The Geary Journal. (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1905 Page: 2 of 4
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Double
Your
Salary
Through the I. C. S.
Y ' <i do it, just like
in i others we have
heip-J toward success.
We c. :i irain you at home,
in sp.".' t'mc, and at small
\ f )T any of the fol-
l.wi.i- :> (sitions:
'IxSaasa. Dtctrlcil, Stnm. Ctrl, ir
M. bpiMr; Draftsman; ArcMact; ImI
kHf«r, S'eiocripktr Sacw-Cirl Wrtttr;
9rsuur; or A« Wrtter.
Wrlt« TOI \ V. itatinf which posi-
tion mtareata you, to
international
Correspondence Schools
B«x SCK ANTON. PA.
Ot (ALL OX HI LOCAL ItriMlttttTIi
Lawton, O. T., 9-14-04
International Correspondence
Schools,
Scranton, Pa.
To whom it may concern:
I enrolled with the Internatidnal
Correspondent Schools in October
1903, for a complete course in
Civil Engineering. The instruc-
tions are thorough and practical
and I find the bound volumns Wfcll
worth the total price-of* tlllftion.
The instructions already received
have been of great value to (be.
and my work, which has been
along the line of ray course. For
the practical man whos intentions
are to better himself, there can
be found a friend in these schools
that will prepare hira to do his
calling in a manner both pleasant
and profitable. Too much can
not be said in recommending the
International Correspondence
schools.
Respeotfully,
e. R. Kerby,
U. 8. Geological Survey.
Mark Twain's First $5-
Mark Twain has bean telling
the story of how he earned his
fir«t five dollars. "I have," he
Hays, "a distinct recollection of
it, and have often laughed at it
since. When I was a youngster
I attended school at a place where
the use of the birch rod was not
an unusual event. It was against
the rules to mark the desks in
any manner, the penalty being a
fine of five dollars or public chas-
tisement. Happening to violate
the rule on one occasion, I was
offered the alternative. I told
my father, and as he seemed to
think it won Id be too bad for me
to be publicly punished he gave
rae the five dollars. At that per
iod of ray existence five dollars
wa a large sum, while a whipping
was of little consequence, and so"
(here the humorist reflectively
knocked the ashes from his ci-
gar)—"well/* he finally added,
"that was how 1 earned my first
five dollars."
Oil or Gas
Another discovery is made in
four miles of Custer City on the
farm of Arthur Bebee. There are
a number of springs which briny
forth gas in varying quantities..
A lighted match spplied a few
days ago caused a lit le coir. -
motion among those present, uh
it ignited and came near burning
some persons an it flashed like
powder. Mr. Bebee has had an
expert on the grounds and his
decision is that it will pay to put
down a well. The necefrSaty
machinery has been ordered and
work will begin at once and we
will soon know what we have in
this country, without the stere-
otyped preliminaries of weeks in
organiz stock companies,
leasing land, etc. This project
is being watched with interest
and you will no doubt soon know
the exact truth regarding oil and
gas in Custer, the banner county
of Oklahoma.—Custer Courier.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
V J. A
J. \. Smith. Presidem.
T. ■). KALLKW. Cashier.
i * . k. Bi.ackkki. s'lw-pmidrai. W. W. Watkrm^n. As>'t
r Citizens State Ban
£ SEARV. OKLAHOMA.
PAID UP CAPITAL, $10,00(3
If whi ''oaioMplaf making a • itpemnc a w« account rerjr rj
DIHi:OTOH8.
K. RI.ackkkt, N. K. linn. T. J. f
J. v mmuh. W w. Watkhmak.
Fight Over Bonds-
Special to The Oklalioman.
Anadarko, Feb. 17.—Two years
ago Bridgeport voted $20,000 in
bonds to build waterworks. The
town is divided by a deep ravine
nto East and West Bridgeport,'
and a town fight broke out. Thei
east part is in control of the town
and the bonds were pawned to
Kansas City parlies for 810,000.
The bonds were later transferred
to Chicago parties for 815,000.
The water works are being put in
only on the East side. West side
parties came to Anadarko today
to institute proceedings against
the responsible parties.
Uncalled For.
'•I have been told," said old man
Peckem. addressing his 18-year-old son.
.'that ron refer to me a« -the jjovernor1
at times, is it true.
"You have said it dad." answered
young Peckem.
•How la it." continued the old man.
"that aft r knowing your mother all these
years you should make a break like that?"
—Chicago News.
POWDER
/lASMOSUBSnh/TE
THE BEST SERVCEI
IS OFFERED BY THK
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE
RAILROAD
TO THE
East and Northeast.
I
A Throgh Sleepe r
Daily from Hot Springs to
Louisville
Cincinnati
via Memphis.
And
! For hill information as to rates times
j tables, etc., apply to your local
agent or addreaa,
N. B. BAIRD,
Queer Advertisements.
The following copies of queer
advertisements have been col-
lected and printed by a woman's
club.
Mr.Brown, furrier, begs to an-
nounce that he will make up
gowns, caps etc, for ladies out of
their own skin.
An airy bedroom for a gentle
man 22 feet long and 11 feet wide.
A lady wants to sell her piano,
as she is going abroad in a strong
iron frame.
Wanted-By a respectable girl,
her passage to New York; willing
to take care of children and a
good sailor.
Lost—Near Highgate archway,
art umbrella belonging to a gentl-
man with a bent rib and a bone
handle.
Bulldog for sale, will eat any
thing; very fond of children.
Widow in oomfortable circum-
stances, wishes to marry two sons.
Annual sale now on; don't go
elswhere to be cheated; come in
here.
Wanted—A boy to be partly
outside and partly behind the con-
uter.
The Watonga Flouring mill is to
be rebuilt at once. W.H.Hober-
icht, of Missouri, has purchased
the old mill site, power house and
machinery saved from the fire
and will rebuild as soon as the
weather permits.
Every road leading into town
is in bad condition. The road
overseers will have plenty op-
portunities to put in their work
this spring. Since there were no
road overseers elected at the last
falls election, it will devolve on
the township trustee to appoint
them. We feel sure Mr. Seivers
will ap|x int only men who will
fullfill their duty to the public
A week ago hut Saturday the
sheriff of Caddo county swooped
down on Anadarko and arrested
23 gamblers. The Sunday fol-
lowing 10 more were added to that
number. The fines assessed ag-
gregated about 81000.
X*w from Watonga Republican.
A colored boy with Jack Kath-
ary's English bull dog, Bob,
hanging to the seat of his pants,
created an amusing spectacle in
the north part of town the other
day. The boy failed to see where
the fun came in and when the
dog let loose the fellow hiked out
at break-neck speed.
It is a little frosty, but the Wa-
tonga Creamery 4 Ice Co. are al-
raady advertising, ana bidding
for ice cream trade. There seems
to be no good reason why this
section of the country should pay
tribute to Oklahoma City, Enid
or Wichita for the frozen delicac-
ies which we so largely consume
to cool our fevered interiors in
the good old summer time. Let
us be loyal to home institutions.
J. C. Fisher, of Okeene, has
been in Watonga thU week ar-
ranging some preliminary mat-
ters preparatory to beginning
work on his new hotel to be built
on the lots east of the postoffice.
An architect is now at work on
the plans and specifications which
will be completed this week and
as soon as the weather permits
work will begin and the structure
pushed rapidly towards comple-
tion.
The building will be 50x1(0 or
120 feet, three stories with a base-
ment, constructed of brick and
stone, and equipped throughout
with all the modern improve-
ments It will be heated by
steam, with hot and cold water in
every room. The hotel will bear
the name of its builder and be one
of the finest structures of its kind
in Western Oklahoma,—an orna-
ment to the city and a orodid, not
only to its projector, but to those
enterprising citizens of Watonga
who have worked heroically for
several month* to secure this
much needed improvement.
STOC KMOL.DE
H. A. foreman, J. A. smith. W. vv. Waterman. s. I
C. K. Blacken, T. J. Ballew, K. It sUney I
LEFFINGWELLS
Blue Front Bai
One Block from Choctaw Depot.
Good Turnouts, Kind Treatment, Rates Reai
South Broadway, GEARY, OK LA.
We are in receipts of a circular
letter from Jno. Sebastian, Pas-
senger and Traffic manager of
the Rock Island System. He has
made an effort to get an appro-
priation from congress for the
development of "Durum" or I
"Macaroni," wheat for which itl
is claimed, that it will thrive in J
thesocalled Semi Arid belt where-
wheat sometimes fails on account
of insufficient moisture at the
proper season. He addresses a
letter to Hon. Jas. R. Mann,
which was read before the cora-
mitee on agriculture, and it is
highly probably that 825,000 will
be appropriated bycongress for an
experiment in this valuable cere-
cal. This effort is certainly very
commendable on the part of the
great Rock Island Railroad Co.,
and it should be their aim to
work hand in hand with the far-
mer and thus mutually benefit
each other, and if the efforts of
this great system were all in the
direction cyf increasing the busi-
ness instead of increasing the1
freight rates, as is generally the
case, the interests of our coun-'
try would be greatly advanced,1
and instead of the railroad!
management being cursed as they !
now mostly are, for an abuse!
of power they would be a bless -j
ing.
A seventeen pound
was born recently to Mrj
J. Johnson, living nea
Comanche county,
It is said that this is thj
baby reported born in
Oklahoma.
One of the aldermen \
homa City introduced
tion in the council, as^
gres to designate OklaM
is th3 next place to holdl
Fair, naming 1916 as I
and asking for an app^
of fifteen million doll
congress
Name Your Farj
Numerous as are tn
memories that nestle
homestead, impressed t
on the lives of those
there, making an import
in your life, that farm i
name. N'ameit someth
like, something suggesl
beautiful life you enj
waving fields of grain ti
the browsing cattle or
shade of giant tree*. }
so much beloved deseni
tinctive name. Practical
ing, a name for a place
vient as a name foil
Suppose towns had j
Well it is just as inconV.
designate a place soon
it would be to designs
withont names. Xatj
farm and report the na,
—Hinton Record.
The preliminary trii
Diamond for grand lar
held Saturday before Ji
ry. He was held over
the action of the grand j
j meets in May. In defa
bond he was placed in ;
expected that he will b
furnish bail this we
ton Record.
S. M. M CLURE & SONS,
Bakery, Confectionery, Ice Cream Parlor, Soda f
Ail Kinds of Soft Drinks. Couie and See Us. N*ext Door to P«w
W. H. BROWN,
Harness and SHoemai
1 keep in stock and make all kind* of
Harness, Collars, Saddles, Bridles, Whips,
Etc., at the lowest prices.
Repairing a Specialty. Shop opposite Po
CITY MEAT MARKI
F. w. 1'IKN KY, Proprietor.
I am here with a nice line of meat and wouM
meet you. I handle a nice line of kraut,
meat condiments and mince meat in
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