The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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EC RENO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AUGUST 15 ISIS
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SOLDIER WANTS WAR NEWS
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TIES CAUSES $20000 DAMAGE
Early Morning Conflagration Does
Considerable Injury
Threatening (or a time to completely
- wipe out the entire northweat part of
the city fire broke out in a coal shed
on the back end of the property at 318
aouth Choctaw at 2 o’clock Tuesday
morning and entirely destroyed the
machine ahop operated by Tom Dowell
and the residence occupied by John
Oillllan and family It was only
through very bard work on the part
of the fire department that the next
residence in line which is owned and
occupied by Michael Pritxos and fam-
ily was saved from destruction
The fire was discovered by a pass-
ing cab-driver who turned in the alarm
a( Just before 2 o’clock The fire
caused by spontaneous combustion in
the four tons of coal stored in the Gil-
lllan coal shed quickly spread to ad-
joining outbuildings finally reaching
the rear end of the Dowell machine
shop Owing to a lack of water and
not enough pressure to force what lit-
tle water they could get through the
hose the fire department was unable
to cho-k the flames here and the fire
spread “ the adjoining building a
residence owned by Mrs Koogle and
occupied by the Gillilans These two
buildings were completely destroyed
Just as the flames were about to
gain the upper hand on the next resi-
dence Mike Pritzos’ place the big fire
engine coupled onto the Rock Island
tnains all the pumps were put to work
at the city power house and a 180-
pound pressure with a heavy stream
of water was put on the Job with the
’ result that the Pritzos bouse was
saved
- Had not the fire been checked at
this point it would have made a clean
sweep to the court house three blocks
north As it was all the furniture
and belongings of the guests were re-
moved from both the El Reno and Cen-
tral hotels just north of the burned
area which in itself caused a dam-
age of several hundred dollars
The building occupied by Mr Dow-
ell’s machine shop was owned by the
Standard Savings & Loan association
on which there was insurance In the
amount of (1500 Mr Dowell bad no
insurance whatever on his tools and
machinery and suffered a loss of
(3000 There was no insurance on
the Koogle property which was worth
'about (3000 All of the household
furniture belonging to Mi Gillilan
-was saved- About (500 damage was
done to the Pritzos residence who also
carried no insurance
- ’ Electric light wires and equipment
telephone lines and nearby outbuild-
ings were also damaged The total
loss of the conflagration is estimated
at about (20000
OKARCHE LAD IS WOUNDED
lieutenant Geo P Hays Is in Hos-
pital at Nantes France
r- A letter dated July 22 has been re-
ceived -by Rev and Mrs George S
Hays of Okarche from their son
Vieut George P Hays who is with
Jhe field artillery section of the army
'ft France
i f Lieutenant Hays is In a base hospt-
1 11 In Nantes France receiving treat-
nent for a flesh wound !n his right
L leg He writes : “I have been receiv-
f ing extraordinarily good care and
f treatment and hope to be able to be
back with my regiment by the middle
I of August My wound is healing
g rapidly Our regiment the 10th field
I artlLery was in the midst of the very
J U heaviest fighting and conducted itself
' n admirably Indeed we are all quite
r- proud of ourselves
L ' This Is a very large American hos-
f pi tal and full to overflowing Every-
J thing Is bright and clean and the food
Is excellent This trip to France is
quite an education The people and
their customs are in a way quite hu-
morous and it is quite pitiable to see
the eager way In which they receive
the Americans
“The whole country is in the depths
of poverty and everyone is wearing
black I think it Is partly the pitiable
appeal of these people that puts such
a fighting spirit In the men who are
here Naturally the Frenchmen had
become listless and the coming of the
— Vvicans has revived them wonder-
fulVf glad I got over here in
time ’loj'see things as they are this
pumnsr”
(Editor’s Note) — While the lieu-
tenant says his regiment are all quite
pyoud of themselves over the conduct
in a recent big battle we stay-at-homes
are both proud and glad and confident
that the valorous American troops will
bring home the bacon every time
— TTJQ- -
CITY TALES
At last accounts thirty-three
different men were the first on
the scene at the big fire Monday
- night A cab-driver who makes
the night trains Is loud In bis
claims that he was the first man
there A night policeman claims
he has the honor of being the
first one to show up A pumper
at the water station alleges be
was “it” A traveling man says
there was not a soul in sight
when be got there A reporter
on a local paper produces proof
' that his eyes first beheld the'
glimmering blaze One of the
firemen at the station proclaims
e loud and long that there wasn’t
a fire if he wasn’t the first man
on the grounds And there are
others - A neighbor woman says
she turned in the alarm An-
other neighbor says she fired
’ the shots that woke the town
Altogether the thirty-three per- e
sons will make 1 thirty-three af-
fidavits to the effect that they'
were first on the scene Twss
ever thus e
e'e see $
El Reno Boy in Franco Wants to
Know Latest Dope
Private Ralph S Andrews who is in
the infantry division of the expedi-
tionary forces in France says he had
the “sickest sick” he ever bad going
over on the transport recently in a
letter received by his mother Mrs E
V Andrews 412 South Admire El-
Reno “Crops are sure good in France"
says the young El Reno soldier “and
if they raised things in the states like
they do here they would get rich
quick The days are pretty warm but
the nights are cool It doesn’t get dark
here until about 11 o’clock and starts
to get light about 2:30 so the nights
are pretty short - - '
“I can’t tell you much but when we
get back there sure will be lots to tell
When you write tell us all the war
news you can for we don’t get the
war news here except that which is
printed in French in the papers here”
ROBERTSON AND M’KEEVER
Canadian County Gave Winners a
Majority at Recent Primary
Casting a total of 1894 ballots vot-
ers of Canadian county held probably
the most quiet primary in the history
of the county last week Of -the total
vote cast there were 1192 Demo-
cratic ballots 625 Republicans and 77
Socialists East Walnut township cast
the highest Socialist vote of any pre-
cinct in the county there being 14
followers of the Socialistic persuasion
in that bailiwick
A J Wells Democrat for county
clerk who had no opposition for the
nomination and has no Republican
opponent for the election this fall was
honored by his party with the high
party vote receiving 1192 ballots J
M Carter Democrat for sheriff re-
ceived the highest party vote of any
candidate who had opposition having
been awarded 1004 votes
W A Maurer Republican candi-
date for county judge with no oppo-
sition secured the full strength of his
party ticket 623 votes
Canadian county picked the win-
ners Robertson Democrat and Mc-
Keever Republican slate nominees
for the governorship each were award-
ed a majority in this county Robert-
son secured 224 votes more than his
nearest competitor Alexander Me-
Keever was nominated in Canadian
county by four votes over U S Stone
Stone’s race over the state as well as
in Canadian county was the surprise
of the election It is thought probable
that his initials “U S” had a great
deal to do with the choice of many of
the Republican voters
J L Trevathan and C G Wattson
each secured 380 votes in their race
for representative while their oppon-
net A A Morris received 233 Two
candidates for representative were to
be nominated and Wattson and Tre-
vathan who had made absolutely no
Campaign tied in the count and both
will become nominees
One of the closer races was between
J I Phelps and R B Forrest for the
nomination of the Democrats for did
trict Judge Phelps was given 669
votes while Forrest secured 587
Total votes of each of the candidates
voted upon at the primary will be
found on another page of this issue
FIRE IN WAREHOUSE
Fire in the warehouse owned by the
Connelley Construction Co located
just south of the plant of the One-Minute
W’asher Co did considerable dam-
age late Monday afternoon It is not
known what caused the fire which
gained considerable headway before
the department arrived butt was quick-
ly smothered when they got started
to work The building was a storage
room for the construction company
which does not maintain offices in EI-
Reno at the present time it is said
The Connelley Construction Co were
the builders of the city hall building
laid considerable of the brick paving
over town and are at present engaged
in paving business at various Okla-
homa towns it is reported
flUNSELJf "NEW SECRET ARY
As a meeting of the board of direc-
tors op-ffie American Packing Co held
lasv-Friday the resignations of Jeff T
Gibbons as treasurer and of B Givan
as secretary were accepted Dayton
Munsell who has lived In El Reno
twenty years was elected to fill the
combined office of secretary-treasurer
it being the intention to put the affairs
of the company on a systematic business-like
basis
ARRESTED SEDUCTION CHARGED
Ben Williams who lives in Union
township was arrested the first of -the
week on charges growing out of an
affair with Leila Wood The- com-
plaint which was signed by George
Wood charged seduction under prom-
ise of marriage When arraigned in
county court Monday afternoon bond
was placed at (1000 and trial set for
August 15 Williams is in the draft
and is scheduled to leave for the train-
ing camp August 26
PUT RICHLAND TOWNSHIP OVER
A committee of El Reno citizens
which included Deputy Sheriff Barker
Rev Fr Sevens and W B Stafford
made a canvass of Richland township
the latter part of the week cleaning
up the War Savings Stamps quota in
that township They raised (1005 In
their effort which places Richland
clear over the top on their quota
LOCAL MAN8 BROTHER INJURED
Dr A J West Received advice the
last of the week tnat his brother J V
West of Creighton Mo’ had been
severely wounded In thq big offensive
on' the French front The youngei
West is in the famous division of ma-
rines and is an expert marksman
SCHOOLS OPEN LABOR DAY
(Teaching Staff Selected and Build-
ings Being Repaired
The opening of the city schools of
El Reno will occur Monday September
2 the first Monday in next month A
a recent meeting of the board of edw
cation all of the contracts for the vari-
ous teacners were approved and the
work of getting the buildings In shape
for the winter’s work is now under
way A force of carpenters and work-
men are making the necessary repairs
now and Supt C E Grady states that
everything will be in readiness for the
opening day
The principal of the high school will
be C F Bradshaw of Noblesville Ind
who has been doing Y M C A work
at Camp Pike Ark during the sum-
mer months Mr Bradshaw and Sup-
erintendent Grady were -classmates
together at the Indiana state univer-
sity and has had many years’ experi-
ence in high school wfirk Mr and
Mrs Bradshaw and their baby will ar-
rive in El Keno this week
There are six school buildings in El-
Reno the high school four ward
schools and the Booker Washington a
colored school At a recent meeting
the board of county commissioners let
the contract for an addition to the col-
ored school and work will be begun
immediately The new addition Is to
tost (3000 The principal for the col-
ored school has not as yet been elect-
ed Owing to the fact that September 2
is a legal holiday Labor Day the
schools will probably be in session
Just a few minutes long enough to get
the work of organization completed
The complete list of teachers who will
serve as instructors during the com-
ing term are as follows:
C E firstly Supt High School: C F
Bradshaw principal H K Maxwell W L
Thornton M peMollna Hosp Witcher
Leona McHIll Mary V Lee Edith Clark Ed-
na Kelly M E Franklin Vlra Imogene Tin-
kelpaugh Minnie Curnutt Ophelia Over-
street and Nancy Lawrence ciade schools:
Kutli Uncli Valerie Cantley Ethel Cantley
Mildred Wood Anna Fitzgerald Sara Seott
Fern Harris Hope Wallace Lillie 1 trail Nel-
lie Waldron Adelaide Co-bv EMIier Dietz
Bernice l-aae Clara Simpkins Beulah Henry
Mamon 1 1 ant Janette Mutz Hazel Wallace
Marv Wallace J eone Allen Frances J
Young llael Hum-ey Catherine Bell Ma-
donna ITtgorald Marjorie Hays S Ella Mc-
Allister katlieime Allen Kathleen seott
lola lllcks I ury Thorp Elizabeth Martin
Minnie ConnolK Etta pale Duuclla Thorp
and Alice Buell
LOCAL BOY ON BATTLESHIP
Homer Bullard of Canadian Coun-
ty on the Louisiana
ilrs Jessie Bollard of El Reno has
jupt received' a letter from her son
Homer jatillard who is in the navy
dh tyMfVd the battleship Louisiana
Jjeyoung man has been in the serv-
ice seven months and states that he
has not been on land for so long that
he probably would not be able to walk
straight on the ground He’has writ-
ten a poem dedicated to his mother
which expresses a fine sentiment and
is full of confidence in the ability of
the Americans to win the war The
poem which is headed “A Sailor to
His Mother” is as follows:
or ronr-w1 I’ll come hack little mother
o Brush all those tears awav
We're going to plant the Stars and Stripes
In the lieait of Beilin some day
Our rolors are good fast colors
Thev've never Been known to run
I nless It Is toward the danger
And then they'll iiaie o’er the Hun
Of rourse I’ll come bark mother
Bark to our home and jou
With a dozen honor medals pinned
On my sailor’s coat ol blue
Don’t think or the mines and torpedoes
Forget the old U-boat dear
Our ship's the Louisiana
And there’s nothing: at sea we fear
or course I’ll come bark little mother
With the medals tor bravery won
And around me wrapped the colors
The colors that did not run
— W H BULLARD
Bullard is 20 years old and enlisted
in December last year He was sent
to the Great Lakes training station
but completed the course of instruc-
tion in a hurry and was placed aboard
the Louisiana In his letter to his
mother he states that he probably
will be transferred to a transport in
the near future
PULLED A FAMILY QUARREL
Chas Bohn and John Bohn broth-
ers were arrested by the county au-
thorities the latter part of last week
on charges alleging assault and the
use of profane language in the pres-
ence of women John Bohn was fined
(5 and costs in county court Monday
morning and Charles Bohn who was
not arrested until Sunday was releas-
ed on (100 bond to appear later for
trial Mr and Mrs L W White of
Kansas were visiting at the Bohn
home at the time the altercation oc-
curred which It is said was purely
a family quarrel
ETZ "GOES ACROSS"
hiTyKni Mrs Robert Bretz received
k letter from their son Bill who has
feen In training at Fort Williams
Maine that be was starting on his
journey to France The young man
stated that he was feeling fine and
weighed 155 pounds His new address
Is William E Bretz Mechanic Head-
quarters Co 72nd Regiment U S
Artillery A E F via New York
DOPE FIEND8 CAPTURED'
Six negroes two of them women
were arrested Sunday in a raid by the
sheriff’s force on the residence of
Mary White on West Hayes They
are being held In connection with an
investigation Into the source of sup-
ply of the “dope" which is being ped-
dled in El Reno ' County Attorney
Morrison and the entire force in the
sheriff’s office Is working on the case
Two of the negroes arrested were Ok-
lahoma City men Federal charges
will likely be placed against them for
the use of narcotics
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bill JBf
E8 A PZNWRIOHT
THE FIRST" EL RENO
NAME O CASUALTY LIST
The flfstTSi Reno casualty in the re-
centferrific fighting In France was
corded in the death of Charles Au-
burn Pen wrlght -gradual e of El Reno
high school in the class of 1911 and
son of the president of the board of
education
Last Friday evening El Reno citi-
zens were shocked -when a message
was received by Mr and Mrs George
Penwright 115 North Admire convey-
ing the Information that their oldest
son Charles died June 7 from wounds
received in action In the recent fight-
ing In France
Young Penwright was a member of
the famous marine corps which has
made such a distinguished and valor-
ous accounting in the fighting having
enlisted at Chicago last December
After training at Paris Island South
Carolina and at a station in West Vir-
ginia he was sent to France as a mem-
ber of the 97th company in the sixth
regiment of the United States marines
The message received by the par-
ents of the young man which was
sent by the war department read as
follows: “We regret to inform you
that your son Charles Penwright
died on June 7 from wounds received
in action The remains will be interred
in France until after the war”
Charles Auburn Penwright was born
December 8 1891 and was past 26
years old at the time of his death
Besides his parents there are left to
mourn his sad demise two sisters
Thelma and Mildred and a younger
brother Harry who Is in training at
Camp Funston Fort Riley Kapsas
Penwright was one of the best-loved
and well-liked young men of El Reno
His friends are numbered only by his
acquaintances all of whom are strick-
en at the sad death of their comrade
The entire community grieveB with
the bereaved relatives of the young
man yet it causes a thrill of pride to
know that he so courageously and
valorously laid down his life for his
country
Mr Penwright was a member of the
Christian church at El Reno A mem-
orial service will be held at that
church next Sunday August 18 at
which time a very Impressive and
solemn occasion will be conducted by
Rev Thornton
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FREE FAIR IN SEPTEMBER
Plans Being Perfected to Hold
Successful Fair This Year
With the distribution of the prem
ium lists arrangements for the Cana-
dian County Free Fair which will be
held at El Reno September 16 17 and
18 were put well under way tbe last
of the week In this issue of The
American will be found a complete list
of the premiums to be given at the an-
nual celebration -Thousands
of dollars will be dis-
tributed to Canadian county farmers
and citizens and competition in vari-
ous classes will be exceptionally strong
this year It is said
There are nine departments or
classes in which entries for the
awards will be made including horses
and mules cattle hogs poultry farm
products and fruits culinary products
boys’ and girls’ club contests fine arts
and textile displays
From the amount of interest already
being manifested there is sure to be
a successful fair this year Felix K
West who is county agent for Cana-
dian county is secretary of the fair
while L K Butts is president
The board of directors includes A
A Johnson of Yukon: J D Linder-
man route 5 J E Starbuck Hinton
Frank Selement Yukon John D Rich-
ardson Calumet L K Butts El Reno
and Mr West
Red Cross Notes
Report for July
The number of hospital shirts made
by the different branches was as fol-
lows: El Reno 224 Okarche 110
Yukon 232 Calumet 65 Piedmont
97 Mustang 34 Made by auxiliaries :
Meridian 42 Fair View 53 Niles 20
Rich Valley 25 Elm Glen 4 Mistle-
toe 67 Heaston 67 Pleasant Valley
35
The El Reno branch made 20 bed
socks end the ( alumet branch 20 Th
total output of sewing committee 1075
hospital shirts and 40 bed socks
One thousand one hundred aud fifty
hospital Bhirts were shipped to di-
vision headquarters during July
Knitted articles were made as fol-
lows: Number of helmets — Calumet
1 Okarche 1 Yukon 1 Piedmont
16 Number of mufflers: Calumet
6 Mustang 6 Piedmont 3
Number of pairs of socks: Calumet
30 Okarche 7 Mustang 35 Yukon
87 Piedmont 30
Number of sweaters: Calumet 18
Okarche 20 Mustang 17 Yukon 10
Piedmont 19 --
Number of pairs of wristlets i‘ Mus-
tang 10 Okarche T Yukon- 2 Pied
mont 12 y
The number of lr
during July was 1
her shipped was
Total number of
made during July
number of half-days
number of workers
gauze used 1700 yar
The Junior Red Crol
requested to deliver ml
Red Cross hut after 61
instead of to the Red Cl
ters as heretofore
V
'cleg made
otal num
lf t
ressings
The
Total
unt of
THE UNION CITY RED CROSS
Report for July 8howa Chapter Is
Working Energetically
The Union City Red Cross during
the month of July shipped the follow-
ing articles: Sixty-seven hospital bed
shirts 72 refugee garments 22 sweat-
ers 27 pairs socks 10 pairs wristlets
7 mufflers and 3 helmets
The ice cream social given at the
school auditorium to raise funds for
the Red Cross was well attended and
netted the sum of (6315
Mrs J L Taylor and Miss Irene
Henderson of the Prairie Queen unit
delivered to Union City during the
month of July 4 sweaters a pair of
wristlets one refugee garment 27 hos-
pital bed shirts and 14 pairs of socks
Rev P P Shaffer has donated to
the Red Cross workers a new sewing
machine for which we are grateful
A new supply of sweater yarn has
been received and everyone wishing
to knit any of the necessary articles
will call at the work room on Wednes-
day or Saturday afternoons Any sup-
plies wanted may be secured on these
days
Mrs Ccates Mrs Hackley Mrs Kir-
by Mrs Algers Mrs M S Legg Mrs
A M Mahan and Mrs Nick Hentzen
finished up all told fifty-six refugee
garments last month
Fifty hospital bed shirts were deliv-
ered during July by Mrs John Armour
Mrs Felt Petree Mrs Geo Caldwell
Anna Algers Mrs- F M Kirby Mrs
Nick Hentzen and Mrs 11 S Armold
Knitted articles were turned in dur-
ing the month of July by the following
ladies :
Mrs D S Armold ( pair sox Mrs J 1
Boss 7 pairs socks Mrs J Conrad t pair
sox Mrs L Fulirlng 3 wristlets Mrs A
Fullring t sweater 1 pair sox Mrs J L
Tuxrord t sweater Mrs J McIntyre t
sweater Mrs I K Wallace 4 sweaters
Mrs Henry Lendernian t sweater Mrs O
C Crum I sweater Mrs E B tlaekley 1
murrici- Mrs Jolm Conrad Sr 1 pair sox
Mrs Albert Boss 1 sweater Mrs I Keel-
ing 4 pairs socks Mrs D A tiatz t sweat-
er Mrs Fred Dries 1 pair sox Mrs O w
Lord 1 pair wristlets Mrs M P Kelly I
niul Tier Mrs E M Welding 8 pairs socks
Mrs M O Sanders 1 pair wristlets Mrs
Herman k Upper t sweater Mrs P Kramer
t pair sox Mamie Algers 4 murders draco
Caldwell 2 sweaters Mable Caldwell 2
sweaters Blanch Sanders 2 helmets An-
nie Holinger 1 helmet Mary Hentzen 1
sweater: Mary McIntyre 1 mutTler Emma
Mushaven t sweater Francis Bocvers 1
wash cloth Knrrls Petree t sweater Agnes
McIntyre t sweater Sllivl Lamons 1 muff-
ler Carrie Vogel t sweater Florence Vo-
gel 1 helmet Elmer Boss I mudler
MRS HERMAN DITTMER DIES
One of El Reno’s Most Popular
Women Passed Away
Funeral services for Mrs Ethel
Dittmer deceased wife of Herman
Dittmer of the Canadian Mills were
held Tuesday afternoon at the First
Methodist church conducted by the
pastor Rev Fred M Stephenson A
large concourse of friends gathered to
pay their respects to a person who
perhaps was held in higher esteem
than Hny other one person in the city
Floral offerings were many and beau-
tiful and an impressive service was
had Burial was in El Reno cemetery
Mrs Dittmer about five weeks ago
was stricken with a disease which
necessitated an operation She was
removed to the Barnes hospital at St
Louis and everything that medical
aid could do was done but to no avail
and on last Sunday morning at 8:15
she quietly passed to her reward Mr
Dittmer was with her at the time of
her demise and returned to El Reno
with the remains arriving here Mon-
day Ethel Cates daughter of Mr and
Mrs J R Cates was born in Arkan-
sas November 23 1882 and died Sun-
day morning August 11 1918 She
was 35 years 8 months and 18 days
old at the time of her death She was
married in February 1905 at Clarks-
ville Ark to Herman Dittmer and
removed to Tulsa where they resided
for a short time before coming to El-
Reno where they have since lived
She leaves to mourn her departure
the husband Herman Dittmer: two
sisters Mrs Amanda Kendall of Hart-
man Ark and Mrs Nannie Stumbol
of Clarksville Ark four brothers J
P Cates Weatherford Okla W T
Cates Hartman Ark: J W Cates
Lindsay Okla and G R Cates Ato-
ka Okla
Deceased was an active worker in
the missionary societies of El Reno
and her devotion to the cause was the
inspiration of all those who knew her
She was also a member of the ladies’
auxiliary of the U C T U of which
her husband is a member She was
devoted to her home faithful to her
friends and this spring was very ac-
tive in the war work of the women’s
section of the council of defense
In the death of Mrs Dittmer a great
host of El Reno people realize they
have lost one of the best friends they
ever had one who was held in the
highest regard by all who knew her
The stricken husband and the bereav-
ed relatives have the deepest sym-
pathy of the entire community in their
sad hour
IT RAINED-LAST YEAR
On August 7 1917 Canadian county
was blessed with more than an inch of
rain But the same story would not
pass for this year The only two days
in August this year so far on which
rain fell in El Reno was on August 7
and 8 On the 7th nine one-hundredths
of an inch of moisture blessed the
withering crops while on the 8th of
August there fell eight one-hundredths
of an inch All this according to the
rain guage at the Citizens National
bank'
— wan —
-ERROR IN PREMIUM LIST
- On page 30 of the premium list fo
Ithe Canadian county free fair prem
turn No 130 should have been omitted
and premium No 182 should read (lr
in merchandise given for the best pec1
of hard wheat instead of (10 ash
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CHANGES IN FAIR PRICES
Canadian County Food Adminis-
tration Regulating Profits
At a meeting of the fair price com-
mittee of the Canadian county food ad-
ministration held August 12 the fol-
lowing price on mill feeds was estab-
lished: Bran price to consumer (185
per 100 lbs mixed feed to consumer
(190 per 100 lbs
The wholesale price of flour per
barrel was set at (1063 allowing the
retailer a profit of 80 cents which
makes a barrel of flour to the con-
sumer cost (1143 Thus 48-pound
sacks of flour would cost (285 while
a 12-pound sack would cost 80c
Sugar prices were scheduled at (859
per 100 pounds as a wholesale basis
which would make the retail price to
the consumer 19 cents for two pounds
and (245 for each 25 pounds
The fair price committee urges that
farmers buy their bran and mixed
feeds in bulk and thereby Bave 26 cents
per1 100 pounds
LOCAL MOTHERS ORGANIZE
El Reno Mothers of Soldiers Per
feet Their Organization
“I think I hi- whole country has aiirr-
rlulrd the way In whirl! women hair
risen In this tirrat neeaslon 'they hme
not only dune wlnil they hme hern usk-
rd In do and dune It with ardor and
rrtif-lrney hut they have shown a
power to urnanlzr fur dulnfl thlniis no
Ihrlr own inillaliie which Is quite a dif-
ferent thing and a very uiiieli more dlf-
tleult thing I think the whole eniin-
trv has admired the spirit and the rapa-
city and thr drinllnn of I lie women of
the Initril Blair- It purs wllhuut say-
ing that tlir eiiiintry depends upon wo-
- men for a large part ot the Inspiration
of Its life that Is obvious Ilut It Is
now- depending iimm Ihe women also
for siiggrsllons of serxlrr whlrh hair
been rendered In ahiinilanre and with
Ihr ilMlni-liuii of originality’’— Wood-
row Wilson
When thirty-three El Reno mothers
of sons now in the service met at the
home of Mrs Comfort Tuesday after-
noon Mrs Richard F Drake state
president of the Oklahoma division ot
the War Mothers’ Association of
America who lives at Oklahoma City
presented the charter for the El Reno
organization which was perfected last
week
The El Reno ladies very enthusias-
tic are making a campaign for more
members inviting all El Reno mothers
of soldiers or sailors to become active
members and urging wives and sisters
of soldier or sailors to become asso-
ciate members It is believed that a
memheiship of 175 will be attained by
next Tuesday when the society will
meet at the Carnegie library
The object of the organization as
expressed in its constitution are “To
make more effective all war work in-
cluding food conservation war financ-
ing aiding the Red Cross assisting in
promoting a universal spirit of pa-
triotism and to render mutual sym-
pathy while the sons are in the mili-
tary service of our country”
It is proposed to hold a state-wide
convention at Oklahoma City in the
near future when delegates will be in-
vited to attend from all over the state
The motto of the organization is:
Our Sons We Give That Freedom May
Live”
ROCK ISLAND BRAKEMAN DIES
Succumbing to a relapse in a severe
attack of typhoid the death of J F
Braddy 29 years old a Rock Island
brakeman occurred early Monday
morning The remains were shipped
to Marlow Monday afternoon where
interment was had Mr and Mis
Braddy came to El Reno about a month
ago from Enid Before coming here
Mr Braddy took sick with typhoid
but was getting better at the time
they moved But immediately after
arriving in El Reno he suffered a ic-
lapse his demise occurring Monday
He was a brakeman on the Oklahoma
division and resided at 414 South
Rock Island where his death occurred
He is survived by his wife
COUNCIL TO AIDSCOMING DRAFT
Registration of Oklahoma boys be-
tween the ages of 18 and 21 and the
men between the ages of 31 and 45
for the coming draft will doubtless be
authorized by congress In a joint
letter to county councils throughout
the state Major Eugene M Kerr of
the adjutant general’s office and
Chairman J M Aydelotte of the Ok-
lahoma state council of defense have
urged each county council to appoint
a committee of three men to confer
with the local exemption board to ar-
range for and superintend this regis-
tration which will be under the direc-
tion of county and district registrars
four NURSE£'ENROLLED
At the recruiting station for student
purses lastweek four ladies made at -plication-'for
this branch of the wo-mea’s-'war
work They were Misses
Katie Young and Angela Bauman of
Okarche Miss Frances E Joiner 509
South Barker and Mrs Higgins of El-
Reno Mrs John E Gallagher in
charge of the recruiting stated that
while the station was now closed she
would be glad to receive applications
from nurses contemplating joining the
work and would send their requests
direct to Washington
AGENT8 MUST SHOW AUTHORITY
“Has your company the permission
of the capital issues committee to sell
this stock" should be on the lips- of
every person in Oklahoma who is ap-
proached by oil mining or other stock
agqnts If they say t’yes" make them
produce it This Aas the warning
sent out by the statx council ot de
’ense a fortnight agoland on recelp'
’his week of a similar caution fror
Asa E Ramsay chairman of the dip
rict committee of thecapltal issuer
’ommlttee at Kansas 'City letter'
-ere addressed to all county counci’
-skin them to give the matter wld
publicity -
A CALL FOR MORE SOLDIERS
County Exemption Board to Bend
One Hundred Men
W M Redder chairman of the Cana-
dian county exemption board received
orders Tuesday to send five men for
limited service work to Camp Dodge
Des Moines Iowa The orders from
the adjutant general call for entrain-
ment in a two-day period beginning -August
30
Mr Redder is busy traveling over
Canadian county getting the local reg-
istration boards in each precinct lined
up for the next registration which will
occur September 15 "Thla registra-
tion will include” saya the chairman
of the county board “those men com-
ing within the new age limits in the
bill which is now before congress”
The provost general's department has
issued orders to get machinery In
shape as the bill is sure to pass and
the necessary blanks etc are being
printed now The only point that has
not been settled as yet is the new ages
which will be specified '
Receiving notice to send 100 men to
training camps during the week begin-
ning August 26 Chairman Redder has
railed the following select men Includ-
ing fifteen substitutes who will en-
tiain the last week of August These
men are ail residents of Canadian
county and are as follows:
Lee Boil WINdii William M Guagal
lulu) I’ Ilothfi- Charley earn Miner Tlioijiaa
Burini-ler Charlea W Wlnilgate Everett
I'niK'll Burns o Mershberger Frank Bla-
well Edgar James Abies Jolm A MacMillan
Charley J Satuek Ira V Beasley Fred J
Inreiizen Loren E Wise Edward H Batter-
man Carl thicker George Kleeper Edmond
C Peterson Thomas II Patman Edward H
smith clcn Zlzler Harold K Heivly Leslie
l Fitzgerald Peter A HurgellotOs Wm H
keylon Hold E Mark Fd Alberton Frank
Conway James E Hrainlett Samuel G Ten-
limit A II Alih-rii-UI Adolph Constlen Sam-
nel II Beynolds Henry J Lyons J Ken-
neth Downey W O felalr Franklin Crabb
Hubert palmer Adolph N Zwelarher Clar-
ence T Peterson James E Wells John N '
Gerew n B liuest Win Seharrer Harry O
Drake Christian J Hansen John J Beaver
inner S sprunger George E Sheets John
K Meoper Bern A Jurkson McKinley Grant
Marry Albert Mlnrowe Win P Sherman
Lonnie A Hnush William I Bennett Floyd
E Jones Charley G Winners lafey 8
M-m-lrong George C Beynolds Harry L
Means Clifton T Seott Loren E Moore
H'cd H knopp llarlie Wilson Harrison I
Blagg Orle E Tailor Herman H Girard
Arha II Hale Herman J Hnchleman Abra-
ham I Trynn Frank McCoy Benjamin F
Williams Amos Tilley Clinton C Nelson
Joseph Hair Frank I tlenrU-ksen Theodore
Hamm Barney A New son Laurence Wm
Whelan Herman N Lorenzen Joseph F
I each line Walr ltohln-oii Hubert R Bur- '
nett Joseph Young Glen Earl Windham
David Aubrey Willis II Bull John Wm AT-
renlraiiger llenry Y eneck Arthur H Curtis
Bussell O Tailor Lewis John Vogel John
F Schmidt John Dan McHenry John B
Dai Is Wm II lal-allctte Glen Slekler
Frank Joseph Maeli Jim Dan YVilkerson
Thomas F Biller Jolm N Welding Forest
Mi-lioiiald Phillip A Payton YY’lllle Ballard
Thomas P Taylor Geo William Davidson
Clarence Kepler Herman H Klepper Leo
Andrew Gappa Clarence Pvejkovsky Bern-
ardt YVIeman Finley M Boss
AN ADVANCE IN THE PRICE
Subscription Rate of The Ameri-
can Raises September 15
Much as it Is regretted the publish-
ers of The American are forced to
make announcement of a raise in sub-
scription of the big weekly to take ef-
fect on and after September 15
Following notice of a raise in price
of print paper came advices from
wholesale houses that stocks of paper
on hand were getting scarce Con-
tracts were immediately made for a
long-time supply but at much increas-
ed prices
And along with the paper situation
there faces publishers a mounting
scale of prices for everything con-
nected with the manufacture of an up-to-date
paper It costs many times as
much to get out The American now as
it did a few years ago
There had been a hope that these
conditions would not obtain for long
but each passing day proves the fallacy
of that hope We had thought we
could protect our subscribers from an
advance in the price of The American
but it can’t be done
On and after September 15 The -American
in Canadian county will be
sold for (150 per year Outside the
county the price will be (250 a year '
However up until September 15 re-
newal subscriptions may be paid at
the old rate of a dollar and you will
be permitted to subscribe for one year
in advance at the old rate
We can protect you to that extent
All renewals or back subscription
must be paid up by September j5 to
get in on the old rate After ' that
time all renewals will be charged fof
at the new rate of (150 a year
FED FIVE HUNDRED MEN
When he turned out 491 men in an
hour &nd fortj-mlnute8 Mr Favreau
of tbe Grleri'eating house established
a rooortT'for fast feeding that is excep- -t
ion ally good The men were drafted '
soldiers from the eastern side of the
state who came through El Reno
Thursday night The train arrived
about 10 o’clock and was on its way
long before 12 The canteen service
committee of the Red Cross furnished '
several tubs full of iced tea to the boys
and the canteen hut was freely patron-
ized by the soldiers And every one
ot them was well pleaseu with the
treatment accorded them by El Reno
TO EXHIBIT TRe'nCH PERISCOPE
A trench periscope through which
American soldiers today are looking
across the waste of No Man’s Land
and into the German positions will be
one of the many interesting exhibits
to be shown at the Oklahoma Btate
fair and exposition September 21 to
28 Another detail of the exhibit
which will he of interest to every visi-
tor to the state fair will be a complete
set of day and night signal rockets-
These are fired by occupants ot the
’ront line trenches to notify the artUl-
iry at the rear to put down barrages
xnd to keep headquarters informed of
'activities in front ot the lines
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Bronson, E. S. The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1918, newspaper, August 15, 1918; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1784248/m1/1/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.