The Geary Booster (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GEARY BOOSTER
SOUTH BROADWAY PHONE 18
Volume 2
OUR POLITICS—Independent—StiuidN for tlie llent Intere tn of (ieury and Vicinity.
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CIRCULATION IN EXCESS OF SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE COPIES EACH WEEK
GEARY, BLAINE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1914
Number 16
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To Beautify Water Plant
Among other things the city
council' at the regular meeting
Robbers Get Busy Masonic Hall One of Best Had Fine Sale
Some one entered the Rogers We recently had a look at thej A. B. Campbell tells us that his
drug store some time Saturday interior of the Masonic hall in sale Monday of this week was un-
tight, last, and took ten Rexall ■ Geary, which has recently been doubted the biggest and best held j Monday evening instructed the
watches, sixteen fountain remodeled and fixed up and we | in this section of the country this I engineer at the water plant to
pens, $10 in pennies and some can state without fear of contra- season, everything offered for j procure a number of shade trees
perfumery, totaling in value diction that the Geary lodge now sale selling readily at good prices, j probably about 125- and plant
$40. Complete mystery has one of the finest and best Mr. Campbell expressed himself | them around the grounds. The
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seems to shroud the affair.
The | equipped lodges in the state west: as well pleased with the result of j intention is to make a sort of
store was not broken into, but j of El Reno if not indeed the best, the sale. ; park at the water plant and the
was evidently unlocked by some- j The building has beenreplaster- Mr. Campbell is one of the few! place will be improved and beau-
tified in other ways from time to
one who had a key that fit the
lock. This and other indications
ed and steel ceiling has been put men who understand the science
on. The walls have been painted j of the proper application of adver-
lead to the belief that the perpe- and each and every piece of the j tising to a public sale. This of-
time.
Another interesting and much
trator was someone who was fa- furniture and accessories has been 'flee furnished him 2,000 big bills needed order from the council
miliar with the interior of the j repainted, revarnished or regild-; for this sale besides carrying the | Monday night was to the effect
S^nnu' m ed' as case required. Besides full size ad in the paper. These j that all lots formerly occupied by
Ihe Shelby grocery store on this a new electric plant has been bills were distributed to the four; buildings which had been burned
east Main street was entered the added that is one _ of the most! corners of the country surround- j or removed, must be cleared of
same night, evidently by the same ; complete of the kind we have ing Geary for many miles—post- the rubbish at once and Marshal
parties, by prying the lock open, ; seen. The altar candles are long ed where they would be seen and Leach was instructed to see that
and several dollars in pennies elect, ic bulbs controlled by a spec read. The inevitable result of this order was enforced at once,
taken. Nothing else was disturb- ial swi tch as are the other lights. ; this, together with the fact that1
ed- . Then five colored lights have been j the ad went out in the Booster to! Public Auction
At the Smith & Schofield lum-! played about the center of the i the big per cent of the homes in
ber yard the door was forced and room in the form of a star, for ! and around Geary, was that Mr. Having made up my mind to
the parties ransacked the office the use of the Eastern Star lodge. | Campbell had the crowd and gotj qu?t business in the city of Geary
but nothing was missing at that Some new carpeting has been put; the prices. 11 will sell to the highest bidder
place. Officers are almost cer- down and the room presents a _ _ j for cash all the junk listed below:
tain that the culprits are boys ' cozy and comfortable appearancej Mexican War Pictures Tonight j Good one horse wagon, heavy set
from the method of proceedure as well as being well equipped for ! tu„ «,nv,nn.n™n +■ i single harness, good collar, bridle,
at each place and the things tak- the lodge work8_ 9 PP J* ^8 ^ -«on bar!
The kitchen, pantry ^nd^two, for the presentation of tge mov.
en at the drug store. Marshal
Leach expresses confidence of ante-rooms in front of
discovering the guilty parties.
Sold Another Ford
lodge hall have not been finished
| yet but will be repaired in keep-
! ing with the finished appearance
of the main hall. The best part
a is that the building belongs to
It was purchased
row, about 500 feet good lumber
I (flooring), portable floor scales,
, stock of good stock regulators,
j stock of buggy whips, stock of
| garden seeds and a great many
other articles that I can't now
'wiyil1 VA® r eXiCa"'nSUh I ^At thTfront door of Cansler's
gent who is attracting so much
j ing pictures of the Mexican war
| at the theatre Friday evening-
tonight.
The company making these pic-
Ben Lowman Monday closed
deal whereby C. D. McElhaney, j the Masons.
who lives south of the city be- !abolftwo years ago on the install- Attention just ,"Xreby"ttey' £e?d store in the city of Geary on
comes the owner of one of the j f!T year arrange themselves in a pit, I \Saturday' February 7' 1914' at
new 1914 Ford automobiles mak- j The Gearv lodce isunusuallv ' most entirely covered over, in the;
ing about the third car sold in Long f£VZn ofXTS IthH
two weeks. i having more than 100 members,!*e d a?dtak„e.IS*
, Saturday, February 7, 1914,
ai~ 2 p. m. — E. V. Cansler.
Col. J. A. Ryther, Auctioneer.
Mr. McElhaney, after a brief ! work and money being donated
apprenticeship in handling his j freely.
ne# car, will leave with Mrs. Mc-]
Elhaney for Wichita, Kan., where j Entertained Tuesday Evening
the latter will be treated by spec-1 Mv. n„j M„a m D ,,
ialists They will make the trip j ^ T. ^Howland
m me car* | tertained a few of their friends
i at their home Tuesday evening
Have New Money ! of this week in honor of their
Monday we dropped into the! tT^tT'husband^nrfamil^^
First National Bank and found > viSing hte frSm wlh^ Kan
Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. W
battle just as it happens. These
are said to be the most realistic
war pictures ever made.
See the Mexican war at the
opera house tonight.
Local Team Beaten
The Geary high school team
went to Hydro Friday of last
Welborn Sells Out
Seth Welborn this week sold
his produce house to H. A. Morse,
of Okeene, who is now in charge.
Mr. Welborn started his produce
business here about the time the
creamery shut down and has built
up a successful business here.
Mr. Morse is the proprietor of
week for a game with 'the team ja Produce house at Okeene and is
at that place, expecting an easv Ione °. es^ known produce
victory, but alas, for the plans of j ™e" ln thue western part ot the
mice and men. Hydro won the ?tate- The house at Okeene will
of shears cutting crisp, new $201 c "J™ " Mr'and' Mrs "fiarvev i the game by a 36 to 8 count. In I b« ,c.ond"cted by a brother-in-law
bills apart-a new shipment of i williams' and familv Mr and !the course of the game Wiles Mc-1of Mr- Morse and he will give his
bank notes just received by that j Mrs Dempster Crothers and fam ■ Dowe" sustained a sprained an-1 Personal attention to the business
Earl Troxel busy with a big pair
institution, $500 in all. The mon
ey is in denominations of $5, $10
and $20 bills. Pleasant occupa-
tion that, we should think.
Buys Monument
W. M. Andrew, of Calumet,
has ordered from W. H. Brown a
fine dark blue monument which
he will place at the grave of his
sister in the Red Rock cemetery.
Mr. Andrew said he saved 40 per
cent agent's commission by buy-
ing from Mr. Brown. The work
will be done in Geary.
here. He will not move his fam-
ily here for a while.
'Nother Democrat
! ily, Mrs. Arthur Burch and son, kle a?d ka.s been navigating on
Hollis Renfrew and family, Matt j ™ since-
Hinger and family, Arthur and | The Okeene game which was j
Ethel Gamble, Mathew Thomas | advertised for Saturday did not j
i and family, J. C. North, Mr. and ! materialize on the account of the J. A. Troxel staunch republi-
'Mrs Fred Baker Mr and Mrs ' failure of the visitors to show up. can ot the old school, says the
Byron Baker and family, Mrs. 1.1 i s^tanic. J?ower® had a
W. Law and family, and James Shops Consolidated i against him and paid him off m
McBride democratic sons-in-law. The final
A delightful lnn^v. cprvpH ; ^he blacksmith shops of Clate payment according to Mr. Troxel
and the guests all renort a most Hanan, and 0scar Ruckman have! was Sunday morning when he
eniovahwvpnino- P recently been consolidated and was awakened by a newly arrived
the entire business is now housed grandson (son and heir to Mr.
; in the Hanan shop (better known and Mrs. Lee McDaniels) lustily
For cheap money on farms see ■ as the old Huff shop) under the yelling "dem-o-crat," "dem-o-
;C. W. Trippy. jfirm name of Ruckman & Hanan. crat." Can you beat it?
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