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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
4
Vinita debates commission form of government as graft concerns and civic reform stir. Oklahoma City capitol dispute, water rates, and local politics touchon state issues. Cherokees mourn Narcissa Owen. various editorials discuss temperance, pure food, and public policy in Oklahoma.
The notice compares business advertising to military strategy, warning against cutting ad spend during dull seasons or hot weather. It urges advertisers to verify paper circulation, maximize reach for every dollar, and persistently solicit customers through daily newspaper columns.
Miss Eisie M. Shawe of St Paul presents a keynote paper at a National Education Association meeting in San Francisco arguing public schools are central to making America a musical nation. She urges only high quality music in schools and inclusion of folk songs to carry into homes, with supervisors selecting repertoire to foster appreciation of the best in music.
Gilluly, county judge of No water county, was acquitted by a jury at the district court yesterday on numerous minor charges in the administration of his office. He had been suspended by Judge Brown pending investigation, but the jury’s action will reinstate him.
Washington July 18 The Senate approved the strictest campaign publicity legislation yet with no dissent. It sets spending caps of 10 cents per voter, 10000 for Senate primary or general elections, and 5000 for House contests. Publicity of all primary expenses and job pledges becomes mandatory, six days before elections.
Sapulpa Oklahoma July 18 a cavern at the dam site west of the city buried Ren Tabor who had only been at work an hour and he drowned in water and mud. Charles Leonard and A Pulaski of Oklahoma City and Guthrie were injured but not seriously. The men were lowering the creek bed to bring water closer to the dam when wet sand gave way. The body was brought to town by Undertaker Buffington and the injured to local boarding houses. This was the first accident on the works.
Rain followed a cool wave across Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Missouri, soaking ground and boosting corn and hay prospects. Reports from Topeka to Wichita note general rains, with several towns recording one to 2.5 inches, filling ponds and easing drought as crops improve.
A list of 19 questions covering tariffs, government powers, trust regulation, senatorial elections, taxation, independence for the Philippines, campaign finance transparency, state rights, labor planks, railroad regulation, the 1908 platform on trusts, the Aldrich currency plan, asset currency, central banking, and depositors’ insurance. The Commoner invites replies from nominees to reveal each candidate’s stance.
Washington July 1 Contradiction clouded the Lorimer investigation as four witnesses disputed earlier statements. Canadian contractor Charles McGowan said Wiehe did mention a Winnipeg Flyer jackpot raised to elect Lorimer and $10,000. Burgess and Weile denied the remark. Bak er denied Hines spoke by long distance of bringing money to Springfield for Lorimer’s election. Joplin Business College notes appended with a dry weather problem tease.
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