The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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T. F. 11 ENS LI I'ro,,
VOL XIV.
Ring Merrily at the Cheerful Home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Meyer Last Night at
Happy Union
NOBLE MANHOOD-TRUE WOMANHOOD
Substantial Young Couple Start Upon the Practicle Journey
of Life Under Bright Skies with Fair Prospects and
Bright Hopes -Blessings of a Multitude of
Good Friends Are with Them.
Married, Grant-Meyer, at the home i Otto Shuttee and wife anil Mr. and
of the brides parents, 412 South Mar-
ker avenue, Kl Reno, O. T., Tuesday
.lime IB, 1903, at 8 o'clock p. m., Mr.
]Joyd Brown lirant of Washata, O.
T„ and Miss Bess Meyer of El Reno,
O. T., Rev. Earnest 13. Cole officiating.
There is no pleasanter duty conies
to the newspaper writer than to
chronicle the happy union of two
young lives and special delightful
is the task when one or both are
acquaintances for years and whose
successes have been watched with
pride.
The groom, Lloyd Brown Grant is
a young man of splendid qualities.
In a christian home, upon an Ida
county, Iowa^farm, his first lesson in
life was that labor is the foundation
of all greatness and to this hour he
has applied himself diligently. Lloyd
lirant never took a step backward, but
with an eye single to the right has
pressed onward toward the goal of
a laudable ambition. After exhaust-
ing the means of education in coun-
try schools he attended the Ida Grove
graded school, the superior of which
does not exist in our public school
system and it was our pleasure to
write a criticism of his graduating
class wherein every element of study
at final examination and elocution he
was at the head of his class. He ap-
plied his knowledge practically in
teaching until financially able to
advance when he went to the capital
city of his state and from the Iowa
Business College at Des Moines he
graduated with the same high honors
which thus far marked his career. [
When Oklahoma gave promise of op
I Mrs. George F. Wattson and their
I hearty hand shake and jolly good
humored welcome made all feel a
kindly fellowship and as they passed
| on to other cheerful entertainers the
I unity of heart and mind continued
! and it has never been our pleasure to
| mingle with a more truly cultured and
i at the same time cosmopolitan com-
i pany. Hearty good cheer prevailed
every where and congenial spirits
| seemed to have met in harmony to
' give cheerful encouragement to the
young friends who were about to em-
bark upon the sea of practical life.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
The following accomplished and
personal friends of the Meyer family
most cordially welcomed the numer-
ous guests:
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Wattson.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Shuttee.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pearl.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Depping.
ASSISTANTS TO MRS. MEYER.
The entertainment of this vast com-
pany of guests was a delight indeed,j
and Mrs. Meyer was charmingly as-
sisted by the following cultured young!
ladies:
Mrs. Thos. Jensen.
Miss Eva Dowell.
Miss Leona Brown.
Miss Ida Ferguson.
Miss Emma Timmerman.
Miss Bessie Truit.
The ushers were:
Mr. Geo. Hillman of Chickasha, a
brother of Mrs. Meyer.
Mr. .1. M. Bauie of this city.
THE CEREMONY.
At the appointed hour the sweet
portunity for the display of energy,
with his parents he moved to Granite
and immediately proceeded to the
business of independent self reliance
by securing a position in this city
with the Stewart Lumber company as
book keeper and he has steadily ad
tones of the piano, under the skillful
touch of Mrs. Charles Wattson, float-
ed upon the air and the bridal party
preceeded by the ushers advanced to
position beneath a lovely wedding
bell of white carnations in the front
parlor. Leaning upon the arm of
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
EL RENO. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. JUNE 18. 1903.
S 1.2,5 PER YEAR
NO. 21
vanced until now he holds the respon- her father came the beautiful bride
sible position of manager of a lum- richly attired in a blue traveling suit
ber yard for the Choat & Young Lum- with chic hat to match and following
ber company at the flourishing new came the prospective groom upon the
town of Washita on the Choctaw rail- arm of Mrs. Meyer who was attired in
road. In his life thus far are demon- an elegant suit of white tissue over
strated the fact that integrity, perser- black silk. Benneath the lovely wed-
verence and true manliness receives |(ding bell the solemn and beautiful
its reward impressive marriage service of the
Every person in El Reno knows Methodist Episcopal church was giv-
Bessie Meyer, because her bright en by Rev. Cole, the officiating clerg\-
cheerful nature attracts and her pres-1 man and the responses were clear and
ence is a delight in every social and ; distinct and a more impressive cere-
home circle in which she mingles, mony we have never witnessed. Af-
A dutiful daughter, she is the idol of ter the ceremony there was a happy
a happy home and richly merits the informality of congratulations and
love and devotion of just such a man sumptions refreshments, every body
as she has chosen for a lite partner, enjoyed themselves until the 9:50
Miss Bessie has mingled with our train, which was three hours late,
people from childhood and the light was announced, when a large com-
hearted vivacious girl has advanced j Pany escorted the happy couple to the
to noble womanhood, steadily endear- j depot and we are not going to tell
ing herself to every acquaintance, about the compliments of rice etc.
Cultured by education in a thorough I Our young friends departed for a
school for young ladies, presided over brief visit with the groom's parents
by the sisters of the Catholic church
and reared In a practical home s! •
has added to her natural graces tho-.!
eliments of culture which polish i 0
social side of home life and mak« t
a part of our advancing civilization.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson.
Mrs. Sitton.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dippink.
Misses Rhodes.
Mr. and Mrs. Brookman.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pearl.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Wattson.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wattson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pearl.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hicks.
Mrs. Sarah Jensen.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Jensen.
Miss Woodson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Young.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis.
Miss Etta Dale.
Mr. Oscar Potts.
Miss Ruth Hickman.
Miss Claudia Bryan.
Miss Eva Dowell.
Miss Emma Timmerman.
Mr. Julius Timiperman.
Mr. Shirley Chapman.
Miss Hermie Chapman.
Miss Queenie Huber.
Miss Mary Riley.
Mr. and Mrs. Goff and daughter.
U. S. Brown.
Miss Brown.
Miss Nellie Devine.
Mr. Marks.
Miss Truit.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Rardin.
Miss Nettie Ohuman."
Mr. and Mrs. O. I. Purdy.
Mr Walter Newell.
Rev. Cole and wife.
Miss Threse Finch.
Mr. Banie.
Mr. Macey.
Mr. Edgar
Mr. and Mrs. Shuttee.
Mr. and Mrs. Trevathan.
Mr. and Mrs. Rice.
Mr. and Mrs. Ixiwe.
Mr. and Mrs. Pats wold.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pagles.
Mr. Theo. Pagles.
Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Lane.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. llensley.
Mr. Frank Kraft.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Greer.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis.
Mr. Chas. H. Dugan.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Perry.
Mr. Smiley.
Miss Nellie Durbon.
Miss Cora Shaffer.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Skaife.
Mrs. Lou Scales.
Mr. Edwin Kern.
Miss Bertha Rhokar.
Miss Ida Ferguson.
Miss Edith Setzer. *
Miss May Church.
Miss Stotts.
Mr. Harper.
Mr. Robert Wattson.
Mr. W. J. Sombart.
Mr. W. T. Beeks.
Mr. George Bellamy.
Mr. George Kennedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Engle
Mr and Mrs Halbert
Miss Addie Kirkpatrick
Miss Bab Gorwin.
Mr. J. A. Nichols.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Criley.
Mr. and Mrs. David Knepper.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson.
Mr. Silas Creel.
Mr. C. W. Crawford.
Rev. Rippey.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Warren.
A perfect mountain of elegant and
useful presents fittest the love of
(From Saturday's Daily.)
NARROW ESCAPE
EDUCATING THE INDIANS
George L. Ohnsman Came Near Be- Learning is Rapidly Making Them
ing Run Down by a Rock Island
T rain.
Yesterday afternoon while George
L. Ohnsman was delivering groceries
it became necessary to go to Morri-
son's addition and the Rock Island
switch engine and crew was manipu-
lating cars about the crossing in a
way 'hat effectually blocked the way.
George waited some time and the
good housewives who wanted the
goods, is precious, but then, that
makes no difference, even funeral
procession have to wait the sweet
will of railway corporations. Finally
Self Supporting.
OREGON TOWN
SWEPT AWAY
Special to the Democrat.
Kansas City, Mo.. June It!. J. K.
House of Washington, D. C.. one of
the five superintendents of govern
nient Indian schools, says That In
about twenty-five years there will be willows Creek Generally
no more tribal Indians in the United
States. Mr. House says that educa-
tion and the association with the
white people are fast eliminating the
lazy, dependent Indians by making
FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE
DROWNED BY FLOOD.
Small
Stream Causes Much Loss of
Life and Property.
Special to the Democrat.
citizens of them. With H. B. Peairs,
superintendent of the Haskell Indian ' , ......
the breakman motioned and yelled for |nS(|tute of Lawrence. Mr. House Is S|khiiiu , as ., tint >. . p<«la
George to go ahead which he did and Hl („a(s holl8e ' '«' <'V telegraph and telephone ad
just then the engineer pulled the M„ „01180 ,ame Kansas City from Arll K">n. Oregon state
throttle open and there was a colli from oklahoma by the way of Law lhat "lu, U,w" el'l ner, Oregon
slon, the engine struck the hind wheel r,.n(.,. He Is the superintendent of Hua 11 "'""J"- a Krta 00 0
water which rushed down Willows
1 nf the wagon and upset the whole tjlo Indian schools of the Fifth dis-
business twenty feet away. Breaky tthlch illolu.,(.s institutions ' "eek between 0 and 7 oclock Sunday
hustled to the spot and found under Nonll l)akota wl8r(msi„„ l()Wa. "v«nll>fp- Reports from one state tha
the wreck about seven kinds ot ber Minnesota. Michigan and Pennsylvan- 1,om PeoJ'' ll" )0
rles. four grades of butter, peaches, ia |j(, |iag doing special work to "ly " ' " 1 r""• is lepor e
soap, eggs, plum butter, lasses, coal as an inspector in Oklahoma and at """ ' "" " s ',l*' uni
Oil, cabbage, I'neda lliscuit, new |,awrence Wires are down and only meager re
taters. string beans, peas and in the "There are :!! ;) Indian institutions '""'s "" '"sast>' ',a%L °°n
midst thereof was tieorge smiling f learning being conducted I11 thli 'alned, which are brought out by
blandly even though In- was a pris- j COuntrv by the government. Forty- me88tnt ( rH-
lleppner is a town of about l.ZoO
inhabitants, the seat of Morrow couu
ty, Oregan. at the terminus of a
fault. It Is the natural result of such abollt 115000, of which number 28,000 !l,rancho f Oregon Railroad and
dangerous crossing where men in the enrolled as students In the Indian \ 'Kal''"iipun) arm tig an
stock raising are the chief industries.
Willows creek which is given as the
cause of the disaster, is ordinarily a
small stream and early reports indi
eate the flood was caused by either
one or two cloud bursts.
oner. Seriously, however, it was a sjx ,,(■ which are in my district," said
mighty narrow escape and neither the Mr House yesterday. "In all the
driver or the railroad men are at sc|,ou| population of the Indians is
| employ of the road and the merchant! schools. While school attendance,
are forced to do things which en- especially on the reservations, Is com
danger life and property and possibly pulsory to a degree, the great major-
get a cursing because it happened. )lv 0f these Indian children go to!
school of their own free will or are
Dont Fuse. entered in the institutions by their
To our mind, the success ot Okla- parents, who are anxious to have them
homa statehood at the coming session educated. The young Indian Is not
of congress depends upon our own a 8|ow scholar. lie learns as rapid-
responsibility anil merits. There Is |y as t)u, average white child, I think.
absolutely 110 reason can be assigned chose who do not speak the English
why we should not receive an enab- |ai1(!uaKe when enrolled are. of course
llnng act. In all the long debate last | handicapped somewhat, but they make
session Oklahoma received nothing I KOod progress just the same. Some
but praise—adverse sentiments were years ago the old Indians used to
confined to the other territories that |00k with displeasure upon the
we were yoked up with. Delegate schools, blft now the great majority
McGuire should in our judgement and „f them favor the institutions.
we think he will, refuse all overtures "Education is doing much for the l by a gang of salary grabbers, the
tor fusion with any other territory. re€| man," continued Mr. House. "It individuals comprising it are suppos
Oklahoma is strong enough to stand \ j8 nmking the Indian self supporting. 1 e l to be democrats. The democratic
alone; ami doing so, her various in- -p|le Indian educational department j central committee has repudiated
disputable claims for favorable con- wm be absorbed by the public school them and their acts, there are two
slderatlon cannot fail to result I11 a system in near future years, I think. ! supposedly democratic papers there,
brilliant and successful fiinish. Ok- n was created as a temporary de- 1 the Enterprise and Democrat the Dem
lahoma, without reference to any partment only. When the Indians be- ocrat stood by the salary grabbers
other territory" Is the language of the come citizens and self supporting and the Enterprise, although the ofli
Enid platform, and thus should be ! their children will attend schools with jclal organ boldly assailed the scottn
the public and private utterances and other children. Congress by a recent drels and repudiated them and their
Portland, Ore. June lti.—The gen-
eral offices of the Origon Hallroad
and Navigation company received a
telegram from lone this morning that
the company's depot at Heppner was
washed out by a cloudburst Sunday
night and that many people of the
town were drowned.
The Same Outrage.
Lawton, like El Ileno is disgraced
contention of every republican in Ok- enactment permits the Indians to sell
lahoma territory. There Is no rea the lands of deceased reatlves. Tills
son to fear failure il' the republicans js doing much good for the Indians,
stick to their text and scripture les They sell to white farmers who set-
son.—Anadarko Tribune. lie the lands for homes. The Indians
o are thus afforded the' association of
Oklahoma peaches have made their the whites, which Is invaluable in
appearance. making them desirable people."
acts as un-domocratic, un-American,
disloyal, dishonest and outrageous.
The official ring are in the same con
dition as here, except that here, the
gang is headed by the republican
party with just enough democrats iu
it to act as "itnpers" for the machine
The following is from the Lawton
■ Mr. House says that the school Enterprise which is lighting the peo-
Mustang is advertising for a butch population of the Indian Is about hold- | pies battles there just as the Demo-
er and a jeweler. ing its own. The number of Indians crat is here.
in the schools lias been nearly the "The man or paper that dares lo do
Mustang boasts, of selling lumber Karn(! for several years. The Indian right simply because It is right will
to customers within two miles of population of the United States is always lie abused and made an ob-
Yukon. said to be slowly Increasing, it be > ject of ridicule and slander; In the
ing about 2G«,000. Mr. House is not begining of I.awton's political career
lias thirteen 1111 jn Kansas City 011 official business, there sprang into existance a news-
We shall watch ue will leave for Wisconsin today or paper whose name was a disgrace to
Lincoln county
lucky newspapers,
with interest to s
he called hence.
which will first tomorrow.
W. I). Cardwell, the Weatherford
V commercial agent from Japan. aUOrney passed through El Reno on
good friends for this splendid young -palkiclii Schimizue, is iu California to his y 1|<)me today.
couple and the good wishes of all ; make an experimental shipment of
El Reno accompanies Ihem to their oranges to the capital of the Mikado,
"lie Texas pacific railroad
delightful new home.
NOTES.
along their entire line
as a commercial enterprise. The 1116 1 pa'iti'
mandarin and tangerine oranges of Pany will establish a telephone
A pleasant feature of this magnifi- Nippon are much smaller and 1
. . ,, juicy than the naval orange.
cent event was the inspiring music J J
of the El Reno Orchestra which was
stationed on the poarch and at 7:30
THE WEDDING.
Brillian electric illuminations, el-
aborate decorations by skillful specia-
lists in the art gave the home of our
esteemed friends, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Meyer an added brilliancy and the
sweet perfume of fragrant flowers
floated delightfully upon the air. The
lovely lawn was added to the capac-
ious parlors for pleasure of the throng i
of friends and to eligance was added 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Newell,
better quality of truly high life, sim- Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hampton
plicity and cordiality. At the en-! Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Phelps
trance of the spacious front poarch,
on either side were two immense palm
trees and beneath their shade the
guests were cordially received by
at Granite, when they will proceed to
Wachita where Floyd has prepared
a neat cottage where they will be at
home to their friends after next Mon-
day.
GUESTS PRESENT.
Those from a distance were:
Miss Daisy Lyon and Miss Annie
Kritschmer, of Kansas City.
Miss Carrie Conditt, of Treuton,
Missouri.
Miss Nellie Grant, sister of the
groom, of Granite, O. T.
Mr. George Hillman. of Chickasha,
I. T.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart.
began with a grand overture and con-
tinued playing appropriate and en-
livening selections during the entire
evening.
George Wattson knocks Hobson silly
when it comes osculation. After kiss-
ing the bride and groom he continued
I he process just as if all the girls
were included in the matrimonial
service.
In
a view ahead, gives no correct idea
of distance. Should he attempt to
torpedo a war vessel, the submarine
is liable to run squarely against the
object of attacl when he thinks the
vessel is still far in the distance
tie' party after which it was christen-
ed Its perfidy has acted as an under
current to keep the worst element of
Lawton at th«- head of public affairs
It lias elevated its sentiments, timo
and time again, until there might have
been traced with a telescope a tinge
of sincerity, but before the good
brethern could ail gather around and
kiss away the stains from the claw's
of this assin of character, it would bo
crawling upon its belly in a political
atmosphere that would be unpleasant
for a snak<\ Every opportunity that
ever lay within the grasp of a west-
ern newspaper could have been at-
tained by the Lawton Democrat, but
Tie- supreme court has derided vjr^ue waa not one of its attributes,
that Probate Judge Finley,, of Kiowa garjy jn history it disbarred every
The total cotton crop of the Indian
The periscope instrument provided | territory last year exceeded that of
ive the pilot of submarine crafts oklahoma by nearly 200,000 bales
cording to the government, report.
The El Reno Democrat has more
ews of interest to the people of
El Reno than all of the other papers
county, must account for all fee
collected in the proving up of town
sites Chandler News.
man with a conscience from its staff
Lik< a stagnant pool it constantly
casts oft a poisonous stench. There
is no element in Lawton good, or bad,
bartered 'hat resp- < t it. Gamblers and prosti-
A new railroad has been
Even th.' good old Methodist feet and Ttg circulation Is" more to build from Fort Smith to Wichita, tutqs contribute to its colters to keep
Kansas. It is to be backed by the it present. A few respectable citi-
men who financed the Choctaw zena still allow themselves to bo
— tricked by its duplicity. It is now
could hardly keep still under the in
viting melody of the waltz and render-
ed selections some of which were
' even more lively and reminded us
of the good old time.
than all of them.
The Democrat does not bore the
merchant to death by begging them
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tannebatim and
son.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Masterman.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Miller.
A. petition is being circulated ask engaged in defending the city coun-
for their business; but saves them ing Governor Ferguson to commute eli In its recent salary grab. It does
the Dutchman's one per cent on every Tom Queenan's sentence to life im not believe tho council is right. It
While Mr. Lincoln's whitewashing thing they send to this office. prisonment. Queenan was sentenced knew that when this body voted for
committee are investigating the hab- to death for tho murder of his wife a higher salary than It pledged tself
at Oklahoma City about three years to accept when It ran on the demo-
a!;0i cratic platform, that the people who
voted for these same councilmen were
Dem given to understand that the salaries
its of certain members of tho police The El Reno Democrat is not ii
force, the Democrat desires to ask to short pot its customers
if they spent any time Investigating
the necessity of keeping eight men II. K Jones the traveling man of
There are no loafers at the
laying around police headquarters at Oklahoma City who cures every body's ocrat office. It is a beehive of work would be kept at the minimum. It
$50 and *75 per month, when four rheumatic pains is in the city doing ers and they have more than they was a breach of political faith when
■ 1 Ihnv not1a thn nnnli>ai>u "
men is all that is needed.
good as usual.
can do.
I they acted to the contrary."
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