The El Reno Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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WILL BE HF.LD TOMORROW
CHICAGO.
IN 1 COMPLETES WORLD S TOUR OF ,
42.227 MILES.
Case in Which Judne Landis Assessed , Prudent Review* Fleet From Deck
♦23.240.COO F'ne Will be Heard cf Yacht Mayflower and Con-
This Time by Judge A. B. gratulat.s Officer, on Splend.d
Anderson.
Record of Cruise.
anil
Norfolk. Va F*b. 22.—With the
Connecticut, Admiral Surry's flag-
.-Ulp, in the lead, the long column of
ixi en w:ir vf-wli comprising the
Vtlantic li. it swept past tlie Tall of
the Horseshoe atiil Into the safe har-
bor of Hampton Roads today, com-
cannery sold
Machinery Will Soon be Moved to
tola, Kansas, by Purchasers.
El Reno's gltex as a canning ce-i
ter has depart. <1. At a meeting o'
the stockholders. Saturday afternoon.
It mis decided to sell the machinery,
in or,lor tj liquidate the |n.leMe.Iue*s
of tin' company to local banks, anil a
transfer was uiaile to Messrs. Grove
ami Dellass. of fola, Kansas
In El Reno, who would greatly regret
their departure from the city.
A GOOD HALL MADE WHILE THE
FAMILY VISITED.
rey, Jewelry, S Iverw.ire and Shoes
Valued at Nearly Two Hundred
Dollars Were Taken.
who
Yesterday evening, while Mr. and
Mrs T. 11. Hasp wore spending an
hour pleasantly in visiting a neighbor,
Chicago, Fob. 22.—Attorneys
witnesses are gathering in Chlcag
todpv for the b' ginning of the rt trial
()r rebate case against th3 Sran-
d ' ':1 Company of Indiana, which
Is . * 't tomorrow before Judge A
B. Anderson of the United States ills- momentous voyage
trict court. This is the case in which pUrtln* . of any navy
the fine of I2M40.00®. imposed b ev« J of
Judge Landis, was reversed by the ai ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ MgemblP(,
pelate court. tbe returtl|ng fleet from Us
..d^TtlTe ttla!: is°a resident of to- ^ ^Sig | could'Tor"' to pay for them. The An Inspection of the premises show
dlana; eli"., and has been n e ^ ^ yagt cr0W(la of people UnliiR
I There Is a movement on foot among I F. E. Itickev Is In Chattanooga to-
I the fruit growers of the state and lay, conducting a big lot sale. Tho
i specially among the members of the compan} or which he is a member
1 Stat** Kruit Growers Association to still onus >eve,r:il hundred lotb in that
pn-ent a kill to the legislature thai i town.
If It becomes a law will give the cor
gioration commission authority t" Calumet Is drawing heavily upon
adjust railroad claims, for l.isi ot the me< • unical forces of Kl Reno at
damage on shipments of fruit and I present. Tills morning Charley Dyer
vegetable- oi shutting ' Oklahoma, and his gang of carpenters: Charley
. ——— Clements an
SEVENTH GIANT VESSEL FOR
BRITISH NAVY.
will move the machinery to their home ;l burglar was putting in his time :
t()Wn a business like manner. When the
The principal reasons for the sale family returned to their home they
were that the company had no resi-! found that the house had been ran-
dent manager for the plant, and that sacked from cellar to garret by an en-
farmers living near tho city would terprlslng and Industrious burglar
net raise fruits and vegetables ami who had helped himself to a great
which canners quantity of valuables.
Fta s district JuilS
]! 02. Before his elevation to
bench he was
has betm United
in Indiana since i to the
the the shore, among whom were eager,
one of the best known expectant relatives and friends of the
attorneys In the Hoosler State. Judge officers and men on board the Incom-
Anderson was born at Ztonsville lnd mg wa.s p. |f nf th<>
^ g,,,„
the bar in 1881. In ISM', and again in ^ from the ,,,-ck of th.
crops are as good here as they are ed that the burglar had helped himself
but the to about fourteen dollars In cash, sll
value of $125, a gold
New Vessel Will be the Largest and
Most Modern of Her Class and
Will Cost About Nine Mil-
lion Dollars.
his crew of painters, and
Station Hrotliers, the plasters, and
their assistants boarded the train for
that brisk burg, to work on buildings
which they are constructing there.
an vw here in the country.
jjome market is so good that all pro- j verware to the vn
.luce Is sold at much higher prices j watch worth $3r>, a gold fob worth
than in any of the cannery district* of sis. and another watch, a relic o' old
Union; and Canadian county times, one which Mr. Rasps father
the
battle of Waterloo, and
President Roosevelt, who ro-
188S he was elected Prosecuting at from whlch he had
torney for Montgomerj • \.|miral Evans godspeed at the
orcaulons he .M „.„«■ MJ'-l M
slonal nominations. . . vnvy xewberry.
It was in part X° ^"'walsh i wile face also beamed with pleas-
STcSSTiJE and pUofr. L a.
was Indicted in connection with the j the the Mayflowv
operations of his bank wNch a""'| floot aropjieil anchor, and thi-
ll- was found guilty of manipulating ti eject ,1 P
tbe funds of the "ank an was sen- aftern«K,r^ ^ ^ ^ „f
tenced to five years In tho 1)attlf.shlp, clambered aboard the
farmers expect bigger returns for their carried at tli
labor and capital than are realized In which Mr. Rasp valued more highly
regions where labor Is cheaper and than all the other plunder which the
canneries are numerous. burglar secured.
The buildings are still owned by The burglary occurred between
banks of the cl(y, and will be used dark and ten o'clock, at the hour nam-
for some other business than canning ,.,| Mr. and Mrs Rasp returned to their
I.ondon. F. h. 22.—The Vanguard,
the seventh giant vessel of the Dread-
nought class to be built for the llritish
navy, was launched today at liar-
row. Six more ships of this tlpe are
provided for In the ship building pro-
gram.
Ill the building of the Vanguard sev-
eral recoV'U are expected to be brok-
en. The keel of the Vanguard was
laid down on April 1 of last year and
the contract calls for the completion
two years from that date. If this Is
accomplished it will be the first time
that a private firm has built a battle
ship In that time, for besides building
fruits and vegetables.
E. BLAKE WILL PLANT NUM-
BER OF ACRES.
home, and they heard the burglar a?
he went out at the back door.
Thus far no clue to the robber has
been found.
cafe "is now pending on app<
Anderson presided at the trial.
PLANS
UNDERWAY
SHOW.
FOR
Ten Different Varieties of the Weed T0 BE HELD IN OKLAHOMA CITY
All Varieties of Fruit Grown in Ok-
lahoma Will b- Exhibited Be-
tween First and Fifteenth of
September.
Besides the Fruit There Will be Ex-
hibits of Spraying Aparatu3
and Fruit Preserves or
Jellies.
Mayflower and pressed the hand of
tho president in Jubilant greeting
The meeting of the chief executive of
BIG tlie nation and the chief executive of
kth fleet was an inspiring one. The
president's teeth glistened wider than!
V r before und r the Influence of the |
broad smile with vnlch he grasped j
the hand of the admiral and there |
were volumes of joyful congratulation
in his prolonged "de-e-e-lighted.
There was no lack of gay coloring
in today's mammoth naval spectacle.
The ships of the fleet nnd the welcom-
ing vessels were fairly covered with
flags, and the pleasure vessels In the
Plans are under consideration for iiarbor were even more elaborat, 1>
holding a fruit exhibition in this city bedecked. The nation's banner float, <1
between the first and fifteenth of Sep- |ir0Ull]y from that old stronghold,
tember thai will be of interest to every portress Monroe, and buildings all
fruit grower and farmer of the state. along tl)(1 s|,0re were alive with bunt-
Ed E. Blake is working on the pro- ing of the national colors.
ject and hopes to create enough In- Besides the president and Secretary
terest to make this a state show and Newberry, scores of other dlstin-
is of the opinion that if a suitable „uisllP,i Inen in the government serv
premium list can be raised that there icp all(, ,,,-lvate life. Including cab-
will be a large exhibit of fruit brought jm,t members, admirals, generals, and
here from all parts of the state and other officers of the navy and army,
that some of the Arkansas growers
will also enter the competition.
Peaches, apples, pears, strawberries
be Grown to Find Variety
Best Adapted to Th's
Climate.
FEBRUARY 27TH.
Ed E. Blake, the not. d fruit man of
Canadian county is planning to grov
several acres of tobacco this year on
his immense farm northeast of th!-
city. Mr. Blake understands the to-
bacco busin ss thoroughly, having
been forn and rais. ,1 on a large to-
bacco plantation in Ohio, l ast
Mr. Blake planted experimental crops
of Red Bnrley, Light Bnrb'V, Spaniel'.
Seed and Connecticut Seed, and con-
sidering crop conditions raised tobac-
co almost the equal of the best Ken-
tucky and Ohio grades. This year
Mr. Blake has two expert tobacco
growers at work, one from Ohio and
the other from Kentucky and will put
in from three to five acres, and will I
grow about ten different varieties so
as to find out what kinds are I>t*st _
•adapted to the Oklahoma soil and | jabels
climate. Mr. Blake stated this morn-
ing that he. could see no reason why
Oklahoma should not become a great
producer of tobacco, and his experi-
Every Fruit and Truck Grower
the State Should Attend This
Meeting
Kl Reno Hive No. 8 of the Ladles
of the Macabeex have been invited to
attend a meeting of Chickasha llive
No. ::t>, Tuesday the Illr.l. Chickasha
hive ha arranged an old fashioned
basket picnic to be held in the hall,
also a program of which several fancy
drills will be n part. The ladies who
will attend are as follows: Megdames.
Latimer. Courtnler, Con.lultt, Pagels.
l'enw right. Walker. Wimple, Billion.
Sullivan and Miss Vergts.
Col. C P. Lincoln today received
notice that he had been appointed
chairman of the Lincoln Farm Bark
association, with pow-r to select the
other memb. rs of the committee. The
national government has purchased
the hull tbe contractors are supplying | ()lp K,.„tucky farm on which Abra
grapes and In fact every
grows in Oklahoma, but the farmers
took part in the mighty popular wel-
come to the fleet.
The entire distance covered by the
known fruit U|>0n its return to Hampton
' Roads was 42,227 miles. Leaving
ments will lie watched with consider-
able interest, not only by Canadian
county farmers, but also by the farm-
ers of the state.
Punta Are
(Peruvian)
and others are just beginning to learn ! Hampton Roads December 16, Bi'L.
of the profits to be made from the i the crulse to San Francisco was 14,441
proper culture of the orchard. j miles. Leaving San Francisco July ,.
In addition to the fruits exhibitea thp cruise to Australia, Japan and
there win be all kinds of spraying china to Manila, was 16,218 miles:
machinery and other aparatus used u,aving Manila December 1. the cruise
on the fiuit ranch. It is also proh- t0 the Atlantic coast was ll.-'fiS miles
able that the department of agricul- xhe flePt visited the foreign coun-
ture may be induced to make an ex-; tries or places of Trinidad (British)
hibit of some kind at the show. Ri„ Janeiro (Brazilian)
Although Mr. Blake will do every- „aS (Brazilian). Callao
thing in his power to make this show- Magdalena Bay (Mexican), after visit
•i success it will be necessary for the ,ni; Pa(.iflc coast ports and Honolulu
citizens of El Reno to lend some aid j the fleet was received at Auckland
and encouragement or the plans will j Sydney, Melbourne and Albany
come to naught. (British); after visiting the Philip
Canadian county is one of the best plnes the battleships proceeded to
fruit producing counties of the state Yokohama. Japan, and Amoy, China
and with a litle encouragement and j After holding target practice at Ma
education along these lines the pro-; ntla the following places have been
duction could be more than doubled j vtsited; Colombo. Suez
in a few years time. | Said, all three under the British flag
Tellies and preserves could be cx- ymefranche and Naples. Italian. Malta
hibited at the fruit show and in this , an(1 Glbraltar, British: Aigers. Algeria
way it would take the place of a home I French; Athens, Greece; Salonica
products show and be of direct inter- Turkey in Europe and Smyrna. Tur
est to tbe farmers' wives and daugh- key ln Asia: Beirut, Syria, British
! and Gibraltar.
est to the
t.ers.
exonerated by special
agent wilmer.
Honolulu Celebrates.
Various Charges Made Against Silas
H. Reid, as Judge, Fall to the
Ground.
WILL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS
WESTERN ICE COMPANY.
Transfer Includes All Property of the
Old Company in El Reno and Other
Towns of Oklahoma.
B'g Additions to the Capacity of the
Plant Will be Made to Accomodate
the Rapidly Increasing
Business.
N, xt Saturday the Oklahoma State
Fruit Grower- Association "ill con-
\ in at the Chamber of Commerce
root' s ,n Oklahoma City at 10 a. m.
Fruit and truck grow, is from ail over
the state will be in attendance and
subjects of th" utmost important"
will be taken up. One of the most
Important things t ■ be considered w ill
be the a.lbption of a label and cop>-
rlghted trademark to be u ed on all
fruit shipped b> the association. 1 Ids
Is to protect the Oklahoma grower
and shipper, as last year Oklahoma
fruit and vegetables brought the
highest prices on all the eastern mar-
kets. It was bought by the dealers
Oklahoma products, but as it bore
tbe dealers turned around
and sold it as New Mexico, Colorado
or Arizona products as fruit and w'g.
tables from those places had a repu-
tation and was easier to dispose of.
This was a detriment to the shipper
and grower from tills state and the
state association will take steps to
see that it does not occur this year.
E.I E. Blake, secretary or the asso-
ciation and one of the best posted
fruit men in Oklahoma has sent out
the following letter to all fruit and
truck growers:
El Reno, Okla., Feb. 22, 1909
i Dear Sir. You are invited to at
tend the third annual meeting of the
Oklahoma. State Fruit Growers Asso
ciation, Saturday February 2,th at 10
a. in. in the Chamber of Commerce
at Oklahoma City. Election of offi-
cers for the coming year and other
business of great importance to the
fruit and truck growers of our state
will be transacted at this meeting.
Plans will be made for marketing
the potato and fruit crop of 1909.
Purchasing crates and spraying sup-
the guns, armor and machinery for
the ship.
The Vanguard will, besides, be the
heaviest and the most modern, as far
as equipment is concerned, of the
ships of lit1:' class Her launching
weight, about 16.000 tons; length be-
tween perpendiculars, .,00 l.et; length
over all, 54" feet; beam, 84 feet: dis-
placement, over 19,::00 tons: horse
power, 2:,.000; exe< -s in weight over
first Dreadnought. tons; excess ln
weight over the latter vi -s. Is of that
class, 6M) tons, and her cost, will be
upward of $9,000,000.
ROOSEVELT IN ITALY.
Pret dent Will Soend Eleven
There on Way to Africa.
Rome, Feb. 22.—The announcement
that Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
will arrive ti' Nnpb s the end of March,
on the way to East Africa, and will
lain in Italy eleven days, hijs been
received here with great satisfaction.
ham Lincoln was born, and money
Is being raised with which to trans-
form the farm into a beautiful park.
Col. Lincoln and President Lincoln
I were cousins.
Fred C. Dartne and Miss Llllle E.
Frame were united ln marriage, at
-i\ o'clock Saturday evening, by Rev.
F. It. Farrand, at the home of the
bride's parents, on West Hays street.
The couple will make their home In
HI Reno. Mr. Darnio Is a commercial
traveler, and the lady he has married
is the accomplished daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Frame.
Harry R. Greer, of Pond Creek lias
Days bought the Crawford barber shop. Mr.
Greer is an experienced barber and
will conduct an up to date union shop.
All the. old force will be retained.
Mr. Greer will welcome all customers
and will guarantee courteous treat-
ment and good work. 277-6t
el reno should follow suit.
Tulsa Buys an Automobile Fire Engine
at a Cost of $7,000.
Tulsa, Okla , Feb. 22.—Tulsa has
set a pace for other Oklahoma cities
ln tho way of Are equipment. An
automobile fire engine, which has ft
capacity of 700 gallons a minute,
throwing two streams of an inch and
a quarter up fifteen stories, has been
purchased and is on the way. It cost
$7,000. Tulsa is the first Oklahoma
city to Install the
equipment.
automobile fire
and rates
Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 22.—Wash
ington's birthday was observed here
today by the greatest floral parade
and military demonstration ever wit-
" nessed in the islands. All of I'ncle
It is evident that some . . Sam's troops stationed in Hawaii par-
attempted recently to make K e"° s , ticlpatedi and the flower pageant was
own Silas H. Reid. judge o le ^ ■ , gf)rgeous jn jts magnificence.
The announcement is made today
of the sale of the El Reno Ice & Coal
company's plant to H. C. and J. 'I
Bradford. The transfer is sweeping
in its scope, covering all the real
estate, buildings, machinery, fran-
chises etc., in El Reno, and its buil l plies.
ings and interests, good will, etc.. in Securing better service
other towns of western Oklahoma. The from railroad and express c°mpa« ^
price paid for the property is not' General discussion on methods of
stated but it takes a half dozen figures pruning, spraying, packing
to represent it. cultivation of fruit and truck crops
The property is very extensive and This association vas organized to
thJ business has always been large assist the fruit and vegetable grow^
and lucrative, and many towns in ers of Oklahoma In growing an!
southwestern Oklahoma have been marketing the product,,of the sou.
simplied with ice from the factory it opens the large markets t
.« tt!! Pltv grower and gives him an equal advant
It is probable that the name of the age with the grower of car tot.. Out-
business concern will be changed to past experience has been th
the Western Ice company. Only the raise better crops and obtain higher
local capitalists are concerned In the invest
financial sue
BANKERS SWAP VISITS.
El Reno Sends Delegation to Meeting
of Group One.
On Saturday, the bankers of Group
2 held their annual convention In Kl
Reno, and many bankers of Group 1
were here as visitors. Today the
bankers of Group 1 met in convention
Anadarko, and El Reno bankers
returned the compliment In true In-
n fashion by going in a gang to
Anadarko. The El Reno delgatlon to
Anadarko this morning was composed
of L. A Wilson. Otto A. Shuttee, Earl
Beebe, L. Engle and W. T. Malone.
A. T. March wanted to go. but he
had to clerk a sale out ln the coun-
try. which left his bank without a
representative at the convention.
dez Alaska, district, his prey. 1 he ;
charges against the judge have fallen
flat as is evidenced by an Associated
Press dispatch from Val.lez, confirm-
ing private advices received here a
few days ago, from Mrs. 1
press dispatch say.:
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 1?,.
(lay.>—-The investigation
Silas Reid by Special Ag.
of the departmen
eid.
(Wednes- j
ot Judge
it Wihner
of justice, lias re-
nurt
atlon of the
Fairbanks a
as charged with incom!
th having appointed hi
mlted in tbe exonc
tylio will return t(
suttie his
He 1
WHITE-GERAGHTY.
Prominent Young People United
Marriage, Sunday.
The marriage of Oliver C. Wh
and Miss Margaret Geniality was
miized by Itev. F. R. Farrand,
clock Sunday evening, at the ho
raghl ^ South Williams av nn
deal.
The El Reno ice plant was estab-
lished here fifteen years ago, by R
S. Trulock and associates, and the
plant has always been under the man
agement of Mr. Trulock. From time ' of our lands
to time, it. has been found necessary If
to enlarge its capacity in order to writ
meet the demands upon it, and the < n- m l
largements were promptly made. Tha-
is
Harry Greer, new owner ot the
Crawford barber shop, will move his"
family from Pond Creek to El Reno
in a few days, and this city will here-
after be the family home.
Rev. F. R. Farrand has just return-
ed from a visit in the Interest of the
Home Mission work of the presby-
tery.
A. J. Becker and Adolph Nickelsen.
are remodeling the Swanke harness
shop rooms, and will occupy them
with a stock of plumber's goods,
paints and wall paper.
The troubles of the street pavers
came in stacks today. About a quar-
ter of an acre of brick which hail
been laid on Rock Island avenue,
north of Wade street, fell under the
eagle eye of the inspector, who dis-
covered that the paving at that point,
was too low, and the contractors were
directed to lift the brick there and
fill the roadway to the required height
with sand.
Mrs. Sena Wallace is making her
second tour of Oklahoma speaking for
the different unions. El jReno missed
having her on her former trip so we
bespeak for her a large audience.
Admission free. A collection will be
taken.
Dorsett Carter president of the Ok-
lahoma Central is an El Reno visitor
today.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1909.
we can make our crops a
cess and Oklahoma the greatest fruit
and truck producing state in the ^
l nion and thereby increase the value , FrPll pafr,
you
attend our meeting,
i • v regarding extent
Roscoe Owens was a Sunday visitor
in Hennessy.
Charley Hughes spent Sunday visit-
ing friends in Geary.
Rev. H. T^. Price of the Evangeli-
cal church, is feeling after the spirit
ual pulse at Sayre today.
Miss Margueiite Paffo. daughter of
of Union township died,
Saturday night, and was burle I this
afternoon in the cemetery at Union
City.
Joe Trevatlian will soon begin the
erection of a modern house at the
corner of Ellison avenue and Pine
street.
W. E. Ro«-s a clerk ln the Rock Is-
land offices here, has rented the Hen-
nessy property at 210 South Macomb
avenue, and will move his family
from Chickasha to this city next
week.
T. E Stansbury has sold to Frank
Swaggart the lot at. 120 North Bick-
which he bought at few
ford avenue.
:antla!
*R. A. Newman is visiting
Watonga today.
r lends
ids here ft
Jimmy Burke, Rock Island store- v
keeper, passed Sunday with friends iu I ; ^ ^
Chickasha.
R. Weldon, proprietor of the Bos-
return tonight from a
usincss trip to Wichita.
\
large of tlie plant between this tlnif
nd the first of April
Mr. Trulock will remain in El Rent
ir some time, at hast, and
- a permanent resident. H
and .
sitor
C. W. B> 1 rs was
to Ardmore
lire. Trulock have many warm friends on business, this morning.
> might move
succeeded.
was
in HI R<
th'day.
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