The Peoples Press (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 165, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 19, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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THE PIOPLES PRESS
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C. E. HENSLEY
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All in a line;
On< Kot a wat'
Then there wer« * •
Nin< littl< flie-
Orinily sedat< ,
Licking tln-ir chops
Swat! There were * • •
Eight little flies
Raising some mor<
Swat! Swat! Swat! Swat'
Thene there were * * * *
Four little tiies
Colored grein-blut:
Swat! (Ain't it easy! )
Th< n there weri * *
Two little flies
Dodged the civilian
Early next day
Thert were a million!
Buffalo News
When the hotel business b< (omes
so unprofitable that it is nece.--ar
to ndwJch gambling, prostitution
and bootlegging in with it, then it is
tim•• t" quit th< business
The pe >pi« have a right t ■ kno.
on their public off : vhen it be-
comes appan nt that they are either
unable or unwilling to uppress gan.
bling hells and bootlegging joints.
The mayor promised the people of
El Reno that whenever he bumped
up against any difficult problems, that
li< would consult George Beliamj and I
his advisory board How to keep
the quick and out of the bis well
is a v< r> knotty problem. Better call
in the wise men, before throwing
away any more money.
J. E. Jones is a strong believer in
a paternal form of government. His
oil articles indicate that he believes
the taxing power of the city ought
to be invoked to stimulate business
whenever times ,ir< hard and trad'
is slack.
Yesteiduy evening we visited the
new well. We found the workmen
bus> pumping out the watt r prepara-
tory to removing the quick sand
which has raised from the bottom of
the welj to •' depth of about 2."> feet.
It seems impossible to keep the sand
out and at the same lime let the
water in. The well is caved in to
such an extent that it is now 50 to
Go feet in diameter at the top. It is
ti>( opinion of e\ pv on< who.-'*
opinion is w< rth anything, that tin
wt li will never be of any account.
That when they stop the quick sand
from running into the well, the quick
sand will settle down around the
out side of the brick casing so tight
that no wat' i will come jm ■ t.h> well.
COTTON CROP E.-TIMAT!
K.000,000 BALES Too lil(> .': 1
Washington, Aug. 19. -Charging
that the department of agricult
report of cotton issued July 26 and
overestimated the crop by 3,000,00 •
bales, causing a drop of 40 per cent
in the price of cotton and a panic in
'In si; itll, St Hilt :• Si:. ii h of South
Carolina ha.- introduced a resolution
Wilson t.o furnish the senate with
information concerning the condition
of the cotton crop this year and make
sp( i • 1 • siimat.i upon ii
"Say Thank You
To the
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said a busy merchant as
the statement of sales a:
day.
at
he glanced
the close of a
hot
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a > i .>
iiad don
I !e.kne\v wi1 at elect;ic „
for him in making his store comh
table for patrons and making iris wa.\
look in te res ting.
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fans
!l with a sma!! investment m
and a trival amount for electric eun vnt
Flectric vent Hat ion is cheap.
1 elcphone
El Reno
)EGREZS &
SUMMERTIME EFFICIENCY
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has
Co.
vr
IMIIWS DONATE SO.OOO
FOR MISSIONARY WORK.
Thirty-Four Alioriginees Were Bap-
tised at tlie Baptist Annual
Tamp Meeting-
Sunday
I*. Matthews,
Morning
The pastor
ject, "How ti
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Christian
p. m.
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are always
During the
are requested
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day e\' ning at
t i'v ;h" p
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Sunday scho
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Thought for
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' OXGRESS WILL TRY TO
! \R AGONY NEXT WEEK.
Hills Will Be Rushed ThroujE
No One.Will Not Wait for
President's Veto.
li, But
OKIiAIIOM V GOLF PLAYER
GOOD SCORE AT OMAHA.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 19. -W. Nich
ols of Muskogee, was the only Okla-
homa player in the tran -.-.Mississippi
golf tournament y« sterday. \!
Nichols j la> itu; in a sp-cial art inr il
half of a match wlii h will b( con
pleted today. His scott win third
The Oklahoma contingent at the
tournament will start for home to-
night at midnight.
19.- Thirty-four
of various Ok 1:
Cantonment, and
J list try
w!I! do.
i uatic .oi and see what, it
t.v o issistants at the close of th( an-
imal Baptist camp meeting on Bull
Itear's allotment near Kingfisher.
Local Baptist workers report it the
im at successful yet held by the South-
west.' rn Indian or Blanket Indian as-
sociation, since its organization twen-
ty years ago. Prominent Baptist mis-
sionary workers from all over the
world were present and 1.500 In-
• •••.ns were in attendance. This asso-
ciation includes the Crows of Con-
tana and Navajos and Hopi of New
Mexico. The Indians themselves have
donated 16,000 to the work
Want
time.
tds will save you lot ■
Washington, Aug. 19. Democrats
: house representatives y sterday ni< >
;the wool and fri a list bills over the
; i'resident's veto and virtually fixed
u
hold congress in session to await the
certain veto of that measure. The
senate cleared away all its busines -
and adjournment is assured in the
i .
both houses, by next Wednesday at
the latest.
Friday night the Democratic mom
ia rs of the ways and means commit-
tee determined to end the long ses-
sion. Monday the house will pass the
cot* >n bill as amended in the senate
and the reciprocal provision for
liituminous coal crossing the Cana-
dian border, and will send it to the
GRAND RY INVESTIGATE
sHAWN! 1-TE< ' MSEII SCRAPK.
tin :: i inmeri
ing the Indiai
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for forgi ry n
trie
OKLA. < I TV 1' '<
n August 28 tv investi-
gate the county seat fight. An effort
is being made to have the county seat
.
NEW OKI CANS WOULD SEND
' IRST BOAT THROUGH < \NAL.
";in Francisco, Cal., Aug. 19.—The
I' nM-m■t-Pacific lOxposition company
"• , '' :,,snim sent b.v President Chas.
"re on Frid iy to tlrr- New Or-
'• 'lis Progressive union, pledged it-
'• to loud its utmost aid toward
carrjuig out New Orlean's plan to
send the first Am. rican merchant
so ! lirough the Panama anal
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Hensley, T. F. The Peoples Press (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 165, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 19, 1911, newspaper, August 19, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc123320/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.