The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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45 pays for U«e scholarship In told Into a twuphnd .^"nearly j BeItho^*™bs0'who added much to
famous Byrne Simplified Short- C«* ««M pr*ve.H *I ,h, I,„.aMtr, of th, aft,moon', pro-
l4 ur Practical Bookk«*oping in the . . Hltehttl |TU|> T)MN Wtft BUI a !v
JTcS tTm£ SK?^SS?|SU a
Okla., largest commercial school a - ^ UUev hail b„.ame un- Hellweg and Pagela-
the state. Hundreds of student* tie ' " ,mt a ghort plaIH) goio, Mr H. B l>ow
kuallv Excellent teachers. Posl-. conscious • Hatchett Vocal—Mrs. Ruth Peebles Anderson.
reared. Average time for com- (tlme after the arrival of Dr . Hatchett . ^ ^ p,.nnlnft0[l
ting bookkeeping four , an-'M""5y 5, vear 0f a«e. He and Musgrove. ' .
orthand thre months Board V-> •" R q . hree A 800ial hour was enjoy, d h?ch
$3.50 per week Kill In name and can e to 1ElReno offlM | wa, „vt.„ a dainty valentine
dress, receive free catalogue. |over the CitUejis National i for souvenir, which aupplled the plot
" «* Hank' He was addicted to drink, and
1 drank heavily during the last few
davs of his life, and was intoxicated
at the time he committed suicide. He
had domestic troubles which caused
him to take his own life. His wife
left him three years ago. and it is
said that abusive letters came to him
Idress
ill light-street to fort
smith and western depot.
wo Course Brick With Sand Filler
Will be Material for Alleys in
Business District.
art Beebe. Clyde Matthews and Otto
Sawallisch Appointed Appraisers
in Paving D'strict No. 2.
Despite the wintry weather the
ioard of' aldermen braved the ele-
nents last night and attended the
■mi-monthly meeting of that body at
he city hall. After routine business
>f committee reports, etc.. the board
00k up new business and ordered an
ire light at the Intersection of Admire
and Hays street and one on North
Barker A petition was presented
asking that two arch lights be installed
East Woodson to extend the Great
write Way In the direction of the
fort Smith and Western doi>ot. No
action was taken at last iilgM - meet-
ing, but the lights will be placed if
the property owners will bear ha"
the expense of placing and maintain-
ing the lights as they have thoseaV |
ready in operation. The Great « hie th>J
Way has proved very popular an
one of the best advertisements th
citv has ever had.
The paving on Wade street which
has been laid from tlie Itock fsland
right of way to Bickford avenue was
1UI B"U •
for a serial story told by those in at-
tendance. 1-aughter and readv wit
were the fitting accompaniments to
^uch an occasion. After the serving
of delightful refreshments an interest-
ing report was given by e?ch 0' the
president* as to the w > k and pro-
gress of her club. Tho* who brave.
r i^irvr^iL 'i 11
son at Rush Springs, and a daughter, the/ were entertained.
MIS Boone, resides in Bowie, Texas. I
He also has a brother, a banker, in |
Plattsburg. Missouri, who has been
notified of the doctor's death. No
funeral arrangements will be made
until the brother is heard from.
As there was not the slightest doubt
that it was a clear case of suicide, it
was deemed unnecessary to hold an
inquest.
MISS BARNARD PRESENTS PLAN
TO LEGISLATURE.
SEEK TO PLACE IT UNDER BOARD
OF AGRICULTURE.
BUI Introduced to Separate the Dairy
Business From the Pure Food
and Drug Commission of the
State.
Guthrie. Okla.. Feb. I6.-T0 separ-
at > the dairy Inspection department of
cunnl8sion from the
Hhin ts jurisdiction,
ai d nhice it under the - mtrol of the
where t
if a
... ure introdic I i.i the legislature.
A' stillwater thi state l as an ex-
lftiry station Where the most
he til d place 11 un .-i
j SI, te board of agriculture, wi :•>
ch I r fcUly belongs, ir t.ie purpose
accepted on the reports of the city J ^ of ()a,ry product
Would Have Separate Institutions for ^
First Term Transgressors Instead .
of Sending Them to State
Penitentiary.
Guthrie. Okla., Feb. 16,-Leaving a'
sanitarium at Claremore, where she
has been ill for several days. Miss
| Kate Barnard, state commissioner of
rharltie®. arrived In Guthrie yesterday
to appeal to the legislature to estab-
I lish penal institutions in conformity
with her previous recommendations.
Miss Barnard advocates the estab-
lishment of a penitentiary, an adult
reformatory for convicts between the
ages of 16 and .25 or 2S as the legis-
lators may see fit; a hoy's Industrial
fchool for boys under the ages of lb
years, and a girl's Industrial school.
She protests against combining the
reformatory with the industrial school
for boys, as well as confining first of-
fenders of tender age with old hard-
1 ened criminals in the penitentiary..
can
—• • • on 1 nanorait* icni «••* «
engineer and the paving ins) ■ ■ ^ made. TTniler the pre. 'nt law the
certificates ordered issued against thfl I )a!Vy.',)roducta are grouped with drugs
lots benefited. L' products ami are under the
The paving resolution for < jlirl(,aiPtioh „f the pure food commis-
number two was adopted ami iviri Thf, prpsldent and secretary of
,at"_ the state board of agriculture are
I members • of this commission. The
new bill eliminates the agricultural
board from membership on. the pure
food commission, but gives them com-
Beebe, Clyde Matthews
Sowallisch were appoint
praisers. ,
The plans and specifications prepar- ,
ed bv the city engineer for the paving
of the alleys In the business district
were approved by the council. The
specifications call for a two course
brick paving with sand filler.
The cfty Clerk was Instructed to
•have bids'submitted for the prepara-
tion of specifications for bidders.
farmers telephone system
MAKES wonderful growth.
Its Lines Now Cover Nearly All the
County, and Are Being Extended
in All Directions.
plete jurisdiction over the dairy do-
partment. The measure has the en- | privnt
dorsement of the state board of agri-'
culture.
458.481 WHITE CHILDREN WERE
ENUMERATED.
Work of State Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction Shows Astound-
ing Results in School^
61 State.
IN NEW QUARTERS.
Building & Loan Association C anges
Hc'.lq tarters.
The El Reno Building & l.oan Asso-
has moved its office into the Commer-
cial Club rooms, and F. H. Jaspar
| has been elected secretary, in place
of W. J. .Finch. Who tendered his
I resignation on account of a press of
business.
This institution is doing much to-
ward the unbuilding of El Reno, and
many homes in the city have been
built through aid extended bv it 1 he
association is rapidly gaining in
strength, and many of the leading
citizens are among its stockholders.
It stands readv at all times to extend
f We are Ready to
Everything that is new in ;;
Men's wear. The new line of ij
Men's Oxfords, as well as boys
are novelties and should be seen
to be appreciated. They in-
clude all the new colors and lasts.
TROUSERS
The line of trousers is
varied from the extreme light
fancy worsted with cull and £
wide welt seam to the more f
sambre dark colors, Shapes to J
tit the extra large, short stout, |
regular or slim man. Ask to
see the fancy cordoray pants. |
HATS I
' The celebrated Longley Hat !
is now on sale in both soft and stiff. The colors are j
so varied it would require a page to describe each.
See a few of them in the window.
Fancy shirts are here in great variety at $1.00,
$1 50 and $2.00. We court comparison on this line
with any $2.00 and $2.50 shirts on the market.
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, and brother of Mrs Ed Cordon, are lot of bed clothes, new, which the
aid to those who desire to build and Thee and . „n.,
The Canadian Valley Farmers Tele-
phone company is sending out its new
directories, printed in the Democrat
office The directories contain a great
many names ' of new subscribers.
There are exchanges at Rock Island,
Cereal, Piedmont, Richland, 'V ukon
and El Reno, and one will be estab-
lished at Tedda soon. These ex-
changes connect with the lines of
other and smaller companies in a
way that almost covers the ceunty,
and practically makes every farmer
the neighbor of every other farmer.
The line to Oklahoma City will soon
be completed, and at Tedda connec-
tion will be made with the system that
reaches hundreds of farm homes in
Caddo county. The Canadian Valley
system Is making a phenomenal
growth, and nearly all the leading
farmers of the county are numbered
among its subscribers.
aid to tnose who u<r=..c -
find it necessary to borrow the money.
these there are others that are here from Blut
CAUSED DEATH OF DR. HENRY
RILEY THIS FORENOON.
With Grim Determination the Old Doc-
tor Swallowed a Dozen Tablets
and Washed Them Down
With the Acid.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 16- In the
seventy-five counties of Oklahoma in
the year past, there were 458.481
white children enumerated In the re-
port of State Superintendent Camer-
on These children were between the
ages of six and twenty-one.
There were 38,730 colored school
children.
The aggregate enrollment in public
schools was 297,075.
Of what was formerly Indian Terri-
tory. where there were no district
schools prior to Mr. Cameron's admin-
istration. 41 counties reported £.200
school districts with a total school
population of 249,631. Old Oklahoma
territory reported 3,441 school dis-
tricts with a total school population
of 240,808. The average number of
districts to each county is a little over
75.
Perhaps no department in the state
administration has had to deal with
as many individuals, and cover as
much ground in a brief period, as has
the state superintendent of schools.
The report on Indian Territory is,
therefore, almost astounding.
It will do a big business during the
nresent year.
Mrs. r«a v oraun, ai** u,vvi""'
Mound, Kansas, and owner can get by proving property.
DOING MISSIONARY WORK,
F. F. Ferguson Seeks to Double Cana-
dian County's Corn Crop.
F F. Ferguson, manager of the |
government demonstration farm at
Minco, is het'e today, looking after
ihe interests of the farmers of this
region. Mr. Ferguson will distribute
a great quantity of seed of an im-
proved variety of corn in this region
next month. It is extensively adver-
simi'lar and combine pathos and. com- will probably locate_in the city. I The gods were
edy, sentiment and scripture. ! „.s ' or persons who stole them.
On pledsant evenings when the win- Harry Montgomery of Clinton, Win-
dows are opened there Is always a SOuri, who had been visiting his uncle,
good audience listening to the con- o. U Higgins, has gone to take a
cert and they are well repaid for the i00k at the Texas coast country.
The blizzard has passed on toward
the Atlantic, and again Oklahoma
voices harmonize in splendid unision
and careful attention is paid to
cadence and tempo.
GOOD ROADS.
A few days ago a Democrat repre-
sentative was talking to a prominent
farmer who lives north of El Reno,
and among other things he said that
Wm. Devine received a message
yesterday stating thnt his brother-in-
law, John Laughlin would arrive this
evening from I.ittle Rock, Ark., en
route to his home at Marshall, Iowa,
with the body of his 15-year-ol.l son,
I,eo. Mr. Devine may possibly accom-
pany Mr. Laughlin back to Iowa on
some action should be taken toward his sa,i J011"1 y
tised as a drouth-resisting; corn, andij i,epalr)ng the section of roadway be-1 ^ Rock Island has ai,ollshed the
it is said that it will yield a heavy
crop in the dryest season. Of late
years, the trouble here has been caus-
ed by too much rain.
Death Ensued a Few Minutes Later
Relatives Living in Texas and
Missouri Have Been Notified
of the Occurrence.
,ween where the Choctaw depot form- ^ ^ ^ ma8t(?r )n tMfl c)ty
erlv stood and the new Rock Islam ^ r wfao haJ sQ a^ept-
tracks, on the road leading nort rom ^ ably flUed the office, has
the city. In dry weather the ™ acceptpd a cterk8hlp in the yard office
passable, but In wet * easier It - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ u lB probable that
[ absolutely impossible to get throug 1. ^ ^ ^ ^ tfae Jep()t when
Farmers living north of the river find ,
Dr. Henry Riley committed suicide
this forenoon, at his room In Mrs.
Coi's rooming house, 520 East Wade
street, by taking carbolic acid. The
deed was erldently premeditated, and
fee tad fully determined to make a
nrc )ob ot ti.
Mra. Co* stated that the <ko«tor, wlio
had roomed at h r hooeo here aad
tn Elk Oty (or *mr l ,|W1, tfM
tn., Mp«aUxU7. daria* the paat f«w
rfays, that he lalecded to Wn htm-
and ^eeterday she hM hta rorol-
▼ nr. This, rooraiwi he asked her for
u* rnotw;
t* to "to ***% 4**^®-" lrl*|
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SCHAFER IN CHICAGO.
Street Railway and Interurban Busi-
ness Called Him to That City.
Henry Schafer is in Chicago, look-
ing after the financing of the street
railway and interurban lines. He will
return early next week, and It is
thought that he will then have som-
very cheering information to Import.
Tha material for the street railway
extension wttl arrive here in a f
day , bnt there Is some doubt aa to
riM work cm the iaterurbaa wtfl be
Grand Army Meets.
Boston. Feb. IS.—Massachusetts
veterans, their ranks thined by death
but their enthusiasm undimmed, as-
sembled in Faneuil Hall at 10 o'clock
this morning to begin the forty-third
annual encampment of the state de-
partment. Grand Army of the Republic. (
vicinity
The session will close with the annual ^ WOuld be a detriment to I 1
banquet at the American House to- , Reno an<i w( recommend to the Com
morrow afternoon. J mercial Club that the matter be in
it impossible to get to the city to do
their trading. It is stated on good
authority that unk's some action is
taken at once, that one store and pos-
sibly more will be erected in the
of the water works station
spring travel sets In. and the serv-
ices of a deixit master will become in-
dispensable.
basks under Italian climate. The gar-
den seed market has taken on a new
boom, street paving w ill be In progress
again tomorrow Oklahoma doesn't
have much winter, any how.
W. E. Cormony of the Oklahoma
Cereal company, will arrive in th©
city tonight, from Guthrie, with his
family, and here after he will be a
citizen of El Reno. 'W. T. Humphrey
and family arrived here from Guthrie
yesterday.
Miss Ethel McVlckers, who attend-
ed High School here last year, was
married, a few days ago, at Ashland.
Kansas, to E. H. Sides, who Is well
known in El Reno The couple will
make their home in Ashland. Mrs.
Sides Is a niece of Mrs. C. E. Perry
of this city.
THE CHOIR INVISIBLE AT THE
COUNTY JAIL.
' .estigated at once.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1909.
Out From the Dim, Dark Corridor, of
the Gloomy Dungeon Come Well-
ing Sweet Strains of Song and
Melody.
CLUM tHTBHTAIH.
paei^'i 11 n and Mewtheme <* «•*
Oetlghtfo! Meatta*
The aaaoai Joint o« tha
^ Cnwtomatboao
wi* hetd Jwrter^y arteraoon with
,Mra. fW *3 Roberta, at the ho®e of
J. A. Wheatley, manager of the
Wheatley store at Horton, Kas.. spent
Sunday with his brothers W. H and
B. L. Wheatley in this city.
I E. S. Rhoades went to Duncan to-
i day. He has platted an addition to
j that city, and is selling lots, blocks
! and tracts at a lively rate.
Mr. and Mrs J. M Carter returned
last night from a visit at Apache.
Mra. K R- C«o*. V*
• th«^wal>.wed a^£rf££ Barker. The ka^ioo. «o -
nt and the arthrtia arranfat^t
«• ft* £,**7 Mcw.mm Wed m Mtar
a' ""iTTiSl ^n^ai^iaa^ war
MB, iliM tM r"™
Moaic baa already be«B prove® of
itreat benefit to buoy up coora«a In
lattlo and ehe«k paalca tha* .woald
toaa of Ufa and lajary. Uttle
If any thlnj haa been written In re-
gard to the *owtr of moeio to aooth
t>, wmn of thoaa who are de-
prived of the bright sunshine or de-
nted their Hbarty. At the eou.-ty Jail
In this rity there la a "Cbolr IaTtal-
We" that baa gained more than a paa*-
tug aote and thoee who JiT« in the
rietnity of the county prtaoo are pa« -
loc many onmpHmenU on th« sincere
ul their chorva master.
rn*riolr of aone* inetudea,
Adettne." " 0 a Oae." "Bin.
|N Dose Me Wrong." "TobTI ba Ber-
ry Toe laua." "O** Qiri
8. N. Baker baa filed suit for a di-
vorce from Kate Baker. He alleges
i. m .i that they were married in 1884, and
Mra. Joseph Matter is quite 1U a ^ ^ {he ^
her home 408 West I^ndon. She is
rafliKtag with "bronchial pneamonla.
I. O. Higgins haa pureiaaed the
Mtnton property, <11 8o«th Macomb
&ad win take poaaeuslon In March.
Henry Koeeenhaachea haa retoroed
from a rtalt of ati woeka la An-
tonio and otRer aocth Texae town*.
Tn <ttatr*!t eottrt today, moUona aad
demarrera hare the rtght of way, aad
nothh* of g «aral tatervet baa beea
Tha gWM* f >oaor k tk ^«*t,fcjr -*a,"
"I
Mr. aad Mm Wm. Onaa, a< B*t
Oty, termer rwrtw* <"♦ *® o. are
ilaHta# at fhe home <* B4 Cordoa. la
Ukat Kate hiked out the neit day and
left him, and he claims that the fact
that she haa absented hareelf from the
Bfefcar for mora than twenty
JOar T**rS should be taken aa er1
doocw that Kate haa ahandoaed htm,
Hot a marriage #««« haa kw-n
iMtml in three days The arreet of a
yooag f«Uow on a perjnry enlarge,
growing ont of aa application COAr-
rlaga U«eruw, aeema to kavie Knrvd
all the other woold be grooom <*«"
off Ch traolL
tUr Garrett, pastor of Bt. John's
i. baa mored into the new p^r-
f aa«e at 311 Fkwth Macomb avwoe
It ta prebaMy the aeateat pawmy
.that the denomination la thie «ee#wr
PREPARING TO MOVE.
Me6sra. Humphreys and Cormony Will
Come From Guthrie.
W. E. Humphreys and W. N. Cor-
many, of the Oklahoma Cereal com-
pany, are in Guthrie packing their
household goods and preparing to
move to Ei Reno. They will arrire
here with their families next Tuesday.
Sevoral other families will move from
th« Capital City to El Reno eoon. tha
a>en having tx" postttau wHh tha
company while Meaam. Humphreys
ud Cor many were opwaUng the taMl
than
W IW* wl" |
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Flfl+.t on White Pls#«a.
Ksomu City, Mo., Fob. 15.—a war-
{ano on tubercoiosie by which R *s
hoped to arooae the entire southwest
««. comoytomd here today In
oecOo with the opening here of tha
national exhibit of the tuberculosis
oongrww. Eminent physicians wttl de-
nver aAresaca during the exhibition.
*1Uch will contlnna for two wawks.
ID Kjmwmm C3ty OM deith ta •verT
Bhke to doe to tnberenloale and a
strong effort wlH he saade tn and U-
lerar* t< r^naa the pooT1^ of tha €tty
A - m** are hi Mt o*-
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