The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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The !eno Democrat.
T. F. IIEJVSL
, Proprietor.
Vol 7^-
AN ELOQUENT
EULOGY.
Judge C. F.Irwin Pays a Glow-
ing Tribute of Praise to
the City Administration
of El Reno.
• PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA Y.
EL RET. : LAHOMA TERRITORY, FEBRUARY 19. 1903.
iS 1.25 PER YE.IB
NO. 4
He Justly Touched Up The Kickers
In a Happy Illustration.
Personal Points in
His Address.
Judge C. F. Irwin was lit his best
Saturday at the laying of the corner
stone of our magnifieient new court
house and every body knows that the
Judge at his best means eloquence,
f rco and logic with many an amusing:
aneodote thrown in for relish. It is
indeed a pity that the weather was
so unpleasant as to prevent a geueral
out-pouring of the citizena of the
county to witness the ceremonies be-
cause all are deeply interested in this
structure which the people so gener-
ously voted money to erect. Those
present however enjoyed a jenuine
feast of eloquence and good eheer.
The Judge in referring to the edifice,
its plans and the building thus far
completed gave duo credit to those
engaged in the work and jokingly re-
ferred to the kickers by telling';,of a
convention of boot blacks where-every
thing was going smoothly until one
youngster nudged another and said:
"Kick Bill kick. "Xothing itoilkick
about ." said Bill, "Whyshould I kick."
Well kick any way, don't you tknow
if we don't kick everybody'l jthink we
don't know nothing." And so it is too
aften, people sometimes think they
must register a kick to show that
they know something about ;the busi-
ness on hand. The city administra-
tion of B1 Reno came in for a geuerous
amount of praise for its enterprise and
vigerous business efficiency. He
also eloquontly portrayed the onward
march of El Reno in all that ^goes to |
make a beautiful and substantial city
and a desirable home.
He referred to our excellent>ystems
wf sewers, electric lights, improve-
ments upon our streets and above all
the good order that provails. In al.
these thing!? we are far in advance of
any city in Oklahoma and, while the
mellenniuni is not yet here we have the
■tares! approach to it of any municipal-
ity in the Territory or in the south-
west
Booth's Daughter
The following letter addressed to
the mayor of El Reno was received
this morning. It is another link in
the J. Witks B >oth, alias D. E George
mystery. It is giVen verbatim below
and explains itself.
The Lkttbk
New York City, Feb 11, 1903
Mayor of El Reno.
Djar Sir.—
You will please pardon me for tak
ing the liberty of addressing you, but
if all the papers are telling the truth
about the m in who committed isuicide
in your territory, D. E. George, if he
is really John Wilks Booth, he is my
father, and if there is no other identity
proven believe him, for he is telling
the truth. He was married to my
mother long after the assassination of
Lincoln in the state of Tennessee. His
wifesnume was Louisa Booth and my
name is after one of his sisters, 1 be-
lieve the only one he had, and one of
my mothers sisters Laura Id t Booth
is my nam> sake. Do you know
whether he had a family in 'the terri-
tory or not? His wife, my mother
died in the year 1879 I never saw my
father he went away two months before
I was born. This story may seem very
strange to you nevertheless it is true.
I have a step brother who saw them
married, and if this is John Wilks
Booth, I am entitled to some of his
estate. The papers mention several
towns as the place of his suicide. 1 he
Globe Democrat places it at Gutnrie.
Another clipping speaks of E"id, and
another of.El Reno. I have never
been in the territory, and do not un-
derstand where these places are
located. There is no use of me writ-
ing So much until I find out fometliing
more from the people who know] every
thing about the matter. As soon as
you answer this, I can give you all the
information that you want. My people
all live in the south, and they know
all about what I am telling you, and
can give you all the information you
want. Please do not give this to the
papers as I do not wish for any notori-
WILL ANNUL
THE CONTRACT
The Sanitarium Investigating
Committee so Announces
SCHOOL LAND LEASE BILL
Will Also Go Glimmering When
It Comes Up in the
Senate.
MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP.
People to Consider.
WHAT IS HOMe WITHOUT A DAD.
We liappem d in a home the oilier |
night and over the parlor door e iw the |
legend worked in letters of red, " V hat j
is homo without a mother." Across j
the room was another brief, "God
bless our home."
Now. what is Ml- nutter with "God' _ .. , . B
blew our dadf' He geu up c , u, i Something Practical for Our
lights the fire, boils an egg, grabes his |
dinner pail, and wipes off the dew of |
the dawn with his boots while many a |
mother is sleeping lie makes ,l" ICinilDCC nfj Wf|T I IF
weekly hand nut 'mi- the b.ltrh, r. 111.- riounco UU Iwl Lit.
grocer, the milkman and baker, and !
in. little pile is badly worn before be j The Adyan, q, pu|)ijc 0vvner.
tint* been home hi) hour. He stand* j
off the bailiff and keeps the rent paid j ship Of Water Works is
up.
ety.
Yours Respectfully.
Mrs. Charles L3vine,
New York City.
Guthrie, O. T. Eeb 17.—It was anno-
unced authoritatively yesterday that
the committee, appointed In investigate
the anitarium at Norman, will recom-
mend revoking the eoutract, now ex-
isting between the territory and the
Oklahoma s i litarium company, whieb
maintaius the insane patients at
Norman. Kepresntatives J. J. Mer-
rick, I A. Jester nnd Senator John P.
Hickman visited the asylum on Sunday
and it is stated that the recommend-
ation, as mentioned above was agreed
upon.
The council committee in whose
hands is the school land lessees' bill
re-eutly passed by the house will make
a report Wodnesday that will practi-
cally kill the bill. The committee will
cut dowu the volume of the bill about
half and strike out the appraisement
provisions. Senator Webster, of the
committee, said that the bill as it will
be reported by the committee will
practically be the rules of the depart-
ment now used in leasing the lands.
The committee on appropriations in
the lower house of the legislature lias
reported :!S,000 for the running ex-
penses of the university preparatory
school at Tonkawa, for the next two
yoars
Senator Campbell has introduced a
bill in the legislature to appropriate
fca.OOJ for a monument for D.jvid L.
Payne, the original boomer for the
opening of Oklahoma to settlement.
It will be located at Oklahoma City
which gives an additional $•>, 000.
If there is a noise during the night
dad is kicked in the back and made to
go downstairs to find the burglar and
kill him Mother darns the socks, but
dad bought the socks in the first place
and the needles and the yarn afterward.
Mother does up the fruit; well, dad
bought it all, and jars and sugar cost
like the mischief.
Dad buys chickons for the Sunday
dinner, carves theui himself and draws
the neek from the ruins after everyone
else is served. "Whatis home without
a mother?" Yes, that is all right, but
what is home without a father? Ten
eharces to one it is a boarding house,
father is under a slab and the landlady
is the widow. Dad, here's to you; you
have got your faults—you have lots of
Proved.
Editor Register and Loader: The ad-
rantage of the public ownership of
water works is proven by a sale of
rates given In the fourteenth annual
report of the United States commis-
sioner of lab t. On page 42 of the
report is given the average cost to
consumers per 1,001) gallons of water
furnished by Oil plants under muncipal
ownership. It is a fraction less thaa
9 cents per 1,000 gallons. The same
table gives the cost of S75 plants under
private ownership Hero it arerages
15i cents per 1,00 gallons. Chapter \
uave goi- your mui"— ' '
them—but you are all right, and we | Qf tbe same report is on electric light
will miss you when you are gono.— j p]llnt9- The data are from 052 plants
Stevens Co. Rsveille. | jQ th<j Unlle(, glaleiJ
The Place of Honor.
They aro classi-
fied in sixteen groups. On page 550 it
says' It is seen that in all the groups
Guthrie, O. T., Fob. 17th. No great- | aubject to comparison except on the
er honor has ever been paid Oklahoma j average price charged by muncipal
than that by ex Governor Francis of { plants is smaller than that charged by ♦
Missouri, the president of the Louisiana i ,,Pi ate plants" The average prioe
Purchase Exposition managers In a I Qf incandescent lights under private
letter to the governor he designates j p|aat§ (9 15 49 cents per kilowat hour,
the place of honor, during the coming j Under muncipal ownership average
dedication of the exposition building I ,)9r year, and under private
at St. Louis to the Oklahoma National ; ownorship IS5-56. (I omit all the small
Kuards, including the Troop A. oand, | p|ants that furnish less than 100 lamps.)
the governor and his military stall and j ** L. K. Kasson.
a battalion, or more, of the Infantry. ' The above is clipped from th<i
Governor Krancis says that the escort I DuMoines Iowa State Register and
to the president and the first plaee in . is based upon statistics obtained by a
the grand parade, prior to the dedic-
ation ceremonies, w ill be given Okla-
homa, on account of her being the
youngest child of the Louisiana Pur-
chase. Such an honor will do much to
give Oklahoma the proper standing at
Garfield Appointed.
The e,teemed
] reminded that th
,, , „ ! the exposition proper, a
Globa-Bell is gently . .
10 ■jkperat was the advertise this territory al
practicle. responsible man, for publi-
cation in a conservative journal of
national prominence.
It will be seen that the advantago
gained by muncipal ownership of
waterworks by far excell those of elec-
and will also ,rio li£ht PlaDt8> probably owing to
advertise un above all other , ">« faet '"at ">e Ught plant owners
bare more ret'.-ird for hnmati right*
James A. Garfield, a eon and name- only paper in El ^o that gave a I states at the dedication ceremonies
appointed by President Roosevelt as
"commissioner of corporations'
creating the department of agriculture.
e8l His duties are to investigate and com-
Judgo Irwin also referred'.with pride pjje statistics concerning corporations
to the splendid citizenship of the city j ,j0[]]g business in the United States and
in backing tho administration in its report to the president that he may
laudable ambition to perfect these, hay0 pr0per data upon which to base
groat undertakings and he paid a , recomrnendations to congress relative
most el:cjuent tribute to the citizens j commerce.
With Bryan's Compliements. UB(1 we
1 r> 1 r vi of the "New American,
j Tommy Held, Exalted Ruler of Ei
brotherhood. In the erection 'of this Rend Lodge No. 743. B. P. O. E., has
edifice the poo?lo have builded for received by express, with the author's
themselves a monument that [future compliments to the lodge, a copy of,
V .11 h„ iiUBn than the other monopoly.
ie matter sho Jld certainly oe taken
In compaiiBon with the above tho
robery of our water plant comes out in
,ll(. bold relief and shows that tho alleged
. . - . : nuw company is utterly reckless of
kindly expression of true merit in the invitation, says that he will use 111s j
administrative affairs of the city. Its j influence toward accepting it in full, i l',e l)eoP "fc 8 un 1 leir gree
cries and tears we sympathize with j that u lttking the militia with him on stands paraleil with their ability to
and are sorry we can not ameliorate t
its sufferings.
lake of Ex-president Garlield, has been | correct account of the laying of the Ih
corner stoue of the new court house on | ^vantage of by the Oklahoma author-
j the day it occured. The bretheren j ^
lD waked up, however, as soon as the] '
accord with the provisions of the act Democrat gave a synopsis of the orators | Governor tergu-.on, iLj,ai,in
of Canadian County for their uniform j
energy in every movement that tends
to a more substantial and happy
. figure profits. As the Democrat has
that occasion. He recognzos the great
1 ,u„ previously stated our electric light
honor tendered the territory and the P'D"UU j
plant has offered to pump water for tho
, great resufts to be derived by the ter- 1
When a man reform-., even though "
., , , 1 ,-, ritory from it.
it be tempoarrily we always feel like j
| giving him encouragement. To this
congratulate Hrotuer Greer ! J- lJ- Frle1' prominent citizen of
and trust I Greenfield, Iowa, is in the city a guest
he may never again dance upon the j ot the ot J' 1' Irwin of the
green carpet or get the worst of it at Uonebrake business force. Mrs. Irwia
generations will revere them for and
in conclusion he made an earnest
appeal to all for continual unity of
purpose in all things that conduce to the
Hon. W. J. Bryan's "Commoner Con-
densed", nicely bound. Th3 same was
very graciously accepted and will
occupy a conspicuous place in the
commercial, moral and religious wel- [ library of the lodge.
faro. Probably, however, when he
| looked upon 200 gamblers in El
I Ueno he saw double and even four-
' hie. Martyrs serve their purpose
' even though it lie self imposed and
highly imaginary martyrdom.
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fare of the people. "Stand togethe
was his motto, for "every tiling that
benefits El Reno and Canadian county.
Stand firm with the administration
that practices businoss scgacity, enter-
prise and economy, where economy
means less expense and better service."
The Judge was loudly applauded
during his address and at its close
roceived an oration.
Married.
At tbo office of Judi • Mitts in El
Reno Wednesday Feb 18, 1903 John
W. Trotter of Nicely. O. T., and Miss
Essie Walley of Ison, O T., tho judge
officiating. The groom is a son of our
citizen Louis Trotter and a substancial
enterprising young man. The fair
bride is an estimable young lady and
the Democrat extends hearty congratu-
lations. They will reside at Nicely.
is a niece of Mr. Priel and he will
doubtless tarry and we hope his visit
may be exceedingly pleasant. We
cheerfully acknowledge a social cill
today.
i Mr George Crowo of the Crowe
' Mercantile Co. arrived in tbo city
i city for much less than the figures
above given and muncipal ownership
eould of course do still better. Com-
mon tense tells any person that private
eapltol in justice to itself must recieve
a profit, while muncipal ownership
I gives direct to the people, its product
\ al actual cost.
|n Court.
Judge Irvwin is dispatching business
with a rush, and cases are being dis-
posed of raidly either by trail contiun-
1 ance by agreement or dismissed, Tho
cases of Convill vs Keith and Con-
vill vs Mulcahy closed last night and
tt Mercantile uo. arriveu in me euy via vs Muicany c:o-eu iusi nigni auu
The "New American hide* tin- te|.dny ,lnd wi!1 romain MTeral judgement wm rendered in both cases
- <1.. r.i.mlr nn.l nrcres ' for the defendents.
der the ministerial cloak anil urges
, ,, ,,, 1 weeks. II
I weens, no in vuij aggreably 6ur-
the elcrev to bear the brunt of battle ... ,
. prised at El Reno a Improvement slnoe
which, if the American's assertions . .
. . I his last visit and having laigiy in-
are true, belong to every good citi- i
I vested here Is a
zen of the municipality. lhepeo-j
, , . i ued prosperity
pie know, however, that its talk like j __
its existence, is largely etherial and
composed principally of hot air. | business.
anxious for its
The directors of the Denver, El
Reno and New Orleans Ry., met last
contin- i night at Hon. Dick T. Morgan's office,
i and elected the following officers:
President, Dick T. Morgan; Vice
J. M. White is in the city today on | ('resident, J. H. Uonebrake; Secretary.
W. I Go*; Treasurer, J, A. LaBryer.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1903, newspaper, February 19, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112322/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.