The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1921 Page: 1 of 12
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CANADIAN COUNTY V
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CANADIAN COUNTY
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EL RENO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER B Ittl
VOLUME St— NUMBER 40
(TWELVE PAGES)
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
APPEALS TAKEN BT ALL
SENTENCED IN CO COURT
Alleged Bank Bobber Arraigned
Por Stealing Car— Trial
Come Saturday
Notices of appeal In all of the cases
in which conviction were found in
the recent term of the county court
were given in the county court Sat-
urday Immediately after the announc-
Ing of the sentences by Judge W A
Maurer The majority of the cases
were concerned with the sale or trans-
portation of whiskey
Bert Carey who was found guilty
by the Jury of criminal negligence in
tne running down of the wagon driven
by the son of George Green was given
M fine of 9500 and sentenced to 90 days
in the county Jail 01 notice of ap-
peal to the district court his appeal
bond was set at 9L600
Whipples to Jail
Lon Whipple on a charge of selling
whiskey was fined 9200 and given 60
days in Jail His wife on the same
charge was fined 950 and sentenced
to 80 days in Jail Fines of 925 and
ten days in the county Jail were given
by the Judge in the cases of John E
Vian B B Bryant C B Alrich L
Bushy Henry Taylor and O G Cut-
right charged with gambling On no-
tice of appeal bonds were set at 9500
each Jess Verbick who was also ar-
Tested at the same time recently plead-
u guilty
Jess Balenti convicted of transport-
ing whiskey was fined 9150 and sen-
tenced to serve 60 days in the county
hoosgow Appeal was taken and bond
et at 91600 Howell Tye who was
fined 9150 and given 45 days in jail
tor violation of the prohibitory laws
also appealed and bond was set at
91500 Vern Palmer on a similar
charge was fined $200 and sentenced
to 60 days in the county Jail He ap-
pealed and gave bond in the amount
f 91500
Adams Gets Big Fine
W F Adams who was before the
court on a charge of selling whiskey
was fined 1400 and sentenced to 90
days in Jail Having given notice of
appeal to the district court bend
was fixed at 91500 In the case of
state vs Fannie Sling the defendant
pleaded not guilty to assault with a
dangerous weapon and was bound
over to the district court under bond
f 91000
Wiley Edgar the negro who was ar-
rested following an attempted shop-
lifting tour through the Younghelm
and Penney Clothing stores was bound
over to the district court under bond
of $3000 for shooting at his pursuers
with intent to kill He was also plac-
ed under bond of $1000 for carrying
a concealed weapon Two cases have
been filed against Arthur Sherman In
the arraignment Monday he pleaded
not guilty to both and bonds of $5o0
and 9250 respectively were set
Preliminary hearing for BW Welch
for stealing the Ford auto belonging
to Ora Abies was held Saturday when
a plea of not guilty was entered His
preliminary hearing will be held next
Saturday Welch was recently con-
victed in the district court here of as-
sisting in the Piedmont bank robbery
and appealed to the criminal court of
appeals He was out under bond when
arrested for the theft of the auto
8 8 CONVENTION 8EPT 25
Reno Township Members to Meet
at Fairview School
Sunday schools of Reno township
trill hold their semi-annual Sunday
ichool convention at Fairview school
louse on Sunday September 25 and
preparations for the event are now be-
ng made by the committee in charge
The following program has been ar-
ranged for the occasion:
10:30 am song prayer by Rev R
sf Buckner review of the past six
nonths’ lessons — April and May A L
Smith June and July Kate Werner
August and September Ed Smith din-
er 1:30 pm devotionals Mrs I S
Jungan discussion "The Practical
alue of Faith in Christ" Joe Conner
i temptation Mrs W D Allen in
evelopment of character Mrs Buck-
er song report of program of Rich-
ind Sunday school question "How
an we make the prohibition amend-
lent effective in America?" by Rev
luckner discussion report and pro-
ram of Mt Zion Sunday school ques-
lon "What will bring about the one-
ess of Christianity?” St John 17:21
Irs Jim Bruce report and program of
'airvlew and Oak Chapel Sunday
chool "What thought in the last
uarter’s lessons have benefited me
be most?" by all song unfinished
uainess
WARRANTS ARE DELAYED
As a result of the slowness of the
tate board of equalization to return
aluatlons on a small part of the prop-
rty in Canadian county the July and
ugust warrants to be issued by the
aunty have not been paid out as yet
Jter the valuations are received by
le assessor the excise board will be
nabled to finish its work after which
le county can proceed on its regular
outlne The excise board this year
I composed of Judge W A Maurer
hairman County Attorney Sam Rob-
rson County Treasurer Clyde Mat-
lews County Clerk C E Bross Coun-
r Assessor Cliff C Thompson County
upt Edith M Layton and County
ynmlssioner J B Deardorff
HAS BIG SWEATER DI8PLAY
-The largest display of sweaters by
)0 per cent ever brought to El Reno
4IN claim of the Marks-Higgins
dthlng company for Its exhibition of
radley sweaters in it store this
eek In the front windows are shown
M sweaters valued at approximately
100 These with the ones In the
ore have an aggregate value of about
(800 "
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39 QUALIFY IN ANNUAL
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY
Golfers Torn in High Soores—
LyonsB&d Yates Tie in
Qualifying Round
With the opening of the annual club
championship of the El Reno country
club Sunday interest in local golfing
circles is reported as increasing rap-
idly a 'field of 39 players having al-
ready qualified for the event while
others are expected to turn in qualify-
ing scores during the week The sen-
sation of the qualifying rounds came
when Henry Lyons who has an ob-
session for winning cups and medals
and G 8 Tates tied for low medal
score with 75 strokes each
According to tne plans for the tour
nament two classes of 16 each will
play for the championship honors al-
though it ts possible that another
class will be added in case enough oth-
er players qualify The ' excellent
scores made in the opening round in-
dicate that the tournament will see
some of the fastest playing in the
history of the club
Libby Wine Monday
In the short stop tourney held on
Labor day two classes qualified In
class A M D Libby won first hon-
ors and G S Yates second J L
Funk took first place in Class B while
his son Gus emulated his example by
taking second place in the same class
In the consolation rounds R C Rice
took first place in Class A and J T
Allison made second In Class B G
E Bonebrake was first and B D Ash-
brook second
The ladies' championship tournaf
ment will begin on next Sunday Sep-
tember 11 instead of September L as
had been planned Eight ladles will
qualify for this event
Qualifying 8coree
The following scores were turned in
by the 39 players who have qualified
in the club championship tournament
thus far: H J LyoL 75 G S
Yates 75 J T Allison 82 M A
Ashbrook 83 J E Penner 84 W F
Randle 87 M D Libby 87 A T
March 89 M E Sands 89 P F
Herod 89 G G Lewis 91 R C Rice
92 C G Wattson Roy Harrison 93
L D Jones 94 Frank Kraft 94 G
A Barnard 95 J L Funk 95 Ed
S Levan 96- T J Spear 96 G E
Bonebrake 96 G M Ricker 98 H
Bannister 98 P E White 99 L M
Matthews 100 B D Afshbrook 103
H J Davis 104 H F Vauple 104
F E Arnold 104 F A Whitted 107
GE Mallory 108: FO Harrison 108
L R Gephart 119 A O Jacobi 110
J F Hullett 115 L L Schooling 116
Rex Walters 117 B W Rector 118
Clyde Musgrove 134
BIG CROWD AT DEDICATION
All-Day Services Held at the New
Red Rock Church Sunday
With an attendance which filled the
walls and left a big crowd on the out-
side the new M E Church at Red
Rock ten miles west of El Reno claim-
ed to be one of the best rural churches
in the state was dedicated Sunday in
all-day services A big basket dinner
was spread In the basement of the
church at the noon hour which many
of the old timers aver was the most
bountiful they had ever attended
Rev Louis Potts district superin-
tendent preached the dedicatory ser-
mon after which a baptismal service
was held for a number of children and
members The board of trustees were
called to the front and Chas T Pavy
as chairman of the building committee
presented the structure to Rev Potts
for dedication Rev P T Shields the
pastor and Rev A N Smith of the
El Reno First M E Church assisted
A debt of about $1600 was announc-
ed at the meeting and when announce-
ment was made of this $1900 was rais-
ed in less than 17 minutes The choir
from' El Reno First church assisted
with the program by rendering three
anthems
CITY WAS IN DARKNESS
The notorious high-line connecting
El Reno with the source of her elec-
tric power and light at Oklahoma City
went to the bad again Saturday even-
ing at about 8:20 o'clock and for al-
most two hours the wheels of com-
merce were suspended here practical-
ly all business being discontinued
Burning grass possibly set by a pass-
ing freight train set fire to two poles
of the line at a point eight poles west
of Stop 34 on the interurban line
which is about half way between Ban-
ner and Yukon As Boon as the lights
went out here the local plant was or-
dered to steam up and current for
lighting was switched on a few min-
utes before 10 o’clock By a chance
remark of some railroad men to the
efect that they had seen two poles
burning east of Banner the company
learned where the difficulty was and
at about 2 o’clock Sunday morning the
line was repaired The Incident was
an expensive one for El Reno mer-
chants as the stores and theatres were
full of customers
MORE HOU8E8 8TARTED
Five more new houses started is the
record of the week as shown by the
building permit department of the
city hall (John W Stines took out the
first one calling for a $3000 residence
at 224 North El Reno E R Sheets will
build a $2000 residence at 616 South
Mitchell F M Engle $2000 residence
at 231 North El Reno Jas E Kelso
a $5000 house at 813 South Hoff and
J B Jones a $1500 house at 506 South
Choctaw
NOTICE TO GUARD8MEN
Local National Guard company to
be mustered out of service All mem'
hers are commanded to be at the ar-
mory Friday September 9th 7:80 p m
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EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR CO
FAIR NEXT WEEK SAYS FAIR ASSN
MANY FEATURE8 PLANNED
Style Show to Be Given Thursday-
Merchants Advertise Event '
On Booster Trips
'Having erected the best county fair
building in the entire state we are
determined to make the fair in this
county also the best in the state" as-
serted members of the county fair as-
sociation this week while winding up
arrangements for the big four-day cel-
ebration which opens here on next
Wednesday morning In practically
every department of the fair it was
reported that the exhibits would be far
above any other year and the associa-
tion is beginning to wonder if the big
fair building will provide sufficient
room for the displays
This year’s fair is going to offer
some unusually interesting features in
addition to the exhibits and shows at
the fair grounds On next Thursday
the second day a style show will be
given by the El Reno merchants which
marks the inauguration of a semi-annual
event which is expected to become
permanent Practically all of the mer-
chants are co-operating in this enter-
prise and will have on display a show-
ing of fall merchandise of every kind
which will equal that found in most of
the larger cities
To Decorate 8treets
At a meeting of the Retailers’ asso-
ciation on Saturday morning the final
arrangements for this show were made
and considerable advertising for tne
event is being distributed this week
Flags to decorate all of the streets of
the business section have been ordered
special window trims will be prepared
by all of the merchants and the El
Reno band has been engaged for a
concert all evening The unveiling of
the windows of the stores is set for 8
o’clock p m
A big pavement dance is to be given
by the American Legion as another
feature of the style show it being
scheduled to commence shortly after
the windows of the stores have been
unveiled The Kelso Clothing store
in addition to their store and window
displays will hold a special showing
of fall and winter coats suits hats
and wraps at the Derry Theatre dur-
ing the evening at which time ten or
twelve live models will appear on the
stage dressed in the latest creations
No extra admission will be charged
for this feature
Good Shows Booked
At the fairgrounds a high-class group
of shows and concessions have been
booked by C H Tompkins who has
the concessions in his charge and by
listing these separately Instead of
through a carnival company Mr Tomp-
kins declares that he has kept out a
number of undesirable attractions that
would otherwise appear '
Displays of the merchants of El Reno
will occupy spaces in the front wing
of the fair building while several tents
will be located on the outside for im-
plements of various kinds The Red
Cross chapter of the county will con-
duct a booth in which information con-
cerning the public health work of the
county will be given out A baby
enow will not be attempted on account
of lack of room The American Le-
gion post wT also have a booth in
which to receive new members and
assist ex-soldiers in making out their
claims
Trade Trips Held
Advertising of the approaching fair
has been very efficiently accomplished
during the week special edition of
The Democrat and American being
printed for that purpose Extra copies '
were issued a number being distribut
ed on the trade trip taken by a num-
ber of autos to Union City Mustang
Yukon and Piedmont on Tuesday even-
ing Another big booster party will
leave here Friday afternoon to visit
Calumet township fair in the afternoon
and the Okarche township fair in the
evening These trips are being made
under the direction of the El Reno
chamber of commerce and retailers’
association The committee in charge
urges that a big representation turn
out for Friday’s drive
PLANNING RALLY AND REVIVAL
The Sunday school at the First M E
Church is planning a rally day pro-
gram for September 18th The same
day the gospel revival services will
begin Rev A N Smith evangelist
and Carl Barnes singer Mr Barnes
will have charge of a large chorus
which together with his solo work
and special numbers will add interest
to the meetings Everyone is invited
to attend any of these services Last
Sunday was a big days for Rev Smith
and his choir He preached a strong
sermon to his own large congregation
in the morning At noon he and his
choir left for Red Rock church ten
miles west of Ell Reno where after
partaking of a bountiful dinner Rev
Smith extended the greetings and good
wishes of El Reno First Church and
spoke of the beautiful new church as
a community center encouraging the
people to make the most of their op-
portunities in furnishing high-class en-
tertainment '
WOULD BUILD MAU80LEUM
With a view of locating a mausoleum
in the El Reno cemetery with a capac-
ity of either 100 or 200 crypts the Co-
Operative Mausoleum company of End
has representative sbere this week
making preliminary plans for such a
building A building with a capacity
of 100 crypts would cost approximately
$35000 and for 200 crypts $75000 they
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WILL HOLD BABY SHOWS
In addition to the varied programs
being offered at the township fairs at
Calumet Okarche and Piedmont this
week baby shows are to be held as
an additional feature according to
Miss Pearl Wilson county Red Cross
nurse who will have the task of con-
ducting such shows In charge Thurs-
day is the day for the Calumet babies
Friday for the Piedmont youngsters
and Saturday for Okarche At the last
place a prise has been offered for the
best baby according to scientific tests
and measurements Miss Wilson will
be assisted by Dr Winnie Sanger baby
expert from Oklahoma City and Mrs
M M Royce assistant to Dr G W
Taylor county health officer Instru-
ments for weighing and measuring the
infants will be used at each of the
three points and blanks have been
prepared to keep the data for each
child entered No show will be held
in Eh Reno during the 'county fair but
Miss Wilson states that she has under
consideration a baby conference for
this city later in the year After the
fair closes here Miss Wilson will go
to Guthrie for four days to assist Lo-
gan county with' a similar exhibit at
the fair at Guthrie
LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS MAN
0 J Norton of Piedmont Slain
During Small Shower
Lightning claimed a victim from
this county on Wednesday -of last
week when Chas J Norton residing
two and one-half miles south of Pied-
mont was struck by a bolt and pre-
sumably killed Instantly The flash
came at about 12:30 o’clock in the
afternoon as the deceased who had
been' plowing in a field about three
miles from his home was in his wag-
on preparing to eat his dinner The
first intimation of his fate came to
his relatives when the team hitched
to the wagon returned to the Norton
home with the lifeless body lying in
the bottom of the wagon
Chas Norton was about 30 years of
age and was the son of J K Norton
one of the prominent men of the north-
east part of the county The father
had taken his eon’s dinner to him in
the field where he was plowing and
returned home A small thunder-
shower came up at about the noon
hour and one sharp flash was report-
ed but nothing was thought of it un-
til a few minutes later the Norton
team and wagon was seen coming
down the road without driver
On examination it was found that
the lightning bolt had struck Norton
in the right temple and burned him
badly about the head and breast It
went down the right leg tearing off
the right shoe Examination about the
place where the lightning struck lead
to the belief that the deceased had
lifted his spring seat off the wagon
and had climbed in again to get his
dinner
Norton is survived by his wife and
two babies 2 years and 3 months old
respectively Funeral services were
held Friday by Dr Butler of Ardmore
former Piedmont pastor and inter-
ment was in the Yukon cemetery
8HOULD APPLY AT ONCE
Ex-service men who are having dif-
ficulty with their government claims
are urged to have them taken care of
as quickly as possible due to the time
limit of the vocational training claims
which expires December 16th 1922
The state bonus being given to war
veterans with a disability handicap
who are not drawing compensation
will very soon be consumed AU vet-
erans being eligible to this bonus can
make application at the local Red
Cross office
RATE HEARING SEPT 16
Hearing of the case whereby the
rates for electricity in El Reno would
be lowered is set to come up at Okla-
homa City before the corporation com-
mission on September 16 according to
a letter received this week by Mayor
Jack Kivett who is anxious to have a
number of citizens from here attend
the hearing In case the new rate is
granted it will be effective as of Aug-
ust 1
WILL DRILL NEAR UNION CITY
M C Cummins of the Cummins Oil
Company was a visitor here Monday
from Union City and volunteered the
information that his company had
leased a large acreage of land in that
vicinity and would commence soon the
sinking of a test well near that place
A rotary rig will be used for the
test
HUGE APPLE IS PRESENTED
Weighing one pound and sev-
en ounces a huge apple brought
here from Washington state and
on display in the windows at
The American office is attract-
ing considerable interest this
week practically all who view
it declaring it to be the largest
they have ever seen The fruit
is one of six which were brought
hack to Oklahoma by A P
Heckes from Yakima valley
Washington the orchard being
located about six miles from the
city of Yakima and in irrigated
land The apple is of the Wolf
River variety and is not grown
extensively on account of the
weight breaking the stems before
the fruit has matured Mr: Heck-i
es has been employed in the
Rock Island shops here for the
past ten years but states that
he is considering the purchase '
of a farm la Washington next '
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NEW BUILDING PROGRESSES
200 Volunteer Worker Asiiat Yes-
terday on Big Structure— Will
Be Ready for Use
With almost two hundred farmers
and El Reno business men swinging
hammers pushing saws and laying
roofing the new county fair building
today is well along its way toward
completion as a result of the volunteer
workers’ day which was held yester-
day at the fairgrounds southeast of the
city In spite of the remarkable show-
ing made however the building lacks
several weeks of work of being com-
pleted and only by herculean efforts
will it be in readiness for the opening
of the fair on next Wednesday How-
ever the fair association gives the as-
surance that the building will be roof-
ed over and will provide far better
shelter than has ever been had at any
previous fair
’This is one of the finest examples
of community spirit I have ever seen
in this state” declared John Fields
editor of the Oklahoma Farmer who
attended the event yesterday and
made a number of pictures of the
group of men at work Mr Fields
stated that he was going to use this
achievement as an example for other
counties of the state
The feature of the day was the big
dinner held at noon when a sumptu-c-us
lunch of roast beef sandwiches
potatoes salad coffee Minnehaha ale
and ice cream cones was served The
ex-canteen girls of the city together
with C G Wattson George Lewis
Rex Walters and a number of other
businessmen served the meal
On account of the failure of some of
the large timbers for beams of the
building to arrive the main part of the
structure has been seriously delayed
and as a result the fair association has
set next Monday as another work day
when a crew of volunteer- workers
will attempt to finish up the big Job
The west and east wings of the build-
ing were practically finished when the
big force wearily put up their ham-
mers last night
Although the day was hot the men
worked with a great deal of energy
yesterday and all declared they had a
good time and were glad to have par-
ticipated in the event The magni-
tude of the building is causing con-
siderable astonishment from those
who have not had a close view of it
and one visit to the grounds is suf-
ficient to convince them all that this
county has a building to be proud of
MARRIAGE LICENSE8
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following couples during the past
week: Fred Wright 30 and Miss
Lena Clayton 27 both of Temple
Texas R G Kelcher 36 and Miss
Mvrtle Dixon McPherson 26 both of
Oklahoma City Geo Merrimon 24
and Miss Nola Williams 22 both of
Oklahoma City P D Drawer 21 Ok-
lahoma CM and Miss Rachel Jane
Trautmann 18 Sutton Nebr Alonzo
P Kent 43 and Achsah M Kent 37
both of Enid Paul Lawrence Wilson
23 and Miss Rosemary Williams 23
both ot Oklahoma City Orin Darnold
17 and Moss Irene Parson 18 both of
Oklahoma City Ernest Fricks 38
and Mis Mae Pickett 29 both of Ok-
lahoma City Ray McCarter Alexan-
der 22 El Reno and Miss Edith Fern
Rumfeli 19 both of El Reno Lon M
Maddox 23 and Miss Eughton M Har-
ris ?1 both of Oklahoma City Geo
Ross Cook e 41 and Lynne Hinckley
37 both of Houston Texas Manes
Thomnson 21 and Miss Naomi Eaton
20 both of Calumet Henry J Schave
41 and Miss Letha' Olive Zenor 34
both of Oklahoma City BenJ F King
38 and Miss Bertha Alice Daugherty
30 both of Oklahoma City Richard D
Robb 24 and Miss Myrtle Harley 32
both of Guthrie
WILL PROVIDE CURRENT
In case El Reno merchants establish
a white way system of illumination the
city will furnish current for lighting
the same it was agreed at a joint
meeting of the city commissioners and
a committee from the Lions club Sat-
urday morning Since several months
would be required to get such a system
installed' the commissioners decided
that the added expense of such a sys-
tem could be taken care of by curtail-
ing or transferring funds from some
other item in their budget A counter
proposition was also offered of build-
ing a line from the city waterworks
plant to the alley on Hayes street be-
tween Bickford and Choctaw
DATE SET FOR EXAMINATION
That a new postmaster will be se-
lected to succeed M B Cope present
incumbent whose term expired on Ju-
ly 23 was indicated last week when
notice was received by the local of-
fice of the fact that a civil service ap-
plication for the position would be giv-
en on September 27 As it will take
several weeks after the examlnatiqp
to grade the papers and transact other
formalities Mr Cope’s reign will con-
tinue for some time notwithstanding
the fact that he is anxious to be relieved
BUY8 MINCO HERALD
Having acquired possession of the
Mlnco Herald by purchase several
weeks ago G V Underwood last week
Issued his first edition of the paper
Mr Underwood is a son of P E D
Underwood formerly city editor of
The American and for the past two
years has been editor of the - Butler
Herald Although young in years bo
has made a splendid start In the jour-
nalistic profession
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PIEDMONT BANK BOBBEB
GOES TO PENITENTIARY
Seth Stone Withdrew Appeal-
Nine Divorce Granted in
Saturday’ Court
Although the appeal of his case was
pending in the criminal court of ap-
peals Seth 8tone one of the men con-
victed of the robbery of the Piedmont
state bank this spring withdrew hU
appeal at Oklahoma City last week
and in a session of the district court
here Saturday was ordered to be sent
to the state penitentiary at McAIes-
ter to begin serving his term of five
years Stone offered no reason for
his action except that he was being
blamed for every crime which was car-
ried on In Oklahoma City and he was
willing to go to the penitentiary to
keep from being molested He made
no statement aa to the others who
were with him at the time of the rob-
bery Nine Divorcee Granted
Divorce day was celebrated by the
court Saturday when a total of nine
couples had their marriage ties sever-
ed In the case of Brakefleld vs
Brakefleld the divorce was granted
and alimony of $1000 plus 9100 attor-
ney’s fees awarded to the plaintiff Oth-
er suits granted were: Nancy McCall
vs W W McCall Rosa Foster vs Wm
H Foster Helen Sailis vs W F Sal-
lis Emma White va A J White and
Thomas vs Thomas Bessie Allen
was granted a decree from Everett
Allen on a charge of non-support' She
was given the property which had been
left to her by a relative and her mai-
den name of Bessie Brown was re-
stored In the suit of Edward G Burns vs
Ruth Burns cruelty and unfaithfulness
was alleged by the plaintiff The de-
cree was granted John M Lewis was
granted a divorce from Maggie Lewis
on the ground of abandonment They
have five children and have settled
the property rights betwen themselves
Another 8ult Filed
A suit for divorce has been filed by
Chas Klingblel against Georgie Kling-
biel in which be charges abandonment
and gross neglect He alleges that
his wife has returned to her former
husband In the BUit of Dovie Ison
vs Silas Ison an original order was
modified in such a way that the defend-
ant will be required to pay his wife
$30 every 15 days In the suit to quiet
title by Morgan et aL vs' Jalonick et
al a Judgment was granted A Judg-
ment for the defendant was granted
in the suit of Buzzard vs Wilcox
Judgments for the plaintiffs were
rendered in the cases of Maxey vs
New England Loan & Trust company
and Toney et al vs Shepherd Suits
have been filed in' the court by W J
Finch vs W T Malone aad Hinton
State Bank vs H F Clements
MANY DRUNKS ARE JAILED
Police Busy with Corn Whiskey
Imbibers During1 Week
Plain drunks constituted the major-
ity of the business transacted by the
city police during the week with
the usual run of vags and other minor
law-breakers P J Lett was arrested
for disturbing the peace and was giv-
en a $10 fine Elija Bell who was
wanted by the Arapaho county author-
ities at Clinton was arrested and turn-
ed over to officers from that place Rob-
ert Clark arrested on a - vagrancy
charge by the Rock Island railway
force was released ‘
Jessie Rogers when arrested fof
street walking put up cash bond of
$10 which she failed to claim by ap-
pearing for trial A man by the name
of Renfrow was fined $10 for drunken-
ness and H Goose forfeited a $10 fine
on the same violation- D W Mc-
Broom and Viola Miller arrested for
disorderly conduct paid fines of $20
each to the city Oscar Roe was ar-
rested twice for drunkenness putting
up bond of $10 the first time and $20
the second time Geo A Cox was re-
leased under bond of $10 after arrest
for drunkenness Tom Guegel was
also arrested and placed under $10
bond for being drunk
HOLD DISTRICT C E RALLY
A Christian Endeavor rally of the El
Reno district was held at the First
Christian ch irch at El Reno Friday
night September 2nd Representatives
of Christian Endeavor Societies of
Kingfisher Cashion Calumet Yukon
in addition to local societies attended
Societies of the Christian and Presby-
terian Churches sent delegates Re-
ports of the world’s Christian Endea-
vor convention held in New York City
last July were made by Misses Minniur
Connolly and Gladys Penwright who
attended the convention as delegates
ahd also made a tour ot the east The
reports were carefully prepared and
very interesting After the program a
social hour was enjoyed in the base-
ment delicious refreshments being
served -
8UNDAY SCHOOL REPORT
Church: Attendance:
Christian 357
First M E 263
Baptist 210
Presbyterian 144
M E South 126
Evangelical 55
Evangelical 55
Coll:
$1621
-1813
1338
962
500
157
157
Total
1203
$7565
WILL MARK 8TRSBT CORNERS
One more step in civic Improvement
will be taken during the coming week
by the city commissioners arrange-
ments having been made to mark the
names of the streets at all of the street
intersections The names will be
painted ’On the curbings- in the busi-
ness -district - In white letters wttn
black background In the unpaved sec-
tions steel markers will be installed
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LIONS CLUB DISCU88ES
IMPROVEMENT PLANS
Failure of Speaker to Arrive Re-
sults in Round Table
Meeting
Through the failure of a speaker
from Oklahoma City to arrive the
business hour of the Lions club follow-
ing lta fortnightly luncheon Tuesday
noon waa turned into a round-table
discussion of a number of matters of
civic import by the club president C
L Engle
Reporting upon the school situation
Supt C E Grady stated that there
were at leaBt 100 more high school stu-
dents enrolled thlB year than last
and In spite of the fact that a two-room
annex has just been constructed he
states that the school is in a quandry
as what to do with the extra pupils
He states that there were 76 transfers
from the country districts this year
as compared with 40 last year An
effort is being made to hold the sise
of each class down to 30
May Refuse Transfers
The most surprising thing about the
enrollment according to Mr Grady was
the small number enrolled in vocation-
al agriculture The grade schools
have also shown an increase especial-
ly at Central It may be necessary to
refuse transfers to the high school in
order to cut down the enrollments
In view of the approaching fair Dr
P F Herod made the suggestion that
the city should make an attempt to
get the street in front of the Rock Isl-
am office building in better shape It
is surfaced with crushed stone and has
been worn full of holes The matter
was referred to the committee on
road improvements
Would 8top Mosquitoes
H L Reed assistant general man-
ager of the Rock Island stated that
he would post himself on the Rock
Island’s responsibility in keeping this
street in better repair C O Blake
Rock Island attorney was called upon
for suggestions for civic improvement
and responded by telling of the mos-
quito pest which exists here at pres-
ent He stated that in building the
storm sewers here ten years ago bas-
ins were left to become filled with
filth which are breeders of innumer-
able mosquitoes and will continue to
be so until the places are filled with
concrete
N I Garrison reported to the club
that the city commissioners had
agreed to furnish current necessary
for the White Wav case the
business men plan
Speaking in isaiu to tue outage of
the electric lights on Saturday night
Mr Garrison stated that a grant fir
along the railroad Bet fire to to of
the electric company's highlino poles
thus breaking the line Ho stated that
a force has already been sent to scrape
the grass aay from the base of the
poles in order to prevent a recurrence
of the experience
Secretary V Q Wattson Of the
chamber of commerce told of the re-
ceiving a letter from the war depart-
ment asking that El Reno at once
take steps toward the establishment ot
a landing field as this city has been
placed upon the first official aerial
route in the United States This roiFe
extends from El Paso to Tulsa
is rou’s
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RAILROADERS IN BIG MEET
Union Men of Three Rock Island
Divisions Attend
Railroad men from practically all
points on the Panhandle Oklahoma
and Indian Territory divisions assem-
bled here Sunday afternoon for a get-
together meeting of the unions they
represent and according to the re-
ports the event was so successfully
handled that they will be repeated
another one being set for Sunday Sep-
tember 18 The deliberations of the
meeting were of a Becret nature
those in attendance being required to
show their cards in order to gain ad-
mission The meeting was opened at 2:36
Sunday afternoon with a welcome ad-
dress by Mayor Jack Kivett in which
he extended a courteous invitation oq
the part of the city to use the city
hall at any time Conductor B B
Spears of this city presided over the
sessions The local chamber of com-
merce furnished autos for the use of
the men in going over the city and be-
fore their adjournment the union men
passed a resolution indorsing the work
of one of their members in each unu
of the local chamber of commerce and
recommending the appointing of one
of their members in each city to work
with their local chamber A vote of
thanks was extended for the use of
the city hall and of the offices of May-
or Kivett and Supt C E Grady for
committee purposes
S 8 TO HOLD RALLY DAY
With a goal of 1000 attendance the
Sunday school of the Christian church
is busy this week preparing for the
twentieth annual rally day of the
school The holding of a rally day as
an annual event was instituted 20
years ago by C L Engle who has
been superintendent of the school
since its organization 28 years ago
Special music will be given and other
interesting features provided
BALL TEAM DROPS TWO
El Reno’s ball team dropped two faBt
games of the national sport to the
Clinton nine on the latter’s diamond on
Sunday and Monday respectively The
first game ended 10 to 3 and the sec-
ond 8 to 7
PICNIC FOR LEGION NAIRE8
At the meeting of the El Reno post
ot the American Legion last week It
was voted to hold a picnic and basket
supper at Legion park this evening All
war mothers wives or lady friends of
the legionnaires are invited to partici-
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