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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
5
The Vinita Weekly Chieftain notes residents traveling to Iver Springs and Vinita for cattle buying and jury service, migrants buying lots, and multiple town developments. It reports on Ozark hotel ownership changes, a new steel bridge contract at Big Cabin, a large new school building, and local deaths with funeral details.
Mrs Jemima Blythe longtime Winita resident dies after weeks of illness. She would have turned 78 on March 4. Funeral attendance details were to be announced as two relatives cared for her in her final days.
Special correspondence from Welch reports a new two story brick school building valued at about $20,000 and 70 to 80 pupils in the primary department. New settlers arrive from Hill City Quincy Decatur and Omaha while Famines and coal bank distances shape local life. A Welch grocer J M Trolinger moves into a two month old store and a farmer’s social notes highlight teachers’ return and a bustling town outlook.
Guthrie Okla Jan 6 Governor Haskell directs irregular letter to legislators ahead of a special session planned for January 17. He seeks views on taxation limiting tax review issuing of district county and municipal bonds dividing annual tax payments into two and extending time for present payments. He mentions a uniform officers salary or fee bill and other urgent matters.
Bob Garrett and wife welcomed a son Jon Wolfert. Tommie Garrett broke a wrist on New Year's Day while working at J. 1 Wilson's barn. Neighbors moved into N. B. Rowe and Mar eum Prairie properties. Dan Stout family moved to Mar eum Prairie. D G Edminston and Tom Mayes with families also relocated. Various visits, school placements, and social notices accompany the week.
An editor’s brief obituary honors Joalma Blythe who died the prior Sunday at nearly 77. She moved from the Cherokee nation era to Lowen Kansas then to Vinita, valued for her Cherokee line heritage and lofty life ideals. Burial occurred on a hill north of town as the community recalls a steadfast, generous figure.
Cleare Howard visited Pryor while Mrs. Allen Johnson started school at Arcadia. Christmas and New Year’s passed quietly with dry weather. Smallwood resides in Tahlequah. Bob and Frank Walker visited relatives here this week. Young people gathered at Mr and Mrs J B Duncan’s home for music and games on New Year’s Eve.
Topeka Kans Jan 4 The state bank deposit guaranty proposal is a live issue stirring Republican factions and pitting Governor Stubbs against square dealers and old machine factions. Judge Pollocks decision intensifies tension as Republicans campaign on the guaranty plan with Democrats rallying early support and a possible special session to reenact the law despite constitutional questions.
Receipts in quarantine cattle are light with prices rising across stuf and butcher grades. Fed steers and veal calves show gains while native steers slip early but rebound as January starts. Hog prices rise with strong demand, especially under 200 pounds. Sheep and lambs gain with high prices set for winter. overall supply tight for winter and feeders reduced versus last year.
In Washington January 3, the U S Supreme Court dismissed the cane of the Prairie of Gan company amid campaign interest tied to Governor Haskell. The government v Standard Oil matter sought dissolution of the company. the court took the motion to advance the case under advisement.
The Chieftain engages Mr. D O Magoun to sell the paper across Vinita and surrounding areas at $1 for three months daily and 75 cents weekly, or half price for a 30 day period. Magoun will cover Inver important news with entertaining local coverage. Sign up before the reduced rates end.
Public sale authorized by the McIntosh County Oklahoma County Court as part of the Katherine M. DePuy estate. The administrator will offer the deceased’s real property in multiple counties including Muskogee, Rogers, Nowata, and Ottawa for highest bid subject to court confirmation on January 15, 1910 at 10 a.m. in Buffalo Oklahoma. The described tracts include portions of Sections 9 17 18 21 24 25 26 35 and multiple townships ranges in McIntosh County and adjoining counties with undivided interests in several parcels. The sale covers numerous described parcels and lots in Checotah and nearby areas awaiting court approval.
Saldren estate will sell undivided interests in multiple parcels located in Washington and Muskogee counties Oklahoma. The sale proceeds for the parcels listed include sections townships ranges and lot descriptions with tracts in Twp 25 N Range 12 W and Twp 27 N Range 14 W. Terms: cash upon county court confirmation and deed delivery by administrator. Dated December 20 1909.
Notice from Craig County Oklahoma that J A Lefore, curator of minor Solomon Baldridge, has filed final account and petitions for discharge. Hearing set January 26, 1910 at 9 a.m. in County Court room Vinita. Objections must be written and filed. Clerk confirms. First published January 7, 1910.
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