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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
UNITED STATES
SIGN LANGUAGE
Symbols And Authorizations Used BY
The United States Government.

If you We're making reconnaissance
of large area of greatly diversified
country and were taking copious notes
of the various natural characteristics
observed as we'll as the many works of
man, your notes would consist to a
large extent of discussions of con-
stantly recurring types which might
well be expressed by symbols. The
iprinted or written sign language is far
older than the alphabet and there is
in common use today in the United
States an Official sign language which
so far as geographic features are con-
lcerned is sufficient to describe fully,
without the use of single word, the
most unusual area within the country
or any of its outlying possessions. This
is the collection of symbols and abbrev-
iations adopted by the United States
geographic board and published, with
their signifcation, on a large sheet by
the United States Geological Survey
IBy the use of these symbols every
Ithlng fthe nature mentioned can be
described by an amateur map maker,
Ior can be read on any government
Imap, and anyone who has the key to
the symbols can read the map and
learn the character of the area so far
as the map depicts it.
Thus a rock in the ocean whose
exact position is doubtful is repre-
isented by simple sign the size Of a
pin head, and an oil well or telegraph
station is indicated by another symbol
Inc larger If lake or pond is inter
mittently wet and dry it is represented
by symbol slightly different from
THAT used for a regular lake, and if a
Isection of country is covered with
pines or other conifers the symbol EN-
ployed to show these trees is slightly
different from that used in indicating
an oak forest. Some 70 symbols are
used to portray the various works and
structures erected by man, from sus
pension bridges to mine shafts or wind
mills; about 90 symbols are used to in
: dicate different classes of land, rang
ing from sugar-cane areas to cactus
patches; aids to navigation and hydro
graphic features of all kinds are repre-
sentcd by many devices, and Other
general subjects covered are bound
! aries, marks, and monuments and man!
special military features.
This sheet of conventional signs il
much in use by schools and field or
ganizations. 1t can be procured from
the Director of the Geological Survey
Washington, d. c., for 10 cents or
: purchased in lots of 80 or more for
cents, which simply covers the cost 0
paper and printing.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
WatslIa on Politics.

Mr.. Chieftain, that newspaper |
benn hear it alltime some body talk
it polite. | disten close to learn it
something.
x l tell it you Mr.. Chieftain, I don't
beleave it some body going git it lected
next time at primary. Cause it feel it
to big This Injun benn vote it long
time every since this country come it
in statehood. | just vote it same way
every lexon, vote it same mans to.
But Mr.. Chieftain l change it my vote
this time. | going pirt near vote it
for new officer, git it tired of same
kind when taint no count to.
l tell it you l know it some good
mans she like it office. She say /
speck | run it office next time. | tell
her alright run, the Office it free any
body can git if she can git it nough
vote.
l just say it to every body who got
one vote we want it two or three new
officer in that court house. We going
to git i'm to, by gosh. tell it you
some bodies going to look it scared
about primary next Aug.
This Injun going to vote it same
way next time, but cant vote it same
mans. ! don't beleaye it put it some
body in officer and Ike p it there all
time when taint no count, it make il
fool, puff it head up. | not feard il
some body | can tell it what | want
to. l know who it tbs in that court
house drink it whisky and got it bat
dance leave it wife, chilouns home
and stay all night and go home tel
it wife lie.
Hell dam cant vote it for that mans
officer no more. can tell it name
if want to.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20

on conditions as he found them, he says
that 1t is very unfortunate for the man
agement and for the inmates that the
for the training school
was not Immediately available so that
proper quarters could have been built
and that until sufficient buildings and
are supplied it win be i'm
possible for the school to accomplish
the good intended and expected Of IL.
"The deaf school at sulphur said
Mr.. Wilson, lis doing remarkably well
considering that it is still in rented
quarters. found a printing plant and
harness shop in operation that are
training pupils for these trades. The
harness and shoes they make are as
good as can be found anywhere. The
mechanical arts and manual training
departments are well managed and
many are learning trades in these de-
partments. Seven wilb graduate from
the institution in June.
AT Durant | found an enthusiastic
student body and everything running
smoothly. had pre- ously met but
four members of the iactulty, but a
visit to the school viii convince any
one that President Murdaugh exercised
splendid Judgment in making the rec
Concentrations for his faculty members
There are twelve members of the grad
uating class The pupils and teachers
are doing good work. The people O
Durant, Bryan county and surrounding
counties are giving the school theii
loyal support
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
one on Mamma.

Two little girls during the Christ
mastide feasting the other day were
confronted with the problem Of Sc
lecting choice from two apples-one
apple much bigger and redder than
the other. The mother OF the little
girl who was the hostess OF the mo-
ment, was trying to have her decide
TO give the finer apple to the visiting
little neighbor. Your papa" she
said, "is gentleman, you know, and
always generous and kind to every.
body. You know very we'll that IL 1t
were father he would give this nice
big rosy apple to Maggie and take
the other for himself. You are fathers
little girl, aren't you? You want to
do Just what father would, don't
you?" Esther's mind was visibly
troubled, but she chung to the big ap-
pie. Il amt fathers little girl" she
argued, logically but not tiatteringly.
I'm your little girl" The mother,
however, is one who can very safely
tell this story on herself.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
VIM. ALLEN WHITE
ON PARCELS POST

Writing to the convention of the
Southwestern Lumberman's Assoela-
tion, held recently at Kansas City, he
says
Il am exceedingly sorry that | can
not attend your convention. 1t seems
to me that the lumbermen of this sec
ton are undertaking work hat should
commend them to all good citizens.
The preservation of the home trade
to the home town carries with it the
preservation of many of our American
institutions.
1T seems to me that lot of good
things in American life will pass ii
the country town passes. And it will
pass just so surely as centralization of
retail mail order business in cities
continues.
THE American country town, the
town Of from one hundred to one hun
dred thousand people, preserves bet
ter than the crowded city and better
than the lonely ranch and isolated
farm life, the things that make Amer
lea great.
Here in these country towns the
spirit of neighborliness is the prevail
ling spirit. Men come to know one an
other and when any two human beings
come to know one another, in the one
who is intelligent and wise respect al
ways rises for the other. TO know ones
fellows always is to sympathize with
them Neighborliness spells fraternity.
"The American country town with
its broad circle OF friendships, with its
close homely simple relations between
men, with its spirit OF cooperation and
with its economic status that permits
the creation of no indecently rich and
no abjeetIy poor, the American country
town, it seems to me, is the most hope
ful of our American institutions.
"To destroy that town, furnishing
the market for the farmer and giving
: steady employment to labor, means a
, reorganization Of our commercial. So
cial and industrial life that will be
: revolutionary-an more matter of
doubtful value.
4 '"rhe mail order house therefore be.
& comes a menace to this country, the
j mail order house unrestricted will kill
: lour smaller towns, creating great cities
! with their terrible contrasts of life
/ with their cruel social relations, with
3 their inevitable caste feeling that
: come from the presence of strangers
r who are rich and poor living side by
e Iside.
Y Friendship, neighboriness, fratern
CONTINUED on Last Page.)
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
v. v. HASTINGS
MAY PRESIDE

Oklahoma City, Feb 20.-The grass
roots, the sticks, the mesquite brush
and the hills are yielding up their own
and the advance guard of what will
probably be one of the most historic
democratic state conventions ever held
in Oklahoma are coming in to attend
the big meeting next Thursday. Mem
bers of the legislature and those who
want to be next time, beside congress
sional candidates and others, are filing
up the hotels.
The organization of the convention
is the main topic of speculation. While
claims and counter claims have been
made as to who will rule, it is every
body's race so far. W. W. Hastings
of Tahlequah will be put UP by the Will
son men for their chairman, while
Judge Thomas H. Doyle of the Grim
inal court of appeals will clamor for
the same place at the head of the
Clark-Harm forces. W. II. Murray
Continued on page 81
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
WILSON MEN
| WILL ORGANIZE
/ THE CONVENTION
With cimarron County Still Unheard
From Wilson Has a Majority
of Forty-Two.

oklahoma City, Feb 2O.-However
bitter the fight for control of the dem
ocratic state convention Thursday may
be between the Clark and Wilson
forces-and it gives promise of being
some scrap-that and all other issues
are oversf allowed by the fight for ma
tiona' cor -litteemanship. The three
leading co tenders each claim assur-
ance of enough delegates to elect.
John B. Doolin has headquarters at
the Lee-Huckins hotel where his cam
paign managers are receiving delegates
with promises of support, and Mr..
Doolin's managers claim his election
by nice majority, if not on the first
ballot, at least on an early ballot.
Robert Galbreath of Tulsa, arrived in
S the city Monday evening and has OPEN
ed quarters on the tenth floor of the
Skirvin where the delegates are being
received as they come in. Mr.. Cal
breath claims to have secured more in
structed delegates than any other con-
tender at the county conventions Sat
urday, and from his headquarters the
statement is made that he will have
more than enough delegates to elect
on the first ballot.
Robert Gillian of Ardmore, the other
CT ldidate who has received instruc-
4sorc fro,,, ,,,ora fhon ono county a1cO
has opened headquarters at the Lee.
He has friends here who are looking
after his interests.
With no word from Cimarron county,
despite repeated efforts to reach the in
sand county seat by telephone carriers
and otherwise, the choice of the dele,
gates thus far selected is.known to be
as follows: Wilson 276; Clark 29513
uninstructed and preferences unknown
80. Changes made in The Oklahoman's
stable Monday were as follows:
Six uninstructed from Coal county
given to Clark, as the delegation is
composed entirely of Clark men, the
three uninstructed votes of Latimel
county, two for Wilson and one fol
Clark the five uninstructed votes oi
Atoka county, one and one-half fol
Wilson and three and one-half fol
Clark.
These changes were made because
the delegates so informed correspond
ents for The Oklahoman Monday.
This laves only so of the uninstruct
ed votes to the state convention unac
counted for. In most instances, thes'
are expected to follow the crowd,
as was expressed in the resolution
adopted in Harper county.
AS matters now stand, Wilson lack
221a votes of having enough to receiv
the Oklahoma state instructions on tn
first ballot, and his managers claiI
sixty-one of the eighty uninstructe
votes.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
FOLK CROWD
LINED Up FOR
WOODROW WILSON
Missouri Progressives Will Not Favor
a Candidate of the Reactionary
Brand.

jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 20. - The
Folk element of Missouri democracy is
lined up with Woodrow Wilson in the
presidential nomination contest Of
course they will stand by Clark, who is
the states candidate, but they will in
sist that the convention at Joplin de-
clare for Wilson for second choice.
Whe news of this plan leaked out
there was something akin to consterna-
tion among Clark's supporters. why"
they asked should the Missouri con-
vention go on record as fayoring VIII
son for second choice, when the grand
old show me- shate has a candidate of
its own? Show us some good reason
why the Missouri delegates to the ma
tional convention at Baltimore should
not be instructed to vote for Champ
Clark first, last and all the time
Wherenpca tne Folkites proceeded to
give them a reason. Their argument
is clothed in language about as follows.
There is every reason why the Mis-
souri, delegates should be instructed to
vote for Wilson as their second choice.
1t is by no means assured that Mr..
Clark will have sufficient strength in
the early balloting to insure his NOM
lination. 1t would be calamity for
democracy should the nomination go
to a candidate who does not stand for
the high principles advocated by
Champ Clark and by Woodrow Wilson,
both of whom represent Missouri's
idea of Jeffersonian democracy. 1t
therefore is imperative that the Mis-
souri, delegation be instructed in such
manner that they may aid in bringing
about the nomination of one who is
allied with the progressive wing of the
party and who will command the re
spect and draw the full support of his
followers"
1t does not seem improbable that the
FOLK 1OTCGS Will lOIC6 lu6 Nldl hlltS u
go on record for Wilson as their second
choice. Folks followers are numerous
The former governor withdrew from
the field to give Clark clear sailing il
the early part of his campaign. His
supporters feel, therefore, that they
have some claims upon the party il
that state and that Missouri can thus
confer a great favor upon the demo
Gratis of the country by not binding
, their delegates with instructions per
mitting of no alternative.
1t is said that Folk even threatened
, ito bolt the Clark crowd unless he con
l vention agrees to his proposition Th
; prohibitionists of Missouri do not lool
kindly upon Clark anyhow The az
o tivity of the brewing interests in hi
!. behalf has branded him, in their est
. nation, friend of the liquor traffic
h and the prohibitionists always mi
i sentiment with politics.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20

l see it in paper she going to run it
again. She fool it herself this time,
she loose heep vote no body like it
her this time She benn lect it five
year l don't know who vote it her
FIVE year any more less tis jim
Thompsonee.
If any body want to know who tbs /
benn talk it bout, come to my house,
| tell name. l can tell it her name at
your house to. WATSILA.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
Simple Question.

"What is the difference" asks the
man with the dispirited whiskers and
the keen eye, between girl with a
clothespin on her nose, and one whose
little brother is Suarantined because
of a disease incident to childhood,
which is characterized by an eruption
of the skim" ITO avoid argument" !"
sfghs the man with the rectangular
Adams apple, what is the differ
ence?" "One's brother is measled, the
others breather is muzzled" And afar
down the glen arose the mournful cry
of loon lamenting its lost love.-Chi-
cago Post.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
Mattsra of the Memory.

Savages have good memories. They
rarely make a false or erroneous mo
ton. They have mastered their sur
roundings and there are no new
things to distract their attention.
They keep their memory cells un-
crowded. The civilized man is at a
great disadvantage He sees some
new thing every hour. His brain cells
are a veritable. dancing, whirling,
seething nest of memories. 1t is not
any great wonder that he cannot re-
call the one he needs just when he
needs IT.,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20

"The railroad business is pretty
complicated. YES" replied the trav-
cling man. II don't suppose ! ever
will be able to understand why two
towns that look SO close together on
. railway map get SO far apart when
thsY come to measure up the distance
with a mileage book"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
ModerniZed.

"That story of the building of the
Tower of Babel should be modern
lied" "But how would you account
for the confusion of tongues?" why,
suppose they had the tower pretty
nearly up and then somebody yelled
Craft and everybody accused every
body else and the job was held up!"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
State School Notes.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 20.-tSpecial)
Superintendent R. H. Wilson has re-
turned from a thorough inspection o.
the boys training school at Pauls Val
ley, the deaf school at Sulphur and the
normal school at Durant Commenting
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-20
Shutting Out Sound.

'fWhy do so many of yoI classic
musicians wear such very long hair?"
asked the inquisitive girl so that
we can comb it down over our ears
In case anybody plays ragtime."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-05
Lord Rosehery, Pf1rasemaker.

Lord Rosebery, master phrasemak-
err. has credit for a phrase which he
never originated When he addressed
the editors of the empire at the White
City in June 5, 1900, he was reported
in many newspapers to have said that
Europe was battling into barbarism."
A capital phrase. The word rafting"
suggests bayonets, guns, and military
accoutrements; 'barbarism" stands
for the mad competition in ornaments
What Lord Rosebery said was that
Europe was 'relapsing into barbar-
ISM" which is equally true but less
picturesque. In the official report of
the Imperial Press Conference. how
ever, the phrase used is "relapsing in
to militarism," which is obviously in
correct, as there was never so much
militarism in. the history of Europe, as
there is at the present time. While
Lord Rosebery said "relapsing into
barbarism," rafting" has got such
a start in the popular press that we
fear he will never be able to get rid
of it-London Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-05

whether he was deranged by thirst
and hardships and fell and injured
| himself, or as he believed, he was set
upon by Indians. When ultimately
reaching the settlements he was
bruised and bewildered but still car
rfed the wondrous specimens, rich
with gold.
Breyfogle made numerous returns
to the locality Of his find, but could
never again locate the coveted spot.
In protracted efforts to find these
treasures he enlisted the aid Of
several of his friends who were prom
inent frontiersmen Of those days,
but all to no avail.
Lure of "The Lost Gun-Sight."
At time when Death Valley was
as little known to the prospector as it
still is to the public there was man
named Bennett who was Of party OF
immigrants, making their way west
ward through that region. He had
struggled in advance of his COM
panions, and being almost famished
for water he found what is known as
BENEFITS Hole" this being on the
western bars of Death Valley. Ben
nett afterward made his way into
the foothills of the Pananint noun
tains, some 20 miles to the westward.
Here he found a spring of good water
and camped, as best he could, to re-
cuperate. He was not prospector
but was attracted by the metallic
quality of groupings that were in
great quantity about the spring and
protruded in a mammoth ledge near
by.
When Bennett, after great hard
ships and wandering, finally made
his way out to settlements in the far
Their valleys of California he still car
ried a specimen of this heavy, silvery
ore; and later obtaining a gun that
lacked a sight, Bennett took the gun
and the ore to blacksmith shop and
had sight fashioned out Of this met
al, which the blacksmith told him was
silver, and hence the story Of the Lost
Gun-sight mine," which Bennett and
his friends afterward searched for
in vain, and scores have lost their
lives trying to find.
'"The Peg-leg mine" somewhere in
southeastern California, is one of the
best authenticated and most famous
Of all lost treasures of the desert.
Like an Ignis Fatuus it lures men
ever to the domains of the purple
mist, for there somewhere upon
lone hillock lie its heavy heaps of
gold.
1t was "Peg-leg Smith," an old
prospector of the earlier days, who
first found this treasure, and though
crazed with thirst he reached civiliza-
ton with some of the nuggets. But
try as he would "Peg-leg Smith"
could never retrace his steps to that
alleged wealth and he finally died
cursing the bitterness of fate.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-05
An Execution.

"All the world loves lover"
"But not when he's holding busy
telephone for a twenty-minute talk
with This turtle dove"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-05
Exceptions.

Don't you think the prDmiscuous
kissing of babies is detrimental?"
ssNot If you are running for office"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-05

LMOST every mineral region
has it's stories Of lost mines,
but there is no place where
\ there exists a better excuse
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-05

Copyright, 1909. by w. N. u
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-30
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an in1amed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infamed you have
a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the
inflammatio can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever !;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an In
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by,
catarrh) that cannot be cured by HAIRS
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY, & GO, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, '75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-30
Go to the Theatres.

This week while everyone is jolly,
'full of fun and out for a good time,
visiting the State Fair with its grand
exhibits and enjoying the unlimited
hospitality of the good people of Co.
lumbia, it must not be forgotten tnat
Mr.. Montgomery with his able assist
week, especially at the Grand will be
found the most popular and pleasing
features in vaudeville and musical
comedies that will make you laugh
and grow fat; while if you do not
sstake in" the Ideal you will miss the
finest moving picture shows you ever
witnessed. These exhibitions were
provided especially for your benefl'
this week, and don't come away with,
out going to both shows. Price OF
admission is 10c, 15c and 25c.