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Is a well pleased customer. We don't expect to make our fortune this year,
but we do expect to increase our business. Jusfc now we would rather make
customers than money. Rather have a big crowd and small profit than a big
profit and small crowd. Here's prices that make customers.
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New Fall Waist Fabrics.
Now just when you begin to need wanner materials for fall and winter
garments, our stoc' of them arc at their best. Our new fancy waist mater
ials are shown in numbers of different patterns and colorings which include
French Chaelies, Granite Cloth, Pianette Pcrasiencs.
f)a yard, attractive stripes in
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brown, green and blue, 3oin.
1 C a yard, pretty stripes, imita-
,J tion French flanel, 32in.wide.
flp a yard, all wool fhnncl.dark
JJj blue, red and gr.ij 32in.wide.
Kflp for a flannelette waist made
JUl up jn newest ktyle, trimmed
collar and cuffs, pinks and blacks,
$1 00 Rcts a piam a w0l
I iUU Waist in red, dark brown
$9 Qft a nc nuaUty French
y)C.iUO flannel, trimmed with
black silk braid front, shades old
rose, cardinal and blue, sizes 32
One of the hardest trials of the
mother, who takes pride in her
romping boys' appearance, is keep
ing his stockings from getting
'holey." We can't prevent the
rough and tumble of school life,
but we can provide the boys and
girls with hose that are thoroughly
Fnrl 9R " Pa'rs cxtra
I Ul iP I tCJ hcavy fleece lined
hose, all sizes up to 10.
Bovs' School Suits.
The kind that will wear like
iron. Suits you'd willingly pay
more money for, that arc rcaly
worth it. You know the kind of
suits that are made right, not cheap
ordinary looking suits, but up to
the minute in fashion.
$9 RO for ntt,c Norfolk suits
VC.OV with belt to match, box
pleated, yoke back, no vest, just
what all the little fellows like.
?0 Kf gets boys' little manly
j)J,JJ suits.looks jast like men's
suits, made up with all the snap
that characteristic in the 20th cen
$1 f)C) gets boys' two piece suits
I iUU szcs 5 to 12 years.
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Don't put off buying your jackett until late. You will have to lake what's
left and pay just as much as in the beginning of the season. In our stock
of jackets you will find all the new smart coats and they can be had for so little
(PA QO Ladies' 27 in. all wool
4TtCU Kcrse" coat lined with
velvet on colla. and cuffs, shades
blue, tan, red and all sizes fom 32
(tQ QO Ladies' best grade all
M)v7iCU wool Kersey coat, made
up in new Gibson style, excellent
quantity, serge lining.
50c to $4.00 fcoMll'foE
coats at prices from 50c to S4.00.
MODle CariO newnovefticiin
Monte Carlo Jackets, shades castor
brown and black at prices from
$12.00 to $18,00-
Dressing sacks at 50c
two styles, pink and red, fitted
back, the correct thing for house
Wrappers at 1,00
in stripes and figures, fitted back
with ruffle over shoulders, trim
med with braid, bishop sleeves,
cuff andcolars trimmed, with deep
ruffle on skirt.
Bring us all your produce, chickens, eggs, butter,
apples, etc. We take them in exchange for Dry
Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Groceries, just the same
as any other money.
1.60 Per Year, or SI.OO If Paid
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O. 31. 3URUS, Editor and Tnblliher
II . Lek Clotwortiit,
Vinita. I. T., Oct 16, 1002.
The Weekly Chieftain mskeB
a ppeoial'y of Indian Territory
newd. With reference to condi
tions in the Cherokee Nation it
hai facilities for keeping its read,
ers posted enjoyed by no olhtr
newspaper in the Indian country.
The paper ia in its twenty first
year and hna a wide circulation,
not only in the Cherokee Nation,
but also in the slates This is a
year of great events. The work oi
the Dawes Commission; the aboii
tion of tribal relatione; the acquire
ment of land titles, will all receive
attention, and everything worth
printing will be promptly and in
lelligently reported. No one who
has ny desire to kef p up with
ruattert) pertaining to this great
country can afford to do without
Corn l mill king.
Single or double statehood ts the
istue in Oklahoma.
A syBieru of sewerage in Vinita
is one of the inevitable noosssities
of the immediate 'uture.
A giod, e'eady job is seeking
every ablehodied man and bny in
the country at ibis time.
AIhiurI Sibley, tlin niHn who
is a nu'ijnal hero, drepite the
navy cliqie will b-t the gutst of
Fort Smith nt-xt week.
There is an element of ea'isfac
tion in the fact that any old kind
of railroad stations are preferable
to the present Mincks.
There is a oj tr (amine in Mu
kogee owing to the amount used
in the construction of a few recent
ly announced railroads.
The applications fnr re grading
the land will now go in so fast that
the Dawes Commission will need
an additional force of clerks.
The public library has become
one of the valuable institutions of
Vinita, through the unselfish and
intelligent management of the
ladies of the library association.
Judge John R. ThomaB is said
to have made tbo fullblood Cliero.
kees a proposition to raise Cain
with the white intermarried citi
zens, if the proper fee could be
Even the tVisivenese of Dennia
Flynu could not conceal tbo bitter
opposition of the republican graft
ers in Oklahoma to statehood.
Now that the sale of Hirnco mead
hns been prohibited" in luskogee
the residents of that city will have
to eat the wster which hns made it
famous. A shovelful of it would
keep a bacteriologist busy for six
Territory ooal may not be the
cleanest commodity on earth, but
then there is a difference between
eight cents a bushel and $32 a ton.
All the towns in the Territory
are prosperous or at least ought
to be. A few of them, however,
are whining about the euceecs of
Notwithstanding the great irreg
ularity an 1 bungling which char
acterized the land grades, there
are comparatively few who want
to see it done over
What PurpltH land there is after
tllotment U'ider the present law
will nlill be the property of the
Cherokee people. It will neither
run aWiy or get any less.
Thirty eight cent corn makes the
Chrrokre farmer feel that he is
BomethliiE of a king himself.
The Dawes Commission evi
dently thinks thafafHiavits" n.e
notalwaya Instruments of Iru'h.
A. E. Ivey has sold the Stilwell
Standard to C. M. Powell and if
now outof the newspaper business
1 he land oilico will open in Vin
ita just the same whether the land
grading is to be done over or not.
J, George Wright has typhoid
and rneumonU at hti homo In
Chicago and is not expeoted to
From the number of marriage
licenses being issued in the Terri
tory these fine all days, the infer
ence is Hi it a ooal famine here
would be entirely out of plaee.
Whoevei may he the next chief
of the Cherokee it is reasonably
certain that no more b'g sloalB can
be eliVoteU. The funds of the tribe
are, In Urge uearure, out of reaoh
of the lo'itxiB.
A nuinbrr ot new residenoes are
rupidly being t-noted In anlicipa
t.on of npprairtment. An eepeoial
ly gratlf.tltg Mature ot this build
ii.g rtvivai is 'list few temporary
shacks are being built.
Thenatioial parly delegates will
meet at the old onnvenli'iu groundB
on Ooluber 15, at which time the
are to recti ve the report of the
Washington dt-legation. No in
formation has been made public
us to the mlaiun of this recent
vlbit to the home of the Great
The announcement is made in
this issue of the Chieftain that the
Dawes Commission will, under
certain conditions, attempt to re
erode land in the Cherokee Nation
that can be shown to be erroneous.
An extra ounce of developed
gray matter is of more value than
u eix-inch Increase of his biceps.
Draun and brain make a winning
combination, but without a balanc
Ing quantity of the latter, the phy
sical giant had just as well occupy
a stall in a livery stable.
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The array of government clerks
at Washington are complulning
that none of the spray of prosperi
ty's wavo has fallen in their di
rection. Ten thousand of them
have signed a petition aeking that
a few chunks of the treasury sur
plus be tacked on their salary.
The citizens of the Indian Terri
tory, though busy at present ad
justing their local affairs, have not
loBt eight of their right to Belt
government. Tho campaign in
Oklahoma ia being watched with
interest, and any attempt to lose
the Tenitory in the B'utohood
game will be vigorously contested
The work of the Dawes Cornell
sion will not be hindered again by
unnecessary delay. The allot
ment of land will procee I accord
ing to the provisions of the treaty
A great many Cherokeca are dii
satisfied at the prospect of being
restricted in their holding to what
is justly theirs. That is the trouble
The charge of illiteracy is laid
against a large element of the rest
dents of tho Territory. An invei
tigation will show that many oi
these illiterates have come from
states which boast of their tobool
systems. A compulsary sobool
law is the only medium which will
make this class accept the benefits
oflered by the schools which in
their present condition they have
not tho intelligence to appreciate
Oklahoma to the advantage of the
Indian Territory. It may win for
them (62,000,000 at the small ex
pense of a few thousand dollars
supplied by them for the' campaign
ot the demoorats. This is one of
the alien sources of tho tinews 'of
war that the Oklahoma democracy
is doing huiines'j with this year.
Guthrie State Capital.
It ia corn that will make Vinita
Mukogee oontinues to
railroads on uaper.
to citiz'nBhip aro expecting to file
on tho lands thoy now occupy
through some Cherokee and retain
possession by five year lease.
These claims, in many instances,
Interfere materially with bona fide
citizens. There has been no way
for Cberokees to defend them
selves in the oourts against this
class, as tho Cherokee law had
been abolished, and until their
citizenship was determined the
federal court had no jurisdiction.
They hare had practical immunity
from the ordinary operation of
Vinita certainly lias no reasou
to he envioiu of any other town on
The reduced ojlonisl rates of
fered by the Frisco Sytitem to
Southwestern points will be n po
tent factor in exploiting the re
sources of this and contiguous ter
ritory. All that ia necessary to
the rapid development of this sec
tion is to induce personal inspec
tion of its resources.
A subscriber wants to know
what will be done with farms
owned by persons being now re
jected by the Dawes commission.
That will be a subject of legiela.
tion by the national council, which
meets next month. These lm
piovomeuta are the property of
the nation, undoubtedly.
The proposition to re-grade the
lands of the Cherokeo Nation in
volveB more than its rnoi. Insist
ent advocate realizes, perhaps.
While it must be admitted by all
who are in a position to know that
the grading was done in a vary un
certain and bungling manner, tin
task of doing it all over agaib
would mean long, weary month
of delay, with no tftturanoe tba
an equal number of citizens would
not still be rilanathfUd with tb-result.
Seven hundred wagon loads of
corn found a market in Vinita Imi
Saturday at thirty-eight onta a
bushel, netting (0 CftO. And yet,
corn gathering has scarcely bogun
in this section. The "clink" of
coin wagons oan be heard on every
road leading into Vinita from tr!
morning until late at night. A
line of teams drawing the king of
cereals to market practically block
the streets, not only of VinlU hut
of all other towns in the northern
portion of the Cherokee Nation.
People of Oklahoma will b in
terested in obeerring that the earn
paign fund of the democrat IhU
year is from foreign source, And
It is adequate. In the ootigrea
sional campaign the Indian Terri
tory has already tupplled the
Cross party with 86,000, for which
they expect to receive In return
802,000,000 if bo shall be elected.
The sale attempted by Mr. Cms
of tho InterestB of Oklahoma to
the Indian Tenitory is founded
on the fact that the Indian Teni
tory is paying his expenses to a
chance of noteriety to congress
The Indian Territory people are
anxious for the success of the dem
ocratic ticket in Oklahoma. It
may mean the entire undoing of
The United States produces
more than ono third of the out
put ot ooal of the world.
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The great trains ol wagons
loaded with oom whioh are enter
ing Vinita every day, aro inspiring
evidences that prosperity is a
The Indian Territory is attract
Ing more attention than any other
lection of the oountry today. Its
early development premises to be
one of Ibe marvels of the century
Now that town lot titles are
forth coming owners should not
put the prloe too high. ISvery man
who Wilt build a home in Vinita
ought to have a lot at a reasonable
R'gradtug the lands will nauie
n i delay in the allotment of the
Cherokee oountiy. An additional
force of men will oomplete the
work in time for the opening of
the land ultio In January.
The lingle statehood question
bae resolved itself into a political
Kmaiter entirely The democrats
u f lioth territories favor single
itehood, while the republican
bosses led by D.nnls Flynn are
dun irlng fur two states.
The towueite oamrnisslon now
at work appraising lots in Vinita
s't't tbal the work of appraise
nittiit will be greatly facilitated by
Perkins agreeing when the now
suixy gives a portion of ono lot
to another lhan the present holder.
Out- timuld file on tho lot and then
adj i-t tl.e matter by leaving it in
po in i of tho rightful ownerand
dee I-- 1 be issued aooordlngly.
In mi i ii nlll any citizen be de
pnvrd 1 1 his rightful holdings.
Toe attention of the Dawos com.
ruisiton should be called to the
i fact that many njcted claimants
Vinita Han Wins Five Hundred Do!'
lar Pilzo In a Roping Contest at
Tho Territory contingent re
turned from the St, Louis roping
contest last night. Tom Donnelly,
of Vinita, won the lust prize of
five hundred dollars in forty-five
seconds, and Ed, Caulk, of Cbel
sea captured the second prize.
The great tournament was only
marred by a single unfortunate in
oldent, Miss "Dossie" Mulball,
daughter ol Col. Kick Mulhnll,
general live stock agent of the
Frisco, was badly hurt in a pony
race at the fair groundfl Sunday
alternoon. Mies Mulhal! sustained
a compound fracture of the left
ankle, by her pony stepping on her
after eho had alighted and fallen
to the ground,
Notice is hereby given lo the
Cherokee Nation that tho Coramls
slon lo tho Five Ctvilizsd Tribes
will, at any lime prior to the first
day oi December, 1002, receive
and consider the oomplaint or
grievance which any citizen may
desire to present concerning tho
classification placed upon lands of
that tribe whioh he desires to se
led as an allotment, Such com
plaint must be made undor oath
before an officer having a seal,
must doscribo the land in question,
must show that o 111 a tit desires to
celeot the same in allotment for
himself or those whom ho lawlully
ropresrnts and Inchoate in what
particulars tho classification here,
tofore made should be modified,
No oomplaint received after the
30th day of November, 1002, will
bo oonsldrrtd, and ttiert-afier tho
classifleation of hinds uill be dc
dared fixed and final, and not sub.
jtct to ohaoge from any cause
liy Order of the Oommislon.
Tams U xhy, aoilng chalr'n.
MuBkogee, I T , Oot 8, 1002.
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Atno time arc goods
of inferior quality ad
mitted. to our store.
The standard of quality is high,
and all goods purchased for stock are
measured by the standard. If not
fully up to it they are rejected We
have nothing poor to offer. Our
consists of goods gathered from the
best of makers. We think them ex
cellent and customers are of the same
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5pnn r.ff'ir peoples drug store.
OOIIX CffSr,. . Kttluilve Stlllmj Ant
'&"' (Mtdt by J. DUEMCXK, Coifr
liDila Real Estate flg?nl
(D. M. Marrs & Company.)
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i own ana iarm property sold on commission.
your property witn us; we place it before thousand
prospective purchasers every week free of charge.
We Have the Onlv rftpnrrl nf thn C.homUpe tmvn
sales, if you want to buy or sell, call on us,