The Ralston Independent (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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The Ralston independent
i i
JUNE 2R,
PAWNEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY,
RALSTON
PREMIER
"Non-Puncture' Auto
$1.00 PER YEAR
Political Announcements.
We are authorized to announce
the name of Conn Linn a8 con-
nate for District Judge, sub-
ject to Democratic Primaries,
August 4, 1914.
Vote F«r Fr nk Gault
Local Items
City marshall Brock had busi-
ness at the county seat, yester-
day.
Perry Gaskill and cousin, Aus.
tin Gaskill spent a few days of
last week here visiting mother
and aunt.
We are requested by a friend
Of Mr. Frank Gault to announce
his candidacy for president of
the board f agriculture.
Mr. Gault is a farmer stock-
man of Geary, Okla.; hei makes a
speciality of breeding thorough-
bred herfords, and is one of the
leading live stock men of the
state; oeing well
the position his friends are ask-
ing for him. ,
This is one case where t
office is seeking the manand he
man not the office Mr. Gault a
name was filed by one
friends; he has not and^willnot
spend any money for the office
those who are interestd in th
uplift of the agricultural and liv
stock industry of this state, are
doing the campaigning for the
Hon. Frank Gault, whom they
know could fill the office with
ereat credit to our state.
Your support will be apprecia-
ted.
This office for job work, all kinds
W. E. Selby went to Reming
toil Wednesday evening to do
some piano tuning.
i
D. W. Smith formerly manag-
er of the Long-Bell Lumber Co.,
at this place, moved away the
first of the week: Mr. Parsley
now has charge of the yard.
LOST-A coat of greyish brow
color, containing several leters
addressed to Frank D. Voorheer,
a bill of sale of team to him and
a number of statement of The
Peoples Store, Kiefer, Okla.
Finder please leave at this office
or notify Frank D. Voorhees,
Kiefer, Okla. Advf
Everything HanNeeds
$1 Complete Shaving Outfit $1
10 Articles 10
Tn advertise our Univeisnl bn\inif
Outfit rnul Unl«,«l ,0
f,„ a limilwl lime o ly-
worth .■*> O'"4' "" "
We ..'I „,,r ptodttcl. to lb. " «
dWct.
«l,icb «• ,«• "m,. a"
y vtry 1 «K '•
^ 1 Hollow Ground Raxor.
1 5-inch Lather Brush.
.1 Razor Strop, Canvas Back.
1 Nickl Easel Back Mirror.
1 33-ince Barber Towel.
1 Bar Shaving Soap.
1 Box Talcum Powder.
1 Decorated China Mug.
1 Aluminum Barber Comb.
1 gristle Hair Brush-
Each outfit packed in neat b'x
$100. Coin or Money Order,
CvERIa'l PRODUCTS CO.
\| Dayton, Ohio
M.-Spadden will pay you the
highest market price for eg**.
John Borror came t p Monday
from Cushing, where he has a
position as telegraph operator,
to visit his mother, Mrs. McDon-
ald and also to visit with his bro-
ther Fred who is here and whom
he had not seen for about five
years.
FOR SALE-Forty head work
horses and mules. For particu-
lars call at the First National
Bank, Ralston, Okla. tf
Mr. and Mrs. J C. Nixon were
shopping in Pawnee, Wednes-
day.
Dempsy Lowry is home from
Lamont for a few days visit
with home folks.
Dick Ingraham was down
from Fairfax a day or two of
this week.
I Charley Spurgeon returned
frcm up near Ponca City, Wed
nesday.
No rain yet, the will soon be
! firing.
j HUNTING FOR ONE
THAT IT NEEDED
Varying Wood Consumption.
In Germany 35 cubic feet of timber
per capita la taken annually from her
forests; Trance Is able to get along
with but 25 cubic feet; while In thl*
country the consumption Is 250 cubic
(eet per capita.
Diogenes Modernized.
He discoursed from a grocer's tub.
did that pestiferous old dub, they
called Diogenes. He argued with the
other men and atole aome codfish now
and then, or swiped the grocer's
tbeese.
When Mark "Twain, in his
arly days, was editor of a Mis
souri paper, a subscriber wrote
to him that he had found a spid-
er in his paper, and asked him
whether it was a sign of good
jluck or bad. The humorist wrote
him 'his answea and published it
"Old Subscriber: Finding a
spider in your paper was neitoer
good luck nor bad luck for you
The spider was merely looking
over our paper to see which mer
chant is not advertising, so that
he can go to that store, spin his
web across the door and lead a
li'e of undi9turbea peace ever
| afterward."—Ex.
Tires
GUARANTEED 7,500 MILES
SERVICE
These tires bear the greatest
known mileage guarantee' yet
are sold at a price even less than
tires of ordinary guarantee. This
guarantee covers punctures, blow
outs and general wear Guaran-
tee covers 7*500 miks service
against ever,thing except abuse.
These tites are intended for most
revere service.
Orders have been received for
these tires ior use in United Sta-
tes Government Service.
As a SPECIAL INTRODUCT-
ORY offer, we will allow the fol-
lowing prices for the next ten
days.
TIRES-TUBES
Tire Tube
28x3 $9.20 $2 00
30x3 10.25 2.30
30x3£ 13.50 2 80
32x3£ 14.05 3 00
34x3* 15.25 3.20
31x4 17.00 3 25
32x4 18.00 3.30
33x4 19.50 3 40
34x4 20.40 3 60
35x4 21.00 3 80
36x4 22.00 3 90
35x4^ 26 00 5 00
36x4* 27.00 5 10
37x4* 27.50 5.15
37x5 32.60 5.40
All other sizes. Non-Skids 20
percent extra. 5 per cent dis-
count if payment in full accom
panies order and if two are so
ordered, shipping chrrges will be
paid by us. C. 0. D. on 15 per
cent of amount of order. Our out
put is limited, so we suggest
early ordering. We sell direct
only, giving purchaser the advan
tage of all middlemen's profits
NON-PUNCTURE RELINKRS
Use our famous reliners, the\
eliminate blow outs and 90 pet
cent of punctures besides giving
many thousand more miles ser
vice to each tire. When in your
tires you ride without worry oi
tire troubles.
For all 3 inch tires - - - $1 95
For all 3* inch tires - - - $2.20
For all 4 inc^i tires - - • $2.60
For all 4* in'ch tires - - - $2 75
For all 5 inch tires - - - $2-90
For all 5* inch tires - - $3.00
NOH-PUNCTURE TIRE
. FACTORY.
Dayton, Ohio
A Gentleman.
A gentleman Is consistent, not
changeless. A gentleman straightens
bis robe and settles blB face. He la
■tern and a\ofi look upon him with
dread. Few or many, small or great,
all Is one to a gentleman; he dare not
alight any man. He **'111 banish from
bis bearing violence and levity, from
bis speech the low and unfair.—Confu-
cius.
Don't Mention It.
The politesi man in Boston collide*
violently with another man on the
street. The second man was angry
"My dear sir," said the polite one
with a bow, "1 don't know which ol
us 1b to blame for this encounter. II
1 ran Into you. 1 beg your pardon; II
you rau into me, don't meatlou it. —
Success Magazine.
Reason for Her Cheice.
"lei, 1 love both Santa (Jiaus an*
Jesus," a good little sister instructed
ber curious Junior, "but I think I love
Jesus best, 'cause he don't never ask If
you've been good before be leaves you
presents, an' Santa," voicing a disil-
lusion. "when you grow big like me,
you find he aiu't never been true!"
Pieasant Valley.
Oliver Hobbs left Tuesday for
Kansas.
Mrs. W. L. McCoilough sptnt
Monday with Mrs. J. W. Files.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Freeman
spent Sunday with John Riddle
and wife.
Sunday School was well attend
d Sunday.
Jim Garner a« d son Joe. Rev.
Hargus, J. C. Lawson and son's
John and Bryce and Jesse and
George Nixon attended Sunday
Schoal at Pleasant Valley Sun-
day.
Those who attended the part^
at Mr. Duncan's Satu-W night
reported a nice time.
Miss Lavinia Wehr is working
for Mrs. Barmettlor this week.
J. B. Barmettlor and J. W.
Wehr wjnt fishing, Sunday.
Life.
Life Is too short, We ought to have
one life to love, one life for learning,
and another to do good deeds. As it Is,
one is almost forced to give up learn-
ing if one wants to love, and if you
want knowledge, you must gfcve up
love. This Is cruel.—Ernest Kenan.
A Poet's Estate.
After 57 years, the Russian courts
have settled up the estate of the poet
Gogol, celebrated in his day as a writer
of lyrics. The poet died of huug^r:
kneeling before an ikon. The estate is
valued at 43 roubles and 88 kopecks,
or about f21.50.
Dead Perfection.
We heard it said at a certain man
lately that he bad no vices. He should
get some. Every man should have a
vice or two. Being a number of a
lodge and wearing plur< «nd badges
Is better than perfection—Atchison
iKan.) Globe.
Sunday being Mrs. W. L Mc-
Collough's birthday several of
her friends and neighbors of this
community came in with well fil-
led baskets; after dinner all were
served to ice cream. Those pres
ent were: Mr. I. B. Hine* and
family, J. L. Thompson and fam
i y Edd Quillen and family. Mrs.
Creed Quillen and children. J. C
Lawson and sons John and Bryce
Mrs. J. W. Files end children,
Mrs. J: W. Wehr and children,
Irwin Freeman, Olen Barmettlor
Miss Margaret Thompson and
Mildred Loveall. Fay Campbell
md W L. McGollough and family.
Difference In Laughter.
A good honest laugh at a good hon^
est Joke or bit of sarcasm rubs out the
gathering wrinkles of care; but an Ill-
tempered joke, Is like a poisoned af-
row, which makefl a wound, and leaves
Its poison after It is withdrawn.
"
The Chief Surprise.
A New Jersey man found >5,000 In a
Bible which his grandmother gave
him 35 years ago. What makes the
incident remarkable is, of course, tha*
he found the money at all —Atlantis
Journal.
Two Changes Possible.
'When a man has a rip in his coat
and only three buttons on his vest,"
writes a western sage, "he should d«
one of two things; either get married
or get divorced."
We are head quarters for all
repairs for Deerfrig and McCor-
mick Binders. Ross, Hunsaker
& Company.
Ail the Difference.
TJg the fine 9Quh who serve u*
and not what is called fine soelety.-
Emerson.
Bee's Burden Light.
The average load of nectar carried
to the hive by a bee consists of three-
lenths of a grain.
Germane Takln| to Canute.
A greatly Increased conaumption ol
peanuts in Germany ! reported.
See The Independent for job
work.
We buy for cash and get a
[discount, sell for cash only. We
an and will save you money on
I vour purchases.—T. J. Mosier
Doll Ceremoniously Named.
Invitations were sent to hundreds of
vrsdlknown Parisians by Mdlle. So-
Itage gloftrd, the little daughter of the
fasaena doctor, who desired her frlesds
to attead the ceremony of "aamlag"
her sew toll. The party was a great
success, where the big eblidrsn k*d
quite an merry ft time as the Utile
mis The doll was "named" Helelse
Berths with due ceremony.
the Apple.
Few reali^he efficiency of applet
In throat dlso^ers and indigestion.
Apples contain more phosphorlo acid
than any other fruit, and everybody
ought to know that the best thing to
do to promote the action of the liver
and thereby secure sound sleep Is to
eat an apple before going to bed.
Apple puddings of all kinds, apple
sauce or salad of apple and celery for
lunch, baked with cream for break-
fast, any and all ways, the apple Is
the old stand by which, for health a
s&ke, one cannot afford to do without.
Threshing Coal
A good grade of Kansas
lump coal, just the kind
For threshing—
$5.25 A Ton
Long-Bell Lumber Co.
D. W. SMITH, Mgr.
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Stroud, Rosella. The Ralston Independent (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1914, newspaper, June 26, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc163011/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.