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VINITA DAILY CHIEFTAIN. VOL XIV. NO. 230. WfNlTA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28. 191:) FIVE CENTS PER COPTi GOV CRUCE'S SAND BILL IS KILLED House Votes to Indefinitely Postpone Bill to Repeal the Statute Maxey Leads in Fight. Oklahoma City, Jan. 24. At eleven, o'clock tonight the senate in execu tive session, by a vote of 22 to 19, re fused to confirm the appointment by Governor Lee Cruce, of Ben F. Riley as ceretary of the election board of Oklahoma. Governor Les Cruce's pet measure, which would repeal the section of the statute which prevented him carrying out his lontracct with the Builders Sand and Gravel company, received its first jolt today when sixty-two members of the house, led by Speaker Maxey, voted to indefinitely postpone the amendment, introduced by Theo dore Pruett of Anadarko, which pro posed to make the alterations In the sand and gravel law desired by the governor, and which the latter had told .the bouse was his reason for hold ing up tho printing of the code. . In vain did Pruett plead with the house to pass the amendment which would reserve to the state the river beds of all navigable streams, and referred to Governor Cruce's explana tion to the house that he had held up the printing of the code to give the legislature an opportunity to amend the sand and gravel law. He added that the repeal of this statute was all that was necessary to appease the gov ernor's displeasure with the "code," and following the amendment, the gov ernor would allow the cole printed. J. E. Wyand of Muskogee said that he was desirous that the code be printed "even over the governor's veto if necessary." The fact that Pruett had called up the proposed amendment and asked that it be made a special order, left the bouse to act upon it without a copy of the proposed amendment be fore them, and this created in the minds of nfany members a suspicion that possible there was an unknown "joker" concealed in Pruett's desire for premature passage of the amend ment C. B. Emanuel of Sulphur asked for some additional light upon the owners of the Builders Sand and Gravel com pany, and E. Z. Curry of Tulsa volun teered the information that A. C. Cruce, brother of the governor, was one of the parties Interested in the company, and added: If it had not been for this bunch of grafters' in Ok lahoma City the code would never have been held up." Speaker Maxey, who was occupying a seat on the floor of the house, leaned across to an other member and whispered: "Curry just had to get that remark out of his system." Maxey took the lloor and then led the fight to Indefinitely postpone Pru ott'8 measure, in view of the fact that an attempt was being made to have it passed whan the legislators were with out printed copies of the amendment, and could not intelligently, vote on the question. Maxey said he thought that Governor Cruce had been imposed upon by the Builders Sand and Gravel company and did not impute to the governor any ulterior motives in wsib ing the "sand and gravel" clause re pealed or amended. Pruett endeav ored to explain that the consequences of repealing the clause would not re sult In serious consequences, to which Maxey rejoined: "If you repeal this clause you will encourage state au thorities to enter into similar con tracts. "We are not here to pass laws to suit the governor's fancy," concluded the speaker. Tho discussion occupied a considerable portion of the after noon and upon roll-call only 28 mem bers voted in favor of the considera tion of Pruett's amendment. The remainder of the afternoon was passed in the fruitless discussion of Peery's bill providing for the working of convicts, county and city, upon the highways, at a dollar a day. The bill also provided that a fine and cost judgment should become a lien upon the property of the convict, as would a judgment in a civil case. The house passed to engrossment Wright's bill doink away with deputy constables, except in cases where a constable was unable, alone, to make arrests. News of the Mounds bank robbery caused the house to call up at once, and filially pass, the senate bill mak ing robbery with explosives punish- able by imprisonment not less than 20 nor more than .".0 years. The house passed the senate bill appropriating $74,000 to pay stenog raphers for services from July 1, 1911. to June 30, 1913. II. H. Smith, of Shawnee, tomor row will introduce a proposed con stitutional amendment, providing for the recall of all elective officers. Smith had the proposed amendment ready (or introduction today, but congested business prevented getting the recall of every state, county, legislative and judicial officer. Sale of Government Timber. Spokane, Wash., Jan. 25. The larg- set sale of government timber ever made in the northwest will be consu mated April 1, when the national for estry service will dispose of 263,000, 000 feet of saw timber in the Kanikau forest in Pend Creille county of east ern Washington to the highest bid der. At the same time there will be sold 190,000 cedar poles. The minimum prices that will be considered by the government for the timber vary from ?1 to $! per thou sand feet and it is estimated that the timber will net the government at least an average of $5 per thousand, making a total of considerably more than a million and a quarter dollars for the lot. Bids for the lumber are being re ceived by the forest supervisor at I Newport, Wash., and by the district supervisor at Missoula, Mont. More than 23 different corporations have submitted applications to pur chase parts of the timber, which is located on the west branch of Priest river and along Moore's creek, cover ing some 18,000 acres of land in the IlU10ld.l lOIlSC. A! 1 B - . 1 The sale of the timber will mean a great deal of activity in the district in the next few years, as under the terms of the sale the timber must be removed at a rate of not less than 30, 000,000 feet a year. It is expected a number of new sawmills will be built us a result. Bidders for the Umber are required by the government to submit with their offers a statement of the pro posed means of logging and develop ment, which will be eonsidered in awarding the timber. About 55 per cent of the timber, or about 150,000,000 feet, is high class white pine and the balance is about equally divided between yellow pine and Englemann spruce. Card of Thanks. We greatly appreciated the many kindnesses extended to us by our friends during the illness and death of our beloved daughter and sister; also the many beautiful floral offer ings from the Vinita and Tyler church organizations, and from our friends. MR. A ND MBS. J. J. ROBINSON A NT) FAMILY. Owing to the tact that L have been unable to procure a complete list of the resident voters in the Third con gressional district of Oklahoma, in order that 1 may send out government publications, garden, flower and cot ton seeds, I earnestly request that each voter address me a postal card, in care of room 133 House Office Building, Washington, D. C, giving his name, postoffice address and poli tics, so that his name may properly he placed on the regular mailing list to receive publications, seeds, etc., which are now being distributed for the benefit of the constituency. FAMES S. DAVENPORT, Member of Congress BLUEJACKET NEWS. -Mrs. W. II. Cole left Sunday evening for a short visit to her old home at Oklahoma City, to spend a few days with friends. The Bluejacket Mercantile com pany's stock was sold today for $4,300, which was less than fifty cents on the dollar. Our people hope that the es tablishment may soon open again and take its place as one of the successful business houses of our town. Thomas Wilson returned from Texas the 17th with five car loads of cattle. Tom never does things by halves. Hay shipments are again becoming common, hut not so much so as they should. Hundreds of cars of hay are yet in our barns which must be sold before the new crop can be stored. Judge D. H. Wilson, treasurer of the Ratcliff-Sanders Grocery company, of Tulsa, Okla., was a visitor in our city today. The judge was formerly a citi zen of Craig county. Mud is very much in evidence on our streets since the present rainy season. More sidewalks and a lot of macadam is need' i. 910 CONSTABLES WILL LOSE JOBS Oklahoma House Bill Provides for Abolishment cf Offices Recall Measure is in. Oklahoma City, Jan. 24. Notwith standing the fact that Governor Cruce informed the legislature lie had held up his proclamation putting in effect the Harris-Day code, because it con tained the territorial statute of 1893, which would invalidate contracts let by the state for sand and gravel and oil and gas rights, the house today by a vote of sixty-two to twenty-eight killed the bill by Pruett which would have repealed this statute. The gov ernor had recommended the repeal of the law in his regular message to the legislature. The house passed fiuall ythese bills: Senate bill by Thomas and Barrett, ap-, propriating $74,440 deficiency for dis trict court stenographers; house bill by Wright and Jones, which abolishes the office of about 9,000 deputy con stables; senate bill, Thomas, attach ing Cotton county to the fifteen judi cial district, and house bill, by Chase to abolish office of state school inspec tor. The senate passed finally the Sorrells' bill appropriating $3,460 for deficiency of the Btate mining board. The house passed the senate bill mak ing blowing of safes with explosives punishable by from twenty to fifty one years in the penitentiary. Smith of Pottawatomie introduced a nrnnniinrl cnnaHtiitlnnnl nmnmliur.nr providing a system for recall of state officers. all Vinita High the Victors. The Vinita high school basketball teams were the winners in their games with the teams from the Chelsea high school here last night. The boys were easily the victors in their contest mak ing just double the points that their opponents did. The score was 40 to 20. As usual the girls had to play harder and won only by a narrow score of 18 to 13. The girls play with much more enthusiasm than the boys and this makes their games a great deal more interesting for the spectators. The next game will probably be with the Tulsa or Muskogee high school. The crowd out to last night's contest was the best of the season. CHURCH DIRECTORY Presbyterian Church. Preaching services both morning and evening at 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m Sunday school at 9:1." a. m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. in. All young people are invited ' the meeting. Strangers in the city will find Cordial greeting at all these services. W. O. DAVIS, Pastor. Congregational Church. Sunday sc hool, 8:46. Morning Worship, 11:00. Christian Endeavor, 6:30. Evening Service, 7:30. The pastor will preach on the third of the series, "I Am the True Vine." The sermon in the evening is for the young folks. "Neglect not the gift that is in thee." The church extends to you a per sonal invitation to hear these sermons and engage with it in worship. C. C. BURGER, Pastor. First Methodist Church. 9:45 a. ni., Sunday school. 11:00 Preaching. Subject, "Thai Itrothc; of Mine." 6:30 p. m., Young People's Meeting. 7:30 p. m., Preaching. Subject, "Hard Work and Poor Pay." Friends of the church and strangers in the city are cordially invited to at tend these services. St. John's Episcopal Church. 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. m. Morning prayer and ad dress. Celebration of Holy Ce-ijnunioii on ilrst Sunday of each month. REV. WM. II. TALMAGK. Minister-in-Charge 'S REMOVAL WEST'S REQUEST Oklahonnua City, Jan. 25 Evidence tending to show that Warden It. W. Dick of the McAlester penitentiary used convict labor in constructing streets in a townsite near McAlester, after the state prison board of con trol had specifically forbidden it, was given Friday afternoon by Attorney Generkl Charles West to the senate committee which is investigating tho official record of Warden Dick and other appointees at the McAlester penitentiary. The attorney general also told the committee that at the time the governor was acquainted with the charge against Warden Dick and DICK that the matter was put squarely uptsors would be annoinl'd bv Dick. to huu as to what should b" d one next with reference to Dick. More than a year ago, the attorney general said, a complaint was tiled with the board of prison control- by President G. T. Bryan of the board of agriculture, who charged that Dick was using convict labor in grading and building streets in a townsite near McAlester, in which lie Dick was financially interested, and asked that the charge be investigated. In pursuance of this Dick sent to the governor a letter that was read before the board of control, which At torney General West said was virtu ally an admission by Dick that he was using convict labor on private work but explaining that the dirt removed by the convicts in grading the streets was used at the penitentiary. When this statement was read before the board Attorney General West said he moved that an order be issued by the board prohibiting the use of convict ; labor on private; work of any character. This motion, the attorney general said, did not call forth any favorable or unfavorable comment from the gov ernor and other members of the board were present. In fact, he did not re call whether a vote was taken on it or not but understood from the (act that there was no objection to it that such was the siinsc: of the board. Referred to Governor. The attorney general then said that the question of whether or not Dick had violated any order sufficient to warrant his discharge was referred to the governor for further investigation and consideration. When asked by Senator Thompson why the board did not take some action along that line West said he was of the opinion that the hoard had the right to say where and how convict labor should be used but it did not come within its province to consider the discharge of Dick for the reason that he was an executive appointee and for that reason the ques tion was referred to the governor. In reply to a question from Senator Thompson as to why he did not cross examine Dick before the board m an effort to go farther into the charge, Attorney General West said that Dick in his letter to the governor, which was read, admitted that lie had em ployed convict labor on the townsite and that all the board could do was is sue an order prohibiting that in the future. He also said that board had no right to administer oats and take testimony in investigations. "Do you mean to say that the prison board of control is a mere nonentity?" asked Senator Thompson. "Yes," replied the attorney general. "It has great responsibilities and very little authority." Anonymous Letter. During the school hoard controversy when Governor Cruce and Robert Dun- lop were opposing each other, the at torney general said Dunlop received an anonymous letter stating that DJck, who was one of the governor's appoin tees was violating the order of the board of control and still using con vict labor on the streets of his town site. This letter was turned over to the attorney general who said he Im mediately began an investigation of its contents. A former convict by the name of Westfall. formerly of Saulpa, and a former guard at the penitentiary were located, he said, and told the attorney general substantially the. same story s Incorporated in the anonymous let ter. The contents of the letter to gether with the statements of the two men were taken to the govrnor and West stated and said the governor ex pressed the opinion that evidence of that sort should come from a more re liable source than a former convict or former guard, either of whom might have some grievance against Dick. In a conversation with the governor sometime ago In which the charges against Dick were discussed, the at' barter general said the governor told him that Dick had twice been investi gated by committees and each in stance favorable reports on Dick's management of the affairs of the peni tentiary had been made and that he would act with great precaustion on the charges that are now pending against Dick. Favored Removals. West also told the committee that he favored the removal of a number of subordinate officials at the peniten tiary who were responsible to Dick but had failed in his effort. He said he was satisfied the order of the board witli reference to convict labor had been violated and that he believed there were other Irregularis going on in which the co-operation of some of the subordinates wero necessary and that was the reason he wanted their removal. He explained that little could bo gained from that standpoint even If they wero removed for their suces "n0 vou mean to s v you have no i i 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 r iiiL. til VV-iri! u Dick?" asked Senator Thompson. "In reply to that M "Iness of about three wceks of question," said the attorney general, lisoas Pronounced to be pallagra. "I will say that the attorney general ' , TIu deceased ws horn at Tyler, should be removed from the board of,Tex" Apr" 15th' I88(5- Joined the control or a new warden appointed." ,"hurch at the ae of 8evn years. Wap General West said tho complaint a meniber and constant attendant of had frequently been made that there j Sunday school all her life. She was f were "too many appointments from , ottimv of the Christian Endenvnr Ardmore," at the penitentiary. The oy of the Presbyterian church, ol attorney general told the committee T'ler' Texas. Sho united with thf that ho failed to sec any reason why Presbyterian church of Vinita, t,oo he should be on the prison board. He aft,?r coming here, and was a constant said he had very little to do with its.'1"'1 faithful member until her death!", affairs and believed that he should be' J,i8S Hallie Hobinson was a young relieved of the duties. ; lauy f rare consistency and piety; E. B. Dunbar, tho Muskogee con- being dearly loved by all who knew tractor who Thursday night told the nor' The many floral offerings attest story of attempted graft on the instal- tne love an desteem in which she was lation of some machinery in tho peni- held. Her funeral was preached in the tentiary, was called to the stand for Presbyterian church by the paster, cross-examination by attorneys repre- Rcv- Havis, on January 23rd, and the) senting Dick. ! remains interred in tho Vinita ceme The committee adjourned until 9 tery beside her brother, who pre. lor) o'clock Saturday morning when the her about, twenty-two months, hearing will be resumed. Tho family have the sympathy of the entire community in their rreat: bereavement. Caught Seagull on Salmon Rod. I have sometimes read accounts ol 1 birds taking the fly of a fisherman,1 but I do not remember having heard i before of any one catching a seagull when salmon fishing. This happened here at biinkeld today, and the lady who was fishing not only hooked the' seagull, but after playing it for quarter of an hour, landed it l"h lady was harling for salmon in th lay, just below Dunke d bridle sntu j ulug, with a minnow from a boat when the seagull swooped under (he ,, V " ' " ubp water and flew off with the minnow. oU of Mmont"- The question of es The gull made very good play, and 'ablishing the department and tho it was only ow'ng to skilful handling building of a model home for negb ted that It was eentually "netted." It children will come up for discussion, was of course taken off the hook mid and action at a meeting early In Febi (few away Don tho werte Th ruary. Kleld- I Judge Taylor of the c riminal court, ' who Is heartily in favor of the estab- New Ceylon Stamps. Ilahment of a work farm, said today: The Ceylon Times gives the follow-"We should have some systcir; ing definite information regarding the whereby while in. prison a man eight forthcoming issue of King George be able to earn sufficient money to stamps. "Commencing from about Oc support those depending upon him dur tober next the treasurer will issue one inK his incarceration. A plan rjight kind of stamp only for postal judicial be arranged allowing prisoners to do and revenue purposes. This Is a con 1 , . .u cession to the public, so that ordlnS f f tbUS "a,n" POttage stamps may be equalU used .ed C0Uld be hande(I t0 the t&m1 to for judicial and revenue purposes. Tht sllPPrt them. It is difficult to givo new stamps will bear the head of Kiny Justice whep by sentencing a man to George V., and as at present the differ- Prison It is known that by so doing ent denominations will be in diflei cut suffering will be thrust on inn-ent Colors. The word "Ceylon "will be at th Women and children." top, the words "Postage" and "Reveft Silas 11. Carpenter, chief of the po ue" at the left and right of the portrait lce department of Edmonton, who has and the value in the space at the tot hgd :!5 yoars. experience to dealing torn. There will be seventeen denom- ,iU , , j , Z inatious. ranging from 2c to MlOr." f wron-(,0re- of the impression that If the institution Monkey Enjoyed Brief Liberty. A monkey which escaped from shop in Argyle street Glasgow, Scot land, the other day, bolted into a fruit and confection shop, where it jumped about and evaded capture bj getting on to a high shelf, from whicti vanlagt tioint it absolutely refused to h tempted w ith monkey nuts and othei eatables. From this shelf It jumped ou to the fanlight above the door, and la this way took its departure. It then i Climbed into an adjoining sausag manufacturer's, and got behind the counter, where it upset many articles 1 A considerable time elapsed before 11 was captured. - For Building In Winter. . The chief engineer of the street d partment of Paris has demonstrated by a long series of experiments the efflciency of auhydrous carbonate of soda as an agent permitting the prep aration of mortar for building even in tne coldest weatner. Tne results are said to be superior to those obtained hv lh ntfi nf warm watur nlrohnl Ren salt, or any other mixture hitherto thu 8earch- that ll nmn 8ivlnK the employed. Not only does the addition "amc George W. George and answer of the soda revent the ill effects of inK the description of the missing .ar low temperatures upon the mortar mer, called twice recently for his mail but It causes it to set and harder at the local office. George's son ap more quickly than It otherwise would plied for an order to the superior The masons employing this procesi ( ourt Qf Walla Walla county, declaring wear rubber gloves to prevent inflam hiB fRther legally dead aud ask!lUT tQ matlon of the skin -Harper's Weekly bp appolnlwl exwnitor of tbp ,atat... NEW LOAN COMPAN In the market for 1, 2, 3 and S year farm loans Prompt Service 6ERPM INVESTMENT C ftm 4 Cherokee Bid a Obituary. Died at the home of her parents, 218 South Fourth street, Vinita, Okla homa, Miss Hallie Robinson, daughter 1 11 ' ana -vlr8' ' J- "Obinson, Jan-jary iyiJl at 11:30 oclock P- after "Asleep In Jesus, blessed sleep, ' from which none ever wakes weep." BY A FRIEND AND NEIGH Human Derelicts. Jdmonton, Alt- Jan. 25. Hunmn derelicts and nrisoners will Wnrlr i t t 'their keep and fines on a municipal "j . Z 7 P .,u"Beil- were placed under expert management much lasting good would result, "and" he added, "we should take a step to- ward the ideal of crime "prevention I believe that drunkenness is n dis ease and often hereditary, also that crime in any form is a species .f in- sanity. 1 he time cannot be far dis- kmt when science will recognize tfcewi truths." ... Missing Man is Alive. Edmonton, Alta., Jan. 25. Ckorge W George, a prosperous farmer, who disappeared mysteriously from hit home near Walla Walla, Wash., eigjit years ago, and has since been traced trough most of the statea in tho T'nlon and the various provinces in Canada, was seen oa the streets hero a few days ago by L. S. Barron, for- merly of Walla Walla. The man lost hlmarJf In a crowd before Mr. Barron ,.ouIll g,t t0 hig 8ide pogt0ffice e'erks have reported to the Noyal Northwest Mounted Police, who are assisting in