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You Can Buy It For
Less in El Reno
TM El RenoJmly Tribune
VOLUME 40, NO. 119. *’ H,*tor,e«f society c press service
FREE CONCERT AT Wt Saw Toi!ay
FIFTH OF SERIES
Program Begins Early
Due to Ball Game Same
Afternoon
The fifth number of the Cana-
i dian County Goodwill series will
I be held at Okarche Sunday after-
! noon.
The free band coucert and pro-
i gram has been set for 2 p. m.
■ since the undefeated Okarche
team will play baseball Immedi-
ately after the program,
i The entertainment will be large-
ly by Fred Pike’s joint band,
! composed of Okarche and El Reno
musicians. Other numbers may
l! he presented, but Thursday ar-
rangement* had not been complet-
ed for them.
This is next to the last of the
series, the final concert being
scheduled at Yukon June 28. Pro-
grams have been given at Pied-
mont, Calumet, Union City and
; Red Rock.
The series has proven quite
i popular with people of the county,
large crowds attending all of the
entertainments. Practically all of
the communities in the county
have been represented at the
gatherings.
The Goodwill Series has as its
slogan "Trade in Your Own Home
Town,” and is being conducted to
foster goodwill among the com-
munities of Canadian county.
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931.
The Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley |
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
•"THAT certain party, who
*■ said, "There are more
orioles than usual in El Reno
this year, hike all feathered
creatures they are good,
friends of man. Be kind to
them.”
By the calendar that Fa-
ther’s day is Sunday, June 21,
and our local stores are just
bubbling over with lovely gifts
for hint. So don’t forget your
Dad.
Out our West Window:—A
farmer trudfees by with a
bundle of twine on his
shoulder. More ammunition
for the binder.
A face that had a story to
tell. How different faces are
in this particular’ Some of
them speak not. They are
books In which not a line is
written, save perhaps the
date.—I-ongfellow.,
TOSIl
ON ISSUES NAMED
OFF FOR WIDE OPEN SPACES
President on Way Home
After Speaking in
Three States
HOSE
Nl. E. BIBLE STUDY
Display, Enter tainment
at 8 p. m. Friday
^Concho Youths Win
Campers’ Badge
Two members of the Concho
. Scout Troop, Fenton Bird and
William Blackwolf, returned
Tliursduy front Camp Rudy where
they spent the last 10 duys in
U| Scout camp.
*■ Tlte rump is located at Rudy,
« Ark., and was attended by a large
|fl number of Oklahoma Scouts. The
4 Concho youths accompanied a
a delegation from Oklahoma City,
j Lot It Scouts returned wearing
• . Honor Campers’ Badges, given
B for all around ability in camp.
A group of El Reno Scouts ex-
|| pect to leave for Fort Smith the
It last of the week to attend a sum-
1 mer camp for 10 days.
Mrs. B. M. Johnson, Dili West
I Walts street, Is ill at the home
jl of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. (5. E.
I Dresser. 916 Sunset Drive.
Baylor Triplett, Jr., of Texlco,
New Mex., was expected to arrive
Thursday for a visit In the home
of bis aunt. Mrs. R. C. Rlee and
Mr. Rice, 505 East Wade street.
Mrs. L. A. earner, 70S South
Hoff avenue, left Thursday for
Enid where she will spend the
remainder of tho week In the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Gentry.
I.IEK SENTENCE
McAlesier, Okla., June 18 (IP)
- - Delphus Quinton, 211, faced a
| life sentence today in Hie murder
I of ieorge Smoot, 18-year-old boy,
I slain with a butcher knife April
I 6 at a country dance near
| Fealherston.
Mr. and Dan V, Gallagher and
sons, 1008 West Woodson street,
have returned from a fortnight's
visit In Joplin and other points In
I Missouri.
I *1 ■
MIsh Hazel McMahan, of Dun-
I can, Is u guest of her grandpar-
I enta. Mr and Mrs. I). S. Arntoid,
I 421 East Wade street.
I ... ’
Allen I’lalt and Ward Welden
I were Oklahoma City visitors Wed-
I misdny evening.
Closing the Daily Vacation.
Bible school of the First Motbo
dlst church Friday will be a
program and an exhibit presented
b> students front each of tho
depart meats.
Handiwork completed during
the past two weeks of tlie Bible
school will be on display at the
church from 7 o'clock until 8
o’clock. It will consist or
artistic note books, book covers,
artificial flowers, lattice work,
bird houses, and numerous other
articles.
At 8 o'clock the program will
he given in the church auditori-
um when exercises and songs will
be featured by the pageant di-
rected by Mrs. Catntnie Turnip-
seed, superintendent of tlte inter-
mediate department.
The final enrolment in the
school is 140 pupils, most of
whom will appear on the pro-
gram, according to Rev. W.
Percy Beck, pastor of the church.
During the past two weeks, there
have been 18 instructors work-
ing with the children.
AH have a cordial invitation
to attend tho program, whether
they have a child In the school
or not.
En route with President Hoo-
ver to Washington, June 18 (/P)
-—President Hoover was on his
way back to the White House
today, "appreciative" of the
welcome given him by the people
of the Central states.
in the last three days he has
spoken as many times to vast
audiences in Ohio, Indiana and
lillinois and ho has been the
Central figure in receptions at
the Capital cities of ail three
states.
Stand on Issues
III the Central States President
Hoover laid down his program
and upon it he is determined to
stand. Confidants of Mr. Hoo-
ver asserted he will stand on
the issues he has defined in this
legion and remain henceforth in
his post at the White House. He
has no speaking engagements
for the next two months and
his close friends ate of the
opinion that his platform has
been completed.
Crops in the section, the presi-
dent observed, are unusually
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350 Men Added to Force;
Dozens of Cities Are
Included
Did You Hear
THAT
]W[R- AND MRS. S. W.
lvlSeiver, 618 Smith Ellison
avenue, have one of the mosi
varied flower gardens and
beautiful yard in the city.
There are 86 different (lowers,
82 varieties of shrubbery and
a fish pond witli 40 members
of the finny tribe. A real
beauty si>ot you should see.
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Mrs. Mari ha Harrison, of Chi-
cago, 111., Is visiting with her sis-
ter, Mrs. G. E. Dresser and Mr.
Dresser, 916 Sunset Drive.
Clara Bow, now a ••disguised’' tlon picture work behind her,
blonde, is snapped at Hollywood Clara is going to take a long rest
In the arms or Rex Bell, Just he- and then try vaudeville, she says,
fore they departed for Bell’s cat- probably returning to the screen
good, and he believes the depres- j tie ranch and the wide open later. She Intends to marry Rex
sion will he broken eventually by spaces. With seven years of mo- In h year or so.
a good crop. Administration of- j
licials pointed out hopefully to-
day that every depression in the|
last fifty years lias been broken
in June or July.
Economic Issue
In his speeches in the Central
Stales. Mr. Hoover outlined whai
he believed to be the causes of
the depression; declared this to
be the “dominant” issue; as-
serted that confidence in the
place of fear and apprehension
would lead the nation to a
greater era of prosperity than
"ever before”; and specified some
proposals he has for the future.
He proposed tightening up of
[he Federal Reserve Act and 1 he
Banking System to protect in-
vestors against failures and to
block tlie flow of money into the
speculative marts.
The president in response to
an inquiry said he intended to
stay at Washington the rest of
the summer.
0. K. Body’s Milk Plant In
Capital Is Near Completion
Installation of machinery in] found here also,
the O. K. Milk Association plant Three t-oinpU-te cheese vats
in Oklahoma City, is practically , , , . ,
complete, Fred Percy, county r"'6 l,eea i'*8tall«'1 ln the cheese
agent, said Thursday. Only a ,l(-partment with all tho neces-
few minor connections remain to ‘"y equipment. These vats hold
bt- made. j -.no gallons each. Room has
Members of the association are 1,een left for a bottling machine
welcome to visit the plant at any - ere, if it is found necessary to
time, hut they have been asked “stall one. A large cooling de-
to consider the officials, wbq partment contains a complete re-
are rushed with work, und have] trigeratlon system. On the east
not as much time as many would !’>( this is located the bottling
think to spend with visitors, (room, where a drying machine
Washington, June 18 (LP) The!
zero hour for the biggest sus-
tained offensive in prohibition
history against leaders of the il-
licit liquor industry was set for
July lf» today by federal officials.
Exactly 15 days before that
date, Prohibition Director Wood-
cock said, a corps of 350 new
dry agents will be concentrated
In a dozen cities spread from
coast to coast for an intensive
two weeks training course.
Aditcil to Force
Added to the present force
of more than 1,500 to make it
the biggest and b?st trained
federal dry army in history, he
said, they will he Instructed
specifically to concentrate on the
large scale commercial violators
und the higher-ups of the liquor
gangs, leaving the speakeasy and
small-time bootlegger principally
to local enforcement.
Woodcock acknowledged that
for the past two or three months
his office had been "bending
every effort" toward the dale
when Ihese now men. selected
from among thousands of ap-
plicants, could be thrown Into
the field.
Effort Grenier
"if we don’t make more and
better cases with our force in-
creased by nearly a third.” he
said, “then something is wrong
with our force. There is no
denying that our effort will lie
stronger. The results should
speak for themselves."
The federal dry chief made
clear, however, that the new of-
fensive should not he considered
as a "drive’" in the sense that It
would lie a spectacular effort
confined to any one period. He
stressed his Idea of keeping "a
steady pressure" against the men
lit seeks to convict.
It Is said the boa constrictor
can digest a golf ball. Next
time you miss one, look for
the snake in the grass. A’,
least it will he an excuse for
a lot of lost hulls.
Legion Park Is the most
popular place In town now
with three hall games a week
in the church league, another
on Sunday when the .lay Cee
nine meets visitors, with club,
lodge and privlate picnic sup-
pers being featured nightly,
and with the youngsters tak-
ing a plunge and boat rides
It is a spot of real activity.
Every wise husband apolo-
gizes frequently to his wife,
hut he seldom knows what for.
Playground Group Taken
on First Trip
Governor’s Clemency Acts
Total 2(i0
The plant is located at the
corner of Washington and Shar-
tel, or two blocks eaat and one
south of the intersection ofvEx-
i hange avenue and Western ave-
nue, Percy directed.
In the building has been ar-
ranged an office space a labora-
tory testing room, an unloading
room and a can mashing depart-
ment. In the Imttermuking de-
partment is a separator with a
■ opacity of 15,000 pounds an
Law-jhour, and three pasturlzlng vats.
Five hundred gallons is the
capacity of each of the vats. A
churn of 15,000 pounds capacity
is among the electrically operated
machines. Only a minimum
amount of labor Is required to
operate these machines, Mr
NEW AMBASSADOR
Washington, June 18 (LP) —Ar-
rival here today of W. B. Her-
rodge. Canada’s new minister to
the United States. Is expected to
he the starting point of a new
series of negotiations for a treaty
between the two countries regard-
ity: construction of the 8t
renco waterway.
Mrs. John Karcvlk and children,
Betty Lou. Cleo, Donald, and
Dwane, of I-u ramie, Wyo., are
guests in the home of Mrs. Kar-
rvlk’s brother, Leo Anthis and
Mrs. Anthis, 64u South Ellison Percy pointed out. Equipment
avenue. for making ice cream mix la
is available for the purpose of
making powdered milk.
There are 1,050 members of
the association in the state, 225
of whom reside in Canadian
county, according to the records
of Mr. Percy. All Ihese men
are intensely interested In this
project of their association, which
they believe will prove quite
beneficial to them,
CHICKENS STOLEN
Nine chickens were stolen
from Charles Sageser, 105 Non It
K. Wednesday night, it was re-
ported to police.
Mrs. K. C. Porter and chil-
dren, 125 North Donald avenue,
left Wednesday for Scott City,
Kansas, where they will visit
with relatives.
WEATHER
Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight and Fri-
day, cooler In northwest portion
Friday.
El Kciio Mentlicr
For 24-lionr period ending at
4 p. tn. Wednesday; high. 87,
low, 66; at 4 o'clock, 82.
Stale of went bar, partly cloudy.
Precipitation, none.
Sun rises tomorrow hi 4:SB,
Hun MU today at 7:26.
Dirt Itomls
<»n 8) south to Chlcknsha,
M north lo KinhfI Hi
Oil’ I.T,
wool lo Cllnloll, good
Oklahoma City. June 18 (LP)
Gov, William H. Murray’s clem-
ency record reached the 26n
mark toduy with the banishment
of throe convicts to their homes
In other states and granting of
five other clemency arts.
George Well, serving it two
year term for larceny from Texa*
county, was paroled lo a Kansan
citizen. Robert Evans, serving
seven years for burglary, in
Muskogee county, was banish'd
to Ohio. J. L. Kemper, under
five year sentence for burglary
In Logan county, was released
to realtlves in California
Contending that l-eonarri Rigby
ot Tulsa had been convicted on
a robbery charge as a result of
a frame up In the Ku Klux Klan
uprising in 1924, the governor
paroled him, llagliy was serving
a 25 year term.
IWthln the six and one half
months, Murray has been In
office, lie has granted clemency
acta at the rale of 1.6 a day.
This compared with Hie 1,174
acts or 2.1 a day by Former
Gov. William J. Holloway.
Mrs. J. O, Boyles, of Enltl, Is
visiting will) her sister, Mrs.
Jimmy Graves and Mr. Graves,
815 .South Rock Island avenue.
Mrs. William Lumhort, of Hie
Llehnianu apartments, had ns
guests Thursday Mr. and Mrs
Curtis Lsnilierl, of Wisler, wild
were en route to points In Csll-
fornls,
Miss Martha Jane Dowell, Miss
Anna Fay Garner, Francis Young,
Jack Dc Alley mid Miss Arlene
Krmittl and "Sport" Addington, of
Yukon, attended the dunce nt the
Showboat Wednesday evening In
Oklahoma City.
SEVEN-EIGHTHS OF AN ICEBERG IS BELOW WATER
THAT 5 EASY!
i LL JUST
Dive under
%
4?
Mercury Hits 101 at Altus
Wednesday
Oklahoma City, June 18 (LP)
Clouds hovering over most por-
tlons of Oklahoma today brought
relief from high temperatures,
Cooler weather was expected
In the northwestern urea tomor-
row, Hie federal weather bureau
reported.
The mercury reached a high
point of the year yesterday at
Altus with a reading of 1M1
! degrees. High temperature hare
I yesterday was 9u degrees. The
mininiiiiii early today was 72
degrees.
HEAT WAVE
St. Paul, June 18 —The
northwest simmered today In
the worst heat wave of the sea-
son.
For three duys (emperuiures
have soared. Thundershower
predictions held out hopes for
local relief today.
Minot, N. D., roasted at 104
yesterday; Bismarck, N. p., re
ported 100. At Molia II, same
stale, business houses were closed
and Hie townspeople filled all
four churches to pray for rain.
The first swimming trip of
the boys reporting for playground
supervision was taken Wednes-
day when they were In charge of
Dick Horton.
In the morning three baseball
teams conducted u tournament at
the Ijegiou Park. They were
captained by Gene Whitlock,
Paul Corwin, and Sidney Sclimo-
yer. Schmoyer’s uine defeated
Whitlock's team first ami theu
sent Corwin’s group down.
The older boys seem to he
coming to the Lofton Park, whllp
the smaller ones report at Cen-
tral and the Old City Park,, ac-
cording to Horton. Soft ball
is played at Central as well hS
at the City Park, where croquet
and tag are also among the ac-
tivities.
For their swimming trip tlie
boys from ail three centers met
at the City Park and went from
there in a body. Thursday the
boys were allowed to play basket-
hall in the hlghHchool gymna-
sium.
PROBE REVOLT REPORT
Madrid, June 18 (/I1) Puhtfshed
reports that a military movement
was underway to overthrow tlie
Republican government ami Crown
Prince Jaime |)e Hourhnn King
of Spain were being tracked down
today.
LI
Everett Against Trosper
Glass Under Way
The case of William Zelgler
against Druggists Fire Itisllriliica
company was continued In district
court after Hie plaintiff was grant-
ed leave to file all amended peti-
tion.
Judgment was granted Hie plain-
tiff In Hie Null of Siillle S, Karl,
oxeculrtx of Hie II. J. Karl nutate,
against Jerome T, Hollis, foliar-
tlon of note and fareclosure of
mortgage wiim asked.
Trial of (lie suit of i'arket K,
Everett nguliisl the Trouper Glass
Motor company was under way
Thursday,
Bart of Oklahoma City
Sprayed by Oiler
Oklahoma City, June 18 (d’l
For more than an hour, a wild
oil well sprayed a portion ot tills
sleeping city early today hut was
brought under control before dam-
age bail resulted.
Tlie No. 1 Itnjuli of Knjuli, Inc.,
blew drill stem and mud out of
the hole shortly after midnight.
Master gates filially were closed
I after traffic had been blocked on
! one street ns a tire prevention
measure. Missouri-Kaiisas-Tcxus
roundhouse crews had been order-
ed to douse fires and the fire
department's off-shift summoned
to duty, The well was controlled
before east-west Rock Island,
’’Kaly," amt Frisco trains could
he atopped.
Gas clouds billowed from the
monster ami a strong south wind
whipped an nil spray across low
lands and Into a residence district.
Authorities said an extensive east
side home district would liavo
been given an oil hath had the
well remained out of control.
The well will lie the Rajah's
first production. It has not been
completed. It Is located In the
north end of tlie city field, ulioiit
l'« mile from the liuslneas center,
in Hie I nun block on East Noble
(SW NW NW 2-ll-Jw).
SAVANT'S SON DEAD
Enid, Okla., Julie 18 (Ah
Joseph Hill, 2u, son of H. V, Hill,
professor of iiiMthematlcs nt Phil-
lips university here, was killed
near t’olmiililu, Mo, yesterday in
s miuor car accident. He had
left here Tuesday lo visit relatives
In ChlcHgo,
GIVEN TRANSFERS
Most of Applicants Grant-
ed Transfers by
Officials
Names of students who were
recently grunted transfers at the
office of tlie county superintend-
ent, MIsh Irmu South, were re-
leased Thursday, when it was
found Hint the majority of the
students’ applications hud been
allowed.
Those going from their respec-
tive schools to the following
towns are:
To Clinton: George Chenoweth
and Roy Chenoweth from district
No. 89.
To Geary- O. D. Mason, Marion
Sparks, Charles Sparks, district
No. 75; Harlin Armstrong and
Raymond Armstrong, district No.
62; Donald Howen, Leonard Bow-
en, Marshall Day, Billy June
Showver and Mury I-oulse Thomp-
son, district No. 62; Bertha North
und Helmut Sander, district No.
61; I-awrence Hurt und Mux Rol-
lins, district No. BO; Charles Dun-
nell, Ruth Galloway, Roberta
Muncy, Keith Phillips, Gordon
Phillips, Alvn Rinehart, Reford
Sheets and Nellie Shumate, dis-
trict No. 55; Annie Stephens, dis-
trict No. 51.
To Calumet — Carrie Jarvlll,
Myron Jarvlll, Loretta Miller.
Alice Reimers, Frank Smith, Ruth
Smith, Donald Steanson, Arthur
Tech, Archie Whitley, henna Will-
iams, Clara Winfrey and Saioma
Winfrey, district No. li)4.
Francis MHIer and Pauline Mil-
ler, district No. 84; Lillian Gra-
ham, Elizabeth Kelly, Alfred Meyer
and Raymond Sins, district No.
78; WilliHm Hurst, district No.
74; Jessie Miller, Donald Johnson
and Delbert Johnson, district No.
71; John Anderson, Goldie Berg,
Carrie Palmer and Juanita Wal-
lace, district No. 65.
Wyman Ayers, Agnes McEvoy,
Willie McEvoy, district No. 64;
Leo Klwell, district No. 62; Ber-
nice Day, Helen Day, Geneva
Grass, Thelma Grass and Anna
Warren, district No. 55; Albert
Jensen, district No. 51.
To Union City Eunice Uolliug-
er , Thorold Bollinger, Charlee
Brown. Qarlen H.itsmsn. James
Orr am! Gladys Zllsdnrf. district
No. 93; Olive Bollinger, Margaret
Moreland. Helen Moreland and
Rita SfHidelhach, district No. 54;
Albert Hocvers, Agnes Boevers and
Julietta Boevers, district No. 42.
To Yukon Glen Thomason, dis-
trict No. 17: Pauline Rarretl,
Dorothy Buck, Merwln Buck, Ber-
tha Griffin, Mildred Griffin, Doris
Knox, Grace Knox. Esther I-ech-
tenberger, Pauline Maine, Arlln
Preston, Vernon Suntln, Adolph
Sunt In. Doris Scheln. Mabel
Thomason. Charlotte Weidemann,
Pauline Wool ridge, district No. 20.
Lorenu Burr, Evelyn Graham,
Ruth Graham, Lloyd Lowell,
Hiram Pazoureck, Grace I’azour-
eck, Eugene Peck, Eileen Sim-
mons, June Simmons, Jerry Trch,
district No. 22; Rose June Mack,
district No. 24; Albert Ast, Paul-
ine Hrlnknmn, Opal Burr. Ethel
Davidson, Ruth Davidson, Edward
Kastl, Lcota Lynch, Helen Mamie,
Lorene Taylor and Josie Woods,
dial riot No. 26.
Marvin Beeler, Virginia Beeler.
I-eland Ford. Wade Cavener, Gor-
don Cavener. Kern Cavelier, Matin
Garrison, Leonard Smith, Anton
Vanda, district No. 26; Lucille
Crane, Charity Horn, Bessie Horn.
Stanley Horn. Mildred Neal, Eli-
zabeth Neal, Kenneth Smith. Ercs-
llne Taylor, district No. 28.
William Blanton, Emil Gerllch.
Ethel Halbert, J. O. Mlrlck. Vlrgle
Ogle. Leona Ogle, Roy Prather,
Helen Ryha, Weymouth Ballinger,
Glenn Set hrlst, Gordon Smith,
Carl James Spurgur, and Rex Ul-
rich. district No. 80; Thelma
Cliaatuln, Gilbert White, Karl
White, Clarence White, Fred
Yeck, district No. 81.
Marcel Bingo, Alton Bryan,
Henry Dlvls, Grace Gibbons, Hom-
er Glddvns. Earl Wynn, Evelyn
Hanska, Raymond Hmiska. Loon-
ard Kastl. Willford Mnxey, Edith
Melton, Dan tUuiit, district No.
32; Wilbur Cassel. violet Cassel.
l-ylc Florence, Lloyd Florence.
Margie Little, Milton Sltcdek, Carl
Smith. Hubert Smrcka, district
No. 41.
Tony Cut|, Velma Holliday. Flos-
sie Holliday, Everett Smith, dis-
trict No. 42; Ann Kolar, district
No. 43; Edward Bejeck. district No.
44: Dean Bunch, district No. 45;
Jay Alexander, Russell Brown.
Aliena Denning, Joe Howard, Mae
Krlvantk, Mury Ellen Lawson.
Vergil McKIlreah. Adele Me El-
fresh, Mary l-ee Mohr, Cecil
Owens, Anna .lane Springier,
Neat ha Watson, district No,
Alva Lae Cook. Avis Marie ('
Virginia Helsinnii. district No.
Dorothy Hurst, district No.
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