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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20

ers of Oklahoma during the past ieu-
years have undergone the most trying
ordeal that business men have ever
been called upon to endure, and their
fidelity to the underlying principle OF
afforded protection to the funds en-
trusted TO them has been abundantly
established. They have contributed
hundreds of thousands of dollars to the
guaranty fund of the state. thereby
saving a corresponding to the individ-
ual depositors in state banks That
| this burden has been a grevious one,
no one can deny; that something must
be done to curtail the loss and make
more certain the obligation imposed
upon state bankers is equally patent to
every thinking man.
I'm asking for an amendment to the
state banking law, the state bankers
are not at all unreasonable. or course
they can escape the burdens of assess
ment either by liquidation or by taking
out national bank charters. Many Of
these bankers, however, prefer to oper-
ate as state banks and will do so just
as long as state banks can be profitably
operated. There have been great
many conversions of large state banks
into national banks during the past
two years, and unless some changes
are made in the banking law whereby
the state banker can figure with more
certainty upon the amount of his an
nual contribution to this fund, | am
informed that there will be many other
conversions to national banks.
"Oklahoma is the first state In tEa
Union to adopt the principle OF gLar-
anteeing deposits, and any failure OF
the successful working of this law
in Oklahoma will work hardship up
on the idea being adopted in o;ier
states. The adoption of this principle
In Oklahoma was an advance step u
banking, and at the same time purely
experimental In puttinginto opera
ton any new idea G cry possible cob
tingency that will arise cannot be pre-
vided for, and as fast as the operation
of the idea shows needed reforms AMI
changes, these cnanges should bel
made"
81 believe that the legislature vii;
approach this subject in faiglninded
way, and so far rs the light of the past
four years will aid them, Will under
take to amend the law so as TO give
it added strength and make certain it's
retention in Oklahoma.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
First Published Jan. 13, 1919.
NOTICE OF SALE or REAL ESTATE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
pursuant to an order of the County
Court of Craig County, Oklahoma,
made and entered on the 3rd day of
May, A. d. 1912, decreeing the sale of
the hereinafter described lands of the
minor, Alec A. Woodall, the under
signed as guardian of the estate of
said minor, will on, or after Wednes-
day the 5th day of February, A. D.
1913 at 10 O'Clock a. M, at the court
room of the County Court of Craig
County, Oklahoma, in the City of vi
nita, Oklahoma, sell at private sale
to the highest and best bidder by way
of sealed bid, for cash and subject to
confirmation of the Craig County
Court, all the right, title, interest and
estate of the said Alec A. Woodall, a
minor, and all the right, title, interest
and estate that said minor has by
Operation of law or otherwise acquired
in and to, all those certain pieces, par
cells and tracts of land, lying and being
in Craig County, Oklahoma, and de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
SW IA of Sc IA, aud SW IA of
Sc Ia of Sc IA of Section SO.
| Township 26 n, Range 20 East,
and the N 1-2 of Sc IA of Sc IA,
and Sc IA of Sc IA of Sc IA of
Section Sc, Township 26 ~, Range
go East, all lying and being in
Craig County, Oklahoma, and con-
tanning in all so acres more or less
according to the United States
Government Survey thereof.
TERMS: Cash upon delivery OF
deed and confirmation of sale by the
tCourt of Craig County, Oklahoma.
All bids on the above described
Hands must be in writing describing
1.-THE lands bid on, and accompanied by
check for 10 per cent of the amount
so bid, and all bids may be, filed with
the Clerk of the Craig County Court,
lat Vipita, Oklahoma.
Dated this 18th day of January, 1913
H. J. SCHRoERs,
Guardian
! DAVENPORT &c RYE,
Attorneys, Vinita. Okla. 1888
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
possible BANKING LealsIatIOn.

No problem that is to come before
the legislature. perhaps, exceeds in
general interest that of the possible
changes that may be made in the bank
guaranty law. All concede that some
thing to relieve the situation wa;eh is
becoming unbearaole for the banks
will be made. When questioned on tha
problem few days since Governor
Cruce authorized the press to make
for him the following statement.
The guaranty of deposits has he
come fixed principle and in my iaag
ment will be maintained in the laws oi
this state and win be enacted into the
laws of every progressive state was
the remark OF Governor Cruee when
consulted with reference to the cam
paign of state bankers in support OF
the amending OF the present baak
guaranty law.
Continuing he said The state tan6
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
CHARGE


TO the Creditors of the AboYe Bank
rupt:
Take rotice that petition has been
filed in said Court by r. H. Hall, of
Vinita, in the County of Craig, in said
district, who has been duly adjudged
"a bankrupt under the Act of Congress
of July /, 1898, for a discharge from
all his debts, and other claims prov
able under said Act, and that the 10
day OF March, 1918, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, is assigned for the hear
ing of the same before the HON.
RALPH e. CAMPBELL, Judge of said
Court, at Muskogee, in said district,
when and where you may show cause,
| if any you have, why the prayer of
said petition should not be granted.
A creditor desiring to oppose the ap-
plication of the bankrupt for discharge
shall enter his appearance in opposi
ton thereto with the Clerk on the day
when the creditors are required tc
show cause, and shall file specifica
tion il writing of his opposition withip
ten. days thereafter, unless the time
shall be enlarged by special order ot
the Judge.
| Muskogee, Oklahoma January II
1913.
/ EZRA BRAINERD, JR.,
Special Master
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
GOODS STOLEN 1S YEARS AGO
While Loading Rock Near Cliff at Bar
Aarhor Workman Uncovers Loot
Worth $1,000.

Bar Harbor, Me.-A large amount
OF silver tableware. stolen from George
". Vanderbilt's summer residence here
eighteen years ago. was found hidden
In the rocks at the base OF cliff by
Simon violete, a teamster Vi6fete
went to the cliff for load of rock.
and In handling the stone came upon
the sllverware. 1t is worth 81 900, and
is part of plunder valued at many
thousands OF dollars stolen from the
Vanderbilt residence. A large sum OF
money and much valuable jewelry
we're never recovered
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
KILLED INVADER or HER NEST
ehrewd Tactics Of Grow Resulted in
the Death Of Defenseless Preca-
tory Cobra.

| II the testimony offered by an Eng
lish naturalist In Ceylon be given full
credence, then the cobra is not so
dangerous a snake as popular reputa-
tion makes him. In at least two In
stances, reports this naturalist,
cobras were chased by large birds.
In neither case did the snake seem
to have any hypnotic power, such as
is generally credited to snakes in
general
| A crow was seen fighting an in-
Itruder into its nest situated at the
very top OF tree. The crow was cir
cling at close quarters and pecking
hard at the nest, cawing loudly all
the time. The nest was some 40 feet
above the ground.
| Presently snake came out OF the
NEST and started to descend, with the
crow In hot pursuit pecking at the
cobra continually. The snake took
refuge about ten feet down in =
clump of dead ferns from which 1t
was chased out by the crow. 1t came
from branch to branch until 1t
reached large horizontal limb,
which stretched out about 20 feet.
Here the snake was at great dis
advantage, inasmuch as 1t could not
turn upon the crow. The latter SEEM
ed fully to appreciate the situation
and Its tactics were excellent, 1t
would peck hard at the spine close
to the tail and then peck near the
snakes neck. At each peck pieces of
the snakes skin were torn out;
whereupon the cobra would lie quite
motionless. But just as soon as 1t
eyinced signs of again attempting to
escape the crow would recommence
Its attacks with extraordinary surety
of aim. After Is minutes the cobra
was dead.-Harper's Weekly.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20

In the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern District of
Oklahoma.
In the Matter of r. II. Hall, Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy, No. SS1.
NOTICE OF HEARING or BANK
RuPT'S PETITION FOR DIS
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
MEYER AND FARR|S
UNDER CHARGES
Continued From First Pagel

approved, the same are transmitted to
the senate. who will then try the ac-
cused officer
Even before the governors message
transmitting the attorney generals let
ter had reached the house, or 1t was
certainly known that he would send it.
the house had passed resolution pre-
sented by Representatives Chase and
Hill of Pittsburg, members of the COM
mittee on impeachment, requesting At
torney General West to appear before
the committee.
After the charge of forgery had been
dismissed against him Saturday, State
Printer Giles w. Farris issued the fol-
lowing statement.
The indiscriminate filing by public
prosecutors of complaints and informa-
tions charging good men with crimes,
when { careful Investigation would dis
close that no crime had been com
mitted. should be severely censured.
liz not penalized by statute. There
never was anything Ii the charge OF
forgery against me. a little inYestiga-
ton. and even smaller reflection,
would have demons rated this. The
testimony of Earl Keys, deputy state
auditor. was to the effect that even
before the information was filed
Iagainst Farris, he informed the attor'
lney generals Office that the alleged
forged Endorsement was not in the
handwriting of Farris Witness after
witness testified to this effect, and
also testified as to whose handwriting
il was. There was no intention to r.
fleet upon the character of the dead in
1.-The remotest degree. The eonducct of
MIR. Gordon in connection with the
lRed Book was above approach
Defense Of Farris.
1t is always a good defense to prove
that some one other than the defend
ant did the act complained Of. The
proof of this in this case did not in.
yolve any moral turpitude. If | be
charged with killing D, should he not
be permitted to prove that c. though
dead did the killing, if such is faet7
Mems characters ought to be pro
tected by the laws of this state, that
no man for political reasons, and those
J reasons alone. should be permitted to
! attack that character through the med
ium OF a criminal proceeding, without
sufficient justification. II we had less
politics and more real law, We would
! get along infinitely better, The county
attorney of this county was never giv
en- an opportunity, so far asSthe record
discloses, to investigate this matter
but, brushing aside the authority The
county attorney ordinarily has in lis
own county, an authority delegated q
ihim by his own people--the informa
ton was filed. warrant issued, and
the mans character assailed,"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
DAVENPORT &c RYE,
Attorneys, Vinita. Okla.
lFirst Published Jan. 1s. 1919.

tt1rSt Published Jan. IL, 1879.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
in pursuance of an order Of the County
Court of Craig County, Oklahoma
made and entered on the 9rd day of
May, A. ID. 1912, decreeing the sale Of
the hereinafter described lands of the
minor, Lucy A. Woodall, the under.
signed, as guardian of the estate Of
the said minor, will on, or after, We'd
nesday, the 9TH day of February, A. D..
1913, at 10 o'clock a. m, at the Court
Room of the building now used and
occupied by the Craig County, Okla
homa Court, in Vinita, Oklahoma, sell
at private sale, to the highest and best
bidder, by way of sealed bid, for cash,
and subject to confirmation of the
Craig County, Oklahoma, Court, all
the right, title, interest and estate Of
the said Lucy A. Woodall, a minor, and
all the right, title, interest and estate
that said minor. has by operation Of
law, or otherwise acquired in and to all
those certain pieces, parcels, and
tracts of land, situate, lying and being
in Craig County. State Of Oklahoma.
described as follows. to-wit:
N 1-2 of NE IA of Sw IA, and
Sc il of NE ia of SW IA, of
Section 81. Township 2e NJ, Range
21 East sW IA of NE Ia Of sw
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
LEGISLATIVE GRIND
At OKLAHOMA CITY
CONTINUED From First pagel

the service they all desire to give their
constituents and the state Reams of
petitions, reports, letters or advice and
information pour in upon Mr.. Legisla-
tor In an unending stream. How can
he separate the wheat for the chaffY
Hoy can he tell which information is
good and which is bad? Hoy can he
tell truth from falsehood? Its only
by being eternally upon his guard; by
being untiring in his work and record
searching.
A case of the rankest kind of mis-
repre-, antation. actuated, no doubt by
good intent, but wrong false and mis-
leading nevertheless, came in from
Alfalfa county this week in the form
of q petition from the taxpayers OF Sa-
line township. The petitioners ask
the legislature to abolish the office of
county assessor, and pray for relief
from other real or fancied evils. Rea-
sons are advanced by the petitioners
in support of but one of their requests,
that of abolishing the office of county
assessor They allege they have not
been given square deal under the
new law. They say Alfalfa land is
assessed out of proportion to the land
in other counties in that part Of the
state. They quote Alfalfa land at S44
per acre, Grant at sS1, Garfield at SS2,
Major at $SS, Woods at sS0 Every one
of these values are wrong, as any one
can see by an examination of the rec
ords in the office of Tax Clerk Frank
Orr In Auditor Myers Office. The aver
age value placed on Alfalfa county land
by the assessor is $3S.S5, per acre. In |
Grant It is $S1.96, in Garfield s30.45, |
in Major 1888 and in Woods $1S.65. |
Three members of the state board OF
equalization live in that part of the
state and know the lands therein, and
this board carefully went over all these
values.
Did these Alfalfa tax payers know
the statement submitted by them is
wrong? Certainly not. They are farm.
ers who are not in the habit of search
ing the records. They demand infor-
nation on what can be learned by an
occasional visit to town, Alfalfa eoun-
ty, presumably, is rot an exception,
and as a rule there is always bunch
of two by four politicians loailng
around the court houses ready at all
times to fill Mr.. Taxpayer full of dope
about the atrocities being committed
by the party in power. Mr.. Taxpayer
loses no time in getting a bunch TO-
gether to take some action and just
now the action" takes the form of a
petition to the legislature praying for
something to be abolished.
Its not the province of your reporter
to defend the county assessor law, or
condemn it. II is not our privilege toI
be the advisor of Mr. Legislator as
TO what he should or should not do
Our present duty. as We see it, is to
report facts as they come to light, and
IL just now occurs to US that leading
fact is the urgent need of some salt
convenient to Mr., legislators hand
when he comes to consider multiplicity
or requests from Taxpayer"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20

IA, and NE 10 acres of, and the
West 1889 acres Of Lot 3 OF See
ton 81, Township 26 N, Range 81
East, all the above described lands
being in Craig County, Oklahoma.
And the following described pieces,
parcels and tracts OF land belonging to
said minor, lying and being in Della
ware County, Oklahoma, described as
follows, to-wit.
N IL of Sc La of Sc IA, and SW
IA of Sc IA of Sc IA, of Section
20, Township % N, Range 20
East, lying and being in Delaware
County, Oklahoma, and all the
above described lands aggregating
99S9 acres more or less according
to the United States Government
Survey thereof.
TERMS. Cash, upon delivery of
deed and confirmation of sale by the
County Court of Craig County, Okla
homa.
All bids on the above described
lands must be in writing, describe the
lands bid on and accompanied by GER
titled check for 10 per cent of the
amount bid, and filed with the clerk of
the County Court of Craig County, Ok
lahoma, at vinita, Oklahoma
Dated this 18th day Of January. 1918.
H. ]. SCHROERS,
Guardian.
DAVENPORT & RYE,
Attorneys, Vinita, Okla. 1898
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
Ealled 70 ast a Mic.

Lima. O.--Dale Cary. forly, rural
bachelor OF Ada. was disappointed
when he appeared at a newspaper Of
fee here and found no answers to
an advertisement he inserted asking
for wife. brunette preferred, on six
months probation Cary admitted
reading the story OF Nile Olga Pc
trova. who sought a husband for six
months only Cary has hopes Of YET
securing bride on trial
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20

All complaints Oh delivery snould
-s reported to tbs Circulation Depart
nent Phone a.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
The Useless Rat.

Plague or no plague. It 10 always q
good thing to exterminats rats, which
DO less good and more harm than Al
most any other animal in the world
New York Tribune.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20

the said Jane Riley and Nose Riley.
Dated at vinita, Oklahoma, this the
9Th day of January, 1913.
1916 L. P. SMART,
Sheriff of Craig County, Oklahoma.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
CHARITY
MINISTER AND CONGREGATION
PRAY FOR SUCCESS OF ENG
LIsH CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

1t is refreshing to learn at times that
not all .Protestants are bigoted. Ac-
cording to the London Catholic Times
a remarkable fact illustrating the at
tention excited by the National Catho-
lie Congress in non-C Catholic circles in
Plymouth was mentioned by the Rev.
G. C. Martindale, S. j., M. A., at the
Catholic Truth Society mass meeting,
in the Guildhall. Father Martindale,
who spoke on christianity in Modern
England" said that it would be newt
able for him to allude to the Protest
ant sects of this country. He wished
it to be- clearly understood, he said,
that his remarks in this connection
were meant neither unkindly nor i'm
pertinently. He was sure that non
Catholics would not misunderstood
the spirit in which he was about to
speak; for that very morning he had
been told by Protestant minister in
the town that the success of the con.
gress had been prayed for publicly in
his church on Sunday, and that, during
the service, the Bishop of Plymouth
had been prayed for personally. The
story of this generous act, which typi-
fies the attitude the Protestants of
Plymouth took towards the congress,
created a deep impression on the
minds of Father Martindale's hearers,
who applauded warmly.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
RELIGIOUS GARB
BILL DEFEATED
FLORIDA SENATE PUTS AN END
TO ANTI-eARB MEASURE RAIL
RoADED THROUGH HOUSE.

A bill recently introduced in the
General Assembly of Florida embodied
the provisions of the notorious Valen-
tine anti-religious garb order regarding
the Indian schools. 1t was the emana-
ton of the brain Of a bigot, whose
heart rankled with anti-C Catholic
hatred because the classes of a public
school in st, Augustine are conducted
by teachers who are members of a
Catholic SisterhOod.
The passage of the bill was, of
course, advocated by the anti-Catholic
press of the State, and in particular
ly offensive manner5 by the "Punta
Gorda Herald" THE Florida Times
Union" of Jacksonville, after quoting
the "Herald's" diatribe, commented as
follows:
what follows? That some member
or members of the Florida Legislature
proposed to restrict the rights of the
teachers in one school of the State
teachers otherwise fit and capable who
had bound themselves to wear GER
tain dress not only as teachers, but
whenever they appeared in public.
Shall we declare that because they
have chosen to wear this dress they
have made themselves unfit to teach
Is it we'll to say that they shall be de-
prived of common right because they
have chosen to wear certain dress
which is decent and proper, except
that it is obnoxious or unseem1y or
otherwise Objectionable to some who
do not send children to that school OF
live in that community, although those
concerned prefer it, or at least have
made no objection to it? Would not
such a law be an act of prescription
against that uniform so long as al
other uniforms were not prohibited
We hope the day will never dawr
when the people of Florida will stanC
for law like that, carrying the same
spirit or producing the same effect
When we do, bigotry and religious
feeling will again distract the country
as they did during the witchcraft delu
sion in Massachusetts, colony"
The bill was railroaded through tht
House, but was killed in the Senat,
through the strenuous and praise
worthy efforts of the Jacksonville
Council, Knights of Columbus, who's
members exposed the animus behint
the bill, demonstrated the efficiency o
the teaching Sisters, and proved to tn
satisfaction of the Senators that thos
most concerned, the parents of tn
pupils, were entirely satisfied wit
present conditions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
IN GERM ANY
GREAT PROGRESS ALREADY
MADE.

America tells us that the indica-
tions are, that in 1925, the schools of
Germany will contain more Catholic
than Protestant children. The Church
is making splendid progress in Ger
many, and would make much more
were it not for mixed marriages.
Rome" tells us that statistics show
that in that country, mixed marriages
have resulted badly for Catholicity.
In those cases In which the mother
was Catholic, only AZ per cent of the
children were brought up in the
Faith; and where the father was q
Catholic, only 80 per cent: and, as
America remarks, who shall tell us
what sort of Catholics many of the
80 per cent were? Mixed marriages
have caused great losses to the
Church in all countries where Cath
olics and Protestants are found living
side by side. And great losses, per
haps greater losses, viii yet be made
through the same cause.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
LOYAL LITTLE COLONY
GUAM ALMOST ENTIRELY
CATHOLIC.

Guam, Uncle Sans little outpost in
the Western Pacific, has population
of about 1880, over 10000 of which
is Catholic. Several years have passed,
writes J. J. Raby, in America, :"
since I visited Tutuila, but at that
time the Marist missionary, Father
Belwald, had about 5000 Samoans un-
der his care. hope the Catholic direc-
tory for 1914 will mention these facts.
While on the subject of Catholic
Guam, you might be pleased to know
that this little island is perhaps the
best behaved community under the
Stars and Stripes. Some of the people
are so correct that, when they commit
an offense against the laws, they pre-
sent themselves for the payment of the
fine before they are arrested for trial
/ The allowed complement of the police
force is ten, but five is the number
sufficient to preserve the peace. Fol
all this the native Chamorro is in
debted to the good Spanish padres
tive priest who has devoted his whole
life of nearly fourscore years to look
ing after the spiritual wants of his
people. Contumely is one of the most
serious crimes committed, and, accord
ing to the old Spanish laws still in
force, when an offender is proved
guilty he casually she) is heavily fined
and banished to some other part ot
the island for about year. Guam is
under the control of the Navy Depart
ment, and captain in the navy is de-
tailed as governor