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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
2
The weekly Vinita paper calls for civic action and growth including bond votes for a courthouse and bridges, sewer and water upgrades, and a stronger fire department. It praises Electric Park, discusses oil shale bricks, school improvements, and notes Oklahoma voters seek sound governance amid graft indictments.
Charles Mart went to the cabin Saturday and Charles Payne visited home folks Sunday. Nice and wife shopped in the Cabin Saturday. James Bullow and family spent Sunday with Nathan Drake and family. Geo Pennington and wife visited H A Williams and family. Mr and Mrs James Nolen spent Sunday with Nolen’s relatives near White Oak.
A submarine torpedo boat of the Russian navy named Kombat was sunk in a storm in the Baltic Sea after a trial voyage. Twenty crew members including the captain and fleet heatenzat were known to be lost or missing.
Washington D C Senator Owen outlines a tariff program stressing consumer protection, limiting tariffs to revenue needs, and opposing monopoly power. He calls for substantial tariff reductions to invite foreign competition and favors specific duties to shield consumers from Standard Oil influence. A court order provision follows regarding Ada Parrish guardian seeking consent to sell minor Annie Parrish’s real estate in Craig County Oklahoma.
Guthrie Oklahoma June 11 Communities express strong interest in reopening local dispensaries under Governor Haskell’s proclamation. State agency superintendent W Stone says ten communities show demand and seven have petitioning citizens, though no fixed petition threshold is set. He notes agencies would reopen via citizen action and old agents may be retained or stock transferred pending decisions.
An aged narrator argues that boys raised in poverty and hardship become capable, stressing that modern parents shelter children from work. He warns future generations may fail if they prioritize wealth over character, urging youths to endure earning and learn resilience.
Washington June 11 Senate votes down twenty four amendments to the bill on the budget schedule. The die hard party split shows forty four to thirty two with Senator LaPollette leading the proposals.
Deputy US Marshal Wilkerson served injunction papers on County Treasurer K. J. Picklin and Sheriff H. B. Ridenhour to stop them from collecting cases from the M. K. & T. Railway. The case proceeds in district court at Muskogee on July hah.
In Craig County Oklahoma on June 2 1908 the county court will review a private sale of Gertie M Landrum minor estate interests. The lands described are parts of Section 22 Township 24 North Range 21 totaling 90 acres. Bids must be in writing with certified check and filed at the County Court office. sale subject to court confirmation. Spencer Landrum guardian. Addis A Brown attorney.
Notice of sale by sealed bids for cash of the estate of William J. McFall a minor. The guardian will offer the minor’s right title and interest at the Craig County Court House Vinita Oklahoma on June 7 1909 at 1 pm subject to county court confirmation.
Public auction notice describes a parcel in Craig County Oklahoma in Section 25 Township 29 Range 20 East totaling 0 acres more or less. Terms require cash and bids to be filed with the County Judge with a certified check for one third of the bid. Dated May 1 1909. J W Orr.
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