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THe Ralston Tribune
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Ralston, Pawnee County. Oklahoma, Friday. January 11, 1918
TO BUILD NEW
INTERURBAN!
Tulsa Millionaire Plans Road to
Intersect the New Ralston-
Owen Railway.
Hominy, Okla., Jan. 8. 1918—
Ghaa. Page, the Tulsa millionaire
who made Sand Springs famous,
has announced that he has
completed plana and has secured
a portion of the right-of-way for
an interurban railway from Tulsa
to Hominy and thence through
the Section 8 oil field to a point
on the new Santa Fe line, new
under construction, between
Pawhuaka and Ralston. Arrange,
manta would probably be made
to run aeme of the interuban
trains over the Santa Fe tracks
into Pawhuaka and possibly into
Ralston as well. No announce-
ment baa yet been made as to the
probable time of completion of
this new project.
my opinion the song was written
in the wrong key in the first
place.
Delsie Davis has quit school
we are all very sorry to see her
go.
The Freshmen English class
has almost completed the study
of the “Gray Backs*1.
Mr. Brodell:—T h e Greci
people love sculpture and    ;
the Grecian women are the most
beautiful.
Minnie:—(Quickly) They
aren't anymore.
It seemed quite unnatural u
hear the school bell Isst Saturday
but then—oh! well we have »■>
make up for vacation.
Miss Gaskill visited the Fresh-
man English claes last Thurs-
day.
Miss Maxey has taken charge
of the Freshmen Engi«n<i cla>*.'.
CONTENTS
Page 1
To Build New Interurban
High School Notes
Snow Storm Arrives
Promise of Oil Activity Soon
Miscellaneous News
Page *
i he Deep Sea Peril (Serial)
Must You Pay Income Tax?
Page a
Local and Personal News.
Page 4    ~
Who’s Who in tne World
■Sunday School Lesson
%
Page 6
.«i<trvelou8 Highlands of Gua-
temala
r uahions of tho Day.
Pag*: 6
Letter from a Sailor Boy |
r - >o*i Conservation Matters
Trade With
Advertisers
While a local paper is primarily
a news medium, it ia a well re-
cognized fact that one cannot
exist unless it carries a consider-
able amount of advertising. The
more advertising it carries the
better becomes its facilities for
handling ti.e news. The mer-
chant who carries an advertise-
ment m the local paper does so
■ or two teutons: First he wishes
tne puolic to know what he has
to sell; Second, he recognises the
value of a newspaper in the
town and wants it to prosper,
j uat aa he wishes all the other
public institutions to prosper.
The live merchant is invariably
an advertiser aod you will never
make a mistake by patronizing
the one wnose advertisement
appear in the local newspaper.
High School Notes
Volume II Number 31
PROMISE OF OIL
ACTIVITY SOON
Available Lease • West of Town
Being Snapped Up By
tbe Scouts.
It seems probable that another
teat well will go down some-
where in the district west of
Ralston during 1918. Such leases
as have been allowed to lapse ere
oeing bought up by the scouts
and good prices ere being peid.
Seme weeks ego a party of
surveyors work over the territory
to tne west of town for several
daye, and it is presumed that a
location was made about a mile
weat of old McCullough teat.
Conditions arising from the
war situation, of course may de-
lay all development wore indefi-
nitely but on the other hand the
increased demand for oil products
may Hasten rather thea retard
Erma:—Do you know that the
other half of the world doesn’t
kao what we are doing?
Ruth:—Oh! that is why we
can not keep up with the etyle!
The Domestic Art class is
making button holes models,
Perhaps if they keep on trying
they will be able to make tome
good button holes yet. Of course
you eould hardly expect them to
make them on their own clothes.
They will probably put them oa
something to be given away ae
Christmas prssent next year.
The Freshman are studying
hard for the Semieter Examin-
ations. Some have found out
that they don’t know it all,
having had the inpression be-
fore.
To the people in seventh and
eight grades:—Please don't
laugh at the Sophs while they
are reciting Geometry for they
are bashful and might cry.
The next Lyceum number will
be here Jan. 15th. We hope to
see a large crowd out.
Ruth Mitchell was telling about
someone who had a pet duck.
Lucie McCullough: Was it a tftro
legged one?
Irene’s father, after looking at
her report said: why Irene, I am
surprised at you, for letting a
mere Freehman beat you in M.
and M. History Irene; They are
not se mere ea some imagine.
The girls have reorganized
their basket ball team.
Ruth Mitchell was absent
from school Saturday.
Ward McCague started to
school again yesterday.
Emery:—How much milk does
your cow give a day?
Rex: ’Bout eight quart*,
Emery- How much of that do
you sell?
Rex—’Bout twelve quart*.
Ruth B—I’ve get to practice on
the piano five hours n dnye,
Icle-What for?
Ruth—'‘Cause Pa and Ms don’t
like our new neighbor!.
Miss Bet**:—Don't you know
you’re tinging off the wrong bey*1
Grace C;-Of course I an. In
Real Snow Storm
Arrives
A real snow storm arrived
from the northi Thursdsv morn-
ing, and continued throughout
tho day. Up to the tim* of going
to press about thre** inches of
snow had fallen and there is
every indication that there will
be another three inches on top of
that before morning, Those
persons learned in matter j agri-
cultural, say this is worth thous-
ands of dollars to farmers who
have winter wheat sown.
Page 7    1 And Venus
Uae Wood for Fuel    u Her Name    ,.....
Page 8    There were probably fifty per ^“• hnnamg *n of new fielda.
Editorial Page    eons in Ralston, last week, who
Red Cross and Church News would willingly have sworn that
they saw an airplane carrying a
Second Number
of Lecture Course
W«* notice placards ia the
windows announcing that the
huge light flying against the
western sky each evening from
7:30 to 8:00 o'clock. Anv num
her saw it dip and dodge and
Columbian Trio, the second • glide and grow dimmer in the
number of the lyceum course,
will appear at tbe High School
Auditorum January 15th, The
first number of' the course was
excellent, and if thia ia as goad
| there will be no complaint
distance. Some could make out
the outlines of the giant planes;
others could hear the purr of the
motor. And it. was only our old
friend, Venus, the evening star-'
i’nere is no doubt that there is
noin u.l *nd gas in thia district,
i nougii the drill alone can prove
just where end in what quanti-
ties.
There is an increasing number
of oil oi.urks wno hold to the
tueory tm*r oil follows the course
oi th** rivers, anu ihat a loop in
the river means an oil pool. An
examination of a map of the
kaiiniu and Oalaliome fields
would btrem to bear thia theory
Great is the human imagination! ,ou’ *"u *c *# tru*
__1_- aioo fhould have an* of tho
Gnuh-awruleat oil pocls in the
world.
SAVES SERVE
Dull Booming Waa
Not German Guns
Kaieion people for two weoks
p*dt nave >eard at irregular in-
tervale a dull Heavy booming like
dutant canno ading, and some
oi the nervous ones concluded
tuai tne i VY. W.a nad risen in
rebt-iiiou ana were bombing the
state capital. However a little
iiiVet>ti*auoii brought to light
tne fact that it was only the
blasting being done by tne crew
w aich was laying tne new lOineh
mam of the Gulf Pipe Line Co.
Put Your Sparc
Quarters into
Thrift Stamps
and j Help Lick
The Kaiserutot
Be Ready to Tell
What You Have
Wnile we are not authorized to
make the statement, aa a matter
of neighborly kindness we would
advise an Ralston people to see
the County Assesor while he is
in Ralston January 84-25 and
make a statement ef the amount
of property owned. This will
save you the trouble and expense
of a trip to the eounty seat.
SAVE S SERVE
Basket Ball Team
Reorganises
Tbe Ralston City basket ball
team have organized and expect
to play their first game with
YaleBigh School a week from
Saturday night Jan. 19th. '
The Ralston city team players
are as follows: Smith and Keeton
forwards, McGuire-center, Rose
and McFadden-guarda.
Light Plaut
Again Runuing
The city received a car of coal
for the power plant Sunday and
the light plant has been running
since, although two hours a day
leas then has been customary.
Trade in Ralston—it pays.