The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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El Rexo Democrat.
T F. II ENS LEY, Proprietor.
Vol xii.
PUB LI SEED EVERY THURSDAY.
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, JULy 4. 1901.
$1.25 PER YEAR
no. 23.
THE FOURTH
AT EL RENO
The Democrat ih
lute this Week. Our
purposely u day
publication dny
The W. C. T. U. were in the proces-
sion with a carriage suitably decorated.
Fuller iV Puller hud a line display of
Indian goods uud funeral merchan-
dise.
J. E. Kelso had the tailor made dress
department of his store nicely repre
sen ted.
Herman Hurmes was the only liquor
dealer represented in the parade yes-
eoiuingon the first Independence Day of | terdav.
the new century, we allowed the paper
to go over until Friday in order to give
our employe!- an opportunity to cele-
brate and ti.is week's paper an oppor-
tunity to five a brief synopsis of how
the day was spent in El Reno.
That the day wus hot und dry goes
without say itiy. The thermometer was
too close to 108 in the shade to he com-
fortable, even if you were the ice man.
Everything in .El Reno went off i sbaw 4 Kintzley, groccrs, had us
grandly. The merchants parade ex-1 'ine a Uiti',iu-V of Cttnned * could
, . , , be made. Their float was u neat and
ceeded even the wildest expectations | handgomely ai.ranped nffttir.
of the most enthusiastic participant,
and wus a stunner to the "knockers."
The crowd wus the la gest ever seen in
There were no milliners nor news-
papers represented in the parade
The El Runo lire company held a
eonapicions place in the parade.
Iiill Devln's flaming red pro; mis
were as thick on the streets us uves
in Valumbrosia.
A great deal of credit is due to com-
mittoemou Fry berg or, Progress Smith
and Sum Peach for their work in get
ting up the street parade.
Miss Chester Lowe, although speak-
ing against a hurricane of dust and
wind, acquitted herself with great
credit in the reading of the Declaration
iioss Shriver, the sewing machine of Independence.
man, hud his business nicely and ap
propriately represented.
The G. A R. post of this city had a
neat flout representing a lurge canon,
or mortar, and other trapings of war.
El Reno and the day went off in the
most orderly and pleastant manner.
There w hs not a disturbance to mar the
pleasure of the people and but two
druuken i
cooler, and none others were seen upon
the public streets. If it had not been
for the high winds and tbe excessive
Jim Duffy is entitled to a vote of
I thanks from the committee, not only
El Renos loveliest girls and most for writing up the celebration for out-
enterprising ladies didn t hesitate to ,-ide papers, but in preparing and cir-
take part in the street parade yester culating bills i nd other advertising
llav- mutter at home.
The Baker-Hickman music store hud
a decidedly taking sewing machine
float. It was represented by a little
old, gray whiskered Rip Van Winkle
kind of a chap from Arkansas and his
old wife driving the machine.
Judge Joe Lowe who was advertised
to deliver the Fourth of Jnly oration
was sick and could not deliver his ad-
dress. R, B. Forrest was pressed into
service and made a short talk. Num-
erous other persons were called out
and made short addresses.
Goff's Cadet Band furnished cxcel-
Buket- & Hickman, music dealers,
had three floats In the procession, each
one of them handsomely decorated and
representing some branch of their
business.
We heard an habitual attendant of
the Mardi Gras at NewOrleans say that
found their way to the lhe !'a,'ttde yesterday was a credit to
the first few productions of that now
I fomous street pageant.
Arrington & Strong, furniture deal- leBt mufic th',°"Khout the day, and
ers and second hand men had an elabo- l''entJ of it. The public is under many
heat everyone would pronounce the El rate diBplay of near!y everything they obli'-Talions l° organization for the
Reuo celebration the most enj i.vable carry. They had one of the best, if
they ever attended. not the best, display of goods in the
The Hre works at night were simply '^ne mttrcb-
grand and were witnessed by thousands W. J. Montrief represented Uncle
of people Sam on the Liberty wagon and made
the hit of the occasion. His make-up
Notes. was that of the typical Uncle >am and
There were no accidents: no lire-: no peculiarly adapted to his style of
disturbances. Nothing to make
wish that we hadn't celebrated.
Dr. Nicholson drove
decorated with wheat.
figure and bearing.
tandem outfit
It was a neat !
Sullivan, the restaurant man, had a
tremendous float representing a mod-
ern cafe in all of its appointments.
and novel affair and attracted no little Dinner was ready in the''dining car''
attention. and a host of hosts were being served
Even Cyclone Ross was compelled to 10 a temPtinfT meal b>' billed waiters.
admit that he never saw a more order- The committee is under special ob-
ly crowd of its size than assembled in ligations to Mrs. G. F. Watson, Mrs. I da.nCine pavilion.
El Reno yesterday. R. C. Miller and Mrs. J. C. Shriver
Major E. J. Bell of the Simpson Sup- j 'or their services in helping to decor- Harry Hazelton of the El Reno
per orated at Union City, but the big ate the Liberl-V w*gon and the.prepara- 1 lummng Company, had a unique and
.... . ... ,, , i lion of t he vocal n nd inatrm-npntnl mil- life-like disnlav. The float
celebration at hi Reno was pulled on
manful manner in which they encoun-
ered the wind and dust yesterday rather
than be derelict in their duty.
The El Reno Business College was
not behind in the parade by any means
; It had a large, handsome float fitted up
to represent that institution. There
were studtnts. teachers, and a banking
system, typewriters and stenographers
j represented, all at work on the inside.
Shortly after the noon hour yester-
day a young man whose name was not
learned, was overcome by the exces-
sive heat and for a time life seemed
I extinct, but restoratives finally brought
him out all right and in the course of
an hour he was able to return to the
on schedule time just the same.
To describe the floats separately and
do justice to the subject would take
more columns of space than we have
devoted to reading matter this week.
The El Reno Ice and Coal Company
donated ice yesterday in large quanti-
ties for public drinking tanks along
the streets. This generosity was highly
appreciated by the people.
Fitchen-Morse, successors to Geo.
W. Bellamy, had a fine float advertis-
ing in an elaborate way not only their
drug business but the paint and wall-
paper branch ol their establishment.
They had a neat and expensive float.
The absence of fire yesterday, as dry
as everything was, doubtless was due
to the vigilance of the special police
und the continuation of the providence
which has so favored El Beno in the
past in the matter of disastrous fires.
McGrath & Co., had a fine display of
fancy groceries. Their float was not
as largo as some in the parade, but it
displayed a groat deal of skill and
originality and called forth a great
deal of comment as it passed along the
crowded streets.
The Fryberger-Newell Department
store had a magnificent float. It was
among the largest in the parade. It
represented a department store in all
of its details, even to the young lady-
clerks and the cash carrier system
' used by that progressive firm.
The Wheeler Drug Co. had a unique
float and a good display. On the rear
of their float was a huge mortar and in
the front a large pair of apothecary
scales, with other emblems of the drug
trade portrayed in their decorations.
It was a neat, novel and appropriate
float.
sic, and in making that feature oi the
parade a success.
Munson, the house mover had the
largest float in the parade. It consis-
ed of a huge platform built on his
house moviDg aparatus and drawn by
eight horses abreast. It was beauti-
life-like displav. The float consisted
of the latest sanitary plumbing fixtures
including a porcelain bath tub with a
shower bath attachment and a nymph,
about four years old, taking its morn-
ing ablutions.
Friend Blevins had a mammoth
shoe built upon a wugon, advertising
fully decorated and represented a 1 the shoe department of their establish-
camping ground of real Indians in ment. It was a good hit and brought
their tee-pees engaged i j their games j the Hanan shoe, which they handle,
and sports as the floa tmoved along
the streets.
The Bonebrake Hardware Company
had their business represented by a
very large display of their wares. In
prominently before the public eye'
The shoe was about sixteen feet long
aud as wide in proportion.
One of the largest and prettiest floats
in tbe parade for want of a better name
fact it was difficult to tell which had has been designated the Liberty wagon
the most varied display of different
wares, the Bonebrake Hardware Co.,
or Arrington & Strong, who had a lit-
tle bit of everything they carry artistic-
ally displayed in their float.
It consisted of a pyramid of seats ar-
ranged so as to seat 50 young ladies
representing the different states and
territories and our new possessions. It
was a moving mountain of loveliness
n,, , , , . , and bunting drawn by six massive bays
Ihere was a mammoth globe carried ,, . , , , J
, I all nicely plumed and decorated. n-
by a man inside of it which held a J '
inside of
place in the parade for a time, but it j
was impossible to tell whether it rep-
resented the Globe newspaper or the
Globe Dry Goods Store. Moral: When j
you advertise, make your meaning un- j
derstood and then have it printed in a j'
clear, clean, legible manner.
eluding the driver there were (10 per-
sons on the float. Mrs. Shriver,
richly costumed, represented the God-
dess of Liberty. She was attended by
Mrs. Mazena Griffin, representing the
| Queen of the Hawaiis, and by Miss
j Mattie Block, an Indian girl from
i Darlington representing Oklahoma,
L. Hardin held a conspicuous place and by young Mrs, Block, also an lo-
in the parade. He put in four of hisidian from Darlington representing
big new busses loaded down to the the Indian territory. They were each
guards with the flag brigade and the j in native Indian garb. W.J. Montrief
schoolchildren who took part in the ■ in the garb of Uncle Sam was the
singing. Mr. Rardin's bus line is a guardian and protector of these lovely
circus parade within itself and it not representatives of our National great-
only helped out the procession in the ness, and had his hands full in keeping
way of display, but furnished means of them from coming in contact with the
transportation for at least 200 school
children who would otherwise have
been unprovided for. In addition to
this he furnished four horses to help
haul the Liber' v wagon representing
he different states and territories.
innumerable live, electric light wires
strung at intervals across the streets.
Mrs. Wattson, Mrs. Miller and Mrs.
Norman, with organ accompanyment,
led in>the rendition of patriotic songs
as the float passed along the streets.
E. O. Hamilton's rough riders made
u good showing.
I he Oklahoma SnppU Company
kindly loaned the organ which was
used on the Liberty wagon.
The DEMOCRAT force stayed at h. me
yesterday and devoted their entire
time to making our country visitors
feel at home and see a good time.
The city council took judicial notice
| xesterday of the fact that the streets
are obstructed in many places by elec-
tric and telephone wires thai are so low
i an ordinary hud of hay cannot pass un-
der them. An order will follow olear-
| ing the streets of these obstructions
: The live electric wire must go up or
down.
The singing by the glee club was
excellent. When the time arrived for
the singing to begin there was no organ
or piano to accompany the club, but
they responded promptly and acquitted
themselves with the greatest credit
w ithout the assistance of an instrument.
The singers were led by Mesdames
Miller and Wattson.
Progress Smith had the prettiest
little float in the parade. It consisted
of a diminutive donkey hitched to a
diminutive trap driven by the smith
juveniles accompanied by papa Smith
as postilion The outfit was decorated
with twelve hundred pink and white
roses. It was a literal bank of pink
and white roses.
The Canadian County Mill and Ele-
vator Company, and likewise the El
Reno Mill and Elevator Company, each
had handsome floats representing the
products of their respective establish-
ments. These two mills are the finest
in the territory and are the life of El
Reno from a manufacturing standpoint.
Tom is All Right.
It seems certain that Tom Reid will
not be Receiver of any land office
plums. He has failed to register —
Hell.
Tom is all right. He registered a
victory for the legislature last fall in a
heavy democratic district and since the
above was putin type he has register-
ed a $3000 job in the El Reno land of-
fice. What more do you want?
In spite of the fact that all of our
neighboring towns anil almost every
neighborhood in Canadian county held
a celebration yesterday, the crowd was
unusually large. Larger by one-fourth
than any one anticipated thai it would
be.
If you were in the parade, and no
notice of it appears in these columns,
remember that it is an over sight and
will be corrected If you will call our
attention to it.
It matters very little whether the
amateur newspapers were pleased with
the celebration or not as long as Un-
people are satisfied.
THE FAIR
GROUND FAKES.
We know a reformer who has been
kicked out at the back door of every
saloon in this town ami now he wants
to regulate the moral universe.
A few of the contributors to the cele-
bration fund have not been called upon
owing to want of time of the committee
They will yet bo seen as all the funds
subscribed will be needed.
Sam Tannebaum, the clothier, didn't
exactly have a float, but bo had a
wagon properly decorated loaded with
articles which ho gave away to the
crowd as he drove along.
The water pressure 1b still low
Legal blanks of all kinds for sale a
the Dr.MOCHAT office.
The Rock Island from tbe
over two hours late today.
north was
A. C, Springs, wife and party, spent
the Fourth fishing on the Washita.
E. E. Brewer, one of our old typos,
and family came in from Geary to
spend the Fourth.
Another new two story brick will go
in on Rock Island avenue, south of
Herman Harms.' See notice for bids.
The fair ground fakirs got in their
graft in a small way on the people-
some of the people— after the parade.
Several parties who were present in-
forms us that it was the bummiest,
sickliest excuse they ever witnessed to
he dignified by the title of races. El
Reno would patronize un honest, de-
cent, and respectable horse race liber-
ally, but the people are tired of putting
money into the pockets of a few plugs
uglies and getting nothing in return
for it.
Extends two Years
Geary, Okla., July 1,1001
T. F. llensley—Dear Sir: 1 am a far-
mer in the western part of the county;
also a subscriber to your weekly paper,
and possibly in arrears, as sometime
since 1 sent you 25 cents for a trial sub-
scription. I am well pleased with your
paper and while it continues to stand
for the right, as I believe it does, it
will receive my support.
1 wish to take advantage of your gen-
erous offer of last week and so send
cash two dollars with which:
First, pay my arrears.
Second, advance my subscription one
yoar at 25 cents.
Third, apply the balance to extend
my subscription to such a time in the
future as you can consistently with your
system of doing business.
Please send me a statement of the
time to which my subscription is paid,
and 1 won't be in arrears again.
Thanking you for courtesies extened-
ed, 1 am, truly.
Horace Truman.
The Proclamation
An authoritative statement has been
received from Washington to the effect
that the President's proclamation will
he issued some time during ibis week;
that the drawing will occur at El Reno
and at Lawton. The proclamation
contains 10,000 words and will open
the country in accordance with the
drawing plan. The same dispatches
also announce the appointment of
Henry 1). McKnight of Mangum as re-
ceiver of the El Reno land office. R.
E. Miller of Oklahoma City will be
appointed receiver of the Lawton land
ofllee, and either Tom Reid of El Reno
or J. D. McGuire of Norman as regis-
ter at Lawton.
The 1) mm ocr at office has been sub-
merged in job work for the past two or
threo weeks. We have hardly been
able to see out from under it and have
disappointed some of our customers by
delaying their work. We are putting
on more men and increasing our facili-
ties for doing good work rapidly. We
appreciate the patronage of the people
and intend to try to give them not only
a class of work that will merit their
continued patronage; but a local news-
paper that will help them in their
business and the town in its onward
march of progress
Through the kind and generous hos-
pitality of Mr. Truloek, the Ice plant
man, a large party spent a jolly time
christening the new tank which has
just been completed in connection with
the factory. The tank is about seventy
flye fecit long and twenty-five feet w ide
and was filled to the depth of four feet
with comfortably warm water for tbe
pleasure of Mr. Trulock's friends. The
beautiful moonlight night added great
y to the pleasure of the occasion.
The ladies and committee in charge
spared no pains in making their float
representing tbe states the finest one
In tbe procession.
Mrs. George I.
Illinois visiting
l.ou Van Ness.
Girty is here from
her daughter, Mrs.
Miss Norma Harrisof Wichita, Kan-
sas, Is visiting at the home of C.A.Van
Ness,
Mrs, May Edwards, of Topeka, Kan.,
is visi'.ing her brother, Tom Davis.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1901, newspaper, July 4, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112237/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.