The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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PUBLICATION NOTICE.
State nf Oklahoma Canadian conn
ty. In the district court for said
county.
John J. OTJonnell plaintiff vs. A
U McDonald. *t al. defendant.
The state of Oklahoma to A. 1.
MeDonal.l,
You are hereby notified that \ou
have been sue.! In the district court,
within and for the county of Cana-
dian,. In the state of Oklahoma, and
Ml« Grace Hurbert of Calumet
was the gu* t of the MU«*s Stevens
on the Fourth.
Ro* Hardeubrook went tc (ieary
this morning to transact son.e bual-
thl« morning to attend to *ome bu i next meettn* will b« on July 19th.
mi affair*. By a uaanlmou* vote It was Jecnl-
. « | ed to secure a charter for the new
The C.iffei' Club will hold I'- regu body friui t! «• A n.man Ki deration
Hruce, the seven-year-old son of
llr. anil Mrs. George I. Godfrey, is
dangerously ill, of typhoid fever.
Miss Anna ami Laura 1-amberson
niusi answer the petition filed therein nf Mountain View are visiting with
by plaintiff .lohn J. O'Donneli In an (heir grandmother, Mrs. J. A. Derry
action to foreclose real estate nioit o{ th|g nit>.
gage covering flirty nine and 70-100
acres of land which is a part of the
8 K. quarter of section 10. township
12 N 11 '■ W I. M Canadian county
Oklahoma. on or before the 22n«l day
<if Aimust 190R. or the said petition
will be taken as true, and Judgment
iu the sum of thirteen hundred dollars
with interest thereon from the 6th
day of June. 1!t"7 at eight per ceni
jxt annum will b* rendered accord
Ingly.
J. N. R0BER80N*. Attorney f"t
nalntlff
Attest:
J. I). PENNEBAKER, Clerk of the
District Court.
Rev. and Mrs \V. K. Beaumont
have departed for a month's vacation
in Connecticut and on the Atlantic
coast.
The case of Grover Kerns Is set
for heating 111 the eonnty court to-
morrow morning. J. J. Carney will
preside in place of Judge Kogg who
is disqualified.
lar meting tomorrow afternoon with
Mrs. Margaret Adonis at her home
;tl5 South Evani.
Miss Ethel Morrow of I-awrence.
Kansas, who has been visiting friends
in this city, went to Oklahoma Citv
this morning to spend the day with
friends in that city.
(First Published July 8 3tw.)
LEGAL NOTICE.
State of Oklahoma. County of Can
adian. ss.
To whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given, that letters
of administration in th^ estate of
Matilda Gierhart, deceased, were
granted to the undersigned by the
county court of the county of Cana
dian. state of Oklahoma, at El Reno,
on the l!Sth day of June, ItiOR. All
persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit the
name to the undersigned at his place
of business. 120 South Rock Island
avenue, In El Reno, Oklahoma, for
allowance, within four months after
the date of this publication with
■eeessary vouchers, or they will be
forever precluded from any benefit
of said estate; or said claim may be
Cled ln said county court.
I,. O. HIGGINS, Administrator.
■T. N. ROBERSON, Attorney
Administrator.
I,. C. Sims, an experienced coffee
man from Paris, Illinois, has arrived
In this city and will go Into partner
ship with Clarence Llewellyn In the
Western Pacific Tea company.
The Sisters of Divine Providence
of the Sacred Heart A?aden . of El
Reno, left this morning for San An-
ila. Texas, accompanied ty Miss
Susie McCoy and Maggie Hois, wno
are going to study music a. that place.
John DeLaney mourns the loss of a
fine gold watch and a suit of clothes,
which a thief carried away while the
owner was celebrating the Fourth.
Entrance to the house was effected
by cutting through a wire screen
door.
for
The city board of equalization met
this morning and adjourned until to-
morrow. on accoujit of the absence
of Mayor Riley, wfco Is a member of
tha board. If "ou are dissatisfied with
the assessment of your EI Reno prop-
erty. be on hand tomorrow to register
your kick, < r forever hold your peace.
(First Published July S-Stw.I
Edna, the five-year-old daughter of
Mr. ami Mrs. Rllev Mitchell, was pain-
fully injured Saturday morning. Sh
was playing with a railway torpedo
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. w|iicli sh.- had found, when the tor
£tate of Oklahoma, Canadian roun
ty. ss. In the county court of said I
county.
In the matter of the estat ■ of C. A
Williams deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that M. W
Skinner, the duly appointed; qualified
and acting..administrator of the estate
of C A Williams deceased, h-'s ron
pedo exploded, ter ring off a part of
one of her fingers, and inflicting a
bad flesh wound on her forehead. She
was doing ass well us couid be expect-
ed today.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kemp of Alia
darko, are here looking after their
property Interests. They own a quar-
tered and presented for settlement t, r block at the northweBt corner of
and filed ln this court his final ac Wade street and Admire avenue. At
count and report of his administrn present sevt ral residences stand
tion as such administrator and that the lots, but the probabilities are
Saturday the 2.">th day of July. IftlK that they will be moved out and that
the same being a day of the regular
term of said court, to-wit: The July
term. A D.. 1W08. at 10 o'clock a tn..
of said day. at the probate court room
In the city of El Reno, in said county
of Canadian, has been duly appointed
by said court for the settlement of
said account at which time and place
any one interested in said estate
a very large hotel will be built in
their i lace. The location is one of
the best in the city for a structure
of that sort.
Mrs. Julia Pousler. of Newton
county, Indiana, is here visiting at
the homes of her brother, T. E.
Powell, and sister, Mrs. Lizzie Rice
may appear and file his exceptions in She arrived just in time to attend the
writing to the account, and contest monster celebration and see the thou-
the same
ln testimony whereof. I have here
«nto set wy hand and affixed the sea!
of said court on this 3rd day of July.
1MB.
H. L. FOGG. County Judge.
sands of Indians, which feature alone
of the big display she considers worth
the trip from the Hoosier state.
MONDAY, JULY 6. 1908.
Farmers I'nion meets in El Reno
at the court house, July 15. 1 p. m.,
for the purpose of electing delegates
to the state union and transacting
such other business as may come be-
Mr. and Mrs. H B. Owen? of Okla fore it. E. A Griffen. state lecturer
homa City spent the Fourth with Mr of Cresent will be here.
and Mrs. N. O. Barnhlll of this city J. H. BOLTON, Sec.
d&y.
C. W. Reynolds of Clinton ipent the
Fourth in this city visiting his TUESDAY. JULY 7. 1908.
daughter — *
Mrs. Stltzel and daughter of Enid.
Karl Pollet of Clinton, formerly an are visiting the Borden family, at
-El Reno boy spent the Fotirf. in this Kolkland Place.
city visiting friends.
Mrs S. E. Clssna of Joplln, Mis-
Clarence Shepherd of Oklahoma City souri. is here visiting her son, Guy
was in this city thin morning on Clssna
4>usiaes«.
Many housewives are busy th<
days picketing hi a Is and making
peach preserves.
R. R Hickcx spent the Fourth in
the City and returned to his home
ia Binger this morning.
The board of Education did not meet
Mrs. D. Bennett left this morning last night on account of the rain, but
for Anderson, Missouri, where she will meet tonight instead.
will visit relatives and friends.
■ Walter McConias Is here today in
Frank Young and Bob Mancfleld of the interest of Sturms' Oklahoma
Clinton, spent Sunday with friends in magazine.
<Ms city ■
1.. H. Ilawson and family will de-
F. K. Perry and Otto Bierilng spent part tomorrow for an extended visit
the Fourth with home folks at Okla in Missouri and Western Kansa-v
Imni City. I
• F. C. Morris of Oklahoma City is
-Hj Bond of Minco was among those in this city today visiting relatives
came up from that place to cele . «u,i friends.
Ante the Fourth in this effy. j ■
" 1 Cody Fowler who has been visiting
im pollca coart th! nomine Perce friend# 1n this city returned to his
Beotua was fined one cellar and! bniae at Oklahoma City this morning
Anominating petition has been filed
with the election board for J. I
Phelps as a candidate for the office
of police judge.
Colonel and Mrs. Jones and their
daughters Misses Florence and Camp-
bell left this morning for their future
home at Prescott, Arizona.
"tutu A Shuttle went to Hinton to-
day to attend the semi-annual inei t
ing of the directors of the Bank of
Hinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson of Nebraska,
are here in response to a telegram
announcing the serious illness of their
daughter, Mrs. Paul Green.
The case of the state vs. William
Geary, charging Geary of disposing of
mortgaged property was tried In pro
bate court this morning. Geary was
bound over to the grand jury bv Judge
Fogg. His bond was fixed at $.">00.
The game last evening between the
Kittens' baseball team and the N. L.
D. nine was called in the middle of
the third inning on account of the
storm. Th^ score stood 3 to 1 in
favor of the Kittens when the game
was called. The game was postpon-
ed until a latter date.
Ernest Shallow an Indian, was ar
rested at Darlington today. He is
charged w ith stealing money and other
valuables from Albert Curtis
Mrs. J B. Collins, a former resi-
dent of El Reno, is dangerously sick,
at her home in Apache.
It is rumored on the streets this
afternoon that Mr. Moore has received
a telegram stating that his proposal
for the sale of China Plaat bonds to
the amount of $65,000 has been ac
cepti d by a New York trust company.
Mr. Moore could not be seen to deny
or affirm the statement. It is known
that the agent of the trust company
who was here a few days ago inspect
ing the property, made a favorable
report, and there is not a doubt that
work etipon the plant will soon be
resumed.
A DAY WITH COUNTY BOARD.
Commissioners Are Holding Their
Regular Monthly Session.
The county commissioners have put
in most of the day in examining and
approving reports of county officials.
The reports of Kate E. Meade, county
superintendent: Pat Kelley. county
clerk, and Clyde Mathews, register of
deeds, were approved this forenoon.
The board also approved the bond of
W. H. Hollis, recently appointed jus-
tice of the peace of Yukon township;
and the applications of George O.
Conville and I.. S. Mohnike for reduc-
tion in taxes erroneously assessed.
The petition of J. S. Palmer and
others asking that the county surveyor
reestablish the northwest corner of
section 4. township 12, range 1, was
laid over.
of l.abeir and tame will be here by
next meiting.
\ corvmltti-e froi : the Chicka-'. a
ceintral body was up with an Invita
tion to go to that town and celebrate
Labor Day there, he matter was re-
ferred to the various unions through
their delegates and to be also sub-
mitted to the Farmers County union
and It is very likely that if the farm
ers say so there will be a big cele-
bration at EI Reno on I.abor Day
in which both Farmers unions and
city unions will co-operate and man
age themselves which Insures that
the pull c will be given a grand time
instead of l ing grafted off of.
WOLF CATCHER ELOPES
John Abemathy Weds After Romantic
Courtship.
J. C. HOUSTON DEAD.
Passed Away Last Night. After a
Long Illness.
J. C. Houston died in this city last
night, and the body was taken to
Blandinsville, Illinois, today, for
burial.
Mr. Houston resided in El Reno for
a number of years, and moved to Clin-
ton about five years ago. He was
brought to this city a week ago. for
medical treatment. He was a promi-
cent dealer in live stock, and had
imported hundreds of horses from
Europe. At the World's Fair in St.
l-ouis he was America s judge In the
draft horse class. Australia anil Scot-
land furnishing the other two judges.
Mr Houston's son Fred, is at present
county clerk of Washita county.
NEW CENTRAL BODY MEETS.
Arrangements Already Under Way for
Labor Day Celebration.
The Central Co-Operative L'nlon met
yesterday afternoon and elected
Messrs. E. E. Buse, Scott Busy and
W. K McDowell as fraternal dele-
Oklahoma City. July 7.—John Aber
nathy, I'nited States marshal, wolf Jesse Morrison, Bob and John Paisal
never be forgotten.
After a short stay at Fort Gibson
we again too our "four mule Pull-
man'' for Fort Arbuckle where we
arrived early In lStju. We were now
about five hundred miles thy the
wagon roadi from Kansas City, our
nearest railroad
HHI wag our destination. Mi
that year (1868) until this of IStiS.
our home has been in Oklahoma, with
one exception, that of 1876. Our 4'h
of July has been spent oq her fertl •
plains. Had we the pen of a his-
torian. we could make a book that
would interest our grand-children, and
their children too.
In 1868 we had our first 4th of July
at Fort Sill. Part of the 10th cavalry
and some of the 11th Infantry were
there. We had Indian dances, the
Kiowas. Comanches and Apaches all
took part. Games, horse races, sack
races etc., in which soldier vied with j
Indian for supremacy.
Every year the celebration took
place. In I87G we came to Fort Reno
and since that time we have lived
in what is now Canadian county.
that El Reno la having the atr
paved.
The work was commenced today «j
Wade atrei t jtt the lilteriactlon
that strut and the Rock Tslan 1 right
of way and will continue until the
contract of the Connelly Construction
company is conii l-ted.
Mr. Connelly said today that he In-
tended working as large a fo-ce as
possible and the work would be rush-
ed in every department.
catcher and friend of President Roose-
velt, < loped to Guthrie, Sunday, was
married there, came to Oklahoma
Jack Fitzpatrick, H. A. Todd, John
Murphy, Phil Block, Ben Keith. Sr.,
Jake Zellweger. Ben Clark. Bill Wll-
City and after spend ng a few hours | lianis, Pete Weasel Ed Geary, Pete
here, the newly-weds have gone to Shields, Herman Hauser and Jimmy
Lawton. They will make their home Thompson, these are or were tha mi
in Guthrie. I jority of our original Canadian county
The bride Is Miss Mnilra A. Pinvi- folks. A number of them are gone
ance, 19-years-old. daughter of a well- over the "Trail" where we shall all
to-do farmer, who lives three miles ko before many more 4ths shall pass
south of Guthrie. llr. Abemathy's
age is 43.
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Beeklon and Davidson Are Handling
Their Full Share of Trade.
The successors to the New State
Store, Messrs. Geeirge L. Beeklon an,I
R. R. Davidson, are forging to the
front rank of El Reno merchants.
Their new goods are beginning to ar-
rive, and by the middle of this month
they will have one of the largest and
cleanest stocks in the city.
The members of the new firm are
well known in El Reno and vicinity.
Beeklon has had much experience In
the mercantile business, although for
the past eight years, until recently
he has been in governmental service,
holding the position of quartermaster's
clerk in the army. For six ye;irs Mr.
Davidson was head salesman w.th the
Crow Mercantile company and its suc-
cessor, the El Reno Mercantile com-
pany, and he is recognized as one of
the best clohting and furnishing goods
salesmen in the city. His list of
friends includes all buyers of the best
The courtship was romantic. Five
months ago, Mr Abemathy rode past K°ttPu up; but after looking at th
the Purviance farm. He raw bv t'n
road a girl. She was picking flowers.
It chanced that he passed down tha
same road the next morning. He halt-
ed near the snot where he had seen
the vision before. It was not there,
but some one in a nearby house was
singing. The marshal rode to the
house and asked if he might get break-
fast. He was introduced to the maid- cattle trail to < aldwell, Kansas,
en of the flower patch. That was the . *ver> niile is dear to us.
beginning. i
Mr. Abemathy has sir. children by j ' hear the tread of pioneers,
a former marriage. His wife died nations yet to be
We have had (as we thought) some
of the biggest and best "doins" on
II goods In El Reno, and he will he
■ pleased to meet his old time acquaint-
that day, in the early days, that
crowd in El Reno and the many in-, «nii rimers in his new quar-
teresting sights brought about by the '<MS-
Oklahon^a Traveling Men. I feel like-1
lifting my hat and handing over the EL RENO SECURES CONVENTION
belt, so long held by the old timers.! OF RURAL MAIL CARRIERS.
We are proud of El Reno's big 4th. | ——■
We love Oklahoma from the sand Six Hundred Rural Route Men Are
burs of Red river to the moss cover-
ed rocks of the Wichitas. I'p the
less than a year ago. He eloped with
his first wife when she was 15 years ;
of age.
CITY PACKED WITH VAST, GOOD
NATURED THRONG.
Indian Exhibition the Grandest Ever
Seen and Drew Crowds of Specta-
tors to the Grounds.
The first low wash of waves where
soon
Shall roll a human sea."
NEAL EVANS.
President Old Settlers Association
PAVING AT THE LAKE.
Washing Away of the Spillway Lead-
ing to Creek Will be Stopped.
George tSone's teams are at work
today hauling stone with which to
pave the spillway at the south side
of Bellamy's lake. The spillway at
that side will be widened by cutting
down about 100 feet of the dam. and
the overflow water will pass out of
the lake into Four Mile creek over
a smoothly paved surface, which will
Display of Fireworks Saturday Night
Was the Best Exhibit of Kind
Ever Attempted in the West.
The largest crowd ever assembled
In the city was here fcir the monster
Fourth of July celebration last Friday
and Saturday and every one had a
good time. In fact the people turned
out with the intention of having a prevent the washing and deepenin
good time atid they ce-tainly had of the channel. The dam will lie ex-
every opportunity to enjoy themselves.1 a long distance toward the
The celebration proper began Thurs- northwest, which will throw all the
day morning vvith a sham battle on waste water around the south end of
Hock Island avenue between the tjle ,janii an(] prevent the flooding of
Owing to the number of camera fiends wagon road leading past the China
along the street thi spart of the cele-; plant t0 the Port and Dariington.
bration came to an abrupt end and I
the noble red men hiked for camp. At
Expected to be in Attendance
Here at That Time.
G. F. Bundage and J. O. Lanman
returned yesterday from Enid where
they attended, as delegates from Can -
adian county, the state convention ef
Rural Mail Carriers. The r*;iort
splendid meeting, with near five
hundred rural carriers in attenlanc-
Through their efforts the next annual
meeting of the association wa- seeur
for El Reno It will be *1.1 on
1-abor Day, the first Monday :i Sep-
tember. 19A<>.
Oklahoma now has M4 rura'
a number in excess of those
eral of the populous eastern
and a postofflce Inspector w
present at the Enid meeting
that before the close of the
year the number would be it
to more than nine hundred. T:
Ing next year in El Reno wil' be a
important event, and probaMy si
hundred rni-al carriers will ' e th
guests of the city at that time
ROBBED WHILE ON TRAIN'.
1 o'clock Friday the Indians gave a
parade that was one of the best ex-
hibits ever shown and the costumes
worn elicited much praise along the
line of march.
Friday night the Indians gave a
dance at Peach park and the grounds
were crowded.
Saturday morning the band contest
was held and the prize awarded to
the Mangum band. In the afternoon
the automobile, bicycle and horse
races were hel<1 on Ellison avenue
and at night there was an Indian
dance and fireworks at Peach park.
The display of fireworks was with
out exception the be6t ever attempted
in the west and the vast throng that
witnessed (Tie display greeted each
exhibit with prolonged applause. The
features of the display were the set
piecis representing "The Swastika."
"George Washington,' "El Reno," "The
fan" and "Niagara Falls."
With ail of the vast crowd of visi-
tors in the city there were no acci-
dents and no disturbances of a dis-
orderly character. The XI. C. T. are
to be congratulated on the splendid
celebration they arranged and the
citv officials on the way in which the
city was purged of all disreputable
characters.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SUMES CHARGE.
While Asleep on Train Man W*s Rcfc
bed of About $360.
A man by the name of J. F Bur-
chfll was robbed of about $"•'•() last
night while he was asleep in the chair
car of the Rock Island pa-senger
*rain coming from Amarillo. He alsr
AS'i lo*t his filing papers to a claim w hich
I weks. and possibly more, due to Gov
ernor Haskell's trip to Denver to at-
tend the national Democratic conven-
tion. and to look after bis either in-
terests affecting the coming presiden-
tial campaign. It is more than prob-
able that Governor Haskell will be
absent from the state at conttnuous
Intervals during the coming campaign,
and if so Mr. Bellamy will be the
chief executive of the state.
ttr anctiix kte t«*t Ik Ue fcrr
gates to the Canadian County Farm-
CELEBRATION AT FORT AliBUCK-
LE FORTY YEARS AGO.
CAPTURED IN WAURIKA.
PAINTER FALLS NINE STORIES.
Instantly Killed by a Drop From a
Scaffold.
Chicago. July 8.—Joseph Alward, a
painter, fell to his death from a scaf-
fold hun" at the tenth floor of the
Postal Telegraph building today. The
accident was witnessed br scores of
Neal Evans Gives Interesting Account' persons on the street and in the
of Early Days in What is Now
the New State.
The Long Expected Work at Last
Under Way.
mt-lM «np. ^ # ^ j L _ It «. Y*um ^
In the fall of 1867 our party left
Westport, then a smrburb of Kansas
ers' Union which meets In the court City, for Fort Gibson.
bouse tn El Reno on July 15 and Our conveyance was a four mule
1^!, j freight wagon. The trip to our "Tear
n | decided that ft>r the preaent der Feet ' was very interesting. Fort At Uu-'f th« wort of paving has b«-
regular meetings would *>kl t Seott. Baxter Sprlnks sod Fort Gib- gua aad alt hough to many it Li
3 n. im oa the $ret aai thlrtl Buadays «oa paat-wl en roote war* a wcrodar dane af the Oaexpected eoartfa# to pafls
A. axd tl« iii*i>0 <UQ It k* khtal ta a foot' V" Qrtj ccafsj
Board of Trade building adjoining.
Alward was instantly killed.
PAVING BEGUN.
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he had filed on in Buchanan county,
New Mexico.
A man by the name of G. A White
who had been cooking for Mr. Bur
chell was also a passenger on ths
same train with Buchell and knew
that the money and papers were ill a
box in Buchell's suit case While
Buchell was asleep the grip was cut
open with a sharp knife and the vain
ahles taken. It is suppose-! that
Will Hold the Office of Chief Execu-
tive for Over Two
Weeks.
Special to DemocraL
Guthrie, July 6.—By virtue of liis
office, as first lieutenant to the gov-
ernor of Oklahoma, and made pro-
pitious by the absence of Governor
Haskell from the state, Ge'o. W. Bel l White took them and made hi- e*ape
lamv takes up the reins of govern-1 at this city. Mr. Burchell iid not
ment of the state of Oklahoma and know of the robbery until he was
will be chief executive for over twoj nearly to Oklahoma City. He
to have changed cars there while ht
was On his way to his home at Berry-
vi 11 (•, Virginia.
He at once notified the officers at
Oklahoma City and they advised him
to return to this city in search of the
robber. It is now thought that White
is in Waurika and officers are ta
search of him.
Man Accused of Big Stealing W >f
Arrive Here This Evening^
This morning's Oklahomar. stnt< s
that J. F. Burchell was robbed on a
train In EI Reno last nifht, of $3665
in money and his filing papers on a
New Mexico claim A. C. White, who
was Mr. Buchell's traveling companion
was suspected of having committed
the theft. White left the train here.
A description of him was sent from
Oklahoma City to El Reno and from
here Deputy Sheriff Hackett tele-
phoned the description down the lira
and this afternoou he received oe>tic«
that the city marshal of Waurika bad
arrested White at that place. I Mi
would brtng him to El Reno. As [Mf
robbery was oommiHed in thlp c«ui -
tjr. White will be rl en apreHtaiku:'*
trial bar*. The marshal wtfi
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