The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The El Reno Democrat.
VOL XVIII
EL RCNO, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1 0«
v NUMBER «.
DEMOCRATIC MASS
MEETING THURSDAY
CALLED TO MEET IN THE CITY
HALL AT 8:90 P. M.
MUNICIPAL OFEICALS
TO BE SEIECTED
Under Present Election Law it
Necessary to Nominate AH Can-
didates at August Primary.
City Elections to be at Same Time
as General Election on November
3rd Instead of April.
The election law passed by
first legislature has placed the cities
of Oklahoma in a peculiar position
as it has developed, that in order to
comply with the law, it will be neces-
sary to elect all candidates for muni-
cipal offices, whose terms expire next
April, at the general election to be
Yield on the 3rd day of the coming
November and also to elect succes-
sors to thote whose terms of office
will expire in the spring of 1910 ;s
fcbe election bill provides for a gen-
eral election in November of 1910
atnl specifies tkat all wluwe terms
of office expire prior to the general
election of 1910 shall be elected at
the genera! election proscribed for
1908.
In order to properly place the cnn
didates to be balloted upon for these
offices in nomination it is necessary
that they be balloted upon at the
primary to be held on the 4th day
of August 1908 and it is further pro
vided that each candidate for nomi-
nation beforo tho general primary
must file with the election board a
petition for nomination signed by not
less than iiteen electors of the pre-
cinct or city In which he desires to
Coast Town "Dry."
Baa Jacinto. Cal.. July 1.—Th« most
stringent prohibition ordinance ever
adopted In this section, passed by the
temperance board of city trustees
becomes effective today
will expire at midnight July fitb and
I in order to secure candidates for all
office* a mass meeting of the Demo-
cratic voters of the city Is called for
| Thursday night, July 2nd, to meet
' in the city hall at 8 p. m., at which
time the election law will be discuss-
! ed in detail and arrangements made
' to place men in nomination for all
! offices that will become vacant prior
to November 1910.
Many candidates are already busy
with their petitions which will be
filed with the election board. Among
them are William McCartney for city
marshal; Lew Huber for street com-
I missioner; E. W. Burns for city
I clerk; A. T. March for city treasurer
the and Lucius Babcock for city attor
ney.
Mr. H. C. Bradford is prominent
ly spoken of for mayor and an effort
will be made to induce him to conic
out for that office.
A complete list of the offices to be
filled are: Mayor, city attorney, city
assessor, city clerk, city treasurer,
city marshal, police judge, street com-
missioner. treasurer board of educa-
tion, eight members board of alder-
men (two l'rom each ward) and eight
members of the board of education
(two from each ward). There win,
also be elected at the primary a com-
mitteeman from each ward or precinct
who will be selected at the primary
and must secure ten signers to his
petition before his name may be
printed on the primary ballot.
There are four good jobs waiting
for some persons in this city in con-
nection with the general election. The
law provides that voters shall regis
ter with the inspector of the election
who shall be at tile polling place for
a period of thirty days prior to the
closing of registration books, which
w ill be closed twenty days prior to
the general election, and for com-
pensation the Inspector will receive
CONSULAR
SERVICE
MANY CHANGES BECOME EFFEC-
, TIVE TODAY.
Twenty-Eight Offices Have Been Clos-
ed and Seventeen New Offices
Opened by Government.
South Carolina Fir#men.
I Arlington. B t\, July 1.—Firemei
of South Carolina m«'t hero today
iu Ftato convention. A tournament
*ill \x> held tomorrow aud a pared#
on Friday.
INDIANS IN
FOR CELEBRATION
LONS LIST OF ATTRACTIONS TO
BC 8IVEN.
GREAT INDIAN VILLAGE AT PEACH
PARK.
Many Noted Chiefs Assemble for
Grand Fourth of July Celebration
In This City.
be a candidate. * - - ,
The time for filing these petitions three cents for each name enrolled.
A HISTORICAL I ™
PICTURE
FOR TROUT AND NOT SINNERS.
HOWEVER.
GREAT COMONER'S LIKENESS AT
THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE.
Has Been Displayed in the Three
Presidential Campaigns When
Bryan Was a Candidate.
1>I the window of The Democrat
office is displayed a picture of William
Jennings Bryan that is of more than
ordinary interest owing to the fact
of the history in its connection.
In 1896, during Bryan's first cam-
paign the picture was presented to
the Bryan club of Lincoln, Nebraska,
snd Mr. J H. Maher who was presi-
dent of that organization had it
Fish Stories Will be Barred From
Pulpits but May be Expected at
Other Times and Places.
Democrat Special.
Spokane, Wash., July 1.—Members
of the Spokane Methodist Ministers
association have decided upon July
7 as the date for their first annual
picnic and fishing contest at Liberty
lake, 16 miles east of Spokane. They
will have as f.uests their wives,
sisters and daughters and the minis-
terial and lay delegates of the Colum-
bia River conference and their fam-
ilies. The association will hang up
several prizes for the largest trout
caught during the day, and Rev. Or
I Henry 1. Rasmus, pastor of the Fir.it
K. church promises a silver
.framed and hung upon the walls of j jj.
/tile ►lull rooms After the campaign j trophy to tin minister hooking the
She picture wad presented to Mr., biggest, fish. As it is not stipulated
Waher. 1 that the fist must be landed «o e
Is Bi van's second sumpalgn. 1JOO, statements which will make the modern
Wie picture wag as*'* hung i the! Ananias appear like n old almanac
club tooms of the Bryan club and; wtth the date torn off are einee'ed.
iwhes Mr. Maher mov d t.o El Reno
ifee picture was eelefully packed an I
brought to this city.
Hanging over the picture is a mo ^
bair flag with thirty-seven stars]
which is the flag that contains the
Nebraska star that was sdded to the
lag July 4th, 1867.
In fsot, it may be mentioned that
hand-hooks are being made in a num-
ber of down town resorts that the
record for the prize trout, 24 pounds,
will l>e declared a second-class per-
Democrat Special.
Washington, July 1.—Twenty-eight
consular offices were closed, seven-
teen new offices were established,
seven offices were moved and about
a dozen increases In salaries wore
made as a result of a complete re
organization of the United States con-
sular service, which became effective
today under the provisions of an act
passed at the last session of congress.
Other posts will be awarded to con-
suls whose office were closed, so that
none will suffer from the readjust-
ment.
Out of the twenty-eight offices
closed nine are located in Germany,
nine In Canada and ten others are
scattered over the rest of the world.
Tim German consulates abandoned
are at Annaberg, Bamberg Crefeld,
Duseldorf, Rlbenstock. Freiburg, Glau-
chau, Mainz, and Zittau, while the
Canadian posts closed nru Belleville,
Port Hope, Port Rowan, Coaticook,
Gaspe, St. Hlyaclnthe, Three Rivers,
Windsor and Woodstock. The other
posts discontinued are Lucerne, St
Christopher, Jalapa, Castellamare <1 i
Stabia, Catania, I'tila, Funch.nl, Port
Stanley, Antigua and Jamestown.
The consular offices in Syria is
transferred from Alexanderetta to
Mersine; that at Collingwood. Ont,.
to Owen Sound; that at La Rochelle,
France to Uognac. The post at Pre-
toria, in South Africa, Is moved to
Johannasburg. The sonsulate at San
Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, is changed
to Bluefields and that at Tuxpan,
Mexico, to Salina Cruz. Eufurt. Ger-
many Is considered a better consular
location than Weimar, and the con-
sulate at the latter place was moved.
New consulates wero established at
the following places: Aleppo, Alexan-
dria, Antung. Corinto, Ferule, Illume,
Frontera. Guadalajara. Karachi. Mad-
ras, Punta Arenas. Rangoon, Salonki.
San Luis Potosi, Swatow, Tapachula
and Tripoli.
These changes are nit.de because a
re-distribution of the various posts is
necessary to protect properly the in-
terests of the American manufacturers
abroad. In some instances the posts
abolished have for the last several
years not only not been paying ex-
penses but some have actually been
carried on the list at a dead loss of
several thousand dollars. Take the
consulate at Jamestown, on the Island
of St. Helena, for instance. This
office costs $2,475 a year, while the
services the consul is called upon to
perform are practically nil. Only $16
was received in fees last year. The
United States is lh« only great power
now maintaining an office there and
its closing will result in no injury
whatever to American trade.
In the last twenty four vears the
actual cost of the consular service
amounted to $2,108,934. or an average
cost of $87,872.
Peach park presented an unusual
appearance last night with the large
number of Indian tepees that had
been erected along the feuce of the
ball park and in the field to the
south.
It was a picturesque sight to those
LIBERAL PREMIUMS
FOR RACING EVENTS
Two Beautiful Loving Cups Are offer-
ed for Automobile Races and Cash
Prizes for Horse Races.
Celebration Will End in Blaze of
Glory With Gorgeous Display of
F'reworks on Saturday Night,
Tho official program for the Fourth
of July Celebration In this city has
iv " m j'ivvun.ijiju*r oif>uv iv/ tiiwD* j w • « *••/
who went to the park for the open I l><>en compiled and offers the best list
iiif; of the popular amusement resort i of attractions ever presented to the
for the summer season to view the
long liue of tepees aud to see the
glowing ambers of the camp fires
where supper had been cooked earlier
in the evning.
The Cheyenne# and Arapahoes are
assembling in great numbers for the
celebration and late into the night
could be heard the weird croning of
the squaws as they soother to sleep
1he guadily attired infants that are
part and parcel of tha life on the
plains.
The chiefs of the different hands
that are coming in will hold a grand
council tonight and the pipe of peace
will be passed around. Many of the
old war chiefs will ti ll again of their
deeds of valor and prowess In the
years past, before the hatchet was
burled by them and the white man.
Crowds of spectators assembled
yesterday evening to watch the In-
dians pitch their camp and the In-
dian village will b1 one of the chief
attractions of the celebration.
formance ir Dr. Ramus' offer is
mltted to stand
per-
WILLING TO SELL FINGERS.
Sid of $300 Each for Them
Four Replies.
CLIPPING CLEVELAND STORIES.
late Ex-President's Wife Has Work
Begun on Wemoir6.
York, July 1.—Dnder orders
Urs. Cleveland, fork ha* begun
m the memoirs of the late president,
insisting of clippings from news-
papers and periodicals oa his death
and funeral. The work will require
six months to complete.
As planned there will be several
volumes, consisting of editorial
notices, news dispatches, illustrations
and cartoons, each bound in Russian
levant leather and lined with purple
moire silk. Already material enough and a man signing himself "D
is in hand o mak up pagae. Kdyard street.
Brings
Columbus, O . July 1—Four Colum-
bus men have offered a Soger eaoh
for $:i00 to A. C. Balloux of Wheel
ing. W. Va„ who lost his digits in as
ice cream freezer recently. He is in
the hospital at East Liverpool, O.
and his brother. Joseph Balloux. made
the offer of $300 a finger on the sue
gestion of the surgeons. The men
who have offered to have their fin-
gers cut off are Robert E. Robbins
W. E. Thompson, O. E. Mansperger
of
LEAVES TOWN IN TEN MINUTES.
Unusual Reward for a Prisener Who
Prevented Suicide in Cell.
Belleville. Ill . Julv 1—Just aa John
T. Sparks, a prisoner at the police
station On the charge Of larceny, was
about to bang himself with his sus-
penders and necktie yesterday, Anton
Roscoe, his cell mate, interfered and
called for help
Chief of Police N'ehgen was «o
pleased with Roscoe's prompt action
that he said: "Roscoe, you are a
hero; you saved a man's life. I won't
H„nd you to court. Can you get out
of town in thirty minutes?"
Roscoe did It In ten.
people of this and the surrounding
counties.
Liberal prizes have been offered for
all racing events and also for the most
gorgeously dressed Indians in the
grand parade to be given by them at
1 o'clock Friday afternoon.
The automobile, bicycle and horse
races will lie held on Miles and Kill
aon ^venues.
Public speaking and basket dinner
will be at the city park. Athletic
sports in business! portion of city
and the Indian dance, baseball gatnec
and fireworks at Peach Park.
The following is the official program
and hours allotted to each event:
Friday 1, p. m.
Grand Indian parade.
Friday 3:30 p. m.
Baseball between Enid league ball
team and the El Reno Gtauts, at
Peach's park:
Friday 8:00 p. m.
Indian dance. The strangest and
most fascinating dance ever given by
these people In the great southwest;
more than 1.000 Indians will partici-
pate in this weird spectacular per
formance.
Saturday, July 4th, 10 a. m.
Grand band contest and coucert
At some time during the day a*
the bands will be massed and pla*
as one band.
Saturday 11 a. m.
Reading Declaration of Indepentl-
ence—Bessie Bella Trultt.
I'ubllc speaking at the city park
opposite Fort Smith and Western
depot. i
Saturday 12 m.
Basket dinner at city park.
There is ample shade at the park
and plenty of good pure water will
be furnished those who bring their
baskets mill who desire to cat their
lunch there. 1 •* .. |
Saturday 1 p. m.
Foot races and other -athclotig
sports,
ino yard dash, free for all.
tiO yard dash.
Women's walking race.
Egg race, for ladles over 16 and
under 25 years.
Backward running race.
Fat man's race (must weigh 20®
pounds or over.
Sack race.
Jumping race.
Pie eating contest (boys under 1®
years').
These contests will take place la
the business district of the city.
Saturday 2 p. m.
Automobile races, horse races and
Indian pony races and bicycle races.
Horse races. (Automobile, horse
linl byclcle r re« west of Rock I
land depot).
One half mile dash.
One quarter mile dash.
Three Indian pony races.
Bicycle race.
Saturday 4 pm.
Baseball nt PeachV park between
Crescent City Boosters and the El
Reno Giants.
Saturday 8 p. m.
The grandest display of fire workJ
ever given in the southwest, it will
take thre hours to give this display.
ClfiARETTE EAW
FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTION
AL IN WASHINGTON.
State Enacted Prohibitory Cigarette
Law in 1907 Which Was Defective
in Title.
N. W. EVANS.
The familiar features of X. W.
Evans will be greeted by every old
timer with pleasure and gratification.
Neal Evans—the prince of old timers.
Is representative of Oklahoma pio-
neers, good citizen and grand friend
is now president lit" the Canadian
county association of pioneers. To
know Neal Evans is to know the
early history of Oklahoma; not to
know him is to miss the genial ac-
quaintance of one whose memory is
a veritable store house of historic
reminiscence.
\V. C. Brooks is receiving tile con-
gratulatlors of his friends over the
arrival of a nine pound girl who was
burn yesterday morning.
Honk! Honk! Lo Has Auto!
Bartlesville. Okla.. July 1.—No
longer is th« hoarse, with Its wav-
ing black plumes, the rsvorite •
hide of the aborigines In these parts.
Sam Bobb, a mixed blood Cherokee,
who has become wealthy through his
ownerfhip of oil lands, has set the
fashion by buying a six-cylinder tour
in car and now every red->kiii In
this section, who has the price is con-
sidering t!"e indulgence of a similar
fan<'
For n■ :*▼ years 'he o * i -hip ofj
a hearj-e. iu which to tak th
and papoose® out driving h; « he*
considered the acme of plutocratic
display by the Indians of the "Four
Hundred." Many such somber ve-
hicles have been sold to the Indians,
to he used as carriages Now the
style is changing, and nothing lest
than a red devil wagon will admit to
the inner circles of redskin society.
Automobile manufacturers w ill do well
to fit up and take notice.
Democrat Special.
Spokane, Wash., July
the state legislature act
province In passing a
bracing more than one
out exoresslng it in tin
1 Whether
ed within its
measure em-
subject witli-
* title is the
qui ftinn which the suprvme court
is called upon to decide in a case
from Spokane county in which E. H.
Sullivan, judge of the superior court,
questioned the constitutionality of the
anti-cigarette law enacted In 1907.
The law was designed to prohibit
the manufacture and sale of «Ksr
ettes or cigarette materials in Wast-
ington. except by jobbers doing an In
torstate business who were permitted
to sell to customers outside of the
stat Judge Sullivan deelared the
statute unconstitutional whesi he sus-
tained a demurrer and di«> barged H.
H Wlnaor upon the ground that the
title of the act does not comply with
the constitutional provision that "No
bill shall embrace more than one
subject and that shall lie expressed in
the title.' It w:i- contended by Win
sor's counsel that the title is mis-
misleading and deceptive as It speci-
fies regulation and in certals cases
prohibition, while the body of the act
! prohibit, the sale of cigarette* and
F
A. Waldo is tran?
kiahoma City toda
do©* not regulate It
Adopt New Rulinf*.
I>emjr or;tt Specinl
Washington, July 1 A- the result
of a new ruling adopted by the Cuban
government, on and after t.odaT every
master of u vessel arriving in ' uba
must, immediately upon landing, send
by registered mail to the Cuban audi-
tor at Havana, a true copy, in Spanish
'
to complj ith this rule will entail
a heuv fine.
HOME SITES
ANOTHER BIG TRACT TO BE SOLD
IN SMALL PARCELS.
KleinschrrHdt Farm Purchased by
Local Capitalists, to be Sub-Divid-
ed Into Five Acre Lots.
A ri al estate transier was made
yesterday evening, which will soon
throw upon the market a number of
the most beautiful tracts of five and
ten acres In this entire region. II. K.
Ricker and other capitalists bought
one hundred acres of the Kleinschmidt
farm, which li«'s on both sides of the
section line a mile south of the mm-
press. Negotiations for this land have
been under war for some flrne. but
the deal was not perfected until yes-
terday
It is the Intention of the purchasers
to sui vey the land into five sere trarle
and sell the pi its to people who do-
sire to secure suburban homes The
land lies high and dir. a portion or
it being the highest hill in the vicinity
of El Reno, and there is every prob-
ability that It will soon be covered
with decant residences
The high price paid for this lard
is an evidence of the crowing value
of real c tate near El Reno A vtiar
ajo Mr Kleinschmidt bought the land
t a price which was at that time
•onsldered exorbitant Testerd.iy be
Bold it at an advance of frora 10# *•>
1.10 per cent over the pi i« ' paid
then.
Pacific Coast Tennis.
San Francisco, July 1. Tennis
cracks of California are gathered to-
' day to compile in the state champion-
! ,-hlps In men's and women's singles,
to be 1 1>'. • d on the courts of the Pa-
' eific S' t - l afn Tennis Association.
The Pacific cast championships will
be played September 7.
A.
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