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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
5
Saturday's Daily notes visitors from Bartlesville Welch Muskogee and Pryor. townsfolk travel for business and friends with many arrivals to Vinita. changes include remodeling at Electric Park grandstand and new printing plant in Grove plus upcoming old settlers reunion.
Local notes report John F. Warren visiting from Adair and several residents returning from Colorado or Tulsa. The Golden Rule ball team plans a game at Grand River tomorrow against Ketchum while the Muskoke area mourns Judge Parker with many Muskogee people attending his funeral. Wyatt Collier arrives from Coffeyville to wrestle Hiner Mays at the Grand tonight. Lucile Ritchie hosts a surprise party with music and games.
Shoctt H E Ridenhour and Deputy BS Webb arrested two men and a girl masquerading as a man for house robbery. They are jailed in the county while three men seized coal from Katy chutes last night and await orders from Crockett Lee the chief special agent. The local bar organized committees for Judge Parker funeral and a memorial service at the next district court term.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on August 15, a circuit court decision by Judge Campbell held that when an allottee dies, heirs may sell inherited land including homestead, removing five year restrictions for Creek Seminole and related lands. The ruling contradicts Oklahoma Supreme Court precedent and could affect thousands of acres in 30,000 government suits. Government appeals possible to the U S Supreme Court.
Fuel coverage notes Attorney General West urging lawmakers to conserve natural gas for domestic use. C H Cleveland, Tulsa county Republican nominee, replies with criticism calling for policy balance amid gas shortages. In England, veteran aviator R O Fenwick dies in a speed test accident at Salisbury Plain after his biplane crashed from 200 feet.
The exchange centers on price regulation with examples of a washwoman paying 3 cents per 1000 feet versus a smelter paying 5 cents. Cleveland argues gas usage drives price and the attorney general should probe, noting smaller bacon purchases cost more per unit than bulk buys. He suggests Oklahoma has odd laws needing removal.
Centerview Charley Hensley built a barn and smokehouse. Grandpa Penington of Estella visited nearby Sunday. J W Harris returned to Vinita. Mr. Bear and wife of Vinita dined with Grandpa and Grandma Nair. Willie Nair and Agnes Mins were in Big Cabin Saturday. Dee Pitts and wife shopped. Mrs Tom Mortis bought two bushels peaches from Mrs Pearley Monday. Claud Elliott returned Sunday from Heretta. A C Harlen and wife eyed milk cows east of Vinita Sunday. Frank Billingstea is at the farm today. John Cearley and Andy Harlin talked at home Sunday. Cearley and wife drove to Chelsea Monday. Todd Williams and family visited Vinita Saturday. Miss Mertle and Nina Harlan shopped in Vinita Saturday. Mr Cox and crew are bailing hay for J W Harris this week. Alma Carpenters of Vinita visited last week with Opal and Ruby Williams.
Mira Hattie Walker of Chicago a 31 year old widow who says she is handsome accomplished and worth 40000 in Aug 14 dispatch seeks a cowboy husband from Oklahoma. She asks the postmaster to recommend a plains man who would make her a loving husband centering on Western hopes.
At Stillwater the state farmers Institute annual meeting chose Vincent of Claremore and McAllister of Custer county to join the state board of agriculture, succeeding Cobb and Diehl. A clash erupted between board president G T Bryan and Ewers White, halted only by friends, as White tried to speak and Bryan ruled him out of order.
Tulsa August 14 State Chairman Alva McDonald of the Progressive party issued a call for a meeting of the state progressive committee to be held in Oklahoma City next Friday. The purpose is to select a state ticket including eight congressional candidates and to plan methods to place their names on the November primary ballot.
Sapulpa Oklahoma August 14 many notables listed to speak at a two day event planned by the Gadine Auxiliary. Names include Senator Robert Owen W B Murray Congressman James Davenport Claude Weaver J B Thompson Judge J T Dickerson and a Republican candidate for United States Senate.
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