF
my courage in many parts OF the
world"
"Yes2"
u have faced bullets in Mexico and
nachetes in Cuba"
"Good!'
Il helped to defend the missionaries
against the Boxers, and | was ppes-
ent at the siege OF Port Arthur
Fine
! have fought the infuriated walrus
OF Bafilnl bay and the maddened bun
elephants OF Central Africa and 7
went through an Armenian massacre
without losing my nerve"
You seem to be the man want
Would you be willing to go, out on
field in front OF 10000 fair.minded
sportlovihg Americans and umnire a
baseball game honestly deciding
against the home team when neoes.
sary?"
so that's the job. isitge replied the
man OF courage. and broke into a
cold Precipitation and a. run Tor tho
door simultaneously.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
CHANGES KEEP A MAN YOUNG
Altogether Too Many Make Fad OF
Becoming "set in Their
Ways"

Though a mans body attains its
full growth before his twenty-fourth
year, and probably earlier than that,
the growth OF his mind depends on
himself He can continue adding to
the sum OF his knowledge and his
power to reason until extreme old age
II he preserves his mental alertness.
As long as he retains a fair meas
ure OF that curiosity about things
which often make him a nuisance
when boy and Is interested in new
people. new sights. new books and the
thousand and one things that are
happening today, his mind continues
to grow. But when a man finds that
change bores him and limits himself
to one narrow round day after day,
he is really growing old mentally as
well as physically.
This premature agelng of the brain
is often self-induced. There Is a class
of men who make fad of being un-
interested In passing events. They
will read only one paper, they will sit
only In one chair, they will eat only
at one table, they will vote only for
one party, the name of which is the
same as that of their forefathers, no
matter how much its principles may
have changed
Though posing at first, they become
"set in their ways" and then they
are really old even though their years
scarcely number two score. II mis-
fortune or unavoidable change in his
mode OF life oyertakes such man
he is. like homeless cat, miserable
for the rest OF his day. Those who
stay young mentally and spiritually
keep In touch with new people and
especially with the young, cultivate
the habit of looking with clear eyes
on passing events. For them In their
daily lives there are no laws of the
Medes and Persians. They may wear
themselves out, but they do not rust
away.-New York Commercial
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
OPENED WEST POINT IN 1902
Great Training School Has Turned Out
Some Efficient Officers for
Uncle Sam.

The selection OF West Point as the
place for the national military acad-
emy was due, says Nh C. R. Miller in
Lesle's Weekly. to its advantages
from a military viewpoint, for its
rugged beauty and its severe climate
were calculated to be beneficial in the
foundation of that sort of character so
essential to successful officer The
academy was formally opened July 4,
1902. with ten cadets and five officers
as instructors. Its success Is said to
be due to the administrative ability Of
General Sylvanus Thayer. who became
It's superintendent in 1917 and served
as such for 16 years. This officer Is
known as the Father of West Point.
Since the opening OF the academy, in
Guiding the class OF 1911, more than
five thousand officers have been gradu-
ated
A cadets education costs the gov
eminent about $3,5OO All cadets are
on the same footing. The pay Of q
CdQtI IL 9OUV q JCui anu OhO AoeASi
per day, or .commutation thereof at 30
cents day The total is about $7O95O,
to commence with his admission to the
academy. Immediately after his ad-
mission the young man must spend
sbout $3.50 for uniforms.
After graduation the cadet Is eligi-
BILE to the rank of second lieutenant
and Is appointed to whatever branch
OF the service his record entities him.
Those who are highest In class honors
are generally appointed to the engi-
neer corps.
An act OF congress authorizing the
expenditure of s5,S00,OO0 for the re-
construction of the United States Mill
tary Academy was passed in June,
1902. and at later session of con-
gress $1,7OOOOO additional was al
lowed. w.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
WANTS PICTURES or KITCHEN
Present Day Cooks Like to See Fu-
ture Working Place Before They
Engage Themselves.


"A phase of the servant girl ques-
tion that was new to me was sprung
the other day when | called at an
employment agency to hire cook"
said the nervous woman. "a prepos.
sessing looking girl was brought for
ward for an interview. Her first ques-
tion was: Have you any pictures of
your kitchen?' ~sy ,x.
Il said / had none.
".It is always best to bring thcm.'
said the girl loftily. 1t saves time
and trouble, for with them to look at
cook can see at glance the posi-.
tion of the sink, the tubs, the range,
and the cupboards, and can tell If the
place will suit her.
While | was adjusting my mind to
that phase Of the proposition another
woman with a wider experience than
mine piped up that she had brought
views OF her kitchen. From that min
ute | was out of 1t as far as that par
ticular cook was concerned The pic
lures met her approval, and the other
woman hired her on the spot. asked
the manager II 1t was the custom for
housekeepers to produce views of
their home when hiring servants.
The custom Is not yet universal
he said, but 1t is growing. In one
sense the girl is right; 1t does save
time and trouble
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
Great Things for Morocco.

According to consular report, the
exports of Morocco last year were
valued at s5.OOO.OOO, of which more
than half was grain. principally bar.
ley Eggs were valued at s1.200.0OO
Beans and cattle made up the rest.
Although the mention of Morocco
always conveys the suggestion of des-
ert. as matter OF fact the desert Is
several hundred miles from the coast
and between the two lies some of the
most fertile land In the world
Great things are planned by the
French and Spanish invaders. though
the results of their conquests are not
yet evident. Among other things.
many vineyards have already been
set out II the results IN Algeria are
any indication, the wine Of Morocco
may yet become famous.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
The Time Of Her Life.

The new colored domestic, fresh
from Kentucky, took her flrst Thurs
day afternoon OFF, and failed to re-
turn to prepare the seven o'clock din.
ner for the family Next morning she
reappeared rather "donsie" Why,
Sibbie. said the lady of the house,
you look sick. What is the matters'
'Yes'm. | done been sick. awful
sick, but It was wuth 1t. Dat dollah
you given me. l spent every cent of
It an | done had de time of my life.
What | done with it2 Well, missus.
tel de truf an no more'n de truf. ]
bought ten glasses of soda and went
to ten OF dose movable pictuh shows.
My my. one cain't have no sich time
In Kaintueky. indianapolis News.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
Each Man HIs own carIesture.


Nearly everybody Is caricature of
his own ambitions Indeed, he is of
poor sort who is not. So long as
ones ideals are beyond him, ahead
OF him, rather than cast aside or for
gotten, he Is sure to be an inadequate
representation of what he wants to
be. uneven and distorted in one way
or another, and hence caricature.
Let us go to some place where
people foregather-to church of Sun
day morning. for instance. We must
sit so that we may watch the people
as they enter everybody walks down
the aisle as what he would like to be
what he feels that In his heart he
has 1t in him to be- There's Mr.. A.,
for instance who is bookkeeper down
at the factory; but on Sundays he Is
free of his task and there you behold
him; the Reasonable Man with the
open mind prepared to give valuable
dellberation to any problem that may
be presented Few problems are pre-
sented to him except In the balancing
Of his books; and his wife manages
his family, so that he has but slight
opportunity. to exercise his greatest
gift, or what he would like to have as
his greatest gift-the faculty of sound
judgment His walk, his gestures and
HIS attitude all show it-Ellwood
Hendrick. In the Atlantic Monthly.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
Parliamentary Law.

No one man is responsible for par
liamentary law. 1t was born of de.
lucrative exigencies. Its, rules. prece-
dents and usages are contained neither
IN statutes nor court decisions and are
rnly binding when deliberative body
chooses TO make them so. Most of the
rules now accepted had their origin In
sse English parliament Changes have
9eea made to meet the needs VI our
egisiative bodies, even as changes
9ero made in the English parliament
iamentary law growing from TIE
simple procedure of the Anglo Saxon
serp moot TO the more complleatAd de-
;ineradye' machinery Of today
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
How He Treated Her.

A certain osteopath was treating a
Young woman who had very weak
ankles and wrists, AS she lived in a
town quite a distance from his own
city. he was forced to leave the city
Saturday OF each week and go to the
town in which the young woman
j. ID, giye her the treatment Sunday.
sad return TO the office Monday. A
'Hsad once asked the osteopath how
he had arranged TO give the young
woman tie treatment for her ankles
aGJ wrists when she lived at such a
distance, and the osteopath replied:
h. l so out and treat her week
ds"-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
Woman Ran a Street Car

To have been real street car con-
ductor for three whole years. perform
ing all the duties that the Job i'm
plies, in fair weather and foul in the
service Of one OF the first street rail-
way companies In the country, is the
unusual and probably unparalleled ex-
nerience of Mrs. Mary Susan Stone
of Upper Swampscott, Mass
1t was in 1874, when citizens of that
qplet little town provided funds for
the organization and operation Of the
old Lynn City railway, now part of
the Bay State Street Railway system,
that Sue" Stone. as Mrs Stone Is
popularly known among the older car
men, was initiated into the service
The first equipment of the road con-
sisted of one small bobtail type of car
which seated seven passengers on
each side Soon another car, seating
nine passengers on each side, was ac-
quired. and for a time this remained
the entire equipment OF the road.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that, in the
office of the County Superintendent at
$3.50 p. m. Of Saturday. August 10Th
1912, the School Board OF District 70
will open bids for building the new
school house of said district, but re-
serves the right to reject any and al
bids. The building is to be one
story stone building 36x5O and the
construction must be according to the
plans and specifications accepted by
said Board, These plans and speciiis
cations can be seen IN the Office OF the
County superintendent, or at the home
of G. A. Tyler, Bids may be left at
the Office Of the County superintend-
ent.
G. a. TYLER, Director
$3.50 r. A. ANDREWS. Treasurer
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
Happy pays Recalled.

A Pittsburg lumber dealer contract
ed to supply lot of lumber to a
stranger. On looking It over he found
It full of knot-holes. and told his GUS
toner about 1t frankly.
"You may not want this lumber" he
said.
"why not?'
"rll have to be honest with you, II
is full OF knot-holes"
The stranger only laughed,
''I'll take It." he declared This
lumber Is to go around some baseball
grounds. Knot-holes won't hurt maE
kers, amp. T was kid myseig once"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31

Col. c. b. Edgar of the Oklahoma
City Times in a recent editorial has
spolnted out the benefits that come
fro mthe merging of competing tele-
phone plants, his reference to the
question of increased rates under a
monopoly undoubtedly being wholly in
connection with the sometime popu-
lar belief that such monopoly might
result in unfair rates rather than
with any question as to the need of
increased rates with larger telephone
exchanges The editorial which has
caught the attention of many editors
and accordingly been published in
many papers is as follows.
There is movement whether
from one concentrated center or not.
we do not know--for the consolidation
of telephone systems. We know some
thing about 1t along the Missouri
river. down through Nebraska. Kan
sas, Missouri and Oklahoma but
whether the same great organization
is extending through the east or not
we do not know, but it seems that as
far east as Detroit, the telephone com.
panies are being consolidated.
Unless the consolidation of these
various companies shall lead to the in
crease of rates nobody win object, for
the telephone business should be, and
by nature is a monopoly In towns
and cities where two companies have
existed, or are now existing, the peo-
pie are complaining bitterly. The
business people have to take both
phones to accommodate their custom
ers or to reach all their business as
sociates. Two phones on the desk
over two different lines are naisaace.
1t is almost impossible to tell which
one has been rung. and then when a
man gives you mis- telephone number,
rou VIII be certain to get the wrong
system,
Besides the two lines running par
sdlel are nuisance that is unneces-
sary. The strlnging of telephone lines
all over a town may be necessary nui-
sance eve thing not, for they could
be put under ground, but duplicate
lines are certainly undesirable In
duplication we therefore have the un-
necessary expense Of the plant, un-
necessary expense of the lines, and a
large portion of the salary account en-
tirely unnecessary in the double sys-
TEN. In the end. therefore. it would
seem that one system in q town would
be altogether preferable to two.
Yet there is opposition to the con.
solidation of the lines, nearly always
because people fear the advance of
rates and they loow with suspicion
upon anything in the nature of mono
poly This wear is ungrounded when
we consider thar telephone companies,
like railroads. have been constructed
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
VIII aNestn Life Boats.

One OF the great transatlantic
steamship companies has determined
to make use Of the system of carrying
boats on deck known as nesting, :"
Nesting requires boat Of special con-
struction. for the standard lifeboat
could not be nestad above two. or at
the outside thres. deep.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
Notice Delinquent Taxel
vinlta, Okla, July Ne ~, :

The County Treasurer has ~
many hands for collection all 1911
delinquent personal taxes. All parties
owing such taxes can save sheriffs
costs by calling at my Office on or be-
fore August 10th, 1912 After that
date costs Of collection must be added.
H. e. RIDENHOUR,
Ct Sheriff Craig County.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31

The race for Congressman on the
Democratic side of the house is
between Judge w. A. Huser,
whose likeness is here shown, and
James S. Davenport. The election
Of Huser means that the Third
District will take its place among
the great Constituencies Of the
Union.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-31
o o 0 5000 o 0 o 30 0 o c

Vote for the Bull creek bridge at
Sequoyah avenue This is the site of
the old bridge and the natural and
best place to build It
La Junta tribune., 1912-02-10
oss.h q o... .. sh''''s..

Mr., Geo. 9. Phillips. father Of
Mrs. c. =. Kendall. died early Wed
nesdya morning at the home Of his
daughter. on Ration avenue.
Mr.. Phillips would have been eigh.
ty-four years Old had he lived until
the 2Sth OF this month. He vas
born In Montreal. Canada. but came
to the United States In bis young
manhood. and TO Iongmont. Colo. In
1871. Last Thanksgiving he came to
La Junta accompanying his daughter.
who had been In LonEmont for some
weeks attending him In . severe III.
ness.
For awhile he seemed better but Of
late II had been noticed that he
was falling and his death was not
unexpected. He leaves only the one
child. Mrs. Kendall.
Mr. Kendall was . member oe the
Episcopal church. and was Q Mason
In high standing.
The body was shipped Thursday
morning At 7:+5 O'Clock. to Long
moat. and vas buried there With Ma.
sonic hon0rs.
Mrs. Kendall has the sympathy Of
all In the loss Of her father.
La Junta tribune., 1912-02-10

prosperity of the city In which he
does business. and your home town
Will never be prosperous rs long as
you patronize mail order hous. and
90 70 Pueblo to buy new dres ses 10y
atty to your home town ought to en-
gender In your breast Willingness
to make some sacrifice seven at
the expense of your pocketbook. and
unless YOU cultivate the home mer-
chant and find out first. before buy
Ing. what you can do at home. you
are not playing far with the com.
munity that gives you living. You
ardfa traitor TO your home town.
Rur dream OF riches is far more
lia4 to materialize II you use every
tnfaeuce In your power TO promote
the best interests OF La Junta In
every way. including patronizing the
home merchants. Do your part. and
II you believe that La Junta is the
best town on the map, and you ought
TO as long as you continue to live
here, tell others and make new con
verts. Such a spirit will beget con
fidence. and that is all that is need
ed To make this old town grow and
prosper.
La Junta tribune., 1912-02-10
"a Junta Boosters viii Banquet.

Al recent meeting Of the La
Juntt Industrial Association a. Il.
Corein was appointed chairman OF a
committce to arrange for get to-
eether banquet" to be given at
Woodman Hall on Wednesday even
ing. February lith.
The dinner will be furnished by
Ne Ladies' Aid Society OF the Meth
0aist church. and the charge will be
cents per plate, Every member Of
De association. and every well wish
. Of La Junta who Is not mem.
Or. is expected to be present. accom-
Aied by his wife or lady friend.
This is to be the first Of "a re.
wal of the aeries OF dinners given
q der the auspices OF the La Junta
ustrisi Association some months
which enGsndered = spirit Of
lecst In u 1feairs aud vell-be'
- esNe e0lIlI0hty tuHt resuit<t
IN hS6A good being accomplished.
setssal out Of town speakers have
promised to be present. among them
being b. p. scribner. OF Pueblo. pres
ident Of the Arkansas Valley Com
mercial Assoc ciatton: J. II. jenkins
secretary Of the Pueblo Commercial
Club. and l.. r. Fenlason. the origin.
al booster Of Rocky Ford. Mayor
kcarns will also report on the pro
rress that has been made on plans
for the proposed municipal auditori.
um. and hopes to have something
definite for the consideration Of the
people OF La Junta. Besides the
main event Of the evening. the ban
que,. there will also be an interest.
Ing musical program.
Chairman Corbin has appointed
committees 10 assist him In the
work Of arranging for the banquet as
follows:
Committee for distribution OF tick
cts xc~t-A. G. Draper. q. s. ThomI
son aud G. r. Helm.
Committee for diHtrthution OF tick.
cts. caHt-C. A. Beerbohm. J, ".
Fisher and 7. J. Cook
Entertainment COmmittee-B. NJ.
spaldinG and W. f. Andrews
Reception Committee. A. Kin.
caid and 4. A. Steen.