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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
4
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A Vinita newspaper column urges citizen involvement to shape the town’s future, praising enterprise in business and public life while criticizing police actions and political conflicts. It notes Mayor Starr and Governor Cruse amid debates over the capital commission, race riots, and local governance, calling for responsible leadership.
A poem by Walt Mason extols the tax paying hero as nobler than warlike figures. It lauds calm courage in battle and public service, praising those who smile while coughing up taxes, including a police officer and sailors, as the loftiest virtue.
A composite item notes fires decimating property nationwide and urges caution in Vinita and Cass Lake Minnesota. It praises Governor Cruce for enforcing boxing law, condemns prize fights in Sapulpa, and calls for strict law enforcement across Oklahoma amid political shifts and public debates.
The Oklahoma City Times urges the governor to strictly enforce laws, criticizes winked at lawlessness, and notes few arrests or convictions for bootleggers under the previous regime. It defends firm action as essential to preserving order and party integrity in the state.
A House subpoena directed to the U.S. marshal of Salt Lake City requires Joseph Smith head of the Mormon church to appear before the committee investigating the sugar trust. The action was issued in Washington on June 20 by the Associated Press.
London mobilizes for June 22 and 23 royal processions with 60 000 troops housed in tents across Hyde Park Wormwood Scrubs Regent's Park and other sites. Contingents from India and various regiments will be quartered in dedicated areas and fed from large ration stocks including 60 tons of potatoes 20 tons of meat and 10 tons of butter.
Muskogee leads with total valuation of 36 160 996 dollars and high per unit rates for autos and mules. Tulsa, Canadian, and other counties show varying totals, farm land values per acre and bank assessments, while Kiowa and Tillman show notable declines and adjustments amid shifting county boundaries and commodities. The report lists cattle, dogs, grain, and local property values across numerous counties along with state and national bank tallies.
Washington, D. C. June 20 Pres ident Taft, in a happy vein, spoke at the Chevy Chase Club about resuming legal work in his hometown. He said no ex-presidents provision exists and he will open a law office in Cincinnati, guiding his son Robert to practice there as four generations of Tafts in the city. He accepted a silver rose bowl from the Cincinnati Commercial Club and noted the occasion marked his silver wedding.
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