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Hie Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
OLUME 38, NO. 287.
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
«. PF.nn OKLAHOMA, MOSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1930
CENTRAL. PRESS SERVICE
SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS
ill Flint, Of El Reno,
Sustains Serious In-
jury To One Eye
Did
-THAT i y
All this week you ma^'wlt-
ness the polo games and horse
races at Fort Reno free of
charge.
Auto accidents in this vicini-
ty arc becoming more numer-
ous ho watch your step or
take out some life Insurance.
After hovering around loo
for several days the thermome-
ter finally went up to 101 Sun-
day. No wonder it seemed so
hot.
Two automobile accidents,
hlch happened in and near this
lty Sunday evening, resulted In
wo persons being taken to the
M Reno Sanitarium, one of whom
^111 Flint, of El Reno, is still
here with a seriously injured
*ye.
Mr. Flint aud Raymond Whlp-
e were going east on Cavanaugh
Ureet in a Ford automobile,
hlch collided with u cur driven
>y J. W. Simons, of Oklahoma
Jlty, who was driving south on
Hock Island avenue, In the car
ith Simmons, were his wife and
;wo daughters, none of whom
rero injured. It was reported
rom the Sanitarium today that
he injury to Flint’s eye was con-
sidered serious and that physi-
cians were unable to tell at the
resent what might result from
(the injury.
One Car Runs Amuck
A car driven by Fred U.
Whiting, who, it is alleged, was
,in an intoxicated condition, ran
muck near the Witts corner on
Highway G6 Sunday evening
about 8:30 o’clock and before it
came to a halt, upside down, had
crashed into the rear of one car
und collided headou with un-
iother.
Whiting, who was alone in a
Ford coupe, was headed for Okla-
homa City. Ax he neared the
corner, he apparently lost control
of the car. Hlx machine crashed
‘■It won’t he Ion* now” until
all the collegians will be away
BRITISH ROYALTY GOES SCOTCH
CMNeOIP
Samples Of Cultivated
And Uncultivated Dirt
Being Tested
Approximately 300 Attend
Session Here Satur-
day Afternoon
of the Canadian county
teachers association, presided at
the meeting.
DUo^h™'rew’of^nn^'oidimobllo Rev. Alva C. Brown, pastor of
Into ‘he tear o Methodist church, gave
rT mZ PlppenTnd their the Invocation. J. W Shepherd.
chUdreu were also ’In the car. director of the school Improve-
The rear of the automobile was
damaged considerably
An extensive survey of Canadian
county, to get samples of noil
which has been used for several
years and samples of the soil near
the fence rows, which has never
been cultivated, is helug made by
Fred Percy, county agent, to gather
Information to be used in connec-
tion with the soil improvement
program being directed in this
county.
About six Inches of soil off the
top of fields where wheat or other
crops have been grown for a num-
ber of years are being tuken as
samples. Along the fence rows or
places where the ground has never
been turned, the same type of
Ha moles are beiug taken. These
will be sent to Stillwater to be
tested. The loss of fertility will
be determined by the te.:ts and
the county agent will know what
10 subscribe for the betterment
of soil in this county.
Not only the wheat land, hut
alfalfa land in the river bottom
and lowlands are also being test-
ed. Any farmer who wishes his
land tested may get sample sacks
from the county agent'll office.
Samples must be taken and the
sacks returned to the county
ugont to be prepared to be aeQt
The meeting was under the di- to Stillwater. .
roctlon of Ml*. In. South1 Jhin c»Wv“L for
r?. ». „r C.lumet, iireaMent . Si
rural
It was estimated that close to
300 rural teachers and rural
school board members attended
the annual bcforc-school teach
ers meeting at the El Reno high
school building Saturday, to lis-
ten to instructive talks by three
prominent educators, two from
the University of Oklahoma, and
a state supervisor of the depart-
ment of education
City’s Educational System
Gets Off To Flying
Start This Morning
We Saw 1 oday
An El Reno motorist, who
almost turned IiIh cur over
when a feline as black us night
strode across the street in
front of him. The city coun-
cil should take steps to amend
I ho traffic ordinance in order
to regulate black cats.
An elderly colored man, who
remarked, "Use having all
kinds of luck and the trouble
Is its all bad.*
A, u compliment to Scotland tfl. British royal family, ...eluding
King George nnd Queen Mary and il'rince George. I« "<»»
“stumo of the highlander., relining from ^rvicex «
church, near Balmoral caatle. whefJtthey went to aee the Ut.le Win
cos* recently born to the Duke a.ldjDu.hcsx ol \ork.
Police Are Busy Again pill Patterson Alternate
Following Lull For Appointment
The Whiting automobile then
glanced to the left and hit an
automobile coming towards El
Reno, driven by Harry Cochran,
of the Quality bakery. The Coch-
ran car was met headon, damag-
ing the vehicle to the extent of
$150 or $200. it came to *
1 stop In the deep ditch on the
west side of the road. The Whit-
ing car turned over stopping up-
side down on the pavement. A
Henson ambulance was called and
Whiting was taken to the rA
Reno Sanitarium, where it was
round that he was not hurt, but
only stunned. He was dismissed
from the Sanitarium ami taken
to the Police station, and lodged
i in . , ....
None of the occupants of tne
other two automobiles which were
struck by the Whiting car were
! injured, it was reported.
ment program, talked on the
fundamental issues in the rural
school Improvements.
A. E. Rilin*. supervisor state
department of education, gave
a talk bn “Accrediting in Rural
Schools." The teachers and
board members received Mr. Ril-
lng's speech very well and re-
ported that the short concise
talk the state man made very
helpful.
Miss Ruth Torpey. of this city,
gave a reading before the group
for the only bit of entertainment
on the afternoon program.
R. J. Phillips, of tho Univer-
sity of Oklahoma, who works
with Mr. Shepherd on the school
improvement program in this
county, gave a talk on the "Mod-
ern Tendlcles in Education.'’
The new superintendents were
Introduced to the group. The
election of officers for the com-
ing year for the teachers associa-
tion was held in concluding the
meeting. 13. F. Jolly was re-
elected president of the associa-
tion. Norval Gray. superinten-
dent of the Piedmont schools, was
elected vice-president and C. R
Bartlett, of Union City was elected
secretary.
About 30 schools have signed
which has .not been turned aince
the country was opened for set-
tlement has been taken by Mr.
Percy.
The main idea of the survey is
to get the facts concerning the
change made in the soil during
the several years of crop raising.
The facts learned from the tests
of the various soils will be used
in mapping out a soil improve-
ment program for Canadian coun-
ty. tr Is hoped that aH* anmplca
can be sent in to Stillwater and
all tests made by the first of the
In the laboratories at Stillwater
various tests will be made of the
soil to find Just what it lacks.
Tests will be made for organic
matter, lime contents aud phos
phate contents .
El Reno’s new school year got
off to a flying start this morn-
ing with a special program at
the opening assembly. Members
of the school board, reprosenta-
tutives of all civic organizations,
the churches and the newspapers
took part in the program.
The assembly was called to
order by Miss Rose Witcher, prin-
cipal of the high school, who in-
troduced Paul O. Liebmann, presi-
dent of the Hoard of Education.
Mr. Liebiuann made a brief talk
in which ho compared the school
system of years ago with the
proaent splendid organization. Ap-
proximately half a million dol-
lars are invested in the school
system, according to Mr. Biell-
mann.
New Superintendent l*renented
H. E. Wrinkle, formerly of
Duncan, the new superintendent
of schools, was Introduced by Mr.
Llebmatin. Mr. Wrinkle express-
ed his appreciation for being
selected to head the schools and
pledged his every effort to the
upbuilding of the system. He
paid tribute to the members or the
school board for their enthusias-
tic efforts and stated that never
had he experienced such com-
plete cooperation.
Next on the program was sing-
ing by the assembly, directed by
Miss Mary Edwards. This waa
followed by
the Rev. Holmes Nichols.
The remainder of the program
was devoted to the introduction
of the many guests who made
brief remarks.
A splendid selection by the
A local golfer, who said.
“Don’t worry,” is a health
hint, but what do they expect
a fellow to do when his golf
game goes to the bow-wows.”
Wichita Fails Wins First
Game of Meet; Tulsa
Plays Crowell Today
A popular business man,
who said, “There’s always an-
other side. Those who trim-
med the prodigal son may have
needed the money.”
A hotly contested game be-
ween Fort Reuo and Wichita
Falls, in which the latter emerged
victor by a score of 7 to 5, of-
ficially opened the fourth an-
nual polo tournament at Fort Re-
no, Sunday afternoon. A great
crowd was on hands to aee the
opening contest of the tourney,
which was followed by several
thrilling horBe races. '*
The polo tournament will con-
tinue all week, with eight teams
participating. The first round
games wll be completed Tuesday
afternoon. The consolation round
and the semi-finals of the cham-
pionship tourney will get under
way Wednesday.
Pairings for the remainder or
the first round are us follows:
Tulsa vs. Crowell, Monday, 3:30
P. M.; Fort Sill vs. Fort Worth
and Norman vs. Oklahoma City,
Tuesday.
. (iames during the week will b j
Possibility of Canadian count. , free t|1(J pUi,Uc, but admission
receiving money from the United c.harges 0f twenty-five cents will
HW PAY TAXES
Plan To Pay On Tax Ex-
empt Indian Land Is
Being Worked Out
States government to partly make
up what is lost In taxes because
thousands of acres of Indian land
I and reservations in the county are
Alter about a week with no ar- W. B. l’aterxon, owner of the
rests made by the local Police de- l’aterson Drug store, South B ck-
4 aovAral law violators ford avenue, received a "ire tins
wer”hauled Into the police station j morning Cron, Congressman Jed and
rr r v.ri sr*! sets sjs. ™cr
Klda Yowell was arrested and . El Reno high school last year, has _ _
charged with ••«-*■£ S* j Complete Plans For
11110 coma p *■!TSmSL BIB wiu take uis w €> v Action
vvnii,, PnrkiiiH colorcu, was ar- examination in April. I —-
n.xled for making a U-turn at a Bill was president of the senior E) Rp1|0 meln|)erH ,,f the Wo-
street Intersection, and was fined class last year and was nrohilneiit ■ nirlstlan Temperance Un-
amt released. »n practically all of the student | compIeled plans today for «»•
Worth Dotter was arrested and j activities of the high shool
charged with speeding. He was _
fined $3 and released.
Clarence R. Beach paid a *»»<*
of $3, after being arrested and
charged with double parking. He
was released after paying the fine.
K C. Dovit was arrested ami , /•
charged with being intoxicated.
He is booked for appearance i»
police court tonight.
Hardy Elk ford and Arebdlai
WEATHER
(Continued on page til
tertaiding the annual convention of
the Canadian county chapters of
the organization, which will be
held in the First MethodRt
_____ ——> j church, Tuesday. The convention
Partly cloudy tonight and Toes- will open at 10 o'etork Tucisday
morning and close at 4.30 ocioca
_ in the afternoon.
LOCAI. TEMPERATURES | The public Is lPV‘ted fo alUuld
(U S thermometer at Ft. Reno) the two sessions in Ilonven
For 34.lio.tr period ending Sun- Hon. A large '
I |. M.—High, 101: low, 70;j each of the chapters in the u»n,ly
is exported to attend.
day
at I 1*. Mm 01.
T. B. Morris, 90, Dies At
Home Near Banner
HARVEST TIME!
To Receive Instruction In
Judging
Funeral services were held at
tho Banucr church at 2:30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon for T. B. Mor-
ris, 90, pioneer resident of Cana-
i- »-• mm?™ s“ •sr.Strs t.!
called a meeting for next Satur*
day of all the teachers, who are
entering the program for
first time this year.
the
Friday of this week, Miss lnme
1 lamia, homo demonstration agent,
will direct u judging ami training
school at tho county fair building
for 4-11 club girls. A training
school will he held at 10:30 o’clock
in the morning for the girls ami
the Judging instrution will folio*
the morning meeting, probably
after lunch.
Miss Hanna urges all ol the vn
dal) girls to attend the school.
Uurul teachers are asked to ex-
cuse tho girls for that day am
allow tho training school to count
Home Dcmonstr ation
Agent To Give Instruction
...........- - ~ u wnru Four or five meat canning do-
town,,I their regular aehool £ moiwtr»tlo„» arc being planned to
It Is noeesxary tor the Bins 1 . He,a|0ns of
attend a Judging school of some
kind in order to outer tho training
chisses at the statu fair. The
school Saturday will fulfill the
requirements, Mlxx Hanna xald to-
day. _
Junior €♦ Of C. To
Hold Election Tonight
All members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce are urged
to l>o present at the regular din-
ner this evening at 7:30 o’clock
at the Hotel Southern. The no-
minating committee are to pres-
ent their selections and nomina-
tions for the office of director
will also be mad* from the floor.
From among the men nominated
by the committee and the nomina-
tions made from the floor, six di-
rection will he elected to serve
for a two years term.
he given in various
Canadian county when the weath-
er becomes cooler, by Miss Irene
Hanna, horns demonstration
agent, it was announced today.
The home demonstration agent
plans to have tho demonstrations
and invite representatives from
the various communities so that
the women might go back and In
turn pasa on the Instructions. The
meetings will lie hold In dif-
ferent sections 0/ the county so
as to reach as many of the wo-
men as possible.
Complete plana as to when and
where the demonstrations will he
held wil he announced later by
Miss Hanna.
Reno. Death was
trouble and infirmities of old age.
Burial was made In tho Richland
cemetery. .
Mr. Morris settled on a farm
’*ix and one-balf miles northeast
' of El Reno in 1894. lie resided iu
this community most of the time
since then.
Surviving are the following
children: Ed. Harve, Welch and
Robert Morris, all of Lawton;
Mrs. Charles Worthington, of
Banner and Mrs. J. C. Olson, of
Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Morris died
In 1903. For several years, Mr.
Morris has been residing with his
(laughter, Mrs. Worthington, near
Banner.
Mr. Morris was horn November
13, 1839, at Glasgow, Scotland. In
1853, he came to the United States
with his brother, and spent «scv-
era! years in Ohio, Nebraska and
Kansas In June. 1870. he
married to Mary Etta Lowe, near
Harrington, Kansas.
W. B. A.
Regular meeting of the W. B
El Iteno Boy Makes
Miniature Airplane
• ■
Jack Duffy, small son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Duffy, 400 North
Barker avenue, displayed u minia-
ture model alrplaiio in the Tribune
office today. Tho plaue was mo-
deled after the Lockheed used so
much by Col. Charles Lindbergh.
The workmanship which is evi-
dent on the tiny plane is excep-
tional for a hoy of Jack's age.
The wings are made with movable
parts as are the tail. The cock-
pits are lined with leather and
A will Mi“ “«tak":.nal. ..axs wln-.hi.ld. .re ^ced
Jay lu the Train,,,en’x hall. In front of the cockpit, making a
A good attendance is requested, very realistic plane.
51,500
"Kgr*
1950
county officials received u request
from tlie senate committee on In-
dian uffairs for data on how much
is lost in taxes In this way and
for other information.
A resolution passed by the sen-
ate authorized the committee on
Indian affairs to investigate Indian
tribal lands or other Indian lands
not subject to taxuton with the
view to developing a plau by
| which tlie United States may
make a fair and equitable contri-
bution' toward expenses or carry-
ing on governmental activities in
said states and political subdivis-
ions.
Data Is Sought
In the letter received today, in-
formation Is sought on tlie amount
of taxes which would ordinarily lie
paid on the federal owned Indian
reservation lands in this county
and the expenditures on roads,
bridges, schools and other fin*
provements directly due to tin* ^
pruxdtce „f III. India,, rcHcrvu*
linns. Data lx also wanted <»> j
how „,ml, lx xpenl tor potleo pro j
lection and llio like as a result
of the Indian reservations being
located in tho county.
According to county officials,
ation by the United States in mak-
ing Hitch payment would mean
inurli to Canadian county. In ad-
dition to tin* Cheyenne and Aru-
paho reservation north ot this oil),
there are many acres of land in
the county which is owned by
Indians and is tax exempt.
be made on Saturday and Sun-
day. *
The game between Fort Reno
and Wichita Falls Sunday was
closely contested all the way. At
the end of the third period, the
score was tied at 4-all. Fort Re-
no forged uhead 5-4 In the fourth
period, hut Wichita Fulls rallied
and scored three more points
while holding the Fort team
scoreless for the remainder of
the game.
Members of the Wichita Falls
team were: K. R. Fain, No. 1,
H. A. Robins, No. 2; C. H.
Featheratone, No. 3; Major Joe
Swing. No. 4; H. L. Stringer,
substitute.
The Fort Reno lineup was:
Lieut. Whitehead, No. 1; Capt.
Sperry, No. 2; Major Weeks, No.
3; and Capt. Gay, No. 4.
Capt. Gay and Swing starred
for their respective teams. Ma-
jor Weeks also played a spark-
ling game for the army men.
To Make Short Stop Here
En Route To Chicago
former El
Farmer Near Calumet
Reports Pest at Work
Fred Percy, county agent, re-
ported this morning that he had
received reports from the Calu-
met community that leal worm
was infosting some of the cot-
ton fields in that section of the
county. E. C. Hall reported that
lie had a Held of 30 acres which
was entirely Infested with the
leaf worm. The worm eats the
leaves and squares and Hall re-
ported that some of the half-
developed bolls were also being
eaten by the pest. Tho worm
usually strips a field after it in
once infected.
The worm is greenish in color
with black and orange stripes
down the back. Three pounds of
Gallium Arsanate poison is pres-
cribed to an acre of growing cot-
r"
Hugh Willingham, iun.it:. - j tQn UnleiB ihe cotton farmvr
Reuo high school athlete, who ...uchlnery made for the pur-
has been playing with the Dallas lhe puu„„ over
Texas League baseball club this
summer, is expected to arrive in
El Reno at 7:30 o’clock this eve-
ning, over the Rock Island lines,
from Dallas. He will Join Mrs.
Willingham, who has been visit-
lug here for a few weeks, and the
two will motor to Chicago, leav-
ing here Tuesday morning.
Willingham has been purchased
by the Chicago American League
team and he will report to tho
club on bis arrival in Chicago
for a tryout. The former El
Reno flash has had a big sea-
son with Dullas knocking out 39
homeruns, hatting about 325
and performing In the field in
brilliant fashion.
Clothing Stolen From
Crystal Laundry Here
Tlio Crystal laundry was enter-
ed Saturday night and several
Hulls of men’s clothing wc’re
stolen. A definite check on tlie
clothing taken had not bceu made
this afternoon. It was estimated
by police that tho loss would run
fairly high.
the crop, it is hard to adequate-
ly combat the leaf worm, tho (<
county agent stated.
Hearing Of Miss Brooks
Postponed Until Sept. 23
By ugreeeut of counsel, the pre-
liminary hearing of Miss Pearl
Brooks, local nurse, on a charge
of first degree manslaughter, set.
for Tuesday morning in county
court, was postponed today un-
til Tuesday morning. September
23. Au automobile driven by
Miss Brooks struck and fatally
injured Mrs. J. K. Maxey, of this
city, at the intersection of Wil-
liams and Wade streets, recent-
ly.
TWO FLIER# KILLED
BAXTER SPRINGS. Kan., Sept.
S. —<LP)—A Sunday air Jauat coat
the Uvea of Melvin Mishler, vie*
president of the Baxter 8pr
aviation club, and Ray
his passenger, when thsli
crashed trom an altitude ol
test here.
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