The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1901 Page: 4 of 8
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EL RENO DEMOCRAT El Reno i- now in line for the comer, hut the program outliued by
State Capital. She ha- lieeu tried the new daily i* so manifestly at
anil not (ounii wanting. variance with the customary rule of
just opening for business,
must certainly If its
T. P. HENSLEY, EDITOR.
Euteivd in tl po-tottW ut El Keno, Onk!-
buma u> secoud-cla#* Mali Matter.
It will not be loug until some peo-
ple will be called upon 'to brush up
that venerable attribute which Kun-
The wide versatility of the Anieri- '' ' ''ul
. . . . that trouble
can people is splendidly proven bv
.. • i , '.ii- "i portion. In other words the Ameri-
the varied character of ladies and
, kit • i i can, with its lir-i is>ue is seized with
gentlemen who want to farm in the
au attack of hot*. Its ouasi-pub-
new country. 1 '
lisher takes on t « syuiytoms of an
Local
Big1 Clearance
. . . Of . . .
Shoes.
Sale
politician- who predict a upstart, just graduated from some
yon describes as resignation. j bright republican future for this ter- fake school of journalism, who iuiag-
! ritory will remember that Missouri-1 ines he has
|ans and T
any game of dr
We might every one of us have
secured a q'larter if the government
had only been thoughtful enough to
disqualify the lemonade verniers.
inspired with a
make such
Mimmer
If asked to define that quality
which makes the American people
distinctly great, you may answer
that it is their ability to make sport
with discomfort.
Beginning Saturday, July 13th, we will
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS in the prices of all St
Shoes as will clear our shelves and give us room for fall
exan< are unexcelled in divine command to reform the journ- whhjh ig beginning to arrive.
f draw. alistic world iu Oklaho'm. The chief j
aim of a new paj > r i- to curry favor. ' ABLE No. 1—Contains a lot of choice things iu Ladies' black and
The Americau repel-. Its columns Chocolate Kid Shoes worth *:l.00 and 8:1.50. These ALL (JO
teeiu with sen-> • -- rot. vituperation ! (Not a shoe here worth le-s than S.'i.OO)
anil abuse, -ei ti lit to show up the TABLE No. 2—Men'- 8:1.50 and 84.00, Tan-*11 at
I registration system at El Keno aud in all kinds of childrens shoes and -Uppers.
A serious difficulty in the plan of
the government to locate the county
seats may lurk in some scheme of
annexation brought here by the
Chicigo contingent.
"Lis an ill wind that blows no good
When the \a-t throng- that now
>teiii at
Ft. Sill as a driv< 1- -ig outrage, and
has vigorously denounced the graft-
ing iu the viciniu of registration
AT one
82. is. Bargains
Oklahoma City's taxation for thi- Mirge about us melt away, a boiler booths, the Aine: au fulminate-and
year will reach nineteen aud one-half1 explosion mav be necessary to -ave 'roths aud declare-
mills, an increase over last year
two mills. It is the highest rate
taxation ever made in that ' ity.
.of
of
some folks from a deeper chagriu.
that green-eyed
! envy is causing a general bombard-
nieut of El Rem The American is
A large percent of the newspaper mi-taken. The town of El Keno i-
Jr-J. r^. @0117017 @
Shoers of the People.
o.
A special from Guthrie -ay- that
Governor Jenkins revoked the notary
commission of Henry W Morgan. He
was using it in the Chickasaw nation
and Indian territory generally.
men of this country think it is im-
possible to make a succe— of a daily
paper with metropolitan tendencies
in a town the size, in population and
commercial importance, of El Reno,
If the man who draws No. 1 iu
If the scramble for the piow handle Hitchcock'- lottery will allow him-elf
will only equal that for the registra-
tion booths, nothing short of a fann-
ers' trust will save the corn market
of the future from a wild stampede.
The unlucky applicants in this
great real estate deal may ever con-
sole themselves with the considerate
treatment accorded them by the
people of El Reno, and the amount
of lemonade to be had for live cents.
to be approached at the end of sixty
days, he need not be rt any trouble
about It. he can win 825.00 on the
turn and will be paid that amount
for a relinquishment.—Shawnee
Daily Democrat.
A Co operaive Plan.
not considered in the equation. It! Fort Sill, Okla, July 1^—(*>pc-
i- a good town and i- naturally reap- j < ial)—John 11. Currau, secretary of
ing a harve-t from a windfall.— the populist state committee of Kau-
Guthrie Leader. -as. is authority for the statement
First published July (13)
Ordinance No- 231
An ordinance levying general tuxes
for 1901.
Be it ordained bv the mayor and city
If people continue to pour in here
for the next two days as heretofore,
some of the companies formed around
the registration booths will experi-
ence a larger percent of destruction
than that which befell the ligbt brig-
ade.
Governor Jenkins has made
ap-
lu the absence of an organization
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animal- here, we -uggest that the
Auti Saloon League resolve itself in-
to that sort of a society and by that
means do some really good and
necessary work. The people of
Shawnee can be very safely left to
govern their appetite-, taste- and
business affairs, but the poor, over-
loaded. clubbed and abused animals
cannot even cry out at their -utter-
ing—they need you^, effort. Do
poiutmeut- as follow?: L. F. Jone- BOaaething really needful. - Shawnee
of Perry, surveyor of Caddo county.
Sam Comb- of Chandler, treasurer
of Caddo county, Robert M. Carr of
Pawnee, treasurer of Kiowa county.
There are more to follow.
Daily Democrat.
The expiration of the time allotted
by the government for registration
suggest- a word as to the character
of the population which sooo will
The presidential arrangement transform an uninhabited country in-
which makes El Reuo almost the cultivated fields and happy homes
whole thing was so powerful that ^ ^ie rare-t exceptions nothing
even Hen-ley of the El Reno Dem- more couW be desired in the ch«r-
ocrat is on the verge of saying some-j ae^er prospective settler-,
thing pleasant about President Me- j **arring tlle -peculators, they repre-
Kiuley.—Curtis Courier. sent the \irile aud aspiring element
— —. .. of every -tate in the Union. They
Appointments to official positions look far beyond Uii- day of excite-
in counties of the new country will meut into their own and the future of
come thick and fast from now on. their children. They bring with them
The governor, no doubt has his mind the most advanced aud tried methods
made up as to whom he will appoint, from the remotest sections of the
Some of the offices will yield i[uite a country. They have come to do
handsome salary to the lucky iudi- their part and in coming here they
viduals. oniv seek those natural advantages
-~ ! which will aet them more quickly ap-
E1 Reno is beautifully taking care on the road o( acUievemeut. In thu
of the people who go there to regis- uew conimullity there will be few if
ter for a chance at a homestead in uny sociftl casts, no Coats-of-arms.
the new country. The crowd the an(, the pride of ancestry vvil, f t
^ first few days was immense and the 110 boast its geneology
city was taxed to the utmost to take independence
care of them, but it succeeded with 1 1 « • 1
u; paired by anv sense of inequality,
small inconvenience to visitors. The ;ind the population will proceed to
water supply gave ont one day. but its work with a heart d cheer
Mayor Hensley got a double quick The previoU9,y settled se,tif)ns of
movement on himself and righted the .u ,..;n 1 • .1
c the territory will hnd in them a com-
matter.—Curtis Courier. . ,, .
__________ petitor. commercially and politically,
Many men have boasted that they worthy of their attention. May a
succeeded in registering for claims J kind providence smile upon them
in the Kiowa-Comanche country at 1 now a&d always.
the registration now in progress here -
A spirit of
prevail, unim-
PLANS FOR THE DRAWING.
For the benefit of those who do not
understand how the drawing for
lands in the Kiowa, Comahche
Apache and Wichita reservations
will "lie conducted, the following is
offered: %
The drawing will !>egin July at
El Reno, and El Reno only. While
applicant - may register at Lawton,
there will be no drawing there. The
drawing will proceed rapidly when
begun and will be completed in a
very few days. Some seem to think
that only 125 names will be drawn
each day. There is no such pro-
vision in the proclamation. The
force at work may draw 5.000 names
a*day. i£ they can, or s.000. The
morning after the drawing the El
Reno land office will give out a long
list of names in the numerical order
iu which they have been drawn.
On August 6th the first 125 men
the new Section 1. That for the year 1901
town to tflere be and is made the following
,1 . ,k i- . 1 1 *. councllmen of the c.ty of El Reno Ok-
that the populist leaders of that state lahoma territory:
are figuring on coming to
country and establishing a
be run on the co-operative plan. The -eneral tax levies upon all the taxable
colonv he avs. it oiwiraii, will I,a "! rf'.v ' El Ii.no Okl,.
composed o(" Job. W. Ilrei,le„.h„l. "nd " ,he
Congressman Ed. Ridgelv, Annie L tor 11 s,reet and 1 rid-,. fUIUi
iv 1. 1 .. 1 , . For a Hre and water supply
Diggs, Hob Seniple, Eugene Latimer, | Fota continue.,. „,„i ,upp y fllni,
Kor 11 street li^'titliij; fund
For :i salary fund
Frank Lamb of Parsons; W. II.
Cook of Oswego, himself and other1
prominent populists. Jerry Hotkins i
he says, was the advance guard to
come here and look the field over.
Curran came down to investigate the
matter further. Jle is fairly well
acquainted with the new country,
having ridden it as a cowpuncher for i
several years. After registering he ,
will go out and look the field over
again. He is accompanied by Fred
and Mable I)'._i"tr-. son and daughter
of Annie L. Dig^s.
1 mill.
5 mills
1 mill.
4 mills
. 1 mill
:i mills
For a sinking fund
This ordinnnco to take effect from
and after its approval, passage and
publication as required by law.
Passed and approved th:- i2'.h day
of July 1901.
r. 1'. Hknsley, Mayor.
Attest: Sidney E. Clute,
City Clerk.
present himself at the United States
land office and tile on the land lie
wants. No 2 will follow and select.
If Xo. 3 is not on hand he is set
aside until the remainder of the 125
men have tiled. He is then given
another chance, but because he was
No. :> he can not choose any land
selected by men numbering higher
than himself on that day. It' he
does not appear at that time he has
lost forever his chance to file. The
same arrangements has been made
for the Lawton land office, which al-
lows 250 in all to select and file on
claims each day.
Notification eaids will be sent out
immediately to those who are lucky by
the government officials. This will be
done each day until the drawing is
completed. Then you are required lo
go and make your selections in a reas-
onable time. The earlier you reach
the land the better. The only prefer-
ence shown is to the first 125, who must
be present to get fir?t choice.
THE BEAN GRAFT.
The El Reuo American has at last
lppear at ElReuo and No. 1 will shown its hand by joining the grand
army ot grafters now a-sembled in El
Rejio. It wants subscribers and it
wants them bad. It wants them so bad
that it is willing to father any kind of
a fake scheme in order to get them. Its
latest scheme is the old bean racket
that has been worked so long that its
[First published Julys. 1901.]
Ordinance No. 230
An ordinance appropriating money for the
pay meat of certain claim*.
Be it ordained by the mayor and council-
I men of the-Clty of El Reuo, Oklahoma:
; Section 1.—That the sumfll-K.OS he and the
: .-iime Is hereby appropriated 10 the payment
1 of certain claims and account— upon the fol-
i lowlnsr funds; which have heretofore been
! allowed by the council, to-wlt:
1 Ciaim on account of salary fund.. . . $ SHO lie
street lighting fund... i'2;i 00
street an.I bridge fund £1 -0
! " " " se*er fund 14 95
Tn,ll> Illl2"e
And the mayor and city clerk are hereby
| directed to draw warrants for the same in fa-
vorof the persons eutitled thereto upou the
■ proper funds.
Sec. II.—This ordinance to take effect and
whiskers are gray. The scheme is to !>e in forwe fr..ni and after it- pa—ai-t>
put ajar of beans in the window and , Provill and publication.
ap-
allow the subscribers to guess at the
number. The lucky guesser gets a
house and lot valued by the grafttrs
at $2fi00. . We are surprised at the
American resorting to such methods
and its proprietors need not be sur-
prised when the people dub it the
Bean American.
at every one of the six booths in El
Reno, thinking that they would draw
at least one number with so many
chances. Gov. Richards stated to-
day that th£ identification card of
each person drawing a lucky num-
ber will be traced, and if the person
has registered more than once he will
be compelled to surrender his home-
stead.
AN AMERICAN UP START
The Leader regrets that it cannot
predict unalloyed success for the
new daily. The American, just
hunched at El Reno bythe Rock Is-
land Railway company. Professional
courtesy, as well as a heartfelt de-
sire to encourage newspaper enter-
prise in the territory, prompts us to
extend the glad baud to the new
OFFICIAL
MAPS HERF
The official government maps of the
new country have arrived. The loca-
tion of each claim is shown, also school
lands and reservations. They will not
be given out until the drawing takes
place and then only to those who have
lucky numbers. This rule will not be
deviated from in any particular, so
don't bother yourself to ask for them
unless you want to be turned down. It
takes a claim to get a map in this case.
J. E. Weaver, L. T. WTeaver, J. A,
Weaver, A. M. McElwee,F. M. Weaver
and J. Roach of Fort Worth, compose
a party of guests at the Kerfoot, aod
they all want farms.
Passenger Department,
The passenger department of the
Rock Island railway announces the
lowest rates to Cleveland on account
of the G. A. R. encampment Septem-
ber 7 toil, that have been accorded
the old soldiers since 1887. The rate
is less than one fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be on -ale from stations
west of the Missouri river, September
7 to 10 inclusive and will be good to
return up to and including September
15, but the return limit may be ex-
tended until October •> by depositing
the tickets with joint agent before Sep-
tember 15 and paying fee of fifty cents.
The trip to Cleveland will be one of
much pleasure and enjoyment. The
extremely low rate made by the Rock
Island will make it possible for large
numbers of the old soldiers and their
friends to go at a very small expense.
Prom Cleveland there will be cheap
rates in effect enabling those who de-
sire 10 visit the Pan-American Expo-
sition and this trip to Buffalo can be
made either by rail of boat.
Cleveland is making special effort
to take the best care possible of the
veterans as well as visitors and afford
them every opportunity for a pleasant
and enjoyable time while in the city.
The new foldiers' monument located in
the public square will be completed :
the electric lighting effects of this
monument, it is saia will eclipse any-
thing of the kind heretofore attempted
in thii country.
Passed aod approved this 1-t dayof.Iulv
1901.
[seai..] x. F. Hensley, Mayor.
A'test: Biltnaf K. Cicn CUT Clerk,
(First published July 23.)
Ordinance No. 232
An ordinance making it a mesde-
meanor for any person, firm or corpor-
ation to purchase or offer for sale anv
railroad ticket sold by any railroad
company and known as a non-trans-
ferable ticket and providing penalty
for violation of same.
Be it ordained by the mayor and
councilmen of the city of El Renu, Ok-
lahoma.
Sec. 1' It shall tie unlawful for any
person or corporation within the city
of El Ueno to sell or purchase, either
as principal or agent, any railway
ticket or contract for ^passage on any
railway line, which on its face pur-
'ports to be non-transferable by reason
of having been sold at a reduced rate
of fare, with intent to have the same
used by any person other than the
original purchaser thereof as a means
of procuring ipassage on thedine or
lines of railways for which the same
has been sold.
Sec. 2. Any person or corporation
convicted of a violation of this ordi-
nance shall be fined not less than $50.00
and imprisoned in the city prison for
not less than thirty days.
This ordinance shall take effect im
mediately upon its passage and publi-
cation.
Passed and approved this 22nd day
of July, 1901.
Attest: T. F. Hensley, Mayor.
Sidney E. Clute, City Clerk.
^ es its safe and immediately you
take Mull's Lightning Specific cholera
and dysentery make themselves scarce
25c at C. R. Miller'*.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1901, newspaper, July 25, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112240/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.