The Ralston Independent (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1912 Page: 2 of 4
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Good Roads Department
Under the Direction of .he Pawnee Countr
Good &o d« A w>ci tion
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evrr Tft/jUftA Creek. Tb too
thing «" g* badly m:x-
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M || tik«) A V Hftrry Boyd „ ftfr^l of Pftw«« Co« ty ••
Ywjnif */^l H Hodfe Di*fbf « of p./"r,
K«rfj|ftf ^>oo«l l t
ftrx) W«fn«d*y« ''f lo f-'offcy < onty, Kftflft—> tb«
ti /|iirit> rroro/nwft one« d«*ir*d to
\,ul\,\ « bnAf w.nm Tft^iuw
t<-ul_ < r- )c Th«y •dtertu"! for bid ,
CHUkCfl **D LODOE . . „ ,. , rWiO
DIRECTOR/ fml - r-r William HiU- 'nadc
la "rwr." U" ad pl*«* for a 6011
Th hft« err r.4 on , f ld, \,n,\r- dnrifned to Uftt fer
fir t «®d thifl Hohdur m nnnK* * rrntvry or iwo, ^onti*«Ud him
ftfi^ a*'of/'l ftffJ fourth Hubdfty M.)f tl, i-r«:"t tb<r brid««; bir«d farm
rtfhtfl Hunday Khool «*«ry H.io- Uillllik Ut ,\* th* work and fat in
■or* bofr« to ba/ «or^ Ian-!
^ owr* torn •b'*'
f jrtbmat froie «ort«<
wio notbrnc to aril *rbo ^
only mi4dl« of tb- r^d" id*^
a a b'/* vftllov. «ar w*ll eowod
w mow m tl<i ft* or time of «d
4rs market drop* :bat "He w
n.tho'jt r'/ftda. bat Ua Vioetbmc
to m-U m fartb«t froi. «ark«' '
A* for the oaer- who .wy be
th* tax pay^r aa w*U- be de*;r .«
ft dependable road t all tint*
day I H n*rk, Paator
U'
Mil,
Then
W* ' 411 t ■«" - -
Wr ar* hoptaff thai th* */ d ^r^3*r «p*rUd or nn«^-Vj
.k ♦ ff.nwr Wilhft"i *d eooditiooa Tbt i«porffc«lit>
tbftf Parmer WIUmi > f Mjfk^ Unu „ mUa^ ,\
rbo and re«*o j/rfMjlJ^A (junDf contimiad «i
tr«m<r J/ad «pe!I" often aida in
flooding and making the mark'-U
ttibt*: unatable and unaatialaetorj.
la it not ►o «*peeially in y«art
when the'(amen ar* mired down
with hi* crop* that give no eor
retpundisf ainoan; of return pro-
fit.
To the builder if tbe rotid who
w to make good wt ere f>enria
n<'ht and economic reaulta are de-
sired, there nnuat be plan* and
icpedfieationa. The uae of mater-
ial for eulverta and bridge*, pro-
per location, *ize and eonntrii' t
ton, <ff grading and aurfa' u.K
The idea of |H-rmanen«y lihoidd
Tut w« ai-^a*>
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or rwtiiyM* v#*n ta4
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TVt *-r tir P r«a*aJ ♦" !*
i*r Vrt-ft ora#e *tu paw*o-
f*r 7V ao «rnmeni m «ord^a
u tka Bmki (jtnxU* ux>~r*A a
U/f* o# laad at Puul« iba
Hat f DanH u ae-^a " ui ar'^
tioa roewt 1c 'ocaaetloo *tth it*
afc'.pbafMtac ra.*4 at Darx*
Ei>eritn*irtA- 51*t t* ^ to WB^
K*tr«4 :aiJD«^ial«! und«r u.a dira
turn ot ' l*t Naval
TVt ' ItAru ti^t '.be
Italian * >v«:rLn fctit ti aefotlailtl
wtth Gtrniaii mar,afftttur*ni for tba
i^t of vtrertl tying mar
TT • French no*ruf rtrjr*ra
wV> h* « h-.thftrto auppMed tb* Italiaa
army ar- it MM o or«r b«rlmed
with order* ib*t tb«> c*n not furniab
tfta a qufUr ai daaired
Buffalo Park Sanatorium
hvMt, 0KUh m
A private institution devoted to the treatment of
aecute diseases, especially surgical-
^ ^ rtiniorctd «ith vteci, fire proof b^kitni;
Xri. 141* n>ider* ph-M d-
UDce itMwt «nJ
a«u.pment Ok «o« nwdem. (>«luate oum! ool}.
w. M. MOORE. M. D.
H. E. THOHPSON, estate:
LOTS •< LOTS f - LOTS %?&.
Good Alfalfa farms for trade or cash.
Write me at
RALSTON, or LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.
SAVE THE CRYSTAL PALACE
TbrMUned Sa>« at Auction of Hlttorla
Building Arou « Peopl# of
English Capital.
I rir lllca vi " •
now a fine concrete m a|| plan*. To build af-
Tb«- llapttat haa aervieea on the bride over Ta/juaa Creek of dur- )(,r a %|i|>i ho<| manner «eeni* rep-
fir t and tt ird Monday*, morning af,)(. . nnatroction which will utand r^ll;nMi\,\^ U) nay fhe least In
and wifht Htinday *ehool «tery!for ag<n and need no repair*, and th<. ^ raj|r(>ad ec-natruction a
.... t)jC t/>ul ei at to the county wa wmirttent engineer locate all
$W>M. bridge* and culvert*, decides the
The Catholi" ha* ft*rvtee* wry Farmer William Hitt* made ttie %y/M mAt.,-ial, manner and me;h-
tbird Sunday morning at 10:30 kind of a "roar" we like U> hear, of f.ourtni,;tirig lhe reverae
*li'J "H1"
^..nilay -I K K*"tor. I'aaU.r
an/J w<- wonder if it would not he <.onr]ition nearly true with our
b mn,iI nLan for *ome of u* to ^y^gon roada. Thw waatc ia a
the#i million dollarh annnally, IV?
hute tiaM eatablialied a good roads
_ goo<l plan for *orne
Hunday make a roar that will
put
|{ () CIjAKK Secy
Kfbekth* meet "-very W^dnea
day night .
MUH .IOK IIBNKKIi, N. U
.1 O (JAlilH Kecy
A !• It A M meet*
third Saturday nigM'-
JONATHAN WIIII/KS W M
\\ l( UOOHON Secy,
Ra*ler Star ittMt* M-coud and
fourth ThurMilay night*
MltS .1 I' TIIOMPHON, W M
MUS .1 Willi.KH, Secy
waate can
loanent good
road* if we follow the directions
of our St'iie Engineer.—T. N.
Athey, in lila :kwell Times Kec-
ord.
Good road* make far better
marketing facilities, more friend-
ly intercourses between the peo-
ple, more church going, improved
father Van I'aator
Tb. ""r/", «'
H'diool evfry Hunday at p |„,aines* in Pawnee county. We r|(.partni«-nt and this
and preaching service every ind hay(t {i)(.nty 0f mHterial to build turn,.(| jnto . u,
and 4th Sunday* at 3 and 7 W V (iUf |,rH|^.H plenty of men that r()h([n -{ w,. fo|j(jW t
m , an do the work, ao what ia the
U It Itl< IIKY I'aator. ^ of ,|0(lH mK to the bridge
i m |"*teal" truat,
I O O K meet* every Tiieaday Sometime ago when the Coun-
,. (j (i Neidigh, N. <J ty ('ommiasionar* advertised for
" liidn on a number of bridge*,
there were aeveral bidders on
hand* Some of our home men
were bidding on moat of the ^„d all the Other
bridges, and the bru ge truat got wlli,|, encourage the
\ztl >zrjmzz>zrx
««**
be bidders, we could not find out 1'1
who they represented, but from ~
what we have *inec Icarnd we arc The actual building or that
very much of the opinion that good road between Pawnee and
most ol' them were "capper*" Lela, will promote a better un-
for the Canton Bridge (Jo., Wis be derstanding amon;c the people
I lieve there were two or three hotli along the route and at both
men here that were not connected ,.„<Ih When m ti work shoulder
- i with the bridge truat, and with to shoulder in the same good
M W A me t* first and third their assisting some of our home cause there i> a eoiuon interegt in
i men, the Combine got very tin the work and better nnd-i-
'eus.v. One of them remarked that standing among the workers. II
it would not do to let these brid the' man on the farm works aide
g«.a v« to a home man. Quite re by side with the mmhants in
eently the Canton man was town he will be mon- eominced
town, and his object here was not. of the sincerity of tin claim that
Mo benefit the taxpayers. < the benefits of sue!i an undcrtak
If the Canton Hridge Company , are mutual, than if M. • town*
lean find any way to (jet these man should do all the advocating
rontracts without competi«l\ <• ■ of the project and leave the farm
bids they will sure do it And er to do all the work in this day
another thinK that we might men I when time is money and
tion and that is that if any out that day lost that doe* not bring
sidera do bid ami are the lowest in the almighty dollar, neighbor
bidders the Canton man will try ly assoeiations have almost cons
' ... A. A I . ... :.J ...wl o.w.l. fii.taii t'.rtui1^
London -Sb*li U>« Cryital PaUe*
be ** *! to tb« pwi-le of Britain or
(ball the wonderful building dow
gracing the b«i*btJi of Sydenham t*
removed to make room for tbe Tlllaa
wblrh are spreading around London
like a network' Tbla l a question
uppermo*t in the public mind today.
Whatever the Issue may t>e. certain 1t
ii that the historic structure will not
t>e lost to the public without a Btrug-
gle , .
Th lord mayor has convened ft
me"lng to be held at the Mansion
House <A all bodies and Individual* in-
terested In the preservation of the
building At this meeting the i>rob-
amlltties are that the fate of the place
will be settled Hbould no feasible
suggestion <«• made the place wlU b*
disposed of at aucUon next month
The Ktory of the ('ryutal Palace
one of romance, *nd l* mrmt Intimate-
ly connected with the life of Queen
Victoria Erected first 1n Hyde Park
tor the great exhibition of 1851, it was
In 1*M removed to Its present site on
Sydenham slope and was opened bf
the queen with great pomp and cere-
mony in that year
It soon became a naUonal Institu-
tion of wblch every Briton was proud,
nnd the story of ita splendors spread
,o all parts of the world Wheni it
was partly destroyed by Are In lH«h.
the late King Kdward. then Prince of
Wale* led the movement for raising
the funds necessary for the recon-
Htrucllon of the building
THE JONES HOTEL
Rate $125 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 38
BEN JONES. Prop. JO N HOLDER. ClerK
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. £, Iff, BROOKS, P K 1 J
Thu
nighl*
A M IIA KHY
II INdltAHAM
V C
Clerk
Knyul Neighbors meet evfry ace
•ml and fourth Saturday after
■non* . .
MltS W K WRHSTKH. Oracle
MKN .IWKSIK I NOR All AM, Sec
Remember
That we guarantee
satisfaction and a
change of films ev-
ery Itiday and Satur
day nights.
MODEL ELECTRIC
THEATRE:.
very hard to find «>tne way t« ;.'d to exist and such ent«
i «i... ....minnrI'm from ne i as the building ol this to
keep the eommisaionera from
eepiing their hid
us the building of this toad will
I tend to restore tlies- old time
customs of swapping work nnd
Three classes are directly in J vsriis as well as the good leeiing
teres! ed In the improvement of | that attends auch net aaiona.
our publie highwaya; the tax pay i UM M|j |ieartil\ join 'n the
the uaer and the builder j |,„i|,|j„K 0f that good road he-
taxpayer in KcllinK value re lw(l(,n |>aWnee and liela, nnd at
eeived for every dollar of publie ^e|> jj jH ,.H(.h can feel that
money expended on the roads, |)HM Working inlemt in that
system of I Ptttttl, that he canon? have if V
oven • v«ft*a
11 emiKNCK
Tnsi" Mmw*
Ol SIGNS
CnrvMiuMi s Ac
>. MI,mm • akan h «' • "'•
-'.s.v.v; ,v:; A! :r;.,
itj.ri'.'^i.nVi-Mt'.i Wmittw <•
M'.elfn
M>ri tiN )Niil<ei
Scientific Jimcrican.
■ . ,||„.|.„o.« •«*!« UWSS'
i ! i «ii* ■<«*«•« <ltt«' Inutniiii Wf> I* •
tS\ raO! IX*
Keonomie wast
SAILOR IS HELD BY BABOONS
Middy i* Captured and Fed in Jungle ,
for Two Days Before Rescued—
Hia Story Is Verified.
Sew York.—Oeorge W (irlggs. the ,
youngest inlddy" aboard the liner
Kasene.u. in port the other day Irom
Calcutta and Mombasa, had what is
culled an unequaled experience when,
near Mombasa, he wan cupfcur.'d and
held in captivity by an army of giant
baboons for two dnys. until he had
given up hope of again seeing his
hum* or ship
Midshipman Home nnd I thought
we would Take a walk through the
Jungle by moonlight," aald the mid-
dy "Suddenly we beard the chatter-
ing ol a million monkeys nnd then
some beast put Us arm* around my
neck. I shrieked and Homo ran
nwav Then a dor-en or more baboon*
pressed about inc and dragged me
nwav After about a flve-mile march
they halted In n banana grove and
held a council of war
"I fell down cold with ternu I
m„st have fainted, for !t was daylight
when I saw them again. They squatted
about me and offered me bananas and
pineapples to eat
Chief Officer Wooster verified the
story by relating the details of the
rescue.
WANTED-A RIDER AGENT
im m*fM TOWN and district to ride snd exhibit s sample latest M<*.'
i^ ®«"efuSib?ui Our asentsovery where an, makin*
%n'iiSlSkY^I
1^"®"'Ve "^"anyone .nrwhers ^
fi^u are then not perfectly saUsfled or do not wish to keep the
tiicycle ship It bacU to us atourerutn soandIf^winw *f" i' is
taATADV DOirCt We furnl.-h tho highest frade bli jcles H is
FACTORT rKICtS iMlsslble to m:ikR at one > ill protit al"
net ml factnrv cost You save 110 to ^middlemen', profiU by bu -
Ingdiroctof us and have the manufaotun r s guarunt.-e * hind \om
, -BtS'SMSU8^%Us2Ss#^^
J BICYCLE DCALCR*. y"i cu aell our Dicjcles under your own numii-UHe at double our prices.
rankin; fr..mS3 t., Sa^ _ ;° v 1 and pe^.l., p*rt.,repair.and
C 0 A S T E R • D R A R fe5 e<,ulpiiientota,|lklDd«at*ul/ia«rei;ularr«<ai<ur.^'.
$ | |V00 Hedgethorn PuBcture-Proof $ M 80
HI Self-healingTires* SAMPlE PUR
■ Thi rtfltrnuU trUttfthut Hm
f10 00 f,r pair, iul * i tr*4u" V>
um „nr> *"•>*'• >«f 4rit5S*s?£iSSmm
MOMORETiOOBLEFROMPUHCTURES
NAILS, Taeka, or Claaa will **• •l,out-
A hundred thousand pairs sold last year.
nre/toiDTlAM. Made in all sizes I
DESCRIPTION: Hv< ly and easy
riding, very dnraMe and lined Inside with
siiecio I quality of rul.ts-r, wh rh never be-
porous and.which closes UBjffljaU
1 TO INTRODUCE,ONLY
ininetn^Vth^t allowing the air to escape.
We have hundreds of letters froin 8
J
Notice the thick mbbertrwd
"A"and puneturestriw ,2
and "D-slso Hm stri
to prevent rim cutting. Thu
. .._ u:n ....I.., .nv nlhai
tire will outlast ny oth«i
make—SOFT, ELASTIC and
EASY RIDING.
SVe have hundreds™ letu-rsfro.n satisfied customed
statlni; that their t Ins have only liernpumpedup onc
or Ui( In a whole senvm. Tlioy we^hiiom^than
as ordinary tire, the puncture resisUng oualiui s belnK
■ivi n by aeveral layers of thin, W^1
bkliric on tho tread. The regular price oftteseures _ ww| mininn
mull1" fSry n ^to'iho^lderof only «4 *> r-r pair. All orders .Ml
dav Mt^r SWlv^ Wo ship C. O. 1 . on approval. >ou do not pay a cent until ,v.
have examined and found them Milctl^BS repnwited^ ^ ^^l^c*S>
WITH MOw\^m'I^t^"s<l«rtliwn nL You run no rl-C In aaadlnf ui.au order an the- tlrr mayh
WITH onDBM.andieiicio<« wi . «u Krt| Mtli>fa.torj "n aiamlnatlun. Weare perfwliy ">ll*N
rrt.in...latOU*e ^n<« « roranr ] onlrr a pair of tb«M tlrm, yuu will And that they will rid
and n 'M> MBtjOMtoyjyWM w w J Bnrr th,n M.tlre yon havj.ever.nwd or ««iat anr prl"
WtdTplJUl th.tw^na«„_l a^lcyc* ,oq will (iv n. Jour order. W
X L. MUDCVCLE COgPANV, CBICAGO, ILL
. MNUI, tllllt IIV
building, repairing and improv- • ^ H|HU(|H 0ff an<l lool-t
ing, is of concern to him while aomebody else build* it.
view point is that of a public or ^ roA>l ig built let
collective investment which miist . , , ..
indirectly bring returns in the us build another and keep the
dilianeemen! of value* to |,ig I good work gomg until every road
holdings He is to be eontente.l i in IWiee eouuty is made passa-
nonungn. ii m . hi# liv the active oooi>oeat n and
, i , \„i ;f ,.).n and townsmen who ..re hIiiv1 inu
nnd souml, is it not! An.! if c.ui i '"«
dully and openly met on these
grounds, then most certainly the
tax payer is with the good roads
mo vernon!. Mori llian ibis he is
needed in the business. Is Ibis
not true? Kor it takes men, mon
ey and material as well as exper
ic'in'c or nkill in the eeonomieal
tnullv in!crested in this import
an! problem Ut us demons! rate
iu the building of !hi* stretch of
road, how easy such a thing can
l„. (|()ne and then the work of fur-
ther building that is "tire to lol
low will he made easy.
Back to Farm for Jacob Ril*.
Woreeater. Ma.a.- A 200-acre farm
in the eastern pari of the town of
Harre. considered the «nest farm land
In Worcester county, has been pur
e|,nsed h.v Jacob Hlls of New York, and
he will make his home there. I he
farm has • beautiful «M colonial
house. I wo hern*, a carriage house and
a garage
Girls Give Skin.
Ann Arbor, Mich Fourteen glrla
have given to Ml*. Clara Al en of
Milan an average of 7f piece* of
\i« „ result the yoiii g woman probably
will recover A bottle of kerosene
Which She held over a ttove last July
exploded Almost all the akin was
burned off her bteaat.
When You Need a Dray
(
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has
Loper
Bp
MPHPWm mrmm«ft
We Move Everything- -Prices Reasonable.
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