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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1911
Page
4
The Weekly Chieftain lists subscription rates for six and twelve month terms. Pricing is published by D. M. Marks Printing Company, publishers, with details on mail subscriptions and terms.
Oklahoma City residents embrace a modern municipal plan with a decisive win for commission government. The statewide debate touches railroads, tariffs, and reciprocity while national issues and local pride shape voter sentiment and future policy directions.
A speech urging prompt tree planting and tidy premises to inspire neighbors, noting farmers ride good weather for early crops and stressing civic duties like voting and registering. Mention of Colonel Roosevelt linking Lorimer and Haskell politically, Oklahoma primary elections next Tuesday, and John L. Galt named superintendent of the Confederate Home at Ardmore with May 1 inmate opening and $41,000 legislature allotment. Senate filibuster antics illustrate minority blocking majority. the piece argues for majority rule in a republic.
The writing mocks party guests with names and outfits, then shifts to praise for the rapid movement and discipline of troops. It argues leadership and organization matter beyond war, applying strict methods to business and churches, criticizing sloppy planning and timing in commerce and clergy.
Figures from the bureau of statistics show February 1911 export gains across corn, wheat, flour, breadstuffs, meat and dairy products, and cotton versus February 1910. Eight months to February confirm large corn and cotton export increases, with wheat and some breadstuffs lagging but overall export value rising.
The Kansas City Star argues that a city’s strength lies in its ability to care for its people. It urges attracting skilled workers, craftsmen, professionals, and families seeking education and comfort, rather than mass importing the unfit. City growth should be driven by desirable residents arriving willingly, not by expedient influxes.
Oklahoma City March 14 with the aid of 500 armed citizen deputies the street car service resumed at 3 PM after a week of shutdown. Union leaders Zeigler and Langston praised the settlement as the car company rehired workers and pledged no discrimination. Police and citizen units patrolled streets to prevent rioting and only a few arrests were made.
Coach Owen reveals a strong 1911 Oklahoma baseball schedule. The Crimson and Cream face solid opponents including Oklahoma Christian, Central State Normal, Oklahoma City Mets, Bethany, Texas University, Northeastern Normal, Arkansas University, and more across Norman, Stillwater, Tahlequah, and Fayetteville. The outlook anticipates a good record as varsity links test a budding team against top Southwest rivals.
The Oklahoma City bureau lists several new charters issued yesterday. Hollis Cotton OF and the Hollis company, Rexall Drag of Pauls Valley, Orients Vitrified Brick of Lugert, McAlester Country Club, No-Other Remedy of Oklahoma City, and Warner Construction of Muskogee form new corporations with capital stock ranging from none to 75,000 dollars and directors from Oklahoma, Texas, and nearby towns.
In Viterbo on March 14 Associated Press reports citizens tremble at the prospect of convicting Napolitian Camerra members. The criminal society’s deaths could provoke vengeance unless the group is wiped out. The court, tracking jurors fleeing the city, adjourned after choosing all but four jurors, with proceedings set to resume tomorrow.
Spokane Washington March 14 correspondents in Spokane Seattle and Olympia will be arrested and charged with spreading false statements after telegraphic dispatches claimed bubonic plague deaths in several states. The Spokane chamber and city officials pursue investigation and expect newspapers to publish a factual health update.
Washington March 14 The government will move the criminal trial of thirty four individuals and fourteen corporations in the bathtub trust case the first week in April They will be called to answer the indictments without immunity as Attorney General Wickersham vows to seek jail terms on conviction and reject pleas of guilty The date follows negotiations with defense counsel with immunity pleas overruled and demurrers denied
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