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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31
SAFE IN AVERAGE HANDS.

With the victory of Theodore Roose-
welt over President Taft in the Ohio
primaries last week the most serious
public question which has emerged
since the civil war presses upon the
American people for decision. Are
we to put our trust in the machinery
of republican government or in the
overmastering power of Man of Des-
tiny?
There can be no question as to the
attitude of the founders OF the Amer
ican republic. They feared and dis
trusted men Of destiny and pinned
their hopes TO the machinery of gov
ernment.
AS we scrutinize the constitution
they worked out, nothing can be clear
er than that its trainers were trying
with all their strength to erect a gov
ernment which should be safe in the
hands OF the average man. They dis
trbuted governmental powers. They
provided checks and balances. They
gave the executive a veto over the
acts of the legislature. except when
i the law-making branch could muster a
two-thirds majority. They divided the
national legislature into two houses.
who must concur in al measures to
make them effective They made it
possible to impeach judges and bring
them to the bar of congress; but the
charges must be formulated in one
house, and the cause tried in the other.
They gave the senate power to con
firm or reject executive appointments
and made it also a sharer in the treaty.
making power, one of the most impor
tant of executive prerogatiyes..
All this was a systematic, carefully
considered attempt to provide a gov
ernment dependent for its successful
operation not on the wisdom of sages
the virtue of saints or the might OF
supermen, bur simply on the good
faith aud reasonable diligence of the
average man. All those elaborate
checks and balances show that the
fathers realized the weaknesses of hu
man nature and the inevitable sur
prises attending the disclosure of the
faults of individuals. and strove to SCI
up government that might continue
10 minister liberty and equal oppor
tunity, no matter where in its fabric
ambition might intoxieate, eupidity
corrupt or folly render insane.
Every dispassionate reader of Amer
ican history must admit that the sue
cessful operation Of the government
through long periods has depended up
on the fact that it is workable without
transcendent ability. The Office Of
: president. for example. shows no out
standing figure between Jackson anG
Cleveland, save only Abraham Lin
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31
SAVE THE BIRDS.

Eight hundred million dollars is the
annual loss on crops which results in
this country from promiseuous killing
of birds, the department of agriculture
estimates.
The Humane Society Of Kansas City
discussed the subject at its meeting in
the public library yesterday afternoon
'Workingmen in this country might
earn much more if the flicker was un
molested,' one member said. Fifty
six per cent of the insects found in the
craw of this bird are ants. Ants fur
nish breeding grounds for the aphis, OF
plant louise. which destroys enormous
quantities of growing wheat in this ma
tion."
So rapidly do aphides multiply thai
it has been estimated that they would
cover the earth a foot deep in oaC
month if they were allowed to breed
unmolested.
And the blueiay-it really ISM
naughty. 1t often fights other birds
and sometimes kills one or two and il
may eat cherries. But careful ex
animation of 1900 dead blueiay stom
achs showed that of the cherries which
those birds had eaten all were infected
with the curculio, deadly parasite to
fruit Bluejays often pick the para.
site OF the fruit and saka the sound
part.
Children should Be zHsht natural
history from the time enter the
kindergarten Edwiu. eeks. pres
ident of the humane as Ix. said
The women of ths Nnane society
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

faker are everywhere. Pink Pills.
Woman's Friend. Pure Malt Whisky.
Sure Cure for Consumption. Cancer
Cure, Headache Cure. Rheumatism
Cure, dopes and frauds for all ills
cover the pages. Even the personal
columns or the want ads are not safe.
for here appears that miracle OF be-
nevolence, that kind woman, who. hay-
ing found a cure when all hope was
lost. will send it to you free-and will
at the same send your name and ad-
dress to the quaek for whom she is a
stool-pigeon. In the Christian Science
daily all these are absent. On reading
its pages one realizes that printers
ink has been quackery's best friend.
II every other religious paper would
adopt an advertising policy similar to
that OF the Christian Science Monitor,
much of the support of medical frauds
would be destroyed. Probably some OF
these papers, deprived of the revenue
furnished by swindiers, might be com
PEELED to suspend publication, but this
would only emphasize the extent to
which they were dependent for life on
quackery.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31
o 10000 o 100000 90 o
KANSAS CITY STOCK
MARKET
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Kansas City Stock Yards, May ~
/ The general cattle market advanced
10 to 10 cents last week, but light
steers showing grass were an excep-
tion, that kind being revised down
ward 10 to % cents. Buyers threaten
further adjustment of values this
week on that kind The packers are
getting a fair number of grass steers
from South Texas at $5.40 to 1926,
which they claim are killing out well.
This condition is affecting steers that
sell from $3.50 downward. The sup
ply is only 5000 here today, market
steady to shade higher with a full
load of prime steers at 1926. A few
odd head brought that price last week,
otherwise it is the highest price of the
year, and for all time, with the excep-
ton of droves of pampered Christmas
cattle in the last few years. Iowa and
Nebraska still have some cattle and
hogs, but most other territory has little
to send to market now Chicago has
a good run today, with buyers there in
q rebellious mood. Dealers expect az
break in middle class 1scatae before
many weeks. Reports say that Kan
Isas, Oklahoma and Nebraska will furn-
lish more grass cattle this year than
in any recent year, but tlthey will not
start for month or more. Forty loads
quarantines came in today, Texas
steers selling at $3.50 to $500, and
Oklahoma corn and meal fed steers
at $500 to $S45, quarantine COWS
S425 to $50, Colorado pulp fed
steers $500 to $3.50, Montana hay feds
$40.
Hog receipts overran the estimate
% per cent today, the supply reach
ing 1000 head. Other markets were
we'll supplied, so that buyers were,
able to continue the bear campaign
they inaugurated the middle of last
week. Prices were to 10 lower, top
$7.65, bulk s74O to $3.50. From the
Kansas and Missouri point of view
there seems no occasion for the recent
break, but northern markets are get.
Iting plenty of hogs. The supply stu
alton in Iowa and Nebraska reveals
plenty of hogs now with prospects for
good runs all summer
Sheep and lambs finished last week
a quarter higher, and they are start
ing out this week steady to 10 higher
today. The run is 10000 today. char
acterized by larger number of ma
tives than any time before this sea
son, largely from Missouri. Native
clipped lambs sold around 1915 TODAY
ewes at $3.50 to s5.75. Wooled west
ern lambs brought 1925, spring lambs
worth up to $3.50. Texas offerings
are diminishing, but quite a number
are still coming, muttons today at
$500 to $3.50, goats $500 to 1856
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

presented these facts as their argu-
ment for protecting the birds:
The stomach of quail was found
to contain 1O6 potato bugs; that of
another quail 500 chinchbugs. one
cukoo had eaten 43 caterpillars; an.
other cukoo 2l7 webworms. The
cukoo eats continuously. One robin
showed that he had eaten 175 cater
pillars; the robin is worm eating
bird unexcelled for usefulness.
The stomachs of four cnickadees
contained 1923 eggs of the canker
worm. Ia one week barn swallow
Will destroy 10000 flies and insects.
In one day a pair of martins will feed
900 insects to their young.
The crop of dove contained 1900
weed seeds.
Many birds will eat, in one day, a
quantity of worms and insects equal
to the birds own weight,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31
BUILDERS AND BANKS.

BTcGregor Mirror The banks of Nc.
Cregor are loyal. They will loan money
to build cement walks. Now tell US a
good reason why you shuld not build
that walk
The banks anywhere will lend mon
ey with which to build concrete side
walks. That is, If they are good banks,
like those at MeGregor The sort OF
citizens who build concrete sidewalks
are the sort with whom banks like to
do business. Did you ever know a man
who preferred footlog to bridge,
bride path to boulevard, COW
lot to a front lawn, barb wire fence
to al inclosure OF white pickets
around his house--did 70 uever know
man who wore one gallus and Gus.
sed the Government. who wiped his
mouth on the oilcloth table cover
who let his gate hang on one hinge
who constantly employed sluggish
liver. chewed borrowed tobacco and
wouldn't build sidewalk in front Of
his home-did you ever know a man
like that who could borrow dollar
at bank without giving triple Sc
curity and paying top Interest? t?-Dal
las News.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31
Railway business For March.

For ninety per cent of the steam
railway mileage of the United States
the aggregate of the operating rev
enues for March showed an increase
of $12, 2,661, ,901 as compared with March,
1911. Operating expenses showed an
increase of $12,152,394 and net operat-
ing revenue an increase of $509,507.
This increase in the total of net op-
Grating revenue was due solely to the
larger returns incident to an increase
in railway mileage. When the returns
are measured by the average per mile,
the only proper basis for comparison,
the net operating revenue shows a de-
crease. The average was $306 per
mile of line for March, 1912, and $S09
for March, 1911. This average for
1911 was twelve and eight-tenths per
cent less than for March, 1910.
Railway taxes for March amounted
to ss,576.575. or s44 per mile, an in
crease of eight per cent over March,
1911,
These compilations were made by
the Bureau of Railway Economics
from.reports OF the railway companies
for the month in question that had
been filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission prior to May 10th.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Vinita has some natural advantages
that no other town in the state has,
and il some other towns that could be
mentioned had them they would be
exploited In wa ythat would pay.
The business interests of Vinita ought
to get together and stay together on
every important item that concerns
the business and the growth of the
town. Patronize your neighbors and
business associates and keep your
money at home.
1t is only little more than month
until the city council will make the
annual estimate OF expenses of the
city for the year beginning July 1.
Now is the time that the tax league
can get in some effective work. Let
those men selected to attend the meet
ings of the council do their duty.
There are places where economy can
be practiced and the attendance at
these meetings by taxpayers lends a
good influence in support of the men,
bers OF the council. who are seeking
to reduce the cr@rent expenses of the
city.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

munity and the farmers prosperity
will drop large per cent. The value
of his land will decrease and his con-
yenient methods Of marketing will be
q lhing of memory only. Any, honest
minded farmer, who is enjoying pros
perity, will admit that his prosperity
in a large measure is due TO the fact
that a thriving village is located near
by. Why then destroy this aid to pros
perity? When the soil tiller by his OWL
acts, does things which tend to de
stroy or mar the commercial welfare
of his nearest village he is directly
beginning a method that will under
mine his own prosperity.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31
a YANKEE ANSWER.

When asked, 'tWhy do you trade
with mail order houses?" many will
answer by asking the question, "Why
should we buy of the local merchants.
when they ask us more than we have
to pay the mail order people?' Many
farmers think the only reason they are
expected to buy of the local merchants
is that of patriotism, and patriotism
in this sense is simply matter of SEN
timent. They forget almost entirely
that patriotism, when considered from
the standpoint of fidelity to local mer-
chants, is not sentiment, but one of
the best forms of business judgment.
Granting simply for the sake of ar
gument that local merchants do ask
a slight increase in prices over those
asked by the mail order houses, and
even after granting such false state
ment to be true, patriotism to the local
dealers is still matter of good, sound
business judgment. Such fealty on the
part of the farmers means that their
nearby village can continue to thrive,
and remain an important civic center
1t means that the village stores can
remain the center of activity. socially,
as well as merchandising
The patronage of the farmers in any
community is the chief supporting
force of the local village. When the
farmers are prosperous the villagers
are prosperous. The residents of the
village and the ruralS communities
band forces, and obtain better high
ways maintain their schools to a high
point of efficiency, consider local polit-
ical conditions in the same honest light
that results in efficient township and
county officials being chosen.
The village is the hub of the farm
ing community 1t is the shipping
point. as we'll as the social center, for
the agriculturist The farmer is not
only able to dispose of his products in
convenient manner, but local dealers
are the ones who pay him cash for his
wares. The village is the seat of the
post Office whence the rural mail is
dispatched to the home of the farmer
The local banker advances the farmer
cash to tide him over or extends a
larger loan when he desires to buy ad-
ditional land or make Improvements.
The local physician is within easy call,
when the farmer or a member of his
family is stricken The village black
smith is ready to shoe the farmers
horses or q moments notice. The
hardware and the implement dealer
are prepared with emergency repairs
for machinery, when the farmer wants
such repairs and wants them quickly.
Even the local dentist is more than
eager to use his forceps on an aching
tooth Now. do the mail order houses
afford any Of these conveniences?
When a farmer once begins on a
new method OF supplying his wants.
quiz ting his support to the local mer-
chants. and starts sending his money
ito the mail order merchants in the
large cities. he is delivering harder
blow to himself than to anyone else.
Take the village and the village mer-
lchants away from any farming com
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Whatever one may think of the re-
ligious views and scientific vagaries
of the followers Of Mrs. Eddy says
The Journal of the American Medical
Association in recent editorial in
one particular at least they have set
a high and consistent example to other
religious seets. The Daily Christian
Science Monitor is the recognized
organ of this church While ii fol-
lows the general plan of other dailies,
even the casual observer is struck at
once by the character Of the advertis-
ing The patent medicine" display
and the 'quack doctor" advertisement
are absent. So are the alluring prom
ises of the git-rich-quick schemer. the
promoter and the faker One can re-
alize the part which newspaper adj
vertisiCg has played in developing the
nostrum business, by placing the Mon
itor beside the ordinary newspaper
and comparing them page by page. In
one. the lies OF the swindler and the
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

A town is in some ways like a per
son. If it amounts to anything it must
be largely self-maqe The town that
drifts, like the person that drifts, OF
the ship that drifts, is not likely to
come to the right harbor. If pros.
perity is the haven desired, it will not
be reached without determination and
self-guidance. This truism has been
applied to human conduct so often as
to become commonplace, and would
not be repeated here except to empha-
size the fact that it applies to commune
tiles quite as much as to individuals
A town is problem like child. 1t
should not be left to grow up by itself
It's destiny should be guided by the
wisdom of it's elders. There is no
lack of elders in any town who have
opinions as to what is wrong with it.
They are to be found at the grocery
store, the cigar store and every COM
mon meeting place. If these wise
acres would exercise their perspicacity
in figuring out what would be good for
the town, and then would all pull to-
gether in trying to bring that good
about, the result would be such a mat
ter of local pride that nobody would
want to talk about anything else The
destiny of a community, like that OF
an individual, can be controlled; the
possibilities of development and M
provement are almost unlimited; and
it is not only wisdom but money in the
pocket for citizens to take their town
in hand and try to make it amount to
something. sac
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Forty-eight years ago Grants great
army. aud Lees remnant were con-
yulsed in battle. The fighting began
with wilderness and reached its eli
max at Gettysburg. Tomorrow is Dec
grafton Day all over this Union and
many an old battle-scarred flag, faded
and tattered will be unfurled and the
blood of a nation will thrill Shut up
your Office and place of business and
take part IN the program.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

This is good town. Let us get all
the good out of it We can. The way
to get the good out Of land is to i'm.
prove 1t. The way to get the good out
OF a town is to develop it. It is poor
farm that is all pasture. 1t ought to
be worked. He is a poor farmer who
is content to take merely what nature
sends. He is a poor citizen who is
willing to let the town shift for itself,
taking only such benefits as come
without labor. The man who is salts
fled to harvest merely what comes up
will have to live on diet of weeds,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

The oil refining plant that IS being
erected at Vinita is good deal bigger
proposition than many people know
Of. More than one hundred men are
employed and the pay roll is above a
thousand dollars week. and ;he plant
win be the best In the state when COM
pleted and said to be equal to auysin
the world. The present force will be
employed for about five months yet.
The vinita refinery cars can he seen
on all railroads from Galveston to
Winnepeg A trip to the refinery will
be revelation to many Vinita people.
The bucket brigade that starts for
the refinery every nor ming shows what
1t is worth to this little city
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

The Civic Club colors are red, white
and blue. l believe in its colors, and
| will always be true-Yes. l will al
ways be true Go to the Civic Club
dinner and get something new. The
dinner will be given in Lee Barrett's
basement next Saturday, June 1st, for
the benefit of South Park. Price Csc.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

In Muskogee the business men OF
the city stand together. The man who
doesn't patronize Muskogee is waited
on by a committee that generally lines
him up. In Vinita money is CONSTANT
" sent out OF town for supplies that
are produced in yinita. We need a
committee in vinita to see that vinita
institutions are patronlzed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

With the brightest crop outlook Of
the last several years Craig county
and yinita are In a position to do some
booming that viii result in a substan-
tial growth Let's advertise what we
have.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

The price Of beef has again gone
skyward. Yesterday beef in bulk sold
in New York at 1874 cents pound,
the highest since 1882. Vegetable diet
Is staring the American people in the
face
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

This issue Of the Chieftain contains
the announcement of j. " Roberts for
the office of county treasurer Mr..
Roberts is entirely competent and
stands high among the democrats of
Craig county.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

The Taft people are still reminding
Col Roosevelt that he promised that
he would not again be candidate for
president and they are doing it with
tears in their eyes
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

In a little more than two months the
primary election viii be held Until
that time there will be no ticket in
the field. The Chieftain viii stamp
under the rooster when the time
comes.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

The newspapers Of Nowata are N
the midst of the Jeffries case, and no
man can tell when it will be concluded
and what the verdict will BE-. This
case ought to be tried by the court.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Up to last night the Neosho straw
berry growers had shipped 262 cars.
Other shipping points in that section
had done equally well in proportion
Great is the strawberry in southwest
Missouri.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

With a little over two months to
run the Democratic derby in Craig
County is becoming interesting. At the
quarter the winners are not apparent.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Vinita should be ready TO say good
word for any man who is ready z say
a good word for Vinita. One mar who
is trying to maintain business IN
Vinita is better thar a thousand
Knockers
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

The old notion of public Office was
not to provide lob for some good
man, but to provide some good man
for job This is good though; to
have Il mind when the election comes
on.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Ex-Governor c. n. Haskell will speak
at the court house tonight and the
building should be filled to the doors
Ladies are especially invited to at.
tend
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Senator Owen is splendid type of
the friendly, courteous, fair-minded
gentleman. He does not view every
thing from the same standpoint that
everybody else does. Men do not al
ways use the same lens in examining
public questions, but all can afford to
be fair and courteous to friend and
foe. There is wonderful difference.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

A sigh of relief should go up from
the whole country that the campaign
OF villification between President Taft
and Col. Roosevelt is about over
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

There is something wrong with the
family that have not cleaned up their
premises and added something to the
beauty of the place.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

The second day of next September
the Chieftain will be thirty years old
II has seen the town grow from viii
lage of 500 to town of not less than
5000.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31

Representative Akin the author of
the initiated bill to strike down four
teen of the state schools has decided
to give up the measure. 1t would
have been better if he had never
thought of it in the first place.