The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1917
the Journal
A NEWSPAPER OF THE BETTER SORT
THE TRAVELING MAN
Entered June 13th, 1903, at Geary. Oklahoma, as second class mail matter
Under the act of Con Kress of March, 1897.
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY <>NK DOLLAR HER YEAR
MtlNk BBNHON _____________________________ Managing Editor
IC« >V III W»\ _____________ etty Editor
GEARY, OKLAHOMA
TO ADVERTISERS:
things that you need to know—
to ha.. a part in. We are told*
We think most advertisers do that a meeting will be held,
not know what inconvenience perhaps at the council rooms
and downright hardship they Thursday evening to lay the
cause the printers when they foundation for the orgunizatio ■.
are dilatory about writing their it this meeting materializes lets
advertising copy—especially in jail be there and get our vigil-
the rush season of the year. The ance corps in working order,
average advertiser can compare its a good thing,
his weekly copy in thirty min- «T it fT
spare the time just as well as i, Aetor< m« to the Herald, VVa-
Ihey can on Tuesday or Wed- “T “ iV>,\e a Tw ,ndus‘r-v
nesilav, it they would only re-1Ihe pnbhcatmn of a magazine
member it and set aside a cer- ,ssued M the Loyal Order of the
taintime to do the work. Its an “'.'TA'u ‘"" c
important part of the advertis- ha‘ " atotipm was the home ot
ers business and when he »»d ,«'!“*
slights the copy or. by yetting n nT /ek bul1;.m'
II in at the eleventh hour. and “ “dm^ihe rolaml-China. than
thereby causes the printer to a, VdhuUr, s‘,ot on the tlvd,zed
sl.trht the dispiav or position, it * obe’ bat we never supposed
is the advertis e himself whoi,,h£'•«« numerou* enough to
suffers the most. have « magazine of thetr own.
day from Thursday to Wednes-
day we had in mind mainly the The Appeal to Treason has
important increase in the effic- i tied its editorial self into a knot
io .cy with which we could j and now declares it is with the
serve our customers. It is much ' government in its war against
In changing the publication Prussian militarism; the Ap-
more to the advertiser’s inter-1 peal actually says nice things
est to have his adertisement in I about Air. W ilson. Perhaps,
the mails on Wednesday than it
i? to ours. May we then not ex-
S**- utoC
Huy “Freeze-Proof” for your ra-1 .Miss Pauline Jones was here from
diator. from Davidson & Case Lum- Clinton and spent the week end with
her Company. (4 4-21 friends.
A large crowd of young folks from The highest grade GASOLINE
Geary attended the dance at Fort LI PH1C ATJNG OIL for motor
Heno last Thursday night. ears in town. Cold weather is com-
_ ing on and you will need the best.—
—Pay your Journal subscription. ROY ALLEN.
Pipe the gay Traveling Man with Ids
Green Hut and Flashy Scenario. His
Specialty Is to sit in the Hotel Win- j
dow watching thu Pretty Girls go hy. !
The rest of the Time he goes around
telling the Merchants to Stock Up be-
cause Prices are going Higher, Higher
Higher in the Morning.
The Very Best Plans
—Will not result in a
good house if the quali-
ty of the LUMBER that;
is needed is » -'glected.
FLOORING for instan-
ce should be s e 1 e c t o d
with special care. If
we have the order yt-ivll
get the flooring that will
match perfectly, will not
warp or shrink and that
will wear for years.
Morrison & Black Lumber Co.
PHONE 68
PUBLIC
SALE!
however, instead of a change of
heart, the Appeal to Treason
merely wished to avoid being
barred from the mails as some
similar publications have been.
.11 IT 11
Authorities at Washington
are hinting at plans for carry-
ing mail, freight and passen-
gers by airplane after the war
is over. After all that idea is
pjet at least an attempt at co-
operation on the part of our
merchants ami advertisers?
Wc have just about so much
\ o k to do and the avertiser
who hands us his copy early—
s.u on Monday or by Tuesday
vi n—is helping himself quite
.* much as us.
Ary t0 “rve Ot so far fetched, it it? The
you better and a the arae time airpia,ie is being brought to a
.1.1.ten .no week > pi ess day marvelous state of perfection
load on the printers by having b;. the war. wha, mofe natura|
your copy ready early—Mon-
dav if possible.
Write your ads early.
11 n n
than that this invention that
has largely revolutionized war,
should revolutionize traffic af-
ter the war?
We wonder how many noted jj
th > irony of it? Oklahoma City It takes a member of the fam-
has been shivering and freezing ily in khaki to wake a lot of
tor a week because of the fail- people up to the genuine impor-
ure ot the Oklahoma Gas and tance of the work the Red Cross
Electric Company to supply is doing. In this connection it
natural gas through their pipe should be stated that the Gearv
line sufficient to heat the city. Chapter is getting on in fine
* ■•on in I uesday s Onlahoman shape and its members and
appeared a quarter page ail of workers are rapidly becoming
'he same Oklahoma Gas and most proficient.
Electric Company bearing a r r rr
picture of a great row of letters rpu , . j1 11 J*. „
each marked “dividend check” 0 ^,1't‘U’lone girlies at Fort
and addressed (o “Mr. and Mrs. u-u1 'ver,t out 0,1 a strike for
Preferred Stockholder" and be- hlgrher "^ea or longer hours
low it the words “Four times a or something, and all the other
year our stock holders receive vvofk<>™ of the city promptly
their cash dividends!” That ad walkccl PHf Wlth ,them in a sym-
■mist have been wonderfully !. i.v strike. We have noticed
consoling to the man who hap- , at 18 al\va>’s an easy thing
uenad rot to be a G. & E. stock- ? sympathize with the tele-
holder, but who happened to ^one ^ir a-_
live in Oklahoma City and be u H IT
unable to keep his home warm. It appear that there are
Here’s something we’ll wager some persons left in Russia who
you never saw : You never saw still retain a bit of the elements
a merchant who thought that of common sense and obliga-
newspaper advertising did not tion to Russia’s allies. The
pay who had the biggest busi- Cossacks have started an or-
ness in town—now did you? ganized warfare against the
TI TI IT Bolsheviki and appear to be
You know, one of the things -aining Kround rapidly,
the Journal ha* always rather 1]
taken a pride in is that what It would appear that Senator
degree of success we have at- Gore heard from the folks back
tained has come about purely home during the congressional
in a business way; we have sim- vacation, notwithstanding he
Pl.v the business by giving li 1 not visit the state. He vot-
the best service—printing the e;l with the President and the
best paper year in and year out. balance of congress for war
If we made ever so great a! against Austria,
success of our business through fT fT rr
1’°'^,'. trickery and nursing Its a cold day, indeed, when
u Pu*c teat, w e d always feel some aspiring candidate for the
as f we hadn t earned it fairly Oklahoma governorship don’t
that peihaps if if hadn t been slip something into the mails
.oracontniualstreamofpolit,. that i8 mt.ant to boost his
(a! fa\ors covering many years, chances with the newspaper
we might perhaps have been a ! bovs a bit *
rank failure. * fT fT fT
,,, . ^^ y local post office has a
Elsewhere m this issue is an full supply of the new revenue
appeal from the National De- ‘
I have sold my lease to Mr. L. W. Waller and am preparing
to move away from this section of the country; I will sell
the following listed property at public auction on the lease
3 Miles South and J Mile West of the Geary Cemetery—
2J Miles North and l-J Miles West of Bridgeport on—
Thursday, Dec. 13th
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9 Head of Horses
1 Gray Horse, smooth mouth 11 Dark Gray Mare, 4 years old, 1 two year old Horse, weight
w-eight 1000. weight 1000. ' 800.
1 Gray Mare, 9 years old,; 1 Black Mare, 4 years old, , Yearling Horse Colt weieht
weight 1100. weight 1000. j1 79/) llorse Lolt’ "ei^nt
1 Gray Mare, 8 years old, 1 Black Mare, 2 years old,
weight 1150. 1 \ weight 1000. I .Spring Colt, good one.
16 Cattle—8 Hogs
Red Cow, 7 years old, fresh, j milk. I 5 Spring Calves.
A good milk £ow\ 1 Cow. 4 years old, fresh This Stock is all good Red well
Red Cow, 8 years old, giving in Spring. bred Stock and is as good
aillk> calf by side 1 Jersey Cow, 3 years old, giv- as any in the country.
Red Cow, 8 years old, fresh ing milk, fresh in Spring. ________
8°on* !2 2-year old Heifers, fresh in t „
Red Cow, 3 years old, fresh Spring. * Brood Sow-, weight 2o0.
soon. 1 Red Bull, coming 2 years old, 12 Red Gilts, weight 150.
Red Cow, 3 years old, giving i good one. , 5 Shoats, weight 90 pounds.
Implements, Etc
-John Deere Wagon, good one.' 1
McCormicK Corn Binder, in
good shape. j
Buggy. ,
Oliver 2-row Monitor.
Keystone Disc Harrow, new.
John Deere Cultivator, good
one.
Gale Cultivator.
Rock Island Stalk Cutter, J About Five Dozen Chickens,
new.
Morrison Lister.
Sod Plow.
Sulky Plow.
Heavy Set Double Harness.
Light Set Work Harness.
Set Single Buggy Harness.
Two Hundred Shocks of Corn
Fodder.
Two Hundred Shocks of Kaffir
Fodder in Stack.
This Fodder is in good condi-
tion.
Hundred and Fifty Bushels of
Thieshed Kaffir.
SALE STARTS at 10 O’CLOCK-FREE LUNCH at NOON
BRING YOUR QWN DRINKING CUPS
__________■ -watw—a -mm.-, i > , ti m M -rminr — - — _
TFRM^_'!'EN MONTHS time wiil be given on bankable notes bearing 10 per cent i
from date of sale on all sums over $10.00. Sums of $10.00 and under cas1
property must be settled for before being removed from the premises.
interes!
cash. Al
tense Society asking for a vig-
ilance corps in Geary to assist
must be done to help win the
war. Read it; it contains some
stamps. It should be stated
thal all sorts of legal docu-
ments, mortgages, notes, con-
veyences, etc, now require war
tax revenue stamps.
Walter Johnson
COL. J. A. RYTHER, Auctioneer.
F. R. SMITH, Clerl
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Benson, Frank. The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1917, newspaper, December 13, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1078441/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.