The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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-C3 TEAMS ENTER
CAGING CLASSIC
Ftzzt Fhro in State to
V Clash in District
' Tourney Hero
Tmtfkrn fast quintets will en-
gage la the sixth district basketball
Ruuiwit which will open lor Its
fourth consecutive encounter at ’ El
Rmo Friday moraine at t a m
that many entries having bees re-
ceived by M M Bernard of the tour-
nameat committee at the time of the
-booing of the entries Monday evening
An a result of the interest already
displayed by the contending teams
the prediction is general that basket-
ball fans will be permitted to see one
-of the fastest district tourneys of the
-state this year '
Prof Walter Hamilton superintend-
ent of schools at Blnger chairman of
the tournament committee and MM
' Bernard of the El Reno high school
' faculty met here Monday and held
the drawing for - the caging classic
with the result that the teams were
matched as shown on the chart print-
ed on another page
El Reno Draws Bye'
As a result of the drawing El Reno’s
cagers will be idle during the first
- ' vnund of play and will not enter into
the scrap until 8 o’clock on Friday
evening at the fair building At that
time she will meet either Addington
Addington but Chickasha is known to
Addington but Chickasha is known to
be a dangerous contender Sacred
- Heart Academy will also wait out the
first round and will be lined up with
Fort Cobb at 3 o’clock Friday after-
noon Okarche and Mustang will play
at 9 o’clock' Friday morning and Pied-
mont and Union City will meet Friday
afternoon at 2 p m
Several of the teams will arrive in
El Reno this evening and play will
be commenced at 8 o’clock in the
tanning in order that both the first
and second rounds may be disposed o‘
Friday The third -round will come
Saturday morning the fourth in the
afternoon and the finals on Saturday
n'ght J B Old sport editor of the
Oklahoma City Times and a very pop-
ular referee has been secured as one
®f ’he officials Mr Wilson of Ana-
darko will assist
The sixth district scrap will afford
the keenest competition of any of
the eight district tourneys to be held
it is generally predicted since there
are more speedy court aggregations
in this division of the state than in
any of the others The great interest
shown throughout the district in bas-
ketball and the good treatment shown
the teams in former tourneys here
has so popularized the event that it
Tins atraalned the prominence of be-
ing one of the most' important High
school athletic events of the state
Team in Good 8hape
El Reno high school with a record
of only a tie for fourth place in the
Central conference race will enter
the tourney fortunately with all of
"her regular five in snappy condition
Kitzmil’er one of the substitutes has
been lost through the ineligibility
route due to low grades While pros-
pects are favorable for the honors be-
ing carried off by Coach Randle’s
squad there is little of the overconfi-
dence prevailing among the players
which proved so fatal to the aspira-
tions of last year Both Amber who
conquered the El Renoltes and Blnger
who in turn downed the Amberites
are coming to El Reno in full war
raint in an endeavor to repeat last
Sear’s feat
To the winners of this year’s event
Will be awarded a valuable silver
trophy cup All vts'tlng teams will
ne cared for during tnelr stay here
'ind transportation committees are at
work" to provide autos u carry the
basketeers from the city to the fair
building Season tickets for the tour-
ney are selling for $1 each while the
admission for a single session wiy be
60 cents After expenses are paid
- the gate receipts will be pro-rare-1
nuong the visiting teams on a n ‘'-
ac basis
ADJUDGED IN8ANE
A peculiar form of Insanity was re-
vealed to the sanity examining board
which sat upon the case of Joe Smrc-
ka of Yukon when the latter was tak-
en before the group of physicians on
Tuesday the subject being found
crazy about airplanes and machinery
of all kinds He is 21 yearB of age
The board adjudged him insane and
he was taken to the state sanitarium
at Norman for treatment
150 PASTORS HERE
District M E Confer-
ence Is In Session ‘
Approximately 150 pastors of the
-Oklahoma City district of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church are in session
at the First M E Church of this
cRy the annual district conference of
the church having convened here yes-
terday morning under the direction of
Bishop E L Waldorf The meetings
will come to a close this evening
The chief feature of the program for
El Reno people was the banquet held
in the church basement yesterday
evening which was followed by a pub-
lic address by the bishop Other prom-
inent speakers are attending the con-
ference including Rev C L DeBow
-pastor of the First M B Church at
Oklahoma City Rev DeBow deliver-
ed an address at the meeting or the
Klwanis club yesterday noon a short
address preceding Bishop Waldorf
lecture yesterday evening and la on
the program for another talk (his af-
ternoon
As entertaining pastor Her O F
' Buirley reports the sessions proceed-
Jag In excellent shape and that much
Interest is being taken by the 13 Reno
Boy Outstrips His
Fathsr in Fattening
Pigs : Scientifically
One Canadian county fanner has had
his 'eyes opened with respect to the
value of scientific methods of feeding
hogs since January 1 as the result of
a feeding experiment carried on by the
vocational agriculture class at the El
Reno high school which is taught by
Prof H R Naylor As n result of
the test the farmer is fully convinced
that the old method of fattening hogs
on corn alone lacks considerable of
being as economical as the following
of a scientific ration-
The experiment was conducted with
four pigs all of whom were litter
mates Beginning January 1 the sou
of the farmer mentioned who is a
member of the agricultural class as-
sumed the responsibility of feeding
two of the pigs according to the lates
methods while his father continued
i he other two on the straight coru
d et The pigs are grade Duroc-Jer-Beys
and at the time of the beginning
of the experiment were three months
old
The ration arranged by the boy con-
sisted of 7 parts of corn at 80 cents
per bushe tour parts of shorts at
8190 per cwt and one pare of tank-
age at 8375 per cwt The father used
a straight corn ration Based on the
net gains the price per pound for the
gains made by the boy was 6 cents as
compared with 12 cents tor the father
All four animals were provided with
all they d-ould eat
In detail the gains were as follows:
Fed by boy — Pig No 1 weight on
January 1 35 pounds weight March
1 70 pounds Gain in February 20
pounds Pig No 2 weight on January
1 32 pounds weight on March 1 70
pounds net gain in February 25
pounds
Pigs fed by father— No 3 weight on
January 1 31 pounds weight on
March 1 37 pounds net gain in
February 2 pounds pig No 2 weight
on January 1 32 pounds weight on
March 1 43 pounds net gain in Feb-
ruary 7 pounds
At the beginning of the experiment
the father ridiculed the boy for paying
8375 per hundred for tankage but he
now admits that he is willing for the
boy to take over the feeding of the
eniite herd of hogs The animals will
be continued on the ration until they
reach a weight of about 250 pounds
ANOTHER PIONEER DIE8
J N Fox pioneer "Citizen of Cana-
dian county who located here in 1890
passed away S Jnday morning at his
home five miles east and four south of
El Reno the demise being due to an
attack of cancer The deceased was
born in North Carolina He was mar-
ried three times and in addition to his
last wife is survived by seven children:
Mrs Bess Ulrey Anadarko Mrs Wil-
lie Shorter Duncan Mrs Minnie Mil-
ler R C Fox and Eugene Fox 131
Reno Clarence Fox of Rocky Ford
Colo and Gertrude of El Reno Funer-
al services were conducted Monday af-
ternoon at the Banner church with
the El Reno Masonip lodge in charge
Interment was in the El Reno ceme-
tery DOUBLE PENUMONIA FATAL
Another victim succumbed to dou-
ble pneumonia this week George
Murphy 31 years of age having pass-
ed away Sunday night at his home
at 509 North Bickford The deceased
was a former Rock Island employee
but had recently purchased an interest
In the Kossuth Pool hall ' He is sur-
vived by his wife but no children
Funeral services were held yesterday
afternoon from the Presbyterian
church conducted by Rev G A Swan-
son and assisted by the Oddfellow
lodge and the American Legion In-
terment was made in the El Reno cem-
etery DIES IN KANSAS
Bronchial pneumonia proved fatal to
Wm L Bruce a prominent farmer re-
siding north of El Reno at Cotton-
wood Falls Kans to which place he
had gone a short time ago for the ben-
efit of his health He had been suf-
fering from ill health for some time
and went to Kansas to be at the home
of bis father He was 56 years of
age and is survived by his wife and
several children The remains were
brought here for burial the funeral
service being held on Tuesday after-
noon at Mt Zion church and inter-
ment in Oak Chapel cemetery
Salaries may be raised
The salaries of commissioner of fi-
nance and commissioner of highways
would be increased from 81500 to 81
800 a year if Ordinance 870 passed
by the city commissioners Friday af-
ternoon is approved by voters of El
Reno in the general election to fa-
held April 3 Ordinance 870 would
amend section 8 article 4 of the city
charter providing salaries for the city
commissioners: The commissioner of
public affairs now receives 81800 a
year and no Increase is asked in the
salary covering that office
PLAN HOR8ESHOE TOURNEY
All lovers of the horseshoe-pitching
pastime have been requested by Coun-
ty Agent Felix K West to meet at his
office here Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock at which time arrangements
will be made to include a horseshoe
tournament In the regular county fair
program this fall At the Saturday
meeting it is the plan to select a su-
perintendent for the event and to
make arrangements for premiums for
the winners
WILL BUILD RESIDENCE 1
A building permit haa been taken
out by J- F Nighswander for the ereo-
tion of a new home at 719 South El-
lison The now edifies will be erect-
ed at A cost of 3 two M C Maupia
has taken a permit for the erection of
a garage and the remodeling of hi
GIVES SENTENCES
County Judss Inflicts
Penalties
As an aftermath of the recent coun-
ty court term here County Judge W
M Wallace la Saturday’s sessions of
the court handed down sentences In
most of the cases where convictions
were secured Several of the defend-
ants showed an inclination to carry
their cases to a higher tribunal
Floyd Sanders who pleaded guilty
to attempting the manufacture of
whiskey was fined 8100 and sentenced
to 30 days in the county jail The
sentencing of Will Green convicted
by the court of manufacturing loquor
was continued until March 12 Jim
Barrett will also receive his sentence
at that time
Frank Kolar who was convicted of
having 60 gallons of corn whiskey in
his possession was sentenced to six
months in jail and fined 8600 New
trial having been denied the defend-
ant gave notice of intention of appeat
ng the case to the criminal court of
appeals Appeal bond was fixed at
81500 by Judge Wallace
Frank Kelly convicted of selllny
whiskey was given 30 days in the
county bastlle and fined 8100 O W
Higgins was also given the maximum
fine and sentence for attempting to
manufacture whiskeiy He also gave
notice of intention to appeal and was
asked to furnish bond of 81600 in or-
der to get into the higher court with
his case
Mr and Mrs A G Chapman enter-
ed pleas of guilty to the charge of dis-
turbing the peace when arraigned in
the court The husband was subject-
ed to a fine of 825 and costs while his
wife was let off for 810 Wm Willett
entered a plea of not guilty when ar-
i signed on a charge of possession of
intoxicating liquors Bond was fixed
at 81000
Zimmle Turner charged with crim-
inal assault will wait until March 13
to receive his sentence
GAS FUMES FATAL
Virgil Willhoit Is Found
Asphyxiated
Virgil Willhoit 20 years of age
suffered death from asphyxiation at
the Wade Rooming house Tuesday
night while taking a bath Apparent-
ly the fumes from the hot water
heater In the bath room was responsi-
ble for the death A pulmotor was
summoned and operated for about an
hour and a half in an effort to restore
life but the attempt was unsuccess-
ful The deceased who was a Rock Is-
land car lnqpector arrived at hid
rooming house at about 11:30 and im-
mediately prepared to take a bath
Another roomer who desired to take
bath complained to the proprietor of
the house about half an hour later
that he couldn’t get into the bath
room Oh forcing an entrance to the
room the body of the boy was found
in the tub with his head over the
edge The body was taken to the
biy’s home at Pond Creek Tuesday
evening and interment will be made
at that place
- FLU IS ABATING
If the Improved attendance at the
schools can be taken as a criterion
the influenza epidemic in El Reno is
rapidly abating according to Supt t
E Grady who reports that the schools
opened up Monday morning with a
much larger quota of the usual en-
rollment present than has been the
case for the past three weeks Two
teachers who have been absent for the
past three weeks returned to their
duties that morning These were
Misses Lillian Wing of Pocasset and
Miss Gladys Dunn of Hydro Two are
still absent these being Miss Anna
isnyder first grade teacher at Lin-
coln and Miss Alma Hoffman first
grade teacher at Central
ADDS NEW MACHINERY
In order to take care of his newly
established butter-making depart-
ment as well as his ice cream manu-
facturing Rex Walters of the El Reno
Tce Cream company has just installed
a new power cream separator He re-
ports a rapid growth in the sales of
his butter which product was placed
on the market only a few weeks ago
- OKARCHE WOMAN DIE8
While visiting at Vlnita Okla Mrs
Elizabeth Lotes of Okarche passed
away unexpectedly The remains were
brought to Okarche for interment
the funeral services being held on
Tuesday morning from the Catholic
church at Okarche
WOULD JOIN YUKON
Petitions asking to be joined to the
Yukon school district have bem se-
cured by County- Supt Edith M Lay-
ion from District No 26 during the
past week According to the law the
district will be given 20 days la which
to file objections r (
M E CHURCH 80UTH -
Kacnelski’s orchestra will present
the following prpgram at 7:30 Sunday
evening March 11 preceding the reg-
ular Sunday evening service : Overture
“Banditenstreiche” Suppe quartet
from Rlgolletto Verdi “Monastery
Bells” Lefebure-Wely ' “Angelus"
from Scenes Plttorescque Massanet
OFFICIATED IN TOURNEY
Coach W F Randle was a visitor in
Weatherford over the week-end and
while theye officiated as referee in one
of the games of the Southwestern In-
vitation basketball tournament held at
the normal school at that place
ENTERTAINS SCHOOL BOARD -
Six o’clock dinner was served by the
domestic science department of the
fill Reno high school on Monday even-
BWKET CLOVER POINTERS
Oat sowing time la the time
to sow sweet clover Sow new
The most important thing Is to
have a very light covering
some do not cover it at alL Any -light
rain will cover enough
Many fall by covering too deep
Sweet clover requires a firm
thoroughly compacted seed bM
with just enough loose solL on
top to cover the seed A good
stand la seldom If ever secuted
on newly plowed mellow land
It Is better to seed on unplowed
land than to attempt to plant on
a loose ashy seedbed
Sweet clover might be sown
on wheat ground or with a
nurse crop but this is not a good
plan unless there should be a
wet season
GO TO STOCK SHOW
Club Boys Will Enter
Judging Contests
Five members of the class in voca-
tional agriculture at the El Reno high
school will attend the Southwest Amer-
ican Livestock show generally known
as the annual fat stock show to open
in Oklahoma City Monday and three
of this group will be used as a stock-
judging team to compete in the judg-
ing contests According to the direc-
tors of the show more than SO teams
have already entered for this contest
The five selected by H R Naylor
Instructor to make the trip are Earl
Clark Hollis Mount Guy Flanigan
Edward Heckes and Floyd Hamblin
The judging contests will be held on
Monday and on the following day the
best junior team will compete with
teams from other states Kansas and
Texas have entered in this competi-
tion In addition to the judging five boys
of the class will have entries of hogs
in the fat hog department of the boys’
club work These boys are Guy Flan-
igan Hollis Mount Eteri Clark and
Raymond and Clarence Royce The
hogs to be entered are in excellent
shape reports Mr Naylor who Btates
that for the past -month they have
been gaining at a rate of more than
two pounds per day The pigs wlu be
shipped to Oklahoma City Saturday
On Saturday morning Mr Naylor
announces that he will take the five
junior Judges to Geary where they will
spend the day judging the livestock on
the A B Campbell farm This will be
a practice event The team will then
be taken to Oklahoma City early Mon-
day morning by Mr Naylor
BUYS VALUABLE 8EED
Three bushels of valuable Reed’s
Yellow Dent corn have been purchas-
ed by ounty Agent Felix K West
from the farm of S P Radebaugh and
Son of Maryland to be distributed
among a number of farmers over the
county for use this spring -This seed
is a part of the crop on which the own-
er won second place In the Interna-
tional Livestock show at Chicago in
December ana it is Mr West’s plan
to furnish enough to several farmers
to seed an acre From these crops
enough seed can be secured to plant
larger tracts While the winning corn
at the Chicago show was from Indiana
Mr West purchased the second prize
seed because of the similarity of soil
and climatic conditions in Oklahoma
and Maryland
PEOPLE DRINK MORE MILK
An increase in milk consumption of
17 per cent is reported in 356 Amerl
can cities having a total population
of 32 million The American people
aie becoming great consumers of
milk — which is not strange milk being
the cheapest food and one of the whole-
somest A peculiarity of the statis-
tics is that the highest rate of con
sumption per capita -is in towns with
a population of less than 5000 ann in
the very large cities Consumption in
medium-sized cities is comparatively
very low How do you explain that?
CHOOSE FAIR DATE
Directors Set Week of
Sept 10 for Event
Selection of the dates of September
10 to 15 Inclusive as the time for the
annual Canadian county fair was the
principal business of the directors of
the Canadian county fair association
who met here on Wednesday of last
week This plan will mark the length-
ening of the annual show from four
days to a full week the first day to be
occupied only by the making of en-
tries No outside carnival company wiU
be brought here in connection with
the fair according to the decision of
the directors Such attractions in
their belief take a great deal of money
from the fair visitors and give little
in return Furthermore they believe
that the -nival attractions detract
from the ‘r exhibits The directors
do not object to attractions furnished
by home talent however and it is
possible that a number of organiza-
tions will be given an opportunity to
have booths on the fair grounds
The premium list for the 1924 show
is now in progress of preparation A
departure from the policy foUowed
in the past three years was decided
upon by the directors this yean when
the rule prohibiting El Reno merchants
from offering special prises was remov-
ed While no solicitations will ‘ be
made for these premiums Miss Bessie
SulUvan assistant in Mr West’s office
wUl visit the business men and give
them an opportunity til provide -specials
if desired ’ -
A horseshoe pitching tournament Is
to be one of the features of this year’s
fair and It is planned that a number
of other attractiona of this klnd wUl
-be furnished r V
PLEADS FOR COYS
Lions Speaker Advisee
More Interest
The emphatic need of more atten-
tion upon the subject of training of
our youths was stressed by Juge H
C Thurman of Oklahoma City when
ho spoke before the Lions dub at the
fortnightly luncheon of that organi-
sation Tuesday noon In his speech
the Judge made an ardent appeal for
stronger support by the business men
of the Hi-Y and XMCA movements
and called attention to the fact that
the Hi-f organization in the El Reno
high school is falling to function due
to the laxity of the advisory commit-
tee of business men
“In the main our life consists of
working eating and sleeping while
the only thing which counts in life is
the work which we do for our country
our state our city and our neighbors
challenged the speaker in the begin-
without thought of compensation"
ning He then called attention to the
alarming situation among the young
men of the county whose ages range
from 16 to 24 years showing that sev-
en out of every ten men convicted in
the courts in which he practices are
included in that age classification
The speaker told of the work of
the YMCA in communities where
buildings are owned by the associa-
tions and told of the desire to carry
the work into other communities that
cannot afford such buildings
J L Funk a member of the Lions
committee on the city manager prop-
osition reported that the campaign
had been delayed until after the elec-
tion of April 3 He stated that sample
charters and other data were being
received from many cities In which
the plan is in operation
A T March made an announcement
of the sixth district basketball tourna-
ment to be held here Friday and Sat-
urday and asked the members to co-
operate in caring for the event The
transportation committee was direct-
ed to provide sufficient cars to carry
the visitors to and from the fair build-
ing in which the bulk of the games
will be played
CITY RACE NOW ON
22 Seek Office in Forth
coming Election
The month of March is witnessing a
hot campaign in El Reno nine candi-
dates having entered the lists for the
office of city commissioner Of hign-
ways and public improvements while
the various school board positions
have attracted 13 other entries Time
fA- filing was ended on Saturday even
lng Registration bookB will be open
ed next week for the benefit of voters
who have changed their addresses or
who have never voted here before
The list of candidates now in fhe
running is as follows: For commis
sioner of highways and public improve-
ments: Emery Barker incumbent N
M Bradley L E Day Fred L Down-
ey J W Freeborn J B Harper EL
W Kelly J B Lawton and C C
Thompson For member board of edu-
cation : first ward J A Shuck J Ed-
win Spurr and J J Taylor third
ward E C King Carleton Glerbart
and Michael Pritzos fourth ward N
B Waldo J F Nighswander Mrs T
M Aderhold V S Farts For treas-
urer board of education L C Gad-
berry C C Snodgrass Glen Ricker
A A M BOYS JUDGE COWS
Seven students from the Oklahoma
A and M Stillwater were in El
Reno Thursday to practice Judging
dairy cattle according to Harry Marsh
local dairyman The herds which
they judged were those of Harry
Marsh northwest of El Reno S H
Bell eouth and E B Godfrey in the
southeast part of the city Thursday
afternoon the embryo judges went to
Yukon to visit J C Pontius’ Holstein
dairy farm From there they were
scheduled to go to Fort Worth where
three of the seven are to be chosen
to lepicsent Oklahoma A and M in a
triangu'ar stock judging contest with
Louisiana A and M and Texas A
and M The students making the trip
were Blake Hankins Jester B Taylor
Noel Lowe Dilman Calikins Mead
McWotiiy and Jett Muntry
FIREMEN'S FUND 8WELLED
A warrant for 8154552 has been re-
ceived from the state auditor for the
ciy firemen’s relief and pension fund
This amount represents one percent
of fire insurance premiums paid by in-
surance companies operating in the
state for the years 1920 and 1921
No repoit has been made for business
done in 1922 At the present time El
Reno has but one fireman drawing a
pension from this fund created by
legislative enactment E O Hamilton
who served many years in the El Reno
fire department has been drawing a
pension since December 1921
WELCOME RAIN FALL8 -
Two welcome raind spread their
beneficient moisture upon the Cana-
dian county landscape during the past
week -On Saturday a total of 25 of
an inch precipitation was recorded in
the rain gauge at the Citizens’ Nation-
al bank and on Monday 38 of an inch
fell Both rains were in the form of
slow drizzles which permitted prac-
tically all of the 'water to soak in
Crops are reported as being in first-
class condition all over the county
i WINDOWS ARE INSTALLED
Installation of the art glass windows
at the M B Church 8outh was un-
lshed this week total of 12 of the
windows were placed in the new edi-
fice ' MRS 1ARTHKLME DIES
' Mrs Ed Barthelipe 712 North Choc-
taw died Saturday morning aged S3
years-' Fna-wl wMU hel ondajr
morning - ’ t C"—
City Manager Plan
Springs into General
Favor fn Brief Time
geventeen cltles u Oklahoma have
already adopted and are operating un-
der the city manager plan of govern-
ment according to Dr F F Blachly
profesaor of government at the Unl-
veralty of Oklahoma anu secretary of
the Oklahoma Municipal league Sev-
eral other citiee are to vote on the
adoption of the plan in their spring
elections The cities already uaving
the city manager plan are — Ardmore
Cherokee Collinsville Orandfleld Me-
Alester Madlll Mangum Muskogee
Pawhuska Ponca City Sallisaw Wal-
ters Woodward Coal gate Duncan
Morman Nowtata and Sapulpa
In discussing the success of the city
manager plan of government in the
state Dr Blanchly said “In no in-
stance where a capable man haa been
selected as city manager baa this sys-
tem of city government proved un-
successful In the cases where an un-
wise selection haa been made even then
the government haa been better than
under the old form for there is al-
ways someone on the Job”
Many Largo Cities in First
Among the best known af the 287
cities in the United iStates which have
adopted the city manager plan of gov-
ernment are Cleveland Dayton and
Akron Ohio Houston Texas- Nash-
ville Tenn Wichita Kan Grand xap-
ids Mich Kalamazoo Mich Albuquer-
que N Mex and Sacramento Long
Beach and Pasadena Cal -Cleveland
Ohio often caUed “the
best-governed city in America” baa a
tbree-cent railway rate three-cent elec-
tricity a fair system of taxation an-
wonderful provisions for wholesome
public recreation
Wichita Kan reports the saving of
over a quarter million dollars a year
while Dayton Ohio cut the expenses
of every department of the olty gov-
ernment Even the Dayton match bill
was reduced from over 8200 to less
than 811 Other cities having the city
manager plan report like savings
Success Depends on Manager
In discussing the opposition met by
those favoring the adoption of the city
manager plan of government Dr
Blachly said “The argument contrary
to the city manager plan comes down
to two proposltioss First it involves
concentration of power next it de-
pends for success upon getting a man
of extraordinary ability to take charge
of the affairs of the city
“As to the latter the ability' to se-
cure a competent executive is demon-
strated by the success of the plan in
the many cities where it is is opera-
tion Objection Is Misleading
“The objection which we hear the
most of is thp so-called concentration
of power The term as applied is
misleading since there is no concentra-
tion of power We have exactly the
same governing board under the ordi-
nary form of government as used under
the city manager plan — the board of
city commissioners There is no con-
centration of power since the city man-
ager is responsible to the commission-
ers and could not retain his office even
twenty-four hours if they should see
fit to discharge him
“There is no concentration of power
but there is a concentration of respon-
sibility” MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following applicants in the El Re-
no district court office during the past
week:
Jesse E Lilly 35 and Lizzie Steph
ens 33 both of Oklahoma City
James B Hunter 63 and Mrs An-
na Humphrey 40 both of ' Ok nhoma
Ci‘y
Orvalle Fuller 25 and Miss Alma
B Canary 25 both of Oklahoma City
Fcrest A Niles 21 and Miss Hul-
da V Olander 18 both of El Reno
George Bowen 22 and Miss Cora
Bringham 22 both of Geary
I li-old L Patterson 23 and Miss
Helen F Shelton 18 both o£ Okla-
homa City 1
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UNION WOMAN IS BURNED
Mrs Orville Lamons of Union City
was dangerously burned on Sunday
morning when her clothes caught fire
in some unaccountable manner while
she was preparing breakfast The
clothes were ignited in the back and
lefore the fire was extinguished her
back armB and back of her head were
badly burned Her husband wbo was
in the next room answered her call
for assistance and attempted to tear
the cibthes from her one of his hands
being badly burned before he succeed-
ed Doctors in attendance report that
Mrs Lamons’ chances of recovery are
mother of eight children
good The Injured - woman is the
MRS CRIDER DIES
Mrs J H Crider 70 years of age
succumbed to an attack of paralysis
Tuesday The deceased is survivea
by her husband who is one of the
proprietors of the Crider Grocery
store Funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon from the home
at 306 West Wade conducted by Rev
G A Swanson and the remains are
to be taken to Hennessey for burial
this morning
SHOW IS WELL RECEIVED
Many complimentary expressions
have been heard regarding the show
“The Unloved Wife” which appeared
at the Derry theatre on Mondav even-
ing According to the regular theatre
goers this performance waa played by
probably the beat company which haa
appeared upon tyral ptagee this sea-
son v '1- ' -1
WILL HUNT RABBITS
There will be a rabbit drive Thurs-
day March 8 th in Rock I - and vicin-
ity five miles sooth cf J I Reo Tbs
ladles of Rock 1anJ t sr 1 an
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By agreement between the attorney
general and the attorneys of the do
fendants the cases of state vs R ft
Jackman and Earl Morris officers of
the failed Commercial Beak will bo ’
postponed until after the conclosion -of
the trials against C L Engle et aL ’
which have been transferred on a
change of venue from the district
court of Canadian county to Grady -county
This agreement was arrived
at in the district court sessions on
last Saturday The charges are for’
the receiving of money when the ktlk
was in a falling condition
Three divorces were ground out by
the court during the week These
were Day Woman vs Black Wolf
Delmar Dust vs Claude Dust and ''
Pearl Higgins vs J C Higgins In
the Dust case the plaintiff was award-
ed the custody of their minor child -and
alimony of 840 per month In tne
Higgins suit the plaintiff In addition to v
receiving custody of the minor chib
dren will also receve 850 per month
as alimony this amount to be paid )
plaintiff each month '
Judgment by default was granted in
the action of State vs Earl Wood
Motion to confirm sale In the suit of
Watts vs Burk was confirmed ? A
motion for a new trial in the suit-of
Elliott vs Goodwill oil Co was over-
ruled whereupon the uefeadant gave
notice of appeal to the supreme court
Tom Myers who was arraigned dor- '
lng the week for obtaining money -under
false pretenses continued his -pleas
of innocence '
Suit for recovery on a note and fore-
closure of mortgage haa been com-
menced by R E Holmea A Son vs
Carrie Haun et al A suit for recov-
ery of money from L El Risk has
been started by J R Snider Anotb- -er
suit for money due on account was
filed by Ridenour-Baker Mercantile
company vs Mary E and W EL Niles
Suit for divorce has been filed by
Thos Benson vs Myrtle M Benson
The plaintiff alleges abandonment in
1917 by the defendanL ‘
An action in partition has been com-
menced by Lorenda Crothers vs Mae
Herbert and Hattie Crothers minora
et al In place of the usual motion
sessions on Saturday Judge J‘ I
Phelps has advanced the usual day te
Friday of this week - -
ANNOUNCES 20-DAY PERIOD
Cornty Assessor Wm Morrison this
week announces the beginning of the
20-day period of receiving assess-
ments in his office from all El Reno
residents and others over the cOMtty
who may have failed to meet with him
during his tour of the various town- -ships
since he is required by law
to publish an announcement 20 daya
in advance of the ending of the go-
sessing period the notice elsewhere
in Uie columns of The American coera
the legal requirements Failure to
list property by any taxpayers in tho
county will cause a 81 penalty to be ‘
added to their 1923 taxes Mr Morrt- -'
son is at Banner today aasesslng the
F Reno township citisens this being 1
his last visit outside of El Reno
DUFFY IS RE-ELECTED
The local lodge of Elks held ther -annual
election of officeri on Friday 1
evening Those elected to guide the
destinies of the order for the ensuing
year are Exalted Ruler P P Duffy-
Esteemed Leading Knight J A Rey-
nolds Esteemed Loyal ' Knight Paul
D Sullivan Esteemed Lecturing
Knight J W Marshall Se-ctary J
W Wilkinson treasurer t K Groom
Tiler Jack Whltener Trustee Fred
U IdcCune P P Duffy was selected
to represent the local lodge at the
gtnnd lodge meeting to be held in At-
lanta Ga in June After the election
a (maker and luncheon was enjoyed
— Duncan Banner
TAX RUSH IS ON
Tiie annual rush for the payment
of taxes is on at the county treasurer's
office and long waiting lines are to
V found there throughout the (lav
The time for the pay-pent of the first
baif of the annual citizenship dues
nius on March 15 -fter which time
an J8 per cent penalty will be applied
to the total tax owed Benning today
tun office will femtin open through-
out the noon hour aod will advance
i he dosing tims-to our o’clock' i
stiad of five o’clock
ADOPT SCHEDUL
Demonstrators Arrange
Regular Dates y
Meetings of hoys' and gliiar agrlcul-
tural clubs ip Canadian county during -1934
are to be run on a regular ached-
uie in order that the members may'
know definitely when to prepare for '
the work The following dates will
be observed by County Agent Felix
K West and Home Demonstration--
Agent Pearl EL Wilson in their meet-
ings ' - -
First Tuesday Ehireka second
Tuesday morning meeting at Yukon -afternoon
at Mustang third Tuesdays
Richland: fourth Tueaday Harmony
First Wednesday morning meeting -
at Calnmet - afternoon at Center
Grove second Wednesday Union -City
third Wednesday West
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