The Geary Booster (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1915 Page: 7 of 10
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THE GEARY BOOSTER, GEARY, O K L A.
THE mRY BOOSTER
Entered u second class mail Oct. 28. 1912. at post
«t Geary, qicla., under act of March 3.1879.
Published Every Friday at Gbaby, Blaine
County. State or Oklahoma
E. E. BREWER
(J. H. Carpenter, Asspciate)
Subscription, per year, (cash in advance) $1.00
Subscription, six months, (cash in advance).. .50
Subscription, outside of Oklahoma. $1.60 per year
Display Advertising, per inch lfc
Locals, per line, each insertion 06
CARDS OF THANKS 50c per insertion
OBITUARIES .. $1.00 per insertion, space limited
Drag the roads now. They
need it very much.
The city of Detroit has voted
several million dollars in bonds
for municipal improvements in
order to give employment to the
thousands of unemployed men in
that city.
More than fifty thousand peo-
ple turned out one night last
week in Philadelphia to hear the
great evangelist, Billy Sunday,
preach. Hundreds were unable
to gain admittance and many
were knocked down and trampled
in great rush to hear him.
Farmers, don?t neglect drag-
ging the roads which run along-1
side your farms.
Most bachelors believe that
marriage is a failure-but mar-
ried men don't say a word.
Attend the big celebration1 at
the new South Canadian river
bridge next Wednesday, Jan. 20.
President Wilson in an ad-
dress made at Indianapolis last
week denounced the republicans
very severely, praised the work
of the democratic party and also
hinted at hinted at his candidacy
for the second term. But things
may look different to him in 1916.
Put the cvlverts in the road
running east from Geary on the
south section line. Now's the
time to do the work. Get busy.
France has more gold in banks
| and in circulation than any other
I of the nations now at war, though
j the Rusiian National Bank has
! more than the Bank of France,
i The famous "German war chest"
was supposed to contain 60 mil-
lion dollars in gold and 30 million
dollars in silver when the war
began.
It is said that it would take
five years to put the United States
navy on a basis of efficient de-
fense; it has 21,000 miles of coast
depending for defense on thirty-
seven dreadnoughts and* auxili-
aries.
Half of the people of the
country are looking forward to
the time when they can move to
the city, and half the people of
the city are longing for the time
when they can afford to retire
and move to the farm. Funny
isn't it?
Ex-Governor Hodges, of the
state of Kansas, has started a
movement for an act enabling
municipalities to supply citizens
with a certains amount of water
free of charge. Each city as a
whole would levy taxes to pay
for the plant, but all mains would
be laid by special assessments
against the property benefitted,
and each property owner would
pay for his service line. It is
proposed to alio w each person 50
gallon of water a day. A family
of five would be allowed 250 gal-
The very best Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES!
AT THE LOWEST PRICES
■AT-
PECKHAM'S
STAR GROCERY
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE
^ftar Foot Years of Discooraginf
Up m Despair. HiUnd
Cum to
Catron, Ky.—In an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock
writes as follows: "I suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, 1 could only sit up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, I would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat-
ment relieved me for a while, but 1 was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
I had gotten so weak I could not stand,
and I gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me a bottle of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and 1 com-
menced taking it. Prom the very first
dose, I could tell it was helping me. 1
can now walk two miles without its
tiring me, and am doing all my work."
If you are all run down from womanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman's tonic. It has helped
more than a million women, in its 5Q
years of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
it will do. Ask him. He will recom-
mend it Begin taking Cardui today.
Write to: Chattanooga MeJictne Co.
Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn., for
Instructions on your case and 64-page book.
Treatment far Wemen." sent In plain wrapper. ]-6^
Ions a day. Maintaining the wa-
ter plant would be the same as
the city maintenance of streets.
An order for $2,000,000 worth
of shrapnel, to be used in the
war in Europe, has been rejected
by the Commonwealth steel com-
pany of Granite City, Illinois, it
has been learned, becausc the
president of the organization,
believes warfare should not be
recognized. Mr. Howard i s
known as "the golden rule steel
man," because he tries to run
his plant in accordance with the
golden rule by sharing profits
with the employes.
ditches should be kept open, all
obstructions removed and smooth
crown maintained by dragging
after every rain. All vegetable
matter such as sods and weeds
should be kept out of the road aq
they make a spongy surface
which retains moisture. Clods|
are also objectionable for they
soon tqrn to dust or mud and fen;
that reason roads should nevei;
be worked when dry or hard.
Logan Page, director of Good
Roads Bureau, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, says:
There is no phase of the road
problem more important than
that of maintenance. The gen-
eral impression that there are
certain types of roads that are
permanent is erroneous. No per-
manent road has ever been con-
structed or ever will be. The on-
ly things aboul a road that may
be considered permanent are the
grading, culverts, and bridges.
Roads conducted by the most
skilled highway engineers will
soon be destroyed by traffic, frost
rain and wind unless they are
properly maintained. But the
life of these roads may be pro-
longed by systematic mainten-
ance. A poor road will not only
be improved by proper mainten-
ance but may 'become better in
time than a good roaid read with-
out it! The first and last com-
mandment in road maintenance
is to keep the surface well drain-
ed. To insure good drainage the
Next Wednesday will be a big
day for Gearv and Bridgeport.
...Low...
WinterTourist Fares;
SOUTHEAST
NOW IN EFFECT
NOT NECESSARY TO RE-
TURN UNTIL MAY 1st
Optional Routes
The low farps give an
opportunity to take that
long intended trip . . .
SOUTHEAST
Write and ask about them
R9)
Write to
FAY THOMPSON
Oklahoma City
Or consult
P.J. MoCOY, Ticket Agent
QEARY, OKLAHOMA
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