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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
3
City council adjourned session approves curb and guttering on East Canadian avenue and reports by city engineer. An ordinance funds curb work from Flint avenue north and contracts with Hipple & Mo for sanitary work on blocks 50 and 51 were approved with appraisers' report on blocks 48 and 49.
President Taft delays a proposed August to September western tour due to Mrs Taft’s illness and safety concerns. The trip would have covered several western states and involved a weeks long schedule, but illness slows accompanying travel plans as doctors report uncertain recovery progress.
The Vinita jail houses Charlie Starr a thin figure tied to Oklahoma days. Ordered by Judge Brown Starr was transferred to hold on a murder charge. Starr is said to be a cousin of the notorious Henry Starr recently arrested at Phoenix Arizona. He is wanted in Cherokee County for murder and alleged crimes tied to bank robberies.
Associated Press reports warrants issued by the United States ministerial service charging Clarence Robt ex-bookkeeper and J L Chap ex-cashier of Seton National bank with embezzlement. Robt alleged $91 975 and Chap $40 625 misappropriated, totaling about $157 000 found early.
Associated Press reports in Adeville Louisiana that ten lives are known lost after the pier collapse at the lake during an excursion. Four more bodies were recovered today, with many passengers thrown into the water. most were rescued unharmed.
In Louisville Kentucky the thirty-fifth mini session of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine began with pomp and pageantry. Attendance included Sixty or so dignitaries and officials forecasting a season of festive rounds with little business planned.
The round moon last night allowed a clear view of an almost owl eclipse visible around 8 o'clock. Vinita residents watched with interest. Beginning at dusk on June 16, Oklahoma will see about thirty six hours of night as a total solar eclipse begins early June 17 and lasts until after dark. The eclipse will be partial in the United States and Canada, with no eclipse south of a line from San Francisco to Corpus Christi Bay.
Under a recent proclamation the state agency begins work immediately in Guthrie. Wm Murdock will inspect the western half and F F Cain the eastern half to visit agencies and collect liquor stock for shipment to the state agency. Local agencies will be established by signed petitions and all liquor will be red labeled and renumbered. Cain and Murdock are known prohibitionists and will enforce the law strictly. Acting Superintendent Bam Stone leads the state agency and has prior inspection experience.
Record filings with the State Auditor show that the board of assessors correctly valued public service corporations. The same firms reportedly earned enough to cover taxes and reinvest, with this year's valuations raised by five percent based on prior reports.
A petition signed by residents of Craig County Wak presented to the county commissioners this morning requests a special election to decide if the county should issue bonds. The proposal seeks 66000 dollars for a county courthouse in Vinita and 35000 dollars to construct bridges.
In Tulsa Oklahoma a man suspected of complicity in a highway robbery was found with a victim’s gold watch. Nathan Stover, serving life, and Tom Crowell, under five penalties with an appeal pending, are named. Tom James was arrested Sunday in Build and linked to the same theft. The group allegedly robbed two young West Virginia men of 75 dollars in money and goods in the city about a year ago.
The French ambassador presented San Francisco with a gold medal commemorating the 1906 earthquake and fire recovery. Mayor accepted as French president praised enduring Franco American friendship and shared resolve to endure happiness and hardship.
In Washington June 5 Associated Press reports Senator Dolliver in vigorous denunciation of Rhode Island Senator's tariff speech. He recalled carrying Alfred's tariff talks as reference points, warned faith was slipping, and challenged claims of equalization. He argued average rates rose and low rates were pulled up.
Springfold Missouri June 7 Walter W Eddington trailed his wife to the Depot Department Store and fired twice at Robert Sellers when the couple talked, hitting Sellers in the head. Eddington surrendered to officers as panic swept the store.
City authorities led by Prosecutor Hunt raided the Consolidated Stock Exchange, a claimed bucket shop clearinghouse in the downtown district. Deputies with axes wrecked the office and arrested W. J. Kilamenan, Bm Moorehead, and Louie Footer for operating the bucket shop.
Governor Haskell and enforcement leaders announce that Oklahomans will act as evidence collectors and prosecutors against violators of the state prohibition law. The plan calls for civic leagues to organize across western and eastern Oklahoma with inspectors and a dispensary press agent aiding enforcement.
Announcement from the adjutant general flags annual mobilization of the Oklahoma guard at Gyibhele with a July 20 start. The encampment occupies three quarters of a section for drill and camp ground and a quarter for a life range, funded by a 4000 appropriation and Chandler contributions to reach about 8000 value. Captain Frank B. King leads the engineering corps from Lawton clearing the range, erecting targets, and building bridges for a thirty day practice period ahead of the national life contest. No joint state encampments. army officers will supervise and instruct units at each state camp.
Spokane lawyer former Senator George Turner travels to Washington to meet Richard Ballinger seeking a compromise in the Arizona Irrigation Land and Improvement Co case versus the federal reclamation service. If no accord, the suit may test the constitutionality of the entire program affecting projects across multiple western states.
Choctaw County Oklahoma reports wheat acreage at four acres valued at 25 dollars while cotton dominates with 2,400 bales worth 170,051 dollars. U S department of agriculture figures show 527 renter cultivated farms versus 259 owned farms amid a total county acreage of 69,705 with 96,905 cultivated.
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