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PUBLISHED AT 217 NORTH HARVEY ST.. OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA.. BY THE SUBURBAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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KT, CANADIAN COINTY. OKLAHOMA, SATI HDAV. MAY U 11)10.
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Calumet Locals.
C. C. Thompson was a business vis-
itor to El Reno Friday.
Mrs. Anna May Walling, of Geary,
was a Calumet visitor Saturday.
P. B. Thompson transacted business
in El Reno Friday.
Frank Friel was in Oklahoma City
Tuesday.
I. M. Warford was a Greenfield vis-
itor Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Herbert and Miss
Hannah Steffen spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wilhite of El
Reno.
Airs. Jeneson spent a part of the
week in El Reno, the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman McLain.
Mrs. John Sager and! babe were
Geary visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. Joe Moores, of Geary, was the
.guest of Wren Moores and family sev-
eral days this week.
Mrs. C. C. Thompson was in Geary
having dental work done Tuesday.
Joe Gibson was called to El Reno
Monday evening to his son Dewey,!
who was injured by burning powder, j
It is feared he will lose the sight of I
one eye.
Tile Darlington ball team is expect-
ed in Calumet Saturday afternoon to !
play our local team at the Sail park,
west of town.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cockrell have re-
turned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Haddock of Carnegie, Okla.
There has been three new pianos
placed in homes in Calumet this week.
L. T. Samuelson, George Stearns and
George Jensen each purchased one
for their daughters.
Mrs. W. M. Baker, daughter Ruth
and son Donald, are visiting with
friends at Okarche, Okla.
Lawrence Corun left Sunday even
ing for El Reno, v1 jre he will work
for the present.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson, of
El Reno, returned home Saturday, al-
ter several days visit to their farm
near Calumet. Mr. Thompson while
here shipped out two carloads of corn.
Mr.-'. Stev Knight and children left
.Tuesday for Cerial, Okla., where she
will visit with relatives for a few
days.
Miss Pearla Phillips, « " LI Reno,
instructed her music class in Calumet
Thursday.
The illustrated temperance lecture
£ivn at the Presbyterian church Tues-
day and Wdnesday evenings by W. J.
,Reese was a success and highly appre-
ciated by all who attended.
('hie!' Wolf Robe, an aged Indian
chief, died Monday at the camp of
Lenard Tyler, north of town lie was
an uncle of Mr. Tyler's Chi. f Wolf
Kobe lived at Bridgeport. His body
was embalmed and cared for in the
best style and taken to Bridgeport foi'
burial, as thai, was the chief's request.
Mr. John Stratton, the traveling
salesman f r the American Electric
Telephone Co., visited Calumet Thurs-
day.
A son was born Tuesday. May 10, to
Mr. and .Mrs. Byron Childers, living
in the west part of town.
SUNNY HILL ITEMS
Misses Eula and Mabel Massey li ft
Sunday for a visit with relatives and
friends in Missouri. Mr. Massey ac-
companied them as far as Oklahoma
City.
Mr. Henry Walbaum and wife were
(Geary callers Monday.
, Erne3t Walbaum was hurt while
.playing ball Sunday.
Mr. K. C Cook and family visited
at the Henry Walbaum home Sun-
day.
Frank and Homer House took dinner
with o.lhn Day Sunday .
The ball game, which was playe I
between Sunny Hill and North River,
came out in N. R.'s favor, 10 to 9
Hurrah for N. R.
Florence Powell visited with the
M;s-"s I'aulks Sunday and Monday.
Mis Fertle Paulk is staying with
her Grandma 1'aulk, who is very sick
Les Baker made a business call on
Henry Walbaum Tuesday.
Jake Baylor has been wearing a
frown ever since Sunday. Wonder
why ?
A. W. Sanders made a business trip
to Kansas City last week.
Mr. W. Counell and familv visited
.1. S. Cope ajid wife Sunday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Massey were
Geary callers Thursday.
Misses Grrtie Nora and Nida Paulk
and Florence Powell visited at the
Lilly home Sunday afternoon.
Jake Baylor and Andra Massey
spent Tueslav evening with Herman
and Henrietta Walbaum.
Mrs. W. Cornell and Nettle Sch-
moyer will attend the Sundav School
convention nt Piedmont, Wednesday
and Thursday.
Fred Kroger stayed with Herman
Walbaum Saturday night.
NEW CHAPEL AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
cjfl-w gstapzi*
Tot
sz&ival
1
guson-McHenney dry goods house,
were in lluion Saturday.
Edna Mass, who is attending El
Reno high school, is visiting home
folks here.
N. A. Carr, one of Teaston's most
progressive merchants, and clerk of
the Modern Woodmen of America at
HI Reno, died suddenly at his home
Friday morning. Heart failure was
said to be the cause.
I Miss Florence Zimmerman was an
.lust a few more feel of sidewalks El Reno visitor last of the week,
are needed, don't you think? ,1 Carl Been was an Oklahoma City
visitor Monday.
UNION CITY ITEMS
Wasn't that a fine rain Wednesday?
Have you heard Rev. Cloud , the
evangelist ?
Census Enumerator Johnson will
complete his rounds next week.
Mrs. Win. G. Johnson and children
spent Wednesday at the home of A.
T. N'inman's.
Remember the commencement ex-
ercises will be held at tills place on
Monday evening, May Hi.
Hear Rev. Cloud, the evangelist, at
the tabernacle tonight. It will do you
good.
The I'nion City base ball team was
defeated by the Springer Valley team
in a hotly contested game last Sun-
day.
Mr. C. R. Brown, wifo and son Ira,
W. W. Jaekman, Mrs. Harry Robtson,
and Miss Ola Shoptaugh made a fly-
ing trip to El Reno In an auto Fri-
day.
M. F. Potree shipped a car load of
fine hogs to Ft. Worth Tuesday.
| Mr. A. Keeley and family visited
at the home of his parents, south of
i town, Sunday.
Mr. O. W. Dixon and daughter Ma-
Fred. II Schltcht of Stoutland, Mo., mie were county seut vi. itors Moll-
is In tills city this week, making prep j day.
aratlon for the erection of a flour <'. R. Brown was a Hobart visitor
mill at this place. If you have not Saturday.
taken slock in the mill you had bet- Miss Ray Rlcketts visited friends
ter do so at once and help a good in ).;i Reno the fore part of the week,
thing along. \ Miss Pearl Van Hosen of 101 Reno
Mrs Clint George and little daugh- was a visitor at the Mitchell home last
ter left for their home at Clovls, New week.
Mexico, after a month's visit with Mrs. Shirley of Verden is visiting
home folks. i nt the home of her daughter, Mrs. L.
is w orking in El Reno. |'' "bring.
i C. LI lineman
visiting friends at
/9/Of fay f7«!
Henry l.uht
Hosv Mitch
Richland.
Tli Misses Opal Keller, Odessa
Giinett, and Mr. Geo. Garrett were
invited to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Pennington to eat sherbet Friday eve.
M r. Ed
Minco wei
w eek.
Miss Buchanan of Scott was shoe-
ping in Union.
Work is progressing nicely oil the
I'nion cemetery.
Miss Tannj Tvniore of Minco \ is-
it * -11 with liei aunt, Mrs. I. Fuhrlng,
Sunday.
Mi. and Mrs
Minco Sundav
Mr. Chns.
Chickasha last
i real meat.
Mr. and Mrs
itors to El Rn
Mr. L. Ogle
left for Ardmore
Monday.
Miss Donna Graves of Okarchle re-
turned to her home after spending se\
eral days with her sister, Mrs. M. E.
Pennington.
Geo. Garrett and Oscar I.amons
Stevens and fiinill.v ot j made a business trip to El Reno Moii
\lsitiug home folks this
M. P. Kell>, one of the leading
merchants of the county, came over
from Union City and purchased a car
load of flour from the Yukon mills.-
V ukon Sun.
J WI—1M 111 « *" l " -1
Dave Palyack went to
Hurklioider went lo
week to take medical
I!. A. Brown were vis
io this week.
,iovc was over from
Scott Saturday.
Mr. John Henessy has placed a new
soda fountain In his store
Ro; Lance was In town Monday
A
NNAPOLIS, MU.—In ample time tor the ceremonies of graduation week, the new cnapel at the United
States Naval academy has just been completed. The linishing touch was the placing in position on the
terrace of several cannon captured from the Spanish during the late war. The chapel Is one of the most
beautiful buildings owned by Uncle Sam. lis stately and ornate dame Is especially admired.
HAS LONESOME JOB
Men Who Watch Tubss Convey-
ing Natural Gas Disgusted.
Task at First Appears Pleasing, But
Soon Becomes Monotonous in Ex-
treme end Loneliness Often
Leads to Insanity.
his shec p, the army sentry his fre-
quent reliefs and the track walker
bears companionable sounds and gets
many glimpses of life. Sometimes he j
has a wreck tc prevent or to help to
scrape up, but the pipe patrolmen have !
little to break the monotony.
When a man first tackles the Job he
is enchanted. Just to take a brisk
tramp across tie country in the fresh
air, smelling of the good, green earth 1
and to be paid two or three dollars a
day for it seems too good to he true
After a few weeks it begins to pall
One gets to dreaming about it. gets to unnecessary. The gas companies can-
see, waking and sleeping, only that i not utilize the device because of the
of their product and
vhich it can get away,
the heavy expense tor
Lincoln, Neb.—The most monot-
onous existence in the world is that
led by the pipe line walkers of Kan-
sas, Oklahoma and Missouri. For a
great many years the army picket, the
sheep herder and the railroad track same blur of trees and land, land and volatile nature
inspector have debated the question ot trees, and then more land and trees th< ease with
which led the loneliest existence, but i until he begins to forget the rest of and must pay
to break the monotony. The thing not
only gets on your mind, hut it stays
there. The perpetual introspection
grows oppressive.
"Finally you begin pinching yourself
to see if \ ou are alive. Then yc*i
begin talking to yourself so that you
can hear That is the point where you
must hike to the telegraph ofliee and
wire in your resignation or prepare
to have the insanity commission give
you a free ticket up state."
The Standard Oil company, as well
as other producing concerns, has not
employed pipe patrolmen for a nun;her
of years in America A scientific de-
vice, made on the same principle as
the device by which cable companies
are able to ascertain where a break Is
located in an ocean cable, makes them
Win. S<
was with
week.
Mr*. If
\ usiness
Mi- O
old
of Muskogee, Okla ,
friends in Union last
II Rest of Tedd> made n
rip to Union last week.
L. Smith of Teddy was in
>wn Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Bartelle of Teddv
ere ^hopping in I'nion this week.
Fred M
and ('has Petri
I ound passengers Wednes
Miss Odessa
Anderson and
Sunda> at l*o
Nova Mat tin
ley':! store thi
Miss
Mes
Can
pent
helps
veek.
Kola
at M. T Ke!
\ ukon was
: I nk
Mr
I>e at
store t
attack
Mrs.
eek
M r s
Barbs
n City visitor.
II (' M Coates v as unable to
his old place iu M. 1\ Kelley's
his week on account of a severe
of lumbago.
I> I' Richardson and son Ivan
itiim friends in Pocasset! this
Frank !
u Morula
tr C
ll, Will
on a shopping exi <
their life is gay compared with that of the world and the people and the 1 watchmen
the pipe line walker. 1 things he has known Some of the pa
The pipe lines carry natural gas to i trolmen almost reach the point of for
the cities, where it is utilized in getting their own names, but usually
lighting homes, heating them and sup- | they quit before they get to that point
plying industries with cheap fuel. The Several former regulars in the t inted
pipe lines radiate in all directions i states army, men familiar with the
from the gas centers. It is absolute- dreary routine of western frontier
ly necessary that the pressure *)e I posts, have tried it and thrown up the
maintained. The greatest me. - o ot job after a few weeks. One of them
FOX OUTRUN BY A SPRINTER
Finds Six Cubs in Burrow and Then
Chases and Captures Mother
in Half Mile Dash.
eu man delivered a car
to M I". Petfr'e Friday
Uoltinaon, wife and son
Chickasha Monday.
• was au I'll K' no \ isitor
lti<
the maintenance of proper pressure is
the possibility of leaks In the pipes
and to see that there are no breaks
several hundred men are employed.
Their business Is to get up at day-
light and walk till darkness comes,
hunting trouble.
The lines are divided up Into sec-
tions of 12 and 15 miles, and a man Is
detailed to watch each one. He must
walk from one end of his section to
the other and then back again during
the day. The jobs pay from $00 to
$100 a month, and there is nothing to j is what breaks them down
do but walk and listen. | Every time a grus li [ per In
Most of the patrolmen are young fel- : lleids or a cricket In the creek
lows, who think they have fallen Into toms or a locust In tin. :i ^ star!
said: "When I go bughouse I am go
ing by the regular route"
The fact that the ear is kept con-
stantly strained for leaks that betrnv
their presence through a Hissing sound . wl" " lan dow aml ''"lHurcd a '
is another feature ot .he work that ! r" ' flrst ,lmll"K '* ol '
i burrow on a iarm north of the
Amityville, N. Y. Norman I) H i"
whose fame as an amateur runner has
spread far beyond the confines of this
his native town and county, broke all
previous records a day or so ugo.
in
adds to the uncanniness of it. The
men are employed lor just one pur-
pose, to look for breaks in the pipe line,
and when one has but one thing to
do and the accident he is always ex
pecting seldom happens, it gets on
the nerves. The nervous anticipation
the
: ir. r<
and Or
Leno hospital, v.h
in operation,
ill for some time
11 • ■ nt may pro\•
nop11 assisted Mr
hipping two en
forth a I.amons si
he week with he
nded 1-
CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY.
\ number of friends gathered at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. .lor
dan Tuesday to celebrate the filty-
seventh birthday of Mrs. Jordan.
An elegant dinner was served and
was thoroughly enjoyed by all The
afternoon was spciit 't^h music and
social conversation and all present
extended their heartiest wishes that
she may live to enjoy many more such
birthdays.
Those present were: Dr. D. H.
Kichardson and wife, Rev. Furgson
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Keen, Mr. and
Mrs. A. V Wheeler, Mrs. Geo. Gard-
ner, Dr. Kdwards and wife, Miss Lola
Uoebach.
THE SEMIANNUAL MpFTIMG OF
THE EPWORTH LEAGUE.
The semi-annual meting of the Ep-
worth League was held Thur«dav eve-
ning and the election of officers for
the coming six month term is as fol-
lows:
(' U. Brown, president; Mrs. M. IV
Kelt V. first vice president : Mrs. W
Smith, second vice president; Bessie
I.amons. third vice president; Opal
iKellci. fourth vice president; Hob
lindley, secretary; Mrs. J. Kelley.
treasurer. Ruth Roans, organist; \\
\\ .Jaekman, choirster.
The retiring officers are: Win.
Johnson, president ; Mrs. W. W. Jack
man, first vice president; Mrs.
g u son, second vice president;
Smith, third vice president;
Drown, fourth vice
Keller, organist; Ode
ter. And we wish
Kpworth League has
and we hope to accomplish more
the next term than we did last.
A cordial welcome is extended to all
Fer
M rs.
Mrs.
president: ()pal
ssa Garctt. chois
to say that our
been a success,
in
hoped
The Horse in America.
Dr. O P Hay expresses the belief
that horses became extinct in the
glaciated regions of North America.
I/;
hot
i his
Mr. Ilaff, who is a son of Stre r
Commissioner Tom O Ilaff. disco
ered the burrow and dug o it the Ii11♦
of cubs. After sending the younf
foxes to his home, he hid behind a
bush to await the mother fox's return
She camc in due time, when Mr Halt
lumped for her The old fox started
\\ W .Jaekman
El Reno Tue
..nth Dakoti
a snap. A good many of them are
college boys, who come west to the
prairies for recreation or to regain
their health. They get both, but after
a few months of it the loneliness and
the nature of the work gets them and
they depart.
There l nothing to do but walk,
walk, walk, except when a break i-
found. Then It is a hike to the near
est telephone and a hurry up call for
the repair gang. If nothing happens
then all the pipe line walker need to
do is to fill out a blank report with
"nothing doing'' on it and mall it
The sheep herder has his dog9 and
d the fear that
• smash seizes
machinery at full spee
the line has gone tc
one.
"Every time the trees rustle," said
a patrolman, "you think there Is a
leak ahead Every heavy drone ot the
insects startles with Its suddenness
You start out in the morning with the
fear of disaster and if a twig cracks
under your feet you get the jumps it
a break would come nlong once in
awhile It would not be so bad.
"Often the loneliness that nets into
your bones Inspires one almost to the
point of stealthy going out with an ax
and smashing a section of pipe so as
on a run toward
hoping to lose he
Half kept right <
mile sprint captui
the wr
pursin
n and
d hf r
her home in triumph,
mother and ner six li'
Find Genuine \/e! r -
London.-—The famous "\
the Mirror," also known as
bv Venus, which cost $:
been found to be a genuiii'
by the committee of e • < •
examine it. It wa chare
paint was a kind unknown
ot Velasquez
, evidently
but young
ter a half-
He brought
ow has*the
en Oil exhi-
us With
• Rocke-
• a quest
that the
the time
last
Mi
of K1 Reno purch;
Hail of F.l and probably In the whole continent,
of cattl-' ab°ut tbe niiuUle of the glacial epoch
He points out that all the apparently
nt j ,ot authentic llnds of fossil horses in the
m, i(l|. u! United States east of the great plains
fall Into two sets of localities, one
ranging along the Atlantic and gulf
(' ' ' " ()f coasts, and the other extending from
New Jersey to South Dakota, the lo*
a business calitles In the last set lying, with few
exceptions, close to the southern bor
|1( ll der of tbe drift-covered urea The-
!M). earliest discovery of fossil horse re-
mains was made near the Neversink
highlands.
Heat From Rain.
Messrs. Muntz and Gaudechon havo
recently experimented in France on
the heat imparted to the soil b) rain,
which they think may play a part
hitherto unrecognized In the phenom-
ena of vegetation. When the soil has
reached a certain degree of dryness,
tie application of moisture produces
a rise of temperature, which is great-
er in proportion to the fineness of the
materials. Coarse, sandy soil is not
heated by contact with moisture,
while soil composed mostly of humus
is specially subject to such influence.
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