The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1917 Page: 2 of 12
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The El Reno American, Thursday, July 26, 1917.
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Super-Milled Flour
So high in quality it can be used with
equal success for braed, biscuits and the
finest pastry.
Humreno Super-Milled Flour is rich in
nutrients, it is pure and clean—imparts
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El Reno Motor Co.
— Agents for —
Dodge - - Buick
Hudson Super-Six
Cars with endurance records and quality. Cars
that have set records and are repeating them
every day. Sold by a home firm, which gives
you service at home. This is worth a lot to you.
We invite you to our sales room to look at these
cars before buying elsewhere. Ask the people
who are driving these cars. They are our best
references.
El Reno Motor Co.
You Must Pay Us
In order to straighten up our affairs for the fiscal
yaer, all accounts due us must be paid not later
than July 30th. If prompt settlements are not
made instanter garnishee and attachment pro-
ceedings will be instituted. This means all who
are indebted to us. 31-3t
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FOUND! ARMY OFFICER 10 IS INIERtSTED
IN SOMETHING BESIDES BIG GUNS AND WAR.
MAJOR MUNRO, COMMANDANT AT FORT, BELIEVES IN GOVERN-
MENT SUPERVISION OF BREEDING—AN IDEAL MARKET FOR
HORSES—GOOD PRICES BEING PAID FOR RIGHT STUFF.
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Ah a general rule, army officers are them for a aonp \fter weanfn
interested chiefly In howitzers and may be turned in the pastur
mass formations and especially since additional feed would not cost over
the ITuited States has hopped into the twenty to twent> fly* dollars from the
big war. time they are weaned until they are
Hut at Fort Reno there is an officer B°ld to the gov- rnment.
w ho is interested in something else - And this is a i latter of exereme Un-
horses. He is Interested in good portance to the m*
horses because the government needs organized breed'
sociation. With •
breeding farm ma
lods and necessity of raising horses.
When breeding time conies the gov-
ernment simply would direct the man
' to breed his mares to desirable stock
’ and when the horses were big enough
I to train we would take them at a
profit to the owner.*’
Major, Munro has four commission-
led officers at Oklahoma City to ex-
I amine and buy for the government.
Others include twelve veterinarians
and the ranK*ng in rank from second lieuten-
ant to captain, 9 reterve captains who
are at different localities in his zone.
When horses are bought by the
government, they are branded in two
places. The insignia “U.S.” is placed
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niters of the newly on the shoulder and also on the hoof. I
• ' and feeders’ as- “The government,” the major con-
little attention in eluded, “ofTers an alluring market for
•es. a revenue may j horses. The farmers and breeders
and prepare to meet
Sweet Cream
Highest market price—will
contract for the season at a
price that will be interesting
to you. Phone 644.
El Reno
Ice Cream Co.
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MAJOR J. N. MUNRO.
The illustration shows the comman-
dant of the Fort Reno remount sta-
tion directing an officer to certain du
ties on the reservation.
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LUSTRO AUTO POLISH
makes old cars look like new.
FOR SALE BY
National Auto Supply
Company
219 South Rock Island
El Reno, Okla. tf
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them and has difficulty in finding
them.
The latest emergency call for can-
non fodder calls for 8,000 service
horses. The prices range from $175
■ I foi artillery and cavalry hoi ei and
$245 for tin* siege type. Contractors
are offering around $150 for the for-
mer and from $200 to $210 for the lat-
ter, but the animals are scarce at any
price.
And that brings us to the army of-
ficer who is interested in horses—
Major J. N. Munro, commandant of
Fort Reno, with jurisdiction over nine
states comprising the southwestern
zone. These states are Arkansas, Ari-
zona, California, Louisiana, Mississip-
pi, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma
and Texas. In addition to tne super-
vision of the buying of 8,000 horses,
Major Munro also must get 4 year-old
colts to be trained. His job requires
tact, judgment and executive ability.
Those wno know the major say that
he is endowed with all these virtues
to a high degree.
The major hails from Lake City,
Minn , is 46 years old. an 189” West
l’oint graduate and a veteran of the
Spanish-American war in which he
was in command of a native regiment
many times under fire in the Philip-
pines. He was promoted to the rank
of captain in 1903 and given command
of the Fort Reno remount station in
1915. He was advanced to majorship
last September.
On the emergency contracts calling
for 8,000 horses, animals from 6 to
10 years are required to w-eigh, for
the cavalry 950 to 1150; for the artill-
ery 1150 to 1300, and siege, (a new
classification) 1300 to 1700, and prices
paid the contractors by the govern-
ment is specified at $175 for cavalry
and artillery, and $245 for siege
horses. Hut these prices are paid on-
ly to contractors who supply the
horses in large numbers, and who
group them at given points. Contrac-
tors have men out through t.io differ-
ent states buying from individuals.
The prices paid by these contractors
are matters entirely between their
agents and the owners.
Aside from these emergency con-
tracts. there is a permanent demand
for horses throughout Major Munro’s
zone for youngsters, and they are
bought in bunches of from a dozen or
more to carload lots. Cavalry and ar-
tillery horses predominate in this de-
mand; they must be from 14to 16
hands high, weigh from y50 to 1300,
and no older than long four year olds
It is not necessary to have them broke,
but they must be sound; and when ac-
cepted by the quartermaster’s depart-
ment. bring from $110 to $135, or a
general average of $125.
Inspectors will be sent by the com-
mander of the remount station to ex-
amine hunches of 15 or IS horses of
this class at points in Canadian and
adjoining counties, but at greater dis-
tances the number must reach carload
lots. This ruling gives Canadian coun-
ty farmers a distinct advantage over
other sections in that a few men may
join together in making up a little
bunch and having an inspector look
them over.
Even with such an advantage, the
farmers within a radius of a hundred
miles of El Reno do not seem to see
the money in raising such horses; and
yet, a man with pasture may raise
TYPE OF CAVALRY HORSES DESIRED BY GOVERNMENT.
The illustration shows the type desired by the Government for cavalry
service and a horse that will pay farmers to raise on pastures.
add materially to the gross profits of
the farm.
Major Munro believes that every
fanner with a pasture and a mare or
two should breed them to either Mor-
gan, standard bred or Percheron stal-
lions. He also believes that govern-
ment supervision of breeding is the
best way to procure the kind of horses
needed. Most farmers, he says, have
an idea that horse breeding is just
to see the point. That is the prin-
cipal reason why the government
should take over tne breeding busi-
ness. It would increase breeding 100
per cent and in no time turn out many
o for l he si > ice Don’t un-
derstand me to say that the govern-
ment should confiscate a man’s ani-
mals and do what they please with
them. I mean for the government to
advise farmers as to the profits, meth-
ARTILLERY HORSES SHOULD WEIGH FROM 1150 to 1300.
One of the Fort Reno horses which is considered a fair type of the class
of horses the Government desires for artillery service.
a waste of time compared to cattle
raising or farming. They do not know
that it returns a larger profit than
any branch of farm activity.
"When the farmer realizes this he
is quick to grasp the situation and go
to it,” the major said, “hut the gov-
ernment can not always wait for them
it. Canadian county should have a
breeders’ and feeders’ association to
boost better livestock and the govern-
ment is interested in the encourage-
ment of the better livestock move—-
particularly in the breeding and rais-
ing of horses desired for the service.”
SIEGE HORSES SHOULD WEIGH FROM 1300 to 1700.
The siege horse is a new classification. They are used for hauling ex-
tremely heavy artillery caissons, and the price paid for them on contract
is $245.00.
Although food prices went up an- ! Having crossed the ocean safely,
other 5 per cent the last month, the our soldiers with undaunted courage
mercury in tin thermometer refuses face the task of ordering a meal in a
to acknowledge itself beaten. French restaurant.
However, our soldiers at the front It must he awfully annoying to a
have no time to Bend back the well- soldier like Gen. Pershing to have to
known postcard message, “This is visit with royalty when he is really
where I am staying—'wish you were wanting to do things like fight and
here.” feed the hungry.
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Bronson, E. S. The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1917, newspaper, July 26, 1917; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc912251/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.