El Reno Daily American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 265, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1909 Page: 1 of 24
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EL RENO DAIIX AMERICAN.
SIXTEtMH YEAR
lMH CI'.M i :\TS
.Kl ({cno is the «-ity c.f sunshine and
health, where people have more l<>
show for their work than any other
city; where heat prostrations are un-
known; where the law protects both
Investor and settler; where manhood
makes np for lack of money ami tin
man with hrains casts a linger shad-
ow than tin- funiily tree; where iieaci-
ami plenty and good will "ill prevail
;where there is an opportunity to
invest the small salary as well as (he
large capital.
:L KfcNO. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. M1Y 20. 1909
NO. 265
THE CITY OF PROMISE A
EL RENO,
IT'S GREATNESS
RELATED
T i i: i i ri m
I I llcito is t 1m- infill
Oklahoma. Tin* futiii't
aiul < omnieivinl (Vnicr. Tlu city
I lull has i<miii|I\ loi'iit i (I a Million
Dollar I'arkinji Plant. It will lw the
Division of the l-'ort Smith and WVst-
« rn lhiilroad. It now tin* Termin-
al ol' th«' (iri'at Hot k Island System
with an in\ r>t incut. ol' two million
dollars.
t apital of
Indust rial
4*
(By C. F. Atfelsperger)
El Keno is short on history; slie
may have a glorious past, but no one
seems to know about it. Years ago
sturdy settlers planted the seed of
industrial enterprise that ha= since
grown a hundred told or more, but
f the history of tne planting has been
forgotten. There art', in all probab-
ility, still living in HI Reno pioneers
w-ho faced vicissitudes and unfavor-
able conditions in the task of building
a city where 1^1 Keno now stands, but
I doubt whether or not many pres-
ent day citizens tan name or point out
"early settlers ' who have lost their
identity in the tide of young immi-
grants and in the face ot ever chang-
ing conditions. Not that Kl Reno
people are ungrateful, forgetful or in
different; not but that they are will-
ing to give full credit and tflorv to
early day settlers for founding, un-
der many difficulties, a ('it> that pro-
mises to become a big commercial
center; but El Reno citizens are too
busy making nistory lo think of days
gone by. A bright present and a still
more brilliant Ifuture overshadows
the past. The first thing one is told
•in El Reno is the glorious future in
store, based on many facts, figures,
natural conditions, etc. Not so much
"what we have done," but "what we
are going to do," is the eternal ques-
tion in this hustling city.
However we can only judge the fu-
ture by the past and El Reno s im-
mediate past offers some interest-
ing and encouraging f.cts. In the
oft vaunted regions of the Southwest
there have orig nated many incred-
ible and fabulous of fortunes quickly
utade; of waste fields and barren
^ v rti a II
short time into rich, productiv
farms; of uninhabited tracts surveyed
over night and within the month
made the scene of unparalleled com-
mercial activ tv. increasing so rapidly
( as to necessitate the almost constant
1 extension of city limits.
These and many similar tales of
astounding growth have been herald-
ed far and wide, and for the benefit
of the skeptical, we will add nothing
ever written or spoken does adequate
justice to the product veness, the
progress and the possibilities of Can-
adian county and Kl Keno.
El Keno is the county seat of Can-
adian county and is situated in the
center of Oklahoma. The territory
adjacent to the city contains the
richest agricultural reg.on in the
Southwest, parted by the North and
South Canadian rivers, with grazing
lands capable of sustaining the im-
mense herds that makes this city the
greatest cattle market in the stale.
Kl Keno is the hub of the great Rock
Island System, being the intersec-
tion of its two main lines, the C R. 1.
& I'. and the C. O & <1- R " 1 lu'
Fort Smith & Western has its own
western terminal here and a charter
has been granted the Kl Reno, Ked
Uiver and Pacitic Railway company
i to extend this line u, connect with
the Orient In Texas. With the com-
pletion o. this extension, oittMM i
Kl Keno will be able to travel to al
most any section in the ftate and
parts of adjoining states and return
the same day. The first of a network
,,f tnterurban lines will radiate Horn
' \ this city, i- alreadj build n ' "id
fast as rails can be laid, trollej c
nections will be made
adjoining El Reno.
(jrowth of 111 Keno
The first clear title secured by the (
city of El lie no was granted n 1-H93.
At that time the population of the
city was a little over 1,000.
In 1900 Hie population w is 4.120.
In 1905 the population was 4.1!0, |
and the amount o; taxable property
$2,908,940.
In 1906 the population was "..41-.
and the amount of taxable property
$2,992.11G.
In 1907 the population was 7,G00
and the amount of taxable property
$4,696,930.
In 1908 the population was 8.900.
In 1909 the lowest calculation of
local statisticians places the number
of inhabitants at 12,000. The tax-
able property in the city based on
present returns will approximate not
less than $6,r>75,730 and may reach
$7,000,000.
Industries.
The El Reno Gas & Electric Co..
with 1200 horse-power capacity and
200,000 feet o. gas per day.
Two flour mills with combined ca-,
pacity of 2,000 barrels per day.
Vitrified Brick Plant with capacity,
of 50,000 brick per day.
El Reno Foundry Company.
Two Machine Shops.
City Ice Plant, one of the largest
artificial ice plants in the state. i
Washing Machine Plant. w!iere the
famous One Minute Washer is m fi-
nish Washer Factory.
Mop Wringer Factory.
Cement Block Manufacturing plant
Automobile Factory. Where the
pioneer automobiles are made.
Creamery.
Carriage * ao'ory
Concrete Sewer Pipe factory.
Six Grain Elevators.
Cold Storage House.
Cotton Compress, one of the largest
in this region which presses annually
from 60,000 to 100,000 bales of cot-
ton. or an average of three million
dollars a year. Fifty men are em-
ployed.
El Reno Granite and Stone Works.
El Reno Planing Mill.
Apache Granite Company.
El Reno liroom Factory.
Mattress Works.
El Reno Wholesale Grocery Co.
El Reno Produce Company.
Engle Storage Company.
Advance Thresher Company.
Rumbley Thresher Company
Minneapolis Thresher Company.
Garr-Scott Implement Company.
Tea and Coffee house.
Hardware.
The total pay roll of the plants,
each of which has a monthly pay roll
of not lei-> than $ 1 ..">00. is $IH8.0II
per month. This includes the pres-
et pay of Ihe railroad companies.
The Inline.
Incredulous tales of wond-rfil
growth might be continued indefinile-
In this sketch and yet tell but I lie
half Reproductions of public
buildings, business blocks, manufac-
turing establishments, etc., shown
throughout this paper speak
themselves and the city's progress.
Amusements, educational advantages,
religious and fraternal life might well
„• enlarged upon. But let us look
ahead.
Within a year El Reno will have
tnterurban connections in every di-
rection :n addition to her present un- WIlilJAM MAC RKAOl
limited railroad facilities. She is a William Macready. tin-
formidable contender for the state bookbnder. who has his bindery at
capital and now has a bill in eon- The Ymerican, is one of those rug-
gress for the sale and settlement of ged characters that conini iiids the
eighteen sections of the Cheyenne respect of all men, one Who. in ln
and Arapaho reserve northwest of the trade, and ill ilia personal I vmit.
city. Another bill pending provides leads a life of honesty and integrity,
for a I i"0,OH" federal building in William Mac.rettd> was born ill l >'i-
this city. She has tern miles of street fast, Ireland. October 1., I M.i. and
paving under way; many miles of )ivod ill li s native land until twenty
sewers and sidewalks; she has re- years ago, raising a family of Ave
rently voted bonds for the construe-' children, eight being born to him. but
tion of a $,".0,000 city hall and $-0,- tliree of whom passed to the <■ i• at
000 for two new fire Stations. Arcs- Beyond. His wife's demise occurred
olutlon recently introduced provides about eighteen years ago.
I for a water works plant double the whei
1 present capacity. Plans have beer
formulated n>r new buildings vi|i-
liroximatltiR $uun.iMiu
Every indication points toward
youth he began his apprenTlces'hlp as
.1 book binder, serving seven years to
learn the trade, and afterwards work-
ed for years in Belfast for one of the
EL RENO WILL BE
; A DIVISION POINT
WILL NOT BUILD TO OKLAHOMA CITY
Fort Smith & Western
Officials /Wel With El
Reno Business Men at
Elks Club Rooms
en l iken up wit
etennina-
irl co ni-
H11
dii al ml inag«^r
clii
interest
record breaking prosperity boom for largest book binderies In the world,
this city The eit zetiship lias awak- since coming to America he h.is
ened to the possibilities of El Reno, worke,l in the largest '..inderies in
and she is being advertised as never this couir.ry always doing Ills work
before. Greater El Reno is rapidly jn the best possible manner and g v-
being realized and her fame is |ng good satisfaction.
spreading over the country. Look at Mr. Macready came tp El F
the map; talk with the w'se ones;
study conditions and you will soon
pin your faith to this, the greatest
city of Promise in all the great
, Southwest.
eno la
ct in s i\i>hi'i:mh:x< i i>\\
Havana. May 20.— The seventh
anniversary of Cu' an independence
was joyously ce'ehrate 1 throughout
ihe republic today. The holiday
spirit was perhaps more pronounced
thaw in previous years for the reason
that it is the first celebration of the
kind to be held since the American
troops were withdrawn from the is-
land aud the control of afialrs given
to the people. Havana observed the
day with the customary fest vities.
'The city was irofuseiy decorated and
hundreds ol citlwms ifttenHed the
President's public reception at the
palace.
IIIOM \n It. Ill Mi,
Kcceiver of I,anil Ottice.
Mr. Reid is a native of Minos. and
of the city of Shawneetown, and
came to Oklahoma 111 1894. Always
active in politics Mr. Reid has advo-
cated the policies of the republican
party and as such has held oflin-s of
trust elected by the people, lie was
elected to the territorial leg slat lire
for two terms and was speaker of the
house during one of these terms, lie
was also county attorney of Canadi-
an county and was appointed receiv-
er of the United States land office
which was established in this cily in
1901 by the Interior department to
handle the business of the Kiowa.
Comanche and Caddo country which
was thrown open to homestead set-
ilenient in that year. In fraternity
orders Mr. Reid has always been act-
! ive, and belongs to the Shrlners anil
the Elks. iHe is a man of good
judgment, lawyer of above the or-
dinal ability and he will always In
found working fi«' Kl Keno and he
At th
he Elk
onor <
informal reception Riven
club house last evening
Messrs. \V. E. Crane a
1 ill
fall and opened.up a bindery at the
American and has established a Rood
clientage here, and his work has been
entirely satisfactory, everyone of his
customers being highly pleased with
his work. He makes a specialty of
binding books,, including bibles, etc.,
music rolls, law books, books of an-
cient parentage to be preserved,
blank books of all kinds, putting the
finest of material and workmanship
into his work. Mr. Macready is hon-
est and painstaking :u his daily pur-
suits and anyone having any book-
binding to do should give him a trial.
Mrs. Geo. Ray and child will ar-
e tonight from Wichita to join
•. Ra> and make their future home
this city. Mr. Ray is the window
corator at Fryberger s department
WANTED TT QUICK
. ''lulls ill I wile 11 Un-
pack in if plum. Si.llie.
iirws went out t) ;•!
u' sVoni l.ik. 0 ..n-l l,i.T....'.",!i..l a.!. h.. . .l il.,e Ifc* K'-t
come tlie |Me.s.i vt «< on <, i>i.111 ii-
i„ the I'll.11)1 I.r OUl.llu.ll. I Cit v \ boost el's mill fenl est,.!.
tors Km' ten .h.vs ll.e business nun ol' Hint over,over-mo^
e,town veritably sweat Wo...I. « •> W"1 s,,rt "f
from ll.e stiiyiiiilion which hml iilreudv liestun in set m
Aceiinlinirly. Messrs. SI ..ml Wroek were hurneil off to 1,1-
caiio with inslrtieti.uis In hrinsr hitek some sort "I a |>.n I1'"1
prop isitinti. no matter wh.,1 tlu si. Il will Ih.ts he seen that t
'lavs is the extreme limit ol' time which Morris & Company have ha
in which to investigate live stock conditions. trei«ht rates, am a
the intricate iletails which must he worked out before au,\ sciisil.l.
business man woulil locate a packing house it. Oklahoma ity or
^'"'^No'reason has been offered to show why Morris &
J should have been in such mad haste to announce to the world that
" Ukbilioniii Citv was to he a packing house town, lint there ts even
reiis the world why Oklahoma City was desperate lor at. op-
portunity to make such announcement. 1 lie end ol the pa. km*
k house flftht in Oklahoma is going to atoftger Oklahoma Ity a town
%, l„t jrrafters even more than did the first announcement that Kl Keno
is to become the packing house town, and to any who c,intern-
plates speculating in the swamp lots southwest of Oklahoma < ity
on the strength of the Morris & Company story we would offer
thir aclvigi1—Don't do it.
miss i'i«;\\i-.i/li,
\inertcan Stall IMmtogiapher
Miss Kdith Fenneli. El Reno's ef-
ficient lady photographer, made the
photographs for the illustrations in
this edition of the American, and we
take this opportunity of recommend-
ing her to those who destre any work
of this character. She is thoroughly
ffficient. to take the most difficult
pictures. Notable among those taken
is the diwplay window ol' the Wheat-
ley Clothing Compuny. wiiich was
taken at midnight with a thirty-min-
ute exposure, the only way It could
be secured so as to bring out the ob-
1(\ s in the window.
< i,\ in; m \ rm:\\>
i i:\Mv siriii.r.s.
Register ol' Land Ollice.
Frank ■Sickles, hiwyer, farmer, pol-
itician and from Missouri; (ben al and
popular with the people, he has made
a very satisfactory land office otlicial
of which be is the register. Mr. Sick-
les 'has been a republican all his lire
and was elected as such to the Mis-
souri legislature when the members
of that law making 'body selected
from the republican ■party could he
counted on the ends of the fingers . t
! one hand. Mr. Sickles was als<
elected to the office of county attor-
ney of his county and shows conclu-
sive. y the esteem in which he was
held in his native state, lie came
to this state in 1901 when the land
office was established a'ol has during
that time invested in city and farm
property and has become horoughly
Imbued w :h the Oklahoma spirit of
push and energy. Mr. Sil kies lives
on Kast Wade street in a beautiful
I cottage whore he has lived .or several
! years.
TIIOM \s R. IU'.II>
! receiver, has collected and deposit-
ed $ 1.400,000. for all of which lie has
receipts from the United Stales treas-
• As distributing agent of the treas-
ury department, he paid for all the
expense of the registration and draw-
ing. amounting to thousands of dol-
lars. hundreds of clerks being em-
, The business of the land office li
I round numbers are as follows.
Head entries - -iU>00
proofs 9.500
Contests filed and disposed of
Iters received from general
W. M. Rushnell, vice prcsidenl
general manager, respectively. «
Fort Smith & Western railw.i\
Crane gave positive assurance rnaii
the extension of the road to the south-
west from El Reno Is now a quest on I
of only a few months. When he I
made the further assertion that Kl
Reno would without doubt be made j
a division point, his remarks were cut
short by a full two minutes of tre-
moudous cheering.
C. Flick, one of the principal
stockholders and the controlling fac-
tor in the Fort Smith & \\ estern and
St. Louis, Kl Reno AL- Western pro-
perties, will return the latter part of
this month from an extended trip
abroad, and Mr. Crane wi I meet him
in New York immediately upon his
return and go over with hitii the final
letails concerning the extension
-outhwest to the Orient. .
Mr. Crane congratulated Ml Reno j
nid her citizens and commercial club ^
upon the rapid advances which aie,
being made by this cit > and stated
that he and his associates have
watched with keen interest every
move which is being made for a
Greater Kl Reno. 101 Reno is consid-
ered by them to be one of the best
and most friendly towns on their
entire system, and it Is on account
of the commercial importance of Kl
Reno as the gateway to the great
Southwest that the extension has
further in ti
Roth Mr
stated that
into Oklah
i ail.
on Id
latters in concerned with
iteil that the rapidly Ju-
stness in and out of El
v gratifying to the man-
ils, and has 'had great
determining them to go
i omr southwest territory.
Crane and Mr. Rushnell
the matter of an entrance
.una City was not l>eing
a.I that no other
tc taken up until
alter the line i-- completed through
to an Orient connection. They stat-
ed further that after the deta-ils of
the southwest extension have been
worked out. the next move In Im-
portance Will be an extension from
Port Smith to the Mississippi river,
probiihly to Memphis.
M r Crane and BushneH were
informed that Kl Reno stands ready
to lend substantial encouragement
to the proposed extension, and our
in I urn informed that
the railroad company
v possible aid in any-
ds to the upbuilding of
ev left in Mr. Crane's
ver the Fort Smith &
morning.
the officials
w"ill lend ev
thing that tc
Kl Reno. I
private car
Western thi
MIMOKIU- SHKVMTiS
Memorial services will
Oak Chapel immediately
day school Sunday, May
ed by decoration of gra\
who cannot be present m c
ers and they will be placed "ii the
graves by a committee appointed for
that purpose.
held at
Sun-
i. foliow-
Those
end flow -
Horn
Fina
Register of eed*.
Clyde Mathews came from P« tt
ounty. Kan., and has been In Okla-
homa for eighteen years.
Mr. Mathe w s ;> .. «enia . a ! a :<i*
gentleman. He has hosts of friends
and is deservedly popular. He takes
a prominent part In the councils of
his party and lends his active support
to all measures tending to the up-
building of the interests of the city,
county and state.
Mr. Mathews has held the office of
register of deeds a little over a year.
Earl Woodhouse left today for
Wichita. After a several days' visit
at that place he will leave for the
Pacific coast to spend the snmnu
MM. I \ WS, POLK li II IKil-i
Not to know Neal Kvans argues
yourse f unknown. Mr. Evans came
to the Indian Territory thirty-five
years ago and made his first stop at
Fort Arbuckle which is in the south-
rn pari of the state and ten years
I
land office --
General letters
answered . --
6.T.00
received and
7.0.000
s.u rn i itn I'isi'.sm ti:ki a\
\ssk\iiim
Savannah. Qa.. May 20.—The an
• •
• •
.....I Kl Iteno ever since While Mr. convened In th I* <■..t> I . ..
Kvans in Ft Keno he was lan l ellrlnn moderator, th. K. v.
Indian Trader and carried an In.- Moore, I. I... of Richmond. %
mense slock .if gmids. In late| /"""berof Iniportan
... he hrn^hl ,, .t JhJ.
more or less, having been elee.ed MMlon «nd reporU.th.
''O'.ntv I. easiirer,- for two year and are nerll
was recently elected police Judge of teresl. rmere
.his el.y and at thi. election every as.embly a 0 ^
| Man of ran.dlan _Cm.nly. ,„„)k of wor hlp of the
church, unit there are a nunilier of
changes suggested In the <on tltu
tlon.
The states of Texas. Tennessee
Virginia. South Carolina. North Caro
Una. Mlt.ia.lppi, 'Missouri, Ixiulai
ana. Kentucky, fleorgla. Arkansas
Alabama 'and Florida are embraced
llu the general assembly, and dele
' gay* arc preaenl from all.
< \<Kri( K TO THK IH'IH.K'
\I1 doll-Inn, e*.ri i-ople. of The Xmerlcai.-. lug men-
. > -four luigr .Million I an liuy Uiein «l Tih I.ui' « Igm
St..re In the Kl Iteno I'l'-m.-e llulldlng or u. The Vmerlcan otilce
m. it.ii delay In hnyliifc uene eopl.-s iu. they will I"' In demand.
Ml wrapped ready for i^Jlli'm
• ••a......
WATCH OUR PACKING HOUSE SMOKE
If other cities of Oklahoma will keep an eye on the packinir
that is hiliij-'inif heavily lielwcet. Kl Ket.o anil Okl.iho-
I ity. they will witness one of the prettiest lights that was ever
.tulle,1 ofT in the history of rivalry between cities.
Several months a*o representatives of the Sellwar/.eh,I.I & Sl.lz-
l„.,T T I'iiekinc Visited a number of cities in the Southwest.
to in.inii'o into the matter of locHtinn a monster packing plant in this
,„ Anion* the cities visited was Kl Keno; and so favorably
tin. s i S representatives impressed with the advantages ot-
, in this point that they declared Kl Reno to lie the ideal city
l,,|. the bnildintf ol (Ikbihoma's packiuif center. I'lie matter .is
porarily abandoned by the S. & S. pi but the men who made
I lie invest Ration, and who were maiia s-'i n ^ bends of various depart-
ments of the S. \ S. plants in Chicago and Kansas City, resigned
their hi oil salaried positions with the S. & S. people and entered mo
infract with the Commercial Club of Kl Hem. tor the establish-
ment of an independent packing plant in this city. Thev have se-
urcd irrounds for their plant and stock yards, selected and p.ir-
hused their maehinerv. l.iken out a charter under the laws ,.t Okla-
h()llll). und have entered into a bin,l„,o me.it to bep.n the eon-
struction ,if the plant betw the first and tlfteenth of next month.
The plant will be en. in e.piipmcnt I snlTicient capacity
l„ all the live Stock that can possibly be secured here lor
""".In'."before leaving lor Chicago Messrs. Cusey and liuttcrwnrth
f the Kl Heno Packing and Provision Companv made the tollowintr
statement to the iiieinhcrs of the Coinmereial I lub: I In n is jus
one 1 hiiiL' We want to warn the of Kl Reno a.ainst and that
is no, t i. .lie I at the things that are ifoum to happu
within the next thirty days. Press agents will soon be in the held
all<i red head line writers are going to try to break your pluck. All
,,sk the I pie of Kl Hem- to do is lo stand pat. As for our
part of the agreement, we propose to carry it out to the letter.
Thl. phophecs of Messrs. Cusey and Butterwortl. has been ful-
fill,.,I and their injunction, given with keen business foresight, has
t((1.t|fl(„l minds of the people of Kl Heno to a calm ind.flercuce
concerning Oklahoma City's extravagant and hiirhly inflated deserip-
tion of the plant which it is announced will lie built there by Morris
& Company. , .
Kl Heno is in the packing house game to stay, and we propose to
win this fight if it takes the * 1 .>,000.01 HI property valuation of Kl
Heno to win it. Oklahoma City knows that she is in a tight tor her
I,IV and so does Kl Keno. The conflict is no longer a secret one b'.lt
will be intense and in the open, with every advantage m Kl Heno s
favor. In the matter of freight rates alone, a plant > in peratert^.
here at an expense of several hundred dollars a da 1 ss than at <Ur
lahoma City, and if Morris & Company are will n_ to up a. ,mist
that sort of a game they are very apparently not men of the busi-
ness judgment they are accredited with hem
If Oklahoma City is willing foi th. ■ >nd in the packing
house game to suffer'a loss of #1ihU«*> i- pay of the scrap,
as she proposes shall be dun ui 1 -ai'iul •■••hi. Kl Heno is ready to
accept the chullungi:.
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