The El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 121, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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THE EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRAT
VOLUME 24
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EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRAT, W ''PNKSDAY Jl'I.Y 15, 1914
NUMBER 12i
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tullTIOI BALLOTS
i he Demo rai Oiubid
[is Nearest Competitor
r.ie Hensley Printery
$1^8 40.
Tile Democrat was the lowest
bider for the printing of the couuty
ballots and was awa~ded the con-
tract today by A.ch Taylor, secre-
tary of the County Election Board,
There will be about 11,000 ballots
and in accordance with the new law
tit names of all candidates must be
ota.ted on the ballot and not run in
aiphabeic order as oas been the case
in previous years. This arrange-
ment makes a much «nr e compli-
cated job than heretofore. Tito bids
w.ere as follows;
El Reno American $410,00
Hensley's Printery..— —363.00
Democrat Publishiag Co, $224 60
GREAT IS VIRTUE OF GAIETY the flow of oil wells a more recent
method has been employed by com-
Those WhQ H||vd Traveled the Hard
Roads of Life Will Recognize Ite
Beneficence.
Gladness Is a pilgrim's virtue, and
the more our life has within It the
quality of the true pilgrimage, the
more necessary Is Joy for Its perfec-
tion. If we had more mirth in our
religion, It would not only" be strong-
er, but more gracious and effective.
I do not know If anything finer could
be said of any of us than was said
by a traveler of his companion:—"So
long as the Journey lasted, the joy
lasted also. There was never a mo-
ment but was blissful, never a con-
tretemps, such as Is unavoidable on
the road, but he, In his beautiful con-
tentment, laughed it away." When
our Journey Is over and friends recol-
lect our Influence over them, I thing
we would rather have that testimbny
than any. This task of bearing ever a
glad heart Is by no means an easy
one. The truest laughter does not
spring from the heart that always
takes life easy and knows no burden.
The souls In which laughter triumphs,
are those w hich have the heaviest bur-
dens to bear, and are well acquainted
with sorrow.
In the wonderful prayer Robert
Louis Stevenson wrote for his house-
hold at Samoa, there is one petition
which must always touch the heart
of those who know his life: "Oive us
courage, and gaiety, and the quiet
mind." How few of us venture to ask
for gaiety as a divine gift! —Selected.
pressed air. The compressed air Is
used iipon the theory that If the orlgi- j
nal rock pressure- Is put back upon ;
■the rock the flow of oil through it will '
be held constant or greatly increased. ]
Thys, as the oil is exhausted, the lost
pressure is continuously restored by j
pumping vaet quantities of air dow n j
Into the inner e$rth. The new method
has been s6 successfully worked as to
give promise of general adoption
throughout the oil fields of the conn-
ttr.
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The funeral o£ Lit I)odd which
was to aave been .-eld yesterday
has been postponed until tomorrow
crcrning at 10 oclock. The post-
ponement was made necessary ow-
ing to the fact that the father and
sister of the deceased are on their
way here from Albuquerque. T.'■ e
funeral will be held from the Beu-
[;m Unde taking Parlors.
LOST—A gold mounted Elk Tooth.
Leave at Democrat office and re-
ceive reward, 15 3tc
Ben Riley of Oklahoma City and
State Senator Ben Franklin fro
1 urcell were El Reno visitors y s
terday.
Miss Helen Gilmore is enter-
taining a number of her little friends
today at the Gilmore Flats in hen
or of he fourth birthday. The after-
noon was very pleasantly spent in
games that are dear to the childish
heart after wih'ch refreshments were
served,
Mary DeMotte aged 43 years die!
FAMOUS FOR MANY CENTURIES
Jewel Known as Kohinoor, in the
British Diadem, Mas Most Re-
markable History.
The first owner of the famous Koh-
inoor or "Mountain of Light'' dia-
mond, was, according to legend, the
hero Kama, whose deeds are cele-
brated in the "Mahabharata," and who
Is said to have carried the great
stone some 5,000 years ago. The Koh-
inoor, brought to England from India
and presented to Queen Victoria, made
Its first authentic appearance in his-
tory in the fourteenth century, when
Alaed-din carried it to Delhi. At that
time it is said to have weighed 793
carats. It appeared in the great dia-
mond market of Golconda In 1550. The
lack of skill of a Venetian lapidary,
Hortensio Borghese, reduced its
weight to 279 carats. After the sack
Ing of Delhi in 1739 the diamond went
to Afghanistan, and it belonged in
turn to several Afghan rulers. Thence
it came Into the possession of the
Sikh chief, Runfeet Singh. Upon the
abdication of the last ruler of the Pun
Jab, and the annexation of his do
yesterday afternoon at 2
a' her home 421 N, Evans,
of death was obstruction
bowels
o'clock
Cause
of the
Mr, and Mrs. J. J.
Mrs, S. A. Layton and tJeir guest
Mrs White of Junction City, Kau
sas will depart "Monday and will
motor to Kansas City. Mrs. Leigh-
ton will go on to visit i't Micui^an
and the others ot the patry will re-
turn by way of Juncti'j'i Ci'y.
Rev, HapgooJ Fay who now
spends most of his tim*> in Anadar-
ko is spendlifi t Is west at lb.?
Nail '.io. .e,
Captjain W. L. /Ta/la' has neio
granted a no >■ itonths it J,vft ol
absence from his military duties
and will continue his visit at the
tipme of Mr, and Mrs, J, H, Nail.
Mr Fonrest McOandlees of
Hutchinson, Kansas who haB been
the guest of Miss Helen Ferguson
since Saturday will return home to-
day.
Miss Mary Winningham will be
ziostess to te Yamperika Olr'j this
evening
v '"*
Ms, M. D. Libby speU yesterday
in Oklahoma City. Mr*. L A. Gar.
ner accompanied her home
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Wrigh. and
sen Hayward are now it Estes
Park Cal.
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Mr, and Mrs. Walter Bolton had
as their dinner guests la3t vvtuing
Mr. and M s. Marshall West, and
M; ami Mrs. Lucian Schooling.
Mr. George Balenti and Miss Jane
In todays Democrat is published
the annual budget of the City of
El Reno for the tax levy for the fis -
cal year beginning July 1st 1914 aim
ending June 30th 1915 The pub-
lished statement is in detail the fi
nancial needs of the city for t).ie
and i corning year and lo precise am
plain, and 'lhu Democrat asks ev
er; eader tJ carefully scan this
-ta.eim lit aiui faniilii'rize Jiimseil
v. U the needs of each departm
of the city.
'That the < ity commissioners are
ndeavoring .o cut the cost of gov
ernment. down to the minimum is
yjiown by tie fact that this yea
i.: U:nUte is much lower than in pre.
\i.'iis years, although several item
ar.ve been added this year that have
l.ot bee:i included in other years,
l.cr example the Conimissione H
have levied $1,220 paving tax" for the
Carnegie Library when heretofore
no levy has been made for such
pnrpve, Also the sum of $1,300 is
levied for park purposes when no
levy for taat purpose has been
made in several yean'. Another it-
em wh <'i iiH-iea <■; this ye'.rs bud-
get is a levy for $1,300 for insur-
ance as all of the insurance comes
due during tlae year. This includes
the lire, Horuado and plate glass in-
surance on the various city build-
ings. These three Items amount to
$:!,S0$ which necessarily -lave to i>t
levied. Tae levy for paving tax'for
the Carnegie Library is to cover six
years assessments, and is made to
meet the requirements in the con-
tract with the Carnegie Library As.
sociation, which requires that all tax
er, whether general or special must
be paid when the Association deeds
c'ae library to the city. T'fl s con-
tract was made In May 1905 and ter-
minates in May 1915, or next
spring when the time is up the city
minions to the British empire, in 1849, | Garland of Calumet wel*0 unltrd In
marriage by Rev. O. A Wright of
the Congregational Church on Mua.
dt-y evening.
the great Btone became the property
of the East India company, and was
by it presented to Queen Victoria. It
was recut soon afterward, and now
weighs 102% carats. It is beyond
price, although $10,000,000 has been
given as a fair valuation.
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Mr, and Mrs. Pete Jensen who
live east of this city are rejoicing
over the arrival of a daughter born
today. Owing to tfie fact that Pete
was kept so busy entertaining the
vining lady since her arrival he w-as
unable to come to El Reno to re
te've the congratulations of his
many f iends.
The Bath.
George C. Boldt, the doyen of the
hotel-keeping world, said in New York;
"It is now the excellent fashion—
and this fashion will be permanent—
to build hotels with a bath for every
bedroom.
"I remember the time—of course, I
was then very young—when baths
were not so necessary. In fact, I once
overheard a little boy say to his father
in a hotel corridor:
" 'Pa, what are Knights of the Bath?'
" 'Why, Saturday nights, of course,'
the father replied.
"Another time we put a rich old I
lady from the country—this, too, was J
ages ago—in our best room, a room !
with a bath.
"The room clerk asked her In the
morning how she had slept. She hid a
yawn behind her hand and answered:
" 'The bed was good, and I'd have
slept fine, young man, only I was
afraid somebody would be wanting a
bsth, and the idea of strangers passing
back and forth through my oom wor-
ried me so I just couldn't suatch a
wink."
Rev, Frank Lash will eturn home
tjis evening from Enid and Aline
where he bas spent several days,
Mrs. J. D. Roberts is resting bet-
ter but was not so well on Sunday,
She is still very 111.
$r,454,612.00 is $13,097.26 higher
than this year's levy. Since 1909
the levy has been decreasing until
i. is lighter now thau it has been
for many years despite the fact that
the cost of government haa grown as
tie citv was expended. The ltimiz.
ed statement tills year is proof am
lie that t-ae city adniinist aion is do
Ing ev try thing to make the taxes
j lighter and at the same time have
I an eflicient adequate government.
I Some of the cuts In Ue estimate
' show that, there is uo salary levied
for a city 'uigineer. The Corpora-
tion Clerk's salary will be $<>00 per
year Instead of $1200 last year Ap
proprlatijon Is made fotr three police-
men when in years gone by t'jere
have been five. There are cuts
! made in the street and bi idge de
I .a rtm eli t not as to salaries but to
maintenance and equiptment, The
iost of strett lighting has lieen cut
{'iiwn as compared with former yeiro
and in many other inatt "S the ex-
pense has bem reduced.
The reduction in the current ex-
penses of government is not the ire.
, ult of one years frugality but the
■' gradual reduction as the government
lias been shaped under the now
commission form. The commission-
ers in the past aud present have
irnule a study of tlielr departments
and ' have been cutting off needless
expenses. It takes time to d.iajie a
new form of government and the
ask has not l-een an easy one. But
reductions that 'aave been made
should convince the most skeptical
tha ou municipal affairs have
go ten down to a cold businos*; like,
basis and the taxpayers profit from
it in what the-' save in taxes. The
estimate made by the Commission,
ers last year was adequate in every
way, leaving a few dollars in the
treasury and plenty of outstanding
assets to more than cover the,out
landing warrants. It lias been Cae
pul-pose of tilt; commissioners to
take upon all warrants upon issu-
ance thereby cutting off '.he six
l'ir cent interest they draw. This
has been a big saving. Anaaer
matter that speaks well for the
credit of the city is thiat no one lias
t discount a city warrant.
Ill FOB 1
Of
Read tli" published statement In
the Democrat and make a comiviri-
stn with the figures quoted here
and see if yon, ■ public strvants are
must lie ready to meet all taxes and endeavoring to be frugal In the ad.
assessments. T'.ie agreement of the ministration of ytour affairs.
< ly with the Carnegie Library As. 1 .
<iciatiori i- to appropriate $1,250 perl
Mrs. E. S Cupp
Opal and Tempest
from Caldwell whiie th.'e
tended the Chautaaqua.
and daughter
have
they
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AJ
r^ipoue
WANTED—good nurse girl.
Putting It Up to Father.
A local contributor cites a fresh ex-
ample of the fashion in which the
Phone j youth of today trips the unwary par-
n:>9 R. E. Shafcr, 620 W. Wtade.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Tue Democrat is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Chas. S,
Albright of Duncan, Okla, for
Clerk of the Supreme Court subject
t-~ the Democ atlc Primary on Aug.
4.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We are authorized to announce
the name of Jotin L. Rice, as a can-
didate for the office of Court Clerk
stibject to the Democ atic Primary
on August 4th
ent:
"Father," said the son home from
college to his father, "I must have bet-
ter rooms at college. Why, In the
place 1 room now there Isn't even hot
water to shave with In the morning."
"Son, when 1 was your age I never
had hot water to shave with. Did It
when the weather wasn't too bloom-
ing cold out in front of the woodshed
and made lather out of any old Boap
I could find."
"Put, father," expostulated the son,
"didn't you say you sent me to college
that I might have the'advantages you
didn't have?"
Development of Oil Wells.
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year for ten years, or a total of
t. guarantee the maintain
ance of the library. This agreement
has f, •n-.cati':. d out by the city and
the only obstacle when tje time
comes for to eliminate the con-
tract would be the payment of the
paving ;ax. Then the library will
be free fnotn any liens or indtbted-
ness. The sum of $1,300 for park
purposes is to properly care for the
returned pnrjis by planting of trees and
shrubbery, fao grading of driveways
fencing, etc There will be about
$1,100 to go to that fund from the
irntals of land to offse' the levy of
$1,300.
The total levy this year for cur-
rent expenses of rnnnir., foe c'ty
government afttr deducting the am
ornt estimated to he ralsfd ocacr
than by ad valorem taxes will be
$25,085.52 or about six mill levy
based on a valuation "f appnoxlmate-
$4,500,0$$. For toe same purpose
or the year 1913 14 the levy was
j $36,568.63, or a reduction of
$11,403.01 for tils year's budget,
j And if the increase of $3,800 for
park purposes, library paving tax
and lnsuranei was deducted from
1 his year's levy the estimate wouM
| be $15,283.01 less.
A comparison of this year's levy
| with that of former years we no-
j tice by going over the records tSiat
i the levy for 1909, under the coun.
cllmanic form of government was
i $38,182.88 based oi
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Chas. S. Albright
On Saturday July 25 a meeting of
the farmers of this locality will bo
ibeld at t.ie Court House for the
purpose «f organizing and taking
effective measures against the
spread of Hog Cholera. Dr. T. P.
White representative of the United
Stages Department of Agriculture
will be p eeeut at tlae meeting to
suggest ways and means of effec-
tively combating the disease that is
the bane of the hog raiser. The
S. Department of Agriculture is
beginning a nation wide "campaign
on hog cholera, and it is for
purpose of properly instructing the
farmers as to the best methods of
fighting tine disease that Dr. White
has been sent to Canadian county.
Next. Saturday July 18 a meeting
will be held at Yukon at which Dr.
Wjlte will add ess the farmers and
give thom all necessary informa
tion regarding this dread disease
that causes so much worry to the
swine raiser. Dr White is starting
Ibis campaign in this state In Cans,
dian e quity and it Is desired the. ev-
ery farmer and hog raiser in the
county be in attendance at these
meetings. Hiog Cholera Is doing
. onsidera'ble damage- at tae present
iine in the east pari, ot the county,
according to S B. Jackson County
Agent and for that reason the first
meeting in the county has been held
n ti!-a section Mr. Jackson also
tates that the disease Is miovlng
westward and at the present time
has made is appearance south of
limine In 't.iis part of the county
lise «e has noL yet made Its ap-
pearance, but it behooves every
farmer tot be In El Reno on July 25
and attend this meetnig It is prob
alio ,hat at thi* time an organiza-
tion will b • affected sm t'.iat the
iim-palgn aftalnst the disease can lie
maile more systematic.
OBITUAflY
William II Barrett was born in
Sacyville, Monroe county, Iowa,
August 14 1847 and died at Fort
Supply Oklahoma Inly fit'a 1914 He
was laid to rest in South Hill
•cemetery, El Pen.) oil July lOtlh 1914
after services conducted In the
Catholic Cburoh, At an early age
he moved with his parents to V11L
isc a. Iowa and later to Stanbe ry,
Missouri. The family moved to El
lleno when William was 16 years ol
age For ten years William was in
tie gro'erv business here '.with his
father and for six years tie h '
membe of the El Reno fire de-
partment .and his six pall bearers
were mtmbers of hat organization.
"Bill'y Barrett was a born optimist.
He saw only the bright spots In
life, overlooking every shadow and
his cheery greetln:-": and hearty laugh
made every tiea er feel better. In
his peaceful, dreamless slumber he
will long be remembered
At a hearing before the Insanity
!>oard this rnorr.'ng Mrs Louis
Seeley was adjudged iiisa**© and
was taken to 11 ptatc asylum at
Norman today by Deputy P. G,
Riowe
J, J Santin went to
City today where 'tK. will
ti'.e Interest of P, P. Duffy
tenant Governor
Oklahoma
work In
for Lieu.
Tje Rose P.ud Clrclt i,f the Chris-
tian Churoa will meet with M s E
S Cupp of 406 N, Choctaw avenue
on Thursday afternoon at 2 30, All
members are invited
Cards received from thos. of t1
Elks party v ho hoarded the Presi
dent's Special tell of their safe ar
. lval in Denver at 7:30 p. m. tm
Sunday e-enln1; The city was el
abcrately decorated for the con
\entlpn
Duncan. Oklahoma
Democratic Candidate for Clerk of
tje Supreme Court
ENDORSED BY STEPHENS CO
BAR
Whereas, v/e nave had an oppor-
tunity to judg^ Chas S Albrigh.
capacity, ene gy and courtesy dur-
ing the time he served Stephens
county as clerk of the district cou~t,
and ,
Whereas we have found his work
to be of a very high order and al-
valuatlon" of ,noBt beyond critloism:
Therefore be it resolved
Stephens County Bar
that he candidacy of Chas. S. Al-
U ight for clerk of the Supreme
court of the state of Oklahoma Is
Ihereby heartily endorsed. We <enlf>(] within one Week
pledge him our earnest support and (roiTl July 15th.
announce to the people of the state
ol Oklahoma t'aat if he is elected !
they will be served by one of the |
most efficient and accommodating |
officers ever elected to any posit'on
In the state. J. W. Marshall, Sec.
C. F Womack, Pres.
Your support will be appreciated, AddfeSS
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