The Ralston Independent (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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rAGE TWO
THE RALSTON INDEPENDENT, NOVEMBER 9, 1911-
The Independent
The Road Drag And It* Use
To Farmer and Breeder—When
I) Ward King, of Maitland. Mo.,
I find stated that his split-log drag
I had solved the dirt road problem.
I his neighbors somewhat quesi on-
led his unity. When they began
Admut«4 through it* m*ii* • *cond|to notice some difference he-
ciM« matter tween Mr. King's half mile of
dragged road and the many miles
of undragged road, they merely
wondered how he did it. Now, af-
Published Every Thursday
T. E. BRYANT, Editor
Subscription per year $1.00
Strictly in advance and «topped
when time expires.
Display Advertising per inch. 10c
Locals per line
ter 15 years, this drag system of
maintaining earth roads has been
universally adopted as the long
loked for relief from mud toads. j
The first road drag was a pumpj
a melting snow or thaw that
leaves the roadway in a wet con-
dition. The drag should he used
during the winter as well as sum-
mer. In all probability there will
not be over a dozen times in a sea-
son when the road will
dragging.
Although it is best, it is not ab-
solutely necessary that the road
be shaped before using the drag.
In fact, a road that has been care-
lessly and improperly graded, a
lot of loose material having been
placed in the driveway, would be
better had no tool but the drag
been used upon it.
In light soil, it is possible to
that with our present department j
of Highways ever alert to the sit-
uation that this stage is not in the
far and distant future. The peo- j
pie are generally agreed that j
something should be done and it j
require ] Remains for the Department of
Highways to show them the way. |
This department is doing a spien
did work and should receive the
active co-operation of every tax
payer state.
Church nd I"df• announcement* will
he run lr«o of «<*Pt when ti,«>
are adv.-i tlMinenia of
in* adair, tn which caw re«j lar
Ufa* iat* will he applied. r**°;
Ivtfona and card* of thanks will be run
at • charge of 25 cent* «aeh;
ftolltical announcement* $5 each. Cam
fltwk : the .Iran th t we know i i move earth by mean, of the plow
improved, and yet not by any ""i J™«. tat ft. '«
means complicated. So aimple U| previously aftted. u pnmarilj a
it that any 14-year-old boy can
City Officials
make and use one. Certainly, ev-
man who farms along an
earth road should own one of
these excellent and inexpensive
tools.
The split-log drag, as its name
indicates, is made from two halves
of a split log about ten inches in
diameter and seven to nine feet
long. These two pieces are plac
than which
maintenance tool.
there is no better.
.JOHN N. EDY,
In the Farmer and Breeder.
k GREAT DISCOVERY.
Certain Ingredient* That Really Pro-
mote Hair Growth When Prop-
erty Combined.
Re-'orcin Is one of the most effective
Com.—R J |ed on the ground,' flat faces* for-] germ defers eve, by
i -ipncp and iii ronii^ tmu with
ward. The left end of the rear | -^ldal tad
h« formed
I Napthol, which 1< lK tli sen
■ ombiniitiuu
Mayor—A. Levick.
Police Judge—C. H. Deskeet
Treasurer—Don Owens.
Clerk—Ray Dodson.
Marshal and St.
founcilmen- E. W. Brooks, J-J piece extends past the left end ot ^2§epti<
M. llenkel. A. M Harry, Boyd ^|ie front piece about a foot. Th>-
which destroy# the eernis whi< h rob
Young and II. Hodge. slabs are about 30 inches apart. tbe hair of its natura! nourishment.
Regular Council meetings 1st fwo-ineh holes are then bored in and also creates a ei«>Mu. healthy .outf-
it I 3rd Wednesdays of «*<*! ,.iU.h slab, through which brae ■ tion of the *alp. «i:i. h i-rerenU the
U pasaed to aeenre.y fas, pt™-.
ten the slabs together, lliree of
[these stakes are placed at right
angles to the logs—one at each
CHURCH AND LODGE
DIRECTORY ""d a,l,l 'n "titldle ot the
coloring j
matter or dye, is a well-known insre- ,
dieut for restoring tbe hair i - its nat- I
nrul color, when the loss of hair hi^
been caused by a disease of tbe scalp.
These ingredient* In proper combtna
Teachers' Meeting
At Hallett. Oklahoma. Novem-
ber 11. 1911.
Forenoon session 10 a. in.
1. Roll call.
2. .Song, Association.
Reading Circle Work-
Chapter 3,; leader. Prof. C. C.
Parkhurst, Jennings.
4 Discussion — Mrs. Virgie
Watkins and Ollie Keeton.
5. Reading Circle Work. 'hap-
ter 4; leader, Claude Wilson
6. Discussion—tSadie Shotwell
and Mrs. Ben Florer.
Afternoon.-
7. Song. Association.
8. How to Teach Decimals—A. I
W. Pertuch.
! . Discussion—J. G. Nixon and .
Miss Annie Shipman.
10. Music.
11. Primary number work
Mrs. Sylvia Carmichael.
12. Discussion — Misses Cora
McKaughan and Amanda Rose.
13. Round Table discussions.
LEO B. SMITH. President.
H. E. THOriPSON, estate:
LOTS ' LOTS fr LOTS
Good Alfalfa farm$for trade or cash.
Write me at
RALSTON, or LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.
THE JONES HOTEL
Rate $1.25 per day
Special attention to the traveling public.
Livery and feed barn in connection.
A good bus to all trains and to any part of the city.
PHONE 58
BEN JONES, Prop.
JOHN HOLDER. Clerk
jdrag. They are held h. place by, ^ ^ ^ „ , ,„molaw
means of small wedges. A fourth ^ for jt well .lefliied nourishing
, ... a , • i stake or brace rod is placed lrom WOM(tte9i ,,rrhnps the most ef
first and third Sunday morning t|(( ^ ^ |iamj or ditch end ot the fw.tive remniv that is known t r scalp
fourth Sunday
The Methodist has services
and second and iourtn ouuua/ |>roQ| s|aj, to sarae en,| 0f the and hair troubles
nights. Sunday school every Sun r ;ir ^jt|( Tlie lower ed«r* of th«- We have u v. which is chiefly
day-C. 8. Clark^ Pastor. I,.,, ■ ith ■
The Baptiat ha. aervice, oo fh,, ^ ."e ditch* n,r"Thehit .hi.jtZ ^ " «
first and third Sundays, corning, m«de of Htr0Qg ,vire or H (.hain. Ziv. ew thoiuri. the *• !„ in ^ «h1 ' -vea18 old welght
a . 1 e ' 1 ... ' I' I t t It at fit I si Ufl V
Public Sale
We will sell at public auction]
at ej. W. Beck & Son 's Star Livery
Barn at Ralston, Oklahoma, on
Saturday, November 18, 1911,
beginning at 1 o'clock p. m. the'
following described property:
Horses and Mules—1 span of i
grays, one mare and one horse.
and night. Sunday school every . en(] faKtened to a stake spots is bare of luiir. if there is any
Sunday—J. E. Rector, Pastor. ^ fh(i fpont Hla|) aI1(, thp short vltallt, kft in tl.e roots, it will i^sitire
ly «-ure baldness. <>i
THE OSAGE
MEAT MARKET
Is here with the goods
"to stay."
Everything in Grocery
and Bakery Goods.
We sell for cash-
Phone No. 51.
Prompt Delivery. £. W. BROOKS, P T Op
lloO each; 1 span of mules weight |
2:100: 1 span of gray horses 9 and
will refund Ii 10 vears old weight 1200; 1 black
_ a 4, I I I • , 41 1\' 4-ure Mildness. < I Wf will iriuuu fW \ eni U1U Aripii 1-v/v/, .
The Catholic has aervice. everj' ','er oTthe 7n„,t M> . the other
third Sunday mornia, at 10 =30-1 ,.od. SSuKT ^e", tat la I tw. Fine Stallions-.-2 stall.
Father Van, Pastor. | \ very suitable plank drag may Pr instance* we i^eiieve baldness is cur one ( oacb horse l-i yeais oiu. wi.
I lie made in the same manner, us able.
Sunday ling two pi of 2x12 inch, and We want every one
>f 2x6 inch light tim- or of..hflir-trt tr^
The Nazarene has
School every Sunday at 2
p. m.
;two pieces o
and nreaching service every 2nd!,,el T,"| 2x6spiked along rnpe and ^ halr the Mt
nd 4th Sundavs at X and 7:80 p. !the ",,ddle of t,,e 2x12s aPI)roxl isfaction of the user, we will without
mating the shape of the split log. question or quibhle return t'very tent ,
m . I The brace stakes are passed; paid us ftw It. We print this grantee
L. A. BOLT'jR.TAfK, Pastor I j j)1(. on every liottle It has effwted a posl-
i The dnw is pulled at an angle «« wberc pot "
I. O, O. F. meets every Tuesday !ur a(,out 4.', degrees with the road J {^'.,,1' Hair T«niv Is entirely
night G. G. Neidigh, N. G. so tliat the earth is moved along nnlikt, JU1), We think, in every jiartlcu
R. O. CLARK, Secy. f|,e (jnjg to the middle of the iar> better than anything else we know
1 road It is a mistake to attempt of for the purt>ose for which it
Rebekahs meet every Wednes- inoving too much dirt. That is is prescribed, w, urKe y«* to try
day Jdxkt , , why the drag should he liKM It thl" prwato ut .-r entire rt k
WK HBNKWi^. a should not lie so heavy that a man ^ to
Itexnll "9R" Hnlr Toni^. If if does not
16(H); 1 Percheron 7 years old wt.
1800. These are extra fine horses.
1 extra good milch cow 6 years
old.
5 dozen liens.
l'JO bushels German millet seed, j
Implements, etc. - farm Wag-
ons, one low wheel; one 2 seated j
hack: 1 single buggy; 3 sets of i
heavy work harness in good shape i
1 Iowa cream separator in good
as I
WANTED-A RIDER AGENT
IN EACH TOWN and district torideand exhibit« sample LaW Model
''Ranger" bicycle furnished by t^. Our a*<^everywhere aru makin*
mont v fast. Wriu HrUU_fnUul*nQui ifttUltferstamtr. e>
NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your
bicycle. We shin to anyone anywhrre In th.J
in advance, prrraf frtifbt, anil all'>w TEN DAYS FREE TRIAL tlurintf
which tnneyou may ride thoblcycluand put It to any test you wi>li.
If you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not whh to keep the
bicycle shin it back to us atour expense and /•« uill nn h • « < «'.
CIOTADV DBirFI v>e furnish the hk'hest grade bicycles it Is
rHvlUIII rnlvca iKit^lljIe to make at one small profit attove
actual factory cost. Vousave|10 to |25 middlemen's profits by buy-
ing direct of us and ha vo the manufacturer's guarantee behind .soar
,.)lcycl . DO NOT BUT a bicydeor a pair of tires fit in ««>«■« at « ii
'trie until you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of /.<*'
[rifi and r.markM. tt"t lo rider agent*.
VOU WILL BE ASTONISHED and *tU' ly ouriuperb models at the roudrr
'fully tow prim we can riake you tfala T«**r- .Wa m H the blfhert frad® blrrcU* for
Order* filled the day received.
ilCYCLM. We do not rernlarly handleeecond band blcyrte*. but usually Tiare
taki>n in trade by our Chicago retail atorua. Theaewectoar out promptly at pnoea
rlptite ttargaln Ii*tn mailed free.
" ain^ie whaaii, imported rollerehaine an i pedala, parte,repair*and
equipment ot all kindf at/ia//(Ae reguiar rrtoi/ui
reached, the front slab will ride
over it. dropping the earth in the
,know of no better
should not be so heavy that a man fuaninte€ t0 Kivt. you. ltemem-
cannot lift it readily. T^vo pieces ^ you can 0btn:n Rexall Remedies
are used instead of one. so that oniy at our store—Tbe Rexall Store.
A F. & A. M. meets first and 1 when a hole or depression is —Monk Drug Co.
third Saturday nights.
JONATHAN WHILES. W
hole. Dragging with a one piece
(drag usually digs out these holes
Easter Star meets second and instead ot tilling them.
fourth Thursday nights ; I here is quite a trick in using
MRS. J. L. THOMPSON, W. M. the road drag. The d ,
,T. WHILES. Secy, and cuts or drags earth by shift improvement as at present
' ing his weight to the other. The
. . , 4l;_j experienced man will not move a
meets first and third 1 , tl . . 4l . , „
mass ot earth toward the middle
MRS.
M. W. A
Thursday nights.
A. M. HARRY, V. C.
W. 11 INORAIIAM. Clerk.
Ko^al Neighbors meet every sec-
ond and fourth Saturday after
noons.
MRS. W. E. WEBSTER, Oracle.
MRS .IKSSIK INGKAHAM. See
Remember
That we guarantee
satisfaction and a
change of films ev-
ery night.
of the driveway ami leave it there
in a windrow to hinder travel. If,
for any reason, the earth is depos-
ited in this way, the drag should
be hitched square with the road
and the material spread evenly
over the surface. The value of
dragging depends upon the cut-
ting of ruts and gradually build-
The Good Roads Question
(Oklahoma State Farmer)
There never was as much talk
as much printing, or as much gen-
rides eni' interest in the matter of road
Ok-
lahoma roads are bad, and Okla-
homans have been pulling
through adhesive mud ami deep
sand for years, ami until the past
few years no one seems to have
given any serious thought about
surmounting the difficulty. The
amount of profauity caused by
these roads, if reduced to foot
pounds, or horse power, or any
other recognized ineasureof force,
would be sufficient to macadam-
ize two roads for tSate Highway
I AL° Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof $ M
HI Self-healingTiresf„=S £L
fl ajf Thl rtlultrrttall prutcflhtirl -r, u{§£|
W <1/1 A-;- k.. t. ^ St * W
shape; 1 M. C. mower good _
new; 1 Modern hay rake good as £"tV«*o'rD r'ccP'
new; 1 Modern disc harrow; one '
sulky plow; :{ listers, one riding a
:t stirring plows; one 2 section
barrow; 6 cultivators, riding
,,,,(1 four walking: «two row .non- ■
itors 1 stalk cutter; 1 single ulllfllmmaiamph wlth*r<iir_t±SS
, , „ 1 ol „ |),,n. ,„.m HOMORETROUBLEFROMPUMCTURES
'1 plow. I .MHIll MAILS, Tael...orOI. ewill not let the.Irout.
oth.'I- articles too numerous to! A hundr< d thousand pa I rs sold la A year. I
nrCfDlDTinni' Mune in all wze-i. it
mention. UtounlfMiun. |;,(|y andoas
Colo \I1 untnw .u' 4:1(1 ridlnr. very durable and lined Inside wit
Terms Of Sale All sums <>. IMU a mxcI.iI duality of miller, which never b
. | ,,,, | ...i. Hn *iims nvpr comes porous #nd which closes up small
.Hill Iindei. <MS||. I'll sums o\(r nctim.s without allowlnif the air to escape.
*11) i credit of 10 months will he we havnhundreds of Icttcwfrom ■itisfled <wstonwri
!t.|U a erean OI lU mmuiw ^atiagthatU^rtireshsveonlybeenpumpeduponoo
ir j \. 11 on Hn roved notes hearing or twice In a whole WBMjn. Thoy weigh no more than
. ' . > . - an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting nu alitit s l*ing
Notice th thick rubtwrtroad
"A"and puncture strip# "ti''
and "D" also rim strip "M"
to prevent rim cutting. This
tire will outlast any other
make-SOFT, ELASTIC and
EASY RIDING.
■ m,ti settled innklwr £ special'factory price to the riderof only W.SOper pair. All orders shipi*d same
remoMtl unn s( "" u ; day hucrffreoelved. VeshlpC. O. D. on appmval. You do not pay a cent until you
have examined and fcrand thorn strictly a* mjresrntcd.
W O V111 all"\v U cash discoon t of f iK-r <*nt (therpliy making tin* pri™ $4.95 pfr ptlr) If you w-1 FULL C AIM
" ■ k In nendlnr in «n order s the tire* ro«f lie
. . . .. l. , r an oruinary urt), ui« num uren'su Mii« <i.o-''ilK
10 lier CCllt interosl .rotn (late. •> K]V).n J,y several layers of thin, specially prepared
♦ iv r , .iwli Vn nrmi fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires
per cent Otl tOl tasli. .so prop- jS 910.00 p«r pair, but for advert isliur pnrpowswo are
ertv to hf
WITH OROCR~wideoctow thkB"adv<'rt!Vou run no n-
49-2-p
J. G. HENRY and
J. W. BECK, Owners.
ELI TATKO. Auctioneer
.1. O. ( ALES, Clerk.
MODEL ELECTRIC
THEATRE.
A nice shaving mug with youv
name embossed in gold, will be
awarded tbe man holding the
lucky number at Bryant s Barber
shop, every Saturday night, tf.
j iiiK up the roadway ns it is cut
down l.v traffic; that is, the wear^Commissioner Suggs across the
ling surface of a dragged road is|state and « branch to each county
composed of saeocnive thin lty-iwat. This estimate is not eon-
ers of earth, each of which is com mathematically correct,
paeted hv the traffic. In this way because mathematics does not
the road is Utterly built from the <b*«l with moral or unmoral force
bottom up and there is practically the case may he.
no loose earth on the roadway to If K°od roads didn t cost any-
make mud when it rains. This in j thing, every man would have one
itself is a great improvement, but ot his own; l>ut herein is a trail
there is another important fact to human inconsistency. We don't
note. By dragging a thin layer«°°d ***MM it e.ists
of moist earth until it is smooth, money to build them, yet we all
the material is puddled; then have bad roads and they cost
when it is exposed to the sun it j more than any other sort. Most
bakes hard in a manner similar to men would rather hreak a buggy
brick. Here. then, we have the! and pay ten dollars to have it re-
means of making a firm and. at 1 paired than to pay one dollar as
the name time a waterproof sur-1 road tax.
faop Discussion will enlighten the
For best results the road should P^ple on the subject Many con-
be dragged when it is moist, but j ventions have been held in this
not sticky. It may do no harm to] state this summer, and speeches
drag when the road is wet. and have been made and resolutions
when the work is first undertaken' unanimously adopted. All such
it will be necessary to go over the! movements have a period of incu
surface when some parts are mud- bation. That is when people be-
dv. As the dragging continues,' gin to think ahout the matter,
however, the road will dry uni- Then comes the stage of discus-
formly. It is positively harmful I sion. This is when people talk
to drag a dry road. about it. The road question in
Dragging the road after every]Oklahoma is in this stage now.
rain or wet spell means just what Lastly comes the time to act to
it says. The "wet spell" may be'do something. It is to be hoped
L. C. BARBER
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Drug Store
Stop with Mother Bolton at the
GLOBE HOTEL
When in Pawnee European plan
kt tbey will rlda
easier run fMter, wnr better. I*(t Ion er Mid k 'k finer than tat tire you b«ve ever nxed or scon at any prlee.
We know tint you UI be *<> well pleated that when ?."J want a bicycle you will give u« your order. We want
you to send us* trial order at once, banoetlii" remarkable tireolfer.
MT V/lfif MietM Vf0f0d n'tl><iyan;klndatanyrrleeiintUyonOTMf<.rapalrornnlf<>tbflm
IF I l/U Jlttlf ff into l'ltocture-lVoor tires apprnrai ami trial at the tntro.l «-t..ry
priceqnoted above: or write tor our bljTIre and Kuudry Catalogue whlcb deocrlbw and quo ten all iuaV>-; and
km.lavf tin'f ataliout haKtUowialprloea.
nt\ M/1T IA/AITT^'l Tlte u.- a postal today
Ltll IV UI Tim I tir,., from anyone unin }
Write It HOW.
DO WOT THINK OP BUVINQ a l.l^ycleor a pair of
aod wonderful offerx we arv niakuii.
It onir cot is a postal to learn everything. Write ItHO**.
J.L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL.
J P SHELT0N. M. D.
Calls answered at all hours. Drugs
in connection. Call and see us in
old Steinberger building, opposite
Ross Hnnsaker & Co.
Phone No. 79
FRANK C SHOEMAKER,
Attorney-at-Law
Will practice in any Court in the
State
PAWNEE.
OKLAHOMA
GEO S. BLAKE,
Physician and Surgeon
Offices with Monk Drug Co., over
Levick & Dodson
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