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EL RENO OKLAHOMA THUR8DAY OCTOBER 7 1920
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VOTED SPEAKER AGAINST
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Former Chautauqua Lecturer Say
League Anti-American in
Speech Here Sat Night
Montavllie Flower of California
famous aa a Chautauqua lecturer ad'
dressed a packed house at the court
house Saturday night under the au
spices of the Republicans of Canadian
county and the tenor of his talk was
decidedly against the League of Na-
tions as it now stands The speaker
is a professional wisard of the plat-
form and held his audience throughout
his somewhat lengthy address
The event was advertised at the
last moment aB an answer to the Cox
speech of the preceding day Mr Flow'
era made the anti-league talk in a
calm sane business way devoid most
ly of the political partisanship com-
mon to political speeches in general
the result being that members of both
--parties heard him to the end -League
Gives Away Rights
The speaker asserted that the
League of Nations put the nose of the
United States into the business of
forty odd little foreign nations whose
interests in common were no more
like those of America than ad umbrel-
la is like a three-ring circus tent and
in return for that gossipy privilege
the United States would have to tol-
erate forty odd little foreign noses
thoroughly and completely buried in
its own business The lecturer went
to great length to ‘prove the imprac
ticahility and degradation of it to
America --
He undertook to show that the al
leged league as so ardently advocated
by the Wilson clique is nothing but a
league of foreign nations with the Unit
ed States in the hope that sufficiently
'strong ties could be established to in-
duce the American government to put
its men and pocket book into their
little semi-monthly scraps For that
reason he stated he personally was
opposed to the league of European na-
tion against the United States
America Above and Removed
' That the issues at stake in Ameri-
ca did not appertain in the least to
the problems of Europe the speaker
explained America was pointed out
to be a magnificent country of the
western hemisphere with ideals far
above and removed from the petty
territorial squabbles always taking
place in the eastern hemisphere and
the speaker gave it as his personal
opinion that for the United States to
enter into any such one-sided agree-
ment was equivalent in folly to a
tramp stealing a ride on a tram he
kne was going to wreck Mr Flow-
ers’ position as a non-office seeking
lecturer tended to give his utterances
greater weight
W C T U WELL ATTTNDED
AT MEETING HELD TUESDAY
The Women’s Christian Temperance
Union met at the home of Mrs J V
Schmelsel Tuesday afternoon and a
report from Mrs Clara Haworth and
Mrs C R Miller the two El Reno del-
egates to the Sapulpa state convention
September 22-23-24 was heard Of-
ficers were elected at the Sapulpa con-
vention as follows: President Mrs
Josephine Buhl Tulsa Vice-President
Mrs Alice M David Chateau Corre-
sponding secretary Mrs Elizabeth
Hoff Bristow Recording secretary
Mrs Ida Fleenor Oklahoma City
Treasurer Mrs Anna DeWalt Mus-
kogee Mrs Abbie B Hllleiman of
Sapulpa who had been president for
the past 20 years resigned and was
elected President Emeritis Mrs Mil-
ler and Mrs Haworth were greatly
pleased with the picnic dinner tender-
ed the Sapulpa convention by the wa-
ter works company at Sapulpa
EXECUTIVE BOARD RED
CR088 IN 8ESSION MONDAY
The executive board of the Red
Cross met In the federal building Mon-
day afternoon Mrs Kate S Jones
was selected to attend the state con-
vetion of the Red Cross at Oklahoma
City October 13-14 During the month
the office was visited by 101 people
86 of whom were in some manner
served 12 homes were visited 50
letters written for ex-service men: 68
men given victory medals and fifty-
one given victory buttons November
11 to the 25th will be the Red Cross
roll call period when members will be
asked to renew membership and new
members solicited
FIRST BALE COTTON HERE
SEPTEMBER 30 NO PREMIUM
The first bale of cotton to be
brought to El Reno during 1920 was
driven in September 30 by George
Jackson and ginned by the Guthrie
Cotton Oil Company The ginning
company presented Mr Jackson with
a premium of five dollars Owing to
the fact that cotton has almost ceas-
ed be a Canadian county product the
local merchants had no premium made
up for the occasion The matter was
referred to the secretary of the Cham-
ber of Commerce
OKLAHOMA GOES OVER TOP
8ALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN
Results reported by the Salvation
Army In their home service campaign
indicate that Oklahoma will go over
the top once more The city of Tulsa
led the state on the opening day with
ten thousand dollars Shawnee Ok-
mulgee Ardmore Ponca City Drum-
right Hugo and El Reno likewise
are favorably reported Oklahoma will
easily raise its quota of $189000 by
October 14 it is claimed by state
headquarters
SEPARATION 80UGHT IN TWO
DI8TRICT COURT 8UIT8 FILED
Two divorce suits were instituted in
the district court during the last week
In the first one Viola Gennings filed
suit for divorce and custody of child
against her husband W E Gennings
Her allegation was unkind treatment
and other matrimonial misdemeanors
The second one Is Margaret E Jack-
son vs John H Jackson in which di-
vorce and alimony are sought
AMERICAN LEGION GRABS
GAME FROM 0 0 YEOMEN
El Reno PUyeri Oat-Hit Visitors
from City and Cop Game 4 to
2 at Legion Park Sunday
After being held runless for six in-
nings the American Legion began to
feel out pitcher Stoner of the Okla-
homa City yeomen and at the -end of
the eighth had a winning score stacked
up off his delivery that the visitors
were unable to equal during thfiir half
of the ninth It was a tense game
from the first Heavy stick work on
the part of the locals coupled with a
few loose plays on the part of the
visitors put the game well under the
control of the legion team
Only in the second inning did the
visitors seriously contest ’the game
During that chapter timely stick work
enabled them to put across two-runs
but after that the locals tightened up
and for the rest of the game no run-
ner crossed the third In the eighth
the opposing catcher was rather bad-
ly spiked in trying to stop the run
that meant that the El Reno team
would have the lead
Preno pitching for El Reno manag-
ed to hold the visitors to few safe
hits and excellent fielding kept the
score down low enough that once
the batting rally was started there
was no great obstacles to overcome
in order to take the lead
A game has been arranged with
Okarche for Sunday October 10
v hich will be played at the usual time
at Legion park
Team: R H E
Yeomen 002 000 000—2 6 4
El Reno 000 001 12x — 4 7 3
Batteries- Yeomen — Stoner and
Campbell El Reno-Preno and Thorp
Umpires McCarnahan and Walls
CLAIMS CURFEW IS FUTILE
Might as Well Not Ring Tonight
Says Author of Letter
“Little girls bold in action loud
in speech with no childish expressions
on their painted and powdered faces
nightly are to be Been deliberately
loafing on the streets singly and in
groups instead of being at home with
their parents’’ says a letter that came
to the Ameriran Tuesday from a party
by the indefinite name of “Interested”
Digging around for a remedy the let-
ter writer asks: “Can not the old-
fashioned curfew law bo enforced?”
The anonymous communication goes
on to observe that the nine o’clock
whistle conveys no meaning to the
children Little girls of from ten to
sixteen years of age run wild on the
streets at night is further conveyed
-in feminine penmanship The asser-
tion might be broadened to include
little girls from nine to ninety The
only acquaintance curfew has with
them is that it is faintly associated in
the average mind with a certain well-
known poem
"Clearly” resumes the letter "It is
the parents’ duty to take better care
of the future womanhood” Theda
Bara is due to encounter some keen
competition a few years hence is in-
timated strongly Vampires will flour-
ish in later years “The paramount
thought now-a-days is not that curfew
shall not ring tonight” it is observed
"but that no attention shall be paid
to curfew if it does ring"
TRUANTS TO GET CLOSE
ATTENTION COMING TERM
W H Riley has been appointed tru-
ancy officer for this county and an ex-
haustive effort will be made to en-
force the school laws pertaining to
the attendance of children between
the ages of 6 and 18 ' During that age
school attendance is compulsory un-
less the district in which the child re-
sides does not have any grades higher
than the eighth in which case gradu-
ation from the highest grade in the
district is an excuse for non-attendance
Teachers are required to report
the absent pupils and in that manner
delinquent children are instantly dis-
covered The attendance reports will
be watched with greater intentness
during the ‘ coming term and those
who are known to be delinquent in
obeying the school laws will be watch-
ed closely
MIDNIGHT COUPLE MARRIED
AT BANNISTER RESIDENCE
Carrie D Harvey 22 Okarche and
Miss Connie Lee Cagle 18 Bethany
were married at the residence of C
A Bannister at about midnight Tues-
day The anxious couple had to stir
the court clerk Frank Taylor out
of the hay to issue them the license
and later had to disrupt the Judge’s
beauy slumber but after it was all
over they strayed pway arm linked
in arm quite as if the completion of
the deed was sufficient apology for
waking up a whole city
CANADIAN COUNTY WHEAT
GROWER8 TO MEET SATURDAY
All local orders of the Canadian
County Wheat Growers Association
will meet at their respective places on
Saturday October 9 at 2:30 p m to
elect delegates to the county meeting
which will be held in El Reno Satur-
day October 23 The object of the
meeting will be to form a complete
county organization according to J
W Every the treasurer of the organ-
ization OKLAHOMA CITY MINISTER TO
8TART REVIVAL HERE 8UNDAY
Rev J A Hudson of Oklahoma City
will begin a revival which will last
two weeks at the Church of Christ on
the corner of RuBsell and Evans Sun-
day October 10 The Oklahoma City
minister is known as a forceful relig-
ious worker
8HAWNEE JUDGE TO HOLD
COURT HERE NEXT FRIDAY
Judge Harold Johnson of Shawnee
w'll be in El Reno Friday at whici
dale he will conduct district court dls
posing of -some cases for which Judge
Phelps hot been disqualified " --
LEAGUE OF NATIONS BIO
ELEMENT IN COX ADDRESS
El Reno Cox Day Crowd Not Big
as Expected Candidate Given
Bouquet Talks 60 Minntes
The democratic candidate for pres-
ident Governor Cox of ’Ohio in his ad-
dress in EX Reno Friday October 1
devoted most of his time to the League
of Nations issue The special train
was delayed forty-five minutes and
the sqeaker did not arrive until 1:15
A considerable number of people were
at the depot to greet him Immediate-
ly upon arrival he was driven to the
platform Just south of the Central
school building where his speech
was made About three thousand peo-
ple were gathered there to bear him
Prior to the arrival of the Cox
train the audience a as addressed by
Congressman William Hastings The
congressman was officially accredited
with making a masterly talk He
highly commended Scott Ferris to
the democratic voters of this district
and explained to some extent the
many intricate issues to be kept in
mind in the coming election
Governor Introduces Governor
Governor Robertson introduced the
principal speaker of the occasion
James M Cox The presidential nom-
inee was then presented with a bou-
quet by the Democratic women of
Canadian county
This tiibute he referred to briefly
and touchingly before he began his
main political barrage He then took
the League of Nations in hand and
Juggled that theme verbally for some-
thing like fifty minutes It was de-
rlared that America's coming election
had the world gaze focused on it be-
cause the results of it would indicate
the future position in the world's is-
sues to be taken by the United States
Opponents of the League were held
over the coals for their partisanship
during the international crisis Dec-
laration was made that the present
campaign is one of Americanism rath-
er than a campaign for the triumph
of any particular party and voters
were urged not to repudiate the
things for which the democratic party
stood '
Questions Answered
The speaker paused near the end of
his address to afford those present in
the audience opportunity to submit
questions concerning the League of
Nations which he stated he would at-
tempt to answer Several queries were
made and the governor explained the
political side of the specific points
brought out by the questions Several
times during his reference to the noble
deeds performed by the Americans
during the late world war response
was so great that he had to hesitate
a moment in his address
The governor created a very favor-
able Impression in El Reno The
crowd was not as great as was an-
ticipated by the committees in charge
but the counter-attraction of the state
fair near at hand reduced what other-
wise would have been it is thought
one of the largest crowds in the his-
tory of the city The candidate and
his party left here for Oklahoma City
immediately after the address was
complete
COUNTY TEACHER8 TO MEET
October 22-23 To Be Given Over
To Meeting of Teachers
The Canadian County Educational
Institute will be held at the Carnegie
library October 22 and 23 to which
all the teachers in the county will be
requested to come Rural schools will
be requested to come Rural schools
will not be held Friday October 22
In order that the teachers in charge
might attend the meeting
There will be some prominent speak-
ers at the Institute and the numerous
problems confronting the county teach-
ers will be discussed Dr D D Tuck-
er will make an extended talk on the
subject of sanitation on which themd
she is an acknowledged authority
She works from the A and M Col-
lege and will spend an entire week
in this county inspecting and making
suggestions for the betterment of the
schools in a sanitary way
Friday October 22 Dr Charles Ev-
ans eminent in educational circles
will make an extended inspirational
address Dr Evans is reputed to be
an exceptionally strong man on the
platform and the Canadian county
teachers are due for a treat
INTERESTING PROGRAM READY
FOR BANNER GRANGE MEETING
Banner Grange will meet Saturday
night October 9 at 8:15 After a
short business session the following
program will be given :x
Community singing “If I were a
Boy again” Mr Fisher “If I were
Dad” Earnest Bomeman song Mr
and Mrs King piano duet Mrs Lor-
enzen and Allen rhymes by little
ones song Mrs C Blanton and Mrs
Finley tales of 1820 Mrs C C King
tales of 1920 Herman Boorsma vio-
lin duet Venetia Worthington song
by grange
BETTER SCHOOL AMENDMENTS
BENEFITS BUT 14 DISTRICTS
State question 109 article 10 sec-
tion 9a If it carries in Canadian coun-
ty will benefit fourteen districts This
is known as the better school amend-
ment It would cause 75 other dis-
tricts in- this county to lose a sum of
money amounting to $59000 In Can-
adian county there would be a much
greater loss than gain and the amend-
ment is not expected to prove very
popular wih voters in this county
PAINT AND PAPER STORE TO
OPEN IN EL RENO SATURDAY
J L Perkins of Kansas City will
open a paint and paper store at 111
East Hays Saturday to be known as
the Perkins Paint and Paper Store
For the past week extensive remodel-
ing has been going on there and it is
thought that the place will be ready
to open by the end of the week -
AMERICAN LEGION WILL
START BIO WEEK MONDAY
Rice snd Dorman Carnival Co To
Play Here Under Legion Au-
spices Advertising Planned
Beginning Monday the Rice and
Dorman Shows will exhibit for the
rest of the week urder the auspices
of the American Legion of EX Reno
The Rice and Dorman shows are well-
known and reputed fu be aa high-class
as any on the road Attractions to be
brought to this e ty consist of 25
double length cars ever 250 people 4
riding devices and £ dozen high-class
shows The funds derived from the
carnival company will be used for the
erection of a home for the American
Legion post in this county and to dis-
count bills that have accumulated
heretofore
The Legion will make every effort
to make the attractions go over in
the popular style they should It has
been planned not only to give tbo
shows newspaper advertising but to
send members of the legion to nearby
towns in automobiles accompanied by
bands more thoroughly to stir en-
enthuBiasm Two such trips have been arranged
for Thursday and Friday nights The
parties will gather at the Tompkins
garage at six o’clock
Union Cty and Yukon Thursday
The first advertising party will leave
El Reno Thursday night at about six-
fifteen and visit Union City and Yu-
kon Bills will be posted in those
towns bands will be played and a
parade be staged Arrangements with
the carnival company were made with
so little time to elapse before the
company arrives that an intensive
campaign of the kind planned is
thought to be the best way to ad-
vertise the event
Following the trip to Yukon and
Union City car owners interested in
the event are requested to meet again
Fiiday to make a similar excursion to
Oknrche and Calumet
Rice and Dorman’s shows exhibited
in Chickasha last week and their en-
tertainment is very highly recommended
SENATE CLUB IN SESSION
New Members Admitted King-
fisher Walloped Other Events
El Reno defeated Kingfisher by the
score of 21 to 7 This was the second
football game of the season and El
Reno has won both games Higgins
was playing good ball until he was
injured In the first quarter his back
was wrenched and r e bad to be taken
out Irving took Jliggins’ place at
right end until-tin end of the half
Irving was taken away from end and
Edgar put in his place Funk was
substituted for Edgar at quarter and
Lord took Babcock’s place Touch-
downs were made by Higgins King
and Hutson 100 per cent goal kick-
ing was done by Nicholson Next
Friday El Reno plays Muskogee at
that place It will be the first confer-
ence game of the season A hard fast
game ia anticipated
Mias Rose Witcher of the English
department in high school was a week-
end visitor at Chickasha
Miss Thelma Phelps who has been
absent on account of illness is again
in school
SupL C E Grady is visiting Black-
well schools this week
Dr Briels director of vocational ed-
ucation of the state department ad-
dressed the juniors Tuesday Dr
Briels was in El Reno investigating
possibilities of organising night classes
for industrial workers In El Reno He
will return and make a report later
All patrons and teachers of the
high school have received invitations
to a get-acquainted meeting at the
home of Mrs F L Rhodes 320 South
Macomb Friday evening The Parent
Teacher club ia responsible for this
helpful get-together affair
New Members For 8enate
The Senate met Tuesday evening at
7:30 and after the regulor role of
business the program of the day was
heard which consisted of the trial
speeches of new members and their
admittance The following new mem-
bers were duly Initiated and taken into
the club: Edmond Jewett Joseph
Stackpole Glenn Crawford Durwood
Parry and H C Farley Adjournment
was a little early in order for some
members to attend the pie supper at
the M E church
Economics Class Visits Factory
The class in economics visited the
Morris Manufacturing company Tues-
day to study the divisions of labor
They were most kindly received and
taken through the plant They enjoy-
ed their visit and found it both prac-
tical and pleasurable The aim of the
class ia to get practical benefit from
the course Recently Mr Morris
of the First National bank gave the
pupils an excellent talk on “banking
and exchange” We very much appre-
ciate the help received from these busy
men
LOCAL LEGION MEMBER BACK
FROM NATIONAL CONVENTION
J W Jones district commander of
the American Legion' who has been
attending the national convention at
Cleveland as a delegate from this post
teturned to the city Friday
BENJAMIN F R08S DIE8
Benjamin F Ross died Monday at
the home of his daughter Mrs Pearl
Worthington southeast of El Reno
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church by Rev Findly Wed-
nesday morning at 10:30
8UNDAY 8CHOOL REPORT
Church: Attendance: Coll:
Christian - - 290 $1157
First M E 254 $52 24
Baptist - — 187 14 00
St John’s M E S 141 $973
Presbyterian T 123 $794
Fhrangellcal 56 ' $138
Episcopal --— — 16 v $12$
CANADIAN COUNTY FOURTH
PLACE WINNER AT FAIR
Live Stock Exhibits Attract Great
Attention City Schoola Make
Excellent Showing
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At the Oklahoma City state fair
which closed Saturday night Canadian
county was accredited with ranking
fourth in the state in exhibits of a
general nature pertaining to farm prod-
ucts and agriculture Oklahoma coun-
ty was-awarded first prize Blaine
county was second 'Payne was third
So close was the competition that
the difference between first place and
fourth place was so slight that Cana-
dian county easily ranks along with
the first counties of the state
Of the many exhibits from the var-
ious counties of the plate the one from
this county was considered the most
Listelully arranged The exhibits
weie judged as a v hole and consisted
of farm products grains and vege-
ables etc
Livestock from this county made an
excellent showing at the fair Just
ended snl several men from this coun-
ty were r warded positions close to
the top
Prizes Won by Canadian County
Hprry Marsh who lives in the Dar-
lington township was the recipient
of several prizes Among them were:
Third prize on get of sire third on
young herd second on aged bull
first on aged cow first on senior bull
calf fourth on senior yearling sec-
ond on aged bull third on senior
yearling heifer second on calf herd
and third on produce of dam Anoth-
er livestock man Frank Wolf of this
county also took prizes as follows:
fourth on senior bull calf fourth on
cow three years old third on calf
herd third on aged bull
Members of the boys and gliK’
dairy clubs also received top places
at the state fair Odessa Wolf won
second place competing with the en-
tire elate In the junior dairy club
Art' ur Cook won first for the state
Odessa Wolf second and Ernest Sum-
mers third
Helen Rmderhagen a member of the
boys’ and girls’ clubs of this county
won second place on sewing and thud
on poultry
City Schoola Take Prizes
The graded schools of El Reno won
$24 in prizes at the Oklahoma expo-
sition The work of the schools was
entered as a whole and was judged as
a whole and in consequence it is not
practicable to give tho names of any
particular winners It is understood
that the El Reno school exhibit was
unusually attractive It was under
the direction of Miss Edith Clark and
Miss Luella Thorpe
Cheyenne and Arapaho school ex-
hibit was favorably - noticed for Its
attractive display it being particular-
ly indicative of the excellent work be-
ing done by the youthful Indiana of
tbiR county
While the club canning team was
not awarded any prizes some of the
exhibits were selected to be used as
a permanent exhibit at the state cap-
itol The boys’ and girls’ clubs from
every point of view made splendid
showings
The county has reason to feel elat-
ed over the showing it made at the
state fair
TO START HEALTH CRUSADE
Public! Health Dept and R 0
Combine for Better Schools
Dr G W Taylor county superin-
tendent of public health and chairman
of nursing service committee in the
county Red Cross chapter has as-
signed Miss Pearl E Wilson Red
Cross county nurse to work in the
public schools The following extract
is from a ltt retujesoinTI-SHRDLU
ig from a letter just issued by Dr Tay-
lor to the public:
“As the county’s superinttndtnt of
public health I have requested Miss
Wilson to look into the sanitary con-
ditions of school houses and premises
of the county and to urge corrections
when necessary and to Instruct the
teachers regarding the prevention of
contagious diseases all in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the
state board of health”
'Hio first visit to the schools was
made Monday October 3rd by spe-
cial request of Miss Lottie Dowell
superintendent of Calumet schools
Miss Dowell is keenly interested in
the movement for better health among
school children and in co-operation
with the Red Cross is planning for
special work in hygiene and sanita-
tion during the year
NOVEMBER MONTH TO ENTER
CLUBS FOR THE COMING YEAR
The month of November has been
designated as the period for enrolling
In the clubs for the following year
Tbe boys and girls who followed up
tbe club work during the past year
will write stories of their experiences
and submit them to tbe home demon-
stration agent Mrs Mary Ruff dur-
ing the present month also These
stories will be graded here and sent
to the A and M College for further
grading and later be returned V
WATER WORKS EXPENSE FOR
SEPTEMBER GOES OVER $25000
For the month of September the ex-
penses of the city water department
were $25253 57 Of this sum $11158 18
was spent for pipe $4695 30 went for
hydrants and valves and $940109 for
work at the well The water works
pumping station and reservoir $15-
83745' $401813 was spent on the
sewer disposal plant
POMONA GRANGE WILL HOLD
MEETING AT WALLACE SAT
The Pomona Grange will meet at
the Wallace school house Saturday
October 9 at about 10:30 am to re-
main in session throughout the day An
interesting program haa been planned
and a discussion will be made of pro-
posed school tax levy
MARRIAGE LICENSE GAMS ‘
HITS REGULAR SCHEDULE
Twelve Couples Register at “For-
ever After” Counter During
Week’s Prosaio Passing
i — —
“Up in Frank Taylor’s office” might
be made into a neat and dashing little
comedy equally aa diverting aa that
famous New York stage success— "Up
in Mabel’s Room" But it hasn’t been
so made As a little slice of Ice cold
north pole zero-registering fact ab-
sorb the startling information that
visitors at the “forever after” counter
are swathed in melancholy and dis-
play no more tokens of joy or light-
ness than does a famous tragedienne
when trying to make a hard-boiled
audience weep
It's one of those tense moments old
Robert W Chambers tells of when
writing at his regular rate per word
Only the space-filling searcher after
newspaper copy who is so busy mind-
ing other peoples’ business that he hns
none of his own can afford to give the
occasion the high and lofty cackle
That lewd specimen of depraved hu-
manity isn’t rated in the fortune tell-
ing guides as predestined to produce
a Broadway success So “Up in the
Court Clerk’s Office” is a trite com-
edy theme doomed to go to the bitter
finish — unwritttn (Theatrical produc-
ers take note )
The Connubial Muster
After all is Bald and done the pre-
ceding clatter is superfluous The
only excuse offered for itB prepara-
tion is the names quoted below Read
them and weep:
J M Neece 38 and Nellie Roots
31 both of Oklahoma City F H
UaUBtert 27 Okarche and Maigaret
R Heibert 27 Okarche Virgil Lee
Cofer 21 Tuttle and Ollle May Cur-
ren 19 Moore Vet D Morgan 24
Oil Valley and Miss Erma Cox 22
Chandler Charles M Thorp 35
Mountain Park and Miss Goldie San-
ders 28 Oklahima City James W
Farvin 19 and Edith M Taylor 18
both of El Reno Ben Costello 40
and Maggie Right 33 both of El Re-
no Joseph Burton 39 and Mrs Dora
Saint 37 both of Oklahoma City Jew-
ell Diggs 28 Lena Agnew 21 both of
Oklahoma City C H Sier 25 and
Ruby Jones 38 both of Oklahoma
City
DERRYS RAPIDLY REMODELING
BUILDING FOR NEW THEATRE
The work on the new theatre on
South Rock Island that was recently
started by Mr and Mrs Al Derry is
progressing according to schedule
The interior is being remodeled ac-
cording to the most ’-approved plans
for a model theatre all precautions
are being taken to make it one of the
safest theatres Uqiftha state-against
fires and some genuinely high-class
attractions are being considered for
the opening that is planned to occur
about the first of November The re-
cent cool weather has hastened the
theatrical season to some extent and
Derrya are making every effort to op-
en their new theatre on time Sale
of seats at ten dollars each— one of
the features of the opening — has been
reported to be proceeding nicely by
the committee In charge of their dis-
posal BANQUET AND 8PEAKING FOR
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN FRIDAY
The ladies of the Democratic Cen-
tral Committee will give a banquet at
the Southern hotel Friday night at
about seven' o’clock complimentary
to speakers who later will address the
meeting at the auditorium of Carnegie
library Senator Luther Harrison of
Ada will be among those to speak at
the library as will Ben Lafayette
chairman of the State Central Commit-
tee Mrs R L Fite chairman of tbe
Bureau of Political Education Mrs
Ray of Lawton and Mrs Frank Korn
of El Reno Speeches will be brief
CENSUS RECOUNT GETTING
ATTENTION AT WASHINGTON
Secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce C G WattBon haa been in re-
ceipt of a telegram from the census de-
partment at Washington asking for
statistics tending to demonstrate that
the city of El Reno possesses a larger
population than was accorded it by the
recent census “returns The secretary
is making a hard fight to get a recount
on tbe grounds that the former count
was erroneous
LATEST CLUB ORGANIZED
MAKES ENVIABLE RECORD
The Lake View club is the latest one
organized according to Mrs Mary
Ruff home demonstration agent and
in recent fair exhibitions it was away
up toward the top Lake View school
toqk second prize on its school exhibit
and the club exhibits from that place
won something over fifty dollars in
prizes
RECORDS PROVE GIRLS TO
BE BEST COTTON GROWERS
For tbe past three years at the Can-
adian county fair girls have been tak-
ing first prize in cotton growing In
1918 Lillie Summers was the winner
and for' the past two years Geneva
Holland has been first in cotton Both
of these winners are members of the
Mountain View club
MASONIC LODGE TO DEDICATE
DORMITORY AT UNIVERSITY
The Masonic Grand Lodge will ded-
icate the Masonic dormitory on the
campus at the State University at Nor-
man Monday October 11 at about
3:30 pm Among those to attend the
dedication from El Reno are Mr and
Mrs A J Weir of Darlington Masonic
Home and Mrs C R Miller
FOURTH PRIZE WON BY HOME
DEMONSTRATION AGENT HERE
' Mrs Mary Ruff home demonstration
agent of this county won fourth prise
at the late state fair on a single-comb
White Leghorn cockerel that she show-
ed at Oklahoma City last week The
fowl waa nine months old and was an
" In competition with tea others
fered
COUNTY FAIR BUILDING
" - STILL THEME OF LIONS f
Resolution To Put Project Over A'A ’
Passes Without Dissenting I $
Vote at Dinner Tuesday
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Complete plans for Canadian aowNf’'
ty’a fair building were laid before t
members of the club by the chains
of the fair committee J Y Tap)
and after discussing the project tF
oughly from every angle reznov
alight flaws and shortcomings a p
waa asked - -
It passed Without a dissent
voice it passed it waa voted sp
taneously and gladly -
The site selected for it east 'ft
town is what la known aa tha IV S
Jensen tract near tht interurban li f
convenient 4o She state highway- J
otherwise the moat ideal thaf'j e
fair committee could secure likdwJS
was approved
So far as the Lions club goeaJle
deed is ready for execution TlF ar-
gument ia over Action is Utf in
advocated by the Lions
Site Most EconomicalP’!'
Certain sentiment favored n A re-
moved site for the fair butldlfi And
it required considerable diactqnf 41 to
demonstrate that the aite seler id of-
fers economical features hardly So be
overlooked The impoaaiblL of
erecting the building nearer tho cen-
ter of the city was shown tq he real
A building in tho city limits would of
necessity have to be constructed of
britk to comply with sundry" fire In-
surance laws it was declared-and the
ground on which to situate the build-
ing in the business section would coat
considerably more money than the en-
tire project completed would coat at
the location on the out-skirts of the
citv
The original sketch as presented by
Mr Taylor two weeks ago represents
a circular auditorium with four branch-
ing wings emerging from 1L Accord-
ing to the specifications there would
be ample room for a much more pre-
tentious display than was shown dur-
ing the late fair here It was planned
to accommodate a large exhibition of
livestock and farm products as befits
a county aa consequential in those
lines as is Canadian
Election Essential
Before ultimate construction begins
it was pointed out that an election
would be necessary That this fea-
ture of the program will be carried
out as quickly as possible goes without
extensive remarks
Three new members for the club
were proposed and were voted in as
future Lions Paul Llebmann who re-
cently assumed charge of the El Reno
Ice Plant was present for the first
time since he was accepted as a mem-
ber and discounted briefly on the mer-
its of that-inimitable 'city knownto
the map-makers as El Reno
J W Jones representing the post
commander of the American Legion
thanked the club as a whole for ex-
tending to him honorary membership
and urged co-operation between the
Chamber of Commerce Liona Club and
other civic organisations He voiced
the desire of the American Legion (o
do all in its power to further the best
community interests
Carnival Company Up Asain
The old proposition as to whether
gratis quarters at the packing house
should be furnished the Patterson-
Kline Carnival company in order to
Induce them to spend tbe winter here
waa re-opened by C H Tompkins
chairman of tbe committee appointed
to look into that feature of the club's
work
Certain other towns Mr Tompkins
stated had made similar offers to tho
show company and El Reno’s chance
to harbor the carnival people for the
winter on the old proposition of $125
per month rental was declared to be
no greater than the proverbial snow-
ball in the qually well known nether
regions
It wag strongly urged by the repre-
sentative of the American Legion that
every effort be made to get the carnl- -val
company here for the winter An-
other consultation will be had with
the commissioners on the subject and
It is expected that a more encourag-
ing offer will be submitted to the car-
nival people
SENATOR HARDING IN O C
ON OKLAHOMA TOUR SAT
Senator Warren G Harding Repub-
lican candidate for president will ar-
rive in Oklahoma Saturday and in-
tensive preparations have been made
for his reception by the republicans
over the state A delegation will go
from El Reno to hear the presidential
nominee make his Oklahoma City ad-
dress The capital city has made
preparation for handling one of the
largest crowds in its history that' day
EL RENO HIGH SCHOOL WINS
GAME FROM KINGFISHER TEAM
The El Reno high school won their
second football game this season Fri-
day afternoon when they mopped up
on the Kingfisher team with a score
of 21 to 7 The two games played so
far this season demonstrate that the
high schooL is possessed of a particu-
larly strong team this year and foot-
ball followers anticipate many thrill-
ing games before the end of the sea
son -
NOT MUCH DOING AROUND
POLICE 8TATION LATELY
Small time offenses have been few
since the last report — a fight a vagrant
and a county prisoner comprising the
total: D G Rankin charged with va-
grancy ' driven out of town Claud
Brown and Johnnie Giggle fighting on
the streets Sunday fined $10 each A
J Lewis charged with purloining an
overcoat from Cot Conner turned over
to the county
BOY 8COUT8 TO GET TASTE '
OF GENUINE MILITARY LIFE
Glen Ricker scoutmaster pi troop :
two will take the scouts In his troop
for a hike la the open country Frit r
afternoon and tha night will be r I '
in tents in regular military sti-
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Bronson, E. S. The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1920, newspaper, October 7, 1920; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1784692/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.