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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

ing more vulnerable than mountain.
In the rest Of the country, the areas OF
wild land are yearly becoming more
contracted. The time is coming when
nearly every piece OF woodland will
be within range of someone's back
yard.
Every year there are some hunters
and less game Which produces a
little more intense eagerness on the
part of the sportsman, and quicker
pull on the trigger.
Probably the worst trouble does not
come from the men who have the
reputation of being the most reck-
less. The cowboy may pull his gun
in Nevada saloon, merely because
the tenderfoot asked too many ques-
tions. When he gets out in the woods,
every motion of wild life is correctly
read by him The tenderfoot would
be much safer shooting with Alkall
Ike than with cautious John Smith,
who has gone out in the woods for
vacation from coupon clipping.
1t is the man from the office in his
spruce hunting suit and fancy rifle
who is the real peril The life OF the
woods is new and strange to him. The
thousand signs by which the woods
man detects the presence of game are
an unknown tongue. The fever fol
killing is not dulled by experience
He blazes away at the first thing tha
moves. There being hunter fo
Ievery deer, the only thing that saves
the sportsmen is that they are sucl
bad shots.
The farmer has his own views abou
Iall this. After the fu mis- over, he has
Ibis own personal account to add up
There are domestic animals killed b!
Ichance shots, fences pulled down, ant
Iforest fires set by the careless camp
of hunters. But then, as everyon
knows, the farmer is person OF NJ
imagination, no sympathy with MOD
ern life and sport.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
THE FOOD SALE.

The exigencies OF church finance and
Ladies Aid Society strategy have de-
yeloped of late years money raising
device known as the food sale -
From Thanksgiving to Christmas it
fourishes at its hight.
OF course on the strictly economic
basis, it must fall under condeman-
alton with the entire fair system of
raising money for charity. The house
wife puts 80 cents worth of material
into a pie that sells for % to 35 cents.
If she would contribute the so cents
outright. the church would get 80 per
cent more money. The women could
be darning the family stockings or
playing bridge. instead of tending tab
les at the church parlor.
But the fair system is fact accom-
plished" as the diplomatist would say.
You cant dislodge it. Intuitive woman
kind knows perfectly that the egg bas-
ket and the cream jar can be touched
up dozen times for material worth
80 cents each time, when the Old Man
wouldn't give $1.00 even once.
To a certain extent the food sale
represents an economic advance. At
the ordinary charity fair many of the
things you buy are of of no real value.
You are already stocked with match
safes pennwipers, blotting pads, hand.
kerchief cases, laundry bags, glove
boxes. and other trial nothings.
The food salehas this this in its fay
or, that the product is something you
really want. And it is produced un
der the most substantial conditions
of housewifery. No factory concoct
ions with eggs and cream and sugar
diluted with -four, glucose, water anC
wind, can get by the inspection o
matronly eonnoisseurs at the food salt
If they can't tell by looking at it, or b!
the record of the creators thereof a.
pie or cake makers, they will touch
taste. or surreptitiously smell
The food sale is time when ol'
fashioned notions of woman, ,sspher
are in the ascendant No matter hoy
gracefully you may pour at ; o'clocl
tea. If you can't make real mine
pie. you would much better give do
lar in cash than see the work of you
hands actioned off at the close of tb
sale for dime
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
REMOVAL OF LOCAL OFFICERS

Governor Cruce is going 10 expert
ence some difficulty in securing au-
thority to summarily remove local Off
cials from office. ii we may judge ac-
curately fro mthe tone of the press of
the state.
AT the time the governors message
was given to the public, The oklaho-
man in commenting upon it, stated
that while, on the whole, it was par
ticularly able pronunciamento, We
could rot agree with him in all of his
recommendations In saying as much,
we had this particular feature in mind,
The power to summarily dismiss
local officials who. apparently, are lax
in their duties toward the enforce
ment of law, is tremendous one.
which. i'm the hands of an unscrupu-
lous governor may be employed to
work out all sorts OF mischievOus ends
/ We do not believe Governor Cruee
would abuse this power; but we must
remember that he viii be governor
lonly TWO years longer. and then the
power will pass 10 other hands II is
lthe future for which We fear rather
than the present
I The enforcement Of all OF our laws
particularly those prohibiting the sale
lof intoxicants and gambling. for which
the governor asks the power, is, as
/ The Oklahoman has frequently re
marked. just what the people want il
TO be. II the prohibtory law goes IN
lenforced. or the law against gambling
goes unenforeed. it is because ma
ljority of tbs people are willing Il
leither see the laws in each case sc
Iunenforced or are Indifferent toward
that end. which amounts to the sans
ithing. 1t is fair to assume. therefore
that laxity of law enforcement in suel
Instances IS the desideratum OF th'
majority
We are not averse 10 giving the gov
! ernor power 10 suspend an official wh'
lmav he lax in his duties toward Law
enforcement. but the power TO re
move should remain in the courts
where it belongs in every truly demo
cratic SYSTEM ef government-Okls
, homan
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
HOLIDAY SHOPPING.

The high tide OF trade for the year
is close upon Us. Those who buy
early get the cream OF the traffic The
readers Of this newspaper win do wen
to sit down today AID figure out what
they need for holiday goods. and buy
as quickly as possible
The columns Of this newspaper con
sutute the best directory for pur-
ehases. Therein you may find set
forth suggestions Of gifts for all kinds
Of people. provisions for the feasts of
the season. winter clothing and house
furnishings. aad al things you need.
This is 2 tine of year when the
shopper should particularly study the
advertising for bargains. The season
Of mark-down sales Is sin six weeks
away. If you should haphazard. you
viii have TO pay high prices.
But there are bargains every day
in the year for those Who watch out
for them The advertising columns OF
this paper direct ron to many of them
IL y1u avail yourselves OF thest
chances. ron can bur to good advan
tage even III this tine of high prices
ard hare the goods whea ron van
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
Christmas SHOPPING

II you would wear g6lden crown
and reach the gate that's bright and
pearly. oh cast the worn fly swatter
down and do your Christmas shopping
early. The flies have flown unto their
roost, and nobely have you done your
duty: and now's the time to give
boost toward making this a world OF
beauty. If each one would begin to
day and do chunk of Christmas buy
ing. how much grief would fade away,
how much of sorrow and of signing
Go ont into the busy town and tote
back home a load of bundles, then
strive your carking cares to drown in
lakes of drays and seas of trundles.
Remember how the poor tired clerk
must toll and grind to make YOU happy
tim he or she is sick OF work and feel
ing militant and scrappy Oh do your
shopping do it now: go do it with
fierce endeaver; you'll win star to
deck your brow. youll bask in Glory
Land forever. Hard have you toiled
the summer through, a-wielding swat
ers big and burly; but now there comes
this call TO yeu-oh do your Christmas
shopping early-Walt Mason.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

them, while they are at the hight OF
style and seasonability.
A word should be said for the line
group of business men who advertise
in these columns. They represent the
cream of business ability. They are
men who have made good. They have
faith in the power of advertising, be
cause they have found that the public
has faith in them and their enter
prises. In past years they have told
their story to the public, the public
has believed. it has come in and
bought the goods. and the goods have
given satisfaction.
Basing his faith and shaping his
course on this experience, the mer-
chant has faith to come in again with
his announcements. The fact that
these statements are made under the
bond of publicity. is proof that the
PROMISES these men have before held
out have proven true and that they
have given dollars worth for dol
lar.
When you buy these advertised
goods, you buy of men whose business
honor dependabllity, and good bust
ness methods have been tried. tested
and proved
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
pENsloNiNe Ex.PREsIDENTs,

The Carnegie foundation offers to
pension ex-presidents and their widows
s25, 900 annually.
The position of an ex-president Is
awkward. Over in Euroue they would
be decorated with shiny emblams,
given castle with ivy and ruined
towers. and one or two hundred thou
sand a year.
In our country they are dropped into
the crowd with a dull thud. Officially
there is no more ceremony about it
than with an alderman. Just as every
school boy is told theoretically that
he may be president, so every eX-
president theoretically may become a
book agent or a crossing sweeper.
In actual practice the ex-presidents
take care of themselves very nicely.
They don't get very rich off the salary,
large as it is. They pay kingly prices
for their living, an dit costs money to
entertain the foreign diplomats with
81 .000 cigars But the prestige OF the
White House clings to them. 1t has
advertising value. and they do not
need to solicit chances to work for
living an dearn a generous support.
The profession of law, in which
President Taft will re-engage, or jour
nalism. in which Mr. Roosevelt works
seem reasonably appropriate fields fol-
1.-THE activities of an ex-president. But
lit must have astonished foreign OBJ
Iservers when the American people lei
General Grant so into Wall street oper
lations for bread and butter A presi
ldent carries so much of national pres
Itige. even after he slips off Uncle
ISam's uniform, that he seems out o
Iplace in the ordinary turmoil where
Ieyery day men buffet each other fo
Ia living.
| An ex-president always will o
lshould be trained expert in publi'
laffairs. He might we'll be considered
las maintaining a connection with tn,
government. ready SO far as he eoul'
j.. Ito undertake any trust which the pee
pie might wish hi INTO undertake
Hooked at in this light, he might wei
receive a pension.
And it is doubtful if the people Ion
permit any private interest to subs
die him. You might not feel tha
j ,an aged relative Of yours Geeded hell
: But If the neighbors were passin
! around the hat for her, you would b
prctty likely to step IL and assum
4 the burden if you were able to.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
A woRp FOR THE CLERKS.

Nireteen hundred and twelve years
ago Christmas meant peace on earth
good will to men. II still means that
to many people But to many Others
il brings i'll will, bad temper nerves,
worry and seurry.
You send some time in the stores the
week before Christmas. In the tur-
moil of tardy shopping your Sits are
likely to be misits Even if they
prove acceptable, you have put new
wrinkles into the faces Of girls who
have toiled long hours for days or
weeks at top speed. Query, how much
peace aud good vim has Your gift
added To the world2
rno salespaopie With whom you
come in contact are not all that your
shoppiag touches. There is the
scramhling army OF eNpressmen and
mail clerks and carriers. There is the
pathetie underworld OF workers in The
,a dv ana notion factories. down tC
tine conseript bands ol children whose
patter.ng feet are drawn into tbs
whirl Of the machine.
The world should have learned
lot of things in 1912 years. In mos
. ways il has. When you compare tbs
life Of the Bethlehem shepherd, unde
the starry sky and the wind Of th'
, morning. with the Christmas shop g1r
= irving 10 wait On a dozen snappish Gus
, toners at once the shepherd Of th
, year one seems u have Jared the bet
: ter
: The plain facg is that during th
fortnight before Christmas. thousand
! ot worklng psopse must suffer ser,oa
) INJURY to health, because 81 the pr'
4 vailing principle Of never doing toda
what ven ear PIT on until tomorrow
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
wnA1 AUTOGRAPHS TELL.

!. p. Morgan, in giving set OF auto
graph letters written by the signers
of the Declaration of independence,
not merely offers the public curl
osity fit to place in some museum be
side the swords and muskets of Reyo-
lutionary battles.
Handwriting tells its own story.
These Sc letters will reveal mental
habits that are as outgrown as the
wigs and knee breeches worn by the
men who made the autographs
A collection of handwriting of that
date is almost always characterized
by certain neat, painstaking regular
ity At sometime in his career, the
penman has given the same kind of
thought to the form of individual let
ters as the modern college student
gives to the drop kick an dthe spit
ball,
Up to comparatively recent years,
this habit of neat handwriting was
general The older people of the
present generation usually retain it.
While absolutely devoid of flourish,
their letters show firm muscular
control, a conscientious feeling about
penmanship. They are as ashamed
of a scrawly letter as they would be
of an unswept parlor.
Specialists in nervous diseases of
ten used to consider handwriting as
an element in diagnosing certain NAL
aides. 1t was a sensitive indication
of loss of muscular coordination.
Arguing on this basis, the modern
specialist would have to decide that
an entire college body needed to be
treated for approaching paralysis.
The handwriting of ordinary edu-
Gated people today lacks not merely
a conscientious effort for rounded and
regular forms, but also any consist
ent unity. One word is written back
hand, the next slopes to the right, and
ld lUlEu VIII bt vel lASdls hO HtS'oi
ience of the typewriter is given as an
excuse. But even the owner of the
typewriter is constantly writing mem
oranda, accounts, and other material
by hand He is always imposing on
friends, business connections, and
subordinates the labor which he is
too hurried or too neurasthenic to
perform for himself.
There is really no more beautiful
writing than the old penmanship
which the autographs of these signers
will be likely to illustrate The de
cadent fourishes prevalent about
twenty years ago. were in comparison
as effeminate as the man who loads
himself with iewelry and paints hi;
face eA
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

Why not buy your Christmas gifts
today. this week?
You viii find fuller stocks. You
will find those stocks fresh, clean, un-
handled. unpawed The merchant will
shake hands Wit YOU and give you in
innate tips on bargains. The clerk
will smile her sweetest.
Then you can say~Merry Christmas
with a cherry heart. You can feel that
you have done what you could for a
Christmas that shall DE like that OF
Bethlehem for peace, good will. and
ordinary humanity and common sense
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

November and December are not
popular months. Their penetrating
winds are called sour and ohurlish by
a steam heated generation
The man who lives close to nature
knows better. There are suggestions
both Of power and of peace in the
landscape and the silence Of a late
autumn twilight
The spring.ti with its bird songs,
it's voices al labor. conveys its rest
less IDEAS 81 frolie, Of motion. Of strug-
ele ana of toll. The stiffness OF an
autumn twilight is the peace Of war
fare accomplished. of achievement con
eludea. The old earth has gathered
together its forces. and waits in SUI
nrema confidence the onslaughts OF
the north wind
The leaneSS tree lacks the flicker
ing beauty Of spring. But its firm
Articulation against q glowing sky sug
eests well ordered power. Seen in a
mass from distance, under the dull
rayS Of q low sun. the tremulous green
is replaced by q duh grey brown. sug
sestive OF reserve strength. Silent
lpeaee fills the heart of the traveller
rs ne draws homeward through tn,
crisp landscape There is Wine in the
air. there is spring in the foot.step, anC
the silence OF nature IS not that o
decay. but Of ruition and preparation
lfar future rebirth
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
WHY a SPECIAL SESSION NOW?

WHY A SPECIAL SESSION NOW
At time when the democratic state
central committee with only one dis
senting vote, and almost every demo
crat in the state asked for a special
session of the legislature, Governor
Cruee said that he would not call i,
because no one but the politicians.
wanted it.
Now. without a call from anyone,
and for reasons known only &c hia-
self the senate is called together IN
special session. Then it was not called
because nobobdy but the politicians
wanted it, and because Of the expense.
Now it is called for personel reasons
known only to himself and which will
develop later and not to his aeFan-
tage.
One man power-Hamilton' ideas
Of government-won't go in Okla
homa
The governor under the constitution
, IS given great power which II usea
discreetly by a good general may be
carried far beyond what it wos orig
ually intended. but in the hands Of a
disciple of Hamilton. looking in 9Al9
disciple of Hamilton. lacking in poll
ltical sa-?-? this power which nigh;
be used will be found a source Of weak
pess Instead.
There were the best reasons when
the state committee asked it Thera
are no good reasons ROW for a sReoiai
session.
ON October ). State Superinten len
Wilson and other members Of The
state board of education, asked thai
an agreed statement Of facts u sub
mitted to the supreme court and tha
the court be asked also for a spee.i,
decision. Had this been agreed Z
this controversy would have heen So,
tied long ago. THIS Governor Crgc
and Attorney General West refused i
= do.
. The whole thing is a tempest in
e teapot which should aever h-ve hae'
e provoked There is back as Il eeta
ing at al or something purely pe'
4 sonal. or something not yet diselese
( Before tbs legislature Is through vi
e it everything will come oat an dtha
T is what the public wants and shaa'.
e hage-TulSa Democrat.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

A Kansas farmer 9as sent Governor
Wilson 4 barrel 81 Ben Davis Sppses,
he should 80 down every night and
see that the vegetable cellar Is Well
aired 81 they may spoil Fancy packed
apnlos slnd market n New YORK
city at 40 cents each. There are Just
Is many Uncle Reubens On tttte
Avenue a. in North lay
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

Perhaps if those city sportsmen
would reflect that you can neither eat
hunters nor their guides. nor mount
their horns for your den. they would
eonfine their attention to the deer
when they get out in the woods.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

The Carnegie foundation wants TO
pension ex-presidents. There is a
growing feeling that when Uncle Sam
turns his hired man out of the White
House. he should give him something
more than a suit of clothes and rail
road ticket home.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

For the 'steenth time the Chieftain
pleads with Vinita people to spend
their money with Vinita merchants.
Money spent with home people goes
into the channels OF Vinita trade and
YOU stand chance of getting It again.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

4 Kansas court decides that the
women's card clubs violate the anti
gambling law As soon as the women
get TO voting they will stop this judi
ciau interference with the labors Of
the modern housewife.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

The Powers are trying 10 convince
each other that they are willing to
fight by sending their soldiers out for
country picnics, but they have not yet
drawn any money out of the war chest.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

Only nine out OF 9S governors were
reelected this fall The others no
doubt knew too much about the way
the states were being governed,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

The jolly Rosenthal gunmea have
only until January to live, and they
are even denied the privilege during
that period Of working at their Gus.
tomary trade
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

The Leader is still whining about
the city printing and as usual is max
ing misstatements The Leader had
the city printing at = cents per
square. tile legal rate and the Chief
tain never raised an objection to the
price for it was the legal rate fixed
By law. But when the Leader saw
that the Chieftain was about to be
made the official paper it set 10 work
10 cut the price by biddiag a rediou-
lously low price The democratic
newspapers OF the state have made 1t
possihle for the democrats to control.
lThev have fought the battles Of the
marty i'm season and out of season
without remuneration and are en-
titled to the puhhc printing at the
Irate fixed by law which IS rot eNoroi'
.tant
The Leader shows its animus by
ouostioning the ownership Of the
lChieftasu, matter that can be easily
Iverrihed
The Leader has not only had th'
) city printing at - cents per square
bat overcharged fer It's work. ON,
/ .osduauos in particular IS cited wRer
+ the Chieuain's obarge was S6N, th'
Leader charged SeS, or thereabouts
The Leader was paid $500 year to
/ printing the county commissioner
1 proceedings and the Chieftaiu is noy
r ao,nS the same work at $1oo, a saVin
4 10 Craig eou,Sy Of $500 per year o.
: one item alone,
The Chieftain does net like 10 el
SaSe ia a controversy With a con
= petitor. but the Leaders eNtrem
5 lmeoaaeiy compols it it make thes
! statements. The Chieftajn is dom
II the city prmtmg at S5 cents q sQoar
j LESS than the Leader has been recei'
1 ing. ana as 4 question of economy q
!, city Il setting better service for ieS
II money ii tho matter ot printing tina
ever before in its history
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

Governor Johnson took only 81
words for his Thanksgiving proclama-
ton. but it is not true that he called
up God on the telephone 10 offer
thanks.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

Every town contains its share Of
names on the sucker list of the get
r'ch quick men, County fair comes
but once q year bat YOU can play the
she'll game eu S65,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

II the president will talk about
some nice. pleasant and remote sub
iect like the canals OF Mars, no doubt
congress will listen to his message.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

There is an impression at Yale that
the cause of higher education has
been set back twenty years by the vic
tory of Harvard at football
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

II the Balkan nations win only keep
up the good old custom Of monthly
massacres, tho Powers will no doubt
let them occupy European Turkey.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06

The new styles provide vests for
women. but It is safe 70 say that they
don't have their pictures taken With
their thumbs in the armholes Of the
aforesaid garmects,