The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1921 Page: 1 of 10
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EL RENO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17 121
HZZZ3 COW DAT X3
crssavsD y lions
Tributo Paid to Tompkins for
for KMUftmont — Port Bobo
Offtocra Aro Onosto
Horoo Show dor h observed by
tho Uwt chib of this city la thctr bl-
weekly taacktoa at the Southern ho-
tel Tueedey moon the membera pay-
ins tribute to Chaa H Tompkins
-who baa engineered the event to a
aniieeefal coacluaion In the fora of
itleo when he waa called upon
for a epeeeh Major A H Jones com
mandant at Fort Reno - Major Cullum
and Capt P F Huber alao from the
fort and O A Belt of the bureau
of yt—i huabandry from Washing-
ton who are alao taking an active
part In the home ahow were preaent
and made epeechee
“Thin ahow la only a email forerun-
ner of what we expect to make it” de-
clared Mr Tompkins "The horaea
from the Fort which are shown here
will be taken to the national show at
Chicago and will be decorated with
El Reno’a colors of garnet and white
A number of the best horaea in the
country are to be found in the show-
ing from the fort including a half
brother to Man o' War and aa good
a brood mare class as ever entered a
show ring"
East Knows Record of Post
"In the east where horse raising is
more general than here the accom-
plishments of Fort Reno in breeding
is more generally ktown than here In
El Reno Just live miles distant" con-
tinued Mr Tompkins "We expect to
arouse sufficient interest 'to get a
circuit established in this state El
Reno Enid Oklahoma (City Tulsa
Muskogee and possibly others to be
Included"
Mr Bell waa then called upon he
making the statement that he had re-
ceived a telegram from Major Jones
to the effect that the best horse show
In the world was going on here and
not wishing to miss such an import-
ant event immediately started hither
He stated that in traveling over the
west he had found very few good
horses the bulk being only cow ponies
and draft horses or crosses of the
breeds He praised the efforts of
ne citisens here in assisting the gov-
rnment in interesting farmers in the
raising of good animals
Want Public to Know of Work
we want to get our horses in front
of toe people and this show is the op-
portunity we need” was the state-
ment of Major Jones "The govern-
ment does not want to raise horses
but conducts the remount station to
etVow the farmers what is desired in
the way of good horses desiring rath-
er to purchase from the farmers We
oid not get the best horses for this
show but on account of the lack of
time selected only the short haired
ones Next year we will have them
finished up in good shape We want
to invite competition and make the
show larger"
Major Cullum spoke upon the neces-
prime movers in Arranging the show
but paid a high compliment to Mr
Tompkins stating that he had attend-
ed a large number of horse shows
hut that Mr Tompkins was the best
promoter he had ever seen L F
Wheeler who is proprietor of the
Wheeler Shows which are to winter In
the fair building emphasised the state-
ment by declaring that he considered
Mr Tompkins one of the best horse-
men In the world
‘ Major Cullom spoke upon the neces-
sity of the army taking a greater in-
terest In community affairs than has
heen the case heretofore and stated
that as one of the reasons why the
remount station is taking so great an
Interest in the show Capt Huber ex-
tended the people of El Reno ana the
taxpayer aof Canadian county an in-
vitation to visit Ft Reno and see what
is being accomplished there
Water Is Second In 8tate
Discussing the water situation of
El Reno Dr T M Aderhold stated
that the water here ranked second in
the state in purity Okmulgee alone
surpassing $L As tbe government
standards are more strict than the
state however the railroads were pro-
hibited from using the water In or-
der to correct it so as to meet these
requirement a chlorinlzation machine
is tovbe installed in duplicate at once
after which the city has assurances
that the railroads will be permitted to
resume filling their tanks here
‘There is nothing to do in regard to
the road situation between here and
Oklahoma City except to wait" stated
A J Sparkes of the good roads com-
mittee He added that petition were
being prepared looking toward the
voting of bonds in the amount of half
a million dollars for the construction
t paved roads extending eight miles
in each direction from El Reno
The attempts which are being tnade
to move the Cheyenne and Arapaho
schools from Concho and the Masonic
home from Darlington were discussed
and committees appointed to look af-
ter the city’s interests in that direc-
tion Recognition was made of the
feat of the five boy scouts who broke
the national record for hiking last
week and a motion carried to have
the five at the next 'luncheon
CALUMET P M APPOINTED
Congressman Oensman Informs B H
Moats that he has received the appoint-
Lment as postmaster for Calumet Al-
though he has not as yet received of-
i dcial notice from the pdetoffice depart-
ment c his appointment' the notice
i from our congresman is conclusive ev-
i Idence j The date when he will take
charge has not been set at this time-1
Calumet Chieftain 7
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ROCK ISLAND ORANGE TO MEET
Rock Island Orange will have a busi-
ness meeting Friday night Ladibsart
requested to bring pled 'tor refreshments
OBSERVE ARMISTICE OAV
In honor of tho third anniversary of
the dosing of the world conflict E!
Reno citisens in various ways showed
their respect for the soldiers of this
country who were left on the battle-
fields of France All of the city
schools engaged la patriotic programs
In the afternoon a big parade was
held In the line of march were the
El Reno and Concho school bands a
large delegation of the Indian stu-
dents from the Cheyenne and Arapa-
ho schools the boy scouts of the city
the Klwanis dub that Athenaeum club
and many other city and ladies’ dubs
After marching through the streets of
the business seetion the panders
gathered at the Derry theatre where
a patriotic program was held
NZORO OXVXN PNN SENTENCE
Black find at Pursusn after At-
tempted Theft
Sentence of two years in the state
penitentiary at McAlester was award-
ed by the jury in the case of State vs
Wiley Edgar colored in the district
court this week this being the only
penitentiary sentence given thus far
in the term Edgar is the negro who
was arrested following the firing of
several shots at a crowd which was
pursuing him for the theft of a num-
ber of articles from the J C Penney
store about two months ago
Acquittal for Dave LaFollette charg-
ed with the murder of Garnet Barker
was brought in by the jury in the case
on last Friday morning Alfred Wood-
ruff charged with attempt to kill Chaa
McGlothlin was also cleared of the
charge the jury in this case having
deliberated 20 hours upon the matter
Woodruff was arrested last summer
following a knife battle between him
and McGlothlin in which the latter
received serious cuts
Fined for Assault
In the case of state vs Woods
charged with assault with a danger jus
weapon the defendant reversed his
plea of not guilty to guilty and was
given a fine of 1250 and cost Fanny
Sling colored was given a sentence of
3u days in the county jail by the jury
who heard her case She was charged
with felonious assault and battery
the testimony bringing out that the
quarrel arose oyer the sale of corn
liquor She admitted having made
purchases of the beverage at several
previous tithes from her victim
The cases of state vs Copeland and
state vs Johnson were continued the
sheriff reporting that the prisoner had
escaped from hi custody Copelana
was charged with grand larceny in
stealing clothes from another negro
while Johnson was charged with neg-
ligence in operating his car
In the -session of the court Satur-
day a judgment was granted in the
case of Chambers vs Reno township
A motion to confirm the sale was bus
tained in the case of Hicks vs Griffin
et al L Eckert has commenced suit
against Burt Standard for the recov-
ery of money on notea Lee Tomp-
kins has commenced divorce proceed-
ings against May Tompkins alleging
adultery and neglect of their six-year
old child He aska for the custody of
the child
MAKE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
At a recent meeting of the El Reno
ministerial alliance the following state-
ment and recommendations were made
concerning the holding of funerals in
this city: "There is no surer indica
tion of a people’ religious feeling than
is shown by their treatment of their
dead The purpose of a funeral ser-
vice is to convey a message of com-
fort and triumphant faith In order
to assure this and to dignify the burial
of the dead we make the following
recommendations: (1) Only under the
pressure of great necessity should
fuerals be appointed for Sunday (2)
We suggest that in the event the cas-
ket is to be opened that it be opened
In the vestibule of the church (3)
We discourage extravagance and dis-
play in the arrangements and conduct
of funerals Privacy dignity and sim-
plicity should be the guiding princi-
ples (4) Consult the clergyman before
arranging for the funeral (5) It is
the custom to give all funeral proces-
sions the right-of-way on our streets
and public highways — For ministerial
alliance by G A Swanson secretary"
NEW PASTOR ARRIVES
Services at the M E Church South
Sunday were conducted by Ref C C
Hightower the new pastor who was
assigned to El Reno by the recent con-
ference of the church The new min-
ister has been a resident of Blackwell
for the past two years previous to that
time having been a chaplain in the
army While overseas he was gassed
and on account of ill health had not
reentered the ministry on his return
this being his first charge He will
move his household goods anl bring
his wife ana two children here next
week
BANNER GRANGE MEETING
Banner grange will hold its next
meeting Saturday evening at 8
o’clock when the following program
will be given: Recitation Verna Bor-
nemanh debate "Which is the most
profitable to the individual cows or
chickens ” Mrs R Worthington will
take the side of the cows and Mrs
Fox the chickens Play "Calling up
Mies Smith" General discussion)
Capper’s Volstead Bill" ReciV
Alvin Bornemann piano duet Mv
and Enid Newland v-'
ARRANGE FOR THANKSGIVING
The union Thanksgiving service will
be held this year in the Presbyterian
church at 10:30 in the morning and
Rev O F Buirley pastor of the First
M E church wilt be the epeaker The
(re e-will offering that will be taken will
go to the free ward at the sanitarium)
—By order1 of ministerial alliance G
A Swanson secretary -jy
r ’ Mr 4
SCOUTS BREAK U S RECORD
Tiv Boj Walk to Oklahoma City
- and Rotorn la 3 Dayi
Hiking from El Reno to Oklahoma
City gad return on Saturday and Sun-
day five Boy Scouts of El Reno Troop
No 8 claim to have shattered the na-
tional scout record for distance cover-
ed In that length of time while four
other boys broke the state record for
a similar feat The five who broke
tho national record thereby establish-
ing claim to receive a medal were
Gilbert Walker Rex Aubrey Gephart
Allen Morris Andrei Fornesa and Gar-
rett Miles
Leaving El Reno at I a m 8atur-
day the boy made the trip to the
capital city without difficulty stop-
ping at Yukon for dinner Arriving
at Oklahoma City at 6:30 they report-
ed at once to Mrs J E Pershing car-
rying a letter of condolence from tne
El Reno council sympathising with
her in the bereavement of her bus-
band who was scout commissioner
for Oklahoma City
After supper the boys were admitted
to the swimming pool at the YMCA
and after a plunge hiked to the Boy
Scout Cabin at Northeast lake where
they spent the night The return trip
was started Sunday morning at 9
o'clock nine of the 11 boys who made
the trip from Eli Reno starting out on
the return The five who finished ar-
rived at 11 o'clock Sunday night E
C King president of the local scout
council and several of the parents
met the party at Banner and other
points Blong the road and offered to
bring them in but the five were de-
termined to break a record and refus-
ed the help
The four who broke the state rec-
ord were Claud Carr Kenneth Best
Ernest Randall and Vilroy Faris Roy
White and Harold Statton made the
walk to Oklahoma City but on ac-
count of having to return early lost
out on the trip back
The record existing heretofore was
made when a scoutmaster and two
scouts walked from New York to Phil-
adelphia making 101 miles in three
days i
CHARGE CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Two Plead Not Guilty to Charge
in County Court
At the preliminary hearing of Alvy
Robbins charged with criminal as-
sault upon Elsa Wood Saturday the
defendant entered a plea of not guilty
and was bound over to the district
court under bond of $2500 C W
Bratcher of Yukon charged with rape
of Doris Hardesty pleaded not guilty
at his arraignment hearing and was
held without bond for preliminary
hearing on November 23
Chas Myers one of the trio who
were charged with cutting attachments
from an auto pleaded not guilty in
the county court and bond was flxeu
in the sum of $500 pending his pre-
liminary hearing Nick Lightner A
L Mabury and John Hanney were ar-
rested for possessing corn whisky for
the purpose of selling the same all
entering pleas of not guilty when ar-
raigned Bonds were fixed at $750
each and all were released upon giv-
ing satisfactory bond
A plea of not guilty was entered
by Jim Thompson to the charge of
transporting liquor His bond was
'set at $750 A widow1 pension of $10
per month was granted by the court
to Mrs Augusta Sturgill
ORGANIZING FOR SEAL 8ALE
Work of organizing every city and
county in the state into an effective
machine for raising $100000 with
which to fight tuberculosis and ill-
health started in all parte of the state
this week when the officials of 75 lo-
cal health association and public
health committees received letters
from Jules Schevitz general secretary
oi the Okldhoma public health asso-
ciation urging the immediate selection
of county and city seal sale chairmen
The seal sale opens December 1 and
lasts until December 15 An effort
will be made to sell 20000000 seals in
Oklahoma That number of Christ-
mas seels to be attached to Christ-
mas malt as a message of good cheer
and good health have been received at
the office of tho state association and
are being held for delivery to county
chairman The seals will sell at one
cent each No quotas will be announc-
ed this year Schevitz announced A
minimum sale of five seals to every
man woman and child in the state is
the goal of the association Under a
new plan to be put into effect this
year funds raised in the sale will be
spent in the counties in which they
are raised for public health work
FINN 18 EXONERATED
Self-defense was the finding of the
group who with Justice C J Hess as
coorner held an inquest over Manuel
Gonzallas Mexican who was shot by
Tom Finn recently near the Mexican
work camt at Fort Reno Nkm being
exonerated from guilt Gonzallas and
another Mexican were found to have
had guns and it is believed that Finn
was shot in the left leg by the on9
who escaped Gonzallas died the day
following the fight while Finn is Mill
confined in the El Reno sanitarium
TEACHERS TO MEET AT EDMOND
Sessions of the Central Oklahoma
Education association will be held at
'Edmond on Thursday and Friday of
week Miss Luell Thorpe pri-
mary supervisor of El Reno schools
la chairman of the primary section of
the association and will have charge
of the work in that section
Rev B D Salkeld of Oklahoma City
teas named ae state- chaplain of the
American Legion by H B Davis state
Commander noth last meeting of the
fctate executive oommlttee i He- suc-
ceeds Rev H L Hoover of Lawton
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GET8 COUNTERFEIT BILL
Through tho medium of a $1
bill which had been' raised to
the ten-doller denomination
Clyde Musgrove clerk at the
stamp window at the postoffice
was subjected to a $9 loss re-
cently The bill had been clev-
erly doctored by uaiag a die to
cut out the figure L end the
aame die was used in cutting
one 10 figure from each of four
ten-dollar bills tho latter being
inserted in the holes left in the
II bill As an experiment Mr
Musgrove tried the bill on threo
of the bankers of the city and
all accepted it readily after
which they were shown that it
was k fake
POULTRY SHOW NEXT WEEK
Remainder of Premium List Given
—Many Specials Offered
In printing the premium list for the
annual Canadian county poultry show
in The American last week the ma-
jority of the special premiums offered
were omitted the list not having been
completed at that time As that por-
tion of the list is larger than the cash
prizes it is printed below The poul-
try show is to open on November 21
and will last for four days The new
fair building will be utilized and pens
for the fowla will be furnished by the
Canadian county fair association The
remainder of the premium Hat is as
follows:
Best Rhode Island cock (2 50 in mer-
chandise by Reed’s stores best Rhode
Island Red cockerel 1260 in merchan-
dise by Musgrave grocery beet Rhode
Island Red pullet $2 50 in merchandise
by Musgrave Grocery beet pen of
Rhode Island Reds give a flashlight by
the Ravia Electric Shop best White
Wyandotte cock 52 in merchandise by
Empire Meat Co beat White Wyan-
dotte hen 6250 In merchandise by City
Drug Store best White Wyandotte
cockerel 62 00 In merchandise by ouen
Hardware best White Wandotte pul
let 1 ticket by Derry Theatre value
51 05 and 1 gallon of oil by Tompkins
Motor Co best White Wyandotte pen
$2 in merchandise by Youngheims best
Buif Orpington hen 62 in merchandise
by Owen Hardware best Buff Orping-
ton cockerel 61 50 in merchandise by
J W McKinster best Buff Orpington
pullet 6150 in merchandise by J W
McKinster best pen of Buff Orping-
tons in the show 61 in merchandise by
Help-Yourself Grocecrv and 1 gallon
of motor oil bv Tompkins Motor Co
best White Orpington cock in the show
1 gallon motor oil by Tompkins Motor
Co and 61 in merchandise by Owen
Hardware best White Orpington hen
61 In merchandise by Youngheim’s and
1 gallon motor oil by Tompkins Motor
Co best White Orpington cockerel Til
show 61 In merchandise by Help-Your-self
Grocery and 61 in merchandise by
Crider’s Groceteriar beat White Or-
pington pullet $i n merchandise by
Crider's Groceteria and 61 in merchan-
dise by Help-Yourself Grocery best
White Orpington pen 61 in merchan-
dise by Crider’s Groceteria and 61 In
merchandise by Help-Yourself Grocery
best White Leghorn cock 1 box More-
Egg Tablets by Miller’s Drug Store
and 6250 galvanised tub by Smith Tin
Shop best White Leghorn hen In the
show 1 year's subscription to The Amer
lean by American and 12-lb pail of
stock tonic by Poultry Supply Co best
White Leghorn cockerel In the show
2-year subscription to the American
Poultry Journal by Barnard's Book
Store best White Leghorn pullet In
the show 62 60 In merchandise by
Crider’s Grocerterla and 61 In merchan-
dise by Help-Yourself Grocery r best
White Leghorn pen In show a woolnap
blanket by J C Penney Co best light
Brahma pen in the ahow axminster
rug 24x54 inches by Baas Furniture Co
For the best pen of Buff Minorcas
a tireless brooder by Morris Manufac-
turing Co best pen of Black Lang-
shans 5250 In merchandise by Perkins
Paint and Paper Co best pen of 'White
Langshans in the show $2 60 In mer-
chandise by Perkins Paint ft Paper Co
best pen of Bantams wicker clothes
basket by Wilson Furniture Co best
pen in the entire show 100-lbs scratch
feed by Canadian Mill ft Elevator Co:
beat hen In the show 100-lbs scratch
feed by Canadian Mill ft Elevator Co
best bird in the show silver trophy cup
by Behne best Rhode Island Red pen
In show E P Hubatka will give a
setting of eggs from his best mating
for third prise pen Rhode Island Reds
H R Naylor will give a setting of egtv
from his best mating for best male
bird In show Shuck's studio will give
6 photographs value 55
For the best male bird In the Amer-
ican class the Canadian Mill & Elevator
Co will give 100-lbs chick feed and
Derry theatre a ticket valued 6105:
best male bird In the English class 1
21-lb pail stock tonic by Poultrv Supplv
Co and 1 ticket by Derry theatre val-
ued at 61 05 best male bird In the Med-
iterranean class 1 year's subscription
to the El Reno American by American
and 1 ticket by Derry theatre valued
at 6105 best male bird In the Asiatic
class one package Hess’ Poultry Pan-
acea by Jones Drug Co and Derrv the-
atre will give a ticket valued at 61 05
the second best pair of guineas 1 gal-
lon motor oil by Tompkins Motor Co
second best pair of ducks I gallon mo-
tor oil by Tompkins Motor Co h
buck rabbit El Reno American will
give a year's subscription best doe
rabbit El Reno American will give a
year’s subscription
The following cash donations were
furnished by El Reno business men:
Yates Furniture Co 62 Commercial
Bank 610 Citisens National Bank 610
El Reno 8tate Bank 65 First Nation-
al Bank 52 Oklahoma Gas ft Electric
Co 65 El Reno Wholesale Poultry
Co 62 -Cantley Produce Co it W J
Custer 52 B F Elliott $1 Kellv's
Confectionery $1 Merveldt Motor Co
62: Kraft’s Meat Market II 1 C R
Miller $2 El Reno Abstraot Co 63
Wattson Hatch Co $2 Chamber of
Commerce 625 Fryberger 56’ Yu-
kon National Bank 610 First Nation-
al Bank of Yukon 62 Bass Mere Co
of Yukon 62
Other business firms are offering lib-
eral merchandise premiums Their
names appear with the premiums they
offer elsewhere in this list
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT
School: Attendance:
Christian 381
First M E 316
Baptist - 328
Presbyterian IS4'
M E South 127 '
Evangelical 36
Chiftch of Christ $9
COIL:
84354
174&
' 1103
1098
527
83
2600
Total
1351 0 $jl508
EAGLES INITIATE 16 -i
Sixteen candidates were Initiated In
fid- the nryateglee dAiMwv Order of
Eagles on Tuesday night fbllowed by
n smoker and general good time )
8 8 CONVENTION TUESDAY
Annual County Event to Bo Held
Et Calumet
A number of the leading Sunday
school people of the state will be at
Calumet on next Tuesday the occas-
ion being the annual Sunday school
convention of the county The pro-
gram has been arranged for the day
by the officers and the people of Calu-
met are making extensive preparations
to entertain the visitors Delegates
for the meeting were chosen by many
of the Sunday schools last Sunuay
while the remaining will be elected
next Sunday
'The program will open at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning )n the Christian
church at Caljimet and close at 9 In
the evening R F Jones president
state that the program will be carried
out on schedule time in order to give
all a chance A round-table conducted
by C H Nichole president of the
state association will be one of the
features The program in detail is as
follows:
Tuesday morning 10 am— Song ser-
vice Will Zeigler scripture reading
and prayeir Geo W Blagg welcome
address Leslie Thompson response
R F Jones junior boys Mrs A D
Taylor song elementary department
Mrs C H Nichols outside Mrs LH
Gephart address O F Sensabaugh
appointment of committees adjourn-
ment Tuesday afternoon 2 pm — Song ser-
vice Will Zeigler scripture reading
and prayer Henry Funck Children’s
week C W Maddux inside Rev
John A Gardner - Are rural schools
keeping pace J W Hay don special
music Sunday schools or reform
schools M B Cope address O F
Sensabaugh Round able C H Nich-
ols reports of committees and elec-
tion of officers
Tuesday evening 7:30 pm — Song
service Will Zeigler scripture read-
ing and prayer C A Simmons A
Sunday School in Toyko Japan Mrs
D P Richardson Building a great
Sunday school C H Nichols special
music address O F Sensabaugh
CAPTURE FREIGHT CAR THIEVES
Following breaking into a car
and removlng
quantity of merchan-
dise of a Rock Island train near the
bridge north of the wye by a band of
four robbers last week the El Reno
police turned out and captured two of
the gang Chas McBride and G C
Allen The other two were headed
south at last reports and the Waurika
police were after them The goods
were thrown out of the car when the
train came to a stop near the bridge
but about $800 worth of the loot was
recovered The exact amount of the
loss is being checked up by the railway
pfficials at Chiqkaaha The police
captured Raymond Pope and Pollie
and Susie Walker and turned the trio
over to the Kingfisher county authori-
ties where they are wanted for hi-
jacking F M White arrested for
drunkenness forfeited $20 bond T B
Sweeten was fined $10 for the same
offense and Herbert Henderson was
fined $10 for speeding The room of
Mrs Lucille Brown in a local hotel was
raided by the police and a consider-
able amount of merchandise atolen
from El Reno store was found Mrs
Brown was arrested and turned over
to the county authorities for prosecu-
tion on a shop-lifting charge
MARRIAGE LICEN8E8
Marriage licenses were issued dur-
ing the past week to the following
couples: J W Brown 49 and Ida
Hobbs 42 both of Oklahoma City
Roy J Peltle 26 Bay City Texas and
Sylvester Collins 18 Weatherford
Cecil F Moody 23 and Miss Eunice
Oppenlander 19 both of El Reno
Ardie L Borns 26 and Miss Irma M
Wells 23 both of Oklahoma City
Robt M Hargrove 36 and Miss Vir-
ginia May Clark 27 both of Oklahoma
City D C Hammill 28 Wichita
Falls and Miss Marietta Carroll 21
ban Antonio TexaB Wm A Kelly
3j and Miss Mayme C Jones 29 both
of Oklahoma City William R Thomp-
son 23 Calumet and Miss Grace
Weaver 23 El Reno A E Gilbert
29 and Miss Ella Deneen 31 both of
Oklahoma City Oliver Newton 18
Union City and Miss Gertrude Young
18 El Reno
SEEKING CLEAR TITLE
In the effort to obtain a clear title
to the city packing plant property in
order to make it available for eale M
B Cope as city attorney started suit
in the district court some time ago
against all persons having any claim
whatever against it The State Bank
of Quay is the only institution which
has filed an answer in contesting the
Buit and hearing upon the proposition
will come up in the district court here
in the near future
TWO CULVERT8 PLANNED
Bids for the construction of two 15-
foot culverts on West Watts and West
Russell respectively are to be receiv-
eu by the- city commissioners up to
November 25 They are to be of the
slab concrete type with a 24-foot road-
way and sidewalks on each side As
these streets are much traveled their
construction ia considered as very
important
KIWANIAN8 TO HAVE BANQUET
Membera of the Klwanis club and
friends will hold their first banquet
on Friday evening in the First M E
Church basement at which time their
charter will be delivered to'them The
weekly luncheon on Wednesday noon
this week was dispensed with in view
of the nearness of the banquet date
ROLL CALL FOR GRANGE
Members of the Pleasant View
grange No 101 will hold a roll call
program on the evening of November
85 nt which tim all jresept will an-
swer to their names by -giving sher)
speech
ELKS CHARITY FAIN NEXT WEEK
Elks of El Reno are winding op
their preparation for their annual
troll o— the charity fair This event i
scheduled to open next Monday with
all the noveltiee which have proved
to be headliners in previous years
together with added sensational and
interesting features Dancing to the
train of Shack’ orchestra will be-
gin early every evening while show
of all kind will be going on at the
aame time A usual a general invi-
tation ia given by th BPOJS! to
the citisens of El Reno All of the
proceeds from the carnival Is devoted
to charity work in this city' during
the winter months and constitutes the
only organised method of taking care
of charity cases
R 0 ROLL CALL DRIVE 18 ON
Leaders Are Disappointed Over
Showing Being Made
Although a splendid organisation
has been perfected in Canadian coun-
ty for the handling of the Red Cross
drive reports from the various parte
indicated that the sum to be realized
will fall considerably below expecta-
tions unless a more liberal response
is met with Mrs F A Whitted chair-
man of the county drive reports that
it was hoped that at least $4000 would
bo raised in order that the work in
this county could be carried on suc-
cessfully this year but it is doubtful
et 1'iosent if much more than half this
amount can be secured
Under the direction of the KlwaniB
club the business section of El Reno
was canvassed on Monday a total of
$565 being reported from this source
Other house-to-house canvassing com-
mittees were organised but had not
reported at the time of going to press
Tne official county court house fnm-
lly repotted 100 per cent for the Red
Cross i total of $33 being secured
The Rock Island office building fur
Dished $95 to Mrs K E Humphrey
and Miss Edna Kelljr solicitors Chas
R timer is canvassing the Rock Island
Bhop” this week and while he states
the work goes slowly says he is get-
ting a very liberal response
Piedmont to Work Saturday
Calumet and Okarche held their
drives on Monday but no report has
been received from them Mrs Will
letgh i on was in charge of the work
at Calumet and Miss Cora Crowe at
Okarche A pep meeting and organ-
ization drive is to be held at Pied-
mont on Friday afternoon and the
drive will be held on Saturday limes
Iva Dickerson May Fry Maud Dick-
erson and one or two others are In
charge Richland is having its drive
thiB week having held a special peel-
ing yesterday to organize
Yukon people will hold their portion
of the drive on next Tuesday Mrs
Boardman being in charge of the drive
Mrs Mary Coats and Florence Armour
are conducting the membership work
at Union City this week As yet a
zero percentage showing has been
made by Mustang all efforts of the
Red Cross to get workers there to
take charge having failed
Unless the rural school districts
shbw more interest Mrs Whitted re-
ports that little can be expected from
them In the drive In an endeavor to
secure leaders to take charge of the
work she mailed out 97 personal let-
ters and from these received only
four replies Three of these were re-
fusals the only favorable answer hav-
I ing been made by J L Summers of
District No 26- However t another
chance has been given to these dis-
tricts since 50 of the teaahera who
were in attendance at the teachers’
association here Saturday took a num-
ber of membership bianaa and agreed
to do their best to cover their var-
ious districts -
WATER NEED8 CHLORINIZATIOIt
With the addition of a chlorinlzation
process the city water of the El Reno
system can be made as pure es any in
the Btate according to the word of a
representative of the state health de-
partment who wag a visitor here last
Thursday Since the water showed an
unusually low test in injurious bac-
teria the only step to make it abso-
lutely pure is some process of elimi-
nating the gas-forming bacteria which
are not considered injurious to the
health Filtration Is not necessary to
accomplish this the commissioners
were assured but the installation of
a chlorinlzation machine was recom-
mended ana the commissioners took
up the proposition of purchasing such
a machine at once
COUNTRY CLUB ELECT8
Election of the new staff of officers
for the ensuing year was accomplish-
ed during the past week by the mem-
bera of the club At a meeting at the
club bouse on Thursday night a board
of governor was chosen and at the
meeting for organization of this group
on Saturday morning the following of-
ficer were chosen R C Rice presi-
dent G S Yates vice-president A
b Jacobi chairman finance commit-
tee Raymond Tolbert chairman enter-
tainment committee M D Libby
chairman grounds committee G A
Barnard secretary-treasurer
ELEVATOR MEN TO MEET
In order to meet with representa-
tives of the U S grain growers
association a special meeting of the
Farmers’ Cooperative elevator asso-
ciation of Union City has been called
for November 23 at Union City Ail
farmers interested are invited by the
mill officials to attend
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MANY TOWNS ELECTRIFYING
Many town in this section of the
state are adopting electricity as a con
venience according to Hairry Steele
of the Hy-Line Battery gJmpaay who
states that he haa th otraet to In-
stall a $23900 tra— - V" M
Fort Gpbb a 1100C tr -V
hnd 52 miles of Utr U
beary 7 Sx
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COUNTRY ATflsr
f Lier
Tint Annul Enai Uu Cl' ) trwwv -Managern
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Exhibiting fancy "horse feah" wV
would do credit to any af the net wer
hone shows the first nnnuel L
8 how of El Reno came to a rv
ful conclusion Tuesday aL l coul
Iwn si anfonnsa oaae Hiklak Eaa m X V
'’nesday nt
la
two performances which la g- '
conceded to surpass anything e er try remain
tempted before m the southwest Wifi ft® W
the cooperation of the officers aFofl3uting e
Reno and tha Wheeler Bros Um of the E
which is to winter in the note flared that
building the local citisens warn It 'teas to g
sbled to put on a varied progranvemenL F
Interest to everyone and all pr the boys 11
have become enthuaisatle ore
possibilities which can bo Apr ‘I Flashltq
along this line I ‘ Dope wi
In recognition of the it1 1 ort addrei
bora performed by those VM v- accompli
the show a number of gif) I breaking
sented during Tuesday eveiil scout ax
gram Postmaster M B Cope ' U Hike
the speeches of presentation ‘ 1 ss and lli
AH Jones commandant at ff 9 the stat
was given a large horse shoe-
of roses Chas H Tompkiia
able gold watch and Major y?
lum and Captain P F Hun
goid fountain pen i
In the program aa fins
out eight different clsj
shown every department 6
An entry of 14 polo ponies farann
other horses was receivefrtronn -
man Sunday but waa not acoept’ part of
account of the program having I mgla intro
filled at that time W B Staffpn gtor of tha
W H Martin and T H Ellisor h of Oklah
judges -4 At of his
One of the features of the two1-’ J11!'
performance was the roping 'sbyterlan ihu
tion of Mr Tompkins former
ceded to be the world's ehampf jton Was Uni
er The show ring of the n the charactei
building proved to be an exebe speaker d
ampitheatre for tne event being ply one of
orated in national colors for the os who coul
ion by Mmes W B Stafford without c
'lompkins L A Garner and 1- ’ tonal hlsi
more t ts earne
The results of the competin' tether oi
the various classes were decld-i $ation OI
Tuesday night when silver cuprL- 8 comma
presented to the winner in each 1 during I
and ribbons to second and third weld tbs U
The winners were aa follows Into oni
Stallions — Square Set Ftert RW itelL-'Ctui
rode by Pvf Frederick Baty' ilr'tl'j
Ashton Fort Reno rode by Et G
seeond Rumflor Fort Renorodv ‘ fl out V
Sgt Cox third smander
Ladies’ Road Hacks — Babe 'Jom without
Major E G Cullom roiT-by Mr C£ of Corn'
lorn first Alax Foaftil xodoeite rathoi
Mrs A H Jones'TI I Valent the wo
Col W S Valentin Jflbde by 1 - R
Chas Tompkins third v jNssdsL
Remounts — Jason Fort Reno' r - the nat
by Sgt Goets first Leather P' indiv
Fort Reno rode by Sgt J A faeti
second Dan Major A Hi - unify ai
rode by T’m R Christian th) s 0f the i
t Jumpers-— Valentine Col VKientinL Conte
rode by Mrs C H Tompkins first? dan
Dan Major Jones rode by Majotg todi
Jones second Virginia Major Culiomt j-rsdui
rode by Major Cullom third ls"
Officers’ chargers — Plutarch Fort
Reno rode by Major Jonee first j
Frank Armstrong Fort Reno rode byy
Sgt C P Reynolds second entry No l jng’
6 third — I
Polo Ponies — Minco Fort Reno V
rode by Major Cullom firat Rock Ia I”
land Major Jones rode by F H Ne
man second Bull’s Eye Fort Reite
rode by Major Jones third n
Brood Mares and Colt
by Trial by Jury Fort
Weanling by CapL Ray
second 2-year old by gvriUur&r''
Reno third
Gentleman’s Park Hacks— Ajax Fort
Reno rode by Billy Walters first:
Comet Fort Reno rode by Chaa H
Tompkins second Bagdad Fort Re
no rode by Dave McClure third '
I "mman
WILL BUILD 8 HOUSES
Another blow to the house shortage) - 5
situation In El Reno was given thianat 01
week when Mayo Jack Klvett an- ’oming
nounced that be would commence 'at a aal
once (he construction of eight new has all
houses in the Jensen addition in the o( his
southwest part of the city Seven of he pf
the houses are valued at $1000 each an t
and one at $2000 and are being built ' -ef '
to be rented at a low figure to labor-
ing people Karr and Engle have be-
gun remodeling the house at 107 South
Bickford at a cost of $400 L J t!od
is making a $200 addition to the h- "q
at 119 North El Reno G F HJdgkln -d Mar
son has started aa $800 addition at era I
918 West Woodson - - von plf
5 ana
CAPTURES FOURTH COYOTE ' '
Complete annihilation of the pack of
four coyotes which has been commit- ‘
ting serious depredations in the Ban-
ner community was accomplished last
week when E F Pope of the U 8
Biological Survey brought in th'
fourth anim&L This animal had heen
evading all of the traps which had
been eet scraping the dirt off and ex-
posing the one trap In order to cap-'
ture him Mr Pope set two traps and
the coyote apparently stepped in on
while trying to avoid tne other and
then finished up by getting caught hr
both The traps were dragged across: '
tha North (CanatBan river jand for f ’
about a mile on the North side whew
finally located
TEACHERS HOLD INSTITUTE
More than 80 teachers attended th
Canadian county teachers assorisfln
meeting held in tha high school Bat- - 1
urday 63 of these being from the rare!
districts Among tho speaker tor tvv '
meeting were Senator I Oes L&art ’
Oklahoma City SL Dl Frio r: '
tendent of th aahoota kt ItetJ
Rev J Will Heaaey T" 7
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