The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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THE GEARY TIM
Dr. E. E. Miller i THE GEARY TIMES
DENTIST
OSe* over American State Bank
GEARY. OKLAHOMA
C. A. Freeman, M. D
Office over Colby Hardware Store
Specialist in Chronic Diseases *&f
Men and Women
PHONE 162 GEARY, OKLA
C. F. Dyer
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
[ Ottrt ever Plret Hitteul Beak
GEARY, OKLAHOMA
Dr. C. K. Roberts
DENTIST
Entered as aacond clasu maul Oct. 26. 1 1S. at post
afflec at Geary. Okla.. under act of March 3. 1878.
I'vimmu Every Thimday at Gbabv. Hi.ainc
Coumty. Stats or Oklahoma
THE SE6ER PUBLISHING 60MPANY
NBATHA H. SEGER
• The cornerstone has been laid.
Now we can proceed to build the!
rest of the new school building.
A BLAINE COUNTY BOY
We came to this county in 1894,
an^ found T. B. Ferguson and
If congress would have speeded M'- Baldridge struggling with
up on other legislation like they did
on the law to prevent the railroad
strike, congress could have brought
frontier printing plant and "fighting1
the wolf from their door." Among
T. B. s assets were a couple of
Display Advertising
par inch
insertion
"Sigreat relief to this country long ago *]c"dctt urch,ns not unl,k<* « host of
-H11 ■ t> other bovr.. TLu tn lr ~--a l_
06 by an early adjournment.
NEATH A H. SEGER. Ediio.
For DIAMOND BRAND
Coal Oil and Gasoline
The Best in Town
Hioiw 174 SAM ALLEN
AUTOMOBILE AND MACHINE Oil
Put in your can in 5-gallon lots at
Barrel Price*
C. F. WATT, The Oilman
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President:
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
of New York.
For Vice-President:
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS
of Indiana.
DR. PINKERTON'S
BARBED WIRE KIN6
FOR
Wire Cuts and Old Sorts
DIRECTIONS
Apply with a Brush or Swab Daily
Priqo 50 Cants
gearV. oklahoma
TRY
X THE
PARAGON
Barber Shop
For all kinds of
First Class Barber
Work.
%
C. H. Benningfield,
Piano Tuning!
Price $2.00
E. H. SMITH
REPAIRING AND REFINISHING
I give all I can for what I get in-
stead of getting all I can
for what I give
PHONE NO. 2
JOT IT DOWN
That we do the very
best line of Commercial
Printing and at reasonable
prices. Give us your next
order and let us prove our
assertion.
- Bear in mind, we want |
yourimsiness, and we pro-
pose making ourselves de-
serving. Are you with us?
THANK YOD
State Senator:
Harrison Brown
For Representative:
LEW EVERHART.
For County Judge:
• E. H. LOOKABAUGH
For Court Clerk:
T. P. QUAYLE.
For County Attorney:
BEN SMITH
For Sheriff:
CHAS. M. KELLEY. 1
For County Clerk:
FRANK WILLIAMS
For County Treasurer:
a. mcbride,
For County Assessor
0. O. DEWEESE.
For County Superintendent*
MARJORIE EVERHART.
For Surveyor:
J. H. LARY,
For County Commissioner:
E. D. LAW
good road making. The custom-
ary price for this kind of work is
one dollar a mile in the northern
states, like Iowa for instance. But
most of the farmers in this state
DEMOCRATIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Commissioner 1st District:
* J. R. HANKLA.
S
PROSPERITY is coming back
—but is it going to be equally
distributed ) We will do our part
to make it come your way, and
know that it will if you are found
in our band wagon by advertising
in the Times.
RT~y
other boys. They took part in the
—r— Republican's busy days and in
Whether President Wilson has''"J® *ot *** cal,cd Tom "the
done a great thing or not in having ° man' Walter, the older,
the eight hour law passed to ave.t j t0?k lo neW8PaPer work ,ike duck
the railroad strike will be definitely ***** to wa,er' and «racted the
determined in time. Temporarily *<rl e^e C.N.Haskell when
it has worked fine in that it has !hewanted a Privatc «cretary to
at least temporarily averted the ■ aCCOrn£ny h.m in his state build-
strike. 1 ,n8- i his gave Walter an exten-
sive insight into the politics of the
Canadian and Blaine counties who '<• construct the!
both have a good many mile, ol! .*nd wn" "lh«
well graded roads. But the im- i eonnitulion and
portanl thing, now. to have them! J""™ . m°"
well dragged. It tern, that a | ""V acquainted young man in the
good deal o( difficulty i> being ex-! }'*"/ . y' fct,ve ™d w*,ch-
iperienced in getting men to take , ' , , "°,td uf " amount
the job o( thi. important feature of i ° .rad ,0 ""V ol
not data that is immenesly valuable
to a man in public life.
A few years ago he took anolh-
rib and settled down to domes-
tic life and started the Cherokee
seem to think the pay is not enough. |^ePu^''c®n 'n which his success
Probably it is not, and we do not r°U#ed ab,tler ,ealoU8>' arnon8
know il the Ifcw fixes one dollar a sur^® competitors.
mile as the limit that can be paid . Wa" dcc,ded to take a seal in
or not. If not the commissioners | StalC ^ and anno«n«d his
should pay more where the nature Jn^nt,on8, This gave the jealous
of the work is such as to be worth j ope"'n8 to ^ 'uina-1
dollar is the limit ^ * eVWy damna^,e insinuation
possible to assert. The primaries
in the district'told these things that
their villifications were only so
many recommendations, as Walt;
ran like a scared wolf in the vot-
ing.
He II be elected just as easily
as he was nominated and will add
one more name to the long list of
Blaine county boys who are mak-
honorable records.
We want every boy in Blaine
county to always remember that
there is always room at the top of
any calling, that honesty and abili-
ty are always recognized by the
proper ones to assist their posses-
that can be paid, then, if we have
good roads, somebody will have to
get the idea that they can afford to
drag the roads, and drag them as
they should be dragged for the dol-
lar a mile just for the sake of nelp-
inp to have good roads. L. A.
Holmes, secretary of the Geary
commercial club, has been giving a
whole lot of his time recently try-
ing to get somebody to take the
job of dragging the roads east and
north of town. His efforts are
| bringing some results and he hopes
soon to have the dragging question
for several miles out settled, at least
for a while. The job of dragging,
if it i; done faithfully as it should cKl^ t0 ,Ke highest P,aces
be, will become much easier after efnem er>
j a short time and the dollar a mile famc ,r°m condition
I «i|! I* good P*r. but at first there Act wdl your part, therein all1
luiiiiiiiiiii.Miiniiiiimiiintrottmma will be lots of work for the money, honor lies."
and at first '• where we need good — H. C. Chapman in the Okeene
We hear that the price of dia- i boosters living on the roads to be Eagle.
monds has advanced greatly in the, dragged to come forward and see
past few months. But we are not j that the roads are kept up whether j I wi|| 9ave you 25 per cent
worried at all over that. they get exactly what the work is agents commission on monu-
" worth or not. When most of our j *nent3 made of Foreign and
The fact that the democrats are j people get the good roads spirit in! Aftlei7can Granite, Foreign or
«■«*"- 1 1 A — ■ do my work
not pleased at what Mr. Hughes is I the right way plenty of men will be Marble
saying indicates that he is getting1 glad to do this.
down pretty close to facts. it%is going to be a constant struggle
"~~~~" to make m progress in good road
Perhaps it is because he is "Too building and upkeep. If it were
, , I in Geary.
In the meantime Brown's Shoe and Harness Shop.
USE our want ad columns. It will pay you.
proud to fight" that Woodrow
Wilson declines to make a speak-
ing tour in opposition to Charles
Evans Hughes.
not for men here and there like L.
A. Holmes, who give all kinds of
time to good roads boosting with-
out thought or expectation of pay
in dollars and cents the good roads
It is reported that Mr. Wiley, movement would not move far in
the great pure food expert who a huudred years. Let's see if
campaigned for Wilson four years more of us can't join the real boos-
ago, was also disappointed in the ters and determine to have good
man of fine words, and this year is roads even at extra cost to us in-
campaigning for Hughes. dividually.
The premium list of the Second Ta 0^#
Blaine County Free Agricultural 'OHO.
Fair is out. Now let everybody ' am moving away from Geary I
enter into the spirit of it and help to Marshall, Okla., for the next!
to make it a big success and a ere- ^ree months. but will be back to
dit to the county and the farmers. cont,nue my regular piano work. I
will appreciate your continued
We will have a chance at ,L~ Pa,rona8c• E. H. SMITH.
Geary Horse and Colt Show
the
this
year, to exhibit what we can raise STEAK
in Oklahoma even in a dry season. k'n<* al
The com,, kafir, broom corn, etc.,
will surprise a whole lot of people.
The nice, tender, juicy
THE LITTLE MEAT MARKET.
J. W. Paden. Prop.
Got Something
You
Want to Sell?
Moat people have a piece
of furniture, a farm imple-
ment, or something else
which they have discard-
ed and which they no lon-
ger want.
These things are put in
the attic, or stored away
in the barn, or left lying
about, getting of less and
less value each year.
WHY NOT
SELL THEM?
Somebody wants those
very things which have
become of no use to you.
Why not try to find that
somebody by putting a
want advertisement in
THIS NEWSPAPER?
Get a Nice Juicy Steak
at the City Meat Market
a fine roast or a good piece
to boil. Our meats are
kept in excellent condi-
tion, and we know, too,
that our prices will please
you.
8c SON
Fat Cattle and Ho«s.
A MAN'S BANKING CONNECTIONS ARE
OFTEN IMPORTANT TO HIM
YOU WILL BE WELL CONNECTED IF YOU KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OLDEST BANK IN BL-AINE COUNTY
BROWN 8c SCOTT
GENERAL- AUCTIONEERS
We cry sales any place and at any time at the lowest rates Your
patronage earnestly solicited -Satisfaction or no pay Give us a trial
ADDRESS—ROUTE No. 1, CALUMET. OKLA
Calumet Phone "Rockdale" 52 Geary Phone U-V 2211
Little Craft Barber Shop
PEARL RAGAR, Proprietor
Easy Shaves and Correct Hair Cuts. Tonics. Shampoos. Etc
Bath in Connection—Your patronage solicited
OPPOSITE BOOSTER OFFICE
The Star Livery Barn
C. 0. BLAKE. Proprietor
have purchased the Sta Barn and am prepared to do livery work
day or night Your feed patronage is solicited
OR. J. W. PIKflTliXr
TELEPHONE NO. 117
is located with the barn and
will answer calls at all hours
ROYAL SEAL FLOUR
—MANUFACTURED BY-
GEARY MILLING & ELEVATOR CO.
GEARY, OKLAHOMA
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Seger, Neatha H. The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1916, newspaper, September 7, 1916; Geary, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc184669/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.