The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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REPAIRING DIG
FLOOD DAMAGE
Calumet Bride Is Fir
In County To Be
Opened for Use
' Following closeljr upon the reced-
ing water from the North Canadian’
greatest flood of last week Canadian
county and El Reno official aro thi
week bending every effort toward to-
constructing the ruined bridge span-
ning the stream and restoring traffic
between the north end south halves ot
the county which has' been suspend-
ed (or more than a week -
The Calumet bridge was the first
in the entire county to be opened to
transportation autos using that span
(or the first time on Tuesday morning
A team was required on the north side
ot the bridge to tow the cars through
the deep mud however
The Bloom bridge north of Fort Re-
no is now occupying the attention ol
the county commissioners snd will
probably be opened (or traffic today
A (ew wagons passed over this bridge
Sunday but the deep mud on each aide
made it impassable (or the autos How-
ever following a visit ot tho city com-
missioners and Major Lester ot Fort
Reno Tuesday it wao decided to fill
the mud with brush and straw in such
a way as to permit autos to cron The
fort authorities agreed to furnish the
1 straw and members ot the El Reno
street department are at work on the
road
Yukon 8pan in Uso '
At the bridge north ol Yukon
large cut was made in the approach
but workmen filled this and traffic
was resumed Tuesday The Blake
bridge northeast ot El Reno waa ren
dered useless the south appxcch be-
ing badly damaged while the road tor
a long Btretch on this side is n morass
ot mud
Driving ot the pilings to bridge the
200-foot gap cut in the soinU approach
of the river immediately north ot El
Reno has been commenced by Fred It
Gaughorn This work was delayed by
the lack of piles While enough of
these had been purchased at Oklahoma
City' to complete the job the county
motor truck was broken down the
first of the week and It was impos-
sible to transport the big bridge sup-
ports until the repairs were made The
county commissioners believe that
the bridge will be completed within
ten days however
Boats Are Used
As a temporary expedient two boats
- havebeen rentedby the commissioners
at the crossing and free passage over
the stream is being furnished To aid
' matters further the chamber of com-
merce has hired a service car to
transport the passengers to and from
the bridge free of charge A number
of farmers have thus been able to
bring their produce to the city and to
buy necessary suppUea
The boats at the crossing are kept
busy plying back and forth numerous
persons bein gin waiting most of the
time Free delivery service of gro-
ceries baa been established by the Wal-
do Grocery-end Apple House and on
the return trip they are hauling the
farmers' produce free of charge Bak-
eries and other firms are also trans-
porting their products to the river
bank
Water Connection established
El Reno’s water station waa again
connected with the three wells on- the
north aide of the river Tuesday even-
ing when the Rock Island railway
laid a 500 foot line across the bed of
the river Handicapped by the lack
of water for use in their engines wben
the pumps at the Hock Ieland station
near the bridge were clogged with mud
the railway company has been press-
ing the city for water ever since last
Thursday A small amount was fur-
nished them but since the city offi-
cials did not dare to let the pressure
fall below 40 pounds the supply was
entirely inadequate for the railway
Accordingly the city commissioners
accepted the offer of the railway to
lay a 6-inch main across the river
Tuesday This will furnish sufficient
water to keep the railway supplied
without lowering the pressure in El
Reno
In return for the laying the mains
the city has agreed to credit the rail-
way with $500 payable in water As
soon as the bridge is completed the
city will replace the 6-lnch mains with
a new line running over the bridge 8-
Inches in diameter The electric lines
which operated the pumps on the
north side of the river were carried
away by the floods but were replaced
Sunday when the city force assisted
by the Oklahoma Gas A Electric com-
pany’s crew ran seven lines 800 feet
Jn length across the river
- Gas Break Repaired
Gas service in El Reno was resum-
ed Friday evening when the break in
the mains northwest of Yukon was re-
paired by the Oklahoma Gas & Elec-
' trie company under the supervision
of John T Naylon manager of the El
Reno office Much commendation is
being extended to the company for
the quick work In repairing the break
-under the hasardous conditions In
closing the valve following the break
"it waa necessary for an employee to
dive Jive times Into water 12 feet
-deep In order to accomplish the feat
With the exception ot the patrons
on Route 4 out of HI Reno mall ser-
vice north of the liver has been un-
interrupted according to Postmaster
L K Butts Tuesday Gua Marqusrdt
- the carrier with the help ot teams
was able to got’ his ear serosa the
Bloom bridge north of Fort Reno H
' will leave It on that side of tho river
- ferrying tho mail serosa at tho bridge
every day Daring the - past week
much ot tho mall wao sailed for at the
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PLAN 3-DAY FROLIC
Polo Races and Gym-
khana at Fort Reno
A polo tournament Indian dances
horse races Gymkhana and a free bar-
becue are the headliner events of a
thrilling three days’ entertainment at
Fort Reno being arranged through the
efforts of El Reno business men sud
the officials st Fort Reno for the
three days of July 6 7 and 8 This
will be the first time that such an en-
tertainment has ever been presented
at the fort and in addition to provid-
ing an unusual attraction for the peo-
ple of Canadian county is expected to
draw visitors from all over the state
Five polo teams will compete in (be
polo tournamAt Ponca City and Ft
Sill sending one each El Reno furnish-
ing one and Fort Reno two Combin-
ed with the spectacular Indian dances
and fast horse races a brilliant occas-
ion la expected
Sponsors for the entertainment are
K E Humphrey Chas II Tompkins
C G Wattson Fred Gillette E S
Bronson and Dr P F Herod of E1
Reno and John Alcorn of Ponca City
Prises for all of the events are bein-t
made up insuring keen competition
In every department Refreshments
will be sold during the three flays by
the achool children of Fort Reno Tha
charges for the unusual entertainment
have been set at a very low figure
season tickets selling for 50 cents
while children under 12 years will he
admitted free
The program for the three days la
as follows: Friday July 6 — 10 a m
polo 1:30 to 3:45 p m Indian horse
races 4 p m polo July 7 — 10 a m
polo 12 noon free barbecue 1:30
to 3:45 p m Indian horse races 4
p m polo night Indian dances
Sunday July 8 — 10 a m consolation
polo 1:30 to 3:45 p m Gymkhana
4 p m polo finals
J N PYLE IS DEAD
Was
Pioneer Citizen
War Veteran
Another prominent Canadian coun-
ty pioneer answered the last call on
Saturday of last week when J N Pyle
passed away at his home at 710 South
Macomb at the age of 81 years He
has been in a failing condition for
several months
Mr Pyle was born in Cedar county
Mo on January 22 1842 As a young
man he saw service during the Civil
war as a cavalyman under General
Joe Shelby He bad the remarkable
record bf passing through the entire
four years of fighting without Injury
although he participated in many se-
vere engagements and on two occas-
ions had horses killed under him
At the conclusion of the war Mr
Pyle emigrated to Texas and later re-
turned to Missouri From there he
moved to No Man’q Land When the
central portion of Oklahoma was open-
ed in 1889 he made the race takihg
up a homestead four miles southeast
of El Reno He resided on the farm
until a few years ago when hea mov-
ed to this city and retired from ac-
tive work
On Christmas day in 1865 he was
united in marriage in Missouri to
Miss Mary Agnes Kelly who survives
him together with six daughters eight
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren
The daughters are Mrs Al-
va Williams Mrs T H Ellison Mrs
John Sams Mrs Clyde Matthews and
Mrs Stella Beets all of El Reno and
Mrs T L Fischer of Minco
(Funeral services were cohducted
from the family residence on Monday
morning Rev C C Hightower being
assisted by Rev H C Garrett of Ok-
lahoma City and Rev R O Callahan
of Wynnewood both former pastors of
St John’s Methodist church South of
El Reno Interment was made in the
El Reno cemetery
OLD 8ETTLER HERE
Sam Peach one of the prominent old
settlers ot El Reno arrived this week
from Hollywood Calif for a visit
with his old-time friends His wife-
will arrive next week Mr Peach
ranks as one of El Reno’s moat prom-
inent bulldhra having erected a total
of six business buildings and 86 res-
idences during his stay In this city
He also established the Peach Park
which at present is Legion Park build-
ing np n resort nt that place which
ranked as one of the best amusement
parks In the state at that time
WILL GIVE SHOW
In order to raise funds with which
to finance their summer camp the
members Of the El Reno Woodcratters
announce that they will receive a
share of t'he proceeds from the pictue
show at the Derry theatre this even-
ing The iboys will sell tickets in ad-
vance fop the event and as they re-
ceive a greater proportion from these
sales than for tickets sold at the the-
atre ask the citizens to purchase the
tickets 'when they call
75 CHICKENS 8TOLEN
Chicken thieves are again active in-
Canadian 'county Gene Fox who re-
sides south of Banner reporting the’
loss of 75( of hla beat Rhode Island
Red poultry on Thursday night of last
week Such unfortunate incidents are
reported at frequent Intervale from
different sections of the county and a
number of the poultry misers are anx-
ious to organise to stofc such depreda-
tions (
over the Fth Canadian river south
of UWn C y - While both tho wagoa
an It — -wm bridges am still ot
at t‘ tn City wervelr C v-j
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OFFICIALS RESIGN
Head of Railroaders
Quit Their Jobs
In spite of the complete ahakeup In
the management of the El Reno Rail-
roaders Siturday night El Reno’s en-
try io the Oklahoma State League
race will proceed on her course with-
out interruption according to the new
pilots It M Msllonee president of
last year! club once more occupies
the chief executive’s chair while
Ralph Waldo has accepted the title
of secretary-treasurer of the organisa-
tion Facing the crisis of a pay day with
a deficit of something like $850 to
meet the hoard ot directors in a meet-
ing held Thursday night decided that
the club must continue and commit-
tees were organised for the sale of
season tickets for the remainder ot
the year for $20 each Enough of
these were disposed of to more than
pay the deleft
Following the successful weather-
ing of this financial crisis President
V R Monty Secretary W D Patter-
son and Treasurer Ray Griffith at the
meeting of the hoard of directors on
Saturday sight resigned after making
a careful accounting of all funds
which have passed through their
bands They will remain on the board
of directors
Catcher Gleason la now piloting the
Railroaders temporarily following the
dismissal of Harry Burge by the di-
rectors Burge was receiving a salary
of $275 per month and unsatisfactory
management coupled with violations
of the Volstead ethics are rumored to
have been responsible for his sever-
ance from the team Gleason as new
manager will receive a salary boost
of $50 per month tor the coming two
weeks after which in the event his
services prove satisfactory he will
receive $200 He is well-liked by his
team mates and is considered as be-
ing a heady player
O’Brien recruit pitcher is the only
one of tbs team to suffer from the
ax A new outfielder and a new pitch-
er have been added to the string since
Sunday Brown a brother of Duncan’s
star pitcher being one of the recruits
SCHOOL IS INUNDATED
As a result of the vagaries ot Moth-
er Nature an argument as to the de-
sirability ol the location of the school
house in District No 26 near Yukon
was settled beyond a possibility of
doubt by the recent flood The build-
ing was condemned last fall by the
state board of health since Us loca-
tion was declared to he within the
high water zone of the river How-
ever when County Supt Edith M
Layton commenced arranging for the
transfer of the pup'ls of the district
to Yukon pen-ding the moving of the
school she was blamed with attempt-
ing to effect a consolidation An in-
fluential Oklahoma City attorney who
has large holdings of land in the dis-
trict fearing that taxes would be
raised persuaded the board of health
to withdraw the condemnation and
allow the school to remain Shortly
after this was done the flood came
down the river and the swirling wa-
ters ascended to a level with the
windows ot the school It is
board of health’s next move
CAHILL BOY IS KILLED
Internally injured when run over by
a wagon Loren J Cahill gaa line em-
ployee for the Oklahoma Gas & Elec-
tric go passed away shortly before-
noon Friday The boy is the son of
Mr and Mrs J W Cahill and was
assisting in moving from South Don-
ald avenue to 521 South Reno when
he was thrown from a wagon load of
furniture under the wheels of the
team causing the horses to run away
the wheels passing over his body He
was taken to the Catto hospital but
died in a short time Ho waa 16 years
of age Funeral services were held
on Sunday afternoon from the Baptist
church conducted by Rev Holmes
Nichols Interment was in the El
Reno cemetery 1
PAVING PETITIONS FILED
Petitions calling for 11 blocks of
paving have been received by the city
commissioners and were approved at
the weekly meeting Friday These
petitions call for the laying of three
blocks of paving on West Watts from
the railroad tracks westward five
blocks on Ellison from Watts south to
Elm street and three blocks on Had-
den from Witts south After notice of
publication has been given the prop-
erty owners have 15 days in which to
file protests However jnore than 50
per cent of the property owners have
placed their name on the petitions
and it is believed that the chances of
securing the paving are very favorable
BOUNDARY DISPUTE SETTLED
That the county line between Can-
adian and Oklahoma - counties should
also be the boundary for Bchool dis-
trict No 45 In Canadian county and
district No 41 in Oklahoma county
waa the decision of the hearing held
at the office of County Supt Anna
Burk Love of Oklahoma county Tues-
day Coentf Supt Edith M Lnvton
represented Canadian county Mrs
Layton contended that the district ex
tended half mils’ Into Oklanuma
county whllt Mra Love held that it
was half a mile from the county line
in Canadian county A compromise
wa affected in settlement
FLAN FOR N K A TRIP
Victor Harlow managing editor of
Heriow’e Msiasine wu a visitor In
El Reno Tuesday afternoon end as a
committee from the
t -- 'i of tho state to
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Huge Inroad Made '
On Wheat Fields
By Harvest Crews
With the arrival of real summer the
latter part of last week Canadian
county farmers are working tirelessly
thia week harvesting the huge 1923
wheat crop and ao vigorous has been
their attack that in the event of fair
weather during the remainder of the
week it la estimated that the bulk of
the wheat will be in the shock
Ripening slowly and naturally dur-
ing the cool weather which has mark-
ed the growing season the wheat this
year is reported as having a good
test and will grade high in the labor-
atories The estimates on the yields
still hover around 14 or 15 bushels
to the acre the bottom lands going
as high as 35 bushels and tbe uplands
down to 8 or 10 bushels
While no new wheat has been re-
ceived a't either of the El Reno mills
It la predicted that tbe new crop will
start off at SO cents a bushel The
first grain from the threshers is ex-
pected to arrive about tbe first of next
week providing the present favorable
weather continues In the vicinity
south of Yukon some wheat baa al-
ready been threahed but In the vicin-
ity of El Reno the grain waa sown
later
Gluten Teat Low
The millers have threshed samples
of the wheat by hand and report that
according to this much of It will run
a No 1 teat with the average prob-
ably No 2 The gluten test will not
be 80 high as in ury years the excesa
moisture lowering thia particular ele-
ment Plenty of labor is on hands to take
care of the crop it is reported Most
of the farmers are taking care of the
harvesting without the use of extra
help Wages for labor range from $2
w 3 and board - A number of hands
have sought in vain for work at $4
per day and falling to find it have
drifted on to the north where more
help is needed
One of the best fields of wheat re-
ported is that of C Taylor near Dar-
lington which is expected to return
a yield of between 30 and 35 bushels
to the acre This is a field of Kanred
and was properly cultivated according
to scientific standards Pete Jensen
has a field of Dark Turkey Red wheat
which is expected to make 30 bushels
The upland demonstration farm east
of El Reno being farmed by the Kings
Motor company will yield from 20 to
25 bushels
Several reports of depredations by
army worms have been received from
fields of late-sown wheat The John
Lorenzen field near Darlington is
among those damaged the most
TELEPHONE LINE 8TOOD TEST
‘ Southwestern Bell 'Tdlephone Off-
flcials are congratulating themselves
that they have learned how to con-
struct a telephone river crossing that
will stand up aglnst any flood attack
on record in Oklahoma The crossing
over the South Canadian river near
Mustang bad gone out regularly with
former floods but the last time before
this year which wsb about two years
ago engineers determined to erect a
crossing that would not go out If it
were possible to do so Accordingly
they sunk 14-inch steel casing through
the river bottom to bed rock which
was at some places 60 feet down They
filled the casing with building steel
reinforcing rods and concrete setting
35-foot poles about ten feet down in
the top of the casing Two such poles
were installed at a distance of about
four feet from each other and were
cross-braced with steel the wire leads
being placed on these structures
across the entire river bottom area
When the recent floodB had begun re-
ceding these structures were intact
and they appear to have suffered no
damage
LICEN8E DEMAND FAILS
The low water mark in the mar-
riage license disposal department of
the Canadian county court house was
established last week not a single
one of the legal permits to commit
matrimony having been Issued by the
court clerk during the week from Sat-
urday June 9 to Saturday June 16
Since June is depended on to bring
the record for the year up to a high
plane the failure of the month thia
year Is looked upon with misgivings
Only four Couples ventured to take
the step since last Saturday They
were:
Haskell Harrison 87 and Mrs Jane
Pierce 39 both of Oklahoma City
Dewey A Levy 23 Yale and Miss
Peggy Ruff 20 El Reno
Ernest C Gardner 23 Frost Texas
and Miss Kathryn Ahrens 22 Hen-
nessey Scott Moore 21 and Mary Butler
18 both of El Reno colored
CAPTURE ANOTHER STILL '
Evidence that all the stills In Cru-
adian county were not washed away
by the recent floods which swept down
both the North and South Canadian
rivers was turned up by Sheriff T Ci
Shacklett and his force who brought
In a 40-gallon capacity outfit from Its
hiding place on the South Canadian
river bank 15 mile southwest of El
Reno Tuesday The copper worm and
two barrel of mash ware taken at
the same time The still waa hidden
In the brush while the mash was bur-
led In a sand hllL
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT
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UIG 4TH PLANNED
American Legion Prom-
ises Enjoyable Day
Legion Park In El Reno will be the
aceue of another monster Fourth of
July celebration this year tbe suc-
cess of the Independence day observ-
ance conducted last year by the Amer-
ican Legion being so pronounced that a
program on a much larger scale is be-
ing arranged for thia year The Amer-
ican Legion la again in charge ot the
arrangements and the veterans are
promising a day of pleasure which will
not be equaled by any other celebra-
tion in the state
While the Railroaders will he at
Cushin for the ball game on the
Fourth the Legionnaires will fill this
vacancy with three fast amateur ball
games The headliner of the trio will
be the annual clash between the Lions
and Klwanls club squads Aa the los-
ing team in thia tangle ia required to
furnish a banquet to the winners a
bloody affray la anticipated The Le-
gion team has accepted challenges
from the Union City and the South
Methodist church nines
Indian war dances a horseshoe
tournament races shows speaking
band music and numerous other at-
tractions are billed for the day Tbe
fireworks display is promised to be
far the best ever discharged here
This feature brought much commenda-
tion in last year’s celebration and
the purchase of fireworks for this year
is almost double last year’s One fea-
ture of the display will be daylight
fireworks
The city authorities have adopted
the same rules as laBt year In regard
to the use of fireworks in the city lim-
its Those permitted by this ruling in-
clude the following: Firecrackers up
to 2 inches long flower pots up to 6
Inches high sparklers pin wheels up
to three inches in diameter nigger
chasers snakes and small colored fires
rainbow wheels colored fire Bticks
cracker stick spit devils
On the prohibited list are the fol-
lowing Items: giant firecrackers of
all descriptions pistols using blank
cartridges canes for exploding' caps
sky rockets roman candles caps con-
taining chlorate of potash and ail
other substances designed for pyro-
technic displays
COACH RANDLE TO LAWTON
Coach and Mrs W F Randle were
in El Reno Friday evening and Sat-
urday and during his visit here tend-
ered his resignation as head of athlet-
ics In the El Reno high school In or-
der to accept & more remunerative
post in the Lawton high school During
his stay here Mr Randle placed the
city at the top as the basketball
center of the state carrying off the
state championship in 1921 snd win-
ning second honors in 1920 As a re-
sult of his ability In basketball he
has been acclaimed as the best caging
coach in the state and El Reno fol-
lowers of the game sincerely regret
his departure from the city As yet
the board of education has not select-
ed his successor although several ap-
plications are on file for the position
Mr Randle is attending the summer
normal term of the Southwestern nor-
mal at Weatherford this summer
TO BUILD NEW ROAD
As a result of the El Reno-Calumet
road through the Fort Reno reserva-
tion directly north of the post being
badly damaged by the recent flood
the authorities have decided to lay
out a new highway leading in the direc-
tion of Calumet From the point where
the road crosses the sidewalk at the
southeast corner of the post the new
road will skirt northward along the
east side of tbe buildings thence north-
west to the present bridge to the rail-
road thence northwest paralleling the
railroad on the south to the edge of
the reservation This will give a more
direct route and will avoid so many
turns in passing through the post One
45-foot bridge will be required in the
new highway
RECEIPTS ARE REQUIRED
In order to secure special delivery
mail handled through tbe postoffice
after July 1 the addressee will be re-
quired to receipt for the same accord-
ing to Postmaster L K Butts who
states that a new ruling to that
effect has been adopted by the post-
office department - Another ruling
which has been in effect for the past
month gives all carriers and office
clerks a half-holiday on Saturday af-
ternoons People desiring to secure
their mail on Saturday afternoon may
call at the general delivery window at
the postoffice for the same
' INSTALL 8AFETY BOXE8
One hundred and ninety safety de-
posit boxes which were a part of the
equipment of the Commercial Bank
vault previous te the failure of that
institution have been purchased by
the Conservative Investment company
of this city and were this week in-
stalled in the vault of the firm on
North Bickford These will be rented
to Individual customers on the same
basis as waa followed by the bank
WINS WRITING CONTEST
In a feature waiting contest conduct-
ed recently by (he Oklahoma Gas A
Electric company David S Shackelford
of this city won first prise ot $50 for
submitting the best article Mr
Shackelford was graduated from tbe
State university at Norman on June
5 and has been employed on the nicht
staff of the Muskogee Phoenix
HAS NARROW KSCAPK
Ufi rT 1-1 a narrow- escape
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DELAY EXPLAINED
Federal Dept Hold Up
Bridge Work
Blame for the delay In the erection
of the approaches to the Meridian
highway bridge over the South Cana-
dian river south of Union City res a
with tho federal highway engineer’s
office at Fort Worth rather than with
the atate highway department since
the plana for this Improvement have
been filed with the Fort Worth office
for several weeks It was intimated by
representatives of the atate highway
department this week
However in view of the damage
caused by the recent heavy floods it
is considered by tbe officials here that
the delay waa fortunate since the cur-
rents would no doubt have destroyed
all work completed at that time As
a result of the tendency of tbe cur-
rent to pass to the south of the bridge
it is thought that a trestlework ap-
proach will be necessary at the aoutb
end of the bridge In place of an earth
fill
W C Burnham atate bridge engi-
neer accompanied by the federal en-
gineer from Fort Worth Texas visit-
ed the bridge on Wednesday of last
week and it was their decision that
an additional span would not be-need-ed
As a result of the visit of the
federal expert It Is believed that the
plans for the approaches aa submitted
by the highway department will be
accepted without any further delay
An appropriation for the two ap-
proaches waa passed by the last legis-
lature but since federal aid la being
sought to assist in the project the
long delay has been brought about The
legislative bill carrying the appropria-
tion was first vetoed by the governor
but on the last day before the time
limit was up the veto was withdrawn
at the solicitation of Paul Nesbitt
state highway commissioner
TEAM ENDS SLUMP
Railroaders Beat Clin-
ton 10 to 0 Tuesday
League Standing
Team: W L
Duncan 31 15
Clinton 26 20
El Reno 22 19
Shawnee 21 19
Cushing 21
Bristow 21
Guthrie 17
Pet
672
565
537
522
23 i 477
24 467
386
Drumright 15
27
357
After dropping five straight games
the El Reno Railroaders broke loose
from the Blump jinx with vengeance
Tuesday and sent the Clinton squad
home with a 10 to 0 shut-out Lesser
held the visitors to 5 hits while the
home boys hammered out 9 swats A
flock of five errors was recorded by
the visitors to one for the El Reno
team '
After donating three straight con-
tests to the Guthrie linters on Thurs-
day Friday and Saturday of last week
a change in pilots was made and un-
der the management of Gleason the
team has once again assumed a fight-
ing attitude The Clinton team car-
ried off the first two games of the
series by margins of one run in each
game several cripples on the El Reno
string slowing up the game The de-
cisive smothering of Clinton in Tues-
day’s game accordingly is greeted with
much satisfaction here
The Railroaders are at Guthrie to-
day and tomorrow and following that
series go to Clinton for three games
ARREST FOUR NEGROE8
In a 2 o'clock a m raid of a house
in the 600 block on North Admire last
week four arrests were made by the
city police and charges of being drunk
and disorderly were placed against the
quartet Bird Dugan Robert Jane
Sadie Burger and Sofa Raney were the
names given the police all four being
colored Fines of $10 each were plac-
ed against them Bill Brazer colored
who resides on West Foreman was ar-
rested by the police with whiskey in
hla possession Since this was the
fourth offense he was turned over to
the county authorities for prosecution
Pearl Beasley colored was fined $19
for having choc beer in her possession
Maggie Smith paid $5 aa a fine for
quarreling
SHAWNEE GOLFERS COMING
Approximately 30 golfers are expect-
ed to make up the party which will
arrive here from Shawnee on Sunday
morning 'to meet with the El Reno
golf artists during the day A lunch-
eon will be given to the visitors at
noon The club is this week install-
ing 18-hole putting greens which will
be electrically lighted for the use of
players at night No buckles have
changed hands in the buckle matches
during the week Tommy Clifford has
challenged A T March for posses-
sion of his buckle however
BUILDING SUSPENSION BRIDGE
In order to speed up the transpor-
tation of passengers at the North Can-
adian bridge north of El Reno a sus-
pension bridge is being rigged up by
the county commissioners Two boats
are operating at that place hut during
the hish these have proved to be in-
adequate The new bridge will be
capable of supporting a wheelbarrow
in which produce and supplies will
be transferred for the benefit of those
reelding north of the river i
AGRONOMIST I HERE
Co-operating with the El Reno MU
A Elevator compy la making bak'-g
testa of qrfcsat t Canal o
county H (X T SxV a
omlaP "T t ' ' rt t
HUGE DAT3AC
ASKED li:
Oil Field Wcr!
975000 Frczs
Compel!
Seventy-five thousand (
princely sum which la I
by W 8 Palmer aa oil I it
in a damage suit filed ia I
court ot Canadian county It?
Shelly OU company knd the I
company both of Tolas being
as defendants In tha action
According to the information
by Palmer he waa working m
drill rig belonging to th eO
near Madison Kans andW-f (
to apply dressing to a belt
count of tbe narrow passage
tween the belt and the
engine room be waa caught to t'
and hurled to the floor hlb s '
ing fractured and his body s
in such a way that he will be k
valid for life -
Moore Seske Raleaae V'
Declaring that Court Clark fr
Taylor refused to recognise a I IIa
for $2500 furnished by him 1 1
Moore who is serving a term of a' -years
in the state penitentiary at 1 t- ' i
Alesler has filed a mandamus aot q ’-M
against Mr Taylor to force him I'
accepting the bond' Moore appeal
hls case to the criminal court of ap
peals but when Mr Taylor declared -the
bond by him to be unsatisfactory J
he was committed to tho McAieoter 1
penal institution to start aarviBg the '-4 y ‘
sentence
A divorce action has 'boon oom- s i
menced in the court by Mra Josephine ' '
Panos against Nick Panos desertion
being the grounds for the ault Tho
divorce suit by Leonard Faber Y'V
Lea Faber waa granted by Judge J 1 1
Phelps in the sessiops of court haJ
Saturday j t bo
Suit Is Appealed ' ’ t f? i
A motion for the dismissal Of the -'i
suit of Jos H Strain sute bank V-'
-commissioner vs Ed L Smith C F ‘ ’ i
Beauveaud and C H Krumm w48'
sustained This case was tho torecloe- f
ure of a chattel mortgage A motion ' (! ’
for a new trial in the suit for convey !
ance of land of L A Woods vs R F
Woods was denied by Judge Phelps
Saturday whereupon notice waa giv-
en of appeal to the state supreme
court t-
In the action of Investors Building
& Loan association vs O A- FlcV
L C Gadberry secretary of theA
Ing and loan association waa a
receiver Hearing on the applla f-gw
for permanent alimony by Lul i- 1 Tv '
Forrest vs Randolph A fWtMt wlor '
set for June 23 by the judge
A judgment was rendered Saturday
in the mortgage foreclosure action by '
Ada E Pierce vs Ray A Graham and
Ola Gaines Graham k
John Peck who was arrested '
cently in company with Irl Eastridff
on a charge of having corn whiskey
in his possession was arraigned In'- ’ -
the court Saturday He entered a plea ' ’ i
of not guilty and was placed under
bond or 82600 ' '
f
COMPLIMENTS AMERICAN
In a letter received from the Utry -t ‘
land Casualty Company thia Week '
The American ia complimented tot its V- '
installation of equipment to prevent a !
accidents The letter is aa fotrws: ' 7
“Gentlemen— On June 6th 1923 ouriVl ’
Safety Engineer Mr A H Owens t
made a survey of your premises for
the purpose of offering suggestions for
the prevention of accidents and he ad-
vises that there are no such sugges-
tions to be made We are pleased to-
note that your plant is above the aver-
age in this respect and also to know
that the exposed conditions referred
to in our letter of January 31st 1923 'v
do not now exist’ -
L 1
H N HARDENBERQ DIES -
H Newton Hardenberg a Hock -da- - - -land
conductor passed away Thurs- -day
of last week at hla home et 316
South Evans following an Illness of i
about 12 years from cancer complice- -tions
at the age of 41 years He la '
survived by his wife and mother Mid-
night services were conducted by the
Scottish Rite Masons of the city from
the Christian church on Saturday
night On Sunday the remain were
taken to the old home at Oceola
Iowa for interment
EVANGELICAL CHUROM
Observance of Children’s day vOl ’f
i V at a) 4ha I '-i
be held at the Evangelical church
South Ellison next Sunday mon
A splendid program ia being arrar
The pastor will deliver a special
mon on the subject ot mission
the close of the children’s service
offering will be taken for our mis
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'v awe vu MIS M t ’ ’ '
ary interests All tbe members cf v j j
church aro expected to be fcVv
Everybody welcome— J (W
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ATTEND CHURCH CONVENTION
In the annual sessions of the Chrio-1 AiS
tian churches of the state held 2
Enid all last week El Reno was Tp- SL ?
resented by the followjng delegate:' C ‘
Rev and Mra I F DePoister Wr' "j
and Mra Ben Wewcrka Mrs J TV V"
Streeter Mrs C M Brdy andeh£JK 4
dren Naomi and Clarence Mrs R W
Thom and Martin Batton
BRAZIER DENIES GUILT A '
Bill Braaler colored pleaded ft -
guilty to the charge of pe
com whiskey whoa hale!
county court the first t i 17
He was arrested ly t f -v
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released url tel — laslt
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