The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1916 Page: 1 of 7
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Volume 15
GEARY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 20, 1916
Number 49
ADAIR MAY COME HERE
Big Revival Meeting Being Plan-
ned For Next Month.
The Ministers Alliance of this
city iis actively engaged in for-
warding plans looking to the
bringing of Rev. Adair, th;
great evangelist, who has been
< reating such a sensation at
tonga for the past three weeks,
to Geary for a three week meet-
ting, beginning about February
24. It is understood that Rev.
Adair lias expressed his willing-
ness to come about that timet,
immediately following the close
of the Watonga meeting he has
a meeting scheduled at Evans-
ville, lnd., that will perhaps last
a month. Following this h e
has an open date, which has been
reserved for Geary for som<'
months, at a request of the local
'Ministers Alliance, who have
been in communication with him
for some time.
Adair is one of the biggest e
vang< lists in the business and
never fails to accomplish aston-
ishing results when he goes to a
town. At Watonga he has some
300 conversions to Irs credit in
the first 15 days! of hits meeting.
His work is strictly of a non-de-
nominations! character and Tv
always demands — and receives
me support and co-operation of
■ill the local ministers.
His 'methods are somewhat
uniqiK* as w 11, in that he de-
mands po financing. He even
looks after the erection of th"
bis: tabernacle, which he always
oses, himself. Adair carries a
trnup of eight peop.1". mus;cians
ind workers, with him and +lr
local ministers are very enthus-
ed over the prospect that he
rn-iy be brought to Geary in Feb-
ruary. The arrangements have
not yet b<v n closed so it is im-
possible to.say positively, but i*
is thought by local ministers th 1
♦it" plan can he arranged.
NEW MOTOR ROUTE
HIGH SCHOOL BONDS DEFEATED BY A FEW VOTES
MISSIONARY CONVENTION
Geary will have no new high
scl\oo.l buildings That is appar-
ently i1(he will of some 115 votors
o4"' this city and the outlying dis-
trict—especially the outlying dis-
trict—us expressed at the spec-
ial election hold, here Tuesday of
this week for the purpose of de-
ciding whether or not Geary
should bond the school district in
the sum of $21,000 for the pur-
pose of building a new' high
school building.
Considering the day and the
amount of interest expressed
right up to the day of election,
the votv was about normal, a to-
tal of 267 voiles being east— 152
j for the bonds and 115 against
! them. Under the Oklahoma law
! requiring a three fifths majority
| to validate a bond issue, the
necessary num.be to carry the
proposition was 161—just nine
more than tin positive side of
the question received. Hence,
the proposition is dead.
The town folks in every ward
; returned a majority, .small ii
sonne instances, for the bonds,
but in the third ward, where the
voters of the outlying district
cast their ballots, the vote was
32 for and 48 against. The state-
ment is made that practically the
entire outlying district went a-
gainst the proposition .
A railitr strenuous opposi-
tion developed to the bond prop-
osition on election day in certain
(quarters, the influence of which
| was discounted by most poeple—
! until the returns were in. In
| regard to this there was all
1 sorts of wild rumors in circula-
j tiou, so that a good many people
| who had not studied the plans as
! outlined, before election day,
went into the voting booth under
misapprehensions and without ac-
; curat e understanding of the im-
i porbaTDee of the proposition.
As soon as the results were
made known, there was some agi-
tation to submit the proposition
again immediately, but in con-
! versation with a member of the
I board of education this morning,
i it was learned positively that the
' board, as a board, had never con-
sidered the idea at all. It was
! stated that the members of the
liboiHin'J w^onld not care to be re-
: sponsible for the erection of a
j high school buiild'ng in Geary.un-
j less the proposition could have at
least a two to one majority, in-
dicating 'that an overwhelming
majority of the people wanted
the building. It is understood
that the movement for resub-
mission is still being agitated iin
certain quarters, but. the chances
are thatl the matter will be
dropped.
The vote by wards, Tuesday:
First ward—
For the bonds, 51.
Against the bonds, 24.
Second ward—
For the bonds, 44 .
Against the bonds, 25.
Third ward—
For the bonds, 32.
Against the bonds, 48.
(Outlying district voted in
third ward and is included in
this total.)
Fourth ward—
For the bonds, 25.
Against the bonds, 18.
Total—
For the bonds 152.
Against the bonds, 115.
Necessray majority, three fif-
ths.
Necessary vote, 161.
The bonds lost by nine votes .
New Eras in New Mexico
StarUd Work Last Monday On
Two Old Routes.
C. J. Nelson, o f the People's!
Garage, reports that he has just;
sold an eighty car contract and |
placed an agency for the New i
Eras with E. J. WaLbauim, o
Clayton, New Mexico., Mr. Nel |
son says the New Eras are gain j
ing in favor everywher; they !
go and are making good in even j
sense of the word.
Mr. Nelson also reports the j
sale of oni« of the new Hups to j
Billy heighten, wealthy farmer!
and stockman, of near Calumet.;
Mr. Le:ghtoin has formerly own-
ed an Overland and an Oak'and
and says he spent $2,500 in find-
ing a car that would perform to
suit him.
P-T. M3e'ing"
The next meeting of the Par-
ent-Teachers Association will be
held at the school house on next
Monday afternoon at. 3:30. The
program advertised for the la
meeting was not carried out ow-
ing to small attendance, and t!
same program will be rendered
at this meeting. Everyone in-
vited. •
Phone Rafe Raised
Becanuaei of the ruling of the*
corporation commission the long
distance telephone rate from
Geary to Watonga ami Green-
field will hereafter he 25c. The
public will please take notice-
Horace Truman, Manager Gear
Telephone Co.
Grandma Peek Dead
Grandma Peek, mother of F. 11
and1 J. R. Peek, died at the
home of the latter southwest of
town at midnight Wednesday
might,. She was 76 years old
and was one of the Oklahoma
pioneers, having moved to this
section about 20 years ago. She
leaves three sons in her own im-
mediate family, Frank and John,
both of whom live southwest- of
Geary, and W. E. Peek, of Inde-
pendence, Mo., The latter has
been wired but it is not known
ye* whether he will lie able to
get here for the funeral or no* .
Funeral services have not yet
been arranged for, pending word
fi'omi the absent son. Interment
will be,in the Geary cemetery.
Motor route "B'' is the n
■es, addition to Geary 's rural free
■delivery service. It started on
Monday, with J. Blythe Burn-
ham, of Eagle City, as carrier.
The new route displaces the wa-
gon routes known as "two" an
"four.'' This is the seeond mo-
tor route to be established out of
Geary since the first of the
year, and up to the present time
i lie service is working smoothly,
both carriers making their trips
regulaly and on schedule tirm
regard! ss of weather conditions
according to information given
out at the post office. All tin
patrons are receiving their m
regularly, "the fifty mile route
being covered by the motor cars
with greater ease and facility
than the wagons covered the
mile routes.
At least this is the report
'.i date. The real test of
• ffieiency of the motors will
ii a long period of service.
they can deliver the goods right
along, there can be no question
"f the wisdom of the departme
in es'ablishing these routes.
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| <P II BB at J SATURDAY |
| ELEVEN ONE DOLLAR BILLS WILL BE [
GIVEN AWAY |
BE HERE AT THREE O'CLOCK !
To Be Held in Geary Next Week.
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The annual convention of the
Missionary Union of Indian Mis-
sionaries of the Cheyenmei and
Arapaho Indian reservations will
be held at the Memnonite .church
on North Broadway on Tuesday
and Wednesday, January 25 and
26—-next week, according to an-
nouncement given out Tuesday.
This convention was held here
last vear, some 20 or more dele-
gates being present, and the
meetings were of the most inter-
esting character.' It is expected
that an equal or greater number
will be here this year, and inter-
esting programs are being pre-
pared The public is cordially
inviied to attend these meetings,
and those interested in the In-
dian question will doubtless find
an especial interest in them.
STUDY CLUB MEETS
Mrs. W. W. Morrison Was Hos
tess Last Wednesday.
Mrs. W. W. Morrison was hos-
tess to the Study (Jlub on Jan.
12.i In spite of the ootid wea-
ther quite a number of the ladies
were present and an interesting
meeting resulted. The roll call
was answered by "The Most In
tcresting Place il Ever Visited."
Mrs. Montgomery then read a i
interesting paper on "A visit to
the Panama Canal." which was
followed by am equally interest
ing one on "The advantages of
the Panama Canal to commerce."
The remainder of the study per-
iod was devoted to eurren'
events.
The hostess then served a de-
lightful lunch after which the
club adjourned to meet with Mrs.
Wm. Nichols on Jan. 26/
RAIN, SNOW AND ICE
City is Seeing a Bit of Real Win
tsr This Week.
The Priscilla Meet
The Priscilla club met at the
i>. me of Mrs. J. W. Beam Tues- j
day afternoon with 12 members :
pir.vut. Roll call was respond- j
ed to with quotations from 1
Pickens. On account of the j
absence of Mrs. Hart, one of th"
members. a part of the program
was emitted and the ladivg spent
en interesting social afternoon.
At th*> n«5ual hour the hostess :
•«erv 'd a delightful lunch of one ,
i onrge.
Th<- next meeting will be held
with Mrs. C. F Dv#*r, instead of j
M rs. TVUmn. who ha* been an*1 j
still is ill, on Feb. 1. j
JTTWe have been selling every Saturday the best 40c Chocolate
7JJ Candy you ever ate for 29c a pound. This Saturday instead
of reducing the price we are going to give the eleven cents a pound
back in cash. We have put up 100 one-pound sacks of this fine
candy and in eleven of them we have placed a ONE DOLLAR
BILL—good United States money. No one knows which sacks
contain the bills. BE HERE. The price is 40c a bag and it is
the best pound of chocolate you ever bought for the money.
After a week of extremely cold
weather, during which the ther-
mometer several 'times touched
! zero mark, this sectionr was vi
| ited by about an inch and a half
; of snow the first of the week,
i and moisture in the form of a
drizzle has been coming almost,
j ever since. Most of the snow is
j still on the ground with no sign
j day night*
The snow will be a great help
| of a moderation in .sight Wednes-
to the wheat which was beginn-
ing to need moisture coniderab
j ly, although it is not as much as
1 the farmers might wish. Indiea
tiorns are now that during tin
' next month or six weeks, there
will be plenty of mo'sture to sat
isfy everyone.
The extreme cold of the past
couple of weeks has been v
hard on livestock that are un-
protected. Feed is plentiful how
. ever, and so far little loss has
' been reported.
Flower Fund Social
THREE O'CLOCK
ROGERS DRUG STORE
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Mrs. Tom Ballew opened her
1 home Wednesday afternoon to
[the ladies of the Christian aid
and a large number of other
guests, with a charming social
! foi the benefit of the aid's flo
I wer fund. A larg*1 number of
ladies were present and thorough
i ly enjoyed the afternoon. A
j charming musical program hail
, be -n prepared and was delight-
fully rendered. The proceed of
! the social amounted to $7.65. all
of which goes into the flower
fund ami will ho u ed in purehas-
ing flowers, for members of the
aid! aod others who may he Tll
during the year. Lwnehe« n was
served.
Mrs. C. El Rogers was an Ok-
lahoma <'ity visitor the last of
• last week.
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Benson, H. Franklyn. The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1916, newspaper, January 20, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc183856/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.