The Exponent. (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 30, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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THE EXPONENT.
Published every Saturday.
Advertising; Rates.
Display advertisement*, per inch.. Sc
Locals, per line ^
Subscription, fl a year, in advance,
w. A. SMITH, - - Publisher.
c. P. HOCK,
1'resident.
J. O. CALEB,
Vice President.
GEO. H. SMITH,
Cashier.
BANK OF COMMERCE.
STOCKHOLDERS:
Kntered as second-class mail matter
April 1" , l!K)o, at the postottice at Hal-
«ton, Oklahoma, under act of congress
,\Iarch 3, 1*70.
See Davis for dress goods.
See H. K. Thompson for all kinds of
Insurance in the best of companies.
K. L. Heard will clean, press and
mend your clothing.
See Davis for a sack of Hunter s
( ream flour.
Cleveland Sherrill, of Iola, Kansas,
is here spending the holidays with
his brother J. W. Sherrill and family.
M. M. McSpadden, of Garden City,
Mo., is visiting his son James and
fami'y and other relatives near town.
He will remain until the first of the
year.
S. 1). Gano, of St. Joe, Mo., visited
last week with his son It. W. Gaun
and family. He is well pleased with
the town and will buy property and
locate here before long.
The Christmas exercises at the Bap
tist church last Saturday night were
well attended and all seemed to have
n good time. The entire program was
well rendered.and the singing by the
young ladies was exceptionally tine.
Most of our exchanges last week
were brim full of holiday advertise-
ments. The Osage Chief, published
at Fairfax, contained 33 columns of
display advertisements, more than as
much again support as the two Bal-
aton papers had. Comment is un-
necessary.
V. D. Eberwein,
A. D Krow,
J, A. Lowery,
Frank Bowen,
c. L. Slocum;
c. p. Rock,
J. E. lier.
J. O. Cales,
Ren Wildman,
E. L. Bagby,
T. J. Mosier,
A. H. Hammer,
Geo. H. Smith,
Does a general banking business and solicits the patronage of all. Small
"customers will receive the same treatment that is accorded
to lrager ones. Call and see us.
Ralston,
Oklahoma.
K. L. HAGBY. M. D.
WM. GRANT, I'HAKMACIST
BAGBY & CRANT,
The Druggists,
A full line of drugs and drug sundries. Soda fountain in connection.
Have your prescriptions filled by a graduate in Pharmacy.
Si 1AMROCK SALO<)X.
JAMES McSPADDKN, proprietor.
Headquarters for
Billiards and Pool.il
i Dray and Transfer Line g
^ .. . . j i I iU . ^
This is the dogondest town we ever
struck to obtain news A man's moth-
er-in-law may have been devoured by
a pack of ravenous wild beast, and un-
less you happen to be standing at the
'phone when the message is received
regarding her death, the chances are
v >u will know nothiug about it.
Among the many attractive Christ-
mas presents for sale at the postoffb e
was a neat, silver-plated bank, where-
in a man could deposit his loose
• hange. They did not sell very read-
ily, however, as no explanation was
given as to how to get the money out
of the bank after once deposited. In
our case it was different. We wor ld
have Imught the blame thing if we'd
only knew how to get the money in-
to it.
Mrs. Dr. W. B. Pingry, who has
lieen visiting her father and mother
at. Osceola, Mo., returned home Mon-'
day, bringing her parents back with 1
her. Her father recently inet with a i
serious accident, wherein he will
probably suffer the loss of an arm. He
is now under care of Dr. l'ingry, where
he will remain until he has fully re-
covered from his injuries.
«>ne of our country exchanges gets
after the home merchant this way:
"The representative of a foreign i
house called today and offered one
hundred dollars a year for a column
advertisement—just twenty dollars
more than charged home merchants.
There are eight firms in this town
who do not advertise at all,but t xpect
us to boom the town week after *e -k.
but they expect us to decline to ad-
vertise foreign stores. That kind of
business is played out. We shall take
the hundred dollars, continue to boom
the town and tell the home merchant
S
t
We move anything that is loose at both ends, and all
work entrusted to our care will receive prompt attention
and safe delivery. We solicit yo r patronage.
$
II. BUSBY & SON, +
LEV1CK & LANG.
GTOITE
Contractors and Builders,
Ralston, - Oklahoma.
SILVER MOON SALOON,
CEORCE C« BOLTON. Proprietor
Pure whiskies, fine imported and domestic wines, cigars, Etc.. always in
stock. Fresh beer on tap and the largest schooners in town for the money.
Box game, something similar to ten pins, in connection, and a picture ma-
. hioe on the side that exhibits twenty pictures for five cents.
DONAHOE BROTHERS,
dealf.rs in
KjSc*-'
GRAIN AND FEED.
WILLIAM DAVIS, Manager *
. "44 pa~ea 9x12 inches; 22 pa^rs showing iu natural colors
W W 916 varieties of Fruit, with comise de-rription and season of npen-
I in* of each; 04 half-tone views of Nurseries, Orchards, racking Houses, etc
Send SOfts. for book (p<wt-paul) a«d Rebate Tiekct perm.Umg return of
ir book by mail within 60 days and we refund the GO*. Or «within 1 yw,
r Relate Tii V. ft vi-h #12 t^r f,.r nursery «tockand p«v°THF "FRKMiH'T
^•ment onyour onL- h one and traveling sidesmen. WTMT
Pay (jdSll frek.—Stark Br 's, lOVIMAIU, * ., Atlartk, Uwa, layfttcvilk, Ark.
who wants the earth at our expense
to go to ; it is business we are
after."
Double Tracks.
In the light of experience, it would
seem to be criminal negligence on the
part of railroad companies to use a
single track in the operations of a
railroad. Common sense and sad ex-
perience have demonstrated that two
trains running in opposite directions,
cannot pass each other at full speed
on the same track, without killing
somebody. When railroads were first
built, the lack of capital forced the
adoption of a single track with switch-
es and side tracks. In the old days
strict rules were not enforced as to
the habits of employes, especially as
to drinking, and many accidents were
attributed to drunkenness. Now, how-
ever, when the railroad companies
are strict in this regard we must look
to other causes in case of accideut,
and especially, since the comoanies
employ the best qualified labor they
can get. Of course, causes of wrecks-
are necessarily various, but many of
the most disastrous accidents are
caused by collisions, primarily the re-
sult of trains running on the same
track in opposite directions at the
same time. In such cases we hear
that the operator gave the wrong or-
der, or the order was misunderstood
by the trainmen, or, the engineer wa«.
asleep. With double tracks, these ac-
cidents would be averted, passenger
travel would be safer and more speedy,
and the handling of freight would be
greatly facilitated, and all in all, the
saving to the companies would more
than compensate the extra cost of a
double track, and many valuable lives
thereby l>e saved. Arkansas City
Democrat.
Money to loan on farm property at
low rate. H. E Thompson.
Over First National Bank.
fiKiirsion Kate*.
Winter tourist rates to Denver, Col-
rado Springs. Pueblo and Trinida via
Santa Fe. Tickets on sale daily until
May 31st, 15)00, at the rate of HO per
cent of double the one way route; re-
turn limit May 31, but in no case soon-
er than :W) days from date of sale.
On account of Golf Tournament the
Santa Fe will sell tickets to Mexico
City, Mexico, and return at rate of
one fare for round trip. Tickets ou
sale January 1st to 12th, return limit
February 28, 1900.
J O. Cales, Agent.
Dfcfls will sell you everything yoq
I want and will buy everything \< u
have to sell.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BARGAIN OFFER.
x he Daily Oklahoman is again mak-
ing a splendid Christmas offer to both
\ old and new subscribers., This year it
has cut the regular price of $4 for a
vear's subscription to only $3.25, and
in addition is giving free, a new, hand
some, up-to-date wall map of Oklaho-
ma and Indian Territory, with the
World and the United States on the
other side. The map is entirely new.
having been prepared during the past
three months, and printed especially
for the Oklahoman. It is beautifully
colored and enameled, is finely mount-
ed and gives the present population
and the location of every town in
both territories. It is the only map
showing all the railroads which have
j been built, or are now being built in
: the territories. It is designed to be
! the first "New State" map of Okla-
! homa, and is undoubtedly the most
! complete and correct that has yet
! been published.
New and old subscribers must send
I $3.25 for a full year's subscription, or
i $:• for six months before Jan. 1, and in
either case, the map will be sent free
i as a premium.
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