The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1917 Page: 1 of 10
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THE EL RENO AMERICAN.
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TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR.
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1917.
NUMBER 20.
BRIDGE FOR THE CANADIAN MANY COWS ARE TESTED , CONNER WAS FINED $250 1
Chamber of Commerce Dossed The Work of SpecmUst, Arousing Squaw' Given D^rc*-Another ;
Other Enterprises for El Reno. I Interest Among the Farmers.
A large crowd of representative bus- A great amount of interest Is being
(ness men attended a mass meeting shown in the cow testing work that is
at the city hall Tuesday night to dis- being carried out by the T. H. Mitten
cuss better things for El Iteno. The dorf, dairy specialist of the U. S. De-
meeting was presided over by J. O. partment of Agriculture, and 1. H-
Needham, county agent. Mr. Mitten-
dorf has chosen the herds of Ora
Royse, Charles Knott, George Allen,
William Stoehr and U. K. Parks on
which to run his tests. As Mr. Mit-
tendorff can spend only two days each
I month in this locality, it will he iin-
the interest manl- P°8aible for »“’> <° ,<'8t any othcr
herds at the present time.
Cow testing work lias come into
favor with tire farmer and dairyman
only in recent years. The object of
Wheeler, president of the Chamber
of Commerce. After a few* introduc-
tory remarks President Wheeler rail-
ed for Postmaster M. B. Cope to make
a talk on the proposed bridge across
the South Canadian river at Caddo
Jake crossing.
Mr. Cope toid of
tested in the bridge by residents be-
yond the river who are anxious to
have it constructed so they may come
to the county-seat town more frequent-
ly. A company lias been incorporated
for 112.000 and the capital stock has
been divided into 210 shares, $50 rep-
resenting each share. It is proposed
to sell the stock and build the bridge
and make It a toll bridge for the time
being. The incorporators are L. K.
Butts, George L, Beckton. L. G. Ad-
ams, M. B. Cope. S. B. Jackson, Lu-
cius Babcock and E. E. Longfellow.
The officers of the company are L.
G. Adams, president; George L. Beck-
ton. vice-president; M. B. Cope, sec-
retary-treasurer. The board of direc-
tors is composed of Charles L. Engle,
I,. B. Myers, George Beckton, Law-
rence Adams. Otto A. Shuttee, E. E.
Longfellow and M. B. Cope.
The bridge is to be of low-type like
the one at Bridgeport. Some objec-
tions were encountered from the state
engineer who at first opposed the
erection of the bridge upon grounds
that It will not conform to plans he
had in mind, how-ever, he set his ob-
Jeclions aside and granted permis-
sion to have it built. The county com-
missioners have reserved the right to
take the bridge upon certain stipula-
tions at any future dale, thus taking
it out of the toll class. The rates to
become effective are fifty cents for
automobiles and wagons having
•weight of 4.000 or more pounds; wag-
ons and other vehicles under this
weight may cross for twentv-flve
cents; motorcycles the same, and bi-
cycles ten cents.
Following Mr. Cope’s talk, a per-
sonal message was read from Arthur
S. Huey, of Chicago, president of the
El Reno Gas & Electric company, to
Woman Charges Insanity.
District Judge Hayson presided at
session of district court Saturday,
diaries Conner, who had previously
pleaded guilly to receiving stolen prop-
erty, was lined $250 and cost which
he paid. The ease involved stolen
whisky which had been received by
Connor.
Two divorce cases were heard. Cap-
ilola Birds Head was granted separa-
tion from her husband, Dick Birds
Head. They are Indians, and the hus-
WHISKY IS CONFISCATED SCHOOL PLAY A SUCCESS FRONTIER DAYS PORTRAYED
Several Persons in Court Monday Minstrel and Carnival Easily Sur The Pupils of Irving School Gave
Connected with Liquor Cases. passed Previous Undertakings. a Big Performance Friday.
A number of persona connected with I Versons who w itnessed the annual Two hundred, or more, school chib
liquor deals were in county court Mon High School Minstrel and l’enny Car- ,jron „f Irving school entertained a
day forenoon. Judge Forrest (deposed! nival, conducted by the Hoys’ and |„rcP crowd Friday afternoon when
of a few eases and one of the at j Girls’ Booster club. Glee club and the |)lPJ. produced an ’’Oklahoma lllstorl-
cused wore placed under bond to await ! Girls’ octette, last Friday evening. (,n( i'm>eant" under the direction of
further action. 11. Coleman, colored, pronounce it a decided success. Under! thoir teachers. Chairs were plarod a
is that an editor I entered a plea of guilty to a charge of, the aide supervision of Prof O T short distance north of the building
prints his' mistakes, transporting liquor and was assessed .Orrlck. Ilie carnival easily surpassed ,m(1 the natural Incline of the ground
while others do not $50 ami thirty dais in jail !’ r
Hero f, u ! Jesse (Idle, el Union City, pleaded school, and a mmh as $5 was reallz R vll.w „f tt„. different stunts
TRAIL OF THE TRAMP
By 1’. E. D. Underwood
It is not Infrequent
that people become
amused when the ed-
itors mukj* mistakes.
One r< ason for tins
pies of what other ! guilty to charge of malicious (lcstnn
folks have aid in advet ements and tlon of property it is averred the of-
od from n sincle booth.
The pnceoss of the minstrel show Is
d while under in-j accredited to Miss Ruth Hoffman, n 3
doubtless an editor would have to I fense was commit!
band resides In Blaine county. !• ranees Wg lmaKlnnt,on to PXrpl these; I tlucnce o, iiquor. Judge Forrest fitted sisted by Geo. McLean. Arlm J
Karl was granted a divorce front Wal | -.W intc(i An airy bedroom for a gen- I Hit $10 and cost, remitting the tine on .kins. “Dutch” Koelirlek. who displayed
ter Earl. They arc residents of El ] tlmiiiln „ ,onir mld u fPPt w ide.” I condtlon that the said Odle would pro- much originality throughout the per
sent himself to Postmaster Cope and jformnnee. In the first act, the chorn*
jtleman 22 feet long and II feet wide
“Annual sale now on: don’t po else
The initial number was a parade in
which all the pupils participated, fol-
lowed by a period of exploration by
♦ be Rpnnisli. composed of several at-
in costumes similar to those
worn bv tiie Rnnninrds In the parly
days Tbe first-tirade puniis cave an
Ollle E. Gibson entered a pie* ol whBre t0 ^ cheated, come here " For make it,,,,,, dial,te application to serve work wns exceptionally good an*was of thp Par,y settlers accord-
the work is to find out exactly what | t0 a charge of receiving stolen Sale—A nice mattress l,y
whisky. Judge HayfUn 0f feathers.” “Wanted
each cow of the herd is doing in the . towit’
way of producing butterfat. The milk lmp08ed a fine of $50 and cost [nished room by a lady about 16 feet
given by each cow is weighed one day
in each week and a sample of each
cow’s milk is taken once a month. On
the day that the sample is taken the
person in charge of the testing goes
to the farmer’s home and runs a but-
terfat test to determine the per cent
of butterfat in the milk. Having the
test of the milk and the approximate
weight of the milk, the amount of but-
terfat that the cow actually produces
may be determined. By figuring up
the cost of the feed, the profit on each
cow can be determined. Those cows
that are not producing a profit may
then be disposed of and the profits
from the herd are then increased.
In the dairy sections of the north,
the cow testing associations have
shown that on the average one-third
of the cows of herds that have not
been tested are culled out, are not
paying for their feed. That is, they
are “star hoarders.” The good cows
of the herd not only have to produce
enough to feed themselves hut must
help to feed those cows that are
not paying for their feed.
The work that is being carried out
in this county is paid for by the gov-
ernment and is being conducted to
demonstrate the value of the testing
work. Farmers and dairymen are re-
quested to keep in touch with the
work that is being carried on and
when a sufficient number becomes in-
terested. a regular cow testing asso-
ciation will be formed so that all the
farmers and dairymen of this sec-
tion may test out their cows.’ The
which was paid. I square.”
Another divorce case wax filed Only one day watt devoted (o 1mat-
in district court. Monday. John Hive
ly, who has been living on a farm
an old lady I bis country. Odle obeyed the Inst rue-1 featured by a clever lltlle sketch.
A fur- tions. “Naughty. Naughty. Naughty.” by Miss
Tom Kollar entered a plea of not Shuttee and Mr. Reddig. Miss Hnrrl-
guilty to a charge of having unlawful |son sang “My T.ittlo China Doll.” and
possession of liquor. Bond was named received much applause. Miss TTarrl j J',",n"^J,n^| 1in«forms. who were ac-
ling“the”Bub8cripti'on game last week, j in the aunt of $500 which the detendant von hat. a clear, sweet voice and her p n,r(1 „ fpw ,m|,alive red*In.
The first dollar was paid by Lee [made. _ ____!^"e An Indian war danee was cleverly
lug to their interpretation of pioneer
davs. Their stunt was followed by an
■ , mp”
which wns put on by larger boys, at-
,y. who has ^h 'r,”kVthP court Marsh, the coal dealer, who is doing! Two shipment, of liquor one each (Harper’s "Back to Childhood " wa, )hp pupil. Five
Okarehe neighborhood, asks the eou .............. Mr. to Ruth Forbes and Jack Mann, color , well sung. Mr Weaver’s bass sole o\ ..................
to sever the marriage relations be-
tween himself and Bessie Lively.
Mrs. Lively filed an insanity charge
against her husband Tuesday. The in
sanity rase is being heard this (Wed-
nesday) afternoon. According to cur-
rent gossip the trouble between this
couple had its Inripiency several
months ago. which eventually culmi-
nated in a more serious row the latter
part of last week.
After Smith has instituted divorce
proceeding against her husband. Chas.
Smith, on the premises of abandon-
ment. They were married in El Reno.
May 8. 1913. It is alleged the husband
deserted her in August of the same
year.
DERRICK IN WALNUT TWP.
Another Well Location Selected
Monday and $10,000 Put Up.
Drilling for oil will be a reality in
Canadian county within the next few
four at I he present.
friend of the big weekly and this) Liquor shipments to Arthur Johnson, j end men need no Introduction ""d , The removal of the
marks the third year for him. Ernest Ryans. Jennie Collin, and Jess their names together with the songs tr„,P* Indian territory
Since canned goods are soaring sky- Patterson, colored, and Tom \\ illtams. jthev Bang, are sufficient. I nP,.omp,!shed without force,
ward it mav become necessary to find white, were ordered confiscated by the , Whrner Lewi. sane. \\ bat Do 1 on p kpp„ „m, Spltl,n0,Plt resent-
something else to strew along the out- sheriff. Most of this liquor has been Want to Make Those Eyes a* Me For . PI,of the whites
lying streets, besides tin cans I taken In different raids lately and the Dutch Koebrtek. ’’There s a MWeJilt '
■ The proprietors of the Calumet bar-; total aggregated 250 gallons. I of Mnnkev Still Left in A on and Me , prPPPdln* the
, „ dollar to raise the Clark Walts filed a civil ease In ,Tenka. "Honolulu. America T.nvos von. During the pert n ___
bershop gave me a dollar to^raise ^ M„n(lay a,,ain9t \. T. , and Stub McLean “Yen Have W nee opening there was een.iderable exe,^
, n ° n . ' , «ornetImes while Anderson In a garnishee action. nnn Nephews. Uncle Ram.” Winston ment eausrtl )> '*ni 1 s " 10 '
fine gentlemen and sometimes wmn freighters and travelers, relieving
in that live town I call at their place j MARRIED BY THE JUDGE. ''nd hrmmht the^ntlre house to their them of their vnl,tallies. Miniature
and have my whiskers amputated.. Mr L c McColIuIn and Miss Lola „„„....... 1 wagons were used in portray this In-
They know the art of swinfcinp a RytnM 0f Anadnrko. wore united in
keep, rreeks, Choctaws, Chlckaaaws
dairy sections it has brought some re-
sults almost as great as the testing
work.
Mr. Mittendorf and Mr. Needham
tested 77 cows in this locality last
Tuesday and found that the per cent
of butterfat in the milk ranged from
2.2 per cent to 6.1 per cent, and that
the weight ranged from 3 lbs. to 38
lbs. Some of the owners were sur-
prised to find that some of the cows
they thought were of no value as
milk cows, were much better than
some they prized very highly.
GIRLS WON IN CONTESTS.
The County Spelling and Penman-
ship contests were held Saturday at
the high school. Miss Louise We-
werka, of Central school, was award-
ed the gold medal in the spelling con-
test, and the silver medal was won
by Miss Theresa Yanda.of Scott School.
Miss Rose McMillan, of Darlington,
was awarded* first in the Penmanship
contest, and Miss Vera Bergren, of
Central school won second place. The
state contest will he held in Stillwater
next month and Miss Wewerka will
represent this county in spelling.
TC I Garrison, local manager, which j feeding problem is a very important
urged that the citizens of El Reno wire j part of this work and in the larger
their representatives in congress to
stand hv the president in the contro-
versy over conscription. Inasmuch
as Mr. Huey is a Republican and has
two sons who are eligible to conscrip-
tion, no one can doubt his sincerity
as a loyal citizen, and cannot attrib-
ute the message as having any politi-
cal significance. Judge Libby made a
short address and stated that thous-
ands of such messages are being flash-
ed ovef the wires by loyal Americans
and then he made a motion that the
telegram he answered, and messages
he sent to the senator and congress-
men of this district to support Presi-
dent Wilson. The motion carried.
At this juncture President Wheeler
presented the packing house plant
deal in which negotiations between
the city officials and the Chamber of
Commerce on one side and R. K. JAoo-
ten, of Chlckasha. on the other, was
discussed at length. Several of the
leading citizens favored accepting the
proposition of Mr. Wooten, who slat-
ed that he will put up $25,000 in the
hanks to begin operating a compound
lard factory. In the event that the
deal is consummated, he demands a
marketable title to the packing plant
and fifteen acres of land. This deal
was started by members ot the Cham-
ber of Commerce in order to put the
plant in operation, sonte ot them be-
lieving it is evidence ot failure to have
it standing unoccupied. Others took
the position that the plant has cost
the city approximately $25,000 in ad-
dition to the original cost of construct-
ing it and they were opposed to giv-
ing it away. Discussing the proposi-
tion pro and con lasted until eleven
o’clock.
Before the deliberations closed it
developed that the Helvetia Milk Con-
densing company, ot Illinois, is mak-
ing an effort to secure the property
to operate a milk condensing plant.
When this was made known some ot
the supporters of the Wooten project
wanted the merits of both offerings
investigated. In accordance W'ith this
suggestion Dissident Wheeler appoint-
ed the following committee to make
an Investigation: L. B. Myers, T. H.
Beacom, S. E. Brady and Attorneys
C. O. Blake and F. E. Gillette.
The next meeting Is scheduled for
Tuesday evening, May first, at which
time the committee Is expected to re-
port on both propositions. .
foot whon
j Tho poronrl not wrb
and they have to step lively to take j (hfi ))on(,s of wedlock in this oily Tues-
of ,hPlr '•UB,omPrs on CPr,aln;.iay afternoon, the nuptial ceremony , ^ „,p!r airPrtor. Mlss Alice
Moreover, since the newtv married by Judge R. B. Forrest. whIch was a good set The
man is subject to enlistment, it may j ADDITIONAL PAY FOR MEN
he that he has shouldered double -
trouble. Manager K. E. Humphrey Surpris-
Whilo making my rounds Saturday , ecj Employees Last Saturday.
T railed on Messrs. R. C. Rice and W. ] ’ .
T Finch the live-wire insurance Last Saturday when the employees |mrnts were well attended and the nro-
and collected from both. | of the El Reno Mill and Elevator com-1 eeefls were used to raise the athletic
ho anpoiirod. wapons
the Bovs’ Glee terval in Hie making of a new eoun-
last not nnd iho nrrMlost not wnn tao
Thlbhlo pono hv tho Girls* oototto. Thl*
rlovor Idoa of Mlaa Hoffman wns woll
rarrlod out and wan tho nowoat foaturo
of tho porformnnoo. Tho ontortaln-
days. ac^oaklnpTor tho firm. Mr. Finch said: pany, in tho throo-dollar day class and
authorltive character that reached The
American office Tuesday. A drilling
outfit has been erected on the Basing
farm in West Walnut, 7-11-10. and
it is stated that the company will start
the machinery in motion quickly.
Another location in the northeast
corner of West Walnut township was
selected Monday and a $10,000 guaran-
tee was deposited with the First Na-
tional bank to insure that drilling oper-
ations will begin on or before June
4, 1917. H. B. Howard, of Oklahoma
City, and several local capitalists are
the promoters of this last undertaking.
Arrangements are being perfected to
start another well in a different loca-
tion in the county, hut no definite in-
formation was attainable Tuesday at
ternoon. The fact that oil men of
experience believe that Canadian is
underlaid with oil and are putting up
money to bring in wells, is a good in-
dication and future operations along
this line will be watched with renewed
interest.
"You can tell them for us that we under, received their pay envelopes
havP written more new business this they were pleasantly surprised to note
las't year than ever in the history of that twenty-five cents per day had
onr firm ’’ Ray. that smacks of real been added, making $1.50 in cold cash
business push and hustle, doesn’t it? additional per week to help defray Ilie
Persons who are familiar with these expense incident to tho high cost of
gentlemen know they drive the busi- j living,
ness instead of letting It drive Ihem. \ Manager K.
debt.
FLAG DAY AT OAK CHAPEL.
A religious natriotle meeting will he
held at Oak Chanel next Sunday at
temonn at 3 o’eloek. A cordial in-
vitation is extended to ail to attend
this service. A speelal flaedraped
E. Humphrey never seetion will he reserved for old sol-
from the El Reno Motor eom- make this voluntary increase was
The corner-lot. gardeners ought to hinted that employees in the above- dlers and It Is desired that as many
he making licks count these days. i named class would get increased pay | as possible will he In attendance. The
The first new one T secured Satur- and the liberality of the company to following program has been prepared;
America, congregation: invocation,
Frank Craig: song. “Battle Hymn of
the Republic," congregation; scrjpture
reading, Miss Lena Beck: salute to
the flag, by the children: address,
Rev. George R. Hays: song. "Rlar
Rpangled Banner,” congregation; ad-
dress, Rev. Frank LaRh: solo, Miss
Ruth Hays; prayer, doxology. congre-
gation; benediction, Rev. Frank Lash.
greeted with astonishment. The ad-
ditional pay exemplifies that the com-
pany proposes to treat its employees
fairly and men are aware of this fact.
RAILWAY MEN ARE PATRIOTIC.
The rip track crew of Rock Island
yards hoisted the “Stars and Stripes”
Thursday. The flag is eight feet wide
by twelve feet in length and floats
seventy-five feet above the earth. Em-
ployees at the round house are arrang-
ing to raise a flag ten feet wide by
twenty feet in length. There are no
more patriotic people in the state than
Rock Island employees.
EL RENO MAN PRESENTS GIFT.
A. F. Newell, of this city, has sent
to the Oklahoma Historical society a
"Reference Book of the World” which
has been In his possession for several
years. It is a valuable addition to
the Historical society ot the state and
will be on file this week. The book
contains the name and description of
every known thing in the world when
it was published fifty years ago.
MARRIED SUNDAY EVENING^
The marriage of Mr. Theodoip Al-
bright and Miss May Brigiff^Fel!. ot
Oklahoma City, was solen^zed Sun-
day evening at 7 o’clock,^ the home
ot Justice and Mrs. C. J. Hess, the
justice performing the ceremony and
wishing them godspeed along life’s
journey.
MARCH COLLECTIONS WERE BIG.
Marcli gave the county clerk’s office
a greater return than any previous
month in the history of the county, ac-
cording to figures given by County
Clerk Wells, who states the fees for
the above-mentioned month aggregat-
ed $829,90, the major portion being for
oil ajid gas leases. The collections in
office tor January amounted to
Previous to that time the fees
amounted to about $600 per month.
TULSANS TO HAVE STOCK SHOW.
S. B. Jackson, general manager of
the Mid-Continent Livestock exposi-
tion, arrived this (Wednesday) morn-
ing from Tulsa to spend a few days
in El Reno. The Mid-Continent Live-
stock exposition was organized by the
wealthiest men in Tulsa tor the pur-
pose of promoting pure-bred livestock
industry in eastern Oklahoma and
gating $100,000,000. The big livestock
exposition will be put on by Tulsans,
under the direction of Mr. Jackson,
May 16 to 19 and it will undoubtedly
draw the biggest corwd of livestock
men of any shows of the kind during
the year.
oil Mid
hi#ofl
POSTMASTER COPE TO SPEAK.
Postmaster M. B. Cope will go to
Comanche today (Thursday) to deliver
an address In commemoration of the
ninety-eighth anniversary of the insti-
tution of Odd Fellowship in the United
States. Mr. Cope is an orator of abil-
ity and will reflect credit upon him-
self and the order to which he belongs.
ANOTHER PATRIOTIC FIRM.
Manager A. J. Sparkes, of the Long-
Bell Lumber company, and a few
workmen raised a tall flag staff on
one of the company buildings Satur-
day. The company has a big flag or-
dered which will be here in a few
days and will float over the yards
as soon as it arrives.
UNCLE SAM WENT SHOPPING
Uncle Sam, through his represent-
atives, went shopping Saturday and
deals were closed for $254,236 worth
of 35-cent-per-pound bacon from Ar-
mour and Co.; 60,000 pairs of shoes
at $5.10 per pair, ana 400,000 cots for
$1,541,750-
dav was
pany. This makes three Americans
going to the families of the company
and is another evidence they think it
is a great newspaper. Messrs, von
Merveldt. Stafford and Carpenter are
getting their share of 'the automobile
sales in this section of the state and
they handle the line of cars that war-
rant their getting the business.
Most any married men can tell you
that the joke is on the young fellow
who weds to escape the battlefield.
During my rounds I met Ed. Bohling,
one of the hustling young farmers of
Kerfoot neighborhood, who is doing
his share to keep the county on the j thpy ,lavP invested $1,500,001) in the
map. Mr. Bohling owns eighty acres i projPct xhe company has eleven di-
and is farming an additional eighty. rPPtorS( representing wealth aggre-
His crops include 50 acres of alfalfa, 1
40 of wheat and about 30 acres of
corn. His livestock embraces 25 hogs,
6 cows 2 horses and 2 mules. He is
an energetic young man and is making
good.
Spring pastures are geeting to be
good eating—especially the greens.
Another renewal was secured from
I. N. King, who resides on route one.
Mr. King is a good fanner and is mak-
ing a success. He believes in keep-
ing abreast ot the times by reading
The American. I was pleased to retain
him for another year.
The .onion patch is being raided by
the advancing hosts who favor cheaper
living.
C. A. Rockenbach, who resides
south of the city, paid to place his
name in the 1918 class. Mr. Rocken-
bach has a traction more than forty
acres where he lives, besides he still
has his homestead neaar Richland. He
has attained an advanced age and is
taking life more easily than when he
improved his claim. He devotes his
time to raising truck and looking after
his dairy herd.
The umpires have been pressed in-
to service on the baseball field, too.
Another new one is O. H. Ratcliff,
young farmer who resides on route
two. Mr. Ratcliff is a native Oklaho-
man, but lived for a time in Missouri,
however, he returned to the state of
his nativity sixteen years ago and is
now engaged in farming 320 acres on
which he has 100 acres of wheat, 35
(Continued on last page.)
A KANSAN WANTS A MONKEY.
Chief McCartney of the police de-
partment received a communication
from an Augusta, Kansas, man who
is in the market for a long-tailed mon-
key and he avers he knows where one
is in El Reno, hut he doesn’t know the
name of the person who has it. Inas-
much as the writer didn’t designate
whether he wanted a monkey of the
Cebidae or Cercopiihecidae specie.
Chief McCartney was thinking of con-
signing the missive to the waste bas-
ket.
CHECK ARTIST UNDER BOND.
W. H. Holley was in county court
FRANK RICE GOT THE AUTO. (hla (Wednesday) afternoon on
Frank Rice, of Oklahoma City, was forRpry charge. Judge Forrest placed
awarded the automobile given away j hjs l)ond at $-.-l0 an(1 set ),|g prelitnin-
by the Fnited Commercial Travelers’
organization, of this city. This was
the preliminary for creating a good
feeling among the travelers before
the U. C. T. State convention which
will be held in this city May 25 and
26. It is estimated that approxi-
mately six hundred knights of the
grip will attend the state convention.
A LONG DRIVE IN SIX DAYS.
Word has been received from A. A.
Cowden and family who are in Chi-
cago, Illinois, which states they made
the trip in their Ford in six days, a dis-
tance of approximately 1,100 miles.
The Cowden family left El Reno Sun-
day, April eighth.
ary for next Friday morning at ten
o’clock. Holley went into the M. N.
Wilson store Tuesday afternoon and
cashed a $35 check which was en-
dorsed by Ed. Fisher, according to
official circles and he was afterward
picked up by the sheriff’s force and
lodged in the county jail.
try. Transportation facilities were
crude in those days and emigrating
ontflls experienced great difficulty in
evading the hold-up men. Squaw-men
experienced the same tribulations that
the ordinary run of humanity did and
their wives were suhieeted to ilie
rnmo treatment when the bandits snl-
iled forth on a mission of Ill-gotten
gain. While a one-horse onlflt was
being field up and rniilicd. tfic finrse
started to firnwse on tfie victrola
wfilrfi find furnished music for tfic war
dance. Finally n ltnnd or firnvc scours
captured all tfie bandits save one who
ran tfie gauntlet while numerous shots
were being fired.
The next scene wns opening the
country for while settlers. The entire
quota of enrly (lnys wns represented,
then followed a period of Blanking
claims, life on the frontier, etc. Events
in territorial and slate life were shown
by the slxlh. seventh and eighth grade
pupils. A moek-wedding ceremony was
solemnized which created a great deal
of merriment. The Dawes commis-
sion was represented nnd the building
of a railroad from Oklahoma City to
Fort Reno was carried out in minia-
ture.
An imitation of (he drawing of 1901,
t the exact spot where It occurred,
was a special feature and the fortun-
ate ones ran pell-mell to their claims
and began improving them. The union
of the Indian and Oklahoma terri-
tories, making It the forty-sixth state,
was one of the principal events, fol-
lowed by Iho inauguration of Gover-
nor Haskell. Afterwards the capital
was moved to Oklahoma City, and in-
dustries of the New State were shown,
followed by a parade portraying Okla-
homa’s educational and benevolent in-
stitutions. The event closed with Ok-
lahoma the forty-sixth star, singing
Oklahoma," flag salute and singing
the Star Spangled Banner.
Everyone who witnessed the pag-
eant realized that it had an education-
al side as well as an amusement side
for the pupils, it was an enjoyable
affair.
ELECTRIC GLOBES TAKEN.
The First Presbyterian church was
entered Monday evening and several
electric light globes were taken. The
Townsend grocery and their garage
has suffered some from similar depre-
dations. The work is thought to have
been done by some of the younger ele-
ment of the city.
MRS. CLARA JACKSON DIES.
Mrs. Clara Jackson, aged sixty-six
years, died Tuesday night at ten
o’clock. She is survived by several
children. The funeral services will
he conducted this (Thursday) morn-
ing, at eight o’clock, at the Catholic
church, Rev. Father Sevens preach-
ing the sermon. The remains will he
interred In the Catholic section of El
Reno cemetery.
EL RENO MAN IN THE ARMY.
Captain Gilbert Humphrey, tho
brother of Karl E. Humphrey, of this
city, is now captain in the corps of
engineers in charge of coast defense
construction at Cape Henry. He en-
tered West Point in 1903, graduated
in 1907 and was assigned to the corps
of civil engineers and was in the Phil-
ippines several years.
MASONIC HOME BOYS IN NAVY.
Word has been received in El Reno
which states that eight boys from the
Darlington Masonic Home are now
serving their country in the navy.
They were not indifferent to their
country’s call.
COLORED WOMAN IS DEAD.
Mrs. Della Goodman, colored, aged
forty-six years, died Monday noon. She
is survived by her husband, three girls
and three sons. The funeral was con-
ducted Tuesday. Interment was made
in El Reno cemetery.
BOUGHT THREE CARS OF CATTLE.
Paul Farley returned from Burling-
ton, Wisconsin, Friday with a three-
car shipment of Holstein cattle tor
Farley Brothers’ dairy. In the con-
signment is a male which is one ot
the finest in the country.
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Bronson, E. S. The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1917, newspaper, April 26, 1917; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc911940/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.