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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03

men, is still closed, and the state in
spector says, will remain SO for some
time.
Oklahoma City = The Commerce
Trust company Of Kansas City has
appealed to the supreme court from
the judgment against il for $500 in
the district court of Pontotoc county
in favor of District School Board No
81 of that county. The company was
sued as the bondsman of John S.
Alexander, who had the contract for
a school building at Rolf, and the
judgment represents bills which he
was alleged to have left unsatisied
and damages awarded the district for
failure to carry out the contract.
Coalgate-Alf Cunningham, shot in
the abdomen, is seriously injured, and
his wife has a severe wound in her
hip, believed to have been done by
parties intending to murder them. The
shooting occurred after midnight
when Cunningham and his wife were
asleep, and the shots were fired into
the house The shooting is believed
to be the result of enmity between
cattle men and residents. Many cat
tie have been brought into this section
and grazed at the expense of land
owners, and, when the latter objected,
trouble followed. Sheriff Murphy has
instituted diligent search for the
assassins and he hopes to
ind them soon.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Walnut for cunstoeks.

A number of attempts have been
made by gun manufacturers to obtain
walnut from the United States for gun.
stocks, but the wood has invariably
been found unsuitable for the high
class guns, and 1t has not heretofore
been used for guns of poor quality.
The difficulty is not in the strength of
the wood, but in the color, which is
dark brown, with none of the yellow
and light brown streaks that are found
SO attractive for gunstocks. The wal
nut that has been used for British
gunstocks has come from Italy, Swift
zerland and France. 1t is said, how.
ever, that the last tree suitable for
gunstocks In Italy has apparently been
cut, so that the supply is now French,
but the prices for the French walnut
are going up so high that they may
within few years become prohibitive.
The French walnut is now particular
ly in demand for veneering purposes,
1t being found more profitable, as
rule, to cut it for veneer than to sell
1t for gunstocks. Thus 1t is quite like
ly that situation will develop where
American walnut gunstocks will be in
demand.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
How plvIners Are Guided.

4
Frau Tukory, the wife of well-to-
do Hungarian land owner, who is said
to have special talent for discover
ing minerals with a divining rod, de-
scribes in Budapest newspaper the
different sensations which she ex-
periences.
When searching for a lost vein of
silver near mine in Germany be-
longing to Professor Pfahi, OF Bonn
university, she says she felt violent
twitchings in her right arm. This
was sign to her to turn to the right,
and few yards further on shooting
pains in her arms and breathlessness
told her that she was above the spot.
The vein was found the next day near
the surface
On the other hand, when she discov-,
cred petroleum in Hanover she had
feeling as If her head were being
bound tightly with a cloth. Frau
Tukory first made name as a diviner
by discovering coal on M. Jan Kube-
liks estate In Bohemia.-Vienna Cor
respondence London Standard.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
IN THE LAND or COURTESY
Travel In Spain Made Pleasure De-
spite Some Small Physical
Discomforts.

When the moment for departure has
arrived, the train announcer in a
Spanish railway station chants, "Se-
A-o-o-res viajeros al tre-e-en!"-"Gen-
ilemen travellers to the traln!"--in a
rhythmic phrase so weird, forlorn and
musical that, as Mr.. Harry Franck
declares, 1t <''sinks into the soul like
4 voice from the abysmal past"
] But now as ever, the Spaniard is
more polite than punctual, and the
gentlemen travellers need not hurry.
Their train will not. In one of the
rare bits Of travel by rail that diver
sif1ed his -Four Months Afoot in
Spain," Mr.. Franck reached the sta
tion a minute or two after the plat.
form gate was locked.
"The train l had hoped to take had,
officially speaking, departed. A rail-
way hanger-on In rags and hemp san
dals. however, climbed the iron pick
cts and shouted word to the engi-
neer Then, beckoning me to follow,
he trotted back and raped authorita-
lively on the closed window Of the
ticket office.
''Senor, he said, as the agent
looked out, be kind enough to sell
this caballero ticket.
"The train is gone,' answered the
agent.
Not, so, senor!' replied the bundle
OF rags, haughtily. I am having 1t
held that this cavalier may take IT.
Ah, very WELL responded the off,
cial; and having sold me the ticket,
he handed to the hanger-on the key
or the platform gate. AS l passed
through 1t. the latter held out his
hand, into which dropped copper.
Muchisimas gracias, caballero,' he
said, bowling profoundly. And may
your grace forever travel with Cod"
The third-class carriage, "a bare
wooden cell of the size of a piano
crate" was packed with ten persons,
and with all the bags and chattels un.
der which nine Of them had been able
to totter to the station. The heap,
placed between the two plank benches.
eQuaied CARLOAD, and was crowned
by crate Of cackling hens.
Yet despite undeniable physical dis.
comforts, the delightful manners OF
the peasant travellers made the Jour
ney agreeable. The talk was general
and merry; nine times he was invited
to share a fellow travellers lunch:
each passenger dropped at way sta
ton departed with the benedictions Of
his fellow-travelers.-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
BREEZY GR|ST
OKLAHOMA NEWS

Frederick.-Mrs. Mary L. Perks
wife of the man who was recently shot
and killed by Henry Weaver, marshal
of Upton, has brought suit against
the Modern Woodmen lodge for the
payment of $1,000 policy Weaver
claimed that he shot in self-defense.
Oklahoma City. Senator j. B.
j Thompson of Pauls Valley, who has
just returned from a two weeks trip
through Northwestern Oklahoma in
the interest of his candidacy for con-
gress, says that crop conditions in
that part of the state are ideal and
that wheat promises to make a par
ticularly good crop.
Waurika-Arrangements have been
made for the drilling of several test
wells for oil, and work will be begun
Immediately Leases will be taken
by citizens on several thousand acres
of land near the city and contract
will be executed with drillers to do
the work. 1t is believed that there is
every prospect for rich strike in this
vicinity
Guymon Ten OF the principal build
ings in the business section of the city
were destroyed by fire and contents
consumed or badly damaged. the loss
amounting to about S25OO0 with only
little insurance, The fire started
about midnight, and had almost de-
stroyed one of the buildings before
discovered, The origin of the fire is
unknown BY hard work the fire figh-
ters prevented the flames from jump
ing across the street
Oklahoma City.-A. Grant Evans,
who is managing the petitions seek
ing to have submitted to the people
for adoption law calling for the di-
rect election of United States sena-
tors will endeavor to file a sufficient
number of names by Thursday of this
week. There will be required about |
$4,000 names before the measure can
be submitted. The intention is to
have the question voted upon at the
election, and if there adopted
to make it available for the general
election in November.
McCurtain-Two of the San Bois
Coal company's mines at MeCurtain
which were closed on account of the
disaster at that place some weeks ago,
have been permitted to be opened by
order of State Mine Inspector Boyle
Mine No. 3 was opened Thursday and
No. l Friday, the latter having been
provided with new shaft, which plac-
ID the ventilation in good condition.
Vine No. 2, wherein the explosion oc-
'urred, killing large number of work. ,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
WorId.Famous Institution.

Lloyd's recently celebrated it's cen.
tenary in London, but this does not
mean that this great organization for
collecting maritime intelligence is but
q hundred years old. Its agencies
through which every coast in the
world is Jealously watched were es.
tabushed in November, 1911, but
Lloyd's goes back to the seventeenth
century when underwriters used to
meet at Edward Lloyds cofree.house
In Tower street, to transact business
and exchange information. In 1774 the
institution was moved to the Royal
Exchange, where 1t has since re-.
manned.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Excellent Mexican shrInns

The shrimps from the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico are OF good size. gen.
orally fully three inches in length and
frequently exceeding this measure.
nent. They are much larger than
those caught on the British coast and
the north Atlantic coast of the United
States. They are in fine condition the
year round and may be caught in the
iagoons an7 season of the year with
out fear OF interruption by northers,
at least not Cor more than a day or so
during any time of the year.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Most Primitive Race of People.

As a modern example of an abso
lutely prin nve race Of people Prof
w. Vols Of Breslau university, has
brought to notice the Kubus, who are
completely isolated in the forest in.
terror Of Sumatra. They share the
life and habits OF the apes living in
the same forest. They do not seem
to have advanced even to the hunting
stage Of development, and are not
known to have any ideas Of religion.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Sudden End Of Ansd Pair.

Two old folks at Gympie, Queens
land, Australia. died with pathetic
suddenness few days ago. When
Arthur Morgan, aged seventy years,
saw fire break out at some of his
farm fencing, he exeitedly ran to ex.
tinguish it. but after hurrying a few
PAGES, the old man dropped dead. His
aged wife ran to see what had hap.
pened, but the shock of finding him
dead was too much for her, and she
too dropped lifeess close to her hus-
bands body.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03

some OF the descendants of the old
Cherokee pioneers, but the greater
number of such descendants are now
dwelling in the state of Oklahoma
Some of them are in and near Table
quah, the old capital. and their inter
est in the achievements of their fore.
fathers is great.
Claim Involves Millions.
For a number of years plans have
been considered to gain from the gov.
ernment of Texas indemnity for the
great losses inflicted upon the Chero-
kee settlers. At times it seemed that
efforts would soon be made to secure
such indemnity. But vast difficulties
were in the way, journeys to the cap
ital of the Mexican Republic would
have to be made and the archives Of
that country thoroughly examined
The achiyes of Texas would likewise
have to be thoroughly inspected and
legal talent of a high order engaged.
All of this necessarily would mean
the expenditure of a large sum of
money, and of this the descendants of
the Texas Cherokees We're not in pos
session of sufficient quantity to have
the case taken up. Year after year
has passed away, but ever and anon
the Texas Cherokee case has been re-
viyed and talked about and specula-
tions made as to the feasibility of in
augurating a suit against the Lone
Star state. At this time it seems
that something may yet be done. 1t
is thought that it may be possible to
secure the services OF strong firm |
Of lawyers who will take charge of |
The suit and press it to conclusion
for share of the proceeds which
would amount to millions of dollars.
The United States has always claim
ID guardianship over the Cherokees.
even today, full-blood Cherokee,
hough a citizen of the United States,
,annot legally dispose of his land
Without the removal of his restrictions
~ the government. He cannot sell
lis land and remove to another state
II foreign government without the ex-
'ress permission Of the government
md If the Cherokee of today is under
uch restrictions. certainly the Chero-
.ees of more than seventy-fve/ years
go were under the charge of the gov
Consequently, the govern
lent of the United States as guar
ian could become party of the suit,
ould defend its wards interest and .
.ppear against the authorities of
'exas. Just what will eventually
is problematical, but it is
)oked toward to with interest by
hose who claim relationship with the
ioneer Cherokees of Texas
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Sport Of the Antlpodes.

A favorite sport in New Zealand, as
also in Australia and Tasmania, Is
competition in wood chopping and
saving; and in these contests, which
attract a great deal Of interest, the
championships are always won through
the use Of American tools. In fact
the expert woodsman working for a
prize would never think Of using any
other kind of tools.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Yokohama,s Fire Department.

Yokohama's fire-fghting apparatus
is owned by the association of insur
ance companies, which also pays the
firemen. The coolies. who assist when
a blaze calls out any part of the de.
partment receive on an average four
cents per hour. The regular staff o.
firemen and watchmen are paid an av
erage of $7.47 a month.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Woman,a Mistake.

A woman sent to the conscience
fund s3.70 she believes she owes for
duty on 81 yards of Irish lace bought
from an Italian peddler, who declar.
ed he had gsled 1t and, therefore,
was able to II 1t to her at 20 cents
a yard. Conscience is a strange thing.
The poor woman, II she only knew It,
owes herself money.-New York
Evening Telegram.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Macedonia RIeh In Minerals.

Since remote times the soil of Mace
donia has had tho reputation Of con.
tanning many precious minerals. Not
only was this stated by historians.
but II is evident by the remains Of
great works undertaken by the an
clients in the mining centers, and
especially on the Peninsula of Chalet
dice. These works reached the high
est point Of development under Philip
of Macedonia and Alexander the Great.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Misconception Corrected.

A good many mistakes arise from
misapprehension. For instance, a den
tist advertises that he will extract
teeth without pain. You suppose he
means the patient will not experience
pain. That is wrong conclusion. 1t
Ia the dentist who feels no pain.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Acquired slunlficanoe.

You disapprove of my theory" said
the excited agitator. Therefore you
refuse to attach any Importance to
1t" "of course" replied Senator sor-
ghum, why should 1? The only I'm.
portance most unpleasant theories
have is what thoughtless people rush
in and attach to them.1
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-03
Queer.

Women are queer creatures" he re.
marked sagely.
What's the matter now?"
I've noticed that the bigger the
meal my wife gets the less she eats
herself"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-14
COLLEGE STUDENTS
IN PROTEST STRIKE
Refused Opportunity to Show
Elation Over Football
Victory.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.-Organ-
lied bodies of workmen do not exer-
else alone the prerogative of the
strike. At frequent intervals the
press dispatches chronicle the fact
that people in all walks Of life re-
sort to the method Of ceasing their
usual activities for one reason or an
other.
The latest demonstration of this
kind took place when 1000 students
at the University Of Pennsylvania
went on strike because they were re-
fused the opportunity to celebrate
their schools football victory over
Michigan. The students made a de-
nlonstration that for a time threat
ened to assume the proportions of a
riot.
The officials of the university d.
rected that the fire hose be turned
on the demonstrators, copying the
method used in San Diego, CAL, some
time ago. The officials of the school
have taken measures to find out wins
were the leaders in the strike, and it
is stated that if they are discovered
they will be severely disciplined.
Employers of labor act in a similar
manner and usually victimize work
men who are active spirits in the Or
carnations of labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-14
new CITY HALL DOES
AWAY WITH RED TAPE
Most Modern Municipal Building
in U. s. Erected by Commits
sioners of Des Moines.

The first municipal building erected
in the United States in a town or city
under the commission form of gov
eminent was completed recently in
Des Moines, Ia. Regardless Of the
differences of opinion which prevail
as to the merits of the commission
plans of government, there is no diff
ference of opinion on the advantages
of the new style of municipal build
ing, says the Technical World Maya
zine. The striking feature of the Des
Moines structure is that four Of the
five departments Of the commission
government are housed together in
one big room. the size practically of
the entire building with every city
employe in plain sight, ensconced at
desks after the fashion of the mod
ern bank. Here are to be found the
mayor, the commissioner of parks,
the commissioner of streets, the COM
missioner OF finance and all the en-
ployes of the various departments,
with a large cage for the city treas
urer occupying the most prominent
position in the room, Immediately at
the head Of the grand stairway. There
commissioners and a separate cham
Der for the meetings of the council.
or commission, but, aside from this,
whoever a taxpayer is looking for is
to be located Immediately, within
plain sight, and accessible without the
red tape formality that used to hedge
IN the old-style boss from the taxpay-
er and private citizen.
The new municipal building was
built at a cost Of $35O,000, which is
something like $4,000 less than the
amount of money voted for the pur-
pose by the taxpayers.
On the first floor are located the
engineering department and the de,
partment of public safety, while a
press room-equipped with tele-
phones, typeWriters and reporters
desks-is novelty much appreciated
by the scribes. The heads and all the
employees of each of the four de-
partme nts-comprising all the civ
government, except the public safety
department is rallied off in quarter
or the great room, so that there need
De no confusion in finding any en-
ploye, no matter how exalted or how
humble. The private Offices of the
commissioners are used only for the
personal conferences as absolutely
Imperative, at times, in running the
affairs of the city as in banking in
stitutions or any private concerns. AS
a general thing, however,, the COM
m1ssloners are to be found at their
desks within the rallied square Of the
department, easily accessible to the
ordinary citizen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-14
BIG DEA tn TOLL At
RAILROAD CROSSINGS
$4,000 People Are Annually Killed
At Crossings By American
Railroads.

WASHINGTON, Dec: 12.-At a re-
cent session of the National Conven-
ton Of Railway Commissioners in this
city a report on the accidents hap
pentng at grade crossings was under
discussion. 1t was reported that the
loss of life at grade crossings in this
country is now estimated at $4,000
persons killed every year.
A general discussion was entered
into relative to measures to be adopt
ed In doing away with grade cross
ings. Various views were expressed.
some delegates taking the position
that the state should divide the ex-
penses with the railroads, while 9TH
ers contended that the railroads
should bear the entire expense of
providing underground or overhead
crossings. p:
The yearly toll of death has reached
such enormous figures that this ques-
ton demands solution. and If the rail-
roads do not voluntarily adopt some
protective measure it Is likely that
both governmental and state action
will be forthcoming within a short
time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-14
GOVT MAKES READY
FOR PARCELS POST
Machinery Of Postal Department
Oiled and Smoothed for New
Parcels Delivery.

WASHINGTON, Dec 12.-In order
that adequate facilities may be pro-
Vlded for the handling of parcels
post business efficiently and on a
country wide scale, on JAM. 1, 1913,
the date upon which the government
will undertake to transport parcels
under the direction of the postoffice
department. the postmaster general is
seeking information from every post
master in the United States to obtain
from the business public information
as to the probable extent to which
the new system will be used.
The postmasters have been provid-
ed with circulars which set forth in
detail the provisions in the parcels
post law, the rates Of postage and
an explanatory statement explaining
delivery of parcels post. :.
Attention is also directed to the
fact that such matter may be regis
tered and also insured against loss.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-14
'LEG|S[ATE::. AGAINST:
LABOR. OF CHILDREN
Leader in New York Legislature
Finds Babies Employed in
Canning Factories.

NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-Drastic
prohibitory laws which will do away
with the employment of babies in
the canneries Of this state and with
the working of women in iron works
and with the employment of women
and children, it is asserted, will be
the first legislation considered by the
incoming state legislature.
Robert F. Wagner, Democratic
leader of the state senate and chair
man of the commission which has
been Investigating factory and work.
ing conditions throughout the state,
declares that his committee will have
Its report ready soon after the legis-
lature meets on Jan. /, and that it
will offer important remedial legisla-
tion..
Information has been sworn to that
children from 10 to 16 years of age
have been worked from 4 in the
morning until to 10 at night in the
canneries, and that little babies as
young as years have bee invoked
in 'snipping beans
Legislation in prospect will elimin-
ate the employment of children of
tender year and regulate the employ
ment of women in other industries.