The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1913 Page: 2 of 6
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THE EL RENO AMERICAN
Successor to El Reno Diily American
Published every Thursday at
fudiisoeu
113 North Bickford Avenue, El Reno, Oklahoma
(5. u. LEWIS & CO., Publibhebs.
" CAD ALLARD, Editor and Manager
Sl,hs^rit)tion Price—One Dollar Per Year^_
Entered as second-class matter Ih^-mliei
1910, at the post office at El Reno, Oklahoma,
under the act of March 3, 1 7i.
UNION
l" . tTTj / -r
WATCH EL RENO GROW.
The reorganization of the Merchants' Association
is one of the most promising features in the way <
business and community advancement that has be^n
consummated since the reorganization of thi Boosts
C'lt means protection to the merchant and as a work
ine adjunct to the Booster Club, although in no way
connected with that organization, it will be of unto «
benefit. , . ,
El Reno is indeed a favored city.
El Reno has more in the way of foundation for
future growth along commercial lines than any city
°fTHeESCOMING OFUTHE OFFICIAL HEADQUAR^
TERS OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND
K-sssfrs
than can words the fact that this is the most iniport-
^tVusiul center to them in all the southwestern
territory tliroutrh which ti lines run.
It is a common saying among men «d > - und.rta
kin^ that railroads arc the most reliable and cer-
tain forerunners of great commercial centers in the
business world. . ,
That El Reno is to a great commercial « "t« r
a settled fact; the progressive members of her eitizei -
ship have been confident of this fact for years, and
the C HI & P. Ry. Co. hacks up that opinion with ,i
great ofli c building and with what its rolling stock
and business is worth in five great states
^Andthis not all; there are other important move-
ments working that when ready to be given to
public will mean much more in the line of progress.
Watch El Reno grow!
A NEWSPAPER SITUATION.
BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN.
Yesterday was the thirty-seventh anniversary ofj
the battle of Little liig Horn the most famous an
from the white man's standpoint, th< most tragi
of all armed encounters between red men and white ^
Ti'was on ti orning of June 25, W6-^nc ofj
those wonderfully clear, transparent nmrnings that:
„re common on the plains of those days in . art.y|
summer that Cluster looked down upon what proved
to be a verv large Sioux encampment on the banks
of the Little Hig Horn. Dividing the Seventh cav-
alr! into nan. Is, be took live companies and
alry xiito tri (.i„m,cteristic impetuosity. I
Tu r. a w7f rt..-
attacking there was concentrated most of tlx avail
-tsars? zsxs SSL
war chiefs l■ all, Rain-in ti,c-Kace, Craxy Morse and
others soon rallied. Dividing the detached parts of
('usteV's command to the hills, the whole IndianI force
;C centered its attack on the five ^!
Custer The light lasted only a few hours, of ,
force with Custer only one man a <I rowr scoutt, e - |
CBP"ldicd on thTfield of'battic' as a few piles of
smouldering cinders were found
ma'ni'l"gave'gro^ belief that a few of the
THK EL RENO AMKRIOAN. THl'HM.AY. « 36.
Boys' Suits and Wash Suits
at Clearance Prices
$10.00 and $12.00 Suits,now $7.50
curious . >■ «.< i«>;. ■ • More
&%&&&& of *«*
cavalry rode into Indian villages, killing men. women
and children indiscriminately and
gagenients battles. Custer s tore
force which include
. rail th
was a fighting
I no women or children, and it
was plaving a man's game. That the Indians were
in overwhelming numbers and that they wm '
fore able to wipe out Custer's five companies to the
last man. was on.' of the fortunes of war. .
thought on the anniversary days of that rim
counter the memory of the men whose bone-
out iu the bleak Montana lulls where they nir > •
their last stand against the circling red demons.
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THE SUPREME COURT DECISION.
The supreme court evaded the point which the
7.50 and 8.50 Suits,
6.00 and 6.50 Suits,
4.50 and 5.00 Suits,
1.25 Wash Suits
1.50 and 1.75 Wash Suits,
2.00 Wash Suits,
2.50 and 3.00 Wash Suits,
3.50 Wash Suits,
5.50
4.50
3.50
.75
1.20
1.50
2.00
2.50
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Marks-Higgins Company
El Reno, Ok la.
RAILWAY BUSINESS IN APRIL.
The total operating revenues of the railways for
April were *237an increase over those of
lie Apr.l of last year of *!2.893,068 in the aggregate or
' .1 7 per cent per mile of line. This was whittled
down bv an advance in operating expenses ot l-.J
per cent per mile of line to an increase in net operat-
ing revenue of l.s:M.073 in the aggregate, or 2.4
per cent per mile of line.
The amount of this net operating revenuei was + >5,-
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Look ere thou leap.—Heywood.
Push on—keep moving.—Thomas Morton.
The public pie counter never lacks patrons.
If you would be happy, let not happiness be your
sole aim.
L1 """ ' iu„, | rsT 434 Taxes for the month took *10.482.492, an
Journal of Commerce made ,t1i.''tt^°ew8pn| 't(^.^ j ,,,-r mil, of line of 7.H per cent; tawl
was unconstitutional bv deciding that the P , revenue from outside operations left op-
department has the right to prescribe what paeK [■ s * - —«e
ages shall be carried tin gb the mails
The truth is the pre.*nt lew I « J „
There is a wide difference betw
man and the self-inflated man.
en the self-made
Eugene Baldwin, editor and owner of the I eons
Dailv Star, the best daily published in Illinois, might
to be content with his newspaper career. W e knew
Boldwin when he was working on a daih mv^a
per as managing ed.ior and arc tamilia. th
rise in the publi<":.ion of the Star
With backing of friends who bad coiih. erHc
him as a nun and writer he put in a go"<l P>«" '
Started the Daily Peoria Star, lie proved all a d
' more than his backers anticipated and in a few y.ars
he'became the sole owner. .
Here follows an interesting mention of tin
„ess of a newspaper that was started t ^
of the editor's friends and today is one of the Mea
est. newspapers of the state of Illinois, ami, best o1
all it is the property of the man who maw it.
"The supreme court of the Cnited States has sus
tained the validity of the newspaper publicity law.
bv which every newspaper and other ("" yatio
must tile a sworn statement as to the nan,.; « ; ;
'iiieiu «> >" • ■ '
tor manager, owner, stockholder and bondholder,
and also mark all its paid editorials or reading ma
ler advertisements, under penalty of a tine or im
prisonment. About 8.. per cent of tbc uewspape s
have complied with the law. It is no bardshrri for
The Star, because it has no debts, no bondholders
no outstanding obligations. It is noti.nde-;he...n
trolof anv corporation, or influence,1 by any v.sted
interest. It is one of the few newspapers ox. m d
and controlled by its editor, who elam.es the right to
sav what, he pleases on each and every question b,
lore the puH.lic, and who is not influenced by any
other consideration than to fear God and tell tin
truth. Sometimes, of course, the 'ruth has to "
administered in broken doses. The full revelation
would tear society up by the roots, so it has to. b.
administered hypodcrmieally, as it were, and under
the skin."
VICTIMS OF FOURTH.
While there is a natural reluctance on the part of
many men to abandon the camparatively'innocuous
firecracker or greatly curtail the battlefield noises
with which the Fourth of July lias been immeniorably
associated, the awful record of the killed and wound
ed ill the old-time Fourth has its effect mi its most
steadfast champions. . ,
Fathers who wish their sons to have the kind of
fun which they themselves enjoyed and lived through
years before are silenced by the record of the annual
ly killed and wounded by the Fourth of July explo
present icn "•••' r- . . | a
ter of suite bv an Ohio congr.-ssman who wished to
tTt even with an editor who failed to suppor .,
Every effort hitherto made to restrain the freedom
of the press lias been sternly discountenanced.
drive the'federal party from power, and that or-
ganization never recovered its < s pn - liKprtv
Our fathers estimated the hh-ssin-s of lib rt>
,lo.her than do their <^cendants and on that
the state of New York go to bed drunk than to
one man compelled by law to go to bed sober
In latter days we have been accustomed to cur-
tail personal liberty by all sorts of personal restrn-
U"n is apparent to everyone that the postofflce de-
nartmentmav prescribe the weight of a paper and its
pari in. iu mn. i i.,lt w mt tfood IS
manner of wrapping and folding, hut w.iai b
subserved bv requiring the publication of its pr Nate
affairs its owners, editors, stockholders, bondholders
and other matter pertaining to its pt.vate business.
bUHut what is most astonishing is that the new-spa-
pers generally acquiesce in this decision and some
■ven applaud it as a .just and righteoiis veriln' .
Thev do not take into consideration the fait that
the entering wedge may be but a trifle
t„ what may follow through the failure of he news-
paper to protect their interests when possible to do
ho without much effort.
When the newspapers are thus subservient, what
effect^ "an thev hope to have when they attempt to
discuss those great questions underlying the founda-
tions of free government 1
u
ill
ly killed and
Either these explosive are much more dangerous
than those sold to children in former years or tin
number of the killed and wounded m those years
vrluTnot recorded and brought home to the general
Sw'Sffy did well to publish a sulTicie.it tin..
the warning to those who might want
[full
the pistol and
ast.
common cracker prue
U li'"
deni,
mark
right,
„w lias universal suffrage. The StatJ
dnii.iiHtration bad to do «omething
in history and it gave to woman the
S ih-ighi't ;hZ'a«hirm.:«bcrh,,o':;'for P„,
spring.
nnnKa«re m rtrvtii <t-, -
|erating income amounting to $4,.ol6 an inerea.se . f
1 *710 427, or less than 1 per cent oer mile of line. 1 his
aggregate operating income for the 222,lob miles
amounts to $214 per mile of line tor the month, or
$7.13 per mile of line per day.
It is the operating income to which the railroa< .
must look for betterments, improvements, w oo",
strnction. and for interest on bonds and y
' F\eei>t for the fact that there was an anthracite
r' 1 - ■ - ear, this operating iD.-ome
for the railwavs as a whole w« uld not \\.w< av<r
aged an increase and for the railways of the eastern
group would have been less this year than last, in-
stead of increasing U.O lH'r ' ent. h was lowcr per
mile of line for these railroads in April, 1 11. than in
April I'll" For the railways of the southern group
^ operating income per mile of line was 16,, per
eent less than in April. 1912. by 2.1 per cent than in
April. It'll: less in April, 1911, by 2.:i per cent than
111 The"-' figures are from the siimiliary of revenues
and expenses of the steam railways for the month
of April, compiled by the the Bureau of Railway Eco
!. from their reports to the Interstate Com-
ninety per of the steam railway mileage of
•ountry.
Here's to the
the pace of life.
,ame ones, the eventual winners in
-Arthur Amnundsen.
HOME,
Jowl „
help5
PUT THE SCHOOL YARD FIRST
Some Truth in Writer's Crltici m of
Communities' Methods In
America.
THE BANKING INTERESTS.
NOW FOR NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.
The Hon. Clyde h. Tavenner. while one of th
onngest. is one of the most energetic members of
the House of Representatives in Washington, lie
is the Illinois member of the committee on good
roads and he savs the government cannot spend too
XT money on mads, provided that the money is
'"ThTncw roads committee will endeavor to w„rk
out a scientific system and (Ki icy which will k.ep
the road ouestion out of loft-rolling statesmanship
The first road committee will soon start its work
It will have for its consideration thirty or fort>; road
bills, now referred to almost as many comnii
Some of these are for individual road projects, otlo is
outline plans for a general roads policy.
From these bills and from the ideas of its
members and leaders of congress the eomm t ee wil
draft the national roads policy, winch will beg
new era for tho American farmer.
Twenty-five years ago. Chris Von der Ahe was th.
most famous base-ball man in the country i> -.,
,ngs were eagcrlv chn.niclc. . Mci that he; braurf
out were world beaters and Chris was hailed a
genius. But when he died, which was the other day
he only received small notice in the newspapers. And
tliia is fame!
John Freismilth is a farmer near U Crosse. Wis.
lie bad a mule and a son. Frank, twelve years old
and be bitched them both up and put in his corn
crop Now the state human officer is after him. on
the charge of cruelty to animals, compelling the mule
to work with the boy.
Secretary of Treasury McAdoo, with Senator Owen
and Congressman Glass, have formulated a banking
naTo^albank'.'nThis distrnt.m;18t^r^gJXal
per eent of its unimpaired capital stock to this laae
reserve bank Kach one of these must have a < aP1" '
Of not less than *5,000.000. They are to run fo
twenty years. A federal reserve
consisting of nine^m^ i the comp-
the c;.rrehey;
'•hl'Men'bv the'hank This federal reserve bo^rd will
xamine the 1 of the federal re«erve bank.
trewry not«t h- J ,iank for wy
™ and in U can exercise a supervision
''^KK^^neof the contemplated
IS modifications will be made whcn.tho
, ,• l,otter than the ninety-day com
sue long-tune pa pel help r .nan Motors in
M \doo's plan is better than the on.
country objected to when it wa.
drich.
You can never have a greater or a less dominion
than that over yourself.—Leonardio da Vinci.
Reader, so act that your principle af action might
I be marie a (aw of action for the whole world.
Those who brink sunshine into the lives of other#
can not keep it from themselves.—J. M. Barrie.
No Maud, there are no live mermaids. 1 lie last
one died of shock at this sight of the first man in a
bathing suit.
If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it
is still woman, and woman only, who can lead h
back. But she will not do it through mixing in poli-
tics with him.
It is opportunity that brings out the great man,
but he only is great who prepares tor tbe oPPO^ity
-who knows it will come—and who seizes 11,1011 it
when it arrives.—The Fra.
The life of love and service is the symmetrical life.
And the life of love is the life which in expr^sion
and action gives wisely. It is not wise for
that which h ' requires more than does the recipient.
It is not 'beautiful to offer to anotherwhatthea;
ter does not wish to or may not receive It is neitli
wise nor beautiful to regard one soul as superior
to another, even if that (rther is yourself.—Mact. 1-
linek.
The so-called third degree is a twentieth eentury
reversion to Middle Age inquisition. The police ar,
the least qualified to elicit evidence. A man is pre-
sumed to be innocent until he is proven ginl ■
police have no right to anticipate the trial of an ac-
cused man. Evidence secured by them through
third degree methods is always thrown out when
t i case comes to trial. The police are not the men
to judge the motives and to extort confessons from
t ,1 men If there is sufficient sense of right
Z:„:i among the people, these third-degree meth
Ods will be discontinued by laws framd to make
such brutal treatment of prisoners impossible.—J
kin Lloyd .Tones.
THE OUTLOOK.
Now the manatiement of the Outlook is disrupted.
William B. Howland, the vice-pres.dent and pub-
lis her bis two sons, one of whom is treasurer and
he other a department head, all of whom are heavy
Stockholders in the Outlook, have quit and gone ovei
to the Independent.
The trouble is said to be connected with the bus.
ss management. Tr„..
I>r \hbot will make no explanation, the How
lands wink softly when interrogated, but say noth
If it were not pathetic 011© could
welt laugh to see how foolishly the
average umall town and rural com-
munity expends Its time and money
upon outdoor ornamentation, fre-
quently the only well-cared-for Bpot
is the cemetery, the abode of the
dead—*past all earthly help. The
school yard, vbete character is formed
and lasting impressions are made, Is
as bare as a paved street. From no
standpoint may any tenable argument
be made that the dead are entitled
to greater consideration or better sur-
roundings than our children, who are
but clay In the hands of the parent
potter. He who cares properly for
the living is never lacking In respect
for thoBe who have passed away.
Another fact has often puszled the
writer to see a community making
efforts to raise a fund to purchase
and ornament a public square when
their district school yard, of equal
dimensions, was entirely bare of trees
or plants. Is it not strange that the
only plat in a district in which all
have common ownership should be the
barest and most unsightly yard In
the community? No plausible cxcuse
can be given for such a condition—it
costs but little to get started right.
Almost every one in the district can
spare a plant or easily-grown cutting*
of the hardier plants Get started on
the right plan and do not leave too
much to the teacher, who is apt to
be changed every year; the work
must be carried out under the super-
vision of permanent residents Have
plenty of room in the school yardR
and put it to a beneficial ubo. We do-
plore the fact that the United States
Is absolutely behind every other civ-
ilized country in the embellishment of
school grounds.—Los Angelea Times.
..... which til.
formulated by A1
Roosevelt anno. 'hat lie is about to go on
loeturi • |. Wl, I, will take him away from Amer
for iwn ears lie starts in the Argentine Republi
iravels through all the South Amerc.an repute" a^
then goes to Australia and from there
pan and Russia. He will not return before the lall
1915.
ing.
contemplating
11 aeries of
n trip around th
siirns of distress.
■ o —
The suburb of River Forest near Chicago, has
l oted Carl II Mitchell as general manager. He will
have entire charge of the affairs of the villa^ill
.lirect the police force, the street <^#flgt*t.«i.
Wis and every branch of village Werntwnt an
will take orders from no one. I bis i the thud vil
lage in the United States to adorn tl)t^H \
said to beat commission form f 11110111 forty
ways.
POINTS ABOUT THE FOUNTAIN
Excellent Rule# to Be Observed by
• Those Thinking About 8ettlnfl Up
One of These Ormmenti.
A fountain should bo a garden orna-
ment; r statement that needs to tm
kept In mind, for almost every ono
knows of fountains that are neither
garden ornaments nor ornamental in
themselves. A very excellent rule Ib
never to set up a fountain unless it is
good and beautiful In itself, and fills a
definite place in the garden scheme
Do not, in any event, use it Hlmply
because it happens to be handy. Fall-
ing water is always beautiful, and th©
function of a fountain iB to introduce
falling water into the garden—a result
that is not the less true because it
must firm be projected upward before
it can come down. Everything la this
device should look toward beauty. The
fountain itself should be good to look
upon, whether it be a simple vase, a
fish, bird or human figure. The more
complicated the device the more diffi-
cult the artistic problems involved;
for the human figure is of all subjects,
the most difficult for the artist. If hu-
man figures are used, they must be
well done, or it would be better to
break up the fountain and discard it
altogether. The water part must also
be vwell arranged, and adapted in voK
ume and in form to the structure od
the fountain. Finally, it must be s<J
placed as to harmonise with the gar-
den scheme.
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