The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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EL RENO. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. DECEMBER 3. 1903.
No-45.
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THEY MET AND
Passed the Appropriation Bill Also
a Bill Granting a Company
From Michigan a Gas
Franchise.
SIXTY DAYS TIME
Given tcCompany in Which to Com-
< mence Work and Six Months
in which to Finish Job.
The mayor and Ave members of
ihe city council met last night for
i he purpose of doing some business.
The absent ones wero Aldermen
Freeborn and Humphrey. All of the
wards were represented except the
Third, the one that pays '.he largest
amount of taxes.
After the finance committee had
examined the bills against the city
with the greatest of care, twenty-flve
minutes being expended in doing the
I rick, the clerk read a proposal from
Messrs. Milo D. Campbell, Charles A.
Wilson and Harry T. Harvey of Bat-
tle Creek, Mich., who propose to fur-
nish gas for the people of this city
for heating and lighting purposes.
The company agrees to put up a
SI,000 cash bond in the hands of the
city treasurer that will be forfeited
if work is not commenced inside of
sixty days and finished inside of six
months.
AH tho company asks for is the
right ta lay mains and to erect a gas
plant within the limits of the city.
Tha franchise also provides that a
uniform price shall be charged par-
ties for the use of the gas and also
a price to the city if so desired.
The company asks for nothing but
what would be granted to them by
any city in the territory, and the
members of the council present all
voted yes for the proposition.
Mr. Wilson, representing the gas
company, was present and made a
neat little talk which was well re-
ceived. He said the gentlemen asso-
ciated with him mean business and
are ready to commence operations at
once.
Mr. Streams made a motion, which
was carried, that ordinance No. 309
be passed. Alderman Jackson at this
time was, called down stairs to the
'phone. He returned and said that
he was obliged to absent himself and
asked leave to go away. The mayor
gave the desired permission and the
alderman went on his way, thus
breaking tho quorum, so that no
vote could be taken for alderman
from the Third ward.
On motion of Alderman Stream?
the council adjourned, to meet again
Thursday evening.
ED.- MAHAFFY.
Killer of McDonald ''Of D" is Ou
on Bail Through the Exertion
of His Talented Attorney
WILLIAM A MAURER.
McDonald was Killed In 1898—
Mahaffy was Convicted and
Sentenced to Serve Thir-
ty Years—Served
in Penitentiary
Nineteen
Months.
Three Husky Lowlers.
Tom Davis, Harry Seamans and
Herman Harms, three great big husky
fellows left today on the 1:55 train
for a bowling tour in Oklahoma and
| Kansas. They are booked to play
at Oklahoma City, Perry, Blackwell
I and Wichita. They may tako in
| Atchison, Leavenworth and Topeka
| before returning home.
Ed Mahaffy, who killed W. (i. Mc-
Donald, commonly known as "Mack
of D," farmer and politician, in Dew-
ey county in 1898, was released yes-
terday under a $5,000 bond by Judge
Irwin.
The trial of Mahaffy in this city
.shortly after the killing, was one of
I the most exciting that has ever come
before any of the courts In the ter-
ritory.
McDonald was well known all over
the territory and thefe never was a
convention or public gathering of any
kind that he was not there. At tho
time he was killed public sentiment
was against Mahaffy, but after ma-
ture deliberation, the people quieted
down and allowed the law to take its
course.
There was a young man who staid
by Mahaffy through thick and thin, |
as tho old saying is, and he was W.
A. Maurer, a rising young attorney of
this city, who took charge of the
case with strong odds against him.
Mahaffy was sentenced to serve
thirty years in tho penitentiary at
Lansing, and did serve nineteen
months of the term, and then through
the exertions of Mr. Maurer, he was
granted another trial by tho supreme
court of tho territory.
Since his release from the peniten-
tiary Mahaffy has been confined in
tho Dewey county jail at Taloga. He
appeared in court yesterday with his
attorney, Mr. Maurer, and after an
explanation of tho case to Judgo Ir-
win, he was allowed to return to his
home a temporary free man, after be-
ing behind prison walls for five years.
For a young man, "Billy" Maurer,
as he is called by his friends hero, is
a stayer and bids fair to bo one of
tho best criminal lawyers in the ter-
ritory.
When court convenes in January,
Mahaffy will be represented again by
Mr. Maurer and Temple Houston of
Woodward.
Licenses Issued.
November 25, to William F. Rankin
and Miss Agues M. Buell, both of
Chicago.
Case Filed.
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 2.—Laud con-
tests were the order of tho day in
the supreme court today, two new
contests being filed. Ono from Cana-
dian county is entitled John H. Bald-
win vs. Mary Keith, an Arapahoo In-
dian. Baldwin claims tho woman se-
cured a doublo allotment and filed on
her claim in Canadian county. He
lost in the lower court and appeals.
His Attorney is J. H. Everest. ,
CALUMET ITEMS.
Dr. K. M. Williams and family of
Hot Springs are visiting with his
brother, Alva Williams.
Alex Hadlock and family spent
Thanksgiving with 'lis father in Cus-
ter county.
Mr Davis, solid'>r for the Kansas
CUy .!• v.rnal, was .. ca:kr this
i- eol>
Mrs. William Vim? r is quite ill
l .i.i Vlui.
The grand masquerade at Wood-
man hall was quite a success socially
and financially.
Edna Hornberger visited relatives
in El Reno Tuesday and Wednesday.
Captain D. B. Cook entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Ray I). Cook and T. P.
Quayle and family for dinner Thanks-
giving.
Thanksgiving was well observed in
our town.
J. K Reynolds entertained Rev.
Millsap and wifo Thanksgiving.
Caleb Moberly and family dined
dined with Mrs. Moberly's brother,
|W. H. Johnson, Thanksgiving day.
Dr. Brouson was preparing to give
a "turkey roast" to liis bachelor
friends Thanksgiving. Doc had four
j fine turkeys in a coop on full feed,
' but some one Blipped around and
"faked" them Tuesday night. Doc
j searched the country for turkeyB all
I day Wednesday, but couldn't find one
! for sale. Of course tho turkey roast
j was postponed, and Doc took dinner
! with some friends in the country,
j Mr. and Mrs. Schwerdtfegor and
Mr. and Mrs. French and family of
Shawnee are spending a few days
with Mrs. French's brothers, C. C.
and E. ('. Thompson.
Mrs. A. M. Cowdrey is visiting
friends in Oklahoma City this week.
W. E. King returned from his trip
to the Indian Territory Tuesday.
Ray D. Cook weut to El Reno on
business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Crothers and Mr. and
Mrs. Goss visited with Mr. S. Smith
Sunday.
Wo are glad to seo Tom Ellison's
E. A. Hicks and family, who have
been visiting with their s6n, Charles,
at this place, have returned to tholr
home in Grant City, Mo.
smiling face among us again. But
wo are sorry to report his father's
health but very little better.
Ralph Davis roturned recently from
a business trip to New York. From
his talk ono would thluK he admires
Oklahoma more thn ho docs tho groat
metropolis, whero ho was born and
raised.
Tom Ellison shipped a load of hogs
to Kansas City Tuesday night.
Earl Lewis is visiting with his par
onts in Lohrville, Iowa.
Dead Sure Thing.
Lawton, Oltla., Dec. 2.—The Lawton
Wichita Mountains and Western Elec
trie Railway company has deposited,
as a guarantee of their good faith, a
certified check for $1,000 in tho hands,
of tho city clerk, according to terms
of tho franchise recently granted the
company. Right of way is being
rapidly secured and work of construc-
tion will begin by January 1.
Headed This Way.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 2.—Snow is
falling this morning at Clay Corner,
Manhattan, Emporia and Abilene,
Kansas. It is quite heavy and indi
cations are for a severe storm.
Later dispatches say that tho snow
now falling in Kansas is a general
storm that is moving south. If such
ia tho case we may expect a dose of
the beautiful by tomorrow morning.
I THE,
SfSRteSSSMtl
MERCANTILE IBM
has catered to the trade in El Reno and Canadian County
Durino- that time we have never advertised or pretended to give a so-called "Cost Sale. No man can sell everything
it " Actual*Cost" and stay away from the wall. We do not intend to advertise something we cannot do. We do not
care to think that the people of Canadian County are feeble minded or that they do not know values when they sec them
We prefer to advertise honestly, even if ii does not show as well on paper. It is true, however, that any store, no matter
how well managed, will in time accumulate what is known as "Odd Lots" or "Jobs. This being a case where all but one
of a number of articles of the same lot numbers have been sold, which, of course makes this single article hard to dispose of
Puttiiv all these "Odds" of each different lot number together makes a complete run of sixes, therefore we can lit anybody
£ RLL GOOO iBU-r IMO TWO TFJE S-R-ME |
These <>oods we have laid out for YOUR INSPECTION in the rear of our large rooms and we especially request ^
that you see THEM at least. This assortment consists of about $4,000 worth of as GOOD GOODS as there is in ^
El Reno We have o-one over each one of our large departments and have found somethingin every one of them tohelpitalong ^
Ladies Tailor Suits
Cloaks
Skirts
Shoes and Dress Goods
WE II AYE
Hoys' Suits and
Overcoats
Mens' Suits and Overcoats
Odd Pants
Mats Shirts
And Underwear
All these and many more have we prepared for you. Rather than to hold these goods for slow sale at a profit we prefer to
Close them out in December AT ACTUAL COST
v „ invoice the first of the year, these goods must all go in December. Remember if guod-
n. renresciitcil we refund the money. We ask you to consider, your judgment will tell you
are not ^ ,U) ..Express Sale". You see these goods and examine them, then buy if your
to buy
1'ood sense tells you,
Ilave you ever gotten anything at Crowe's that was not as represented. Have we ever ad-
vertised anything we did not do. Has any one ever told you Crowe's were on the beat. We ask
your careful consideration of this Business Proposition ami are not afraid of the result. Thanking
vou in advance for an early visit we are
| Yours Very Truly.
6R0WE MERCANTILE, COMPANY 1
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1903, newspaper, December 3, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111424/m1/1/: accessed March 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.