The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 4, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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The Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
The El Reno Daily Tribune
You Can Buy It For
Less in El Reno
VOLUME 40, NO. 27.
MEMBER ’’HESS
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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931.
CENTRAL PRESS SERVICE
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
Resolution to be Drawn
and Submitted to
Club Later
Upon instruction by the club,
President Frank Korn and Sec-
retary H. C. Skinner this week
will draw up a resolution on the
stabilization of milk prices, and
will submit i/l to the Kiwanie
club at Its meeting next week.
The discussion was brought up
by R. F. Jones, chairman of the
agriculture committee, who had
charge of the program at th re-
gular meeting Wednesday noon.
Mr. Jones explained that figures
released by _ the county agent
show that Oklahoma City buyers
are paying only about $1.50 a
•hundred pouuds for milk, the
I lowest price paid in a city that
size in the nation.
Dallas Pays More
Dallas Is paying about $2.50,
ami yet both cities retail milk at
the same price, Mr. Jones said.
A movement is under way to
stabilize milk prices and give the
farm-dairymen a better deal, Mr.
I Jones said in urging the club to
[vote a resolution favoring the
(proposition. Milk is purchased on
(.: standard Imttcrfat bltil.
| The resolution will be drawn
■ this week and submitted to the
Icluh for approval or disapproval
It ext week.
I Chari's Williams .also of the]
(agriculture committee, gave i
lb riff report on the pig club.
I A resolution was passed ret-
lommetuling Rev. Holmes Nichols
■for the position of chairman of
It he federal reformatory to lie cou-
Istrueled west of El Reno.
I Convention Coin lull lee
I A committee to nominate ilile-
Igates and alternates to the In-
|lernu,Uoiiul Ki wauls convention
■ in Miami, Fla., in May was ap-
Ipointed. Members are Davis O.
IVandivier, John l.ockridge and
I.V Francis Porta.
I The entertainment feature of
■the meeting was furnished by
llvirs. liallie McCartney of El He-
ine and Mrs. Irene Kendle of ()k-
liahoma City. The two women
nave a brief one-act playlet, and
liarli ga' veral readings.
In bleb received •much applause.
I Guests at the meeting were
■Sheriff P. C. Canon and Frank-
lit n Vogt.
We Saw Today
. This joke: “I understand
your wife is quite ill.”
“Yes, she had a slight cold;
tried to cure herself by read
ing a daily health hint and is
suffering from a typographical
error."
That certain party who re-
marked, “No folly quite equals
that of the indulgent parents
who seek to spare their chil-
dren from the roughness of
the competitive struggle.In do-
ing this they rob them of the
essence of happiness, which is
mental and physical fitness
for life on any terms."
A news item stating that
the Texas State Capitol a:
Austin was the largest state-
house in the world. Three mil-
lion acres of Panhandle lane
were set aside to provide the
cost of this commanding edi-
fice.
W. E. Fryberger, who said,
“Most of our judgments are
influenced by little things."
21 WOMEN ENTER
HOOVER PASSES HALF-WAY MARK
IE
Eight Class A Ratings
Given in County
Four Clubs Also in Com-
petition; Require-
ments Given
Contestants of the Home Gar-
den contest which began March 1
were announced Wednesday by
Miss Harvey Thompson, home
demonstration agent.
Four clubs and a total of 21
individuals will compete for prizes
from now until November 1, when
the gardens of the women will be
judged.
A canning budget is kept by
each entry, and reported to Miss
Thompson. Another report to be
kept in this contest is the record
pertaining to the seeds planted in
the garden.
Requirements
Each participant must grow at
least one perennial set, such as
rhubarb, horse radish or winter
onions, and two vegetables which
have not been planted before by
the gardener.
Clubs entering the contest in-
clude the East Walnut, Red Rock,
Good Will and Sshunshine Mus-
tang women's home demonstra-
tion organizations.
Making up the list of individual
entrants is Mrs. Virgil Haverly,
Richland; Mrs. Jake Weinkauf,
Richland; Mrs. William Thomas-
son, Richland; Mrs. A. L. Cordray,
PLANS MADE FOR
March 4, 1921, marks ihe halt way mark in the administration
of Herbert Hoover as president (i I' the United States. Photo shows
him, left, when he was luauguru ted; at right, a recent picture,
showing how ills stormy career i n the White House has aged him.
Fourteen rural school districts
have been awarded banners for
their outstanding work in the
Canadian County School improve- OMj Mrs. Fred Von_ Tungeln.
merit project being sponsored by
'EUREKA RE
El
xhool First in County to
Get Rating
Eureka district school Is the
Irst rural school of this county
,o twelve a Class II master de-
monstration banner in Hie school
mpnfvcmint program.
Tim trophy was presented
Tuesday night at a patron's meet-
tig. R. A. Albers, principal of
lie Irving school here, presented
t for the extension department
f th<* Oklahoma I'nlvers'ty
I’hlch is supervising the project.
Tills is the second year I lie
rhool lias participated in the
mprovement wmk, making II
■ liglble to receive lit • banner. It
:vns said.
E. J. Phillips and J. W
'hepard, both of Ihe extension
lopnrlmfiit of the university, ana
Miss Irma South, superintendent
if county schools, gave short
iddresses.
All members of the school
uiartl, Mrs, K. F. Von Tungeln,
eonard Smith and J. W. Crum
ppeared as sp oken on the pro-
am. T. J. Redder son, member
if the school board of the Pleu-
tiiil Hill district, also was among
hose making short talks.
Wednesday night the Mountain
Mew school district Is to It1
irt seated with a Class C banner.
WEATHER
Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight, warmer
n east and central portions,
hursday, cloudy, colder In west
ml cnntrul portions.
El I (rim Meat her
For 24-hour period ending at
p. in. Tuesday; high, 52; low
17; til t o’clock 97.
Stato of weath'T, fair.
Precipitation past 24 hours,
nine.
Mon rises tomorrow at tl;27.
Sun sets today nl 5:85,
I Mr) Hoods
i On Hi sou'll to Ctiickiislia. good.
Ion 81 south to Kingfisher, good.
On I'd wesl lo Clinton, good.
the extension department of the
Oklahoma University.
Ill the list which was announc-
ed Wednesday by E. J. Phillips,
member of the department, are
eight Class A banner schools, one
Class B, two Class C and three
class D.
Following is a complete list of
the schools: Class A—Pleasan.
View, Mustang Valley, Banner,
Roek Island, Mayvlew, West
Point. Emerald Valley and . Mis-
tletoe.
Class li -Eureka. Sh*-ll Creek
will receive a banner of this de-
gree next Tuesday, it wag said.
Class C—Meridian and Rich
Valley, Mountain View will re-
ceive its banner Wednesday night I
and Riverside, will be awarded
Its prize Friday night.
Class D—Blue Ridge, Darling-j
icn and Sunnyslde. while Elm
Glenn will he Included ill Ihe
list a week from this Wednes-
day.
Some of the schools have been
announced as receiving a differ-
ent degree banner from what
they wire awarded, Mr. Phillips
said.
Banner Grange Meets
at 8 p. m. Thursday
Banner Grange will meet
Thursday at 8:15 p. in. There
will lie a program of tableaux,
readings and community sing-
ing, it was announc •(! Wednes-
day. Mr. Henry and Mr. King
will have charge of tile men’s
part of the program.
TICKETS ON SALE
Affair for All-State Team
Is March 27
Two hundred tickets for tlm
Junior chamber or commerce
basketball banquet Mart'll 2i
have been printed and will go on
Male Immediately, Glenn Ricker,
finance member of the banquet
committee, announced Wednesday.
Ricker said he would distribute
tickets among a number of Junior
chamber members.
Only tlie 2«« tickets will lie gold,
Mr. Ricker said. They will lie
$1.5o each. The all-state high,
seliooi basketball team which will
lie clioseii after tlm slate tourney,
will lie guests at (lie banquet.
Walter Harrison. Oklahoma City
newspaperman, ami noted after-
dinner speaker, lias been secured
as speaker. A number of coaches
will appear on the program.
PAIt'n BANDIT* SOUGHT
Hollywood, Flu., March 4.
i4>i Pnllc- combed southeastern
Florida today for four masked
bandits who looted a dinner pin
t) Iasi nlghl of 11,(98 m ' anil
end $42,450 In Jewelry after llu
lr.g up the diners wlnli a sub-
machine gnu and pistols. The
robbery took plant In an exdualv
i'pertinent house, The iiatitlll
escaped lit an nulnmohllc,
El Reno; Mrs. Paul Saunders, El
Reno; Mrs. Jacob Bargmon, Yu-
kon; Mrs. Ollie Spittler, Yukon;
Mrs. Ethel Modenback, Mustang;
Mrs. Roscoe Young, Geary; Mrs.
Mary S. Van Gundy, Calumet;
Mrs. Thomas A. Harris, El Reno;
Mrs. Bertha Cline, Yukon; Mrs.
F. W. Denwalt, Calumet.
More Entries
Mrs. John Carol, Calumet; Mrs.
Vera Van Gundy, Calumet; Mrs.
Grace Thompson, El Reno; Mrs.
Emma Wynn. Mustang; Mrs. Rena
Tallant, Calumet; Mrs. Rufus
Historic Old Electric Plant
Is Being Junked And Sold
A landmark in the history ot.L. constructed two more high-
El Reno is passing—in fact, ii liner to El Reno. Now iliete is
will be gone by the middle ol one from the north and one from I
next week. Ihe east, from their generating
The Oklahoma Gas and El-ctri. P|«nt« “»'> one fronl
company is junking the steam rives tile company access, in time i
engine electric generating equip- 1,1 emergency, to current front
ment at the old plant on Eas: -‘nes of other companies.
Russell street. About 1'7UU f et "r was I
used on one of the rope-drive
PARADE APRIL 11
Fish! on Smallpox and
Diphtheria Will be
Dramatized
Plans for the county Health
Parade April 11 are being made
by Miss Anna Picklum, county
health nurse, she said Wednesday.
Children who participate in Hie
parade who have been vaccinated
for small pox will wear red arm
bands, while the children who
have been inuoculated against
diphtheria will wear the blue arm
bands, she said.
$5 Prize Offered
A prize of $5 lias been offered
to tlie school carrying the best
slogan on their banner in the
parade against the two diseases.
Miss Picklum lias been visiting
schools tills week, and lias com-
pleted a tour of all the districts
in tlie southeast part of the coun-
ty, she said. Nearly all the pu-
pils of district (i5 have been vac-
cinated, it was found. District
71 and 65 were visited Tuesday.
in relation to liygenic health,
tlie girls of the Mustang nchooi
are conducting a 30 day •'Love-
liness" test, following Miss Pick-
luni's visit.
Did You Hear
THAT
Oklahoma City Whulesal •
buyers pay considerably less
for milk than many large ci-
ties. The contented cows ol
Canadian county produce the
Wst milk in the country.
The El Reno Indians will
play their first game in the
district tournament Friday
evening, when they will meet
Classen, that is if the Comets
defeat Britton in the morning.
"Lorry" Meyer, former K.
H. S. star and captain of the
O. U. squad this year, finish-
ed tiis collegiate cage career
Tuesday evening when his
team defeated the Kansas Ag-
gies in a 43-39 thriller.
Already El Reno folk are
planning their summer vaca-
tion; winter must be almost
over.
EE RENO EXPECTS
TOP
AT 8 P. I FIAT
Comets Must Heat Brit-
ton to Meet Locals
in Semi-Finals
El Reno will very likely meet
Clausen la didti'ict basketball
tournament semi-finals at 8 p.
m. Friday evening, according to
drawings 'announced Wednesday
by Miss Kos* Witcher, principal
of the lilghscliool, who is lu
charge of the tourney.
Tlie tourney opens at 9 a. m.
Friday. I a Class A Boys, Brit-
ton meets Classen in the first
lound at 9 a. in. Friday; El Reno
draws a bye; Mtnco meets Put-
nam at 2 p. in. Friday and Yu-
kon draws a bye.
The winner of the Hritton-
Classt-n fray, which will prob-
ably be Classen, meets El Reno
| at 8 p. m. Friday in semi-finals,
while tlie winner of the Minao-
, , . - , Putnam scrap will meet Yukon
Interstate Body Asked to :,t in a. m. Saturday in the oth-
_ . _ . et Class A boys semi-finals. Fi-
Seek ( ontrol lials will be played Saturday
night. Dope would indicate that
either Classen or KI Reno will
meet Yukon.
Draws Byes
, , , in Class is boys, Binger and
bus line operation was being Ureenfleld l)()th draw byeg f()r the
first round, and meet in setiil-
Washiugton, March 4 (IP) The
whole history of motor truck ami
The work will be completed (
next week, according to Jolmj
Naylon, El Reno district man-
ager of the O. G. und E.
Four boilers, the two steam en-
gines and the two rope drivi tj,,. plant was removed will l»o
generators, which have long ag< ,lsed as store rooms. Mr. Nayion,
seen their best days have beep looking about the iaige open
removed from the building. paces jokingly remarked that he
The holler shells were giver , id not know whether to pul in
generators, which in iis day was
a very modern development. Th-;
rope alone is said lo have cost
over (2,000.
The large rooms from which
........... ....... ■ me uoner sucus were givii < m not Know wneiner io pui in
Jones, Calumet; Mrs. Elsa Jolm- (y ,h(; for cuiVert8, ihe boil- t basketball court or an Indo-ii
son, Okarche.
Outlines concerning the garden
contest and work are being given
at meetings of the Home Demon-
stration clubs tills week. Miss
Thompson said.
FOOD I
N VETERAN LOANS
More Blanks Ordered for
El Reno Mon
Approximately $7,000 worth of
lean blanks have been filled out
l;y Ray Maher, who is working
tor the local American Legion
post in aiding tlie World War
veterans In securing loans on
t heir c’-rtlflcates, lit said Wed-
nesday.
More Blanks were ordered
Tuesday from Oklahoma City.
Banks were making fewer loan
Wednesday than were being made
Tuesday. Forms wtu being mail-
ed lo the Veteran’s Bureau in Ok-
lahoma City, and in case of Im-
mediate necessity of th< loin,
an affidavit attached to the lila.il:
secures quicker action, It was
said.
er tubes were sold here, jjp golf course.
copper was taken from tlie” ij<*n-| Modern methods cafl for only
erators and will be sold, while] switchboards and transformers
the iron and steel Is being brok-
en Into small pieces and (fold to
foundries as junk.
The present system of electric
distribution calls only for switch-
boards, transformers and the oth-
n necessary equipment to handle
current from high-lines.
The equipment which is being
junked was originally bought by
the El limo Gas und Electric
company and was taken over
about 1907 by the O. G. und II.,
Mr. Naylon said. .
The plant was used by tlie 0.
and a large part of ibis equip-
ment is outside so that little
space is required in the building
by the O. G. and E. now.
Tlie current from the hlgh-
lines is automatically controlled,
the switches letting tlie "Juice”
in when and In quantities need-
ed.
CITY 200 YEARS OLD
San A u ton lo, Tex., Murch 4 (IP)
—Glamorous with 200 years of
history under six flags, San An-
tonio today turned back the cal-
Mrs. Blanc to Succeed
Mrs. Lorenzen
Mrs. J. W. Lorenzen lias resign-
ed us manager of the Farm Wo-
mens Market, which place will lie
filled by Mrs. Frank Blanc, it
was announced -Wednesday by
members of tlie executive board.
March 21 Mrs. Blanc will begin
her duties. She is familiar with
her new work, and lias policies
making her capable to hold the
position .it was said.
Since its organization three
years ago Mrs. Lorenzen has been
manager of the women's market.
Her untiring interest ami efforts
to keep all farm products found
in the market up to a high stand-
ard have been greatly appreciated,
the board said.
studied by the interstate com-
merce commission today as final
hearings were begun in an investi-
gation vital to tlie future of the
country's railroads.
Upon the evidence gathered at
the bearings before Chairman
Bralnard, tlie commission will sub-
mit recommemliitious to congress
finals hi 4 p. m. Friday. Okarche.
meets Piedmont at in a. m. Fri-
day in the opening round and
the winter will meet Union City
at 9 p. m. Friday in semi-finals.
] Union drew a bye in the first
round. Finals will be Saturday
night.
in the girls tournament, Binger
on tlie advisability of legislation nleeu Hritton at 11 a. in. Friday
placing all interstate lms and i(|1(| n,, winner meets Okarche,
truck companies under its jurisdic-
tion.
A recommendation ihat tin- ptib-
which drew a bye, in semi-finals
at 7 p. m. Friday. Piedmont will
meet I’utnam City at 3 p. m. and
He interest requireB regulation of the wjm„,r will meet Yukon.
G. und K„ until 1915 or 1916. endar two centuries to begin an
At that time tlie utility company elaborate six-day celebration of its
pill up u high-line from on - of birthday. The old palace of Span-
its large generating plants. The (sh governors, long u ruin at the
local plant was then “floated"| edge of the military plaza here,
lias been restored as It was when
it housed .the representatives of
his most Catholic majesty. Months
a standby, lo he used*’only In | were spent In reconstructing the
case of emergency. It has not palace and tlie attics of San An-
or used ns supplementary sotine
of current until 1923. For tho-
liest year or so. it was kept
been used In the last five or six,
years.
lit the meantime Ihe O. G. anil
tonlo's first families have been
ransacked lo furnish It In keeping
with history.
DAT TO PAT TAX
Penalty (iocs On Friday
II Levy Unpaid
Thursday is the last day for
paying first Itulf taxes without
penalty.
The penalty will go on all taxes,
of which tlie first half is not paid
by Thursday night. Herbert Kel-
ler, comity treasurer said.
If the first Itulf tax is paid by
Thursday night, tlie taxpayer can
pay the last half any time before
June 15,
Hours of the county treasurer's
office are 9:3(1 to 12 and 1 lo 3
dally.
"That Is all the time we cun
spend waiting on taxpayers," Mr.
Keller said. “The present law
allows ns only two deputies, and
with n large volume of other
work to do, we are doing tile best
we can will) ihe help we hnvo,"
Until litis year, tlie office lias
been allowed, by special hill, two
emergency deputies which were
Used during the rush of taxpaying
season.
REED AT MEETING
Results to be Known at
Next Session
motor transportation companies
would constitute a victory for the
railroads. The latter for years
have complained of decreasing
revenues which they attributed to
increased competition from trucks
ami buses, which they could nol
meet because restricted front cut-
ting rates at will.
The heatings begun today are
a continuation of those which
Bralnard und Examiner Flynn
have been conducting for several
months during a tour of the coun-
try.
Salesmanship School
Is Opened in El Reno
J. L. I’ool, formerly associated
with Hills Business College at
Oklahoma City, has opt tied a
M'hool of salesmanship and busi-
ness efficiency at 119 to North
lick ford avenue.
Tlie school opened last .Mon-
day. Commercial und business
subjects will lie taught.
Mr. Pool has been a resident
of the city for the past fou•-
which drew a bye, in semi-finals
at 9 a. m. .Saturday. Finals will
be Saturday morning.
GANG STOltY TO SENATE
Washington, March 4. </p)
A .story of open-face gangster
activities, farflung governmental
corruption and wholesale liquor
law violations was unrolled to-
day before the senate. Drawn
liom the flics of the Wlckershum
eommission by a senate resolu-
tion, the testimony spread
through surveys of prohibition
conditions in Illinois, New York,
N’i'W Jersey, Louisiana und Col-
orado. Oply in Ihe latter state
was dry law enforcement termed
"satisfactory."
LI
An Amateur Sleuth
Solves Ihe Mystery!
CVKN Scot land Yard was puzzled as to what he-
t-a came of tlie [annuls llnrdwuy Diamonds stolen
liy Tom llerridge, expert cracksman. Tlie grim
trull tlint Dick Punhainiiton, amateur sleuth, fol-
lowed led lo the illHi'i'Vi>r y of one of IliiMu on n
dead man in Hie marshes. Ruud what happened in
Mad Laughter
A Thrilling Mystery Story
Begins March (i in the
El Reno Tribune
Annual inspection of the Ascen-
sion Commuiidery No. 4 Knights
Templar was made Tuesday night
at a meeting of tin* organization
In tlie Masonie Temple by Sir
William li. Crowe, Enid.
Results of Hie Inspeetlon will
not lie known until the next meet-
ing, It was said.
Three past grand conimuitders
were present, who included Har-
old B. Downing, Oklahoma City,
II. I). Ashbrook. and II. K. Ricker.
Work In the Order of the Tem-
ple was conferred upon Jess M.
Reck.
Forty-seven members enjoyed
Hie S;3n o'clock dinner before the
Inspection. Dr. D. P. Richardson,
Union City, spoke during (lie af-
fair.
HOLDEN FILES AS
Filing Period Due to
( lose Saturday
Two Years Passive Re-
volt Is Closed
New Delhi, Indiu, March 4.—
|Jp) Mahatma Gandhi, Indian na-
tionalist leader, and Viceroy Lord
Irwin ai high noon today signet
a Irttei which ends the nationalist
i A ll disobedience campaign and
secures u«l lonullst cooperation III
working out a quaitiied dominion
iduHis for India.
The iruc culminated nego-
tiations of weeks which reached
fulfillment in an agreement at
1:30 n. in. Shortly afterward
date to file in tlie city commli* | Gandhi left tlie Viceregal palace
sinners' race. Olliers entered are in a drenching rain lo Infoni'
Del Adkins und L. K. Day. There ihe nationalist working commit-
will lie three vacancies to lie fill- ten it Old D'liil
oil lu Hie April 7 eloctlon. Till* j While Hie coinmltU'e voted un-
places are now held liy Mayor | auluioiis approval of the terms
t'hnrlos Tompkins, Dr. James P> I Gandhi curled up on a straw
Neal ami ('. W. Bcrglhold. ] mat at the side ot the room and
No new entries have been made went to sleep, After he awaken-
llt the school hoard races, It, F. I <d lie had his head and face
(', ('. Holden hue entered the
city commissioners' race.
Mr. Holden Is Hie third cuudl-
Employes to Get Two to
Ten Per Cent
Chicago, March 4, (jpi The
Pullman company lias luuiigurul-
rd Ihe bonus plan of paying con-
ductors, poll t's and other em-
ployes two io Ion per cant of
sales of aci'oinodalions aboard
tlie train.
A K. Walker, gonvml iiipirln-
loudont of the local Rock Island
.inns, arriv'd Wadnrsduy from
Hi. l-oii In, Mu., where ho has
been traiiKHciIng business for Hie
past few days,
Jones, secretary of the county
election hoard, said Wednesday.
Filing period will close Satur-
day.
Property Listings
High for This Time
Willi' the deadline si III 15
shaved, donned a spotless wlii'n
homespun chuddar and loin
cloth ur.d sat out for his meet-
ing with ihe Viceroy.
lit let a in for abandonment of
die civil disobedience cnmp.iig t,
which the nationalism Inaugural*
id a year cue In an effort to gain
independence from Great Brltuln
Gandhi wrested from the Vf i-
nays away, tin county assessor Is toy an amnesty for all political
Hinting business unusually rush- prisoners hold tor now violent
Ing. It was staled Wednesday, j i Ileuses, the right of those re-
After Mill'll 2n, nil property i tiding on the seashore to make
owners wlm have not listed lliel.' iltnlr own .all. und adjustments
holdings, will he assessed a pen-
alty for being lute.
Tile number assessed to lilts
lime Is greater Ilian at the time
in any recent y.-ur. It was staled.
r 'gi't'dlng th* return of property
confiscated for uon-puymunt ot
luxes.
PIONEER EDUCATOR DIES
Oklahoma City, March 4 (/(** •
II. I,. Doherty, head of the Thomas J, Sluts, 79, a pioneer edu«
Cities Service, uecompiinled by eator of Oklahoma and Texas, la
Ills wife und daughter, pusse,! | iletiil. The end ennie yesterdny
through El Iteno Tuesday an at hi* home here where he had
icole from Washington, n, C. to lived since his retirement ten
I.os Angeles, Calif, ysara ago.
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