The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1923 Page: 1 of 10
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1Z3 ENTRIES IN
CIG HORSE SHOW
Third Annual Event Is
Success-Attendance
Is Limited
- exceeding aU expectations tram the
standpoint of entries El Reno's third
ananal horseshow which wss held la
the fair building oa Thursdajr Friday
aad Saturday nights of last week
brought SOS entries ot the best equine
Mood ot government aad privately
owned stock In the Southwest Into
the arena here and the show is
Carded as one ot the most successful
events ot the kind ever staged la this
part of the country
Pram an attendance standpoint the
show was somewhat disappointing to
the officials although a fairly well-
Blled bouse was experienced on Fri-
day evening good sprinkling of
horse-lovers from Oklahoma City and
other points over the state was pres-
ent on each evening but the fact that
each program lasted tram 7:30 each
evening until almost midnight held
back a number of El Reno people from
attending every night
Bxtra Classes Addsd
Having been extended this year to
Include several new classes the pro-
gram proved to be of more general
Interest The fact that a number of
El Set o people who havo been en
tolled in the riding classes conducted
at For' Reno during the past few
months rode Fort Reno mounts and
won several of the cups provided an
added interest for the El Reno spec-
tators -In the grand championship classes
on Saturday night the quality of the
Fort Reno mounts was brought out by
the fact that Major Jones on Dan again
won the championship saddler trophy
while Tommy Walsh with Irish Jury
also owned by Major Jones took the
grand championship
fort Sill Wins Cups
Fort Sill was well-represented with
mounts having brought a carload for
the show but - was handicapped by
having only a few riders As a result
they were forced to double up and
ride several animals in the classes en
tered They carried off a number of
the trophies in spite of this handicap
Ponca City was represented by sev-
eral of the mounts from the stables of
John Alcorn but these failed to se-
cure any of the prises
The colt classes brought the heavl
est entries of any department a large
number of farmers in the 'neighbor-
hood of Calumet and Geary who have
colts sired by the government stal-
lions at Fort Reno having competed
The -big fair building In which the
show was held assumed in miniature
the appearance of the Madison Square
Garden in New York City during the
national horse shows and since many
of the mounts and riders had compet-
- ed in the classes at that place the
cltlsens of the state-' In attendance
were provided with an entertainment
of metropolitan pretensions The dis-
play of trophy cups drew many com-
plimentary remarks from the visitors
who were surprised at the number
and beauty a total of 26 having been
awarded
Results of the various classes were
as follows
Prlsw Winners
Class 1 Boys’ and Girls’ Saddlers
—First Bill Jones on Lady Jane Gray
second Willis Christian on Kim
third Carlle Loomis on Red Fern
fourth Jack Walsh on Beauty
- Class 2 Two Three and Four-Year-Old
Fillies— First J R Moseley with
Hiss Ray second Henry H French
with Tidal Wave third Dewey Bfay
with Aces fourth Peter Roalls with
Morning Glory
Class 3 Novice Saddlers — First
Lieut Bridges on Lulu A second Mrs
-Mary Salmon on Gun Shannon third
Mary Louise Jones on Shoo Fly
fourth Mrs C H Tompkins on Ma-
hie Class 4 ' Remounts — First Pvt
Rouse on Berke sec and C E
Cupp on Little Dan third Pvt Tom-
linson bn Aces fourth Pvt Blair on
Morning Glory
Class 5 Young Ladles and Young
Men’s Hacks — First Margaret Walsh
on Can-Do second Virgil Christian on
Liberty third Elisabeth Bonebrake
on Bay Girl fourth Frances Loomis
on Red Fern
Class 6 Cow Ponies — First C E
-Cupp on Sam second Tom Guy on
- Joker third C R Palmer on Ike
- Cunningham fourth W R Misen-
helter on Texas Tom
Class 7 Officers Chargers — First
- Lieut Bridges on Dan second Capt
Merts on Sam third Major AH Jones
-on Beauty
Class 9 Ladies’ Novice Saddlers —
First Mrs Waters on Honest John
- -second Mrs Barney 8tewart on Gun
Shannon third Marjory Walsh on
Bug Eye fourth Mrs -Lewis on Iron-
X Class 10 Walk-Trotters — First Mary
Louise Jones on Dan second Lieut
'Bridges on Lula A third Mrs Mary
'-Salmon on Little Dan fourth Mrs
C H Tompkins on Prince
- Class 11 - Novice Hunters — First
Capt Waters on Ajax -second Mrs
Conant on Ironsides third Lieut
Bridges on Tiny Foot' fourth Capt
'Kottingft on Foch
12 Light Weight Polo Ponies
Major A H Jones on Brown
second D L Henderson on
third Llsut Bridges os Lula
' ?Cas it Ladles’ Park Hacks— First
? -s Mary fa&uui on J tax second
X Vi HT: — on 1 — Slaf third
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EQUIPPING NBW HOSPITAL
Boasting one of tbs best X-Ray Ma-
chines In the state an excellent oper-
ating room and high-class equipment
throughout Dr W B Catto announces
that his new hospital at 421 South
Williams wlU soon bo ready for Its
official opening The hospital was
formerly the residence of Judge and
Mrs J I Phelps but was recently
purchased by Dr Catto and for the
past two weeks carpenters have been
busy remodeling the Interior so that
at present there are 26 rooms In the
building and as a hospital It will have
a capacity of IS beds A separate
building at the rear of the lot will
be used for contagious cases while
a nurses’ home is also being fitted up
A few patients have already been re-
ceived in the hospital according to
Dr Catto and as soon as the carpen-
ters have completed their work It will
be Opened for all ethical physicians
and the general public The hospital
has heretofore been located In the
rpoms above the Reeds store - -
GETS FERRY RIGHT
Jack Smith to Operate
Boat at 39th Street
Having demonstrated his ability as
a navigator while operating the ferry
boat over the North Canadian river on
the Meridian Highway north of El
Reno following the destruction of the
bridge at that point by the recent flood
Jack Smith has now stepped Into the
limelight by securing a franchise to
operate a ferry at the point where the
39th street highway out of Oklahoma
City meets the river The franchise
was granted by the Oklahoma County
commissioners Thursday
Since Oklahoma city has stated Its
Intention to widen the channel of the
river at that point to 300 feet the
county has decided to delay replacing
the bridge over the i stream at that
point until the widening is completed
and the ferry to be operated by Mr
Smith will be the only means of reach-
ing the city by that route
In hts contract Mr Smith agrees to
make the highway through the reser-
voir passable for autos and he states
that his force of men started work on
this task Monday ' It will be necessary
to build a bridge on the highway
where a bad washout occurred a mile
west of the river He is undecided as
yet whether he will build a new ferry
or will haul the one used here to the
new location
Rates for passage will be as follows :
Trucks 75 cents autos 50 cents
horse and buggy 25 cents pedestrians
motorcycles and livestock 10 cents
The boat will be finished by about
November 20
COUNTY CONVENTION TODAY
Following a postponement from a
month ago on account of the flood
and bad roads officials of the Cana-
dian County Sunday School associa-
tion will attempt today to hold this
year’s convention at Richland Evan-
gelistic church A number of El Re-
noltes are listed to appear on the
program including the Sunday school
orchestra of the Presbyterian church
VISIT COUNTY AGENT
Fred R Merrifleld district agent
was here from the A ft M College at
Stillwater visiting with County Agent
Felix K West Saturdav Ben Harri-
son County Agent of Stephens coun-
ty was also In the office Monday en-
route to his home at Duncan after a
visit in Oklahoma City
RECEIVES MASONIC DEGREES
Rev L F DePolster pastor of the
Christian church Is In Guthrie this
week where he la receiving the Scot-
tish Rite degrees which will make him
thirty-second degree Mason The
new 12000000 temple will be dedicat-
ed during the week at that place
First Major A H Jones on Dan sec-
ond Capt Waters on Honest John
third C E Cupp on Prince fourth
Sgt Grishon on Ironsides
Class 15 Ladles’ Hunters — First
Mrs Conant on Tecumseh second
Clara Bonebrake on 'Rambler third
Mrs K Rountree on Ironsides fourth
Mrs Conant on Rascal
ARREST CAR THIEF
Youthful Bandit to Be
Returned Home
One more youthful ear thief had
his career of crime suddenly ended
Thursday when the El Reno police
arrested a quartet of hoys from Spring-
field Mo who drove into the city In
a Ford auto which had been stolen
several weeks ago After the arrest
of the quartet Robert E Mannering
the driver admitted the theft of the
car and excused the other boys from
the crime The police thereupon no-
tified the authorities at Springfield
Saturday the father of the Manner-
Ing boy and Mr Dennis owner of the
car arrived together with the sheriff
from that city -The Mannering boy
will be forced to stand trial while
Mr Dennis returned by auto with the
other three boys who gave their
names as Frank Brunton Richard
Fowler and Harold Sanders
James Hudson colored who was
arrested by the police on the charge
of theft of 15 from a negro woman
was turned over to the county au-
thorities for prosecution Mose Dun-
can colored arrested by the sheriff’s
force for possession of a pint of whis-
key was turned over the city police
court for prosecution He was fined
920 for treasuring the liquid Joy
The white stop lines on East Wade
street some of which are so weather-
beaten as to be more or less indis-
tinguishable continue to mar the
blisB of El Reno motorists and Motor
Cop Charles Gray harvested a crop
of four drivers who failed to observe
the traffic regulations concerning the
boulevard of Wade The unfortunate
quartet was Mrs G A Barnard Mr
Webber Ben Guth and L J Cott
INFANT BURIED HERE
Ida Lorraine Putnam 3-year-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs R K Put-
nam of Chlckasha passed away in Ok-
lahoma City on Wednesday of last
week and was brought here for burial
on last FYiday Short services were
conducted at the grave by Rev J A
Davies Mr and Mrs Putnam for-
merly lived in El Reno later going
to Oklahoma City They moved to
Chlckasha about two weeks ago
SEEK BEST SCHOOL
District 46 to Erect A
Standard Building
Determined to build a school which
wiy meet the standards of thrf na-
tional bureau of- education district 46
in Canadian county has secured plans
from Washington and will commence
at once with the construction of a one-
room school with concrete basement
The building will be located five miles
south of Yukon and is designed to
provide all of the advantages in the
way of equipment to be found in city
schools
Mrs Ora Beper E EL Brooks and
George Wattson members ot the
school board in that district were vis-
itors at the office of County Supt
Edith M Layton Tuesday discussing
final plans in regard to the building
They stated that they intended to have
the most modern one-room school in
the state and brought the blue prints
along to show the details to the super-
intendent In the basement will be located a
coal furnace and storage room a large
play room for the children to use on
rainy days- and Indoor chemical toi-
lets On the first floor will be a com-
modious class room cloak rooms li-
brary and vestibule Miss Susie R
Smith is teacher of the school
FIND FLAT HEAD BORERS
Presence of the flathead borer a
species of worm which operate under
the bark of fruit trees often complete-
ly girdling them was discovered in
the orchard of H Dittmer in the south-
east part of the citv by D C Mooring
extension horticulturist of the A & M
College at Stillwater who was a vis-
itor at the office of County Agent Fel-
ix K West Thursday This species
Class 17 Colts privately owned— -
First Tommy Walsh with Irish Jury :xtremey b"d to discover
second C R Palmer with Lady Glass- l " Q of tbe fct
tol third Bill Jones with Lady Jane !ba tby he
Gray fourth Robert Thompson with he the tree begins dyin? 1 g
Bess fifth JA Gipson with Rag Doll p gma aymg
sixth A C Filler with Lady Runfior
seventh Wesley Lester with First
MOVING BACK TO EL RENO
pi- A O Jacobi who was a visitor here
- ! save out the information that
IllanS!5 n“th’ W“' M°°re WUh hero
JURY TERM TO
BEGIN MONDAY
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Bank Cates Are Set for
December 10th by
District Court
With cases assigned for two weeks
the November term of the district
court of Canadian county will com-
mence Its Jury sessions' on next Mon-
day with Judge J L Phelps presiding
over the Judiciary A number of
other cases are to he heard during
the tefm and it la thought probable
that another assignment will be made
for these during December
The cases ot state vs Earl Morris
and R P Jackman charged with re-
ceiving money from depositors aa of-
ficials of the Commercial Bank while
that institution was In a failing con-
dition havo been set for December 10
Judge Phelps announoed Saturday
that all of the cases previously set
for FYiday November GO would be
stricken and reset for December 17
These cases are 81edge vs Wheeler
et al Oklahoma City Trust Company
vs Smith Little vs National Fire
Insurance Co
- Four divorce decrees were awarded
during the court hearings on Satur-
day by Judge Phelps - These were
In the suits of Thelma Tholen vs
Harry Tholen H Geissler vs Vitula
Oelssler Viola Jones vs Floyd Jones
and Olive M McKay vs W P Mc-
Kay In the latter suit the plaintiff
was awarded In addition to the decree
alimony and custody of minor chil-
dren Many Motions Heard
A number of motions demurrers
and orders were taken up by the
court Saturday A motion to strike
In Austin vs Oklahoma Railway Co
was overruled A demurrer to the
answer was sustained in Barnard vs
Mordy et al Motion to confirm sale
was sustained In Commerce Trust
company vs Nath -An
order was granted by the court
dissolving the Mulvey Mercantile
company of Yukon - Title was quieted
In the case of Stewart et al vs Voss
Title was also quieted In Kivett vs
Krouse et al Motion to confirm sale
of real estate in Evans vs Rector
Judgment for plaintiff was rendered
in the suit on note by Bass Mercan-
tile company vs S Cornwell
In the mortgage foreclosure pro-
ceedings of Walcott vs Derry the
court Issued an order directing the
Fidelity and Casualty ' company of
New York to pay bond to Carrie M
Shuttee In the injunction - suit of
Carrie M Shuttee vs Derry to pre-
vent - the removal of moving picture
ahow fixtures from the Derry theatre
the court continued the restraining
order in full force until November 19
or until the order can be heard by
the court ''‘’hit vV-
Only one suit was filed ’in the dis-
trict court during the week the Home
Lumber company seeking for the re-
covery of money from ©A’ Fickess
In this action
WILL EXHIBIT FLOWERS
An attempt to carry off some of the
prises offered in the Oklahoma State
Flower Show to be held In Oklahoma
City on next Friday and Saturday
will be made by Mrs L 'K Butts ( Thomas being fortunate in blocking
flonist of this city who has a fine col- a pUu and thus paving the way for
TRAFFIC TIED UP
Rains Once More Stop
Northbound Travel
Just as the highways of Canadian
county were getting Into the classifi-
cation of passable as a result of the
week of sunshiny weather which was
awarded to this section of the state
throughout last week another rainy
splurge burst loose Sunday and low-
ering akles and frequent downpours
of gully-washer proportions marked
the weather man’s bill of fare the
first ot the week As a result the
roads are once more to be classed as
bottomless
A number of complaints were re-
ceived by The American Tuesday to
the effect that the mudhole north of
the city was impassable by any va-
riety of motor-propelled vehicle and
that no arrangements had been made
by the county commissioners to sta-
tion teams at that point to assist the
travelers County Clerk C E Bros
also reported receiving a number of
such complaints
A mudhole north of Yukon is re-
ported to have reached the stage that
it Is no longer passable even for
horse-drawn vehicles one man who
attempted to drive a team across It
having lost one of his horses when
when that animal became mired in the
deep bog and drowned
The commissioners have received
considerable commendation for their
speed in restoring service over the
bridge north of El Reno but charges
of unusual deliberation In getting the
mudboles on the leading hlghw-iya in
a passable condition are also numer-
ous The laying of board crossings such
as were used at the Fort Reno bridge
following the flood last June is ad-
vised by many as the most effective
way of bridging the worst mudholes
Such a plan proved to be inexpensive
at that time being built through the
help of a number 'of business nun
who spent the day working on the
roads at that place
Airangements have Ibeen male by
the Fort Reno officials to grade the
’highway from (lie Viaduct at tlid
nortliwoft corner of El Reno to the
reservation so that this road will
coLtinuo to be open
WIN FROM THOMAS
El Reno Takes Game by
One Point
By the narrow margin of one point
El Reno high school grldsters manag-
ed to wedge In a victory in the atrlng
of defeats they have suffered this sea-
son when the failure of a kick after
goal lost the game for the Thomas
squad leaders of the Southwestern
conference Friday afternoon The
game was a hard-fought affair with
the local squad having a slight edge
over their opponents
Displaying a strong offensive In the
opening quarter El Reno on straight
football marched the ball down the
field for touchdown In the third
quarter Capt Bro McDonald Ed Hun-
nicutt and Marion Higby went out
with injuries This loss proved fa-
tal in the final quarter when McDon-
ald’s toe was needed in punting
lection of El Reno grown chrysanthe-
mums prepared for exhibition at the
floral event Five varieties of huge
chrysanthemums in three shades of
yellow one of white and one of pink
will head the display while ten va-
rieties of Pom Pom chrysanthemums
will be entered In the collective exhib-
it class 'Home-grown carnations and
sweet peas will alsq be -ebown The
flower show Is to bh held at thd Mer
mie Garden in Oklahoma City under
the auspices of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women’s club of that me-
tropolis Mrs Butts states that she ex-
pects to hold an open-house on next
Sunday afternoon between the hours
of 2 and 5 for the purpose of display-
ing her chrysanthemums and an v in-
vitation is extended to the - general
public to visit the green houses on
East Woodson at that time
from Enid sometime this week and
MARRIAGE LICENSE8 SLUMP
For some unaccountable reason the
demand for Canadian county marriage
licenses dropped about 75 points be-
low par dUring the past week Only
three of the permits were awarded by
Court Clerk Frank Taylor the appli-
cants for these being as follows:
Harry P Frey 30 and Margaret E
Glass 25 both of Oklahoma City
Class 18 Heavy Weight Polo Ponies once more occuDvhls 1 W' B' Smith- 24- and Ml8S Mable
-First J A Gipson on Can Do sec- souther part of the cTty ni 4Vll i Henry’ 24’ both of Concho -ond
D L Henderson on The Osage continue his work as traveling agent I MIMaxC’ Set®n Drumrlghtand
third Tom Guy on Spinway fourth for the Enid Milling company having ?lB ?ayne Le0 Bottom' 20 okla‘
Major Jones on Marengo
Class 19 Ladles Road Hacks — First
Mrs Lewis on Ironsides second Mar-
garet Walsh on Can Do third Mrs
1 H Tompkins on Dan fourth Mrs
Mary 8almon on Little Dan
Class 20 Open Hunters— First Capt
Waters on Ajax second Major Jones
on Dan third Capt Keatlnge i on
Foch fourth Capt Waters on 8ump
ter - i
Class 21 Colts private and govern-
ment owned — First Tommy Walsh
with Irish Jury second W F Wal-
ters with Flyaway third Major AH
Jones with Rag Doll fourth John
Wheeler with Tidal Wave
Class -22 Brood Mares — First John
Wheeler with Florit McGinn second
Tom Guy with El Cheva third J A
Gipson trlth Fencing Girl fourth N
Martin with Mary Josephine -Class
23 Championship Saddle
-Ini’
the western part of Oklahoma for his
territory Mr and Mrs L R Gep-
hart who have been occupying the
Jacobi residence have moved to the
property of Mrs W J Finch
IQfILL REBUILD BRIDGE
In spite of the knockout blow re-
ceived by the St Louis El Reno &
Western railway as a result of the
big flood recently when the bridge
northeast of El Reno was carried
away officials of the line reoort that
the span will be rebuilt and service
between El Reno and Guthrie restor-
ed The company Is running occas-
ional trains from Guthrie to Richland
whenever enough ears are loaded to
Justify s trig
X' GRANGE WILL MBBT i
k - Officials of- Rock Island grange an-
nounce that a meeting will be heldon
Fri ’ay night ot this week At the Rock
r' 11 Termtrtbkt a
f-- rr£l Iv't: — Jr ta fcr-srsiit
tvSJak&t is to b transacted
homa City
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT
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a touchdown
The victory causes much joy In the
camp of Coach Grady Skillern’s squad
since the Thomas aggregation are
hard fighters and probably the class
ot the western part of the state Their
comparative strength is shown by the
fact that they administered a decis-
ive defeat to Chlckasha recently This
is the first defeat registered againBt
them this year
El Reno's next battle comes tomor-
row when Rush Springs will play on
the Legion park field
HOLD 8PECIAL SERVICES
in observation of the fifth anniver-
sary of Armistice day special ser-
vices were conducted on Sunday morn-
ing at 11 o’clock at the Criterion the-
atre when the American Legion the
Legion Auxilary and a number of
other organizations were the guests
of the Baptist church Assembling at
the Region hall the members of the
El Reno post of the American Legion
marched in a body to the theatre
Special music was furnished by a choir
of male voices made up of singers
from all of tbe churches of the city
The sermon was delivered by Rev
Holmes Nlchflfls wio used as his
theme the Armistice day
POTATOES WERE PROFITABLE
Earning 13 from one peck of po-
tatoes was the record of Floyd Bran-
stool of Okarche a member of the
potato department of the boys’ agri-
cultural clp-b of Canadian county Tbe
peck was entered lu the county fair
here and carried off first prize of 95
In the state fair at Oklahoma -City
It won first place and four dollars
and when taken to the state fair at
Muskogee was awarded the same
prize The tubers were of the Irish
Cobbles variety Branstool has won
the blue ribbon In the county fair
here for three years straight and' will
try again next year -
WILL HOLD SALE --
Stating his Intention of quitting the
farm and- leaving the state R E Hen-
thorn who Uvea on the Scholle farm
one mile eouth and four West of Mus-
tang came to n Reno Tuesday and
secured a quantity of bills advertis-
ing a Mg public sale to-be hsld on
Friday of next weak at his Cam ' Aa
advertisement carrying a detx'lej
ttrir the preparty tqf)t
u4 of 7-3 rear b r V"
Amerlco - -
DECISION FAVOR DEPOSITORS '
A favorable decision for the depos-
itors of failed banks in the state of
Oklahoma was recently - tendered In
the circuit court of appeals at St Paul
Minns It was learqed by M B Cope
liquidating agent of the failed Com-
mercial Bank of thia city while at
the office of Attorney General George
Short at Oklahoma City Mat week In
the decision' the court held that bond-
ing companies protecting Indian
agency and county deposits were not
entitled to complete repayment from
the assets of the bank but could only
share on the same basis as the de-
positors la tbe failed Institutions
However this victory for the deposi-
tors will not release the Uquldatlng
agents from making further payments
aa the bonding companies gave 'notice
of appeal on the decJMoa to the su-
preme court While there is a pos-
sibility of this appeal being dismiss-
ed the proceedings at best will prob-
ably delay further payments for many
months i -AXiy -
BIRD SHOW fa NEXT
1000 Chickens Expect-
ed by Officials
“From the Interest being ' taken
and the number of premium lists re-
ceived 1 believe ihat there will be in
tbe neighborhood of a thousand chick-
ens displayed" declared H ' Dittmer
secretary of the annual poultry show
to be held here on November 22 23
24 and 25 yesterday ' Entries are al-
ready coming In he stated
Heretofore the largest shows have
brought only about 400 entries but
through the persistent efforts of the
Canadian county poultry federation
interest In the production 'of poultry
Lhs easily been doubled and the fqrth-
coming show is expected ' to reflect
this awakened Interest The only pos-
sible drawback which may arise will
be the weather according to the of-
ficials since the condition ot the roads
might keep many from bringing their
entries to the city v-
The show Is to be held in the city
hall auditorium and since this room
is steam heated and of easy access it
Is believed that a good attendance will
be recorded No admission charge
will be made and It Is intended that
tbe show will be ’made as educational
as possible by -the displays of poultry
producers supplies and the demonstra-
tion of methods of handling them An
ad&ress Is to be made on Saturday of
the show by R B Thompson chief
of the poultry division of the A & M
College
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
MAY NOT 8ELL WILD DUCKS
In response to Inquiries as to wheth-
er it is lawful for hotels or restaur-
ants to serve wild ducks and geese
the United States department of agri-
culture states that the provisions of
the migratory-bird treaty act and reg-
ulations make it unlawful to buy or
sell wild ducks or other migratory
birds or parts thereof except under
proper permits for scientific or prop-
agating purposes f- -
Migratory waterfowl raised in cap-
tivity under proper Federal and state
permits may be bought or sold and
served In hotels or restaurants but
this does not apply to any wild birds
Including those that have been cap-
tured under permit for propagation
purposes as birds thus captured can
not be killed or sold for food purposes
at any time
The serving of the flesh of wild
birds with meals In hotels restaur-
ants or other places Is unlawful if
a price is charged for the meal and
the statute can not be avoided under
a pretense that no charge Is being
made for the flesh of wild birds
BANQUET FOR VETERANS
A meeting of ex-service men and
women of Canadian County which
promises to be the most enthusiastic
in El Reno since the war' will be held
at the Southern Hotel Thursday No-
vember 15th at seven ' o’clock The
evening's entertainment will consist
of a dinner music and a short pro-
gram of talks by prominent ex-service
men Cody Fowler department com-
mander and former El Reno man and
Ray Brown of Watonga and Depart-
ment Judge Advocate will be the
principal speakers -’-The dinner and
meeting free to all' ex-service men
and women of Canadian county will
be given under the auspices of El Re-
no Post No 34 American Legion All
persons who served during the World
War in the army navy marines and
nurse corps of the United 8tates or
any of the Allied armies are invited
ed be present
WILL ENTERTAin
HEAVY RAINS FALL
Heavy rains visited- this- section
again on Monday and Tuesday mak-
ing the country soggy once more af-
ter a solid week of sunshine Monday’s
precipitation amounted to 10 of an
inch and on Tuesday a full Inch came
Better weather is expected for the
rest of the week as the result of the
clear weather which- arrived yester-
day '
NEGRO BOUND OVER
Charged with grand lArceny of 915
from a colored woman Jas Hudson
also dusky of skin pleaded not guilty
when arraigned befcf the county
court Monday He vieflacei under
bond of 91000 and boor over to the
district court Vy :
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- WILlOPEN T
Opening of the ney a grocery
tore nt Klngflsher l i t ur today
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Lions PI Dcsr
Pedffo£i Here cn -'v
Nov: 23
Rural school teachers from oU
Canadian county aye scheduled ’ 4"-
"slt down with the Linos’ on- t‘ )
evening of November 33rd acoorC 3 '
to an announcement by the echocl y
committee of the El Reno Liana otub’ -
at the fortnightly luncheon of tho
club Tuesday noon In other words’ -1
the Lions will have the pedagoga as -
their guekta In their den at tho Booth- ’ "'
era hotel for a banquet at which tlmo-
the encouragement of Model Schools
for the county will he considered
Upon the recommendation of Coun-
ty Supt Edith M Layton the Lions ‘
recently voted to sponsor the rural -'
schools each member being assigned -two
districts in which he Is expected
to Investigate the educational systems '
and extend all possible help to la-
proving the school As the first step '
ot such a campaign it was decided by
the 4ons committee that a banquet
should be held at which the standards
of a model school could be discussed
and the needs required to bring the '
present schools up to such standards
The committee reported that a coon-1
ty teachers’ meeting would be Called
for the same day by Mrs Layton so
that the teachers would have a double
purpose in coming to El Rena 1t
Would Enceurafle Education -
After calling the attention of the
club to the fact that the country la
In the midst of a series of special
weeks Including safety week fire
prevention week father and son week
constitution week and book week -Supt
John T Butcher who was a '
guest at the meeting announced thkt
next week being educational week
arrangements were being made to ob- y -serve
the occasion In El Reno with a U 1
series of programs - He stated that ' 1 c"
El Reno paBtors would start the week
with educational sermons Sunday
and that programs would be arranged ' ‘-j
tor Monday and Thursday at leaat by '
Joint committees of the Lions Kiwanla ' '
and Business Women's clubs ' -
Upon the request ot Supt Butcher ’
J L Funk H L Reed Dr T M Ad-
erhold E C King and Dr E Ewing ?
were named as a committee to meet
with the committees from other clubs -to
arrange such programs
E C King called the attention of
the club to the fact that the present c'
week is book week and that the El ’ j
Reno library was bolding open house -each
evening especially for business
men An invitation was extended by V ’
Leo J Deming high school principal ’ ' y '
asking the club to be guests of the
home economics department of the
El Reno high school at some date con-
venient to all The invitation
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readily accepted
A B Shuttee proprietor of the Cri-
terion theatre was a guest ot the club '
BIG MOVIE COMING
“The greatest moving picture since v
the Birth of a Nation” Is the verdict y
of many people who have witnessed
the film production “The Covered Wag- i
on’’ which is to appear at the Cri- v
terion Theatre here on Tuesday and
Wednesday November 27 and 28 One '
of the features of the picture Is a
caravan of several hundred prairie
schooners A number of the leading
stars of the movie world appear la
the film Messrs Don Cole and At- -bert
Shuttee new managers ot the :'
theatre announce that they will show
the film beginning at 2:30 and 8:80 '
each day of its appearance here It ' V
will come here direct from the Liberty tlC ”
Theatre at Oklahoma City and will '-'X
be accompanied by the same ten-piece - ‘
orchestra which will be used at that ' '
place '
acooHlrk to Don f’
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LOCKJAW IS FATAL
Gus Ludwig prominent hardware -merchant
of Okarche passed away at
his home in that city on Tuesday morn- - -
ing at 1 o'clock as a result of lackjaw ' ’
caused- from stepping on a rustv nail " i-
The wound had healed up and It was
thought that he had practically re-
covered until Monday night when a - r 1 - '
relapse set in He has been In busi-V' ‘v’
ness at that place for 23 yeara and - - v‘
Is survived by his wife and five cl)il- ‘ ‘
dren He was associated with hla V
brother Edward in business F’uner-
al services are to be held thia morn- '
ing from the Catholic church con-V-’
ducted by Rev Steber and Interment ’ V
will be made in the Catholic cemetery
NEW PREACHER HERE
Services at the First M E Church
Sunday were conducted by Rev J A ’
Davies newly appointed- pastor who
before the recent conference had oc-
cupied the paetorkte at Okmulgee
Rev Davies arrived with his wife and
6-year old son on Mst Thursday They
have a 16-year old daughter In attend-
ance at Ohio Wesleyan University
ON ANNUAL STAFF
Warner Lewis of El Reno is adver-
tising manager ot the Redskin stu-
dent yearbook at Stillwater the A
and M College of Oklahoma Lewis
Is a sophomore In the school of engi-
neering at the college As an aide to
David D Zink of Muskogee business
manager of tho annual Lewis huldo
an Important position on tho man-
agerial staff - - 1
- EXCHANGES FULFITB
‘ Rev Jzhn A t --riner snent f — ’
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