El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRA'
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1913.
NUMBEI
VOLUME NO. 23
The Booster Club Holds Annual Meetin;
I R Mvcrs Sclcctcd to Head the Organization for the Ensuing Year. Club Members Pledge United Su|
port to Aid Him In the Upbuilding of a Greater El Reno
The annual meeting and banquet of i the chill an opportunbj and the al>
the El lleuo Booster Club held last | ility to grow and profit b> the ex
night at the Anstine Hotel, was one o perlence of life. They should have
the best meetings ever neld by that j had some Ideals character and
organization. Fully seventy five of
the leading business men of tlia city
at down to the banquet, which was
a credit to the club and to those hav-
ing it in charge. After the tables had
been cleared and cigars lighted Pres-
ident Gille'te of the Club as toast,
master, introduced President Strat-
ton Looks of the University of Okla-
homa as the first speaker of the even-
ing. Mr. Brooks spoke on -Educa-
tion as a Business Asset." He said
that he was a little disappointed in
the introduction which he had re-
ceived as the President had not men-
tioned the fact, he was a former res-
sident of Boston, and as that was the
first time such a thing had happened
since he had come to Oklahoma to
make his home, that he was lightly
disappointed insofar as he had pre-
pared his regular "Boston" address.
.Speaking in a serious vein Mr. Brook
eulogized the Booster Club and said
that he had not seen a Club in Okla-
homa that; was not a ••booster ' Club.
He stated that if on? were to notice
the real estate ads in the various
newspapers of the country, he would
find that almost invariably they al-
ways called atention to the fact that
there were good schools in the vic-
inity. People cannot be attracted to
any state or country unless there are
good schools. The speokeq stated
in the "boosting" and upbuilding of
the city.
Mr. Tidnian the new manager of
El Keno Gas & Electric Company,
living bound together in such a man- was then introduced by President
ner as to make them useful moral Gillette. Mr. Ti Iman complimented
citizens. The speaker gave some at- ! the city on its progressiveness, and
tention to art in a business way and | said he had visited El Keno many
sal I it was mqre important that the years ago and felt satisfied at that
child have the right conception of ! time that the city would be a win-
art) than that he have a knowledge j ner, and that he never had occasion
of atithmetic, and that the child | to think otherwise. He spoke of the
should be so trained in esthetic julg- j investments made in the city by the
ment a; to make it unnecessary for Byllesby Co., and stated that El
us to send to France and other | Reno had more electric flat irons in
countries for article* that demand a
true conception of art and esthetic
judgment. -We cannot compete to
day with the foreign nation in mat
•ters that demand esthetic judgment
porportion to its size than any other
city on the Byllesby circuit. He fur-
ther stated that there was more con-
sumption of gas and electricity in
El Reno than any town of its popu_
and the speaker cited the fact thaj
our millinery was imported to a
large extent and gave other illustra-
tions of sending abroad for articles
that demand art and esthetic judg-
ment combine^!. Mir". Brook.^ then
told of the work of the University of
Oklahoma and what he hoped it
would do for the peole of the state.
He said that he felt that no child
should be sent out of the state to
secure an education. In order to do
the best work. Hs sai l the I n_
iversity must be kept free from poli-
tics an 1 personal favoritism, and on
coming to taks charge of the school
lation in which he operated. The a_
mount of delinquency was less, be-
ing about one half of one per cent,
showing that the people of this city
were prompt in the payment of their
bills. Mr. Tidman said he hoped to
be able to render the people of the
city still better service in the future,
and that as soon as possible an ef-
fort would be made to secure natural
gas. He stated further that he would
do all: in his power] to serve the cit-
izens of the city to the best of his
ability and wanted their assistance
and co-operation. Mr. Ti iman had
a report on local statistics which
was necessary that El Reno raLe
about $S0. to assist in repairing the
roads west of the city. A motion
was made by Arthur March that a
committer of three be appointed by
the president to secure the neces-
sary amount, an I tc see about the
Meridian Road meeting. President
Gillette appointed L. C.. A lams, R.
T. Sands and W. J. Finch to secure
the money necessary for tile road re.
pair and J. A: Townsend. Howard
Bonebrake an 1 George Toolan to look
after the Meredlan road project.
President was made a member of the
committee ex_officio. It was stated
that the people of El Reno were de-
sirous of improving their lawns and
parkings but unless a reduction was
mada in water rents the citizens
could not afford to use the water for
sprinkling their lawns as they should
be watered. On motion of S. E.
Brady the president appointed a com
mittee consisting of S. E. Brady, C.
Perry and Chas. Engle to consult ths
city commissioners regarding the
matter.
KNIGHTS Attn LABItS OF SECUfflTH
PROVE EXCELLENT EKTERTAINEl
„ > t nRmir I will be found in another column,
the State Board of Education assur
County Commissioner G. W. Rector
was the next speaker on the program
and he stated that he felt highly
honored indeed to be present at the
■d him that sucli would be the case.
"oou auiuui . • i But said the speaker in order to ac
Z;or« trip to Oklahoma to j compllsh this, public sentiment milst
consider the proposition of accepting : gtan 1 behind the Board of Education,
the Presidency of the University, he No state was giving so little per
was assisted in a large measure in j capita to their University as was
making his selection by the Magnifl- j Oklahoma. The University of Wis.
cent High School building at Okla- con-in received .",4 per capita while
hom Citv. He thought that if the j Oklahoma struggled along with .09
people of a community working cents. Try to build a University for
' mon" pioneer conditions could unite [ service and make it a standard, so
,o build the R/and state of Oklahoma I that when professional men of any
•hat without a doubt the same spirit I kind came to Okklahoma they would
would unite the people of the state be judged by the qualifications of the
in building a great University. State University. We do not need
The speaker stated that he wanted more physicians or lawyers
to emphasise that in the work of im- do need better ones, sai 1 the spea
moving a city and state the first er. He said that he wanted to em
thin" that must be given consider phasize that the 1 niversity wan e,
Hon is the school system. The gen. to do something for the state, and
,,,1 reputation of the educational rited several cases where tnher®it
system Of the city is one of those ; profesors getting small ^ries ^had
meeting. He said he was virtually a
stranger in the city, although he was
Knights and Ladies of Security
gave a public initiation and dance
last evening at thp Cijy Hall audi-
torium which was attended by one of
the largest crowds that ever attend-
ed a like event in the city. Thirty
five candidates were given the work
of the order an 1 after the ceremon-
ies a dance followed which was en-
joyed by a large number of members
and their friends. The Oklahoma
City members of the lodge were pre
nt to the number of ICO and' could
the interurban have furnished ac-
commodations many more would
have been present. The visitors
were met at the corner of Wade and
Choctaw streets by the degree team
of the local lodge, who formed an
arch with their spears throagh which
the Oklahoma City members marched
to the city hall. A luncheon was serv-
ed the visitors in the rest room of the
building, after which a line of march
was formed with the Oklahoma City
team in the lead, followed by the vis
iting members and the members of
thd El Reno lodge. The procession
election was made unanimous. Mr. ' moved east on Russell street to nick
Mvers made a pleasing speech of ac. ford avenue, north on Bickford t<> . ... .
cept'ince anil pledged his support to Woodson and on Woodson to Rock which they reat* ' " v 1
S he upbuilding of the city. He island and thence south halting in 1 ration. It will go down in the
ranked the members for their ex front of the post office, where the tnry of the lodge ao one o the
pression of confidence in him and visiting team gave an exhibition drill I successful events ever held 1,5
stated that if his administration was Their work was excellent and won I lodge " |1|L' s a
This being the annual meeting of
the Booster Club President Gillette
announced that the next business in
order was the election of officers
for the ensuing year. L. B. Myers
was nominated for president and
and there being no opposition the
tiie plaudits of the spectators,
t, i th/ drilling; the crowd ma.rc|
back to the city hall where a
of thirty five was initiated, undorl
supervision of the Oklahoma, city]
ficers an<l drill team. After the
t latorj work the floor was cleared |
dancing, delightful music being
nish d by the Knights and Ladies|
Security orchestra of Oklahoma
Tlio visitors left for their home|
this morning loud in
,prai/a of th,- local lo Ige of the!
and I a o S. as entertainer* luvl
guests who attended the eeremo.|
and dance were delighted with
evenings entertainment, and congl
ulated the lodge on the success
whiif* thrir efforts were attenl
It was the first time in the
of the city of El Reno that
larg< num) r of visitors from <>|
homa City were present to enjoyl
hospitality of any organization ll
and it greatly helped to eenient|
•mioable relations that should
between the two cities. The Kni|
and Ladles of Security have
' reason to lie proud of their
'nrd the magnificent mannerl
to be a success that he must have, — —
one of the county commissioners of | the co operation of the members of
the county and lived in the country, j ^ club Gn moticn of Tom Reid
Although living at some distance !
tiie citizens that he felt an interest
in El Reno and her people. This was j
the county seat of the comity, and j
anything toward the upbuilding of ;
the city was not only to his interest I
but also to the interest of Canadian j
Connty. There seemed to be a pre- |
judice over the county to a certain
(<•. xent againsd Reno^j said thi :
speaker, this was an unfortunate
condition of affairs and Mr. Rector
,iid lie hoped the time would etime
things that must come first in the accomplished work ountold benefit *ben^ ^ [q
l.tcsting Of the City. Fact. Habit and to flhe state not on > ' ^ JtL E1 Reno wa . their home
Judgment should bo the first, things tiona1 way but PractoU y tUe good roads
— -n::: ^
'" 'school system of today is that the j business I "
he
for the whole
child is not taught the fundamental
pi inciples of education, namely Ad-
dition. substraction and Spellin-,. It
„a8 been said that the schools of
twenty years ago were better than
the schools of today. The reason for
,his statement said Mr. "rooks was
that every one of us thought ia
school in which we received our ew -
cation were the best ever, and that
,lia, no improvement had since been
made. The speaker devoted consid-
fable attention to the discussion of
Judgment Forming and compared
;h, system of teaching it today with
the methods in vogue t^enty or more
vaars ago. In the oil days the bo>s
learned lots of judgment forming
prlations must be sufficient to main,
tain it in that manner. He paid
, tribute to th" local schools and
said that the schools of a city
bo^fd yet he felt at liberty to give
his own views on the matter. The
people of El Reno paid a large share
of the taxes of the county, and in re-
! the Club by a rising vote pledged to
| the new president their co operation |
to assist him in the upbuilding of the j
city. S. E. Brady was the unani. j
mous choice of the club for vice j
president and made a neat speech of
acceptance. George Toolan was un. |
animously re-elected secretary of the
onganization, and in a short speech
!of acceptance told the members of
some of the trials and tribulations of
1 the secretary's office. He urged the
club should have a larger member
| Ship and assured the members pre.
sent he would keep "plugging" away
' at all time® as long aa be had the
-upport of the organization. Befo^r
the meeting adjourned the club b
a rising vote thanked the officers «
the Booster Club for their efforts o
the behalf Of the -lub during tf
last year.
OF-
FICIALS 10 CHICKASHA
the silo in oklahom/
A number of Rock Island officials
went to Chickasha today to attend
the general meeting of the Division
safety league which is being held at
that place to.Uay. Among those in
attendance from El Reno are; Sup
I erlntendent C, L. Rupert, Division
Engineer F. Nugent, Master Carpen
I ter Mv it'shop. linn I Mast.r .1
Mabile; Section Foreman A.
Black.
'■MM TRAPP HERt
states were the best business asset turn were entitled to some benefi
\ 1 -t rnnral as=°t that could in the matter of good roads. He
and the be*t moral as^t ^ ^ wefjt
''Vmsuliaster Gillette then introduc, . from the city and complimented Sec. |
1 ReJ F.th,v Sevens, the new pas. retary Toolan for the interest he,
e ' rnth(,iic church. Father had taken in the matter ot tlie.e
'or °f Lp nn t'ne Value of Com l roads. He said he felt that the
^ial Organization He told of his! Board of County Commissioners j
f ' ,hp j'onca City Comm. Club were asking much m leed of the peo
work in the Po"ca ; . for four | ple o{ the city to pay for one third
| of "hlch he wm aecwtanr ^ ^ I ( ^ ^ rapalrlng thege roads |
vea,s ando to 1 when they al eady contributed ti,
necessary to bring tn^ efflcien<.y, taxo.. He said as long as he was a
"VtolT ol fhe"various things that member of the Boar of County Com.
juugiueiii. ■-•- - and toll ot tne v ^ or missioners he would never come be-
ideas. Business depends on ]'up^c' had b^en ^^."'liow they had been fore the Booster Club to ask a con.
buying and selling depends on Judp ganizatl0n and how thing a|trlbutlon for road repair and he said
ment. A man may not he able to brought aboiu. T e ^ l.liatBVW the ctty would do in the
read or write, but he can hire hat commercial organizat Un | wou,d be accept.! simply as
done, but It takes his judgment to gaid the sp?auer is Sol ^ ^ ( ^ ^ ^ otferlnf?. Mr. Rector then
mn his business. Real Success i 1 ^ stan, tog ^ j ^ u tQ give $r,.„o „.ward paying
„ot based on Fundamentals, it de bullding of the c . von_ c„ share ot th road repair,
, nd, on more than that. To teach a uniform sentirrient am «? gplrU he gava the amount to Secre.
a hoy to aid you must t«ch him I wU lnot achieve the peo- Lry Toolan with his good wishes.
over and over to bring abou of UJUtV bulld up j jid Rector said he wanted to
„uired result. There must be fl.x.b ple ,o{ the city in or ? a9 possible that the and
S^tnindfortheJudgmen^m,ln I improvements of the county should tbem.
ing Of the hoy. Abe developm3*0 ,^ must be dJ-.nter JJ ^ ftg p^ctlcabie.
judgment Is no, exclusively jhool eV5ry_ man s^hear . ^ ^ ^ & ^ ,ta: , that
would never be guilty of using
Owii
for a ,,.w (lavs sidn- y c. rrapp a rarmt-r u.c«« .; ----
rnn lino PITV ilos he can borrow all the
in IH U U ! ' ,r
lull I III" V « , f 1 ,,, fait,,ling cattle
the fact that lie was ill
days Sidney C. Trapp
a fe >d< r i'i Ste\ tits County, C|
homa built and filled two 200-ton
la;?t year. 11 o brought -00 steers!
tened them on silage, chop and ccl
seed meal. After deducting thef
of all other feed and expense
steer returned $ri,0f>0.00 for th;
age and] profits. He. will erect)
more silos this summer.
This is a fair sample of th" pi|
Oklahoma feeders have made
■ d i.. I- i i cattle. Consj
B. ttve busln. s- men say that 100 fa*
!'. in Garfitdd cuunty and 200 in St'
county will be put up silos this
It .« proi.abb that 10,000
will Ue built this summer in OlJ
ma if ' I'" mat. 1 ial a I be securl
The iiii] • is < oming when ever*
(arm<r i" Oklahoma will find tbf
can not afford to b s without o[
more silos.
Silage ll e : for I" 'f prodij
giv( s a large income per acre,
farmer lacks capital but hasj
Frank Sloeum who recently retur j :
ed to El Reno has decided to again
make this city his home and has en-
gaged in the wholesale feed and
livestock) business, at the location for
merly occupied by the Smiley Lum
her Co., 701 South Evans. The new
concern will be known as the Slo.
' cum Wholesale Hay, Fee 1 and Live
I stock Co., and they will handlo thes ■
commodities in. wlioi. sale lots. Mr.
Slocum will look after the livestock
busines- himself, and Neil Waldo
i will manage the «eed and grain part
of ,he business. Mr. Slocum is too
: well known to the business interest
of the city to nee
Sunday afternoon. At three o'clock ' Silage fed to fattening
be will deliver his lecture at the bring profits quickly.
Court House, his subject being "The
Truth About the Bible." Mr. '1 rapp
has written a book from which he
takes the .aibj ct of his lecture, and
this volume lias created some im
| pression in the literary world. The
j lecture will be free and will lie well
| worth listening to.
Mis.-. Lottie Neeley of Oklahoma
City was an El Reno visitor last ev-
ening.
will be
any introduction,
. lcom< d among
Your sewing called for and deliv-
ered. Children's and Ladles' house
M. Da
4.1!4. tp
eialty. Call R
PUBLIC NOTICE
A numl r
attend d the
last night at
Taylor of H
Daughevty of
Oklahoma Ci
P. E. Farrell
n
brings,
t . not exc.uso school n maI1, heart. A commercial
"t l much imlni d^v<io,V organization is built solely for adver Br
.'one after the youth leayes tising th industries and a, ^ ^ y, ^ funi, for poll, i
school, lie sail what he was tr>ing of the city, sal 1 he 1 ; t . 8 hut would use it to the
remphasizo was that the school aividuel ami personal a<* of th, taxpayers.
,tem of the country is being calrted u a secondary cons d ,,r(.siUnt Gillette exi mined to the
npon to prepare the men who^ ^ Sevens assure^the^ ^ ^ ^ Secretarj. Nicholson o
g6t th? Train ing' 'the son" to fill the ™ £ Ponca City, and that .n, '<he Meridion Ro^ was «nxU us q ^
n£JE£ t,m° hC SSf interest in the P^ect. Nelr.on of Enid; and Harry White of
,1) meeting
were J. W.
Ark., D. B.
a, E. E. Blake, of
I,. Bonnin, Major
Dillon of Darling
of Mustang, F.
r Fi id
in at"
Coin
Island
building formerly occupied
rick,' & Belin.
F. H. TIDMAN.
4 24 2t.
Manager
today.
places of their father.
ant( itlV Whool*
facts and certain
WANTED CLE/ N COTTri> ItAtW
AT THE DEMOCRAT OF*CE.
The? i'o is not only toing
cure profits for Oklahoma fa|
from winter f.'.-dine. it is goij
ecome one of tlieir chief standi j
summer. Whenever pastures
Biiage will be fed and the cattlj
keep on making as good gains
the drought is severe as thej
when pasture was at its best.
The better the green materi,
[into the silo, the more valu«bl|
be the -ilage. There is just on,I
that it will always pay the Okh
farm, r to rai- ■ for ilae- Kafi |
. t •• !• of Blaine
n ■ I ■ 1 ' 1 1 ' I
with other crops. Sometimes
erops will pay but kaffir pays
1 year on every kind <k ground.
, n ■ man> tie -ate! beef1
. very i tar.
K ifir '.'d h. grcl
,, th. lar-' t i*' t of gr;i|
: i',l - .i id put
, i!„. so. ! is in the
Particular attention should be i|
selecting KKafir for seed thatl
th,, type that yields high in gril
—H. M Cottrell. Agricultural|
mi.isioner, Rock Isiaiul Lines.-
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