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VOLUME 28— NUMBER 36
(TEN PAQE8)
EL RENO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AUGUST 11 1921
(TEN PAGES)
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MERCHANTS TO MEET
DEFICIT ON FAIR BLDG
Notea Being Signed Up for Com-
pletion of Improvement —
Lion Indorse Plan
Business men of El Reno will back
the new fair building to the limit It
was shown at the luncheon of the
Lions club Tuesday noon when by a
unanimous vote the proposition of get-
ting 60 merchants to sign up notes of
3100 each to guarantee the completion
-of the building was carried A num-
ber of the notes have already been
signed up and all of the citizens will
be given a chance to sign up during
the week
The necessity of providing more
funds was brought before the club by
J Y Taylor chairman of the fair cone
mittee who stated that at a meeting
of the fair committee and fair asso-
ciation it was voted that the building
be made fireproof rather tharf- to un-
dergo the risk furnished by a frame
building The contractor was ordered
to build the structure substantial
enough “to last a hundred years” and
is proceeding along that line It is
thought that between $2500 and $3000
will be needed in addition to the funds
already provided to finish the building
and the $5000 to be raised by the note
method will meet all possible needs it
is thought
Notes Are Loans
The notes to be given will be In
the nature of a loan it was explained
at the meeting of the Lions and a
number of methods are being planned
to pay them off CH Tompkins stated
that plana were under way for a horse
thow to be held in the building a short
time after the fair and he believes
that In the neighborhood of $1600 can
be eat ned In this way Stock sales and
basketball games will also provide rev-
enue to retire the notes E C King
of the King Motor company Is mak-
ing plans for an auto show sometime
during the fail
Although only a little more than a
month remains before (he opening of
the fair the contractors give the as-
surance that the building will be in
readiness for the event The present
plane are to build only the main col-'1
iseum and two wings this year while
the other two will be added next year
Mr Taylor stated that arrangements
had been made with the Oklahoma Gas
r Electric company for the running
of an electric line to the grounds
while J W Shartell manager of the
Oklahoma Railway company has giv-
en assurances that he will provide ex-
tra switches if necessary in order "to
provide trackage for cars of cattle
for exhibition
RATE HEARING IN PROGRESS
The most important railroad rate
hearing of recent years is in progress
at Oklahoma City before E I Lewis
member of the interstate commerce
commission Washington D C The
hearing is on the application of the
steam railroads of Oklahoma for res-
toration of intrastate freight and pas-
senger rates which were in force prior
to June 10 1921 when the Oklahoma
Corporation commission lowered the
freight rates 35 per cent passenger
rates 20 per cent and removed the 50
per cent Pullman fare surcharge The
railroads claim that the action of the
commission reduces freight and pas-
senger rates between points in Okla-
homa to a level much lower than in-
terstate rates prevailing between
points in Kansas Missouri Arkansas
Texas and Oklahoma points This the
carriers contend lays an undue bur-
den upon interstate commerce and
discriminates against interstate rates
The railroads put high railway offi-
cials on the stand to testify that in-
terstate freight rates from outside
points into Oklahoma are from 35 to
100 per cent higher than rates for like
distances between points lying wholly
within Oklahoma This the carriers
contend creates an undue advantage
in favor of jobbing points and business
men in Oklahoma Reduction of the
passenger and Pullman fares by the
Oklahoma commission also makes the
fares paid by persons traveling be-
tween points in Oklahoma much lower
than the fares paid by persons travel-
ing in the same trains between points
in surrounding states and Oklahoma
the railroads contend
GRANGES RESUMING MEETINGS
After suspension of several weeks
during the harvest season the various
grange organizations over the county
are preparing to resume regular meet-
ings Announcement comes to this of-
fice from the Pleasant View Grange to
the effect that it will meet Friday
night August 12 Ladies are asked to
bring cakes to the meeting and the
officers extend an urgent invitation
for every membr to be present From
Banner the word comes that the
grange at that place will meet this
evening at 8:15 At this meeting a
new lecturer will be elected and sev-
eral committees are to report The
members will also complete arrange-
ments for the sending of a band of
workers to El Reno to assist in the
completion of the new fair building
BUYS UNION CITY STORE
Sale of the M P Kelly general mer-
chandise store at Union City was re-
ported Monday by Mr Kelly while on
a business visit here E O Hadley
of Medford is the new owner Mr Kel-
ly has operated the store for the past
20 years and will take an extended
vacation in the north this fall and in
Corpus Christ! and other Texas points
during the winter
NEW AGENTS INSTALLED
As a result of the heavy increase of
business on the St touts El Reno &
Western railway since the manage-
ment passed into the hands of K EL
Humphrey receiver the placing of de-
Kt agents at Richland and Lockridge
e been necessitated Joe Walker
has assumed the duties at the station
et Richland and Mr Phillips fit Lock-
War Martyr to Be
Buried Here Today
CLYDE O HOFFMAN
Wounded by a machine gun bullet
during the 8L Mlhlel drive in France
on' September 14 1918 First Ser-
geant Clyde O Hoffman son of A
L Hoffman of this city was one of
the early martyrs from El Reno in
the recent conflict death coming the
day after he was wounded The
body of the fallen hero arrived in
El Reno Tuesday morning and funer-
al services will be held this after-
noon at 2 o’clock from the Elks’
home in full military form under the
direction of the American Legion
Hoffman was a member of Com-
pany K 357th Infantry being induct-
ed into the service from Ardmore in
September 1917 He was advanced
from private to sergeant before
leaving Texas an upon his' arrival
overseas was fuade a first sergeant
His death came near the rFench vil-
lage of Fayenhaye The deceased
was bron in Adams county 111 in
1893 and came to El Reno in 1908
He was educated in the school here
and went to Ardmore in the spring
of 1917 to accept a position which
he held until his entry into military
’service
Funeral services will be held un-
der the direction of the Christian
Science church hereAthe service be-
ing read by Mrs C F1 Redans The
body will then be taken to Geary for
burial beside the mother of the boy
ANOTHER PRAIRIE DOG POISON
In many places in Canadian county
the farmers have taken steps to rid
their farms of the prairie dog infesta-
tion by the use of poisoned grain and
found this means partly effective How-
ever a fev of the animals always es-
cape this method and the killing of
the remainder by the tile of carbon bi-
sulphide is recommended by Benj J
Me’ ton rodent expert of the biologcial
survey In using this method Mr Mel-
ton advises taking 32 partly opened
cotton bolls or horse droppings plac-
ing them in a friction top gallon syrup
bucket and pouring a quart of the car-
bon bisulphide over them One of
these should then be rolled down each
hole and the hole covered and the
gas will usually prove effectual in kill-
lug the remaining animals This
is not recommended until after the
poisoned grkin has been used as it is
too expensive
STOVES FOR TOURIST PARK
As a member of the tourist park
committee of the chamber of com-
merce M A Ashbrook is at work this
week drawing up plans for a new cook
house for the use of the motorists
who wish to camp in the park The
plans include brick ovens constructed
in euch a way that they can be used
by four parties at once the ovens be-
ing covered by a neat shelter The
chamber of commerce intends to build
the Improvement during the coming
year'
KANRED WHEAT PAY8
Reports from various sections of the
county where Kanred wheat has been
harvested are to the effect that the
yields of this variety are far better
than the other kinds Frank Brandt
who resides between Geary and Calu-
met writes that his wheat averaged
from 86 to 38 bushels 1 to the acre
which was nearly 18 bushels more per
acre than the fields' adjoining him
which was seeded to' other varieties
In the Okarche vicinity severifi farm-
ers report splendid' yields
MAY PROTEST DRAIN DITCH
Protests by farmers involved’ In the
Clark drainage district' along the
North Canadian river east of the elty
have until September In which to
file protests on the matter the board
of county commissioners having set
that date for the final hearing of any
protests which may arise Several
farmers have stated some objections
but have not filed them in written
form
INSPECT ENID LIGHTING 8Y8TEM
A trip of inspection of the Enid
white way system of illumination was
made by N I Garrison president of
the chamber of commerce City Com-
missioner Emery Barker and the
Lions club civic improvement com-
mittee coin posed of F H Morris E
H Breuer j C Jlubbard and Dr E
EtWiac Tuesday -
TWO BUILDING? GOING UP
Mill Office and Marland Filling
Station in Construction (
Two new business building are now
in course of construction in El Reno
which are adding materially to the
surroundings 'of their respective loca-
tions The new office building wf the
bl Reno Mill A Elevator company is
approaching completion on the site
east of the mill property This build-
ing is a one-story concrete structure
with basement under its entire length
The mill laboratory and the offices of
the St Louis El Reno & Western rail-
way will be located in the basement
while the upper floor will be devoted
to the business of the mill and of the
six Bakerite bakeries owned and op-
erated by the mill in this state
The other improvement is the new
Ailing station being constructed by the
Marland Refining company at the cor-
ner of Choctaw avenue and Wade
street Replacing an old shack which
has been an eyesore for many years
this station which Is of brick with
ornamental fixtures is being greeted
with great satisfaction by the citizens
Progress on the improving of the
interurban tracks through the paved
streets is going forward slowly the
task being a big one on account of the
bau shape in which they had been al-
lowed to deteriorate One gang
of laborers is working on South Rock
Island avenue from Cavanaugh north-
ward while another gang is working
on WeBt Wade
ESCAPED PRISONER IS BACK
CetHl Fletcher Who Broke Jail
Last Week Gives Up
Prompted by the advice of his father
Cecil Fletcher one of the two prison-
ers who escaped from the county jail
here on Wednesday of last week re-
turned to the Jail from his home at
Ilinton Tuesday and gave himself up
to the county officials Nothing haa
been heard of Homer Jackson the oth-
er prisoner who was held under a
charge of assault with attempt to kill
According to Fletcher’s story Jack-
eon cut the hole in the ceiling of the
jail and made good his escape The
former who is only about 17 years of
age followed a few minutes later go-
ing from here directly to his home at
Hinton His father who is one of the
leading citizens of Hinton however
asked him to return for trial and the
boy finally yielded to the request He
was arraigned in the county conrt on
Tuesday and gave bond of $1000 for
appearance at trial on August 17 He
was charged with obtaining money un-
der false pretences at Calumet
The sheriff’s force believe that Jack-
son the other prisoner was a crimi-
nal with a bad record behind him
Fletcher states that he never saw the
man after he left the jail
WANT8 SEED WHEAT
A lucrative market for all of the
surplus supply of Kanred wheat rais-
ed in this county during the year will
be furnished"this fall believes Couniy
Agent Felix K West He has receiv-
ed inquiries for three car loads of the
wheat from Washita and for one car
at Purcell ny farmer having a sur-
plus is asked to bring samples to the
county agent's office Anyone desir-
ing their seed tested for purity and
germination may get this service free
of charge by tending a quart -of the
seed to the astronomy department of
the state A & M college at Stillwa-
ter OKARCHE 80LDIER BURIED
Impressive funeral services were
held on Wednesday of last week at
Okarche for William Nathan Smith
who was killed in action in France on
September 22 1918 The body arrived
at Okarche Tuesday and the services
were in charge of the American Le-
gion the last rites being held in the
legion hall which was decorated with
the national colors Special music was
rendered by Post Commander Paul
Loosen Junior Thompson and Mrs L
A Garner of El Reno Rev F W Ol-
11s of the Congregational church gave
the address Interment was at Kingfisher
NEW $400000 WATER SYSTEM IS ACCEPTED BY
' CITY— MOST COMPLETE IN STATE SAY EXPERTS
Since civilization first began to man-
ifest itself in the grouping of people
together in villages the water supply
has been a big item in the growth of
any municipality For this reason
practically all of the cities were lo-
cated along streams lakes or close to
big springs With the advance in en-
gineering knowledge enabling the pip-
ing of the necessary fluid for great
distances townbuilders have been
more Independent of a location
In the acceptance of the new $400-
000 waterworks system from the con-
tractors last Friday by the city com-
missioners another important chap-
ter in the history of the city of El Re-
no was ended and a new one is being
started wherein the usually vexatious
water question is decisively solved
El Reno has always depended on
wells for her water supply and unlike
other cities of the state which have
had to resort to the unsatisfactory sup-
ply from rivers she is ever guaran-
teed a pure' cold and abundant supply
free from detrimental minerals The
valley of the North Canadian is un-
derlaid with a water-bearing gravel
bed and by means of drilled wells to
a depth of about 60 feet a supply of
water far in excess of the 2000000
gallons dally supply needed is avail-
able Plans 8tarted In 4919
The iflrft steps for the establishment
of a new system were taken by the El
Reno $4ons qtub‘ In 1919 when a dry
sqnjiner’ reduced the pressure so low
j SUES B I FOR NEW CAR
$1985 Damages Asked — Says His
Auto Was Demolished
Alleging that through the negligence
of the Rock Island railway company
bis $1985 Mitchell car was struck by
one of the company’s trains and al-
most demolished L B Thompson has
brought suit In the district court this
week for damages In the sum of $1985
He states that when driving the car at
the railway crossing two miles north-
east of Bridgeport on September 2 of
last year he killed his engine on ac-
count of the rough condition of the
crossing and that an approaching
train failed to sound a warning whistle
until only a short distance away and
struck th ecar hurling i into a canyon
nearby
Two divorce contests were heard
in the district court last week by Judge
JI Phelps In the suit of Cate vs
Cate the court took the matter under
advisement until September 5 A Judg-
ment was ordered against Mrs Cate
for the court costs which will be a
lien upon her property until paid In
the suit of Turpin vs Turpin the pe-
titions of both parties were denied
and the case was ordered to remain
the same as before filing The plain-
tiff will pay all costs
Several new divorce suits have been
filed during the week Rose Bailey in
a suit against Karl Bailey charges
abandonment and asks for restora-
tion of maiden name of Rose Sharp
and for $25 per month permanent ali-
mony Bessie Potter alleges unfalth-
fulnts and abandonment by John Pot-
ter in her petitioh Durham S Dawson
aUeges in his petition that he was mar-
ried in 1916 to Aselia Dawson and that
the defendant has been guilty of cruel-
ty and neglect Flo Olson has brought
divorce proceedings against Silas S
Olson on similar grounds
GRANGE FIELD MEET WED
Everybody Invited to Attend Big
Meeting in Tourist Park
- Speaking by a man of national prom-
inence a big basket dinner music
athletic events bathing and fishing
will be features contributing to the
good time to be spent at Tourist park
on Wednesday of next week when the
(seven grange organizations of the
county will be hosts to all other citi-
zens of the county who can attend
John A McSparran master of the
Pennsylvania state grfcnge for the past
seven years will be the speaker of
the afternoon
In the forenoon fishing swimming
and other outdoor sports will be en-
gaged in followed by a big basket
dinner at the noon hour Speaking
will be taken up immediately after the
dinner Mr McSparran who was the
leading representative of the farm in-
terests in congress for four years will
speak on national interests in which
the agriculturists are concerned He
is said to be original forceful and a
fearless speaker
Following the speaking athletic con-
tests will be engaged in For the boys
there will be 50 and 100-yard dashes
and broad and high jumping The
girls will have 35 and 60-yard dashes
and baseball throw" for accuracy
and distance Appropriate prizes will
be given the winners A tug-of-war
will conclude this part of the program
each grange selecting a team of four
men two above and two below 30
years of age
The committee in charge of the day
is calling upon every patron of hus-
bandry to help make' the meeting a
success by advertising and cooperat-
ing in every way possible Everybody
in the county has been extended an
invitation to attend bringing well-filled
baskets for the dinner The city
has been busy the past two weeks
cleaning up the ten-acre tourist park
located at the bridge one mile north
of the city and at present plenty of
room for a big crowd is available The
El Reno Ice company has offered to
furnish sufficient ice for ice water
during the day while cold drink stands
will be on the grounds
Robert Crowley of Calumet was a
business visitor here yesterday
as to seriously increase the fire haz-
ard while the sprinkling of lawns was
discontinued In co-operation with the
city commissioners the Lions investi-
gated the needs and went before the
citizens asking for a bond issue of
$400000 in order to provide for the
next decade or two The bonds went
over with little opposition and the
firm of Bums & McDonnell consulting
engineers were engaged to oversee the
big Job
' Layne A Bowler of Memphis Tenn
drilled the wells sinking a total of
five one near the old pump stations
and four on the north side of the river
The Canady-Prlce Construction com-
pany of Tulsa were the general con-
tractors In brief the system consists of a
collecting system of five wells each
with electric motor emptying into a
million-gallon covered concrete res-
ervoir and a distribution system of
two triple expansion duplex steam
pumps of a capacity of two and a quar-
ter million gallons a day each together
with many miles of mains seven miles
having been included in the contract
just finished
Engines Are In Duplicate
The engine house is located on the
old waterworks tract Jyst north of the
city with the big reservoir adjacent
to It A railroad track runs to It in
order that coal for the engines may be
unloaded at the plant To side the build-
ing are two 156-horsepower boilers
connecting with tbe- eagiaap and a
SCHOOL TO OPEN SEPT 6TH
Practically All Teachers Elected
for Coming Term
School in El Reno is scheduled to
open on Tuesday September 6 accord-
ing to Supt C E Grady who states
that practically all of the teachers have
been elected for the year with the ex-
ception of the primary department La-
bor day will be observed as a holiday
although the various teachers will be
in their rooms to meet with the par-
ents in enrolling the pupils
Instead of using -the Rasp property
recently purchased as a site for the
new high school addition in which to
hold classes the board at its last meet-
ing voted to erect a temporary frame
building between the high school build-
ing and the Rasp house and rent the
latter building This action was tak-
en because it is thought that cutting
it up into class rooms would interfere
considerably with Its salability The
temporary class rooms will be built of
Jumber which will later be used in the
'construction of the new addition
Nothing further has been done to-
ward sale of the bonds latest market
reports quoting them at about $82 on
the $100 Although the new improve-
ments are badly needed the school
board is determined to wait until the
bonds will bring face value and thus
save the necessity of a big loss by the
taxpayers
CLEANUP SQUAD IN ACTION
Five Experts Assisting Ex-Soldiers
Clean Up Claims
Ex-service men of Canadian Grady
Blaine and Kingfisher counties who
have claims of any kind against the
government are getting them taken
care of with such dispatch as to make
them dizzy here this week the quin-
tet of government experts known as
the Cleanup Squad having arrived yes-
terday morning for a two days’ period
in assisting the former soldiers of
the four counties in getting their
claims attended to The equad Is tour-
ing the whole country and will be in
Oklahoma during the present month
Any former soldier who has not
been satisfied with his treatment by
the government or who desires addi-
tional help of any kind is urged to call
at the Red Cross office today in order
to be examined or to furnish the infor-
mation necessary to get additional
claims The party here consists of a
Red Cross nurse an expert from the
bureau of war risk Insurance a gov-
ernment physician a Red Cross expert
and a vocational board representative
All local men are requested to visit
the office as early in the day as pos-
sible in order to clear the way for out-of-town
visitors who may cgme The
Red Cross office is located in the base-
ment of the courthouse
'MISS kegelman wins auto
By a margin of almost 4000000
votes Miss Rena Kegelman advanced
from second place and won out m the
auto contest at the Butts Hardware
store here which closed at 4 o’clock
Saturday afternoon and won in conse-
quence the Overland automobile offer-
ed to the winner The contest attract-
ed a large crowd to the city Miss Keg-
elman had 5947100 votes Saturday
morning and a total of 8691000 were
added to this figure during the day
making a total of 14639000 The oth-
er contestants were as follows: Roy
Mitchell 10937400 Lenora Harper
Biggert 10831800 Flora Mathis 6-
791200 Helen Thompson 5557600
Mrs Homer Lord 5022800 Frank
Bowers 3973000 Josephine Layton
2301700 Katherine Compton 2321-
200 ENGINEERS FORM PARTNERSHIP
El Reno now has a firm of consult-
ing engineers A ti Kindricl who has
been in El Reno for the past year as
supervising engineer of the water-
works construction for Burns & Mc-
Donnell having formed a partnership
with J C Calhoun during the past
week Mr Kindrick will specialists
in civil engineering work while Mr
Calhoun will continue as a mechanical
engineering expert They have rooms
on the second floor of the city hall
building
complete electric generator supplying
current for lighting the entire Bystem
and power for the motors at the five
wells Everything is in duplicate in
order to insure contnued service in
the event of a break-down of one side
of the system The engine house has
space for the providing of additional
machinery in case a larger water sup-
ply is desired
In the inspection of the new plant by
engineers from the Burna-McDonnell
company the report shows that after
a very thorough test of all the machin-
ery at varying load nothing but a
few minor additions remain to put the
plant in perfect mechanical condition
The engineers state that the plant i
one of the most complete and modern
in the state the building of the sys-
tem in duplicate being found only in
rare cases
Has Million-Gallon Reserve
Heretofore the consumption of wa-
ter here has been about 500000 gal-
lons daily The Rock Island railway
states that it wishes to purchase about
the same amount daily for operating
purposes This will leave a reserve of
a million gallons daily for emergen-
cies and to provide for the anticipat-
ed growth of the city in the next few
years
In order to keep the plant in perfect
mechanical condition the city commis-
sioners at the meeting Friday accept-
ed the proposition of Engineers' A H
Kindrick and J C Calhoun 'ttj Ynaker
monthly teste 'with their hydfSalip in-
dicators -- ’- sjto !
MASTODON BONE FOUND
Evidences of the fact that Ok-
lahoma once abounded in pre-
historic ii!onhrrs of immense
size is borne in the fragment of a
bone of one of the mammoths
which was found along the
North Canadian river about ten
miles northwest of Watonga fol-
lowing the big rise of last fall
The bone is on display in the
windows of the American office
having been brought to El Reno
Monday by its owner W H Gil-
btri cf Watonga Mr Gilbert Is
'a -cn of W W Gilbert of this
city and he found the bone
while hunting ducks last fall
There being no animal experts
here who are acquainted with
the anatomy of the mastodon-
sauiious dlnotherium mam-
moth or whatever the animal
may have been just what part
of the “critter” the bone belong-
ed to has not been decided How-
ever some of the local butchers
have deliberated upon the ques i
tion and arrived at the conclus- i
ion that it is a hip-joint if the '
extinct animal ever possessed a I
hip Any other citizens who
may have any information along
the zoological ornithiloglcal or
dinosaurical lines are welcome
to come in and give their diag-
nosis of the case
LIONS MAKE GOOD RECORD
District Governor Praises Local
Men for Accomplishments
“El Reno’s Lions club has made a
wonderful record in the past three
years and 1 am going to bold it up as
a model for other clubB of the dis-
trict” was the declaration of George
F Southard of Enid governor of the
Lions clubs of Oklahoma district when
he appeared before the local club as
the principal speaker Tuesday noon
In bis speech he called especial atten-
tion to the part played by the club in
the new waterworks parks and fair
building he having been taken on a
tour of inspection of these improve-
ments before the luncheon
In coming to El Reno Mr Southard
made his first official viBit to a Lions
club since being Installed as district
governor He has just returned from
Oakland Calif where he attended the
national convention of Lions clubs and
in connection with his address gave a
brief report of the convention Okla-
homa had 18 delegates in attendance
and according to the speaker impress-
ed the entire delegation with their vig-
or and intelligence
At present stated the speaker Okla-
homa leads all of the states in the
union in the number of Lions clubs or-
ganized she having 29 clubs with a
total membership of 1677 members Il-
linois is second having 25 clubs and
1315 members Texas comes next with
21 clubs and 1461 members A total
of 235 clubs are in existence in the na-
tion the membership of these being
13739 The next annual convention
is to be held at Hot Springs Ark
next year Oklahoma could have had
the presidency of the international as-
sociation had she asked for it was
the assertion of Mr Southard but in
spite of her large representation she
did not ask for the honor
“The future plans of the clubs will
be along the line of community service
such as has been carried out in El Re-
no” continued the visitor "Special
emphasis will be laid upon the encour-
agement of Americanism through en-
couragement of the public schools
T Y TAYLOR DIES
T Y Taylor a Confederate veteran
passed away at his home at 908 South
Bickford Friday death being due to
cancer of the face The deceased was
born in 1848 in Alabama and ie sur-
vived by ten children: T Y Taylor
Jr of St Louis J L Taylor of Den-
ver D A Taylor of Topeka W M
Gilbert and Lawton Taylor of El Reno
Mary L Plunkett of Ponca City
Teola Garrett of Manchester Kans
Timmie Brotherton of Carnegie and
Gladys Taylor of this city Funeral
services were held from the family
residence Saturday conducted by Rev
Guy Findly and interment was in the
El Reno cemetery
THREE NEW HOUSES STARTED
Building permits for three new
houses have been secured from the
city clerkls office during ' the past
week O A Flckess will construct a
$2000 residence at 122 North L street
J D Murphy will commence at once a
$4000 residence at 420 North Rock
Island R B Sturdavant will erect a
$1000 residence at 623 South Reno
During the month of July permits
were issued for a total of $20800 or
residences and $8000 Tor brick and
stone structures During June the res-
idence permits totaled $52000 and the
brick and stone buildings $6500
FILES ANNUAL REPORT
In hie annual report Just sent In to
the Ut S Biological Survey at Wash-
ington Benj J Melton rodent killing
expert for Oklahoma shows that lur-
ing the past year there were 76470
acres of land in this state treated for
the purpose of killing the praTrie dogs
The total cost of the treatment was $6-
781 19 A total of 13301 quarts of pois-
oned grain was used in this process and
1296 different persons UBed the grain
under the direction of the survey
8UNDAY SCHOOL REPORT
WOODRUFF PRELIMINARY
CONTINUED TO AUGUST 20
Victim of Knife Battle Recovering
— Jury Term Discontinued
to August 22
Preliminary hearing of Alfred Wood-
ruff on the charge of assault with in-
tent to kill Charley McLaughlin Rock
Island switchman was continued
when the case came before the
county court last Monday morning
Judge W A Maurer setting the date
for August 20 Woodruff is out under
bond He was arrested two weeks ago
after he had engaged in a knife battle
with Charley McLaughlin in which the
latter received several serious stabs in
the back McLaughlin is still confined
in the hospitnl although hi condition
is improving
Cecil Fletcher Zinnnie Turner and
Jim Crothers were arrested last week
on charge of obtaining money by false
pretenses at Calumet Fletcher was
one of the two vho escaped from Jail
last week hut returned and was ar-
raigned Tuesday morning He enter-
ed a plea of not guilty and his bond
wns fixed at $1000 which he furnished
His preliminary will be held on August
17 Turner and Crothers were ar-
raigned Saturday and released under
appearance bonds of $1000 each Pre-
liminaries will be held Saturday morn-
ing Carried Concealed Weapon
Noah Gonzales 'was arrested last
week on a charge of grand larceny
He was arraigned Saturday when he
entered a plea of not guilty Bond
was fixed at $1000 and his preliminary
hearing will be held today Liester
Evans colored pleaded guilty to a
charge of carrying concealed weapons
in the court Monday He has not
been sentenced as yet
Acquittal of charges of hi-jacking
was the result of the trial of J B
Balthrop and L E Moore who were
arrested recently by special agents
for the Rock Island railway The
agents testified that the prisoners had
been holding up harvest hands who
were "bumming” their way but wit-
nesses brought in by the defendants
stated that they had not seen a gun
used although they were dith the ac-
cused men at the time
Adjudged Insane
Mrs Mamie Laura Lorenzen was ad-
judged insane in a hearing held in
the court Saturday and was taken to
the hospital at Norman She is the
wife of Theo Lorenzen Adoption pa-
pers were taken out by Mr and Mrs
Bert Foreman this week for Chas
Porter and infant eon of Mrs Mildred
Porter The baby has been in the Ok-
lahoma Children’s home since Febru-
ary The jury sessions of the county court
were discontinued last week and will
be resumed again on August 22 An
entirely new set of jurors will be chos-
en to serve during the term '
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses were Issued dur-’
ing the past week to the following cou-
ples F’Joyd A Ball 2 Kingfisher and
Miss Olive Tucker 17 Guthrie Ros-
coe Bales 21' Niles and Miss Edith
Burnett 18 Lookeba F’aly G Gilstrap
31 Uklahonm City and MIbs Ida Mae
Turner 30 Joplin Elmer P Lycan
26 Stroud and Martha G Chick 26
Little Rock Omer Smith 38 and
Miss Gladys Bolles 20 both of Okla-
homa City Theodore ju Greene 22
and Miss Emma Marie Sutter 19 both
of Enid Clarence E Wood 32 El Re-
no and Miss Ruth Cabonee 25 Okla-
homa City W L Clayton 41 Little
Rock and Miss Josephine Ives 33 Ok-
lahoma City Edward M Haley 34 and
Miss Laura McCoy 25 both of Calu-
met Jaa Murray 34 El Reno and
Miss Margaret Malinda McBride 31
Calumet
HOLDING 28TH PICNIC
For twenty-eight years C L Engle
as superintendent of the Christian
Church here has carried out a Sundfty
school picnic today being the 28th an-
nual observance of the event On this
day Mr Engle leaves his duties as
president of the Commercial bank to
his subordinates and helps the young-
sters of the school to enjoy their day's
outing Today’s picnic is being held
in tourist park and any who may not
have means of transportation to the
park are requested to meet at the
church at 9 o'clock this morning when
a way will be provided Baseball
games horseshoe pitching fishing
bathing and other sports will be pro-
vided OFEN DODGE AGENCY
Sale of Dodge cars and repairs -therefor
in El Reno will hereafter be
taken care of in this city by the firm
of Merveldt & Walker they having
signed the contract lor the agency of
the cars Wednesday morning They
have rented the business location at
202 South Rock Island and are remod-
eling the interior tor their use this
week Mr Von Merveldt was former
owner of the El Reno Motor company
here while Mr Walker comes here
from the Myers Motor company Dodge
agents of Oklahoma City
’ MaV 8TART FERRY '
A second road between El Reno and
Hinton may be established in the near
future according to the county com-
missioners who have decided to auc-
tion off the ferry rights at wfeat is
known as the Old Powder Face cross-
ing of the river 5 miles wset and 3
north of the Caddo Jake crossing A
number of the residents of the neigh-
borhood are anxious to see a road
through at this point and have agreed
to repair the only bad place in the
stretch over Powder F ace canyon The
rights will be sold on August 29th
RETIRED FARMER DIES' v
Andrew Melton a retired farmer of
Watonga died here Friday at the agw
of 60 years He was formerly a resi-
dent of the Calumet vicinity and had-
been here for some ltme taking treat-
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