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THE INDEPENDENT
ERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
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GERONIMO
Is the famous Apache Chief, who
has been a prisoner of wa** since
his capture by Capt. H. W. Law
ton, under General Nelson A.
Miles in 1886, and has been,since
the opening of the New Country
in 1901, a peaceful and law abid
ing citizen of Comanche county,
Oklahoma.
But the townsite which will
perpetuate his name and make
mints of money for all those whc
take advantage of the chances il
affords to investors is situated on
the C. R. I. & P. railroad, ter
miles south of Lawton, near the
northeast corner of the big cat
tle reserve, which contains 3,00C
fine farms or 480,000 acres, and
which will undoubtedly soon be
open to homestead entry.
Persons looking for a safe bus
iness inducement should not fail
to avail themselves of this oppor
tunity for a good investment.
The new town being fortunate
ly situated just at the gateway of
this large tract of the choicest
farm lands in Oklahoma is bound
to profit much thereby. The fa
mous Cache Creek Valley, in
which the town is situated, has
already been styled the garden
spot of the great territory. The
large country already settled
tributary ijo the town, and its
distance from competing points
-.will make Geronimo a good busi
ness point from the start.
mere will be no waiting tor
railroads, as the Rock Island al
ready has a station built on the
.townsite.
The Town Company is com
posed of some of the best busi
ness men in Oklahoma and they
are determined to build up a
t >wn which will fully come up to
t le requirements of the splendid
c >untry by which it is surround
ed.
A few lots have already been
s old and business has been es
tablished thereon as follows:
here is one bank, The Citizens
ank of Geronimo, two general
: ores, a drug store, hotel, post
( lice and a number of dwelling
i ouses. The railroad company
as erected a good depot build
ig, have built a section house
id put in stock yards and man
'ested a disposition to help make
ieronimo one of the best towns
i i the Southwest.
RULES.
First. Ab mt 600 lots have
een placed on the market at the
liform price of $10.00 each. A
ish payment of $7.50 must be
lade to the agent at the time of
taking application. $10.00 on or
efore Nov. 1st, 1904, and $12.50
n or before Nov. 15ih, 1904.
’he last two pay m mts are to be
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made to Geo. M. Dfzney, Sec.
and Treas., Billings, Okla. It is
agreed, however, that if the ap
plicant desires to pay the full
I amount at time of making the
application that the agent is em
powered to receive the same and
to give the applicant a receipt in
full, allowing him a discount of
three per cent for cash.
Second. It is agreed and un
derstood that good warranty
deeds to each and all of these
| lots shall be made at the time of
the opening by the Town Compa
j ny to those entitled to the same
* as shown by the applications and
receipts. It is also agreed that
a majority of the purchasers
present on the day of the open
ing shall elect a committee of
three from among their number
who shall agree upon some fair
and lawful plan of distribution of
the lots so purchased, and that
neither the Town Company nor
any member thereof shall have
anything whatever to do with
such distribution, but shall exe
cute the deqds in accordance with
the instruction of the said pur
chasers’ committee aforesaid,
whose decision in the matter
shall be final.
Third. In the event of the
formation of any town clubs for
the purchase of twenty-four lots
according to the conditions of the
nn'r» foP plnh aViPpt issnpd bv this
company for subscription of the
names and addresses of the mem
bers, the Town Company agrees
to furnish free transportation to
Geronimo on the opening day for
one representative of each and
every club so formed, provided
that the payments for the club
are all made as per con
tract.
Fourth. Each applicant will be
notified by mail ten days in ad
vance of the date of the opening
at the address given on his ap
plication.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion we wish to say
that the Town Company consid
ers these lots worth much more
money to investors than the low
price of $30.00 each, but on ac
count of other financial interests,
have decided to make this the
best business proposition on town
property ever offered to the pub
lic in order to close out at once
and immediately establish a
flourishing business town in
keeping with the demands of the
j excellent country by which it is
i surrounded.
Make your application at once,
as the chance will be of short du
ration. See
M. J. Nutting,
Newport House, city.
General Colonization Agent and
Salesman.
REFERENCES:
The Citizens Bank of Geroni
'mo, O. T., Billings State Bank of
i Billings, 0. T.
Your Pulse.
Feel It Once a Week
To See In What
.Condition Your
Heart Is.
If your pulse beats too fast, or too
slow; two strong or too weak; or too
Irregular; ’tls a sign of a weak heart.
Refresh it with Dr. Miles' New Heart
Cure.
The healthy pulse of a grown person
should average 70 to SO heats a minute.
The beats should be regular pulsations—
not too weak to be easily felt, not so
strong as to be felt without some pres
sure of the skin.
Tou may not feel particularly sick,
but any day, if your heart is weak, you
are liable to some sudden seizure, ■
i breast-pang, fainting, weak or smother- J
ing spell, a sign of real danger.
Do not wait for such a moment to
come, but treat your weakened heart
and circulation with a safe and efficient,
modern, scientific Specific remedy, such
as Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure has
J proved Itself to be.
It is a wonderful heart and blood tonic
and will make the blood rich and the
heart strong. It will do you good by
strengthening and building up the nerv
; ous system and circulation.
“For years I was troubled with pains
around my heart, shortness of breath,
palpitation and fluttering of the heart,
occasioned by the slightest exertion,
such as f \st walking, lifting, ascending
a flight of steps, excitement or emotion.
I have used only a few bottles of Dr.
Miles’ Heart Cure, am entirely free from
nil of these symptoms, and believe my
self completely cured."—
| G. M. I.AYTON, Taylor. Tex.
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POLITICAL POKER.
•■•■(Ions of Great Moment DitM
mined by the Game la the
Stale of Kaasaa.
Topeka Is much agitated over revel*
lions of draw poker In high places, and
nothing could better show than this up
roar what inroads the civilization of th»
east is making on the life of the bound
less prairies. Once upon a time, state*
the Kansas City Journal, draw poker wa*
to Kansas what bridge whist Is to th«
parlors of the fashionable. It was prac
tised as an art, a pastime, a profession.
No one thought then of concealing hi*
play of the game, but, rather, it was *
subject of pride and boasting. Indeed
it wits more than a game, for it served at
times in the adjudication of the mosi
•erious problems of state or government
▲t present the law of Kansas recog
sices the game of chance known si
“drawing lots’’ as the proper means ol
deciding all ties in elections, but form
erly draw poker was resorted to aa i
more orderly means of compromising
For example, In one of the western coun
ties, when two amiable gentlemen tied
for the office of representative thej
played a game of “freeze-out" to de
termine which should enjoy the office
Again, not so many years ago, when thi
senate committee on congressional ap
portionment came to a deadlock overth*
divers plane for dividing the state Intc
congress districts, the members ad
journed to a room in the Copeland, took
each a generous stack of chips and
played to a finish. Under the terms of
this historical game the committeeman
who lost his chips withdrew himself and
his apportionment plan from furthei
consideration; and when the game wa*
reduced to two gentlemen, the one whc
froze the other out fixed the plan of ap
portionment, which stands with little
change as the plan of to-day.
Volumes could be written of pokfer In
cidents in Kansas. Once a well known
congressman, who, by the way, has reap
peared in Kansas politics, naa to mew
the charge made by some overprudlrt
people that he was addicted to the gam«
of poker. He appealed to his political
asociates to help him out. The one whc
came most energetically to his recus«
was Capt. Bill Hackney, the Winfield
statesman. “I am in a position, to state,”
certified the doughty captain, "that Mr.
Blank Is less addicted to the game than
any man I ever played with.”
More elaborate but quite as effective
was the defense once made by Steve Os
born, ex-speaker of the Kansas house.
Some 12 years ago Steve was running for
reelection to the office of district judgt
in western Kansas. The pops got out a
handbill accusing him of being a "poke?
player” and circulated it widely.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVEL.
Comfortable Fittings of Railway
Cars for the Benefit of Sub
urban Passengers.
Some newspaper attention has lately
been attracted to the “club cars” by
which little groups of wealthy New York
and Chicago business men Increase ths
comfort of the daily trips between their
luburban homes and their city offices,
states Youth’s Companion.
Each car is in effect a club house on
wheels. Most of the gorgeous fittings o<
the ordinary cars are removed, and simp
ler and more tasteful decorations ars
substituted for them. Movable wicker
chairs replace the fixed seats. Electris
Ians cool the air in summer. There ars
dressing rooms, libraries, appartmenti
for the women, in short, everything
which ean contribute to the comfort of
the travelers.
The cars are open only to members of
the group which hires them, but they
represent merely the climax of a con
stant improvement in travel, both by
water and by rail.
At the other end of the scale we see ths
steerage accommodations of the ocean
steamships. Persons who are familiar
ynly with the horrible conditions for
which "a steerage passage” used to stand
would be astonished if they were to visit
a modern liner. More room, more light,
more privacy, better food, better sleep
ing and sanitary accommodations end
an abundance of water, both for drinklnt
»nd for bathing, are now possible even
to the poor Immigrant. The steeragt
passage of to-day is a more eomfortahl*
mode of travel than was the second
sahln passage ten years ago. First
cabin accommodations have improved
correspondingly. One of the newest
vessels has between 40 and 50 suites ol
rooms, each provided with its private
bath.
What is most needed now is a substitu
tion of wicker or leather seats for th*
unsanitary plush so dear to American
car builders and album makers, and
f.’eat»r seating capacity in street cars.
,<oke on the Professor.
Once apon a time Prof. Wilson, <4
Edinburgh, wrote on the blackboard la
bis labora'ory:
“Prof. Wilson informs his student*
that he has this day been appointed hon
orary physician to the queen."
In the course of the morning he had
occasion to leave the room, and found oo
his return that a student had added to
the announcement the words:
“God save the queen.”—Michigan
Gateway.
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Atmosphere as Mirror.
There is oue place where a man seea
a reflection of himself as bigas hefancie*
himself in his dreams. It is on the
Brocken, a mountain in Prussia, where
the vapors of the atmosphere act as a
great concave mirror, magnifying th«
iniag* thousands of times.
Tailors In London.
In 1SC1 there were in London 37,0d<
tailors; in 1871, 38,000; In 1881,40,300; Is
1801, 52,300, and in 1901, 80,074.
Women In the Trades.
In 'Worcester there are 703 wastes
mho make needle* aad 1,04* female salt
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[ STOVES! STOVES!! w\
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If yoa are looking for a Stove, don’t
fail to see oar
ESTATE OAK.
It Keeps Fire Longer,
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Gives More Heat,
Barns Less Fael,
Than any stove made.
We have almost any kind of a stove
yoa are looking for. See oar stoves and
GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING
SINGER
SEWING MACHINES
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At Bargain Prices.
We Suit Payments
to Your Income
You may test our machines
before purchase and they will
be delivered to your home.
Guaranteed to be a simpler,
stronger and more durable
machine than any other.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
. FRANK W. LYNN, Mgr.
M. A. UMSTED, Ass’t. Mgr.
121 Hazel Street, Newport Ark
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UNIQUE WEDDING OF MUTEft.
Bride and Groom Spealc Dlftereat
Language! in Finger Talk and Arc
Acquainted Four Days.
A wedding with nnnaual feature*
irai held the other morning at th*
residence of Justice N. A. Ladd, at
Madison, Wis., when Michael Wolf, of
i Arcadia, WTis., and Miss Bessie Ander
son, a pretty Madison girl, both
deaf mutes, were married. The
oouple met for the first time
only four days ago and spent
the intervening time in courting, get
ting acquainted and dawising a com
mon language, for the groom, being
a German, cannot understand writ
ten English nor the reading of the
lips, by which his more accomplished
bride receives communication from
friend*. He use* “finger talk” entire
ly. None of the parents of either ol
the principals is a deaf mute. Mr.
Wolf is a stone cutter, ihe eon of
well-to-do parents, while hi* bride
! lived at Madison with her mother and
stepfather. Owing to the language
difficulty, the questions and answer*
of the wedding ceremony were re
luced to writing, a long, amusing
and pantomimic performance. They
were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Pedder, of Arcadia, also deaf mute*,
but who have a bright, talkative lit
tle aon with them. It was thruugh 1
Mr*. Pedder that their union wa»
brought about. She was the girl ;
ohum of the bride at a deaf mute \
school. Recently she proposed mar- |
riage to her two friends. They found
the idea agreeable and she came, ow
and assisted in the details. The bride
«nd groom left for Arcadia, wher*
they wld live.
■\Vtont Type*etttnir Means.
In setting and distributing type a
compositor's hand travels on an aver
age 11 miles a day. Leaving Sunday*
and holidays ont of account, this
means about 3,000 miles a year. More
than half the deaths among compos
itors are due to lung diseases. In the
course of his lifetime an average man i
gets through about 2,500 miles of
reading matter.
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Paper from Ilj-e Straw.
Experts who have examined rye !
straw are of the opinion that a very
high grade of paper, not only adapted
to newspapers, but suitable for books
as well, :an be made from that mate- 1
rial, of which Louisiana produces
thousands of tons that are now got
rid of as a waste product.
STo ChlBPse in Potter’* Field.
Among *be thousands of bodies j
Varied in the potter's field of Nev ;
York there is not on* oi * Chinaman
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I VISIT YOUR OLD HOME*
if For a week or so this fall. See your old friends; talk
« over old times with them; tell them what you are do
I ing in the Great Southwest, and if possible induce
3 them to come back with you and look the ground over.
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