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I I MAGEE Editor and Proprietor
FRIDAY FEB 16 1900
Entered as eecond-cInaematterOctobcp
28 IMS at the poetoft'lce at Helena Ok-
lahoma under the Act il Congrees of
March 31879
Neticeto Republicans
The Republican County Ceutral
Committee is hereby called to meet at
’Carmen Okla on February 21 1900
lit 1 o'clack p m for the transaction
of important business that will come
before the committee at that time
Some very important matters will come
Aip before the committee and it is very
Pessary that every committeeman be
present in person ahd every member
‘of the committee is urgently requested
o be present
Done by erclor of the executive com-
inittee in session at the city of Alva
v)kla this 21 day of January 1900
1 W J FrkKgii Chm
A A Huoiiks Sec'y
WOODS COUNTY CAVES
That there are many wonderful nat-
ural features in southern Woods eounty
every one knows and few appreciate
the many natural wonders that are so
'close to our doorway In company
with quite a large party last week we
had the pleasure of exploring some of
these wonders iu Jones Townfthlp south
'of Demun That there were many
'eaves we knew but of their number
and magnitude we had no idea The
first cave we entered was Very rough
'and rocky some 2000 feet in length
and from JO to 90 feet in diameter
Starting in under a bluff wo dlimbed
up and down over huge rocks avoiding
yawning crevices which appeared al-
most bottomless ut last we came to tlie
"exit a hole on top of the hill about one
foot in diameter through which the
blim ones slid while the more portly
'ones were pushed and pulled to the
‘surface of mother earth again with
'some difficulty
In the second cave we entered the
'opening was very small at first but
after the first 100 yards it broadens
into a huge cavern with a beautiful
dome at least 75 feet high The walls
all of glistening gypsum' make one
think they are in the crystal palace
Exploring off to one side of this eavern
we found a tree 20 feet long and at
least one foot in diameter showing
that water must have rushed through
there sometime with fearful velocity
Leaving this vast opening one enters
what resembles an artificial tunnel
Here fur at least 260 yards the cave ex-
tends in almost an unbroken line iust
high enough for one to walk erect It
is a perfoot arch of hard white gypsum
'ana is a very beautiful sight
The biggest and best cave was left
till last This you enter from the top
foing down down down uutil ohe cun
almost imagine they are in the very
iiowela of uiether earth In tills cave
you find everything huge boulders
lying as they fall from the oeiling
weighing many tons deep pools of wa-
ter narrow passages huge caverns at
'me time & ceiling three feet high then
again a vast space 75 to 100 feet above
your head Large rocks Jut out in ev-
ery forth making fantastic appear-
auees Bud grotesque shadows In some
'places huge shelves Jutted out ten or
twelve reel rising one above another
to the number of half a dozen only a
i'w inches Irt thickness and o! hard
Crystal gypsum How far we went into
this cave is hard to toll but for one
lour aud fifteen minutes we plunged
on into this black abyss sometimes
limbing over huge rocks that almost
'barred the way again walking rapidly
on good footing for several hundred
'yards then again threading around the
mud and ouce “turtliitg" around a deep
pool an a Barrow clef which despite
the danger was such a ludicrous sight
as to tickle the risibilities of the most
soJemncholly'' as one by one tlie party
of bine crawled slowly along the cliff
Snaking use of all fours and wishing
that the had us many legs as a centi-
pede It was fifty feet around the pool
j-ni'l the cleft through which all bad to
'io wl was not owr two or three feet
vultf slippery and with roVlu hanging
TO DENVER
&-Y
above point at
month of May
no low one did nut dare to raise higher
than two feet and the black pool of
water many feel deep yawning ten
feet below We think the ladies
of our party had remarkable nerve
to accomplish this difficult task They
were rewarded ten minutes later by
coming tu a beautiful passage Here
the rocks rose perpendicular to the
height of forty feet on either side
while the passage was just wide enough
for two to walk abreast This beat!
ful passage was at least luo yurds in
length all perfectly smooth on both
sides and bottom and dry aud nice as
if intended for lovers' lane Finally
we came to another pool of water
which seemed impassable und ns ail
were tired with climbing slipping:
crawling and sliding we turned back
baling penetrated into tliiscave almost
a mile aud it was hot work too for
all were sweating like harvest hands
on a hot July (lay Leading olY from
the main passage were numerous small
encases but were left unexp'orjd for
all Voted that they had hud all the
strenuous life they wanted for one day
If any party of people from Alva want
to have a genuine Jolly time with just
enough danger to add spice to the
occasion we udviau them to explore
some of the big caves south of the
Cimarron — Alvu Review
When two Woods county editors
meet noVv-a-days re minks the Lnhoma
Sun tlie first question is “How limny
newspapers do yon own?”
News item from Thomfts O T: A
woman of that place thinned down h(r
stove polish with gasoline and the El
Reno American is mean enough to say
her chances for recovery are thinner
than tlie polish
Away up in Utah the stale In which
Mormons und sage brush grow a man
died recently who at the time of his
death had seven living wives He was
the father of 1!) children htul 140 grand-
children and a munber of great grand'
children The exact 'cause of the old
man’s death is not given but the sup1
position is that excessive worry over
enormous millinery hills to say nothing
of other incidental expenses had much
to do with hastening his departure
from this life
Judging from the condition of the
weather this week there uiust be con-
siderable truth in that "groundhog”
story The rain of Monday aud Tues-
day was followed by a cold wave If
it occurs to you that local items are
somewhat scarce in this week’s issue
don’t criticise the teditor too severely
because you know very well people do
not maneuver about much this kind of
weather and it's beyond the ability of
the average publisher to dig up stuff
when there's practically nothin’ doin'
To save an editor froth starvation
take his paper and pay him for it
promptly To save him froih bank-
ruptcy advertise in his paper liberally'
To save him from despair sehd him
every item ef news of which you can
get hold To save him from profanity
write1 j-our correspondence plainly on
one side of the sheet and send it in as
early as possible To Save him from
mistakes liury him Head people are
the only ones that never make mis-
takes Newspaper readers would do
well to remember that there are no
perfect people — editorg oi readerh
Fifty-three persons were killed or
wounded accidentally in Oklahomadur-
lug the hunting season Just Closed ac-
cording to tlie Wichita Eagle It is
figured that this may be some consola-
tion to theauall remaining alive in the
territory It might with reason be
suggested that some reonti rules and
regulation are necessary iff hunting'
especially i ad regards eligibility One
of the Oklahomans who was seriously
shot by a friend during the hunting
season just closed 'suggests tlutt an as-
sociation should lie “of those who were
shot and those who ought to be” The
list of members would be a long one
In all ten people were killed outright
in hunting accidents three lost an eye
each six a foot four an arm six a
hand nine others were Critically
w winded in the btoinach and otherwise
and eleven more received slight in-
juries such as having their hides filled
i t It bird shot
Tne superiority of the Free Press j--b
piloting is acknowledged by the public
generally
Railroad News
It now looks us though something
was going to be Joihg in railroad build
log west fron Avard Ed l’attce and
a number of other reliable citizens
residing west of Avard along the line
of the proposed extension had a talk
w ith a corps of surveyors a few days
ago who said they were going to the
salt plains but further were as silent
as a clam
It is reliably reported that T S Cham
hers the townsite man has purchased
a 1U) acre farm 12 miles west of Avard
for townsite purposes paying £2200
for the same This report looks tangible
as Mr Chambers and party passed
through Avard about two weeks ago
bound west and Mr Chambers dropped
into the Tribune office and Informed
ns t hat lie was on a hunting trip in
Woodwind county He didn't say
whether he was in quest of deer
turkey quail prairie chickens or town-
sites — Avard Tribune
A Ills A UNO Gobi-kt
The Rev J C YVarreu pastor of
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The Lahoma Way
Playing hookey is not so popular in
Lahoma as it was a few duys ago says
the editor of the Sun Monday one of
the school boys decided that it was his
day to play hookey and no doubt en-
joyed himself for a lime However the
marshal Was given a tip and proceeded
to arrest the youngster and locked him
up in the cooler The boy alonce asked
that his father Je sent for which was
done When he arrived and on being
informed why the boy was locked up
said "Well I'ui Sorry but I can't do
anything for you You got yourself in
here aud you will have to get out as
best you can” Finally a big-hearted
citizen paid his fine oil his promise not
to play hookey again
Li’ckikat Man in Arkansas
I'm the luckiest man in Arkansas’
writes H L Stanley of Hrnno "since
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ter five years of continuous coughing
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Notice
The Helena Horse Improvement As-
sociation of Hetaua O T wishes to
let the contract for the keep of their
two stallions Seliaffner 12171) and
Liseron (35l52) for the coining year
commencing March 24 1606 and end-
ing March 24 1907
The parties awarded the contract
will he exported to furnish box stalls
16x16 breeding pen 32x32 to be located
in the city of Helena Woods eounty
Okla Alsb to furnish the best of feed
and take best of caru of horses Bids
to be in secretary's hands not later
than 2- p tn March 13 1606 and be
opened at 3 p tn of March 12 1906 iu
the town of Helena YY’oods bounty
Okla The triistees reserve the right
to reject anv or all bidsi
C M HOLTON Secretary
Y A GLASG0YY' Chairman
JOHN ZIMMERMAN
F U 0E11GEY ) tru -s'
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Land Office at Alva Okla Jan 22 1906
Not let Ik hereby given that the fol-
lowing named Bet tier has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
qnpp'nri of his Claim and that said
proof will be made before Register
and Receiver at Alva Oklahoma on
Februiny 2B 1906 viz :
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ma for thd swj Section 4 t2:tn rlOwi
lie names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
ahd cultivation of said land vi£ !
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