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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

Of
twas approved Certificate of Erroneous
applied
Hurst Robert
la the 3d AT O'Clock
The following
F. D.
Mitchell Clerk OF District
lon 34 Township
Ihavng credited
o Fred
Taylor Henry Acridge D.
tabled The following
Amount Amount
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
ROBERT L. CHAMBERLIN. ]
j. NJ. SIMMS,
Board of Commissioners of
George Costley voted AGAINST said resolution.


Costley a
E Washington Missouri
NJ of
the County parties
building
Consideration 600OO Contract file this The ADJOURN
until O'Clock
Present NJ Simm Robert Chamben Mitchell Couns
Clerk Absent The following claims
Claim Claimant. Claimed
NJ. S
following WHEREAS,
County
be
bridge
r.. Vinia
WHEREAS a
of the impossible for by
WHEREAS advertise bids
build them by contract will entail such delay
spring OF 1913 AN WHEREAS said bridges be bude
this
for the construction of the and WHEREAS emergency
SOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY GRAN
COUNTY OKLAHOMA
the construction of
follows, Sections Sections ar
bridge NJ of
hereby
bridges
December 1912
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
ROBERT l.. CHAMBERLIN,
J NJ. SIMMS,

Commissioners.
RESOLVED whereas the Board
Commissioners December
the matter of leasing
officers
will require additional furniture fixtures
That order this
furniture and fixtures be referred the Commissioners
that
the estimate and made This
J. NJ. SIMMS,
ROBERT l.. CHAMBERLIN, &
Commissioners
bridge petition Mercer w Cox L. Bell et
of
the following y
rolls Certificate No 200 s.
be hom6
aotmens for the 1903 and 1911
Cert. Cert Cert Cert Cert Cert Cert Cert
No Amt No Amt NO Amt No Amt No No No No
ass $247 4S9 $43 @ 6 49l $3.50 l92 1882 $S5 s
motion of Robert L. Chambern boz
adjourned until O'Clock the t4 m the 14t6 the
Present NJ Smms Robert and
Clerk Absent George Cosey The sealed
amount of S2o0 and Iaron Company
making furnishing
County Assessor dsapproved Chamb9
by NJ Smms the board
meeting, lst Monday January
Attest; H. r. Nh J. NJ SIMMS, II
tSEAL) county clerk ChaTma
Newark post., 1912-12-18

,v = whipping. And the man VINO i not
.anabl4 i merely tortured without any
rgo.I end i.eing gained.
There are three main CLASSES OF Grim
iuai>. the n,eu Of animal natures VINO
are Iarking in self control: the men VINO
hav, ~u,idenly gone wrong under srFe-s
of toll and Encouragement. AMI mora
idiots.
The man Of animal nature can not ~
broken to harness by 4 whip. You can
not even make q mule q good worker o.
blows. The man who mas yielded TO temp
rstiOn ne4,is. not whipping which de
srrovs his aspiration for self-resI-eet anu
a redeemed life among his neighpors' pu'
: season Of isolation. season Of diseII'-
line and esiueation How senseiess then
/. the whip. and even the present spirit
Of revenge which l. back Of prison laws
and pri-ag rules. A. for the moral idiots
there are Inauv Of then in prisons. Ihey
are a elsss. not 20 very numerous but stiN
lot haTa To finI Ill any town, who nave
no more idea Of cooperating with the
rest OF humanity. OF loving right rather
than evil. than has another kind OF idiot
Of the laws Of nvdrU,tatics. And such
moral idiots ean not .'e made anything
bat idiots 10y any punishment, any more
than the mentally idiotic can be cured
.,v puui.hmrnts II J. wrong TO whip
-g~n .reatarrs. no matter what they have
uone. Just a. it l. wrong TO whip luna
rir or an imbt-Iip. Yet il Is probable
that large percentage Of the men who
90 to the whipping post are men born
mentally defective and quite incapable
of being made to understand the de,ira-
bIlity Of honesty and justice.
The whipping post il relic Of working
class suDiectlOn and Of the days when
men like Lord Baltimore secured control
Of the land and then control OF the peo-
pie. II has never lone the Hage-earning
or farming class any gooi, and has al
way- been a crue. and useless part OF the
crude ma~binerv by which government.
have sought TO control the socially sub
merged IN the coming session at Dove
the representatives Of Delaware viii have
an opportunity to take the state ont OF
it, present di,creditable position a. II
this matter. and there are Indications tina
the conscience and common sense of til,
people will find expression in Law
abolishing al instrument, which. while i
degrades and makes more animal the vie
tim. fails 10 benefit mankind in any wa,
whatever.
IrOn mn. Nd. q. r. HashburH.
Newark post., 1912-12-18

IL j. a custom in Our -OuHtTy 70 make
.uni.hnenrs III, not the 0ffeHse but the
gfTeuaer. The Beaa Of al sre EEs-l- con
anel in q prison where b. never would
aase to shovel sand. beeOmiHE sick = a.
gare released. while the hosts Of eoHTicts
ring 0f Tuberculosis in the aTeTag"
prison are force, TO pa-s swiftly down
h. incline 10 tha Bees.Is=-SIE carly grave.
The wealthy Mr. Hyde. convicted Of high
-rin.-. j. gwen furnished room with
all comforts. while suppOseh to be III the
TomIr- prison Of New York. while tbe
man convicted Of being poor, out Of work
and seeking it, j. sent a. mere tramp
o serve months in dirty surroundings
and with hard fare in d piae" Of cOrre"-
ion Tor the chfonieaIiy DISCOURAGE To
heat 4 wage Garner out Of his wages -
not a felony at all, but 10 cheat an en-.
gioyer out Of money paid and due the
4mp.0,er, II einbezeilmeBt and punishable
~ year, 10 stone cell and q prison work
-hoJ. To murder an employer with an
txe il plain murder and punishment Is
..eath. but % murder dorm employee
- keeping them in unaanItaTE. damp,
li-Ughtai Or 0therVrls. destructive con
.!ition. il not murder a. all but merely
matter Of busiae--. To burn 4 tenement
aouzp 81 seriou. matter for the ineeu-
.Iarv. but 10 maintain q tenement house
rtrh water in the cellar. coil coming
through the side and with disease germs
10 rgprr corner. H. 10 crime Dut merely a
matter Of property rights. This policy
gn the part Of the government IS in part
an inheritance from the days Of Lord
Baltimore and his kind. when they ruIed
.n this locality and elsewhere in TINS
COUNTRY. and slaves were bought, over the
clock, in Philadelphia. White slaves,
men. women and children, English, Ger
man, Scotch and IrIsh. to be free after
term Of years, we're probably in the
majority among the early settlers Of Del
aware and Maryland.
Though the adapting Of punishment 10
offenders rather than TO Offenses is al.
cient. it has been more noticeable in these
TWO state- because until 1870 white slave.
we're being held in seryitude here And
where slaves are. Or where slave system
mas been. the punIshments are always -
gere upon the poor and no punishment
ever devised quite 80 fully answers tbs
need Of master class, and 50 well fit
d subject class, a. the whipping post. !
has the merit Of being very unpleasant
without taking too much time from tn
Iaborer And this is a great point TO
all our millionaires, capitalists and In
Idlc rich all whom do not produce a
much a. they consume Of the products 0
labor, depend upon the labor Of som
one else to produce for them what the
Newark post., 1912-12-18
The Whipping Post
For Workers Orly

use AM the interruption OF ia"or 2,
a go,-. 90 the employing ~5a.~- ami 10 the
idle rich and to al. who profit Ivy the Ia
Dor Of Others through rleTernes- o.
through inheritlng money IN large SUNS.
20 tber are able 20 IT, Idiers, and are
ssg-h. The whipping post. therefore, ar
rIve,8 in Delaware AM Maryland a. the
salB, moment o. the nrst gentlemen All
yeuturers. who came with . few servants
and imported many slaves both biark and
81 uhitc- And when they put the whip upon
St bite OiDeE for having children with
out the masters consent. or fiOggei the
cautives taken in battle from the bloody
fields Of Worcester. or when they fleggel
the men and women ami girls ami boys
vino we're stolen Dy kidHapFcrs, b. the
thOusands, in England ami other eoun-
economic method Of getting Obedience.
and dividends from their investments. 4
few days al most would heal the physical
wounds ami Jail sentences were aot Nee
essary. Il grew 10 b. d custom to keep
the whipping post in evidence and the
poor were always III" yIrtIms. II any one
ran fBd any rerord la history that the
:. a3isiIHg post 10 Delaware OF Maryland
Or Other American common" ealths. ever
was uypa to hold fast rich man While
he "as whipped it woaId De interesting
10 have it pubIisbe,5 for curiosity. IN
modern time- it.- only the poor who get
the lash.
Delaware still maintains the whipping
post and il j. the last Of civilized state
in the entire world 10 continue IT. legal
Use. 1t is urged that it j. neeIed> for
Offenders again-r women AMI children.
But there are forty-sevcH Other states in
the Inlou in which IT seems not ueces-
sary. and Iu some OF them ], ha, been
abolisncd for nearly ID hundred years aHd
in other IL never existed. j. Delaware
70 desperately wicket that IL must have
this sort Of torture a. d legal protection
II the Black Belt in Alabama can dC
. " iLNDAl Ut. anu luT NltiiH VI -Nf'f ! VI p
10 not make II necessary, though ir
tho-. aIum, every crime against woman
kind and rhildhood is repeated over auC
over, why must comparatively peaceful
amt educated and civilized and quiet lirtI,
Delaware maintain it!
It i- urged that some criminals fea
,,o.b;p,, e.Isa E,ut rh. criminal yyhp ~ :,
stupid, 50 lacking in forethought, that b
fears no term Of dreary years in cell
where humanity j, shut out and onl
wearines, and despair are guests, has no
!. the foresight and mental power to Re
strain himself before any fear. And TIA
T man who is sayable, who is capable 0
being reformed and of being a good eli
: zen again, is likely to he made beastl
Newark post., 1912-12-18
Mailing of Xmas Gifts

A set Of rules for the guidance Of per
sons sending Christmas gifts by mail has
been promulgated by Postmaster General
Hitchcock.
These are the things to learn and re
member:
Postage on all matter should be fully
prepaid. Packages not fully prepaid will
Newark post., 1912-12-18
c,srrzssxEss CAUSES Loss

r...ob eareIessness in preparing
ornhsnJise for mailing during the MOI
;5av seasop last year, Mr.. hiteheocA
a.oa iaa that more than $1,000 parcels IN
tande5 70 Christmas Or Kew Year giitS
mare cent to the Division Of Dead Let
.ors Of this number nearly s,ooo were
fo, delivery in foreign eonntrieS' 'e'ns
hall a. unavailable because the sendefS
nsgIected to place their addresses on the
,.ranners or to fix the requisite c'S'oiiiS
dacisratiops. as required by the several several
ns,ceI post conventions. Nearly Io,oVo
ps,ceIs were mailed with insufficient
stamps affixed.
In addition to the described unmaliapie
,atter more than 1900 valuable articles
ere found loose in the Christmas and
Now Year s mail of last year as a result
If having escaped from their wrappers
through negligent or improper packing
~ the scnders.
Newark post., 1912-12-18

The special delivery of mail By ms''sp, ne snx
- 10 obtained by placing Oh an
- >. ~ ~ naekage special delivery STAMP
=, 10 cents in ordinary stamps N a'lu.
,;on 70 the amount Of the required pos
oa 80 when ordinary stamps are uSs'' Wv
az ..gne.ial Delivery must be pia'-
si,e.,pr under, but not on the Siai'p''
Newark post., 1912-12-18
r arms Tor Sal.

DUraI,g IL, lqsf fLr.
SeUerai p,op.. hare ,,. 'a
hiS offc' moluug ino'.I o,a
farms j"r >ai,. w. '',. ~.
call the att,nsa,n af 'a
ers 10 thu lists Of Fo. -, b
Sale IN oor .4drl,f.' =. W.
umRS thiS u... wig
The Rco' Estqfl "a.
IN THE F0NT arc e. :.
fde and 0r, yorfbr u
oonsideration i yGr . y
ing for q f0rm
Newark post., 1912-12-18
r.. bcgI for postage.

be hcIl for postage. lain.
An ,,arkage- should be fully am pisIi"
, Ig.,-,--.J i,eluding street and nun1isi'
- ru,nber of rural route III orie' 'A1,
+bars NAV be no delay in HANDING OH"
&c. name AMI address sho1i1
t. ,,tsra5 in the upper left-hand corner
-. Tho envelope or wrapper TO insure ~
rnrr of mail if not delivered.
An mail matter should be securely
uaekeI and wrapped 20 as TO Deai u
,n;s.;on without breaking. Matter othef
t. that NJ the first-elass must DE ~
...,.I -ba- the contents of the paek'
,gr NAV he examined easily o! Po't"'
,si.;sls When not so wrapped the
,na+rcr vii re charge with postaee a.
the fr<r-rate class.
Mly BEAR GREETINGS.
Packages Of the third and fourth eia's
,,,s-,ar NAV bear. in addition 10 the
name, AMI addresses Of tine senderS ah'
a5dre.-ees. written designation OF th'
conreut--a simple inscription not Id tn'
nature Of personal correspondence, 'n'
wor.Is Merry Christmas, hapP'
Nau. Year. - with Best Wishes, an,
..Do Not Open Until Christmas o
words to that effect.
All valuable letters and parcels shout
De registered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15
FOOTBALL NOTES.

The chances are that Bomeisler OF
Yale is doing very little real hard
scrimmage in anticipation OF enter
ing the Princeton game.
The West Point coaches are try
ing hard to work in Herrick, a 207-
pound cadet, who stands feet, ,
inches, as regular at guard
The Harvard Yale Freshman foot
bali game at New Haven, next Sat
urday, will be played on the Varsity
field. as the Yale regulars will be al
Princeton.
Saturday. when Wesleyan and Trim
ity meet at Middletown. the elevens
will be led by boys who formerly
High school team.
Neil Snow of Michigan will umpire
Saturdays Yale Princeton game. He
is the first real Western official who
ever has been brought East to off
ciate at big intercollegiate cham
pionship game.
Glenn Warmers Indians have been
the sensation of the football season
SO far. There viii be chance for
giving day, when Carlisle will meet
Brown at Providence.
The Carlisle Indians will be on
Franklin field with the Quakers, Sat
urday. This game will show wheth-
er the Pennsylvania teams improve
ment in the Michigan and Penn State
games was the real article.
Williams has won only one game
from Amherst on the latter's field,
since 1896, this being in 1900 Is to ;.
Amherst has won three of the last
four games played with Williams on
Pratt field, in 1906 the score being 0
to 0.
Billy Morice has not OBLIGATED in a
big game for Princeton since he al
lowed Yales forward pass to johnny
Fitzpatrick, few years ago, when
Yale won the game in the last few
minutes of play. Moriee's decision was
absolutely correct. and since has been
verified by many photographs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15
Dartmouth Ready
For Wet Game

Hanover y. H.. Nov 14-Dart-
mouths Varsity football squad burn
ed their dummies behind them. today
following the last practice in prepare
ton for their final game with Har
ward at Cambridge. Saturday. The
practice was light. consisting mostly
of signal drill and kicking. The stu
dent body and faculty turned out in
body and cheered in turn the team,
Capt Bennett and Coach Cavanaugh.
1t was announced, today, that Dave
A1orey, the Green's star back, who had
been laid up with injuries, is better
and may get into the game, Saturday,
though he win not start The probable
lineup to begin the game for Dart
mouth was announced as follows.
end, Hogsett; left tackle. Englehorn;
left guard, Dunbar; center, Gibson;
right guard, Bennett, right tackle, Es-
tep. right end. Loudon; quarterback,
Ghee; left halfback. whitney; right
halfback, Curtis; fullback Snow.
The squad consisting of 43 men, will
leave on special car attached TO the
1913 train and most of the student
body is expected TO descend on Boston.
The Green team will make its head
quarters in Auburndale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15
Harvard Prepares
For Wet Game.

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 1i.-Har-
wards last hard practice before the
game with Dartmouth, Saturday, was
held upon a wet gridiron, today, and
with soggy balls, Coach Haughton put
the PLAYERS through an hour and one
half of drill, in which the scrimmages
were short. Anticipating that wet con-
ditions may prevail, Saturday, the
players We're set to falling on the Wet
ball, 10 kicking and catching punts
under the soaking conditions, and to
running on the sodden field. Bricklcy
tried drop kicking, but met with little
success.
Capt Wendell got into the scrim-
IMAGES for a short time, today. but was
replaced when it was feared he might
further strain his weak ankle. Trum-
bull, Aho also has been on the sick
list was in the line for a time. Cool
idge and Bradley are still out of the
game and may not recover in time
for the contest with Yale
More than 10000 people will see the
Harvard Dartmouth contest and the
last allotment of tickets for the gen.
erai public was placed on sale, today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. Nov. H.-In most of its es-
sentials today's stick market was a repc-
tition of the preceding DAYS session, lr-
regularity was no less pronounced and
there We're frequent periods of dizziness.
albeit the total output was large. Trad
ing was broader but plainly professional,
some of the speculation running into is
sues supposed to bes manipulated by
pools.
Further clearing of tbe European war
clouds was an important factor, the ini-
tial rise of l to points being a natural
sequence of the strong London market,
despite increasing tirmness in money and
discounts AT that center Both Paris and
Berlin displayed renewed strength, and
those markets with London were buyers
here to the extent of probably $500
shares on balance. Some surprise was
expressed in local banking circles at the
rise in the German bank rate from to
per cent, making the second advance in
less than month.
Private cables from London and Paris
suggested resumption of copper buying
for European consumers, Pressure
against United states Steel persisted
throughout the session, but American
Smelling recovered all of its early de-
cline. with general hrmness al the close.
Bonds were irregular and dealings
light. Total sal IS. par value, aggregat-
ed Sl.557,0oo. United States bonds were
unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15

REPORTS ON SITUATION.
Continued from Page One.)

much length concerning the reasons
which have brought about the cessa
ton of work in New England
He was unable. however, to give us
an assurance that the Boston lines
would be built; on the contrary we are
positively convinced that existing cir
cumstances make 1t very certain thai
the idea of building to Boston or ae-
curing trackage into Boston has been
abandoned.
HIS assurance that he has Il strong
deslre TO protect New England inter-
ests we believe TO be entirely sincere.
both because the Grand Trunk is
iarSely dependent upon New England
/ tfaiilc and because his words and
manner So impressed us, but we ques-
ton the likelihood of his making any
more advantageous arrangements for
Boston and Maine territory, including
Boston. than the Grand Trunk has
made in the past
lie did nnequiVocally place himself
on record as promising to maintain
the present freight rate differentials
no matter what arrangements might
be made, and he promised to maintain
the National Dispatch service--the
latter of course could hardly be sub
jeet of barter with other lines and is
plainly to the interest OF the Grand
Trunk. The former maintenance oil
dllferentlals) while simply the tradi-
tional policy of the Grand Trunk, i;
under the present circumstances o.
exceedingly great value, and we ex.
pressed our apDreciation thereof
But as for any further development
OF the port of Boston or of better ia
eilities IN Boston for which we hat
SO hopefully looked to the acquisition
OF a Boston line by the Grand Trunk
we see absolutely nothing on the hori
zon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15
FROM THE HUNTING GROUNDS

ed. Mr.. Manchester has had great
success at trapping this season and
in the past three weeks has caught IA
red foxes. averaging 40 inches in
length and one big mink stretching
- inches from the tip of his tail to
the tip of his nose
Game has been plentiful near
Naacehoro this week as shown by the
following list: Joseph Susee. one deer;
Dick Johnson, one bear. Bob Crocker,
one bear: Ray and Byron Hunter, one
bear Joe Gooding, one bear; cook on
K NJ. Dewitt's car. one bear; l.. NJ.
Brown. moose: Ralph Susee, bear.
]. w. Swan, wife and daughter of
Locke's Mills, who have been in
Greenwood on visit, are telling a
somewhat curious event that occurred
there a few mornings ago. While
Mr.. Whitman was pumping pail of
water, a partridge few from some
where and lit on a tree only a few
rods distant. and Mr.. Whitman. think
ing the bird was worth getting If
possible, but having no gun. borrowed
one of a neighbor then came home
and shot the partridge. which appar-
entity remained there for that purpose.
Francis Chapman. son of +. l.
Chapman of the Paris Hill road. South
Paris, had a large piece of good luck,
Wednesday morning Locking from
the house early in the morning. he
saw deer in the field back of the
house toward the woods Getting a
gun, he went out and worked dp
toward the deer, keeping in cover of
the wall, until he got near enough to
shoot. when he fired. The deer ran
about third of mile before he fell.
hut the wound was mortal. 1t was a
large spikehorn, weighing 165 pounds.
This is the first deer that has been
shot in that immediate vicinity this
fall
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-15

Percy Manchester of Standsh shot
a buck deer with five points, near
Watchic Pond Thursday, which
weighed go pounds.
Arthur Cummings of Millinocket,
who has been spending his vacation
at Weston, returned home. Monday
morning, He carried with him a
large deer which he shot last week
while hunting in the region of West
Branch
Warren Hiscock recently saw Il
moose in the Coombs orchard on Por-
Ter Hill. Farmir gton. Having moth
ing with him but shot gun loaded
Tor birds he did not attempt to Sc
cure him.
The bears are quite numerous i'll
the vicinity of Pennington. They are
so bold they tavel the main roads.
Friday week one crossed the road
within six rods of Albert Huffs' house
at Freeman Valley. As he came
through the fence he left quite a
bunch of hair ON the barbed wire.
One of the school uasters at Cutler
had an exciting experience on Satur-
day last, He and young COM
panion were out locking fer par
tridEes and on returning home two
deer jumped into view, and the young
school master in hurrying To bring
his shot gun to his shoulder aceiden-
tally discharged the weapon. but luck
favored him and he was surprised
when the smoke cleared away to find
that he had killed the smaller of the
two deer.
While out looking after his traps
the other day Percy Manchester of
South Standish, shot a magnificent
900 pound 10 point buck undoubtedly
the record deer for Western Maine
this season, if not for the entire
State. The head is now being mount