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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
4
Vinita notes push for a large field of press candidates while Burglary and libel cases stir local papers. Gov Cruce faces calls for an extra session, deer damage near Jay, land sales rise in Craig County, and hunting trips with Native groups. The piece also critiques American domestic life and sensationalism in the press.
Oklahoma notes rising taxes and kafir corn’s surge as western farmers showcase recovery. Italy and Turkey are cited in a distant war while Vinita, Craig county, and state politics absorb attention. The piece blends election talk, labor strife, and a long planetary prognostication from a daily column.
A devotional excerpt urges humility before God and careful speech. It cites restraint in words, hearing over sacrifices, and the danger of rash talk, stressing that dreams come from busyness and a fool’s voice is found in many words.
A local display in Vinita features top stock fruit and grain with observers noting Governor Croce’s praised standing among republican press. An exchange asks readers how they would react to finding ten dollars in cash, joking about reclaiming their pants.
The Globe-Democrat editorial argues that persistent liquor sales to American Indians in Oklahoma suggest official conspiracy or negligence. It warns that federal power to stop such sales is vast and urges decisive action to prevent lawbreaking and violence led by illicit commerce.
Norman Okla Oct 5 Early football practice at the State University shows Bennie Owen will field a strong team for southwestern honors. Veterans from the 1910 squad report in uniform including Glenn Clark James Nairn Sabert Hott Sam Burton Roger Berry Ambrister Capshaw Reeds Holland and others with promising second year players like Courtright Weeden Towry and Rogers. New candidates perfom strong for Missouri and Kansas games as Owen predicts an all victorious train.
News from Tripoli reports sixty thousand Arabs armed with Mausers entrenched fifty miles from the city while an advance guard sits twenty miles away. Italian and Turkish actions unfold as censorship tightens and bombardment looms after a pending neutrality view from Rome.
The October Sailing Dates Bulletin reports over 400 departures in October from US ports to Mexico Central and South America and the West Indies, signaling rapid growth in trade. Imports from southern countries rose from 212 million to 386 million dollars 1900–1911 while US exports to those areas climbed from 130 million to 290 million dollars in the same period. The bulletin, detailing departures port by port and country by country weeks in advance, is available free on request.
Five men dynamited the Noel Bank vault on Monday and stole at least 5000 dollars. They built a barricade at the front entrance and escaped into timber north of town. No shots were fired. sheriff and posses pursued into timber, with a 700 dollar reward posted for each robber.
Jury trials opened in the county court with the case of the st a vs Dock Walker W S Fletcher and Fred Coker charged with taking a place for gaming. They were arrested near Centralia weeks ago. Mose Squirrel pleaded guilty to three liquor charges and was fined ten dollars and sentenced to thirty days on each count.
Secretary of State Harrison issues a charter for the Taloga Putnam Southern Railroad Co of Taloga with capital of 100000. The line from Chickasha to Woodward will span 150 miles through Caddo Washita Custer and Dewey counties. Estimated cost to the state is 800000. Incorporators include Musgrove Kouns Rudle Willey Whittenberg Sowers Stidham Darby Dunn Waddell Skelton Miller and Phelps.
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